Chapter Seventy-Eight: [Jordan Style] Spread Your Hands
The Grizzlies are in the first tier of teams in this year's Summer League, and they are much stronger than the Bulls on paper.
They have sophomores Darrell Arthur, Mader Haddadi (yes, that's what you think he is), rookies Thabit, Demar Carroll, Sam Young, and Thabit teammate Jeff Adrian, who ran in this year's draft but was missed, and 2007's No. 33 pick Marcus Williams.
When the starters of both sides began to appear, those reporters not only focused their cameras on Xu Yong, but also Tabit.
After the draft convention, many of the draft night stories were exposed by the media, and coupled with the past of the two in the tournament division finals, their encounter was also a gimmick.
If Tabit can get back on the field in front of Xu Yong in tonight's game, it will be the hot news of the summer league after the game.
"Tabit is the real eye", "Xu grabbed the eye that should belong to Tabit", and so on, the popular title is scheduled.
There was no opening ceremony for the Summer League, and after the two sides started the game, the game began quickly.
Bulls starters: Passerby A, Xu Yong, Johnson, Gibson, Richard;
Grizzlies starters: Williams, Young, Carroll, Arthur, Tabit.
After Tabit pulled the ball back to the half, the Grizzlies took the lead.
Their first attack, Thabitt made a block for Carroll, who hit a mid-range shot.
When he retreated to the defensive end, Thabit made a layup on a breakaway that directly blocked Johnson.
The opening two rounds quickly attracted reporters to take pictures.
It's exactly going according to the script they envisioned!
The Bulls' frontcourt ball, there was not much offensive time left, Xu Yong took advantage of Gibson's cover, took out the ball out of bounds to serve, and directly pulled it up and threw it.
There was a flash of magnesium lights on the sidelines.
Although they want to see Xu Yong make a fool of himself, people will still instinctively involuntarily encounter beautiful things.
"Huh!"
Xu Yong's pull-up jumper landed steadily.
Xu Yong was in a good mood after landing.
The technique of dry pulling, especially Mai's dry pulling, in addition to being good-looking, also has a characteristic of eating its own feel.
Many people say that Maddie's dry pulling is unstable, and this sentence is partly because of this.
When your shot is done over the defender's head, it's not the distraction of the defense that affects you, it's the feeling of your own hand.
Therefore, since Mai's dry pulling has been successful, Xu Yong's first attack at the beginning will try to use dry pulling, in order to try the feel of the night.
After all, the feel of this thing is to look at the sky, if the feel is general, he will choose to break through more to the inside line, and then wait for the feel to recover.
But tonight, he seemed to have a good opening touch.
In the Grizzlies' round, Tabit went down after blocking this time, received Carroll's pass and slid out of the basket.
From the tournament to the summer league, two months have passed, and the stage has changed, but his work is still a familiar recipe and a familiar taste.
And Richard is not Ayles, he is full of strength and experience, and he has stuck Tabit for the first time when he turns around, not giving the latter a chance to jump, and when the ball falls, he will grab it again, and the rebound will be firmly in his hand.
Most of the free agents in Summer League are NBA fringe players who come here to fight for a chance at a non-guaranteed contract, but they won't be polite to you.
Passerby A advanced to the front court with the ball, and Xu Yong came out to catch the ball this time and had no room to shoot.
The Grizzlies switched defenses directly.
Arthur was the main power forward for the 2008 NCAA champion team at the University of Kansas, with a long arm span, fast lateral movement, and a knack for guarding against such pick-and-rolls.
Seeing this, Xu Yong chose to start the falling step after dribbling, and saw Arthur pounce and directly accelerate a step past the opponent.
Although Arthur is a second-year student, he is an inside line after all, and he is a beat slower than Xu Yong in terms of speed.
And as Xu Yong became more and more proficient in the technique of falling step, his activation became more and more Medina.
Agile and elegant, unmatched.
As the saying goes, a little cold man arrives first, and then the gun comes out like a dragon.
In addition, the Bulls wore a white jersey today, and Xu Yong was like a white shadow swept into the interior in the eyes of the fans.
When Tabit saw it, he gave up on helping to defend.
It's not that it's too late, but his DNA was touched in an instant, and the experience of being sideways by Xu Yong in the tournament forcibly rushed out of his mind.
"Bang!"
Xu Yong entered the inner line, directly with a one-handed violent abuse frame and a one-armed basket.
The fans at the scene were all stunned.
If they had watched Xu Yong play during this year's NCAA Tournament, even if they felt that Xu Yong's rank was too high, they would not have jumped out of the black.
Because they have watched the game and know that Xu Yong is powerful.
So now the people who come to the scene are basically little blacks who don't watch the ball and like to hit the keyboard.
They've never seen anything like this.
This also ...... It's so handsome!
The spear and white horse are like poetry, and the freshly dressed angry horse is a teenager!
Probably so!
After Xu Yong's dunk landed, he finally showed a smile on his face when he saw the quiet appearance of the scene.
That's the expression.
Ordinary people are suddenly slapped by someone, and their first reaction must be confused.
Of course, not everyone is stunned, such as Ross, who stood up and applauded Xu Yong at this time.
This year, the Bulls and the Celtics have played seven games, and he didn't pay much attention to the "Crazy Three" game, and his impression of Xu Yong is still stuck in last season's match, but Xu Yongke last season did not have this ability to hold the ball and attack.
