Chapter 500: Preseason China Tour
When Ye Xuan was on the court in the second quarter, he also continued to help the team brush up on points or something, anyway, he just didn't attack much, and after playing for so long, except for the first three points, Ye Xuan only scored two points, which was scored by the opponent's free throws after the foul. After 4 minutes in the second quarter, Ye Xuan was replaced, and at this time, Ye Xuan's data had magically come to 5 points and 10 assists, which means that Ye Xuan sent an assist in less than a minute on average, and this passing efficiency is no one, of course, thanks to his teammates today's three-point shooting is more accurate, only Speights and Ci Shiping wasted a pass from Ye Xuan, and the other passes were basically converted into scoring by teammates, so the Lakers' offensive efficiency today is also surprisingly high.
Since it was a preseason, Ye Xuan didn't bother to go on the field to brush up on the data, after all, if it wasn't an official game, he could only get 50% of the reward, and the reward for the preseason was already small, and then subtract half, and he didn't have any desire to reward this reward point. So Ye Xuan didn't continue to play in this game, but the Lakers were obviously happy with the young people, and they were able to shoot all kinds of difficult shots, and even Nick Young learned from Ye Xuan to make a super super long three-point shot, because he still stepped on the sign of the court and shot, and he went in!
At the end of the game, the Lakers can be said to have a smooth hand today, shooting a total of 26 three-pointers, which set a new preseason record, and the super high score of 143 points also made people a little jaw-dropping, which is still in Ye Xuan only played 9 minutes, Wade only played 15 minutes, and Gasol only played 17 minutes.
However, after the game, in the summary after the game, Wharton Jr. and Lao Ke still pointed out some of the shortcomings of their team, first of all, the team's interior defense still needs to be improved, Gasol and Randle The interior offensive firepower is very good, but the defense is still not enough, Gasol is a big forward body, and let him play the center position because of the rampant small ball tactics. However, Randle, as a power forward, is not able to make a good addition to his height and defense, so the Lakers' interior defense needs to be studied again to see whether to get new signings through trades or use tactical changes to change the situation.
In addition to the interior defense, Wharton Jr. is still a little dissatisfied with the team's defensive positioning, which is also the Warriors' although the interior is relatively weak, but their large number of defensive changes have made their defensive efficiency always at the forefront of the league, but the Lakers' defense is still at this stage of fighting on their own, indeed Ye Xuan's defense and Clarkson's defense are very good, and even Solomon Hill's defense is the league's top existence, However, the two of them did not help their teammates in other positions in the rotation, so this did not satisfy Wharton Jr., which is one of the areas where they will need to strengthen their training in the future.
Not much else, this time the Chinese game also let the other teammates of the Lakers see what is the real popularity, the team's plane just arrived in Shenzhen, the fans outside cheered, this look, looks higher than the original popularity of the old section, when Gasol and Wade in the Beijing Olympics but saw the popularity of the old section in China, but compared to Ye Xuan, who is originally of Chinese blood, and has just led the Chinese team to achieve a breakthrough of zero medals, Even the popularity of the 08-year-old science is not as good as him.
However, I have to say that in addition to Ye Xuan, the most popular player in the Lakers team is still Lao Ke, although he has retired, his popularity is still higher than Wade, who is still playing. The other Clippers player, who arrived at almost the same time as the Lakers, was even more awkward, with the two teams not only having a big difference in popularity in Los Angeles, but also in China. Although there were still some welcome banners and fans to greet them at the first few games, the enthusiasm was naturally much worse.
Soon the preseason meeting between the two teams began, and in ESPN's prediction, the Lakers ranked third in the league, second only to the Warriors and Cavaliers, and even ahead of the Pelicans and Pacers, while the Clippers were behind the five teams in front of him in the prediction, and of course the Spurs were in front of him, so the Clippers were temporarily ranked seventh in the league.
In fact, when it comes to the Clippers, if there is one word to describe the Clippers last season, it is "unlucky". The strength of the Clippers is not bad, they are 7th in the league in points scored and points conceded per game, and their game rhythm is 14th in the league, which is generally at the middle level. As a result, the Clippers' offensive and defensive ratings are also similar to their points per game average, ranking 8th and 6th in the league, respectively.
The Clippers' defense is good at limiting opponents' shooting percentage, which ranks second in the league with only 43.4% shooting percentage, and 33.8% from three-point range, ranking fifth in the league; He shot 47.1 percent from two-point range, third in the league. But the Clippers' problem may surprise many — they don't have a good rebounding game, averaging 46.7 rebounds per game, the second-lowest in the league. Overall, though, the Clippers played well in the regular season, and Griffin's absence didn't cause them much trouble. But with Paul injured in the playoffs, it was a completely different story. The Clippers were eventually eliminated by the Pelicans after they dominated the first round.
The Clippers have a solid roster because they have locked up the iron triangle of Paul, Griffin and Jordan Jr., and Crawford has stayed with the team. This keeps the Clippers at a high level every year, but it also makes it very difficult for them to bring in reinforcements. They can't afford to sign powerful big-name stars, so they can only use middle-class terms, veterans' basic salaries, etc. to "touch the prize" every year. If they're unlucky, they'll have to start the game, and if they're lucky, they'll have a player who explodes, and they're going to leave next season and they won't be able to keep them – like Aldridge this year.
