The Washington Wizards were known to Chinese fans probably during the Three Musketeers period a few years ago, when No. 0 agent Gilbert Arenas, desperate Saburo Caron Butler, and offensive kaleidoscope Antoine Jamison formed the most offensive trio in the league at that time, but because they have not made a breakthrough in the playoffs, coupled with the appearance of Arenas with a gun, all three were traded away in 10 years, and the Wizards have also entered the rebuilding stage. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The current Wizards are a young team, and the core of the team is 10-year No. 1 pick point guard John Wall, who drafted shooting guard Brad Beal with the third pick in the draft before this season, and the two are expected to be one of the best backcourt combinations in the league in the future.

The Wizards, who are in the midst of a rebuild, have not had a good record this season, with only an 11-34 record in the past 45 games, which is completely incomparable to the Spurs' 36-11 record, and the two teams are not at the same level.

After the start of the game, the difference in strength between the two teams was quickly reflected, and in the first quarter of the game, the Spurs completely suppressed the opponent on both offensive and defensive ends, and almost did not give the Wizards any chance to resist.

At 13:27, after the first quarter, the Spurs easily took a 14-point lead.

After the start of the second quarter of the game, although the Wizards improved somewhat, but still did not bring much trouble to the Spurs, 17:24, the Spurs won another 7 points in a single quarter, and the Wizards only scored 30 points in the half, which also allowed the Spurs to expand the difference by 21 points after the first half.

Throughout the first half, Li Yang sat at the end of the bench, which did not surprise Li Yang, as a temporary player signed on a ten-day contract, Li Yang knew very well that only when the team had an injury or a big lead in the fourth quarter into garbage time, he had the opportunity to play.

The situation in the first half of the game is very favorable to the Spurs, and it is also very beneficial to Li Yang, if the Spurs can continue to suppress after the start of the second half, the game may completely enter garbage time in the fourth quarter, with Popovich's strategy in the past two seasons, Li Yang may get a chance.

But after entering the second half, the characteristics of the young team of the Wizards were shown at this time, and if they couldn't beat it anyway, they would let it go, so the situation on the court changed abruptly.

The Wizards, who had no baggage at all, played a very different role in the third quarter than the first two quarters, on the offensive end, they were very resolute, attacking when they had the opportunity, and at the same time actively fighting for rebounds in the frontcourt, and on the defensive end, they also took advantage of their youth and showed great aggression.

At 30:17, in just one quarter, the Wizards brought the score back to 60:68, and the difference between the two sides was only 8 points.

In such a situation, although the Spurs regained control of the situation on the court after the start of the fourth quarter, Li Yang could not get another chance to play.

At 86:96, the game was over, and the Spurs won at home with a 10-point advantage.

For Li Yang, it is a pity that in this game, he did not get the opportunity to play. However, although he regrets in his heart, Li Yang is not too anxious, he knows very well that his current identity is a ten-day short-term contract player, but since the Spurs gave him a ten-day short-term contract, it should not be enough for him to sit on the sidelines for more than 10,000 dollars.

continued to live in Leonard's house, soaked in the Spurs' training gym with the other party, and two days later, Li Yang appeared again at the Spurs' home court, the Los Angeles Clippers, which was the opponent of the Spurs in this game.

The Clippers are a strong opponent and have a 34-13 record in the previous game, only slightly worse than the Spurs' 37-11 record.

Since the arrival of Chris Paul last season, the Clippers have begun to squeeze into the ranks of the Western Conference playoff teams, and this season they have brought in '04 Finals MVP Chauncey Billups and the former Hawks Sixth Man of the Year Jamaar Crawford, and they have further improved their strength and become a powerhouse in the West.

Such a clash between two teams, if nothing else, the game will be very fierce and deadlocked, so before the game, Li Yang was also prepared that he might not be able to get the opportunity to play again.

The game was really stalemate from the beginning, this game, the core point guards of the two teams were in a very good state, the first quarter was almost a duel between Tony Parker and Chris Paul, the two scored, assisted, you come and go, the game is not lively, after the first quarter, the Clippers lead by 2 points slightly advantage.

After the start of the second quarter, the two teams began to enter their own rhythm, the Clippers side was blocked by Paul and Griffin two people to attack, while the Spurs side relied on their team offense, and the two sides did not give in to each other, and the two teams tied 52:52 at halftime.

After the start of the second half, the third quarter was almost a replica of the second, the Spurs played their team basketball very well, and the Clippers, individual talent was also well displayed, and the Spurs led by 2 points after three quarters.

After entering the fourth quarter, taking advantage of Paul's rest, the Spurs suddenly increased their defensive intensity, and the Clippers failed to score for nearly three minutes under the defensive pressure of the Spurs.

