Chapter 103: First Victory

In three minutes, the Lakers not only played their own offense, but also managed to limit the Pelicans. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info The score is 6:0. 、

Russell controlled the ball and passed to Zhao Wei on the left, and Zhao Wei gave an overdose to Zubac, who wanted to go to the position inside. Zubac pushed twice in a row, and the No. 21 behind him couldn't stand it. Zubac suddenly turned forward at this time, and wanted to shoot directly with a jump, but the speed of the No. 21 black player was really fast, and he cut the ball in Zubac's hand with a knife. Dramatically, the ball hit him and fell into Zubac again. Zubac gets the ball and shoots and scores. The score was 8:0. Zubac showed his solid skills on the inside very well, but it also exposed some problems, that is, his slow speed.

In the opening three minutes, two of the three rookies of the Lakers team have already shown themselves, and the only one who has not shown himself is Zhao Wei.

"Hey, man, aren't you going to show your hands?" Ingram laughed.

"Didn't you see my defense?" Zhao Wei gave him a blank look. This guy is very excited today, he always teases himself when he has nothing to do, you must know that in the previous games, he rarely joked with himself.

Although it doesn't matter what they say, young people want to be able to express themselves. After defending the Pelicans' offense again, Zhao Wei received the ball this time and did not transition again, at the forty-five degree position, Zhao Wei stared at Hield and took two steps inside, and after the Pelicans' defense was compressed, Nance Jr. at the top of the arc was empty. Zhao Wei stretched his arm around Hielde's body and gave the ball to Nance Jr. with a blow. Nance Jr. catches the ball and scores three points. The Lakers had an 11-0 mini-spurt.

“nice!” Xiao Nansi and Zhao Wei high-fived and shouted.

In the next few rounds, the Pelicans finally found their offensive touch and scored four points with their mid-range shots, but their two star players, especially this year's rookie Hield, completely lost their rhythm under Zhao Wei's close defense, and failed to make a few three-pointers in a row. Zhao Wei also tried to shoot, and received a pass after receiving Zubac's frontcourt rebound, because the NBA's three-point line is farther than the NCAA, although there is no defense in front of him, and Zhao Wei has also increased the strength of the shot, but the ball is still short and hits the front of the basket.

Russell broke through from the bottom line on the right side of the ball, but did not attack the basket, but slipped directly over, Zhao Wei understood, and directly got rid of Hield's defense with a feint and ran to the right 45 degrees. Russell's eyes glanced at a large loop across the half court of the horizontal pass, the ball accurately to Zhao Wei's hands, this ball fully demonstrated one of the characteristics that attracted the Lakers at the beginning, excellent vision. Zhao Wei adjusted slightly this time, adjusted the arc, and the three-point shot fell into the basket accurately. The score reached 14:4.

“no!” Hilde threw his arm away in frustration. Zhao Wei's cold attack made him feel very uncomfortable. This kind of sudden cold arrow-like attack is usually an adjustment made by veteran players in order to save physical strength. Hield has just entered the NBA, and he is generally playing with his peers, where have I ever seen this way of playing.

Although the Lakers' offense is very good, and Zhao Wei and the five of them don't look like a team that has just played together, the summer league is after all about training players and watching some undrafted gold rush games. So after five minutes of play, Zhao Wei and Xiao Nance were replaced. They were replaced by Brown and undrafted Agustie. Russell was in control of the team, but the Pelicans suddenly found their offensive rhythm as if they had opened up a second line. Under Brown's defense, Hield even went one step away from the three-point line and scored a three-pointer. On the other hand, the Lakers fell into a panic and made two mistakes in a row. With three minutes left in the first quarter, the Lakers were chased to 15:14.

Although the Pelicans did not score again, they lacked the interior line protected by Nance Jr., and the Pelicans grabbed rebounds in the frontcourt one after another, constantly impacting the Lakers' basket again. Zubac suddenly erupted at this time, giving the Pelicans players who broke through one after another, two sturdy big hats. It gave the Pelicans a chance to overtake the score.

