Play in God's jersey

Chapter 209 The preseason finale against the Thunder
One week after the preseason finale against the Thunder at home, on October 10th, the Suns will open their regular season.

The NBA likes to engage in these plots of grievances and enmity in the opening game and the Christmas game, using this as a gimmick to attract fans to watch.

The Suns fell at the feet of the Spurs in the playoffs for two consecutive years. This is the best storyline. Can the Suns succeed in revenge or continue to be held down by the Spurs?Fans will be tantalized by this suspense.

In order for the team to quickly enter the regular season, head coach Terry Porter decided to play this preseason game against the Thunder as a regular season.

This season, the Thunder drafted five rookies in one go, Russell Westbrook, Serge Ibaka, DJ White, Devin Halting, Coy Waver. It's a strategy of casting a wide net and catching more, but Qian Duoduo knows that except for Westbrook and Ibaka, the other three will become passers-by in the NBA.

Even if the draft is as vicious as a detonator, it cannot ensure that all the rookies selected will be successful.There are so many rookies joining the league every year, and there are only 400 teams in the league, with more than [-] players. There are fixed radish positions, and if someone grabs a position, someone will leave. The competition is so cruel.Every year behind the rookie's smile is the old man's sad exit. It is really very, very difficult to be an evergreen tree in the league. It is even more difficult to maintain an excellent competitive state and become an All-Star every year.

The rookies selected by the Thunder this year, together with the No. [-] pick Durant selected last year, will continue to be bad this year. If everything goes well, and Harden is picked next year as they wish, the rebuilding of their team will be basically completed .

You must know that the Thunder just moved from Seattle to Oklahoma City this year. During the summer league, the short-sleeved players on the team's bench were still wearing the Supersonics logo uniforms.Before September 9, they were still a team with a home field but no identity.It was on that day that they officially announced the team's new team name - Thunder (the choice of the team name was derived from the famous Oklahoma storm and the 3th Infantry Division "Thunderbirds"), the team Logo and Team colors.The sky blue color scheme is comparable to the state flag, and the yellow represents the Oklahoma sunshine.

Picking the right players in the draft for three consecutive years, and quickly completing the reconstruction of the team after the relocation, Detonator's draft really deserves the title of one of the NBA's three treasures.The other two treasures are: the team doctor of the Suns and the abandoned general of the Rockets.However, the future Lakers waivers may also be among them and become a treasure.

"Russell, I heard that the rookie of the Suns led the team to win your school's district championship in the NCAA." Durant said to Westbrook next to him when he changed into his game uniform in the locker room.

Don't need to hear it, it's true.

Westbrook tore off his pink shirt, put on his game uniform, and muttered, "I'm going to blow him up!"

"Don't worry, if there is a chance, I will give you the ball to hit him." Durant said.As for Qian Duoduo, he had watched Qian Duoduo's match at the Beijing Olympics, and he keenly discovered that Qian Duoduo's style of play was somewhat similar to his own.In order not to play the inside position on the court, he deliberately falsely reported that he was short.Seeing Qian Duoduo playing from inside to outside, he was still playing well. He felt a bit like a masculine smell in the air, and he felt a faint sense of vigilance in his heart, so he wanted Westbrook to test the opponent's strength.

For the Suns, the starting lineup is: center O'Neal, power forward Stoudemire, small forward Grant Hill, shooting guard Raja Bell, and point guard Nash.

For the Thunder youth team, the starting lineup is: center Nick Collison, power forward Chris Wilcox, small forward Durant, shooting guard Jeff Green, point guard Russell Weiss Brooke.

O'Neal jumped to win the jump ball, the Suns attacked first, Nash came back with Stoudemire who had an eye injury after a two-game break, the first attack, the cooperation between the two was still sharp, Nash bypassed Stoudemire's screen, and hit a mid-range jumper , the hand feel is maintained very well.

Looking back, Westbrook also used his speed to rush one, and it was scored. His speed was too fast, Nash couldn't keep up, and Raja Bell had no time to switch defenses.After finishing this, Westbrook glared at Qian Duoduo, who was on the Suns bench, and shouted loudly at the same time,
Did you see it, did you see it?I'm going to blow you up!

Qian Duoduo sat on the bench, smiled slightly, and shook his two index fingers at Westbrook.

Qian Duoduo's ignoring attitude made Westbrook very angry.

The angry Turtle burst out with incredible defensive energy. When Nash passed the ball to Hill, he quickly grabbed it, intercepted the ball in the middle, and quickly dunked and ravaged the Suns' basket.After the dunk, he clenched his fists and yelled at Qian Duoduo on the bench.

Qian Duoduo first squeezed out a smile at the corners of his mouth with his hands, then shook his head.

So what kind of attitude, I haven't played yet, we will compete again when I play.

Immediately there were media reporters on the sidelines keenly aware of this hostility between the rookies of the two teams, and an interesting news report could be concocted.

Maybe we can create a pair of "enemies for life" like Yao Ming and Stoudemire. In addition to the matchups between teams, the comparison of grievances and grievances between players is also very attractive.So the media like this type of on-court and off-court interaction the most. Sometimes they wish the players from both sides could fight.

Westbrook scored two goals in a row, which made Terry Porter very dissatisfied. He has always emphasized the team's defense, and the defense is the most practiced in pre-season training, but he did not expect the team's defensive level to be so bad .

Earlier, Stoudemire Stoudemire once said that the team hadn't practiced defensive tactics in the past few years. Although it was a bit exaggerated, it reflected how little the former Suns coach D'Antoni paid attention to defense. D'Antoni believed that offense could kill opponents , why bother to defend?Concentrate all defensive energy on offense and maximize the team's offensive ability.

Porter immediately knocked on the blackboard to suspend the defensive arrangement, replaced Barnes to replace Hill, and let Bell defend Westbrook.

The Suns’ substitutions and adjustments are still effective. Westbrook is just a rookie after all. Bell’s offensive ability has declined after his injury, but his defensive ability has not degraded. He clings to Westbrook like a candy , Very well restricted Westbrook's play.

However, Barnes can only interfere with Durant. Although Durant is only a second-year rookie at this time and has not yet completed the offensive upgrade and evolution in the future, the height difference between the two is almost the same. Little, Barnes is only 2 meters tall.Barnes could only try his best to follow him and put pressure on him.However, the Suns were still fierce on the offensive end. After the first quarter, they led the Thunder by 01 points 27 to 23.

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(End of this chapter)