Reborn NBA's Strongest Talent

Chapter 136 136. The first change of the new season (for subscription)
On October 10, Richard started the Thunder's away game against the Rockets in the preseason game.

This is a matter of course.

Now at the shooting guard position, there is no other competitive player besides Robertson.

The small forward is Paul George, who has both offense and defense.

With players who mark the opponent's arrows, one's own offensive ability needs to be supplemented.

In terms of offense, Richard is currently in the top three of the Thunder, and if he fights seriously, the three may be evenly matched.

Of course, Richard is not very strong defensively.

Already have the basic value, as long as the defensive attitude keeps up, the basic defense is possible, as for the advanced defensive ability, it needs experience accumulation.

The intensity of the preseason is not great. The starting players basically play casually. The ones who really work hard are the substitute players. Generally, the starting game is to play for about 20 minutes, exercise the body, and adapt to the rhythm and intensity of the game.

Generally, no one will use the new abilities developed during the offseason to the preseason.

Richard felt that last year he was appreciated because of his outstanding performance in the preseason.And this year, I don't have to go to the preseason to exert myself.

威斯布鲁克仅仅打了上半场就在场下休息，半场8投3中拿到10分2篮板4助攻。

George also only played until the beginning of the third quarter, scoring 6 points and 3 rebounds on 8 of 4 shots.

Richard finished the third quarter, mainly leading the team with George alone.Donovan is testing the lineup to determine the rest schedule for the season.

Richard took 5 shots and scored 4 goals. His shooting percentage was higher when he entered the paint. The main reason was that his opponents did not defend him. He scored 10 points and 1 assist.

The Rockets did not send Anthony, but the backcourt combination of Harden and Paul all appeared.

Both Paul and Harden are passing masters, and they didn't attack and defend by themselves. They played happily and played less than three quarters, and each got 6 assists.

In the end, the Thunder's teenagers failed to beat the Rockets' outside shooters.

Most of the Rockets' signings this season are pitchers and 3D. There are not many young people, and they all have game experience.

The Thunder's young men, Allen, Johnson, Huestis, and Grant, all lack playing experience. A blue-collar center like Allen is helpless in the face of a three-point team.

Although the team lost, it didn't affect the atmosphere in the team at all. The first is that the team does not need the results of the preseason, and the second is that the core lineup of the team is still there, unlike last season when the team suffered a major blow.

After the game, Harden greeted Westbrook and Richard and left in a hurry.

Harden has a new love, so he has to take care of Paul's mood. The Thunder's two friends are both guards. It would be bad to give Paul the misunderstanding that he doesn't like him.

Richard and Westbrook shook their heads and shrugged, watching Harden go away.

The second preseason game is an away game against the Pelicans on the 6th.

The three of them were still at about the same time, but Richard's rotation was changed with George's, and Donovan was still testing the lineup configuration.

George scored 14 points and 3 rebounds, and Richard also scored 8 points.

The team lost another game.

10日与掘金的主场，威斯布鲁克只打了15分钟就休息了，只拿到6分4篮板4助攻。

李察德打了24分钟，11投7中，砍下18分2篮板。

George also scored 12 points.

The Nuggets were defeated by a big score.

After the game, Murray came to the two former teammates and hugged each other.

Murray played 31 minutes in this game and scored 22 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, which is quite good.

Westbrook was upset for a while, thinking that the three were still teammates in Kobe's training camp, and walked back to the locker room angrily.

Then the team took a hard nine-day break.

On October 10, the NBA17-17 season officially opened, and only two games were scheduled for the opening day.

As the opening match whose popularity is comparable to that of the Christmas battle, the alliance has also painstakingly arranged two super heavyweight matches.

The fans exclaimed, this is simply a preview of the Western Conference Finals and Eastern Conference Finals!
The game in the East is James' Cavaliers and Irving's Celtics!

The game in the West is Curry's four-star Warriors and Harden's three giant butt Rockets!

Leonard, who was injured on tiptoe, may not be able to come back in the first half of the season. The Spurs have lost their absolute core.

Although there are a lot of things I want to complain about, judging from the current situation, it is true that these teams have more advantages on paper.

The Warriors are the defending champions and have renewed the core of the team, Curry and Durant, and the basic lineup has not changed.

With Harden, the Rockets have a lower limit. The seven-for-one super signings, adding Paul will raise the ceiling, plus the offensive kaleidoscope Anthony, all the role players Capela, Ariza, and Tucker are defensive strongmen, a proper championship lineup.