So he's full of surprises at this moment, is this his backcourt partner next season?
It's strong, it's fierce enough.
Arthur quickly singled out Gibson in the low post to score a goal to save face for himself.
Sophomores have experienced the baptism of the NBA season, and their experience and skills have improved a lot, and Arthur has played 64 starts in his rookie season, which is very capable.
4 draws.
The two teams started the game tiringly.
Xu Yong arrived at the important position in the frontcourt, passerby A gave the ball over, and the rest of the Bulls team pulled away one after another.
Before the game, Harris and his teammates basically reached a tacit understanding, and tonight's team's game strategy is one: let Xu Yong let go.
Xu Yong faced Yang one-on-one.
Yang is 1.98 meters tall and has an arm span of 2.14 meters, with excellent static talent and a strong physique.
This is what Xu Yong can see.
Xu Yong first tried to change direction on the dribble, and then found that Yang's defensive awareness and judgment were also very good, but Yang's coordination ability was a bit poor.
After roughly touching the details, Xu Yong chose to make a sudden stop and pull out.
Simple, but effective choice.
Yang clearly didn't keep up with Xu Yong's rhythm, and by the time he retreated to a defensive position, Xu Yong was already jumping in front of him.
He's basically in a kind of looking up.
As an opponent, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart at this moment, this posture looks really beautiful.
"Huh!"
Xu Yong's opening feeling continued, and he had already scored 6 points in a row.
This time, the agitation at the scene was even louder.
What's going on with this group of Grizzlies, on the confrontation, on defense!
Those media reporters also looked at each other, and they also realized in hindsight that Xu Yong's desire to attack tonight was particularly strong.
Arthur's strong attack in the frontcourt was defended by Richard, and the rebound was also picked up by Richard.
His physique and reach didn't suffer at all in the fight against Arthur.
Switching offense and defense, Xu Yong did not ask for the ball again, but ran without the ball again.
He's very smart and knows that a way of attacking is easy to target, and that's a change of stance.
However, the Grizzlies did a good job of defensive communication with this ball, and when Xu Yong received the ball, Williams was already stuck behind him for the first time.
Xu Yong's choice is also very crisp, directly back.
Williams is tall and has long arms, but he looks thin and weak, and the confrontation is not too strong.
His judgment proved to be correct, and after a few confrontations, Williams' center of gravity was already shaky.
That is, seizing this momentary opportunity, Xu Yong turned directly after the dry pull-out jumper.
However, Xu Yong's back body skills lagged behind at this time, and he was not able to completely shake off Williams.
At the moment when he made a move, Williams struggled to pounce forward and gave Xu Yong interference with his long arm.
Xu Yongkong was forced to lean back to find an angle to strike, and it was at this moment that his passive skill "Scissor Leg" appeared.
He rarely used this dry pull advanced posture before, because although this posture is good-looking, the hit rate is not high.
But obviously, as the intensity of the game increases, he has to use it.
The leaning back elevated the arc of his shot and allowed the basketball to go over Williams' fingertips.
"Huh!"
With a crisp sound of entering the net, Xu Yong's difficult shot was returned.
His hands are so hot right now!
At this time, many fans couldn't sit still, and some couldn't help but cheer for Xu Yong's performance.
In essence, the little sunspots are because they have never seen the world, and when they really see how Xu Yong plays, they can't turn black on the spot.
Of course, at this time, the vast majority of fans still couldn't help but shout.
Oh, that is, it feels good, and there is no technical content at all!
The Grizzlies' comeback offense failed to score again.
It's not that their form has gone down, it's that Xu Yong has scored like chopping melons and vegetables on the offensive end, and the rest of the Bulls can put all their energy into defense.
When the Bulls advanced to the front court again, Xu Yong held the ball again.
In this back-and-forth position, the Grizzlies experienced a wave of sourness.
However, Xu Yong held the ball this time, and the Grizzlies directly attacked him.
It's just that what the Grizzlies didn't expect at all was that Xu Yong jumped up and pulled out three points from the outside.
This is taking advantage of the heat of his own hands and not reasoning with you!
From the fans' point of view, Xu Yong suddenly jumped up in the middle of a crowd of people, and then completed a three-point shot above their heads.
It felt like a white horse general suddenly jumping up in the midst of the army.
Almost everyone's eyes were immediately drawn to the spinning basketball.
It's not going to ...... Come in, right?
"Huh!"
Three points through the net!
Xu Yong, scored 11 points in a row!
"Toot!"
The short whistle sounded on the sidelines as soon as it sounded, and the Grizzlies called a timeout.
In less than five minutes, the score on the field jumped from 4 to 4 to 4 to 15!
It's simply amazing!
And as soon as this pause was called, the audience at the scene was finally moved, and whistles and cheers were mixed with sounds.
In the past, some Suns fans were beaten against each other by Kobe Bryant at home, and now there are little sunspots who are collectively beaten into fans by Xu Yong!
However, Xu Yong's next wave of operations made today's game destined to leave a mark in the history of the summer league.
Because after he scored this three-pointer, he turned to those media reporters on the sidelines and made a [Jordan-style] .jpg!
It's like saying to them, "Is this what you want?"