Chapter 337: A Familiar Rhythm
In the midst of the turmoil, the Kings continued to train within the team.
In addition to the tactical training and confrontation arranged by the coach, few people in the Magic team practiced, Yudri was old and didn't practice, Cousins didn't want to practice, Qin Yang couldn't persuade him, and Tyrek Evans was silent, just unwilling to train.
Not to mention the other players, who have no idea of training at all.
On the contrary, Darko and Cosby stayed to accompany Qin Yang to practice, and the three of them also carried out tactical cooperation and confrontation in private, and they were familiar with each other.
Cosby is this year's rookie, but he is the same age as Qin Yang, only a little more than 21 years old.
Qin Yang single-handedly played Kasby, playing very easily and freely, from the point of view of physical fitness and technical characteristics, Casby is very ordinary, but one of the things that Kasby is better than other players is that the ball quotient is very high, knowing when to run, when to pass, and when to shoot.
The offense with the ball is very urgent, but the European step is excellent, the shooting is accurate, and the passing is also above the horizontal line, but the defense and physical fitness are slightly ordinary.
Such a teammate, Qin Yang actually thinks it's very good.
At least Casby is very smart, knows that he has been on Qin Yang's side from the beginning, does not cause trouble, and is very humble and hardworking.
Before the season, in interviews with the media, especially the Israeli media, Qin Yang gave a positive assessment of Kasby:
"Cosby is a great teammate, low-key, humble, hardworking, and very strong, and I fancy him to be a big part of the small forward position this season."
As soon as Qin Yang's words came out, many players worked hard the next day.
In the small forward position, the Kings are a little flooded, Nocioni, Garcia, Dante Green, plus Cosby, four people compete for the position, and the strength is not much different, no one is convinced.
Inadvertently, Cosby became that catfish.
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On October 27, the first regular season game of the 2010-2011 season began, but the first game was away.
The Kings take on the Timberwolves on the road.
Minnesota is at home, and both teams have entered the stadium one after another.
As the boss of the Kings, Qin Yang was the last player on the team to enter, and even if there were not many people applauding on the road, Qin Yang was a little excited.
This is Qin Yang's first time as the boss.
After the warm-up, before the game started, Coach Westafar arranged the starting lineup, and Qin Yang gathered the players together.
"This season, the Kings are going to surprise everyone, so everyone has to work hard for the next games."
"For victory!"
After Qin Yang shouted, Cousins, the second goods, immediately shouted loudly, and the nearby spectators and Timberwolves players were startled.
At this time, the others reacted and whispered together, and everyone's palms pressed down together, and it seemed that they were united.
Kings starters, inside DeMarcus Cousins, Divine Bird Carl Landry, outside, Qin Yang, Tyrek Evans, Cosby.
Timberwolves starters, Kevin Love, Michael Beasley, Ellington, Redno, Telfair.
The Kings started and were really underdogs.
This lineup is a lineup that the coach got after synthesizing a lot of opinions.
Cousins is a rookie on the team and has to be given a long time, so he has to start. The team put a lot of pressure on Westfaal to do it.
Qin Yang and Tyrek Evans must start, there is no suspense.
But the small forward and power forward positions are a little awkward.
In terms of strength, Darko was more dominant at the power forward position, but in order to wipe Cousins' ass, the team chose Landry.
This choice made Qin Yang speechless.
As for the small forward, he finally chose Cosby, who cooperated best with Qin Yang.
The Kings' starting lineup is very dismal, and the two rookies of this year, Cosby and Cousins, and Landry, a substitute for another team, are really weak.
But...... The Timberwolves are also weak chickens.
Kevin Love played well last season and can get it, Michael Beasley is also a high-pick draft, although he is a little brainless, but his strength is not weak, but who are the other three? Most fans don't recognize who these three people are.
The game begins.
Cousins played against Kevin Love, who didn't bounce very well, and Cousins jumped up and pulled the ball over.
Qin Yang is very familiar with getting the ball and slowly dribbling it across the half court.
Defending Qin Yang was Ellington.
Who is this?
Qin Yang is really not familiar with it.
Ellington defended Qin Yang, while Telfer and Redno defended Cosby and Tyrek Evans. According to tactics, Qin Yang passed to Cosby and Tyrek Evans, and they had an absolute advantage in position, and the outside line of the Kings did not suffer.
But Qin Yang didn't pass the ball.
The first ball, the first pass as the team boss? What a choice.
For the first ball, it's time for the boss to shoot.
This is an oath of sovereignty, Qin Yang will not pretend to play according to tactics, this ball should be shot by himself.
Ellington is about the same height as Qin Yang, but his speed is much worse, Qin Yang directly dribbles the ball, and after an emergency stop, he accelerates the European breakthrough.
Ellington was straight through like a stake.
In this season's offseason, Qin Yang learned from Harden and Durant, and the European department is purely a lot, and the breakthrough technology has improved a lot, which is barely comparable to a group of outstanding people in the league.
This level of breakthrough is enough for the time being.
Qin Yang made a layup, Michael Beasley stepped forward to defend, Kevin Love was too slow to keep up, Qin Yang dodged the block under the basket, hit Beasley's arm with both hands, and then threw the basketball to the basket.
Basketball wipe board hit.
The whistle blew.
2+1!
On the first ball, Qin Yang demonstrated the new techniques that Qin Yang learned this offseason.
The Timberwolves attacked, Kevin Love pulled directly outside the three-point line, made a guard movement lightly, and hit a three-point shot after shaking off the space.
Kevin Love's offense, I didn't say anything.
After the first ball was completed, Qin Yang began to play tactics.
The tactics of the Kings are very simple, in addition to covering and blocking the dismantling and passing cut, it is to find the weakest place of the opponent to play.
Tyrek Evans singled Reedno, not too easy, judging from the court, just like James against an ordinary skinny small forward.
It was very easy and willful to run it over.
Cosby is also very easy against Telfer, whose biggest flaw is his physical fitness, speed and strength are relatively average, but Telfeld is even more so. Cosby doesn't have to be too easy to fight.
The Kings took the lead from the start.
This is a rhythm that Qin Yang is very familiar with, and the only regret is that Cousins only got two dunks and two fouls in the first quarter, and his performance was average.
Cousins didn't do well enough on the defensive end, either not defending well or being brain-dead for a foul.
Fortunately, the team was ahead, and Qin Yang did not put pressure on his teammates.
The first quarter ended with the Kings leading by eight points at 29-21.