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Chapter 204 Danzi's Strongest Defense

For the Warriors, the opening game of the 1995-1996 season was no different from the previous season.

They boarded the plane and left Oakland the day before the season.

That's right, the Warriors' new season still has to start on the road.

Not only did they have to start from the away game, they had a day off after playing the Bulls in the first game, and then they were going to New York to face the Knicks.

That was also a major event, because it was held on the night of Halloween, so it was dubbed the title of Halloween War by the alliance.

The opening is two highlight games, both of which are away games.

All the warriors, especially the group of veterans, started complaining not long after boarding the plane.

"What do you call this? Last year we started off with a straight line. We thought it would be easier this year, but it turns out..."

"In the end, we still played the Bulls away in the first game, and the Knicks in the second away game. How is this different from last year?"

"Don't say it's no different, just this schedule is exactly the same as last year!"

"..."

On the plane, the newcomers were dumbfounded.

Mourning said: "Exactly the same? Is it that exaggerated?"

"Exaggeration? In the first game last year, we also played against the Bulls, followed by a few consecutive games. We wandered around the East for almost half a month."

"However, this year is still a little better than last year. After these two games, we can go home."

"The problem is, these two games are the highlight this year. The Bulls, Stadt vs. Michael, are all over the screen."

"There are also the Knicks and the Halloween game. The New York Times has made a big headline, saying that the people of New York warmly welcome the famous New York star Falk Star Lin to return to New York."

"These two games are the main event, and you can't lose..."

On the plane, Lin Xing, who had been silent all the time, also felt that he could not lose in these two games.

Losing to the bulls will not have much impact on public opinion, but the psychological pressure will be great.

Although public opinion and Lin Xing don't think the Bulls are strong this season, they are always just in case.

What if the addition of Longley and Otis Thorpe completely activates Danzi?
Lin Xing is too aware of Danzi's dominance, who made him a latecomer?

Losing to the Knicks means that the pressure of public opinion is too great.

The New York media refused to accept anyone, even Pat Riley, who led the Knicks to the forefront of the Eastern Conference all year round.

No, this summer Riley took his talent to the South Coast, and the New York media called it an outrage.

A random spray, the meaning of the whole text is-Riley who leaves New York will never be successful.

Lin Xing just laughed. With Garnett, the cornerstone of ten years, and Pat Riley, the old fox, will the Heat be successful?
If it is necessary to say that Riley cannot gain success after going to the Heat, there is only one possibility——

Lin Xing won all the championships in the next 20 years...

If the New York media treats the meritorious minister Pat Riley like this, it can be imagined for Lin Xing.

When Lin Xing won, Lin Xing was the famous New York star Falk Star.

But as long as Lin Xing loses, the four words New York celebrity will be removed.

To sum up, in these two games, against Lin Xing and the Warriors, you can't lose!

……

Time flies, and it's the day of the opening match.

This year, the league has opened up, and the opening game is no longer a melee of more than 20 teams.

They arranged three major games, a Warriors away game against the Bulls, a Lakers game against the Rockets at home, and a Knicks game against the Pacers at home.

In addition to the Warriors vs. Bulls, the Rockets vs. Lakers and Pacers vs. Knicks are mainly due to their respective home games.

Madison is the Mecca of basketball, but the Lakers' Big West Forum doesn't have so many nicknames.

But Los Angeles is one of the best metropolises in the United States, and the Lakers are one of the most glorious teams in league history.

Therefore, the Lakers must have an opening game at home, and the opponents will pick and choose, and the defending champion is the most suitable.

In contrast, the opening game of the Warriors vs. the Bulls was purely supported by the Lin Xing vs. Jordan matchup.

Although Lin Xing failed to lead his team to win the championship last season, his current momentum looks like a new god.

His popularity is at the top of the NBA, and his personal ability is also the best in the league.

The average triple-double last season plus the regular season MVP has allowed Lin Xing to slightly overwhelm Danzi in terms of momentum.

Therefore, this game is a battle between the old gods and the new gods.

Public opinion is very important, the new god Lin Xing is very important, and even the old god Danzi is very important.

Half an hour before the start of the game, Danzi was already sitting in the locker room of the Bulls' home court.

Zen master often talks about the key points that need to be paid attention to after the start of the game. For Zen master, the cards in his hand this season are finally not so stretched.

