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Chapter 176 Scoring King Rodman's First Show
Rodman finally joined the team, and there was little reaction from the Warriors.

The main reason is that Rodman is in a good mood now, and he will train seriously as soon as he joins.

Moreover, in the past few months of his absence, the training has not been wasted, and the state has remained good.

In general, Rodman, the Warriors' coaching staff, and the Warriors' players have nothing to conflict with.

Everything was safe and sound until February 2, before the Warriors vs. Magic at home.

Before the game, the Warriors did not announce Rodman's return.

Therefore, when Rodman appeared on the Warriors' game roster and was included in the lineup.

Everyone except the Warriors was surprised.

"Dennis Rodman appeared at this time, where has he been during this time?"

"It is said that this guy was in Las Vegas a while ago, hanging out with Madonna..."

"What a blessing!"

"You are all sports reporters, basketball reporters, why are you still discussing these invisible laces?
With that time, it is better to think about whether the Warriors are stronger after Rodman joins. "

"It's hard to say, Rodman joins, the top should be Chris Gatlin's position, right?
To me, Gatlin's offense and eating pie are quite important to the Warriors. "

"Chris Gatling's pie is important? I don't think so,

The Warriors' offensive talent is the only one in the league, and one less Gatlin will not have that much impact.

Rodman, on the other hand, provided assistance and supplementary defense, which the Warriors desperately needed..."

The reporters from the Brick House hold their own opinions, but one thing is certain——

Rodman joined, and the Warriors' defense became stronger.

……

The visiting team's locker room at the Oakland Coliseum before the game.

Brian Hill tapped the tactical board, originally intending to fine-tune the tactics for Rodman.

But then, he saw the deadpan shark.

Then he said something extra, and asked the shark: "Shaq, today your opponent may have an extra Dennis Rodman. Do you feel a lot of pressure?"

As soon as he asked this question, the shark rolled his eyes——

"A lot of pressure? Don't be funny, when he partnered with David Robinson last year, he didn't see them defending me?"

"Who is his partner now?"

Brian Hill smiled, but nodded secretly. What the shark said is to speak with facts.

Last year, the Magic and the Spurs played against each other twice and lost both.

But in those two games, the Sharks performed very well.

It can be said that the Magic's loss is not the shark's problem.

As for whose question?Shark used to say it casually, but now, he also has to worry about Penny's thoughts.

Sharks are very confident, just a Rodman, can they guard against him?
For the Warriors, Old Nelson hesitated for a long time, and finally came up with a defensive inside combination.

"Dennis and Luke partnered inside, Latrell and Chris on the wing, Stadt point guard..."

After simply announcing the starting lineup for this game, Nelson then began to emphasize the most important style of play for this game.

"Luke, your job in this game is to stop Shaquille O'Neal from scoring at all costs..."

Babyface Langley nodded, but Old Nelson emphasized again: "Do you know what it means to do whatever it takes?"

Without waiting for Longley to answer, he told Longley straightforwardly: "Whatever it takes means, even if you use fouls, you must prevent Shaquille O'Neal from scoring!"

Lin Xing, who was sitting in the middle seat of the locker room, felt that this was not completely correct, so he couldn't help but remind him:
"No, no, no, it's not just using fouls, but as long as Shaq has the ball, he will foul if he can. Of course, smart people will foul Shaq infinitely after the number of fouls reaches the bonus, even if he is empty-handed..."

Old Nelson was stunned. After Lin Xing finished speaking, he said: "Yes, what Si Da said is correct, just follow what he said..."

Langley nodded heavily, he really wanted to roll his eyes.

The reason for rolling his eyes is that the Warriors used the shark-slashing tactic against the Magic last year.

He is still clear and understands the use of shark hacking tactics.

Old Nelson and Lin Xing, there is no need to emphasize this at all.

and so--

Before the game, the Sharks expressed their disdain for the new inside combination of Rodman, Longley and Chris Gatlin.

He didn't know that the Warriors had already made a big move against him.

Not to mention whether Rodman joined, even if he didn't join, the Warriors have enough ways to deal with the sharks.

……

Oakland Stadium, both teams have already played.

Before the game, Lin Xing hugged the increasingly fat Shark.

The shark glanced at Rodman not far away with a playful look, and asked:

"Let me tell you, is that guy starting today?"

Lin Xing smiled: "Yeah, what's the matter, are you scared?"

