NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 396 397. New Year (One Update)
April 1

Every year, January 1st is New Year's Day in China, and the whole country is filled with a sense of happiness.

Those who are not far from home usually find a way to go home to have a reunion with their families, and then get together to eat two plates of hot dumplings at night. In a sense, this is also an ordinary happiness.

Most of those who have to drift and work in order to live in other places will have a rest on this day and have a good start for the new year.

Even some people who have no choice but to go home for a reunion and have no time to rest will order a decent takeaway after work to reward themselves for the fruits of their labor in the past year.

Let the past go with the wind, and the new year can go smoothly, which is probably the state everyone dreams of.

However, on this day in the United States, there is not much happiness to be seen. On the contrary, there is still some mediocrity. At least Liu Rui can only spend this day in the game.

If you want to ask Liu Rui whether he misses the past when he came to the United States through time travel, then apart from the time when he is quiet and dazed, he probably misses his former self the most during the holidays.

Although I was very poor at that time, I was able to go back to the orphanage to spend the New Year with my younger brothers and sisters every New Year's festival, which was also full of a sense of home.

But when he came to the United States, Liu Rui's life became very simple. Apart from working hard for the team and work, he also teased the little girl Limia in his spare time.

As for Ivanka, Liu Rui hasn't contacted her for a long time. Don't ask why, but who made her father such a fool...

On this day, it means that 2005 has completely passed, and then 2006 will be entered.

The teams that were scheduled to play on this day all wanted to try their best to win the game to start the new year well.

But competitive sports are cruel, two teams will have a game, so if there is a winner, there will be a loser.

So in order to be auspicious in the new year, regardless of whether it is a playoff-level team or a poor team, they will go all out on this day to win a good start.

The Bobcats' first opponent in [-] will be against the Portland Gang at home... the Trail Blazers.

The Trail Blazers are not having a good time this season. They are currently ranked last in the Western Conference with an absolute lead.

In the entire league, the record is worse than that of the Blazers, and only the Eagles were frantically intercepted by Liu Rui during the offseason.

How bad this team is currently, apart from the main player Randolph, there are only a handful of other players that Liu Rui is particularly familiar with.

This also shows the horror of this pioneer team.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the Blazers are thriving in today's Western Conference, because the Timberwolves, ranked second to last in the Western Conference, are six games ahead of the Blazers.

So facing this Trail Blazers team, Liu Rui is in a very good mood.

Because as long as there are not too many accidents, it means that the Bobcats will have a great chance to get off to a good start in the new year.

Although Liu Rui doesn't believe in religion, even a normal person doesn't want to lose the game on the first day of the new year, because it will make people feel a little unlucky.

Therefore, Liu Rui did not arrange too many words before the game, just let the players play freely on the court.

The only thing Liu Rui prayed for was that the Portland Trail Blazers could play a basketball game in a serious manner, instead of rolling up their sleeves and bringing the momentum of the gangster to the court.

Although the Bobcats are not in vain in a fight, it is completely unnecessary to fight this kind of team.

Because the Blazers are simply a shit-stirring stick in the league.

Before the game, Liu Rui also had some simple exchanges with the Blazers coach McMillan on the sidelines.

Although the Trail Blazers' record is terrible now, this responsibility cannot be completely blamed on McMillan.

Because the Blazers' players are simply worse, not to mention that McMillan's coaching ability in later generations has been affirmed by people.

At least he has the ability to lead a team to stabilize in the playoffs.

The two of them just had a brief exchange on the sidelines, without too much in-depth communication.

Although Liu Rui is very familiar with McMillan, but McMillan is not familiar with Liu Ruike at all.

What's more, there are many people in this alliance that Liu Rui is familiar with, and there are even a group of children who wear diapers at home and struggle to walk. Liu Rui is very familiar with them.

You can't go to someone's life and death in advance, let him recognize you as a godfather...

With the sound of the referee's whistle, the two sides also announced their starting lineups for the game.

pioneer:
Blake, Dixon, Darius Miles, Randolph, Przybilla.

Bobcats:
Louis Williams, Joe Johnson, Granger, Wang Zhizhi, Okafor.

In this game, Liu Rui also arranged for Lu Wei and Wang Zhizhi to start, and the original Mo Williams and Wallace were rested.

Because the strength of the Blazers is not strong, and as time goes by, the playoffs are getting closer and closer, Liu Rui must find a way to get as much rest time as possible for each player.

As for putting Wang Zhizhi in the starting lineup, in addition to giving him more playing time, it is also because he is facing Zach Randolph in this game.

If you want to test Wang Zhizhi's defensive ability and even improve him in a short period of time, then playing against a player like Randolph is obviously the best whetstone.

With personal strength and poor team record, this is simply the perfect partner for training.

The two sides jumped the ball, and the ball was first obtained by the Blazers.

The Blazers have limited offensive means this season. With the team so lacking in star flavor, Randolph's 18 points per game are the ones who score the most.

And even with an average of 18 points per game, it is obvious that there is still a lot of moisture in this Trail Blazers.

At least Liu Rui is very confident. If Jefferson is placed on this Trail Blazers team, averaging 20+10 per game will be easy.

So after the opening, the Trail Blazers who got the ball first also hit the ball into Zach Randolph's hands first.

In any case, Randolph is the player with the best chance of scoring on this Trail Blazers, which is beyond doubt.

No matter how low his true shooting percentage is, if Randolph doesn't stand up and score, it will be more difficult for other players to score.

So when Randolph stood at the corner to take the ball, the other players consciously stood aside and pulled away, as if they had already gotten used to this offensive method.

Liu Rui, who was sitting off the court, also shook his head with a half-smile when he saw this scene.

　Thank you Brother Wumengsheng for your daily rewards and support, thank you brother, thank you!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)