Chapter 445: Let go, rookie boy
The nBa new season has just begun, and there are always exciting matches. In order to attract the public's attention as soon as possible, the nBa official will always arrange some gimmick duels in the first few days of the new season, such as the Celtics and the Heat in the opening game, the wonderful Lakers vs. the Trail Blazers, and the "Leima War" currently being staged in the aTT Center.
As two powerful teams in the West, it has to be said that the two teams did not meet in the playoffs last season was a pity. But Stern would not give up this opportunity. At the beginning of the season, this fantastic showdown was put on the agenda.
The whole game was very fierce, and both sides took the lead alternately until the last ten seconds of the game, and the winner was not decided.
The Spurs played as calmly as ever, but the Thunder, Westbrook, who had entered the fifth season of the league like Angel, was still making the bad habit of his unstable shooting percentage.
6 of 21 shots, with only 28% shooting percentage. Westbrook's performance makes him look no different from his rookie season. If Durant hadn't been used to such things, he might have become popular because of this.
Because of this, the Spurs now have the chance to control the last attack in the game.
In the last 15 seconds, the Thunder were originally controlling the ball. However, Westbrook, who was in a bad state tonight, made a mistake in passing. Tony Parker struggled to save the ball. While controlling the ball, he immediately called for a timeout. In this way, the ball was transferred to the Spurs, and the score between the two sides was 86.
After returning from the timeout, Tony Parker received a grand hospitality from Westbrook on the outside. However, Parker did not allow the basketball to stay in his hands. He made Duncan get the basketball with a pass from the ground, leaning against Morris.
Morris' muscles all over his body were tense. Although Duncan was always lukewarm during the game, his danger coefficient had never been reduced. Duncan indeed took a step in, Morris did not dare to foul. Now the two sides tied, even a free throw could change the result of the game.
But to Morris' surprise, Duncan pushed a step in and passed the ball again. Spurs three-point shooter Danny Green was making an open position at this moment. The young guard jumped and planned to shoot when he received the ball, but Durant's long arm swung at this moment. KD's arms completely covered Danny Green. Even if Green finished shooting, he still shot under great interference.
Seeing that the basketball was about to take action, Morris was about to get a position and compete for the rebound. At this moment! Danny Green, who was still in the air, suddenly shook his wrist and turned into a pass! The basketball passed Durant's fingertips and flew into the three-point line.
"It's Parker! Tony Parker appeared at the middle distance of the wing!" Reggie Miller shouted excitedly, pushing the tense atmosphere to **.
Because the ball was passed very suddenly, Westbrook naturally failed to follow Parker. After Parker received the ball, Westbrook arrived "late" but his backup defense was meaningless.
"Brush!" The basket showed the sound of death, the ball entered, the watch stopped. Westbrook quickly looked at the referee, but the referee made a valid gesture to score the goal!
"Yeah!" Tony Parker calmly waved his fist on the spot, but the exciting level of the winning goal just now was definitely not as dull as Parker showed. If nothing unexpected happens, the attack just now has already been scheduled for the top ten ball list this month.
Durant patted Westbrook on the shoulder, but said nothing. Everyone in the Thunder was very depressed and being defeated in a desperate way was the most afflicting one.
"It seems that Westbrook is in poor form recently. In the game the day after tomorrow, we can keep an eye on Durant and let Westbrook take more attacks." Ricard and Divac stared at the TV and commented on Westbrook's performance.
"No, people like Westbrook are players who are easily influenced by emotions. Most of the responsibility for losing today is with him, so in the next game, he will prove himself like crazy." Divac rejected Ricard's plan. Although this guy is nominally an assistant coach, he seems to be more accurate in calling him a tactical consultant.
"Yeah..." Ricard held his chin and nodded thoughtfully.
There was a big schedule on the wall behind these two men, and it was covered with the schedule of the Trail Blazers this season.
On November 2, there was a red circle marking it on it. That day, the Trail Blazers had a game, and their opponent in that game was the Oklahoma City Thunder who had just lost to the Spurs but drove them out of the playoffs last season!
That's right, David Stern just likes to have such exciting duels early in the season...
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Since winning the Lakers, the Trail Blazers have become the darling of the media. In the past, Anjie could go home calmly after training, but now, Anjie always encounters several reporters every day to interview him after training.
Speaking of the training these days, Anjie feels it is full of freshness. Divac's arrival has indeed brought something different to Anjie. He has specifically emphasized the connection between Anjie and Lillard in training in recent days. These two guys who have worked together for the first time have also become the pair that has been training for the longest time together.
These two guys are both passers, and the direct docking between the number one and the number five will be able to make many changes on the offensive end. Divac did not forget that Angel and Lillard cooperated several simple but effective times in the game against the Lakers. If you continue to explore this, you will surely have greater gains.
