Reporter Cai Houxuan / Report from Taipei
▲ Joyce, Kaohsiung Poseidon family trainer (first from left). (Photo/Supplied by Kaohsiung Poseidon)
Defending Taiwan Basketball T1 League team Kaohsiung Family Poseidon team defeated Taiwan Beer Heroes team by 10 points as host on 12th. opponents, Taoyuan Yongfeng Yunbao, recently recovered for former NBA star center “Warcraft” Howard, Poseidon must find a way to break the “Warcraft restricted area” if he is to challenge the 2-game winning streak. Poseidon’s trainer (Dwight Howard), who had previously faced Warcraft in its prime, was quite calm, bluntly saying “Warcraft IS just a regular person, so don’t worry too much.”
The Poseidon family professional basketball team played the Taiwan Beer Heroes on the 12th as a guest, once again showing the strength of the team and the depth of the bench. At the beginning of the match, Kusas and Hu Longmao got into trouble, but Wu Xiaojin and Bo Han managed to get up in time and came from behind in the second quarter. A total of 10 players set records this campaign: Kusas and Brickman wrote “Double Ten” and finished with 111:101 for their second straight win.
▲ Kusa. (Photo/Supplied by Kaohsiung Family Poseidon Team)
In this campaign, Poseidon’s outside line was heavily guarded by Taiwan Beer, but Poseidon’s “Kub Connection” still puzzled the opponent: Mindaugas Kupsas scored 33 points and 10 rebounds, and Jason Brickman also had 22 points and 10 rebounds. Brickman said, “Today is a very important game, especially the Bruins are a very strong team. We also played our basketball in the second and third quarters.” Brickman can’t wait to go home in two weeks. And he uses more intentional offense. and defense to go home and continue the victory.
▲ Brickman. (Photo/Supplied by Kaohsiung Family Poseidon Team)
Head coach Joyce was also proud of the team’s defense after winning 2 in 3 games in a row at the beginning of the season. He said, “Bo Han has 11 rebounds, excellent offensive and defensive finishing from Xiaojin and Kusas continues to show the ability to dominate the inside, Brickman and Hu Longmao’s performance is the key to winning.
Poseidon’s team is expected to play the Taoyuan Clouded Leopards at home on December 4, while coach Joyce was the coach of the Australia men’s basketball team from 2001 to 2009. During the 2006 World Cup in Japan, 2008 in Beijing In the 2010 Olympics, he once fought Howard in his prime. How to deal with Warcraft at that time, Joyce seemed to be a master.
“At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, I met Warcraft which was in its prime at the time. Even though we meet again now, I will still use teamwork to tackle it,” Joyce said. first-time win against CITIC Special Attack in their home opener.”
▲ “Warcraft” Howard. (Photo/photographed by reporter Liu Yanchi)
