Although Coach Sifu has long been accustomed to Popovich's knife-mouthed tofu heart, this time he was sprayed for more than an hour is still beyond his capacity, and he now feels like his brain is about to explode.

When Popovich asked him how much he had gone wrong, he uncharacteristically interjected and asked, "What did I do wrong, could you tell me first?" I'm so baffled right now! ”

"Why did you let Hoggist fight for so long?" Popovich asked.

Coach Sieuer felt that this question was really redundant, and anyone who watched the game could understand why Hoggist could play for so long, "He played very well, without him we might not have won!" You don't even know that Seth. How terrible Curry is, his three-point shooting is no worse than his brother's! I'm about to complain to you about Henry's misconduct! He didn't find out about such a strong rookie, look at what we selected in the second round......"

However, Coach Sifol's explanation was ruthlessly interrupted by Popovich, "Why do you have to win a summer league without any rewards?" ”

"Huh? If you can win by playing, why not win? Coach Sifu was getting more and more confused by the old man's question.

"Won a summer league game, but you put the future of the Spurs on fire! You've exposed Haugist prematurely, and now you're throwing the treasure that will sustain us for the next 15 to 20 years to be squandered in front of the league's other 29 teams! Popovich reprimanded.

Coach Siafar sighed and replied: "You must know better than me, with Hoggist's ability, even if he doesn't show it in front of everyone now, he won't be able to hide it for long, with his strength, he has basically locked in next year's No. 1 high school student in the United States, and the NCAA will eventually be his plaything, and there are only two things that can affect his draft prospects, injuries and blood." You know you can't keep his strength hidden, so that he will always be ignored. I'm just going to vent your frustration today about your inability to do anything about it! ”

"No matter what, I'm going to do my best to get Hoggist's draft pick as low as possible!" Popovich pondered for a long time and gave new instructions to Coach Sifol, "In the next game against the Trail Blazers, you let Hoggist defend Lillard, and I hope he can make Hoggist as embarrassed as possible." It's the last thing I can do! ”

Coach Sifu did not argue with Popovich either, and agreed to the old man's unreasonable demands. At the same time, pray for Haugist, under the intentional guidance of Popovich, this young man will go through too many setbacks and grinds, and hope that he can withstand all these trials and tribulations, and finally sharpen his edge and become the sharpest sword in the league.

Horgist has no objection to the tactical arrangement of letting his main focus on Lillard, he feels that this is the coach's trust in him, and he must complete it well.

But in the game, Haugist deeply felt that the coach must have a hatred with him for killing his father and taking his wife, otherwise why should he let himself feel the helplessness and despair in his life?

Hougist was beaten into a sieve by Lillard with little effort. Height and arm length have always been the biggest advantage for Howgist defensive perimeter players, but Lillard, who is 6 feet 3 inches, makes Howgist look like a goofy big man. The self-proclaimed master of rhythm Haugist was shaken by Lillard's rhythm changes and was almost separated from flesh and bone; And Lillard also showed Hoggist what is the league's top projection level, Lillard's step-back jumper is in front, and Hougist's best step-back jumper has also become a babbling toddler like a young tooth.

If you were a different person, you would never want to return to the court after half a quarter of defense in the opening game. But Horgist forced himself to stand in front of Lillard again and again, to observe his offensive habits, the details of his movements, and look for his flaws, and was shaken away by Lillard over and over again, and back again, until the fourth quarter, the audience began to feel sorry for this little boy who had been defeated repeatedly.

Although Lillard is a cold-blooded animal on the court, he is angry and feels pitiful for the Spurs to arrange such a stunned young man to defend himself. The Spurs didn't care about the score win or lose, and spent half of the time in each quarter to let this suspected minor come to play against themselves, and they were a little suspicious of looking down on themselves; And he took what he wanted from Haugist, and he beat the other party so embarrassed, and he was a little unhappy.

