013: Successfully attracting attention
"God's Left Hand", this is Luke Babbitt's nickname in NCAA. His tough style and left-hand shooting habits made him call the wind and rain in college.
In fact, before this game, Luke Babbitt was also a person who called the wind and rain in the Development League. After all, he was a person who received regular basketball education and was selected in the first round of the NBA. What players are most of the Development League?
The unknown, from the street, who can fly and buckle but have rough skills and are difficult to tame compared to this group of people, Luke Babbitt, who is basically solid, is simply the son of God.
But today, in the small city of Oklahoma, Luke Babbitt's rule was completely over.
At this time, the game had reached the fifth minute of the fourth quarter. The Blues led by 13 points, and they had been in the double-digit lead for a long time.
Luke Babbitt has only 13 points to score so far, and he has scored 7 points in the first quarter. His performance today is not outstanding.
Since the first quarter, the yellow skin wearing the No. 5 jersey appeared, all the balance has been broken.
Now, there is no big suspense about the outcome of the game. Because throughout the game, the Blues suppressed the power of the sky from Miami. If they could turn the tables, they would have turned the game over long ago.
At this time, the only highlight of the game is whether Link can get a triple-double data today.
That's right, at the beginning of the second quarter, Babbitt didn't want to be Link's double-double. But now that the game was in the fourth quarter, Link was already heading for a triple-double.
"23 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, Link's performance today was amazing. Starting from the second quarter, due to the increase in assisting defense, Link reduced his personal shots, but the assists increased. There were still five minutes left in the game. Do you think this magical boy could get a triple-double data?"
At the beginning of the game, both live commentators said that Link would be beaten to a scum by Luke Babbitt. But now, the two unanimously changed their words and expressed their hope to see Link win a triple-double.
So, if a yellow skin wants to be respected by others on the basketball court, he needs to show his strength and then beat the opponent.
When you win, people can no longer make a big deal about your skin color.
"The triple-double data is not difficult for him. Today Luke Babbitt did not put any pressure on Link at all. But the game has not ended yet, and the Sky Force still has a chance."
While speaking, Link received the pass again.
At the beginning, the point guards of the Blues always liked to pass the ball to Brockman. Rather than saying "like" it was forced. After Brockman was not effective, the point guards liked to pass the ball to Upshaw.
Although the ball-holding attack was not the strength of Upshaw, he was indeed the most guaranteed scoring efficiency of the Blues at that time.
Now, the point guard will hand the ball to Link as soon as he passes the half. In the last game, he was an idiot who made two consecutive mistakes as soon as he goes on the court, but today, he has become the person he trusts most.
Link took the ball outside the three-point line and then looked at the court. Apparently, he had become the real point guard for the Blues.
The No. 5 striker waved his hand, and Joan Brockman, a second-round pick who has always shown himself as a "uncle", obediently brought up to cover Link.
Although he was cursing, he still did it. It was not because Brockman and Link's relationship had improved, but because Brockman had eaten a lot of cakes today. He knew that covering Link would help him get good data.
For the DL players, the data is greater than everything, even greater than the game victory.
Cover, hold the ball, break through.
It’s a pity that Link’s speed is not fast enough, so it’s easy for the opponent to complete the defense change. If Link now has the physical fitness of Grant Hill at his peak, he had just started to do it and complete the dunk.
However, the Sky Power team is a development league-level team after all, and their defense switching is not rigorous. Finding the gap, Link threw the basketball slightly. The basketball passed Luke Babbitt's head and fell into Brockman's hand that cut in.
This is just the most basic pick-and-roll cooperation, but Brockman and Link have been tried and tested today.
However, this time, when Brockman chose to make a layup, Sioux Falls's penalty area monster Whiteside came out. Whiteside is the best player in the Sky Power team today. So far, he has scored 13 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks.
But Whiteside is not the kind of player with strong independent offensive ability after all, so when the team is behind in big scores, he can do very limitedly.
Under Whiteside's interference, Brockman's layup was unfortunately hit. Just as Luke and Babbitt were ready to fight back, Link appeared just right at the rebounding point. He didn't jump high and didn't bounce fast. But being able to predict the rebounding point in advance is sometimes more important than bounce.
And Grant Hill is just a forward with a keen sense of rebounding. His rebounding sense naturally appeared on Link.
After grabbing the frontcourt rebound, Link quickly pulled the ball out of the three-point line. On the right, Link's best friend Zeke Upshaw was already in place. Because Brockman made a layup just now, the player who was originally defending Upshaw closely had already left.
This opportunity cannot escape Link's eyes, and his ability to read games is definitely the best on the court.
And Upshaw is definitely the most stable three-point shooting on the court.
Upshaw immediately took action after receiving the basketball. Just like on the training ground, the two best friends completed the most tacit cooperation.
"Zike Upshaw made another three-pointer. He has scored 17 points today, and his average score is only 9.8 points. I think it is Link's appearance that has made his teammates around him better. Whether it is Brockman or Zick, they have gained a lot of easy shooting opportunities today. This easy scoring opportunity has not been seen in previous games."
While the commentators praised Link, his offense also added data to himself with assists and rebounds.
With 23 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists, Link is close to the triple-double!
Everyone in the game had a feeling that the Development League game seemed too easy for Link.
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The 10-11 season is a heartbreaking season for Chinese fans. After the season of Yao Ming's reimbursement, people were originally looking forward to Yao Ming's comeback.
However, the "China Great Wall" was injured again just after it came back, and everyone knew that this injury was devastating for Yao Ming.
His body may not be able to withstand the surgery anymore, his ankles are already fragile. The biggest loss for the NBA league is that none of them can attract the huge Chinese market.
Once upon a time, the golden age of Sun Yue, Yi Jianlian and Yao Ming playing for the NBA at the same time has passed, and the NBA's attractiveness to Chinese fans has greatly decreased. The league is naturally very distressed, and they are committed to finding the next player who can replace Yao Ming's torch.
At this time, many general managers of teams heard a message.
"In the Development League, there is an unknown Chinese who scored 26 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists on Luke Babbitt's head."
The keywords of triple doubles, Chinese, unknown, undoubtedly hit many NBA team general managers.
Chapter completed!