Chapter 62: Lineup Inspection

An ordinary mid-range shot, except for Chinese fans, no one else reacted much to the ball. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info but Presti was full of smiles, judging from the performance just now, Anjie can have a good tacit understanding with Durant and Westbrook. If these three boys can have good chemistry, they will definitely become one of the top trios in the future.

Durham Porter was unwilling to run to serve the baseline ball, he couldn't believe that after seven seasons in the NBA, he would be played by two boys who played professionally for the first time. The Thunder selected Durant, but could they really be so lucky to pick three potential stocks in a row?

A center forward is not a defender, a position that requires the support of a whole team. The most difficult thing for every rookie is their own positioning, they were the aces of various teams in college, and after the NBA, the rookies have to start from the bottom. Of course, if you think you're LeBron James, that's really useless.

It's not that An Jie doesn't understand this truth, so he didn't expect to get any chance to perform on the offensive end in this game. But I didn't expect him to receive a pass and assist from his teammates so quickly.

This is one of the advantages of joining the Thunder, the people who can score are all newcomers, and the veteran players are limited by their own strength and cannot carry the banner of offense, so Anjie and Westbrook can have the opportunity to perform like they just did.

It is worth mentioning that everyone knows that Anjie ended up in the round of 16 in the NCAA, and Anjie lost to the UCLA led by Westbrook in that game. However, judging from the performance just now, these two lads have no previous suspicions, and now they are on the same front. Mainland commentators also introduced the dramatic relationship between the two to Chinese fans who don't know about NCAA games.

After that, the 76ers' offensive responsibility was still on Iguodala's shoulders, and the outstanding performance of this all-round small forward made Durant tired to deal with it, and also gave 76ers fans hope for the new season.

As for the Thunder, Westbrook's tomahawk dunk after breaking through Louis Williams also made the audience addicted. Westbrook also scored the first point of his career with this wonderful goal.

After Westbrook's offensive takeaway, the 76ers called a timeout. It's not because the situation on the court is not in their favor, but because the head coach of the 76ers wants to send a bench lineup to practice his skills.

Seeing that the 76 team made changes, Calesimo also replaced all the starters, including Durant, and of course Anjie and Westbrook remained on the court.

This time, Anjie's opponent was Maris Speights, a rookie from his class, who was selected with the 16th pick in the first round.

In the face of this counterpoint, which is a full 11 centimeters shorter than himself, Anjie showed no mercy and made Speights' NBA debut completely ruined.

First of all, Speights first received a pass from Andre Miller, and it stands to reason that the ball was just handed over to him for transfer, but Speights went against the tactical arrangement and started to hit Anjie with the ball privately!

The Chinese was selected at the 12th pick, while himself, who was also a center forward, fell to the 16th pick. Don't look at the difference in ranks, but the salary is too bad, which makes Speights very unconvinced. Speights hadn't played against Anjie when he was in the NCAA, otherwise he wouldn't have made such a stupid decision.

Although Speights looks huge, he weighs only 111 kilograms, which shows how high the fat content of this guy is.

Speights found that he did not advance but retreated after exerting his strength, and was pushed two steps away by Anjie. This is unimaginable for Speights, who could wreak havoc on the basket at will in college. It is understandable that he can't play in the face of NBA players, but he didn't expect that he couldn't step into the restricted area half a step in the face of a thin Chinese rookie!

But it doesn't matter, it's not his big body that Speights lives by, it's his soft touch that doesn't match his size.

Speights half-turned away from the basket as if to step back to shoot. Speights immediately bowed his waist and used his quick footsteps to pass under An Jie's raised arm, and it was over!

Speights jumped, and he was bound to win the basket! But he saw Westbrook seem to have started to run to the frontcourt, what was going on?

"Smack!" Just when Speights was puzzled, he saw that the basketball he threw was completely covered by a large palm, and the basketball that flew into the air was fanned out from the side by this palm.

Before the ball landed, An Jie grabbed the basketball, and then threw the ball forward with a long throw without hesitation.

"This ball An Jie is covered beautifully, but the young man is still inexperienced, this ball is still too impatient, so the pass is a little big, An Jie should pay attention to avoid such mistakes in the future. The narrator shook his head, this young man is still too frizzy. Hmm? What!

To everyone's surprise, the ball that seemed to be bound to go out of bounds was chased by Westbrook, who started early! A white lightning flashed from one half court to the other, and then caught the orange basketball thrown by Anjie near the free throw line.

"Smart Chinese!" Westbrook knew that the ball was not an error by Anjie, but that he had deliberately passed it that way. After battling Westbrook and training with her for a while, Anjie knew exactly how terrifying his teammate's speed was. This kind of passing, tailor-made for him!

Well, now that Westbrook doesn't have a single defender around, he won't waste the gift Anjie gave him.

