After the confession failed, I went to the NBA to play and lose weight

Chapter 29 Preseason

As early as August, the NBA officially announced the arrangements for the 07-08 season preseason. The game will start on October 10, and unlike previous years, some overseas stadiums have been added, which coincides with the current NBA schedule. global strategy.

In fact, it is precisely in such a general environment that Space Yi and Sun Dasheng will join the "big drama" of the NBA, but Li Chengming broke out in the middle, which many people did not expect.

But now the results are all good, and the appearance of Li Chengming has made Huaguo more attractive to the NBA, which is more helpful for them to open up the market.

Therefore, when the officials made arrangements for the Magic's preseason games, they specially arranged three games in China. It is the Huaguo men's basketball team.

This will also be the last game of the Huaguo men's basketball team in 07, and domestic fans are also full of expectations for Li Chengming's return to China.

The Magic are scheduled for a total of 7 preseason games this time. The first three games are against the Eagles, Bobcats and Heat, and the middle three "Hua Guo Game", and then come back to play the last game.

Because of the addition of a strong support like Lewis this season, Van Gundy needs the preseason to fine-tune and adjust the team's lineup, so Li Chengming didn't get many chances to play in the first three games, basically going up to play soy sauce.

三场比赛下来拢共上场17分钟，出手5次，命中3球，得到了7分10篮板2次助攻，还有2次失误和4次犯规。

However, Li Chengming was not discouraged and anxious, because he was about to go to Huaguo Competition, he thought that he should give me a chance this time, let me earn face in front of my father and fellow villagers, right?
……

On October 10, Beijing time, at Qizhong Forest Gymnasium in Modu, the NBA preseason kicked off. The opponents were the Eastern Conference champion Cavaliers last season and the ambitious Magic with strong signings this season.

Because both teams have superstars, this game received a lot of attention, and because of Li Chengming's presence, the Magic naturally had a little home bonus.

Everyone in the arena is cheering for the Magic. Although most of the Magic can't understand what they are shouting, there is Li Chengming, the translator, and the sign they raised and the name of "Li" they shouted are also very clear. Knowing that they are supporting Li Chengming means that they are naturally on their side.

This also put Howard and the others in a good mood, and the monster of Warcraft greeted everyone with open arms.

This kind of character is of course very pleasing, and it is of course welcomed by more fans.

Everyone has a good impression of Howard. After all, these days, domestic fans have a bit of a knee-jerk mentality towards NBA stars, or not just fans, but in all walks of life, there is a kind of "foreign moon is rounder" mentality of worshiping foreign countries. However, there are not many people like Li's father who can still stick to his idea of ​​"the motherland is the best" in the foreign trade industry.

Of course, the NBA is currently the most watched basketball event in the world, and it is indeed in a position to be looked up to, especially when the domestic Xibei is not doing well.

The starters sent by the Magic are Nelson, Redick, Bogans, Turkoglu, and Howard. Redick was put on the starting position today to add a three-pointer.

The Cavaliers' lineup is Damon Jones, Larry Hughes, James, Gooden and Big Z Ilgauskas, and this lineup is not bad.

Because Lewis was accidentally injured before, he did not go with the team this time in the Huaguo game, while the Cavaliers did not have a complete lineup because of the contract issues of Varejao and Pavlovic.

However, compared to Lewis, Varejao and Pavlovic are just good substitute players, and the main core of the Cavaliers is still there.

So after the game started, the Cavaliers came up in good condition. James took the lead first, and then played a wave of 14:5. The Magic had to call a timeout.

Van Gundy is most dissatisfied with the team's defense. Although it is a preseason game, it is impossible to fight as hard as in the regular season, but he still needs to show some attitude.

When the timeout came back, the Magic played steadily, and gradually caught up with the score.

With more than 2 minutes left in the first quarter, Li Chengming came off the bench, and the scene immediately burst into warm applause and cheers, which made him a little moved.

To be honest, although his father kept telling him what to do, Li Chengming was young and had little experience, so he didn't have that kind of strong emotion. It was only now that he suddenly felt:
Oh, this is what it's like to be "rooted"!

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"Hello, audience friends, today we will broadcast the NBA preseason game for you, the game between the Cavaliers and the Magic. This is the contest between the No. 03 pick in 04 and [-]. He also signed Lewis generously.

"However, Lewis did not accompany him this time because of his previous injury, but there is another player in the Magic that deserves our attention, that is the young player Li Chengming in 88. He is the No. 30 rookie in the second round of the NBA this year. Sun entered the NBA in the same class..."

At [-]:[-] p.m., the CCTV Sports Channel broadcast the preseason game live. Sitting in the commentary were two instructors familiar to the audience, Weiping Bryant and Director Sun.

