Chapter 759 Wait and See

After easily defeating the Timberwolves, the Thunder team returned to Oklahoma. After a day of rest, on October 10, they ushered in a rather special opponent, the Fenerbahce team of Turkey.

This is also a way for the NBA to expand its international influence, play overseas games, or invite overseas teams to the United States to play preseason games. There is also the practice of arranging the regular season venues abroad, etc., all to attract more fans.

Such an approach can be traced back to the Washington Bullets in the 1970s. As a representative of the capital team, the Bullets were also a championship-level team in the NBA at that time. They visited Europe and played against the Chinese men's basketball team.

It was 1979. As the championship of the season, the Bullets came to Beijing and played a friendly match with the Chinese national team.

At that time, China's main center was Mu Tiezhu.

Fenerbahce is Turkey's top basketball team, but it is a bit far behind the Thunder.

There is also a Turkish player in the Thunder, and that is Kanter.

Kanter is also a master who dares to speak. When he was in the Jazz, he had a conflict with the Lakers and Li Liang.

On weekdays, he is also outspoken on Twitter, and has always been not very fond of Li Liang.

Because the relationship between China and Turkey is not good.

But when Li Liang came to the Thunder, Kanter gave up.

On the day of the transaction, he forwarded the news of the transaction, and also liked Wei Dazhi's Twitter and INS in various ways.

He is also very respectful to Li Liang in the team, but during training he was often scolded by Li Liang for his poor defense.

You don’t dare to retaliate. After all, the most important function of the mouth is to eat. Don’t lose your work if you beep a few words.

Because it was the first time for the New Thunder to make their debut at home, there was a huge crowd of people on the day of the game, and the scene was no different from the regular season.

It's not like Los Angeles. There are many venues for a preseason game, and few people are running around to watch.

Li Liang's first appearance in front of the home fans, of course he can't just make soy sauce.

At the beginning of the first quarter, he cooperated with Westbrook, relying on the pick-and-roll outside cut, and scored three three-pointers in a row!

Let the Turkish team see what the highest combat power in the NBA is.

Every time Li Liang scored a three-pointer, the audience cheered wildly.

Then Durant couldn't help it, and he also pulled the ball from the outside and hit a three-pointer.

As a result, there was no disturbance at the scene...

RNM!

In Durant's heart, the fans love the new and dislike the old. Why don't you call me for a three-pointer?

Get rid of it, Li Liang made the opening three-pointer, and scored three in a row.

You've already played half of the first quarter, leading by more than ten points, what's so exciting about you scoring a three-pointer?

Fenerbahce resisted for almost half a quarter, and then found that they couldn't beat it at all, really couldn't beat it at all.

Lei Ting didn't fight to the death either, Li Liang entered the health preservation mode again after performing his stunt.

Donovan only gave Li Liang 20 minutes of playing time per game, allowing him to adjust and find his own state, and more importantly, to have a good attitude.

Although Li Liang is only in his fourth season this year, he is 26 years old and very young, but Mike Brown still believes that Li Liang should be protected.

Brown's theory also makes sense, because although Li Liang has only played for three seasons, he has entered the finals every season, and the total number of games is very high.

In addition to the suspension, Li Liang has never missed any game, and his attendance rate is quite high, which of course takes a lot of damage to his body.

Li Liang himself was happy to accept such an arrangement.

Although protected by various protective gear, Li Liang knew that his body was still worn out.

Props only prevent accidental damage from external forces, but the accumulated wear and tear of the body itself during exercise will still affect muscles, bones and soft tissues, so it is necessary to cultivate if you can.

Good steel is used on the blade.

At 125:87, it was another big victory, and the Turks were covered in bags. They didn't know why they participated in such a game?

In order to prove how far his basketball level is from the top in the world?

In the next period of time, the Thunder defeated the Dallas Mavericks, Memphis Grizzlies, Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz and other teams one after another.

In every game, the Thunder beat their opponents by a large margin.

In addition to the overall strength of the Thunder, the most important reason is that Durant really fights!

In these few games, Durant has scored more than 20 points per game. His playing time is not much more than Li Liang, but he takes more shots.

Li Liang is more about creating opportunities for his teammates. Durant just throws it by himself anyway. He wants to prove to people that he is better than Li Liang in scoring.

This guy is also pure, what are you trying to do in the preseason?

Does it make sense?

The more Durant is like this, the more naive his teammates feel.

In the Thunder for so many years, Durant is a well-deserved top card.

But if you want to say that he is the boss, it's really hard to say, he always lacks a bit of leadership.

Maybe it has something to do with appearance? Always felt like a thug.

Of course Li Liang didn't care, and continued to enjoy the feeling of being the center of the spotlight in Oklahoma.

This is all drizzle, and the amount of media is simply incomparable with Los Angeles.

In late October, the preseason draws to a close and the regular season is finally about to start.

Li Liang finally completed the task for Thorpe during the task, and improved his physical condition and positioning ability to a level that he was satisfied with.

Li Liang feels that with his current position, it is safe to get 10 rebounds in a game.

Reach an average of 10 rebounds per game, so that Li Liang can feel that he is a qualified insider.

Of course, Li Liang may not know that the better your position is, the less you may be able to get rebounds.

It took Li Liang a long time to comprehend this principle, and it is also the most difficult basketball philosophy he has comprehended.

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On October 27, 2015, the new NBA season finally kicked off.

There are three games scheduled for the day before, one is the Golden State Warriors against the Pelicans, one is the Pacers against the Raptors, and one is the Thunder against the Spurs.

The NBA also gave enough gimmicks in the schedule.

The Warriors and the Pacers were the two teams in the finals last season. The Pacers are the defending champions and will present the championship rings in the first game—Li Liang was absent again, unsurprisingly.

He is also a god-man, always absent from the team's ring awarding ceremony, and then waiting for him to be reissued separately later.

Needless to say, the Thunder went to the Pacers to play an away game, and this guy will enjoy the applause of the audience again.

The Warriors and Pelicans met in the first round of the playoffs last season. Although the score was 4:0, the process was still very passionate, especially the super reversal, so the league also arranged for the first game of the two teams.

As for the Thunder and Spurs, Needless to say, the Thunder have become the league's biggest favorites to win the championship.

Just because they have Li Liang.

The Spurs robbed Alder in the free market in the summer, got Booker in the draft, and got Wiggins in the trade market.

It can be said that after losing Leonard, it gave a person not only no loss, but a feeling of blood.

Especially the two young men Wiggins and Booker, their performance in the preseason was quite eye-catching.

And Adelaide is at the peak of his career, and judging from his style of play, he can still maintain his state for several years.

Duncan, Ginobili and Parker are still in the team, what kind of chemical reaction this new Spurs can produce is really waiting to be seen.