The world of basketball

Chapter 22 The Running-in of the New Lineup
In the end, the Pelicans still failed to come back. In the end, the Spurs defeated the Pelicans 124:109. In the first eight games of the regular season, the Spurs had five wins and three losses, which looked pretty good.

But the Spurs have yet to meet a real strong team. The Lakers, Trail Blazers and Timberwolves who lost to them are all teams at the same level as themselves.

In this game, Mu Xiaobei performed well. He made 26 of 16 shots, 22 of [-] three-pointers, [-] of [-] free throws, [-] of [-] rebounds, seven assists and four blocks. Alder scored [-] points and Kuzma [-] points, Belinelli scored sixteen points.

Davis played equally well for the Pelicans, scoring 39+15 in the air, and Holiday scored 26 points.

Mu Xiaobei became the first rookie player to achieve [-] points. In the last week, because Mu Xiaobei didn't play many games, he only ranked third in the rookie rankings. The top two were Tanhuadong Chichi and No. [-] pick Ayton, behind Mu Xiaobei are Tre Young, Bamba and No. [-] Bagley.

But in the new rookie rankings, Mu Xiaobei successfully suppressed Doncic, ranked first in the rookie rankings, and was elected the best rookie of the week in the second week.

第二天背靠背打魔术的比赛中，木小北马刺以116:110小胜，此战木小北出战28分钟得到24+11+6+3的全面数据，库兹马得到18+6+4的数据，阿德30+6。

After that, the Spurs had two days of rest. During these two days, the Spurs ushered in new aids Bullock, Jeremy Lin and Mudiay. Due to Lonnie Walker's injury, Jeremy Lin will serve as the team's starter in November point guard.

Jeremy Lin and Mu Xiaobei had trained together in the same training camp before, and they had a lot of exchanges with Guo Ailun and Yi Jianlian. At that time, Mu Xiaobei was just a rookie predicting the end of the round, and Jeremy Lin had just arrived in Atlanta.

But Atlanta doesn't seem to have any ambitions this year, which is not in line with Jeremy Lin's basketball philosophy. He is a little dissatisfied with the coach's arrangement.

Once, Jeremy Lin said in an interview: "I have stayed in six teams in the NBA, two teams in the Development League, I am tired of moving companies, wandering without roots, I want to find a team seat home .”

It was the Spurs' promise of a long-term contract to Jeremy Lin that impressed Jeremy Lin. The team may promise that he can be the helm of the team's second team.

In the past two days, all the generals of the Spurs are familiar with each other's technical characteristics. Popovich also made a lot of tactics, and Duncan also came to the team to help the young people of the team run in.

The Heat have not made the playoffs since James left, and even sent the team spirit Wade out of the team, but the Heat made the playoffs last season and have become a playoff team in the East .

This game is also a game to test the new lineup of the Spurs.

However, the Heat's James Johnson, Waiters and Ellington were unable to play due to injuries. Dragic, Da Baibian and Wade Sr. were unable to parry. The Spurs extinguished the Heat with a small victory of 108:100.

Two days later, the Spurs played against the Rockets at home. At the beginning, the Spurs trailed by more than ten points, but in the third quarter, thanks to Jeremy Lin's outburst, the Spurs almost tied the score, but in the fourth quarter, the Rockets scored their five points. The lineup took away the game in waves, and the Spurs lost 100:104 in the end.

The Spurs are away to the Sacramento Kings. The king's Bagley and Fox feel cold. They got Duke University's Bagley this year, but it seems that the efficiency of the second place is not too high.

However, the Kings have a lot of patience. Their goal this year is not the playoffs, but to train young players and pick next year's draft picks, so the Spurs won the game without bloodshed.

The Suns Booker and Ayton plus Josh Jackson's internal and external combination are full of talents, and the team got Ariza as an experienced veteran in the summer, and also got Ryan Anderson as a three-point fortress. Uh, well, actually the Suns this season The primary goal is not the playoffs, but to train new players.

Even the Suns didn't even have a decent starter. This time Anderson Ariza and Booker felt cold, and the Spurs won the game.

The next day, the Spurs rushed to Los Angeles non-stop to challenge the Clippers away. After Jordan went to Alaska this summer, he officially announced that the Clippers would be rebuilt, and the original Big Three would be completely replaced.

However, the Spurs' two consecutive away teams were a bit weak. The Clippers' strongmen Gallinari, Reed Gortat, Bradley, etc. fought back. The two teams fell into a difficult battle. The Spurs had the last laugh, beating the Clippers 114:112.

Since then, the Spurs have achieved a record of four wins and one loss in five games, with a total of nine wins and four losses, ranking fourth in the West, ahead of the Warriors, Rockets and Thunder.

五场比赛中木小北场均出战28分钟，能够得到22.5分12.6个篮板5.4个助攻和2.4个盖帽，完全是一个全明星中锋的数据。

For other Spurs players, Adelaide averaged 22+9 per game, Kuzma averaged 14 points per game, Mudiay averaged 12.3 points and 3.4 assists per game, and Jeremy averaged 15.5 points and 4.4 assists per game.

In the two selections of the best rookie of the week, Mu Xiaobei won the best rookie of the week in the Western Conference for three consecutive times based on his own data, and he also won the best player of the week in the Western Conference once.

As a rookie, being able to achieve such a result has far exceeded many people's expectations.

At this time, no one does not admire Popovich's vision. A No. 25 pick can be used as the cornerstone of the team based on his current performance.

"Yao Ming and Duncan, what is Mu Xiaobei's template and upper limit?"

On Hupu and Zhihu, the two major forum apps, Zhang Jiawei, a freelance writer known as "Mr. Zhang", wrote an analysis of Mu Xiaobei that became popular all over the Internet.

In his rookie season, Mu Xiaobei averaged 24 points and 13 rebounds in [-] games in his debut. What kind of level is he?
You know, even Yao Ming, Duncan's rookie season is just like this data, and even Yao Ming's scoring is much lower than Mu Xiaobei's due to the relationship with the ball.

There are also many posts in the United States, such as "What kind of rookie did the Lakers let go?" etc. Just like Lin Crazy back then, Mu Xiaobei's performance in the regular season has entered the field of vision of many people.

But after all, this is not the time in 12. Now the network information is more smooth and convenient, and Mu Xiaobei is a local player in China, which also attracts more people to pay attention to Mu Xiaobei.

The direct beneficiary is Li Ning. Originally, Li Ning was worried about Mu Xiaobei being traded to the Spurs. Why do you think Leonard refused to stay with the Spurs and go to a big city?The more reason is that the market in big cities is good, and the sneakers can be sold.

The Spurs are synonymous with a team and a low profile. Li Ning also worried whether Mu Xiaobei's popularity in the Spurs would be affected.

But now it seems that as long as you have a certain ability, domestic fans will continue to pay attention to you.

In the past, many fans' blessings and support for Mu Xiaobei were more because Mu Xiaobei is Chinese, and his entry into the NBA is to win for the Chinese people.

But now Mu Xiaobei also has his own fan group, just like Yao Ming.

Of course, Mu Xiaobei still can't compare with Yao Ming, because this is just the beginning of the regular season, and his career is still long!
(End of this chapter)