Chapter 216: New Orleans is more than just roasted wings
In his previous life, Lu Xiaofeng's perception of New Orleans, in addition to roasting wings, was only the NBA. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The team that will be played against is now called the Hornets and later changed to the Pelicans.
is still the future "Queen Bee" Paul, who asked Lu Xiaofeng, who is an NBA fan, to add a New Orleans Hornet to the New Orleans Roast Wings.
When he really arrived in New Orleans, Lu Xiaofeng had a new understanding of the city.
Just like the strange city of Las Vegas, New Orleans is also a bit strange in Lu Xiaofeng's eyes.
It is located at the mouth of the Mississippi River, with Lake Pontchartrain to the north and the Mississippi River running through the city to the south.
The whole city of New Orleans is a city on the water.
The words "city in the water" are not as poetic as they seem, and they are not as hazy as the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River in China.
Because the entire city of New Orleans is about ten feet below sea level, but it is surrounded by water on all sides, and the city is surrounded by high river embankments, and the terrain is like a bowl, which is in danger of flooding at any time.
Every year during hurricane season, New Orleanans keep an eye out for where hurricanes land.
"If a hurricane makes landfall from the western part of the lake, it's fine, and if it lands from the eastern part of the lake, the lake backs up and floods the city."
Standing on the bow of the boat, leaning on Lu Xiaofeng's arms, Chen Yuhan told him the story of the city.
"Then when it's hurricane season, aren't the people in the city going to run out?"
"Not really! As long as it's not serious, not many people run. ”
"I have to be scared every year, why are I still here? There are so many places in the United States, but there are not as many people as in China. ”
"Who knows? Maybe it's hard to leave your homeland! Life isn't that easy. ”
Lu Xiaofeng nodded.
Knowing that there is danger, people are always reluctant to give up until the danger really comes.
The catastrophe that the city will suffer next year may have been predestined as early as the city's founding.
Lu Xiaofeng doesn't have the heart to be a saint, everyone has their own fate, how can he manage so much?
When he first arrived in the city, of course, he took Chen Yuhan on a tour.
New Orleans was notoriously bad, full of potholes, and they had no intention of visiting downtown, so they rented a small yacht and looked all the way down the Mississippi River.
Zhao Yuwei, who also arrived in New Orleans, didn't have this leisure, she still had to be busy with her interview work.
After being busy, Lu Xiaofeng also started his work.
At seven o'clock in the evening local time, the game officially began, and Lu Xiaofeng stood next to the "bearded" Barron Davis.
New Orleans isn't just Roast Wings, and the Hornets aren't just Davis.
Their center, Magloyer, is not well-known, but last season, he was selected as an All-Star.
Although he is only an All-Star backup center, he can get an average of two doubles per game, has some singles ability, and is also a good interior lineman.
At the very least, he's a guy to be taken seriously to the Lakers.
Last season, there were only 29 teams in the NBA, and the Hornets were placed in the middle zone, which belongs to the East, and also made the playoffs as the fifth place in the East.
However, this season may be a bit tragic for the Hornets.
The NBA expanded its army, and another Bobcats team was added in Charlotte, and the league's teams became 15, which was simply divided into 6 districts.
The Hornets, on the other hand, were assigned to the Southwest Division and became a Western team.
Over the years, the trend of the West being strong and the East weak has become more and more obvious, and the Hornets had a winning rate of just 50% last season, but they can't make the playoffs in the West.
What's more, the Hornets are in the Southwest Division, in the same division as the Spurs, Mavericks, Rockets and Grizzlies, which means playing four regular-season games against each of them.
That's a playoff team! How many games can you win?
The Hornets are hopeless this season.
Thinking that Davis will be traded to the Warriors this season, Lu Xiaofeng guessed that the Hornets are ready to rebuild!
As soon as the game opened, Magloyer gave the Lakers a dismissal.
First, he won the meme with the jump ball, and then he leaned on the meme to ask for the position.
Davis saw Lu Xiaofeng defending him, hesitated, and passed the ball in.
Mageloyle hit Mime with his back and turned for a layup, causing him a thug foul.
For these "black and strong" insiders in the league, white insiders like Mime are the targets of bullying.
There is no need for too complicated techniques at all, as soon as you dribble the ball and then force it to turn, you will not be far from ten.
"At least Mime still has a shot."
The team's staffing is like this, and Lu Xiaofeng can only shake his head and comfort himself like this.
Magloyer made both free throws.
The Lakers attacked, and Lu Xiaofeng dribbled to the frontcourt, and he was unhappy at first glance.
Davis actually ran to defend Kobe, and in front of him was Wesley, who was a lot shorter.
