Chapter 048: Preseason is off to a good start

In the CCTV studio, the host Yu Jia watched Li Ze's performance in the first quarter, and was a little shocked, the body of the forward player, the skill of the point guard, and the shooting look good, is this really a yellow race?

"Coach Zhang, what do you think of Kayce's performance in the first quarter?" The moderator, Yu Jia, began the routine comment session.

"Very good, really, I know what he's done in the NCAA, but I didn't expect him to play at the NBA level."

"Let's think about it, it was difficult for Sun Yue to play in regular time with the Lakers last year, but looking at the meaning of the Thunder, Kayce is going to play point guard in the new season, which is really amazing!"

The more Zhang Weiping talked, the more he felt that Li Ze was really a talented player.

"Do you think Kayce will be able to make a steady break into the rotation this season?" Yu Jia asked again.

"I don't think it's a big problem, even if it may not start in the rookie season, but the bench is definitely fine, the ability is too strong!"

"There is more competition for outside players in the NBA, but the Thunder can let him play point guard, which shows that Kayce must be doing very well in team practice, and we can change our broadcast plan."

At present, the Lakers, Rockets, and Nets account for most of the games broadcast by CCTV, although it is planned to add some Thunder games, Zhang Weiping feels that it is still a little less.

"I think it will definitely increase, in fact, the Thunder team plays very well, the style of play is vigorous, and young audience friends will definitely like it!" Host Yu Jia is also very much looking forward to commenting on more Thunder games in the new season.

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"Kayce, keep your emotions in check, keep the pace of the offense, everyone has to respond on the defensive end, we're a little slow in rotation right now!" Before the start of the second quarter, head coach Brooks began to tell his players.

Li Ze nodded to show that he understood, Matthews had let him break the defense, and it was the other party to be excited, besides, it was not interesting for star players to compete with those small characters, and tool people were not worth taking seriously.

At the beginning of the second half, the two sides were still bench lineups, and the Utah Jazz offense was still very organized, blocking and dismantling, constantly moving the ball, from the inside to the outside.

Korver picked up the ball and defended it and dribbled to shoot from mid-range.

"Boom..."Steady hits, this is Coach Sloan's team, strict tactical discipline, which makes them resilient in the game.

Li Ze dribbled the ball past half court and handed the ball to Collison, who received the ball and passed directly to Byron, but Koufus rotated into place, but Byron still softened and failed to score a layup that was close at hand.

The Utah Jazz received the rebound and directly made a quick offensive and defensive transition, and Li Ze went up to delay Price's shot as soon as possible, and the latter had no choice but to slow down and still play positional battles after halftime.

Ibaka is still a little frizzy now, and Myers reacted a little sensitively after breaking in, and was directly fouled by the opponent.

"Huh..."The two free throws hit steadily, and the Utah Jazz continued to chase the score.

Li Ze saw this situation and signaled his teammates to slow down, the athleticism of this lineup was almost meaningless, and Ibaka could jump and jump, try to play slower, hand over to Meno, and then cover in the low position through teammates.

Collison didn't stop the ball after receiving the ball, and hung it directly to Li Ze.

After receiving the ball, Li Ze quickly made a triple threat, Korver took a step back, put the ball with his back and arched, and passed the ball directly with a grenade to Meno in the bottom corner.

An open three-point opportunity in the bottom corner, a direct jump shot.

Ibaka jumped to his feet to grab an offensive rebound, but Coopers managed to protect it.

"This passing vision is really good, the average small guard can't see this kind of opportunity at all, but unfortunately he didn't shoot it in the end!" Zhang Weiping looked at the goal and didn't score and said it was a pity.

The Thunder were still a little slow to retreat, and Price passed directly to center Koufus, who didn't stop the ball and scored the ball directly from Byron.

Li Ze signaled his teammates to stabilize in the half, hit the success rate, handed Collison to his hand, and then began to run without the ball.

After noticing Li Ze's cover, Meno switched to the opposite position with Matthews, and passed the ball directly without hesitation.

Li Ze signaled Ibaka to block and dismantle, first pretending to break to the left, then dribbling behind his back, accelerating the breakthrough with the ball in his right hand, Korver hurriedly stepped forward to fill the position, but Li Ze directly hit the ground behind and passed to Ibaka at the free throw line.

No one defends, catches the ball and jumps directly.

"Whew...", the mid-range jumper hits, and now Ibaka's mid-range is more accurate near the free throw line, and other positions are not very good.

In the next 2 minutes, the two sides began to play iron frequently, Li Ze always controlled the rhythm of the team and did not speed up with the other party, after all, Byron couldn't keep up with the defense after a few rounds.

After the Thunder team's outside line continued to conduct, there was no chance, and seeing that there were only 4 seconds left to attack, Li Ze took the pot and shot.

