The Grizzlies are in the first tier of teams in this year's summer league, and on paper they are much stronger than the Bulls.

They have second-year player Darrell Arthur, Mad Haddadi (yes, the one you think he is), rookies Thabeet, DeMarre Carroll, and Sam Young, in addition to Thabeet's teammate Jeff Adrian, who participated in this year's draft but was not selected, and 2007 No. 33 pick Marcus Williams.

When the starting players of both teams began to appear on the court, the reporters not only pointed their cameras at Xu Yong, but also at Tabit.

After the draft, many stories from the draft night were exposed by the media, and coupled with the two's past in the tournament divisional finals, their meeting was also very intriguing.

If Thabeet can get back on track against Xu Yong in tonight's game, it will be the hottest news of the summer league today.

"Thabit is the real runner-up", "Xu stole the second place that should have belonged to Thabit", and so on, these titles are bound to be popular.

There is no opening ceremony in the summer league. The game starts immediately after the starting players of both teams appear on the court.

Bulls starting lineup: Lu Renjia, Xu Yong, Johnson, Gibson, Richard;

Grizzlies starting lineup: Williams, Young, Carroll, Arthur, and Thabeet.

After Thabeet passed the ball back to his own half, the Grizzlies took the lead in attacking.

On their first attack, Thabeet set a screen for Carroll, who made a mid-range shot.

After returning to the defensive end, Thabeet directly blocked Johnson's breakthrough layup.

The first two rounds quickly attracted reporters to scramble to take photos.

This is exactly what they envisioned!

The Bulls had the ball in the frontcourt and there was not much time left for the offense. Xu Yong took advantage of Gibson's screen, came out to receive the ball from out of bounds, and just pulled it up and threw it.

There was a flash of spotlights on the sidelines.

Although they wanted to see Xu Yong make a fool of himself, people still instinctively cannot help themselves when they encounter beautiful things.

“Swish!”

Xu Yong's pull-up jump shot went into the pocket steadily.

Xu Yong felt happy after landing.

The pull-up shot technique, especially the McStyle pull-up shot, not only looks good, but also has the characteristic of being very dependent on one's own touch.

Many people say that McGrady's pull-up shot is unstable, and this statement is to some extent due to this point.

When you shoot over the defender's head, what affects you is not the interference from the defense, but your own touch.

So since he learned McDonald's pull-up shot, Xu Yong would try to use it in his first attack at the beginning of the game, just to try out the feel of the ball that night.

After all, the touch depends on luck. If his touch is average, he will choose to break through to the inside more often and then wait for his touch to recover.

But tonight, he seemed to have a good start.

In the Grizzlies' turn, Thabeet followed the pick-and-roll, received the pass from Carroll and made a layup.

Two months have passed from the championship to the summer league. The stage has changed, but his work is still the familiar formula and the familiar taste.

And Richard is not Ayers. He is very strong and experienced. He blocked Tabit in the first turn and did not give him the chance to jump. After the ball fell, he grabbed the rebound with his hand.

Most of the free agents in the summer league are at the fringe level of the NBA. They come here for the opportunity of a non-guaranteed contract, and they will never be polite to you.

Passerby A advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, and this time Xu Yong came out to receive the ball but had no space to shoot.

The Grizzlies switched defense directly.

Arthur was the main power forward for the 2008 NCAA champion Kansas University. He has a long wingspan, quick lateral movement, and is very good at defending this kind of pick-and-roll.

After seeing this, Xu Yong chose to start with a drop step after dribbling, and when he saw Arthur rushing towards him, he accelerated and passed the opponent in one step.

Although Arthur is a sophomore, he is an inside player after all, and his speed is a beat slower than Xu Yong.

And as Xu Yong became more and more proficient in the technique of falling step, his start became more and more like that of McGrady.

Agile and elegant, unparalleled.

As the saying goes, a flash of cold light comes first, and then the gun shoots out like a dragon.

In addition, the Bulls were wearing white jerseys today, so in the eyes of the fans, Xu Yong was like a white shadow that flashed into the paint.

After seeing this, Tabit immediately gave up assisting in defense.

It wasn't that he was too late, but his DNA was triggered in an instant, and the experience of being penetrated by Xu Yong in the championship forced its way out of his mind.

“Bang!”

Xu Yong broke into the inside and violently shot the ball from the rim with one hand and then hung on the basket with one arm.

The fans at the scene were all shocked.

If anyone had watched Xu Yong's game during this year's NCAA tournament, even if they thought Xu Yong's ranking was too high, they would not specifically criticize him.

Because they have watched the game and know that Xu Yong is capable.

Therefore, those who come to the scene now are basically those black guys who didn’t watch the game and just like to type on the keyboard.

They had never seen such a scene before.

This is... too cool!

The spear and the white horse flutter like a poem, the bright clothes and the vigorous horse of youth!

That’s about it!

After Xu Yong landed after dunking, he saw that the scene was quiet and a smile finally appeared on his face.

It's this expression.

If most people were suddenly slapped in the face, their first reaction would be confusion.

Of course, not everyone was confused. For example, Ross stood up and applauded Xu Yong.