"Counsel? When my uncle Shaq is cowardly?"

The shark stared and spread his hands.

Lin Xing shook his head: "Then why are you asking so many questions?"

"just asking……"

Shark also shook his head, turned and left.

After a brief warm-up, it's time for the game to begin.

At the center line, Langley met the shark, but the shark hooked his finger towards Lin Xing, which meant that Lin Xing was going to jump the ball with him.

The Oakland Stadium cheered, especially the fans who had watched the All-Star Game, and screamed a few times at the top of their lungs.

But this time, Lin Xing refused.

This is a serious regular season, not an entertainment All-Star Game.

He's a point guard, and he's supposed to be a point guard.

The shark was rejected, with his mouth puckered and his hands spread.

But his operation did not help him win the opening jump ball.

To put it bluntly, the Sharks and Longley are [-]/[-] when it comes to jump balls.

This time, Langley, who was whole-hearted, won, and he deserved it.

Just like that, Lin Xing controlled the basketball and pushed it past half court.

Lin Xing thought that it should be Penny who was defended by the Magic.

After all, both of them are tall point guards, and they match in height.

But Brian Hill is not a fool. The All-Star Game and the two matches last year have taught him enough lessons.

He knew very well: Although Penny's body shape was comparable to Lin Xing's, the strength confrontation between the two was really not on the same level.

Let Penny defend, Lin Xing may be able to blow up the Magic's defense alone.

Therefore, it was their full-time single defender Nick Anderson who made the magic stand out against Lin Xing.

Nick Anderson's defense is a bit better than Penny's, but it's limited.

In the first attack of the opening game, Lin Xing passed Nick Anderson with the fastest first step amidst the cheers of the Oakland Stadium.

After rushing to the middle distance, Lin Xing encountered the magic's help defense and supplementary defense.

Unlike last year, this year's Magic has an extra Cobra Grant.

Originally, the task of assisting defense and supplementary defense was all for the sharks. Now that the sharks are liberated, they only need to defend the restricted area to complete the task.

The gap is still quite large.

Especially for Lin Xing, originally he passed Nick Anderson, and he only needs to pass the Sharks again to face an empty basket.

But now, he has an extra opponent named Cobra.

In the middle distance, Lin Xing was surrounded by cobras, and further in, there was a threat of sharks.

Lin Xing stopped for a step, and as soon as he turned around, Nick Anderson followed behind him.

A local pinch defense fulfilled Lin Xing's wish.

He turned over and jumped, but it was a point ball inward, and the one who caught the basketball was the newcomer Rodman.

"Star, leaned on Horace Grant in the middle distance, and Nick Anderson, who was thrown off by him, also followed up, pinching defense!"

"This is the standard equipment for many teams to defend against Sri Lanka. Let's see how Sri Lanka handles the ball..."

"He turned over. Is this a shot? No, it's a pass!"

"It was Dennis Rodman who received the basketball, this..."

At this moment, Groom Albert didn't know how to explain it.

It was Rodman who caught the ball. Rodman played 37.8 minutes last season and averaged only 4.7 points per game.

Played single-digit games with the Spurs this season, averaging 7.1 points per game.

A point was given to Rodman at the beginning of the game. Isn't this troublesome?

Not to mention Albert, even Rodman on the court didn't expect that the first ball in the game could be passed to him?

Although surprised, Rodman's movements did not stop.

Because the Cobra against him went to defend Lin Xing, and because of the sharks under the basket, all the attention was on Lin Xing.

So at this moment, the basket in front of Rodman is unguarded.

He jumped up directly, facing the unguarded basket, and dunked with a bang.

"boom!"

Thunderous cheers erupted from the Oakland Stadium, the commentary booth, Marv Albert will comment——

"The first ball in the opening game, Dennis Rodman's in-place dunk, was still flat. With just this bounce, he should go to the slam dunk contest!"

"But I have to admit, Star's pass is wonderful..."

This wave, Albert's face-changing, can be said to be a classic Beijing opera face-changing.

But Albert also gave his reason for changing his face: "Everyone, including me, could not have imagined that this wave of Starbucks would actually pass the ball to Dennis Rodman, who averaged 4.7 points per game last season."

"So, Rodman caught the ball and gave the Magic a hard blow."

Not to mention, Lin Xing's pass can indeed be described as unexpected.

In a word, who would a normal person pass the first ball to Rodman?

Danzi can't even do this.

