plumnovel Chapter 285 Opener
Chapter 285 Opener
Chapter 285 Opener
286. Opening Game
On October 10, the long-awaited NBA30-2001 season finally arrived as scheduled.
In the opening game of this season, the NBA officials also prepared particularly grandly, a total of 12 long games were arranged.
More than that, these games can be described as a strong dialogue, full of highlights.
For example, the Lakers played against the Trail Blazers, the old opponents in the playoffs in recent years.
There are also the Knicks and the Wizards. The cities where the two teams are located, one is the economic center and the other is the political center, have always been at odds.
As for the Sonics, they got the opponent is the king.
The Sacramento Kings, the opponents they met in the Western Conference semifinals last season, are not weak.
In addition, the two teams are also known as the most gorgeous team in the NBA.
This is not nonsense, it can be seen from the scoring average alone, basically it is the first and second in the list.
It's just that, the slight difference is that the Kings use Princeton as the team's offensive tactics.
The Supersonics, on the other hand, also focus on passing and cutting, as well as off-ball running, but the proportion of star players is higher.
In addition, while the Sonics insist on fast-paced offense, they also pay more attention to defense.
"CCTV, CCTV..."
At around 10 o'clock in China time, the familiar voice once again spread to thousands of households through the sports channel.
It was the familiar Sun Zhengping and Zhang Lili again, and the two teamed up to comment again.
"The opening game of the new season, I believe everyone has been looking forward to it for a long time, and the next one is the Supersonic game."
Zhang Lili also said: "That's right, this season, the Sonics have not made major changes, but there have been small reinforcements.
More importantly, today's Sonics team is actually a very young team.
Rashad Lewis is in 4th grade, Wang Hao is in 3rd grade, and Quentin Richardson and Michael Reid are only in 2nd grade.
Another year has passed, now, how far have they grown? "
"Director Zhang looks very much looking forward to the Supersonics game?"
"Of course, I think it's not just me, our audience friends have been looking forward to today's game for a long time.
It's a pity that in the last game, Dazhi was unable to play due to injuries. "
That's right, today's CCTV has prepared a big gift for the Huaxia audience!
The match between Wang Zhizhi and Wang Hao will be broadcast twice in a row.
It's a pity that during the team training before the preseason, Wang Zhizhi was accidentally injured and failed to appear in the squad.
To be honest, this is not a good thing!
Wang Zhizhi's position in the Mavericks is not solid, and he and Nowitzki can't compete at all.
His competitors can only be other insiders of the Mavericks.
He is better at offense, and now the Mavericks coach Nelson is playing offense crazily.
Needless to say, Wang Zhizhi actually has a chance to gain the trust of old Nelson and get more playing time.
Unfortunately, he was injured.
The injury at this time actually added another layer of fog to Wang Zhizhi's future in the NBA.
Last season, after the CBA game ended, Wang Zhizhi actually played in the NBA, and his performance was very average.
It can be said that it is completely incomparable with his performance in the CBA.
That doesn't make the Mavericks feel like he's indispensable, something they can't do without.
The preseason, and the beginning of the season, is the time to put all your energy in front of the head coach and fight for playing time.
No matter how good you are in training, it's not as good as having a good game.
But Wang Zhizhi was injured at this time.
To be honest, this is very fatal. After all, the competition among the teams will not be suspended just because you are injured.
After a period of time, Wang Zhizhi may not be able to find a suitable position when he comes back.
Because the team has completed the run-in, others have found the most appropriate position.
Of course, in the final analysis, it is still a question of strength.
"CCTV, CCTV, the next thing I want to bring you is the 2001-2002 season, the opening game of the NBA, where the Sonics will challenge the Kings away."
Zhang Lili also said that taking advantage of the situation: "This game is still very interesting, a repeat of last season's Western Conference semifinals.
Moreover, the Kings have made a huge change this season. Mike Bibby replaced Jason Williams as the team's point guard.
Jason Williams, as we all know, nicknamed White Chocolate, is a very gorgeous player.
In the past, the gorgeous style of play often meant all kinds of magical breakthroughs and incredible dunks.
