Chapter 328: The Challenge of the Thunder Twins
The Warriors' roster for the new season was finally finalized at the end of October, after the preseason. 1357924?6810ggggggggggd To Li Du's surprise, in addition to a few new signings in the summer, Jeremy Lin was also streamed by the old Nelson as the team's three-round backup point guard.
This three-wheel point guard is just a nice way to put it, but it's actually a water cooler keeper. Now that the Warriors have enough outside players, Li Du estimates that Nelson Sr. wants to use him as a trade chip to find other players during the season, and if he can't find them, he is likely to cut them outright.
Nelson's tactics have always been relatively open, giving full play to the players' own characteristics, so Livingston, Bogut and Dorrell White quickly integrated into the team system, especially Bogut, because Nelson Sr. has always controlled Yao Ming's playing time at about 25 minutes because of Yao Ming's continuous campaigns in the summer, which gave Bogut a lot of playing time.
After a lot of trades, the Warriors, who looked like they had a lot of personnel changes, started the season with no signs of needing to fit in with each other, pushing all opponents along the way, and topping the league with a 14-1 record in the first 15 games.
After leading the team to win the championship last season, Li Du has become more mature and ferocious, averaging 37.7 points, 6.8 rebounds and 9.3 assists per game in the game, as well as 1.8 steals and 1.4 blocks, leading the Warriors all the way with absolute strength.
And the Warriors' biggest opponent this season, the Heat, is also strong, I don't know if it was stimulated by Li Du, James was very serious in the game, plus Wade and Bosh by his side, the Heat lost only two games in the first 15 games, these two losses are because of consecutive away games, everyone's physical consumption is relatively large, otherwise, I am afraid they can tie with the Warriors for the first place in the league.
There is a rare unanimity among the American media that the two sides of this season's Finals have now been determined, which is the contest between the Warriors and the Heat!
But in this world, there are always people who like to choke, especially those young people who are strong-blooded. The young Thunder Shuangshao immediately jumped out, saying that they would prove to everyone in the game that the Thunder belonged to the Western champions, and they would block the Warriors and Li Du!
After Li Du heard these words, he just smiled, although he has only been in the NBA for five years, but for some reason, when he looks at these young potential basketball stars, he always has a feeling that the seniors look at the juniors, and maybe it is really too deep by Chinese culture, Li Du did not fight like Kobe Bryant and others when they were challenged by juniors, but used the mouths of reporters to encourage the two future superstars during the reporter's interview: "Come on!" I believe that you will be stronger in the future! โ
Reporters have always been looking for topics, after Li Du's words came out, there were various interpretations, some people said that Li Du didn't look down on Thunder and Thunder at all, some people said that Li Du was a little too arrogant to think of himself as a senior, and some people said that Li Du was really just encouraging his opponent.
No matter how you interpret it, in short, before the first regular season game of the season between the Warriors and the Thunder began, in terms of publicity, Li Du and the Thunder were already opposed.
Fans are the most susceptible to media agitation, and with this foreshadowing, the Warriors' home game against the Thunder was crowded at Oracle Arena, as if the playoffs were underway. The fans shouted Li Du's name and shouted as Li Du punched during the warm-up, and the momentum was shocking.
No matter how enthusiastic the fans are, Li Du is very calm about this game, in all fairness, whether it is Kevin Durant or Westbrook, they can be regarded as rare talents, but after all, the technology and experience are still a little immature, Li Du can beat either of them in one-on-one. Now the only thing Li Du is worried about is that once these two people tacitly combine, the thunder will be too terrifying!
In Li Du's mind, the characteristics of these two people are very obvious, and they are also very advantageous in the game. Durant is similar to Li Du when he first entered the league, he is taller, has a longer arm span, and has a bigger pace, and shooting and scoring is as easy for Durant as it is to find a bag. But there's still a lot of learning and improvement for him, just as Li Du grew up from a role player.
Westbrook's appearance is a rare thought that Li Du has a kind of "God is sometimes not so fair", Westbrook's physical talent can only be described as explosive, he seems to be one size smaller, but LeBron James, who has a faster action rate, if it weren't for Li Du has entered the dark energy level, I'm afraid he won't be able to keep up with this little monster-like guy.
Yao Ming easily beat white center Kostic in the jump ball, and Curry got the ball and quickly pushed to the frontcourt, and then passed the ball to Li Du, which is the Warriors' regular style of play.
Li Du got the ball and just wanted to shoot, but out of the corner of his eye, he found a tall black shadow rushing towards him, and he moved in his heart and retracted his shot. Sure enough, as soon as Durant started, he took the initiative to stare at Li Du and wanted to meet Li Du.
Looking at Durant, who sank his center of gravity in front of him and put on a standard defensive move, Li Du smiled slightly, and did not take the initiative to attack, but hoisted the ball high to Yao Ming, who was in the position on the inside.
Yao Ming pushed Kostic away twice, and when he raised his hand to dunk, a figure instantly blocked in front of him, and jumped very high, and he could cover the ball at a glance. Yao Ming squinted at it, it turned out to be Ibaka, who was famous for blocking, so his movements remained the same, but he increased his speed and strength, and as soon as Ibaka's fingers touched the basketball, Yao Ming had already dunked the basketball into it with great force.
Li Du and Yao Ming high-fived lightly, and when they turned around to return to defense, Durant behind him suddenly said to him: "Li, why didn't you attack just now?" Are you trying to avoid me? Tell you, you can't avoid it! โ
Turning his head and glancing at Durant, Li Du didn't understand why this future superstar had such a big grudge against himself, but he didn't care so much, and said with a smile: "Kevin, then I'm waiting for you on the defensive end." Don't let me down! โ
The Thunder attacked, Westbrook dribbled quickly past the frontcourt, and Curry was a full lap thinner than him, and it seemed that he couldn't stand his ravages at all. On the other hand, Durant put one hand on Li Du and reached out to Westbrook for the ball.
After a moment's hesitation, Westbrook still passed the ball to Durant, although in his mind he would have more advantage in playing Curry.
After Durant received the ball, he was ready to single Li Du, as soon as the ball was put down, Li Du quickly waved his right hand, and he heard a "pop", and the basketball became a magic in Li Du's hands.
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