Chapter 145 - Preseason debut
The time came to October 6th, Beijing time, after more than a month of intensive training, Li Yao finally ushered in his first NBA game, although it was only a preseason, but it was also the first game that Li Yao asked to compete in the NBA, so from the morning to train with Wade in the stadium, Li Yao's nervous mood was seen by Wade, but he did not enlighten Li Yao, because Wade knew that the explanation of others at this time was useless, and he had to wait until he was on the court to adjust.
It needs to be said here that during the one-month training period, Li Yao also cooperated with his teammates in training, and he also had a very clear understanding of his current teammates. Gasol, this guy's performance in the team training match is under the tandem of Li Yao, but it makes the god operator Pat. Riley and Wade were both eye-catching. Secretly digging a treasure this time, I didn't expect Mark to perform not well in the World Series. Gasol actually has such a strong side in the team confrontation.
Li Yao also nodded secretly, the Heat's current overall lineup is already very strong in terms of starters, especially in the offseason. Riley also brought Birdman Anderson to Miami in advance, for this Birdman, Li Yao is still more impressed, this Birdman can speak some simple Chinese, and has become the team's best teammate except Jackson, a good friend of Lee's Stanford period and Wade.
Because the relationship between the Birdman and Li Yao is good, it also makes Li Yao understand that the reason why Birdman has become what he is now is tantamount to the temptation brought by the generous salary after joining the NBA. Gradually, he indulged in profligacy, and was banned from the league since 06 and stayed at home until this summer, and due to the trade of the big shark O'Neal, coupled with Mourning's upcoming retirement due to injury, the Heat's interior suffered a fatal wound, although with Mark. Gasol's joining, but it makes sense that Mark. Gasol's performance at the Olympics did not make Pat . Riley was reassured, which is why he stopped the Birdmen when they chose to join the free agent market.
Of course, the performance of the Birdman also exceeded everyone's expectations, the Birdman in the training game showed his strong game**, and the desperate defense on the defensive end also made the current Heat head coach Spoelstra's eyes shine, although the offensive end is very short, but Spoelstra wants his defense, and Spoelstra also found that under the command of Li Yao, this Birdman can also contribute on the offensive end.
Although Lee prefers the starting lineup of Birdman, Gasol Jr., Jackson, Wade and himself, this is not a game, everything must be under the head coach.
And now in the first game of the preseason, the starting lineup sent by the Heat is center Mark Brown. Blunt, power forward Haslem, small forward Sean. Marion, scoring guard Wade, point guard Lee.
The Heat's first preseason game was against the Detroit Pistons, and their starting lineup was point guard Billups, scoring guard Hamilton, small forward Prince, and power forward Rashid. Wallace, center McDyce.
Li Yao actually knew that when he played the Pistons in the first game, he sighed in his heart, why?
Thinking back to the Pistons Poor 5 All-Stars, what a glorious moment it was, since 04 when the Lakers F4 fell under the horse, by Larry . Brown's new bad boy army has completely stood on the top. But what is unexpected is that in the next 04-05 season, an Auburn Hills palace incident suddenly sent them to hell, but what? Just when everyone thought the myth of the Pistons was not going to continue, they stood up again and scored a lackluster 15-13 record in the 28 games they started in '04, completely forgetting that the Pistons were the defending champions this year. Plus Larry. Brown became unhappy with his place on the team after the surgery. It also made the Pistons come to the cusp again again.
But the Pistons gave a resounding slap in the face to those who wanted to see their game, losing just one of their 13 games between January 26 and March 1, 2005, once again showing the world their toughness, and finally reaching the playoffs again with a 54-28 record, while Big Ben was voted the best defensive player three times in four years.
In the playoffs, they reached the Eastern Conference Finals for three consecutive years with 4-1 and 4-2, and in the Eastern Conference Finals, they defeated the Heat 4-3 with strong defense and advanced to the Finals again, but they fell under the iron hooves of San Antonio and lost the opportunity to defend their title.
However, in the 05-06 season, under the leadership of new coach Friepsanders, the Pistons once again showed their strong strength to the world, with 37 wins and 5 losses in the first 42 games, but unfortunately Big Ben said that he wanted to pursue a new big contract, which led to the Pistons being disheartened for a while, and losing 3 of the last 4 games. In the Eastern Conference Finals, he faced the Heat who had taken off and lost 4-2. However, this does not mean that the Pistons are not strong, you must know that the Heat that year, Wade that year was at the peak, and the Mavericks were not forced to overturn on the premise of 02-0?
In the 06-07 season, the Pistons reached the Eastern Conference Finals again, but the tragedy was that they faced another young emperor James, who lost 4-2 again.
