msmithbooks Chapter 212 You are only worthy of being a substitute!
Chapter 212 You are only worthy of being a substitute!
Chapter 212 You are only worthy of being a substitute!
Because the second-year team was hit by the opponent's offensive climax at the beginning, they never took the lead in the first half. At the end of the half, they led by 67 points 52:15!
According to the defensive intensity of the All-Star Rookie Challenge, in fact, the 15-point difference is not so large that it cannot be reversed.But the problem is that this game is obviously in the better state of the first grade.In terms of personnel composition, under the tone of fast offense, the first-year team dominated by guards and wings is obviously better than the second-year team with slow-moving big men such as Brook Lopez and Kevin Love. To be more suitable for the rhythm of the game.
At halftime, Tyreke Evans of the first-year team scored 14 points, the highest scoring player in the game.The good media put his data together with Xie Kai's to highlight the poor data of Xie Kai.
Xie Kai's poor performance in the first half made his family a little worried about his emotions.The All-Star Game is just an entertainment event, and even a middle-aged woman like Chen Guixiang knows this, but if Xie Kai suffers from psychological problems because of such a game, it will really be too much for the loss.
During the intermission, the preliminaries of the slam dunk contest will be held.This preliminaries will determine a place, and the winner will participate in the finals of the All-Star Weekend Slam Dunk Contest held at the American Airlines Center Arena on the evening of the 13th.The other three players participating in the finals were the defending champion, Nate Robinson of the New York Knicks, Shannon Brown of the Los Angeles Lakers, and Gerald Wallace of the Charlotte Bobcats.
The two players participating in this preliminaries are DeMar DeRozan of the Toronto Raptors and Eric Gordon of the Los Angeles Clippers.
Xie Kai blamed himself a little, because the second-year team fell behind by a large score in the first half, and his poor state was also one of the important reasons.If the home team becomes the first sophomore team to be defeated in 8 years because of its own reasons, it is really a sinner.
The result of the rookie challenge will not affect anything, but Xie Kai doesn't want to lose, especially since he is a member of the second-year team.It's about face. For men, face is still very important.
It doesn't mean that if you don't want to lose, you can definitely not lose. Xie Kai knows that some things don't necessarily follow the route set by yourself.
Westbrook knew that his good brother Xie Kai was in a bad mood, so he patted Xie Kai on the shoulder and comforted him: "Don't think too much, everyone played badly, the game is not over yet, just catch up in the second half! "
Westbrook's words still made Xie Kai feel a lot more comfortable. At this time, only good brothers would care about his feelings.
Xie Kai took a deep breath, and a smile appeared on his face: "I'm fine, we will win, not a lot?"
Seeing that the confidence returned to Xie Kai's face, Westbrook felt relieved, knowing that he was fine, and stretched out his hand with a smile: "Our alley-oop has not been completed yet!"
Xie Kai held his hand, and his tone revealed firmness: "The second half will be finished!"
Here, the duel in the slam dunk contest preliminaries also finally decided the winner. DeMar DeRozan defeated Eric Gordon and finally entered the finals of the slam dunk contest.
After this duel, the second half of the Rookie Challenge will begin soon.
Xie Kai lamented that the NBA has really done a good job in this regard. In terms of business development, how to attract the attention of fans is really good.These experiences and advantages are worth learning from CBA.
After the first half of the game, Xie Kai's body became hot and he figured it out. No matter what the result was, he stopped thinking so much in the second half and just be himself.
The starting lineup for the second half remained the same as for the first half.
At the beginning of the second half, both sides missed the first round of offense.Obviously, the defensive intensity of both sides in the second half has improved a bit compared to the first half, and no longer let the opponent go in and dunk like shopping in a mall.Although the intensity of the competition is not comparable to that of the regular season, it is not much different from the preseason and intra-team competitions.
"Jeff, it seems that the defensive intensity on both sides is on the rise!" Mike Breen said.
Jeff Van Gundy nodded: "This is a good thing. The intensity is really too low, and the play is not very energetic. There are too many dunks, and it is boring!"
Westbrook dribbled over and gave it to Xie Kai.
Xie Kai held the ball, and his Kings teammate Evans posted it, and said: "Come on, hit one!"
Xie laughed and said, "Okay!" He made a breakthrough with the ball, and made a jumper after an emergency stop—it was a hit!
The stocky rebounder DeJuan Blair caught the tall Brook Lopez, took the backcourt rebound, and handed it over to Jennings.
Jennings suddenly points Evans!
Evans turned to squeeze Mayo, forced to kill the basket, passed the slow-moving Brook Lopez, faced the assisting defense Xie Kai, and forced a layup-the whistle blew, and the ball went in!
"And one!" Evans yelled at Xie Kai after he got down, looking very excited!
Evans walked up to Jennings and gave him a high five!
"Two Sacramento Kings teammates, they seem to be competing with each other!" Mike Breen laughed.
Jeff Van Gundy said, "That's what's interesting, isn't it?"
Mike Breen nodded in agreement: "The game has to be a little bit physical to watch. If both sides are undefended, it's no different from practice!"
Brook Lopez said to Xie Kai embarrassedly: "It's my defensive misplacement, I'm sorry!"
Xie Kai shook his head and said: "It's not your problem, don't say I'm sorry!"
Because they were far behind, the second-year team also strengthened their defense. Everyone is young, but they are sophomores, and they don't want to lose this game even more than the opponent.
After venting, Evans turned around suddenly, pointed at Xie Kai, and said with a fierce expression: "You can't guard against me! You are not as good as me at all!"
Xie Kai didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and wondered if Evans's mind was flooded.
Evans saw that Xie Kai didn't respond, his expression became a little contemptuous, and he continued: "Go back to China, in the Kings, you are only worthy of being a substitute!"
If Evans' previous sentence was regarded as trash talk on the court, then the latter sentence was no longer trash talk, but completely insulting words with personal attacks.
As soon as Evans spoke, the flames in Xie Kai's body suddenly lit up, his eyes widened, and his voice raised an octave: "Say one more thing, I'll kill you!" He spoke in a hurry The next one spoke Mandarin, which made Brook Lopez next to him baffled.
But Xie Kai's tone and expression said everything, he was very angry because of Evans' words.
(End of this chapter)