Chapter Seventy-Eight: Two Young Men
"Hello and welcome back to the world of sports, now let's get to know the news from the NBA. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Hearing the host's voice, many people turned their attention back to the TV.
In the first game of the day, the Los Angeles Lakers challenged the Denver Nuggets away, and the game was very intense, with Lakers star Kobe Bryant scoring a game-high 33 points on his own, while Pau Gasol recorded a double-double of 16 points and 16 rebounds. The host said, and the picture also gave highlights of Kobe's goals again and again.
On the other hand, the Nuggets, the golden twin guns obviously did not play their due power. Little Melon Anthony had a bad time today, scoring just 13 points on 5-of-15 shooting, and Allen Iverson scored just 13 points on 3-of-8 shooting. Compared with the Lakers, whose starting five all scored double-doubles, the Nuggets were very passive throughout the game. In the end, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Nuggets 104-97 and ushered in a two-game winning streak. ”
"The Houston Rockets are also on a winning streak today, and their opponent is the Thunder, who have another Chinese player, An Jie. It was the first Chinese derby in the NBA this season, and Yao Ming and An Jie also presented us with a wonderful matchup. After the host finished speaking, the director turned the picture into a scene when Yao Ming and An Jie were talking before the game. This is the highlight of today's NBA section, and we must spend the most pen and ink to focus on it.
“...... In the end, the Rockets won 89-78 and ushered in a three-game winning streak, while Anjie's Oklahoma City Thunder team has lost two in a row. After the game, An Jie accepted an interview with our reporter Mao Ran. ”
The picture has become a video of An Jie being interviewed in the locker room.
"It's the first time you've faced Yao Ming! You've scored two double-doubles! Are you satisfied with this result?" the reporter asked on the TV screen. After all, he was interviewing his own compatriots, so he wouldn't deliberately ask tricky questions.
An Jie thought for a few seconds, but there was no happy look on his face. "Brother Yao played great, and the overall performance of the Rockets was also very good. We still have a lot of shortcomings, and I think we should have done better. ”
An Jie embodied the sophistication that did not match his age, and he answered one set of answers in the face of reporters' questions.
"Today we saw Coach Calesimo replace you at critical moments several times, is there something wrong?" Mao Ran asked this question that all Chinese fans are concerned about, and An Jie's several appearances today are really abnormal.
"The manager has his own considerations, and the first thing we should do as players is to obey the manager's arrangement. I'm still a rookie, so Coach Calesimo probably takes into account my inexperience in key moments. An Jie's answer was tantamount to saying nothing, and the domestic fans were disappointed.
"Last question, tomorrow the Thunder team is about to usher in a back-to-back game, do you think there will be a problem with your physical fitness?
'We're fit, because the season has just begun. No one can predict whether we will win or not, all we can do is give it our all. "Jie wiped her sweat, Kevin Love, I'm going to meet that guy again.
"Okay, thank you Anjie, I wish you a good performance in the next game. After speaking, the screen shifted to the interview with Yao Ming. An Jie didn't know that he was already a frequent visitor to CCTV news.
After the game, the exhausted Thunder team rushed back to Oklahoma City overnight, and the NBA's back-to-back schedule was the most torturous, not to mention the players, but many critics and fans felt that such a schedule was very unreasonable. However, the NBA is a business league, and everything serves the maximization of interests, otherwise Anjie would not have been able to get a multimillion-dollar annual salary.
On the return plane, some of the Thunder's veterans were still performing normally, but the three rookies led by Durant were very depressed. At the critical moment, none of the three of them could stand up to help the team win, Anjie was dunked and shook, Durant and Westbrook hit the iron in a row, and it can be said that the failure to bite in the end was completely lost to them.
The three young men are very competitive, so they often take responsibility for themselves. As everyone knows, what rookies need most is the right guidance, and now the P.J. Calesimo who is still very leisurely after losing is the one who has to pay the most responsibility.
If his players are a group of experienced and capable veterans, Calesimo can just give them a tactical outline, and the group will naturally come up with ways to deal with situations on the pitch. But the Thunder are different, they are a group of young people who have no strength but don't know where to go, and if Calesimo doesn't give them some guidance, they will only be more confused on the court.
Perhaps having been with Popovich for a long time, Kalesimo thought that he could succeed by painting a scoop with a gourd. It's a pity that the Thunder are not the Spurs, and Popovich's treatment of GDP can't be applied to these three rookies.
The next game against the weak Timberwolves is the best chance for the Thunder to win for the first win of the season. But for the Timberwolves, the Thunder, who are also a weak team, are not an opponent that must be won.
The weak team will play the weak team very fiercely, because no one wants to lose to anyone. Two teams playing back-to-back games, who can catch whom?
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Ricard watched the footage of An Jie's match, and when he saw that An Jie was still struggling with Yao Ming in the low post without dominating the situation, he couldn't help but shake his head.
"This guy won't use An Jie at all!" If the Thunder team is a mature team, then An Jie, as a rookie, can naturally start as a blue-collar first. But the Thunder team has nothing, the only thing they have is these three rookies, and at this time, they don't arrange the corresponding tactics but copy the system of the mature team, and it's no wonder that the Thunder team can win.
Just as Riccard was mentally critical of Calesimo when he heard a knock on the door.
"Please come in. As soon as he finished speaking, the office door was pushed open, and it was Morris.
"What's wrong?" The Whirlwinds' training session ended half an hour ago, and Riccard didn't know what Morris was looking for him.
"Boss, next week's game is against the University of Colorado. Morris sat casually down at Ricard's desk.
"yes, what's wrong?" Riccard already knew what Morris was about.
"You see, this opponent is not strong, and it will definitely be no problem to win. You just let me play as a starter and give me more playing time. This is the third time Morris has spoken to Riccard about it.
"My feet are very healthy! I didn't cut two doubles yesterday, I'm all right!" Morris was very proud of this, he came off the bench to score 12 points and 9 rebounds in yesterday's game, and also sent 3 hot pots.
"You're a player who decided to go to the draft, what if something goes wrong before the draft?" Ricard didn't want to use Morris, but he was afraid that tragedy would happen again.
"I'm sturdy, and besides, I'm already wearing a lot of protective gear, so I'll be fine. "To protect himself, Morris wears protective gear on the lower half of his body every game.
"It's okay to play, but if you can't get two double-doubles, then sit on the bench in the next game, I'm not talking about a quasi-double-double, I want to play a real ten plus ten!" Ricard also made a condition, he will not let go of any opportunity to motivate the players.
"No problem, I'll add two more caps to you!" Morris rushed out of the office excitedly, and he was also full of enthusiasm for the next training.
Poor University of Colora Buffaloes, they're already being targeted by a hungry beast before the game even starts.
Anjie and Morris, two young people who have been struggling lately, are still struggling on their basketball paths. Whether it is the main force or abandoned, whether it is a dream come true to play professional basketball or being shattered by reality, you can only find another way. The two intimidating interior partners of the Whirlwind team are still working this road of no return.