Basketball K God

Chapter 152 Get the First Chance
Two days later, the Kings continued to play at home against the Eastern powerhouse Atlanta Hawks.However, they did not maintain the good momentum of the last game. They finally lost to their opponents at home and missed the winning streak.

上场比赛爆砍41+8个3分的谢开本场比赛替补出战22分钟，得到15分5个篮板4个助攻，3分球是4投2中。

Obviously, Xie Kai did not continue the unsolvable state of the previous game, so those who refused to accept him after the game began to move around again.It's just that those NBA celebrities and well-known reporters didn't make a fuss about it, because anyway, it is already very good to be able to efficiently produce such data in terms of playing time and possession.

Blindly nitpicking is detrimental to the status of an expert.

After five games, the Kings are 5-1.In the eyes of the outside world, this record is in line with their strength and their season expectations.

Losing is commonplace for the Kings, but they got bad news that the core of the team, Kevin Martin, injured the palm of his left hand.After an MRI examination, he was diagnosed with a "left palm fracture" and is expected to be absent for 6-8 weeks.

For the Kings, Kevin Martin is the core of the team, and his absence will have a great loss on the team's combat effectiveness.What's worse is not this. Martin has been put on the shelf by the team since the offseason. Now that he is injured, the value of the transaction will inevitably shrink. For the team, the possibility of switching to positive assets is keeps decreasing.

But player injuries are unpredictable, and the Kings can only be dumb and eat coptis, no matter how hard it is, they can only swallow it by themselves.Fortunately, Martin's absence from this position can allow Xie Kai, a second-year guard who performed well before, to take the opportunity to train him. As long as he can play well, the team's loss can be ignored.

Fortunately, the Kings have 3 days of rest before the next game against the Jazz. They have a certain amount of preparation time to deal with the absence of Kevin Martin.

On the evening of November 11, Xie Kai finished a day of training and returned to his rented apartment to rest.At this moment, he had a video chat with his girlfriend Zhou Jing who was far away at the University of Kansas.

"Xie Xiaokai, what did you have for dinner?" Zhou Jing asked.

"I ate chicken breast and some vegetables!" Xie Kai replied truthfully.

"Alas—the dietary life of athletes is as unfree as that of monks in temples. You can't enjoy many delicacies at will. It's really...not fun!" Zhou Jing sighed.

"Where there is gain, there must be loss. If everything can be done according to one's will, then there won't be so many regrets in life, right?" Xie Kai said.

"Tch - don't act like an old master, you are a young man, and you speak old-fashioned, I don't like it!" Zhou Jing had a dick expression, and with her pretty face, she looked very cute.

"Okay, have you received your gift?" Xie Kai asked.

"Accepted - I received it - Xie Xiaokai, you really owe me more and more calls. Are you emphasizing the matter of giving me a gift?" Zhou Jing asked back.

"Sorry, I was wrong..." Xie Kai surrendered.At this moment, he really felt that sometimes arguing with girls is more difficult than fighting with NBA All-Star players.

"Well, seeing that your attitude of admitting your mistakes is quite sincere, I won't bother with you. Tell me about you. I read the news that Kevin Martin, the boss of your team, was injured and will be resting for several months. Should you also enter? Starting lineup?"

"I don't know about this, the lineup is made by the coaching staff!" Xie Kai said helplessly.

"Oh——" Zhou Jing sighed, "What's all this... It's all right. Others start the team as soon as they join the team, but when it comes to you, you're not sure if you can even play when the team leader is injured. .If you have a performance like yours, if you are in another weak team, you must be focused on training!"

"Then you are not the general manager of the team, not the head coach!" Xie laughed.He is also very emotional. His performance in all aspects of the team, after Kevin Martin was injured, is naturally the most likely to become his replacement and become the team's starting No. 2 candidate.But he also knows that the team may also start Garcia, or let Udry start and play double control with Evans, so that he can continue to play the sixth man, euphemistically saying: "Keep the aggressiveness of the second team! "

But who doesn't want to start?Xie Kai is not a saint, and he does not want to carry forward the spirit of the Chinese nation's excellent character of "Kong Rong lets pears" in the NBA. He wants to start, become an All-Star player, and win a championship.If you don't want anything, what's the difference between yourself and salted fish?
"If I were your general manager, I would have let you start!" Zhou Jing suddenly became gentle, and the eyes she looked at Xie Kai also became tender.

Xie Kai can feel Zhou Jing's concern for him, even though the two are directly separated by the screen, the emotional transmission in the eyes sometimes does not have to be face to face.

"Okay, okay, I can definitely start, I believe I can!" Xie Kai said confidently.

"Hmm, um!" Zhou Jing smiled happily. She liked seeing Xie Kai's confident appearance very much. She thought this was the most attractive moment for a man.

The question of who the Kings should start at the No. 2 in the absence of Kevin Martin was quickly settled. During the team's routine training on November 11, team coach Paul Westphal told Xie Kai that he would be the starting No. 7 for the next away game against the Jazz.

Although Xie Kai knew in his heart that he was the most likely to get this opportunity, when he heard the news with his own ears, he couldn't help being a little excited.

He knew that his chance had come!I need to firmly grasp this opportunity and let everyone understand-who said that I can only play the sixth player?
The Utah Jazz finished eighth in the Western Conference with a record of 48 wins and 34 losses last season.This season, they have made a comeback, the team's core lineup remains unchanged, and they are still the team that makes other Western Conference playoff teams unwilling to meet in the first round.

The home court of the Jazz in Salt Lake City is the famous "Devil's home court" in the NBA. Because of the plateau, many teams who come here to play away games will find it difficult to show their true strength, thus losing to Maicheng.

The Jazz's current record of 2 wins and 3 losses is not very good, but in the predictions before the game, almost no one believes that the Kings without Kevin Martin can beat them on this venue.

On November 11, the Jazz's home energy solution arena. At this time, many fans have already entered the arena.The Jazz is a veteran and strong team in the NBA. From the second Jazz to the current era dominated by Deron and others, they have not been able to finally win the championship, but this does not prevent them from becoming a special existence in the entire NBA league.They have a group of fans who are here to support them.

(End of this chapter)