However, White Chocolate changed this perception, and he also played a gorgeous offense with the pass.
All kinds of passes without looking at people, as well as passing from one side to the other, and even elbow passes, are very gorgeous. "
As a supporter, Sun Zhengping quickly said, "Then Director Zhang thinks, why did the Kings choose to give up on him?"
"Gorgeous offense, but not for the Kings, the Kings offense is great, but it's about the team as a whole, not one person.
For the Princeton system of the Kings, the traditional stable point guard is more suitable for them. "
Perhaps there was a small problem with the TV broadcast, and the footage of the live broadcast hadn't been shown yet, so Sun Zhengping continued to guide the topic.
"So for today's game, who does Director Zhang like more?"
"Of course it is the Supersonics. Now, many fans say that the Supersonics are our home team, so we have to support them!
However, I am not because of this.
In terms of strength, the Sonics are indeed the stronger side, as proved last season.
Not only that, a few days ago, during the preseason game, ESPN, an American media, even created a ranking list of combat power.
Through some basketball experts, as well as media people, to rank the 29 teams in the NBA.
This No. 1 is naturally the defending champion Lakers. As for No. 2 is the Supersonics, the Kings are ranked 8th. "
"The media in the United States also believes that the supersonic speed is stronger."
"Yeah, and also, let's note that in the offseason, Chris Webber had surgery and he's not back yet.
In other words, today's Kings actually lack their strongest scorer, and their strength is compromised. "
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Speaking of this, the TV screen flashed, and the game had already started.
Sun Zhengping seemed to have been notified by the backstage a long time ago, and immediately ended the chat with Zhang Weiping, saying.
"Okay, there was a little problem with the broadcast in the background just now, it's all right now, let's enter today's game."
"What's going on? It's already 11:2!"
As soon as the TV screen came back, Zhang Weiping couldn't help but yelled, as if he hadn't expected it!
Because in the TV broadcast screen, it clearly shows the remaining time of the first quarter: 10 minutes and 18 seconds.
In other words, in less than 2 minutes, the Sonics have scored 11 points, while the Kings have only scored two points.
Sun Zhengping hastily introduced: "The starting positions of the two teams in this game are as expected in the season.
On the Supersonic side, Gary Payton and Wang Hao are still partnered in the backcourt, and Rashad Lewis and PJ Brown are on the front line.
Sitting inside is Patrick Ewing, one of the four famous NBA centers.
For the Kings, the backcourt is the newly joined team Mike Bibby and defensive champion Christie.
On the front line are Scott Pollard and Peja Stojakovic, and the center is still Verati Divac. "
Just finished speaking, Zhang Lili also said: "I just looked at the statistics, Lewis and Gary Payton each threw a three-pointer.
As for Wang Hao, in addition to scoring 2 points, he also had two assists. This game is interesting. "
In fact, the audience didn't care to listen to them at this time, they were already busy watching the game!
Just now, in the offense of the Kings, the outside line had no chance at all, so they could only give the ball to Divac.
Divac was lucky. Facing Ewing, he moved with his feet and made a shooting foul.
After all, Divac is a European-born center, and his free throws are actually pretty good, of course, that is the level of most centers.
Sure enough, he made one of two free throws and struggled to get back one point.
Back to the Supersonics' offensive round, Wang Hao did not run without the ball, but directly asked for the ball in the low post.
Christie tried her best to confront Wang Hao, but Wang Hao resisted and took the ball steadily.
As soon as he got the ball on his side, the Kings' side was not polite, and someone immediately double-teamed, naturally it was Mike Bibby on the same side.
It's just that Mike Bibby is also very experienced, and he didn't rush over all at once, but kept cruising.
No way, Gary Payton's three-pointer just now made him dare not go all-in on double-teaming.
Wang Hao didn't rush to attack either, this was the head coach's request.
Wang Hao holding the ball on the baseline, coupled with Gary Payton on the same side, has attracted enough attention.
At this time, if the Sonics can have more off-ball running and air cutting on the other side, there are definitely many opportunities
To be honest, if Ruben Patterson is still there at this time, perhaps he is more suitable for this tactic.
