Basketball K God

Chapter 51 Returning to Houston

Xie Kai certainly hopes to have compatriots to compete with him in the future regular season. Even though he has been in the United States for so long, he still does not have much sense of belonging to this diverse country.My roots are in the east, in that ancient civilization.

On October 10, the Kings will be a guest at Staples and challenge the overall runner-up Lakers away.Xie Kai is very excited to return to Los Angeles, because he can take time to go home.

In order not to let the team feel that he was disorganized and undisciplined, he returned to the team after meeting his parents at home.

The local Chinese fans in Los Angeles still welcome Xie Kai, and they hope that the team can have this "local".However, there are many Chinese players in the Lakers team.As early as last year's draft, they selected the tall guard Sun Yue with a height of 40cm with the 206th overall pick in the second round.

On August 8 this year, Sun Yue successfully signed a two-year contract with the Lakers.

In Staples, Xie Kai met Sun Yue, and the two who had never met before exchanged friendly greetings.

"It's a pity that Zhang Kai has gone back. I thought I would have a chance to meet him in Los Angeles!" Sun Yue said with a smile.

"Well, I just missed it. You are both national team players. There will be more opportunities to meet each other in the future!" Xie Kai said.

In this game, Sun Yue did not enter the team's roster, while Xie Kai continued to get the chance to play as the team's substitute.

Xie Kai is very happy to meet Sun Yue today, and very excited to see Kobe Bryant play with his own eyes.As the No. 2, he still admires Kobe's skills. Although he has little chance to play against him in this game, it is definitely an excellent learning experience to see the best No. 2 player in the league at close range. Chance.

这场比赛，谢开表现得依然出色，他在出场的21分钟时间里，10投4中，其中3分球3投1中，罚球5罚4中，得到13分6个篮板3次助攻1个抢断1个盖帽，且没有出现1次失误。

In this game, the offensive efficiency of the two teams was not high, but the Lakers at home were obviously stronger, and finally relied on their rich experience to maintain their advantage until the end.

In the end, the Lakers narrowly beat the Kings at home, trying to keep their home game.

After the end of the preseason game with the Lakers, on October 10, the Kings will host another team in Los Angeles-the Clippers.

In this game, according to the team's arrangement, Xie Kai will have a rest.

Xie Kai completely obeyed the coaching staff's decision, and he didn't think the coaching staff wanted to hide him.So far in the preseason, my performance is still good, and I have been training very hard. Even if I can't reach the full score, there is no problem in scoring 70 points.

As a result, in this game, the Kings narrowly lost to their opponents at home and ushered in a two-game losing streak.

Since he didn't get the chance to play, Xie Kai was not idle, he was training hard.Through the game, he found that his outside shooting is still very unstable. If he feels good, he may make consecutive hits;For myself who is positioned as an outside shooter in the new season, the less "nervous knife" attribute is, the better.He is very clear that the team will not give him unlimited shooting rights. He is not the No. [-] pick, and it is very likely that the team will not spend much effort on training himself.

The experience of NCAA bench players made Xie Kai very clear how important it is for a player to find his own position.It is certainly not advisable to underestimate yourself, but if you aim too high, you may make yourself fall to pieces.

When the time comes on October 10, the Kings will go south to Houston to challenge the Rockets away.

When he came to Houston again, Xie Kai was in a mixed mood. Taking the team bus and passing by the apartment where he once lived briefly, he felt very uncomfortable.

No one wants to be traded by the team without knowing it, and everyone wants to be respected, and so is Xie Kai.But this is a commercial league. You can say that the team lacks human touch, but within the limits allowed by the rules, it seems understandable for them to do so.

Xie Kai is no stranger to the training hall of the Rockets. When he comes here again, he is no longer a member of the home team, which is somewhat embarrassing.This preseason game is not such an important game, but from the bottom of his heart, he wants to play his best form and make the Rockets regret his original decision!
On the evening of October 10, at the Toyota Center Arena, the home of the Houston Rockets.

This preseason game did not attract too many fans to watch. For the Rockets who are aiming to compete for the championship in the new season, the weak Kings are not even their main competitors.

During shooting practice before the game, Xie Kai hugged and greeted Yao Ming and Dorsey.

Yao Ming patted Xie Kai on the shoulder and encouraged him: "Xie Kai, it's a pity that I didn't have the opportunity to fight with you. Let's work hard in the Kings!"

"Thank you!" Xie Kai has nothing but respect for Yao Ming. This Chinese giant is the ambassador of the NBA in China, and he has made great contributions to the promotion of domestic basketball.

Dorsey was very happy to see Xie Kai, but at the same time he was in a bad mood.Since the start of the preseason, he has not had many opportunities. Obviously, it will be difficult for him to enter the team's rotation in the new season.The wish that Xie Kai and Xie Kai made in Las Vegas before seems to be hard to come true.

"Kane, long time no see!" Dorsey still looked naive, with white teeth that further accentuated his dark complexion.

"Long time no see!" Xie Kai knew that Dorsey was not happy recently, so he didn't talk about the game.

"I really miss the days when I played with you in the summer league!" Dorsey sighed, as if time had returned to the days when the two played together on behalf of the Rockets in the summer league.At that time, there were no worries today, and it was a rare happy time in summer.

"Yes, but sometimes reality is not what we imagined!" Xie Kai sighed.Why is he willing to leave the Rockets, but he has no way of controlling his own destiny.

Rockets fans have no feelings for Xie Kai, he is just a bargaining chip for the team to strengthen the lineup!
The two teams still have a close relationship. The Rockets' current coach Adelman was the former Kings coach, and the Rockets' current main small forward Ron Artest was once the core of the Kings.

In this game, the starting lineup of the Rockets at home is: center - Yao Ming, power forward - Luis Scola, small forward - Ron Artest, shooting guard - Aaron Brooks, point guard - — Ralph Alston.

Tracy McGrady continued to miss this game, while Yao Ming returned after a one-game truce.

The starting lineup of the Kings in the away game is: center - Brad Miller, power forward - Mitch Moore, small forward - John Salmons, shooting guard - Kevin Martin, point guard - Ben Nou delhi.

Amidst the shouts of the home fans, the game started soon.

(End of this chapter)