After the confession failed, I went to the NBA to play and lose weight

Chapter 34 Fighting the Knights Again (22)

Saying that I hadn't thought about it, it was actually predictable.

Li Chengming used to play crushing games without too much effort. Although his size and strength still have an advantage in the matchup, facing professional players, their mature bodies and defensive skills and experience bring The pressure is completely different from what I feel in normal training.

Wengert and Ao Dejie are not bad, before facing the Cavaliers insider Li Chengming, it is considered to be deflated.

If he keeps fighting for a whole game, his physical exertion will be even worse, and he may not be able to raise much energy when he plays later.

At this time, he also suddenly thought of why Yao was often aggressive in the first half when he was playing in the NBA, and he was okay in the third quarter, but he was exhausted in the fourth quarter.

Dayao has adapted to the confrontation and rhythm of the NBA, and he still has this problem.

In other words, this is actually a problem that many players have. There are not so many real stamina monsters in the NBA.

Although Li Chengming currently positions himself as a substitute and an important rotation force in the team, he can play more than a dozen or 10 minutes a game in the regular season. He will definitely be able to survive, but the goal has to be set in the long run.

But fortunately, he will not always be "carrying forward" like now. As the weight slowly drops, his own consumption will be reduced accordingly, and his physical strength may also be strengthened accordingly.

After the game, Li Chengming also communicated with the men's basketball team. The local accent is friendly, especially there is a fellow in it. Although he is not from the same city, he is also relatively close.

As for his relationship with the men's basketball team, the Blue Shoes haven't said anything to him for the time being, and he naturally avoided talking about it when he was interviewed.

Then one day later, in the same city and the same arena, the last game of the Huaguo game was the old opponents of the Magic and the Cavaliers. Li Chengming sat on the bench again this time.

Cavaliers starters: Gibson, Hughes, James, Gooden, Ilgauskas

Magic starters: Nelson, Bogans, Turkoglu, Garrity, Howard
Today's game started again with the Cavaliers taking the lead, and then the Magic caught up to 12. James led the team to a wave of 8:1. The Cavaliers led the Magic with 20:13. Van Gundy called a timeout and was about to replace Li Chengming .

Not only because of his high popularity at the "home court", but also because of his performance in the previous two games, it seems that he has gradually impressed the old-fashioned head coach.

After Li Chengming came on the field, he made a contribution. First, he took the ball in the low post to face the misplaced Larry Hughes and hit a jumper, and then successfully cut the ball when Hughes broke through with the ball.

In fact, the ball was suspected of being a thug, and Li Chengming himself felt as if he had touched Hughes' wrist, but the referee may not have blown it for the sake of the audience - of course, it may be that Li Chengming is too big to block his view. Let him not see clearly.

On the court, if the referee didn’t signal, it means “no foul”. After Li Chengming grabbed the ball and handed it to Arroyo’s dribbling organization, he got entangled with Devin Brown in the diagonal area in the frontcourt. Immediately after that, he opened his hand to ask for the ball.

Brown was inferior to Li Chengming in terms of height, weight, and wingspan, and his strength was far behind. His face was flushed, and it was very difficult to prevent Li Chengming from continuing to push back.

As a result, as soon as Li Chengming received the ball, he immediately turned around and made a gesture to shoot. Brown didn't want to step forward to interfere, but he didn't expect Li Chengming to feint a shot.

Li Chengming scored 4 points in a row, and the score was close to 3 points.

Cavaliers head coach Mike Brown didn't call a timeout and didn't let James play, but the Cavaliers turned back and got a shot by Devin Brown, then Arroyo missed a layup on the Magic's side, and Foyer grabbed the offensive rebound Never again.

Then the Cavaliers hit another three-pointer, and the point difference was pulled back to 8 points.

In fact, in the two preseason games played by the Magic and the Cavaliers, the players of the Cavaliers performed well, and the performance of the two teams can be regarded as equal.

Of course, the Magic also let a future second in command, so they should still be able to slightly overwhelm the Cavaliers.

Van Gundy immediately asked Arroyo to give the ball to Li Chengming on the sidelines and let him handle it.

Today, Arroyo's condition is relatively mediocre. Up to now, she has only hit a fast break layup. Others on the court, such as Foyer, Du Lin and Augustine, can't count on it. They can only rely on Li Chengming to launch the offense.

