Chapter 118: Winning is not the most important thing

In McDyce's eyes, Big Ben is a-stirring stick!

If it weren't for Big Ben's mixing, he would have scored less than 30 points in this game, even if he couldn't score 30 points, it would not be a problem to cut down 278 points!

"Doot toot!" The referee blew the whistle for the end of the game!

McDice's final stats were fixed at 19 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, and until the end of the game, he couldn't break the 20-point mark......

And the Nuggets finally lost by 14 points!

The Trail Blazers fans cheered wildly, even though the opponent was just a team of average level, it was always a good sign that they might win the first game of the season!

Winning is not the main thing!

The main thing is that the fans see the potential of this new team of trailblazers!

Two high school students played well in today's regular season opener after a solid preseason performance!

Kobe Bryant in the backcourt, this game got 11 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, it is true that the scoring efficiency is not high, only 11 points in 12 shots, but at least look at the data, this young man has an unlimited future!

The hit rate of newcomers, especially newcomers in the backcourt, is generally not high at the beginning of their careers, which no one can change.

As for the rookie inside, not necessarily, some talented insiders may be able to hit quite a terrifying shooting percentage in their rookie season.

And another high school student on the Trail Blazers, O'Neal Jr., has obviously become this kind of talented super interior in the eyes of fans!

In this game, O'Neal Jr. scored 23 points, 8 rebounds and 1 block!

The ultra-high shooting rate of 11 out of 15 made the home team fans on the scene as excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood!

The future is promising!

Promising!

People are as their name suggests!

This is a young version of O'Neill......

Although the performance was not as outstanding as O'Neal's debut, you must know that O'Neal's debut was 31 points and 18 rebounds......

But I can't stand little O'Neal being young......

The fans at the scene have fallen into fantasies!

O'Neal Jr. grew into a BUG-level figure like O'Neal a few years later, and Kobe, a good backcourt, grew into a magician......

Who can be the enemy of such a pioneer?!

If Richard knew what the fans thought, he would probably roll his eyes, O'Neal Jr. will still be O'Neal Jr. after all, and he will never be O'Neal......

Moreover, O'Neal Jr.'s performance is not as exaggerated as his stats show.

If it weren't for Big Ben's crazy card position, O'Neal Jr. would probably be very out-of-the-box with six or seven rebounds in this game.

As for Kobe Bryant in the backcourt, the number of assists does not mean anything, it just takes advantage of the team's tactics.

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In addition to these two high school students, the second-round show introduced by the Trail Blazers this year ......

So that fans can't find any words to evaluate him at all, the data of 0 points and 11 boards is simply extreme!

But the defense of McDyce on the field is also obvious to all!

It's just that fans are not sure whether Big Ben can continue to play such a role in key games, after all, he is only playing against a newcomer McDyce in this game.

Therefore, compared to Kobe Bryant, fans don't pay so much attention to Big Ben.

But Richard and the players in the Trail Blazers know very well that the role of Big Ben is irreplaceable in the Trail Blazers!

Especially in today's game, the reason why he was able to win the Nuggets so easily was that Big Ben accounted for at least fifty percent of the credit!

If there is no big book, McDyce's play, it is impossible to say, maybe one person can explode the interior line of the Blazers!

Without Big Ben, the opponent's anti-blocking tactics will not be able to crack, and the offensive end of the Trail Blazers will also be affected!

This is the value of Big Ben, he is really just like McDyes's feeling, he is a-stirring stick, and the other party who stirs up is not at peace.

The two anti-aircraft guns in the starting line-up performed fairly stable today, and the shooting percentage was a little sluggish in the first half, but they made up for it in the second half.

After the game, Rashid scored 17 points on 7-of-12 two-pointers, 0-of-3 on three-pointers, and 3-of-4 on free throws!

Clifford Robinson was 7-of-15 from two-point range, 2-of-5 from three-point range, and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line, scoring a decent 22 points!

Robinson took more shots than Rashid because he often played with Kobe Bryant in the backcourt, but it wasn't outrageously high, staying around 20.

It can be seen from the data of these two anti-aircraft guns that Rashid is definitely a mid-shot boy, although he has three-point strength, but the current three-point shot is still unstable, and all three shots outside the game are iron.

As for Robinson, his mid-range shooting is not particularly prominent, but his three-point shot is relatively stable.

The two of them worked together to cut down close to forty points, which was already quite satisfying to Richard!

What makes Richard even more satisfied is that the old Curry on the bench played bravely today!

Curry Sr. played 20 minutes in this game, and in this lineup constructed by Richard, Robinson can mention the small forward position when Rashid is off the court, and let Curry Sr. play the point guard......

Old Curry, who only shot for 20 minutes, was a little scary in efficiency, hitting three of his five three-point shots, and also hitting one shot, scoring 11 points!

You know, those 11 points only cost six shots!

What a horrible offensive efficiency......

As for the other veteran, Sabonis, who did not play for a long time today, only seventeen or eighteen minutes, and Sabonis is used to this playing time arrangement......

Last season, Sabonis was treated as a cherished and protected animal in the Trail Blazers, and he didn't give too long playing time at all to prevent Sabonis Sr. from consuming too much during the regular season......

There are even times when Sabonis is directly put on the bench and Dudley on the bench is the starting center!

This arrangement naturally has achieved extremely good results, otherwise, Sabonis, who has been tired of a regular season, would not have averaged 23 points and 11 rebounds per game in the first round of the playoffs against the Jazz.

If Richard now arranges Sabonis to play an average of more than 35 minutes per game, then Sabonis Sr. will probably feel that Richard wants to hurt himself......

You have old arms and legs, what is your intention in letting yourself fight for so long?!

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Although Lao Sa doesn't have much time to play, the experience of passing on little O'Neal on the field is still extremely valuable!

There are some things that can only be better played in the competition, while explaining and practicing!

In the end, Lao Sa got 10 points and 6 rebounds on the court, and he left the game satisfied......