Buddha's light illuminates NBA

Chapter 32 Harmonious team atmosphere and speechless pre-match media interviews

The Charlotte Bobcats have just entered the league for 5 seasons. Last season, under the leadership of old coach Larry Brown, they achieved the best record in 35 years with 47 wins and 5 losses, ranking 10th in the Eastern Conference.

Well, a little better than last year's Knicks.

Three more wins.

In the new season, the Bobcats got Gerald Henderson with the 12th pick in the first round and Derek Brown with the 40th pick in the second round, and then traded for Philip Murray and Tyson Chandler of the Hornets.

At the same time, former center Emeka Okafor was traded to the Hornets.

This is a deal that doesn't look like a good deal.

After all, taking a fourth scorer who averaged 13.2 points and 10.1 rebounds per game was replaced by a blue-collar center who appeared to be more athletic, but in fact his health was not guaranteed, and he obviously lacked effective offensive methods. He averaged only 8.8 points and 11.8 rebounds per game.

Moreover, when the strength of the eastern teams is improving, the Bobcats will not increase but decrease. It is even more idiotic to want to enter the playoffs in the new season.

The fact is the same. In the first game, the team challenged the back-to-back Celtics away in the opening game, and was slaughtered by 92 points by the opponent with 59:33!
Simply, too weak.

However, what makes the Knicks very upset is that in ESPN's forecast, the Bobcats' 39 wins and 43 losses are actually better than their 35 wins and 47 losses!

What's more, 35 wins is the number of wins for the Bobcats last season!

"Boss, we must slaughter them in this game!" Milicic said viciously during the team's training break on the morning of the game.

Because of the outstanding performance in the first game and the influence of being around Lu Ming, they are already different people.

However, where did this guy get the title of boss?
The spoken language is weird.

"I asked your manager, Mr. Hall, and he told me that in your China, the core leader of a team is called the boss." Milicic saw Lu Ming's doubts and took the initiative to explain.

"Boss! And me, we must get rid of Gerald!" Tony Douglas looked down on Gerald Henderson from Duke University who was only 9 picks ahead of him.

In the first game, the opponent came off the bench for only 6 minutes in garbage time and scored 2 points.

And what about our Knicks' most important backup guard, Tony Douglas?
In the first game, he directly killed the original first substitute Nate Robinson. With 18 minutes of playing time, he scored 6 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds and 1 steal!
It's like one is in the sky and the other is on the ground!

Lu Ming looked at these two people, one was "reborn from the ashes" and the other was a rookie at the end of the first round who was eager to prove himself. Before encouraging them, he really wanted to say something, in fact, in China, there is also a brother who calls the core leader this way.

For example, Water Margin is full of elder brothers.

But forget it.

"All licensed coaches arrange to play. On the field, don't be influenced by your emotions, you know?"

After Lu Ming finished speaking, whether he couldn't bear to pour cold water on the two of them, or nodded to show that he was on their side, "Trust me, we will defeat Shan Mao and smash all doubts!"

When the two heard it, they both smiled in relief.

After hearing Lu Ming's assurance, the other training players suddenly gained confidence.

As for Nate Robinson, who admired Lu Ming for breaking Chamberlain's record, but still didn't like him, he had conflicts with the team because of his appearance in the last game, so he didn't come.

And the other, Eddie Curry, who has no enthusiasm, doesn't work hard in training, and is completely impossible to play, also asked for leave today.

These two have actually entered the process of the transaction.

Although the other Jared Jeffries knew that he might eventually be traded away by the team, he enjoyed the current atmosphere of the team and the feeling of winning. In addition, there was no positional conflict with Lu Ming, so he also actively participated in the team's training.

Therefore, the atmosphere of the team is unusually harmonious.

After the break, Lu Ming continued to train.

Although the performance against the Heat was amazing, Lu Ming knew that his current weakness was also obvious.

For example, as a shooting guard, he does not have the ability to play behind the back.

For example, I am not familiar with the three-point line in the NBA.

Another example is that the running-in with teammates is not enough, and there is no deeper understanding of the habits and specialties of the team members.

This is why, in the first battle, although he performed amazingly, he still had 5 turnovers!

Among them, there were 3 mistakes, which were actually due to problems with the communication with teammates.

But for now, although Lu Ming is still learning in back-to-back singles, it is obviously impossible to use it as a conventional weapon for a while. It also takes a whole season to get familiar with his teammates, so there is no rush.

So now, for Lu Ming, the most effective thing is to shoot three-pointers.

Although he is not very familiar with the three-point line in the NBA, Lu Ming's shooting touch is excellent. He made 15 of 11 two-pointers, mainly in the mid-range, and 8 of 4 three-pointers. Although two of them were actually luck balls, it did prove that he is talented in shooting.

In fact, it is the sense of the ball formed since childhood.

Growing up in an environment like Lingyin Temple, he was surrounded by monks and Buddhist scriptures, so the basketball court in the temple became his paradise of Buddhism.

If it weren't for the little annoying spirit of Youya, he would basically spend the whole day chanting scriptures, eating with a basketball, and taking a nap with a basketball in his arms.

Well, at night, I sleep with a basketball in my arms.

Although I woke up early the next morning, I found that the basketball was put away by Master and put on the futon.

A basketball, pretending to be able to chant sutras.

Lu Ming started from the three-pointer training. Because there was a game in the afternoon, the training volume was reduced a bit, but the trainer was Robert McClanahan, an expert in player training who was well-informed by Greg Brittenham.

So the boring training began.

Three-pointers, mid-range, basket, dribble, pass, free throw, one by one, Lu Ming never tired of it.

I had a training meal at noon, and after a break, it was training again.

It was not until the pre-match media interview that the training was over, he took a shower and changed his clothes, and accepted the media interview as the absolute core of the Knicks team.

Originally, he didn't need to come forward, there is no way, who let him be the only traffic in the NBA at present?

Far to the north, the King of Cleveland, located on the south bank of Lake Erie, has already had some complaints, complaining that in the two back-to-back games, he had 38+4+8 in the first game, 23+11+12 in the second game, and almost three triple-doubles in the two games. There are not many media outside Cleveland to visit?
Are you going to interview a mere No. 8 rookie?

Deceiving too much!

It's just too deceiving!

Is it because the water in Lake Erie is too cold, not as hot as the water in Miami?

Or is the crown of the Statue of Liberty in New York more important?
However, in fact, there are even more media reporters interviewing him than last year.

On the training ground, Cleveland's Wang looked thoughtfully at the "unaccustomed" big shark that swam here slowly from the sea.

And in the media scene of the New York Knicks.

The first question from the reporters made Lu Ming speechless.

"Lu, once again congratulations on breaking the rookie debut record in Miami in the last game! So this time, will you break the highest scoring record here, Kobe Bryant's 61 points, at the Knicks' home stadium, Madison Square Garden?"

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　Newcomer, new book!Lao Han is here to thank everyone for their support!Those who have tickets give a ticket, and those who have a ticket give a personal ticket. Well, those who have money, give a reward, haha! !In addition, congratulations to Paul for finally reaching the finals. . .Perhaps, this is his best moment.East, well, it's already like that, ^_^
　　
　
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