"Bang...", the iron was struck again, and the wind was not smooth in the second quarter, and Li Ze had already hit 3 irons angrily.

At 7 minutes and 32 seconds, the Thunder asked for a timeout, and the main force should be on board, "Good job, boys, come down and rest first, everyone pay attention to the blocking and dismantling, be sure to squeeze through as much as possible, Russell, you have to pay attention to this." ”

Coach Brooks is very satisfied with the performance of the substitutes, after all, except for the slow rotation of the defense, there is nothing else, Li Ze controls the rhythm very well, and there are no mistakes!

"It's time for both sides to change to the main lineup, Kayce played very well, organized in tandem, and the offensive rhythm was no problem, but unfortunately the substitutes didn't have a good hand, and there were two absolute chances that didn't score."

Zhang Weiping turned on Li Ze's blowing mode again, anyway, it's good, it's good anywhere.

After changing the main force, the Thunder's offensive tempo increased significantly, and the turtle and Durant were even more in-and-out shots, but Kirilenko's defense on the Utah Jazz side was also very good, and it was not easy to attack the basket in front of him.

And when Delon is in charge, the Jazz's offense is very reasonable, both inside and outside, whether it is blocking or breaking, the Thunder can't stop him at all, and his strong body makes him not suffer from the upfront players.

The two sides come and go, at the end of the half, the game was tied at 56, the audience was addicted to watching, the team is really in good shape this year, before the change, maybe the game has already been spent...

At the beginning of the second half, the Utah Jazz replaced Oku, Paul Millsap played the No. 3 position, and Boozer returned to the No. 5 position, which suddenly strengthened the Jazz's mobility and the defensive rotation was faster.

Durant's continuous body changes back to break through Millsap's defense, but in the face of Kirilenko, who assisted in the defense, he still couldn't score the ball, and in 5 minutes, the Jazz played a wave of 12-6, which immediately reversed the momentum.

"The Jazz are shorter, but they move faster, and these five people can shoot after blocking and dismantling, and the Thunder have to adjust." Zhang Weiping almost said that he would change Li Ze, if this is a flower, the game will not look good.

Coach Brooks also made the lineup smaller, directly replacing guard Sapo Sofrosa with Li Ze, and Serge Ibaka for center Kostic, which is almost an all-forward lineup and moves very fast.

Defensively, Ibaka moves quickly and has a good ability to protect the rim.

The Utah Jazz immediately sensed the Thunder's defensive oppression, and Millsap burst in and tried to make a throw, only to be rejected by the Ibaka cap.

Jeff Green controlled the ball and handed the ball to the turtle, who didn't dribble too much after receiving the ball and went directly to Li Ze.

In the front court, Li Ze noticed that Durant also rushed up and made a direct pass to the defender.

Durant rushed to the ground, jumped high and smashed the ball directly into the basket with one hand.

"Bang...", and immediately after landing on the ground, he signaled that Li Zechuan was beautiful.

"Wonderful goal, so exciting, the whole attack may have taken less than 8 seconds to complete, exquisite coordination, I love this team to death!" Narrator Twin roared wildly.

"Unbelievable athleticism, the Thunder's offense is really like thunder!" CCTV's host Yu Jia also raised his voice.

The Jazz's offense began to get stymied, the opposing defense rotated too quickly, and their finishing problems were in question.

On the Thunder team's side, Li Ze signaled his teammates to speed up the offensive rhythm, and after handing it to the turtle, all five people were lifted up to open up the space, and the defense line was torn apart by simply breaking through the ball.

Durant suddenly gave the point to Ibaka, who kept passing the ball to Jeff Green, took a step forward after opening the defense, and passed to Li Ze in the bottom corner after the help defense came up, and the opportunity to empty 3 points was directly jumped.

"Huh...", hit steadily, Li Ze retreated and signaled that the ball was passed beautifully.

In this way, by the end of the third quarter, the Thunder had an 84-78 lead by six points, and Coach Brooks' adjustment was very effective.

After the start of the fourth quarter, the Jazz accelerated the offensive tempo, but unfortunately the players felt cold and repeatedly failed to shoot, but the Thunder seized the opportunity to play 8-0 directly.

Durant and Li Ze each scored a 3-pointer, and Turtle scored 2 points on a free throw.

Coach Sloan gave up as soon as he saw that the situation was not good, after all, it was only a preseason, and there were more than 6 minutes left, and he was replaced with a substitute lineup.

Turtle Turtle smiled on the bench, Durant also took the initiative to high-five Li Ze, and everyone was in a good mood to win against the Utah Jazz.

Li Ze sat on the bench and bragged with his teammates, but he secretly thought in his heart.

"It's a good feeling to win, maybe the experience of the achievement badge should be a little bit higher tonight!"