Chapter Seventy-Four: Battle Pelicans

On November 5, 2013, the Suns ushered in the second game of this year's regular season at home, against the New Orleans Pelicans, who had a record of one win and two losses.

The Phoenix Suns are home to the West Jersey Arena.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome our No. 1 pick this year, who is a six-foot-eight small forward from the University of Southern California, the best player in the West, the rookie of the week, the league's youngest triple-double king, and our Suns' new Magic – Jacques Jab, Lee!" Eddie Johnson, the Suns' home commentator, introduces the last player to play on the Suns with his passionate voice!

"Hey, it's a big scene!" Eric Gordon whispered to Anthony Davis, who was standing next to him.

Davis didn't respond, and he still remembers that Lindsey Smith, the beautiful female reporter from Phoenix, interviewed him before the game and asked, "Anthony, do you remember how easy it was to beat you in the preseason with a bunch of substitutes?" Now against the Suns, who have won three in a row, how do you deal with it? ”

Listen, listen, what kind of question is this asking, does this simply not take his last year's top pick Anthony Davis in mind? What does it mean that Summer League Lee Mojie led the bench to win them easily? It means that we are now facing a Suns with a complete lineup, so we can only hold our heads and admit defeat?

"Listen, there are good and bad times in the game, we just finished the summer league from vacation, everyone is still looking for form, and today I will let the Suns have the first game of the regular season to lose." Davis replied quietly.

Back to the present, Davis stared at Li Mojie, who was the only spotlight on the field, and the jealousy in his heart was already overflowing on his face, "Damn, why is it the same champion show, this guy is treated so well, he is the last to appear, and he is the one who turns off the lights and introduces the whole game, and the sneaker contract is more than mine!" ”

Pelicans starting five: PG: Jrue Holiday (6'4"), SG: Eric Gordon (6'4"), SF: Al Farouk Aminu (6'9"), PF: Anthony Davis (6'11), C: Jason Smith (7')

Suns starting five: PG: Eric Bledsoe (6'1"), SG: Chris Middleton (6'7"), SF MajorLee (6'8"), PF: Markieff Morris (6'10"), C: Channing Fry (6'11")

Since Gobert's performance in the last game was still not satisfactory, the Suns pulled Gobert back in this game and let the better Markieff play power forward, while Frye was the top center.

"Beep!" The game starts with both sides jumping the ball, "Wow! On the other side, last year's champion show has a really long arm span! The Pelicans sent Davis and Frye jump balls, and Davis held his breath fiercely, focused and took the lead in turning the ball to his side.

After Holiday advanced to the frontcourt, he beckoned his teammates to run, and in the face of Bledsoe's defense, he used a block from Jason Smith to successfully hit the three-second zone, and passed the ball to Davis before Frye came up, and Davis was a ferocious dunk against Markieff!

"Bang!"

With a muffled sound, Davis dunked the ball into the basket with one hand. Athleticism, incredible reach, and defender-like agility are all condensed into the 6-foot-10" Davis. His most obvious weakness is that he is too weak and lacks strength. Davis' strengths are as obvious as their weaknesses, but his shortcomings can be addressed, and his talent is clearly not possessed by other players.

After the dunk, Davis looked extremely excited, beating his chest with both hands and roaring excitedly, while glancing at Li Mojie defiantly.

Li Mojie looked at Davis's excited expression, and memories of him slowly came to mind.

The NBA Scouting Report describes Davis as follows: "It's almost impossible to tell that the NBA is now a time of dying stars. There aren't as many tough centers as they show us their muscles every night, and there aren't countless Jordan successors who are at will, on both ends of the court.

But there are always a few great people in every era who will turn their names into a mark in history.

Anthony Davis, who is undoubtedly the best of this group of talents. We can be sure that he will be an epoch-making athlete.

In the 2012 draft, Davis was 6'10" and had an astonishing 7'5" arm span, but weighed only 220 pounds. Although the official data has not been updated, he has grown to at least 6'11" to 7'7, and the Pelicans Club also revealed that his current arm span has reached 7'7.5". After several years of weight gain, the weight is also close to 240 pounds. With such a body shape and monster-like reach, we can easily associate Garnett. Then let's take Garnett as a template and analyze his future in depth.

First of all, the two of them are indeed very close in terms of physical talent. Both are emaciated figures, but have an unusually long arm span, top height, and the ability to move far ahead in the same position.

This physical gift gives them the most immediate ability to defend.

Judging by the current performance, Davis is also a player like that. Last season, his ability to move defensively was evident, whether it was helping to defend the center on the opposite side, chasing the opponent's fast break like LeBron, or excelling in the box to fill in and change positions, all of which were his dominance of the court. Compared to Garnett's shortcomings, his one-on-one confrontation ability is still weak, and he often makes wrong judgments when facing the opponent's complex and fast cross-cover.