"I'm x, this is too much to look down on me!"
Kobe Bryant leaned on Davis to get a position and wanted to return the other one.
But Lu Xiaofeng, who was a little annoyed by the contempt of his opponent, was angry and directly pulled three points at the top of the arc.
Wesley, who was only 1.83 meters, was of course helpless, he didn't jump, and stretched out his hand perfunctorily to compare.
Bryant didn't say anything, turned around and huddled with Davis, ready to grab the board.
But Lu Xiaofeng, who had no interference, splashed a white "splash" with a "swish".
Lu Xiaofeng didn't look at Wesley at all, and gestured with his right hand to Davis.
Maybe Davis saw Lu Xiaofeng's provocative eyes, or maybe he was already stimulated by Lu Xiaofeng's dry pull.
Davis dribbled the ball, went to the frontcourt, met Lu Xiaofeng's defense, and also came to a dry three-pointer.
Lu Xiaofeng stared at him, of course, he was engrossed, he jumped up violently, and his fingers slapped the basketball.
"Attack!"
Without any hesitation, Lu Xiaofeng pounced on the situation and rushed towards the front.
He believed that his teammates would grab the ball and pass it immediately.
"Beep!"
Lu Xiaofeng had just crossed the center line when he heard a whistle.
"Was you fouled early?"
Lu Xiaofeng turned his head and saw Kobe Bryant rushing towards the referee and reasoning loudly.
Seeing the referee's gesture, Lu Xiaofeng realized that it was his foul or three-point shooting.
"I'm X, such an obvious good hat, also blowing fouls? It's too dark, isn't it? ”
Lu Xiaofeng shook his head, but he didn't rush to the referee.
Since it was blown, it can't be changed, and to put pressure on the referee, Kobe Bryant alone is enough.
Davis made all three free throws.
Lu Xiaofeng dribbled to the top of the arc, and this time Wesley posted it, making it clear that he was not attacking and not breaking out.
But the physical conditions of the two were too different, Lu Xiaofeng accelerated, leaned on him, and then retreated, and found another opportunity.
Lu Xiaofeng once again came to a simple one-on-one heads-up and made a three-point shot.
As soon as Kobe Bryant saw the rhythm and the trajectory of the ball, he simply didn't even grab the rebound, turned around and left.
The basketball is hollow into the net again.
Lu Xiaofeng smiled and shook his head as he stepped back.
The audience began to boo.
Wesley couldn't hold it on his face, took the initiative to ask for the ball, used cover, broke through Kobe, and rushed inside.
But this overly obvious breakthrough layup was slapped on the rebound by Odom.
As soon as Kobe Bryant got the ball, he threw it out.
Lu Xiaofeng saw Odom block Wesley, turned around and ran, leaving Davis behind.
But he received a pass from Kobe Bryant, but he didn't hit the basket.
I saw that after he got the ball, he suddenly made a sharp stop, and Davis, who was chasing him, went to the front and entered the three-point line.
Lu Xiaofeng was not in a hurry and made a jump shot.
"Huh!"
The "splash" flipped up, and Lu Xiaofeng stood on the three-point line, maintaining a shooting posture, motionless.
There were boos at the scene, and the excited audience had already stood up and scolded Lu Xiaofeng.
It's really that this rookie is too arrogant, three unreasonable three-pointers in a row, this is clearly humiliation!
At this time, the star of the team, of course, has to stand up.
Davis lived up to expectations, facing Lu Xiaofeng again, and was about to play alone with the ball.
He changed direction left and right continuously, and he couldn't get rid of Lu Xiaofeng, so he forcibly accelerated, trying to squeeze through with strength.
But Lu Xiaofeng raised his hands high, but his feet were not slow at all, blocking his route.
Davis couldn't break through, so he had to continue to the right, and to the right side of the three-second zone, he made a drifting shot.
With such a difficult shot, Lu Xiaofeng couldn't block it.
He didn't jump at all, and as soon as he turned around, he was ready to grab a rebound.
Sure enough, the ball smashed on the basket and bounced back, Lu Xiaofeng jumped high and grabbed the rebound in front of Magloyer.
The Wasp's retreat was quite fast, Lu Xiaofeng did not attack quickly, and slowly dribbled to the frontcourt.
Seeing that it was Wesley in front of him again, Lu Xiaofeng was not polite, and directly pulled out again.
Wesley, who was in a hurry, pounced, desperately fouling and not letting Lu Xiaofeng throw in, but he hit Lu Xiaofeng's chest at once.
After Lu Xiaofeng made a move, he fell backwards.
"Beep!"
"Huh!"
The whistle blew and the bell rang for the timeout.