Chapter 187: A Familiar Man (Ask for Subscription!) )
Portland is a city located in Oregon.
Seattle is so close to Portland that you don't even have to fly to play away from home, as buses are only a three-hour drive away.
Because of the oceanic climate, Portland's climate is ideal for growing roses, which is why Portland is known as the "City of Roses."
The home arena of the Portland Trail Blazers is called the "Rose Garden" arena.
Pippen and Sabonis both left the Trail Blazers as free agents at the end of last season, but it was the resignation of the team's general manager, Bob Whithit, that caused a stir.
After Whithitt's resignation, he was criticized by many fans and the media, who felt that it was under Whithit's leadership that the team was able to exit the playoffs early years after year.
What's even more lethal is that Whithitt's players are in constant trouble off the court, and people make fun of the Trail Blazers as the "Prison Blazers."
It's really not Paul Allen who is unlucky, he hasn't had much of a ride since he took over this team.
Some of the players in the team had something to do with underage girls at a party, and some were sent to receive treatment for the ring, and the fights and brawls were all minor problems, and many of the players here used to be the masters of the palace.
This season, General Manager Steve Patterson immediately began to rebuild the team's image, sorting out and announcing the "25 guarantees" that all Trail Blazers members must abide by.
Shortly after the start of the season, Bunch-Wells was a relentless critic of head coach Cheeks in practice, and was subsequently suspended by the team and soon traded to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for Wesley Persson and a first-round pick.
At the same time, two problematic players were removed from the team, with "locker room poison" point guard Jeff McGinnis and another Trail Blazers player, Ruben Bonteje, being sent to Cleveland in exchange for Darius Myers and cash.
The two were ruthlessly kicked to LeBron James.
Lu Fei saw the Trail Blazers' roster of players, and it seemed that the only thing left to play was the duo of Zach Randolph and Rashid Wallace, oh, I almost forgot, there was a flying squirrel on the outside.
After thinking about it carefully, maybe Rashid Wallace is not far away......
At the beginning of the game, Lu Fei stood on the court and looked at the audience, the attendance seemed to be so far apart, compared to the situation when the supersonic key arena was full, it always seemed a little empty.
In fact, I really don't blame the fans, when the stars of the team are Randolph and Wallace, the tickets are really not easy to sell, and even the owner is reluctant to come and see it......
Even if you don't look good at playing, the key is that you're ugly.
Within minutes of the game, the Trail Blazers called a timeout.
Trail Blazers head coach Morich Cheeks was very angry and rebuked his players with a grim face:
"You must guard against the opponent's breakthrough and three points, the SuperSonics rely on these two weapons to win, pay attention to the players you are facing on the court!"
Wallace said a little hesitantly: "Three-point defense is not good, especially our team that mainly defends the inside, let me and Zach seal outside the three-point line, wouldn't the penalty area be given to them in vain?" That number 10 has sudden! ”
"Right...... Right! I followed their center to the three-point line, but that's not my defensive range at all. Randolph's face was already black, but now that he was shot, his face was even darker, and after so long he watched him run after Oku's ass, and he was still sweating profusely after him.
"Then why don't you go out and try it? If they don't go out, they'll blow up our nets and seal them out! Don't give them an easy shot! No. 10 Lu Fei dares to come in, and Rashid uses your traverse speed to let him taste your block! Cheeks vigorously tapped the tactical board with his pen and made a "pit" sound: "Their most important firepower is still in the hands of Lu Fei and Lei Allen, these are the two points they have the most grasping, and they must bite them to death!" ”
After saying that, he turned to Damon Stoudemire to the side, "Do you hear that?" Damon? ”
"Oh......" Stoudemire reacted quickly: "I got it......"
For Stoudemire, defending Lu Fei really made him feel the pressure, and that feeling was like defending a lot of long-established backcourt stars.
However, he is not afraid, although he is only 178 cm tall, but his height has not affected his ability to stand firm in the NBA.
Michael Jordan "The Flyer" sees him as "the biggest headache opponent";
Dream Team coach Chuck Daley commented on the "flying squirrel": Under his interference, our offensive time was shortened from 24 seconds to 14 seconds;
Former Raptors chairman Isaiah "Smiling Assassin" Thomas once said that Damon's style of play was similar to him, so he recruited him to the team and wanted Damon to become "Isaiah II".
He's not afraid of confrontation and he likes to challenge all kinds of stars.
But just a few rounds, it was clear that he was caught off guard...... Although I had seen the video before and knew that No. 10 was very strong, I didn't expect it to be so strong, and it didn't look like a rookie at all.
The other side.
"You must not be careless, although I have emphasized this sentence every game, but I still have to say that the opponent is not weak, if we can't get the mentality right, the opening lead will soon be a bubble." McMillan said solemnly: "But I still want to praise everyone, everyone did a good job, at least the fast attack is good, played our style, we just want to attack like mercury to make the opponent follow our offensive rhythm." ”
At the end, his tone became more excited.
All the SuperSonics players have high fighting spirit in their eyes, and the previous few games against the league's strong teams have made them develop the habit of taking each game seriously, and everyone has become accustomed to using full fighting spirit and powerful attacks to defeat the opponent.
Lu Fei raised his eyebrows, and he found that McMillan was becoming more and more capable of fooling people.
The suspension ends.
"Okay, you're sure you've found a place to relax after watching the intense start, but you're definitely going to have to get excited again because we're about to start again." The MC at the scene woke up the audience watching the game with a high voice: "Judging from the offensive firepower of the two sides at the beginning, if the two sides continue to perform like this well throughout the game, there should be no problem for both sides to score more than 100 points, and this will be a wonderful offensive battle......"
In order to mobilize the enthusiasm of the audience, the MC also took a lot of effort from the old nose.
"The game started, first the Trail Blazers kicked off Damon Stoudemire dribbled the ball through the half court a few times and then put the ball in the hands of Rasheed Wallace, who turned over and made a jumper, beautiful ...... Well, it's a pity it's a little bit worse......"
Lu Fei almost knelt down for this on-site MC, you are so beautiful......
The voice was a little louder.
At this time, Lu Fei's eyes suddenly saw a familiar man wearing glasses sitting on the originally empty seat behind the Trailblazers' bench.