There is no doubt that Devac wanted to train Angel and Lillard into his self and "white chocolate" Jason Williams. Although these two people certainly cannot reach the level of Divac and Williams in terms of passing and viewing, in terms of practicality, they can do better than the two "old sluts" of the Kings back then.
So during the battle training, Divac and Ricard would deliberately let Lillard and Angeldodo cooperate. Several of the balls did play well, but more often, the two still lacked some tacit understanding.
"It will be fine, these two guys are working together in the first year." Divac looked at Lillard's pass to Angel again and made another mistake. He was not upset, but relieved. It is better to make mistakes in training than to make mistakes in the game.
"They all said Damien's upper limit is almost at the top, but I think that the kid still has a lot of room for growth. To be honest, if it weren't for An, the Trail Blazers wouldn't have chosen Lillard at all. I hope An's vision can be as good as his football skills."
"Hey, have you forgotten that Ann made great progress under our correct guidance? When you first appeared on the wild court, he didn't even have the ability to play NCAA. But what happened? He led the team to the Crazy March 16th! The same goes for Lillard. Whether Ann's vision depends on the quality of our training." Divac believed in talent, but he believed in sweat more.
Lillard's playing style makes him destined to become an important role in the Trail Blazers. This is an ambitious and bandit-like defender. He cannot be willing to be a guy who just organizes offense. Since this is the case, it is better to train him well and make him a capable thug around Anjie!
On Portland, the Trail Blazers are preparing for the battle with great fanfare. In Oklahoma, the atmosphere is also tense.
Westbrook's aggressiveness on the training ground made Jeff Van Gundy secretly sweat. He was worried that Westbrook would be too strong and would be injured during training.
After Fischer left, the Thunder were very nervous at the point guard position. Now, only sophomore rookie Reggie Jackson can barely replace the vacancy left by Fischer. But this thin guy who has no experience is only bullied by Westbrook on the training ground.
Although the Thunder successfully rushed out of the West last season, they failed in the finals, but they ended up like Anjie. nBa is sometimes more cruel than football. There is only one championship in the league every year. Unlike in the football world, a team has several events to participate in, and there are also several championships to compete for.
Among the 3o teams, even if there are only seven or eight strong teams, the competition is very cruel. The Thunder, as the best among the strong teams last season, has almost touched the O'Brien Cup. This year, they don't want to let the Golden Cup slip away from their eyes anymore.
This time, we are about to meet Angel again. Westbrook has less missed her heart, but more desire to fight.
Five years have passed, and the three young boys have become the mainstay of the league, and they have become accustomed to the people on the team. After a few months of the playoff competition, Westbrook, Durant and others have become accustomed to Anjie as their opponents.
In the last game against the Spurs, Westbrook had to pay for the team's failure. However, as Divac said, he would not be depressed, but would become more bloodthirsty because of this.
This guy doesn't want to lose two consecutive games, this guy doesn't want to be questioned by the outside world, this guy doesn't want to lose to An Jie, and doesn't want to lose to a team he has defeated in the playoffs...
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Early in the morning, the Trail Blazers boarded the plane. At this time, some of the team were still sleepy. For example, the unreasonable guy Divac gave people the feeling that he had not woken up.
"Hey, man. Your opponent is not easy to mess with tonight." Anjie took the initiative to sit next to Damien Lillard and started chatting with this guy who was focused on being trained by the coaching staff.
"Hehe, don't worry, I will feed the ball to your hands firmly." Lillard smiled shyly, but Angel knew that this was not the real Damien Lillard.
"What are you scruples? Damien?" Angel knew Westbrook. He was frustrated and lost in the last game, so he would definitely be very difficult today. If Lillard still suppressed himself, he would not be able to deal with him.
"Ah?" Lillard was confused when asked.
"I've watched the video of you in college, and I've fought with you during the trial. I know what kind of person you are, and I know what you are longing for." Anger said, pointing to Lillard's chest.
"Don't worry, let go of the game. You don't have to think about Lamarcus and me, you don't have to pass the ball deliberately. This doesn't mean you can do whatever you want, but you don't have to suppress your own hands and feet. If you want to defeat Westbrook, you must be yourself. Let go of your hands and feet and do what you are good at!" Anger doesn't need a well-behaved boy. He likes Lillard because of his wildness! For a guy like Westbrook, you can only compete with him if you are more ruthless.
After Anjie finished speaking, he patted Lillard on the shoulder and turned away. He still liked to sit with Aldridge, which was the habit of the two of them being unable to move every time they played away.
"What did you say to him?" Aldridge asked curiously.
Chapter completed!