And Thunder is not the only player who is good at single-player. Westbrook is not the only one.
The improvement of Chen Xi is visible to the naked eye. The continuous roll call of Isolation, whether it is Paul or Capela, shows extremely high efficiency.
This put Rockets in trouble for a while.
There is no problem with offense, but a big problem with defense.
At the end of the first quarter, Thunder 33 led Rockets by 28 and entered Second Quarter.
However, the game after entering Second Quarter is no longer the stage for the main players.
After all, it was just a Pre-season game, and both sides had a very tacit understanding and replaced their new players.
Donovan came directly with five ups and five downs.
Changed the lineup to McDermott, Kennard, Roberson, Gordon and Collins.
It's time to try out the level of these players. Although the training within the team has given Donovan many of them a certain understanding, the training is just training after all, and it is still slightly different from the real game.
Soon Donovan realized the first problem.
Gordon and Roberson are incompatible. Both of them have poor shooting levels. Their finishing methods rely on following Backdoor Cut or counterattacking Fast Break. Collins is also of this type, but Collins has a little more mid-range shots than these two.
This resulted in a temporary lack of coordination between the team on both offense and defense.
Without hesitation, Donovan replaced Roberson and put Grant to improve the space. Adding Kennard and McDermott are both good Shot points.
But... as the space goes up, there are new problems, and no one can organize them.
In other words, no one's organizational level is online.
This is easy to solve. Transition Period can just leave one Starting Lineup on the field. Westbrook, JB, Little Sabonis, and Chen Xi can all take on this task.
Donovan calmed down, watched the players' performance, and calmly analyzed the problems and strengths of each point.
Gordon's defense is excellent, Backdoor Cut's awareness is much better than Roberson's, and he is bigger, Athleticism is also better. This person can produce good results if paired with an excellent organizer.
Kennard and McDermott, as shooters, have a pretty good hit rate, but they are much worse when attacking with the ball, so they can only be used as shooters.
The immediate combat effectiveness of Collins is surprisingly good, especially when compared with the opposite Zhou Qi...
Chen Xi was sitting on the sidelines, and he couldn't bear to look at it. There was still a big gap between the level of Great Demon King and the NBA-level Interior. Even a relatively rough Interior like Collins could beat him.
As expected, it is still too unrealistic to expect him to become the next Yao Ming.
After the birth of Yao Ming, Chinese people became obsessed with this super large body shape, but they ignored that Yao Ming is not only strong in size.
His shooting, his support, and his Contact are all far beyond the level of Asia.
I blindly pursue talent, but I don't know how many trumpet talents I have missed.
Coupled with the system with Chinese characteristics that everyone understands, the men's basketball team has completely reached a trough after Yi Jianlian retired.
Back in the game, after the inspection was almost complete, Donovan waved his hand and replaced Grant with Morris, ready to inspect the last newcomer and end the work.
There are projections, Rebound, Rim Protection, you can eat cakes, and there is even a Post-up.
Mozgov in the Pre-season environment seems to be very versatile.
I just don't know if Regular season will become completely incompetent.
Worrying.
But no matter what, he just still has a certain size and can still shoot well with it, which is enough. Donovan doesn't have much expectations for him.
The progress of Pre-season is always much smoother. Referee rarely interferes with the game, and the game is over soon.
Rockets 110 beat 103 to get a good start from Pre-season.
In the subsequent two games of Pre-season, Thunder was tepid and defeated Pelicans and Nuggets.
Got a record of two wins and one loss, ending with Pre-season.
Until October 18, the Regular season opening game of the NBA 2017-2018 season officially begins.
Of course, Thunder's hasn't started yet.
The first four teams to play are Celtics vs. Cavaliers, and Rockets vs. Warriors.
Irving Isaiah Thomas's first battle after exchanging clubs is to beat up his old club. League's arrangement is full of bad taste.
Rockets is considered to be one of the teams that Western Conference has the best chance of challenging the defending champion. Fortunately, it was selected by League, and it will face a difficult game.
After Off-season sent away Irving, Cavaliers continued several transactions.
Since Isaiah Thomas just joined Cavaliers, he immediately performed hip surgery, which will cause him to miss the first part of Regular season's game.
Cavaliers hurriedly relied on Old Zhang's appeal to sign two former All-Star outsiders with a minimum salary.
Derrick·Rose and Dwyane·Wade.
This makes Cavaliers's lineup on paper look stronger than ever.
However, anyone with a discerning eye can actually see that Rose and Wade are no longer the All-Star or even MVP-level guards they once were. Now they have both entered the trough of their careers.
Wade is getting older and his physical fitness is not good anymore. Coupled with the knee injury, his once unique breakthrough of League no longer exists. Now he can only rely on his position and footsteps to find shooting space. Rose is still plagued by injuries and has never fully recovered.
But Celtics is different. After they gave away Isaiah Thomas and replaced them with Irving, the team's level has definitely improved. In addition, the second-year Jaylen·Brown has begun to show his talents, and the first-year Tatum has shown a very high level.
The combination of all these... led to Celtics 99-102 losing another game to Cavaliers.
Well, in fact, even though Celtics has been enhanced a lot, it still cannot withstand the peak of Old Zhang.
James played 41 minutes and scored 29 points, 16 rebounds and 9 assists, leading the team to victory with a near triple-double.
As for Celtics, only Brown Irving Touch was outstanding, Brown 25+6, Irving 22+4+10. In addition, only Tutu scored 14 points, and no one scored in double figures.
Of course, what Old Zhang doesn't know is that his sour season has just begun. Soon he will experience the good days of being alone.
On the other side, Rockets 122 narrowly beat Golden State Warriors by 121.
Rockets performed a classic eight-man rotation, charging hard against Warriors, and finally relied on Tucker to defeat Free Throw, Curry made a pass error, Durant beat the buzzer and the buzzer beater timed out, Rockets narrowly beat Warriors by 1 point. (If it was Huo Mi or Yong Mi, this game should be very memorable)
No one expected that even though Nick Young came out of the bench and scored 23 points, Rockets still caught up with him in the last four minutes.