In the summer league, opportunities are given first to rookies. The coaches of the two teams who coached this game have a tacit understanding in this regard.

The starting lineups of the two teams were shown on the big screen.

Liu Xiu and Wade, two lottery picks, both entered the starting lineup in the summer league.

As for the Trail Blazers, Liu Xiu and Liu Xiu started together with the five-man team they played together. The other four were Matt Carroll, Travis Outlaw, Randolph, and Lu.

Ben Bontje.

The Heat sent out a starting lineup of Dwyane Wade, Kirk Penny, Caron Butler, Udonis Haslem, and Lauren Woods.

Before the game started, the referee briefly but clearly explained the rules of the summer league.

The Orlando Summer League implements a points system. Each team plays 5 games. The team that wins the most games in the end wins the championship and can be tied.

The timeout rule is that each team will have two 30-second timeouts in the first and second halves. At the 3-minute and 6-minute intervals of each quarter, the official 100-second timeout will be entered, and there will be commercial advertisements on site.

According to the free throw rule, the free throw phase will only be entered after the 10th foul in a single quarter.

Each quarter is 10 minutes long, with a 2-minute break between quarters and an 8-minute intermission.

The rules are somewhat different from those in the NBA, and compared to those in college...it's a complete change.

But the players of the two teams don't care that much about the rules. Let's talk about it after being blown. This kind of thing will get used to it after being blown.

Players on both sides are sizing up the players they are about to face.

The centers on both sides are all centers with great bodies. Ruben Bontje of the Trail Blazers is 213 centimeters and 117 kilograms; Lauren Woods of the Heat is 216 centimeters and 118 kilograms.

These two centers were both second-round picks in the 2001 class, and their draft picks were almost next to each other... with the same abilities.

Players who have not received contracts yet, looking at these two players who have already received offers, feel that the world is not fair at all.

These two people were able to get contracts based solely on their height and weight. Although they were basic salaries, they were far higher than the incomes of 90% of the industry.

Haslem, this year's undrafted rookie, is in pain right now. He has to face Randolph...

At the small forward position, the Trail Blazers' rookie small forward Travis Outlaw is in trouble. Opposite him is a player who averaged 15+ points per game in his rookie season.

Shooting guard, both undrafted rookies.

At the point guard position, Wade looked across at the last lottery pick of the same class.

Wade was more impressed with Liu Xiu.

There are three major upsets in the lottery this year. The biggest upset is Milicic becoming the second pick. The second biggest upset is Liu Xiu being selected in the lottery. Wade is the last of the three upsets in the lottery.

Regardless of whether Liu Xiu's figure is too ordinary, Wade still has some expectations for Liu Xiu's strength. After all, he is the core of the back line of the NCAA championship team.

When Wade was staring at Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu turned to look at Wade. Wade wanted to provoke... but he saw Liu Xiu yawning!

The two have never communicated with each other, but Wade really likes to make friends. In this Orlando Summer League, Wade also got to know all the famous players, but just like James couldn't find Liu Xiu, Wade also

did not find.

But at this moment, Wade almost exploded.

Wade's sharp eyes saw the water droplets in the corners of Liu Xiu's eyes when he yawned!

That guy wasn't provocative! He was really yawning!

…

"Healing value +33, from Dwyane Wade."

‘?’

Liu Xiu took a closer look and saw that the cheeks of the fifth overall pick in the same draft across from him seemed to be bulging a little...

There was no time to think too much. At 2:55, the system prompt came.

"Talent: Great Magician (Incomplete).

Copy target: Zach Randolph.

Copy talent: post-up in the low post.

The host is about to have a summer league game with the Heat, and the copy object can be replaced. Do you want to change it?"

After looking at it carefully, Liu Xiu kept thinking to himself.

The Trail Blazers summer league lineup...change it!

After seeing the huge difference in the judgment of Randolph's post-up play and Eric Barkley's change of direction breakthrough, we can analyze the game bonus, and the difference is also very big.

It's hard to say what the official team will be, but in the summer league, Liu Xiu knew it would be difficult to meet a talent as suitable as Randolph's low post singles.

Soon, the system prompt came.

"Talent: Great Magician (Incomplete).

Copy target: Zach Randolph.

Copy talent: post-up in the low post.

Bonus effect: When the host uses the post-up singles technique, the power is +3; in the post-up singles, if the host chooses to turn around, the speed is +3; when the host successfully uses the post-up steps to get a shot opportunity, the layup +3, close range

+3 for distance shots.”

