super small forward

Chapter 281. 281. Meeting Curry
The preseason opponents of each team are always those teams, like the Lakers, the preseason opponents are California or the teams that are very close to California, such as the Phoenix Suns, the local Kings in California, the Warriors, the Clippers, Denver's Nuggets, Salt Lake City's Jazz, Portland's Trail Blazers, and there will be no others.

After all, it's just a preseason warm-up, and players will complain if it's too far away.

But if they are allowed to travel, or to places like Las Vegas, they will be happy.

The game against the Nuggets was lost as expected. D'Antoni didn't plan to let the main players play for a long time. Jeremy Lin, Liu Ren, Green, and Whiteside all played symbolically, making the fans happy and replaced them. Mainly Clarkson, LaVine, Whiteside, Bazemore, Henry, Thackeray, Nick Young, Antetokounmpo played on the court.

I have to say that Clarkson and LaVine, who just entered the league, are real!They were abused by Lawson. Although they got up early every day to practice more, it was really useless for a while, especially LaVine, who couldn't break through and organize, so he just dunked and surprised people. The jumping and waist strength, there is a little shadow of the combination of Carter and Kobe.

On the contrary, Clarkson's dribbling is so impressive that Lawson's speed is so fast that he can't keep up with him. He easily breaks through to the three-second zone every time, but his finishing ability at the basket is really poor. When it comes to the inside shot, it will be difficult to score the ball.

Compared with the two rookies, Bazemore and McCollum are in a completely different situation when they are in charge. Bazemore is fast and has a strong impact. Although he is a bit short for a small forward at 196 cm, it is more obvious that he has outstanding speed and the Nuggets are of high quality. Bazemore's inside line was poorly defended, and Bazemore could score when he got into the inside line, and his three-pointers gradually became more accurate. It seemed that even if he returned to his hometown in the summer, he did not miss training.

As for Thackeray...the performance is really stable...very average, 20 points and 6 rebounds in 4 minutes of playing, most of the time he was a spectator, the Nuggets brought the rhythm up, without Green and Thackeray, he showed himself Not many opportunities for singles ability.

The most eye-catching performances are Antetokounmpo and Nick Young. The former is so talented that it is a misplacement to fight anyone. The latter has a posture that dares to do it, but the Nuggets really can't stop it.

But the Nuggets won!They kept running and bombing, shooting the Lakers through.

In the actual game, the new defensive system of the Lakers can't really play without one or two of Liu Ren, Green, Whiteside, and Gasol.

D'Antoni didn't take this game seriously at first, and he was completely verifying his ideas. Sure enough, if the substitute lineup wants to play defense, at least one of the team's four defensive cores must be left on the court to have such an effect. Keep at least two according to the normal rotation!
96 to 108, the Lakers lost their first preseason game to the Nuggets.

It's just the preseason, if you lose, you lose. What makes the Lakers excited is that they are going to play in Las Vegas!
The Lakers players all rushed to Las Vegas with their families. It is strictly forbidden for the team to bring their families to the away game together, except for children of course, mainly because they are afraid that too much will affect the performance of the players.

After all, with such a strict person like Kobe, the Lakers team rules are still relatively strict. Bynum, who was so playful back then, was treated as a good boy. You can see how unrestrained he became after leaving the Lakers. The Lakers suppressed their nature to the extreme, and completely returned to their nature after leaving the Lakers.

It's just that it's not good for Bynum to return to his nature.

It's just a preseason game, and it's still a trip to Las Vegas. The Lakers management not only turned a blind eye, but even allocated areas for each player's family on the team's chartered flight in advance.

Americans are very unrestrained, but at the same time they pay great attention to personal space, and there is no contradiction between the two.

However, there is a person who is alone in his own area, watching the TV on the plane depressed, and he has watched the latest Captain America 2.

The chick really wanted to come, but she thought that the big girl in the family was about to give birth, and weighed whether it was more important to be a daughter, so she didn't come.

Originally, I planned to bring the big loli with me, but it would be troublesome if I gave birth on the plane. The due date is only a few days, so I can't be careless at all.

The little one, Lolita, was at school, so she couldn't come with her.

When we arrived at the hotel, the team arranged suites for each player because they all brought their families with them.

Unfortunately, Liu Ren is still alone.

The rest time after a game in the preseason is very long, and there are only 20 games in 7 days, so after coming to Las Vegas, the Lakers gave the players a day off to let them have fun.

Seeing that other men, all men, formed a group to gamble in various palaces and other palaces, and their respective wives and girlfriends formed a group to go to the bloody battle commercial street in the casino, Liu Ren felt that he was very sad.

In this situation where everyone brought their wives and children, Liu Ren felt that it was boring to be alone.

Declining his teammate's invitation to go to happy together, Liu Ren put on his sportswear and went to the open-air stadium, which is rare in this desert oasis.

Las Vegas is a large oasis in Nevada. It was originally a Spanish colony, and after gambling was legalized in most states in the United States, it became a gambler's paradise, with the world's largest hotel and the most rich people.

The specialty here is gambling. Relatively speaking, there are a lot less other entertainment, let alone sports. Las Vegas is small, only 340 square kilometers, which is not as good as a district in Shanghai BJ. , probably just a fraction, the area of ​​BJ is more than [-] square kilometers.

Therefore, there are a total of three open-air stadiums in Las Vegas, and one of them happens to be near the hotel where the Lakers are staying.

In the afternoon, in the United States, a big basketball country, the open-air courts in other cities have long been crowded with students and unemployed blacks waiting to take turns to play a few games. Few, not even a single person disappeared after entering the park.

He was right when he thought about it, who is in the mood to go to the park when he comes to Las Vegas?Either bet or buy.

"Boom...boom...shua..."

"Huh?" After Liu Ren came to the open-air stadium, he miraculously found that there was a person!

"Stephen?" Liu Ren shouted in surprise, Curry is actually here!
"Yo, Liu, no, I should call you boss, I didn't expect to meet you here!" Curry was also very surprised, he thought he was the only one who would come here to play in pain.

(End of this chapter)