Judging from Li Kaiming's performance in the first quarter, today's game is likely to be another 30+ game. The Eagles' home commentators are a little uneasy.
"Li Kaiming scored 9 points in a single quarter. He looked very relaxed. He doesn't seem to need to adapt to the NBA!"
Several guests on the side also nodded in agreement. They have been in the industry for so many years, and few in history can a rookie perform so well in his first season.
Back in the second quarter, because of Yi Jianlian's performance in the first quarter, Sanders left him on the court at the beginning of the second quarter, so Li Kaiming returned to his familiar center position, with Yi Jianlian stationed at the 4th position.
In fact, Yi Jianlian is still very important in the Wizards lineup. The two main rotation insiders, Blatche and McGee, can only work under the basket and lack the means to score outside the penalty area.
Yi Jianlian is the opposite. He prefers to shoot from the outside, and his three-point shooting is much better than those two muscle sticks. So if the Wizards need space, Yi Jianlian and Li Kaiming will be the only suitable ones in the team. Inside combination.
But the problem is that Yi Jianlian's condition is too unstable, and his defense is not very good. Obviously his physical fitness is very good, but he doesn't seem to like to use his body on the defensive end. This is why Sanders does not give him a chance. .
Today, taking advantage of Yi Jianlian's good condition, Sanders plans to let him play more.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Wizards served. Li Kaiming gave the ball to Hinrich and then ran to the frontcourt.
The current lineup has so much space that the Eagles have to defend it.
This gave Li Kaiming the opportunity to break through.
Horford's speed is very good among centers, but facing the existence of a supermodel like Li Kaiming, his speed is still far behind.
Li Kaiming made a fake move outside the three-point line to point Horford's center of gravity, and then dropped the ball to the inside and scored two points with a one-arm split dunk.
When the Eagles attacked, Mike Bibby chose to attack Yi Jianlian in a pick-and-roll, and then gave the ball to Marvin Williams who was down the line.
Seeing Li Kaiming coming to cover, Marvin Williams was still a little wary, so he chose to throw a shot outside the reasonable collision area, but missed the basket. Li Kaiming collected the rebound.
After collecting the rebound, Li Kaiming held the ball and launched a fast break. Horford wanted to take the ball at the three-point line to block the speed of Li Kaiming's attack, but it was a waste of money. Li Kaiming hesitated and passed him cleanly.
The main defender was passed, and the Eagles had no choice but to intentionally foul and pull the ball down, and the Wizards sent the ball downfield.
It was Hinrich who served, and Li Kaiming received the ball from outside the three-point line. Horford followed him closely. Li Kaiming waved for Hinrich to pick and roll. When Horford saw this, his heart tightened and he immediately blocked the direction Hinrich was coming from.
But Hinrich just came over to fake a pick-and-roll. Li Kaiming first dribbled the ball towards Hinrich's position. Horford immediately defended to that side, but Li Kaiming suddenly pulled back and changed direction, gaining space to attack again. Choose a three-point shot for the first time!
Horford could only watch as Li Kaiming hit a three-pointer!
29 to 33!
After Li Kaiming came up and scored 5 points in a row, Eagles head coach Larry Drew called a timeout.
There was still back and forth between the two sides in the first quarter, and the point difference was basically no more than 3 points. Now the point difference suddenly widened, indicating that the Ming team had a problem and needed to change.
Li Kaiming took this opportunity to rest. As long as Arenas didn't come back, the task of controlling the ball would always be his, even if he didn't want to do it.
After the timeout, the Hawks made substitutions. Substitute point guard Jeff Teague replaced Mike Bibby, substitute shooting guard, this year's No. 27 pick Jordan Crawford replaced Joe Johnson, and substitute center Zaza Pachulia. Marvin Williams was replaced and Horford swung to the 4th position.
The Wizards' No. 23 rookie Trevor Booker replaced Al Thornton, and Hudson replaced Nick Young. The point guard and center positions are still the starters.
