Super Lord of the Rings

This season, the king's home attendance hit a new low in recent years, ranking third from the bottom in the league.

All the Kings players who played in the Western Conference Finals back then have left. The Kings fans, who are used to watching the gorgeous offense, have become very picky and dissatisfied with the team's current performance.

Larry Hughes, as the person with the highest annual salary in the team, is not suitable for the system. He has poor running and shooting, and he breaks inside and overlaps with Martin and Salmons.

Martin is the core of the king's outside line, and his shooting accuracy is definitely better than Hughes; Salmons is tall, weighs 100 kg, has a strong impact, and his body is better than Hughes.

Hughes averaged 12 shots per game, only scored 12.4 points and 2.5 assists, and shot 37.7% from the field.

His contract was frighteningly big, one year longer than Bibby, and the king made a loss-making deal. Coupled with the fact that Yi Jianlian failed to perform at the expected level, the owners, the Maloof Brothers, were already depressed. The team ranked 13th in the Western Conference, but their salary was no less than that of the Bulls.

When the players came out, Wang Jun received warmer applause than when the Kings players came out, as if it was his home court.

As the capital of California, Sacramento is not prosperous, but there are many Chinese, and most of them are relatively rich. This time, many people came to see Wang Jun.

Wang Jun was also unrestrained, waving to the fans like at home, and even blew a kiss to the place where the applause was the warmest.

V5 live broadcast, Zhang Lili said: "This is the first Chinese derby between Wang Jun and Yi Jianlian. It's like a big brother teaching a little brother. I don't know how they will perform."

"Today is definitely a test for the king's defense." Yu Jia paused: "The Bulls' defense is also poor. I hope Yi Jianlian can seize the opportunity to play good numbers."

After warming up, the two sides started the game. Bulls Five: Calderon, Wang Jun, Hill, Novak, Chandler.

King five: Hughes, Martin, Salmons, Yi Jianlian, Miller.

Novak started three games after joining the Bulls, guaranteeing a shooting spot inside. The Bulls have won every game since he arrived, averaging 8.7 points per game. The three-point shooting rate is as high as 47.1%.

Chandler won the jump ball and the game started.

Calderon moved to the right, and Wang Jun relied on Chandler to cover and run to the bottom corner on the right. Novak is in the left corner and Hill is in the middle. All pulled apart.

Wang Jun ran to the bottom corner to face the frame, and Calderon passed the ball at the right time.

Miller was slow to defend, Wang Jun caught the ball and shot a three-pointer, Salmons was also slow to chase, and the ball went hollow into the net. 3 to 0.

The Bulls defend, Wang Jun stands in the middle.

The king's main offensive method is the high pick-and-roll, and if the outside breakthrough fails, Miller will support the pass in the middle. Wang Jun switched on Miller, and Chandler switched on Salmons to keep up. Salmons passed the ball to Yi Jianlian.

Yi Jianlian singled out Novak's height and weight advantages, but he didn't make a strong hit. He raised the ball and passed the ball out to Martin without taking a step.

Wang Jun somewhat understood why the coach asked Yi Jianlian to train his strength. He was not determined to attack at all. If it is a teammate, Wang Jun will roar, as an opponent, he can only make adjustments by himself.

Martin singled out Hill, hit the iron in the drift mid-range shot, and Chandler grabbed the backcourt rebound.

The bull immediately fought back. Wang Jun threw off Miller in a few steps, Hughes followed Calderon, Salmons followed Novak. Wang Jun was empty.

He turned his head to look at the pass from Hill, jumped up a one-handed tomahawk dunk, and smashed the ball into the basket hard! 5 to 0.

Yu Jia said with a smile: "Miller's defense speed is too slow, he can't keep up with the rhythm at all, and now he can only play on the offensive end."

Zhang Lili added: "When Miller participated in the World Championships in 2006, he didn't get many chances to play. Coach K would rather let Brand play the starting center forward. Miller's speed is flawed. As long as he is misplaced, he will definitely not be able to keep up with the defender."

