The 76ers attacked, Jrue Holiday missed the ball in the penalty area, and Li Kaiming collected the rebound and launched a fast break.
Brand got Collins's instruction and waited near the midline in advance. Li Kaiming followed up as soon as he arrived.
But with Li Kaiming starting at full speed, Brand had no chance to defend directly. He was directly overturned. The referee blew the whistle and Brand blocked the foul.
Brand, who was pulled up by his teammates, was shocked. With his weight and strength, he was knocked over without even reacting!
How damn fast is this!
Brand couldn't imagine that he even began to complain about Li Kaiming in his heart. Why did he come here so fast to play basketball? Wouldn’t it be great to run 100 meters?
Hinrich served out of bounds, Li Kaiming received the ball near the center line, and Brand followed closely.
Li Kaiming stretched out his hand to call Yi Jianlian to come over to cover. Hawes informed Brand in advance that the two of them would directly double-team Li Kaiming, preparing to surround the latter directly so that he could not pass the ball.
This kind of defense may be effective for others, but for Li Kaiming, who is a top passer, it is almost like a child's play defense.
He first feinted with one hand holding the ball, making Brand and Hawes think he was going to tip the ball to Hinrich at the top of the arc on the other side.
After the two men rushed over, Li Kaiming passed the ball without looking at anyone, and passed the ball from Hawes' crotch to Yi Jianlian who was moving down to the free throw line.
At this time, the 76ers' two inside players were outside the penalty area. Facing the unguarded basket, Yi Jianlian took off in three steps and dunked with both hands!
20 to 12!
After dunking, Yi Jianlian let out a rare roar, his muscles tightened, and his whole body became much more powerful!
The 76ers attacked, and Wall once again broke through with the ball, causing a foul on Yi Jianlian, who was defending, and made two free throws, helping the 76ers bite the point difference.
In the last round, Li Kaiming's no-look pass shocked the 76 Rao players, especially Brand and Hawes.
The two of them have been working together for a long time. On the defensive end, they don't have a tacit understanding, but they cooperate well. With one tall and one short, any kind of inside line will have to be less efficient.
But the Chinese No. 1 pick on the opposite side can always find loopholes in their defense. Even when passing the ball at lightning speed, it can be found that Hawes has the largest space under his crotch and cannot be intercepted!
How can we defend this?
Now, even the other yellow-skinned guy has to show his fangs!
Fortunately, as a point guard, Wall was relatively calm and gave the ball to Jrue Holiday outside the three-point line. The latter made a sudden three-pointer and hit the 76ers' first three-pointer since the start of the game!
20 to 15!
76ers head coach Doug Collins relaxed his clenched fists. There were only 6 regular timeouts in the game, and he didn't want to use two in the first quarter.
Li Kaiming's ultra-long three-pointers and no-look passes stretched the Wizards' offensive space to the extreme.
Li Kaiming stood at the midline, Hinrich held the ball at the top of the three-point arc, and several others were at the bottom corners and 45 degrees on both sides.
Brand of the 76ers followed Li Kaiming every step of the way. Others were guarding him. Even big center Hawes was forced to follow Yi Jianlian outside the penalty area. In this era of focusing on the inside, there was no one in the penalty area. No matter how you looked at it, there was no one in the penalty area. It's a spectacle.
The reason for this scene is because of the big man standing on the center line with his arms akimbo watching the ball.
Of course, Li Kaiming put his hands on his hips not because he wanted to take advantage of the situation, but to paralyze his opponent.
It was difficult for Hinrich to break through Wall, so he called Yi Jianlian to cover.
Using the pick-and-roll, Hinrich faced big center Hawes and chose to break through with the ball. In order to prevent himself from being passed by, Hawes straightened his long arms and took a step out of the way.
At the same moment that Hinrich started, Li Kaiming, who was on the center line with his arms akimbo, also suddenly started. Brand originally thought that the former would not participate in this attack. He was glad that he didn't have to work hard to follow, but when he turned around, he found that he was in front of him. The person is gone!
He immediately turned back to Hawes and shouted, "Protect the rebound!" and then chased after him at full speed.
