Chapter 155: Questioning
Skiles, who was on the bench, shook his head helplessly. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
As a coach, what he wants to see most is a scene where the players are always calm, rather than a gambling defense like Li Dong. However, he also knows that Li Dong is strong in attack and weak in defense, and his talent on the offensive end is already the best among his peers, and it would be outrageous if the defense was still like an old fritter.
"It's okay, it's not a big deal, you know, Jordan has been killed too." Oladipo walked over and comforted.
Li Dong showed a different look, "Has Jordan been killed by anyone?" ”
Oladipo knew that Li Dong would ask this, and he said with a smile: "Lee, you know, a very long season in the NBA, this is where miracles are born, and it is not uncommon for a season to have countless kills. Back then, in the Eastern Conference Finals, Reggie Miller sealed Jordan with a sword. ”
Hearing Oladipo say this, Li Dong's heart was a little relieved, and it seemed that it was not a big deal that he was passed by Walker.
However, what he didn't expect was that in his future career clips, this scene was often played repeatedly, just like Yao Ming who was dangled by Marbury back then.
Attack and defense rotate, and the magic position attacks.
"One more!" Oladipo made a gesture to let everyone pull away, and Li Dong fell to the right side according to Oladipo's command, and at this time, only Li Dong and Lamb were left in the entire huge right half.
Lamb was overjoyed, wasn't that what he wanted to see?
"Smack!"
Li Dong grabbed the basketball with both hands against Lamb with his back.
He took a deep breath, pouted his ass to open up a bit of space, and then turned to stand on his side, grabbing the ball behind his back with one hand, feeling the pressure Lamb was putting on him.
"Come on, rookie, surprise me, do you know how cool it is?" Lamb was still chattering, placing his hands between Li Dong's waist, leaning over to make a strict posture.
Li Dong suddenly jumped slightly, turned around and turned into a face frame attack.
"What does he want to do?" Lamb was taken aback, what does this jump mean?
The referee was also stunned, Li Dong's jump was just a light heel, and he didn't completely leave the ground, so it wasn't a step.
Li Dong took a diagonal step to the right with his right foot, and at the same time completed a collision back and forth between the basketball in his hand and the floor.
The referee's face darkened, this is another action that can be blown or not, and it is impossible to tell whether the foot lands first or the ball lands first.
Li Dong didn't know that the referee on the side was slandering him, and he was almost blown for violating the rules.
Lamb firmly locked on Li Dong's shoulders, moved slightly in small steps, spread his arms, and did his best.
Suddenly, Li Dong's body had an obvious emergency stop, his right hand and right foot were suspended in place very coordinatedly, and then the right wrist holding the ball had a downward pressure.
This point was keenly grasped by the attentive Lamb.
"Looks like it's to the left!" Lamb was proud, and he had a feeling of seeing through Li Dong.
Sure enough, as he expected, Li Dong's right hand holding the ball was pulled back, and it seemed that he was going to change hands to the left in front of the body!
Lamb made a advance and took a step to the left.
At this moment, Li Dong's right hand that controlled the ball magically turned into a smooth folded line, and the basketball was grabbed by his big hand and sent back to the right, and then his body was like a cheetah, and he slammed out!
“Fuck!” Lamb was overwhelmed.
Li Dong didn't expect to get the opportunity so easily, Lamb and Oladipo's defensive judgment is simply incompatible, which makes him slightly relieved to break through, if everyone is as strong as Oladipo's defense, he really doesn't know how to score.
Li Dong controlled the ball and moved two steps sideways, did not rush to the Hornets inside, and chose a safe jump shot.
Easily scored his first shot in the NBA!
"Well done!" When retreating, Oladipo took the initiative to reach over and high-five Li Dong.
Li Dong smiled slightly, and hit this ball, he felt that the pressure on himself seemed to be less.
Lamb's face was a little unbearable, being a rookie, even if he was talented, and he was so good at playing, really lost his identity as an NBA senior.
