NBA: I just want to play soy sauce, you let me win the championship

Chapter 40 Best Rookie Showdown
Lu Yuanzhi had a great time in this game. He didn't expect that there would be someone competing against the King these days.

At the end of three quarters, he had scored 14 points.

But in the fourth quarter, Lu Yuanzhi actually felt that he couldn't run anymore.

Physical issues?

Like Yao Ming, if he consumes too much in the first three quarters, will there be physical problems in the fourth quarter?

No, no, no, Lu Yuanzhi's physical fitness is not a problem at all.

Now I feel a little unable to run. It's a problem with my playing rhythm.

There is a fitness method called HIIT, high-intensity interval training. The core of this exercise method is to keep the heart rate of the exerciser at a high level, thereby achieving the effect of high-intensity exercise.

Lu Yuanzhi had always played as a substitute before and never had to worry about physical fitness. Therefore, although he played the main role in this game, his style of play was still that of a substitute, completely sparing no effort in physical strength.

You can see that many players, after explosive sprinting and running, will slow down for a while, let the heartbeat drop before making moves, and the consumption will not be great at this time.

After Lu Yuanzhi sprinted and ran explosively, he paused for a while, and continued to run before his heart rate slowed down, which would consume too much energy.

Whoever you choose to run like this wouldn't be able to withstand it.

Oh no, now there's one man who can stand up to it, and that's Hamilton, the man who ran and threw up his dog.

In the future, Curry may be close to Hamilton's level. He is basically the player who runs the longest distance in every game. .

But only close, because no one got run out for following Curry.

A substitute like Lu Yuanzhi who occasionally starts the game and suddenly gets a lot of playing time often consumes too much energy because the rhythm is not controlled well.

But this is not really a physical problem. It can be solved with a little help from the physical trainer. It is not a big problem.

Moreover, in this game, the two sides opened up their stances and were attacking. Lu Yuanzhi not only actively participated in the fast break, but also ran back desperately, trying to defend Martin, which was a bit exhausting, which was normal.

The game between the Kings and the Nets was a bit anticlimactic, and it turned into a fast-break confrontation. Because of the depth of the bench, the Nets were pulled away at the end of the third quarter. The Kings led 85:70 by 15 points Enter the fourth quarter.

In the fourth quarter, Lu Yuanzhi was replaced after playing for a while. It was not because of his physical strength, but because he had too much lead.

Lu Yuanzhi sat between Divac and Stojakovic, chatted happily, and stood up to applaud his teammates for the goal.

Is this the life of the main players?

It's so pleasant.

I want to always play the main role, but I don’t know if Coach Adelman is willing.

In the end, the Kings defeated the visiting Nets 110:105 at home. Although the score was close, anyone who has watched the game knows that the Kings have been playing against the Nets in this game, and the Nets have no chance of a comeback.

In the last minute, the Kings were too embarrassed to score again, and the Nets recovered 1 points with two unmarked three-pointers. Otherwise, it would have been an 6-point victory.

The Kings never dreamed that such a Nets team, which was beaten by them, would win the regular season in the Eastern Conference this season.

What the hell?Is this the level of first place in the Eastern Conference?

If they knew that the Nets also won the Eastern Conference championship and reached the finals, what expression would they be using?

Really the Western Conference Champion?
After the game, Martin came over and hugged Lu Yuanzhi, "Rookie, you performed well, you almost guarded me."

Lu Yuanzhi didn't know how to answer. What does winning or losing in this game have to do with you?
Although Martin scored 26 points, the data is very good, but is he really a goldfish?Did he forget how to freeze his and Kidd's offense at the beginning of the first quarter?
Are you still arrogant now?

Apart from the first ball, how did you score the remaining 24 points? Do you not remember at all?Didn’t they all come from taking advantage of my fast break and being unable to come back to defend?

As long as you defend more aggressively and follow me closely, you won't get 26 points!

Forget it, Lu Yuanzhi has seen through it all. There are quite a few players in the NBA with big brain problems.

In this game, Lu Yuanzhi could not get the rewards of "blast" and "freeze", but because he scored a career-high 14 points, the system still rewarded him with 1 free attribute point.

Add this to receiving fixed-point three-pointers, and the skill comes to 6 points.

Slow, it is too slow!

I don't know if Micah's three-pointer training plan has been formulated.

Micah: Since you told me to formulate a three-point training plan, it has been updated for three or four days, but less than two days have passed in the book. What do you think the training plan is?Did you say there is one?

After playing the Nets, the king's comfortable home game schedule is over for the time being, and then there are four consecutive away games, the Memphis Grizzlies and the top three in Texas.

Well, the Rockets have been ruined this season, and there are only two strong teams left in Texas, the Mavericks and the Spurs.

The Grizzlies just moved from freezing Vancouver to warm Memphis, Tennessee this year.

Fans in Memphis are happy. In addition to the arrival of an NBA team, they were also surprised to find that the No. 17.6 pick Paul Gasol, who was traded by the team, performed well. So far, he has averaged 8.9 points and 2.7 points per game. Rebounds, 2.1 assists, [-] blocks, is a strong contender for the best rookie of the year.

And his main competitor is actually also in the Grizzlies team, the "President" Shane Battier selected by the Grizzlies with the No. 6 pick, averaging 14.4 points, 5.4 rebounds, 2.8 assists, and 1.6 steals per game. 1.0 blocks.

Not surprisingly, both of them can enter this year's best rookie team, and one of them will win the honor of best rookie.

The record of the Memphis Grizzlies is not very good, but the media always want to write something that everyone likes to watch, so bragging about their two rookies and looking forward to the bright future of the Grizzlies has become the main theme of Memphis.

Inevitably, the Kings' rookies will be compared.

Gerald Wallace averaged 3.2 points, 1.6 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game.

Haha, that's it?That's it?

Your rookie level is [-]% off!
Memphians laughed heartily.

There's no need to look at the other second-round pick, as both first-round picks have such terrible statistics.

Um?There's something wrong with this second-round pick!

Max Lu, averaging 10.7 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 2.5 blocks, and 1.1 steals per game.

what happened?This is not an older rookie. Like Gasol, he was born in 1980.

Is this an epiphany?

I don't know, I thought it was Keegan Murray, the "Brother Epiphany" in the Kings team more than 20 years later!
And if you look at his playing time, he averaged only 15 minutes per game, and his scoring efficiency is very high!
Gasol is now the starting center of the Grizzlies, averaging 36.7 minutes per game!
Unbelievable, Max Lu in the Kings is a strong contender for Gasol's best rookie!
Sports reporters worked overtime to dig up all kinds of information about Lu Yuanzhi, and then reported overwhelmingly in Memphis.

All of a sudden, Memphis fans knew that the Kings had a second-round pick who would be a strong contender for Gasol's Rookie of the Year award.

The game where the Kings visited was also hyped by the local media as a duel of the strongest rookies.

It's really difficult for the sports media in Memphis. The small ball market, weak teams, and seemingly strong and weak games have just found an entry point for them to hype.

Lu Yuanzhi was also confused by enthusiastic reporters when he came to Memphis with the team.

No, you don't interview the big brother Divac, the team's top scorer Stojakovic, or even your old player Mike Bibby, why come to interview me, a newcomer?
I haven’t heard that there are a lot of Chinese Americans in Memphis?

(End of this chapter)