After a week of devil training, although the players complained bitterly, but they did receive miraculous results in a short period of time, from not being familiar with each other to now being able to run out of tactics correctly, and from time to time can also play some tacit cooperation, I have to admire the coaching method of the beautiful coach is indeed very set.

After a week of intensive training, on July 6, Beijing time, Li Yang and his party took a flight to Las Vegas.

There are now three tournaments officially recognized by the NBA: the Salt Lake City Summer League, the Sacramento Summer League (also known as the "California Classic") and the Las Vegas Summer League, which together make up the NBA Summer League.

This year's Las Vegas Summer League will be the first time in history that all 30 teams will participate, and starting July 7, each team will play three preliminary matches, with the league seeded according to the team's record, followed by the tournament stage, and the championship will be contested on July 18 to determine the winner.

The rules of the summer league are a little different from the NBA regular season. For example, the game was divided into four quarters of only 10 minutes each, with an eight-minute half-time break, and the player was sent off after receiving his 10th foul, with only two minutes of the first overtime......

Those undrafted and marginal players will actively participate in the summer league, and many undrafted and marginal players will get an NBA official contract for their outstanding performance in the summer league.

At the same time, in order to adapt to the professional arena in advance, the major rookies have also joined the summer league one after another, and completed the run-in of the professional arena with the help of this platform.

At 8:30 p.m. local time on July 6, the United States. The arena in Las Vegas is already packed.

Las Vegas, a gambling city located in the Nevada desert, has become a dream tourist destination for many people around the world after decades of business accumulation.

Las Vegas is home to a lot of tourists, and tourists have always been obsessed with the global NBA game, so the atmosphere at the game scene is extremely hot.

It is said that the owner of Las Vegas has the idea of forming a basketball team, a team can attract more fans and players to spend for him, which will also indirectly drive his casino business.

Although the summer league is not as big as the NBA regular season, there are many NBA rookies among them, and there is no shortage of some popular lottery picks.

The Los Angeles Clippers' first opponent is the Golden State Warriors, and the Warriors have announced the lineup for this summer league game on the 28th.

One of the most notable people is Jordan Bell, who dares to call Jordan with two brushes, he is the No. 38 pick in 2017, he is a power forward, very athletic, explosive and jumpy, good at grabbing rebounds, and a block maniac. Of course, there are also obvious weaknesses, that is, the lack of offensive skills and lack of strength.

He has been able to get regular rotation time with the Warriors this past season, and his strength should not be underestimated.

The second is Damian Jones, the No. 30 pick in 2016, who plays as a center and is said to be a good mid-range shot, but often has a lack of concentration on the court, so he has played two seasons with the Warriors, but his performance is not as good as Bell's.

The third is the small forward Jacob Evans, who was just drafted by the Warriors this year, who is 1.98 meters tall and weighs 90 kilograms, is a tough wing duo player with an extremely stable defense and a role player with great potential.

The last one is Li Yang's hometown, Abdul Salamu, who was not selected this year, but he received an invitation from the Warriors to participate in the Summer League and show his ability on the international stage.

The Clippers' No. 11 pick Alexander and No. 13 show Li Yang vs. the Warriors' No. 28 pick Jacob Evans, from the rookie lineup, 2 to 1, it seems that there is no suspense, but the Warriors have an experienced sophomore rookie Bell, and it seems that this is destined to be a close tug-of-war.

However, the focus of fans and reporters is not at all, they are interested in how Li Yang performs, whether it is a parallel import, and whether the magic of the logo man can continue.

The media attention to this game was also more than the rest of the game today.

Li Yang is one of the most clicked rookies in the news topic after the draft, and reporting on his game may unearth a lot of different news.

During the warm-up, because of the training camp for a week, Li Yang also knew something about his teammates, so Li Yang instinctively felt a little strange, yes, the eyes of each teammate were very hot, not good, this is the rhythm of the demons dancing wildly, I hope this is an illusion.

What tactics can still be used now?

Taking the ball yourself is a tactic!

Li Yang felt that Natalie's tactical arrangements were probably useless.

Don't you see the fiery eyes of your teammates, it is estimated that every player has his own thoughts.

After warming up, Li Yang came to the sidelines to be interviewed by reporters.

The reporter asked, "Yang, are you looking forward to this game?" ”

Li Yang replied: "Fortunately, I don't have much intersection with the other party, just be yourself." ”

The reporter was a little speechless, and such an answer blocked his interview.

