The game time continued to pass, and in the last two minutes of the first half, as Zhu Fangyu received the ball in the open position and hit a two-point shot, the score came to 48-48, and the Chinese men's basketball team tied the difference.

In the past three minutes, Horford still hasn't found a way to break Yi Jianlian's defense.

For Horford, it may not be possible. When a defender prefers not to grab rebounds, not to assist teammates, not even to help defense, but to follow you, pestering you, whether you have the ball or not, he sticks to you like kraft candy, it's hard to figure out how to crack it.

Especially when both sides are about the same strength.

Continuing to be invisible, the Hawks' summer league head coach finally couldn't take it anymore and submitted a substitution request to the referee's bench to replace Horford.

"Take a break and think about how you're going to play the next game!" The head coach didn't criticize Horford too much, and the big man in front of him was the hope of the Hawks' revival, and he didn't dare to insult him at will.

That's probably the difference between a player with a high pick and a player with a low pick.

Hoyce hid in a corner and cried silently.

***

Horford's rest did not fundamentally turn the situation on the court, without Horford's defense, Yi Jianlian let the tiger return to the mountain, and regained control of the game with a strong cut and a skilled turnaround jumper.

In the second quarter, although he consumed a lot of physical strength on the defensive end, he has been trying on the offensive end, playing 6 times in the first five minutes, and he also shot in the past three minutes, although the shooting rate is not high, but this has something to do with the defender, and his offensive feeling has been maintained.

Once the shackles disappeared, he was full of firepower, and scored 6 points in the last two minutes with a burst of throwing, helping the Chinese men's basketball team open up a 5-point gap before the end of the first half.

"Well done, UAE!" Li Chunjiang greeted Yi Jianlian, who was leaving, and patted his ass affectionately, "You are really improving now!" ”

Yi Jianlian was photographed and furious, this old man is very bad! The action is so skillful, I slapped my ass without a trace, and I forced the greasy feeling in my heart.

Turning his head and sitting in his seat, Yi Jianlian took the towel handed over by the staff.

Refreshing!

After the second quarter, his mood was completely two extremes compared to when he left the court at the end of the first quarter, and he successfully completed a wave of counterattacks, which was a beautiful turnaround.

Now let's see how the second half goes, as long as Horford can't adjust in time, then after the game, the media's evaluation of him and Horford should not be too different.

Strong must be stronger than Horford, Yi Jianlian knows this in his heart, as long as he is not unilaterally beaten, then he can accept it.

After all, it's Horford, and he can average 10.1 points and 9.7 rebounds per game at the end of his rookie season.

For Yi Jianlian, with his current strength, he can play on an equal footing with the top 30 big forwards in the league, what else do you want?

You can't become a fat man in one bite, and there is still a long way to go!

***

Is Horford angry? He must be angry, obviously his strength is so much stronger than Yi Jianlian, but he just can't squeeze the position, especially when he catches the ball, because of the arm span problem, he needs to step on his feet or jump up to receive the ball, but after these actions are done, the position that he finally squeezed does not belong to him.

This gave him a bit of a headache, and made him even more aggrieved.

Originally, he still wanted to completely blow up Yi Jianlian and let Mr. Danny Ferry, the general manager of the Eagles, see his strength! Now it's okay, if you don't want to fight or not, can you suppress Yi Jianlian a little, this has become a big problem.

Speaking of which, Horford's style also restricts his play, his style of play is destined to shine in a team with a mature system, but the summer league is a group of improvised players, not to mention tacit understanding, whether they can pass the ball well is a big problem, and a large part of the Hawks players play by themselves with the ball, even if there are three defenders in front of them, they do it themselves, and they don't care about it at all.

Most of them are training camp contracts, the kind of contracts that are guaranteed to be cut if they don't perform well in the summer league.

The problem of rice bowl is a matter of life and death, life and death are at stake, who is willing to give their lives to others, can't they just play as soon as they get the ball?

And Horford was firmly entangled by Yi Jianlian, for them, it is good news, so that they can have more shots, otherwise these balls must be handed over to him for distribution, the ball is in his good pass, the ball is not in your shooting ability, anyway, the problem is in you, the praise is in him.

Therefore, no one will give Horford substitution defense, blocking and other cover, they wish Yi Jianlian would lock Horford like this.

This is where Horford has no choice but to do so, and it is also the reason why he did nothing in the second quarter, and even the coach couldn't help him.

The head coach of the summer league basically does not arrange tactics and plays freely!

After the whole game, in addition to the coach's guidance on the players required by individual management, the most he does at other times is probably to make substitutions.

In contrast, fortunately, Yi Jianlian participated in the summer league with the Chinese men's basketball team, and he had teammates to help cover when he was attacking.

Horford was secretly envious, but he didn't say it......

***

At the beginning of the second half, Horford also adjusted, more aggressively asking for the ball, more resolute offense, and from the beginning of his eyes, only the basket remained.

On the defensive end, he no longer tried his best to defend Yi Jianlian, but only blocked slightly, and once Yi Jianlian exerted his strength, he immediately gave way to his position.

Obviously he's going to leave all his physical energy on offense.

It's a smart choice, especially if your teammates are selfish.

The scene suddenly looked a lot better, from the mutual locking in the second quarter to the mutual explosion in the third quarter, Yi Jianlian and Horford came and went, and there was a great potential for Mars to hit the earth.

However, although they are all goals, it is obvious that Horford has more scoring means, small hooks, and changing hands to play the board...... In comparison, Yi Jianlian's offense is a little simple, either a layup or a shot, and it doesn't look as easy as Horford - Horford Yi Jianlian, who is full of firepower on the offensive end, can't be stopped, after all, there is a 7-point power gap, which can be made up for by hard work alone.

Entering the reasonable collision zone, Horford only needs to increase his strength to squeeze Yi Jianlian away, which is no way.

Horford also scored 14 points in the third quarter, beating Yi Jianlian's 11 points, helping the Hawks to overtake the score by 4 points.

77 to 73, the game entered the fourth quarter, and only a few hundred people gradually became lively because of the scoring tide in the third quarter.