Chapter 174: A Special Gift for a Rookie
On October 12, the Lakers' first preseason game of the new season was against the Seattle SuperSonics. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The preseason is not a regular season, and the game is neither at the home of the SuperSonics nor the Lakers, but is scheduled in Anaheim, California.
The arena is small, with only a few thousand spectators.
But whether it is the coaches, the players, the referees and the staff, they are all arranged according to the specifications of the regular season.
The team needs to warm up, and the referees and staff need to adjust.
Compared to the Lakers' new roster and new tactics, the SuperSonics are basically the same as last season.
So, from the very beginning, the game between the two sides was two styles.
The Lakers are trying to try new tactics and try to speed up the game, but they keep making mistakes.
The supersonic players are full of tacit understanding and have no mistakes, but in the face of the Lakers' energetic defense, the supersonic players who have rested for a summer have fallen into the rhythm of playing iron.
It was a very ugly game for the spectators, with the players practicing switchbacks on the pitch and often seeing people on both sides of the half, like high school training matches.
Aside from the occasional fast-break dunk, there were no other highlights on the court.
Lu Xiaofeng made his debut, opposite the white player Lidno.
Ridno is less than 1.9 meters tall, and he is not strong and does not have the speed to stand out.
What will make him play in the NBA and start for the SuperSonics is his passing and three-point shooting.
In the face of him, whether it is offensive or defensive, Lu Xiaofeng has no pressure, but he is not ready to attack, and has been passing the ball to his teammates.
However, in the face of real defense, the quick transition offense that has begun to take shape is not so easy to play.
The supersonic players finally found the crosshairs, and the score gradually opened up, and after two minutes in the fourth quarter, Tang Shuai sent all the substitutes.
Because it was a warm-up game, the purpose was to practice new tactics, and the players didn't take it seriously.
The main players sat back on the bench and chatted with each other.
Lu Xiaofeng couldn't laugh, and when he raised his eyes, he could see his eye-catching 9 mistakes on the display screen above the stadium, and he couldn't help but shake his head.
After less than 30 minutes of play, Lu Xiaofeng contributed 9 turnovers.
In the game, even if there was an opportunity for individual attack, he deliberately closed it and tried to find an opportunity to pass the ball to his teammates.
But after all, the team has only been practicing for less than two weeks, and the tacit understanding between teammates has not yet been cultivated.
Many times, Lu Xiaofeng saw the opportunity and passed the ball, but his teammates were not prepared and did not catch the ball well, but the mistake was counted on Lu Xiaofeng.
Of course, there are also Lu Xiaofeng who misestimated the bounce and speed of his teammates and passed the ball directly out of bounds.
There are also those who underestimate the reaction and coverage area of the defender, and the pass is directly tackled by the opponent.
Seeing Lu Xiaofeng shaking his head, a little depressed, Kobe Bryant, who was sitting next to him wiping his sweat, opened his mouth to comfort:
"Hey! Good job, brother! ”
"No, there were too many mistakes!" Lu Xiaofeng continued to shake his head.
"It's okay, it's like this at the beginning, just play a few more games. Eight assists in the first game, which is a very good performance. ”
As Kobe Bryant said, Lu Xiaofeng just needs to adapt to the rhythm of his teammates and opponents.
Sitting on the bench and carefully watching the offense and defense on the field, Lu Xiaofeng felt that just watching it up close, his grasp of the timing of the pass was constantly getting better.
A lot of the mistakes are because he doesn't have a clear understanding of the NBA's defense.
Once you have an accurate understanding and judgment in mind, those passes only need to be adjusted slightly to avoid mistakes.
Sure enough, after a few more days of training, in the second preseason game on October 17, when the Lakers played the Warriors, he reduced his turnovers to 5 and 9 assists.
In the face of "Old Fish" Fisher, the "ATM" of the future star defenders, he still played very easily, and "Old Fish" faced the strength advantage of others, which did not exist in front of him.
It's not just him improving, his team-mates are getting used to the new tactics.
Odom and Kobe Bryant both had five assists, and the Lakers had six players score in double figures, easily surpassing 100 points in total and beating the Warriors by a wide margin.
The Lakers got their first preseason win.
After a day of rest, the Lakers finally welcomed a strong team from last season - the Sacramento Kings.
Lu Xiaofeng also faced the star point guard-McBibby.
The Kings are also a team whose main lineup has hardly changed, and with a good tacit understanding, the Lakers can't defend it at all.
But the Lakers' new tactics have begun to bear fruit.
Under the organization of Lu Xiaofeng and Odom, the quick transition of the attack was vigorous.
When it comes to positional warfare, there is Kobe Bryant's strong point.
In the face of the Kings, the Lakers did not fall into the disadvantage, and the two sides fought against each other, but the score remained deadlocked.
In Game 3 of the preseason, the Lakers' main players finally played on the court until the last minute.
In the end, Bryant threw in a quasi-final shot in front of Evans.
The Lakers narrowly defeated the Kings 116-114 to make it two wins in a row.
Lu Xiaofeng's feeling for the game is getting better and better, step by step, and he won two doubles in this game.
He reached 12 assists and scored 18 points, with turnovers again reduced to just three.
In the fourth preseason game, the Lakers finally returned to the familiar Staples Center, which can be regarded as a home game.
On October 21, the Lakers faced the Warriors again.
It was the first time to play in such a large arena as Staples Center, Lu Xiaofeng was very excited and arrived at the arena early.
In fact, another reason why he came so early was that he and Vujacic received a special gift from the veterans for the newcomers - a small pink schoolbag for each person.
This was given by Kobe Bryant, and when they came to the arena, they had to carry this small schoolbag and walk into the locker room.
The purpose, of course, is to think that they were photographed by the media with such a funny picture, which can be regarded as a trick on them.
Lu Xiaofeng arrived at the stadium early, but he still couldn't escape the catastrophe, and the Chinese media were earlier than him.
As soon as he entered the stadium, he was caught by a group of reporters and filmed indiscriminately.
"It's over, it's over!" Lu Xiaofeng fled with a small schoolbag on his back and ran quickly to the locker room.
"I'm X!"
As soon as he pushed open the door of the corridor outside the locker room and ran two steps, a figure jumped out of a nearby room.
Lu Xiaofeng looked at it in a daze, and it was actually a brown bear standing alone.
Lu Xiaofeng was shocked, and under the conditioned reflex, he punched the "brown bear" in the nose and kicked the "brown bear" in the stomach.
"Whew!"
The "brown bear", which was a head taller than Lu Xiaofeng, was punched and kicked by him, and fell to the ground on the spot, screaming miserably.
(To be continued.) )