Chapter 745 Lin Weirui’s first professional league game
Lin Weirui, who is far away in Madrid, does not know everything that is happening in the country.
This afternoon, he followed the team on the plane to Girona to challenge the Girona basketball team away.
It has been nearly three months since I arrived in Madrid.
Lin Weirui has already adapted to the environment, life, and training here.
In several friendly matches before the start of the league, head coach Pau Gasol gave Lin Weirui the opportunity to come on as a substitute.
Lin Weirui did not disappoint the Real Madrid coaching team. He performed well on the field and showed amazing talent and ability.
By the way, other teams in the Basketball La Liga also know a lot about this young man from the Dragon Kingdom who has recently joined Real Madrid.
However, because the basketball La Liga does not receive much attention in the country.
What happened to Lin Weirui in La Liga is not well known to domestic basketball fans.
Only a few people like Yu Bowen, Guo Dongqiang and others who have been paying attention to Lin Weirui will probably know that another monster has begun to grow rapidly abroad.
Just wait until he comes out of the blue to bring visual shock to countless people.
This is why, when there was a match-fixing incident in China and the CBA expansion plan was suspended, Yu Bowen thought of Lin Weirui to solve this dilemma.
It's 3 o'clock in the morning in Dragon Kingdom time, and everyone in the country is sleeping soundly.
At this time, the lights in the Basketball Stadium at the Girona Center in Spain were bright and the crowds were surging.
The opening game of the La Liga Basketball League starts here tonight.
In the visiting team locker room of Real Madrid, head coach Pau Gasol is making final tactical arrangements and pre-match mobilization.
"Tavares, your main task today is to try to limit the performance of Mark on the opposite side."
"If you can't restrict Mark well, we will be passive in the early stage."
Pau Gasol focused on explaining a lot to Tavares, the team's starting center.
Tavares nodded solemnly, "Coach, I know."
But in his heart, he had no idea.
There is no way, who knows that the center opposite him is a heavyweight star.
Girona's starting center is named Marc Gasol.
He is the younger brother of Real Madrid coach Pau Gasol.
Even in the NBA, Marc Gasol has had many outstanding performances, let alone after returning to La Liga?
In terms of height, Tavares, who is 2.2cm tall, is 9 centimeters taller than Marc Gasol.
But whether it is strength confrontation or basketball skills, Tavares is much inferior to Marc Gasol.
Today's professional basketball arena is dominated by small balls.
But if the team has a powerful center like Marc Gasol, it will still put great pressure on the opponent in positional battles.
Lin Weirui stood beside his teammates, listening to Pau Gasol's tactical arrangements and personnel arrangements.
Today, he still won't make his debut.
This is the difference between basketball and football.
He cannot be like Chu Xiaoran, who can firmly occupy the starting position when he first debuts in the professional arena.
It's not that Lin Weirui is not strong enough, but the rotation of players and lineup adjustments on the basketball court are much more frequent than on the green court.
In basketball games, there is no limit to the number of substitutions.
Unlike a football match, which lasts for 90 minutes and even includes overtime, there are only 5 substitutions.
This is still the rule after adjustment. In the past, there were only 3 substitution places.
Where can you make frequent substitutions and adjustments like basketball?
When the time comes, the two teams take the stage.
Lin Weirui, as a substitute, sat on the bench and watched the five big brothers in the team walking on the field.
He looked around.
The entire Center Arena was filled with foreigners.
Oh, no, it should be said that to the La Liga commentators and viewers, he, Lin Weirui, is the foreigner!
The game starts soon.
The Spanish commentator on the scene had a mouth like a machine gun and started explaining very fast.
"Both sides jump ball."
"Girona's center Marc Gasol made the jump ball!"
"Girona had their first offensive opportunity of the game."
"Facing the league's veteran hegemon Real Madrid, they didn't have any fear and grabbed the ball right away."
"Entering Real Madrid's half, Marc Gasol stuck Real Madrid center Tavares in the paint."
"He raised his right hand and started asking for the ball."
"The defender passed the ball to Marc Gasol."
"Beautiful, Marc Gasol made a flexible turn and passed Tavares, and scored with a one-handed dunk!"
The overall strength of the Girona team is not as good as that of Real Madrid.
But the personal ability of center Marc Gasol in the team is undoubtedly strong.
The head coach of Girona knows this very well, so many of his tactical arrangements revolve around Marc Gasol.
The center-centered tactical play is no longer common in modern basketball.
Due to the extreme development and development of three-pointers, traditional strong centers have become increasingly rare.
There are no longer traditional centers like O'Neal, Olajuwon, and Yao Ming who can serve as the core of the team.
Real Madrid head coach Pau Gasol was happy and helpless when he saw Marc Gasol scoring easily on the court.
He was happy because that was his younger brother.
It's helpless because now the brothers are rivals.
Although he made many targeted defensive arrangements for Mark before the game.
But when it came to the game, it was still difficult for his team's center, Huatares, to limit Mark's performance.
Sure enough, after succeeding on the offensive end and giving Girona the lead, Mark blocked another shot on the defensive end for Real Madrid's small forward Yabusele.
One offense and one defense, showing the true qualities of a superstar.
Although Mark was not considered a superstar when he was in the NBA, when he returned to La Liga, he was still able to overpower many European centers and power forwards.
Lin Weirui watched the game from the sidelines, thinking in his mind how he should respond if he faced a big guy like Marc Gasol on the court?ωωw..net
The best way, of course, is to use your own flexibility and stay away from Mark.
After all, even if he has grown to 188cm tall now, it is still easy for him to eat hot pot if he gets too close to Mark.
The two teams go back and forth on the court.
In the first quarter when Marc Gasol was full of energy, almost no one on the court could limit his performance under the basket.
He shot and blocked shots, and scored 6 points just by making free throws.
At the end of the first quarter, he scored 11 points alone, leading Girona to a 20:17 lead over Real Madrid at home.
The referee blew the whistle at the end of the first quarter, and Real Madrid's five players returned to the bench.
Head coach Pau Gasol patted center Tavares on the shoulder, telling him not to be downcast.
Then, he said to defender Sergio:
"Sergio, you take a rest first and let Lin Ding go up in the second quarter."
Sergio is the captain of Real Madrid, and he has no objection to this. While wiping his sweat with a towel, he turned to Lin Weirui and said:
"Lin, today is your first La Liga game, relax and show your unique skills to the fans in Girona."
(I came back late from working overtime today, so I’ll update it first, and then I’ll write it when I get up tomorrow)