The Wizards served, and Arenas faced Kidd's marking with a serious expression and passed the ball over the frontcourt.
Although Arenas is a guy who refuses to accept anyone, he doesn't necessarily have to pick on Kidd.
Although Kidd has reached the end of his career at this time, his defense is still in the upper reaches of the entire league's defenders.
You have to play with a brain. If you don't play with a brain, then you don't need a coach. Just look at which side of the body is stronger.
This is just how basketball changes from a competitive sport to a bodybuilding competition.
Arenas reached out and asked Li Kaiming to come up and cover him. Nowitzki has the common shortcoming of all white insiders, slow lateral movement.
So Arenas wants to attack the slow-footed Nowitzki through pick-and-rolls.
As soon as Li Kaiming went up to block Kidd, Arenas started!
Nowitzki retreated to defend inside, always keeping an arm's length away from Arenas.
Kidd tried to squeeze past Li Kaiming's screen, but his body was too big, and the latter's screen was also very solid, so he could only go around from the other side and follow up.
After the screen, Li Kaiming rubbed his aching chest and sighed, the strength of NBA players is really not comparable to that of college students.
But what he doesn't know is that at the point guard position, there are probably few players in the league who are stronger than Kidd.
After Arenas used his screen to get around, he also moved inside and was ready to catch the ball at any time.
The rest of the Bulls team also quickly rotated, because Li Kaiming and Arenas Arenas were almost close to the penalty area!
Arenas made a fake shot on the right side, shaking Nowitzki. Then when he was about to take the shot, Kidd, who was following him, immediately jumped up and was about to give Arenas a big block!
With no other choice, Arenas had no choice but to change his shot into a pass and pass the ball to Li Kaiming next to the penalty area on the other side.
This is a good opportunity, Chandler is under the basket and Nowitzki is on the other side!
After Li Kaiming received the ball, he took a mid-range shot directly from the spot!
Tyson Chandler pounced in time. He was very experienced in defense. He just raised his arms but did not jump at all.
Li Kaiming's shot ended in a blackout under Chandler's defense, and the rebound was collected by Nowitzki!
The defensive intensity of the NBA is really incredible. Even in warm-up games like the preseason, the intensity is higher than the NCAA finals!
Like the mid-range shot just now, if Li Kaiming were to take the shot in the NCAA championship game, he would almost certainly score, but he could be interfered by Chandler here.
After the new No. 1 pick was blocked by Chandler in his first sports game, the fans at the American Airlines Center cheered!
No team’s fans want rookies to gain experience with their home team. They want to see their home team’s stars teach the rookies lessons, and then pat the rookies’ heads during the post-game hug and say, “The future is yours.”
But Li Kaiming knew that this time it was just a coincidence.
Maybe he was a little nervous, or maybe he was not dribbling well just now.
But he is still confident enough to perform well today.
Because just now, he received another task prompt from the system.
【Task】
Rating: b
Basics: Score 10 points on Tyson Chandler. Rewards: 10-15 attribute points, 100-200 points. Failure penalty: 15 attribute points are randomly deducted.
Advanced: Score no less than 15 points in the first half. Reward: 3 badge upgrades. Failure penalty: None.
Tyson Chandler also became a little excited because he defended Li Kaiming's first attack. He roared and pumped his fist in celebration, as if he had not defended Li Kaiming's shot, but Jordan's theshot.
Looking at Tyson Chandler's excited expression, Li Kaiming smiled and it seemed like nothing happened, but in fact, he was already thinking about how to dunk on Chandler later.
Kidd dribbled the ball, and after falling down several times outside the three-point line, without a good chance, he lobbed the ball to Nowitzki, who was in a position behind the right three-point line.
Li Kaiming used his feet to hold off Nowitzki, not giving him any space to shoot.
The latter doesn't play like a power forward at all, but like a shooting guard.
His range covers the entire half of the court and is extremely accurate, making him difficult to defend.
Faced with Li Kaiming's almost aggressive defense, Nowitzki showed his iconic silver-horned smile, then blocked Li Kaiming with his back and used all his strength to push away Li Kaiming!
Although Li Kaiming's power of 80 attributes is considered good in the entire NBA, but facing a Hall of Fame insider like Driver, who is also a star who is good at post-up play, the power of 80 points is not enough.
After the driver pushed away Li Kaiming, he made no other moves and easily hit an independent golden rooster!
4:0!
The driver's shots are very straightforward and decisive, and his scoring methods have become more refined, reaching the state of heavy swords without sharp edges, and skill without skill.
Showiness is no longer the goal he pursues. What he considers more is how to play with ease.
The Bulls were on offense and defense, with Li Kaiming on the opposite side, which directly made the audience climax in advance!
"It seems that the new top pick will be taught a lesson today, whether it's offense or defense..."
"Isn't he awesome? Is there anyone who wants to beat Nowitzki violently? In this situation, it will be difficult for Li Kaiming to score in double figures!"
"It's not his fault. The current media is so irresponsible. No matter how harsh they were before the game, they are in such a mess now... It's a pity that Li Kaiming is the one who bears the consequences..."
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On the Wizards' bench, Sun Yue and Yi Jianlian both looked unhappy.
Listening to the audience booing Li Kaiming, they couldn't help but clenched their fists and felt a sweat for Li Kaiming in their hearts!
Kaiming, come on!
In the studio of the sports channel of China's official TV station, several commentators headed by Zhang Weiping were somewhat silent.
Before the game, they had a very lively discussion in front of the whole country about who would score higher tonight, Li Kaiming or Nowitzki.
Although the vast majority of people maintain their due rationality and believe that the driver scores high, this also reflects the Chinese fans' optimism for Li Kaiming.
He didn't even play a single game, so he was compared to Nowitzki.
But in the first two rounds, Li Kaiming not only did not fight with the driver, but became the backdrop for the Bulls' offense and defense...
Even Wei Ping Bryant could only hesitantly make excuses for Li Kaiming, who had a bad start...
Wizards coach Sanders disagreed with this. He knew Li Kaiming's level, and it was normal for his hand to have ups and downs. There was no problem with the latter's choice.
The Wizards served and fell behind by 4 points at the beginning. This made Arenas a little anxious. After coming to the frontcourt, he once again called a screen to avoid Kidd. This time in front of him was Jason Terry, who only had 188. Ali Nurse took a step back and made a three-pointer, then pulled it up and threw it!
Terry, nicknamed "Jet", was the No. 10 pick in 1999. He has superb skills and strong scoring ability. He won the Best Sixth Man of the Year in 2008.
He was supposed to be on the bench, but for some reason Carlisle put him in the starting lineup tonight.
Arenas was too impatient with his strong shot and failed to score against Terry. Kidd got the rebound and launched a fast break!
Kidd's passing in the fast break is also very good. Several other Bulls players ran towards their own frontcourt in three directions, with Kidd in the middle.
Caron Butler ran out of space at the three-point line. Kidd hit the ground and passed the ball. The ball led Butler to the basket!
Butler's ball-holding and ball-handling abilities are somewhat substandard. He can only catch and shoot or layup after catching the ball.
He had already taken three steps, and there was the south wall in front of him. He had to go up, otherwise it would definitely be a mistake.
So when he felt a chill coming from his scalp, Caron Butler knew it was over!
Li Kaiming had focused on him early, followed Butler with a roc spreading its wings, and then slapped the ball on the backboard!
