Chapter Ninety-Five: The Away Battle of the King
On November 19, 2013, local time in the United States, Bledsoe felt uncomfortable in his knee before the game, and after a preliminary examination by the team doctor, it was identified as a meniscus problem, and the detailed condition had to be examined in the hospital. So Bledsoe announced an early truce, leaving a shadow on the Suns, who lost two in a row, to the Kings away.
"Heads up, guys, you've all been resting for the past few days, haven't you? It's a tough day! In the visiting locker room at the Sacramento Kings Sleep Train Arena, Hornacek clapped his tactics board and shouted.
This game is indeed very critical for the Suns, you must know that this Suns team is a complete new army, if the team loses three in a row, then it will dare to lose four in a row, five in a row, and Hosenak also thinks that this game is not only to get rid of the losing streak, the Kings are also a team on the edge of the playoffs this year, this position is very important for the Suns, if they beat the Kings, then the Suns will enter the playoffs this year and have a lot of certainty.
"Yes, guys, we're going to win this game!" Seeing that everyone's momentum was sluggish, Li Mojie stood up and shouted.
"Well, that's right, we're still second in the West now, and their Kings are the second to last in the West, so let's get angry with them!" Middleton shouted in response.
"That's right, that's right!" Goebel shouted when he saw this.
Seeing this, Channingfrye and Markieff Morris glanced at each other, "Yes, Mojab they are right, let's take the Kings out today!" ”
Hornacek nodded without a trace, and Li Mojie began to have the temperament of a leader, which is a good thing. "Then I'll lay out the tactics."
When the Kings were in the middle of the ceremony, Li Mojie stood near the halfcourt and watched the audience, because Li Mojie is a native of California, and this year led USC University to set off a storm in the NCAA, so he still has a lot of fans in California, and the proportion of Californian Chinese is not small, so Li Mojie saw many fans wearing his jersey and holding a sign with the name of Mojie Lee on the court.
"Huh? How did she get here? Suddenly, Li Mojie found his old acquaintance in the first row of the audience, Kendall Jenkinsa, who was talking cordially with the daughter of the Kings owner, Agarie Lanadame.
"Hey!" Seeing Li Mojie looking at her, Jenkina winked at him playfully: As if to say surprise, surprise, surprise? And the Indian Shih Tzu also beckoned to him.
In 2013, a local Sacramento consortium had reached a high-value buyout agreement with the current Kings owners, the Ma'louf brothers, for $535 million, an NBA record. The Sacramento consortium is headed by Silicon Valley software giant and Indian boss Vivek Ranadave, who will first buy a 65% stake in the Kings for $348 million, and the later acquisition plan did not disclose that the total value of the Kings is $535 million.
Suns starting five: PG: Jacques Lee (6'8"), SG: Chris Middleton (6'7"), SF: Gerald Green (6'8"), PF: Channing Fry (6'11), C: Rudy Gobert (7'1")
Kings starting five: PG: Ben Mur Smoothmore (6'5"), SG: Grevis Vasquez (6'6"), SF: Luke Richard Bamot (6'8"), PF: Jason Thompson (6'11), C: DeMarcus Cousins (6'11)
Although Bledsoe was out of action due to injury, the coaching staff did not let Ramon Sessions come up to play point guard, but let Li Mojie play point guard. Although Ramon Sessions' strength is good, but after the Suns traded Dragic, there were only Li Mojie, Bledsoe, and Ramon Sessions left, and only Li Mojie and Sessions had organizational ability, and Bledsoe could only be counted as half, so once Sessions was put in the starting lineup, the bench lineup was left without leading the players, so the coaching staff decided to let Gerard Green play as a small forward after discussion.
"Beep!" The game officially began, and Cousins used his amazing athleticism to successfully flick the ball over Gobert's head to his own half.
