Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

Chapter 45 Media Day, facing off against Joe in singles

Malone is 40 years old. Although he is still in good condition, who knows how many more years he can play in the future.

At this stage, Ma Long, apart from the championship, can be said to have no desires.

After coming to the Lakers, Malone even made plans to sacrifice.

For example, the Lakers' starting lineup is the best in the league on paper, but their bench lineup is quite thin.

In order to ensure that the bench lineup will not be too slow, Malone even considered bringing the bench lineup with Payton.

However, after discussing with Payton before, Payton was not happy.

Now, it is discovered that the newcomer selected by the Lakers, Duane, has great potential.

Whether it is the summer league or the preseason, they have performed very well.

Malone doesn't know how Duen can play in the next regular season, and whether Duen will stretch his hips in the playoffs for the first time.

All Malone could see was that Duane was training almost every day.

Obviously the coaching staff didn't force Du En to do too much training, but Du En would take the initiative to stay for extra training even after the preseason games were over.

Ma Long has played in the NBA for 20 years and has never seen many young people who want to make progress.

Malone himself is like this, pushing himself to the limit every day, getting stronger little by little.

The same draft pick, the same Kirin arm, and the same hard training made Malone's affection for Duen grow day by day.

In fact, it wasn't just Malone. Kobe, who often met Duan at the Toyota Center during the offseason, subconsciously agreed when he heard Malone mention Duan.

It's just that Kobe didn't continue to mention Duane.

Because, there is no need.

"My love for basketball will never change.

But my family and I have been through so much that we still can’t get over.

For me, basketball is already ranked second, and family is the most important.

You know, basketball is my job, and I have a job to do, and that's why I'm back.

I'm not going to hide at home, I'm here to play the ball well. "

At the media day on October 10, Kobe said this in public.

Compared with the sharp-edged and confident Kobe in the past, Kobe today is a little cautious and taciturn.

Faced with questions from media reporters, Kobe did not respond too much to issues such as Lakers F4 and winning the championship in the new season.

On the contrary, newcomers Payton and Malone are full of confidence in winning the championship in the new season, and O'Neal also boasted at the media day.

As for Dunn, naturally he did not participate in the Lakers F4 interview.

Duane is the future of the team. He is the main player for the Lakers to sell tickets, but he can't make it to the stage yet.

For the Lakers' first media day, the marketing was still Lakers F4.

Of course, the reporters on the scene were more concerned about Kobe, but Kobe was under a lot of pressure, and his whole person felt very sad, a bit like a jade.

Kobe said that I didn't escape, I came back to play.But as soon as he heard the sharp question, he pretended to be deaf and dumb, wandering in the sky, and fell silent.

The words were divided into two parts. When Du En was being interviewed at Lakers F4, there were more than a dozen media surrounding Du En, accepting interviews from them.

Naturally, this place was jointly arranged by the Lakers and Nike!
The video of Dunn's extra training after the game has been processed, and it will be released to Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle and other Chinese-inhabited cities, as well as major economically prosperous cities in Asia.

Most of the reporters present this time are not local reporters in the United States, but come from many Asian countries and regions.

After this wave of interviews, Du En has basically confirmed his status as the number one defender in Asia, even though Du En has not played in an international match...

After finishing the media interview, the Lakers and his team officially set off to fly back to Los Angeles to prepare for the next preseason game.

After three days of running-in, the Lakers finally welcomed their second preseason NBA team, the Phoenix Suns, at the Staples Center.

Although after the exchange of Kidd and Marbury, the Nets took off and the Suns failed to recover.

However, the Suns last season, at any rate, also entered the playoffs under the "leading" of Marbury.

Facing playoff-level opponents, Zen master still pays more attention to this preseason game.

Whether it is the warm-up before the game or the tactical arrangement before the game, Master Zen gave the players good instructions.

One thing to say, the Lakers' starting lineup is extremely strong, and the Suns' are not bad either.

Point guard Marbury, shooting guard singles Joe, small forward Marion, power forward Stoudemire, only center Jack Voskull is better, a second-round pick in 00.

However, considering that O'Neal is out recovering from injury, the Lakers have no one at the center position, and they all use Cobra Grant as a fake starter.

And because Payton is not willing to play the triangle offense and occupies a lot of possessions, it is equivalent to the old Marbury playing the peak Marbury.

The Lakers are at a disadvantage because of the position of point guard and small forward. Kobe and Malone C alone are indeed a little bit unable to withstand the firepower of the sun.

Although it is a preseason game, the main players on both sides are basically full in the first quarter. If Malone had not maintained good condition and his current strength is still far higher than Stoudemire, the Lakers might have been at a disadvantage in the starting lineup.

"Duen, get ready, it's time for you to warm up."

23 to 19, the first quarter has not yet finished, the Lakers have fallen behind by 4 points, at this time, Zen Master suddenly reminded Du En.

