The Grizzlies are in the first echelon of teams in this summer league, and on paper they are much stronger than the Bulls.
They have second-year players Darrell Arthur, Mad Haddadi (yes, the one you thought), rookies Thabeet, DeMarre Carroll, and Sam Young, among others. In addition, there are Thabeet's teammates Jeff Adrian, who participated in this year's draft but failed to be selected, and Marcus Williams, the 33rd pick in 2007.
When the starting players from both sides began to appear, the reporters not only focused their cameras on Xu Yong, but also on Thabit.
After the draft, many stories about the draft night were exposed by the media. Coupled with the past of the two in the championship conference finals, their meeting was also very gimmick.
If Thabeet can regain his place in front of Xu Yong in tonight's game, it will be the hottest news in the summer league after the game.
"Thabit is the real second place", "Xu stole the second place that should have belonged to Thabit", and so on, blockbuster titles are scheduled.
There is no opening ceremony in the summer league. The game starts immediately after the starting lineup of both teams.
Bulls starting lineup: Lu Renjia, Xu Yong, Johnson, Gibson, Richard;
Grizzlies starting lineup: Williams, Young, Carroll, Arthur, Thabeet.
After Thabeet moved the ball back to his own half, the Grizzlies took the lead in attacking.
In their first attack, Thabeet set a pick-and-roll for Carroll, who hit a mid-range shot.
After returning to the defensive end, Thabeet directly blocked Johnson's breakthrough layup.
The opening two rounds quickly attracted reporters rushing to take photos.
This is exactly according to the script they envisioned!
The Bulls' frontcourt ball was running out of time to attack. Xu Yong used Gibson's screen to come out to receive the ball from out of bounds, picked it up and threw it away.
A flash of spotlights flashed on the sidelines.
Although they hope to see Xu Yong make a fool of himself, people still can't help but instinctively when encountering beautiful things.
"Uh-huh!"
Xu Yong's pull-up jumper fell steadily.
Xu Yong felt happy after landing.
The technique of dry pulling, especially the Mai's dry pulling, not only looks good, but also has another characteristic that it feels very good in your hand.
Many people say that Tracy McGrady's pull-up is unstable, and this is partly because of this.
When your shot is completed above the defender's head, what affects you is not the interference caused by the defense, but your own touch.
Therefore, since Mai's dry pull became successful, Xu Yong would try his best to use dry pull in the first attack, just to test the feel of the night.
After all, the feel depends on the sky. If the feel is average, he will choose to break more inside and wait for the feel to recover.
But tonight, he seemed to have a good start.
In the Grizzlies' round, Thabeet came down from the pick-and-roll this time, received Carroll's pass, and slid out of the basket for a layup.
From the championship to the summer league, two months have passed and the stage has changed, but his work is still a familiar recipe and a familiar taste.
And Richard is not Ayers. He is full of strength and experience. The first time he turned around, he blocked Thabeet and prevented the latter from taking off. After the ball dropped, he grabbed it again and got the rebound steadily. .
Most of the free agents in the summer league are at the fringe level of the NBA. They are here to get a chance to get a non-guaranteed contract, but they will never be polite to you.
Passerby A advanced to the frontcourt with the ball. Xu Yong came out to catch the ball and had no room to take action.
The Grizzlies switched defense directly.
Arthur was the main power forward of the 2008 NCAA champion Kansas University. He has a long wingspan and fast lateral movement. He is very good at guarding against this kind of pick-and-roll.
After seeing this, Xu Yong chose to start the falling step after dribbling. When he saw Arthur pounce on him, he accelerated and passed the opponent with a strong step.
Although Arthur is a sophomore, he is an insider after all, and his speed is a beat slower than Xu Yong.
And as Xu Yong becomes more and more proficient in mastering the technique of falling step, his starts become more and more like Medina.
Smart and elegant, unparalleled.
As the saying goes, a bit of cold light arrives first, and then the gun comes out like a dragon.
In addition, the Bulls are wearing white jerseys today. In the eyes of the fans, Xu Yong is like a white shadow passing into the paint.
Thabeet immediately gave up his defense after seeing it.
It wasn't that it was too late, but his DNA was touched in an instant, and the experience of being flanked by Xu Yong in the championship was forced out of his mind.
"Bang!"
Xu Yong got inside and violently attacked the frame with one hand and hung the basket with one arm.
The fans at the scene were all shocked.
If they have watched Xu Yong play during this year's NCAA tournament, even if they think Xu Yong is ranked higher, they will not specifically jump out to criticize him.
Because they have watched the game and know that Xu Yong is capable.
So the people who come to the scene now are basically little black guys who don’t watch football and like to type on the keyboard.
They have never seen such a scene before.
This is... so handsome!
The spear and the white horse float like poetry, and the bright clothes and the angry horse are young!
That’s probably true!
After Xu Yong's dunk landed, he finally saw a smile on his face when he saw how quiet the scene was.
That's the expression.
When an average person is suddenly slapped in the face, their first reaction will be confusion.
Of course, not everyone was confused. For example, Ross stood up and applauded Xu Yong.
The Bulls and Celtics played seven games this year. He didn't pay much attention to the "Crazy Three" games. His impression of Xu Yong was still from when they played against each other last season, but Xu Yongke didn't have this kind of persistence last season. Ball attacking ability.