"For this game, our starters are -- point guard BJ Armstrong, shooting guard Michael Jordan, small forward Scottie Pippen, power forward Otis Thorpe, center Luke Longley."

The above five players are the regular starters for the Bulls this season.

Needless to say, the three outsiders, Armstrong is the Bulls' third firepower point after Dan Zi and Pi Er.

With the two inside, Thorpe provided the Bulls with scarce rebound protection. Thorpe, who has been playing under Dameng all the year round, is naturally not bad in single defense and cooperative defense.

Finally, Langley, the most critical and important Langley.

The triangle offense actually needs an insider who can organize and support. When the Bulls won the first three championships, Cobra Grant played this role.

By the time Danzi retired and came back, Cobra had already gone to the Magic.

Last season, in order to make up for this gap, Zen Master chose to start Toni Kukoc.

This year, Langley is here, providing the inside hardness and frame protection that the Bulls need. More importantly, Langley also has a center forward to support him.

In addition to the above five starters, the Bulls' bench depth is not bad.

Although Ron Harper is gone, Toni Kukoc has returned to the bench, and the bench has a leader.

Therefore, in summary, Zen master is full of confidence in the current season.

Danzi is also very confident, but he knows that everything has to start from the current game.

"If you want to turn around last season, you have to start with the victory in this game."

The reason why Danzi is full of confidence is that this summer, he has experienced abnormal hard training.

The season started, and he felt a lot of energy all over his body.

……

Soon, the time came to the time when the game was about to start.

Both teams have already played, the Warriors playing away enjoyed boos from the Windy City, and the Bulls playing at home also enjoyed warm cheers at home.

Cheers mixed with boos, the starters of the two teams debuted.

As soon as Danzi came on stage, he opened his long arms.

Don't get me wrong, it's not Lin Xing who he wants to hug, but Byron Russell.

Russell was flattered. You must know that although he was Danzi's teammate in the past season, he had little communication with Danzi.

On the one hand, he is too young to have anything in common with Danzi.

On the other hand, after being teammates with Lin Xing, in terms of basketball, as a role player, Russell can't find any faults.

Therefore, there is no need for Danzi to train Russell, a junior.

In fact, Danzi at this time is still rejoicing that he didn't take care of Russell last season.

If it is taken care of, it is equivalent to being an enemy?

Hugging Russell, Danzi said some provocative words with some words of encouragement.

Then, Danzi turned to Lin Xing, stretched out his right hand, and held Lin Xing together.

"I heard that your defense has improved a lot this season? Then I'll wait to see how much your defense has improved."

Dan Zi said a harsh word, but Lin Xing smiled and shook his head.

As far as today's game is concerned, he is not Danzi's opponent at all.

Because the old Nelson has already decided that after the start of the regular season, no matter who the opponent is, Lin Xing's role of sweeping the middle distance will not change.

It's the same in this game. Lin Xing sweeps the middle distance and defends Danzi. Russell.

Why not madmen?Because of how poorly the madman defended against Danzi last season, everyone has also seen it.

Instead of letting the madman try and make mistakes, it is better to try Russell who has just arrived.

The two were teammates before, and maybe they still have a little bit of experience in training matches.

"Then you have no chance, Mike, your opponent in this game is not me."

Lin Xing's response surprised Danzi a little.

"It's not you, who is that?"

Russell on the side scratched his head naively: "It's me, Mike..."

"you?"

"Don't worry, Maikou, I will work hard to prevent you from death in this game."

"Wait, wait, Byron, you say you're going to prevent me?"

"alright……"

"Are you sure you're not kidding?"

"I'm sure!"

Although Russell is very serious, Danzi just thinks this guy is joking.

He shook his head, ready to teach Russell a lesson when the game started.

"You have to make this guy understand, he? He can't guard against me. If it's Si Dalai, he still has a chance."

His thoughts were wandering, and the next second, Danzi shook his head secretly: What, Si Dalai has no chance, who in this alliance can guard against me?

This is Michael Jordan, this is Jordan's confidence.

Before the game started, Lin Xing also hugged his old teammate Langley.

The Australian cutie is not unhappy because of leaving the Warriors. Of course, the main reason for not being unhappy is——

In the Bulls, he got a more important team status and a more important tactical status.

Soon, the game began.

The Australian cutie faced Mourning, who had overtaken him, and the Australian cutie won the opening jump ball.

Lost the jump ball, mainly because Mourning was too short.

