rpbooks Chapter 556 Huge gap
Chapter 556 Huge gap
Chapter 556 Huge gap
Boom~
An Luo was like a roc spreading its wings, pressing the ball hard into the basket.
I have to say, this dunk is beautiful.Although compared to Westbrook, it lacks that kind of vigor; compared to James, it lacks that kind of domineering.But An Luo's seemingly not strong figure gave his dunks a touch of elegance and chic.
After falling to the floor and standing firmly, An Luo started running happily on the court.It wasn't his first dunk, but it was the one that excited him the most.In previous games, he used to enjoy himself when the basket was empty.Kyle Fogg's "cooperation" added a lot of points to his dunk, so when An Luo approached him, he thanked the other party: "Man, you did a great job! You are such a perfect supporting role !"
Reggie Miller's guidance still has a great influence on An Luo.However, Kyle Fogg is not comfortable.What made him even more uncomfortable was the cheers in the arena.He couldn't figure out why it felt more like the opponent's home field, since it was clearly his home field.
The game continued, and the Long-Lions team played really very difficult.Originally, the strength was far behind, and now the home court advantage is gone.Although the fans are still cheering for their home team as usual, but whenever An Luo holds the ball, everything changes.After playing for 5 minutes, Long and Lion scored 6 points only by relying on Speights to force Grant under the basket, and the rest of the players had no achievements.Kyle Fogg, who had high hopes, disappeared in the game under An Luo's defense.
In the second half of the game, the Long-Lions team finally played their own offense under the leadership of the double foreign aid.The players of the Dragon and Lions finally enjoyed the real home court treatment.Of course, all this happened after An Luo and others were replaced by Donovan.
"Your mission is done, now it's time to enjoy the game."
An Luo actually wanted to fight for a while longer.He understands that he won't play for too long, so he is active as soon as he plays.Westbrook and Paul George simply went up to make soy sauce, and during these few minutes, they did nothing.They were replaced by Alford, Diallo and Ferguson.With Grant and Noelle, a pure bench lineup.
But the Dragon Lions still couldn't get back their disadvantage.Although under the Thunder's release, the Dragon Lions have gradually improved on both offense and defense, but what are they relying on?It's not the overall tactical system, almost all the two foreign players, Speights and Kyle Fogg, are scoring.Of course, almost all the ball power is concentrated in the hands of these two people.It is difficult for domestic players to get opportunities.But this can't question the decision-making of the head coach of the Long-Lions, after all, foreign players can still score.
Donovan is satisfied with the performance of the Thunder's young players.An Luo and others can play casually in the game, but they can't.They still follow Donovan's arrangement and do what they should do on both ends of the offense and defense.However, there are still many problems.For example, in the fourth position, Grant is a young man that the Thunder tried to cultivate.But he suffered a lot when facing Speights.Of course, Donovan didn't blame him. After all, Speights is also a veteran who has played in the NBA for many years, and his draft pick was not low.Several other players are quite satisfactory, but this year's rookie Diallo makes everyone's eyes shine!Especially his dunk, that alley-oop over the heads of Zhang Yongpeng and Speights, not to mention An Luo, even Westbrook and Paul George stood up excitedly and waved the towel for him.
In the following games, An Luo played again in the second and third quarters.But he was not as excited as he was at the beginning.He is still scoring very efficiently, after all, the opponent can cause too little interference to him.An Luo felt a little boring.The opponent is too weak!It's like an adult bullying a child.
Sitting on the bench, An Luo felt a little downhearted.It's not because he didn't perform well enough, he never doubted his ability.Although everyone has been saying that Chinese basketball is weak and American basketball is strong, he has never played against each other, so he has no personal experience.And for An Luo, deep down in his heart, he didn't feel how strong American basketball was.When he was in college, he stood on top of all NCAA teams; in the NBA, he also won a championship.This made him feel that American basketball is actually like that.But this time in the preseason, he saw the gap between the two.Although the Dragons and Lions are not the strongest force in Chinese basketball, the Thunder are also not the strongest force in American basketball.
After watching the entire game, An Luo also had to admit that the gap between the two is really too big!Whether it is the physical fitness and technical ability of the players, the technical and tactical arrangements of the team, and the culture of the entire team, there is a huge gap.Donovan pressed the whole court, and the domestic players felt like they were facing a big enemy.When the Thunder's defensive strength increased, the opponent's players basically fell into the hands of the two foreign players, because only these two players had the courage and ability to handle the ball well.Donovan will adjust his tactical arrangements and staffing as the game progresses, but the opponent's head coach can only change passively. The most practical tactic is to hand the ball to Speights and let him single-play Grant.Perhaps it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, but this is where the biggest gap lies.
But An Luo still saw some wonderful performances from domestic players.In the third quarter, Long-Lions center Zhang Yongpeng caught the ball in a pick-and-roll. Facing Noelle, he directly forced the ball into the basket through the opponent.In the following quarter, it was the big man who directly pressed Diallo's dunk.In addition to Zhang Yongpeng, small guard Xirelijiang's three-pointer has supported the domestic players.Xirelijiang is also the only domestic player who scored in double figures on the court.
In the end, the Thunder defeated their opponents in Guangzhou with a huge advantage of 138:92.Won 4 consecutive victories in the preseason.
The result of the game did not cause much shock.No one was surprised that the Dragons and Lions lost such a huge score.After all, before the game even started, everyone had already expected such a result.Everyone has the same attitude towards the China game of the NBA preseason every year: there are not many opportunities to play against NBA teams, and there is no point in entangled with the score. The important thing is to learn useful things from the opponent.But how long is this learning process?Maybe no one knows the answer.
(End of this chapter)