Chapter 121 Provoke Jordan?A rookie who was almost beaten to the point of retiring on the spot!
In NBA preseason games, each team usually plays 6-8 games, and the opponents in the games are basically the closest opponents geographically. Each team is comfortably looking for status and feeling.
The Bulls' opponents in the preseason are the Bucks, Timberwolves and Pacers who are closest to them. Each team plays once at home and away, for a total of 6 games.
Most of the time, each team will not go all out in the preseason. At most, the main players will play for half a game, and the rest of the time will be reserved for role players and marginal players to show off. my ability.
For those players who are working hard for a position and the team's final spot in the regular season, this is their last and best opportunity to show off. If they play well, they can stay on the team. If they play poorly, they may lose this season. opportunity to play in the NBA.
To put it simply: the preseason is an open warm-up game for each team to test the lineup, find out the feeling of the game, and determine the team's end rotation.
Therefore, many teams do not sell very well in preseason tickets, and some teams simply give away preseason tickets through lottery and giveaways to increase the momentum at home.
Of course, top teams such as the Lakers, Bulls, and Knicks absolutely don't have to worry about this kind of thing. All they have to do is open sales normally, and then wait for fans to line up and sell out the tickets.
In addition, there are also some teams with poor performance, poor market performance, and unspeakable ticket sales. Even if they use various methods, they cannot fill their home stadiums with spectators in the preseason. These teams have to continue to Think of something else.
Like the Milwaukee Bucks.
Although the Bucks have two major stars in Vin Baker and 'Big Dog' Robinson, and this summer they also selected Ray Allen, the top shooter from Connecticut, their ticket sales have been hard to describe, just like their extremely poor The record is the same, always at the bottom of the league.
This is actually not the fault of Milwaukee fans.
The Bucks are so bad. The last time an MVP-level figure played in the Bucks was almost 30 years ago with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robertson!
Therefore, when the Bulls' first preseason game required them to go to Milwaukee to play an away game, the Bucks' management wisely launched a package ticket service.
Buy a ticket for the preseason Bucks VS Bulls and get a regular season home ticket for free! Well, it’s so true!Watch the preseason and watch the regular season!
From this point, you can see how bad the Bucks ticket sales are.
It can also be seen how popular the Bulls are across the United States now!
Even if the team does this, it will easily make the team's home and away games the same, with Bulls fans everywhere, but do the Bucks have a choice?
No choice! Sell the game tickets, that’s the way to go! At 10 pm on October 10th, the Chicago Bulls players came to Milwaukee, not far from Chicago. With an extremely relaxed mood, the Bulls walked into the home arena for tonight's game.
Then, crazy cheers, shouts, and howls instantly surrounded the Bulls! As far as Lin Tian and others could see, there were only a handful of green jerseys belonging to the Bucks. On the contrary, red and black jerseys or T-shirts that could represent the Bulls were everywhere.
A true away game is like a home game!
However, the Bulls players have long been accustomed to this kind of scene. They warmed up easily, dribbled the ball, and showed off two dunks from time to time, which attracted bursts of screams and cheers from the audience on the sidelines!
Today's Bulls are the target of all teams in the league!
It is a giant that any team wants to defeat, a truly dominant team! But among fans, they are truly heartthrobs!
If fans in places like New York and Indiana still have to pay attention to the impact, because the team and the Bulls are direct competitors, they cannot express too much love for the Bulls.
Then those fans whose home team is average and has no chance of competing for the championship no longer need to hide their love for the Bulls!
The cheers are over! "Why are our home fans like this?" Ray Allen, who had just arrived at the team and had not played a formal game yet, frowned and said unhappily: "I see the stadium is so full of fans tonight. I thought they were all here just for us!”
"But they actually came here for the Bulls and to cheer for the Bulls?"
"Lei, you have to get used to it. We are a weak team. A weak team must have the consciousness of a weak team. If they are willing to come to the stadium, it is already good. Who do you care who they cheer for?" As soon as he entered the league, he relied on a piece of paper. Robinson, whose 10-year, 6800 million contract shocked the league and thus changed the league's rookie signing rules, responded nonchalantly.
"I have never played on a weak team in my life! I will make the Bucks stronger! I will make my team beat the Bulls!" Ray Allen looked resolute, looked at the fans in the audience, and promised He expressed his ambition: "I will let Milwaukee people enter the arena every time to watch us play, not others!"
