Chapter 173: Kill a Griffin Halfway
After three days of team workout, the Wizards boarded a plane to Orlando.
On the night the Wizards arrived in Orlando, which was second in the NBA season, there were 13 games to feast the eyes on.
Orlando is located in the middle of Florida, not far from the Atlantic Ocean, and has a very typical oceanic climate, while the city has many lakes and the overall atmosphere of the city is quiet and natural, which left a good impression on Li Kaiming.
After the Wizards settled in the hotel, Sanders gave the players a holiday, but this holiday was not for the boys to go to nightclubs, but for them to seize the time to rest and ensure that they had enough physical strength and spirit to face tomorrow night's big game.
One by one, even a person like Li Kaiming with an extremely regular schedule is difficult to fall asleep before nine o'clock at night, and the same situation happened to Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue, so the three of them simply squeezed into Li Kaiming's room and watched tonight's game on TV together.
Although there are a lot of games today, there are not many games that can make Li Kaiming and the three of them interested.
There are only three full games, the Bulls play the Thunder, the Heat play the 76ers and the Pacers play the Spurs.
It's a pity that Li Kaiming's good senior Ross scored 28 points, and the team lost to the Thunder.
The Thunder has been a high-pick rookie for several years in a row, and now it seems that it is time to cash in on the endowment.
As for paying attention to the Heat, it's not a big deal to watch the excitement, and it would be funny if the Heat triumvirate started with two consecutive defeats!
Wade found his form and scored a game-high 30 points to lead the Heat to their first win of the season, but the performance of James and Bosh can be indescribable, and it seems that the Big Three have not yet found a way to win, and Wade has to play the 76ers at a playoff level.
The old spurs solved the Pacers bloodlessly, which made Li Kaiming and the three of them who were watching the game can't help but shrink their necks!
This spur! You can't see the depth after a game!
Just as the three of them were about to say goodbye and go back to their rooms, after the competition, the host of the show suddenly mentioned this year's rookie!
"Last year's No. 1 pick Blake Griffin didn't finish his rookie season due to a season reimbursement, so he'll be in the rookie race this season as well! The addition of Griffin will pose a great threat to Kaiming Lee and John Wall! β
The guests on the side also nodded approvingly, "Yes, and Griffin got 20 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists in this afternoon's game, Li Kaiming is probably panicking now, right?" β
"Hahaha, I think so, man, if I were him, I'd be jumping at home!"
Li Kaiming directly ignored the two guys who made fun of him in the show and turned off Lingshi.
Seeing this, Sun Yue and Yi Jianlian, who were on the side, exchanged glances, and then tiptoed out of the room.
To be reasonable, Li Kaiming is not afraid of competing with others at all, but he is afraid that no opponent will make him have no goal to strive for, of course, this sentence still seems a bit arrogant at present, but in his opinion, it is a matter of time.
And the moment he lay on the bed, the task interface of the system suddenly appeared in front of his eyes!
γMissionγ
Rating: A
Basics: Lead your team to win the season opener. Reward 15-20 attribute points, 200-500 points.
Advanced: All positive stats surround Blake Griffin. Reward: 4 lucky wheel chances.
The system's mission has been triggered again!
And it's also an A-level task, and this reward makes Li Kaiming's heart a little hot when he sees it!
After all, A-class missions are unattainable, and he has encountered them once so far.
This opener must be won!
At six o'clock in the afternoon, all the members of the Wizards took the team bus to the Amway Center, the home of the Magic.
The current Amway Center is the Magic's new arena, which opened this season and replaced the original Amway Arena.
The new arena also has a cool appearance, with a square shape as a whole, with a curved corridor protruding from the main entrance, and the entire arena is covered by a glass curtain wall on the outside, looking like a luxury shopping mall.
Li Kaiming just glanced through the car window, and then stopped looking, but the rest of the Wizards team was like a curious baby, staring at the Amway Center outside and discussing.
After the bus verified its identity, it drove smoothly into the parking lot of Linxia, and after everyone on the Wizards team changed into training clothes in the locker room, they came directly to the arena to start training.
As for Li Kaiming, he was brought to the pre-game press conference by Sanders, this is Li Kaiming's NBA debut, and he is also one of the core of the team, and he must attend the press conference today!
As soon as Sanders and Li Kaiming appeared at the press conference, the reporters set up long guns and short cannons, and at the same time, the microphones were handed over in unison!
First of all, it must have been an interview with Sanders, and after answering a few routine questions, all the reporters couldn't wait to extend the microphone to Li Kaiming.
"Lee, in the first game of the NBA, you have to face Howard, the monster, do you feel that fate is unfair to you?"
"Lee, Howard is the best defensive center in the NBA right now, what kind of performance do you think you can play against him?"
"Lee, Arenas is absent, are you feeling lost about the future of the team?"
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The gossip questions were thrown together, making Li Kaiming instantly feel that his head was bigger!
What kind of bullshit is all this? Even fate has come out to be unfair to me?
But after all, he has experienced enough, and in the face of this situation, Li Kaiming still seemed very calm, pressed down with his hands, and the reporters immediately shut up.
Li Kaiming looked around, coughed lightly and said, "Your question seems to me to be the same question, so I won't pick one person to answer, I'll answer it uniformly!" β
The reporters scrambled through their notes and computers to start recording.
"I used to do it long before the Summer League started, and no matter which team I went to, I always had one ultimate goal, and that was to win. This goal will not change due to changes in the external environment. In short, no matter how strong the opponent is, no matter who we are missing in the team, I will do my best to fight for the goal of winning! β
"The opponent is strong, they are a Finals team, Howard's defense is the best in history, but I don't put myself in the position of the lower dog before the game because they are strong, in my opinion, if two teams can stand on the same court, then they are equal, and everyone has a chance to win!"
"I'm sorry for Arenas' absence, I hope my brother recovers and comes back to our team as soon as possible, we need him, but basketball is a team sport and no matter who is missing, this game has to go on, unless we don't have five starters tonight!"
His last joke made everyone in the audience smile.
Sanders, who was sitting next to Li Kaiming, looked at Li Kaiming with satisfaction.
This champion is not only a great player, but even his mouth is first-class, where can I find this kind of talent?
And Li Kaiming's answer also made the reporters in the audience applaud him from the bottom of their hearts.
With the development of the times, more and more players have forgotten their original intention of playing basketball and become slaves of honor.
And Li Kaiming's words reminded the reporters of that magnificent era, the era when everyone was for winning the game, and the era when everyone could play their own characteristics.