Mourning's registered height is only 2 meters, which may actually be shorter.

Lin Xing knows that the new season has changed the center, and the number of times the Warriors lose jump balls at the beginning of the game may increase.

But it's not without a solution. He can guarantee a [-]% success rate when he goes up to jump the ball.

Shaking his head, Lin Xing, who retreated quickly, didn't think much about it. He quickly met BJ Armstrong.

On the defensive end, the Warriors' defensive matchup has not changed much, and the Madman and Russell have switched positions.

Madman confronts Pi Er, and Russell confronts Dan Zi.

From the point guard to the inside, the matchups of the remaining three positions have not changed.

At the beginning, Armstrong controlled the ball, but within two seconds, he made a cross pass and handed the ball to Pi Er who circled the top of the arc.

Pi Er is also a transfer station for the ball. At the top of the arc, he observed his teammates for a while, and then passed the ball to find Danzi who was running on the left.

Russell hurried to follow, and he stuck to Danzi to death.

Unexpectedly, Danzi, who caught the ball, had just taken two steps before making an emergency stop and shooting.

Of course, his ball is still a little bit backward.

After reacting, Russell desperately stretched out his hand, wanting to interfere, but it interfered with loneliness.

Swish-!
There was a crisp sound of net scraping, followed by bursts of cheers.

Danzi scored this goal!
On the court, Danzi who landed clenched his fists.

He didn't say much, but his attitude was already there.

"Byron Russell can't guard against Michael at all, why don't the Warriors let Star himself go out?"

In the commentary seat, Matt Gutica looked puzzled.

But turning his head, Lin Xing, who was about to kick off in the backcourt, patted Russell on the back.

"We'll defend later, you don't have to stick so close, keep some distance, and I'll help you defend."

Russell nodded immediately. He has cooperated many times in training games and preseason games, and he understands the meaning of Lin Xing's words very well.

In fact, in this game, Old Nelson did not expect Russell's single defense to be able to limit Danzi.

For Danzi, the defense he prepared has always been Russell's frontal single defense supplemented by Lin Xing's side assist defense.

It was just the first ball in the opening game. Russell defended too tightly, and Lin Xing had no space to help defend, which gave Danzi a chance to play one-on-one from beginning to end.

If you want to say that this triangle offense is played one-on-one.

Therefore, old Nelson, who knew this very well, had made up his mind long ago not to give Danzi a chance to fight one by one.

Lin Xing's auxiliary defense and supplementary defense is his prepared backhand.

Soon, the Warriors' offense.

The preseason proved that although the defense was switched, the Warriors' offense did not fall.

On the front, it was none other than Danzi who defended Lin Xing.

Zen Master also had no choice, let alone Pi Er couldn't defend Lin Xing, even if he could, Zen Master would not let Pi Er defend him.

The main reason is that Pi Er also has the task of assisting in defense, which is the same as Lin Xing.

After peeling off the skin, the remaining starters and main players of the Bulls can only defend against Lin Xing.

In fact, when it comes to defense, Danzi is much better than Pi Erke.

But there is no help and supplementary defense in the front, and Danzi can't withstand Lin Xing's impact.

Last season, the Bulls couldn't stop Lin Xing even with the help of defense.

But this year is different, Danzi has an extra opponent named Otis Thorpe.

Coupled with Pi Er's assisted defense, the Bulls' fake defense soon blocked Lin Xing in the middle.

But immediately, Lin Xing scored the ball and found Russell with great accuracy.

"Byron Russell, raising your hand is a three-pointer!"

Swish-!
When the crisp netting sounded, the Bulls booed at home.

"This three-pointer actually scored. Facing the old owner, Byron Russell is not soft at all!"

Matt Gudica sighed, and then another offensive round of the Bulls, Russell's unrelenting performance is yet to come.

Another wave of offense by the Bulls is still Danzi.

He has the ball, a drive.

This time, Russell was wiser and took a step back, allowing himself enough fault tolerance.

Danzi took two steps forward, and when he saw that Russell was far enough, he was ready to make a step-back shot.

As a result, just as he stopped suddenly, a burly figure approached Danzi.

"Maikou, come to an emergency stop, take a step back, and you're about to make a move..."

The next second, there was a crisp sound.

"Sta, he suddenly appeared and slapped the basketball in Mike's hand from behind!"

"This supplementary defense is too timely!"

(End of this chapter)