Ray Allen has been a top basketball star since high school. He went to college in Connecticut and was on the top team of the NCAA. In his life, he never knew what it meant to lose and stay on a weak team.
No matter how bad the team is, my shooter Lei can turn it into a strong team in minutes! "Ray, you'd better speak in a lower voice." The team's big brother, All-Star power forward Vin Baker, pouted at the Bulls and said, "The people on the opposite side are famous for being petty."
"Who? Jordan? I'm not afraid of him! It's true that I grew up watching his ball, but I'm not afraid of him! I will challenge him and defeat him!" Allen was full of confidence, and his eyes showed Unparalleled confidence.
However, there was only one feeling in his eyes in the eyes of veteran Baker and Robinson——
Stupid and innocent.
Then, the old bad guy Robinson winked at Baker. After the two of them nodded to each other, Baker was the first to step forward and said: "You have to be really capable. If you just talk about it, it's nothing." Meaning, anyone can say it.”
"Wen, what are you talking about?" Robinson immediately followed up: "Don't teach Lei bad, he is still a child, he will not provoke Jordan! The young man said a few words casually, you really let him go to die ?Okay, Ray, don’t listen to him, come on, let’s practice some more shots.”
"My fault, there is no need to provoke Michael. The whole league knows that angering him will not end well. I also believe that Lei is not afraid, right?" Baker added with a smirk.
"Who says I'm afraid? If I say I want to kill Jordan, I will definitely kill him! I said I want to challenge him, and I mean to challenge him! I'm going to tell him now and let you see, in the game later, I will How did you defeat him!"
After Allen finished speaking, he did not look at the gloating eyes of the two big brothers around him. Instead, he took the basketball in his hand and walked straight towards the half court where the Bulls were warming up.
"Shh!"
Stand 3 steps outside the 2-point line.
Ray Allen raised his hand and threw a super long 3-pointer, and then the basketball also hit the net.
"FUXX!" Rodman, who was lying near the midfield stretching, had already seen Allen walking towards them. As soon as he saw Allen coming over, he threw a super long three-pointer. The guy immediately followed Like a cat that saw a mouse, it jumped up from the floor and rushed directly in front of Allen.
"Boy, are you here for a beating?" Rodman's chest directly hit Allen's body, pushing him back two steps, followed immediately by a stream of vicious and dirty trash talk. Just squirt at Ray Allen! Allen, who shot a basket without saying a word, was immediately stunned.
Where has he seen this before in his life? who I am?where am I?Why am I being sprayed by him so much that my mother doesn’t recognize me?
"Dennis! Don't bully children like this." Lin Tian stood beside the two of them with a smile and said, "You will scare the shit out of him! He is still a child! You were not so rough with me last year."
That's because before I had the chance to bully you, you were in the locker room, fighting against three without any harm. I was mentally ill to bully you. Rodman rolled his eyes calmly and said with a bad smile: " Then let us guess, who does this little rookie, who has no hair yet, want to provoke?"
"You'd better come here to provoke me." Lin Tian looked at Allen and said, "This way, at least you won't have nightmares tonight, because I'm very gentle and my heart is very soft, so I won't beat you too badly." .”
"I'm here to find Jordan!" Allen took a deep breath, looked at the two guys in front of him, and mustered up the courage to shout: "Jordan! Michael Jordan!"
Jordan, who was practicing a mid-range jump shot, turned around and looked at the three people outside the three-point line. He came over curiously and said, "What? You want my autograph? Then you have to line up. I don't give rubbish autographs."
"I will beat you up! Just tonight, I will beat you up! And you will never be able to guard against me, if you dare to face me!" Allen stiffened his neck and spat out harsh words towards Jordan. .
"Just because of this kind of thing, you shouted my name from so far away?" Jordan looked at Allen, his eyes were no different from those of a retard: "If I were you, go and ask your head coach to kill you right now. DNP, you won’t be playing all night!”
"Otherwise, I'm worried that your first preseason game will be your retirement game."
After Jordan finished speaking, he stopped looking at Allen, turned around and walked back towards his own half.
"100! I bet 100 that this rookie will be beaten to tears!" Rodman shouted: "Who bets with me!"
"20 points! I bet 100 yuan that Michael can score 20 points in the first quarter!" After hearing the news, Pippen also took out 100 yuan, saying that he was also playing.
