Chapter 9 The regular season begins

Not long ago, the official website of the NBA announced a news that the 2009-2010 season officially opened!

The smoke of the regular season has filled!

The Timberwolves also have their own schedule, and they will play at home against the New Jersey Nets on October 29.

This game was crowned the Chinese derby by countless Chinese media the day before, and Chinese people all over the world are paying attention to a game, led by Li Shihao's Timberwolves against Yi Jianlian's Nets, which has attracted countless Chinese to look forward to it.

There were still a few hours before the game, Li Shihao arrived at the court early, changed into a training uniform, and did boring shooting training alone.

It is impossible to say that the first game of the regular season is not nervous, especially under the live video broadcast of domestic media, which makes him a little nervous.

Due to the relationship between the Chinese derby, this game won the right to broadcast the video of CCAV Channel 5, which attracted countless domestic fans to applaud.

This opening match of the new season is not only Li Shihao's screen debut, but also Yi Jianlian's debut in the new season, domestic fans are very concerned about the state of the two, after all, they are Chinese, the palms and backs of their hands are meat, naturally they all hope that they will play a bright performance!

As the players gradually gathered one by one, McHale, who was watching the training on the sidelines, looked at the time displayed on his watch, gathered everyone together, frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Boys, today's game will be our debut in the new season, because of the relationship with Bruce in the team, this game has won the attention of ESPN's national live broadcast." ”

"The opponent is the New Jersey Nets, who are still missing the playoffs for two years in a row in the weak East, and I want you to show your good form in this game, and I will make your playing time based on your form."

Everyone responded in unison and scattered to train, but Li Shihao noticed that Kevin Lefu on the side seemed to be preoccupied.

In the run-in of the preseason, Lefu's temperament is the most kind, a good hand of blocking and stable rebounding skills are very outstanding, Li Shihao and his tacit cooperation is also the main reason for the preseason record of seven wins and one loss.

Now seeing that Lefu has something on his mind, Li Shihao couldn't help but step forward and ask, "Kevin, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Bruce, I'm afraid I'm going to have a bit of a hard time playing this game!"

"What's wrong?"

"Al's hip injury has just healed, and his athleticism has greatly decreased, I'm afraid I won't have too much playing time, I'm afraid I'll have to defend the entire penalty area alone!"

Li Shihao silently, Al Jefferson's hip injury was left over from last season, so serious that he missed all the schedules in the second half of the game, resulting in his current state is still at a low level, and the original low-level offensive ability that was a huge threat in the penalty area has been greatly reduced, I am afraid that the pressure on Lefu in this game will be huge.

"Kevin, you control the rebound, if you get a chance, I'll pass it to you!"

…………

This season, the strength of the players of the New Jersey Nets has improved greatly, in the preseason, the team's center Lopez played an average of 15+8 per game, and the new recruit Contney Lee's offensive firepower of 13 points per game is also ferocious, and the main point guard Devin Harris averages 6 per game. Five assists still can't tie the team's offense together.

The team's chemistry has been in poor form, which has undoubtedly constrained the improvement of their squad, which is the main reason for their extremely low pre-season win rate.

Li Shihao understands that if you want to win this game, you have to start through the opponent's backcourt, and Devin Harris is a good entry point.

Despite his ferocious offensive firepower, Contney Lee's average of one assist per game is indicative of his poor passing ability, and if he can't receive the ball, he won't be able to provide enough help to the team!

The same is true for the Nets' center Lopez, who averages two assists per game and is only slightly better than Contney Lee.

It can be said that the entire Nets internal and external connections are solved by Devin Harris alone, and once he plays out of order, the Nets will be in a scoring dilemma!

Due to his excellent performance in the preseason, McHale decided to put Lee Se-ho in the starting line-up for this game.

Timberwolves lineup: center Al Jefferson, power forward Kevin Love, shooting guard Brewer, small forward Wilkins, point guard Bruce Lee

Nets lineup: center Lopez, power forward Yi Jianlian, scoring guard Conteny Lee, small forward Roberts

This time, due to the live video broadcast provided by CCAV, Yi Jianlian was mentioned in the starting list, which made many fans watching the game excited!

"Today, the Nets are away from home against the Timberwolves, who are also in the rebuilding period, and the Nets will have to look at the team's interior play to win the season. The Timberwolves also ushered in the return of Al Jefferson, and this year's compatriot rookie Li Shihao also served as the starting point guard in this game, and it seems that the game will be extremely exciting! Teacher Zhang Li in the live broadcast room said seriously.

After saying these words, his face was not red and he was not panting, it was rare to have a Chinese derby, and he praised the descendants of his motherland, and Mr. Zhang Li only felt that he was in a much better mood!

Although Li Shihao studied the tactics of the Nets before the game, when the game started, the Nets still caught him off guard.

Jefferson unexpectedly overpowered Lopez on the bounce and dialed the ball to his own half, and the Timberwolves got the ball.

After dribbling past half court, Lee Se-ho found an opportunity to pass to the open Brewer, who hit an easy three-pointer.

Later, Yi Jianlian broke into the basket later, got a hit pass from Devin Harris, and directly blew the counterattack horn with a dunk, leading the Nets to play a wave of 6-2 counterattack.

After that, the game fell into a stalemate, Devin Harris's state has improved greatly compared to last season, and his ability to organize offense has greatly improved, and the Nets played so smoothly in the opening game thanks to him!

Lee underestimated Harris' strength and was carried away by Harris's rhythm in the first quarter, and when the first quarter ended, the Timberwolves trailed the Nets by eight points, and the situation was worrying.

After returning to the bench, Li Shihao hung the towel on his head, silently thinking about the mistakes and offensive options of the two teams in the game.

At this time, McHale's voice came slowly, "Bruce, take it easy, play your own rhythm, Devin Harris has made great progress this season compared to last season, and there is a certain hope of being an All-Star this year, this will be a good opponent, pay attention to his way of playing, you can learn a lot from him!" ”

Li Shihao looked up at McHale suspiciously, only to see him smile and say: "Don't underestimate any opponent in the NBA, this is the pinnacle of world basketball, and everyone here should understand that existence is excellent, existence is strong!" ”

Li Shihao whispered a few times, and a fog seemed to be lifted in his heart.