Chapter 62: Retention
"Chinese Boy" Joe Alexander was also interviewed by reporters, but when the game started, most of the fans still supported Zhou Xuan and the Warriors. After all, he is the real Chinese.
When he was introduced, Zhou Xuan was ranked fifth from the bottom, and the lower he was, the higher his status in the team. Zhou Xuan was followed by Harrington and Biedlings, and the finale was Margety and Jackson.
The arrangement on the Bucks' side was a big disappointment. Mo Williams moved to the Cleveland Cavaliers, and there weren't many stars on the team, but they didn't put Michael, the star guard who played the Olympics? Reid came in and out of the lineup.
The starting five are the center forward Australian champion Andrew? Bogut, power forward Charlie? Villanueva, small forward with the seventh pick in the second round Rookie Luke? Bamot, the shooting guard was traded for Richard from the Nets? Jefferson. Jefferson has been the biggest addition to the Bucks this season, averaging 22 per game last season. 6 points 4. 2 rebounds 3. 1 assist, excellent quality. Is the point guard Luke poached by the Thunder? Redno, who didn't have many chances with the Thunder last season, but also had an 11+7 performance at the peak.
Joe Alexander and Zhou Xuan's old acquaintance Ramon? Sessions was on the bench. Sessions greeted Zhou Xuan, in addition to envy or envy in his heart, Mo Williams left and he failed to turn positive, but Zhou Xuan played as a starter as soon as he entered the NBA, where is the reason?
Ridno is about the same size as me, not strong, I should have guarded against him, he was just a substitute last season. Villanueva is also Yi Jianlian's substitute, looking at the information about the poor defense, today is my time to make a difference. Zhou Xuan thought in his heart, standing on the field and moving his wrists and ankles.
The referee tosses the ball into the air and the game begins. Biedrins jumped the ball to win over Bogut and tolerated the ball to Margeti, who passed the ball to Zhou Xuan and ran towards half court.
Zhou Xuan led the half, Harrington pulled out to block the demolition, Zhou Xuan broke through from the right side, and Villanueva was slow to change the defense for the first time and did not block the breakthrough route. Zhou Xuan immediately sped up and easily entered the inner line.
Bogut didn't make up the defense, only Villanueva chased on the side, Zhou Xuan chose to go to the basket, although Villanueva followed to the basket, he didn't jump but stretched out his hand, watching Zhou Xuan go to the basketball. 2 to 0.
It's too easy, isn't that the defensive intensity of the NBDL? Zhou Xuan glanced at the "Eyebrowless Man" and found that his face was free, not like he was deliberately releasing water. Even though it was a warm-up game, this defensive attitude was scary enough. Zhou Xuan suspects that he is usually like this, no wonder he has height, can shoot, can score, or has to be Yi Jianlian's substitute, the coach must have a headache for his defensive attitude.
The Bucks attacked, and Redno went to the front court to pass to Bamot, who hoisted the ball over Jackson's head to Bogut and singled Biedrins in the low post on the left.
Bogut took two steps inside with his back to protect the ball, turned and hit a hook in the middle, and scored a textbook goal. 2 to 2.
When he was at the University of Utah, Bogut was once known as "White Duncan", and his offensive means were very comprehensive, with back play in the low post and shooting in the high post. It's a pity that he was selected to become the champion, and the Bucks have Reed and More-Williams, and only need a blue-collar interior line, unlike the Spurs who cultivated Duncan to cultivate Bogut, but after three seasons of depression, his offense is not as sharp as it was back then. In Reed's absence today, he can show his determination on the offensive end.
Dribbling to the frontcourt, Zhou Xuan beckoned Harrington to pull out to cover, and when he was almost in place, he suddenly passed the ball to Jackson on the right. Harrington blocked Ridnor without the ball, and Zhou Xuan took the opportunity to rush inside and misplaced Villanueva. Jackson can play a cameo point guard, and without pausing to pass the ball from the side, Zhou Xuan received the ball and wiped it into the basket in one step.
He calculated that Villanueva would still be out of position, and took three steps with the ball, but Bogut did not like to defend like Villanueva, and immediately let go of Bidrins to make up for the jump block. Zhou Xuan jumped up and pulled the lever in the air, bypassed Bogut's body, and sent the ball to Biedlins on the other side of the basket with one hand, who took the ball and jumped up and dunked the basketball with both hands. 4 to 2.
Biedlings slapped Zhou Xuan's hand in the middle of the defense. As a blue-collar worker, he relies on his teammates to feed the ball, and Zhou Xuan is confident that he can score more points in the new season.
Redno dribbled to the frontcourt and the ball was handed to Jefferson, and the duo will be the Bucks' primary perimeter attackers this year. Margeti defended. Both of them are strong, have participated in the dunk contest, and are good at scoring in similar ways. Jefferson didn't hit it hard and hoisted the ball back to Bogut on the inside.
Bogut singled Biedrins again and leaned in on a turnaround jumper, this time the ball was deflected. The Bucks want to play a combination of inside and outside, but Bogut is not the kind of Yao Ming who can dominate the game with a low-post offense, and Biedrins doesn't need to go around with all his might, just lower his center of gravity and top defense.
The rebound was picked up by Harrington and passed to Jackson, who made a long pass, and Zhou Xuan had already run through half court and received the basketball. Ridno was about the same height and weight as Zhou Xuan, and he couldn't stop him from receiving the ball, retreating quickly and blocking his breakthrough route in front of the three-point line.
