Chapter 55: Li Mojie outside the tactics
On October 10, 2013, the Suns vs. Trail Blazers preseason game kicked off at the Moda Center Arena.
Suns starting five: point guard Eric Bledsoe (6'1"), point guard Goran Dragic (6'4"), small forward Marc Jacques Lee (6'8"), power forward Markieff Morris (6'10"), center Channingfrye (6'11")
Trail Blazers starting five: point guard Damian Lillard (6'3"), point guard Wesley Matthews (6'5"), small forward Nikola Batum (6'8"), power forward LaMarcus Aldridge (6'11"), center Robin Lopez (7")
The two sides jumped the ball, although they didn't expect the opposite side to send a big forward Aldridge to jump the ball, but Channingfrye still jumped the ball successfully and dialed the ball to Bledsoe.
So Bledsoe forced a breakthrough in the face of Lillard, last year's rookie of the year, and took the lead in the basket and a layup for the team. "Oh, this speed. This Eric who just transferred here is really fast. Director Zhang of Penguin Terrace commented.
"yes, Li Mojie didn't play much in the last game, and I hope he can play at the level of the summer league in this game." Duan Xu stared at Li Mojie on the field and said.
Then Aldridge, the current boss of the Trail Blazers, did not play hard in the face of Markieff, who was one inch shorter than him, but relied on his height and arm span to float outside and shoot a three-pointer and missed.
Then Bledsoe did not play hard in the face of Lillard, who was already prepared, this time, and took a few steps and passed to Dragic, who ran out of position with the help of Markieff's cover, Dragic made a good shot, and the Suns felt good. Take the lead 4:0.
"Damn, it's like this again, these two bastards didn't pass the ball to themselves in the last game, and it's still like this." Li Mojie, who also ran out of position on the side, scolded in his heart.
Then Lillard faced Bledsoe's defense, missed a three-point shot, and the rebound was grabbed by Markieff, who immediately passed to Dragic, Dragic controlled the ball over the half, Channing Frei pulled out to block a demolition for him, and then Dragic went inside, Batum quickly let go of Li Mojie's defense, but Dragic didn't even look at Li Mojie, and directly passed the ball to the empty Fry, Frye missed the outside shot, and the rebound was grabbed by Robin Lopez.
Li Mojie had no choice but to continue to run back and forth.
Now the anchors of Penguin Channel also saw that the door was coming, and Xu Yimei was the first to hold the grievances: "This ball should be passed to Li Mojie of the empty cut, pass it to him, and he can go to the basket directly, why is it still passed outside?" ”
"This is really unreasonable!" Director Zhang has been working in basketball for so many years, so he naturally sees some ways, but he can't say it clearly.
Then Lillard and Aldridge blocked, which was the most common tactic of the Trail Blazers last season, both of them have shooting ability, and the ability of the older rookie Lillard to play small and big is also very strong. 4:2
Then Markieff Morris received an inside pass from Fry, forced his way up to make it 2+1, and then made a mid-range shot, contributing 5 points alone.
"You're the top of the year? I thought it was so good that I couldn't catch the ball, and I didn't even have to defend you. Batum put his hands behind his back and looked at him defiantly, spewing trash talk.
In the first 6 minutes, Li Mojie didn't even touch the ball, where did he receive this kind of anger, and his gloomy face did not say a word.
"Mine." Wesley missed the shot, and when everyone was scrambling for the rebound, Li Mojie skewered out from the side and used his excellent reach and bounce to grab the backcourt rebound above everyone's heads.
"Rookie, give it to me." Dragic asks Lee for the fairway.
But Li Mojie didn't even pay attention to it, dribbled directly across the half court, stood at the top of the arc and tentatively walked, and singled Batum. Dragic was so angry that his face changed color, this rookie, not enough lessons for you.
"Your boss told you to give him the ball, give it to him, rookie, you shouldn't have come to the NBA, you should go back to school and play for a few more years!" Batum sneered with open arms.
"Hmph, you actually call him the boss? You're such a piece of garbage, no wonder I haven't heard your name, it seems like you're just a minor character. Li Mojie is on fire now, so naturally he won't have a good face to the people who mock him.
And the rest of the Suns didn't think that Li Mojie was doing blocking and covering, so they just watched the two go head-to-head.
When the ball returns to the left hand, the right foot takes a big step forward, leans forward with the center of gravity, falls on the right foot, and makes a situation of accelerating to a space, as soon as the right foot lands, he jumps back hard, pulls the center of gravity back, collects the ball between the waist and abdomen, and the left foot falls on the left rear step position; Although Batum is an outside defensive gate, he is also confused by a series of moves.
So when Li Mojie landed with his left foot, he immediately withdrew his right foot and bent his knee, and returned to the ball with his right hand. The ball obediently fell into the net.
