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Chapter 94 Preseason

October 2013, 10, US time.

The Kings came to the Oracle Arena for the first preseason game against the Warriors!

Both teams belong to California teams, but one is in the capital and the other is in Oakland!
In this preseason game, the lineups of both teams are very complete. After all, the preseason game is a time to experiment with a team's tactics throughout the season.

The starting lineup for the Kings is:
Point guard: Jiang Yan

Shooting Guard: Garcia
Small Forward: Aminu

Power Forward: Aldridge
Center: Robin Lopez.

In fact, Brown is very dissatisfied with the Kings' lineup because the team lacks defense, especially the backcourt players.

He has seen Jiang Yan and Garcia's defensive ability in the past two months. To be honest, it really sucks!
It's just that the two defensive chickens are pecking each other there, and he can't say it.

But Brown has already made a plan to let Jiang Yan strengthen his defensive training!
As for Garcia, he doesn't want him to start at all, but at this stage of the preseason, he still wants to see how the starting lineup was last season, and then change the lineup, what will happen to the Kings!
As for the Warriors' starting lineup:

Point Guard: Curry

Shooting Guard: Klay Thompson
Small Forward: Andre Iguodala

Power Forward: David Lee

Center: Andrew Bogut

It can be said that this lineup is very luxurious, and at the same time, the salary is completely out of the table for the Kings. First, Bogut's annual salary is 1200 million, followed by Iguodala's annual salary of 1000 million, followed by David Lee's annual salary of 800 million, and Curry's annual salary is 600 million. Thompson's annual salary of 200 million, adding up to the starting lineup will be 3800 million, plus the substitutes, it will definitely reach the salary cap of 5867.8 million!

As for the starting lineup of the Kings, Jiang Yan is 170 million, Garcia is 100 million, Aminu is 200 million, Aldridge is 1000 million, Lopez is 500 million, and the starting lineup is only close to 2000 million. It looks like less than 4000 million.

Comparing two by two, this makes Patri, who is far away in the president's office in the Sacramento Arena, a little proud!
He is qualified to be proud, controlling salary and saving money for the boss is the happiest thing for the boss, and the newly selected No. 3 Ryan has also signed a contract. The standard No. 1 contract, 1900+[-] contract, the total amount reaches [-] million.

Although he was ranked second, Patrik obviously did not give Ryan the same treatment as Jiang Yan, and gave him the highest salary at the second place!

At three o'clock in the afternoon, at the whistle of the referee, Lopez and Bogut both jumped up to scramble for the ball.

Although Lopez has an explosive head, it doesn't add points to his bounce!

Warriors attack.

The current head coach of the Warriors is still Mark Jackson, who once ranked second in the assists list after Stokes' point guard, but now he is the third, because Kidd has now surpassed him to become the No. two!
Mark Jackson coaching the Warriors did not make the Warriors happy up and down.

Everyone knows that the Warriors had a good lineup last season, but even if they entered the playoffs, they were still in the first round!

This obviously made Warriors general manager Bob Myers very dissatisfied, and now he is already considering replacing Mark Jackson.

Of course, all this is just Miles' idea!
Back on the court, Curry dribbled the ball to the front court, and it was Jiang Yan who defended him.

Although Brown has always been less interested in offensive tactics, but in terms of defensive tactics, it is among the top in the league!
He is well aware of Jiang Yan's own defensive potential.

Height, wingspan, attitude, these are the conditions that defenders need to possess, and Jiang Yan has them all.

It's just that Jiang Yan doesn't know how to use these conditions!
Just as Brown was thinking this way, Curry was already moving.

According to Jackson's tactics, Bogut first put up to pick and roll for Curry, and then after Curry got rid of Jiang Yan's face defense, he directly took a step sideways to the other side of the three-point line.

Curry, as usual, was thinking about it right away.

But one person refused!

That is Robin, who regards defense and rebounding as his life. When Bogut raised it, he had already followed up. After Jiang Yan was blocked by Bogut, he did not hesitate and did not worry about Curry's breakthrough. Curry pounces!
Curry was in the air, and after the ball left his hand, he could only watch Lopez block him in the air.

After Curry was blocked, the ball flew to the Warriors' backcourt under the force.

Jiang Yan reacted the fastest. After seeing Robin block Curry, she ran straight to the frontcourt to chase the blocked basketball!
After trying his best, Jiang Yan finally got the basketball at the free throw line, but someone was already coming behind him!

After all, he slowed down a bit in order to pick up the ball just now, and Klay Thompson has come behind him!

Jiang Yan didn't panic at this time. After seeing Thompson, she dribbled the basketball and continued to run towards the basket.

One second!
Two seconds!

Soon, Jiang Yan and Thompson, who was chasing him, came to the basket.

Jiang Yan knew very well that if she dunked or made a normal layup, Thompson behind would definitely give her a cap!

But would Jiang Yan be so upright?

At the critical moment, Jiang Yan stopped, then raised the basketball with both hands, and made a motion for a layup.