Ben Murkelmore controlled the ball and passed to Greivis Vasquez, Greaves Wasquez scouted a few steps and found that Middleton's defense was solid, and he didn't get any chances, so he passed to Jason Thompson, who pulled out the outside, although you may not have heard of this person, but Jason Thompson was the No. 12 rookie selected by the Kings in 2008, and he was able to cut 11.1 points + 7.4 rebounds + 1.1 assists in his rookie season, and his shooting percentage was as high as 49.7%, It's a pity that the management of the Kings team in recent years has been really chaotic, and the ability of the uniform team to cultivate rookies is really poor, which has made many potential rookies dusty.
Jason Thompson faced Frye on the three-point line and made a decisive shot to try his touch, but missed.
Gobert proved himself this time, firmly stuck Cousins behind him, picked up this rebound, and looked back to Li Mojie in the face of Ben Murklemo tried a dry three-pointer, but also missed.
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It was cold at the start, and finally it was Lee who controlled the ball to the halfcourt, and after Middleton and Channingfrye ran and couldn't find a shot, he quickly passed the ball to Gerard Green.
With almost no feints, Gerard Green left Luke Richard Bamot behind just by the speed of activation.
Gerard Green rushed inside, Cousins immediately moved his feet to step forward to make up for the defense, but was blocked by Gobert, and late, Gerard Green made an unusually excited dunk to score the first point of the game.
Gerard Green is also a motivational player, and when he was 11 years old, Green once had to compete to see who could touch the top edge of his living room door. Green was wearing his mother's graduation ring, but when he jumped up and touched the top edge of the door, his ring got stuck by a nail on the edge of the door. The skin and tendons above the second knuckle of Green's right ring finger were immediately torn. After the operation, Green looked at his hand and said with tears in his eyes, "Where did my finger go?" After that, he didn't say a word. After three days of silence in the hospital, the strong Green began to get used to living without the ring finger of his right hand. "Amputation is not the same as stitches, you can't expect to live as usual after the stitches are removed." Green realizes that he can only catch up with others and surpass others if he puts in more effort than others.
Having lost his fingers, Green has become more diligent, and every step he takes is extremely difficult for Green, who is used to living with his right hand. He learned to eat with four fingers, dribble and shoot with four fingers, so only he knows what it's like to move a basketball to the basket with three fingers.
After entering the NBA, Green has not had any good opportunities, has been wandering in the NBA, and has also played in Europe and China. This year, he was traded to the Suns, who are currently the most competitive for the forward position, with Markieff, Marcus, PJ Tucker, and Lee Mojie. Gerard Green was extremely excited after learning that he would start today, and he was ready to warm up early.
The Kings attacked, and it was Ben Mur Smoother who took the ball, Cousins mentioned a high post block, and Ben Murmur Smoother then dribbled to the inside.
Gerald Green, who was defending Luke Richard Bamot under the basket, immediately moved his feet to prepare to defend when he saw it, but Frye and Gobert were relatively well defended, and Ben Mur Smooth's breakthrough opportunity was not too good, and the ball quickly passed out of Ben Murmo's hand and fell into the hands of Cousins.
Cousins, who got the ball, did not choose to go to the basket at this time because Gobert was attracted to Ben Merck, he glanced at the basket after getting the ball, and shot directly inside the three-point line.
Cousins has all the talent to be a great player, except for that uncool brain. Cousins' mid-range shooting is not random, although he is not as accurate as Aldridge's shooting type, but his mid-range shooting is indeed very threatening, and his ball handling ability is also top-notch, and he can often be seen stealing and dunking. It's a pity that there is a rare center with such accurate free throws, such comprehensive skills, and explosive physical fitness, but he can only make his stats amazing, but cannot dominate the game. The giant's athletic talent has a childlike heart......
The basketball fell into the net like a "swish", and Cousins excitedly hammered his chest and glared at Li Mojie.
"When did I provoke him?" Li Mojie thought strangely.
After receiving the ball on the bottom line, Li Mojie took the ball directly through the half, came to the three-point line, and found that it was Ben Mo Klemo who was defending himself, Li Mojie made his signature tentative step, and his right hand lowered the elbow in front of the inside line, Ben Mo Klemo only had a 195-pound figure and suddenly felt a little powerless in the face of Li Mojie, who is now 220 pounds +.
Suddenly, Li Mojie took a step back and made a decisive shot, and the ball obediently drilled into the bag.