60. Revenge for Revenge and Revenge for Injustice

Las Vegas Fresh

Every summer, basketball fans in Las Vegas are very excited. Although they don't see any big-name stars, almost every year they can see the most youthful appearance of future superstars entering the NBA.

A newspaper in Las Vegas also ranked the strength of the summer league teams.

Which sent Aaron - Brooks, Carl - Landry, Chuck - Hayes, Luis - Scola, Kyrie - Lowry Rockets ranked first without any suspense.

"Did the Rockets not win the NBA championship and want to win the Summer League championship?" Sun Ce complained wildly when he saw the Rockets' lineup.

Other teams are not without active NBA players, but at most they have finished the second year. The Rockets have sent almost all the main lineup except Ariza, Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming.

Although the Rockets have no rookies this year, and their only second-round pick has been traded out, sending such a lineup is indeed a feeling of wanting to bully.

Just a few days ago, on July 7, the Lakers and the Rockets reached a one-for-one deal. The Rockets sent Artest to the Lakers for Trevor Ariza.

As soon as Ariza came, he wore the No. 1 jersey away. Although McGrady changed the No. 3 jersey first on July 1, it always made people feel weird.

Sun Ce was busy with his own affairs before and didn't pay attention to these things. Now he sees the news about the Rockets, and he is not very embarrassed.

Fortunately, Yao Ming's ankle sprain was fine, and he had already returned to the domestic Qingdao Nursing Home to recuperate.

For such a big man, the sprain is also a serious injury.

Yao Ming, who was born in September 1980, is about to turn 29. His physical fitness has already begun to decline, and his peak began to decline when he reached his peak.

McGrady's minimally invasive surgery in 2008 basically ended his career. After that, McGrady is no longer McGrady.

Then Tiezha came to the rocket...

I don't know if Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, who was at least an All-Star in the past few years, are used to it. What kind of mentality will they have when they encounter Tiezha? Will they dream of the basket at the Staples Center at night?

But Yao Ming didn't get reimbursed because of this, which is enough for Sun Ce, and what will happen to the Rockets in the future... Everyone is clearing the door for themselves, and Sun Ce can't take care of himself now.

In the morning, I mainly analyze the three opponents and explain the tactics. There is no extra time to prepare for the game. There will be three consecutive games on the 11th, 12th, and 13th. The Bucks will be played first, then the Timberwolves, and finally the Knicks.

At lunchtime at noon, Sun Ce complained to Curry about the Rockets' lineup on the news, and then started tactical training in the afternoon.

The progress of tactical training... Sun Ce is hard to describe. Most of his teammates have no tactical awareness, which is almost the same as his tactical literacy. The two veteran players with the highest tactical literacy are Devin George and Mickey Moore, as well as the elementary school students and Coby Carr. Rookie guard...

Others...Watson, who has played in the NBA for two years, can only hold the ball and do it himself. Randolph mainly eats cakes to see if the guard can send the ball. His ability to eat cakes is still very good.

Sun Ce is a little better, and his team positioning is also very clear, that is, a breakthrough player, responsible for breakthrough scoring and breakthrough points.

But when the training was over and Smart announced tomorrow's starting lineup, something Sun Ce didn't expect happened.

"Curry, Sun, Morrow, Randolph, Toliver, you five starters..."

Sun Ce finally understood why Watson looked like he wanted to eat them when the lineup of the first team was announced. It turned out that the first team not only directly entered the summer league lineup, but also represented the starting lineup...

You don't even need to look back, as if you can feel that someone wants to kill you... But Sun Ce feels very good!

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Las Vegas is so rich that there is no place to use it...

a gambling city,

There are three quasi-NBA-level arenas!

The largest Thomas & Mack Center is a true NBA-level arena, which can accommodate up to 43,000 spectators and has hosted the All-Star Weekend.

The Andy Jones Arena, equipment and venues are all NBA-level, but it can only accommodate 6,000 spectators. It is the intramural basketball stadium of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

The Las Vegas Center, this is a large comprehensive stadium, has a basketball arena that can accommodate 5,000 spectators. The equipment is also NBA-level, even newer and more advanced than the equipment of some old teams in the NBA... …

Of course Sun Ce wants to play at the Thomas & Mack Center, and everyone in the Warriors wants to.

But they are not a popular team. The largest arena arranges games for teams such as the Lakers, Rockets, Celtics, Cavaliers, and Heat. The Warriors can only play in Andy Jones Arena and Las Vegas. Center play.

Due to the large number of participating teams, there are three to four games in each arena every day. The Warriors are okay. They don’t play in the morning. At 4:30 in the afternoon, the Andy Jones Arena is the first game of the Warriors. The opponent is the Bucks.

In the morning, Smart allowed the players to move freely. It is not easy to come to Las Vegas once. This is the case for some players, and there is no need for a team meeting, just a temporary army.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Sun Ce, Curry, Randolph, and Morrow took the Rockets assigned by the team to play the first game of the Lakers' summer league at the Thomas-Mac Center.

There are still quite a lot of spectators. Only more than 15,000 seats are arranged for the summer league, and about two-thirds of the fans are seated.

This game is really revenge and revenge. Most of the main lineup of the Rockets has come, and the Lakers... They don't even have a rookie. They selected a Tony Douglas with the 29th overall pick They were selected for the Knicks, all of them were NBDL players and undrafted players. They were beaten by the Rockets 122 to 71 in 40 minutes...

The Rockets players don't know anyone on the other side, anyway, they want to punch when they see the Lakers logo!

The difference of 51 points opened the prelude to this summer league!

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After watching the Rockets game, Sun Ce felt really excited, as if he had returned to the feeling he had before playing the Heat.

Mostly Brooks!

41 points in a single game!

A-level strength, and because there is basically no defense, Brooks' offense is comparable to A-level and may even be higher! Quite dazzling, Brooks, who just finished his sophomore year, has entered his peak period.

In the game between the Rockets and the Lakers, a total of 19 players appeared on the stage, and only Brooks' speed made Sun Ce feel threatened!

When training with sprint coach Hassan Jackson on the first day, Hassan introduced to Sun Ce six NBA players who were at least as fast as him. .

This is the second S-level speed that Sun Ce has seen since Barbosa. Nash only has an S-level speed. Maybe it is because he is older. Well, it hasn't slipped yet.

In terms of running speed alone, Sun Ce may not lose to Brooks, but the speed of ball control is not enough. The speed evaluation is based on the speed that can be displayed when playing, and it is a combination of off-ball speed and ball-holding speed.

When Sun Ce played the curtain call before, many points were actually obtained without the ball, and there were really few breakthrough points.

Although the NBA is not a place where good performance can be achieved simply by being fast, in the game through confrontation, teamwork and other methods, it can largely make up for the disadvantage in speed.

But Sun Ce's advantage is his speed. Seeing Brooks' style of play gave Sun Ce some inspiration.

What makes Sun Ce sad is that he doesn't have Brooks's three-pointer, and he doesn't have such an excellent combination of man and ball, which has been accumulated over the years.

But seeing the direction of improvement and learning more about how those speed players display their talents in the game, Sun Ce feels that it is enough.

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In the afternoon, after explaining the tactical layout again, Sun Ce and his teammates came to the Andy Jones Arena to warm up and prepare for the game.

The Timberwolves and the Knicks are playing at the Andy Jones Arena, and the next game is the Warriors and the Bucks.

The Bucks... Sun Ce and Curry are very excited, today's opponent is Brandon Jennings!