But Klay & Thompson was not fooled. He was a grade higher than Jiang Yan, and he would be selected by the Warriors with the [-]th overall pick in the first round because his defense can make up for Curry's lack of defense!

Jiang Yan didn't notice that Thompson behind him didn't move. Just a second passed after he finished the action just now.

There is another name in the restricted area, that is the three-second zone!

It means that offensive players or defensive players cannot stay in this area for more than three seconds!

"1!" Jiang Yan counted in her heart.

"2!"

When Jiang Yan was counting to 2, he made another move, and it was the same as the last move, it was a layup move!

This time Thompson really jumped up. Thompson thought that Jiang Yan was really going to layup this time!

Unfortunately, Jiang Yan still lied to him!

Jiang Yan finally threw the ball to the basket at 2.5 seconds, and Thompson, who had already taken off and was falling, could only watch helplessly as Jiang Yan scored!

"Touch, brush!"

The basketball fell out of the basket and fell into Jiang Yan's hands again!

"Good shot! This goal fully reflects the psychological quality of the player Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan made it clear that she wanted to sway Thompson. At first, she failed to trick Thompson, and then she made a second shot. Thompson thought that Jiang Yan was about to make a layup, but Jiang Yan abruptly missed the layup, and it came within three seconds. Before, throw the basketball out!
It can be said that this ball Jiang Yan's offense is very good!

Not at all like Jiang Yan last season, her desire to attack is much stronger than before! "Yang Yi said excitedly.

Ke Fan, who sat in front of Yang Yi, nodded!
In the eyes of those who are professional commentators of basketball games, Jiang Yan's shot was really exciting, and she played Thompson with her own IQ!
So it's not too much for Yang Yi to brag like this, after all, he is his compatriot!
America, Oracle Arena, Thompson took the basketball thrown by Jiang Yan, and his face became ugly!
Because the ball just now really made him feel a little humiliated!
This is not a crushing of skills, but a crushing of IQ!

"Klay, are you okay?" Curry walked up to Thompson at this time and asked.

"I'm fine!" After Thompson replied, he stepped out of the bottom line and was ready to serve!

Jiang Yan came to the second half and patted Robin's butt as a sign of encouragement, then continued to stand expressionlessly at the three-point line, waiting for Curry's arrival!
In fact, it is also a good choice for Curry to single Jiang Yan. After all, the entire NBA knows that Jiang Yan's ability to defend against breakthroughs is relatively poor!
But Curry can't always break through, his sharpest weapon is his three-pointer!
Although his three-pointers are not as high as Ray Allen's shooting rate, he has a 40% shooting rate for more than a dozen three-pointers per game, which is definitely the most powerful three-pointer in the perimeter!
So Jiangyan Station is very close to Curry, basically close to Curry!
Although Curry wants to get rid of Jiang Yan's close defense!

But Curry's core strength is not strong either!
Curry had no choice but to pass the ball to Thompson at the top of the arc on the other side.

Thompson did not have the ability to attack independently, so he had to pass the ball to David Lee in the middle distance again!

David Lee's offensive ability is not underestimated. After all, he once entered the All-Star with an average of 20+10 per game!

But Aldridge just restrained such a player!
Because he also makes a living by pulling out and shooting!

So this time when Aldridge was defending David & Lee, he used his own experience to hit David Lee who was shooting, causing him to lose the rhythm of shooting!

Finally, basketball strikes the iron!
As mentioned above, Robin is a person who relies on rebounds for his living. Once a person focuses on a certain thing, his strength will obviously only need to be greatly improved!

What's more, this is the backcourt rebound of the Kings!
After Robin got the basketball, he waited safely for Jiang Yan to come over, and then passed the ball to Jiang Yan.

In fact, Jiang Yan misses Wake Forest and the days of playing fast break last season, but now Larry Brown will never allow the Kings to have the same lineup as last season, one big, four small, or dead five small!
Larry Brown sat in his position, a little satisfied with the Kings' defense just now.

After these ten days of stress, the players of the Kings finally formed the habit of defending!

In the coaching staff of the Kings, Larry is responsible for the overall command and the design of defensive tactics, but the team's offensive assistant coach is not there!
As for Vigelis, although he is still an assistant coach, he is only responsible for the players' daily mental training!

Jiang Yan dribbled the ball slowly across the half court, and then gestured to Aldridge, which was a pick-and-roll gesture!

After Aldridge blocked Curry, Jiang Yan faced David Lee.

Jiang Yan has studied the Warriors' lineup and knows that David Lee's offensive ability is very strong, but there is a shortcoming, that is, his defensive ability is very poor, even weak!

Facing David Lee's defense, Jiang Yan directly accelerated and broke through, passing David Lee like a stake!

Even though Jiang Yan's speed is not very good in the back line, compared to David Lee's speed, it is definitely as fast as lightning!

After breaking through David Lee, the Warriors' rim was like a woman undressing, opening the door directly to him.

After coming to the basket, Jiang Yan finally made a light and elegant layup.

This made the Warriors fans off the court very angry!
Although this is not the regular season and playoffs, they are still looking forward to the Warriors' victory in this preseason!
(End of this chapter)