Chapter 188: Visiting Atlanta

Since the beginning of the summer league, Li Kaiming has mastered the routine of the NBA's pre-game press conference, unless there is any breaking news, generally speaking, there are only a few pre-game questions, either asking you how to deal with the opposing defense, or asking how you can defend the opposing ......

In response to these questions, Li Kaiming has already written some templates in his heart, as long as the reporter speaks, he can find the most suitable one, and then make a perfect answer.

There was nothing to pay more attention to in tonight's interview, and he dealt with the reporters with three strokes and five divisions.

The reporters saw that although Li Kaiming was young, he already had some feelings of interviewing old fritters, and they had to smile bitterly at the moment.

Even if he is mature in playing, he is so mature off the court, and they all wonder if Li Kaiming's immature appearance hides a sixty-year-old heart.

After the press conference, Li Kaiming quickly returned to the stadium to start the pre-game warm-up, there are still a lot of fans tonight, Li Kaiming estimates by feeling, it should be no less than the fans in the Amway Center in the last game.

Tonight's game, although the Hawks are at home, they are back-to-back games, and this is the third game of their four, which gives the Wizards some chances.

Prior to this, the Hawks won the Memphis Grizzlies on the road on the 27th, and then on the 29th, they won two straight games on the road in Philadelphia, which means that the Hawks are in first place in the East with a 2-0 record.

Although this Eastern No. 1 is a bit sloppy, it can also vaguely show the strength of the Eagles.

To be able to win back-to-back away games is a strong team's performance.

In the Eagles' season home opener, the team was naturally pompous, singing the national anthem and introducing the players before the game according to the process, Li Kaiming watched the Eagles players walk out of the player tunnel one by one.

After introducing the home team's players, the starting lineups of both sides appeared on the LED screen on the scene.

Home team Atlanta Hawks, point guard Mike Bibby, point guard Joe Johnson, forward Josh Smith, power forward Marvin Williams, center Al Horford.

Away Washington Wizards, point guard Sinrich, point guard Nick Young, forward Alssoton, power forward Kaiming Lee, center Andre Blach.

The referee on duty tonight is No. 74 Curtis Blair, seeing that the time has come, Blair stood in the midfield with the ball, and threw the ball on it after a whistle!

Although Blatch is much taller than Horford, he is a little less explosive than the latter, and Horford flicked the ball to Mike Bibby's hand

Mike Bibby was the star of the 99 year, he showed the potential of an excellent point guard in his rookie years, averaging 6.5 assists per game, but he was not satisfied with this, and began to strengthen his scoring ability, averaging 21 points and 5 assists per game in the Kings at his peak, a proper All-Star level guard.

Even last season, he still averaged 9 points and 4 assists per game, and he was firmly in the Hawks' starting point guard.

Mike Bibi controlled the ball over half court, reached out and called Horford to block and dismantle, Blatch crouched near the free throw line, did not dare to go out, Horford opened the vacancy, Mike Bibi scored Horford, who hit a two-point shot from the middle distance and scored the first point of the opening game!

Blatch was a little annoyed, Horford wasn't the kind of person Howard who could only watch the basket except in the restricted area, he needed to defend it.

The Wizards attacked, Hinrich blocked and dismantled with Li Kaiming after half time, and Marvin Williams, who was opposite Li Kaiming, was a short big forward, with good body and fast speed, Hinrich was not sure to eat him by breaking through, so he had to give the ball to Li Kaiming in the low post.

Although Marvin Williams's speed is fast, it is not enough to look in front of Li Kaiming, Li Kaiming turned around and shook Williams in a half, shook Williams with a feint, and then turned around and broke through from another direction!

Horford under the basket is also a short center, the protruding Li Kaiming is unstoppable, Howard can't help it, and Horford has no moves!

Fortunately, Horford's experience is not bad, there is no foul on the hand, and Li Kaiming is a one-arm dunk!

Li Kaiming, who performed well in the last game, was the object of attention of the dismissals long before the game, and now the first goal in the sports battle is a dunk, which naturally caused a discussion on the table.

A white glasses male solver sighed, "It seems that Li Kaiming is very easy to deal with Williams, maybe his score will be high in this game!" ”

The black guest on the other side spread his hands noncommittally, "Please, buddy, this guy scored 46 points against Dwight Howard!" You even wonder if he can get a high score? ”

The man with glasses smiled and shook his head, "My wrong buddy! ”

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The Hawks served to Mike Bibby, who went to the front court and handed the ball to Joe Johnson in the low mid-range, who got his back to Nick Young to get in a good position and received the ball from Mike Bibby.

Joe Johnson was the 10th overall pick in 2001, and at 201, he swings between the No. 2 and No. 3 positions, and his height and ability to fight against the vast majority of forwards in the league are not at a loss.

Of course, his greatest characteristic is his singles ability, which is also the origin of his nickname "Singles Joe".

Supporting his perverted singles ability is his offensive ability to cover the entire half of the court without dead ends, and the title of "offensive kaleidoscope" is the best summary of Joe Johnson, who is proficient in all offensive techniques.

On top of that, he has an impressively big heart, and he has the most knockouts in history during the regular season

In the face of such a player, Nick Young, a new starter, is obviously unbearable.

Joe Johnson only arched his back, and Nick Young was carried half an arm's length away by him, and then Johnson decisively turned around and threw a backward jumper and hit it in style!

This is the singles Joe, simply concise, not dragging the mud and water at all, but the knife is deadly!

4 to 2!

The core of the Wizards' offense is still Li Kaiming, this time Li Kaiming stood on the outside to get the ball, and Hinrich went to run.

Marvin Williams seems to have prepared before the game, leaving no space for Li Kaiming outside the three-point line, preferring to let Li Kaiming pass in one step.

That's what Eagles head coach Larry Drew meant, you can score high points, but don't think about shooting threes!

But Li Kaiming is not picky about scoring, since he goes to the basket without a chance to score three points, Marvin Williams's defense is no different from a stake in Li Kaiming's view, and he hit the three-point line with one step.

Josh Smith and Mike Bibby at the top of the arc returned to the vicinity of the box to help Horford defend Li Kaiming.

And Li Kaiming suddenly threw the ball out after killing in front of the three people opposite!

It was Hinrich at the top of the arc who received the ball, and in the face of the unguarded big vacancy, Hinrich adjusted his posture on the spot, and then hit a three-point shot!

4 to 5!

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The two sides went back and forth, and soon the first quarter of the game passed, although the Hawks had a deep lineup, but they were physically exhausted back-to-back, so they played with the Wizards.

The first quarter passed, and the Hawks temporarily led the Wizards by one point at 29-28.

Li Kaiming played 8 minutes in the first quarter, scoring 9 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

The Hawks were determined not to let him throw three-pointers tonight, so he didn't make a single three-point shot in the first quarter, but his teammates got a lot of three-point opportunities.

Nick Young scored six points on 2-of-3 three-pointers, Thorton was 0-of-2 for a poor hand, Hinrich scored five points on 2-of-4 shooting, and Bradge scored four points on two baskets.

However, the good news is that Yi Jianlian took advantage of Li Kaiming's exit for a few minutes and scored 4 points, which is 100% efficient, and it seems that the training is still effective.

The Hawks scored a more balanced score, with Joe Johnson scoring a team-high 6 points and 2 rebounds, Horford scoring 5 points, Mike Biby 2 points and 3 assists, and Marvin Williams 4 points and 2 rebounds.