Although Paul returned to the court and the Clippers stabilized the situation, the leading Spurs did not give the Clippers another chance and maintained the advantage until the end of the game.

94:105, 11 points, Spurs won again at home. The game was very close, and the situation was as prepared by Li Yang before the game, and he once again sat at the very end of the bench for the night.

Li Yang was not without gains, he watched a wonderful game, and these two games also gave him a better understanding of the Spurs' tactics, and he received the salary of two games without any effort.

However, this kind of harvest is obviously not what Li Yang needs now, the ten-day period agreed in the contract has passed six days, and two of the three games have been played, Li Yang is desperate to get the opportunity to show himself, his goal is not to come to San Donio for a walk and go back to Austin, he hopes to stay in San Donio and stay in the NBA!

At this time, Li Yang can only hope for a game a day later, away against the Minnesota Timberwolves, against a weak team.

............

"Hassan, you crow's mouth!"

In the northwest corner of San Antonio, inside the Cowhi Leonard house, Li Yang shouted into the phone from his guest room.

"Oh, Yang, are you really not playing again?" Hassan Whiteside shouted in surprise on the other end of the line.

Li Yang was on the phone with Whiteside, the two chatted in Austin that night, leaving each other's numbers, before Li Yang and the Spurs signed a ten-day short contract, they shared the news with Whiteside, but at that time Whiteside jokingly said: "Hey, Yang, don't be complacent, maybe you won't have a chance to play in these three games at all." ”

At that time, Li Yang laughed and scolded Whiteside for being a crow's mouth, but what he didn't expect was that Whiteside's words came true.

Against the Timberwolves, the Spurs really won relatively easily, although they only won by 10 points in the end, but the Spurs always had the advantage throughout the game.

However, perhaps because the scores of the two teams have not been too wide, Li Yang, who traveled with the team in this game, still did not get the opportunity to play, and he was the only player in the 13-man list who did not play.

It is worth mentioning that in the game, Ginobili left the court with a left foot injury in the second quarter of the game and did not return to the court, but even so, Popovich did not send Li Yang on the court.

At the end of the three games, although Li Yang's ten-day contract period still has two days, Li Yang has no chance to represent the Spurs in the game during this contract period, so there is a scene where Li Yang can't wait to call Whiteside and scold the other party's crow beak after returning to San Toonio.

"Well, Yang, that's bad news. Whiteside said on the other end of the phone, "Are you the old man who the Spurs?"

"I don't know, but, I don't think so. Li Yang thought about it and said that judging from the information fed back by the Spurs players, his performance in the team's training should be good, but why didn't Popovich give himself a chance at all? It stands to reason that he is not conservative at all in terms of employing people.

What a hell!

"Well, Young, what I want to tell you is that this is the NBA, and as you said before, even if we have talent, it doesn't mean that people are willing to give you the opportunity to perform. ”

At this time, Whiteside's voice came out of the phone again.

"Prepare to go back to Austin, at least you got more than 10,000 dollars, didn't you?"

Li Yang shook his head vigorously, he could imagine how Justin Duntum and Eric Dawson would laugh at himself if he went back like this. What's more, he finally signed a short-term contract with an NBA team, but he didn't even get the opportunity to play, he was unwilling!

"No, Hassan, there are still two days, I still have a chance!"

Thinking of this, Li Yang said to Whiteside on the other end of the phone.

"Uh, okay, man, come on, good luck. ”

"I will!"

While answering Whiteside, Li Yang also secretly cheered himself up, come on!

In the remaining two days of his contract, Li Yang did not stop training because he did not get the opportunity to play, on the contrary, he was even more ruthless, and he believed that his efforts The management and coaching staff of the Spurs would see it.

However, what made Li Yang's confidence lose little by little was that time passed little by little, but he never got any news from the Spurs.

On the last day of the ten-day contract, Li Yang, who had completed his afternoon training with Leonard, returned to his house on the outskirts of Leonard, where he began to pack his things and prepare to leave San Toonio tomorrow.

"It's okay, there's still a chance!"

While picking up things and comforting himself, Li Yang then sat on the bed depressedly.

Although Li Yang kept telling himself in his heart that he still had a chance, maybe he could contact the rocket or the grizzly bear, or maybe he could wait for him to become stronger and come back, but the loss in his heart was still difficult to hide.

"Yang, it's time to eat!"

It wasn't until Leonard's mother, Kim Robertson, shouted from downstairs that Li Yang spoke up.

"Oh okay, I'll come down right now. While responding, Li Yang picked up his mobile phone and prepared to go downstairs.

At this time, the mobile phone rang suddenly, and when he looked down at the caller ID on the phone, Li Yang's eyes immediately began to glow.

Spurs General Manager - RC Buford.