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Chapter 16

Three consecutive wins

Author: Tiamo the Withered

Three consecutive wins

Of course, it's okay if you just feel sorry for this, but people who lead the way and question things are indispensable at all times.

Some people talk about the important things of the national team. As a young player, Li Chengming has no sense of collective honor at all. He doesn't want to sign up for the national team first, but instead comes to the NBA draft. What is the difference between this and Wang Zhizhi back then?

At that time, Dazhi had a very unhappy relationship with the Bayi team and the men's basketball team because of his participation in the NBA. He only recovered recently.

The men's basketball team chose to remain silent at this time. They neither ignored the media, after all, the media did not say anything bad about them, nor could they stand up and speak for Li Chengming.

Fortunately, Li Chengming is now in the United States, and no one can stop him. In an interview just after the third Summer League game, he stated that he is willing to fight for the country if given the opportunity, but the premise is that the country

The team extended an invitation to him.

There's nothing to say about this. Although national honor is above all else, if others look down on you, you can't stick to someone else's cold butt with your warm face, right?

Now the ball was kicked to the men's basketball team, and they had to speak out.

First of all, he naturally welcomed Li Chengming, Barabala, and then explained that this was definitely not our mistake. No one knew Li Chengming before. Those who don’t know are not guilty, and the circumstances are excusable. Finally, they are very disappointed with the team’s current lineup.

I am satisfied and will not make any adjustments in the short term.

Want to use Li Chengming to slap them in the face?

nonexistent!

They may even be hoping that Li Chengming will lose his performance in the next game, while Kong Kong Yi and Sun Dasheng will be able to thrive in the second game.

From the data point of view, the performance of Space Yi in the first game is not worse than that of Li Chengming, but the efficiency is lower, but Sun Dasheng really has nothing to say.

They are both second-round picks, but they are still the last picks. Why is the gap so big?

Because there are fewer teams participating in the Orlando Summer League and the schedule is relatively short, each team's game rhythm is relatively tight. Basically there is one game a day. During these two days, the Magic played against the SuperSonics (Thunder) and the Heat respectively.

They each fought a game, and they all won.

Li Chengming played in both games. Not to mention his performance, the key is that he unknowingly became the core of the team's offense.

When in doubt, let Li Cheng play alone first, and then distribute the ball after attracting double-teams.

It's extremely easy to play like this, but the opponent just can't guard against him.

To be honest, with his size and strength, playing in a mere summer league would be a bit of a downgrade.

Many people are still not optimistic about him because they feel that he relies on his body to dominate, making it impossible for other players in Summer League to fight against him. But in the NBA, there are people who are not inferior to him in terms of strength and physique, not to mention that there will be special arrangements.

With his tactics, his weaknesses will be exposed when the time comes, and he will definitely be defeated.

During this period, some people have specially summarized his technical characteristics. There was really little information about him in the past. Only the Magic team had a trial training, and they were only somewhat impressed by his shooting and rich offensive methods. But after

In three Summer League games, some of Li Chengming's playing styles and personal habits were also recorded by scouts.

After all, Summer League is not only for each team to train rookies, but it may also prepare for the next trade.

If there are players you like, you might be able to intervene in the transaction later.

Li Chengming's performance naturally attracted the attention of other teams, but his size and certain hidden dangers tend to put people off.

The so-called hidden dangers are also related to the body shape, that is, he feels that he is easily injured. Although he is a floor-playing style, his weight is too much for the body.

In addition, on the offensive side, Li Chengming's skills are very solid, and he can occasionally show off his tricks. Apart from his habit of going to the left when breaking through, he is easily seen through; but on the defensive end, he switches to a small and quick defender.

Then there is absolutely nothing you can do.

There's nothing he can do about it. No matter how flexible he is, he can't violate the laws of physics. It's naturally not easy for this huge body to move sideways or turn around. If he follows up to a high position and then returns to defense, it will definitely be too late.

Fortunately, Li Chengming can still move to the fourth position, as long as he guards the penalty area. The low position is his sphere of influence. With his wingspan and strength, even if he doesn't jump, these opponents will not be able to easily succeed if they break in.

Moreover, although Li Chengming's instant explosive power is average, his ability to predict and react is very strong. As long as he takes off immediately, he can also contribute to blocking shots.

The assistant coach watched so much that he even thought, what if Li Chengming was allowed to play in the paint all the time?

But in that case, his height would not be an advantage. After all, in college, he was just over 2 meters tall and could barely hold up the inside line. In the NBA, even 206 meters is too short.

Although Ben Wallace is not tall, his bounce and afro can make up for it a little.

Li Chengming's playing style is still floor style. After all, due to his body shape, the load is still relatively heavy if he really wants to fly to the sky and escape from the ground, so most of the time he doesn't jump if he can.

However, although the advantages and disadvantages are obvious, Li Chengming plays very smart and knows how to use his strengths and avoid weaknesses.

If the opponent wants to challenge him forcefully, then he will use tricks. If the opponent wants to use tricks, then he will use his strength to defeat him.

The battle between Li Chengming and his opponents' rookies in these two games is also a highlight. After all, as the last pick, every game where a rookie performs better is a slap in the face.

The Heat's rookie was Daequan Cook, the 21st pick in the first round of this year. Because the Heat reached a deal with the 75ers, he was selected by the 75ers and then sent to the Heat.

With a net height of only 192 centimeters, he is actually a bit short for shooting guard, and his running and jumping talents are relatively average. The better part is that he already has NBA-level confrontation ability and is very strong. Anyway, when Li Chengming faced him

He couldn't be easily knocked away.

But after that, he never came to defend Li Chengming again...

Cook only played 19 minutes in this game, scoring 9 points and 3 assists on 3 of 8 shots, and also contributed 4 additional turnovers. He was completely incomparable to Li Chengming, who had 28 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

What Li Chengming regretted most was that Durant did not play in the game against the SuperSonics. The SuperSonics obviously cherished this second pick. You must know that if it had not been for "Oden the Great", Durant would have been much better in other years.

The probability is that it will be number one.

The rookies who need to be focused on training naturally have to be sparing, and Durant also performed very well in his debut in the first game of Summer League, which proved their vision.

However, he still faced off against another rookie from the Sonics, this year's fifth pick in the first round, Jeff Green, who was traded from the Celtics.

Jeff Green is 206cm tall and is also a swingman at the forward position. Although he is only 106kg, he has good confrontation ability. Although he was crushed against Li Chengming.

In this game, the Sonics put him in the fourth position, which happened to be opposite Li Chengming. The two of them were at odds with each other on offense and defense.

Jeff Green can't guard Li Chengming, and it's also difficult for Li Chengming to restrict him, because he also has rich offensive methods and is already a very mature NBA rotation-level player.

And this guy is different from the stupid and black guys I met before. He has a good basketball intelligence. After trying to use his back and it was difficult to match Li Chengming, he simply faced the frame and held the ball. Li Chengming's defense was a bit unable to keep up with him.

Already.

The key is that his skills at the basket are very good, and his 216 wingspan also ensures that his shots will not be easily interfered by Li Chengming.

If it weren't for Li Chengming's low-post deterrence, and his ability to distribute the ball even better after attracting double-teams, with 17 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists, the Magic might not have won this game.

Of course, Gortat's performance is also crucial, because with Li Chengming here and Redick taking a break, the team relies on Li Chengming and Gortat.
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