I’m Really Playing Basketball

Chapter 787: A different Howard

On October 25th, Chen Xiao brought the Warriors players back to the United States from Tokyo. At this time, the time in the United States was October 24th, and the next day was the day when the regular season opener of the new season 16-17 started.

The time is very tight, and there is basically no time for rest and adjustment.

However, in Tokyo, the Warriors players are not too tired.

It's just that Chen Xiao will be a little tired. Every game, he has to play the full court. This is really impossible. Most of the team players who come to participate in the game are actually to take pictures with Chen Xiao and to chase star Chen Xiao. .

And Chen Xiao is also happy to have a good memory of their basketball career.

The opening game of the Warriors this year is finally no longer the old rival Kobe Bryant and his Lakers.

According to this year's schedule, the Warriors and the Lakers are each other's last opponents. The meaning of the alliance is actually very clear, that is, it is hoped that Chen Xiao and the Warriors will send the leader of Keke a ride.

With Chen Xiao, the basketball God, and fans seeing off, I think the boss of Keke should be extremely happy.

And this year, the team that replaced the Lakers and the Boss as the Warriors' opening game opponent is the Spurs. It is very reasonable to put the Spurs in front of the Warriors as the opening game opponent.

After all, when Ron Howard decided to come to the Warriors, this must have been the result. As one of the two greatest stars in the history of the Spurs, Ron Howard has won more than 10 times in the Spurs. One defense, won one MVP, two FMVPs, led the team to five finals, as for the many small honors such as steals king and best defensive player, not to mention.

Although Ron Howard left the Spurs, he was blessed by the team's head coach, teammates and most fans.

But, even if you don't have hatred, you are not allowed to create grievances by NBA officials?

Obviously, this time it was the alliance's intention.

Deliberately making Spurs fans uncomfortable.

Let's just put it this way, if you're a Spurs fan, when you see one of the greatest stars in your team's history in the opposing team's lineup and watch the other team win a championship on their home court. Banner, will you feel better?

It will definitely be uncomfortable. This is almost equivalent to being beaten as a monster, and also having his equipment exploded.

After all, in the West over the years, the Spurs' opponents are only the Warriors.

Of course, it was the Clippers who killed the Spurs last season, which has nothing to do with the Warriors. They were killed before they saw the Warriors.

The ceremony of raising the championship flag before the start of the competition was very interesting.

On the Warriors side, Wade, Carter and Roger will definitely not receive the ring.

On the other hand, for the Spurs, Novak, Ding Yanyuhang, and Gobert can all receive the championship ring.

When the three received the championship rings, they were all cheered by the fans of the Warriors.

The three who left the Warriors were traded by the team. Although the team also listened to their demands, they were very hot. Their departure was not their problem. Besides, they were not the core players of the Warriors. The fans contributed to the team. The role players have always been very forgiving.

Not to mention the Spurs fans in front of the TV watching the Warriors crowned in front of them, is it uncomfortable for their former star to be with the Warriors.

Speaking of the Spurs players at the scene, seeing the Warriors' coronation at this time is still very complicated.

Especially Dwight Howard.

Back then, he was also the chosen son of Chen Xiao and the others, but after 12 years, he was still living in the NBA.

The days go by, and even the New York Knicks have been humiliated by Westbrook in the past two years.

And what about Chen Xiao?

Even if he doesn't compare with Chen Xiao and Luo Ge, he is still far behind.

Back then, he and Arenas were brothers for Roger. At that time, he and Arenas would never have imagined that Roger would become the only two players in NBA history with both first team and first defense in double figures. The status can even be ranked in the top ten stars.

Or to put it another way, there will always be a big gap between the teenagers who were similar at the beginning, but after more than ten years, some people are in the sky and others are on the ground.

So Howard, who is now 32 years old, often thinks when he sleeps, if he hadn't made such a choice, would it be completely different now?

In short, Howard is jealous now.

At this time, many Spurs players actually have this idea, so...

