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Chapter 173 Mike Woodson who keeps trying!Ask for a monthly pass, ask for a subscription!
Chapter 172 Mike Woodson, who keeps trying!
As the only three Eagles with Chinese players in the NBA, they will play two overseas preseason games at home, against the Rockets on the 14th and the Trail Blazers on the 16th.
After the two games, Xu Lang, Yi Jianlian, and Yao Ming returned to the Chinese national team to play the last domestic overseas preseason game against the Spurs.

So in order to adjust the state, on the 12th, the Eagles players had already flown to the country, after a day of adjustment and jet lag.

Waking up on the morning of the 14th, all the Eagles players came to the training arena prepared by the BJbj Workers' Gymnasium to start warm-up and training.

It's just that Mike Woodson looked at his not very well-organized lineup of players, and felt that in these two preseason games, the Eagles were likely to be blown up!

Theo Ratliff is injured, and Zach Randolph is still on vacation. This has led to the fact that the Eagles team that came to China is short of starting center players.

Obviously, for Zach Randolph, he is also happy that he can leave the Trail Blazers.

After all, Zach Randolph has not been very happy in these years with the Trail Blazers. During his rookie season, the Trail Blazers were dominated by old guys like Scott Pippen. Zach Randolph Not to mention standing like a minion in the team, it is basically a role that anyone can bully.

And when these old guys all got old and left one by one, Zach Randolph just found an opportunity to show his distance and strength, and he immediately became the leader of the Trail Blazers from a general character!
This huge change made Zach Randolph lose himself for a while, which is why Zach Randolph, who was fairly normal in his rookie season, has become more and more troublesome in recent years one of the reasons.

It's just that after two years of making troubles like crazy, Zach Randolph doesn't want to make troubles so much, and wants to pursue his career achievements.

But Zach Randolph, who turned around and planned to do business, suddenly found that because of his absurd behavior in the past few years, he had become a representative of the bad boy in the hearts of the Trail Blazers management and fans.

Then, Zach Randolph found that he seemed to have no way to turn back in the Blazers!

Therefore, Zach Randolph doesn't actually have much opinion on leaving the Trail Blazers.

Zach Randolph was even more excited about leaving the Trail Blazers and coming to the Eagles without a head player.

After all, coming to a big team will make it more difficult for Zach Randolph to achieve results in a short period of time!

But it also allows Zach Randolph to seamlessly become the new boss as soon as he comes to the Eagles!

But now as Xu Lang's performance is getting better and better, he has more and more control over the Eagles, and even the team management has begun to favor Xu Lang, Zach Randolph is a little upset!
Therefore, Zach Randolph wants the management and player coaches of the Eagles to take a good look at who is more suitable to be the boss of the team.

And when Zach Randolph did not return to the team and Theo Ratliff needed to rest due to injury.

The entire Eagles team was completely vacant at the center position.

This made Mike Wu Desen a headache for a while, not knowing how to arrange the Eagles' preseason lineup.

"Hello, everyone, this is Cbs, and I am today's host, Alice."

"Hi, everyone, I'm Reggie Miller. Today we are honored to invite Larry Bird to explain this game with us."

"Hi, Reggie, I heard that recently you have been lying in bed supported by the food of the mysterious ancient oriental country."

"How is it possible? Although the Chinese food is really delicious, I'm not going to lie on the bed."

"But I have to say that in terms of food cooking, China, a mysterious ancient oriental country and the only remaining one of the four ancient civilizations in the world, is indeed much better than most Western restaurants."

With the closer cooperation between the NBA and China, more and more American players or professionals related to American basketball have begun to set their sights on China.

After all, compared to the Chinese market's thirst for basketball professionals, the NBA, a fully grown basketball league, is overflowing with talents!
In addition, although the United States is a country of freedom and equality, there has always been a problem of sexual discrimination in terms of skin color.

And this time, after seeing how hot the Chinese basketball market is, it is naturally the desire of many basketball professionals who have difficulty finding satisfactory jobs in the United States to travel across the ocean to work!
In particular, with the continuous improvement of domestic basketball strength and performance in recent years, more and more hot money has begun to enter the basketball market.

This also makes the salary level of top domestic players no lower than the salary level of ordinary rookie players in the NBA!
In addition, more and more NBA teams are now beginning to recognize the data performance of the CBA, which has allowed many players who were previously undrafted to return to the NBA.

It also makes the CBA start to think about playing in China for some college players who are difficult to pass the draft and enter the NBA.

But looking at it now, although there are many players and related practitioners, they have begun to pay attention to the Chinese basketball market!

