Junior Basketball says

Chapter 200
Xu Hao's experience in the preseason somewhat inflated him. It's not that he hasn't played against outstanding No. [-] players in active service in these seven games, and he hasn't lost much in the matchups.But Xu Hao forgot one thing, the stars will basically not exert their strength in the preseason, they are just playing healthy basketball, which is equivalent to warming up for the new season.

McHale didn't see his mental activity, because Xu Hao worked very hard in daily training, and he quickly became one with his teammates.This is already perfect for a rookie. McHale believes that after the start of the regular season in the new season, Xu Hao will steadily take over the duties of the team's starting point guard, and then lead his teammates to win the game on the court.

It took less than ten days from the last game of the preseason to the opening game of the regular season. McHale did not arrange training for the players, but gave them a vacation, letting them go back to recover their physical strength and energy. Come up with the best state to deal with the start of the new season.His only request is not to overeat, and it is best not to go to nightclubs.

For Xu Hao, there is basically no such thing as eating nonsense or going to nightclubs to get high. He still goes to the gym step by step to exercise, goes to the basketball court in the neighborhood to play, and goes to the system every night to continue to familiarize himself with his teammates. style.But in his spare time, he still calls his parents and his girlfriend, which is how he relaxes.

To a certain extent, Xu Hao is practicing asceticism. For him, basketball is the only important thing in a season. If it weren't for making money to eat, he might not even bother with the advertisements that Michael helped him contact. shoot.

Fortunately, although Michael was very resentful, he still understood Xu Hao's approach very well. The advertisements he screened out were not cheap, the shooting time was short, and the price was quite considerable.In Xu Hao's opinion, this is enough. Anyway, he is very satisfied with his current apartment, at most he can buy it directly with money, and he is not very interested in luxury cars.For him, salary is just a way to measure his own strength and popularity through his worth, as long as he can play well and help the team win.

Soon the Timberwolves ushered in their season opener, and the league arranged them in the home target center very intimately, which made the Timberwolves fans ecstatic. The tickets for this game have long been sold out, and the scalpers Some tickets with good positions have even been fired to a very high price. It can be seen that everyone is still looking forward to the performance of the Timberwolves in the new season.

However, their opponents should not be underestimated. Although the Nets are only ranked outside the top eight in the Eastern Conference this season, their cards are still good. The backcourt is a combination of Devin Harris and Courtney Lee, and the inside is Yi Jianlian. Partnered with Lopez, the only small forward position that is considered a flaw is the second-year rookie Roberts, but he is still enough as a shooting threat.

Of course, Xu Hao is most interested in Yi Jianlian. He feels that he needs to establish a good relationship with this compatriot. If he has the opportunity to represent the national team in the future, he will be one of his main pass targets, probably second only to Yao Ming.

The Nets came to Minneapolis one day in advance to prepare for the game. Xu Hao, as the host, kindly invited Yi Jianlian to have dinner together.But what made him feel a little embarrassed was that Ah Lian really didn't like to talk, and the two of them didn't have in-depth exchanges at the dinner table, basically in the form of a question and an answer.Even so, Yi Jianlian veiledly expressed his concerns about Xu Hao. Yellow guards have never achieved success in this league, and Sun Yue and his like have been sitting on the bench after joining the Lakers.

Xu Hao was a little moved by this. This is the unspoken emotion between compatriots. With Yi Jianlian's character who likes to keep silent, being able to tell him these things means that he has regarded Xu Hao as one of his own, and Xu Hao also Thanks for his suggestion.

This dinner was eaten the night before the game. After eating, Yi Jianlian went back to the hotel to meet up with his teammates. Xu Hao went straight back to the apartment to turn on his system. He needed to test the Nets before the game. strength.

Xu Hao was barely satisfied with the result of the trial. The Timberwolves and the Nets had been entangled until the last moment. Finally, after Brewer completed the steal, he made a quick counterattack layup to help the team secure the victory. The Timberwolves narrowly won by 1 point.This situation means that the strengths of the two sides are very close, and everyone has a chance to win the game. It will depend on who performs better in the official game.

But what Xu Hao didn't expect was that when the game started the next night, the Timberwolves were suppressed by the Nets.In this game, McHale's starting lineup was Xu Hao, Gomez, Brewer, Love and Jefferson. With his knees, he knew that he was going to play the inside line, and Xu Hao was the only one of the three outside players. With solid shots, Gomez and Brewer prefer to play in transition.In other words, when the Timberwolves are attacking, the Nets can unscrupulously shrink the defense to suppress the inside.

The reason is simple. They have Courtney Lee, who was the hero who followed the Magic to the finals last season. Even though he is only a second-year rookie, his defensive ability has begun to show.What head coach Frank has to do is to let Li go to the outside to mark Xu Hao, and the others are ready to shrink back to double-team the Timberwolves' inside at any time, which is almost all done.

Under the highly targeted defense of the Nets, the Timberwolves got off to a 12-0 start. As the most reliable shooter in the team's starting lineup, Xu Hao was also entangled by Li. Running, catching, and shooting were useless, because Li stuck to him like a brown candy, and didn't give him any chance to make a shot.

The Timberwolves' tactics quickly turned into a monotonous low-post game of holding the ball hard, which was ugly and inefficient at the same time.McHale also tried the new tactics developed by Hitting and his team, which worked to some extent, but compared to the entire game, it was a drop in the bucket.Moreover, the Nets' bench lineup is also very strong, and the Timberwolves also cannot take advantage in the rotation stage.

Although the Timberwolves fans continued to cheer for the team, Xu Hao and the others were suppressed by the opponent throughout the game, and finally encountered a black start of the season with a score of 92 to 101.Under Lee's defense, Xu Hao only scored 11 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, completely lacking in preseason style.This defeat also made him wake up, the NBA is not easy to win.

(End of this chapter)