Then Li Dong found that in the subsequent attack, Lamb stuck to him like a mad dog, and it was difficult for him to make every move, this A-level defense made him very uncomfortable, and the most important thing was that Lamb was just a substitute, Li Dong was also a substitute, and the timing of the two players was exactly the same.
Li Dong fans in front of the TV saw that after Li Dong scored a goal, he only scored two points with free throws in the second half, and did not score anything else. Then in a game like the preseason, where the defensive intensity is not high in memory, he only scored 4 points in the whole game, and only made 1 of 8 shots.
At the end of the game, the Magic won by seven points, 104-97.
And the focus of the media is on Li Dong's special No. 5 show.
Playing 23 minutes, 4 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 turnover, no matter what point of view, it is an embarrassing statistic, not to mention that he is still a rookie with high hopes.
Aldrich Smith, a reporter for the Orlando Sentinel, unceremoniously attacked the Magic's summer operation, writing in his article:
"It is undeniable that Li Dong's college career is wonderful, and his physical talent is also outstanding, but he is still too young after all. The Magic are not a rebuilding team, and we've been competitive in a roster centered around Victor Oladipo and Nikola Ucevic. ”
Speaking of which, Aldrich believes that Li Dong may have potential, but he needs time and space to grow.
Li Dong only learned about the evaluation of him by the outside media a few days later, and before that, he felt the unique rhythm of the NBA.
It's very fast-paced, even if it's just pre-season, it's coming and going.
The Magic's first two preseason games against the Hornets and Rockets were on the road, so Li Dong went out with his teammates and didn't return to Orlando until five days later.
In just a few days, he traveled back and forth to three cities, which opened his eyes and experienced the difficulties of professional players for the first time.
At Amway Arena, Li Dong's Magic completed their second home game of the season against the New Orleans Pelicans in the West.
The Pelicans have always been the best team in the West, but this team still has the talented big man Anthony Davis.
This summer, the Pelicans and Anthony Davis signed a five-year, $145 million contract extension, and with the support of Eric Gordon and Jrue Holiday and the rest of the team, they have become a formidable opponent in the Southwest.
In the face of such an opponent, Skiers instructed the Magic players before the game, even if it was just a warm-up game, to compete with the opponent for at least half a quarter to see the real strength of the two sides.
However, for Li Dong, this period of luck is really not good.
Whether it was the change of attack time to 24 seconds, or the unusual scale of penalties here, or the level of confrontation between the players, he was a little uncomfortable.
When facing the Hornets, he encounters a stalker who is eager to prove himself; It was even better when he played the Bobcats, and met "Black Bey" Patrick Beverley, although the latter did not go all out, but it also made Li Dong miserable in the backcourt, although he scored 8 points in the whole game, it seems that the score has grown exponentially, but it is all after Patrick Beverley got the score.
To his surprise, after this game, the media turned a blind eye to Li Dong's score and praised Li Dong's rapid progress.
Back at Amway Arena, this was the first time Li Dong had stepped on the floor of his team's home stadium to fight, and it felt completely different.
He made his debut in the middle of the first quarter and received a lot of support from Chinese fans who came to cheer.
As soon as he appeared on the stage, he was faced with the test of Eric Gordon, and Li Dong looked at the opponent's resolute face and secretly smacked his tongue.
Seems a little distracted? Eric Gordon secretly glanced at Li Dong and found that this kid was really a little stunned, which made him a little angry, felt as if he was being slighted, and decided to teach this little rookie a little lesson.
Then he reached for the ball when the Pelicans were teeing.
As soon as Zhu Holiday saw that his teammate wanted the ball, he immediately passed the ball over, and used a small wrist trick in the force of the pass to make the whole ball's trajectory fast and accurate, and then he admired himself quite proudly.
The referee's whistle sounded, and Li Dong retracted his divergent thoughts.
By this time, Eric Gordon had already received the basketball, and he dribbled the ball two steps sideways and then suddenly made a cross-step dribble under the crotch, and the basketball kept swapping between his left hand and right hand.
It was really dazzling, and Li Dong was in a trance for a while...... (To be continued.) )