But whether more and more basketball-related professionals and outstanding players will enter the CBA and integrate into domestic basketball is still unknown.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense, let's talk about this game."

"Stop it, there's really nothing to talk about in this game. To be honest, I'm only paying attention to the game between the Spurs and the Chinese team now."

"Although it's just a preseason game, and although the current Spurs are not complete yet, I think there will still be a lot of wonderful performances in the duel between these two teams."

There is no doubt that among the four NBA overseas preseason games held in China, the most watched and valued game is the game between the Chinese national team and the Spurs. There are more in the other preseason games It's just an appetizer for this game!
Of course, fans in other countries may not pay much attention to the Chinese preseason games other than the Spurs and the Chinese team, but domestic fans are already looking forward to these three games!
"Hello, everyone, I am Yu Jia, the host of today's game.

We are now in the first game of the 2006 NBA Overseas Preseason China Game, the Rockets vs. Hawks. "

"Today we are honored to have Zhang Weiping, Director Zhang and Director Su Qunsu to explain the game with us."

"I don't know who the two teachers think will have the advantage in this game, or which of the two teams, the Chinese player Xu Lang or Yao Ming, will play better?"

"Actually, if we only compare the strength of the team, it is obvious that the Rockets broke through the curse of the first round of the playoffs last season and stopped in the second round of the playoffs. The overall strength of the Rockets is better."

"However, if I were to say that Dayao and Alang are better in performance or statistics, I personally think that Alang's statistics may be better."

"The reason is very simple. Xu Lang is an outside player and a point guard. He can pass, shoot, attack, and own the ball."

"Coupled with the preseason games, which don't care much about winning or losing, Xu Lang is obviously able to better display his overall strength."

While the commentators in the commentary seats of each TV station were talking, Xu Lang brought Josh Smith and his younger brothers from the Eagles to the Rockets, and fought with Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady and others. Hello.

"Brother Yao, you have to be careful in this match, we may very well run you off."

After exchanging pleasantries, Xu Lang said jokingly!
"That's what you need, you can run.

You must know that there is a Spanoulis in our team this season. You have experienced this guy's field control ability. "

Looking at Spanoulis who was still shyly standing beside Yao Ming, Xu Lang really felt that this year's Rockets team was obviously stronger!

Soon after the two chatted with each other for a few words, Xu Lang and others also returned to their own half to warm up.

Although for some reason, the Eagles' center position is in a dilemma where no one is available.

But the game still has to be played. In addition, although the Eagles lack players at the center position, they do not lack players at the power forward and small forward positions at all!

Then, Mike Woodson made a somewhat weird lineup for the Eagles.

Soon the warm-up was over, and the starting lineups of the two teams were determined.

The Rockets' starting lineup is as follows:
Center: Yao Ming, power forward: Juwan Howard, small forward: Shane Battier, shooting guard: Tracy McGrady, point guard: Ralph Alston.

The starting lineup of the Rockets, in addition to Shane Battier, the other four starting players are the starting lineup that the Rockets broke into the second round of the playoffs last season.

Sean Battier is a new team puzzle piece that was acquired by the Rockets through multiple transactions during the offseason of this season.

Now the Rockets' starting lineup is still somewhat weak is the power forward position. After all, as he grows older, Uncle Huo's strength has also begun to decline precipitously.

At least for the Rockets who are committed to winning the championship, Uncle Huo, the starting power forward, is not very qualified!
If the Rockets' starting lineup looks normal, then the Eagles' starting lineup looks extremely abnormal.

The Eagles starting lineup is as follows:
Center: Josh Smith, power forward: Josh Childress, small forward: Paul Millsap, shooting guard: Xu Lang, point guard: Jose Calderon.

Obviously because of the lack of center players, Mike Woodson can only pile up some forward players in the starting lineup to guard the basket.

The only problem is that, facing Yao Ming's level inside center, if accumulating forward players is useful, Yao Ming will not gradually become known as a super insider in the league that can rival O'Neal last season.

Of course, the Eagles lineup is not completely without advantages. Being young and able to run is the biggest advantage of the Eagles lineup.

Moreover, in private training games, the Eagles' lineup is still very strong in impacting the basket and counterattacking.

Just after the game started, a very serious problem appeared.

Facing the Rockets, a strong playoff team with a complete tactical system, a complete lineup, and players in good game form, the Eagles have no chance to get up to speed at all!
In the first quarter of the game, when the Rockets passed the ball through Yao Ming's hands every time they attacked, the rhythm of the game was always suppressed in the rhythm of the offensive.