"0 points!" Langley said in his hoarse voice, looking at several people: "In the process of facing off against Michael, this kid can't even get 1 point!"
A few people opened a gambling game here in front of Allen, and did not give Allen any face at all. He has been the proud man of heaven since he was a child. How could Allen, who is worshiped as an idol by everyone, suffer this?
"That's enough for you guys!" Allen suppressed his anger and glared at several people.
"Why, you want to participate too?" Lin Tian looked at Allen and said, "But we won't let you buy the game that Michael beat you. We can't let you make a fortune after being beaten."
"I'm participating! I bought 100 US dollars, I can beat... I can be evenly matched with Michael!" Allen looked at several people angrily. He originally wanted to say that he could beat Jordan, but after hesitating, reason defeated his anger. , asking him to change his mind and say that he would be on par with Jordan.
"Then you have to give us money now, otherwise you will definitely not give us money due to your condition after the game!" Lin Tian stretched out his hand and said: "As for the odds, what odds do you want? How about 1 to 500? ? You will definitely lose anyway, and you will definitely not get the 100 yuan back. I can accept any outrageous handicap!"
"1 for 10, how dare you take it!" Allen was so angry at this group of people that he yelled at Lin Tian.
"Okay, but for such a big bet, you only bet 100. Are you too petty? Have you raised 1?" Lin Tian looked at Allen provocatively. In his heart, this guy was just here to give away money! "1 is 1!" After Allen said this, he stamped his foot angrily, turned around and walked toward his side of the court.
"It's a pity. I just gained some experience. I thought I could get some 3-point packages to play with." Lin Tian muttered, turned around and walked back to his own half, preparing for the final warm-up.
After the quarrel between the two sides, the originally dull preseason also had a very rare smell of gunpowder! Of course, only Allen himself has the gunpowder, and everyone else is happy. After all, no one thinks that a newly selected rookie can pose any threat to Jordan.
Do you really think that everyone is guilty and becomes a monster once they enter the alliance? Ray Allen is indeed a genius, but his level is still far from that!
Soon, the game between the two sides officially started. In the first preseason game of the new season, Jackson did not do any tricks and came up with the starting lineup he has been using since the Eastern Conference Finals last season: Lin Tian, Jordan, Pippen, Rodman and Longley! According to Jackson's idea, this starting five is enough to crush and completely suppress most teams in the league. And when it comes to the second team, he also has Kukoc, Wennington, Veterans such as Cole and Harper who are very easy to use, as well as new players such as Parrish, Williams, Stejner, and Simpkins, can play at any time.
Looking at the rich and luxurious cards in his hand, even a seasoned and sinister player like Phil Jackson couldn't help but smile several times in the training camp.
He has never fought such a rich battle before!
How can this kind of lineup lose in a series?It's too difficult. Losing a series is really difficult for the Bulls this season!
"Dudu!"
At this time, the referee blew the whistle and the first preseason game of the season began!
Longley is tall and has long arms. He slapped the basketball and gave the ball to Lin Tian.
After Lin Tian caught the ball, he directly raised his hand and called an isolation tactic! The so-called isolation tactic is a tactic where everyone separates and challenges the stars. This was also a tactic often used by teams in the 90s when there were not many technical and tactical skills.
The one the Bulls want to execute singles plays, there is no doubt that it must be Jordan!
He easily held Allen with his back, chewed gum in his mouth and said, "Little virgin, are you ready to become a real man?"
When Allen was about to open his mouth to reply, Jordan's ruthless elbow had already hit Allen's chest first. Allen couldn't even breathe. Let alone the trash talk, he almost fainted on the spot!
"Shh!"
Allen didn't even see how Jordan made the move, and the basketball had already got into the basket obediently! Looking back, Jordan also directly pestered Allen with precision: "Rookie, can you attack? Do you know whether the basketball is round or square? Do you need my dog to teach you how to dribble and shoot?"
After enduring Jordan's trash talk and little moves, Allen was extremely agitated. He was just about to prepare to run, but the basketball suddenly came into his hands!
"Allen! Fuck him! Didn't you say you could handle Michael?" Robinson, with a smirk on his face, continued to add fuel to the fire.
"Oh? Can you kill me?" Jordan stared, not caring whether this was true or not. His hand had already shot towards the basketball in Allen's hand.
