Chapter 25: The first game of the preseason

"Toot toot." The referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, and the starters of both sides began to appear.

The Cavaliers were able to take out the Nets last season, so naturally they also have two brushes, and the lineup is quite strong.

Starting center Brad Doherty, the top pick in the 1986 draft, is quite a legendary player.

He entered the University of North Carolina in 1982 and became Jordan's teammate, playing a full four years of college before participating in the draft, and was directly selected by the Cavaliers with the first pick in '86.

If it weren't for the injury, the super interior player would definitely go down in NBA history.

Starting power forward Larry Nance, an All-Star veteran who has been in the league for more than ten years, even if he is now old and his form has declined a little, but with his rich game experience, he is still very scary on the court.

Starting point guard Mark Price is arguably one of the best shooters in NBA history, averaging more than 90 percent of his free throw percentage per game in his career, ranking first in history.

As for the Cavaliers' second and third players, they are roughly the same as today's Nets, which is the team's shortcoming.

It can be seen that the current lineups of the Cavaliers and the Nets are really somewhat similar.

It's all a two-tower lineup with an excellent point guard, and the second and third positions are shortcomings.

This is not only the case with the Cavaliers and Nets, but also with many teams in the league today.

However, even if the configuration is similar, due to the unequal strength of the players, the overall strength of the team must still be strong and weak.

Even a newcomer like Davidson, who is just entering the industry, can see that the Cavaliers have a better lineup.

The combination of Brad Doherty, Larry Nance and Mark Price is clearly better than the Hammers Guillermo, Coleman and Kenny Anderson.

At the start of the game, Guillermo and Doherty jumped the ball.

As a standard seven-foot center, Doherty naturally has a huge advantage over Guillermo on the jump ball, easily getting the ball for the Cavaliers in the first offensive round.

"Look hard, study hard, and after this game, you have to write a summary of the game to me." Chuck Daley turned to Davidson, who was sitting next to him.

Davidson was stunned, and he felt like he was back on campus, was this the homework that Daddy Chuck had assigned to him?

Tolbert laughed strangely, he could clearly feel Chuck Daley's importance to Davidson, but he didn't feel that Davidson would threaten his position as the chief assistant coach.

In his opinion, this is completely impossible, and the 22-year-old Davidson will definitely not be able to become a teaching assistant in a few years.

After a few years, it is a matter of whether I am still in the coaching industry.

……

Mark Price advances with the ball, and the small white point guard is naturally not very physical, but the sense of rhythm is quite good.

In the face of Kenny Anderson's tight defense, there was no intention of rushing forward quickly, and he slowly paced towards the front court with the ball.

The ball went to the front court, suddenly accelerated, and with the help of his teammates' blocking, he shot in the middle.

"Huh." The basketball hollowed into the net, and the powerful shooter got the Cavaliers off to a flying start.

The ball was converted, and it was the Nets' turn to attack.

Kenny Anderson is a good player and is the second leader of the Nets team at the moment.

After the ball reached the frontcourt, Kenny did the same, playing a two-man block with Edwards, and then shooting in the middle.

It's a pity that Anderson obviously doesn't have the projection skills of Price, and this ball hits the iron directly.

Larry Nance flew directly to grab the rebound under the basket and didn't give the Nets a second chance to attack.

It's hard to believe that Nance, who just jumped like a spring, is a 34-year-old veteran.

Nance has always been known for his explosive jumping ability throughout his career, and even now that he is old, his jumping ability is quite good.

The Cavaliers' counterattack is still unhurried, this time Price directly assisted the Doherty goal under the basket, and the Hammers Guillermo couldn't prevent it.

Then on the Nets' offensive round, Kenny Anderson passed the ball to Coleman, and Coleman also failed to hit it under the defense of Lainnans.

Larynance is quite intimidating on the defensive end, and he always makes some unbelievable-looking blocks because of his powerful bounce.

Of all non-center players in NBA history, Larry Nance ranks first all-time with a career average of 2.2 blocks per game.

Coleman's hit and the rebound were again collected by Cavaliers center Doherty.

Hammer Guillermo's rebounding ability just think about his height, it's not outstanding.

Chuck Daley's brow furrowed on the sidelines.

The situation of the start game is quite bad, and the Nets' twin towers are not small in front of the Cavaliers twin towers.

Although the game has just begun, it is clear that the Nets are still not the opponent of the Cavaliers and the Twin Towers.

The reason for this situation, Chuck Daly is naturally very clear, Hammer Guillermo is excellent, but he is not a first-line inside line in the league.

When encountering those weak chicken insiders, the hammer can suppress the opponent, but once it encounters a first-class insider like Doherty, Guillermo is immediately dwarfed.

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The game on the court continued, Coleman was the leader of the team after all, carrying the team's offensive banner and not allowing the Cavaliers to play too much of a lead.

In the blink of an eye, halfway through the first quarter, the Nets temporarily trailed with a score of 11:17.

Chuck Daly called a timeout, apparently ready for a substitution.

Davidson was happy that the situation on the field was already quite clear, Guillermo was powerless against Doherty, and maybe Daddy would let Muresan play next.

But then Daddy's arrangement poured cold water on Davidson.

Daddy did replace Hammer Guillermo, but not on Muressan, but on Benoit Benjamin.

Benjamin entered the league as a tanhua show in 85, and his peak season had 15 points, 12 rebounds and 2.3 blocks, which is quite good.

But since it was traded by the Clippers at the end of '90, its strength has begun to shrink significantly.

Last season, he averaged only 4.5 points and 4.2 rebounds per game.

Originally, Davidson didn't take Benjamin too seriously, thinking that Muresan would at least be the team's first backup center.

Now it seems that he still doesn't know enough about Daddy Chuck.

Maybe in Daddy Chuck's heart, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, even if Benjamin's strength has declined sharply now, but the experience is there, and the debut effect is definitely better than that of Muressan.

Seeing Benjamin appear, Muressan, who was sitting on Davidson's side, had a look of disappointment on his face.

Davidson tapped Murraysan on the shoulder and told him to look away.

……

The game on the court continued, and what made Chuck Daley's brows furrow more and more tightly was that Benjamin's appearance was still very unsatisfactory.

Doherty, who the hammer Guillermo can't handle, Benjamin still can't handle it, and the effect is not as good as Guillermo.

Hope rose in Davidson's heart, Guillermo and Benjamin can't do it, so it should be his turn to appear next, right?