basketball hero

Chapter 255 The Preseason Begins

After training camp is over, the preseason starts right away.For Xiong, it is already the second NBA season, and he is no stranger to the preseason. For NBA teams, the summer league and preseason wins and losses are very light, because this does not count towards the regular season record.

The preseason is a game for the team to familiarize themselves with the rehearsal lineup and establish the team's initial chemical reaction. The overall confrontation is not as good as the regular season, and the two sides will not be serious.In this kind of game, the coach will often play as many bench players as possible in order to test the lineup.

Ying Xiong knows that the length of his playing time in the summer league does not mean that he has so much playing time in the regular season.However, the team's starting lineup will generally surface, and the personnel arrangement of the team's starting lineup for the new season can be roughly seen.

At 10:5 on October 6th, in Minkato, Minnesota, the Bucks challenged the Timberwolves here.As the opening game of this season's preseason, both teams need to test the lineup through the game, so that the new faces who joined in the summer can show their faces.

In this game, the starting lineup of the Bucks is: center - Andrew Bogut, power forward - Hakeem Varick, small forward - Carlos Delfino, shooting guard - Michael Redd, point guard - Brandon Jennings.

Ying Xiong didn't make it into the starting lineup, he wasn't surprised at all.The team has clearly shown its unwillingness to cultivate itself since last season, and it is unlikely to give itself the starting position.To his surprise, the team's head coach Skiles left Zhengyin's defensive small forward Mbah a Moute, and used Delfino, a swingman from Argentina, as a small forward.

Of course, this lineup is not necessarily the regular season starting lineup, but Ying Xiong thinks the possibility is not small.At the center position, Bogut's starting position is unshakable, and at the shooting guard position, the team boss Michael Reid is naturally the number one candidate.The position of the point guard, this year's No. 10 rookie Jennings is obviously the team's intention to focus on training. The fact that they let Sessions go is the best proof.In this way, the only two positions that have not yet been determined are the forwards-power forward and small forward.

Ying Xiong believes that Mbah a Moute and Delfino each have a 50% chance to get the starting small forward position. If the coach is inclined to defend, he will arrange the striker to defend the blue-collar Mbah a Moute to start; otherwise, Delfino will start.If the former starts, he will compete with Delfino for playing time at the backup small forward position; if the latter starts, he will compete with Mbah a Moute for playing time at the backup small forward position and with rookie Meeks for scoring off the bench Playing time at guard position.

For Xiong, how to play to his advantage in the limited playing time when the team does not reuse him is a big challenge for him in the new season.

Since the referees of the league are still on strike, the game can only be played by a substitute referee.Substitute referees must also adapt to the process. In this year's preseason, there were more fouls.

In this game, there were 74 fouls and 94 free throws.In the end, the Timberwolves defeated the Bucks with 56 of 50 free throws and ushered in their first preseason victory.

应雄本场比赛替补上场16分钟，5投3中，其中3分球1投1中，罚球2罚全中得到9分3篮板1助攻1抢断1失误。这场比赛他并没有使出全力，夏天的比赛和特训是有效果的，在场上效果一下子就出来了。

For the preseason, Ying Xiong did not plan to perform desperately. He knew that even if he did that and got good data, it would not help his playing time in the regular season.He has his own plan, slowly integrates into the rhythm of NBA games, avoids injuries, and adjusts his state step by step so that he can gradually reach a better state.

After spending the rookie season in the NBA, Ying Xiong is now more pragmatic and mature, and can deal with the complicated environment with a more peaceful attitude. own NBA path.

On October 10, the Bucks ushered in their second preseason game, an away game against the Detroit Pistons.For Xiangxiong, many people and things have changed in just one season.Icon Allen Iverson joined the Memphis Grizzlies this summer as a free agent and is no longer a member of the Pistons.Competing with his idol last season, what he said to himself is still fresh in his memory.

In this game, the starting lineup of the Bucks is center: Andrew Bogut, power forward-Ilyasova, small forward-Mbah a Moute, shooting guard-Michael Reed, point guard-Luke Reed promise.

Ying Xiong still has not entered the starting lineup. Judging from the starting lineup of this game, only the positions of the center and shooting guard have not changed, and the starting players of the other three positions have all changed.In his view, coach Skiles is still testing the lineup. Except that he definitely has no chance to start, the rest like Mbah a Moute, Jennings, Delfino, etc. have opportunities.

本场比赛，应雄替补上场了13分钟，3投2中，2罚1中得到5分3篮板。活塞队3人上20，主场击败了雄鹿队。

On October 10, the Bucks played against the Bulls at home in the third preseason game.In this game, the Bucks' starting lineup has been adjusted compared with the previous game. Kurt Thomas replaced Ilyasova who was the starting power forward in the previous game, and the rest of the starting lineup remained unchanged.

In Ying Xiong's view, the Bucks used three different people as the starting power forward in three games. This position is the most difficult to predict in the new season's starting position.Since Villanueva left, if the team does not play a "big and four small" lineup, no player in the power forward position has enough advantages to be undisputed.

In this game, facing the exhausted Bulls from the European expedition, the Bucks at home easily defeated their opponents and won their first victory in the preseason.Ying Xiong played 24 minutes off the bench and made 10 of 6 shots, including 3 of 3 2-pointers and 4 of 3 free throws. He scored 17 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals. He played the best game since the preseason. games.

In the next game, Ying Xiong will go to Houston, Texas with the team to challenge the Houston Rockets away.Last season, the Rockets without Yao Ming and McGrady made people shine, pushing the mighty Lakers to a dead end.But the prospect of the Rockets this season is uncertain. Yao Ming and McGrady are likely to miss the entire season. This is a huge blow to a team that made the second round of the playoffs last season.

(End of this chapter)