Chapter 106: Jimmy. Butler & Kawai. Leonard

The two sides jumped the ball, Cousins dialed the ball, Tyrek took the ball, and the Kings took the lead.

The Kings, playing at home, played an offensive momentum from the beginning of the game, and against the Spurs, the Kings had a strong desire to win.

But the team led everyone on the offensive end with Jimmy. Butler, this was a bit of a surprise.

In the first 15 games of his rookie season, Jimmy . Butler has earned himself a starting spot with his defensive performance and is now basically a starter, but his tactical position on the team is only that of an outside defender, and he has little weight on the offensive end. However, in this game, Jimmy actually began to lead the team's offense after receiving Tyrek's pass and throwing a mid-range shot, and today Jimmy felt surprisingly good, throwing confidently He frequently asked for the ball in the offense.

Spurs' defensive snack Kawai. Leonard was targeting the Kings' perimeter core Tyrek in this game, while Jimmy was facing Tony. Parker, Jimmy started in a hot state today, facing Parker's frequent singles, the feeling of this kind of thing is so wonderful, a player who has no offensive ability now, how to shoot when the hand comes, how to shoot, stop jump shot, turn and step back, pull out on the spot, Jimmy in the first quarter. Butler is like a god-possessed body.

Under his leadership, the Kings took the Spurs by surprise, leading the Spurs by nine points at 32-23 in the first quarter. Butler scored 12 points in the first quarter! You must know that in the previous 15 games, Jimmy's highest score in a single game was only 14 points! Today's Jimmy in the first quarter can be described as a divine soldier descending from the sky, domineering and exposed!

When Jimmy, who played the whole first quarter, came off the break, his teammates on the Kings team gathered around him excitedly, high-fived and patted his head, and everyone was delighted with Jimmy's performance.

"Jerry, I can't imagine it, Jimmy's game is simply out of shape!" Napier, who was on the commentary bench, couldn't stop sighing after the first quarter.

"It's really surprising that Jimmy has been able to sit in the team's starting position this season because of a number of factors, his own defensive ability is on the one hand, and more importantly, the team does not have the strength to sit firmly in the starting position in the second position, and compared to the offense, the defensive elite is what the team needs more. Before the draft, you were going to say that Jimmy could get a starting spot on the team, I absolutely didn't believe it, and now it seems that maybe Jimmy still has potential. The performance in the first quarter is more because of Jimmy's ungodly hand today, which is not something that can be found at any time, and Jimmy is still an offensive rough man in his normal state. However, in the previous game, Jimmy will not get a few sporadic offensive opportunities in the whole game, and he can't see anything, today in the first quarter because of his hot hand, he got a lot of opportunities, and Tyrek also fed him frequently, it can be seen that although Jimmy's offensive skills are average, but his basic skills are okay, maybe through hard training can go further......"

"If Jimmy can develop a consistent offensive hand, the team is really making a lot of money......," Napier continued.

"Well, his defense has allowed him to stand in the league, and if it's really as I said, he still has the potential to dig in, then the team has really picked up a treasure......," Reiz, who once taught the Kings and is now the Kings commentator, hopes that the team will be full of talent.

But Jimmy. Butler's state did not last long, the hot hand said that there was no and there was no more, after returning from the second quarter, Jimmy tried a few more shots, 3 shots 0, but let the Spurs play two counterattacks in a row to chase the difference to only 3 points, so that the Kings had to call a timeout to adjust the tactics.

"Hey, Jerry, that's true, Jimmy's offensive means are not abundant, once his hands are cold, the threat on the offensive end is almost zero......"

"That's right, defense is what Jimmy really can do, it's obviously unrealistic to expect him as a scoring point, if Jimmy has a consistent offensive ability, then he really has achieved a qualitative leap......"

Jimmy's score in the first quarter can be said to be a flash in the pan, the offense alone relies on the heat of the hand This is completely inadequate, the ball sense, vision, and skills are indispensable, Jimmy can shoot in the first quarter, the Kings will give him a chance, at the moment he can't shoot, then the offense will not be his turn, and it is his only responsibility to do a good job of defense with peace of mind.

Compared with Jimmy, Leonard, who is also an 11-time rookie in the Spurs' team, is obviously entrusted with more important responsibilities, although Leonard, like Jimmy, is a rookie player who is more defensive than offensive, but Leonard's projection ability is obviously much better than Jimmy, and Leonard has a lot more shots in the game than Jimmy.

The main offensive points of the Kings are Tyrek and Cousins, both of whom average more than 16 shots per game, followed by West, and the others have more average shots, while Jimmy is the starter, but the average of less than 5 shots per game is enough to show his positioning.

On the other hand, the Spurs, only Parker and Duncan in the team have an average of more than 10 shots per game, and the most Parker averages about 13 shots per game, and the other main rotations have a clear division of labor in offense and defense, Leonard has averaged 7.4 shots per game so far, hitting 3.6 shots, maintaining a pretty good shooting rate.

Leonard, who was the main defense of Tyrek in this game, did a good job of restricting Tyreco, although he couldn't completely defend Tyreco, but relying on his excellent arm span and defensive position, he still reduced Tyreco's offensive efficiency to a certain extent, and at the same time, Leonard also took on a similar role to Caron in the Kings on the offensive end. Butler's role is to run aggressively and shoot from a fixed point.

"Jerry, you see that Leonard of the Spurs and Jimmy of the Spurs are really similar to Jimmy this year......"

"That's true, the Spurs are known for their role in George. Hill got Leonard from the Pacers at the expense of Leonard, Leonard's individual talent is far better than Jimmy in everyone's eyes, with excellent physical gifts, his pre-draft pick is basically expected to be 8 to 5, if it weren't for the early removal of several people who are not expected to be in the lottery area in this draft, maybe the Spurs would not have had a chance to get him from the Pacers. Although Leonard is also a technical rough man, he has average outside projection ability in college, and now he still has a good shooting percentage in the league. But in other respects, he and Jimmy are very similar, almost the same height and weight, and both are defense-oriented, except for Leonard's good shooting ability in his rookie season......

"Jerry, and at the moment Leonard's position in the Spurs is obviously higher than Jimmy's position in the team, Jimmy is only being groomed as an outside defender, if he can become Tony. A player like Allen has fully met the team's highest expectations, and a scoring performance like today's first quarter is not something the team wants to think about, after all, we have the same young Tyrek and DeMarcus, and the Spurs obviously want Leonard to do more......"

"But Grant, although Jimmy is an older rookie, in the final analysis, he is two years older than Leonard, although his physical talent is not as good as Leonard, but in terms of his current performance, Leonard's crosshairs on the offensive end are better than Jimmy's, and Leonard's offensive means are also lacking, and the future development of the two is still unknown......"

See Raez to Jimmy in a serious manner. Butler expressed optimism about his future and couldn't help laughing, "Jerry, you expressed a little disappointment that the team chose Jimmy at the end of the draft!" Now this attitude ...... Ah, that's kind of interesting...... Haha......"

"Haha, after all, Jimmy is his own player, and his performance is really good now, and there is still a long time in the future, let's take a look at the development of these two......"