Chapter 80: Summer League Begins!

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After a week of devilish training, although the players complained, but did get results in a short period of time, the players who were completely unfamiliar with each other before entering the team, now they can run out of tactics correctly, and there are some tacit cooperation between each other, I have to say that Kassel's coaching ability is very good.

After a week of tryouts, they boarded a plane to Orlando on July 3, U.S. time.

The 2015 Summer League is divided into three parts, the Orlando Summer League, the Utah Summer League and the Las Vegas Summer League, and the Clippers will participate in the first Orlando Summer League, which starts on July 4 and ends on July 10, with a total of 10 teams participating in the league, including the Clippers.

Orlando, a city in central Florida, USA, is a very small city compared to Los Angeles, with a population of less than one million, and the only well-known is Orlando Disneyland, which is comparable to Los Angeles Disneyland.

After the Magic players arrived, they stayed at the hotel officially provided by the Magic team.

To say that this team is not the same as the official NBA, the hotel is of a very low grade, not only two people live in one room, but there is a lingering musty smell in the room, but the players did not complain much, for them, playing this game is not to make money and enjoy, what they need is opportunity.

After a tiring day, the players didn't have the strength to go to Disneyland, and after arriving at the hotel, they all rested.

Assigned to the same room with Tang Shuai was rookie Brandon Dawson in the same year.

Not long after returning to the room, Tang Shuai received a call from He Tianju.

When he saw the phone, he was still a little surprised, because he was busy with contracts and training, and after a hangover that night, he didn't contact He Tianju again.

He answered the phone, He Tianju told him a good news, originally after waking up that day, he no longer had any thoughts about the NBA, and flew back to China that day, but soon after returning home, he received a call from his old friend, David Booth, the director of the Pelicans' player department, although the Pelicans did not use the draft picks in their hands to select him, but decided to give him a chance to participate in the summer league.

This was like a lifesaver for He Tianju, pulling him out of the water at once, and now he is ready to fly to New Orleans.

Tang Shuai is also sincerely happy, the road of Chinese players in the NBA is not easy, if there is a Chinese to accompany him in the NBA league, he will not be so lonely.

After hanging up the phone, Tang Shuai felt that the whole person was in a good mood, in a good mood, and the quality of sleep was naturally good, and the next day he got up and went to the stadium full of energy, where his first summer league was about to start.

Because the Magic team is the host team, they are divided into two teams, white and blue, this time with the Clippers against the blue team, compared with the Clippers' ragtag army, the Magic team's lineup competitiveness is obviously a notch higher, they have the potential forward Aaron Gordon who was selected with the fourth pick last year, Elfred Payton, the potential point guard who was selected with the tenth pick, and this year's No. 5 rookie, potential scoring guard Mario Hezonia, both inside and outside, in terms of configuration, This lineup is definitely aiming for this Summer League title.

The first game was against such a strong opponent, and it added a lot of pressure to the Clippers players.

At 0:40 p.m. U.S. time on July 4, players from the Clippers and Magic showed up at the Amway Center, the home arena of the Orlando Magic.

Before coming, Kassel had introduced the home court of the Magic team to them, but Tang Shuai was a little curious, and he was very familiar with the word Amway.

When he arrived outside the stadium, looked at the Amway logo, and saw the special Nutrilite Fan Experience Center, he understood that the stadium was really sponsored by the Chinese company Amway Group.

This unexpected scene relieved Tang Shuai's nervousness a lot, although it was an away game, but playing in a stadium sponsored by a Chinese company, the feeling was still very cordial.

Due to the special nature of the summer league, spectators are not allowed to enter the stadium to watch the game, except for the necessary staff, the other attendees are the staff of each team, which is why these players would rather play in the summer league without salary.

After Tang Shuai entered the stadium, he immediately opened the packaging system and scanned the skill packages of the players on the spot.

To say that the packaging system is quite practical, not only can he have a clear understanding of the strength of his teammates, but also the opponent can see it clearly, which is very helpful for him to make correct judgments on the field.

The results of the scan came out, as expected, the three cores of the Magic team are all masters with purple skill packs, Payton has a purple pass pack, Hezonia has a purple mid-range package, and the strongest is Aaron Gordon, who has two purple skill packs, one for power and one for dunking.

On the other hand, on the Clippers' side, in addition to his own purple three-pack, only Jordan Hamilton has a purple power pack, but Hamilton's other speed skill packs are still green.

The fact at a glance is that it is destined to be a tough race.

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

It was Aaron Gordon and Yannick Moreira who jumped the ball.

With the referee's whistle, Aaron Gordon leaped to his feet and slammed the ball back into the Magic half with his thick arms.

The Magic got the chance to attack first.

The ball is in possession of Payton, the sophomore who has matured a lot after last season's baptism, and now has firmly established himself as the team's starting point guard, slowly advancing to the front court with the ball, reaching out to make gestures to his teammates to run.

The Clippers set up a three-two defense at the beginning, and it can be seen that Cassel also knows the difference in strength between the two teams, and wants to use the defensive cooperation between the players to limit the play of the Magic's two backcourts.

Payton made a gesture, and just then, Aaron Gordon began to run diagonally to the 45th corner, and just as he ran, the Magic's starting small forward Chris Wright made a block that blocked Moreira, who was defending Gordon.

At that moment, Gordon suddenly braked, turned around and ran back to the basket, and jumped up from the spot when he was still two steps away from the basket.

Almost at the same time, Payton, who had been in control of the ball outside the three-point line, threw the ball into the air, and the ball flew straight in front of Gordon as if it were equipped with a positioning device.

When the ball arrived, Gordon grabbed the ball with both hands in the air and threw it down with all his might.

Like a meteorite falling straight down.

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, Gordon slammed the dunk with both hands! The whole person slammed the basket down.

Relay in the air!

At the beginning of the game, the Magic gave the Clippers a lethal dismount.