Chapter 226: The Preseason Begins

"Whew...... Whew......"

After a set of workouts, Curry stood on the sidelines, gasping for breath as the other players continued their workouts.

And beside him, stood George.

"Stephen, I don't know if you have a feeling that when the team is training, it seems to be in very good shape, and it is much more efficient than when you go to the stadium alone."

George looked at Curry with some confusion, he hesitated for a long time to ask the question.

He hesitated because he had always suspected that it was just an illusion.

Throughout the summer, George could feel as if there was always a feeling that something wasn't quite right in training, but not what it felt.

And on his first day back at the arena, George felt as if he had regained that feeling, as if nothing had changed.

The very strange situation in his heart made him can't help but ask Curry next to him.

However, what George didn't expect was that when he said this, Curry actually nodded convincingly.

'It's true that I feel like I'm training better in the team.

"You think so, too?" George was a little surprised.

Is it really the Wizards' training plan that is reasonable? Or does their head coach, Wang Xiao, known as the ghost coach, really have incredible magic?

I'm afraid George wouldn't have thought that the reason why they feel like this is entirely because of the system in Wang Xiao's body, the function of the super trainer system.

The training module can improve the effect of the players' training, and after upgrading the system, the training module has added special training, which can spend a lot of money to open a small stove for individual players.

In the face of the upcoming compact schedule, although the team is basically full of young and strong young men, Wang Xiao does not dare to slack off in the slightest, basically full horsepower, and the three enhancement effects attack at the same time, so that the effect of training can be the best.

The players don't know that the system exists, so it is natural to understand that they are in good shape and that training has such an effect.

The short week-long practice session passed quickly, and the Wizards players only had a day off, a little rest, and then got on the plane for their first regular-season game.

On December 18, the NBA preseason officially began, and the Wizards' first preseason game was against the Dallas Mavericks.

Stern is really going to do things, and the Wizards and Mavericks, as the two teams that reached the Finals last season, have also set up a lot of grievances because of the Finals.

The current NBA has been greatly affected by the shutdown and is in dire need of some exciting games to turn things around, and there is no better way to do it than to play a game full of sparks.

In fact, except for the Wizards vs. the Mavericks, the rest of the regular season openers are the traditional Purple and Gold vs. the Green Army, the Heat Big Three vs. the Knicks Big Three, and the Clippers vs. the Trail Blazers, which have risen in recent years.

Although it's only a preseason game, this kind of gimmicky game will still attract the attention of many fans.

However, this is just a gimmick.

No team will be serious in the preseason.

The so-called preseason is just a preparation for the regular season, and the team uses this opportunity to line up the lineup, and the players use this opportunity to find their form, and that's it.

Not long after the start of the game, both teams invariably replaced their main players.

On the Mavericks' side, Nowitzki, Kidd and Marion were off the bench after making their debuts.

And the Wizards' side also made a change of formation.

At the opening point, the starting lineup on the Wizards was Curry, Thompson, George, Jamison and McGee.

But at the same time that the Mavericks replaced Nowitzki and others, the Wizards also made substitutions, replacing Jamison and McGee.

And in place of the two, it was Leonard and Yi Jianlian.

The lineup on the court suddenly changed, Leonard appeared in the small forward position, George was in the big forward position, and Yi Jianlian, who had been a big forward in previous seasons, appeared in the center position.

As soon as this lineup appeared, the whole team immediately began to accelerate.

The Wizards' lineup, from point guard to power forward, is naturally not much to say, and the entire league is hardly faster than them.

The only one in the entire team who was slower was Yi Jianlian.

Yi Jianlian's pace is relatively fast in the inside, but compared with Jamison, another big forward in the team, it is obviously slower to go to the first line, even if Wang Xiao has focused on strengthening Yi Jianlian's speed training these days, the gap can still be seen.

But in response to this, Wang Xiao only gave a solution.

So, in the next game, the audience was surprised to see that as the team's inside line, Yi Jianlian not only did not fall to the inside card position to grab rebounds, but kept floating on the outside, either standing at the top arc or standing at a 45-degree angle, just standing like that, waiting for his teammates to pass the ball and project three points.

How can there be such an inside line?

Why don't you go to the inside line to attract the attention of the other party's inside line, and run to the outside line in a daze? Do you want to be a three-point shooter?

Yi Jianlian played 4 seasons in the NBA, and only made a total of 75 three-pointers, shooting 33%, and only averaged 18.75 three-pointers per season.

This is similar to the Wizards' other power forward, Antoine. Jamison wasn't a little bit worse.

The backup center on the Mavericks' side is not used to Yi Jianlian at all, since you love to float outside, then you just float outside, who wants to pay attention to you?

But ignoring it really doesn't work.

When he saw Yi Jianlian's vacancy, Curry would always pass the ball over without hesitation, without a single hesitation.

The first two times, perhaps because of some nervousness, Yi Jianlian missed two empty three-point shots.

This is very normal, even Curry has open three-point shots on the court, let alone Yi Jianlian?

But the whole five months of hard training were not given in vain, and Wang Xiao's tactical skill bonus was not fake.

In order to build confidence for the players in this game, Wang Xiao chose to use the tactical skill of shooting bonus.

In this case, Yi Jianlian's third open three-point shot finally hit, and the fourth point guard three-point guard who followed it also made a steady shot.

At this moment, the Mavericks' substitute center couldn't stand, and he had to leave the inside line and follow Yi Jianlian to the outside line.

Seeing this situation, Wang Xiao smiled with satisfaction.

That's it, he doesn't need Yi Jianlian to play an important offensive role, as long as his projection ability on the outside is enough for the opponent to send someone to mark, that's enough.

The future Warriors have had such a dilemma more than once - when Green stood at the top of the arc with the ball, no one paid attention to him at all, and the closest defenders to him stood around the free throw line, with a face full of you can shoot if you have the ability.