Zhou Xuan stopped the ball and hesitated with both hands, and did not pass it to Margeti, who was about to go. Ridno thought to himself that it was still too tender, his own defense was very fast, and the ball could still be played alone by Margeti, and when their joint defense was in place, how difficult would it be to score goals? But immediately he couldn't laugh.
Zhou Xuan passed the ball sideways and gave it to Harrington, who had just run to the front, less than two meters away. At this time, Villanueva, who came back first, had already run to the basket and fell to the joint defense, Harrington easily got a vacant position, received the ball without making adjustments, stopped and jumped the ball, made a three-point shot, the ball arc was very flat, and the back edge of the basket bounced in! 7 to 2.
It's not that it's good to be quick to defend, Zhou Xuan showed his excellent overall view.
Ridno received the baseline ball and remembered what the head coach said before the game, Zhou Xuan's strength is by no means as bad as his data, his playing time is too short, but even Paul said that he is very promising. If it weren't for the short playing time due to defensive problems, it would have been as Margeti said in an interview, he was impressive and solidified his starting position.
The Bucks attacked again, still passing to Bogut first, and the other four were interspersed with runs looking for opportunities. Three of the Bucks' starting five are newcomers, and the tacit understanding is not very good. Jefferson tried to get Villanueva to cover him without the ball on the perimeter, but Villanueva ran to the perimeter and Bogut to catch the ball and play by himself. On the other side, Bamot went to the low post, as if he was the power forward, but no one passed the ball to him and he didn't know what to do there. Lidno just stood outside and waited for a three-point opportunity, which made Zhou Xuan's defensive pressure a lot less.
Bogut dribbled twice and chose to pass to Villanueva, and "No Eyebrows" received the ball and made a one-step stop-and-go jumper, the shot was very resolute, the ball bounced out of the frame, and the rebound was grabbed by Marquetty.
The Bucks quickly returned to the defense and began to compress the defense, Zhou Xuan dribbled the ball at the top of the arc, and saw that the opponent's four people were all shrinking into the restricted area, and only Bamot was on the perimeter with Harrington.
One of the shortcomings of the Warriors' starting lineup is that the three-point line is not too accurate. Magetti and Jackson both shot more confidently from the mid-range and shot slightly worse from beyond the three-point line. Harrington is the most accurate three-point shooter, shooting nearly 40% from the field last season and 46% in the Pacers' peak season, so opponents take special care of him.
Lidno also shrank to the edge of the penalty area, stepped on the free throw line, and put Zhou Xuan more than two steps away, preventing breakouts and not shooting.
In the finals, Fisher defended Rondo of the Celtics like this, and Perkins on the inside was also a target who could be emptied, and it was not easy for the Celtics to win under such conditions.
Old Nelson had specifically instructed him before that Zhou Xuan was not allowed to shoot three-point shots, and he should also shoot less in the middle of the shot, and play like in the preseason. Zhou Xuan understands that this is not to let other teams find out his details, and their opening opponent in the new season is the New Orleans Hornets, when he suddenly shows his shooting ability, he may be able to catch the Hornets off guard, which is much more important than the warm-up game.
Zhou Xuan hesitated, passed the ball to Jackson on the periphery, and asked Jackson to organize at the top of the arc and change to organize the striker's play. It was not possible to let Jackson shoot away, and Jefferson followed.
Jackson passed the ball to Margeti, who also pulled out, and in the bottom left corner, Villanueva was in charge of the defense, and Margeti received the ball and missed the pull-up jumper, and the rebound fell into the hands of Bogut.
CCTV5 on-site commentator Yu Jia said: "The Bucks' defensive intensity has come up, and it seems that they don't want their opponents to win the game easily." ”
Another commentator, Zhang Li, said: "If Zhou Xuan can shoot from the periphery, the Bucks will be very difficult to play, and he can't shrink the formation so much, but he didn't shoot after just putting two steps to defend, but chose to pass, it seems that he is very unconfident in his medium and long-distance shooting." ”
Yu Jia sighed: "The No. 1 position is a big disadvantage, if he wants to play in the NBA, he must still practice, he scored two points in the opening game, delivered two beautiful assists, the performance is very eye-catching, and he has done a very good job in terms of organization." Many people think that Zhou Xuan should enter the national team to play in the 2008 Olympic Games, what do you think about this problem? ”
At this time, the game was still going on, and the two people who were not doing their jobs did not explain the battle situation on the court, and chatted about gossip, which shows how unappreciated the lack of stars the Bucks are. Jefferson received the ball and dodged Margeti on the screen, and hit a pull-up jumper in the face of Harrington. 7 to 4.
Zhou Xuan dribbled the ball past half and was let go again, and he passed the ball to Jackson again. Seeing this scene, Zhang Li sighed: "It's another two short steps, Zhou Xuan still chose to pass, I think he can shoot and try to shoot, and he may be able to practice shooting if he shoots more, but this may also be the coach's arrangement, and he doesn't dare to disobey." Judging from these two rounds, he still has obvious deficiencies in skills, Liu Wei is a guard who passes the ball to Yao Ming very well, and he can also shoot and score from the outside, I think Zhou Xuan has entered the national team, and it is difficult to do better than Liu Wei, I hope he can improve in the future. ”
After listening to the commentary of the two, all Chinese fans believed that Zhou Xuan would not be able to shoot.