The invincible kryptonite of basketball

Among the five, Whiteside's performance is the best.

Not only did he completely defend against Black, but he was also brilliant in assisting defense a few times. His foul and defensive habits seem to have improved significantly. He can score 10 out of 9 points, and the lack of 1 point is afraid of his pride.

The second-best performer was Trevor Ariza.

After Nash took over, his shooting bag was picked up again. Coupled with his defense against Parsons, the latter basically didn't get a shot and could score 8 points.

Then came Gordon and Cole, who played similarly to last season, both quite satisfactory, with 7 points.

The worst performer was Teletovic. Although he scored a three-pointer, he was swayed by Jones several times on the defensive end.

Jones is known as the "little prince of abuse food", and Teletovic is that dish.

The focus of the preseason is on inspections. At this point in time, except for Trevor Ariza, the rest of the players have been replaced one after another.

Dinwiddie, Tyler Johnson, Aminu and Jokic were substituted.

Tang Tian's attention was now more focused than before.

The group of people replaced by the Pelicans includes the team's three rookies this year, and these three people are also recommended by him.

The Rockets also made substitution adjustments, with "Elixir" Daniels, Isaiah Cannan, Jeff Adrian and Dorsey all being substituted.

Cannan's sudden point was given to Parsons, who scored a layup and finally scored.

Looking back, Dinwiddie scored with the ball, was inexperienced and made a mistake, was intercepted by Parsons, the Rockets made a fast break, and Cannan squeezed away Johnson for a layup.

Dinwiddie's layup after Jokic's pick-and-roll also missed.

He made consecutive turnovers and missed shots, and looked a little nervous.

The Rockets cooperated in the frontcourt, and Parsons scored a three-pointer from Daniels.

In just 2 minutes, the Rockets played a 7-0 offensive climax.

There was a commotion at the scene, and the Pelicans' performance of this wave of rookies was a bit ugly.

Tang Tian also frowned slightly at this time.

The few people he suggested to choose at the beginning are all potential stocks, not the kind of players who can do it immediately.

They performed well in the training session, but the official game performance seemed almost meaningless.

This is also a reasonable thing, otherwise they would not have fallen so far behind in the draft.

He turned his head to look at the expression on Williams, who seemed to know this too, without too many emotional fluctuations on his face.

The Pelicans' offense.

Dinwiddie held the ball and dribbled at the top of the arc for a while, and the continuous offensive misses made him a little overwhelmed.

At this moment, Jokic asked for the ball at the free throw line.

Dinwiddie gave the ball in, and Jokic responded directly at the free throw line.

Ariza got rid of Parsons and cut in at this time, and Jokic shook his head when he turned his head.

The ball was stuffed straight into Ariza's hands, and the latter jumped up and dunked directly with both hands.

There was a burst of cheers at the scene.

This ball swept away the previous haze!

Williams' eyes also brightened, and the way he looked at Jokic was obviously different from before.

Tang Tian's frowning brows relaxed a little at this time.

Speaking of it, both Dinwiddie and Johnson are college students who came out of the NCAA and it takes time to adapt to the NBA, but Jokic is different.

Like other European players, most of them did not go to college and entered the professional league early.

This kind of player has a characteristic, the speed of adapting to the NBA will be significantly faster than the NCAA players.

With the cooperation of the Rockets, Parsons gave Dorsey a sudden point, and the latter wanted to dunk through Jokic.

But Jokic was very smart. He stood under the basket and raised his hands early. Dorsey's dunk directly hit his hand and was caught.

Because he looks like Howard, Dorsey is known as the "European Warcraft", but obviously his strength is much worse than Howard's.

Ariza grabbed the ball, the Pelicans attacked the frontcourt, and Jokic continued to support at the free throw line.

At this time, the Rockets stepped up their defense against air cuts, and the Pelicans did not make an air cut this time.

Seeing that the offensive time was more than half, Jokic turned around and walked directly to the basket.

Dorsey played in Europe before, and he is good at dealing with this kind of European players, retreating to the basket early.

Jokic is big and slow, and Dorsey jumped up to block the shot the moment he caught him.

But soon he found himself shaken.

Although Jokic is slow, he has a very strong sense of rhythm. He turned around at the moment of his take-off, shook him clean and then scored!

The whistle of the fans on the scene sounded again.

"I like this kid!"

On the bench, Ci Shiping couldn't help shouting.

Tang Tian's furrowed brows completely relaxed at this time.

Jokic's performance in this section is quite fan-absorbing.

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Parsons missed a three-pointer, Jones took off the offensive rebound and used the speed difference to hit Jokic.

Jokic's weight is indeed his biggest problem right now, making him look bulky on the defensive end.

However, in the frontcourt, Jokic continued to show his support skills, and passed to Dinwiddie who cut in the bottom corner in seconds. The latter also scored the first two points of the Pelicans' career for a layup.

Although there are problems with defense, his offensive role is also very obvious, and he can become the offensive axis on the field.

At this time, Tang Tian also rated them one after another.

Jokic can score 8 points, and the 2 points deducted are his performance on the defensive end, which is difficult to improve before losing weight.

Aminu's performance is 7 points. His effect as a power forward is obviously better than that of a small forward. It seems that he will win the competition with Teletovic.

Dinwiddie's performance is 5 points, he still has a long way to go from maturity.

Johnson's performance is 3 points, his defense is very poor, and the offense has not found his own position, so there is little hope left.

This is also a reasonable thing.