The Eagles served, Jeff Teague dribbled the ball past half court, faced Hinrich's defense and called for a pick-and-roll. Pachulia stuck Hinrich at the three-point line, Jeff Teague dribbled in and broke through, facing Li Kaiming, he switched defenses. Withdraw two points and order Zheng
Jeff Teague was the 19th pick in the first round last year, and he is a relatively balanced point guard in all aspects.
The Wizards attacked and the ball was given to Li Kaiming. Pachulia knew that he could not guard Li Kaiming, so he simply called Horford to double-team. After Li Kaiming pulled for a while, he hit the ball to the open Yi Jianlian, who hit Zheng Zheng with a three-pointer.
31 to 36!
So far, Yi Jianlian has not lost a ball. His touch tonight is very good. I wonder if it is because he was inspired during training with Li Kaiming last night.
Although Yi Jianlian had already scored 7 points, Eagles head coach Larry Drew didn't say anything about it and just watched the court quietly.
It seems that he would rather let others shoot open shots tonight than let Li Kaiming score high points.
The Eagles' offense gave an opportunity to Josh Smith in the mid-range. Facing Trevor Buqi's defense, Smith easily scored and sprayed some trash talk at Booker.
Coming to the frontcourt, Horford and Pachulia were still double-teamed, but the Hawks also made some changes and no longer left Yi Jianlian open. The opportunity came to Booker.
Li Kaiming has excellent passing skills. Faced with two long-range attacks, he still sent the ball to the unguarded Booker. This was a mid-range shot opportunity, but Booker did not grasp it.
Seeing Booker's shaky movements on the court, the commentators on the sidelines all laughed!
This is the true level of a rookie. What a pervert that Li Kaiming is. It’s impossible to tell that he was nervous!
The Eagles got the backcourt rebound and launched a fast break. Jeff Teague dribbled the ball and ran on the first line, and several others lined up on both sides for a third-line fast break.
Teague glanced back while dribbling the ball and found that Hinrich, who was defending him, was still one step away from him. He immediately put his heart in his stomach and took three steps directly.
But as soon as he lifted the ball, there was a commotion in the audience!
Teague instinctively felt a little uneasy, but his feet were already off the ground, and there was no room for change if he wanted to move, so he could only struggle to pull a lever and try to escape from the palm of the defensive Rao Tathagata.
Naturally, Li Kaiming was following behind. In order to prevent Tiguet from making a layup from the other side, he stretched out both hands when he was blocking the shot, one to the left and one to the right. Now it was impossible for Teague to escape!
As expected, Teague's layup was blocked by Li Kaiming, and Hinrich got the rebound from behind. The Wizards counterattacked with a fast break!
Li Kaiming once again increased his speed to the maximum, and when he reached the three-point line, he had already reached the fastest speed. Hinrich hit the ground with a pocket and passed the ball. Li Kaiming just stepped into the three-point line and received the ball that was passed just right. He took off, grabbed the ball with his right hand, swung his long arm in the air, drew a circle, and then dunked into the basket!
boom!
Another top-ten dunk!
The audience at Philips Arena immediately exclaimed!
This guy plays so violently!
Li Kaiming played 6 minutes in the second quarter, and then was replaced by Sanders. His playing time in the first half was not short. The rest of the Wizards were in good shape tonight, and Li Kaiming had time to rest.
However, the remaining players had no choice but to prevent the opponent from widening the point difference. After halftime, the Eagles took the lead again, 52-49.
Li Kaiming played 14 minutes in the half and scored 18 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. The statistics were very luxurious.
Yi Jianlian performed very well. He played 8 minutes in the half and scored 9 points and 3 rebounds. Sun Yue, who was watching the water dispenser, was so envious that his eyes almost dropped to the floor.
Hinrich took control of the ball when Li Kaiming came off the court and scored 6 points and 4 assists. Nick Young felt average in the second quarter and scored 8 points in the half.
The Hawks' Joe Johnson still had the highest score on the team with 12 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, Mike Bibby had 4 points and 4 assists, Horford had 7 points and 5 rebounds, and Marvin Williams had 6 points and 3 rebounds.