At this time, Hawes was following Hinrich with all his strength. If he had time to communicate with Brand, it would be great if he could prevent Hinrich's layup!
After all, there is a height difference of 20 centimeters between the two sides, and Hinrich is much faster than him.
But Hawes still had the advantage, and Hinrich's layup bounced out of the basket under his defense!
Hawes's face lit up with joy, and he was about to get the rebound when he suddenly heard several teammates shouting in unison.
"Spencer, behind the heart!"
In an instant, Hawes had no time to look back. He already felt a strong wind behind him. From the corner of his eye, he could see a shadow approaching him on the ground at an extremely fast speed!
He stretched out his hand to grab the basketball. As long as he protected the backboard, his mission was accomplished!
But Li Kaiming was faster. He was so fast that he was on top of Hawes' head in an instant. Before the latter could get the basketball with both hands, he used his two hands directly from above to press the basketball in the air into the basket!
In order to alleviate the impact, he hung on the basket. As for Hawes, he successfully absorbed most of the energy and then flew out of the phosphorus line again!
Seeing Hawes being "launched" like a cannonball, many spectators who were close could not help but swallow their saliva!
The impact was about the same as that of a pickup truck. Hawes wasn't playing basketball, he was in a car accident on the road!
Unsurprisingly, this ball once again made the commentators at the MCI Center dumbfounded!
The commentators, who usually rely on lip service, could only briefly describe Li Kaiming's actions and simply say "Oumai."
At this time, I have to mention the profoundness of Chinese culture. After all, in the studio of Huaguo Sports Channel, several commentators are not only "f*ck", but also "awesome"...
Li Kaiming's make-up deduction brought the point difference back to 7 points again, 22 to 15!
There were nearly two minutes left before the end of the game, and the 76ers were unwilling to waste a timeout in these two minutes, even though the momentum of the entire game was tilted toward the Wizards.
The 76ers quickly served the ball and attacked. After running, the big center Hawes caught the ball in the paint and Yi Jianlian was misplaced. He hit a hook and scored two points.
He also averaged 10 points and 6 rebounds per game last season. After becoming Li Kaiming's background twice, he finally had the opportunity to show his presence on the offensive end.
The last two minutes passed quickly. Sanders gave Yi Jianlian a lot of time in the first quarter and let him play half a quarter. However, the latter did not feel well tonight and the effect of this half quarter was not good.
After the first quarter, the Wizards entered the second quarter leading the 76ers by 5 points, 29-24.
Li Kaiming was replaced by Sanders with one minute left.
He played 10 minutes in the first quarter, making 5 of 6, including 3 of 3 three-pointers, and scored 15 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists!
Another quarter of data that is better than others for a whole game.
The rest of the Wizards didn't have any good opportunities. Nick Young faced Jrue Holiday, who started out as a defender. His singles efficiency was not high, and the latter's defense was also the same as that of Niubi Tang. He didn't give Nick Young any time in the first quarter. What a decent opportunity to make a move.
Hinrich hit an open two-point shot, and he also got 2 assists. He was the best player in the starting lineup besides Li Kaiming. He really relied on his brain to play.
Yi Jianlian scored 2 points for a cake dunk, and his outside touch was not good.
For the 76ers, Iguodala still maintained the number one star in the team, scoring 5 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in a single quarter, Jrue Holiday had 5 points, John Wall had 4 points and 2 assists, and Elton Bu... Rand had 4 points and 3 rebounds.
During the break, the data of Li Kaiming and John Wall were displayed on the big screen at the MCI Center for comparison, and the exchanges between the on-site commentators also centered around these two people.
But in the end they reached an agreement. At least for now, John Wall is a very good rookie, but compared with Li Kaiming, a star-level player as soon as he enters the league, he is not even a little bit worse...
As for Chinese fans, they have never thought that John Wall can be compared with Li Kaiming. Some people even gave a very vivid example. Comparing John Wall with Li Kaiming is like He Shengzhen from a certain universe country. Compared with Yao Ming, he is somewhat overestimating his abilities...
