Chapter 79: The Nationwide Live Match
Li Yang's first press conference ended in such a calm mood, and after learning Popovich's style of dealing with reporters, he was not only good at tai chi, but also took the opportunity to ridicule reporters. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Finding that they really couldn't ask anything, the reporters did not continue to ask, and the press conference ended.
After the press conference, for Li Yang and other Spurs players, it meant that the game was over, and their attention was quickly focused on the next game, which was the home game against the Thunder.
Among Spurs fans, though, it's clear that the game isn't over.
Li Yang got his tenth game of the season with the Spurs and his second start, and in this game, Li Yang's outstanding performance undoubtedly left an impression on many fans.
If before, Li Yang left everyone with the impression that he performed from time to time with his explosive dunks, in this game, Li Yang left fans with the impression of an excellent performance in the whole game.
The team's second-highest score in the game, as well as the multiple kills caused by the inside, made the fans who watched the game impressed by Li Yang's performance.
In the United States, many Spurs fans have discussed Li Yang's performance, especially the special training of Li Yang by the Spurs coaching staff mentioned by the two Spurs commentators during the game, which made fans start to discuss whether Li Yang's performance in this game was because of the special training of the Spurs coaching staff.
In China, not so many fans heard the two commentators talk about Li Yang's special training, after all, many fans only watched the text live broadcast, and even if some fans watched the live video, they didn't notice the Li Yang special training they mentioned.
So fans are more discussing Li Yang's performance in this game and whether Li Yang will have more opportunities to play in the future.
Li Yang's match not only caused a discussion among fans, but also made many domestic media follow up and report.
"Li Yang scored 25 points, Spurs beat Nuggets lightly", "Spurs are absent from many main players, Li Yang seized the opportunity to make a splash", "Li Yang performed efficiently, Popovich commented on his "selfishness""
Open the basketball channels of major sports websites in China, you can see similar reports, for the media, they know too well what fans are paying attention to on the Internet.
Although Li Yang didn't have many opportunities to play during this time, there were almost no media follow-up reports, but it was only after Li Yang had an outstanding performance in one game that the media immediately followed.
After reporting on Li Yang, the media soon began to pay attention to the next game between the Thunder and Spurs.
Thunder vs. Spurs, the two teams are the top teams in the West, with the fierce battle between the two sides in the Western Conference finals last season, this game has a certain amount of attention in China, CCTV5 and Sina have included this game in the live broadcast plan.
Before that, Li Yang happened to have a good performance in another game, which also raised the attention of this game a lot again.
The game was played on the third day after the Spurs and Nuggets match, but by noon the next day, a lot of media had already begun to cover the game.
This is in China, but in the United States, the match is also in the spotlight, and TNT has included the game on national broadcast, apparently thinking that this game will be the focus of attention.
Before the start of this game, a very interesting topic is what kind of lineup the Spurs will play in this game.
Although in the post-game press conference of the previous game, Popovich said that the Spurs could be scheduled to rest for the game against the Thunder, people are still more willing to speculate on the Spurs' lineup, considering that Popovich's words were commented on as a punctuation mark that cannot be trusted.
Fans in the United States are concerned about whether Popovich will send the Spurs' strongest squad to play, because this will directly affect the excitement of this game, and if Duncan and others will be absent, it will definitely make this game much less exciting.
Resting players in an important regular season, Popovich hasn't done anything like this.
For Chinese fans, what lineup Popovich uses to play is largely related to Li Yang's playing time and opportunities, which makes them very concerned.
Many fans in China naturally hope that Li Yang can continue to start, after all, he had a very good performance in the last game, however, there are many relatively more rational fans who directly pointed out the impossibility, saying that this game will not rest or not, but Leonard will definitely play against Durant, after all, in the playoffs last season, Leonard did a very good job of defending Durant.
In the midst of such discussion and attention, on April 4, 2013 local time in the United States, the Spurs and Thunder game officially came.
Oklahoma's Chesapeake Energy Arena, home of the Thunder, the Spurs, who are first in the West and 56-19, will play the Thunder, who are second in the West, 54-20.
The fans arrived early to watch the next game, and the three TNT commentators were already on the sidelines, with Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley and Reggie Miller announcing their starting lineups and predicting the next game.
"Viewers, welcome to TNT's live NBA regular season game, San Donio Spurs vs. Oklahoma City Thunder, I'm Kenny Smith, next to my partners Reggie Miller and Charles Barkley. ”
Barkley immediately said, "Okay, Kenny, no need to introduce you, everyone can know it's you when they hear your voice like you're in heat, and now we should take a look at the starters of both teams." ”
"Charles, I'm sure it's definitely better than your duck-like voice. Kenny Smith said back.
Although the two were arguing, they immediately pulled the topic back after the starting lineups of both sides appeared.
"Thiago Split, Tim Duncan, Colon Leonard, Danny Green, Tony Parker, Gray ......"
Before Smith could finish speaking, he was habitually interrupted by Barkley: "Greg Popovich didn't rotate players, he lied again." ”
And Reggie Miller also immediately pulled up and said: "I don't know if the Thunder's coach Scott Brooks believes Greg Popovich's words and then prepares less, if so, then his head is definitely kicked by the donkey you kissed Charles!"
"Hey, Reggie, please don't put me with the donkey and say ......"
Barkley kissed the donkey's ass because of Yao Ming's bet, and I am afraid that he will be talked about for the rest of his life.