397 Understatement and proof
Of course, for now, the overall strength of the Kings is still inferior to that of the Golden State Warriors, when Jin Feng is on the court, the Kings can also rely on Jin Feng's personal ability and the Warriors to be evenly matched or even slightly on the score, but when Jin Feng is off the court, the strength of the two teams is immediately shown.
After all, the Warriors are led by two superstars, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, and there is only Jin Feng on the Kings side.
In the end, the game ended with a victory for the Warriors.
It's not the result of the game that matters, it's what you gain from this game.
The current king, including Jin Feng himself, knows very well in his heart that this is a team with limited strength, but at the same time, everyone knows that basketball is not a one-person sport.
In other words, the Kings can't do it now, not even later, and through these preseasons, once the team has good chemistry, that's a different story, and at that point, it's not the stars who decide the future of the team.
If you have the San Antonio Spurs, for example, they have a perennial record at the top of the league, but they don't rely on stars.
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After the Shanghai game, two days later, Guangzhou, the Kings and Warriors played again, this game Kidd gave more time to the bench, and Jin Feng played only three minutes in the whole game.
In the end, King 84:80! defeated the Warriors, after all, on the Warriors' side, Curry and Thompson didn't play much.
Another day later, Jin Feng returned to Sacramento with the team after the China game.
Generally speaking, before the start of the new season, it is customary for ESPN to do a season preview.
And the reporters in charge of this issue are different every year, for example, this year, the reporter in charge of the season preview column has become Mark Murphy, an expert reporter who has not been on the job for a long time.
Mark Murphy is the NBA's data analysis master, what he likes and is best at is data analysis, once he analyzed 20,000 words through data analysis for a playoff game between the Cavaliers and the Raptors, and finally came to the conclusion that the Cavaliers will sweep the Raptors in four games, no one believed him at the time, but in the end, the Cavaliers swept the Raptors.
Therefore, it is expected that Mark Murphy, the data emperor, will do the season preview.
In order to make the most satisfying, effective and objective season preview, Mark Murphy specially delayed for a few weeks, preparing to wait until the end of the preseason and when the teams really determine the final 15-man squad, and then make the best season preview through the analysis of the preseason and the analysis of the players of each team.
Since Mark Murphy thinks so, ESPN's editorial department naturally agrees, but the preseason has just begun, the regular season is about to begin, and the warm-up for the new season must be done, so ESPN chose to let Mark Murphy concentrate on the season preview, and let Mark Stein and Henry Abbot be in charge of the new season warm-up during this time.
As a result, the King, who had just returned to the United States, became the first target of Henry Abbott's prediction, in Henry Abbott's words: "I'm used to starting with the team that is at the bottom of the strength, so the first team I predict is the Orlando Magic, and the second team is the Los Angeles Clippers...... The sixth team is the Sacramento Kings. β
In other words, the Kings are the sixth worst team in Henry Albert's eyes.
However, before the Kings spoke, the Clippers disagreed, although the Clippers do not have the luxurious lineup of Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, and Andrew Jordan Jr., but they also have Wiggins, who has just joined the new season, how can they endure such remarks. They are also Los Angeles teams, and they don't want to be so belittled in front of their arch-rivals Lakers.
So, the Clippers media first stood up to refute Henry Abbott's argument, and then the Clippers players also stood up.
And Henry Abbott's purpose is also for the Clippers, he didn't pay attention to the Kings at all, the Kings and Magic are just the type of people who have to be shot while lying down.
Fortunately, the Magic was the penultimate last season, but this season's reinforcements are unfavorable, and the new season is going to the position of deputy squad leader.
The king's side really disagreed, although the king's exposure was not too high, but at least Jin Feng, who had introduced two consecutive finals MVP, how could it be said that it was the sixth worst team in the league? Isn't that underestimating the king? Or did Henry Abbott look down on Jin Feng?
