Chapter Eighty-Three: Singles
The NBA is one of the most intense competitions in the world, and its schedule is tight and tight, and the San Antonio Spurs have not rested enough for two days here, and on November 8, local time in the United States, that is, two days after the Suns' away victory over the Spurs, the Suns will face the Denver Nuggets at home.
The Denver Nuggets and Phoenix Suns are both early teams to join the NBA, but they are also teams that have never won a championship so far. And compared to the Phoenix Suns, the Denver Nuggets also have less attention, last season, the Nuggets finished third in the West, trading Afraro for Iguodala and Rudy leaving. The substitutions are deeply brutal. There are McGee, Farid, Gallinari, Iguodala, Lawson and other powerful players with explosive athletic talent in the start, and Mozkov, Kufo, Deler, Brewer, Miller Sr. and a bunch of bench bandits on the bench, but unfortunately the Nuggets fell in the playoffs to the Golden State Warriors, who played in the same way and began to emerge.
The biggest change for the Nuggets this summer was the departure of George Karl and the emergence of Brian Shaw as the team's new head coach. In terms of trades, the team sent Iguodala to the Warriors and acquired guard Randy Foye. In terms of signings and contract extensions, the team signed Hixon for three years and $15 million, Mozgov for three years and $14 million for three years, and Nate Robinson for two years and $4 million.
In terms of the team's salary, Lawson currently occupies the top spot on the team's salary list, with his salary for the 13-14 season at $10.78 million, McGee's at $10.75 million, and Galinari's salary at more than $10 million. Other players, Wilson Chandler has a salary of $6.34 million, Hickson and Miller both have salaries of more than $5 million, and Mozgov has a salary of $4.4 million for the new season.
In terms of total team salaries, the Nuggets reached $67.32 million, which is still some distance from the luxury tax threshold of $71.48 million.
Nuggets starting five: PG: Tylawson (5'11"), SG: Randy Foye (6'4"), SF: Jordan Hamilton (6'7"), PF: Kenneth Farid (6'8"), C: Javier McGee (7')
Suns starting five: PG: Eric Bledsoe (6'1"), SG: Chris Middleton (6'7"), SF Mojerry Lee (6'8"), PF: Markieff Morris (6'10"), C: Channing Fry (6'11")
After the last appearance of the daily routine, and then the introduction of the lights off, Li Mojie came on the stage with a serious expression.
Li Mojie just came on the field today and it was unusual.
As soon as Bledsoe passed half-time, he took possession of the ball from Bledsoe.
came up for the first offense, and he faced Jordan Hamilton, who is also a fellow Californian, was a merciless forced hard attack, and the Jordan in front of him was originally evaluated as able to grab rebounds, shoot unstable, average athleticism, and poor defense. How did he know that Li Mojie was going to him as soon as he came up, and before he fully entered the state of the game, Li Mojie had already left him behind.
"Damn it!" McGee, who stopped him, scolded. Li Mojie's easy entry into the basket was a violent dunk, 2:0
"Well done." The Meixi Arena erupted in standard Mandarin cheers
As soon as I raised my eyes, there were indeed many Chinese fans in the stands with Chinese character slogans.
Chinese all over the world is not a joke, there are also many Chinese in Phoenix, with Li Mojie's wonderful performance in these games, almost all Chinese in the United States regard the Suns as their home team, the last game in the Spurs' home ATT arena There are many Chinese fans who put up slogans to support him (the Suns owner in front of the TV is very happy after seeing it), not to mention the West America Stadium, the home stadium of Phoenix.
After being selected by the Rockets as the No. 1 pick, Yao Ming played nine seasons in Houston, and his influence was not limited to the court, he can be said to have built a bridge between China and the United States. The Rockets became the most popular team in Chinese, and Yao Ming's first three seasons with the Rockets saw his home attendance climb.
Li Wei, a 67-year-old Chinese publisher, said: "Before Yao Ming joined, Asians probably didn't know much about Houston. But when he entered the NBA, the media began to report on him, and more and more people went to watch him play. The Asian community is also very supportive of Rocket and Yao. ”
A lot of Asians have immigrated to Houston to do business, so the Rockets have a growing fan base. At the time, 5 percent of Houston's population was Asian, and even if they weren't basketball fans, they had heard of Yao Ming's name. "Yao Ming has turned Houston into a world-renowned city, and it's a gradual process," Li said. People know him as a basketball player, but there's more to him than that. ”
The ball changed hands, and Tylawson failed to make a strong breakthrough and distributed the ball to Foye, who pulled the ball out of the basket and the rebound was picked up by Markieff.
Bledsoe dribbled over half the court, the opposite defense was very tight, although Tylawson was short, but he was extremely strong like the Raptors' small steel cannon Lowry, and his stealing ability was good, so Bledsoe made a transition to Li Mojie, and he ran inside, but he didn't expect Li Mojie to break through on the left side after crossover, and then retreat, Jordan Hamilton was gone.
Lee Mojie hits a jumper in front of the paint zone. 4:0
"Well done!" There was a burst of excited cheers from the Meixi Arena.
"Oh oh! Look at our champion show shaking Jordan on the other side so that he can't find the north, my god he really shouldn't be called that! Steve Albert scoffed unceremoniously. Because Ameyers is the vice president of the Suns after all, it is impossible for him to come to the commentary for every game, so he was replaced by Steve Albert today.
Eddie Johnson laughed: "Our champion has a strong desire to attack today!"
"Jordan! What are you doing? You were completely blown up by that rookie, you know? The newly appointed Brian Shaw scolded angrily. No way, the Nuggets were still third in the West last season, and so far he has led the team with a record of 1 win and 3 losses, how can this make him not in a hurry?
But scolding and scolding, Jordan Hamilton couldn't prevent Li Mojie He could see it, so he continued to roar: "Farid, why do you change your defense, do you know?" ”
Known as the "Half-Orc", Farid has a tough style and is recognized as a defensive titan in the league. He's a player who does the dirty work, he plays with a conscientious attitude, he stands out defensively, and he has a lot of energy, he will do everything he can to grab rebounds, and he has a desire to conquer rebounds.
Unlike Jordan, who is average in athleticism, Faried didn't intend to give Li Mojie an easy way to get the ball from the beginning of his serve, and after the offensive power returned to Phoenix's side, he began to pestering Li Mojie throughout the game.
"Oh? actually sent Farid to defend, didn't he know that Li Mojie's nickname was the new magician? Steve Albert said with a look of contempt.
But soon he slapped his face, Li Mojie still chose to go alone after taking the ball, and the ball popped out of the frame with a "bang".
"Huh??" Hornacek also frowned off the court, it stands to reason that Li Mojie chose to go alone in the first two balls, NBA tactics are all for the sake of victory, if your single efficiency is high enough, then the triangle offense is the best tactic, if your single efficiency is higher than Jordan, then the best tactic is for the other four people to pull away and watch you go alone!
"But that's not the case now!" Hornacek muttered, this 208CM Markieff is obviously a big and small mismatch in the face of the 201CM Hamilton, and Li Mojie, who has a mature style of play and a golf quotient, can't not see it!