Chapter Seventy-Five: The Collision at Princeton
"Leylin joins the Suns? Help Phoenix! ”
Early the next morning, the Arizona Sports Newspaper story flooded websites across the United States.
As we all know, D'Antoni's Suns have been the top team in the league over the past few seasons.
He made it to the Western Conference Finals for two consecutive seasons, but unfortunately he didn't make it to the Finals. Last season, the Suns ended up in the Western Conference semifinals, and the lure of a championship made the Suns always look for good players.
Before the All-Star break, the Suns sent Marion and Banks away to get O'Neal from the Heat. After the fusion, the team did well.
But according to Adam Green, a sports columnist for the Arizona Sports Newspaper, Rayling should be brought in.
It's not because Raining's performance in the game completely impressed Adam Green, in his opinion, Leylin is not yet at O'Neal's height, not even Xiaosi's height.
But from the team's tactical point of view, Leylin is indeed more suitable for the Suns' system than O'Neal, and his movement speed and footsteps can keep up with the overall rhythm of the Suns, which O'Neal does not have.
Another is Raelin's fighting spirit under the basket, although the defense and offense need to be polished, but the guarantee of rebounds and the attitude of defense, so that Xiao Si can be completely liberated.
What's more, Reelin's contract only ends at the end of the season.
Although the impact of this report was not very large, it did affect many Houston fans.
Many fans have left messages on the official website of the Rockets, asking the club to renew the contract with Raelin.
At the same time, it also shocked Raelin's agent, Lewis.
"Are you really going to Phoenix?"
Inside a restaurant near the Toyota Center, Lewis looked at Leylin and asked.
"I don't know, I haven't thought about these issues now! If you're able to get some messages, I hope you'll be able to help me deal with them! I don't want these things to interfere with me now, I need a quiet environment to improve myself now. ”
As for the future, Lei Lin did not think about it carefully.
“OK! No problem. ”
……
At night, the Toyota Center was brightly lit, and after three road trips, the team was back at home, and Houston fans could once again enjoy a basketball feast up close.
In the arena, Raylin is warming up with his teammates before the game, and they will play the Kings next.
"Hey Ray, can you give me an interview?"
At this time, Leylin was doing confrontation training with Landry under the basket, listening to the shouting, Leylin was ready to refuse, but when he saw the 'notorious' Billingberry, Leylin put down the basketball in his hand and walked over.
As for Billingberry's caustic comments, Leylin felt that it was still very fair, at least all of them were on point.
"Hello! I'm glad you were able to list my shortcomings so that I can improve myself! ”
For Billingberry's criticism, it is false to say that he is not angry, but thinking about it from another angle, Leylin thinks it is still acceptable.
"Ah......h
Leylin laughed as he watched Billingberry's mouth open and stunned.
"What I said is true!"
"Well, okay!"
Billingberry didn't expect this little guy to surprise him.
"Ray, will you sign a contract extension with the Rockets at the end of the season?"
Although Billingbury doesn't like Maddie very much, as a columnist for the Houston Chronicle, he still has a certain affection for the Rockets. He also wanted Leylin to give a clear answer.
"You'll have to ask God about this!"
"Where is God?"
"Huh?"
Ryling hesitated and looked at the Rockets bench.
"Maybe I should be drinking coffee and smoking a cigar in a private room right now!"
There was no sign of Morey or Alexander, and Leylin thought that he should be in the office or in the box.
Listening to Leylin's words, Billingberry knew what the problem was.
“OK! No God has come to earth. So man, now that you know your shortcomings, how do you deal with them? ”
"You'll get the answer next season! Thank you! ”
After speaking, Lei Lin looked at his teammates in the stadium and said that he was going to warm up.
“Thelastone! Do you want to kick Morey's ass? ”
Listening to Billingberry's question, Leylin laughed, and without answering, he went straight back to the field and continued training.
……
"Okay, guys, I don't want to go into the tactical stuff anymore. I just want one answer, and that's victory! ”
As soon as the players returned to the locker room, Adelman gave the death order.
When the OK combination was rampant, he was able to lead the Kings to the top in the West, which shows Adelman's success with the Kings. But in the end, Adelman fell victim to the team's rebuild.
After leaving the Kings to coach the Rockets, Adelman felt compelled to show his strength in front of his old club.
It's just that the first time I visited Sacramento, it was a bitter journey, and I was suppressed by my opponent all over the field.
In the second game at home, Novak's stunner retained a trace of Adelman's face.
So this game, no matter what, we have to play a hearty victory.
"Understood!"
Adelman is very satisfied with the attitude of the players.
There, the players were assigned tasks during the game, such as marking key players.
Leylin was given an important task, keeping an eye on Brad Miller.
As an inside player, Brad Miller can be described as an alternative style of play, and he does not do a good job in the inside line, but he still does a good job in responding and organizing in a high position.
Dubbed the tallest playmaker by the media, he was once the central axis of Adelman's tactical system.
As a pure interior player, it is a little difficult to keep an eye on Miller.
But it's also a good opportunity to grow, and at least Adelman needs Raelin to grow into an axis.
After the appearance ceremony, the game began.
Raylin's jump ball earned the ball for the Rockets, and after halftime, the Rockets began to attack.
After Alston handed the ball to Maddie, he used Scola's cover to cut to the basket and then ran back to receive Maddy's pass.
But when Alston received Maddie's pass, there was no room to shoot.
Yudri appeared directly in front of Alstom.
Although the Rockets have not been able to fully use the Princeton strategy, they have also been baptized for nearly a season, and they have shown the energy of this strategy well during the winning streak.
But in front of the Kings, this tactic really doesn't work very well.
Although Udri did not go through the Adelman and Princeton tactics, the framework of the current Kings team is a legacy of the Adelman era.
Miller, Artest, Kevin Martin, all have been baptized by the Princeton system.
Of all the players on the field, there is really no one who is more familiar with the system than they are.
So when Alston was running, Miller directly commanded his teammates to run on the inside, and Yudri was able to easily keep up with Alston and appear directly in front of Alstom.
The attack was reorganized, but the effect was not particularly noticeable, and the other players had a similar situation in their movements.
Adelman, who was standing on the sidelines, looked at the performance of his former disciples, and directly frowned when he was looking at the performance of the Rocket players.
In desperation, the Rockets were only able to hit the ball inside.
After Scola received the ball, he shook continuously, dodged a gap and hit a shot, and struggled to score two points for his team.
When the Kings were attacking, Miller pulled directly to the high post and kept directing his teammates to run and pass the ball.
Swish!
Martin, who ran out of the open space, received the ball and hit it directly.
It's not hard to see how similar the Kings' offense is to the Rockets' offense, and it's not so much a Rockets vs. Kings game as a Princeton collision!