On the Suns commentary desk, last season's newly joined female commentator, Ann Meyers screamed: 'Oh! Wonderful dunk! It seems that last year's champion show wants to show off his abilities tonight! ’

Ann Meyers was the first female commentator to play a men's game and a legendary basketball player. She has set numerous all-time records, was the first talented player to join the U.S. women's basketball team as a high school student, and the first female powerhouse to sign with an NBA team as a free agent. Meyers has been a commentator for more than 26 years since 33 years ago, and has been a guest on famous TV stations such as ESPN, CBS, NBC, etc., and has commented on countless games on the spot. Currently, Meyers is the vice president of the NBA Suns and vice president of the WNBA Mercury.

Meyers returned last season and will be a guest commentator for the Suns for at least 20 games. However, the Suns' main commentator will still be Eddie Johnson, who will be used as a substitute to partner Steve Albert when needed.

Many people who don't know Meyers will be a little surprised to hear that the Suns have hired a female commentator, because there have been very few female commentators in the NBA world in recent times, and even Reggie Miller's sister Cheryl Miller is only a live reporter. Everyone will inevitably be worried, can a woman say a good game?

Meyers was prepared for this, and she believes she will soon be able to conquer the most discerning fans as she has done before. "I've gained enough confidence from Don [Dresdale, Meyers' late husband]," Meyers said, "and I know some people may not like this decision and haven't heard a woman explain a man's game." However, I have proven myself long ago and know what I am talking about. ”

At that time, Meyers once commented on the Pacers' game live, but was forced to give up because he wanted to play a women's basketball game. "In the '70s, there were very few female commentators," Meyers said, "and we all knew that sport was beautiful, but it was only a small part of life. I consider myself lucky that everyone has a lot of faith in me. ”

However, Meyers' career as a commentator doesn't end there, as she will be back in front of the microphone as soon as the season is over. Myers has commented on the NCAA, the Olympics and the WNBA, and has impressed everyone with his ability to accomplish the task every time.

"Davis looked excited tonight, and the look on his face after the dunk showed that he was clearly prepared." Eddie Johnson said as he drank from the sidelines.

"Looks like we're going to see a great showdown today!" Ann Meyers said with a little excitement. "But in the end, it's our top pick that will lead Phoenix to victory!"

Ann Meyers is a staunch pro-Lee faction, because in her opinion, this champion has superb ball skills, calm ball style, and handsome appearance, and is indeed the best candidate for the core of the current Suns team. As the vice president of the Suns, when she learned that Dragic and Li Mojie had a conflict, she immediately discussed with Ryan to send Dragic away.

"Speaking of which, Meyers, do you remember the pre-season game where we talked about Major? Marc Jacques led a group of bench players to beat the Pelicans that day. While Eddie Johnson commented, he also took the opportunity to resonate with the fans at the scene.

"Remember, of course I remember, Mo Jie was completely unstoppable at the time, and he knocked the Pelicans down by himself." Meyers said with a smile.

"That's it, let's teach this little bird team a hard lesson!" The emotions of the fans at the scene were also mobilized by the two commentators, and as the Suns attacked and handed the ball to Li Mojie in the bottom corner, the earth-shattering cheers filled the stadium.

The moment Li Mojie received the ball in the bottom corner, all the Suns starters, including Bledsoe, consciously pulled away, leaving enough space for Li Mojie to play alone, which is the prestige achieved by Li Mojie leading the team to win the first three games in a row!

And defending Li Mojie is the eighth-pick Aminu in 10 years, this Aminu is a typical blue-collar player, who has always played about 25 minutes per game and scored 7 or 8 points.

"Hey, buddy, can you stop me?" Li Mojie said with a tentative step.

With a cross step, Li Mojie began to try to shake Aminu's center of gravity, but Aminu, who has been experiencing three seasons, stuck in the defensive position and remained unmoved.

Li Mojie then took a tentative step with his left foot, slapped the ball to his left hand with his right hand, and posed with the intention of forcibly overtaking from the bottom line, Amino's center of gravity was attracted to the right and shifted, Li Mojie took advantage of the situation to start a breakthrough with his right foot, and his right hand quickly returned the racket back to his left hand, successfully creating a breakthrough space, and getting rid of Amino with a healthy step.

"Come on!" Although Davis has been in a position with Markieff, his attention has always been on Li Mojie, and when he saw Li Mojie want to go to the basket from the baseline to make a layup, Davis immediately used his excellent lateral movement ability to make up for it.

"Be careful!" Meyers couldn't help but exclaim.

However, I saw that Li Mojie was unhurried in the face of Davis's long arm span covering the sky after he stopped it, raised the ball with both hands, twisted his waist and turned gorgeously in the air, and threw the ball with one hand with his right hand after Davis began to fall!

"Oh my God!"

"Fack, this is a beautiful job!" The audience cheered.

"Oh my God, this body's coordination and ability to stay in the air!" Eddie Johnson said with his mouth wide open.