Basketball starts with breathing

Chapter 151 The Chinese competition has begun [The third update, please subscribe]

Players from the Bulls and Mavericks are already warming up. There are so many spectators present that there is no room for a stadium that can accommodate more than 1 people. It is conceivable how big the NBA has a market in China.

The Dallas Mavericks and Chicago Bulls became the two most popular NBA teams in China for a while.

Logically, Wang Zhizhi is a player who came out of the country and has played in the CBA and the national team for so many years. He should be more popular than Lu Yu, a player who grew up in the United States.

In fact, the two are almost evenly matched.

The reason is very simple. Lu Yu is a defender. Compared with the center, the defender's style of play looks better and attracts more fans.

Both teams are warming up.

Lu Yu was seriously practicing shooting, and occasionally glanced at the Mavericks players wearing dark blue Dallas jerseys not far away, and there was always a faint emotion in his heart.

Don Nelson sat there with a gloomy expression. If he had been more aggressive, would Lu Yu be a member of the Mavericks now?

And according to the current lineup of the Mavericks, Lu Yu is very likely to become the starting shooting guard, and he doesn't have to be a father and mother like he did in the Bulls.

In this case, Lu Yu and Wang Zhizhi can also become teammates, and maybe they can help him... But it would be beneficial for Lu Yu not to go, at least with the current level of popularity in the Chinese market, the Mavericks only have one Wang Zhizhi, and they dare not be like the previous life. Wang Zhizhi ruthlessly abandoned him.

Wang Zhizhi in his previous life faced two problems. First, he was unable to provide help to the team. After all, the Mavericks were a team aiming for the playoffs. Second, the prospect of the Chinese market was uncertain. Wang Zhizhi could not achieve the influence of Yao Ming at that time. force.

But things are different now. Lu Yu's appearance has changed many things.

Since the domestic market began to pay attention to Lu Yu's NCAA, fans' enthusiasm for Chinese players to play in the NBA has been slowly ignited, until Lu Yu and Wang Zhizhi entered the NBA, and then to today's China Derby, NBA teams and league executives Even a fool can see that the potential of the Chinese market is unlimited.

Nash and Nowitzki fought while warming up to shoot, and they were no longer sleepy. They looked like a pair of good friends. They wanted to sleep together and make trouble together.

The most boring is Michael Finley.

The name of the team boss, in fact, he is the most deserted person around him. Wang Zhizhi also greets the fans from time to time. He can only shoot hoops boredly, and by the way, listen to what secrets Nash and Nowitzki are talking about.

"Dirk, is the Bulls wearing the No. 10 jersey this year's No. 10 show?" Nash looked at Lu Yu in surprise: "He seems to be more popular than Wang Zhizhi, you see a lot of fans wearing the Bulls No. [-] jersey on the sidelines. "

Nowitzki took off his braces: "Of course, he's a defender after all, and he's so handsome."

"Am I not handsome?" Nash pouted: "By the way, what are Lu Yu's technical characteristics?"

Nowitzki stared at him: "Did you not watch the video analysis of the Bulls yesterday?"

"Shh!" Nash hurriedly made a mute gesture: "It's not like you don't know, my girlfriend, she always likes to stick to me, because of the jet lag, when she called me, it was night here. I was sleeping, so I didn't sleep well at all and just made up for a while while the footage was being analyzed."

"Then why didn't she wait until the evening to call you, so that you are here during the day."

Nash froze for a moment: "Perhaps, she goes to bed earlier at night?"

Nowitzki didn't feel that he found Huadian at all, and continued: "Then you will be miserable. That No. 10, this year's No. [-] pick, he is now playing point guard."

"That's right, I can still be afraid of a newcomer?" Nash shrugged indifferently.

The game started immediately, and the on-site commentary began to introduce the list of players from both sides. This China game was also broadcast by CCTV. The two teachers in the CCTV broadcast booth were old acquaintances of Chinese fans - Sun Yiping and Zhang Weiping.

Abbreviation, two-level combination.

"CCTV, CCTV... Now the live broadcast for you is the 2001 NBA preseason game in China, which is also the first NBA preseason game in China. The two sides of the game are the Chicago Bulls and the Dallas Mavericks. ."

"Today we also invited our old friend Zhang Weiping to watch the game with us. Now we ask Zhang to give us a pre-match commentary."

Zhang Weiping was sitting in the broadcast booth of the game wearing a black suit.

"Dallas Mavericks I think we Chinese fans must be familiar with it. Since Wang Zhizhi was selected by the Mavericks two years ago, this NBA team has always attracted the attention of Chinese fans. This is a team that mainly shoots from outside. Their rhythm Soon, the transition between offense and defense is faster, and since Lu Yu was traded to the Bulls this summer, the Chicago Bulls have gradually entered everyone's field of vision. The Bulls' play style is completely different from the Mavericks. The Bulls pay more attention to rebounding. Protection, they don’t have many offensive points, but they are more aggressive in rebounding and more aggressive in defending perimeter players. Judging from the historical results in the past two years, it is obvious that the Mavericks have an advantage. After all, they are a playoff team. , and the Bulls have been further and further away from the playoffs since Jordan retired."

"Director Zhang, Jordan is back now," Sun Yiping reminded.

Zhang Weiping snorted: "Yes, Jordan is back, but the Wizards struggled in this year's preseason... Let's go back to this game, the Bulls' offense was well organized because of the addition of Lu Yu, Their preseason results are also good, it is difficult to say who will win this game, I think the key depends on who plays more reasonably."

"Okay, the two teams are in, let's see how the two teams perform."

Sun Yiping originally wanted Zhang Weiping to talk about the two Chinese players Lu Yu and Wang Zhizhi, but at this time the starters of the Bulls and Mavericks had already entered the court, so he could only put this idea aside and introduce the players from both sides first.

