NBA peak

Chapter 74 This is the first release?
At the same time, Director Zhang Weiping from China posted a Weibo.

"After 8 years, Chinese basketball finally sees hope again."

Soon, countless fans watched the preseason game between the Raptors and the Cavaliers through Director Zhang's Weibo.

Ge Feng officially appeared in the eyes of the majority of domestic fans for the first time.

"Who is this person? Why haven't I heard of him before?"

"He seems to be the Chinese player who was unspoken by the school in the NCAA..."

"How did he enter the NBA so quickly? Awesome..."

"What team is the Raptors? Is it the team of the trash brothers?"

In 2016, fans were not familiar with the Raptors.

People only know that the Raptors will be clearly arranged by James in the playoffs every year.

Soon, negative emotions took over, and Weibo was filled with bad-mouthing voices of Ge Feng.

"A team that can't even get out of the East, what future can it have."

"Isn't there still Yi Jianlian and Zhou Qi in the NBA, what's the big deal..."

"Director Zhang is really old, he can't even watch football."

Soon, some people began to laugh at Director Zhang, saying that he would say "this ball is played reasonably..."

Of course, Ge Feng couldn't see these public opinions.

People who have the ability to succeed never pay attention to the boring talk on the Internet.

Ge Feng has to concentrate on playing every game that belongs to him.

The Raptors defended Irving's offense and their morale soared.

After Van Vleet ate Ge Feng's assistance defense benefits, he trusted Irving's left side to Ge Feng who was ready to double-team at any time.

Ge Feng lived up to expectations and successfully limited Owen's damage.

Since the Cavaliers are not a complete lineup, and Korver has not yet adapted to the Cavaliers' tactical system, the game was won by the Raptors without any suspense.

The score was fixed at 95:87. The Raptors successfully avenged their preseason first game and defeated their old enemy Cavaliers.

Kyrie Irving performed brilliantly, playing 16 minutes in the first game, scoring a game-high 18 points and 3 assists.

It's just that Owen's shooting rate is only a dismal 40%.

In the last quarter, Ge Feng played a key role in Owen's defense.

For the Raptors, the Raptors didn't score high with both guns, but Ge Feng, Siakam, and Van Vleet performed quite well.

Van Vleet regained his confidence in the fourth quarter, making 3 of 2 three-pointers, scoring 11 points and 5 assists.

Ge Feng made two three-pointers and scored 10 points and 3 assists.

Ge Feng's statistics are comparable to Van Vleet's who played 10 more minutes, which surprised Nass.

Siakam also scored 7 points, 1 assist and 5 rebounds in the end.

Nas felt very pleasantly surprised, the Raptors really picked up a treasure this year.

However, one game cannot explain all the problems. The coaching ability of the Cavaliers Tyronn Lue has always been criticized by the outside world.

In the last quarter of the game, Tyronn Lue did not find a better way under the restraint of Irving, which led to the further deterioration of the Cavaliers' situation.

Tyronn Lue can be said to be a very ordinary head coach in the league.

If the Raptors are facing a magic operator like Popovich, it's hard to say how much of Ge Feng's power can be exerted.

After the game, the Raptors' locker room was filled with joy and laughter.

"Good job, Ge Feng, if you keep playing with this strength, Nas will make you a starter sooner or later." Lowry applauded and encouraged Ge Feng.

Van Vleet was not angry when he heard this.

If Ge Feng hadn't helped him ease the pressure on the defensive end in the fourth quarter, he might have been hammered by others in the first game.

Ge Feng said very happily: "With your kind words, if I start the game, I will invite many people in the team to eat hot dogs!"

"Hahaha……"

DeRozan laughed and rubbed Ge Feng's head from behind.

Ge Feng turned his head and saw that it was DeRozan who was rubbing his head. He was very surprised.

"DeRozan, aren't you depressed? Why do you love to laugh so much?" Siakam asked with his big white teeth.

Lowry gave a fist: "Nonsense, don't depression love to laugh? Which hospital stipulates that depression must cry?"

Siakam showed a suddenly realized expression.

"Oh, I see……"

Everyone laughed again, Siakam also laughed and said to Ge Feng: "Ge Feng, don't forget what you promised me, you will treat me to pizza tonight!"

During the game, Ge Feng did promise Siakam that he would treat him to dinner if he won.

Ge Feng said with a smile: "Okay, Siakam. But I only promised to treat you to dinner, not what to eat. Pizza is too expensive, let's change to a hamburger restaurant!"

"Anyway, you just need to keep me full!" Siakam said heartily.

The relationship between the two was completely frozen at this moment.

With the joy of victory, the Raptors returned to Toronto.

Four days later, they will host the Memphis Grizzlies.

Playing at home can avoid the bumps on the flight back and forth, so players love to play home games, which means they have more time to prepare.

The game against the Grizzlies will be played on the night of the 19th.

During these four days, Nas mainly focused on training the tacit understanding of the players.

Ge Feng and Siakam are naturally the key training targets of Nass. The two of them have almost no rest time, and they have to constantly try to train with the players in the starting lineup.

In two or three days, Ge Feng more or less mastered the characteristics of the Raptors' starters.

DeRozan and Lowry love to use mid-range shots and pick-and-rolls, which are the offensive points that Ge Feng needs to cooperate most.

Ibaka and Ge Feng don't need to cooperate too much. Ibaka's main role is to support the Raptors' defense and rarely participate in offense.

Only center Valanciunas gave Ge Feng a headache.

Valanciunas is a player very similar to Love, with strong rebounding but weak offensive awareness.

Valanciunas averaged only 14 points per game. As the team's starting center, the average of 14 points can be said to be very small.

The Raptors only have Valanciunas as a capable center this year, but Valanciunas' offensive shortcomings will definitely put a lot of pressure on the Raptors' perimeter in key games.

And there are some rumors from the outside world that Valanciunas has a very good relationship with Conley, the core of the Grizzlies.

The contract between Valanciunas and the Raptors is about to expire. At that time, Valanciunas may leave the Grizzlies. In this way, the Raptors management must consider Valanciunas's substitute position as soon as possible.

At present, the team can supplement the center position, only Noqueira and Boltel.

The skills of the two are still immature, and they are embarrassing to use in a close match.

If the Raptors want to make some achievements in the playoffs, they must find an excellent center in time.

(End of this chapter)