"Bang!" A crisp and loud voice came. The basketball was snapped by Jordan. Lin Tian had already started to move quickly. After getting the basketball near the midline, Lin Tian was not lucky at all, but one and a half. He turned around and faced the basket sideways, and then the basketball suddenly flew out from behind him and went straight to the basket!
A behind-the-back pass that spanned the entire half court! "boom!"
Then there was an explosion! Pippen jumped off the basket and completed a split dunk after catching the ball!
"Huh!"
"How did he do it!"
"Why did the basketball end up under the basket?"
"A behind-the-back pass from such a distance?"
"I thought he was talking to the referee!"
"It's pointless to pass the ball from behind in this position!"
"It's meaningless, but this damn boy is so handsome!"
With the fans cheering and shouting one after another, Lin Tian quickly entered the state! Next, the Bucks gave the ball to Allen. Although he was not intercepted directly, his forced breakthrough shot was severely suppressed by Tian, with quick eyes and quick hands, once again rushed to grab the basketball, and then launched a counterattack again!
Lin Tian was holding the ball in the middle, with Pippen and Jordan running behind him on both sides at the same speed! When he reached the Bucks' basket, Lin Tian jumped up in front of Vin Baker who was back on defense. Lin Tian raised the basketball high with both hands. He first raised it toward the sky, and then quickly moved it down again. Send it to the left.
Just when everyone thought Lin Tian was going to give the ball directly to Jordan, who was following up on the left, Lin Tian passed the ball behind his back and gave it to Pippen on the right! "boom!"
Lin Tian's pass even fooled the camera!The TV camera clearly swung to the left first, then quickly reset to capture the moment of Pippen's dunk! In two consecutive rounds, Lin Tian made two consecutive wonderful passes that can definitely be selected into the top ten goals of the week! Bucks fans who bought tickets to watch the game tonight will definitely make a fortune!
Even though the Bucks were already 6-0 behind, Allen, the No. 5 pick they had just selected and whom the team had high hopes for, was continuously educated by Jordan, but who cares about that?
What serious Milwaukee man is here to watch the Bucks tonight? Everyone is here to see the Bulls!
In the rest of the first quarter, Baker and Robinson were unwilling to beat Allen to death. They kept feeding Allen the ball while constantly 'encouraging' and 'cheering' him.
Lin Tian really didn't know how much of their encouragement and cheering Allen heard, but Lin Tian knew that Jordan must have heard it word for word, and he heard it all! Therefore, in the next time... Whenever Jordan gets the opportunity to face off against Allen, he will keep talking trash! "Connecticut, right? The top shooter, right? Kill me, right?"
"If you work hard, you will find that there is not much difference between you and me, right?"
"My toes are better than yours, why do you think you want to provoke me?"
While Jordan was spewing trash talk, he was constantly trying to find ways to have more physical contact with Allen, um, or looking for more opportunities to bully Allen.
Faced with Jordan's fierce, powerful and merciless style of play, Allen regretted it!
He really regrets it, why should I mess with Jordan?Simply lost his mind.
At the same time, Allen really wanted to say something.
"I didn't say those words. Go find Baker or Robinson! Why are you targeting me!"
But Allen is arrogant after all. He is a super genius from a famous basketball school in Connecticut. No matter how much he complains in his heart, you want him to beg for mercy in front of Jordan?That's impossible!
Not only was it impossible, this guy finally got through the screen when he played for almost 4 minutes in the first quarter. After catching the ball, he pulled up and hit a super long 3-pointer!
"You can't guard me! I can score!" After scoring the goal, Allen seemed to be aroused with blood in his body, and he sprayed at Jordan regardless: "You're an old man! Sooner or later, the league will be ours. For young people!”
Isn't this guy also guilty?Same thing as me? Seeing Allen's almost self-destructive trash talk, Lin Tian really suspected that this guy might also have some "skills can be obtained by being beaten".
Otherwise, how could anyone seek death like this? When I, Lin, offend Jordan, it’s because there are benefits, you Ray Allen...
Picture what?
Can Tu completely embarrass himself in front of all Milwaukee fans?Picture yourself being beaten to a pulp by Jordan's iron elbows and iron hands? With Allen's roar, the game completely entered Jordan's rhythm.
He no longer makes fadeaway jumpers when playing in the low post. Instead, he squeezes to the basket again and again, and then forcibly turns around and shoots.
Jordan almost no longer chooses to shoot. Instead, regardless of whether he is facing the basket or with his back to the basket, he has to put his elbows and knees together and arch toward the inside!
