NBA peak

Chapter 82 The Opening of the Regular Season

In the following week, the Raptors played four back-to-back away games one after another, and the players were all exhausted.

Ge Feng's exhaustion was particularly severe, and the four-game streak also made Nas realize Ge Feng's problems.

In these four games, the Raptors only won the first away game, the Dallas Mavericks.

The Raptors lost all other away games. After the opening three-game winning streak, the Raptors suffered another three-game losing streak.

Although the dense arena can't explain everything, it completely exposed Ge Feng's physical defects.

It is necessary for Nas to reconsider Ge Feng's position in the team.

Facing the Dallas Mavericks, Ge Feng made 6 of 4 three-pointers and a 66% shooting rate, laying a good foundation for the team's victory.

But in the back-to-back match against the underdog Milwaukee Bucks the next day, Ge Feng took 7 shots and only hit 2 goals, with a hit rate of less than 30%.

If the three-pointer cannot be opened, Nurse's "elevator door" tactic cannot be deployed, and the Raptors lost the first game of the season without any suspense.

The Raptors' favorite use this season is the elevator door tactic.

Use two big men on the pick-and-roll on both sides, and two small men move to the bottom line along the pick-and-roll.The small man with the ball will use the cover of the big man, and after an air cut, pass the ball from one side of the field to the small man on the other side to complete the three-pointer.

In fact, the Raptors have a lot of three-pointers in the bottom corner. Lowry, Van Vleet, Powell, and Ge Feng can switch the position of the ball holder and the shooter.

But under Nurse's tactical system, Lowry has other roles, and Powell's hit rate fluctuates too much, so the "elevator door" tactic relies most on Van Vleet and Ge Feng.

Ge Feng, who was originally given high hopes, disappointed Nas under the physical exhaustion brought about by continuous combat.

The next two days of competition were similar.

Ge Feng, who has always shot accurately, misfired a three-pointer.

The Raptors' lack of a consistent [-]-point shooter has once again shown itself.

After the game, the media from all sides began to have doubts about Ge Feng's three-point shooting ability.

Back in Toronto, everyone was in a bad mood.

Things aren't much better for VanVleet.

Van Vleet's three-pointers rely on singles. Although he can score one or two magical three-pointers every game, as long as Ge Feng fails to make a three-pointer, Van Vleet will be double-teamed by his opponent, and Van Vleet will not be able to support him alone.

Ending the back-to-back nightmare mode, the Raptors have nearly a week of rest time next.

After returning, his teammates didn't complain too much about Ge Feng, and Nas didn't say much, but just silently began to train another set of tactics for the Raptors.

It is difficult for Ge Feng to have another chance to start.

Every team in the NBA has many rotation players. At least when Ge Feng was still a role player, he would not gain the unlimited trust of the head coach.

It often happens in the NBA that a role player is pushed to the bench after failing to make a shot, and has no chance to play again.

Without the first round of training, Ge Feng's next days would be much more leisurely.

Ge Feng came to the Xiaoqingqing bath company mentioned by Pelinka, and after signing the contract, he began to shoot advertisements for them.

Ge Feng's shooting this time is obviously much more proficient than the last time. He originally thought it would take three days to complete the shooting, but Ge Feng completed it perfectly in only one and a half days.

The director happily shook hands with Ge Feng, and Ge Feng received a sum of 80 US dollars.

This sum of money, plus the deposits saved before, is enough to afford most of the league's senior trainers.

However, the team didn't have much time for Ge Feng to ask for leave. After Ge Feng filmed the advertisement, he got on the plane in a hurry and flew back to the Airline Center Stadium in Toronto.

Since then, Ge Feng has seldom got the opportunity to start, but in the regular rotation, Ge Feng can go up to the top of the field.

Time flies, and the nearly one-month preseason schedule is about to come to an end.

The Raptors have 14 preseason performances this season, and Nurse has boldly launched three new tactics in the preseason.

Elevator door tactics, BOX1 tactics, and double-block, three-block tactics.

After the three-game losing streak, Ge Feng lost the trust of Nas, and his playing time was greatly reduced.

The pressure of the regular season is at least double that of the preseason. If Ge Feng can't even overcome the physical exhaustion of the preseason, it is hard for Nas to believe that Ge Feng can make a difference in the regular season.

Domestic fans wailed for this. Could it be that the NBA career of the last domestic player has come to an end?
Ge Feng's three-point positioning was given a big greeting by the media.

Ge Feng himself is indifferent to this, he just spends more time on physical training.

As a rookie, it is very rare for Ge Feng to have several extremely eye-catching performances under the premise of abundant physical fitness in the preseason.

At the beginning of the regular season, the first opponent the Raptors have to face is the Oklahoma City Thunder that just lost Durant.

Since Durant left, this team has undergone earth-shaking changes from before.

Although the Thunder team still has a series of NBA players such as Turtle God, Oladipo, Adams, Kanter, etc., Durant's departure undoubtedly made this team slip from a strong contender for the championship to an instant playoff team.

The Raptors still have a good chance of winning against the Thunder.

Ge Feng may not have a chance to appear on the stage, but both the local American media and the domestic media have created a lot of momentum for this game.

The American media is frantically building up momentum for the game, because this game is the first regular season game after the official start of the NBA 2016-2017, so it is natural that there should be a wave of publicity.

The reason for the crazy hype in the domestic media is simply that the Raptors still have a Chinese player who performed quite well.

Although Ge Feng seems to have lost the qualification for the regular rotation of the Raptors, his average playing time is less than 10 minutes per game, and his technical statistics have also hit career lows, which is even more cherished by the domestic media.

People like the story of diaosi's counterattack, because diaosi's counterattack is more like a legend in mythology, which can bring hope to people who are experiencing setbacks.

That night, the American Airlines Center Stadium in Dallas was packed.

Unlike the preseason, although tickets for the regular season are very expensive, there will still be a situation in which demand exceeds supply.

During the warm-up before the game, Zhou Ling'an brought the news team to the game site.

Zhou Ling'an wanted to be the first to interview Ge Feng, but the staff below strongly demanded to interview Westbrook, so Zhou Ling'an had to give up the idea of ​​interviewing Ge Feng.

After all, this is the first time Westbrook led the team alone after Durant left the Thunder.

Westbrook once posted a dynamic picture of himself laughing and disdainful during the off-season, which attracted strong media attention.

Many media questioned that Westbrook posted this picture to mock Durant's despicable behavior of surrendering to the enemy and hugging his thigh.

But neither Westbrook nor Durant has answered this question directly, and the media has been arguing about it.

Westbrook's popularity soared, and after Durant left, he was the only core of Oklahoma City.

Westbrook's ability to lead the team has been questioned.

Where can Westbrook take the Thunder?This was the topic that reporters were most concerned about before the game started.

(End of this chapter)