Chapter 797 [Warm-up Run-in, Big Surprise]

At the end of the preseason, the first official power rankings of the NBA were released, and the Suns were in fourth place, and many teams with better seven-game records were behind them.

The all-winning Rockets are in first place, and Chinese fans are very excited, and this year they finally see a powerful rocket that can play a combination of inside and outside, rather than Maddie leading a big two-point shot.

Yao Ming's condition is very good, he can easily cut 20+ on the court, and the old Nelson is very satisfied with Yao Ming, praising his shooting as sure as Nowitzki, and the penalty area defense is better than Nowitzki.

Yao Mingbinovitzki's range is close, he is used to receiving the ball from the defender in the low post, turning around with one or two dribbles, and his 226CM height jumper is also added to the back, and the opponent's center can not be blocked by a single defense.

In addition to the stunt of turning and jumping, Yao Ming can also use his footsteps to turn around and hook his hands to the middle and the bottom line, wipe into the basket for layups and dunks.

Yao Ming's good performance in the preseason is directly related to Billups, and the two are a good match, and Alston was squeezed to the bench without any suspense. Billups is a tall, heavy point guard with excellent passing awareness and solid fundamentals, and Yao Ming is comfortable receiving the ball from the side, whether he hits the ground or hangs back, and then he pulls away from beyond the three-point line to attract the defense.

Once Yao Ming scored consecutive points, forcing the opponent's formation to shrink in the low post and wrap the ball, Biloops had a three-point shot opportunity and a stable shooting percentage. He can't shoot straight and can still attract rotation defense to pass to Prince in the bottom corner.

Prince was able to catch and shoot three-pointers in the open space, and his shooting was not low, averaging 1 per game last season, shooting 38.6 percent. He is good at cutting in the air on the baseline, and he has a very tacit understanding with Billups, and he doesn't need to run in when he arrives at the Rockets, and he directly integrates into the team.

Defensively, the Rockets are equally powerful, with Sephorosa and Prince having strong wing protection, both tall and arm-long, who can both retreat to the box to defend big men and interfere with small shots and breakaways.

The Rockets' joint defense system has become stronger, and the only weaknesses are that Yao Ming and Scola are not fast enough, and it is difficult to meet the covering guard for three points, and Billups's pursuit is not fast.

In Guo Xu's previous life, Nelson Sr. joined the Warriors, and in 2007 he staged the Black Eight Miracle against the 66-win Mavericks, and now the Rockets are more offensive than that Warriors under his coaching.

The substitutes turned into a bunch of bench bandits under the guidance of Nelson Sr. Alston is very solid on the ball and can shoot three-pointers, Spanoulis is responsible for attacking with the ball, and Landry can break through by himself when he blocks and disembarks, and can share the ball with teammates to shoot or cut in the air.

The backup center is Chuck Hayes who is 198CM, he is very mobile, has good rebounding, and the Rockets rotation can play positions and break quickly. Spanoulis plays the No. 2 position as a two-back small-ball tactic, using the style of play he was good at when he was in Greece, and his breakthrough ability is super strong.

In stark contrast to the Rockets, the Pistons are at the bottom of the 1-6 record, and the lack of Prince wing defense is finished. Rookie point guard Rodney Starkey has poor playmaking, passing the ball in the first half of the court and catching and shooting is a rookie.

For the sake of a Stucky who is not like a point guard, the Pistons actually sent Billups away, just because Starkey, who is 195CM tall and weighs 95 kg, has first-class physical fitness and good athletic talent, and manager Joe Dumas is simply crazy.

Second in the power rankings is the Celtics with 6 wins and 1 loss in the preseason, and the Magic are third in the rankings with the same 6 wins and 1 losses.

The Green Army's Big Three are reasonably strong, and the lineup crushes the opponent.

The Magic have significantly improved their strength, and Marion has enhanced the forward's athleticism and rebounding ability after joining, and can play positional battles as well as run and shoot quickly, and occasionally show off his back-to-back throws.

Marion was on the court with Howard, and teammates who couldn't shoot could also help the board to create two offensive chances.

This month, the Magic and the Cavaliers played a game in China. In the Shanghai game on the 17th, James generally scored only 17 points, while Howard dominated the court and cut 31 points and 14 rebounds, and the Magic won 90-86.

