Chapter 8: Battle in the Summer League

Author: Dust and Flowing Years

Chapter 8: Battle in the Summer League

There are 22 teams participating in Las Vegas this summer league.

Representatives are the San East Anio Spurs, the Denver Nuggets, the New York Knicks, the Memphis Grizzlies, the Seattle Supersonics, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Dallas Mavericks, and the Portland Trail Blazers.

The most special thing is the Celestial National Team, which also participated in this year's Las Vegas Summer League, which attracted much attention from Celestial fans.

Li Tian and the Grizzlies summer league players have been familiar with most of the players after several days of training.

"Lee, what do you think of fighting with your fellow countrymen today?" Mike Conley took a bottle of water as a microphone.

"I'm very happy. I think I will become one of them next year." Li Tian also wanted to participate in the war for the country wearing the national flag.

Collins also made a fuss and asked Li Tian if he would pass the ball more today, so that he could perform well and strive to realize Li Tian's wish.

Only Rudy Guy watched them noisy from afar, practicing shooting alone.

In this game, Li Tian was arranged as a substitute.

The first game of the national team was the match against the Grizzlies.

"Hello everyone, I am today's host Yu Jia. Let us welcome today's commentator Zhang Weiping and Zhang." Yu Jia standard's opening remarks.

"Hello everyone, I am Zhang Weiping. I'm very happy to watch this game with everyone." Zhang Weiping smiled.

"Guide Zhang, let me tell you what the highlights of this game are."

"Everyone knows that today is a match between the national team and the Grizzlies. I think everyone is looking forward to the performance of the national team today. But everyone should also pay attention to the Grizzlies' No. 0, which is also a Chinese player. I think everyone should

Everyone knows them, it's Li Tian."

"Yes, Li Tian is a very talented basketball player. His strength has been affected by some knee injury before. Director Zhang heard that Li Tian's knee injury has completely recovered. Is it true?" Yu Jia

Then Director Zhang said.

"Yes, on the draft night, I interviewed him, and he said to me in person. Speaking of the interview, he had a good attitude, which was of great benefit to him quickly integrating into the NBA." Zhang Weiping said that he was about Li Tian

First impression.

"No more talk, the game has begun."

The players who can't play in the summer league are those who are mixed with low-level leagues such as the NBDL and some first- and second-grade rookie players, and they are often cut while playing.

During the warm-up, the coach made a brief arrangement.

The competition begins.

The starter of the national team: Wang Zhizhi, Yi Jianlian, Wang Shipeng, Zhu Fangyu, Liu Wei.

Grizzlies starters: Jason Collins, Rudy Guy, Johnson, Kingsey, Lori.

At the beginning, Collins midfielder won the ball.

Passed to Rudy Guy who was about to go down, Yi Jianlian fell to defend Guy at a low post.

Guy broke through Yi Jianlian with the ball, and his layup was successfully interfered by Yi Jianlian, snatched the rebound and passed it to Liu Wei who was about to go down.

Liu Wei passed it back directly to Yi Jianlian, who occupied the low position, and Yi Jianlian took the ball and jumped and hooked it.

Failed to hit, Liu Wei accurately judged the landing point of the ball and tried hard to grab the rebound.

He jumped up and shot, made two points, and won one extra penalty, and scored another penalty.

The national team started with a 3-0 lead.

Li Tian and Conley, who was sitting beside him, talked about the situation on the field.

"Conley, are you nervous?"

"Fortunately, this is just the summer league, what's there to be nervous about. You won't be nervous, Lee."

"How is that possible? I'm the one who has experienced the finals of the NCAA Finals."

Conley is very envious. After all, he can have more than ten chances to win the NBA championship, but most players only have one or two chances to win the NCAA general manager.

In a blink of an eye, the situation on the court took a sharp turn and the national team was beaten 7-0.

"Guide Zhang, the format on the field has suddenly changed. Do you think this is happening, how can the national team turn the situation around?" Yu Jia asked the coach Zhang beside him.

