Chapter 4: The Preseason Ends
The preseason of the new season is in full swing, and in the seventh game of the preseason, the 76ers challenged the Spurs away. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Info though Spurs' "GDP" combination and Kawai. Leonard didn't play, but the Spurs' system has been deeply rooted in the bones of the Spurs players, so sometimes the Spurs can win by relying on the bench when the main rotation is resting.
The starting lineup of the 76ers is still the same as before: Roten, Sherved, Bamot, Simms, Embiid
Spurs' starter: Danny. Green, Marco. Belinelli, Burris. Dior, Matt. Bonner, Thiago. Split
The tacit cooperation of the Spurs made them suppress the 76ers at the beginning, the Spurs controlled the rhythm, the players' interspersed running, blocking and dismantling frequently obtained vacant positions, easy hits, and the Spurs played very freely. The 76ers here are in a bitter battle, obsessed with singles, but the shooting rate is not high and it seems to be very inefficient. Due to the lack of baskets on the outside, the Spurs decisively and boldly adopted regional joint defense, and did not let go of the shot. The 76ers failed to attack the basket in a row, and were counterattacked by the opponent several times. Just over halfway through the first quarter, the Spurs took an 18-7 double-digit advantage, and Brown called a short timeout.
After the timeout, Brown replaced Robert and Richardson, ready to use mid-range shots to stretch the formation and gain space to attack the basket. Robert and Richardson, who came on the court, lived up to Brown's expectations, hitting back-to-back three-pointers and long-range two-pointers, and the Spurs had to expand their defense, and the 76ers trailed by only five points by the time of the official timeout. The head coach of the Spurs decisively changed the lineup and defensive mode.
After the timeout, Robert noticed a shift in defensive intensity, with a Spurs player always following him when he received the ball. Although he can occasionally hit a ball, more often than not, the shot ends with an iron. Seeing this, Brown had to replace Robert, although he still played later, but it did not have too obvious effect. The 76ers' offense was blocked, and their low shooting percentage became the epitome of the game, and finally lost to the Holy City 86-103.
After the game, Robert, who played 25 minutes and scored 7 points, 3 assists and 5 boards on 3-of-13 shooting, was criticized by the media who followed the game. The day after the game, Brown also approached Robert and spoke to him.
"Hi, are you okay? You don't look like you're OK. Brown looked at Robert, who was a little frustrated.
"Yes, sir, if I hadn't missed those damn shots, maybe we wouldn't have lost. I mean, like those media say. ”
"No, no, no. Who's guaranteed to hit them all, and it's just a pre-season game to find the problem and fix it. For a long season, a defeat in one game is nothing, but the problems that arise are the most important things. Brown paused.
"For the players, you don't have to pay attention to what the media says, otherwise it will only add to your annoyance and put more pressure on yourself. Now your problem is not that you miss, but that you are afraid of confrontation and breakthroughs. Another point is that as long as there is someone in front of you, you will pass the ball away, these are the problems of your mentality, but also your previous habit of playing, as long as you can overcome the previous habits, everything will get better! ”
"I've experienced a try, coach"
"I don't have you to try, I try to do it. Come on, I hope I can see a change in you. ”
In the next two games, Robert began to try to increase the offense with the ball, although the success rate was low, but this change of attitude made Brown very happy, and it seemed that Robert still listened to what he said.
With an average of 22.5 points and 4 assists per game in these two games, Brown decided to adjust Robert to the starting position to face the Timberwolves who came to challenge No. 26.
The Minnesota Timberwolves are one of the teams in the NBA Conference in the Western Conference. It was built in 1987 and entered the NBA in 1989. In 1995, the Timberwolves boldly drafted high school player Kevin Garnett with the fifth pick in the first round, and in 1998 the team recruited two other players for Garnett, Marbury and Gugliotta. The Timberwolves have established a style of play characterized by fast-flowing offense and passionate dunks, which are excellent to watch. The team's strength and box office appeal have been significantly improved, but the Timberwolves have never reached the top. After trading Garnett to the Celtics in 2007, the Timberwolves began to enter a never-ending rebuild. This year has Wiggins, Ricky. Rubio, Zach. LaVine and a group of other young and talented players have given Mindasuni people hope for revival!
Before the game began, Robert and Wiggins shook hands and hugged. When the referee threw the ball into the air and just started to fall, Embiid jumped up and dialed the ball to the backcourt, and Roten was on the side of the ball, quickly controlling the ball and advancing to the front court. Robert ran back in the corner, Wiggins followed, and Wiggins was a little extra easy for this kind of run, after all, the body has this condition. Suddenly Wiggins felt hit a wall, it turned out that Embiid blocked Robert, saw Robert who ran out of the vacant position, Roten hurriedly made a horizontal pass, and Robert, who was in the vacant position outside the three-point line, easily received the ball and shot in one go to complete the first score.
One step outside the three-point line, Wiggins asked for the ball, and LaVine passed the ball over. After seeing Wiggins receive the ball, Robert immediately pressed Wiggins forward. Wiggins looked at Robert, who leaned in, and Wiggins bent down and slapped the ball quickly. Suddenly, he took a step forward with his left foot, and his left shoulder sank slightly, and Robert thought that Wiggins had broken through to the left, and he didn't have time to think about his body and instinctively took a step to the left. Seeing this, Wiggins decisively withdrew his left foot and broke through to the right, and Robert, who had already missed the position, could only watch Wiggins pass, and Wiggins watched Embiid who rushed over to make a jumper.
Robert faced Wiggins's continuous crotch dribble, seeing that Wiggins was still staring at no action, Robert decided to force a breakthrough, Wiggins held Robert, trying to control his body. Robert turned his back to the basket, leaned on Wiggins, swayed left and right, suddenly turned around and stepped back to shoot, Wiggins didn't have time to block and could only interfere as much as he could, and the ball still went in.
The Timberwolves served quickly on the bottom line, LaVine, who received the ball, quickly threw the ball to the frontcourt, it turned out that Wiggins had already run to the frontcourt, and there was no one behind, Wiggins made a 360-degree windmill dunk under the basket, and the fierce dunk caused crazy boos from 76ers fans. The 76ers counterattacked, and Robert, who had just gotten the ball, passed the ball to the bottom corner, and Bamot, who had already been ambushed there, easily received the ball and hit it. The Timberwolves hit a shot, the 76ers always responded, and the scores of the two teams alternated with each other. At the end of the first quarter, the 76ers temporarily led by four points, Wiggins scored 15 points, and Robert also scored 12 points and 2 assists.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the coaches of both sides had a tacit understanding to let Wiggins and Robert rest at the same time. With the two re-appearing, the game between the two sides entered a white heat. Here, Robert just hit a three-pointer, and Wiggins made a strong break inside to make it 2+1. They bit each other until 10 seconds left in the final quarter, and with an assist from Roten, Robert hit a one-meter shot from the three-point line to extend the advantage to four points. Wiggins dribbled over halftime and missed a three-point shot, Embiid grabbed the rebound, and the game ended. With Robert's outstanding performance contributing 31 points, 5 assists and 3 rebounds, the 76ers had the last laugh with 108:104. Wiggins' 36 points, 3 assists and 3 rebounds didn't help his team win.
After the game, various media reported on the competition. Coupled with Robert's Chinese-American identity, it attracted the attention of TNT, and it was temporarily decided to broadcast the 76ers' next game, that is, the regular season program game of the 76ers at home against the Miami Heat on October 30.
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