NBA: Start the water cooler and reach the Hall of Fame

Li Kaiming still maintained his dominant performance in the first two games in the first quarter, which made 76ers head coach Doug Collins have to admit that their coaching staff made too many mistakes before the game!

They just glanced at the game video of Li Kaiming, did not take the time to analyze it carefully, and then subconsciously believed that the latter had not been targeted by the Magic and the Eagles to play such an excellent performance.

At this moment, Doug Collins wants to cry but has no tears!

If he had known that he wouldn't talk so much before the game, he thought the Wizards would be like a fish on a chopping board without Arenas, ready to be slaughtered.

But looking at it now, it may not be certain who is the butcher and who is the fish...

But now that the words have been spoken, we can no longer go to the media to spend money to silence them. Only by recovering face during the game can we make up for the previous mistakes.

In order to achieve this goal, two things need to be done. One is to win the game, but to suppress Li Kaiming's performance. He must not be allowed to play the explosive performance in the first quarter again!

Although the 76ers coaching staff made strategic mistakes before the game, but now that the goal is clear, they are very active and quickly prepared the next tactics. Fortunately, the 76ers have no shortage of strong players on the defensive end. There can be multiple tricks to try.

After talking to the players about the next defensive tactics, Doug Collins stretched out his hand.

"Boys, today's game must not be lost! We must not only win, but also win beautifully!"

John Wall, Iguodala and Elton Brand all looked awe-inspiring!

They also know what they will face if they lose tonight's game. There is a high probability that it will be the after-dinner talk of nba fans within a week!

They don't want to be the laughing stock of others!

The 76ers players clenched their hands and put together with the coach, "Philadelphia, must win!"

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Wizards did not let Li Kaiming play, they still have a little advantage, Sanders decided to use this point difference to buy Li Kaiming a little rest time.

In the starting lineup of the Wizards, Hinrich also got a chance to rest. Last year's 58th pick Lester Hudson replaced Hinrich, and the small forward position was replaced by 23rd pick Trevor Booker , the inside combination is Blatche and McGee.

The Wizards' backline is still too short of people. Generally speaking, for a position like Hudson's draft, it would be good to have garbage time in the second year.

To some extent, it is also an opportunity for him. If this opportunity is not seized, then his final outcome will develop in the direction predicted by his pick and gradually disappear in the league.

Li Kaiming sat on the bench and watched for a while, and found that the current lineup has a big problem, that is, no one can control the ball.

Hudson's ball handling is not bad, but his passing awareness and skills are not enough. In the summer league before, Kassel would rather let Sun Yue play point guard than let Hudson handle the ball. It can be seen that the latter's vision is really mediocre.

The only advantage is that the two insiders have a slight advantage over the 76ers, but they don't win much. Captain Brand is old and strong. Although his body is not as good as before, his skills and strength have not declined, but he is younger. Sometimes even more powerful.

McGee's defense against Brand can only be said to be able to defend, but the effect of defense is a bit eye-catching.

But Blatche actually got the upper hand in the contest with Hawes, which Li Kaiming did not expect.

After all, Hawes not only has a much higher pick than Blatche, but also has a good physical talent. Blatche's late second-round pick can actually make Hawes unfavorable. This is why the Wizards won this After a broken lineup, there is no reason why they were overtaken within a few rounds.

Although Hudson can't pass the ball, one good thing is to listen to the coach and do whatever the coach asks him to do.

This lineup is on the court, and the rule set by Sanders is to play inside, so Brac has become the core of the team as it should be.

On the offensive end, the Wizards can barely rely on the inside combination of Blatche and McGee to prevent the 76ers from blowing up. Some guards with low talents are obviously not enough.

Just look at the 76ers' bench lineup.

Except for the two insiders who are still in the starting lineup, the backup point guard Louis Williams averaged 14 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 1.3 steals per game last season, a proper super sixth-man level substitute player.

Substitute forward Thaddeus Young, the 2007th pick in the first round of the 12 draft, averaged 13.8 points and 5.2 rebounds last season, with a strong body.

The backup forward and shooting guard swingman, Andres Nocioni from Argentina, averaged 8 points and 3 rebounds per game.

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Any one of these substitute players thrown into the Wizards lineup can properly start, not to mention that these guys are all high-ranked draft picks. Except for Lu Wei, the others are all first-round picks, and the lowest pick in the first round is starting shooting guard Zhu Holiday, with the 76th pick.

The 76ers, in fact, already have the appearance of some strong teams in the playoffs. The only thing missing is a boss who can make the final decision, so that the team will step up to a higher level and reach the level of a championship team.

So when facing these players on the defensive end, the Wizards' outside line, which is dominated by raw melon eggs and marginal players in the draft, was immediately hammered to the point where they couldn't find the north.

Lester Hudson was passed by Lu Wei with a change of direction when he came up, and then made a foul and scored a layup.

Trevor Booker couldn't play against Thaddeus Young, who was a few years older than him, and was crushed and beaten by the latter.

Two minutes after the start of the second quarter, Sanders had to accept the reality, and then immediately used up a short timeout.

This timeout is not included in the team's number of timeouts. It lasts only 20 seconds, and it expires as soon as the first half is over, so most coaches use it for temporary substitutions.

Several guards were all replaced, Nick Young and Hinrich returned to the team, the opposite 76ers also made adjustments, Speights replaced Brand, it seems that Doug Collins is also preparing for the future First match to accumulate strength.

Sanders still did not play Li Kaiming. The reason why the Wizards were chased is very clear, because the backup guard is too bad.

As long as the starting two guards are taken up, the problem can be solved.

In fact, this is also the case. Although Lu Wei's score is still sharp, facing the experienced Hinrich, he can't play at will like he did with Hudson.

With 6 minutes left in the second quarter, the dead ball entered an official timeout, and Sanders also said to Li Kaiming, who had completely dried off his sweat, "Li, it's your turn!"

Li Kaiming immediately got up and tore off his coat and pants.

The jacket and pants of this nba training suit are very convenient. They have snap buttons. When you take off your clothes, you don’t need to pull the zipper and take off the pants like you usually do. You just need to grab a corner and tear it hard to reveal the inside of the jersey. .

As for the 76ers, when they saw that the master finally came up, Doug Collins immediately began to mutter to the players, and then let the starters who had rested for half a quarter go into battle again!

In the second half of the second quarter, starters vs starters!

Seeing that Li Kaiming finally played, the MCI fans immediately began to cheer. Li Kaiming only played a game in front of the home fans, which immediately increased his popularity a lot!

The home fans were already deeply impressed by the performance of their No. [-] pick in the first quarter, coupled with the various cooking operations of the bench lineup in the first half of the second quarter, the fans felt Li Kaiming's strength even more!

So from this perspective, Li Kaiming may have to thank Hudson and others. Without their support, his influence in Washington would not have risen so fast!