Chapter 614: Sudden Rise!
When the Pacers were more serious, the Nets immediately messed up the rhythm here. After the timeout, Allen replaced Egypt's Dijus. The arrival of Arun this season has brought a lot of threat to Egypt's Diyous!
One thing that stands out is that Aaron is a ranged player! He's also very active in other areas of defense and rebounding! Also, he signed a cheaper contract with Brooklyn...... Compared to a big man who is close to $3 million a year but has no range, who will the team end up leaning into?
Egyptian Diyus regretted that he didn't listen to Chen Yinan practice more shots when he was on the team. As a result, although his rebounding and defensive ability are higher than Allen's, he has a fatal shortcoming in terms of comprehensive ability!
In order to adapt to the current trend of playing in the league, Mozgov has added three points to himself this summer! He's on his way to star level players right now! The team is also relying on him now.
Russell carried the ball to the frontcourt, and Allen immediately turned around and jumped up to hit a 2-point shot after taking the basketball! 12:7! Turner was a little surprised at the speed of the young man's reaction!
After Oladipo received Al's ball, Turner missed Allen after taking the basketball in the middle of the half! Mozgov took a few steps after getting the rebound and immediately passed the ball to Russell. The latter immediately jumped up and hit a three-point shot! 12:10!
At this time, Chen Yinan's figure appeared on the big screen. The scene immediately cheered enthusiastically. Although there were not many fans here today, it still caused a lot of commotion!
Chen smiled at the camera easily, but he didn't expect the scene to cheer again! The players on the Pacers scene also ran to the big screen to take a few looks.
After receiving the ball, Bo Yang went to the front court and made a jump shot without three points. Turner gets the rebound and adds the ball in! 14:10!
Mozgov went to the sideline and served to Crabbe, who immediately received the ball and missed a jumper. Bojan quickly passed the half court after getting the rebound, and Turner rushed to get the basketball and scored a dunk! 16:10!
The camera went to the current interim coach Borg. He didn't look good on his face because the game didn't go the way he expected.
Russell carried the ball to the frontcourt, and he used his own rhythm to pass Stevenson and score straight to the basket! 16:12! Russell is such a player, his offensive speed is not fast, but sometimes you just can't prevent him~
This season, although some players such as Mozgov, as well as the high-paid blue-collar players who have just arrived at the team for $16 million a year, Crabbe and Allen are in a good mood. Russell, however, felt a little less relaxed.
Speaking of last season, the team as a whole was very passionate! At that time, I was also relatively flexible in terms of tactics on the field. But now, it seems that the team is back to the state it was in when it first joined the Lakers.
I can't see the road ahead. My own salary is now $500+ a year. Although in Brooklyn such a salary is not low. But on other teams, it's not even as good as some players who have just played basketball for a few years.
The thought of not wanting to stay in Brooklyn one night scared Russell. Maybe that's what I really think after the contract ends. When will the Nets not make such a drastic change to their roster? When will they have the quality they did last season? This season, I don't think it's much of a possibility.
After a while, the opponent called a timeout, and the lineup that came back was Turner, Young, Leaf, Cory, Oladipo.
31:24! In the end, the score of the first quarter was fixed here, and Brooklyn trailed by seven points. In the following games, the Pacers basically replaced the main players. And the Nets have been fighting each other!
100:99! In the end, the Nets narrowly beat the Pacers. The news of the day reported on this game, saying that the difference in strength between the two teams is not small, which is a relatively obvious contrast. Further doubts arose about Borg's coaching ability.
Although the Indiana Pacers are still in defeat, the bench players on the team will be wonderful if they win the game in the end!
"I feel like this kid seems to be a little inflated, and he is not a little worse than you. Personally, I'm leaving here in the near future. You got it when you said you were going to magic."
Welch said to Chen as he raised his glass.
"Well, I don't think much of it here Borg. First of all, I haven't planned to go over to Magic. Can't go with you."
"It doesn't matter, everyone has their own aspirations. You can't force it. Or you go to the Timberwolves. This team will definitely be a potential stock in the future! Butler, Downs, Wiggins, Crawford, and our Zhang Hao are also gone! Look at them this season they won't be weak"
"Their coach is also good, let's talk about this later." Chen and Welch found a quieter place to sit down and drink.