Tang Tian chose them based on their performance in history, but it is unknown whether they can still perform that kind of performance after changing teams.

After all, players are human beings, not characters designed by parameters in the game. If you choose them, you will be able to play with strength.

In the end, the Pelicans defeated the Rockets 86-78 at home.

怀特塞德15分11板5盖帽，戈登13分3板4助攻，阿里扎12分4板，科尔9分6助攻，约基奇8分6板3助攻。

After the game, Whiteside was excited in the locker room.

He was in and out between the starter and the bench last season, and he has improved significantly this offseason after spending a whole summer at the Hard Training Brothers training camp.

Judging from the performance of the first game, he has a high probability of locking the Pelicans' starting center for the new season.

After two days off, the Pelicans flew to the East to play their second preseason game against the Heat.

The Heat experienced major changes in the summer, and their strength plummeted. Wade did not play this time.

Tang Tian and Davis played for the Pelicans, and they beat the Heat 35-15 in one quarter.

The home fans are quite distressed. From the championship team to the belly, they only spent one offseason.

However, in addition to the Heat's own strength is not strong, the Pelicans' starting performance is also impressive.

Tang Tian's breakthrough seems to have improved a lot, Davis' low-post offense has also improved, and even Holiday and Ariza's play gave people a very relaxed feeling.

In the end, even though Tang Tian and Davis only played one quarter, the Pelicans still defeated the Heat 92-78 and won two consecutive victories in the preseason.

唐天10分2板2助攻，戴维斯6分4板。

怀特塞德继续抢眼发挥，贡献了18分10板4盖帽，霍乐迪15分5助攻，阿米奴8分3板，约基奇7分5板3助攻。

After these two games, Williams has basically figured out the team's rotation.

In addition to Whiteside, who is firmly locked in the starting position, Ariza, who retrieved the shooting bag, also locked in the starting position.

On the bench, Jokic entered the rotation with his performance, and Aminu also successfully squeezed out Teletovic.

Time flies, and it is the end of October in a blink of an eye. After nearly a month of playing, the NBA preseason came to an end.

The final record of the Pelicans is 6 wins and 1 loss.

It doesn't matter whether the preseason wins or loses, but it is a great boost to the team's self-confidence to be able to achieve this result when they are played by substitutes most of the time.

In these 7 games, the coaching staff focused on several players.

Whiteside averaged 27.7 minutes per game, 14.6 points, 10.2 rebounds and 3.6 blocks. He shot 60% from the field and fouled only 2.6 times per game. His performance was eye-catching.

Ariza averaged 25.6 minutes per game, 11.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.5 steals, and his three-point shooting percentage reached 42%. He became the answer to the third position of the Pelicans.

Aminu averaged 20.2 minutes per game, 6.3 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.1 steals, and his shooting percentage reached 47%. As a substitute for the fourth position, his performance was not bad.

Teletovic averaged 13.3 minutes per game, 5.3 points and 2.1 rebounds, and made 41% of his three-pointers. Although his performance is not good, three-pointers can still give him a place in the Pelicans.

Jokic averaged 18.8 minutes per game, 8.5 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists, and his shooting percentage reached 53%. Except for defensive problems, he seems to be full of talent.

Dinwiddie averaged 15.6 minutes per game, 4.5 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists, and his shooting percentage was 39%. He still needs to work harder to enter the rotation.

Tyler Johnson averaged 10.8 minutes per game, 2.1 points, and 29% shooting. He will be cut with a high probability.

There are only 5 days between the end of the preseason and the official start of the regular season. During this period, the Pelicans have completed layoffs one after another.

Tyler Johnson, Patrick Young and Jeff Vichy were cut one after another.

With this wave of layoffs, the Pelicans' roster for the new season has also been released.

Starting lineup: Holiday, Tang Tian, ​​Ariza, Davis, Whiteside;

Substitutes: Cole, Gordon, Morrow, Aminu, Jokic;

Bench: Dinwiddie, Sheved, Metta Shiping, Evans, Teletovic;

"Guys, let's go big!"

In the last training session before the start of the regular season, Ci Shiping greeted the players and shouted.

As the leader of the team's locker room, when he shouted, the players all responded in unison.

Now this Pelicans has strong players, talented rookies, and veterans. They really want to do a lot in the new season!

Their opponent in the season opener is the Trail Blazers.

The Trail Blazers got 50 wins last season but failed to make the playoffs, which is a bit unlucky.

But this does not conceal their strength, the twin stars of Lillard and Aldridge, plus Batum, Matthews, Robin Lopez and other excellent role players.

Like the Pelicans, they are also one of the teams most eager to prove themselves in the new season.

But unlike the Pelicans, they are one of ESPN's favorite teams, and they rank sixth in the strength prediction list.

So in this game, whether the Blazers proved that they are worthy of this strength, or whether the Pelicans beat ESPN in the face has attracted much attention from the outside world.

"We don't just want to make the playoffs in the new season, our goal is the championship."

During the interview before the game, Lillard, the core core of the Trail Blazers, was full of pride.

Lillard's fighting spirit and ruthlessness are rare in the league, and it is also an important reason for his popularity.

You must know that he has not yet been selected as an All-Star, but this past summer he has signed a 10-year 1 million super endorsement contract with Adidas.

He also became the headliner of Adidas, joining the ranks of NBA players with signature sneakers.

This game is not only the encounter between two powerful teams, but also the collision of Tang Tian and Lillard's popularity.