It started 2-0, and then it was the Magic's round.

Penny took control of the ball, and after halftime, he faced Lin Xing's defense.

Emmm, to be precise, it was Lin Xing's defense that made him feel desperate.

To be more precise, all point guards with inaccurate shots from COSCO will be tortured when facing Lin Xing.

Although the Warriors' offensive penny does not defend Lin Xing, the Magic's offensive Lin Xing defends Penny.

It's not that Lin Xing wants to be a penny mentality, in fact, he has nothing to guard against, so he can't be allowed to guard against sharks, right?

But the Magic's first goal in the opening game was really given to the Sharks.

If it was any other opponent, Pence would have made the Magic's first goal.

This is also the reason why the sharks are becoming more and more dissatisfied with Penny, but the dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, and the sharks can't help it.

Who made him a center and Penny a point guard?
The first ball of the game was given to the Sharks, and the Sharks were impolite. They turned around and ran over Langley, which was a dunk.

After the dunk, Shark clenched his fists, exposing his huge biceps and showing off his muscles.

At the beginning of the game, Longley, who had agreed to use a foul to stop the Sharks, did not make a move.

It's not that he forgot, nor is it that his rebellious period has arrived.

It was this ball, and Langley was sat away by the sharks all at once.

When the Sharks took off, it was too late for Longley to foul again.

To say that Langley's golf quotient is still quite high, his judgment is very correct.

If the ball is really fouled, there is a high probability that it will be a 2+1.

Whether the Sharks make or not make the extra penalty is two things.

But it is a crime to give 2+1 at the beginning.

In any case, at the beginning, the Warriors played the familiar Lin Xing's sudden breakout attack.

Magic also played their inside advantage, it seems that this game will be a fierce battle.

but……

In the Warriors' offense, Lin Xing continued to score points. Facing the defense, he scored another ball inward, looking for Rodman.

At the basket, Rodman made another layup and scored 2 points.

After scoring 4 points in a row, Rodman was really shocked.

The first two balls were passed to him. When did he get this treatment?
Think about it carefully, in Rodman's career, the Pistons had the most possessions. He averaged 11.6 points per game in his peak season, and he also performed 34 points in a single game.

But most of the time, he's on a team that doesn't need him to attack.

For example, in the Spurs in the past two years, last season, his possession of the ball was so low that he averaged 3.7 shots per game.

These 3.7 times, it can be said that there is almost no pie, and most of them are shots from the basket.

Another example is the previous life, after he went to the bull, it was the same.

The Bulls don't need him to attack, so he doesn't attack, he only grabs rebounds.

And towards the end of his Pistons career, opportunities to perform offensively were few and far between.

Even in his last season with the Pistons, his shooting percentage was only in the early 4s, which looked very bad.

It looks like he has no offensive talent, but in fact...

That season, Rodman averaged 1.2 three-pointers per game and scored 0.2 times.

That's him messing around...

Rodman, who is not rotten and just eats cakes, is still very talented in offense.

Just like this game, he felt very comfortable even after eating the two cakes that Lin Xing fed to his mouth.

Lin Xing's pass, soft and just right, made him think of someone.

"Too much like Isiah..."

That's right, Rodman's old teammate, the smiling assassin Isiah Thomas.

Emmm, Lin Xing wouldn't say that he got the pass from the assassin.

Lin Xing even fed Rodman two cakes, which is not over yet.

Turning around and attacking the Magic, Penny resisted Lin Xing's defense and wanted to find the shark.

As a result, Lin Xing judged the path of the ball in advance, stretched out his long arm, and made a steal.

Snapped!
"Cut it! Star cut Penny's pass..."

"The Warriors fought back, the front three..."

Groom Albert thought the Warriors' counterattack was three-on-three, but upon closer inspection, it turned out to be four-on-three.

The extra person is precisely Rodman.

"Four to three in the frontcourt, Dennis Rodman followed!"

Rodman followed, but it seemed that the Magic didn't pay attention to him.

In this game, he was a bit like Tetsuya Kuroko, with his own buff that was ignored by others.

So Lin Xing passed the ball to Rodman for the third time.

Also for the third time, Rodman jumped up and hung on the basket.

He actually scored 6 points in a row, and all the 6 points the Warriors scored in the opening game came from him.

In this wave, Rodman has become the Warriors' team scoring leader, which is also strange and strange!

(End of this chapter)