Chapter 294 The regular season begins

Author: Different Sparks

Chapter 294 The regular season begins

Damn, Joe, you have too many point guards. Give them to me. Is it necessary to waste so much?

And with your weird perimeter lineup, how are you going to defend my perimeter?

Da Zhuang took a deep look at the Hornets head coach Clifford who was standing on the sidelines. His eyes were full of sympathy. Are you trying to make fun of this weird starting lineup? What makes Da Zhuang most incredible is that after the double

The starting player stood on the court, and he unexpectedly found Walker standing in the second position.

Let me go, Walker, who is 1.83 meters tall, is facing Middleton, who is 2.01 meters tall.

Whose idea was this? How much hatred is there for Kemba Walker to let him come up and suffer this kind of torture?

"Shetter, with this lineup arrangement, are the Hornets planning to fail this season?" Smith stood next to Da Zhuang and looked at the Hornets' starters on the court and also gave his own remarks.

"Actually, don't underestimate this lineup. Kemba is still very talented offensively. Don't be fooled by his height. The Hornets are indeed very imaginative. They want to completely liberate Kemba's offensive talent."

D'Antoni, who came to Da Zhuang at that time, had a different view.

After listening to D'Antoni's words, Da Zhuang also calmed down. After thinking about it carefully, it was indeed as D'Antoni said. Kemba Walker's speed and explosive power are famous in the league, and his specialty is throwing shots after hitting the basket.

And the pull rod to break through to the basket, and this guy's shooting range from the outside is also guaranteed.

Precisely because of his height, his shooting point is very high, which is also a difficulty for defense. In addition, although Middleton has an advantage in height, he is at a disadvantage in terms of speed.

Not to mention, after thinking about it carefully, Da Zhuang was really interested in the Hornets' lineup.

"However, in terms of defense, if the Hornets use this lineup as their main force this season, I'm afraid they will suffer a big loss." Da Zhuang said after thinking for a while.

"Well, I agree with this, so he and Chris are at best at each other's throats."

Soon after the game started, the situation of the game confirmed the discussion between the two.

As for the Hornets' offense, as D'Antoni said, Shuhao Lin joined the Hornets to better liberate Walker's offensive talent. This guy's explosive power is indeed very strong, and Middleton was badly surprised.

But on defense, the backcourt duo of him and Lin Shuhao is really useless, let alone Middleton. Once Yi Jianlian starts to mention the mismatch caused by the high pick-and-roll, it will definitely make you

A desperate attack.

Da Zhuang on the sidelines looked at Walker's constant attack on the inside with deep thought. When the first official timeout came in the first quarter, Da Zhuang also rearranged the lineup.

"Henry, when you go up, pay attention to assisting in defense on the inside. Chris, don't forcefully defend his breakthrough, defend his outside with all your strength. As for him trying to get inside, Henry and Greg will teach him a lesson."

After the timeout, the Timberwolves replaced Yi Jianlian with Himes.

It was this substitution that caused the Hornets' offense to encounter a lot of trouble on the court. In the past few minutes, Kemba Walker's tried and tested method of attacking the inside was well contained.

Previously, due to Yi Jianlian's defensive problems, once Walker hit the inside, Yi Jianlian's defense speed could not keep up, which resulted in Oden facing a lot more pressure in the three-second zone, and Walker himself has the ability to pass the ball.

Ability, so after rushing into the paint, the connection between him and Jefferson gave the Hornets a very strong offensive momentum.

But it's different now. Himes' advantage lies in his fast movement and strong defensive ability. Therefore, after Himes comes on the court, Oden faces much less pressure. In this way, Walker rushes

The defensive pressure he faced when entering the paint was not just brought to him by Oden alone.

The game restarts after the timeout.

The Hornets failed to score in three consecutive rounds of offense. The reason was that Walker was blocked. All three offenses were executed by Walker. Two of them even had two big blocks, Oden and Shim.

Si one person loosened one for him.

On the other hand, the Timberwolves' offense has greatly increased morale due to its defensive success. On offense, Middleton and Bennett also hit three-pointers from the outside one after another.

The score difference between the two sides suddenly became double digits within a few minutes.

This gap in real strength cannot be made up by many tactics. This gap became even greater in the second quarter of the game when both sides changed into rotation lineups at the same time.

Clifford's face, who was standing on the sidelines, changed from being calm and relaxed at the beginning to becoming serious.

Obviously, Da Zhuang's move directly hit the Wasp's weakness.

However, the opponent found his own weakness and defended his attack, but he was unable to defend himself against the opponent's attack.

But after all, it was just a preseason game, so Dazhuang didn't take it too seriously. In the third quarter of the game, after the score difference had reached more than 20 points, Dazhuang directly arranged for a substitute appearance.

Even Wright got nearly 20 minutes of playing time in this game.

Finally, at the referee's whistle, the game ended.

115 to 108, the score is very close, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Timberwolves basically have no main players on the court in the fourth quarter.

On the contrary, the Hornets' starting players all played more than 30 minutes.

When the score difference between the two sides was the largest, it was as much as 24 points. This shows how much advantage the Timberwolves had in the first three quarters of the game.

"You are very strong, congratulations!" As soon as the game ended, Da Zhuang shook hands with Clifford on the sidelines.

"Thank you, you are very strong too."

At the press conference after the game, Da Zhuang also appeared to be very low-key and praised the Hornets profusely, pouring out all kinds of complimentary words.

After the press conference, according to the league's schedule, the Timberwolves and Hornets will go to the Mercedes-Benz Center in Shanghai on October 14 for the second game of the China League.

However, we won’t be able to go to Shanghai yet tomorrow, as the alliance still has some activities for partners.

According to the plan, the Timberwolves will arrive in Shanghai on the afternoon of the 13th.

"Shu Hao, do you have time in the evening? How about I treat you to dinner? Try the delicious food of Guangdong Province."

"If you have time, no problem."

After Da Zhuang returned to the hotel and thought about it, he also contacted Lin Shuhao to handle the matter that Yao Ming had asked of him. This matter really could only be handled here, and it would not be appropriate to wait until he returned to the beautiful country.
Chapter completed!