With the painful moaning of the basket, the whole scene instantly stopped, and everyone couldn't believe that Lin Fei, who had been knocked over by Artest in the previous attack, actually knocked Artest over in this round to complete the shark-style dunk.

Everyone could see that Lin Fei's attack just now was pure power, pure explosive play, and Artest on the floor suddenly grinned, and the whole person turned over.

Bang!

The fist made heavy contact with Lin Fei's upper arm muscles, and most people thought that Artest was annoyed and angry, but Lin Fei smiled and also gave Artest a punch, but he did not hit Artest's arm muscles, but hit Artest's chest, Lin Fei's fist clearly felt Artest's strong chest muscles.

“f…… uck！ You're so tough! ”

Lin Fei smiled and looked at the foul-mouthed Artest and said, "You are even tougher!" ”

The two people who were worried just now looked at each other and smiled at the same time.

Lin Fei's offense just now could not be said to have completely conquered the proud Artest, but in the first meeting, there was no doubt that Artest gave Artest an excellent impression, from this good meeting, Artest became one of the most powerful helpers in the early stage of Lin Fei's career, providing too much powerful help for Lin Fei's Clippers career, whether it was defense or court disputes, Artest was always the first person to stand up.

The nervous teammates also breathed a sigh of relief, the corners of Mike Dunleavy's mouth were full of smiles, after this attack, the duel between Lin Fei and Artest was even more fireful, Lin Fei did not blindly use his own strength to fight hard with Artest but integrated into his own running position and breakthrough, Artest felt more and more that Lin Fei was a powerful teammate.

Time flies, the run-in of the new Clippers is still in progress, and the only thing that bothers Mike Dunleavy is the weakness of the interior players, except for Tyson Chandler, Roy Hibbert and Andre Jordan are all players at the center position and they are still just rookies.

In training, Hibbert showed his low lethality, in addition to the innate height advantage Hibbert also has an accurate jump shot and hook hand that Mike Dunleavy appreciates, but Hibbert's physical fitness is obviously worse, and the footsteps also need more practice, compared to Roy Hibbert's physical fitness Andre Jordan showed his super physical fitness, and the outstanding bounce determines his air defense advantage, but he also can't change his bad habit of being easy to shake, And the NBA is far from being an easy habit for the NCAA, and if you can't change it, it will only limit his playing time in the NBA.

Lin Fei still remembers that he broke into the inside line in training and threw a throw, the basketball rose high, and the ball that he thought was set was directly picked off by Andre Jordan at the highest point, and the whole audience was shocked, but then Lin Fei made a foul on Andre Jordan's body.

Because of the shortage of interior manpower, Mike Dunleavy had to push Wilson Chandler to the position of power forward, although Wilson Chandler has good physical fitness, but after all, he is a pure small forward, and the tonnage in the position of big forward is seriously insufficient, it is foreseeable that once the Clippers meet a physical power forward in the regular season, Wilson Chandler basically can't resist.

"Nell, the team's big forward position needs to be strengthened, and if it is not strengthened, I think all teams will take advantage of our weakness." Mike Dunleavy said as he looked at Olshu in front of him.

"Mike, I've thought about that, but I'm really sorry, maybe because we've had so much of the limelight that all the teams have turned down our trade offers, and there's no good option on the free market." Olshu's tone was full of helplessness.

And the fact is just as Olshu said, the Clippers, who staged a crazy miracle at the end of last season, have become a force to be reckoned with in the eyes of many giants in the league, and the Clippers in the offseason first stole the limelight in the draft and became the focus of attention in the transfer market, resulting in many teams now directly rejecting the Clippers trade, there is no doubt that they are red-eyed, they don't want to watch their competitors become stronger and stronger.

Mike Dunleavy frowned, if the position of the big forward cannot be strengthened, then the position of the big forward will become a huge hidden danger, and even have a collateral effect on the inside, all teams will run to the Clippers inside, as long as Tyson Chandler is played, then the Clippers' inside line is equal to a vacuum for a short time, but there is no way to strengthen at present, only to tap the potential from tactics and internal players.

