NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 84 It's better to sell more! !

And as time passed, the whistle for the game sounded.

Both teams also announced their starting lineups.

Magic:
Howard, Turkoglu, Grant Hill, Mobley, Francis.

Bobcats:
Okafor, Robinson, Kapono, Thron Smith, House.

In this game, because the Magic played Turkoglu in the fourth position.

A high-IQ functional four with a range, but he rarely plays singles with the ball in the low post, and in terms of strength, he has no advantage at all.

So in this game, Bickerstaff directly chose to mention Robinson to the fourth position in the starting lineup.

And this will also allow Sampson to return to the bench, thus giving the starting Okafor more rest time.

And because of Robinson's starting game, in this game, Bickerstaff directly took Tron Smith and House into the starting lineup.

But at this moment, Bickerstaff was sitting off the court feeling uneasy, looking listless and lacking in confidence.

Because before this game, I called Liu Rui, and I wanted to ask Liu Rui if he had any good suggestions for this game.

As a result, Liu Rui only replied seven words to himself on the phone.

"Don't struggle, wait to die..."

This made Bickerstaff on the other end of the phone unable to close his mouth in shock.

Although, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the lineups of the Bobcats and the Magic are not at the same level.

Except for Okafor, there is no advantage at all.

But you are the head coach of the team, so what you said is too straightforward.

Even if you lie to us and tell us how to play and there is still a chance of survival, then the entire coaching staff can still have a bit of a head.

On the other side of the hospital, Liu Rui didn't even watch the live broadcast of the magic game.

What a joke, even if the Bobcats have a neat lineup, it would be very difficult to beat the Magic. With today's broken formation, I am afraid that if you want to win, you really need a god to come down to earth! !
On the opposite side are Francis, Howard, and Grant Hill, three All-Star players.

Plus an old cat Mobley with the best defensive lineup on the outside, this is still a hammer.

So Liu Rui didn't even look at it at all, and went directly to Indiana with Chen Xiaoxiao in the next two days to prepare for research.

After all, after he came back, he didn't have so much time to run around.

And this game was indeed as Liu Rui expected.

At the end of the first quarter, the Bobcats were 16 points behind the Magic 27-11.

Facing Francis and Grant Hill, House and Kapono's defense is as vulnerable as plastic sheeting.

At halftime, the Bobcats trailed by as much as 38 points 56 to 18.

Of the 38 points, Okafor alone contributed 17 of them in the half.

Although the Bobcats had a tendency to be overwhelmed by the Magic at home in the first half of the game, it is still comforting for the home fans that Okafor's performance in the half game was better than that of Howard on the opposite side.

Although the current strength is not enough to compete with the Magic, but at least let the audience feel that the Bobcats still have potential to be tapped.

And I hope that after Liu Rui returns to coach the team, the team can reach a new height.

At the end of the game, the Bobcats were 86 to 107.

A 21-point loss to the Magic. This is because the Magic replaced the main lineup in advance in order to ensure that the main players were not injured when they were leading by a large score.

Let the game enter the garbage time early, otherwise the score may be gradually increased.

本场比赛，弗朗西斯贡献了25分3篮板3助攻，格兰特希尔18分5篮板7助攻。

After Francis came, Hill put more energy on connecting the teams.

After all, compared to McGrady, Boss Ferguson prefers to play individual singles with the ball.

Turkoglu, who just joined the Magic as a free agent this season, also contributed 11 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists in this game.

The non-greedy style of play and excellent awareness of passing the ball have also been recognized by the head coach of the Magic.

Among the two people who have received much attention in this game, Howard played 28 minutes in this game, contributing 12 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks, with a very high efficiency value.

Among them, two blocks were given to Okafor who was directly facing up.

On the other hand, the Bobcats were in a state of being suppressed throughout the game, which made the game lose suspense early.

But under the confrontation between the two rising stars, Okafor still has the upper hand.

He played 31 minutes in the whole game, continued to play high-level games, scored a double-double of 23 points and 10 rebounds, and won double-doubles in two consecutive games.

Although the Bobcats lost the duel in this game, but in terms of personal data, Okafor lived up to expectations and suppressed Howard.

Many experts even believe that Okafor has already booked the best rookie of the season in advance.

Kapono, on the other hand, had his worst game since coming to the Bobcats.

The offensive end of the game was only 11 of 3 shots, and the proud three-pointer was only 6 of 2 shots.

It is far below his season average, and on the defensive end, he was also beaten by Hill after injury.

And because the Bobcats lineup lacked a wide range of people, and the game lost suspense early, this also allowed every player in the Bobcats team to get a chance to play.

In this game, Robinson and Tron Smith still got a lot of playing opportunities, and both handed over pretty good data.

罗宾逊9投4中，其中三分球7中3，贡献出了11分4篮板2助攻的数据。

As a second-round pick, this kind of steady performance gradually conquered the public and began to enter the media's field of vision.

After all, the counterattack of the second-round pick has always been one of the favorite topics in the NBA.

And Troon Smith, who had no playing time before, has also been at ease in these few games.

Contributed 12 points, 4 rebounds and 3 steals in this game.

But the plus-minus value of the whole person on the court is very bad.

But for the fans, they prefer to see what data the players have got, rather than what kind of plus-minus value they got in this game.

It doesn't matter whether this player was sieved in the defensive matchup, and Tron Smith is also thankful that he is facing the old cat Mobley who is not known for his offense in this game.

Otherwise, the defensive efficiency of the whole person may be even more difficult to see.

As the season progressed, Liu Rui also gave some key instructions to Robinson and Thron Smith.

Try to let the two players get enough playing time, and give more possession of the ball to the two players during garbage time.

Let the data of the two be as beautiful as possible.

After all, for Liu Rui, the heavy responsibility of trading second-round picks falls on the two of them.

And Robinson has also successfully entered the media's field of vision. I believe that after a while, if the Bobcats release news that they will trade Robinson.

This will definitely be a very attractive cake for those teams that are determined to rebuild.

After all, for those second-round picks, who of them will be buried in the early stages of their careers, Liu Rui is still clear in his heart.

But is the golden scale a thing in a pool, it will transform into a dragon when encountering a storm...

(End of this chapter)