The same is true for this year's signings, in fact, the Clippers did not bring in anyone - Crawford, Johnson, Prince, and Bamot are all their own people, and among their own players, Aldridge, who played to the effect, is gone, and Jeff Green is also gone. It's a typical Clippers offseason. Originally, the Clippers were also going to sign Raymond Filton and Speights of the Lakers this season, but they were both intervened by the Lakers in the middle of the game, and they were all robbed by the Lakers.
The game started quickly, and the Lakers were warmly welcomed by the Chinese fans as soon as they started, which is also a unique benefit of Ye Xuan's team, as long as they come to China for the preseason, the Lakers should be able to enjoy the treatment of playing at home. At the beginning of the game, Ye Xuan did not sit on the bench to watch the play this time, but started directly, of course, this is also to give the Chinese audience a face, so anyone can play less in this game, but Ye Xuan will definitely not be able to play too short.
The Clippers are obviously not ready to take the performance of the preseason seriously, although the main force was exhausted at the beginning, but after only five minutes of the two sides fighting, the Clippers replaced all their three main forces, and replaced them with the prince, Keliu and others. The Lakers did the same, replacing Wade and Gasol, and Ye Xuan became the only All-Star level player on the court.
However, Ye Xuan did not disappoint everyone in this game, Ye Xuan still showed no mercy when it was time to play seriously, all kinds of dry three-point pulling, all kinds of ultra-long-distance shots, including some passes that did not look at people, all made the fans who came to the scene very enjoyable. In the middle, Ye Xuan's playing time is basically arranged according to the regular season-level rotation, so after the first three quarters of the game, Ye Xuan has already played for 28 minutes. The Lakers naturally took a big lead because of the existence of such a big killer as Ye Xuan.
In the fourth quarter of the game, Ye Xuan finally got a lot of rest, and after playing on the court for three minutes, he was replaced, and the game was over, just a preseason game, and the Lakers once again scored 131 points, and the other teams in the league also had to look sideways, because they didn't expect that the new Lakers' offensive firepower would be so explosive, of course, there are also some credits to Ye Xuan, following the last 9 minutes after sending 5 points and 10 assists, this time Ye Xuan played 31 minutes, got 24 points and 21 assists, and got the data of double twenty, this data also created an NBA preseason assist record, but these are not the most important, the most important thing, Ye Xuan's pass success rate today is as high as 100%, in other words, Ye Xuan did not make a single mistake in 21 assists today, this state also made the outside world a little frightened.
After the game in Shenzhen, the Lakers and Clippers moved to Shanghai, as one of the most economically developed cities in China, Shanghai's prosperity is no less than that of Los Angeles, and Shanghai is not the city where the protagonist was in college, so Ye Xuan naturally changed and became a guide for the players of the Lakers and Clippers, and started his own foodie journey with a large number of stars. After all, the charm of Chinese cuisine is not something that can be stopped by ordinary difficulties.
Shanghai's preseason was also held as scheduled, because there was a 3-day interval in between, so the players of the two teams were also feasting on their mouths in the past few days, and the atmosphere between the two teams was also harmonious, so after the preseason started, the two teams played very harmoniously, basically you cast one and I voted one, it looks a bit like a tacit ball, but the air relay sent by Ye Xuan and Paul from time to time still makes the audience very enjoyable.
Of course, the game will still be won after all, the difference between the two teams and the previous game is that this game they have reached the fourth quarter, no team has a clear advantage, in terms of score, the Lakers are only 3 points ahead, and the ball is the Clippers, but the two teams that played the tacit ball in the third quarter did not consume much physical strength, so when it came to the last quarter of the game, everyone still couldn't hold back their athletes, the soul of striving for victory, and began to exert force at the same time.
In the final quarter of the game, the two teams suddenly became a real fight, just like the rhythm of an All-Star game, and the sudden increase in defensive intensity, and the tactics that suddenly started running, made the atmosphere much more tense than before. However, I have to say that if you want to really fight, in terms of the main lineup, the Lakers' combat effectiveness is better, although the Clippers' interior occupies a certain advantage, but Gasol has now also developed three-point shooting skills, so he can easily empty the Clippers' interior line, and when the Clippers want to rely on the advantage of the interior to attack, they have to face multiple troubles such as cutting Jordan Jr. and offers, so they naturally make a judgment.
In the end, the Lakers won the game with a sudden burst in the fourth quarter, scoring only 114 points in the game, but also limiting the Clippers' scoring to 108, which was also the lowest in the preseason. Ye Xuan played 24 minutes in the first three quarters of this game, but in the fourth quarter of the game, he played as many as 9 minutes, and the reason why he was able to defeat the Clippers in the last quarter was also very great, he blocked Paul on the defensive end, although Paul still sent 3 points and 4 assists in the last quarter of the game, but compared with Ye Xuan's 11 points and 2 assists, it was a little worse.
After the end of this game, the Lakers also won three consecutive preseason games, and the Clippers were much more tragic, they lost to the Raptors in the first preseason game, and as a result, they lost to the Lakers in two consecutive games in this preseason game abroad, and then there is another game waiting for them on the road.
The final preseason game was held at the Wukesong Stadium, which was also the venue for the basketball finals at the Beijing Olympics, and the two teams that participated at that time were also three people present, namely Gasol of the Lakers, Wade and Paul of the Clippers, but after eight years, when standing in this stadium again, the atmosphere in the court is still the same.
The last game of the preseason between the two teams also started, this game both teams played more seriously, and finally it was not until the last two minutes that the Lakers re-extended the difference to five points with Ye Xuan's steal and three points, and then won the game, so far, the preseason journey of the two teams has also come to an end, they will return to Los Angeles, rest for a while, and then welcome the arrival of the new season.