Because it was a preseason game, there weren't too many spectators, so the huge stadium looked empty, certainly not as lively as the regular season. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, this did not affect Li Yiming's enthusiasm in the slightest, and this was the first time he returned to this league under the focus of countless lights and lenses after nearly a year of absence.

Li Yiming was the first player to play, and when his picture appeared on the screen above the stadium, the home fans gave a very enthusiastic response, and the familiar screams and cheers made Li Yiming can't help but smile.

Although the outside world is not optimistic about his performance in the new season, as a former MVP who has appeared in Time magazine, Li Yiming still has the most popular popularity in the entire league, and many fans have already worn his No. 61 Mavericks jersey when looking around the audience.

The players entered the sidelines one after another, and after a short period of preparation, Li Yiming took off his training uniform, revealing his home jersey with blue on a white background, and walked unhurriedly to the court.

I didn't squint, but I already felt that there were countless eyes pouring in. Li Yiming felt relaxed instead, because this was the state he was most familiar with.

The starting lineup of the Mavericks is: point guard Nelson, point guard Ellis, small forward Li Yiming, power forward Parsons, and center Chandler.

It is worth mentioning that this game was Parsons' first game against his past home team, the Rockets, after being traded to the Mavericks.

The Rockets' starting lineup for away games is: point guard Beverley, split Harden, small forward Ariza, power forward Jones, and center Howard.

After confirming that there was no problem with the ball, both sides started jumping the ball.

At 2.16 meters, Tyson Chandler is tall and has long arms, and he barely jumps hard, so he easily flicks the ball behind him, and the Mavericks' starting point guard takes the ball and slowly dribbles it across the half court.

Although full of ambition, Li Yiming also knows that it doesn't make much sense to be real in the preseason, so he is not in a hurry to prove that he has already recovered, or even further physical condition, but just jogged to the flanks unhurriedly to open up space for his teammates who controlled the ball.

The preseason is for training, and it is to train a lot of soldiers who struggle between the water cooler manager and the normal rotation, Li Yiming, as a player who can definitely have stable playing time, there is no need to get involved.

After his teammates made a simple block, he found a gap and chose to shoot directly outside the three-point line, but he didn't hit it with a bad hand, the ball hit the basket and bounced high, Li Yiming saw that there might be a chance to pick up a rebound, squeezed away the defender and took two steps inside, just to get an offensive rebound.

The defender was still outside and didn't have time to keep up, so the Rockets' starting center Howard hurriedly came over to make up for the defense, seeing that the defensive intensity was quite limited, Li Yiming held the ball and shook it for a while, regardless of whether the person who made up the defense changed his center of gravity, the ball smashed heavily on the ground, and he turned around quickly, and did not have much physical contact with Howard, and he hit the basket cleanly.

Jump lightly and the basket is within reach.

"Boom-" Li Yiming is like a swallow, and his dunk action is light and freehand.

The cheers began, and the fans did not expect that this first score would be completed with a dunk, and many fans wearing the number 61 jersey were already waving their fists in joy.

And Li Yiming just raised the corners of his mouth and turned back to defend as usual.

One side scores, exchanging possession.

The Rockets' power forward serves the ball at the baseline, not to the point guard, but directly to the Rockets' real playmaker at the point position, James Harden.

It's no surprise that the other party has been the outside core of the team since he was traded to the Rockets.

The defensive intensity in the preseason was very limited, so Harden also played very casually, and didn't even let his teammates come up to block and dismantle for himself, and did a few crotch disguises in the face of defenders, and directly shook off his center of gravity and entered the interior.

Li Yiming, who happened to be brought to the vicinity by the running position of his own defender, did not sit idly by, and decisively gave up the person he wanted to follow and chose to make up the defense, and Harden, as the core of the Rockets, of course, had a few brushes, seeing that the moving defense line was blocked, the ball was handed over from the right hand to the left hand, and the offensive direction changed from the right to the left.

Li Yiming slid and moved, so that the opponent was still in his defensive range, but saw that Harden had taken a step back with his left foot, widened the distance between the two, and quickly stood firm to collect the ball and shoot. was pulled out of the space, Li Yiming hurriedly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to interfere.

However, it was too late, and Harden had already jumped smoothly and threw the ball with moderate force.

Of course, Li Yiming's symbolic extension of his hand could not form an effective obstruction.

"Uhhh

The Nets splunged like waves.

Harden, who hit the basketball, blew his beard, and because Dallas and Houston are close, there are now quite a few Rockets fans in the arena, who are standing up in piles to cheer and celebrate their home team's first score.

The ball was converted again, and Li Yiming still didn't have much desire to attack, standing silently in the bottom corner, waiting for his teammates to launch tactics.

Chandler Parsons, who has a good relationship with him, stepped up, got the ball straight on the inside, received the pass and scored easily with a jumper after a tentative step.

Li Yiming didn't care about the "switchback run", but stepped forward to high-five Parsons, and then silently returned to defense.

He ran for a whole quarter, never took the initiative to ask for the ball, just stood on the flanks to open up space for his teammates, watching Ellis, Parsons and even the inside big Chandler attack, only if there was really no good offensive opportunity, he would run out of the open space to receive the ball and scribble in the limited time.

The shooting feel is not as good as before, plus they are all hurried shots, of course, the shooting rate is not guaranteed, Li Yiming only hit one of the four shots, and it is still the most difficult to cry and laugh, facing the defender's block of three points.

In the second quarter, his teammates didn't feel good, and Li Yiming took the initiative to stand up, breaking the ball and breaking through the layup, and relaying in the air with more and less... It's just that the shooting is still very inconsistent, and even if the defenders don't defend too hard, they only hit two mid-range shots.

Li Yiming didn't play again after halftime, and Parsons, who was also pressed to the bench with an equally efficient 14 points, needs to be left with a chance for role players and people who are on the roster to play and give feedback to the coaching staff on whether they have what it takes to stay on the team - this is also one of the roles of the preseason: to help the team screen role players.

has already been off the court, and the team's victory or defeat has nothing to do with Li Yiming, so even if he was defeated by the Rockets' role player's key free throws, he didn't have much frustration.