Chapter 270: Xiandao Zhang, NBA debut~!!(I)
NBA is the dream hall of every professional basketball player, no matter how high or low their ability is, no matter where they come from, even if it is an amateur player who simply loves basketball, he must have fantasized that he will one day wear the uniform of a certain NBA team and compete with Kobe, James and others~~
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And the former Sendai Rover guard, our former slam dunk master, Akira Sendo, is going through all this.
Joining the Indiana Pacers in the offseason is now finally about to make his NBA career debut after waiting for half a year.
The Pacers' first game of the new season is against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
"Yay~!!!!!"
With the enthusiastic cheers of the audience, the Pacers' home court, the Bankers Life Arena, has begun to introduce players to the stage, as the world's top league, the stadium of any team in the NBA is the world's top, and the atmosphere and special effects of the stadium are also incomparable to other leagues.
It seems that in the opening game of the new season, the morale of the Pacers is quite high.
"No. 7 ~ !!! from Japan, shooting guard, Xian ~ Michi ~ Akira ~ !!!"
When the announcer at the scene broadcast the name of Xiandao, there were also a lot of cheers from the scene, after all, as a yellow-skinned player, it is always rare.
The starting lists of both teams were then shown on the big screen.
Pacers: Center: No. 55, Roy Hibbert, Power Forward: No. 21, David West, Small Forward: No. 24, Paul George, Shooting Guard: No. 33, Danny Granger, Point Guard: No. 3, George Hill.
The Pacers' starting lineup is quite stable, team boss Danny Granger has finally come out of injury, and Paul George has grown very fast in last year's No. 10 pick.
The goal of the Pacers in the new season is not just to make the playoffs, but to hit the Big Three of the Heat.
However, for the newcomer Xiandao, the first thing to do is to recognize which players in the team are in competition with themselves.
The Pacers' backup point guards were Dundee Jones and last year's second-round pick Lance Stephenson. It can be said that Xiandao is the team's No. 4 scoring guard, although he can also make a cameo appearance in the position of small forward, but Xiandao, who does not have an advantage in height, still suffers a little bit in the position of small forward.
Therefore, the competitive environment of Xiandao is still quite fierce.
On the other side, the Cavaliers' starters are as follows: center: No. 17, Anderson Valejo, power forward: No. 4, Andowry Janison, small forward: No. 9, Anthony Parker, shooting guard: No. 1, Daniel Gibson, point guard: No. 2, Kyrie Irving.
After losing James, the Cavaliers went from being a champion-level team in the East to a team in the lottery in an instant.
For the Cavaliers, the biggest goal should be to develop young players like Irving, and then wait for the opportunity to get more potential young players through the draft.
Therefore, for the Pacers, with the home-court advantage and the momentum of the opening game, it should not be a problem to win the Cavaliers, who are far below them.
The game did go as expected, and the Pacers quickly established a relatively large advantage, although the shooting percentage on the outside was mediocre, but the combination of Hibbert and West on the inside played a dominant advantage on the inside, and beat the Cavaliers inside.
The game was in full swing, and the Pacers bench was very quiet, although it had achieved a relatively large advantage, but Vogel still seemed to be more cautious, still following the normal rotation in the substitution, and only replaced Dundee Jones in the first quarter of the game.
Xiandao has been sitting quietly at the end of the bench and has become a veritable water cooler administrator.
In fact, this is also a hidden danger of Xiandao coming to the NBA, that is, once you can't get the opportunity to play, then for Xiandao who is in the golden age of integrity, it is a waste of time.
Just talk about it, don't practice fake tricks.
Soon after the start of the second quarter, Lance Stephenson was also replaced, and the score was slowly expanding.
And just when Xiandao was watching the game leisurely like a spectator, occasionally applauding his teammates, handing towels to his teammates, and always paying attention to Vogel's dynamics, Xiandao was looking forward to that command.
Sure enough, when there were 2 minutes and 32 seconds left in the second quarter, the moment that belonged to Xiandao finally arrived, Vogel always looked at the court, and finally focused on Xiandao's body, and with a wave of his arm, Xiandao was finally about to usher in a chance to play.
After receiving the order, Xiandao immediately jumped up from the seat, looking at Xiandao's appearance, he was already holding back his strength and was ready to release it.
"Yay~!!"
"Oh~!!"
The audience on the sidelines saw Xiandao get up and walked to the substitution area, and they all gave a standing ovation to cheer for Xiandao, in fact, this is also a historic moment for the team, a yellow race, appeared in the team of the Pacers, and it was also the first time in the history of the team~!!
"Don't be nervous, start with defense first, you can~!!"
Vogel patted Xiandao on the shoulder and encouraged.
Sendo nodded as he straightened his pants and walked to the substitution area.
Because of the large score difference in the game, the fans watched it more dullly. The preparation of the fairy road can also ease the atmosphere.
On this side, Granger is still making free throws, and as long as this ball is scored, he can complete the free throw substitution.
Sendo crouched out of bounds in front of the commentator's bench, watching Granger's free throw.
"Brush~!!"
Granger made a steady penalty~!!
Although this free throw is only the simplest free throw basket in Granger's career, it is commemorative for Xiandao.
"Put on No. 7, Sendo Akira~!!"
With the loud shouting of Xiandao's name from the live broadcast, Xiandao's NBA career began~!!
After Sendao came on the field, he immediately threw himself into defense.
Sendo immediately went on the defensive, because Sendo played as a scoring guard. So correspond to the defense of the opposing defender Sessions.
Sessions is still quite athletic, and Sendo needs to pay attention to his air cuts.
However, I believe that before the game, Xiandao has thoroughly studied each player on the other side.
Sendo's defense was aggressive, and Sessions got out of it for half a day, still not finding a chance to catch the ball.
Xiandao's defensive attitude is rare in roamers, and even if it is a big-name player in the NBA, if the defensive skills are not good enough, it will be difficult to become a climate.
"Bell~!!"
The Cavaliers missed a reluctant shot from the outside, and Xiandao firmly stuck Sessions' position.
Xiandao is working hard to do every detail well, and is working hard to leave a good first impression on the outside world.
"Great card position, great defensive awareness, the first defensive round Sendo did not do badly, welcome this brother from Japan, welcome to the NBA~!!"
The narrator commented.
(To be continued.) )