Every year before the official start of the NBA game, there is almost a month of preseason games.

For most teams, preseason is more of an opportunity for the team to grind in and look at rotation.

Of course, it must also reflect a state of the team.

For example, in 2012, the senior F4 team of the Lakers group lost all 8 games in the preseason and finally went out in the first round;

Another example is that in 2021, the Lakers formed 4 "75 all-time games", lost 6 consecutive preseasons, and did not make the playoffs.

So the preseason is not counted in the season statistics, but it is also important.

And the Bulls' preseason this year was special.

Most preseason games are played in the United States, but a small number are overseas.

For example, the China game, which Chinese fans are familiar with, is actually a preseason game.

Of course, with the implementation of the Stern Global Plan, this location has begun to spread all over the world.

This year's Bulls game was held in London, England, which was also the first time that the NBA held an overseas game here.

And the reason why it is the Bulls is the same reason as the first time that China looked for the Rockets.

Deng Yingqiao, as the name suggests, Deng is now an Englishman.

What's more worth mentioning is that Deng was born in Sudan and later became a British citizen because of the war, but he actually lived in the United States at the age of 14, so he returned to the UK after ten years.

Just ask Stern if he is professional in this aspect of operation!

The Bulls' opponent is the Utah Jazz.

If you want to say familiar, it is not too familiar to Chinese fans to this Jazz team.

Of course, that familiarity has a bit of "hatred" in it.

In the 06~08 season, for two consecutive seasons, the Rockets fell at the feet of the Jazz, and once they led 2-0 and were finally overturned 3-4.

During this period, because of Yao Ming, the Rockets were the home team of the Chinese people, and this experience was unforgettable.

So much so that many people in this team, such as Delon, Boozer, Oku, Kirilenko, Ronny Brewer, Korver, and even players like Feshenko, are familiar to fans and remember them vividly.

However, the Jazz are not doing well now, because they have been forming a team for many years, and their best result is to reach a Western Conference finals.

If Xu Yong remembers correctly, they will be dismantled in the next two years.

However, the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, and the Jazz were a Western Conference playoff-level team before the team was dismantled, and the strength is definitely stronger than the Bulls.

And this game Rose will not play.

Rose is recovering well from an ankle injury, but the Bulls will keep him out of the entire preseason for safety reasons.

And it doesn't matter if you win or lose in the general preseason, but when you go to overseas competitions, you will still fight to win or lose because you have to face it.

So this game is not a small challenge for the Bulls.

After arriving in London, head coach De Nagro was very caring and gave the players a half-day off to enjoy the British style.

Deng took Rose and Xu Yong to a very mysterious place.

The site for the construction of the London Olympic Basketball Stadium.

The London Olympics are four years away, but the construction of the stadium has already begun at the end of this year.

Looking at the site in front of him, where only the excavator was working, Deng showed excitement that Xu Yong had never seen before, and enthusiastically introduced it to them.

Although that kind of emotion, Xu Yong is completely understandable.

At such a moment, bringing his teammates to this kind of place to eat ashes, he didn't feel that Deng was pumped, but understood why Deng wanted to form the South Sudan men's basketball team after retiring.

In just over 20 years, he has lived in three countries, and Deng is too eager to have a sense of belonging to the country.

But at this moment, Xu Yong suddenly remembered a very serious question.

If he remembers correctly, the theme of the London Olympics is environmental protection, and Europeans are anti-human when they engage in environmental protection, and this basketball stadium does not seem to be equipped with toilets?

……

That night, the Bulls and Jazz played at London's North Greenwich Coliseum.

After entering this arena, Xu Yong's long-term memories were partially awakened.

There are two venues for the basketball competition at the London Olympics, one is the London Olympic Basketball Stadium, which is used for the group stage games, and there is indeed no toilet.

But once they made it to the knockout rounds, the game moved to the North Greenwich Stadium.

It is a multi-purpose building with a capacity of more than 18,000 people, and there are many restaurants and shops.

Of course, there are hundreds of bathrooms as well.

So if you still don't understand the brain circuits of the British, don't those who don't make it to the knockout round deserve to go to the toilet?

The strange reason for reaching the knockout round in the Olympics has suddenly been added.

By the time there was still half an hour left before the start of the game, the stadium was already full.

It's the first time an NBA-level game has been played here, and the enthusiasm of the fans is still very high.

Xu Yong also saw a lot of people holding Deng's big head KT board.

It is said that Brexit, British basketball is actually not in the same dimension as European basketball.

If you see Great Britain in the quarter-finals of the European Championships, you must be rewarding yourself too much and getting dazzled.