Miller can still play in the king's offensive system, and he is almost a marginal player in other teams. He didn't play a minute against Greece in 2006. It's even slower now.

Kings attack, Martin runs off the ball to Novak's side to receive the ball. The breakthrough was successful with the ball changing direction, and a 45-degree emergency stop on the right made a jump shot. 5 to 2.

Novak's shortcomings are too obvious. The defense is bad, with him and Calderon on the court, the Bulls don't expect to be able to defend, they just fight with their opponents on offense.

In the Bulls' positional battle, Wang Jun went to Miller's side to catch the ball. This time Miller came out of defense and was easily passed by him with a change of direction.

Moreover, Wang Jun's movements were very coherent. After one step, he immediately pulled the ball up, took a big step with his left foot, and just passed through the gap between Miller and Salmons.

Because he was pulling the ball while running, he succeeded in stealing a step, and took another step with his right foot to the basket. Yi Jianlian followed Novak and stood relatively outside. Turning around and returning to the defense was slow. Wang Jun leaned and jumped in the middle. One-handed dunk into the basketball. 7 to 2.

This action may seem awkward, but it is actually very clever. Once Yi Jianlian's defense is in place and Wang Jun passes the ball to the left corner, Novak will be open.

The Kings attacked, and Martin passed Novak again, attracting Chandler to make up the ball and pass the low post. Yi Jianlian was empty and dunked the basketball with both hands. 7 to 4.

Wang Jun usually retreats to defend, but he didn't go back this time. He chose to stare at Miller and give his compatriots a chance to perform.

No one can see this kind of water release. If he makes up the defense and Yi Jianlian passes the ball to the middle, Miller will be empty. It will also be difficult for him to defend against misplacement, and he plans to save his strength on the offensive end.

When the Bulls attacked, Wang Jun still chose to go to Miller's side, and continued to fight if he couldn't defend himself.

Miller's defense was timely this time. Wang Jun failed to break through after receiving the ball. He dribbled the ball to 45 degrees and leaned against Salmons, waiting for Chandler to make an air cut.

As soon as Chandler entered the inside to get a position, Miller hurried back to top the man.

Wang Jun observed the situation from the corner of his eye, leaned his back on Salmons again, swayed his right shoulder to the bottom line and turned back to shoot a jumper.

This is Kobe's most commonly used technique. Wang Jun rarely uses it, and occasionally does it once in a while.

He predicted that Salmons would block the middle, because he couldn't see Chandler's air cut and Miller's retreat in his position, and he would think that Miller was defending the bottom line.

Sure enough, Salmons was terrified, regardless of the bottom line, Wang Jun directly got the open space, and the fallback was the process of finding the rhythm, making the shot softer, and the ball went hollow into the net. 9 to 2.

Wang Jun scored 9 points in a row. This goal gesture was very beautiful and won applause from some away fans.

The Kings attacked, and Martin got rid of Yi Jianlian's off-ball cover, attracting Novak to switch defenses and distribute the ball to the bottom line on the right.

Yi Jianlian had a clear advantage in height against Calderon, and scored with a catch and jump shot. 9 to 4.

Zhang Lili said excitedly: "The two teams scored in the opening game were all scored by Chinese players. Today they are in good condition."

The Bulls attacked and the ball was passed to Wang Jun again. This time he took the ball at a 45-degree step within the three-point line, turned to face the frame, and explored with his right foot.

When Salmons came up to defend him, Wang Jun paused slightly, took a left foot past Miller, and succeeded in breaking through the bottom line.

Miller fluttered a little outside and was easily passed, the lateral speed was too slow. His huge body also blocked Salmons for a while, making it impossible for his teammates to chase and defend quickly, so he could only bypass it first.

Wang Jun took a big step with the ball, jumped up with all his strength, and dunked with one hand with his right hand to score! Yi Jianlian returned to the basket a little late and didn't jump. 11 to 4.

Yu Jia shouted: "Wang Jun is likely to score another super high score today. In the opening game, he made 5 of 5 shots and contributed three dunks. He is unstoppable!"

ps (to be continued.)