In the basketball world, starting from the 99 World Youth Championship

Chapter 40
Francis' face was darkened, but it was basically invisible, anyway, Zhang Tian couldn't see it.

Before the start of the game, Kobe asked him to single out a few times, but he didn't win. The guy's strength is too strong, and his elbow is completely second to Malone. Maybe Kobe besides Peter Pan and Black Mamba , You can also have the nickname "Little Malone".

Francis looked at Zhang Tian subconsciously, could it be that the Chinese rookie also learned Kobe's iron elbow, but he is a genius from Maryland, no matter who he is, he will be defeated by him.

This summer league is known as the "Chinese Derby". Because it is uncertain whether Battelle can stay in the NBA, CCTV is using the summer league to attract fans.

"The game is about to start now. Bus and Xiao Zhang are both starters. The head coaches of the two sides are brother-in-law Ball and Rick Carlisle respectively. The arena we are in is the Poly Hall of UCLA University. UCLA University is the holy land of American basketball."

As Zhang Reasonable's partner, Yang Yi is a little nervous. Although he has commented on several intramural games since high school, that level is completely incomparable with the NBA's summer league. A very low level game.

Rick Carlisle did not make substitutions, and still had the previous five starters. For the Hornets, the point guard was Francis, the shooting guard was the undrafted Maurice Carter, the small forward Li Nailong, the power forward Harold Jamison was also undrafted, and the center Monk Battelle.

The lineup of the Hornets is just two words-leveling, leveling for Francis, and the other four can just be their own tools.

As soon as Theodoros Papalukas came up, he was caught off guard by Francis. After receiving the first opportunity to attack, the latter directly accelerated and broke through to the inside line, completing a dunk. This sprint speed is truly amazing. It's staggering.

"This is talent. Tanhuaxiu showed us her ability to attack tough problems..." Although Yang Yi is not the Yang Huahua in the future, he already has a bit of the style of that time.

Zhang Lili seemed to be a spectator next to him, and Rick Carlisle didn't shout excitedly on the sidelines. The summer league is mainly to discover the potential of players. As for the outcome of the game, that's another matter.

Theodore Ross Papalucas dribbled the ball to the Hornets half. Francis was a meter away from him. The Pacers point guard didn't hesitate. He took the ball and shot it. The ball scored. point.

The biggest feature of Theodore Rose Papa Lucas is his control of the game. You can imagine it as a weakened version of Chauncey Billups. He is not as strong as the Flounder in terms of physical talent, but his shooting end is more stable.

Francis's second attack was still fast, but Papa Lucas, who had already stood in his position, wanted to go there. It was not easy. The opponent had played professional games. Although Francis played in college for three years, the ncaa was right and wrong after all. professional league.

But the physical talent of the Hornets defender does not need to be questioned. He stepped forward with his right foot, patted the ball with his left hand, switched to his right hand, and suddenly dribbled the ball under his crotch. Theodoros Papalukas was tight Stretched, his body tilted to the right, but the opponent was Westbrook in the 90s after all, and he didn't give the Greek a chance to react. A change to the left missed the Pacers point guard.

Lagabel did not make up the defense at the first time. He was entangled by Morris Carter, the undrafted pick. Zhang Tian skipped Li Nailong and came to Francis at the fastest speed, but the Hornets [-] suddenly stopped suddenly and chose the original For a jump shot, Zhang Tian straightened his arm and blocked the ball with a bang.

"Strong shot, this assist defense is so beautiful, Xiao Zhang's wingspan and athletic ability have been fully demonstrated in this round, I feel that compared with the World Youth Championship, Xiao Zhang's ball has improved a lot." Zhang Lili did not Let Yang Yi focus on the former, and the latter did not rush to talk when Zhang Lili started speaking.

Francis was very upset, and took a look at Zhang Tian, ​​while Kobe acted like a tease in the audience, "Good job, this block is already one-third of my level."

Vanessa next to her covered her face, it was too embarrassing, how can I say that they are all celebrities in Los Angeles, is it really good to yell like this, what about your aloofness, Kobe?
Francis didn't know if he heard Kobe's yelling. The referee awarded the ball to the Pacers. The Pacers attacked. Theodoros Papa Lucas rewarded Zhang Tian with the ball. After taking a look at the Greek, he was the most inconspicuous of the five Summer League starters, and the other four teammates seemed to be from two worlds with him. Lagabel didn't like this feeling very much.

Zhang Tian got the ball and faced this year's second-round pick Li Nailong, he chose to back up. Li Nailong was a little confused. He looked at Jeff Ball. The latter was also very confused. Francis, the No. [-] Hornets, seemed to have foreseen something. , when he saw Zhang Tian turned left and passed his teammate, he rushed over. Zhang Tian blocked his defense just now, and he wanted to copy it again.

There is no need to question the physical fitness of Boss Fernando, but the jumping ability of Gay's star card is not comparable to that of Belinelli before. Francis and Zhang Tian collided in the air. Unfortunately, his 199 With short hands, I can only look at the ball and sigh, and the ball flies into the net. Although Zhang Tian's wingspan is only 210, it is longer than Francis.

But Hornets No. [-] didn't complain about why Li Nailong couldn't guard against Zhang Tian, ​​while Kobe continued to grab the show from the auditorium.

"Zhang, you did a good job. That's it. Use this trick to destroy the Charlotte people." Nima, fortunately, this is your territory Los Angeles. If it was in Charlotte, I don't know how many times I would have died.

Kobe didn't have a good impression of Charlotte, because the Hornets never wanted to choose him in the past. This is simply unforgivable for the Black Mamba who is in the late stage of the second disease.Lao Tzu is the strongest in the 96 generation, how can you ignore him?That's why he spared no effort to ravage Francis. He was as happy as a child when he saw Zhang Tian block the opponent and use his cross step to turn around and score.

In the entire Pauley Pavilion, except for Kobe, the other fans were very calm, but the head coach of the Hornets, Jeff Ball, had the urge to strangle that explosive head to death.

The next game progress is that Francis singles out the entire Pacers team. I have to say that in the case of one-on-one outside, no one can restrict the number 3 of the Hornets, but there is no one on the Hornets side. Zhang Tian can be restricted, the two rookies of the two sides formed a mutual explosion situation, and it was the Pacers who had the last laugh. Zhang Tian scored 24 points, 10 rebounds and 30 assist in 4 of 1 games. Francis 22 of 7, scored 20 points and 5 assists, his shooting percentage would not have been so low, but because of Zhang Tian's help defense made Tan Huaxiu very uncomfortable, Battelle did not get it in the confrontation between the inside and Daben What's cheap, only 4 points and 3 rebounds were recorded, which is very detrimental to his prospects of staying in the NBA.

(End of this chapter)