The world of basketball

Chapter 15 Depressed Bagley
The Kings coach saw that Wharton had replaced James, so he replaced Bagley on the field. Bagley, who re-entered the field, was a little listless and seemed not very interested.

This is what is wrong with Dave Joerger. Blindly protecting a player will only damage his self-confidence. The really good way is to let him stay on the court, just do it.

Coincidentally, when Mu Xiaobei and McGee were on the court at the same time, they also played at the [-]th position, which happened to be against Bagley.

Mu Xiaobei's training in the summer, whether it is strength or speed, is stronger than in the summer league, but now when he is facing Bagley, he still adopts a one-step defensive strategy.

Fox distributed the ball to Bagley. Bagley missed a mid-range jumper and McGee got the rebound.

"How do you feel that Bagley is a little out of shape after he is off the court?" Ma Jian said when explaining.

"Indeed, none of the open mid-range jumpers were hit. Does Mr. Ma Jian think it has something to do with psychology?" Wang Meng is an excellent host. His excellence lies in his ability to draw topics without stealing the limelight.

"I think it might be that when the Heat played against the Spurs in the Finals, the Spurs' strategy to defend James was to let go, which caused James' mentality to collapse, and many open balls failed to hit." Ma Jian remembered that very classic battle.

While speaking, Mu Xiaobei received a pass from Stephenson and completed a dunk on Bagley's head.

Soon, there was a short video on Hupu with the title: Mu Xiaobei dunks Bagley, at what level?
Competitive sports are cruel. Sometimes the psychological pressure that players need to bear can overwhelm a person. For example, Bennett, the No. 14 pick in [-], may not be able to be the No. The point where there is no ball to play.

The big reason is that he doesn't have the talent that the No. [-] pick should have, so he is a little afraid to play, so it is difficult to play well, and then he has a psychological burden, which forms a vicious circle.

If you really talk about talent, Bennett is likely to be able to play a regular rotation in the league.

Bagley failed to make a layup while walking, and retreated to defend Mu Xiaobei. Stephenson threw the ball directly to Mu Xiaobei who was in the low post and signaled his teammates to pull away.

Mu Xiaobei singled Bagley in the low post.

Bagley's defense was a little absent-minded. Mu Xiaobei dug in twice, turned around and jumped forward, but found that Bagley didn't follow.

Pulling onions on dry land, dunking with both hands.

This dunk directly detonated the audience, and Stephenson also ran over and slapped Mu Xiaobei's chest. Finsen seemed to be particularly keen on physical contact, whether it was in the game or outside the game.

"Good shot, Coach Ma. Although I don't know what kind of trouble Bagley got into, how about Xiaomu's low-post skills?" Wang Mengwang called a timeout and brought up a topic.

"Xiaomu's low-post skills were trained by Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming. It can be said that he studied under a famous master, and he played in the CBA for a year. The local Chinese centers are all junior players with solid basic skills." Ma Jian saw Mu Xiao Bei played well, and nodded.

At the game site, James was chatting and laughing with his teammates: "Lance, I'm going to kill you tonight."

Stephenson made a frightened expression: "Haha, but Wood is Chinese, so he must have researched Chinese food."

Mu Xiaobei shook his head. The CBA League has stricter requirements for players. Now it is no longer a school cafeteria, but a nutritious meal specially prepared by a nutritionist.

Most Chinese food is relatively oily, especially in the Northeast, so Mu Xiaobei really doesn't eat much.

The camera captured Mu Xiaobei, Stephenson, and James talking and laughing. Although I don't know what they were talking about, but seeing Mu Xiaobei getting along well with his new teammates, the domestic fans were also very happy.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Wharton is still experimenting with the regular starting lineup. The big transition lineup where Mu Xiaobei and McGee are on the court at the same time and Mu Xiaobei and McGee are taken off the field, allowing Kuzma to take the fifth position. , James and Ingram's defensive end mostly go to the inside to make up for the small lineup.

Through the running-in of these few games, the team's tacit understanding is also improving day by day.

In many cases, the team's chemical reaction is not formed because of the lack of a clear style of play, but now the team is a group of people with relatively high golf quotient, so it is easier to form a chemical reaction.

In such a team, each player's playing time and the tasks they need to do are very clear, and it is easier for everyone to play confidently.

After the second quarter, the Lakers led by 25 points. During the break in the locker room, Walton said that today's game was almost done, and the second half was given to the rookies.

At the end of the game, the Lakers won by 13 points. In the second half of the game, rookie Mikhailiuk performed well, hitting six three-pointers in just nine shots.

Walton saw it, and was very happy in his heart. The team is indeed short of pure shooters who are more confident in three-pointers. If Mikhailiuk can perform eye-catchingly in these preseason games, Walton may also consider it. Add one more spot to the regular season rotation and turn it into an 11-man rotation.

After Mu Xiaobei took a shower, everyone drove their own cars. Mu Xiaobei couldn't drive, so he took Finsen's car and sent Karlin a text message saying he wouldn't go home for dinner tonight.

What Mu Xiaobei didn't expect was that Mikhailuk was also among Finsen's invitees.

Since Mu Xiaobei was the only Chinese in the team, he was assigned the task of ordering food, but Mu Xiaobei didn't know whether the food that the Chinese people liked was also in line with the tastes of his teammates, so he just ordered blindly.

Everyone didn't drink alcohol, and they didn't order any staple food. According to Mr. Wang Duoyu, you can be full even if you eat lobster.

James looked at everyone eating pork and cabbage stewed vermicelli with some embarrassment, but he hadn't eaten pork for many years, and he didn't plan to crack it tonight.

Mu Xiaobei knew about James’s habit, so he specially ordered a steamed fish and several kinds of stewed dishes. Well, they are basically the original food without any added seasoning, but James can eat it differently. I feel very novel.

It is always easy to warm up the atmosphere at the dinner table, especially the Northeast cuisine can set off the lively and lively atmosphere. After a meal, the relationship between everyone is more familiar, even the cold and cold Bisley more up.

Carlin came to pick Mu Xiaobei home. The two had just gotten engaged, and their relationship was still in a sweet period, but basketball was also their common hobby.

Along the way, the two always had endless topics to chat about, such as which team's tactics, which player's technical characteristics and so on.

This tells us that in the future, it will be a great thing to find a partner of the opposite sex with similar views and interests. Fortunately, Mu Xiaobei found a girlfriend who knows basketball.

Unfortunately, Mu Xiaobei's creator still doesn't have a girlfriend.

(End of this chapter)