Chapter 143: The New King of Portlanders
The two parked the car and came to the store, and when Lele changed his clothes and came out, Li Ming was already asleep on the recliner on the side, perhaps because the smell here was too wonderful.
Lele glanced at him and went in first, the sweat here is still very interesting, there is a special aisle similar to the aquarium, suitable for parents who come with children, a special game pool can rest assured that the children can be left there, so as to save unnecessary custody fees.
The store also uses these gimmicks to mention popularity and build its own popularity, and many white-collar workers who have just gotten off work sometimes bring their children to relax here with their computers.
I don't know how long it took, Lele came out, and Li Ming had already changed her clothes and was waiting for her in the hall.
To be precise, he slept peacefully here, and by the way, he watched the analysis of the local college football game, and the owner here often recommends some online news to customers, saying that it is the insider, who knows.
With the long tail of the live DJ, Damion Lillard from Weber State University came out, as the last appearance on the road, still a rookie, even Aldridge was behind him, which shows the importance the team attaches to him, and such honors have belonged to Brighton Roy before.
Today's FedEx Center is once again flooded with 19,000 spectators, since moving to the new arena, the Grizzlies' new arena has never been full in a row, all of which started with Li Ming's outburst, and now I am afraid that the team owner will invite him as a guest.
Although Zach Randolph and McConley are also good enough, after all, their style of play is too retro and not enough to watch, and the audience is precisely the most picky.
The Trail Blazers' starting five are Damion Lillard and Wesley Matthews, Nicolas Batum, known as French Pippen, at the small forward position, four-time All-Star Lacus Aldridge at the power forward, and JJ Hickson from the Rockets at the center position.
The Grizzlies' five Tigers were replaced by Baylors in Conley's position, and the other four remained the same.
Tonight's guest commentators are the Grizzlies' celebrity flying squirrel Stoudemire and the white duo of Jason Williams.
After a whistle from the referee on duty, the two sides began to jump the ball.
Randolph pressed Hickson and flicked the ball to Bayless, who was next to him.
Bayless began to dribble, Lillard blocked in front of him, and he made a fake turn and immediately gave it to the weak side of Guy, who raised his hand to make a three-pointer.
Batum didn't react much to the ball, obviously he had studied the scouting report, he had also seen the Grizzlies' game footage, and he had a deep study of Guy, who didn't have many shots in that position, but as soon as he came up today, Guy took the lead and gave the opponent a dismount.
0-3, the Grizzlies scored first.
"Today Mike is injured, let's see if Guy can score 30 points, how about we make a bet?" Stoudemire began to come up with gimmicks for the audience.
"Oh, come on, buddy, what's wrong with Rudy taking thirty points? He's such a scorer, you should say how many shots, for example, he only took 17 shots and got 30 points, that's the news. "The topic of white chocolate doesn't seem to have enough confidence in our guys.
He was disgusted with Guy's profligate habits, which was blatant contempt.
While the discussion was raging in the studio, the Portlanders here hit a mid-range shot from their power forward Aldridge at the top of the arc.
"Hey, this big guy is always shooting outside, man, if you couldn't play like this in our day, you should go down to the basket and score that damn ball under the basket so that you can get the most out of your teammates." Stoudemire is clearly not interested in a player like Aldridge.
However, tonight's Aldridge can be regarded as meeting an opponent, because in the next round, Gasol Jr. also scored a jump shot after receiving Li Ming's pass in almost the same position, and treated him in the same way!
2 to 5, the two sides opened up at the beginning of the game.
Lillard combed his team's offense on the line, Batum slipped to the baseline to catch the ball, in a vain attempt to make a slam dunk, but unfortunately he was ruthlessly slapped away by Randolph, and he wanted to cross the mountain of Zack, he was obviously very tender.
However, the ball remained with the Trail Blazers, and Matthews scored the Trail Blazers' first three-pointer in front of him under cover from his teammates.
5-5 draw, the two sides played really well, it was exactly like copying.
"The point guards on both sides haven't made a move yet, and they're deliberately looking for opportunities for their teammates, which is interesting." As a rookie player, Lillard is now a nationally known figure, and his sophisticated style of play has been touted by the media.
Li Ming here began to slowly dribble through the half, and after a quick block from the line and Guy, a jumper went to the hands of Zach Randolph on the inside, Randolph scored the ball almost effortlessly, Hickson behind him was completely unresponsive, his pace was too slow.
Lillard snorted and a half-court ground-and-drop pass found Matthews on the perimeter again, who hit another three-pointer, this time at a 45-degree angle on the right.
"Oops, this Wesley Matthews is good, he has two brushes." Stoudemire, who is also a three-point shooter, admires the other side.
However, this dude is an inspirational poster, having not been drafted by the NBA after four years of playing for Marquette University, yes, an undrafted pick, and was later spotted in the Jazz's training camp.
Dedicated defense and a steady three-point shot kept him in the lineup.
In the '09-10 season, Matthews gradually became a regular member of the Jazz rotation, and when the mid-season trade deadline expired, the Jazz sent Ronnie Brewer away, leaving Matthews. That season, Matthews played in 82 regular-season games for the Jazz, averaging 9.4 points and 2.3 rebounds per game.
A qualified wing player, Matthews became a restricted free agent after the season. The Portland Trail Blazers made a five-year, $33 million offer, and the Jazz weighed it up and eventually gave up the right to match.
That's how he came to the Trail Blazers and gradually played the main team. And in a game against the Timberwolves, he hit 7 three-pointers in the first half and scored 36 points in the game, which was eye-catching.
In the past season, he averaged 13.7 points and 3.4 rebounds per game, which was deeply appreciated by head coach Mike Milan, and his average playing time per game was the highest on the team.
With a height of 1.96 and a weight of nearly 220 pounds, he is not inferior to the league's leading point guards, and his strong lower body strength even when pushed to the small forward position adds a lot of points to him.