In the current tactical system of the Magic, defenders rarely act as the starting point of tactics. The starting point is Turkoglu as the starting point, Howard is mostly the end point, and Nelson and others are more used as the central axis for transferring the ball, or It's the shooting point.

The bench should have been handed over to Arroyo to handle the ball and pick and roll inside, but now with Li Chengming, Van Gundy has another offensive option.

Arroyo didn't have any objections either. After advancing to the top of the arc, she lobbed the ball directly to Li Chengming, who was on the weak side, and then cleared one side to give Li Chengming a chance to play.

Devin Brown faced Li Chengming again and felt a lot of pressure. In fact, they had faced each other in the last game. He still remembered that LeBron was still in the team and told them to be careful about this guy.

Because James had dealt with each other during the training camp of the US team, although everyone didn't know the reason, they still remembered it.

Then in that game, he really impressed them with the one-on-one round against James...

In fact, just looking at Li Chengming's size is enough to make people feel cowardly. Brown feels that Gooden, who is the biggest in the team, cannot carry the opponent. Gooden himself did say that the opponent is difficult to deal with.

This guy looks fat, but his strength is not bad at all, and he can shoot with one hand.

People often talk about what the Sharks would look like if they shot. Brown suddenly felt that the kid in front of him had this tendency, although his athletic talent was definitely not as good as O'Neal's, and his style of play was completely different.

This time Li Chengming went straight to sit and beat, and Brown couldn't bear it and could only call for assistance. Although the coach didn't specially arrange double-teams, the players on the court naturally had autonomy.

It's just that Li Chengming's reaction was also very fast. At the moment when the double-team was about to form, he suddenly distributed the ball. Arroyo caught the ball to attract the help defense and immediately passed it to Du Lin. Du Lin had a three-point open opportunity and seized it well. It's 20:25.

Although it was Arroyo's assist this time, the biggest credit was on Li Chengming's side.

Van Gundy couldn't help clapping his hands beside him. In fact, Augustine on the other side also had an open chance at the time, and the chance was even better right under the basket, but Li Chengming's side was not to mention being blocked. Risk, his field of vision does not allow him to see so wide.

Anyway, it was harmless, Li Chengming's performance during this period has proved that it is worthwhile to let him play, and at the same time Van Gundy can't help but start to wonder if he really needs to be given more chances in the regular season.

From the current point of view, Li Chengming performed well in the summer league, and the feedback from the US team as a training partner was also good, not to mention his performance in training.

His advantage is that he knows how to take advantage of his size and strength in the low post. No one in the team can resist him here. Hardtop and then go to the basket for a dunk, he has other offensive methods.

He is also very smart at playing, has many choices, and is willing to share the ball, but there is still a problem with his vision, and then his shooting.

His touch is very soft. With such a big body, such a thick arm, and such a small ball, he can actually control the power steadily, and he can still control the strength of the shot after the confrontation.

This is obviously a talent, and Van Gundy even wonders if it is his racial talent, after all, the big man in Houston is like this.

The No. [-] pick in Milwaukee heard that his shooting was also good, but the confrontation and rhythm were a little bit off.

However, many problems that did not exist before are easy to be exposed in the official games of the regular season.

Especially rookies are more likely to be targeted, and if one is not good, they will be stuck there and unable to improve.

For a team like them that strives for performance, there is not much room for rookies to make mistakes.

If one of them is not good, it will not only put pressure on Li Chengming, but also may affect the team atmosphere and even the record, and it will also cause dissatisfaction among the boss and fans.

While Van Gundy was thinking, the first quarter of the game was over, and the Magic relied on Li Chengming's performance to score three points behind at 26:29.

In the second quarter, Li Chengming rested off the court again. Turkoglu led the offense in the rotation of the Magic. Under his leadership, the Magic quickly overtook the score.

But soon the Cavaliers also made efforts. Hughes, Big Z and Gooden scored successively, and the Cavaliers led by 5 points.

Van Gundy thought about it, and replaced Howard, Nelson, and Li Chengming during the timeout. The lineup on the field became Nelson, Bogans, Turkoglu, Li Chengming, and Howard.

(End of this chapter)