Of course, no matter how much Lillard has mercy on Hoggist, he deserves not a single point. By the fourth quarter, Lillard had scored nearly 50 points on Hougist's head. However, after experiencing the "crawling and rolling" in the first three quarters, Haugist began to feel some doorways, and gradually he was able to keep up with Lillard's rhythm changes and was no longer easily shaken away.

Although Lillard and McLuum worked together to contribute 70 points in the third quarter, the Spurs were able to bite the score thanks to the outbursts of Mills and Joseph, and the Spurs still only trailed by 5 points after 3 minutes in the fourth quarter. Lillard returned to full strength at the next break, and he came on as a substitute to take away the game in waves, while Coach Sifoor continued to replace Hoggist to defend him, and didn't seem to care about winning or losing.

Lillard is also very good at using pick-and-rolls, and in order to improve the offensive success rate and completely open up the point difference, he and the 7-foot-1-inch Leonard of the team began to frequently block and pick and roll. Lillard not only used the cover to break through sharply, but also used the cover to make a stop-up jumper. When he cuts through the screen, if Leonard blocks Haugist, he'll shoot straight to the stop-and-go jumper; If Hoggist bypasses Leonard's cover, Lillard will also shoot back to the original side of the screener, leaving Hougist unguarded.

But Hoggist's suffering in the first three quarters was not in vain, and when Lillard asked Leonard to cover again, Haugist asked Dedmon's defense not to follow, just wait at the free throw line.

When Lillard used the cover to kill the inside, Haugist deliberately let go of a step behind him, Dedmon retreated one step in front of him, Lillard jumped under the basket to avoid Dedmon's block and changed to a layup, Horgist never jumped, waiting for this moment. He hurried to the other side, jumped up quickly, and reached out to cover Lillard's turnaround layup.

After watching the whole game, poor Hogist was finally able to raise his eyebrows once, and even the audience was relieved for Hoggist, it seems that this young man's fighting spirit has not been crushed!

Hougist took the rebound, dribbled quickly, Leonard was closest to the backcourt after covering at the top of the arc, and also retreated to the front, Hougist rushed to the Trail Blazers' half-court free throw line when he faced Leonard and suddenly made a large change of direction in front of the body to hand the ball to his left hand, deceived Leonard with his right foot to the right rear and slid back to the side to defend when he changed direction again, dribbled the ball from Leonard's crotch, dribbled behind Leonard Bai, and he took a left-footed step first and stuck behind Leonard Bai, Catching the ball with his right hand, he continued to dribble forward, and took three steps to collect the ball.

The crotch ball was certainly exciting, but it also slowed down Haugist's speed, and when Haugist got up to dunk, Lillard chased after him. Feeling as if someone behind him was about to reach out to block it, he immediately pulled his right hand back to his chest and handed the ball to his left hand, and since Horgist's jump was already very close to the basket, he had plenty of time in the air to make movements.

Horgist handed the ball to his left hand and dunked it into the basket from the side with his arm. The audience let out a burst of exclamations as they began to wonder if Hoggist had been releasing water before. can play so well, why do you act so helpless.

Lillard and Hoggist fell to the ground at the same time, and Hoggist smiled at Lillard, turned around and ran back to his own half. The clay man also has three points of fire, not to mention Lillard, he abused Hoggist for nearly the whole game, but at this critical juncture, Hoggist played a wonderful defensive counterattack at the level of five best balls a day, and smiled at himself, what is this? Provocation?

Lillard dribbled over the half, and in the face of Hougist's defense, Lillard's cold face also returned a smile, but unlike Hougist's warm sunshine, Lillard's smile was also as cold as frost.

Lillard didn't have to cover and decided to single Hoggist himself with color. Lillard accelerated with his left-handed dribble, drove Haugist's center of gravity to move, and then suddenly dribbled back and retreated, widening the distance with Hougist, and making a step-back jumper.

Hoggist was "trained" by Lillard for three quarters, and he was already prepared, he immediately braked his body and forced him forward, although Lillard deliberately distanced himself from him, but Hoggist was tall and arm-long, and he was still sealed in front of Lillard, Lillard adjusted the height of the shot, rubbed Haugist's fingertips and threw the ball, the ball was not Lillard's regular trajectory, but it still easily fell into the basket.