In Henry Abbott's reason for prediction, he said this: "Sacramento Kings' Diatz is obviously a lot worse in the position of general manager, just bringing in a famous player from China Jin to make the Kings rise again, this is obviously a bit naΓ―ve, indeed, we see that in addition to the introduction of Chinese Jin, Diaz has also made several trades, but, in my opinion, it can only be said that it can only be said that it is a small repair, and as we all know, the Sacramento Kings have been broken one by one in recent seasons." β
"And, perhaps, it is true that the MVP of the two Finals, yes, this name is very loud, but that's all, let's not forget that China Jin played for the San Antonio Spurs before, who can be sure that China Jin's success is not the completion of the Spurs system? Also, China Jin has been away from the NBA for a season, is his form still at its peak? Dude, the World Cup game and the NBA game are two different things."
"Look at the King's lineup, maybe China Jin can be regarded as a qualified starter, but we all know that this team was centered on Fox and Jackson, two young players last season, so when Jin Feng arrives, can Fox and Jackson continue to play well in the new season? Also, Juliette Slandall, he's a ticking time bomb........."
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"Jin, what do you think of ESPN's pre-season reviews?"
There was only one game in three or four days before the preseason, and Jin Feng, who returned to the United States, became very idle, and Kidd had a newspaper in front of him that reprinted Henry Abbott's predictions and evaluations of the Kings.
Jin Feng glanced at the newspaper, and then said indifferently: "Boss, in the next game, you let me play for a while, and I will let Henry Abbott know why his face is so swollen." β
Kidd nodded, "No problem. β
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Back in the second preseason game in the United States, the Kings played away against the Los Angeles Lakers in the same district.
This season, the Lakers unsurprisingly retained their main lineup, which was almost successful last season, and in order to challenge for the championship again in the new season, the Lakers brought in Chris Paul again this summer.
That's right, it's Chris Paul, although St. Paul's is now at the end of his prime, but as a traditional point guard, no one will doubt that Paul will still play well in the new season. As for Chris Paul, joining the Lakers is just another challenge to fate.
The Kings' game against the Lakers was just a preseason game, but both teams were in desperate need of a win, with the Kings winning just one of the three preseason games that have ended, while the Lakers have won just one of their first three preseason games.
Losing in the preseason isn't a big deal, especially for the Kings, who had no plans to win in the first place. However, it is different against a strong team like the Lakers, who have been questioned after losing consecutive games in the preseason, especially the two consecutive losses to the Nets.
So in this game, the Lakers' goal is to win, and they feel that it is not difficult to win against the "bad team" of the Kings.
However, Luke Wharton still attaches great importance to this game, and he has the strongest starting lineup of the Lakers, point guard Chris Paul, scoring guard Paul George (Pickles came to the Lakers to change to a big point guard position), small forward Ingram, power forward Kuzma and center Zubac.
On the Kings' side, the starting point guard has become George Hill, scoring guard Jin Feng, small forward Jackson, power forward Randle, and center Dedmon.
The game soon got underway, with cheers ringing from the sidelines of the Staples Center, Zubac stealing the ball and Chris Paul taking possession of the ball and advancing to the frontcourt.
Logically speaking, the preseason is not enough, but this is also to divide the team, if it is the Lakers, especially the current Lakers, then there is no lack of attention, although it is just an ordinary preseason game, the 20,000 seats in the Staples Center Arena are still full, and football legend Beckheim even came to the scene of this game.
At the beginning of the game, Beckham was still a little silent, but when Chris Paul passed George Hill with an arrow and scored two points on a layup, Beckham jumped up from his front seat.
"Well done! Chris! them! β
The crowd on the sidelines cheered, and the atmosphere at the Lakers' home court was revealed.
When the king attacked, there was a chorus of shouts of "defense" on the sidelines.
Jin Feng's goal in this game is to prove himself, he has already told Kidd that in this game, he will attack more with the ball, and the tactical arrangement before the game Kidd also mentioned letting Jin Feng get the ball more, so as soon as George Hill passed the half, Jin Feng received the basketball with a reverse run.