"Nice fast attack! a fast attack from the center, it's unbelievable!" The commentator had forgotten that he had just been slapped hard, and he was now completely addicted to this wonderful goal.

Divac couldn't help but applaud in the box, this summer really didn't work in vain, Anjie's control of the pass now is not much different from his back then.

Speights could only stand in place with his mouth wide open, and the Thunder team actually completed a fast attack in a flash of lightning, and it seems that the name of this team is really not blind.

The fans in the audience are now realizing that they have made the right decision to watch this pre-season game!

"Well done boy!"

"Next time you can dunk Russell!"

"Come on, Yao Ming of Oklahoma!"

Fans began shouting from the stands, a treatment that none of the veteran Thunder players sitting on the court had ever received.

That's Presti's assessment of Westbrook.

However, Anjie and Westbrook are still newcomers, and they still have a long way to go if they want to dominate the game.

Andre Miller, a veteran of the 76ers, taught Anjie and Westbrook a good lesson. Miller Sr. wasn't fast and didn't shoot as accurately, but he was able to organize his offense perfectly and always find a gap to score his goals.

Anjie didn't pay attention to it, and Andre Miller was already in the three-second zone to complete the throw. Westbrook has much faster footwork and a much stronger body than him, but the young Westbrook doesn't have much to do in the face of Miller's superb passing and movement.

Under Miller's leadership, the 76ers successfully quelled the storm set off by Anjie and Westbrook. You must know that the 76ers are still playing on the court on the bench, which has already made these two young people who have just made the limelight suffer.

At the end of the first quarter, the 76ers led by eight points, 24-16. Andre Miller scored 8 points and 4 assists alone in this quarter, not all rookies can become James or O'Neal, and Angel and Westbrook still look very immature in front of the experienced Miller.

After the start of the second quarter, the 76ers put their main players on the court again, and Iguodala continued his scoring streak.

"Iguodala is merciless in the face of Durant! Even though this is only a preseason, the 76ers have shown the young Thunder a good look at the cruelty of the NBA! He broke through! Durant fought to catch up! Iguodala jumped and dunked at the intermittent level!" As the game progressed, the scene became more and more exciting, and the commentators in Chinese mainland became more and more passionate.

Just now, Iguodala dunked Nick Collison across the Thunder's starting center, and Anjie was shocked to watch it on the bench. During training, An Jie played against Collison's big brother, and Corrison's defense was clear in Anjie's heart. I never thought that this guy named Iguodala could directly ignore the barrier under the basket, the NBA is really a league full of perverts!

In the second quarter, Anjie and Westbrook played a lot less minutes, and it wasn't until the final two minutes that they were sent on the court again. Facing the 76ers' second lineup, Anjie and Westbrook still got a few opportunities to perform. But the strength of their two newcomers is really limited, and the decline of the Thunder team has not been stopped.

When the half-time whistle blew, the fans in the crowd couldn't wait to leave their positions. Aside from a few shining performances from Anjie and Westbrook in the first quarter, the stinky and long game was a lethargic experience. They were reluctant to waste the money on tickets and leave the stadium early, so they had to go out at halftime to breathe.

44-67, the Thunder exposed the essence of their underdog team in the first half of a preseason game. What can the Thunder do with just three rookies?But Presti doesn't care about the score at all, and the second half of the game is when he really tests the team's lineup!

The Thunder's locker room was lifeless, and Anjie was not used to this kind of atmosphere, as long as Rickard roared on the Whirlwind team, everyone was in good spirits. But now the team's head coach, P.J. Calesimo, can only speak those pale words of encouragement, and then draw a few tactical set-ups on the tactical board that are not new.

Durant scored 12 points on his own in the first half, but what's the use? He simply doesn't have a helper who can take the pressure off for him. Everyone was thinking about their own business, and it wasn't until Calesimo made the decision to make a line-up change that everyone focused their attention on him.

"In the second half, Anjie and Westbrook started the game, oh, Kevin, you guys too, and the three of you started the first half together. 'Calessimo did it exactly according to Presti's request, with three new guys working together in the second half, which is what Presti really wanted to see today.

Everyone except Durant was shocked. Let three newcomers play at the same time, two of them are playing professional basketball for the first time, and there is no need to start so early if you want to give up!

Although there were times in the first half when the three of them played together, it was only a few minutes after all. But now let the three of them start in the second half, then it is clear that the three of them are the main players in the second half, isn't this giving up the game?

"Pre-season is meant to be a test of the squad, so you have to perform well and don't care too much about winning or losing. "Anyway, P.J. Calesimo was numb to lose last season, and he didn't care about a pre-season loss.

However, the three young men who are about to appear on the field do not agree, they all have a heart for victory.

The Thunder's three most valuable assets are about to work together for the first time in the second half of the game! The preseason is a stage for players to seize their opportunities.

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