"This game, we can't just be spectators."

Big Gasol's words were unanimously recognized by the Spurs players.

Why should we be the backdrop for the glory of the Warriors?

Why can't we be the big bad guys who flip the table? !

"Tonight, we're going to flip the table!"

Howard thought to himself.

After being tortured and educated by Westbrook for several seasons, Howard felt mature.

In the past in New York, he pulled out to shoot and shoot threes, all of which were persecuted by Westbrook. After coming to the Spurs, he even took the initiative to practice shooting this summer.

Even when he participated in the Olympics with the U.S. team this year, Howard became one of the few well-received players on the U.S. team.

Because Howard is in New York, after he has practiced his shooting, it is really good to play in international competitions. Combined with his defense and athletic ability and his good outside shooting ability, it can really make people shine.

The starting lineup for the Spurs in this game is center Howard, power forward Gasol, small forward Leonard, shooting guard Ding Yanyuhang, and point guard Patty Mills.

After the veterans of the Spurs left, although the Spurs are still good, they are definitely not the same as the peak.

However, although the strength has declined compared to the peak.

However, the Spurs' starting strength is still very strong.

Mills played very well next to Wade and Yao Ming and was very strong. He even led Australia to beat the US team in Australia this year, and he was the reason why Australia beat the US team.

It is precisely because of this that Popovich endured the pain to sign Mills.

As for Ding Yanyuhang, this Chen Xiao is clear, his current strength is B-level, and this strength can play an important rotation in most NBA teams.

In fact, it is not incomprehensible to play in the starting lineup for the Spurs, especially considering that Ding Yanyuhang's B is the overall rating, his offense is estimated to be able to reach B+, so if defense is not considered, his offense is worthy of the Spurs' starter.

In particular, his unique skills, the quick stop shots and cuts after holding the ball, are very suitable for the Spurs.

On the Warriors side, the starting lineup for this game is center Chen Xiao, power forward Nongmei, small forward Wade, shooting guard Klay Thompson, and point guard Ron Howard.

This season, Chen Xiao will serve as the team's inside line. As for whether it is a power forward or a center, it depends on the opponent.

Chen Xiao's position will be very flexible.

The opponent in this game is the Spurs, and the center of the Spurs is Howard. For Chen Xiao, Howard's ability to attack the inside line is the best he can play as a center.

If the opponent is Yao Ming and Chen Xiao plays the center, then it won't work.

In addition, Wade will serve as the team's starting small forward. Although Wade's height is not enough, his strength and defense are really strong. There is absolutely no problem with the top average small forward. If you encounter someone like Durant, just stick it up, stick to it with strength and defense, there is Chen Xiao and thick eyebrows in it, don't be afraid of being passed.

And to be honest, the average small forward is really not that easy to break through when facing Wade's defense.

Before the game started, many experts were speculating on what the Warriors' starting lineup would look like this season. Many people said that Chen Xiao would play small forward, Wade would be the second, and Ron Howard would be the third.

Few of them could really think that Chen Xiao would play the center position.

To be honest, Chen Xiao actually doesn't want to play center if he can, but as he gets 32 years old, he feels that his explosiveness and speed decrease a lot every year.

In this case, if he continues to stay on the outside, his attacking ability will eventually become more and more only shooting. When you can't break through others, you can only play rhythm and shooting, which is actually a better defense. .

Therefore, for the dominance of his career, he can only go inside.

For Chen Xiao personally, this season, he needs to change to a new model.

This is also a huge challenge.

So, when Howard, who was going to flip the table, was a little surprised when he saw that the person who was facing him in this match was Chen Xiao.

Let's just put it this way, Howard wanted to hang Jokic in this game.

At the Olympics, the two were rivals, with Jokic representing Serbia and he representing the United States.

Both of them are substitutes, and their playing time quite overlaps.

In the Olympics, the two were inextricably linked.

