Superstar Tyreke

Chapter 34 Returning to the Stadium
Marcus Thornton's first game for the Sacramento Kings was an away game against the Charlotte Bobcats.

At the Time Warner Center Arena in Charlotte, the Kings scored in double figures with 8 players. Lost at home to the Kings.

The Sacramento Kings' new aid Marcus Thornton and Jermaine Taylor, who was acquired from the Rockets with a second-round pick, each scored 15 points to make up for the lack of offensive firepower after Tyreke's absence.

Immediately after the next away game against the Memphis Grizzlies, although the Sacramento Kings lost in the end, Marcus Thornton, who came off the bench, continued to perform steadily and scored 19 points efficiently in 17 minutes.

Returning to the home court to face the visiting Los Angeles Clippers, Marcus Thornton came off the bench again. After two consecutive games of steady performance, Thornton went one step further in this game, scoring a new season high with a shooting rate of 60.00%. He scored 33 points and made key shots in the fourth quarter to defeat the visiting Los Angeles Clippers by himself.

At this time, it is time for Tyreke to come back. The Sacramento Kings officially announced that Tyreke will return to the court in the home game against the Portland Trail Blazers.

The day before the game, the team practiced together at the Sleep Train arena, and Tyreke naturally came to the arena.

Tyreke was the first to come to the training hall. He hadn't played a game for more than a month, so Tyreke missed the court a little bit.When Tyreke stepped into the training hall, Coach Westphal and the staff of the coaching staff were already in the training hall. Seeing Tyreke enter the stadium, Coach Westphal greeted him with a smile.

Coach Westphal patted Tyreke on the shoulder and said with a smile on his face: "Terreke, you're finally back. How are you? Is everything all right? I don't want you to go into battle with injuries!"

"Healed up, I have been resting for more than a month, I can't wait to play..."

"Well, very good, Turke! You take Tyreke to do some adaptive training first, and then assemble after all the team members have arrived."

After finishing speaking, Tyreke and assistant coach Turke Robinson went to the side for training.

Afterwards, the players also came to the stadium one after another. After seeing Tyreke, Cousins ​​and others surrounded him happily. Everyone was very excited about Tyreke's return to the team. This is enough to see that Tyreke influence on the team.

With all the players present, Coach Westphal brought everyone together.

"Today we welcomed back our All-Star player Tyreke Evans, and now our team has no one on the injured list, and the current personnel are full. And now there are 24 games before the end of the regular season , and now the team ranks ninth in the Western Conference, we do have a chance to make a breakthrough this season and make it to the playoffs. So we will do our best to win every next game!"

Then Coach Westphal looked at Tyreke and said: "Terreke, you just returned to the team, and the team has undergone some personnel changes recently. Carl Landry and Luther Hyde left the team, and These two are new additions to the team, Marcus Thornton and Jermaine Taylor."

Tyreke looked in the direction Coach Westphal pointed, and nodded to Thornton and Taylor.

"Tomorrow our opponent is the Portland Trail Blazers, everyone is preparing for the game! Now everyone is free to train!"

Tyreek was stretching on the sidelines. Thornton, who practiced shooting, came to Tyreke with the ball in his arms. He greeted Tyreek with a smile and said, "Hi Tyreke, I am very glad to be your teammate."

Tyreke looked at Thornton's round face, straightened up and stretched out his hand: "Marcus, you are welcome to join the team."

Thornton held the basketball in one hand, reached out to hold Tyreke with the other hand, grinned and said: "Terreke, you and I are both players in the 09 class, you are my role model, the best rookie plus the All-Star ,Amazing"

Thornton's tone was a bit eccentric. Tyreke knew in his heart that Thornton's position in the team will inevitably form a certain competition with himself in the team, although his status in the team and his current personal honor are far higher than Thornton, but Thornton is also a proud young man, and he will naturally have a certain sense of competition in his heart.

Tyreke also understood, and still responded with a smile: "Thank you, let's play hard together!"

The game against the Portland Trail Blazers is about to start. Due to the home game in Sacramento and Tyreke's comeback, the sleep train arena is full. Everyone is looking forward to the return of the hero of Sacramento and lead the team back to the West top eight.

"Gentlemen and ladies! I'm Grant Napier, the commentator for today's game, and next to me is my partner Jerry Reirez. Jerry, today the team finally welcomed back Tyreke Evans, In these games where Tyreke was absent, the team's offense was obviously weak, and at the same time, the perimeter pressure on the defensive end also dropped a lot."

"Yes, Grant, I believe the fans can see his importance to the current Kings during Tyreke's absence. The team needs Tyreke's personal ability. From the perspective of the first half of the season, although Tyreke Mid-range and long-range lethality is mediocre, but his breakthrough is enough to attract defenses, and his ability to connect teams is not weaker than Benno Udrik. Tyreke's personal hard power is definitely the team's well-deserved No.1."

"Jerry, the team currently has 24 regular season games left, and is still 1.5 games away from the eighth place in the Western Conference. How do you think the team will achieve a breakthrough and enter the playoffs?"

"The team recently acquired Marcus Thornton through a trade. I am still quite optimistic about this deal. Carl Landry does have strength, which is good as a puzzle, but what the team needs now is an outside scoring point. Tai Rick's absence made the team realize that the team needs stronger offensive firepower. Judging from the three games in which Marcus Thornton played, Marcus Thornton's scoring ability is indeed very good. He came off the bench, averaged 21.7 points per game, and the team also won two wins and one loss. Marcus Thornton will definitely become another scoring hotspot besides Tyreke and DeMarcus in the team. Now with Tyreke's return, with 24 games left in the regular season, the team has a good chance of making the playoffs."

"Well, good Jerry, the game is about to start now, let's enter this game, Tyreke Evans will start in the first game of his comeback, let's look forward to his performance."

Following the shouts of the DJ at the scene, Tyreke trotted out, clapped hands with his teammates on both sides one by one, and finally jumped up and bumped into Cousins. venue!

(End of this chapter)