Therefore, the symbolism of Deng Zhi for British basketball is very close to Yao Ming's for Chinese basketball.

Thinking of the experience of Deng taking them to see the basketball hall, Xu Yong already had a decision in his heart.

There was no opening ceremony in the preseason, and after the warm-up, the starting line-ups of both teams were released one after another.

Bulls: Hinrich, Xu Yong, Deng, Sangueira, Noah;

Jazz: DeLong, CJ Myers, Ronnie Brewer, Boozer, Oku.

On the Bulls' side, Rose didn't play today, and the Jazz's side Kirilenko also hung up a waiver card.

Amid the cheers of the fans, Oku turned the ball back to the halfcourt, and the NBA England game officially began.

The Jazz came up to attack Boozer, and the person who defended him was Noah.

Boozer turned around and scored on a jumper after a back-to-back shot.

Boozer at his peak, this low-post offensive ability is quite ferocious.

It's just that this scene is a little special in Xu Yong's eyes, because in history, Boozer should switch to the Bulls next year.

So this is a show of muscle by a future teammate?

Turning around, Hinrich held the ball on the outside, and Xu Yong picked up the ball along the baseline around Sangueira's block.

De Nagro is not a famous coach, and even his coaching level is on the lower side, he has only coached the Bulls and Clippers in his career, and both teams took off after he was fired, which is somewhat telling.

But there's a good thing about him, he's happy to reuse young players.

Last year, Rose averaged the second-most shots per game, and he was one less than Ben Gordon, the original team leader.

Then you see, Ross is not there, and Xu Yong, a rookie, is the main point of attack.

After receiving the ball, Xu Yong saw that he didn't have a chance to shoot and quickly chose to break through to the basket, but the Jazz's reaction was much faster than those teams in the summer league, and he encountered the help defense halfway through.

After seeing that the person assisting the defense was Brewer, he didn't even think about it, and threw the ball directly to the weak side at a 45-degree angle.

Deng was in an empty seat when he received the ball, and the cheers on the scene had already sounded in advance.

"Huh!"

Deng also lived up to expectations, and in his "home field", he directly came to a good start.

The cheers at the scene were shocking, and they loved this way of opening so much.

Deng retreated and stretched out his hand to Xu Yong.

In fact, judging from the offense and defense of him and Xu Yong's training camp, Xu Yong's ability, the ball just now can be attacked by himself.

Because although Brewer helped defend in the past, he arrived in a hurry, and Xu Yong could pass him by changing direction or jumping again.

But in the end, he chose to pass the ball to himself, and it's hard to say that there is no element of perfection in this.

Boozer hit Noah again in the low post, and Arnold used his strength to defend against it this time.

At this time, Noah was only in the third grade, and the whole person still looked relatively thin.

The rebound was also picked up by Noah, and he dribbled directly to the ball, which is his style of play.

In the front court, Noah passed the ball to Deng, Deng met the defense and then gave it to Xu Yong, Xu Yong made a layup in the air to attract the defense and then stuffed the ball back to Deng.

Deng easily scored two points with a basket.

If the ball just now is not obvious, then this ball is a black mole on the buttocks, which is obvious.

Xu Yong is deliberately making a ball for Deng.

Back in the day, Boozer began to play with Delon to block and dismantle, and after receiving Delon from the free throw line, he dropped the ball from mid-range to the high parabola.

Boozer scored the Jazz's first four points.

Without any ability, how could he make Yao Ming feel a headache.

But looking back, Deng's three-point shot at the top of the arc also went in!

To be reasonable, Deng is not a player who is too good at shooting, but it is obvious that just like Yao Ming was able to score three points last year, this home buff is added, and the basket is like the sea!

"Smack!"

And in the next round, Xu Yong directly completed DeLong's pass to Myers.

I don't know if it's because of the light enemy or the fatigue of traveling, or if after arriving in the UK, I went to experience the red light district like the banana boat brothers in Australia back then, and Delong opened in a very ordinary state.

Xu Yong quickly advanced to the front court after a steal, and after seeing Deng follow up, he threw the ball directly over the basket.

Deng followed up and jumped and held the ball with one hand......

"Bang!"

Direct empty connection to the violent buckle!

The entire North Greenwich Stadium was set on fire at this instant.

Not just because of this dunk, but after Deng completed this dunk, he scored 9 points directly in the opening game!

What could be a more perfect home show?

Jazz head coach Sloan reached out and called a timeout.

Deng took the initiative to find Xu Yong and high-five him after landing this time.

Xu Yong just smiled slightly, he had already won the trust of the bigwigs in the team.