Looking at the players on the court, Mike Dunleavy's frowning brows have not relaxed for a long time, the inside line, the headache inside line!

All the players knew unsurprisingly that the team's interior line was an obvious shortcoming, and Mike Dunleavy deliberately moved his defensive formation closer to the 3-2 zone defense. And this defensive formation is to strengthen the outside defense, reduce the opponent's breakthrough basket, and protect the basket as much as possible, and on the basis of the 3-2 zone defense, Mike Dunleavy asked Artest and Lin Fei to strengthen their movement and help defend to assist Wilson Chandler and Tyson Chandler on the inside.

There is no way out of this defensive arrangement, and Mike Dunleavy can only hope that the team's attacking power will offset the team's defensive weakness.

When the time came to the end of September, the curtain of the preseason was about to open, and the night was falling, and the sound of basketball hitting the ground could still be heard in Staples' training arena, Mike Dunleavy rubbed his temple, and as soon as he walked out of the office, the sound of the basketball hitting the ground drilled into his ears.

Looking at Lin Fei on the field, Mike Dunleavy stopped his steps and stood motionless on the sidelines, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a smile, and said: "Lin, take a break, you must know that scientific training is the most important, follow me." ”

Looking at Mike Dunleavy, Lin Fei nodded, picked up the big towel on the ground and wiped the sweat on his face, and followed Mike Dunleavy into the head coach's office.

Lin Fei sat opposite Dunleavy, Lin Fei's breathing slowly stabilized, and he looked at Dunleavy with a faint smile on his face, "Head, you won't let me admire your appearance, right?" ”

"Lin, okay, how do you feel now? The new season is about to start, how are you preparing? ”

"I'm preparing well, I'm looking forward to the new season, I'm finally not a rookie!" Lin Fei said with a smile.

Mike Dunleavy smiled and said, "How's it going with your new teammates?" I'd like to hear your thoughts. ”

"Tyson's help defense is very good, his defense may not be reflected in the stats, I think he will be the team's interior guardian, and his cover is very good I can find an easier way to shoot, if someone helps Tyson can take my pass and complete the offense; And Ron's last name can make our team tougher, he will be our biggest guarantee on the defensive end, he can also make his teammates better defensively, I think he can teach us a lot of defensive skills, and his offense is not varied but enough to ensure that he becomes the team's second scorer, so that he can share the pressure of my scoring; And Andre Miller is a great playmaking guard, to be honest I only know that Steve Nash and Jason Kidd and even Chris Paul never put him in the league's top guards, but with him I can be more comfortable receiving the ball, and he's an effective low post single, the only pity is that his perimeter shooting is really bad. Lin Fei analyzed little by little, this is the conclusion he came to through the best scope, ordinary training observations and video recordings, Mike Dunleavy nodded from time to time.

Lin Fei groaned and continued: "And JR is really a terrible guy, I think his physical fitness is enough to rank in the top ten in the league, and his three-point madness I don't think is worse than me!" ”

Dunleavy nodded, he knew that Lin Fei had enough confidence in three-point shooting, so when Lin Fei raised Jr Smith's three-point shot to the same height as him, Mike Dunleavy knew how much Lin Fei appreciated JR's three-point shooting ability.

"But his three-point shot wasn't consistent enough, which is a pity, and Steve Novak, oh my god, it's really hard to believe he's a big guy, he's like a capstone battery, give him the ball and he can shoot it, he's got a big heart, and he's never given up on his efforts, I think the two of them can bring a lot of energy to the second team, and a couple of new guys have good talent, and I think Nell made a couple of good trades. Roy Hibbert: In the future, I want to develop well, maybe I can become the next Yao Ming. Speaking of this, Mike Dunleavy obviously lit up, and the next Yao Ming is not a simple title.

"And what about Andre Jordan, who will be next in your eyes?" Mike Dunleavy asked with a smile.

Looking at Dunleavy, Lin Fei lowered his head and thought for a while, "He will be himself!" ”

"Himself?" Dunleavy asked in some surprise.

"Yes, he's a rare physicality maniac among big men, he can cover the entire basket when he jumps, and he has a keen sense of rebounding, but his defensive experience is very inexperienced, and his ability to play under the basket still needs to be trained, if he is trained well, he will become a terrifying defender on the inside in the future!"