For Howard, you kid can only play hard with me in the Olympics. In the NBA, I am more familiar with and understand the NBA rules, how can I be afraid of you kid?

Although Jokic performed very well in the Warriors last season, Chen Xiao even knew that Jokic's current strength has reached A+, but this is what Chen Xiao knows personally.

Except for Chen Xiao, most people, including Jokic, feel that although Jokic is strong, he is not that strong.

This is very interesting.

If Jokic knew that his ability value was A+, he would definitely not be so easy to accept that he changed from the starter to the bench.

Of course, Jokic is not necessarily a substitute. After all, if Chen Xiao plays a power forward, Jokic will be the starter.

In short, because this person is Chen Xiao, both Jokic and Nongmei are willing to accept such changes.

However, although sometimes they will be on the bench, because the Warriors are only three of them who can fight inside, so the three of them will definitely have a very high status in the team due to their playing time and opportunities.

After all, both Gobert and Big Lopez left.

The opposing player changed from the expected Jokic to Chen Xiao, which made Howard even more excited and nervous at the same time.

As Chen Xiao's good friend, Howard absolutely understands Chen Xiao's strength.

Usually when everyone was in the training camp together, he didn't go through a round under Chen Xiao's men.

Let's just put it this way, back then he dared to do O'Neal head-on, but he was so arrogant that he never dared to stand up to do Chen Xiao.

However, if you think about it for a while, the match is not a heads-up match. Five-on-five is different from one-on-one. If he still performs well against Chen Xiao, then he will be able to announce his return even more.

With such an excited mood, Howard was beaten by the thick eyebrows in the jump ball.

This made the excited Howard in a trance for a while. When he was young, with such an excited jump ball, he basically would not lose.

But now, he lost.

This made him realize once again how shameful the time he had wasted in the past ten years was. Now he is really no longer young, and he really can't waste time anymore.

Seriously, in history, when Howard was young, few fans would think that Howard's personality would change so much in the future.

Howard at that time, his character was simply speechless.

But at the end of his career, who would have thought that Howard would really become a qualified professional player, even a very, very qualified professional player.

Let's just put it this way, if he was really young, thick eyebrows dared to treat Howard like that, no matter how soft Howard's personality was, he would still be soft in front of Kobe, and in front of a mere thick eyebrow like you, it would be impossible for him to not respond at all.

Back to the game, because Howard has been wasted in New York all these years, Chen Xiao actually doesn't know much about his old friend.

I just hear some jokes from Howard and Westbrook in New York from time to time.

So, after the game started, Chen Xiao was quite surprised by this Howard.

The Warriors' first attack, Chen Xiao pulled from the inside to the free throw line and Wade pick-and-roll. This was a typical Wade and Yao Ming free-throw line pick-and-roll back then~www.NovelMTL.com~ Now Yao Ming is replaced by Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao received a pass from Wade, and then it was a pass from the back of his head.

Wade, who was cutting empty, and Howard, who was riding and fighting, were a one-handed dunk. When the basketball was dunked by Wade, the entire Oracle Arena went into a frenzy.

"Sixteen years later, God Chen assisted God Wei once again!"

The connection between Chen Xiao and Wade made many old Marquette fans on the scene and in front of the TV a little tearful.

And Howard, who was dunked by Wade, didn't have any trouble, but picked up the basketball on the ground very indifferently and silently, and was about to serve the baseline ball.

In the face of being detained, Howard did not behave like the Howard Chen Xiao understood, but like the former Duncan!

And what makes Chen Xiao even more interesting is that in the Spurs' offensive round, Mills dribbled the ball over half court and hit the ball to Howard. A three-point shot from the top of the arc.

When I saw Howard, who used to have trouble shooting free throws, was so confident and decisive in his three-point shooting...

A swipe!

Three point hit!

3 to 2!

The Spurs overtook the score.

Chen Xiao was stunned.

Is this the special ability of the turtle in New York?

This is simply stronger than the system modifier!

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