Superstar Tyreke

Chapter 12 The preseason starts well
The game of the second quarter began very soon. At this time, the lineup of the Kings on the field was Eugene Jeter, Omi Casspi, Dante Green, Carl Landry, Samuel Deller mbott.The lineup of the Suns is Goran Dragic, Jason Richardson, Jared Dudley, Hedo Turkoglu, and Robin Lopez.

Tyreke was sitting on the bench at this time, with a towel on his head, his hands folded in front of his chest, staring at the players on the court, watching them play from a close distance, watching how they handled the ball, how they moved, and how they defended , imagining what he would do if faced with the situation they encountered on the court. Tyreke, who was on the bench, watched everything that happened on the court, as if he was in a live teaching.

The Suns Dudley fouled Landry for a layup. After Landry made the first free throw, coach Westphal put Tyreke back on the court and replaced Dalembert with Hassan Whitesey. Germany.

Tyreke and Whiteside played together, and Tyreke walked beside Whiteside and said: "Hassan, perform well and protect the rebound! I will feed you the ball at the right time!"

"Okay! Big brother!"

When Tyreke played, the Phoenix Suns had overtaken the Sacramento Kings by 5 points, leading 47-42.

The Phoenix Suns have the ball, Nash holds the ball, and the team moves around in rotation. Frye circles from the inside to the bottom corner. Thompson, who is defending him, has no time to keep up. Nash accurately finds Frye, and Frye Young makes a three-pointer!Hit!

Tyreke holds the ball in the frontcourt and Nash is marking. Tyreke dribbles the ball from his crotch to force Nash. After all, Nash's defense is relatively weak, and he is directly passed by Tyreke. Follow Dudley to make a mid-range shot!Hit!
Nash handed the ball to Turkoglu and continued to run. Turkoglu handed the ball to Nash. Nash caught the ball and made a three-pointer before Tyreke blocked the block!Hit!

The Kings passed the ball continuously in the frontcourt, Casspi passed the ball in, Whiteside received the ball, and played against Lopez!Pop out!Whiteside grabs an offensive rebound!Dudley, who was defending Casspi, stepped forward to defend Whiteside. Casspi was in the open position, and Whiteside still hit hard by himself and missed!Confiscated by Lopez, the ball was switched, the Kings organized a fast break, and Dragic made a layup!
Tyreke organized the offense in the frontcourt and lobbed the ball to Whiteside. Turkoglu and Lopez double-teamed the inside. Whiteside still made a strong shot!Miss!Turkoglu grabbed the rebound and quickly advanced to the frontcourt. The Kings had only Tyreke and Casspi retreating back. The Suns went three-on-two in the frontcourt. Hit!
Tyreke broke through the inside with the ball, beat Lopez with a small hit, and made a European layup!Hit!
After Tyreke came on the court, the two sides fought back and forth, and soon the halftime ended. Due to several irrational singles by Whiteside, the point difference was opened instead, and the Sacramento Kings fell behind 50-59. The Phoenix Suns scored 9 points.

After the halftime break, back in the locker room, Tyreke pulled Whiteside aside, and said with displeasure: "Hassan! Don't attack blindly, you have too much desire for performance! It's my first time in the NBA today. I didn’t play on the court without you. Oh, no, in short, don’t get too hot-headed!”

"Um, I'm so excited, I want to put the ball in the goddamn basket when I get the ball!"

"Hey, pay attention next time!" After speaking, Tyreke returned to his seat and drank the special sports drink specially made for him by the trainer, while Whiteside leaned on the wall with one hand and bowed his head thinking about something.

The 15-minute half-time break came quickly and the second half began.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Tyreke and Cousins ​​cooperated. When Tyreke was attacking, it was difficult for Richardson, who was facing him, to defend him alone. Lopez, who was facing Cousins, must step forward to defend. Tyreke passed the ball to Cousins ​​for three consecutive rounds. Cousins ​​hit two consecutive points with his soft mid-range touch.On the defensive end, Tyreke limited Nash's performance to the greatest extent with his full defensive enthusiasm in the quarter, blocking the offense of the Suns. After several rounds, the Sacramento Kings trailed by 77 points 80-3. With 20 seconds left, the Kings have the ball.

The Suns Frye made a defensive foul and the game was suspended. Coach Westphal was holding a tactical board to draw the tactical arrangement for the next attack. All the staff surrounded him. Coach Westphal shouted loudly in the middle: "This quarter On the last attack, we scored a 3-pointer to try to tie the score and enter the fourth quarter. Beno, you control the ball. After catching the ball, press the time. The others run. With 5 seconds left, DeMarcus came from the inside Pull out to make a screen, Benno gives the ball to Omi, and Omi executes the shot! If there is no gap, Benno directly goes around the screen and shoots a three-pointer! Okay, everyone!"

On the final attack of the third quarter, the Kings followed the tactics. Casspi actively ran away from the defender, received a pass from Udrih, and made a three-pointer!Hit!Tyreke and his teammates on the bench stood up and cheered for this beautiful three-pointer. The two teams entered the final quarter with an 80 tie.

In the fourth quarter, because it was a preseason game, the two teams did not work too hard. The two veterans of the Phoenix Suns, Nash and Hill, did not play directly. Tyreke only played for about 2 minutes in the fourth quarter and took one shot. Missed a three-pointer, contributed an assist and went off to rest.In the end, the Sacramento Kings defeated the visiting Phoenix Suns 107-100 at home. Tyreke played 23 minutes of the game and contributed 19 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 steal. Cousins ​​played 27 minutes and performed outstandingly, contributing 22 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists. , and Whiteside only played 2 minutes in the second half, played 6 minutes in the game, did not score, and only scored 3 rebounds.

A victory in a preseason game did not make Tyreke particularly happy. He knew that this was just a training session, and the opponent did not show his true strength at all.Without too much celebration, after high-fiving with teammates, I was ready to go back to the locker room.

"Hey, buddy!"

Tyreke looked back and saw Nash walking towards him.Walking to Tyreke, Nash pulled him and bumped his shoulder, and said in Tyreke's ear: "You played well, see you in the regular season, and then I will go all out!" After finishing speaking, Nash put himself The jersey in his hand was handed to Tyreke, "The agreed jersey, by the way, give me your jersey, we will exchange jerseys."

"Okay! Okay!" Tyreke quickly took off his jersey and handed it to Nash, and took Nash's No. 13 Suns jersey. Tyreke's face was full of excitement, but he thought of the audience in the Sleep Train Arena scoring a goal for him. During the cheers, Tyreke put away his fan-like expression, his eyes were full of determination.

(End of this chapter)