Chapter Twenty-Seven: An Imperfect Debut
Carlos Boozer grabbed the rebound quickly and handed it to Delon.
Delon twisted his strong little fat leg to launch a fast attack.
At this time, Kirilenko had already passed the half, Delon made a through ball, and Kirilenko hit a layup.
Who is Kirilenko?
Maybe the current fans don't know it for a long time, but some fans who have witnessed the Rocket era will never forget that Kirilenko brings extremely painful memories to Rocket fans every time.
Andrey Kirilenko, nicknamed "AK47", 2.06 meters long, 2004 All-Star, king of blocks.
He has been selected to the All-Defensive Team many times, and his function is similar to the "Draymond Green" of the Warriors today, serving as a defensive gate and offensive hub for the Jazz.
And Kirilenko's style of play is extremely in line with the tactics of the old coach Jerry Slon, and the style of play is extremely tough. The Jazz are also one of the few Predators.
Under the Jazz's iron-blooded defense, the Warriors made many mistakes and had extremely low offensive efficiency. Only relying on the singles of a few stars to score, the Warriors inevitably fell behind after the first quarter.
Li Zhi saw that it was not for nothing that the Warriors were behind.
The Warriors have plenty of firepower on the outside, but their defense is weak, and it seems that it will be extremely difficult for Nelson Sr.'s combination of fast-break and defensive tactics to be realized on this Warriors.
Davis and others, who played in the first quarter, sat on their chairs in disappointment, looking no more melancholy, and the taste of losing to the same opponent twice was really uncomfortable.
"Lee, Barnes, you go on the court in the second quarter, replace Davis and Ayr, Jackson plays power forward, and Monta Jr. plays point guard. We have to speed up, but we can't ignore the defense. George was in charge of keeping an eye on DeLong and Barnes was in good hands. ”
Li Zhi and the others nodded.
It's just that Al Harrington on the bench coldly swept the situation on the field, didn't say a word, and didn't know what he was thinking.
"Come on George!"
Avril stood up behind her and waved her fist at Richie.
Li Zhi nodded when he saw it, smiled slightly, but his heart was happy.
"Oh, that's Lavigne, he's cheering for Lee!" A fan recognized Avril Lavigne in light makeup.
The nearby fans all looked at Lavigni in surprise, all of them were extremely surprised, and then the male fans cast jealous glances at Li Zhi.
Li Zhi's back was cold.
"The debut, absolutely not. Why should there be a 20 points? ”
Li Zhi is well aware of the current task - to defend Delong.
Delon and Kirilenko are the two points of the Jazz's offense, as long as the offense that strangles Sir Delon will inevitably struggle, and that is the opportunity for the Warriors to counterattack.
Delon saw that the Warriors actually sent a rookie to defend him, not to mention how disdainful he was.
"Boy, are you okay?" Delong looked at Li Zhi and snorted coldly.
"Okay, don't you know if you try it?" Li Zhi was not angry, and looked at Delong with a smile.
Seeing that Li Zhi didn't care about himself, Delong decided to teach this rookie boy a good lesson, what is the strongest yellow race, it's just a gimmick.
DeLong held the ball and broke through to the right side of Li Zhi, and Li Zhi actually leaned back under his breakthrough. Delong was overjoyed, and sure enough, it was just an embroidered pillow, which opened as soon as it was topped.
"Broke through, George was pushed away by DeLong." Joanbari shouted.
The fans in the stadium also held their breath at the voice of Barry Sr.
"No, steal! George steals Delon's ball! ”
Li Zhi did not stop when he got the ball, and directly dribbled and attacked quickly.
"Bang!"
A powerful slam dunk woke up the audience.
Delong looked indignant, this kid is too cunning! Fooled me.
DeLong didn't attack again after getting the ball, and the golf told him that attacking Li Zhi would only make him passive. Under Delon's organization, Boozer received the ball and scored two points.
Under the absolute strength gap, even if Li Zhi can limit Delong well, it is difficult to reverse the overall situation.
In the second quarter, the two teams played a fast break, and although the Warriors scored a lot in this quarter, the Jazz scored more.
By the end of the third quarter, the Warriors were trailing by 19 points.
In the fourth quarter, Nelson didn't let the starters continue to waste their energy, and they closed early.
However, Li Zhi, under Nelson's arrangement, played with substitutes, constantly brushed up points, and finally scored 17 points.
In the end, Li Zhi played 20 minutes and scored 17 points, 3 rebounds and 2 steals.
The debut ended in a fiasco.
117:96, a very frustrating point difference.
In the lounge, everyone was silent.
Old Nelson sighed, and finally his eyes fell on Li Zhi, who lowered his head, and then shook his head again, not knowing what he was thinking.
"We can't continue to rest on the achievements of Black Eight and not move forward, boys, the new season has begun......"
Byron Davis looked up at his teammates, silent.
Li Zhi felt that at this time, Davis, as the leader, should stand up and boost morale.
Davis is not fit to be a leader after all.
……
Li Zhi was not happy at all, even if his debut score was not low, but the team's heavy defeat made it difficult for him to adapt.
When he joined the team, Li Zhi felt that there was some chaos within the Warriors, and now that the season has begun, this phenomenon is even more obvious.
But Li Zhi can't do anything, as a rookie, he has no say in the team, he can only take one step at a time.
"What's wrong? Sad! Avril asked, taking Li Zhi's arm.
"It's nothing, it's a team thing, it's just a little bit powerless." Li Zhi said lightly.
"There are many things that can't be changed, so it's better to get used to it slowly." Avril said.
Then Li Zhi and Avril went to a local Chinese restaurant for dinner and took Avril to the hotel.
On the way, Avril, who was silent and didn't say much, unconsciously talked a lot and talked a lot about herself with Li Zhi.
Li Ji drove down the quiet streets of Oakland, thinking about what Avril had said.
Avril is now divorced, but there are still some legal entanglements that remain unresolved. Li Zhi felt that he had a chance, and gradually a smile crept up the corners of his mouth.
What else is there to be unhappy about, even if the team environment is a little worse, but his future is still bright.
……
Li Zhi's first good performance made many domestic media very excited.
"Li Zhi scored 17 points, 2 rebounds and 2 steals in his debut, and China's future star shines in the NBA."
"Warrior core? In the near future! ”
"Who will be the leader of the 07 generation Durant or Li Zhi?"
Crazy news made the hearts of domestic fans hot, and Li Zhi's popularity in China instantly rose a notch.
On a certain post bar, "Li Zhi Bar" instantly became a basketball base for a group of patriotic fans.
"Lee Chi preseason dunk highlights!"
A person who claimed to be an international student at the University of California in the United States posted such a video on "Li Zhi's Bar", and many unaware fans clicked in out of curiosity to see how the unknown Li Zhi played!
"Bang"
……
One by one, the difficult dunks shocked the fans.