Second, on July 12, the Wizards ushered in their second opponent in the summer league, the Los Angeles Clippers.
The Clippers' summer league lineup is also very luxurious. This year, the 18th pick in the first round came from the University of Kentucky, Eric Bledsoe, and the 24th pick in the second round, shooting guard Willie Warren. Al Aminu, the No. 8 pick from Wake Forest University.
But compared to the Wizards, it seems a little less impressive.
The Wizards still maintain the starting five from the previous game.
In addition to the three rookies, the Clippers' starting lineup also has two undrafted big men.
Power forward Bradley Barry and center Walter Chard.
McGee jumped the ball. Facing Chad, who was far less physically gifted than himself, McGee easily put the ball into the hands of his own player. Zheng
Li Kaiming still took the lead and charged quickly!
However, the Clippers seemed to know him better, so Li Kaiming only rushed to the three-point line and was intercepted by three Clippers.
Seeing that there was no chance for a fast break, Spann dribbled the ball unhurriedly to the frontcourt and started to play tactics.
Li Kaiming used screens and forward switches to face Clippers rookie Aminu.
Trevor Booker hit the ball to Li Kaiming from outside the three-point line. The moment the latter caught the ball, he turned around and passed Aminu cleanly!
Clippers center Chad arrived late and was ready to defend, but at this distance, Li Kaiming had already received permission from Las Vegas air traffic control, and then took off directly, riding on Chad's face, which was extremely humiliating. The buckle!
This explosive dunk made the sparse audience at the scene shout "Grab!"
The fans did not expect that Li Kaiming gave them a dunk that was among the top ten goals of the year as soon as the game started!
Chad felt very humiliated at this time. In public, he was actually ridden on the face by Li Kaiming!
On the bench, the bench players led by Sun Yue were already used to this.
They can see dunks like this every time they train.
If you are lucky, you can also become Li Kaiming's background...
The Clippers served and Bledsoe dribbled across half court.
Although Bledsoe is less than 1.9 meters tall, his muscles are extremely exaggerated and his body shape resembles a steel cannon.
His style of play is mainly based on breakthroughs with the ball, supplemented by a small number of open three-point attempts.
Facing the defense of undrafted Kelce, Bledsoe can handle it with ease.
Apart from being taller than the latter, Spann was beaten by Bledsoe in everything else.
Coming outside the three-point line, Bledsoe suddenly accelerated, and then relied on excellent confrontation to squeeze past the Spat defense.
The Xia League lineup is all temporarily formed, and the defense is man-to-man. It is difficult to form a defensive system in a short period of time.
So after Bledsoe passed Spann, almost no one else came to help defend, so the former came to the penalty area unimpeded.
It's not that easy when you get to the penalty area. With two big men guarding Li Kaiming and McGee, Bledsoe chose to throw directly!
Play cricket and score!
Looking back, Spann dribbled the ball across half court and was directly intercepted by Bledsoe before he reached the midline!
After the steal, Bledsoe planned to pay tribute to Karl Malone, touching the back of his head with his left hand and holding the ball with one hand to pick the basket.
But Li Kaiming, who was galloping from the backcourt, came down and slapped the ball on the backboard.
The fans at the scene burst into cheers again!
After landing, Li Kaiming made the classic gesture of "Roof of Africa" Mutombo towards Bledsoe, squeezing his fingers!
Bledsoe's face turned dark!
If you fail to show off, you will in turn become the background for the other party to show off.
After the basketball was slapped onto the backboard by Li Kaiming, it bounced to Trevor Booker's Zheng who was following him.
Spann got the ball again, this time a little more cautiously, using a cloth screen to get rid of Bledsoe's entanglement.
The first time he came to the frontcourt, Spann passed the ball to Li Kaiming inside.
The undrafted Bradley Barry faced the prestigious No. 1 pick. Instead of being afraid, he was actually a little excited!
If he can perform well against Li Kaiming or defend against the latter, he will definitely get a contract.
So in his eyes, Li Kaiming is not the top pick, but his experience baby.
If a movie were written based on him, he would soar after defeating Li Kaiming!
But the ideal is very full, and the reality is very fragile
After Barry resisted Li Kaiming's beating, he began to complain in his heart!
He had tried his best to hold Li Kaiming up, but if the earth was used as the reference system, his whole body was still sliding inwards...
After pushing a few times with his back, Li Kaiming felt that the distance was almost there. He half-turned around and made a hook, which hit the target steadily!
4:2!
During the entire process of his shot, apart from feeling the presence of the defender at the beginning when he was using his back, he even felt that it was no different from training alone later on!
BARRY Are you polite?
But Li Kaiming did not become the top pick just because of his "politeness".
Looking back, after Aminu got the ball this time, facing Trevor Buqi's defense, he took two dribbles and directly pulled up a jumper, and then hit the iron.
Li Kaiming collected the rebound and handed it to Spann.
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At the end of the first half, Li Kaiming barely broke a sweat after playing 10 minutes, but still scored 21 points, 10 rebounds and 4 blocks, a half-double.
The Wizards lead the Clippers 45:32.
Cassel still didn't give Sun Yue time.
Li Kaiming is a man who does what he can, so on the way back to the locker room, he found Cassel and expressed his thoughts tactfully.
Cassel turned to stare at him with a dull expression that made it difficult to tell what he was thinking.
After a while, he made a sound, "I will give him a chance in the second half."
Li Kaiming was overjoyed. He had secured a chance for Sun Yue, and the rest was up to him.
The second half of the game started quickly. Cassel replaced Sun Yue, which cheered up the Chinese fans!
Many Chinese fans who came to cheer for Sun Yue immediately took out the prepared signs with Sun Yue's name written on them!
This time it was Li Kaiming and Sun Yue who played together.
The moment he stepped onto the court, a system task prompt suddenly appeared in front of Li Kaiming's eyes.
【Task】
Rating: c
Basics: Provide 5 assists to Sun Yue. Reward: 5-10 attribute points, 10-50 points. Failure penalty: 10 attribute points are randomly deducted.
Advanced: Lead the team to win and score no less than 30 points. Reward: Two badge upgrades.
Why is the mission still linked to Sun Yue...
Li Kaiming couldn't help but glance at Sun Yue who was eager to try, and thought to himself, Sun Yue, you have to seize the opportunity, otherwise I will suffer...
The Clippers served first in the second half.
Bledsoe and Aminu were playing a pick-and-roll, but Trevor couldn't react. Bledsoe pushed the ball and redirected it directly into the inside.
Just when Li Kaiming thought he would be asked to make up the defense again this time, Sun Yue suddenly rushed over from the side and blocked Bledsoe.
Bledsoe was also taken aback by Sun Yue and reluctantly gave the ball to Sun Yue's opponent Willie Warren.
But Sun Yue immediately arrived and interfered with Warren's shot. The latter missed the front basket and the rebound was taken by Li Kaiming.
Cassell nodded slightly on the sidelines, fearing that you wouldn't fight hard even if you were given a chance.
Looking at it now, Sun Yue will at least try his best.
Li Kaiming got the ball and threw it directly forward!
After the defense, Sun Yue was at the forefront of the fast break. After receiving the pass from Li Kaiming, he took two dribbles and took three steps!
Willie Warren was blocked and naturally wanted to fight back, but he underestimated Sun Yue's dribbling and was directly fouled by the latter!
Sun Yue went to the free throw line and made two free throws!
After making the free throw, Sun Yue gave a thumbs up to Li Kaiming in the distance!