The 07-08 season is still the Eastern Conference Finals, and the face of the newly formed Celtics Big Three is also a 2-4 defeat.
After that, the Pistons fell into depravity, and gradually fell to the bottom of the league after letting go of the Pistons four tigers except Prince.
Now what Li Yao and they have to face is the last glory of the Pistons, how can this make Li Yao not sigh?
But sighs are sighs, but Li Yao doesn't want his first NBA game to end in failure.
As the referee's whistle blew, the game officially began.
Middle circle jump ball, this is the most speechless middle circle jump ball Li Yao has ever seen, whether it is in Stanford or in the Chinese men's basketball team, there are strong centers, Li Yao has never been worried about jumping ball, however, Nima is a Blunt, although nearly 10 cm taller than McDyes, but the athleticism is much worse than McDyes, a jump ball that should not have suspense makes these two people play a thrilling feeling.
In the end, what made Li Yao helpless was that Nima, the ball was also taken away by the Pistons, Li Yao couldn't help but look at the Birdman and Gasol Jr. on the Heat bench, a feeling of egg pain spread all over the body, there were two good inside lines on the bench, but let Blunt play the start, it was really Tesco.
However, complaining is complaining, Li Yao did not relax his attention at all, because what he was about to face was Chaunse. Billups.
Compared with Nash, there is a big gap in the reputation and popularity of point guards such as Kidd, but everyone will not ignore this poor FMVP, which is the advice Wade gave himself before the game.
Chauncey. Billups can actually be attributed to the paralysis column, and Li Yao watched Billups dribble the ball in front of him expressionlessly.
But Li Yao didn't dare to move, in his eyes, Billups's dribbling was so ordinary, and it could even be said to be full of loopholes, but it made Li Yao dare not have the slightest urge to try to steal, you must know that this guy has averaged about 2 mistakes per game in his entire career, and if he rushes forward to steal, it is estimated that he will be sent a sentence "rookie, welcome to the NBA".
Billups was also a little surprised, they thought that this rookie list was not fooled, to know that they had played an unknown number of rookie point guards, but they didn't expect Li Yao to meet a rookie for the first time in recent years, which also aroused Billups's curiosity about Li Yao.
But thinking about it, since Billups found out that Li Yao was not fooled, he was not in the mood to continue to consume with Li Yao, after all, he had wasted a lot of offensive time just now.
The Pistons' tactics are very simple, your Heat is not weak on the inside, then we will beat your interior to the death.
Without hesitation, Billups hoisted the basketball into the interior of Rashid. In Wallace's hands, facing Haslem who defended him, Rashid, who was nearly 10 centimeters taller than the Haslemen team, directly hit a straight arm board-wiping jumper and steadily hit the ball into the basket.
Lee's first preseason game opened the game with the Pistons taking the lead. Li Yao saw Rashid again. When Wallace made a move, he felt an urge to die, Nima, although our team is only 2.03 meters, you are too bullying. But then again, there are little Gasol and Birdman in the field, so why don't you play for Mao?
But who makes the family the head coach?
Li Yaoqiang pressed the unhappiness in his heart and slowly dribbled to the front court.
When the Heat's lineup stabilized, Li Yao's dissatisfaction was even greater, Nima looked at a glance from a small forward to be lower than others in every position, no one was strong, and the interior line couldn't get stuck at all.
Although Brown is much taller than McDyes, his pace is much slower, and he can't get rid of McDyes's defense at all, which also makes Li Yao admire Wade even more, Nima, no wonder Wade will win this year's scoring title, just these starters, what can you do if you don't expect Wade to score?
Li Yao hurriedly sorted out his emotions, since the inside line could not be opened, it could only be launched by their outside line, Li Yao immediately commanded the Buha team to step forward to block and dismantle, at the moment when the Harbin team stuck Billups' defensive figure, Li Yao started, and the explosive power brought by the first step of lightning shone for the first time in the American Airlines Center Arena, and in just one step, Li Yao threw off Rashid who wanted to change the defense. Wallace and Blunt also played their part, blocking McDyce in reverse, leaving Lee almost empty when he rushed inside.
In the face of such a good opportunity, how could Li Yao let it go? Jumping directly on the floor, his whole body pulled into a reverse bow, and he was about to slash towards the basket.
McDeis, who originally wanted to bypass Blunt to make up for the defense, saw Li Yao's posture, so he gave up his plan, and the unguarded Li Yao's violent tomahawk dunk instantly ignited the American Airlines Center, and the DJ on the scene even put up an air defense alarm to exaggerate the atmosphere.
After landing on the ground, Li Yao pointed his hands to the place with his name printed on his back, announcing to the fans at the American Airlines Center and all the fans watching the game: He Li Yao has entered the NBA.