On the defensive end, Jordan showed even more ferocity at the playoff level. Not only did he guard Allen the whole time, but he also gave Allen so much physical contact when he was holding the ball that he almost couldn't even dribble the ball. When he started to cut the ball, he cut it extremely fiercely! Although this style of play allowed Jordan to receive three fouls in less than 5 minutes in the second quarter, he also scored 3 points and beat Allen to the ground! As for Allen playing against Jordan?
He also returned to the bench early because he received 3 fouls.
This young man who had high hopes from Milwaukee and hoped that he could lead the team out of the quagmire, not only had his arms almost swollen from being shot by Jordan, but his eyes were dull and his expression was dull.
He was completely stunned by the multiple attacks of Jordan's skills, body and trash talk, and was completely beaten to the point of doubting his life.
Is the gap between me and Jordan so big?
After both Allen and Jordan left, the game quickly entered Lin Tian's rhythm. All the Bulls' offenses were left to him to sort out and arrange! In addition, Jackson also replaced Jordan and Longley with Cole and Kukoc, and now the Bulls have once again entered a frantic attack mode! As a result, the entire Bulls team completely started running! Rodman grabbed the rebound and passed it to Lin Tian. Lin Tian advanced quickly with the ball. After reaching the basket, he suddenly hit the ground and passed the ball to Cole in the bottom corner. Cole raised his hand and shot, making a 3-pointer! Lin Tian once again grabbed the rebound and pushed forward. When he reached the 3-point line, he tried to pass it to Cole, but suddenly he passed the ball without looking at anyone from behind, and passed the ball to Kukoc who was passing down the line. Kukoc took the ball. The ball started and he dunked with one arm!
Lin Tian stole the dribble from Bucks guard Douglas, and then hit the ground. The basketball passed under Douglas's crotch and hit the frontcourt. Pippen rushed over, grabbed the basketball and started with another one-handed dunk! The entire second half of the second quarter completely turned into a stage for Lin Tian's performance. All kinds of unbelievable and unconstrained passes were picked up by Lin Tianxin and passed out one after another. The entire Milwaukee fans completely forgot that they were. Bucks fans.
"Lin! Lin! Lin! Lin! Lin!"
"Pass one more!"
"What a show! Is this really playing in the NBA?"
"I feel like I'm on the streets of New York! These street ball moves and passing techniques can actually appear on the NBA court?"
"I want to buy a pair of AND 1 sneakers! They are so handsome! I must buy them!"
"I want to play like this too! I must learn from Lin to play like this in my life!"
The fans at the scene made bursts of noise and shouts. This situation of home fans switching sides to cheer for the opposing players made the Bucks' situation even worse.
Even if Jordan was not on the court, they quickly lost their resistance! At the end of the second quarter, the Bulls scored an incredible 75 points! In the second quarter, they scored 44 points! Throughout the first half, Jordan played 13 minutes and scored 23 points, while Lin Tian sent out 13 assists in the first half!His pass made Milwaukee fans feel as if they were not attending a game at all, but attending an art exhibition and walking into an art gallery.
So cool! Although Lin Tian, who was completely having fun, made 4 mistakes in the first half of the game, compared to his gorgeous and elegant passing, who cares about those few mistakes?
That's not even a flaw, he is just Lin Tian's teammate and he can't move! Can a serious person look at other people's mistakes?
Well, there are still some.
Such as Phil Jackson.
After the first half of the game, he looked at Lin Tian's dazzling four turnovers in his technical statistics and shook his head, but said nothing.
He just called Clemens and asked him to continue to pay attention to Lin Tian's playing style and try his best to correct his overly unrestrained new style of play in training.
However, Jackson himself was not prepared to talk to Lin Tian.
It's just preseason, I can tolerate it and accept it.
Just don't do this in the regular season, or in those regular seasons when the game gets tough.
Jackson has never been the lifeless head coach like Larry Brown or Van Gundy who requires all players to play according to their own ideas.
He can endure it as long as it doesn't delay things.
Not to mention, no one should forget that when Jackson was young, he was also a 'hippie' who was at the forefront of the trend of the times. Anyone who has seen this guy's dress and style when he was young will know that he was also a deviant. host!
In the first half, when the Bulls scored almost 80 points, the Bucks were naturally beaten and unable to fight back.