Ingram directly controlled the ball across the half court, facing the No. 13 who was much shorter than himself, Ingram suddenly accelerated, walked to the left side, clicked, and took two big steps directly from the three-point line to the basket in a small step, and easily licked the basket with his left hand. 17:14. The Lakers take control for the time being. However, just as the first quarter was about to end, the Pelicans' No. 5 small guard seized the opportunity and hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner to tie the game at 17 and end the first quarter.

For the performance of the Lakers, major media have given relatively positive comments, but some media still criticize the Lakers for playing a bit anticlimactic.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Zhao Wei was not immediately replaced. Similarly, Ingram and Zubac were also sitting off the court. The players on the court were three Lakers sophomores with two undrafted picks.

There were very few fouls in the game, so it was carried out very quickly. Half a quarter became Russell's solo showtime. As the opponent's defender is obviously shorter than Russell, Russell showed the results of his summer training, with successive successful back plays, and a wonderful performance of 2+1.

Relying on Russell's outstanding performance of nine points alone, the Lakers tied the score to 26:21. At this time, Jesse called a timeout, and at the same time replaced Zhao Wei, Ingram and Zubac. However, what made Zhao Wei a little depressed was that he was still arranged to play a point guard. The control of the ball is still in Russell's hands.

Although Zhao Wei and the three of them were on the court, everyone noticed Russell. After Russell scored nine points in a row, the whole person was excited. The desire to attack burned, and he began to continuously impact the basket, and it was a small throw that stopped after two consecutive breaks. Although Russell was a little sticky at this time and threw away the concept of the whole team's offense at the beginning, Nance Jr. understood, after all, Russell was quite depressed last season. Looks like he's trying to prove himself to people in today's game.

So Xiao Nansi came over and patted Zhao Wei and the three of them on the shoulder, signaling the three of them not to complain about it. Sure enough, after Russell bombarded the Pelicans' basket wildly, he broke through again and passed the ball back to Zhao Wei at the free throw line. Zhao Wei looked up and saw that there was no one in front of him. The corners of his mouth raised, who wouldn't want such a scoring opportunity. Raise your hand and vote, huh.

The ball goes into the net!

Zhao Wei scored the second goal of the game. Zhao Wei didn't have much of a feeling about this. However, the live broadcast in some places was excited: "Zhao Wei, he has used his excellent shooting ability to contribute five points to the Lakers." The score of the two sides was pulled to three points again. ”

Although he didn't feel it, Zhao Wei smiled proudly at his good friend Ingram. made Ingram, who was already a little depressed because of the lack of the ball, almost crooked his nose. secretly said in his heart: "You must teach Zhao Wei a lesson." However, the domestic media didn't seem to know that Zhao Wei and Ingram were good friends, so they misinterpreted Zhao Wei's smile a little: "Ah, Zhao Wei provoked Ingram, although this may cause infighting in the team, but this is enough to show Zhao Wei's pride in his heart and dare to provoke the high-ranking rookie." Although he only ranked third in the Lakers' score, his defensive role was even greater, and his spirit of not admitting defeat led him to completely seal Buddy Hield, who was also a lottery pick, today. ”

Sure enough, after successfully defending the Pelicans' offense again, Ingram exploded, jumped up in the crowd to grab the rebound, and advanced directly to the frontcourt. In the face of Hield, who came back from the defense, a body changed to the left side and a breakthrough feint, Hield's center of gravity immediately deviated to the left, but Ingram suddenly changed direction with a beautiful crossover, Hield's center of gravity has moved, Ingram's breakthrough, he is half a body behind, and this is enough for Ingram. Pull-up jump shot to add two more points.

After the goal, Ingram winked at Zhao Wei.

"This guy really doesn't admit defeat." Zhao Wei smiled helplessly.

And Ingram's goal was scored, and the desire to attack also rose. As for stage fright, Zhao Wei knows very well that this guy will not have stage fright.

Under the Lakers' pressing defense, the Pelicans made a mistake, Russell made a direct long pass, Ingram went down quickly, and although he was pulled down by the opponent's foul, he still caused a shooting foul. Hit both free throws.

Russell's desire to attack at this time is also a little smaller, after all, the Lakers have now established a big lead. He knows what the coaches want to see, and Ingram is undoubtedly what they want to see. So Russell took the initiative to make the ball for Ingram.