"This is a good thing. Everything can happen on the court. This phenomenon occurs at the beginning and there is still a chance to adjust. If it occurs in the last few minutes, it will be difficult. It will be beneficial to experience it more." Zhang Weiping looked at it incisively and also looked at it.

There was a problem with the national team.

A few rounds later, Li Tian and Kang Li were replaced.

"Li Tian replaced Guy and Yi Jianlian and Li Tian are about to start playing." Zhang Weiping was very excited and saw the match between the Tianchao players again.

"Guide Zhang, you have met Li Tian. Can you briefly introduce him?" Yu Jia also wanted to know Li Tian.

"Li Tian is a very talented player. After experiencing a knee injury, he was able to return to the field. I am also looking forward to his performance on the field. After he recovered from injury, it is also the first time I have watched him play." Zhang Weiping

I am looking forward to Li Tian’s performance today.

"Conley, how about it? Should I cooperate?" Li Tian seduced Conley.

"How to cooperate?" Kang Li looked at Li Tian curiously.

"How about we do this?"

Conley nodded.

After halfway through the ball, Conley always observed Li Tian's running position.

Li Tian was on the court, constantly interspersing back and forth without the ball.

Yi Jianlian was suddenly stopped and changed direction by Li Tian, ​​and he threw away one position.

Li Tian got the opportunity to take action outside the three-point line.

Take off, raise your hand, shake your wrists.

Three-pointer action, elegant movement.

"Swish!"

Hollow hit.

A three-pointer hit, his feet landed, and Li Tian turned around to celebrate the sound of a gun.

The scene instantly exploded, and fans who supported the Celestial Chronicle or the Grizzlies all shouted for Li Tian's celebration.

"Conley, how about it, I have a good opinion."

"Luckily you threw that damn ball into it, otherwise I will settle the score with you." Conley and Li Tian celebrated with high fives.

Li Tian quickly returned to the backcourt to defend.

"The good show is about to begin. Yi Jianlian got the ball and is going to face Li Tian." Director Zhang in the commentator's seat was almost jumping up. I was looking forward to seeing Li Tian's condition.

"Yi Jianlian, come on, use all your strength to attack."

Yi Jianlian was also excited. Yao Ming kept praising Li Tian for how talented he was. After watching yesterday's bullfight, he was unwilling to think that Li Tian was better than him.

"Defense, defense."

The audience in the venue shouted in unison.

The atmosphere was instantly full, and the score was no longer important at this time.

Yi Jianlian held the ball at a high position, constantly changing directions, dribbling the ball continuously under the crotch, and his movements were quite skillful.

Always looking for opportunities to break through Li Tian.

Li Tian was fully focused and did not move around because of Yi Jianlian's dribbling changes, but just stood in the defensive position.

"Look, Yi Jianlian has not been able to get rid of Li Tian's defense. Yi Jianlian is going to be ready to play Li Tian with his back."

"Coach Zhang, this Li Tian seems to be from the Grizzlies. You support that side." Yu Jia was amused by Coach Zhang.

"It doesn't matter, it's all your own people, and it's up to anyone who supports it." Zhang Weiping laughed.

Yi Jianlian turned around and singled Li Tian with his back.

Li Tian leaned on Yi Jianlian's back with his left hand and raised his right hand high, ready to interfere with Yi Jianlian's shooting that could turn around at any time.

Yi Jianlian, who is not strong enough, takes advantage of the changes between his feet.

With 3 seconds left in the attack, Yi Jianlian was a little anxious.

Another change of pace but did not get enough room for attack, and there was little time left, so I could only choose to force attack.

Yi Jianlian turned around and jumped, and the moment he lost the basketball.

"Bang!"

Li Tian completed the closure.

"Yi Jianlian, training with me in the summer is a good choice."

"Yu Jia, look, Li Tian's bounce is stronger than before. Yi Jianlian is even higher than Li Tian. He turned around and jumped, but he was still blocked."
To be continued...