overlooking the pitch

Chapter 55 Opener

On October 10th, the regular season officially opened. The Clippers were very lucky. With two rookies, they became one of the teams in the opening game, and their opponents were also the hard-fought brothers who held lottery picks together in the past few years. Sacramento Kings.

The Kings, like the Clippers, have experienced several poor seasons, and they have also harvested a lot of potential rookies. Last year's No. 4 pick, the best rookie Tyreke Evans, averaged 20.1 points per game last season, 5.3 rebounds and 5.8 assists made him the fourth player in NBA history to average 20+5+5 per game in his rookie season after Oscar Robertson, Michael Jordan, and LeBron James.

Such data made the King's management and fans full of expectations for him, and the nickname "Mini LeBron" was logically called out by the major media. He became the cornerstone of the reconstruction of the city of Sacramento.

And this year, they picked up DeMarcus Cousins, the future super center, at the No. [-] pick. Now, for them, the most traditional championship team has a double core of one inside and one outside. The dual-core team building has already been obtained. Next, they only need to use the two of them as the core to fill other positions, and then they will become a championship team.

Many Clippers fans flooded into the Staples Center today. Although in Los Angeles, the Clippers have a huge fan base compared to the Lakers, they still have their own diehard fans. For the future debuts of the two teams, Riffin and Anson, the Clippers fans who had been holding back for half a year naturally flocked into the arena.

Anson was the first player to play for the Clippers. When he ran out of the tunnel wearing the No. 19 jersey (to commemorate his 19-year-old selection), the Staples Center erupted in applause for him. The wonderful performance during the period made the fans have high expectations for him, and the Clippers fans did not give him enough respect because he was an Asian.

Blake Griffin, who played in the finale, pushed the atmosphere to a climax. Tyreke Evans on the opposite side was just a No. 20 pick and played 5+5+[-] last year. What about the No. [-] pick?
"Kenny, I don't know why we were asked to comment on this game?" Charles Barkley complained to his partner Kenny Smith, "Shouldn't the ace combination in the commentary world like us comment on the Heat?" Is the match between the Big Three against the Celtics? No matter how bad it is, it should be the Lakers, the champion, going to Houston to play against the Rockets!"

"Charles, today's game will be very interesting, don't you think? It is definitely a very good choice to see talented and passionate young people fighting on the court. I even think that the Clippers may make a lot of things in this year's West Come."

The Clippers' starting lineup is as they have determined from the beginning, point guard Randy Foye, shooting guard Eric Bledsoe, small forward Anson, power forward Blake Griffin, Center Chris Kaman.

The king's starting lineup is point guard Tyreke Evans, shooting guard Francisco Garcia, small forward Dante Green, power forward Samuel Dalembert, center DeMarcus Cousins.

With the whistle of the referee, the basketball was thrown into the air, and DeMarcus Cousins, with his excellent bounce, directly dialed the basketball into the hands of Tyreke Evans.

This year's Rookie of the Year picked up speed very quickly the moment he received the ball. Randy Foye was originally a bit slower among point guards, compared to the instant impact of this "mini LeBron". The speed is completely incomparable, and he was overtaken directly near the halftime LOGO.

Tyreke Evans is a tall point guard with a height of 198cm, but this height did not affect his skillful ball handling ability at all. He entered the penalty area and directly faced Blake Griffin, who returned to the defense in the first place Layup, the body collision between two strong guys in the air was very fierce, but Tyreke Evans did not deform his movements because of this fierce confrontation, the basketball lightly hit the backboard and fell into the basket basket.

The ball has already gone in, but An Sheng just ran outside the three-point line. He was still adjusting his camera when he just played. He wanted to find a camera that was aimed at the court for the longest time to reduce the consumption of camera points. Unexpectedly The King's offense is so fast. As the Clippers' first gate against fast breaks, his performance on the defensive end this time is very bad.

Charles Barkley touched his big bald head and smiled: "It seems that the defensive gate that has been focused on is not in a good state tonight. His retreat speed is not even as fast as Blake's. If I am the main Coach, after this possession, he should sit on the bench now and watch how his teammates play."

Charles Barkley suffered a big loss from Yao Ming's kissing the donkey's ass before, so he naturally didn't have a good impression of An Sheng. Entering the finals and winning the regular season MVP, Paul Westphal, his mentor, naturally favored the Kings when speaking.

Regardless of what they thought of Anson's performance, Blake Griffin was clearly irritated by Tyreke Evans' hard-hitting layup. The defender is not very satisfied.

"Hey, Ann, Eric, I need your help." Blake Griffin said to his two most trusted teammates. The inside and outside are different. The inside players need the outside players to pass the ball to play well. better.

However, the Kings did a good job of protecting the interior today. The twin-tower combination of DeMarcus Cousins ​​and Samuel Dalembert almost took root in the interior. Eric Gordon and Randy · Foye's consecutive three-pointers made the king's defense shrink more and more to the inside, and Blake Griffin had no chance to play one-on-one inside.

The Kings played brilliantly under the organization of Tyreke Evans. The continuous passing and cutting gave DeMarcus Cousins ​​a chance to single Chris Kaman inside. Reece Kaman, completed a two-handed dunk.

Compared with a young and athletic insider like DeMarcus Cousins, Chris Kaman really looks old and slow. He can't find his defender at all just by turning around. s position.

(End of this chapter)