If I were Yi Di in the NBA

Chapter 240 Strong start
In the first game of the Thunder's preseason game, Yi Jian and Durant didn't even play for 20 minutes, and they took the Bobcats lightly.

Among them, Matthews performed well off the bench and scored 20 points.

As for the two rookies, Whiteside did not perform, but Jeremy Lin scored on the field, showing a good ability to hold the ball.

Head coach Brooks is also quite satisfied. Jeremy Lin can directly use the third point guard. Anyway, Whiteside is slowly developing. The Thunder has no shortage of insiders.

It may be because they both played in the World Championships in the summer, and both Yi Jian and Durant feel good.

After Durant had a good time in the national team in the summer, his mentality became more mature, and his superstar form has been consolidated.

Although it can't be said to be the strongest tier, it is much stronger than ordinary All-Stars.

Both of them renewed their contracts in advance, and the entire league will continue to face their Thunder double superstar combination in the next few seasons.

The point is, the Thunder may have All-Stars in addition to superstars.

The outside world has not yet thought that most of the people Yi Jian recommends to the team are all-star seedlings.

In the second game of the preseason, the Thunder actually wanted to fight.

Because the opponent formed the Big Three, the number one traffic team in the summer, the Heat.

There will be more and more Big Three in the future, but the so-called combination of giants also has truth and gimmicks.

This kind of talk started after the Celtics formed the Big Three to win the championship. Before that, it was usually the Troika, the Three Musketeers, etc., which was not so exaggerated.

The so-called real Big Three must be a combination of the three team bosses.

The Celtics are, this time the Heat learned their team building model. James, Wade and Bosh were the bosses of a team before, and it was not difficult for James and Wade to lead the team into the playoffs. They're no ordinary All-Stars, either.

Yi Jian knows that the Heat will dominate the Eastern Conference in the next few seasons, so he still wants to take a good look.

However, things backfired. Wade lacked a fight on the Heat's side, and it was impossible to get to the bottom.

Yi Jian was a little disappointed, after all, the official collision of the regular season would be clearer.

Neither team did their best in the preseason, especially the Heat, who still need to inspect players.

The salaries of the Big Three of the Heat are not low, which leads to a lack of their role players.

And the three of them are not as suitable as the Celtics' Big Three.

It is foreseeable that the Heat's first season will be a long running-in period.

In this game, James performed slightly better than Durant, but Yi Jian beat Bosh completely, so the Thunder still won the opponent relatively easily.

The Thunder now have the main lineup that won the championship last year, so they don't need more running-in. The preseason is more about finding the status of the players, and they will continue to move forward when the regular season officially starts.

It is normal for the Heat not to have a head-on confrontation with them for the time being. After all, they belong to the east and west, and the current competition is not so intense.

After becoming the defending champion, Yi Jian also felt that the team was more relaxed about the preseason.

Durant also said: "Let others perform first, we are not in a hurry to exert our strength."

In the following playoffs, the two each took two games off, and the team achieved a record of 5 wins and 2 losses.

There was no reaction from the outside world to the loss.

The defending champions are different. Even if there are still a few people who look down on them, basically everyone regards them as the top team in the league.

After all, Lei Ting's group of young people would logically become more and more powerful.

At the end of October, the new season began, and the Thunder set sail again as the defending champion.

Yi Jian said in an interview before the game: "We will not relax just because we have won the championship. We will continue to pursue victory with all our strength, because we like the feeling of winning."

"Pursue victory to the end, and you will definitely be the championship."

Durant also proudly said, "Defending the title will only be our only choice."

Their first game was at home, and the fans were very happy. They came to the arena early in a lively manner, just like celebrating a festival.

Yi Jian also saw a lot of his die-hard fans, which is different from when he first entered the NBA. At that time, his die-hard fans were basically domestic fans. Now there are many blond and blue-eyed fans.

Wearing Yi Jian's jerseys and his signature shoes, they felt as excited as if they were about to play.

The Thunder's first opponent of the season is the visiting Bulls. Thibodeau took office as the head coach, completely reformed the team, and focused on the defensive Bulls.

The Bulls actually worked very hard in the summer. They signed Boozer with a high salary, and signed a group of role players such as Korver and Brewer, plus Rose, Noah, Luol Deng and other core players from last season. , The Bulls have entered the ranks of the top teams.

The Bulls also rely on strong players such as Rose who are still in their rookie period, and they have formed a good lineup without spending much.

But whether it will succeed, in fact, the outside world is not sure at all.

Some public opinion believes that their strength is similar to that of the Bucks.

Only Yi Jian knew that the Bulls would advance at full speed in the East.

It's just that they can't take off for the time being because Boozer is injured.

The Bulls' defensive system is still trying to take shape, so they didn't stop the Thunder at the beginning.

It can also be said that Yi Jian and Durant are too fierce.

Their two best teams in the World Championships are actually too strong to attack.

The Bulls actually made preparations. Their head coach Thibodeau studied how to limit the Thunder's offense when he was an assistant coach with the Celtics.

At that time, the Celtics' two insiders, Garnett and Perkins, could help defend, but they didn't figure it out, let alone the Bulls, who are not so good at helping defense.

Moreover, Gibson and Noah, the Bulls' insiders, are a bit underweight. They can switch to the outside line, but the inside line can't stand it.

Not to mention Yi Jian, Lopez can also play singles.

"Too strong, the Thunder Twin Stars have really grown to the point of terror."

"Maybe, the two of them are the two best scoring players in the world."

Both of them easily scored in double figures in the first quarter, and the Thunder also took the lead smoothly.

Rose gritted his teeth to support the Bulls' offense, and his strength became stronger.

It's a pity that the Bulls couldn't keep up with other offensive points.

After the Bulls focus on defense, except for Rose, other players are too ordinary in front of a team with both offense and defense like the Thunder, let alone Boozer who can't play inside.

"Thunder, it's really a strong team now."

"Last season was an absolute strong team, and this season it feels like they have become more mature."

"Yi Jian is too fierce, he had a double-double in the first half."

"Did the Thunder's ability to block shots improve again? The Bulls couldn't even make shots in the paint."

"The gap is too big, this is the defending champion."

"In the new season, we must successfully defend the title! Come on, Yi Jian! Come on, Thunder!"

(End of this chapter)