Chapter 386: [Dark Horse Stag]
The Bucks are 6-2 this season and have become a dark horse this season.
There is a saying that "if you don't advance against the current, you will retreat", and in the context of the league's lineup competition, the Bucks instead sent away three stars they relied on. However, the team itself has a good structure, with a defensive interior like Bogut and a group of young players with considerable potential, and under the leadership of coach Skells, there is not the slightest hope.
Injuries have been the theme of the Bucks in recent seasons, and the copycat Yao Mai combination of Bogut and Reed has always been tormented by injuries, and in the 2008-2009 season, young manager Hammondra brought in the old coach Skels, and spent a lot of effort in exchange for Richard? Jefferson, along with Villanueva, was supposed to be a year when the Bucks were trying to make the playoffs, but injuries to Reed and Bogut frustrated everything, but fortunately, under the leadership of Skyles, the Bucks still made a lot of progress.
There have been quite a few changes to the team's roster this summer, bringing in free agent Ulson? Ilyasova and Hakim? Varik, draft rookie No. 9 Brandon? Jennings and Jodi, who finished 41st in the second round? Meeks. Sent Jefferson, Bogans, Damon? Jones, Villanueva, Sessions, and others.
The Bucks' selection of Jennings was somewhat surprising, given that they already have a young man of Sessions calibre. Sessions has excellent statistics, but Skals is "not cold" to him, often letting him play on the bench, and after the worst Sessions, he was signed by the Timberwolves at a low price, and the Bucks were indifferent, they are still very much looking forward to Jennings, and Kentucky's two-way guard Meeks will also surprise people, who scored 54 points in a single game in the NCAA last season, and is a master of scoring.
If Reid can stay healthy, his Bucks will have a lot of firepower on the outside, and Argentine Delfino will also have good scoring ability.
The Bucks have hidden dangers on the inside, Bogut is difficult to support alone, they have a bunch of swing forwards, Ilyasova, Varik, Joe Alexander, Bamot, but no one has enough strength to play the position of power forward, there are a bunch of veteran inside, Thomas, Elson, Gazuric, and no one can play steadily, the Australian big mouth champion can only support the Bucks' interior line alone, and his health problems will determine the direction of the team.
Compared to the Warriors, the Bucks have only the experience of coach Skels.
Skels is the kind of coach who can lead the weak team out of the predicament, but if he wants the team to go further in the playoffs, he can't do anything, the Bulls fired him because of this, and Skels is good at leading a group of shrimp soldiers and crabs to play at a high level, but he may not be able to use a real superstar, so in his hands, the second-round show may be more popular than the first-round show, which is in line with the draft characteristics of the Bucks, so the outside world is optimistic about Meeks.
Jennings is one of the few newcomers who understands Zhou Xuan's strength, and they have competed on the street court. Before the start of the game, Jennings practiced shooting for a while, and like many newcomers, he wanted to beat Zhou Xuan to prove himself.
Before the game, the Warriors players had a lively atmosphere in the locker room, and instead of talking about basketball, they talked about Zhou Xuan and Emma? Watson dating. They have also all seen the Harry Potter films, and Blair bluntly said that he was envious.
Talking about gossip and scandals also made the players forget about the bad environment in the Bucks' away locker room.
An American media outlet once surveyed 11 NBA players, and the question was which of the 30 NBA teams gave the visiting team the worst locker room. Along with the Kings, the Bucks are the worst away locker room in the NBA.
The Bucks' locker room for the visitors at Bradley Center was so cramped that if 15 players from a team entered the locker room together, it would be too crowded to even turn around. When Zhou Xuan first came, he couldn't believe his eyes, and there wasn't even a serious chair in the room.
The Kings also went too far, and not only did the visiting team dressing room not have comfortable seats, not even lockers, but only a row of hooks hung on the wall for the visiting players to hang their clothes on.
After appearing, Jennings greeted Zhou Xuan, his eyes seemed to be unable to wake up, his tone was very lazy, Zhou Xuan didn't have much contact with him, but he always felt that this guy was yin and yang, a bit of a mother.
CCTV5 conducted a live broadcast, and Su Qun and Yang Jian explained.
Yang Jian said: "The Bucks have a good record now, I don't know if they can cause some trouble for the Warriors today." Zhou Xuan has played less than 30 minutes per game in 8 games, and fans hope that he can play better and play more beautiful statistics. ”
Su Qun said: "The Warriors will go through a devilish schedule and consecutive road trips. After playing the Bucks, the opponents are the Cavaliers and the Celtics, and this game is a must-win and relatively easy. ”
"At 9:30 a.m. on the 18th, our sports channel will broadcast live the Warriors VS Cavaliers, Yao Ming and Zhou Xuan's first Chinese derby after changing teams, fans must not miss it." Yang Jian checked the information and said: "In the game that just ended, the Nets lost to the Heat 80-81 away, and the new season started with 10 consecutive defeats, which is really bad. Yi Jianlian did not appear. ”
Yi Jianlian is injured again, what do you have to say about it? Because this guy is always injured and is almost a glass man.