Until the last minute of the first quarter, Duane finally got the chance to play and came to the court with Fisher and other substitutes.

Because the point guard equipped was Fisher, Duan quickly got the ball and directly faced Joe in isolation.

"Well, it's kind of interesting!"

Du En saw that the singles Joe was not strong, and heard that the singles Joe was famous for his skills, so he took the initiative to play high backs, trying to use his strength advantage to suppress the singles Joe.

But unexpectedly, after taking the initiative to fight, I found that Joe's confrontation in singles was okay.

However, Singles Joe lacked some defensive experience. Du En pushed Singles Joe twice, but Singles Joe did not take the initiative to retreat to leave a defensive space. Du En took the opportunity to turn around and pass Singles Joe directly to the basket.

Stoudemire came to help defend, Du En feinted and wanted to shoot. Stoudemire's defensive habits were not good, and Du En pointed him away, so Du En jumped up to meet him again, and after the confrontation, he threw a shot.

"Two plus one! Duane played very smartly and is about to stand on the free throw line. His free throws are very accurate. He will score three points for the team in one round."

The Lakers' home commentator Bill McDonald said excitedly.

The home commentator will definitely bring some subjective factors. Even in a preseason game, Bill McDonald also hopes that the Lakers can win and hope that the Lakers' rookies can perform better.

Duan did not disappoint him. He played for the first time at the Staples Center and had no stage fright at all. He hit the extra penalty steadily and scored 3 points right away.

The Lakers fans at the scene had been listening to the news about Duen all summer and were about to test Duen's quality for themselves.

Seeing Du En's mature performance now, he immediately cheered.

"Dune, Dawn, Dawn!"

Listening to the cheers of the fans, Du En naturally played more enthusiastically. Even if there is less than half a minute left, Du En must perform better.

In the next round, the singles Joe wanted to hit back on Du En's head, but Du En was indifferent to the singles Joe's changing rhythm dribble.

In singles, Joe prefers to shoot rather than break through, and finally chooses to take a step back to open up space and shoot a fallback jumper.

Dunn pounced on it with the help of excellent bullet speed. Although he missed the ball, it still interfered with Joe's shooting in singles.

Coupled with the mid-range shooting rate, which is not high to begin with, Jordan's shooting rate at his peak was only 50%.

In the singles, Joe hit the ball with a shot, and the Lakers immediately passed the ball to Fisher after grabbing the rebound, allowing him to advance quickly.

Because time was running out, Fisher passed the ball to Duane immediately after halftime.

Playing at home is indeed different. Stimulated by the fans, Duan was full of confidence after getting the ball.

At the end of the first quarter, in the last 3 seconds, after Dunn got the ball, he made a strong three-pointer against Joe's defense in the singles.

Real men never look back to explode!

After shooting the three-pointer, Dunn looked back confidently.

Hearing the roar of cheers erupting from the audience, a smile appeared on Du En's cool face.

By the way, after Duan made a three-pointer, he gave the Suns 1.4 seconds of attack time.

In singles, Joe rushed forward immediately after receiving the ball. Under Duane's entanglement and interference, he forced a three-pointer at the buzzer, but he didn't put the ball into the basket like Duane.

"Dune, Dawn, Dawn!"

The sound of Joe's single match was mixed with the cheers of the Lakers home fans, sending Duane off the court and back to the bench.

"Brother, your shot just now was so cool!" O'Neill took a towel and came to greet Dun in person.

After Du En sat down, O'Neill, who was used to playing tricks, imitated the posture of Du En's physical therapist and squeezed Du En's shoulders.

O'Neal and Duane seem so close, and the relationship between other Lakers players and Duane is naturally not too bad.

During the break between quarters, many role players came forward to compliment Duan on his wonderful performance in the first quarter.

In 1 minute of playing, he scored 6 points!
Based on Duane's performance in the previous two preseason games, he could easily score more than ten points in the second half.

So after the whole game, if you score more than [-] points, isn't it in your hands?
Duan's performance today was indeed similar to his previous performance in Hawaii.

In the second quarter, he started the game and played for more than 4 minutes. Both offensive and defensive ends suppressed the Suns' first-round pick Casey Jacobson last year, scoring 7 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 1 steal.

下半场杜恩发挥依旧稳定，只打了15分钟，就拿下了14分4篮板3助攻1抢断的全面数据。

全场下来，杜恩出场20分钟，累计获得27分5篮板5助攻2抢断的数据。

In terms of turnovers and fouls, Dunn also controlled better, with 2 turnovers and 3 fouls respectively.

If the level of movement control and passing can be further improved, Duan can also make a big improvement in controlling mistakes.

After playing the Suns, the Lakers are about to welcome their second team to visit the Staples Center - the Cleveland Cavaliers.

James, whom Du En has been waiting for all summer, will finally appear in front of him as his opponent.

(End of this chapter)