Defending Jin Feng is Paul George, who is definitely a professional outside single defense player, everyone knows that Paul George is a star player who has both offense and defense, and he also has excellent ability on the defensive end.
Therefore, the pressure on Jin Feng in this game is still quite large, Paul George's defense is very aggressive, he constantly presses Jin Feng with his body, Jin Feng's first attack becomes very difficult, Dedmon saw this, quickly withdrew from the inside line, stood at a forty-five degree angle, Jin Feng held the ball and accelerated, and bypassed Dedmon.
With a "bang", Paul George directly hit Dedmon, and Jin Feng accelerated again, directly shook off Kuzma, who was making up for the defense, rushed into the inner line, jumped high, shook his arm, and pressed the basketball into the basket with a bang!
"After blocking and dismantling, he rushed into the inside line and dunked, and China Jin scored the first goal of the game, and he scored beautifully!"
Tencent Sports broadcast the game live, Jin Feng's first goal was a violent dunk, and Ke Fan, who commented the game, was a little excited.
"It can be seen from this ball that Jin Feng has cultivated a tacit understanding with his new teammates, which is very important, overseas players, especially Chinese players, after arriving in the United States, the biggest problem is not the problem of strength, but the communication with teammates, in my opinion, why Yi Jianlian failed in the NBA before, because he doesn't know how to communicate with those teammates in the United States, not to mention the cooperation in the game, and like Sun Yue actually has this problem, before Jin Feng, the best thing to do is naturally Da Yao, Ao, of course, Now we are called Chairman Yao."
"But from this goal, we can see that Jin Feng has surpassed Yao Ming, he and his American teammates have only been practicing together for a month, and they can already cooperate very tacitly.
Ke Fan said a bit exaggerated, but the question is still very thorough, why it is difficult for Chinese players to succeed in the NBA, in fact, there is a very important reason, that is, to communicate with teammates and cultivate tacit understanding with teammates.
The Kings also scored, and the two sides tied 2:2, but Jin Feng's arrogant shouting after the violent dunk made the Staples Center Arena a little unhappy, and he booed Jin Feng frantically.
Chris Paul took the ball in the front court, and then stuffed the basketball to Ingram, Jin Feng took the initiative to switch to Ingram, and Beckham on the sidelines kept shouting: "Ingram!" Beat him up! Beat him up! β
Don't look at Beckham to look elegant, but in fact, he is a die-hard fan of the Lakers, and in general, die-hard fans have one characteristic, that is, crazy......
Ingram put on a three-threat pose, shook Jin Feng with a step, and then directly pulled up the shot, and shot in the face of Jin Feng's interference.
Bang, in!
"Well done!" Beckham on the sidelines was excited like a clown, constantly bouncing on the sidelines.
Jin Feng didn't care, he had already defended the ball in place, Ingram could still score, and there was nothing he could do, he could only say that Ingram felt very hot in this game. And in the next attack, Jin Feng played a round without the ball, caught the ball by slipping the bottom line, and with a bang, it was another violent dunk!
The fans at the Staples Center Arena didn't know what to say, and they were deducted twice by Jin Feng at the beginning, and then Jin Feng celebrated very arrogantly, and they had to respond to Jin Feng with boos.
Only Beckham still asked Ingram to beat Jin Feng......
Maybe Beckham doesn't really hate Jin Feng, because in fact, the two of them don't know each other at all, so how can they talk about hatred?
It's just that the identities of the two here are different, which determines that they must be opposed, one is a diehard fan of the Lakers, and the other is an opponent of the Lakers.
So, naturally, there is this situation.
Of course, for Beckham, there is no problem with his rookie Ingram, after all, this guy known as the "next Durant" finally began to realize his talent last season, and the reason why the Lakers rose again last season, and even reached the final Finals, to a certain extent, is inseparable from Ingram's outburst.
However, perhaps Beckham underestimated Jin Feng a little.
Is Jin Feng a player who is so easy to be beaten?
I'm afraid not.
After all, Jin Feng is a very good player at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.