Font
Large
Medium
Small
Night
Prev Index    Favorite Next

Chapter 47 Competition among rookies

Walking violation! Xie Kai came up and made a mistake!

Xie smiled sarcastically and made an embarrassed gesture towards veteran Bobby Jackson, who was passing the ball to him.

The Trail Blazers also have many rookies, including Jerry Bayless, Nicolas Batum and others.

At this time, Rudy Fernandez, who is holding the ball in a high position on the court and is from the Spanish national team, is also considered a rookie. Although he was selected in last year's draft, he really entered the NBA this summer.

Fernandez is not like a traditional European defender. He is very fast and has excellent athletic ability.

In the rotation stage of the preseason, everyone was not very tactical. Originally, the focus was on training, and the players on the court, whether they were under contract or not, were a bit messy. At this stage, the focus was on disruptive play, and the offense was simple.

, a lot of transition offense.

The Trail Blazers missed a 3-pointer from the outside!

Jason Thompson flew over to collect the rebound and handed it to Bobby Jackson.

Xie opened the frontcourt and ran forward, which made coach Reggie Tois's eyes light up - this Chinese kid's acceleration ability is great!

Xie Kai's speed has always been his advantage. Now that his physical fitness has improved, his explosive power and stability are also better than before. The reason why it is surprising for him to show his speed is because here in the United States, people will

It is taken for granted that East Asian players are not fast and have average explosive power. Of course, it may also be related to the fact that Chinese players were exported to the NBA, and most of them are inside players.

Bobby Jackson passes the ball to Xie Kai in the frontcourt.

Xie Kai adjusted his speed and got the ball one step ahead of Fernandez. After receiving the ball, he slowed down near the 3-point line and made a bow without deceiving Jerry Bayless who was blocking the ball. He did not take a shot and hit the ground to Jason Thompson who was following up.

, the latter started in the middle and violently abused the frame with both hands!

At 15:23, the Kings narrowed the point difference to 8 points! Xie Kai contributed the first assist of the game, which was also the first assist of his NBA career, although this was only a preseason game.

But looking back, Xie Kai used too much force on the defensive end and was deceived by the cunning European defender Fernandez, which resulted in a foul!

Kings coach Reggie Tois said to Xie Kai on the sidelines: "Pay attention to your hand movements!" His implication was that he should not use his hands obviously when defending on the line.

The NBA canceled the hand check in 2004, with the intention of encouraging offense and increasing ratings. Therefore, players who come from the NCAA or Europe will not be able to adapt at first.

Xie Kai doesn't often use his hands on the defensive end, but today, because he was playing for the first time, he was a little too excited and nervous, so he subconsciously used his hands.

I signaled to the coach and he said he would pay attention.

Kings coach Reggie Toi really likes to work hard. Many players with contracts will play casually in this kind of preseason, or they will be conservative for fear of injury. In this way, it cannot be achieved.

It's a good training purpose, and the team's chemical reaction proceeds very slowly.

For the Trail Blazers, Jerry Bayless suddenly missed the shot and did not completely push it away. He was interfered by the shot when he forced a layup - missed!

Outlaw grabbed the offensive rebound, shook off Jason Thompson, and took off twice for a jump hook - Xie Kai assisted in the defense and went to the basket, struggled to get into the air, and blocked the ball with one hand!

The ball bounced into Diogu's hand and went out of the baseline!

The Blazers fans at the scene, as well as the coaching staff and players of both sides, were all shocked. How could this be a frail yellow man less than 2 meters tall and weighing less than 90kg? This was simply a wing player with excellent physical fitness and active defense.

General!

Jason Thompson, who was under the basket, stepped away excitedly. He was very happy that the team was able to trade for such a guy who seemed weak but was actually very tough!

The Blazers serve from the frontcourt.

The Kings' bench defended very hard. I wonder if it was affected by Xie Kai.

The Trail Blazers were defended for 24 seconds!

The home team fans at the Rose Garden Arena couldn't help but booed when they saw how poorly the team's bench performed.

Bobby Jackson controlled the ball and passed it to Bobby Brown at the top of the key.

Brown held the ball in the middle and made a strong breakthrough. After being flanked, he was unable to take action and passed it to Xie Kai on the right wing.

Xie Kai caught the ball and took a jump shot - no!

But Jason Thompson grabbed the high point and hit the ball. The ball reached Bobby Jackson at the top of the key.

Bobby Jackson passed the pick-and-roll to Sheldon Williams, who was intercepted and passed to Xie Kai who stole the chicken under the basket!

Xie opened the ball and took a quick shot - hit the ball!

Xie Kai scored his first 2 points in the preseason of his NBA career!

The point difference was reduced to 6 points!

Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan was very dissatisfied with the performance of the team's bench. He reminded the players on the sidelines to pay more attention on offense and defense and not to stand on the defensive end and watch the show.

The players of the Trail Blazers seemed a little embarrassed after being scolded by the head coach. The offensive end was much stronger. Diogu beat Jason Thompson under the basket and scored!

The score difference is back to 8 points!

But looking back, Bobby Jackson hit a 3-pointer for the Kings, narrowing the point difference to 5 points!

Coach McMillan requested a timeout!

When Xie Kai came off the field, the team's starters Garcia, Udri and others came to high-five him. Zhang Kai also came over to high-five him and said in broken English: "Come on!"

Xie Kai smiled and joked: "You should speak Mandarin, your English is too unauthentic!"

Zhang Kai scratched his head and asked with a smile: "Is there no progress?"

Xie Kaixiao asked: "What do you think?"

In the first quarter of the game, Xie Kai and other Kings substitute players played energetically and used tough defense to narrow the double-digit deficit to only 3 points at the end of the first quarter!

Xie Kai made 2 of 4 shots and scored 4 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 block and 1 turnover.

The second quarter of the game started, and Xie Kai continued to stay on the court.

In the first few rounds, neither side was able to score. Both sides made consecutive mistakes and each hit two pieces of fine iron.

For the Trail Blazers, Bayless broke through Fernandez on the outside.

Fernandez relied on the cover of his teammates, but he didn't expect Xie Kai to go around the cover very quickly, and he was unable to get rid of the opponent.

Fernandez forced the ball away, then stopped and shot a jump shot - No!

Bobby Jackson collected the rebound and counterattacked with the ball.

Xie Kai quickly started the fast break, and Fernandez started almost at the same time as him, causing the fans at the scene to scream. Everyone wanted to see these two foreign players, a Spanish white man and a Chinese yellow man, with similar height and weight.

Who is stronger?
Chapter completed!
Prev Index    Favorite Next