Not to mention this, Paul Westphal also clearly felt that the inside line of the Supersonics was a bit crowded.
Or, when Wang Hao needs to drop low, PJ Brown and Ewing must appear on one side at the same time.
This undoubtedly made the positions of the two overlap, and the effect was not good.
More importantly, PJ Brown has limited range and can't put too much pressure on opponents.
As for Ewing, he actually has a middle distance, but he is too old and obviously lacks running.
In the end, Mike Bibby still chose to double-team, because if he didn't act, Wang Hao would really make a move.
This is not in line with the Kings' pre-game tactics.
After four preseason games, the Kings naturally paid attention to the Sonics.
Not only because of the loss in the Western Conference semifinals last year, but also because the two teams are in the same division.
After a season, the two teams will play 4 times.
Through the performance in the preseason, the Kings also know that the Supersonics have a new tactic, and Wang Hao's low-post singles.
This is the beginning of the season, and the new team still needs to adjust, especially how good is Wang Hao's low-post singles?
On Adelman's side, he didn't have the mind to be a sparring partner, so he simply arranged a double-team tactic.
To put it bluntly, he also knew that Wang Hao was not easy to let go.
This kind of super scorer, once he can easily raise his hand at the beginning of the game, it will be difficult to deal with.
It's a pity that the effect of double-teaming is not obvious.
Wang Hao is obviously not the kind of player who only has the basket in his eyes after getting the ball and can't pass the ball.
Seeing that Mike Bibby was about to double-team, Wang Hao was also very straightforward, and gave the ball to Gary Payton with one hit.
Mike Bibby is very good, he is not only a qualified point guard, but also not bad defensively.
He actually realized that Wang Hao would pass the ball, and when he was prepared, he returned very quickly.
There was no chance for Gary Payton to make a direct shot at all.
It's just that Gary Payton's reaction was equally quick, and the moment he got the ball, he returned the ball to Wang Hao again.
This is a simple inside-out tactic, creating singles opportunities for inside players.
It looks simple, but it's actually not that easy to do. He is very strict about passing skills and timing.
Let's just say that the Huaxia team has Yao Ming's huge advantage. What they need to do is to create opportunities for Yao Ming to play singles.
If such a tactic can be played and Yao Ming is given a one-on-one chance, the chances of scoring a goal are very high.
It's a pity that many times, Yao Ming got the ball and was double-teamed, so he had to pass the ball out.
But at this time, the players of the Huaxia team wanted to return the ball to Yao Ming. Sometimes, the time was not so good.
You can't just blame other players, because sometimes, the timing of Yao Ming's passing the ball is not so appropriate.
Maybe all insiders have this problem. They need to rely on their teammates to feed the ball to score. After they get the ball, they are very reluctant to pass the ball out.
Unless it's a situation where you have to pass the ball.
The basketball returned to Wang Hao's hands again, and he immediately made a gesture to shoot. In this case, there is a good chance to point the defender away.
It's just that an excellent defender must always remember to stand in the defensive position is the most important thing.
Stand in the defensive position and don't eat and shake before you can talk about defense.
That's what Christie did, he put his hand up, but he didn't jump.
It's just that the defensive team is passive after all, and his center of gravity is still disturbed by Wang Hao.
After the feint, Wang Hao quickly broke through, and Christie naturally tried to catch up.
In order to prevent Wang Hao from breaking through, he simply didn't dare to leave any leeway, and if there was no leeway, there would be no follow-up.
Sure enough, Wang Hao changed his rhythm again. It was an emergency stop, and Christie rushed past him very simply.
"Shh!"
Without any surprises, Wang Hao's mid-range shot was a steady hit, and it seemed a little embarrassing for a single defense to defend him.
13:3
Seeing that the score continued to be opened, Adelman had to stand up and called a timeout.
It's a big problem that the defense can't defend, but the bigger problem is that the offense can't do it either.
You know, the Kings are famous and reached the Western Conference Finals last year, relying on offense.
If Chris Webber is there, when the team's offense is not going well, he can still rely on him to solve the problem in singles.
Now that Chris Webber is missing, the Kings' offense has obviously been affected a lot.
(End of this chapter)