The hard-hitting shot sparked a roar of cheers from the crowd, and Lillard arrogantly pointed to his wrist, "It's Damian Time!" ”

In the face of Lillard's provocation, Hougist turned his head and ran away, after all, he was abused by his opponent for a whole time, and he had this arrogant capital.

Hougist's avoidance didn't let Lillard give up, and after defending the Spurs' positional offense, Lillard once again dribbled and singled out Hoggist's defense. Lillard ran a frenzied fancy dribble from beyond the three-point line that dazzled the crowd on the sidelines. But Hoggist was completely unmoved, quietly waiting for Lillard's next move, like a passerby who didn't care about himself.

Lillard saw that Hoggist was unmoved, and suddenly felt a little bored, so he tried to step back and shoot a jumper, but this time Haugist didn't lose his position when he stepped back and followed closely. This time, Lillard completely lost the space to shoot. Fortunately, Lillard didn't stop the ball yet, he dribbled out of the three-point line, and let White Leonard come out to cover him.

Lillard cut behind Leonard and forced a three-pointer regardless of the quality of the screen, whether or not he blocked Hoggist. Hougist was indeed not blocked, he did his best to bypass Leonard as fast as possible, and then quickly bounced to the ground, stretched out his right hand and pounced on Lillard, the ball in Lillard's hand was just thrown, Horgist's big hand exhaled with the wind, and at least three fingers touched the ball.

Lillard's three-pointer changed course with Hougist's interference and flew up at a near-vertical angle before landing. Horgist then jumped back, caught the ball in the air with one hand, and before he could land, he threw it directly to Mills, who had already sneaked down, and Mills caught the ball and threw a chase three-pointer without being defended.

It all happened in a flash of lightning, and it wasn't until Mills made a three-pointer that the audience realized how wonderful the ball was. Everyone raised their hands in anticipation of the three-point shot, and shouted "Three" in unison as the basketball entered the hoop!! ”

Now everyone is more and more suspicious that Hougist's previous embarrassment was acting, otherwise how could Lillard, who was still arrogant and provocative just now, be deflated in an instant?

With a two-point margin remaining, Lillard continued to persistently dribble and go head-to-head with Hoggist. Lillard dribbles low and wants to break through from Hougist's left hand, but Hougist has been training for non-dominant offense and defense in recent years, so there are no flaws in the defense, and Lillard takes two steps back to try to use Shammgod to get past Hougist.

However, Hoggist's mind suddenly flashed through Kowai. The picture of Leonard defending himself, one scene after another, Haugie Stefo to the heart, at this moment like Kehuai possessed, his big hand casually stretched forward, and he actually stabbed the ball.

When Hougist miraculously assisted Mills to shoot a 3-pointer, in the box on the upper floor of the arena, an old man with gray hair, a cowboy hat, and a lower brim angrily smashed the wine glass in his hand, took out his mobile phone and dialed the phone to reprimand something.

In the audience behind the Spurs' dugout, a middle-aged white man in a suit went out to answer a phone call, and when he returned, he was whispering something from behind to Coach Sifol sitting in the Spurs' dugout, just as he saw Hougist cut off Lillard's dribble again. Coach Siforth hurriedly stood up and yelled at the referee to take a timeout.

Hoggist cut off the ball and rode the ball to the Trail Blazers' basket, which was a perfect fast-break opportunity, as long as he hit an easy layup, he could tie the score, studied three quarters and tortured himself for three quarters, and finally got used to Lillard's rhythm and was able to guard against him! Just push back a wave and lead the team to reverse! Haugist was so excited that he didn't hear the referee's whistle, and he took care of himself and carried into the paint area to complete a crotch change dunk, this time he grasped the distance very well, and dunked the ball into the basket with ease.

However, when he landed, he found that the referee had already made a pause gesture, and his goal was invalid.