Las Vegas, from an inconspicuous and dilapidated village, has become the largest city in Nevada in the United States in just ten years, ranking first among the world's four major gambling cities, and becoming a wonder of the world, so it enjoys a high international reputation. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Summer League is held here every year shortly after the NBA Draft, so the Summer League is also known as the "Vegas League", a league for players and newcomers who have been in the league for less than three years.

Although many players of the Celtics were unable to participate in the summer league, in order to improve the cohesion of the team, head coach Stevens decided to go to Las Vegas as a whole.

In the Celtics' current 18-man roster, the players who can still participate include Brandon Rush, Ronny Starki, Perry Jones, who are still free agents, as well as Marcus Smart and James Young, who have just been in the league for three years, RJ Hunter, Jordan Mickey and Terry Rozier, who have been in the league for two years, and Ben Bentiltier, who just entered the league last year, and Ye Hai, who just participated in the draft this year, a total of 10 players.

The 10 players will make up the Summer League squad for the two-week tournament.

I have to admit that Las Vegas, as a "city that never sleeps", completely attracted Ye Hai as soon as it came up, and after signing a big contract with the team, Ye Hai became a multimillionaire, but it is obvious that Ye Hai has not learned how to enjoy life as a multimillionaire, and still puts all his energy into the basketball he loves.

The streets here are full of beautiful women, tall and handsome men, and people of all colors gather in the city to become gamblers at a table through a few pokers or a few sieves, and some even quickly become friends.

But as professional players, the players led by Al Horford and Chris Paul still maintained restraint, and after arriving in Las Vegas, they did not go out to play or relax because they did not need to play, but immediately put into hard training like the players who were about to participate, and their performance also let Ye Hai know the professional attitude that he should have as a professional player.

According to the schedule of the event, the Celtics will play eight teams in 14 days and play eight games in 14 days, two of which are back-to-back, an intensity that is unbelievable for the high school league that Ye Hai has experienced before, but for NBA players, it is already accustomed.

Through training with the team, learning the team's tactics, and the careful guidance of Horford and Paul, Ye Hai began to gradually adapt to the rhythm of American basketball, and through more and more exciting performances on the court and fluent English, Ye Hai quickly integrated into the new team. It is also strange to say that Ye Hai, who has always been a little dull in normal interpersonal communication, is very easy to make friends on the basketball court, and the communication is much smoother, which may be one of the reasons why many basketball beginners love to play basketball more and more.

After getting acquainted with Paul, Ye Hai finally couldn't help but ask Paul why in the last intra-team match, Paul's attitude towards himself in the first half was completely different.

After listening to Ye Hai's doubts, Paul laughed and said, "Ye, you won't be angry with me because of this, right?" ”

Ye Hai hurriedly shook his head and said, "I'm just very strange and express my doubts, if you think my question is not appropriate, you can not answer it." "Although Ye Hai is more wooden, it is very clear that he cannot offend the team's superstar players.

Paul smiled and said, "Ye, I actually discovered your athletic talent a long time ago, and I also watched your wonderful performance in that game against the United States team at the World Youth Championships. As for not passing you in the first half of the internal match, it was because I didn't know much about your sports habits at that time, you are an international player, and I hope I can get to know you more and then start playing for you to avoid mistakes between us, otherwise it will make you more nervous. ”

After listening to Paul's words, the doubts in Ye Hai's heart were relieved all of a sudden, isn't it, when he first came on the field, his movements were indeed a little tight, if there were a few mistakes in the first half, maybe his confidence would be affected, and in the second half, after Paul continuously sent second passes according to his sports habits to let himself score consecutive goals, he began to relax and played a wonderful second half.

Thinking of this, Ye Hai couldn't help but have a deep admiration for Paul in his heart, worthy of being the NBA's star point guard.

Three days after the team reached here, the summer league kicked off and the Celtics welcomed the league's first opponent, the Charlotte Hornets.

As the starting point of Paul's career, the Charlotte Hornets still have deep feelings for the former "Queen Bee" Chris Paul, but it is a pity that the combination of guard West and Tyson Chandler did not lead the Hornets to achieve satisfactory results, and finally left.

The Hornets' lineup, led by third-year power forward Frank Kaminski, plus 2.11-meter center Christian Wood, also a third-year player, and tall point guard Aaron Harrison, form the core of this team.

On the Celtics side, in the first summer league game, Stevens lined up the lineup of center Perry Jones, power forward Ben Bentil, small forward Ye Hai, scoring guard Blanton Rush and organizational guard Marcus Smart, in this lineup, it is obvious that the heavy responsibility of attacking is also on the outside, that is, the combination of Ye Hai + Rush + Smart, which is the opposite of the Hornets who mainly play inside.

After the start of the game, the Hornets took the lead, and Kaminski, who had already established himself as the main player of the team, scored one after another, and Wood, who had more solid fundamentals, also won the interior against Jones.

And the Celtics, because only Ben Ben Buntier and Marcus Smart participated in the team's official games last season, so it was a little slow at the beginning, and after gradually regaining the feeling, the team's tactical cooperation began to play, because the summer league is mainly to scout players, and in this league, the Celtics coaching staff will also cut three people from the current team lineup, so everyone's offensive opportunities and playing time are almost the same.

In this case, Ye Hai made full use of the two tactics designed by the team for himself, both seized the opportunity to score, and in the shooting percentage of the open position, Ye Hai handed over the result of shooting 7 of 8 in the first game, showing a good feel and stability, which is completely different from the impression that Chinese players are very accurate in training and not accurate in games.

Although Ye Hai's performance was very good, but given the time constraints, Ye Hai only played half the time, and finally shot 9 of 11, including 2 of 2 3-pointers and 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 22 points, as well as 5 rebounds, 2 assists, and 1 steal. With 11 shots, he was second only to Brandon Rush, who was the starting point guard and had a very strong desire to perform. After Rush became a free agent after playing for the Timberwolves last season, he was desperate to earn a spot with the Celtics, who offered him a training camp contract.

However, Rush, who was eager to perform, did not shoot well in this game, shooting 6-of-13 from the field, with a good 3-pointer performance, 3-of-5 shooting, 3-of-4 free throws, contributing 18 points and 3 steals.

Ben Bentil, who played with the team last season, grabbed nine rebounds in 18 minutes, while Marcus Smart also scored 12 points and dished out seven assists in a limited time.

However, compared to the Celtics, the Hornets had a better first game, and the team's players worked together more tacitly, Kaminsky had 17 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, center Wood had a double-double of 12 points and 10 rebounds, and Harrison, a 1.98-meter-tall point guard, had 11 points and 9 assists.

In the first summer league game of Las Vegas, the Celtics suffered a "black start" and lost to the Hornets 80-88. But in this game, the players gained a lot in terms of cooperation and tacit understanding, and when Ye Hai was present, the team naturally unified the idea of taking Ye Hai as the core of the attack.

Immediately after the loss in the first game, Stevens rehearsed the shortcomings of the first game in the second day of team-based practice. After a day of rest, the team will face a second opponent, last year's All-League runner-up and Eastern Conference champion - the Cleveland Cavaliers. (To be continued.) )