Chapter 52: Summer League Debut II
The Pelicans attacked, Jrue Holiday wanted to return one, but he didn't get rid of the lateral movement agile Li Mojie, the long arm of Li Mojie was interfered with, the mid-range shot missed, and when Anthony Davis and Gobert fought for the rebound, the rebound was successfully picked up by Gobert.
Li Mojie, who scored the first point, became more and more out of control, and in the next round, he made a strong break into the interior, facing the defensive leaky lane Ryan Anderson's supplementary defense, a high-arc pass flew above his palm, and Gobert caught the ball and dunked into the basket.
"Well done!" Many Suns fans in attendance cheered.
"That's awesome!" Not only that, there are also a lot of Chinese in the Mark Center Arena today, if you go to Las Vegas, there are a lot of Chinese, and overseas Chinese need these Chinese stars who are active in the first line, so they spontaneously came to see Li Mojie's summer league debut.
As a result, Li Mojie, with the support of the fans at the scene, became more and more excited, facing Zhu Holiday to get what he wanted, directly on the three-point line using the back of Coach Tyron to play Zhu Holiday, and then when Rivers Jr. came to wrap up, it was easy for a small spinning top surnamed Wu to turn around, and then face Davis's defensive pull-up layup to score the ball.
"Awesome!"
"Is this going to heaven?"
"The top score, such a big gap?"
The audience who watched the live broadcast of Li Mojie applauded, and the barrage was full of airmarks.
As a result, the Suns directly beat the Pelicans 9:2 in the opening three minutes, and Li Mojie directly stopped the Pelicans with 6 points and 2 assists, and Pelicans coach Monty Williams was angry, facing the Suns' group of role players + a champion team that should have been a game where the Pelicans had an advantage, but it was directly stopped by a rookie on the opposite side, what is this called, and quickly made changes.
"Aminu, you and Holiday switch defenses, you go to defend that rookie, and teach this rookie a good lesson in the NBA story." Although Aminu is a full-time defensive forward in the Pelicans, Monty Williams can also see that the Suns' training plan for Li Mojie is carried out in accordance with the Cavaliers' training plan for James that year, and Li Mojie also lived up to the expectations of the Suns, facing Zhu Holiday who was the 17th pick in 09 and showed his amazing talent.
"Also as a champion show, what are you doing, huh? Davis? Are you sleepwalking? Against this year's No. 27 rookie, that Frenchman, you're beaten like. Monty Williams scolded unceremoniously.
Anthony Davis did not gain much weight of only about 220 pounds due to his injury last year and continued to grow in height (6-foot-10" when he first entered the league, and he was only about 220 pounds), and his extraordinary arm span faced the 7-foot-1-inch height, and the 245-pound Gobert with 7-foot-9" arm span was also at a disadvantage in all aspects.
However, the fans and the media will not care so much, they only know that you, as last year's champion show, can't even deal with this year's No. 27 show, and you are sure to wear a parallel champion hat.
So Davis became angry and began to go crazy, hitting Gobert with the ball on the inside, a false shake, shaking Gobert's center of gravity, which is still very young, to the right, and then using his extraordinary athleticism to break through to the left and make a successful layup.
Then Davis singled Gobert on the inside frame, spread his feet apart, looked up and bent over a few crotch dribbles, and Gobert stared nervously at Davis on the right side of the basket. That's why Davis was selected as the 12-year No. 1 pick, although he is weak, he has excellent height and reach, excellent athleticism, and can use his height and reach to bully opponents against opponents with short stature, and against opponents like Gobert who are better than him in terms of height and reach, he can use his athleticism and skillful ball control skills to break through opponents.
Markieff saw Gobert being broken and immediately came to make up for the defense, but Ryan Anderson was empty, Davis gave Anderson a cross, and Anderson, who was eating by shooting, hit an empty three-point shot in the bottom corner.
Li Mojie naturally couldn't let Davis bring the rhythm of the game, and tried to shake Aminu a few times at the three-point line, and found that the NBA homeless man was experienced and not fooled, and then passed to Marcus Morris, who ran to the right without the ball, and Aminu was about to follow the defense, but found that he hit a thick wall called Gobert. Marcus immediately passed the ball to Li Mojie, who held the ball and burst inside, and found that the Pelicans' defense was completely attracted to him, and Davis immediately made up for it. Then a behind-the-left pass was made for the crowd to realize that PJ Tucker didn't know when to shake off Rivers Jr. and get a one-handed dunk.