"Nice step-back three!"
"It's so beautiful! This action! ”
Li Mojie has a well-proportioned figure, the upper and lower body is close to the golden ratio, and the movements are coherent and elegant, the movements are indeed picturesque, and many audiences in the audience were infected by such "beautiful" movements and applauded.
"It's so handsome!" Xu Yi immediately said stupidly.
"yes, such a beautiful step-back jumper, I've only seen it in Pierce's games before." Teacher Duan Xu also praised.
"Well, it seems that Li Mojie has worked hard in the past few months, and the team should give him more balls." Director Zhang exclaimed, and then said.
But the rest of the Suns team must not have heard Zhang's words, Li Mojie's ball possession has not only increased, but also the ball can't be touched, as if he has been isolated and excluded from the tactics.
Hornacek had to replace him with Gerard Green.
Then Gerard Green scored a three-pointer as soon as he came on the court, and the Suns got off to a perfect 20-7 start, with the Trail Blazers getting off to a mediocre start, with Lillard's goal in the paint to help the Trail Blazers break the deadlock, and then Aldridge hit a three-pointer from the outside. The poor start made the Trail Blazers fall into passivity early, but they quickly recovered their form and quickly caught up with the score, Wesley Matthews and Robin Lopez scored baskets one after another, Lillard and Batum also scored through consecutive counterattacks, the Trail Blazers responded with a wave of 13-0 offensive to catch up with the score in one fell swoop, Lillard hit another three-pointer at the end, and the Trail Blazers completed the score overtake. At the end of the first quarter, the Trail Blazers led the Suns 36-33.
"Marc Jacques you play point guard, Gobert, PJ Tucker, Marcus Morris, Barbossa, you five up." Anyway, it's pre-season, and Hornacek is fortunate to go up and down five times to see how these guys are doing.
The Trail Blazers only replaced Lillard and Wesley Matthews with CJ McCrom and Morris Williams.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Li Mojie, who controlled the ball, began to exert his strength in the face of Batum, dribbling directly with his left hand, his right hand across his chest, and directly to the inside.
"I'm Cao, what did this kid eat to grow up on? The power is so great. Batum, who was defeated and retreated, blushed and scolded in his heart.
More than 3 months ago, Li Mojie was able to bench press 84 kg 10 times during the Chicago draft training camp test, and now he has gained 220 pounds, although Coach Tyrone has not asked Li Mojie to train strength now, but bench press 15 times should be available, and in the face of Batum, who is currently only in his early 200 pounds, it is naturally a dozen and a quasi.
Aldridge had no choice but to come out to wrap up, but Li Mojie calmly waited for Aldridge to come up before making a pass to the ground.
"It's amazing, a magical pass."
"He used a crotch pass to play the big guy who could only shoot from the outside." Phoenix Sports' Corian shouted.
"It's too six." The audience in front of the Phoenix TV also applauded.
Marcus took the ball and it was a heavy dunk, 36:35.
Then Aldridge, who was teased by the crotch, asked for the ball directly on the inside with a black face, and wanted to hit Markieff Morris, who was 5 cm shorter than him, but Markieff was short, but the next set was very stable, Aldridge didn't impress a step at all and wanted to turn around him directly, but Markieff's athleticism was also excellent, and he chased and defended in time, and almost gave Ade a big hat.
"Mine." The rebound was successfully taken off by Gobert, Robin looked at Gobert, who was tall and had an amazing arm span, and his whole person was not good, an inch long and an inch strong, Gobert was not only an inch longer than him, but a lot of inches! Grabbing rebounds with Fry, Robin still has a chance to win, but in the face of this giant, Robin really has nothing to do.
Lee received Gobert's pass and slowly dribbled across the halfcourt, waiting for everyone to get into place.
Then Li Mojie noticed that not only Batum, but also the rest of the Trail Blazers were paying attention to him, so he passed the ball to the former Brazilian lightning Barbossa and ran into the interior himself. It's a pity that Barbossa's speed after the injury is no longer what it used to be, and the strong CJ McCollum failed, and passed to Mojie again, Mojie turned his back to Batum, Markieff used Mojie to make a cover, cut into the inside line, Li Mojie handed the ball to Markieff, and Markieff rushed up with a one-handed split.
"Great! This cooperation, the play is too smooth, and the Trailblazers are not opponents at all. Penguin Stage's Xu Yi beauty exclaimed.
At this time, the live broadcast room also brushed up a barrage.
"The new magician is back now."
"13 years of champion Xiujiao, 06 years of Bangyan show life." There is an endless stream of such nonsense.
The Suns got off to a perfect start again, and then Lee Mojab, Barbosa and PJ Tucker hit three-pointers one after another, and Gobert also scored 2+1, and the Suns once again took a double-digit lead with a 16-2 offensive wave in the opening game.