The pattern of strong west and weak east has intensified this season. The only Eastern teams that can have the Big Three are the Cavaliers and Celtics. In addition to Irving's transfer turmoil, Thomas Jr. and Irving swapped clubs. It is inevitable that the Cavaliers and Celtics will meet in the opening game.

As for Thunder...

"Come to my house to watch the opening game." Westbrook invited George and Richard.

The two who had just finished training and were sweating all over readily accepted.

"Just be lazy for a while in the afternoon." Richard wiped the sweat from his head with a towel.

Due to the relationship between time zones, the games in the East have to start first, and the league uses this to stagger the game time so that more fans can watch the games and increase the ratings.

"It's okay if there is no game at the opening ceremony today, and there will be no game tomorrow. What does the league think of us?" George was a little upset.

In the summer, the Thunder signed George to form a dual-core team, and Richard, who is growing wildly, is also a proper civilian version of the Big Three. Although the Thunder failed in the first round of the playoffs last season, the team where the MVP is not paid attention to. This is also very rare.

"Attention is useless. It is better to be underestimated. We can achieve better results and slap everyone in the face." After Westbrook worked hard last season to get an average triple-double and MVP, statistics are no longer important to him.

After Westbrook talked with the Thunder management for a day, in addition to choosing to cut his salary to facilitate the team's signings, more importantly, Westbrook's mentality has changed, and the team's record has been placed in a more important position.

To say that the team's victory last season is very important to Westbrook, it requires Westbrook to take care of everything and use his own strength to carry the team forward.

At the same time, because the ball is all in the hands of Westbrook, it is very easy to get personal data, so Westbrook sacrificed some teammate data at the end of the season to make himself a phenomenal data with only one ancient before and few comers later.

This season, with the joining of George and the growth of Richard, Westbrook has already made mental preparations to give up some of the ball, so that the two teammates who can reach the All-Stars can also play excellent data, and they can lead the team to victory together.

George rolled his eyes and said so, but Indiana was originally a small ball market, and naturally he wanted to increase some exposure and attention when he came to Oklahoma, but he still didn't. It's natural to be disappointed.

But with a good team record, the success of the combination can increase their popularity.

The Thunder's three juniors also achieved results in the same way at the beginning, and everyone knows the small ball market of Oklahoma.

George believes that Westbrook, himself, and Richard, who are full of passion and ability, can make a name for themselves.

What happened in the two opening games caught people off guard.

In the game between the Celtics and the Cavaliers, Hayward injured his left ankle just 5 minutes into the game, fell to the ground in pain, and was unable to play again.

The ankle was severely twisted and deformed, and Hayward, who was sitting on the ground, was so painful that he couldn't hold back his tears.

When the team doctor carried Hayward down on a stretcher, Hayward couldn't hold back the tears anymore.

The fans at the game site, live broadcast room and even in front of the TV all fell silent. This terrible injury has ruined more than one player.

"Fxxk!" George stood up with red eyes, waving his fists angrily, not caring that this was Westbrook's home, he wanted to smash something to vent.

George is also a player who has experienced serious fractures and injuries. Although he stood up again, seeing such a scene inevitably put himself in it.

Turning around in the living room a few times, George slowly calmed down.

"I want to give him some strength, don't be knocked down by injuries!" George took out his mobile phone and tapped quickly, muttering words while typing.

"No, I still have to call him!" George was already a little crazy.

"Paul! Calm down!" Richard yelled loudly to stop George's movements.

"If you want to comfort the other party, first of all, you must not panic, so that the other party can feel your kindness. Hayward needs your help, and you should be his strength!"

Hearing this, George stopped his movements, took a deep breath, and adjusted his state. It seemed that he had calmed down a lot.

"Also, it is impossible for him to answer your call now. He still needs diagnosis and treatment from the team doctor, and may even need surgery. You should communicate with him after he has completed these."

"Pass on your strength to him!" Richard's resolute eyes made George completely calm down.

"Li Cha, you are right!" George sat back on the sofa in frustration.

"Pray for him!" Westbrook took a glass of water and placed it in front of George.

Hayward's injury made the game dull, and no one was seriously watching what happened in the game.

In the end, the Cavaliers defeated the Celtics 102:95 and got off to a good start.

I don't know if James is happy because he taught Irving who "run away from home", and I don't know if Thomas Jr. is proud of beating the opponent in the game against Irving. The game ended like this.

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