So he is full of surprises at this moment. Is this his backcourt partner next season?
Very strong, fierce enough.
Arthur quickly singled out Gibson in the low post and scored a goal to regain his face.
The second-year players have experienced the baptism of the NBA season, and their experience and skills have been greatly improved. Moreover, Arthur started 64 games in his rookie season, and his ability is very strong.
4 square meters.
The two teams started off evenly matched.
Xu Yong reached a position in the frontcourt. Passerby A passed the ball to him, and the rest of the Bulls moved away one after another.
Before the game, Harris and his teammates basically reached a tacit understanding. The team's game strategy tonight was just one: let Xu Yong let go.
Xu Yong went one-on-one with Yang.
Yang is 1.98 meters tall and has a wingspan of 2.14 meters. He has excellent static talent and looks very strong.
This is what Xu Yong can see.
Xu Yong first tried to dribble and change direction, and then found that Yang's defensive awareness and judgment were also very good, but Yang's coordination ability was a bit poor.
After roughly getting to know the details, Xu Yong chose to make a sudden stop and pull.
Simple, but effective choice.
Yang obviously failed to keep up with Xu Yong's rhythm. When he retreated to the defensive position, Xu Yong had already jumped up in front of him.
He's basically looking up.
As an opponent, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart at this moment, this posture looked really beautiful.
"Uh-huh!"
Xu Yong's opening touch continues, and he has scored 6 points in a row.
This time the restlessness in the scene became even louder.
What's going on with these guys on the Grizzlies? They're fighting and defending!
The media reporters also looked at each other, and they realized belatedly that Xu Yong's desire to attack was particularly strong tonight.
Arthur's strong attack in the frontcourt was blocked by Richard, and the rebound was also picked off by Richard.
With his physique and wingspan, he didn't suffer at all against Arthur.
During the transition between offense and defense, Xu Yong did not ask for the ball again, but ran without the ball again.
He plays very smartly and knows that one offensive method is easy to be targeted. This is to change his posture.
However, the Grizzlies did a good job of defensive communication on this ball. When Xu Yong received the ball, Williams was already stuck behind him for the first time.
Xu Yong's choice was also very straightforward, playing directly from behind.
Williams is tall and has long arms, but looks thin and will not be too strong in confrontation.
Facts also proved that his judgment was correct. After several confrontations, Williams' center of gravity was already unstable.
Seizing this moment of opportunity, Xu Yong turned around and made a pull-up jumper.
However, Xu Yong's back-up skills were lagging behind at this time, and he was not able to completely get rid of Williams.
The moment he took action, Williams struggled forward to save the interference and interfered with Xu Yong with his long arms.
Xu Yong was forced to lean back in the air to find an angle for his shot. At this moment, his passive skill "Scissor Kick" appeared.
He rarely used this advanced stance of dry pull before, because although this stance looked good, the hit rate was not high.
But obviously, as the intensity of the game increases, he has to use it.
The fadeaway improved the arc of his release and allowed the basketball to pass past Williams' fingertips.
"Uh-huh!"
With a crisp sound of hitting the net, Xu Yong's difficult shot returned.
His hands are so hot right now!
Now many fans couldn't sit still, and some couldn't help but cheer for Xu Yong's performance.
Essentially, Xiao Heizi is because he has never seen the world. When they really see how Xu Yong plays, they will not be able to turn into fans.
Of course, at this time, the vast majority of fans still refrained from shouting.
Haha, it just feels good and has no technical content at all!
The Grizzlies' offensive attack failed again.
It's not that their condition has gone down, but that Xu Yong is scoring like a chopping machine on the offensive end. The rest of the Bulls can devote all their energy to defense.
When the Bulls advanced to the frontcourt again, Xu Yong held the ball with both hands again.
With this back and forth switch, the Grizzlies experienced a wave of sourness.
But this time Xu Yong held the ball, and the Grizzlies directly attacked him.
What the Grizzlies didn't expect at all was that Xu Yong jumped up and made a three-pointer from the outside.
This is just taking advantage of the heat of my own hands, and I won’t reason with you anymore!
From the fans' perspective, Xu Yong suddenly jumped up in the middle of a group of people, and then completed a pull-up three-pointer above their heads.
It felt like a general on a white horse suddenly jumped up from the crowd of thousands of troops.
Almost everyone's eyes were immediately attracted to the spinning basketball.
Isn't this... still going in?
"Uh-huh!"
Three points passed through the net!
Xu Yong scored 11 points in a row!
"beep!"
The short whistle on the sidelines sounded immediately, and the Grizzlies directly called a timeout.
In less than five minutes, the score on the court jumped from 4 to 15!
This is amazing!
And after this pause, the audience was finally moved, with whistles and cheers mixed in.
In the past, there were Suns fans who were beaten by Kobe Bryant at home and turned against them. Today, there are young fans who were collectively beaten into fans by Xu Yong!
However, Xu Yong's next operation made today's game destined to leave a mark in the history of the summer league.
Because after he made the three-pointer, he turned to the media reporters on the sidelines and made a [Jordan-style] hand spread.jpg!
That seems to be saying to them: Is this what you want?