"The Mavericks' point guard is Steve Nash, shooting guard Howard Eisley, small forward Michael Finley, power forward Dirk Nowitzki, and center Juwan Howard."

This lineup can be described as not luxurious. Except for the shooting guard Eisley, who was originally a point guard, the other positions are basically at the top level of the league.

"The Bulls' point guards are our Chinese player Lu Yu, shooting guard Fred Hoiberg, small forward Ron Artest, power forward Marcus Fetzel, and center Brad Rice. Le."

Lu Yu was the starter, and Wang Zhizhi could only sit on the bench.

In fact, Wang Zhizhi played well in the Mavericks during this period of time. Because he arrived in Dallas ahead of time, he and the team had been running in for a while. Don Nelson also knew Wang Zhizhi's strengths and weaknesses. After the preseason, Wang Zhizhi is now in the The Mavericks also get solid rotation time.

Sun Yiping explained: "Now the two sides are jumping the ball, and Brad Miller assigns the basketball to Lu Yu. Although Juwan Howard and Brad Miller are both centers who are not good at jumping, Miller is no matter how tall he is. Or the wingspan is better than Howard's...Director Zhang, how do you think the two Chinese players Lu Yu and Wang Zhizhi will develop in the NBA in the future?"

He finally got the chance to continue the conversation.

"It's really not easy for Lu Yu and Wang Zhizhi to enter the NBA." Zhang Weiping sighed, only their older generation players know how difficult it is to go out to play, "If you talk about two people It's hard to say, Lu Yu's starting point is relatively high, and now he has secured the main position of the Bulls, it will definitely develop more smoothly, and according to the Bulls' lineup, let Lu Yu play the point guard , Lu Yu has a great chance to grow into a star player in the East."

"Wang Zhizhi may be a little more difficult, mainly because he is in the center position of the Mavericks and Edondo Najura competes with him for the first backup position, but Wang Zhizhi has one thing that Najura can't match, that is, Wang Zhizhi can still play. Power forward, especially his style is very similar to Nowitzki. After Nowitzki is off, he can seamlessly connect. Of course, he is not Nowitzki's first backup, Nowitzki's first backup It's Christian Lightner."

Obviously, Zhang Weiping had done his homework before coming, and had a clear analysis of the current situation of the two players.

The predicament that Wang Zhizhi is facing is obviously much greater. Whether it is in the center or power forward's bench position, he is not the first choice. He needs to constantly compete and let Don Nelson see his strengths.

For example, after he played, the set of tactics designed for Nowitzki could be used directly on him with little adjustment.

Provided he's going to hit that damn basketball.

While the two commentators were talking, Lu Yu had already made a layup in front of Nash and scored the first goal of the game.

Perhaps it was because the pre-season was in China again, and there was a little more performance. Lu Yu always felt that Nash didn't defend with all his strength, which allowed him to break through easily, and his teammates were also covering him to help him get this goal.

The fans applauded in unison.

2:0
Lu Yu felt wrong. It wasn't that Nash didn't defend with all his strength. He just hadn't figured out Lu Yu's game habits. He didn't even listen to the video analysis of the game before the game. When Lu Yu turned his hips to accelerate, he subconsciously He thought that after Lu Yu turned his hips, he would break through directly from his right side—because this was his signature breakout move.

Who knew that after Lu Yu turned his hips, he connected with a frontal change of direction, and after deceiving Nash, he made a layup from the other side.

Nash's teammates were also stunned. They didn't expect Nash to be deceived so easily, so they didn't even respond to the defense until Lu Yu's layup.

Don Nelson sat on the sidelines and felt even more heartbroken seeing Lu Yu scored so easily.

If Lu Yushui fell, he might feel better.

On this point, he and Michael Jordan were in the same mood, and neither of them wanted Lu Yu to make a name for himself.

Don Nelson missed Lu Yu.

Michael Jordan was rejected by Lu Yu.

One is an ex-girlfriend, and the other is a loser. Seeing that the man and the current one are deeply in love with each other, they want him to live in poverty.

What do you want your ex to do well, what do you hope for the happiness of the person you like,
It's all deceptive.

But obviously, according to Lu Yu's current performance, it is impossible for him to fall into the water.

The Mavericks attack.

Nash dribbled the ball steadily through the half, and after the half, he turned his hips and hesitated to break through with the same action as Lu Yu, but he chose to accelerate directly.

Nash's breakthrough is very fast, not to say that he is very fast, but that the rhythm changes quickly between the marches.

You watched him accelerate, but he suddenly stopped, and when you stopped, he sped away again.

"Is that what the league's top point guard is capable of?"

Lu Yu smiled helplessly.

He has been left behind by Nash, but with his defensive tenacity, he is still in hot pursuit. Nash did not throw him too far, only less than half a position away.

Suddenly, Nash stopped.

Lu Yu hurriedly stopped, otherwise he would hit Nash.

But the ball in Nash's hand was gone.

Lu Yu frowned slightly, and quickly turned his head to look at Nowitzki on the side. Sure enough, Nowitzki had already received the basketball, and Marcus Fezel obviously didn't react.

Nowitzki made a cut to the basket, raised the basketball with one hand, and went straight to the hoop.

"Boom!"

The German tank dunked.

It turns out that he will not be independent of the golden rooster yet...

2:2 level.

The fans rejoiced, and now it seems that the performance of this game is a little more intense, and there are not so many confrontations, but what the fans want is a good look.

However, Lu Yu had a faint feeling that perhaps the two teams had no plans to perform.

Sure enough, in the next round, the smell of gunpowder came directly.

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