"This rookie seems to be very strong?" The neutral fans in Las Vegas saw that Li Mojie was able to successfully beat Holiday alone, and then assisted his teammates to score, which greatly exceeded their previous expectations.
"Because it's summer league, the Pelicans have terrible players! No wonder we couldn't make the playoffs last year. Although it is true that this year's Pelicans will not make the playoffs, they have ignored that the Suns' group of role players and NBA homeless teammates are awesome?
"Maybe it's just luck, how can a 2-meter-tall yellow player be so good." If this is talking about black people, then it must be racial discrimination, but when it comes to yellow people like Li Mojie, there is naturally nothing to do, after all, everyone is used to robbing and discriminating against yellow people, and they will not protest.
"Wow, magic pass!" Barkley still watched Li Mojie's live broadcast for the first time, and opened his mouth in surprise.
"Charles, keep your mouth shut, I've watched Marc Jacques many games, and this kind of passing happens every game, not surprising." Kenny teased.
"Well, the Suns didn't choose a Nash this time, they chose a magician!" Barkley sighed as he touched his smooth head.
"As a former Suns celebrity, do you have any advice for the first champion in Suns team history? You know, a lot of media has been satirizing him lately about his promise to win the Suns' first championship. Kenny glanced at Barkley and asked maliciously.
"Well, it's still hard to win a championship, especially as the heart and leader of the team, and hopefully he can work hard now...... Oh hell, Kenny, put your two rings away......" Charles shouted when he realized that finally Kenny was not drunk, and he didn't mean to drink.
While the ESPN commentary booth was having fun, the game on the field continued. The Pelicans changed the decline at the beginning, Holiday Jr., Rivers Jr., Anderson and others began to exert their strength, three-point and mid-range shots were frequently successful, but fortunately Gobert was happy to grab rebounds, so the Pelicans did not have many opportunities for secondary offense. However, the Suns' opening advantage was gradually eroded, and they only led by two points, with a score of 78-76.
Hornacek found that the opposite lineup was obviously higher than the role players, homeless and insecure players on his side, and only Li Mojie had the advantage in the position.
After the substitution, Li Mojie moved to the small forward position, 183's Ismael Smith as point guard, and newly traded Gerald Green as point guard.
But the tactical core remains the same, the Suns continue to focus on Li Mojie, and in this summer league, Li Mojie's opposition advantage is still relatively obvious.
In the first hour, the Pelicans have fully comprehended the strength of this new champion, so as soon as he got the ball, the Pelicans' defense began to move closer to him, and the two Pelicans players closest to him began to deliberately widen the distance from their opponents, leaving only a gap that could barely be regarded as being opposing defenses, in fact, their attention had already turned to Li Mojie, ready to come over at any time.
This time, Li Mojie used his back in the face of Aminu on the inside flank, and the resistance from behind him increased significantly, and he squeezed back twice in a row, and before he could enter the attack range, the opponent's Zhu Holiday rushed over and unfolded the bag against him.
"Beautiful!" Hornacek couldn't help but clap his hands on the sidelines!
Li Mojie's vision and passing ability are vividly reflected in this attack! When the Pelicans players unleashed the bag on him, Lee Mojie did not panic, and when he attracted people, he quickly distributed the ball to Ismael, who was released. Suns point guard Ismael received the basketball, and Pelicans point guard Holiday who was opposite him did not have time to return to the defensive position for the time being, and Ismael went to the restricted area and scored two points on a three-step layup.
It turned out that he had been using his spare eyes to observe his teammates' movements, and once the opponent ran over to cover Li Mojie, he could wait for his work and distribute the ball to his teammates in the empty space. But it's easier said than done, first of all, you have the strength to let others cover you, which requires you to have an absolute advantage in the alignment. Secondly, you also need to have a calm ball intelligence, a big-picture view, and the passing ability, and the audience in the audience is hard to imagine that this is a rookie who is playing in a professional league for the first time.
But Li Mojie was used to playing like this in high school and college, so the audience saw the performance of a new magician.
"Ness, a pass from the Magic, a layup from PJ Tucker, oh no, it's the new Magician."
"Gobert's heavy buckle still comes from our champion this year, Mojie Lee!"
In the first game, the Suns defeated the Pelicans 97-89 to get off to a good start in the summer league, and at the same time, Li Mojie's performance also overshadowed last year's champion, giving Adidas and supporting Suns fans and Chinese fans a reassurance.