Chapter 247: The Rookie's Battle
Nielsen was delighted at the launch, as evidenced by his crumpled face. He praised the "toughness" of the Warriors' players, believing that this is the momentum of the defending champions, and that the Lakers will have to pay a price if they want to disrupt the Warriors' coronation ceremony.
When Phil Jackson was interviewed, his tone was full of anger. "We had a chance to win the game in the last minute, but the Warriors took a foul and Kobe Bryant was pushed down by the rookie, who is the signature of the league, and I can't imagine a rookie doing that to a league sign."
Phil Jackson directly attributed the loss to Beverley, implicitly alluding to the referee's blowing penalty. He's sending a message to the league that we're a championship team right now, and he's going to be gentle with us.
Lakers fans heard the head coach say this, and immediately got excited, smearing the cute "dog brother" on the Internet.
"This is the dirtiest rookie I've ever seen!"
"Such a person should be expelled from the alliance, I don't understand why such a person could be chosen!"
"The whole Warriors team is dirty, and it's not unusual to have one more."
Li Zhi went home at night and swiped his mobile phone, and when he saw these comments, he reposted them at that time, and then tweeted "Hehe." ”
Are Warriors dirty? Dirty. But the Lakers are not clean, and if they want to compete for the championship, who is cleaner than whom? Big brother, don't laugh at the second brother, he doesn't believe that the league will be blind and can't see Kobe's previous push and shove of Beverley.
Li Zhi hopes that Lakers fans will dance a little harder, and when the time comes, he will make trouble with David Stern and see how Stern handles it.
The Warriors are now lacking in stamina, and against the Lakers, they rely on Li Zhi alone, except for Crawford and Jackson, it is difficult for others to provide him with little help on the offensive end.
It's like the Thunder in the 2016 season, Westbrook led the team, even though it looks like the team is strong, but it has to rely on Li Zhi at critical moments. If something happens to Lee, the Warriors' season will really be over.
Thinking of this, Li Zhi misses O'Neill a little, to be precise, it should be an old shark who has taken medicine. With O'Neal last season, the Lakers didn't dare to wrap him up like this, but in this game, the Lakers often sent people to wrap up Li Zhi. The ball passed by Li Zhi depends on the luck of his teammates, Curry has not grown, and he may not be as good as Nick Young now. Jackson is a year older, and his offensive strength has deteriorated, and now he is more like a mental pillar who plays dead every day.
Warriors fans are now glad they kept David Lee, who is a bit rotten defensively, but has been a contributor in every game. It's like a "head iron" jungler, playing a life-for-life style of play, fighting for the opposite ADC.
At the end of the first day, the Kings defeated the Clippers. The Clippers have had bad luck since last year, when new No. 1 pick Blake Griffin was injured against the Hornets in the preseason, and then an MRI showed him a left patella stress fracture that cost him the season.
Clippers fans are now in a lot of pain, afraid that Griffin will become another Oden.
Blake Griffin has unlimited potential, but now he can't eat it, which makes Clippers fans very uncomfortable, and what is even more uncomfortable is that they also made a comparison between Griffin and Kings rookie Terrick Evans, which is really angry.
Tyrek Evans faced the Clippers in his NAB debut, scoring 20 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal, which made the hearts of Los Angeles who couldn't eat grapes pantothenic.
The Wizards beat the Mavericks on the road. The comeback of Arenas, Haywood and others, plus Randy Foyer and McMiller, who were traded from the Timberwolves, have significantly improved their strength. Arenas even recorded 29 points and 9 assists.
The Mavericks lineup is still flawed, with Dampier at center and Josh Howard at forward out injured. A few months ago, Howard was just involved in the "marijuana incident" and was almost swept away by the team. A few months later, he insulted the national anthem in a brain-dead manner. After that, he was arrested for speeding in a flying car, and even if he made a comeback, I am afraid that he would be overwhelmed.
The Trail Blazers beat the Rockets at home, Yao Ming was out due to injury, Maddie was still blocked by the Rockets, and this game did not enter the activation list, and the Rockets completely gave up on him. In addition, the team lost Artest in the summer, and it can be said that the roof leak coincided with overnight rain, which made the situation worse.
The Eastern Conference Celtics and Cavaliers also drew attention, with the Celtics taking Wallace on their roster and the Cavaliers getting Byron Davis and Biedrins.