The two talked a lot. From this point of view, the Magic team should be good defensively this season. And Atkinson's offensive tactical arrangement is still relatively unique.
When Chen returned, the room felt very quiet. I'm a little drunk, too. The phone is turned off directly, and I guess there is no phone when it's turned on now.
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"No, Jackson, you remember what you said when Anthony was on the team. Is it realized? We're not going to take such a risk and make some irrational decisions."
"What is not sensible? When Chen Yinan was an assistant coach of Atkinson, the team kept in the playoffs! You can attribute this to Atkinson's work, and I don't have much to say. However, last season, Chen's Nets made their team enter the Eastern Conference championship for the third time since 2000! Which of us is irrational?! ”
The Zen master said to the person on the other end of the phone, obviously with some excitement. At this time, he was also a little angry. This matter was negotiated with the management after the first preseason game.
But the unified caliber obtained is not good! It wasn't until it was almost time to get off work that there was some loosening on the other side.
“...... Well, you calm down first. Maybe there's something wrong with what I just said. As for Chen, you saw it when the coach was in a meeting. Many people still don't trust him in their impressions or feelings. I don't trust him to lead the Knicks, and our team has been in a slump for several seasons. Everyone is also worried, and it seems that they are still more sensitive. ”
"Ahem! Cough!! You...... Wait...... Cough! "The Zen master may not have been in good health lately. Immediately, he got up, moved his fat body, went to the water dispenser, and poured himself a glass of warm water.
The water was warm, but his heart cooled a little. The current management is not as talkative as it was when he came. After "getting Anthony" away, his words began to become difficult to execute, especially in terms of choosing people. Maybe I won't be able to do this position for too long.
"So what? I'm back, sorry, maybe some cold lately. Since the team has always been like this, why don't we try this young man Chen? Oh no, he should not be young anymore in terms of seniority. ”
“...... I've written it down, so let's talk about it then. What I want to say is that it's not that I mainly have this idea, it's that most of the people at the meeting didn't agree with letting Chen come over. ”
"Okay, ahem!! I see, let's do it first, and we'll talk about it tomorrow. The Zen master immediately hung up the phone, and after drinking another glass of water, he called Chen Yinan. After a while, the other end shows that the other party has turned off the phone.
"Whew...... "Jackson finished and threw his phone on the couch and lay down and began to think about what to say to those people tomorrow.
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As Welch said, the Timberwolves defeated the Houston Rockets 112-107 in the afternoon game! This game is particularly exciting! The first half was as casual as an All-Star game.
But when we got into the second half, we started to get serious! Anthony replaced Zhou Qi, and Paul and Harden also came up! The Rockets, for their part, don't care too much about winning or losing. However, they want to find out how strong the Timberwolves have been this season!
There are a lot of highlights of the competition! In addition to the hard training reported by the Timberwolves media this summer, it is the confrontation between Zhou Qi and Zhang Hao! Capela basically didn't take much advantage under the basket.
The battle between Butler and Anthony on the front line is very fierce!
In this game, Towns on the Timberwolves side got 27 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist! Gibson had 7 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, and Butler had 16 points, 3 rebounds and 2 steals! Crawford had 11 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, Jones had 6 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists, and Zhang Hao had 3 points and 2 rebounds.
With the exception of Downs and Butler, the rest of the team scored relatively evenly with all of them. This kind of performance made Chen feel that his hope of going might be much smaller.
Capela had 6 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Anderson had 15 points, 5 rebounds and 1 block, and Anthony had 21 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists! Paul 11 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists! Harden 30 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists! Zhou Qi had 5 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
It can be said that Zhang Hao still felt the opponent's strong ability and not low body coordination when he was in the opposite position with Zhou Qi. However, my team is still quite strong as a whole!
Paul wasn't too offensive on the field today. But it can also be seen from the side that the Rockets are still a very strong team! Maybe there are players who don't play well, like Ariza and Gordon.
He didn't go to the ball today. Instead, he snuggled up at home and watched the live broadcast on the computer.
"This season, the Minnesota Timberwolves should start messing with the West." Chen said that his phone rang.
"Hey, Chen Yinan?"
"It's me, who are you?" Chen asked as he watched the other matches. But his attention was about to take his eyes off the game on screen.
"I'm Jackson, the CEO of the New York Knicks~Let's pass the letter~"