Ingram also lived up to expectations, forty-five degrees on the right side, facing an opponent who was not shorter than himself, he bowed to Buddha a little and easily threw off the opponent. Directly slap both hands violently. And Zubac, as a second-round pick, also came out to perform at the right time, proving that the Lakers chose themselves correctly and that they were no worse than the first-round pick. A solid back-to-back single, a small hook to score the ball, also caused a foul. It can be seen that he has a very solid basic skills and a soft touch. This goal made up for some of the previous bad comments that he was shaken by his opponent and his center of gravity was shaken, and he couldn't keep up with the opponent's movement.

In the face of the Lakers' crazy offense, whether it is a team or an individual, the Pelicans' offense has become piecemeal. Even in the two offenses that were about to end in the second quarter, Hield and Barber ate the big hats of Nance Jr. and Ingram respectively. By the end of the second quarter, the Lakers' lead had reached 15 points. 44:29.

In the locker room at halftime, the Lakers boys had smiles on their faces. Jesse didn't have any tactics in place, and everyone was doing their own thing with ease and happiness.

At this time, Jesse came to Zhao Wei and sat down.

"Coach, is there something wrong?" Zhao Wei asked.

"Zhao Wei, in the second half, I need you to do more open shots. The purpose of Summer League is to give the rookies a chance to show off and in the first half everyone else showed themselves well, whether it was Ingram or Zubac, and of course you have this great shot, but I need you to shoot more. ”

Zhao Wei nodded, he already understood what Jesse meant. Jesse wanted to see if his shooting ability could develop into a 3-and-D player like Anthony Brown. It's just that Zhao Wei doesn't know if this is Wharton's meaning or Jesse's meaning. If Wharton meant it, he might be arranged to develop in the direction of 3D players after the start of the regular season, which is not Zhao Wei's favorite style.

The third quarter began. I don't know if Jesse confessed, and the rest of his teammates took the initiative to create opportunities for Zhao Wei to shoot in the open space. Zhao Wei also showed that in addition to good shooting ability, he basically shot from the middle distance, and the shooting rate of three-point shots was not high, and most of the shots were weak. However, Zhao Wei believes that he has shown that he has the ability to shoot. However, although the other teammates were actively creating opportunities for themselves, they did not completely give up their attacks.

The team was much ahead and they played with ease. Zubac walked on the line with his back single, and when he was about to hook his hand in the front position, he was caught by the opponent, but Zubac cleverly turned around and shot at the baseline, and the ball went in.

On the Pelicans' side, Hield's hand has recovered, a mid-range throw, and a counter-attacking layup are all impressive. However, his normal jump shot has not recovered, I have to say that Zhao Wei's height of 2 meters and arm span of 2.15 meters cover the area of Hield too much, as long as Zhao Wei is given enough time to jump, it is almost difficult for Hield to see the basket normally. And Nance Jr. immediately told Hield that the rookie always needs to pay tuition, Hield used the rhythm to avoid the block of Zhao Wei who was chasing in another counterattack attack, and when he thought he could easily go to the basket, Nance Jr. descended like a god, covered Hield's whole body under the ground, and fanned the ball out of the court with a round arm.

Hield is also a person who doesn't give up, sending out a throw-in and taking advantage of his teammates' blocking opportunities to hit the inside again. But the Lakers, on their part, seem ready to pay the rookie some tuition. Hield's low-handed layup was directly hit by Zubac with a top hat.

Ingram continued to change direction and burst in, splitting the outside line. Russell catches the ball and shoots, moves in one go, and scores a three-pointer.

Russell wittily cut off the Pelicans center's ball, a through ball that spanned the court, and Augusti, who had just replaced Ingram, got an easy two-handed dunk.

With Augusti scoring another open layup, the Lakers took a 63-46 lead.

With a huge 17-point lead, coach Jesse didn't send any more starters, leaving the fourth quarter of the game entirely to the draftees who didn't get much chance to perform.

Shout!!! The game is over. The Lakers won by 20 points, and their starting five were all statistically excellent. The opponent's Buddy Hield's stats are bleak, especially in terms of shooting percentage. Zhao Wei also has 13 points, but his other statistics are not outstanding, as for defense, that is not reflected in data. (To be continued.) )