'This game bonus, although it is limited to post-up singles, is already very powerful!'

'Unfortunately, I have just started to learn to fight from behind and turn around... Sure enough, the technique is made up of basic skills one after another. If I turn around, retreat, rely on punch... etc. and master the basic skills, I can be like

A certain No. 8 player who did not want to be named learned everything like that...'

This time he used quick learning on Randolph's post-up play, and he felt that he made the right choice.

He doesn't want to make the team overestimate his strength through extra bonuses, but if it is to show talent, such as learning ability, then it is necessary.

Even if his strength is increased now, where can it be added? At this stage, it is more important for him to show his talent and win the attention of the team's training.

Liu Xiu shook his head and put away his distracting thoughts, listening to the coaching staff make the final arrangements before the game.

…

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the referee blew the whistle to start the game and threw the ball into the air. The summer league game between the Trail Blazers and the Heat began!

The Heat's Lauren Woods won the jump ball with her height and wingspan advantage, and the Heat attacked first!

Wade received the jump ball and quickly advanced to the frontcourt. During the advancement process, he saw Liu Xiu's casual expression as he moved to the top arc. I was so angry!

Really angry!

As a rookie in the same class, Wade had heard in his junior season that Liu Xiu could always make his opponents angry even though he had never played against him.

Wade thought Liu Xiu was the kind of person who loved provoking or irritating opponents in other ways. Now he understood that Liu Xiu's way of irritating opponents was not that complicated...

After Wade took a big step outside the top arc, he accelerated toward the left!

Wade has very strong confidence in speed and has the strongest first step!

However, just when Wade accelerated his breakthrough, he was surprised. Liu Xiu moved in advance, and his prediction was in the right direction!

Fortunately, although Wade was confident, he was not careless. Before Liu Xiu moved ahead and the two were about to confront each other, Wade made a beautiful horizontal pull, changed direction, and broke through from the right side.

There was nothing Liu Xiu could do. He had done his best and left it to his teammates later... What the hell were his teammates... Liu Xiu saw Wade go straight to the basket and violently smashed the ball into the basket with one hand!

Randolph followed Haslem in the mid-range, and Ruben Bontje moved, but Wade had dunked before Ruben Bontje retreated to the basket.

Strong! Awesome!

Wade's explosive first step made Liu Xiu know what the Flash is.

The fans at the scene gave Wade enthusiastic applause and cheers. Although only one-third of the seats were occupied, the cheers seemed sparse.

But the fans who were almost passers-by could give cheers. Obviously, Wade's strong start this time was very beautiful.

Offense and defense transition, the Trail Blazers attack.

Liu Xiu received the serve and advanced. When he reached the middle line, Wade pressed the defense at half court!

This is Wade's strength, but it didn't work.

No matter how fancy Wade's pressing defense was, Liu Xiu relied on his thick body to hold up Wade, and used the simplest and simplest pushing movements to steadily advance beyond the three-point line.

The movement of the five-man group started to work. According to what they had discussed, Randolph moved to the left side of the three-second zone and was within the mid-range shooting range, leaning against Haslem.

Liu Xiu passed the ball to Randolph and cut inside from the center. Ruben Bontje helped Liu Xiu block it at the free throw line. Randolph passed the ball high and Liu Xiu received it in one step inside the free throw line.

The ball attracted the Heat's defensive flow and distributed the ball to the wings...

The tactics were executed well, the ball moved well, and the ball was finally successfully delivered to Matt Carroll, a white shooting guard who was a pure scoring support point.

However, with Wade's defense in place, Matt Carroll almost missed a three-pointer!

This attack, which can definitely send Wade rushing forward with a single shot, actually threw him backwards, which is a bit outrageous...

The first attack of both sides at the beginning is the epitome of the start. The Heat clearly have the upper hand. As for the Trail Blazers, Liu Xiu and Randolph are leading the team seriously, making good use of Randolph's threat and Liu Xiu's passing.

Accurate...but halfway through the first quarter, at the second official timeout, the Trail Blazers trailed the Heat by 9 points, 9-18!

During the last timeout, Kevin Plitcha, who actually coached the Trail Blazers tonight, did not make any substitutions. This time, Liu Xiu and Randolph were replaced, and Matt Carroll and Travis...

Outlaw and Ruben Bontje were not replaced, and were replaced by quasi-sophomore Quintel Woods and 2001 power forward Ken Johnson.
To be continued...