Even if there was no live TV broadcast, after this game, Ji Liang's performance still caused quite a stir.

In just three quarters, Chi Liang cut down a triple-double with extremely high efficiency, and there was not a single mistake during the period, and he won with an absolute advantage.

For a while, Chi Liang gained a lot of attention.

After two or three days, when all the teams had finished their first Summer League game, the media began to ferment.

There is no harm if there is no comparison, and they are also rookies this year, in the first summer league game, the top pick Olowokandi played 34 minutes, shooting 5 of 14, and scored a total of 12 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks, which is extremely inconsistent with his order.

And that's just the summer league, and if it comes to the regular season, Olovocandi's stats will shrink a lot.

Of course, this is just a dispensable summer league and doesn't mean much, but for the media, the more topical it is, the easier it is to attract readers.

Looking at the star Mike Bibby, he played a total of 30 minutes, shooting 6 of 10, scoring 15 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds, which is much better than Olovo Kandi.

In addition to Ji Liang, the second best performer in this round of summer league is Vince Carter, who is now a key target for the Raptors, playing 32 minutes, shooting 10-of-18 and scoring a total of 24 points, 4 assists and 5 rebounds.

However, compared with Chi Liang, it is still a lot worse.

There is no doubt that in this round of the summer league, the best performer is Chi Liang.

After comparison, many media who were originally not optimistic about Chi Liang changed their views after this game.

For a while, many media began to 'shout grievances' for Chi Liang, and even listed his NCAA team results and data, and supported Chi Liang with facts.

In the eyes of these media, Ji Liang's potential and immediate combat power are obviously underestimated, and his draft pick should not be so low.

However, some media shouted injustice for Chi Liang, but more media still took a wait-and-see attitude, and even thought that this was just an accidental phenomenon, and when the next game came, Chi Liang would be beaten into the original form.

After the win over the Trail Blazers, the Nuggets' next opponent is the Minnesota Timberwolves, but this time on the road.

The Target Center, which is also the arena of the Timberwolves, is similar to the Pepsi Center, which can accommodate 20,000 people, but unlike the Pepsi Center, there are obviously a lot more fans who come to the Target Center to watch the game.

After selecting Garnett, the Timberwolves began to fade and made the playoffs for the second year in a row.

However, this is only summer league, and all the players are made up of rookies, fringe players and free agents, and they are mainly used to test their strength.

When the summer league is over, they will pick free agents to fill the roster according to their needs.

Of course, it's also possible that a free agent can't look down on it.

In this game, facing the lineup of the Timberwolves, Chi Liang was still not restricted, and his individual ability was maximized.

However, although his performance was amazing, due to the collective cold feeling of his teammates, he left the suspense until the last quarter.

In this case, Chi Liang turned on the personal scoring mode, low-post singles, step-back shots, throws and even hooks, almost no offensive blind spots, and even burst shots to steal points continuously, using personal ability to completely kill the game.

In the last quarter alone, Ji Liang scored 17 points.

In the whole game, Ji Liang played 35 minutes, scored 37 points, 8 assists and 9 rebounds, and almost won another triple-double.

In Chi Liang's view, the intensity of the summer league and the NCAA is about the same, maybe the players in the summer league are more capable, but the NCAA is better coordinated.

In general, there is not much difference in the intensity of the game between the two sides, which is why Ji Liang's data has not decreased.

If it comes to the regular season, the intensity of the game will definitely increase a lot, and it will be targeted defense, but it will not be so easy.

Of course, Chi Liang is still full of confidence in his own strength, as long as he is given enough playing time and the ball, even in the regular season, he has the confidence to succeed.

But that's easier said than done! He is not a top show, it is impossible to get a lot of playing time at once, he first needs to get the trust of the coach, and then improve his status bit by bit.

After the game, Ji Liang's attention increased significantly, and more media began to change their opinions, believing that Ji Liang's performance was not an accidental phenomenon and was completely worthy of a higher pick.

At the same time, some media also picked a template for Chi Liang, and in view of Chi Liang's assists and rebounds, in the end, Scottie Pippen, Anfernee Hardaway, Grant Hill and other all-round small forwards have become template candidates.

Because of the way he played, more media was leaning towards Pippen, arguably the strongest second-in-command of all time.

So, without Chi Liang's complete knowledge, he was given the title of Pippen's successor.

If Chi Liang knew, at most he would have smiled, he didn't like to be the successor of XX, but his mouth grew on others, and they could say whatever they liked.

What's more, this is also normal, whenever a rookie plays amazing results, the media will often arrange templates for them to become the successors of various stars in order to attract attention.

Among the various successors, the most famous are Jordan's successor and Bird's successor, the former has the largest number of people, full of physical fitness, and many of them are famous; The latter is a tragedy, as long as it is a player who is accustomed to the title of Bird's successor, it basically ends in tragedy.

Chi Liang doesn't care about things off the field, and now he wants to pursue data and get the attention of the team.

It's a pity, maybe Ji Liang's strength has been recognized, or maybe other players need to be tested, and the assistant coach began to compress Ji Liang's playing time.

Over the next three weeks, the Nuggets played the remaining six games, either at home or on the road.

In a total of eight games, the Nuggets have a good record of 6 wins and 2 losses, and if it weren't for Ji Liang's playing time, the two games lost may not be impossible to turn into a winner.

But for the team, it doesn't matter if you win or lose in the summer league, the most important thing is to check the quality of the players and determine the final lineup.

In the summer league, Ji Liang played an average of 28 minutes, averaging 20 points, 10 assists, 7 rebounds and 2 steals per game.

Although it was only a summer league, the average of close to a triple-double per game still proved that Ji Liang's ranking in the latter part of the first round was completely unworthy of his performance.

Many media believe that Chi Liang is likely to be the biggest jewel of this draft, and his ranking should be greatly improved, even if the top three are no problem.