Ray Allen, the team's hope, was beaten by Jordan in the first half. He only hit a 6-pointer on 1 of 3 shots. He had 3 fouls and 3 turnovers in the first half. Allen's debut It can be said to be extremely bad.
The rest of the team couldn't match the intensity of the Bulls. They were completely pinned to the ground by the Bulls and rubbed like crazy!The entire Bucks only scored 41 points in the first half, and they trailed by nearly 40 points at halftime! Of course, the Bulls didn't let the suspense last too long. Less than 2 minutes into the third quarter, Jordan caused two consecutive fouls on Ray Allen, beating the inexperienced rookie to five fouls. At the same time, the Bulls also took advantage of the situation and scored consecutively, allowing the team to launch an 5:8 offensive climax at the beginning of the third quarter! 83: 41!
Only 2 minutes into the second half, the Bulls widened the point difference to 42 points! Jackson no longer held back, and with a wave of his hand, he did five ups and five downs, replacing all the five main players.
Jackson is too lazy to let his main players play even one more minute in the regular season, let alone the preseason? What's more, in the preseason, if there is no grievance or grudge, do you really want to beat someone by 7-80 points? In the end, the score of this game was fixed at 123:85. The Bulls' main force defeated the Bucks by nearly 40 points and won their first preseason victory after only playing almost half of the game. ! The most miserable person tonight is undoubtedly Ray Allen.
哪怕第三节和第四节比赛乔丹都不再上场，公牛队也没有继续针对他，可他还是因为上半场被彻底打出心理阴影而导致下半场比赛也打的无比糟糕，他不但10投1中，连罚球都只有6罚3中！全场比赛只拿到了6分2篮板1助攻4失误的糟糕数据！ And that's not the worst part. For Allen, the worst thing was that as soon as the game ended, Lin Tian formed a bully squad with Rodman, Wennington and Hubble and blocked Allen in the player tunnel. door.
"I'm willing to admit defeat, Allen! Where's the money?" Lin Tian smiled, stretched out his hand and said: "It's a small business, no debts until you delay!"
Losing both games and money, Ray Allen's night is destined to be extremely bad! And a 40-point victory over the Bucks is obviously just the beginning for the Bulls! In the next 4 consecutive preseason games, whether at home or away, they all won by more than 20 points. Their state was clearly revealed from the preseason. Their ambition to defend the title and their strong state made all teams The fear of the Bulls has escalated to another level.
Until the last game of the preseason, Jackson, who had almost adjusted the lineup and condition, chose to rest all the main players and left the game to their rotation and fringe players. As expected, the Bulls won this game Naturally, they lost to the Timberwolves who came to challenge without any suspense.
But this kind of defeat will obviously not be taken seriously by anyone. Everyone knows that the Bulls did not regard this as a serious game.
In 5 preseason games, Jordan averaged only 18 minutes per game and scored 55 points, 17 rebounds and 3 assists with a 2% shooting rate. Lin Tian averaged 20 minutes per game and scored a double-double of 11 points and 10 assists. Data, coupled with Pippen who averaged 19 minutes per game and scored 9 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, the Bulls' iron triangle has shifted unknowingly.
The third corner besides Jordan and Pippen looks less and less like Rodman, who focuses on defense and rebounding, and more like Lin Tian, who can rush, pass and score, and even has some trouble-provoking talents. The media directly stated: The second in charge of the Bulls is not Pippen, but Lin Tian!
As for which of these media outlets are solely here to stir up trouble, and which ones are likely to have received money from other teams and deliberately sow discord, that is really unknown.
But in any case, these off-court reports and news did not affect the Bulls' pursuit of their second consecutive championship. The entire team had already entered the state and prepared in advance, and all Bulls players also knew , this year, the challenges they face will only be more, and their pressure will only be greater this year!
After all, after any team wins 74 games and wins the championship, they will definitely become the target of all teams next season!
Even those bad teams that aim for the No. [-] pick and just want to lose will do their best when facing the Bulls, hoping to cause some trouble for the Bulls.
After all, there are 82 chances to lose a year, but the chance to face off against the Bulls and win the Bulls and become famous all over the country is only 2-4 times a year!Must grasp!
Before the start of the new season, the league also announced its broadcast plan for this season.
NBA broadcasts in North America are divided into local live broadcasts and national live broadcasts. The so-called local live broadcasts mean that the TV stations and media in each state decide whether to broadcast the game live. If it is broadcast, the target audience is the fans in the state. .