After a brief warm-up, the players from both sides walked to the center of the pitch.

The Warriors' starting lineup is center Damian Jones, power forward Jordan Bell, small forward Jacob Evans, playmaking guard Josh Margeti, and shooting guard Kendrick Nunn.

It was Grant Gerrett of the Clippers and Damian Jones of the Warriors who jumped the ball.

"Toot!"

The referee's whistle sounded, accompanied by the cheers of the spectators on both sides, and the much-anticipated game finally kicked off.

With a "poof", Damian Jones and Grant Gerrett jumped up almost in equal order.

"Smack!" Jones eventually used his thick arms to slam the ball to teammate Josh Margety, a small white defender who is 1.88m tall, with his brilliant bounce.

However, Alexander's quick pace of defense blocked his fast break, allowing him to slow down and reorganise his attack, passing the ball to his open teammate Kendrick Nunn.

Seeing Nunn take the ball, Li Yang quickly pounced, opened his hands, and stared at Nunn's shoulders, his height and arm length were not weaker than the other party, no matter how Nunn made dribbling feints, he just didn't jump, which made Nunn very depressed, and had no choice but to divide the ball and pass it to Damian Jones under the basket.

Opposite Jones was the Clippers' center Grant Jarett, Jones did not hesitate and directly chose to play Jarett with his back.

Jones dribbled hard and pushed back a few times, found that the top could not move, turned around suddenly, pulled up and shot. The ball flew out of his hand, and Gerette jumped up with all his might, but he couldn't touch the ball in the end, and could only watch the basketball arc through the air and fly into the net.

"Huh!" The Warriors went first.

With the Clippers possessing the ball, Alexander controlled the ball and quickly advanced to the frontcourt.

Although the head coach of the Warriors emphasized to everyone how accurate Li Yang's open three-point shot was in this game, everyone didn't care, after all, it was only an open three-pointer.

But this round, Li Yang ran back to the outside after blocking Alexander, and after receiving Alexander's pass, a shooting feint flew Josh Margety, who was defending him, and then easily dribbled to the right, stepped back and made a three-point shot, and the basketball hollowed into the net.

Li Yang hit the first three-pointer of his Clippers career and the first goal of his NBA Summer League career, without too complicated tactics and not too strong individual ability, this first shot came so quickly, but at the same time extremely natural.

Seeing Li Yang's opening with such a Dengge-style retreat and step operation, the fans at the scene broke out into huge cheers!

In the first round, Li Yang showed a style of play that matched his own technical characteristics, and he did not hesitate to shoot.

"Li Yang's three-point shot is very sharp, his technical movements are very smooth, he has the shadow of Harden, and his movements are more elegant!" A commentator at the scene said excitedly.

In the next round, Margeti once again used Jones' block to shake off Alexander's defense, and then threw a shot from the horseback archery.

At the moment of the shot, Alexander bypassed Jones's defense, and with his amazing explosiveness, he caught up with Margeti, jumped from behind Margeti, and interfered with Margeti's shooting in time.

"Bang dang!" The basketball smashed out of the frame, and Gerrett took advantage of the rebound in the backcourt, and then passed the ball to the defender under pressure.

Second round.

Alexander dribbled the ball to the front court, and as soon as halftime he handed the ball to Li Yang.

After all, Li Yang is the tactical focus emphasized by the coach, and in the first game of the Clippers, these players must be obedient no matter what, otherwise they may not have a chance to play in the future.

After Li Yang received the ball, he directly shot a three-point shot one meter away from the three-point line!!

The basketball flew out like a cannonball.

"Whew!!" The basketball is hollow into the net again.

Although Li Yang doesn't like this way of playing very much, who let him have this kind of ultra-long three-point shooting ability, saving time and effort, isn't it fragrant?

Although they all know that Li Yang's three points are very accurate, knowing and being able to prevent it are two different things.

The intensity of confrontation provided by the players here is average for Li Yang.

Although his shooting was interfering, he still scored easily with his individual ability.

Li Yang knows his strength, these are just routine operations, he hasn't made much effort yet, but these fans and reporters don't know.

"Wow!!"

"Nice step-back three-point !!"

"Good Ball !!"

"It's so cool......"

Li Yang felt very happy with the unusually strong cheers at the scene, and he opened his arms to celebrate.