basketball hero

Chapter 185 Unexpected First Play

The Madison Square Garden, home of the New York Knicks, is still very well attended even though the team has had poor records for several consecutive seasons.It has to be said that a big ball market is a big ball market, and a bad team record still doesn't affect arena ticket sales.In the Madison Square Garden arena, from time to time, some celebrities and politicians in New York can be seen watching the game live, which is also a unique landscape of the arena.

In this game, many overseas Chinese came to the Madison Square Garden Arena, and the number was much more than usual.There is no other reason, because the Knicks' opponent Bucks in this game has a lottery pick from China-Ying Xiong.

New York is the most prosperous city in the United States, where a large number of Chinese and overseas Chinese have long lived.In New York, there are many distinctive "Chinatowns", where you can easily find fellow villagers from the same province or even the same city.

The Chinese people who came to watch the game knew that Ying Xiong might not play in this game, but they just came to watch him, even if he was just sitting at the end of the bench guarding the drinking fountain.Of course, it would be great if he could play.

You know, in the NBA, it is dominated by blacks, mixed races, and whites. Yellow-skinned East Asian players are indeed too rare.Being in a foreign country, we naturally have a sense of intimacy with our compatriots.Going to the scene to cheer for him is the best way to support each other.

The match between Danilo Gallinari VS Ying Xiong, which was hyped up by the media before the game, seemed difficult to achieve.Because although both of them have entered the team's roster, it is even more difficult to get a chance to play.Gallinari received slightly better treatment than Yingxiong. He had single-digit playing time in the previous two regular season games, but his performance was mediocre;The two can be regarded as brothers and sisters, and the situation is very similar: both are international players, one is from Italy in Europe, and the other is from China in Asia; bit selected.Neither of them received key training in the team.

In this game, the starting lineup of the New York Knicks at home is: center - Zach Randolph, power forward - David Lee, small forward - Quentin Richardson, shooting guard - Jay Mark Crawford, point guard -- Chris Duhon.Former All-Star guard Stephon Marbury and center Eddy Curry did not make the team's roster.

The starting lineup of the Bucks in the away game is the same as the previous game. Due to the absence of Luke Crednour due to physical reasons, Raymond Sessions started two consecutive games.

Since D'Antoni took over, the Knicks' offense has improved, but they have not seen improvement in defense.When D'Antoni was coaching the Suns, he led the wave of bombardment offenses that swept the league.But coaching defense has never been his specialty.

In this game, the Knicks did not take advantage of their home court to beat their opponents against the Bucks, who have been in a mediocre state recently.Their shooting percentage is not high, and the opportunities for the players to choose shots are not suitable. They choose to shoot from the outside too much, resulting in a very low shooting percentage.

In the first quarter, the Knicks took 9 shots from outside the three-point line, and in the second quarter, they continued to attack from outside and long shots.The Bucks, on the contrary, played more steadily, did not blindly shoot 3-pointers from the outside, and had a high success rate.

So at the end of the first half, the away Bucks temporarily led by 4 points.This year's No. 6 pick Gallinari and No. 8 pick Yingxiong didn't get playing time.

Although Ying Xiong didn't get a chance to play, he was not as quiet and silent on the bench as he was in the previous games. Instead, he actively cheered for his teammates and encouraged them.Go up and high-five your teammates during the timeout, and communicate frequently with assistant coaches and teammates off the court.He faced all this with a positive attitude, and tried hard to wait for his own opportunity to come.

The Chinese fans who came to watch the game looked at Ying Xiong, who was on the bench for the Bucks, and felt very cordial, but they still hoped to see him get a chance to play in this game.

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again.The Knicks playing at home have no tendency to turn the score over, and have been beaten by the visiting Bucks.The home fans couldn't stand it anymore and started booing the home team players and coaches.In their view, it’s okay if they can’t beat a strong team at home, and the Bucks, a fringe team in the playoffs, are so strenuous. How can they make it to the playoffs this season?

More than half of the game time in the third quarter, the Knicks still failed to catch up with the score, and instead tended to be opened up by the opponent.The fans can't see the hope that the home team can comeback in this game, because the players' body language is not positive.

Unexpectedly, with 3 minutes and 2 seconds left in the third quarter, the boss of the Bucks, Michael Reid, injured his foot while fighting for a floor ball and had to leave the field for treatment.In this way, the opponent's best player is off the field, and the Knicks ushered in an excellent opportunity to catch up with the point difference and even overtake it.

Coach Skiles called Yingxiong's name!Ying Xiong never imagined that his first game in the regular season would be in this game, at such a time!Of course he knew that if Michael Reid hadn't been accidentally injured and left the field, which disrupted coach Skiles' rotation arrangement, he would never have a chance to play, because the game hadn't entered garbage time yet.

Although it may be disrespectful to player Michael Reid to say this, it is indeed because of his injury that Yingxiong got a chance.

Amid the cheers of Chinese and overseas Chinese fans, Ying Xiong replaced his teammate Michael Reid and played in the NBA regular season for the first time in his career!He saw those Chinese people cheering for him, and heard them calling his name in Chinese. He felt the love from the fans!The deep feelings in my heart gradually rose, and I felt that my whole body was full of energy, and I didn't feel nervous at all.

"I am me, I am Ying Xiong, from China, from this game on, I will become the best player!" Ying Xiong secretly said to himself!

At this time, both sides on the court made personnel adjustments.The lineup for the Bucks is: Danga Zuric, Luke Richard Mbah a Moute, Richard Jefferson, Charlie Bell and Ying Xiong.

The task assigned by Coach Skiles to Ying Xiong is to defend the opponent's second-year student, small forward Wilson Chandler.

威尔森钱德勒本场比赛表现出色，已经7投3中砍下7分6篮板3抢断，非常全面的表现！

Both teams played lineups without big men, which is one of the reasons why Coach Skiles let Yingxiong play. —— Ying Xiong is 20cm taller than Tai Lunlu, and can defend the opponent in at least 4 positions.

(End of this chapter)