Generally speaking, the games broadcast by local TV stations will feature the local home team and only play games with the home team in their own region.
The National Live Broadcast has more to consider, such as the team market, team stars, the grievances and hatreds between the two teams, encounters between good friends, battles between old enemies, and rematch with the old team. These are the most important aspects of the National Live Broadcast. aspects that matter.
If there is a story, there are stars, there are ratings, then there will be a national broadcast! For players, the national broadcast is also a very good opportunity. Playing well in this kind of game and performing well will be 10 times better than those games that are not broadcast nationwide!After all, this kind of game is watched by fans across the United States!The good performance in the national live broadcast, the effect of attracting fans is absolutely great! Of course, if you play poorly and stupidly in a nationally broadcast game, the negative effects will also start at 10 times. Fans across the United States will remember that there is such a player who played very badly! Because of this, many players will work hard and prepare themselves when their team is broadcast live across the United States, and they will use all their strength to play this game well!Some good media have even done some surveys, that is, more than 9% of players will perform better when broadcast live across the United States! In games broadcast live across the United States, the data of these players will increase by as much as 10%-20%!
It can be seen how important a game broadcast live across the United States is to the players! After all, the number of games broadcast live across the United States is very limited, and not just any team can get it at any time.
How many games a team can have broadcast live across the United States each season is also the standard that best reflects the team's status and popularity in the league!
For example, teams such as the Lakers, Knicks, and Celtics, which have a lot of fans across the United States, a very large market, and a huge fan base, will receive a lot of live broadcasts across the United States.
Teams like the Timberwolves, Raptors, and Grizzlies with poor performance, short history, low popularity, and no leading stars will have fewer chances of being broadcast live nationwide!
Taking this season as an example, the Grizzlies have the fewest live broadcasts in the United States. They only have 7 games broadcast live in the United States, and their opponents are all top teams in the league! It can be said that although they have appeared on the national live broadcast stage 7 times, they have been supporting roles every time!There is no way, who makes them have no stars, no fan base and no record guarantee?
The same teams that have not reached 10 live broadcasts across the United States include the Nets and Nuggets. Their live broadcasts are only 8 and 9 games respectively! These three teams have also become the teams with the fewest fans and the most disliked teams in the official eyes of CBS.
Opposite them are some of the most popular teams in the league.
The Lakers, who just acquired O'Neal, have played 25 national live broadcasts this season, ranking third in the league.
The Knicks, a traditional strong team, relied on their stable performance and strong market appeal to win 27 live broadcasts in the United States, ranking second.
As for the top one, there is no doubt that it is the defending champion, the Chicago Bulls, who won 74 games last season!
They have a total of 31 national broadcasts this season. Not only are they the only team to have more than 30 national broadcasts this season, they are also the first time in NBA history that a team has played more than 30 national broadcasts in a single season! Regardless of strength, popularity, appeal, star quality or topicality, the Bulls are definitely a giant!
Not to mention that after the preseason Bulls game highlights were broadcast by major TV stations, it aroused even more crazy pursuit and praise! With such a tough defensive team, powerful stars, and extremely gorgeous offense, it is impossible for any fan to reject them!
CBS executives even began to regret it after watching the Bulls' preseason highlights.
With this style of play, even if they were given 40 live broadcasts across the United States, it would not be too little at all! Well, CBS executives are regretting it, while China Sports is crazy with excitement!
They reached another round of preliminary cooperation intentions with the NBA during the offseason. This season, they will broadcast NBA games in a comprehensive, complete and systematic manner for the first time! The initial broadcast frequency is three times a week, that is, every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, one NBA regular season game will be broadcast, and the playoffs will be broadcast based on the situation.
Needless to say, China Sports' broadcast targets are basically only targeting the Bulls!
According to their plan: as long as there is a Bulls game on the broadcast day, then they will not hesitate to broadcast the Bulls!If there is no Bulls game, I will think about which team to broadcast.
What can be expected is that in the new season, whether it is the Bulls or the NBA... they will usher in a large wave of fanatical fans in China! The NBA will also officially launch an attack on Chinese fans for the first time starting from this season!
They want to start competing with football to compete for the market!
It is also worth mentioning that AND 1’s first Chinese specialty store will officially open in the Imperial Capital on November 11, the day of the Bulls’ season opener! AND 1 After spending so much money in the summer, they are officially starting to make money! (End of this chapter)