rpbooks Chapter 343 Preseason
Chapter 343 Preseason
Chapter 343 Preseason
Time passed quickly, and it was October in a flash.
The Thunder's lineup was basically formed. Alford still failed to win the favor of the Thunder's management in the end, and left Oklahoma in disappointment, continuing to drift.The running-in of the whole team cannot be said to be good or not, after all, there is a lack of actual combat.
But they are not short of opportunities.
On October 10, the Thunder ushered in the first preseason game of the new season.The game was not held at the Chesapeake Energy Arena, but at the BOK Bank Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which is, of course, the home of the Thunder.Their opponent is the Houston Rockets.
This summer, the Thunder and Rockets can be said to have set off an earthquake this summer.The Thunder came to Paul George in an almost robbery deal, forming the "Big Three" lineup of Westbrook, Paul George and An Luo.And the Rockets are not inferior.They first won Paul, and then got Anthony from the Knicks, forming a stronger star lineup than the Thunder's "Big Three".
So although this is a preseason game, everyone's attention is still very high.In China, there is another player who has attracted more attention, and that is Zhou Qi.
In the 2016 NBA Draft, Zhou Qi was selected by the Rockets with the 43rd pick in the second round.However, he did not immediately join the NBA, but returned to XJ to continue training.In early July this year, the Rockets officially announced the signing of Zhou Qi. After many years, the NBA once again has the "Chinese Derby".Zhou Qi also became the seventh Chinese player to land in the NBA after Wang Zhizhi, Battelle, Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian, Sun Yue, and An Luo.
In this game, Zhou Qi also entered the squad.As for whether he can make his debut in the first preseason game and how his performance will be, everyone is still looking forward to it.
Although it is not a familiar home arena, An Luo doesn't think the fans at the BOK Bank Center are weak at all.The shouts of "OKC" all over the sky are no worse than Chesapeake Energy Arena.It can be seen that these fans are very excited.This is due to the fact that the Thunder's successful signings this summer once again brought everyone the hope of a championship.Of course, there was no game for more than 100 days, which also made them miss the feeling of watching the game very much.
The only pity is that Westbrook was not on the squad for this game.Felton replaced him with An Luo, Paul George, Robertson and Adams to form the Thunder's starting lineup.The Rockets' starting lineup is Paul, Harden, Ariza, Anthony and Capela.
An Luo ran a few laps on the court, and then began to warm up with his teammates.Layups and shots, he hasn't played a formal game for a long time, so he has to find his feeling quickly.The players on another field were doing the same thing, but An Luo focused on the number 9 player.
too skinny!Confrontation will definitely suffer.I hope he can adapt to the intensity and rhythm of the NBA sooner!
At the beginning of the game, Adams and Capela picked the ball.
Adams is still experienced and helped the Thunder get the ball for the first offense. Pickle gave the ball to Felton and then came to the right three-point line.Felton advanced the ball to the top of the arc and passed the ball to Adams.The latter dribbled the ball in, and then distributed the ball to An Luo, who was outside the three-point line on the right.
An Luo, who received the ball, faced Harden without too much pressure.Directly took a tentative step to bring the opponent to the right, and then quickly took a big step to the left, pulling it up and throwing a three-pointer.Both are masters at using tentative steps from beyond the arc.The difference is that Harden prefers to step back and shoot.After all, windfalls are more likely to be gained that way.
"Shh!"
The ball is in!
An Luo made his first three-pointer of the new season.Excitedly, he ran up to Adams and gave him a high five.
"Great pass! Steven."
"I knew you would speculate on that ball!"
Before everyone cheered for An Luo's ball, the opponent had already responded.Paul seized the loophole that the Thunder could not return to defense in time, and directly threw the ball into the hands of Anthony who ran back to the frontcourt.The latter shot directly after receiving the ball, and also returned the color with a three-pointer.
Compared with three-pointers, the Rockets are not afraid of any team.Especially the number of shots, tops the league.
Felton advanced with the ball, caught Adams' screen and rushed into the interior. Although this man is not tall, he is very strong.Which type of player is Paul's least favorite and most difficult to deal with.So he switched defenses directly with Capela.
Felton tried to go small and play big, but he is not the kind of very flexible guard after all.Although he has a precise small throw, he still didn't dare to make a shot in the face of Capela, who has an absolute advantage in height and wingspan.Finally, pass the ball to George on the right.
Paul George, who got the ball, launched his first offense in the Thunder.I saw him take a step towards Ariza's left with his left foot, lowered his head slightly, and put his left shoulder against Ariza's body.Then use the left foot as the axis, and make a breakthrough to the right.When Ariza's center of gravity moved with him, George suddenly turned to the left, then accelerated away from Ariza, rushed to the opponent's penalty area, and dunked the ball into the basket across Capela.
"Pretty!"
An Luo clapped his hands vigorously, this ball is really beautiful.Ariza's defense is not bad!But Naihe Pickled Pepper's personal strength is too strong!It can cause damage without the help of tactics at all, and An Luo can do it now.But he can also use shooting to solve the problem.It is far from being able to layup against the defender, let alone a dunk.
Although it was only a preseason game, both sides were very strong offensive teams, so the game was quite exciting.
In the first half, the two sides came and went, and the game was tied.But in the second half, Donovan didn't let his main players play for too long.Both An Luo and George came down after playing for a few minutes.He gave more time to rotation players.And D'Antoni still sent his main players as always.
Under such circumstances, the Thunder quickly lost.
The Rockets' three-point rain was very violent.They hit 8 three-pointers in the third quarter and beat the Thunder by 15 points in a single quarter.It is worth mentioning that the Rockets have hit 21 three-pointers at the end of the three quarters.In the last quarter, D'Antoni finally withdrew his main players.
Zhou Qi finally got the chance to play.As soon as he came up, he made contributions on the defensive end and gave Grant a big cap.Then he received a teammate's point and hit a three-pointer. 5 points, 3 rebounds and 2 block in 1 minutes, which is not bad.
In the last period of time, although the Thunder regained some points, they did not pose too much threat to the opponent.In the end, they lost the first preseason game of the new season 95:104.
(End of this chapter)