Chapter 8 NBA Preseason
The NBA preseason is a warm-up game for teams before the start of the NBA regular season, and this year's preseason games were played from October 10 to 29 local time, with a total of 119 games. NBA preseason games generally have three major functions: first, to run in the lineup, enrich the style of play, and test the competitive status of new and old players. There are about 8 preseason games for each team, and in order to avoid the main players getting tired before they fight, the main players in this kind of game generally do not play more than 30 minutes, so it is also an opportunity for substitutes to take the opportunity to show themselves. Second, warm up for the NBA regular season. In order to better attract fans to watch the NBA regular season and playoffs, the NBA official also makes full use of the preseason to build momentum for the new season of NBA games, such as the 04-05 season after O'Neal transferred from the Lakers to the Heat, the preseason game between the Rockets and the Heat was promoted by the NBA as the "new version of Yao Shark War". In addition, many of the major preseason matches between the top teams will also be televised locally or nationally, and will receive as much attention as the regular season. So initially, the preseason was free for fans, and in recent years, tickets have also been sold. Third, promote the NBA and expand its overseas influence. With the further maturity of the NBA's commercial operation and the acceleration of the internationalization process, the NBA has sent many teams to play preseason games overseas in order to cater to the tastes of international fans and expand overseas markets, and Japan, Mexico, Spain, France and other countries have hosted such games.
NBA2007-2008 The Hawks' first preseason game was against the Bulls, who have lost their former glory since Jordan's retirement, and of course they will have Rose Rose next year!
Players from both sides came out of their respective passages one after another, "Welcome to the king from the mysterious country of the East, the 6-foot-10-inch beast Michael Beasley!" Beasley was the third-to-last to come out, and the screams of the live DJ completely blew up the arena!
"The atmosphere in the NBA is really much better than in the CBA, even if it's just a preseason game!" Beasley thought to himself
Beasley was arranged to play in the penultimate position, the later the order of appearance in the NBA, the more important the value of the player in the team, of course, the last two players were Josh and Joe Johnson, the fans gave Beasley a lot of welcome, although Beasley is just a rookie who has just entered the NBA, but Beasley's reputation is very high, once the first high school student in the United States, the first king in the CBA, this year's NBA champion show, So the Eagles home fans have big hopes for Beasley!
But Beasley wasn't placed in the starting lineup, and even though Beasley played very well in the inside training game, even if he was the third-to-last player, the NBA has his own unwritten rules!
In the first half, Beasley was honestly placed on the bench, and the first half ended with 35:45 trailing by 10 points, Joe Johnson faced the defensive titan Larry Hughes, the shooting percentage was limited very low, although he scored 10 points in the first half, but only 35% of the shots, and Josh Smith, the team's other core, performed very well against Drew Gooden, scoring 12 points in the first half, but only 8 shots!
On the contrary, the Bulls' offense in the first half was very effective, Ben Gordon scored 15 points in the face of Tyronn Lue's defense, including three three-pointers, Ben Gordon was once hailed as the hope of the Bulls' revival, but his hand was very convulsive, and he had a fight with the nerve knife JR, but after Rose joined the Bulls, Ben Gordon naturally lost his former style!
In the second half, except for Tyronn Lue, the other main players were replaced, and Beasley was put in the center position! The Bulls also replaced all the main players, leaving most of the bench players and the Bulls' rookie worthy of Beasley's attention - Joakim Noah.
Beasley was in a good position, the ball passed to Beasley's hand, Beasley used his back body to single, although Noah's height is 3cm taller than Beasley, but its weight is 15kg worse, which is not a grade in tonnage at all!
Noah was pushed back step by step by Beasley, and when Noah was pushed into the penalty area, he was fierce and then wiped the board to score!
"Well, Beasley's style of play is completely learning from me, it looks like I have someone to pull in the future!" Barkley, a famous villain in the NBA, said that because this game was Beasley's opening game in the NBA, even the famous Barkley was attracted to be a commentator on the game!
"It's just a ball, and he's just touching a skinny insider!" As Barkley's gold partner, Kenny Smith naturally won't miss it!
Joaquin Noah, as the No. 9 rookie in 2007, did not receive a lot of attention, although Noah looks very thin, but his style of play is very wild, and he is not afraid of confrontation, but it is purely helpless to meet the humanoid beast Beasley!
Noah stepped forward to help Kirk Hinrich block the dismantle, Koke Hinrich took advantage of this opportunity to break inside, and Beasley did not choose to break through in the face of Beasley, who was sitting on the inside, but passed to Noah, who was away from no one around, and Noah hit with his ugly mid-range shot!
"Now on the inside line, I know that by putting cold arrows on the outside line, I have lost the will to fight on the inside line!" Barkley doesn't like this kind of mid-range player, in his heart he likes to shoot outside the ball is soft!
"You think everybody has a butt like yours, but I think Kirk Hinrich has a lot of vision and is an improvement over last few seasons!" Kenny Smith said
"Haha, my big ass is a natural artifact!" Instead of feeling resentful that Kenny was talking about his ass, Barkley was a boastful book!
"But you don't have a championship!" Kenny said as he uncovered Buckley's scars
"I have a regular season MVP!"
"But you don't have a championship!"
"I'm the rebounding king!"
"But you don't have a championship!"
"I'm an All-Star regular!"
"But you still don't have a championship!"
While Kenny and Barkley were wrestling with the topic, Beasley continued to overwhelm Noah like a bulldozer and ended the fight with a final jumper!
Noah, who was beaten by Beasley in a row, held a breath of fire in his heart, Noah is a very passionate player under the basket, and his basketball IQ is very high, although the appearance is wild, but he has a delicate heart, Noah did not choose to break through hard after receiving the ball, but after attracting the field of vision, he chose to pass to his teammates in the vacant position, but his teammates were really not strong, and he did not make this offense!
"Yo, this big man of triple nationality has a good passing hand, doesn't it match his looks at all?" Kenny said
Joaquin Noah's father is the famous tennis player Yannick Noah, who won the French Open in 1983, and is half French and half Cameroonian (his grandfather Zachary Noah was a Cameroonian footballer and a Ligue 1 legend in the 1950s), and his mother was Miss Sweden 1978 and Miss Universe runner-up. His parents later divorced, and his mother raised little Noah alone, and he grew up in New York, USA, with triple nationality of Sweden, the United States, and France. Even though her mother is Miss Universe, Noah has not inherited her mother's looks at all!
"But he's screaming at Beasley's big ass on the inside!" Buck replied using Kenny's statement that he didn't have a championship
"But big butts can't win the championship!" Kenny quipped
Suddenly, Barkley was full of black lines, and his face was speechless! Looking at the deflated Buckley, Kenny was smiling happily!