Chapter 66: The Eyes of the World
Oklahoma City fans conveyed a message to Thunder players with their enthusiasm: You have a very strong backing!
From the moment when the Thunder team stepped onto the court, the fans' cheers never stopped. After experiencing the neglect of preseason fans, the Thunder team was unexpectedly popular in the regular season.
Even the preseason games between the Celtics and the Lakers cannot attract too many people's attention. After all, there are two types of preseason games, either commercial games purely for money and interests, such as the nBa China Tournament that has been held in full swing in recent years. Or the team plays a practice game to get the lineup together. In this kind of game, the team will not send their main lineup, and the two sides will not compete with real guns. The Thunder's four preseason games are undoubtedly the second. But now it is different. Now every score and every rebound they grab on the court will be recorded in the huge nBa database. This is a real nBa regular season competition!
Fans can distinguish between the primary and secondary. In such an important game, fans will not let the players on the field fight alone.
The lineup sent by p.J. Calesimo is still a little different from last season. Russell Westbrook, who made the first appearance, became the Thunder's point guard in this game for the first time. This is also Calesimo's helpless move. The Thunder's current back line really can't choose anyone. The shooting guard is led by Earl Watson, who is performing well.
The small forwards are still Kevin Durant, and the power forwards are continued by Chris Wilcox last season. However, in the center position, Chinese fans did not see Angel's name. The experienced Nick Collison stood in the center circle. Originally, the first game of a rookie player was very unusual, so after Westbrook, Angel could only be arranged on the bench by Carlesimo.
Chinese fans can understand this. In addition, Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian have already appeared on the court to play. Now they can't wait to see the third Chinese athlete appear.
As the referee whistle sounded, he threw the orange-red basketball high into the air. In the ball competition ring, Nick Collison was completely at a disadvantage when facing Bogut. Bogut easily won the ball. Michael Reed steadily caught the ball and the game began!
"Hello, audience, welcome to watch the Oklahoma City Thunder's first NBa game!" The espn's commentator was also a little impatient. Can this new face in the NBa League bring them some surprises?
Facing the strong Westbrook, Michael Reed actually felt that he was a little troubled when facing this kind of defense. You must know that he is an All-Star player!
Through Bogut's pick-and-roll, Reed quickly bypassed the wall, thinking that he would have gotten rid of the damn rookie this time. However, he really underestimated Westbrook's degree. The opportunity only appeared for a few seconds. The gap after the pick-and-roll was blocked again by Westbrook, who was moving quickly!
"This!" Reed couldn't believe that his first attack was actually killed by this kid, but it didn't matter. Andrew Bogut had already made it after the pick-and-roll. Michael Reed moved his wrist and passed the ball to Bogut.
Facing Nick Collison's defense, Bogut had no worries at all. He followed the downward trend and then dunked three times. Sure enough, this action attracted the attention of all the Thunder players. They all shrank to the basket and prepared to stop Bogut's attack.
The lineup contracted, and the Bucks' power forward Villanueva was missed. Bogut passed the ball again at the moment of jumping, and he did not forget what his inside partner was good at.
There are no Thunder players around Villanueva who received the pass outside the three-point line. He is already good at shooting and will not waste this opportunity to start the lottery.
Take off, raise the ball, and make a soft move. The basketball crossed the penalty area high, as if laughing at the players of the Thunder team being played in the air. Finally, it flew into the basket accurately under the attention of everyone in the game.
"A three-pointer hit! This big shooter Yi feels very hot when he comes up! However, the Thunder's defense is too relaxed. Just two passes allowed the Bucks to easily get three-pointers." The espn's commentator couldn't help but shook his head. As the saying goes, the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment.
After being scored, fans hope that the Thunder can win back Yi City on the offensive end. Speaking of offense, everyone focused their attention. Durant, the best rookie of last year, handed over the ball after Westbroop took the ball through half. After all, he was just a rookie and didn't have much opportunity to attack independently.
Earl Watson is the real point guard on the court. He controls the rhythm slowly, hoping to find the gap for Yi Si to pass the ball.
However, after the ball was passed several times, the Thunder did not get any decent chance. Finally, after taking advantage of Nick Collison's uneven quality pick-and-roll, Durant ran to the bottom corner and raised his hand to ask for the ball.
Even if Durant is a rookie, Watson dared not neglect. When he saw Durant ask for the ball, he immediately responded and fed the basketball steadily to Durant.
He shot when he received the ball, but when Durant didn't expect, the old swimmer Richard Jefferson followed him so quickly and completely blocked his sight from the shooting with his palm!
"Durant made a three-pointer! Can the Thunder tie the score?? Oh, it's short!" The mainland commentator shouted regretfully, and after a defensive attack, the Thunder made no achievements.
Durant missed the three-pointer, and Bogut easily got a defensive rebound. Judging from today's back-and-forth confrontation, he will definitely get a good swing in this game.
The situation was really as Bogut expected. He directly hit Collison with the ball on his back for the second attack, and then easily hit a hook near the penalty area, cutting down his first point in the nBa game this season.
Yi's shot failed to hit, and fans still had expectations for Durant, but when Durant made a second move outside the three-point line, Oklahoma City fans' hearts suddenly became cold.
This young man who shined last season, but he was unable to find a feeling in this game.
After four minutes of the second quarter, the Thunder were also behind Durant's downturn. P.J. Caresimo had to pause, and he had to make some adjustments to the lineup.
He first replaced Durant in poor form with Desmond Mason. This action made Durant very depressed. He just missed three goals and was replaced ruthlessly by the head coach.
Later, Quincy Dolby, who was traded by Angel to the Thunder with Anjie, replaced Earl Watson, who was also not good at touching.
Finally, with the shouting of all the fans in the audience, p.J. Caresimo called Angel's name.
"An! You take over Nick Collison, your mission is only 1. Stop Bogut's swing!"
An Jie immediately stood up and took off the training jacket that made him sweat. Suddenly, all the cameras turned to the Thunder's bench, and this highly-watched yellow-skinned man was finally ready to appear!
"Oh! We see Anjie ready to make a debut in another field! Looking forward to him bringing us good performances!" ccTV was originally broadcasting the Rockets against the Grizzlies live, but after Anjie appeared, they gave Anjie a picture of her getting up and taking off her clothes in the lower right corner of the screen in the form of a picture in a picture.
Chinese fans couldn't watch it. TV's live TV broadcast was to miss the game between these three Chinese players. Stern really had to wake up when she fell asleep. The market behind these three people was simply immeasurable!
Wearing a white Thunder home jersey and carrying his new number yi6. The guy with only two simple letters behind this jersey is finally on the court!
Putting aside the preseason that is like a chicken helper, this is An Jie's true debut!
After scrambling Westbrook and other teammates, Anger's playing time was officially recorded in nBa's database.
It has made everyone wait for a long time. Now, the Oriental Tower is officially 6!
Chapter completed!