Obviously, the Rockets with a big center are more adaptable to the game rhythm of positional offense than the Eagles, which don't even have an official center!
And when the rhythm of the game is controlled by the opponent and the overall hard power is not as good as that of the opponent, the Eagles will naturally start to slowly lose the wind.

Then just after halfway through the first quarter, the Rockets had extended their lead to six points.

The Eagles attack, Jose Calderon outside the ball.

Because the Eagles' lineup is completely a striker lineup, this also leads to when they attack from the ground.

There is no way for the Hawks to be like the Rockets, they only need to hand the ball to Yao Ming.

Of course, the Eagles also have their own offensive core, and Xu Lang is the core of the Eagles' lineup.

It's just because of this game that Mike Woodson wants to try some different tactics and team lineups.

Therefore, Xu Lang, the core of the offense, is not currently in control of the Eagles' possession of the ball as a ball handler.

Instead, he became an off-ball runner. Through his skillful off-ball running and his teammates' pick-and-roll, Xu Lang was still outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle on the left this time, and got a chance to shoot.

Jose Calderon did not waste Xu Lang's hard running this time, and handed the ball to Xu Lang in time.

It's just that after Xu Lang received the ball, although he got up and made a three-point shot, this time the three-point shot finally hit the back edge of the basket with a bang, and bounced out of the frame again.

This is Xu Lang's fourth shot from outside the three-point line in this game.

At the same time, it was Xu Lang's third missed shot from outside the three-point line in this game, and he only made one of four shots. Obviously, Xu Lang didn't feel very good in this game.

Although Xu Lang's three-point shooting ability has been improved to 95, it does not mean that Xu Lang can have a good touch in every attack or every game.

And when Xu Lang's hand feeling is not good, and the offensive end can't show enough involvement, the entire Eagles' offense will naturally come to a standstill.

Then in the first half of the game, the Eagles, who were already under pressure by the Rockets, were further opened up by the Rockets in the second half of the game.

At the end of the first quarter, the Rockets' lead has been extended to 11 points.

After the first quarter, they fell behind by 11 points, which many people did not expect.

Although many people know that there is a gap in strength between the Eagles and the Rockets, after all, Xu Lang's performance in the World Championships was too impressive.

Therefore, many people were a little surprised that Xu Lang took seven shots in the first quarter, but only hit three of them.

"Facts have proved that for the Eagles, Xu Lang is not very suitable to be an off-ball runner."

And Mike Woodson is clearly aware of this.

So in the second quarter, Mike Woodson immediately changed the tactical arrangement.

Moved Xu Lang back to the point guard position.

Jose Calderon, a traditional point guard who is not very good at running without the ball, and is not very good at opening up the offensive space, was also replaced by Salim Stoudemire, a three-point shooter. !
Facts have proved that Xu Lang, who has Magic Johnson's game experience and player template, is indeed more suitable to be a point guard.

After regaining control of the ball, Xu Lang immediately showed a different state of play.

Then I saw that the Eagles, who had been suppressed by the Rockets relying on positional offense in the first quarter of the game, suddenly glowed with some vitality.

Although it is still difficult for the Eagles to raise the rhythm of the game as a whole.

But under Xu Lang's control, the Eagles' offense, at least not every time, will not be forced by the Rockets' defense.

Xu Lang, who has regained possession of the ball, is obviously much stronger than him as an off-ball runner in terms of containment and defensive appeal on the outside.

Then under the leadership of Xu Lang, the Eagles, which only scored 22 points in the first quarter, scored 36 points in the second quarter.

And the best performers among these players are not Josh Smith and Josh Childress, these two strikers who are now second only to Xu Lang in talent potential in the Eagles.

Instead, pitcher Salim Stoudemire replaced Jose Calderon.

With Josh Smith and Josh Childress and Xu Lang involved on the offensive end, Salim Stoudemire got a lot of outside shots in the second quarter.

Then Salim Stoudemire, the top three-point shooter in the NCAA, made three of four shots from outside the three-point line in this quarter and scored nine points in a single quarter.

And Xu Lang also got 5 assists in a single quarter because of Salim Stoudemire's precise three-pointer, three of which came from Salim Stoudemire.

The other two were alley-oop dunks from Josh Smith and Josh Childress.

After halftime, the Eagles also directly closed the gap between the two teams to only six points.

But after all, it is a preseason game, and the main purpose is for the team's coaching staff to inspect some newcomers in the team, or some marginal players who have not yet been confirmed to stay in the team.

So in the second half of the game, both the Rockets and the Eagles replaced their main lineups, but put their own substitute lineups and some players who have yet to be investigated on the field.

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