freeallnovels Chapter 275 The game between players and teams
Chapter 275 The game between players and teams
Chapter 275 The game between players and teams
UA is upset that Nike has been promoting Westbrook during this time, suppressing Curry, his most important endorsement.
UA is not happy, let alone Adidas, which can wrestle with Nike.
Although in terms of endorsement stars, because of Rose's fall, Lillard is a level lower than Curry, James, and Durant.
Adidas had already lost the battle with Nike before.
But now Adidas is absolutely not reconciled to being left behind by Nike.
Failed to sign Zhang Zifeng, Adidas snatched Harden from Nike with a huge endorsement fee of 13 million in 2 years.
This year, Harden beat Westbrook to become the starter of the NBA All-Star Game, which proves that Harden is more popular than Westbrook in the United States.
Adidas also spent a lot of money to promote Harden, thinking about pushing Harden to the MVP and competing with Nike for the market.
After UA and Adidas came out to compete with Nike, the national media talked a lot less about Zhang Zifeng.
On January 1, the 22ers traveled to Atlanta to play against the Hawks.
76ers starting lineup: Rondo, Zhang Zifeng, Grant, Ibaka, Embiid.
Eagles starting lineup: Schroder, Bazemore, Sefoloza, Millsap, Howard.
Embiid didn't know the team wanted to trade him.
During this period, the agent and the general manager of the team have stalled on the matter of contract renewal.
Embiid thought it was his injury some time ago, which made the team have concerns about his potential injury.
That brought the negotiations to a standstill.
Embiid is not a fool, of course he knows that the team's current first brother is Zhang Zifeng.
He agreed that the agent asked the team for a big contract, but he just hoped that the annual salary of the contract renewal would be as high as possible.
Breaking up with the team is not the result Embiid wants to see.
Embiid feels that if the team sees his strength, the contract extension will continue.
This time, facing the former top center Howard.
Embiid wants to perform well and let fans, especially the team management, see his strength.
At the opening jump ball, the referee whistled and the basketball was thrown high into the air.
Both Embiid and Howard jumped up with all their might, both big men with their arms as straight as possible.
But Howard still relied on his own bounce to return the ball to the backcourt first.
Schroder immediately dribbled the ball and advanced quickly. When he reached the frontcourt, he saw that the 76ers' defense was a bit loose at the beginning. Schroder used the cover, took advantage of this speed to get inside, and made a layup. 0-2!
Offensive and defensive transition, Rondo took the ball to the frontcourt.
Zhang Zifeng saw that Bazemore was sticking to his defense tightly, so he waved for Rondo to pass the ball to other teammates.
Embiid receives a pass from Rondo on the perimeter.
A fake shot, after shaking Howard away, went inside to face the power forward's tip-up, turned around and then shook his body, after deceiving his opponent, he made a layup.
2-2!
Mike Breen, the commentator of the live broadcast of this game, shouted, "Wonderful offense, excellent footsteps, Embiid's offense seems to let me see the once dreamy footsteps reappearing on the court!"
Van Gundy Jr. interface praised and said, "Yes, when Embiid participated in the draft, those who tried Embiid once commented like this. The best template for Embiid's development in the NBA is the big dream Olajuwon , the same excellent offensive skills, and an excellent shot-blocking awareness at a glance!"
Howard felt humiliated when Embiid made a brilliant layup in front of him.
Howard yelled at Dennis Schroeder, "Dennis, pass the ball to me next time, I'm going to give it back!"
Schroeder agreed well, "Okay, I will pass the ball to you as long as I have the opportunity!"
Schroeder's promise was like a grass mud horse.What can be said cannot be done.
Now Howard is no longer the top center of the Magic.
As he gets older, he who relies on his body to play can no longer be compared with the superman who can run and jump back then.
Similarly, Howard's status in the team now, let alone the Magic period, is not as good as that of the Rockets.
Howard ran to the inside and struggled with Embiid for a position inside, but the ball didn't reach him.
After halftime, Schroeder handed the ball to Millsap.
Millsap receives the ball and faces Ibaka.
I don't know how many times I have played against Ibaka. Of course, Millsap knows how powerful the opponent is.
Millsap turned around with the ball and the ball landed.
After two strong hits, Millsap suddenly turned around and shot.
Although Ibaka followed in time, he was still a second behind.
The ball flew through Ibaka's fingers and headed for the hoop.
Although it was not blocked, it also put a lot of pressure on Millsap.
This ball hits the iron!
Watching the ball hit the ground, when Embiid jumped up and was about to pick it off, suddenly the ball that was about to be caught was snatched by a pair of big hands behind him.
When he landed, before Embiid could react, he suddenly found another black shadow rising behind him.
Then Embiid found himself bumped and nearly fell.
When he turned around, Embiid found out.
It's Howard!
After Howard overwhelmed Embiid and grabbed an offensive rebound, he jumped up again with a one-handed dunk to help the team open the scoring.
Dunk in front of Embiid and take a good breath.
Howard roared excitedly and hammered his chest.Vented his depression.
Although Warcraft Howard has begun to decline from his peak state, his strength still remains.
Especially now is the beginning of the game, when his physical fitness is at its best.
Perhaps in terms of offensive skills, Howard is not as good as Embiid.
But in terms of rebounding, Embiid is not as good as Howard.
Not only did Howard snatch the rebound, but he also dunked on his own head. The young Embiid couldn't bear it.
He tried to hit it back, but like Howard, the ball didn't reach him.
Seeing Zhang Zifeng stuck Bazemore behind him in the frontcourt, he reached out for the ball.Rondo immediately passed the ball to Zhang Zifeng.
This is the tragedy of the team's second and third leaders.No matter how good the relationship is usually, no matter how good you are in this game, no matter how much you want the ball.
You can take what is given to you.If I don't give it, you can't take it.
Perhaps it is because of this that a lot of second and third leaders have grown up, and they are becoming more and more dissatisfied with their controlled status in the team.Only in order to fight for power, he fell out with the team boss.
Zhang Zifeng received the ball and turned to face the basket.
A tentative step, followed by the trend of shooting, and then the ball landed, changed direction early, and threw the opponent away.
As soon as he entered the inside line, Zhang Zifeng made a quick stop for a jump shot and sent the ball steadily into the basket before the opponent came over.
4-2!
Embiid, who rushed inside, saw the ball go in.I can only turn around and run back to half court, ready to defend!
(End of this chapter)