Chapter 1 The first battle of the new season, the amazing knight (for the fire dance, love for the heart!) )
At 19:00 on the evening of December 26, 2011, the Cleveland Cavaliers' home game against the Toronto Raptors was about to start, although it was still snowing outside, but the atmosphere in the arena was extremely warm, the stadium that can accommodate about 18,000 fans, every seat was filled by fans, and the seats were full. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The game was streamed live from TNT and was again narrated by old partners Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith.
Before the start of the game, both sides announced their respective starting lists.
As for the Cavaliers, the center is still played by last season's iron mainstay, Brazilian Anderson Vallejo, the power forward is no surprise, it is Cleveland's new favorite Yuan Shu, the small forward position is unexpectedly started by this year's No. 15 rookie Kawhi Leonard, instead of Antoine Jamison as everyone thinks, the scoring guard is Anthony Parker, who has recently recovered from injury, and the playmaking guard is led by this year's top pick Kyrie Irving.
The Cavaliers' approach to using Jamison off the bench was hotly debated by two TNT commentators, and the word was heated because Barkley and Smith each had two very different views.
Barkley believes that starting Leonard and Irving at the same time is very dangerous for the current Cavaliers, both of them are rookies, they are too young, and the starting lineup should send Jamison first, so the combination of the old and the new is very good for the team's performance, as for Leonard, there is no need to start so early.
Smith thinks that Barkley's idea is too conservative, as far as he knows, in the intra-team game with Yuan Shu, Leonard, and Irving as the core, the three of them can already beat any combination of other players, because sending the three of them on the court at the same time is the strongest lineup that the Cavaliers should have sent.
Until the start of the game, the two did not agree on whether Leonard should start or not, and the answer to this question can only be left to today's game.
On the Raptors' side, Andrea Bagnani is still playing as the starting center, with Aamir Johnson joining him on the inside, James Johnson as the starting small forward, and DeMar DeRozan and Spaniard Jose Calderón on the guard line.
Before the start of the game, the live broadcast camera captured Yuan Shu's eyebrow interaction with a beautiful woman on the sidelines. When the camera zoomed in, Barkley and Smith in the live broadcast room exclaimed again and again!
"Wow, this isn't 'Gossip Girl' Blake Lively, this kid Yuan is so enviable. Just broke off the relationship with Scarlett in the scandal and was with Blake again. Barkley looked at Blake, who was sitting on the sidelines in a white coat, smiling and chatting with his friends, and seemed to be attracted by the eyes of the other party that were bent into crescents when he laughed.
"Not only that, it is said that Yuan also traveled to Dubai for a few days with Ajiali, the daughter of Indian tycoon Vivek Ranadave, in the offseason last season, which is really envious of others!" Even Smith, who has always been more serious, said in an envious tone.
On the court, several Cavaliers players were already gearing up for the first game of the new season. Scott, who was on the sidelines, looked calm and relaxed, with his hands on his chest, and seemed to be full of confidence in the team.
With the referee's whistle and the cheers of the fans, the Cavaliers' first regular season game of the 2011-12 season officially began!
Vallejo fought for the opening offensive ball for the Cavaliers in front of the tall and long-arm Bargnani, and Irving got the ball and quickly pushed forward, leaving the slow-paced Calderon behind with a single acceleration and breaking inside with ease.
Aamir Johnson immediately stepped forward to make up for the defense, Irving didn't look at it, threw the ball to the basket, Yuan Shu was already waiting in the air, smashed the ball directly into the basket with both hands, and scored the first goal of the new season for the Cavaliers with a thunderous momentum! 2-0!
The Raptors immediately organized an offense, and James Johnson had just received a pass from Calderon and was about to pass to Banjani inside as required by the tactics, when a hand suddenly appeared to steal the ball.
Leonard, who made a successful steal, quickly moved forward with the ball himself, and when facing DeRozan, the only defender of the Raptors, he took three slow steps left and right with a large amplitude, shook off DeRozan's defense, and then used his height and arm length to make a tough layup. 4-0!
Raptors coach Dwayne Casey immediately shouted to the players on the court to calm down, don't rush, watch out for mistakes!
However, as soon as the words fell, Calderon's pass to DeRozan was touched by the agile Irving, and the quick-eyed Anthony Parker immediately picked up the ball, and Irving had already rushed to the front court at this time, and Parker quickly passed the ball out.
Owen, who received the pass from the backcourt, faced James Johnson who retreated quickly this time and Calderon who retreated as soon as he lost the ball.
"Is it another cross-cutting cooperation between the two? This time you won't succeed! James Johnson yelled and rushed towards Yuan Shu, and Calderon immediately came to Yuan Shu's path with the ball and prepared to stop the opponent.
Who knew that Yuan Shu only dribbled forward twice after receiving the ball, and then threw the ball to the basket, and at the moment when the surprised Johnson and Calderon looked back, Owen had already jumped high and caught the ball in the air with both hands and poured it into the basket! It turned out that when Irving passed the ball to Yuan Shu, taking advantage of the moment when the attention of the Raptors defenders was diverted, he immediately started to rush to the basket again and received Yuan Shu's wonderful pass to complete the air relay! 6-0!
Although it seems that this is just two simple passes and cuts to be used together, it can be seen that the tacit understanding between the two is very strong, not at all like they have just played in a team, but like they have been running in for months!
In just over 1 minute of the opening game, the Cavaliers who are playing at home have already led the Raptors 6-0, and the most surprising thing is that the Raptors don't even have a decent offensive organization!
In the screams and cheers of the home fans, Raptors coach Casey couldn't help but feel apprehensive in his heart, and seemed to feel that it was basically impossible for the Raptors to win this game, because from the perspective of the opponent's opening competitive state, it didn't look like he hadn't played for more than half a year, but it seemed to maintain a high level of competitive state, this kind of powerful aura that made the opponent feel frustrated only in the opening stage, but it hasn't appeared on the Cavaliers for a long time!
What the Raptors coach didn't know was that the players of the Cavaliers trained collectively under the call of Yuan Shu, and almost every day was devil training, and Yuan Shu, who became the captain of the team, required all players to play at the same intensity as in the playoffs.
One of the most important keys is actually a dish that Yuan Shu found in the "God of Food Shop" that these teammates called dark cuisine, as long as the team loses the most on the day of the game, the players of the team must eat this dark dish, it is this dark dish that makes this group of American players, of course, including Brazilians like Vallejo, train hard and hard, which has the results of today's high-level competitive state.
Although this dish is called a dark dish by foreigners, it is a household name in Chinese, and the name of this dish is ......