However, in the end, the Cavaliers still lost to the Celtics by 5 points, and the Cavaliers had problems with the run-in, and Byron Davis had not yet adapted to the off-ball style of play. However, Cavaliers fans have confidence in the Cavaliers, and when the Cavaliers run-in is completed, it may be uncertain who will be stronger and who will be weak with the Celtics.
The Warriors didn't play the next day, but the rest of the NBA teams showed up on the day. Complementing Carter's Magic, who beat the 76ers 120-106 at home, Carter had 27 points, 15 rebounds and 4 assists, and Howard was even more fierce, with 28 points, 18 rebounds and 5 blocks, hitting a winning shot in the final moments.
The Magic have looked ferocious this season, and they play every game with the determination to compete for a championship. However, Howard's strength has not improved, and the data is good because no one in the 76ers can resist him, and it is still unknown how much strength Howard can play against the Lakers, Warriors, Celtics and Cavaliers.
After two days of rest, the Warriors will play away against the Suns.
Li Zhi was bored at home, "coaxing the child" next to Avril, and lying on Avril's stomach to play treasure. The woman is a strange animal, and now that she is pregnant, Avril's dependence on Li Zhi has increased, but Li Zhi can't be at home often when she wants to play, so she can only ask a nanny to take care of her.
Li Zhi was thinking about when to take his parents over, the last time the two old people heard Li Zhi on the phone that Avril was pregnant, and they couldn't wait to come to the United States immediately, and the reserve that they couldn't go abroad was gone.
In addition to accompanying Avril, Li Zhi trained in the system space for the rest of the time, and he contacted Zhuang Lin to get something good from this guy, but Zhuang Lin's key comparison is simply an iron rooster. Li Zhi had no choice but to aim at Anxi, but Anxi only responded to him with "hehe".
In her spare time, Li Zhi and Renault called and learned that Ye Xiaoxiao had taken a break from Berkeley, and the little girl officially entered ESPN as an intern reporter, going further and further on the road of her dreams.
O'Neill has been to Auckland for a few days to catch up with his old teammates and point out the team's youngsters by the way. O'Neill is a person who can't be idle, and a few days after retiring, he is active in the news of various sports media again.
This guy hasn't adapted to the life of retirement yet, and he has already sent him invitations to various teams, but the old shark said that he should have a fan, dry them for a few days, and then go to the theater.
Li Zhi secretly said that you have played enough, you go to other teams all day long to brush up on your presence, and you also wear five championship rings, Li Zhi has never seen such a shameless person......
On the 30th, the Warriors came to Phoenix to prepare for the next game.
Kerr looked at the Warriors players training on the court and said, "Don, should we continue to play this season?" ”
Nelson showed a hint of efficiency on his face and said, "Don't worry, let's see what signature skills George has hidden first, this kid must still have the skill of pressing the bottom of the box." ”
"Haha, then wait." Kerr doesn't understand why Nelson has such high expectations for Li Zhi, in his opinion, Li Zhi is already a top superstar in the league, FMVP, even if he improves, there must be a degree. He prefers that Nelson will give the team's newcomers a little more chances, especially Curry, but unfortunately he is not the team's head coach and doesn't know what Nelson thinks.
"Steve, you're a shooter, how do you say George's projection is better than Ray Allen?" Nelson asked.
Cole frowned, thought for a while, and said, "George's projection should be no worse than Aaron's, but he often breaks through and covers his projection." ”
"So do you say George is a big threat off the ball or a big threat with the ball?"
Kerr couldn't pay attention this time, and said tentatively: "Hold the ball...... After all, George's breakthrough was top-notch. ”
"What about Curry?"
Cole thought for a moment and said, "No ball." ”
Nelson shook his head and said, "I think it's the opposite. Playing with the Lakers, George was often caught with the ball in the second half, he was too difficult, Shaq was gone, and George needed a powerful helper. ”
Cole said, "You want to trade? ”
Nelson said lightly: "Let's see first, see how Curry and Jordan Jr. can get there, if they can surprise people, maybe we don't have to trade." ”
Curry hit one three-pointer after another on the sidelines, and on the other side, Li Zhi also threw baskets into the basket one after another, and the two became a landscape on the Warriors' training court, which was very harmonious.
Curry breathed a sigh of relief, Beverley's performance gave him a sense of crisis, and he had to get stronger to keep the starter. The competition within the Warriors came for no reason, but the old men like Li Zhi and Jackson are happy to see this scene, as long as it is not malicious competition, everything is beneficial to the Warriors.
Richie's expectations for Curry are definitely higher than Nelson and Kerr, because he knows the limits of Curry in the future, and it is Curry who has strengthened his organizational ability.