This year, the Bulls and Celtics fought seven games. He didn't pay much attention to the "Crazy Three" game, and his impression of Xu Yong still remained from the match last season. However, Xu Yong last season did not have this kind of ability to attack with the ball.

So he was full of surprises at this moment. Is this his backcourt partner next season?

Very strong and fierce.

Arthur quickly challenged Gibson in the low post and scored a goal to save his face.

The second-year player has experienced the baptism of the NBA season and has greatly improved his experience and skills. Arthur started 64 games in his rookie season and is very capable.

4 flat.

The two teams were evenly matched at the start.

Xu Yong went to the frontcourt to take position, Passerby passed the ball to him, and the other Bulls players moved away one after another.

Before the game, Harris and his teammates basically reached a tacit understanding. The team's game strategy for tonight was only one: let Xu Yong go wild.

Xu Yong faced Yang one-on-one.

Yang is 1.98 meters tall, with a wingspan of 2.14 meters. He has excellent static talents and looks very strong.

Xu Yong could see this.

Xu Yong first tried to change direction with 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 getting a rough idea of ​​the situation, Xu Yong chose to make a sudden stop and pull up shot.

A simple, but effective choice.

Yang obviously couldn't keep up with Xu Yong's rhythm. When he retreated to the defensive position, Xu Yong had already jumped up in front of him.

He was basically in a position of looking up.

As an opponent, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart at this moment. This posture looked really beautiful.

“Swish!”

Xu Yong's good start continued and he scored 6 points in a row.

This time the commotion at the scene became even louder.

What's wrong with these Grizzlies players? They're fighting and defending!

The media reporters also looked at each other in confusion. They also realized belatedly that Xu Yong's desire to attack tonight was particularly strong.

Arthur's strong attack in the frontcourt was blocked by Richard, and the rebound was also grabbed by Richard.

With his physique and arm span, he was at no disadvantage in the fight against Arthur.

In the transition from offense to defense, Xu Yong did not ask for the ball again, but ran without the ball again.

He played very smartly, knowing that one type of attack was easy to be targeted, so he changed his posture.

However, the Grizzlies did a good job of defensive communication in this game. When Xu Yong received the ball, Williams was already behind him.

Xu Yong’s choice was also very straightforward, he just played from behind.

Williams is tall and has long arms, but he looks thin and won't be very strong in confrontations.

Facts have proved that his judgment was correct. After several confrontations, Williams' center of gravity had become unstable.

Seizing the opportunity at this moment, Xu Yong turned around and made a pull-up jump shot.

However, Xu Yong's back-to-the-basket technique lagged behind at this time, and he was unable to completely get rid of Williams.

The moment he shot, Williams rushed forward to interfere with Xu Yong using his long arms.

Xu Yong was forced to lean back in the air to find the angle for his shot, and at this moment, his passive skill "Scissor Kick" appeared.

He rarely used this advanced pull-up posture before, because although it looks good, its hit rate is not high.

But it is obvious that as the intensity of the game increases, he has to use it.

The fade away increased the arc of his shot and allowed the ball to pass over Williams' fingertips.

“Swish!”

With a crisp sound of the ball entering the net, Xu Yong's difficult shot went in.

His hands are really hot right now!

Now many fans were getting a little restless, and some couldn't help but cheer for Xu Yong's performance.

In essence, the haters are just inexperienced. Once they really see how Xu Yong plays basketball, they will turn from haters to fans.

Of course, at this time, most of the fans held back from shouting.

Haha, it just feels good, there is no technical content at all!

The Grizzlies' counterattack failed to score again.

It wasn't that their form was down, but that Xu Yong scored like cutting melons and vegetables on the offensive end, allowing the other Bulls players to focus all their energy on defense.

When the Bulls advanced to the frontcourt, Xu Yong had the ball again.

The Grizzlies experienced a lot of pain from switching back and forth.

However, when Xu Yong had the ball this time, the Grizzlies directly double-teamed him.

What the Grizzlies didn't expect was that Xu Yong actually jumped up and shot a three-pointer from the outside.

This is just taking advantage of my own heat and I won't talk sense with you!

From the fans' perspective, 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 general on a white horse suddenly leaped out from the midst of thousands of troops.

Almost everyone's attention was immediately attracted by the spinning basketball.

This won't... go in, right?

“Swish!”

The three-pointer went through the net!

Xu Yong scored 11 points in a row!

"beep!"

The short whistle sounded on the sidelines and the Grizzlies called a timeout immediately.

In less than five minutes, the score on the field jumped from 4-4 to 4-15!

This is incredible!

And when the timeout was called, the audience was finally moved, and whistles and cheers rang out.

Previously, Suns fans were beaten by Kobe at home and turned against him. Now, the black fans were collectively turned into fans by Xu Yong!

However, Xu Yong's subsequent operations made today's game destined to leave a mark in the history of the Summer League.

Because after he made the three-pointer, he turned around and faced the media reporters on the sidelines and spread his hands in a [Jordan-style] gesture.jpg!

It seemed to be saying to them: Is this what you want?