Chapter 30: The Dilemma (I)
When he returned home, Gu Fei no longer thought about those ethereal things, what he had to do now was to grasp the moment.
After washing up, Gu Fei turned on the computer, he was ready to read the information about the Raptors, and the Bulls will face the Raptors at home tomorrow night.
A search for Gu Fei revealed that the Raptors are based in Toronto, Canada, and are the only NBA team based outside the United States. The Raptors have a short history, but after a few years in the NBA, they quickly became one of the most competitive teams in the East. In the 1995-1996 season, the Raptors made their first NBA appearance, and rookie Damon Stoudemire was the leader of their first season. Chris Bosh has been at the heart of the team since 2003.
But for Anthony Parker, who is going to be opposite him in the next game, he didn't have much information, he could have asked the team's scout for Parker's report, and then he thought about it, because he felt that there would naturally be a way to deal with it when it came to the game, and Parker was not a superstar.
The next day, Gu Fei got up early.
When he came to the arena and found that no one had come, he started his mid-range shooting practice again.
It wasn't until everyone arrived that there was another confrontation training, but this time Scott didn't arrange for Gu Fei and Gordon to face each other, and he didn't want the conflict between the two to be too intense.
After the training, Gu Fei didn't want to go home for dinner today, so he stopped Noah.
"Noah, are you going to be okay?"
"It's nothing, do you have anything to do with me, Gu?"
"What can I do, I just want to invite you to dinner, I'm too bored to be alone."
"Okay, so what are we going to eat?"
"Have you ever eaten Chinese food?"
"No, is it delicious?"
"Of course it's delicious, but I just don't know if you'll like it."
After discussing for a while, the two went to Brother Wang's small Chinese restaurant together, Gu Fei originally wanted to call Tang Jiqing, but then thought about it and dispelled this idea.
Because he thinks that Tang Jiqing shouldn't come with Noah here, and what if Noah, this kid, returns to the team and talks nonsense, he and Tang Jiqing have nothing now, at least they will bring it out later.
In this way, Gu Fei and Noah finished the lunch, but to Gu Fei's surprise, Noah likes Chinese food very much, and he has been praising the deliciousness of Chinese food during and after eating, hoping that Gu Fei will bring him next time.
In the afternoon, the team still had a tactical class to attend, so Gu Fei didn't have to go home, and returned to the team after strolling around the street with Noah for a while, of course, there was no one in the stadium now.
After the end of the tactical class, there were still four hours before the start of the game, this time was arranged by the players themselves, Gu Fei did not go out, after a simple practice in the power room, he sat in front of his wardrobe with a book in his hand and read it.
Four hours passed quickly, and when the referee blew his whistle, the game officially began.
"Okay, the game officially started, the Raptors got the ball, there was no chance of a fast break, they slowed down and prepared for the positional attack."
"The ball is in the hands of Bosh, and it seems that the Raptors will be completed by Dragon King Bosh today. Boss leaned in twice, he was no match for Big Ben at all, he was too thin. ”
"What's he going to do next, a feint that shakes his shoulders, rolls over and jumpers, hits, and even though Bosh is skinny, he puts the ball in the basket."
The commentary's voice was full of passion, and Gu Fei observed the situation on the field off the field.
On the court, the Raptors' interior firepower is significantly stronger than the Bulls. Both Bosh and Bagnani have similar styles and are projection-type interior players with good athleticism and the ability to run and jump.
According to what Gu Fei learned about Bosh on the Internet: a big man with excellent speed, flexible skills, and excellent jumping. He is good at turning around and jumping after hitting with his back to his back, and he uses teammates to cover or block high jump shots after blocking with teammates, and his shooting percentage is extremely high. It has a considerable ability to break through the frame with the ball. Has a good three-point shot, but is not a regular scoring method.
Looking at Bagnani, the champion from Italy, Andrea Banyani is a tall jumper with a flat arc and unstable crosshairs; unwilling to fight, singles are very inefficient; He has a height advantage when defending the low post, but the help defense is poor and the rebounding is terrible. Although he is not strong enough, he has flexible feet and a good shooting feel. For a player of this height, Bagnani is fast, fast-paced, especially the first step when breaking through. He shoots quickly, has outstanding jumps, is able to jump continuously, and has strong blocking ability. To survive in the NBA, Bagnani will need to further improve his physical condition and build strength in order to break through the opponent's defense. Great shooter, but the arc of the shot should be increased, and the ability to play the basket needs to be improved. Some emotions need to be more confident on the field.
These are all things that Gu Fei learned before the game, so he had already figured out how to play this game when he didn't play, that is, a breakthrough.
Yes, a resolute breakthrough, in Gu Fei's opinion, the Raptors' two starting interior defenses are not good, although the score is good, if he plays against these two, he thinks he can break through a lot of points.
When Scott called a timeout in the sixth minute of the game, the Bulls were now 18-8 down by 10 points.
Being scored 18 points by the opponent in the first half of the game shows how low the defensive efficiency is, but he only scored 8 points, and the scoring efficiency is also worrying.
Originally, according to Scott's pre-game arrangement, the Bulls players were also asked to go inside, who knew that all the outside players on the Bulls court today had no hands, and the Bulls' own offense on the inside line was not good, and they needed to be driven by the outside, and when the outside line could not be opened, the Bulls fell into a stalemate.
And when the offense can't score, the players will also be affected on the defensive end, which leads to the embarrassing situation where the opponent scored 18 points in the first half of the quarter, but he only scored 8 points.
And Scott called a timeout now, the first is to cool down the Raptors' hand, especially Bosh He has scored 8 points alone, which is equivalent to the whole Bulls team; The second is to take Gu Fei, who has not yet played, to see if Gu Fei can break this situation, once Gu Fei can open it, the bull will be easy to fight.
Scott simply said that the next way to play is to leave it to Gu Fei to deal with it himself. The others didn't say anything after all, they didn't feel good, and now they were counting on the players who didn't play to score, except for Gordon, of course.
After the timeout, Gu Fei came to the court, which was Gu Fei's earliest game, and he came on the court just after the halfway point of the first quarter.
Sam Mitchell, the head coach of the Raptors on the opposite side, also frowned when he saw Gu Fei on the court, originally he didn't know much about Gu Fei, but the assistant coach gave him a piece of information about Gu Fei before the game to let him know Gu Fei's characteristics.
"What does Scott mean by sending this rookie up now, does he think this rookie can open up the situation?" Unable to think of a reason, Mitchell decided to wait and see.
After Hinrich came to the front court with the ball, he handed the ball to Gu Fei, and the others quickly pulled to the weak side, obviously this was for Gu Fei to play alone.
Facing Parker Gu Fei, who was defending him, did not speak, and used his own tentative step.
The simple tentative step had no effect, and Gu Fei accelerated and rushed to the left.
Parker immediately adjusted his center of gravity to keep up, and Gu Fei handed the ball from his crotch to his right hand and accelerated towards the right.
Parker immediately followed.
This time, Gu Fei didn't stop and acted as if he was going to rush over directly, Parker was already in a good position and was ready to make Gu Fei an offensive foul.
Just when Gu Fei was about to touch Parker, he pulled the ball to the left with his right hand, and a body changed to pass by Parker's side.
Gu Fei, who passed Parker, drove up his speed to the maximum and scored two points on a layup before Bagnani could make up for it.
Scott, who was on the sidelines, saw that Gu Fei broke through and scored as soon as he came on the court, as long as Gu Fei could play like this, the Bulls would have a chance to win this game.
But will the game be so simple, will last season's best coach watch Gu Fei score and then revitalize the rest of the Bulls?