"And what about the two little ones at the back?" Mike Dunleavy continued.

"Mario is very fast, but his body is a little thin and Golan is the same, but Golan's physical resistance is much better than Mario's, and Mario's passing is not as good as Golan's, but Mario's three-point shooting and determination are better than Gran's, and all in all, they will be a good starting point guard."

Mike Dunleavy listened carefully to Lin Fei's analysis, nodded again and again, very pleased, "What about you in the new season?" ”

"Me?" Lin Fei asked a little suspiciously.

Looking at Lin Fei with a suspicious face, Dunleavy said with a smile: "Yes, you!" Ready to score or defend or all-round, my Clippers leader! ”

Asked by Dunleavy, Lin Fei thought for a while, "Scoring, defense will definitely be wanted!" But I think I'm going to have a lot less pressure to score this season, I'm going to put more effort into the defensive end, but I'm going to take on the team's offense when it counts! At the critical moment, Lin Fei's eyes were full of firmness, and his tone was full of confidence.

"Do you still want to hand over key moments to your teammates?" Dunleavy laughed and said, "You know that you are the leader of the team, and you have to take on the key moments of the team!" You have to always remember that you are a leader of a team and I believe you can do a good job. ”

"Hehe, I think I will!" Lin Fei replied with a smile, his smile full of confidence.

On October 2, Montebello, a small city under the rule of Los Angeles County, was filled with fans in the downtown arena that can accommodate 5,000 people at this time, and there will be a game here today, the Los Angeles Clippers will play at home against the Phoenix Suns, the first preseason game of the NBA 2008-2009 season.

The new Clippers will start sailing here, and in the locker room of the home team's Clippers, Mike Clippers. Dunleavy glanced at everyone in the locker room: "Last season you were on different teams, and now you are teammates, last season's Los Angeles Clippers were a lucky underdog in everyone's eyes, and this season's Los Angeles Clippers have become the enemy of all teams in this league, why is that?" Because we have the strength to be feared by them, but we can't relax our efforts because of this, because when you fail, countless people will laugh at you, and from today, I and you will truly embark on a new journey! I'm sure you can, and so can I! Come on! ”

Dunleavy gave an impassioned speech, and there was no doubt that all the players were in a state of high spirits.

Last season's Suns were ambitious, they sent away the hacker Marion in exchange for the big shark O'Neal, but in the playoffs they finally lost to their old rival San Antonio Spurs and stopped in the first round of the West, after an offseason of hard work, the Phoenix people decided to make a comeback under the leadership of Steve Nash, and the Los Angeles Clippers, who stirred up a big storm in the offseason, undoubtedly became the Phoenix people's first official training in the new season.

Although this is a preseason game and not in Los Angeles, but it is also the home of the Clippers, although there is no such thing as a large event that has never been reported, but the performance of the DJ on the scene is not inferior at all, in the boos of the audience, the Phoenix Suns players played, and with the appearance of the Hornets, the players of the Clippers stood in the player tunnel one by one and waited to play, and Lin Fei was still arranged to be the last one to play in the new season's Clippers appearance, which is to highlight Lin Fei's status in the Clippers.

At the top of the list was Ron Artest, a newcomer to the Clippers, who was a tough man, waiting to play with his head down.

"Let's welcome the strongest man with the biggest cheers, the No. 91 main small forward...... Ron...... Artest ...... "With the shouts of the DJ on the scene, Artest trotted out, and the Montebello fans at the scene gave Artest a huge cheer.

The teammates came out one by one in cheers, and Lin Fei waited at the end, his hands behind his back and his head bowed.

"Finally, let us welcome our leader with the warmest applause, the craziest shouts, the loudest cheers, and the most intense cheers, wearing the number eight jersey...... Forest...... Forest...... Forest...... Feifei ............! ”

The voice of the DJ shouted hoarsely, bringing the cheering madness of the downtown Montebello arena to an unprecedented **.

The new season and the new Clippers have officially set sail in Montebello!

(To be continued)