Director Sun came up to lay the groundwork first, and then turned around and asked Teacher Wei Ping which team he was more optimistic about.

Director Zhang chuckled and said, "I think I still support the Magic team more. Although they don't have Lewis, but with our young players here, it's equivalent to playing at home..."

Director Sun chuckled and said, "That's a good idea, so let's watch the match between the two sides first..."

And when Li Chengming finally came on the court, the two commentators were also very excited, especially Director Zhang. As a senior in Huaguo basketball, seeing the promising future of the juniors, he felt a sense of relief that there are successors.

"It was the Magic's offense. Li Chengming was cruising on the flank. He didn't get a chance. Nelson called a pick-and-roll and went up by himself--oops, the ball was unreasonable. It had to be passed out. Li Chengming had an open chance! Hey, the fast break opportunity for the Cavaliers, James runs fast, this is the overlord!

"I went out with four points inside and outside. Look at this, the fight is unreasonable. Li Chengming should be given a chance. If he has a chance, it is reasonable to give him a fight..."

Just like the commentary on Dayao's game before, the fans stood with Director Zhang at this time, and it felt like he had spoken their hearts.

Why doesn't this Nelson pass the ball?
What kind of point guard do you play if you don't pass the ball? Isn't the point guard just passing the ball to the open?

On the contrary, Li Chengming on the field is not in a hurry at all. What is his current status in the team? To put it bluntly, the roster of 15 players has not yet been determined.

A coach like Van Gundy will not easily give rookies too many opportunities. He needs to prove himself step by step in the limited opportunities.

What if there is no chance?
In Van Gundy's team, start with the defense and let him see your attitude. He likes the kind of diligent and low-key players.

However, in the past 2 minutes, Li Chengming just ran back and forth on the field without even touching the ball once. Even if he had a good temper, he would wonder if Nelson had something against him.

How about you take a look at me?

There was nothing to do, the intermission came off the field together, Van Gundy made another substitution, and Li Chengming returned to the bench, he could only pant and drink saliva and sulk there.

Although it is at Huaguo's home court, looking at the posture on the sidelines, I hope Li Chengming will play more, but Van Gundy will not change his mind easily because of outside voices.

Because this Magic team is also relatively unfamiliar to him, he needs to rely on the preseason to get familiar with his team, so those old players will also give them a lot of opportunities.

Just like Howard, the core of the team, gave him a lot of opportunities to perform today. Neither Big Z nor Dwayne Jones on the opposite side can restrict him, allowing him to take whatever he wants under the basket like a beast.

And Warcraft's performance also liberated Nelson. Today he performed well, and Howard was one mile away. After falling behind by 14 points at one point, he chased to 42:46 at halftime, only 4 points behind the Cavaliers.

Perhaps because the score was tight, Van Gundy was worried about the rookie, and did not let Li Chengming play in the second quarter, which disappointed many fans.

You must know that the lowest student ticket price for this competition is as high as 200 yuan, and the general ticket price is between 800 yuan and 4000 yuan. The gymnasium that can accommodate 5000 people is full, and at least [-] to [-] percent of them are rushing to Li Chengming. The rest definitely want to see him appear more often.

During the intermission, some people even scolded the head coach of the Magic on the board, and some people shouted that they were cheated and demanded their money back.

This is also being discussed on the Internet, why did Li Chengming not get a chance to play in the China National Championship?

Youli Zhongke said that "the coach must decide who to play based on the state of his usual training. This kind of anxious game does not show that Li Chengming has not won the trust of the coach." In fact, it is somewhat reasonable.

But obviously many people scoffed at this. For example, some people said: "The preseason games are not counted in the results. The main purpose is to examine the status of the players, including rookies. If you don't play rookies at this time, can you make it in the regular season? You see, other teams will basically play a game." More than ten or twenty minutes, the UAE played 10 minutes in the first game..."

"Then I scored 3 points, and Liu committed a foul..."

Heartbroken old man!

At present, the Bucks have also played 4 preseason games. The difference from Li Chengming's side is that Space Yi can be stable for more than ten minutes in each game.

However, if Li Chengming can still explain that there are not enough playing time and few opportunities to explain, then the UAE has wasted a lot of opportunities.

He started the third game and finally scored in double digits, but his efficiency as an insider was mediocre, especially with 8 turnovers, which also showed that he was not used to the rules and rhythm of the NBA.

For young players, it is of course possible to allow more mistakes. This is a required course for progress. Who hasn't come through mistakes and failures?

But for the fans, it is a bit difficult to accept.

(End of this chapter)