On October 27th, in the preseason team training, Yi Jianlian was injured in the right knee during a group confrontation during the breakthrough, coach Frank immediately suspended the training to let him rest, without Anderson Yi Jianlian is the starting power forward candidate, this injury does not seem to have caused much trouble to the UAE, two days later in the opening game against the Timberwolves, he even scored 17 points and 12 rebounds Excellent data, but no one knows whether Lu Dao was because of this injury to lay the groundwork, so that he was in and Gerrard? Wallace was wounded again in a not-so-heated confrontation.
On November 3, the game reached the middle of the third quarter, "Elvis" Wallace accidentally fell to the ground in the process of scrambling for the ball, when the United Arab Emirates was running on the way back to defense, the two knees directly knocked together, at that time the United Arab Emirates also ran two steps with the teammates who returned to the defense, but soon he covered his knee and fell to the ground, from the situation at the game scene showed that his right knee had no obvious trauma, but the United Arab Emirates, who could not stand up, could only return to the locker room with the support of his teammates, and flew back to New Jersey overnight for examination. It was later discovered that it was a sprain in the right knee.
The Nets drafted Jordan with the 10th pick? Hill, Yi Jianlian could still play as a starter because of his shooting ability and experience, but after a period of rest, the situation was not so optimistic. Hill took advantage of the opportunity to step up and occupy the starting power forward position. Hill's technique is rough and easy to shake, but his physical fitness is amazing.
Players from both sides played. The Warriors started with five Tigers, Zhou Xuan, Azubuuk, Jackson, Margety, and Randolph. Playing small ball tactics in the opening game.
The Bucks fielded Jennings, Delfino, Varik, Bamot, Bogut.
Star defender Reid suffered a serious cruciate ligament injury to his left knee in 2009 and underwent surgery, and he has yet to return.
The game got on, Bogut jumped the ball to win Randolph, and Jennings had the ball. Someone on the Internet asked why the Warriors always let Randolph jump the ball? The answer is that the others are shorter and the scrum is hopeless.
Zhou Xuan's arc top main defense. Jennings worked hard in the summer, and his experience in the Euroleague also gave him experience in professional basketball, and instead of single-handing Zhou Xuan, he passed to Delfino on the side, who in turn hoisted to Bogut and ran to the bottom left corner.
THE 213CM BOGUT HAS A HEIGHT ADVANTAGE AND FORMS A STRONG SIDE TRIANGLE WITH DELFINO AND JANNINGS. Varik and Bamot draw the defense on the other side.
Bogut dribbled and singled out Randolph, leaned his back twice and turned to the middle to hook the ball in, but Randolph couldn't cover it. 0 to 2.
The Warriors attacked, Zhou Xuan and Randolph played blocking and dismantling, the person who switched the defense was Varik, and Bogut interfered with the bottom corner of the three-point at the baseline, so that he could also help the defense block at any time.
AT 206CM TALL AND WEIGHING ONLY 99 KILOGRAMS, VARIK SUFFERS PHYSICALLY AGAINST A STRONG INTERIOR LINE, BUT DEFENDERS CAN OFTEN KEEP UP WITH THE PACE WHEN THEY BREAK THROUGH, AND HE IS LIKE A SMALL FORWARD.
Zhou Xuan dribbled the ball to the left, Randolph cut to the left low post, such a change was enough for the Bucks, Varik's weight could not resist Randolph, Bogut hurriedly went to the basket, Zhou Xuan moved sideways in the run and passed the ball to Azubuke in the bottom corner with one hand.
Azubuuk shot from the open spot and hit a three-point shot. 3 to 0. To be able to return to the starting lineup, Azubuike relied on a good three-point shot, and the bottom corner three-pointers are very important, and the Warriors need him to involve defense.
The Bucks attacked, Jennings broke through by covering, Margeti changed defenses, Varick pulled outside, Jennings passed the ball over, and the latter made a quick stop jump shot in the face of Zhou Xuan. 3 to 2.
Varick has never been a star, averaging around 10 points per game for the Grizzlies and is a qualified role player who can shoot from the ground up and finish well on both sides of the basket.
Zhou Xuan didn't care if he lost a goal, the organization with the ball was still on the same side, first covered with Randolph, Bogut didn't come out, Randolph cut in the air, forming a dislocation of the bottom line, and this time Bogut came out to defend.
Randolph didn't cut to the basket and settled in the middle to create an opportunity for Zhou Xuan to pick up Bogut. Zhou Xuan's crotch dribble accelerated to near the baseline, Bogut followed, Randolph squeezed Jennings in the middle, and Zhou Xuan immediately passed the ball.
Obviously misaligned, Bogut couldn't balance the defense inside and outside, Randolph was able to shoot from all positions, and scored 4-2 on a 60-degree jumper on the left side.
Su Qun said with a smile: "At the beginning, Zhou Xuan started his assist performance again, two in a row. Jennings is too skinny and looks weak when he defends in a misplaced position. ”
Yang Jian said: "Any defender who is not strong enough will feel very depressed when he encounters the combination of Zhou Xuan and Randolph, and they have been in good agreement since last season. ”
Jennings is 185cm tall and weighs only 77 kilograms, which is Randolph's favorite, and it is not difficult to get in the position.
The Bucks attacked, Jennings found a block, and passed to Delfino, who suddenly started, Bamot, known as the "Little Prince of Cameroon", blocked Azubuuk, and Delfino made a pull-up jump shot. 4 to 4.
Both sides scored two goals each, and the Bucks played well.