On the 18th, the Magic played a game against the Chinese men's basketball star team, Howard only played half and scored 12 points, Marion cut 24 points and 15 rebounds, and the Magic won 116-92.

In the Macau game on the 20th, James's form rebounded, but the winner was still magic. "Warcraft" scored 17 points and 10 rebounds, Marion had 18 points and 7 rebounds, and the two helped the team complete the double kill of the Chinese game against the Cavaliers 100-84.

The effect of the Magic trade was immediate, with the Cavaliers performing poorly in the preseason with a 3-4 record after trading for Ilgoskas. The Warriors also had a mediocre preseason performance, with a 3-4 record, which looked like a lose-lose deal.

After the game, the reporter interviewed Guo Xu and asked him to talk about his thoughts on the preseason.

Guo Xu said: "I don't have any special feelings, it doesn't matter if I win or lose, the main thing is to warm up and run in, and find feelings between teammates." ”

The reporter asked: "Do you have the confidence to lead the team to defend the title in the new season?" ”

"Of course." This is nonsense, in the face of this kind of problem, Guo Xu can't say that he has no confidence.

This year's schedule is strange, and the Suns' home opener turned out to be the underdog Trail Blazers. There is no suspense about this, and it is difficult to understand why the league is arranging it this way, and the highlight of the first day is the Lakers' home game against the Warriors.

The Suns got off to a good start with a 25-point win and had an advantage in all positions. The task of the Trailblazers is probably still rotten, TJ Ford is like the person who helped Guo Xu find his form, Guo Xu scored 40 points and 8 assists, and shot 7 of 14 three-pointers, and he didn't waste much effort to get the opponent.

The Lakers got off to a flying start with a 108-93 home win over the Warriors, which surprised everyone.

Bryant was very active against his old club, playing 43 minutes on 13-of-32 shooting, 1-of-3 three-pointers, 18-of-27 free throws, 45 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals, and 5 turnovers.

The Lakers blossomed more, with six players on the team scoring double-doubles.

Ellis, who came off the bench, shot 9-of-15 from the field and 7-of-8 from the free-throw line to finish with a team-high 25 points and five assists. Bogut shot 7-of-12 from the field and 3-of-4 from the free-throw line to finish with 17 points, 12 rebounds and 3 blocks. Fisher finished with 17 points and two assists on 6-of-9 shooting, 1-of-3 three-pointers and 4-of-4 free throws.

Joe Johnson had 12 points and seven assists on low shooting percentage, Artest had 13 points and five rebounds, and Battier had 10 points.

Odom sprained his ankle in the preseason and will miss the first week of the game, and the Lakers won with one less interior star, relying on small-ball tactics and tenacious defense.

The Lakers are not even the No. 1 position against the Warriors, and Fisher is easy to be passed by the slow lateral speed of the small and fast point guard, and he is a defensive expert when defending heavy guards. He can resist Davis, constantly interfere with the shot, and the statistics are not inferior to the opponent.

Bogut held the box, Joe Johnson stalked Rohrdeng with a one-on-one defense, and substitute Ellis was not as fast as Barbossa.

Kobe Bryant is starting to notice that something is wrong, the Warriors are a bunch of overrated CBA teammates, who else can he pass to besides his own singles? He shot just 40.6 percent from the wheel in Battier and Artest. As soon as he was impatient, he also went out of order at the free-throw line, shooting only 66.7 percent from the field.

The Warriors exposed serious problems at this time, two major three-pointers were traded to the Lakers, and the starters could only rely on Kobe and Murphy to shoot three points, and the bench Barbossa and Belinelli had three points, but Kobe Bryant did a point guard, and Belinelli could play for a few minutes?

The Warriors shot 2-of-8 from 3-pointers in the first game, and Barbosa was not suitable to play with Kobe, he needed the ball to play, and he was a master of chaos, not a good playmaker. The two of them went up to Barbosa together to carry the ball through the half, and the Brazilian lightning turned into the Brazilian Fisher.

ESPN experts commented that the Warriors' championship dream can be postponed, and let's wait until there are big-name stars on the inside......