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Chapter 35 Long Beach Summer League MVP
Dunn's crazy performance in two consecutive 35+ games in the Long Beach Summer League suddenly made him the object of media coverage in the Los Angeles area.

Also under the vigorous publicity of the media, Dunn quickly became the hottest rising star in the NBA today, catching up with the No. [-] pick James and No. [-] pick Anthony.

However, while Duane's fame increased, he was quickly valued by the coaches of other summer league teams.

On July 7, when the Los Angeles Lakers played against the Golden State Warriors, Dunn suffered double-teaming from the first quarter.

Under a lot of physical contact and confrontation, Du Enqiang's three-point shooting rate dropped significantly. In the first half of the first quarter, he made 3 of 1 three-pointers and only scored 3 points and 1 rebound.

In order to get more scoring data, but also to ensure enough physical strength in the second half, Dunn was forced to play off the ball.

However, the Warriors seemed to adopt the attitude that the game can be lost and Jordan must die, and did not relax their defense against Dunn at all.

勇士对第一节8投5中，罚球2投1中，独砍11分的帕戈视若无睹。

却对5投2中，三分球3投1中，堪堪拿下5分的杜恩严阵以待。

Fortunately, there are many rookies in the Warriors, and their defensive focus cannot last a whole game.

Dunn found some opportunities in the second half of the third quarter, hit two consecutive three-pointers, and then squatted in the bottom corner, looking for opportunities to catch the ball in the low post, and the three threats went straight to the basket.

靠着第三节6投4中，三分球3投2中，罚球2投2中，单节12分的出色表现。

After playing the first three quarters, Dunn has scored 21 points.

And because he didn't consume much energy in the first half, Dunn, who felt good about himself, won Rambis more playing time in the fourth quarter.

最终，杜恩全场24投11中，三分11投4中，罚球4投3中，砍下29分7篮板2助攻的数据，成功带领湖人104比100击败了勇士。

Although this game failed to continue the momentum of consecutive 35+ points, a rookie who has not played an NBA regular season can continue to perform outstanding performances of consecutive 25+ points when the defense is targeted. This shows how powerful Duan is. place.

Just after playing these three games, the local media in Los Angeles has already started to promote Duane, and the Long Beach Summer League MVP is none other than Duane.

At the same time, under the influence of the media, Dunn also began to compete with James, who was participating in the Orlando Pepsi Summer League.

It's just that James is a busy man. The Pepsi Summer League has already started, but James can't see the beginning and end, and he is nowhere to be seen.

When the belated James suddenly appeared in Orlando, the local Orlando fans were also very enthusiastic. 5000 people quickly poured into the TD Water House Center, just to watch James' debut performance up close.

However, James' debut performance was a bit unexpected-walking, passing mistakes, defensive misplacements, many mistakes that rookies will make, all appeared on James.

Maybe it was because he was busy with business activities before, and his competitive state has not yet adjusted to the summer league level. In short, he only scored 14 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

Compared with Duane, who made a stunning debut with 37 points and 7 rebounds in Long Beach on the west coast, James did not play at the level that the No. [-] pick in the draft should have.

Perhaps it was also because of the pressure of public opinion from the media. After James finished his second game in the Orlando Summer League, the statistics in all aspects were still unsatisfactory, so he left in a hurry. No one knew where he was going.

After just one week of the Orlando Summer League, the Reebok Summer League also started in Boston.

Anthony, who is also known as the peerless double pride with James, did not disappoint the media. He scored 28 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists in his debut.

After the game, the Los Angeles media said that Anthony's debut performance was still a bit worse than that of Duane.

Not to be outdone, the New York media confronted the Los Angeles media. They said that the defensive strength encountered by the two in their debuts was far from the same.

After all, Anthony was the second overall pick, and he won the NCAA championship and the Final Four MOP. The defensive intensity Anthony encountered in his first game was basically similar to the one when Durn played the Warriors.

In the face of double-teaming and strong confrontational defense, Duane's data has also dropped a lot, and he has not performed better than Anthony's debut.

The two major media groups on the east and west coasts collided with each other and launched a series of heated discussions.

It stands to reason that this year's summer league should be compared with James and Anthony.

Who knew that Du En would come out on the way, Anthony's younger brother at Syracuse University, and became a super dark horse competing with Anthony on the same stage.

As for the No. [-] pick James, maybe he was too commercial and too busy, and he was too busy and disappeared directly.

Nike deliberately wanted to pull James, but they only used Duane and James to hype them together.

However, the two major media groups on the east and west coasts prefer players from their respective cities.

The boss and the second child quarreled, and the third child could only be wiped out without a trace.

……

Time goes back to July 7th, and the Long Beach Summer League launched a unique Chinese derby.

Du En and Wang Zhizhi were in the same frame for the first time, as opponents, appearing on the stage of the summer league.

Wang Zhizhi is more introverted, not as good at dancing as Yao Ming.

In fact, not long after the draft ended, Yao Ming took the initiative to call Du En and greet him.

After Dunn expressed his intention to terminate the contract with Bill Duffy, maybe Bill Duffy got involved with Yao Ming, and Yao Ming also came forward to call Duan.

Although it was useless, it also released Yao Ming's own goodwill.

Yao Ming took the initiative to express that the termination of the contract between Duane and Bill Duffy would not affect the friendship between Duane and him.

But on Wang Zhizhi's side, he knew that Du En was in Los Angeles, and he was also playing for the Clippers in Los Angeles, but nothing happened.

Naturally, Du En would not take the initiative to contact Wang Zhizhi because of his respect for his seniors.

Although, Du En would also be grateful to Wang Zhizhi for his hard work, for opening up the path for Chinese players to the NBA for younger generations like Yao Ming and Du En.

"Big Zhi, you can contact me if you have any troubles in the future.

Alone as a stranger in a foreign land, they are all Chinese, and they all play in the NBA.

If there is anything I can do to help, I will definitely do my best, and don't be embarrassed to speak up just because you find it troublesome. "

Before the game started, Du En still expressed some respect and goodwill to Wang Zhizhi.

After all, we met on the court, so we can't pretend we didn't see each other.

Of course, Du En and Wang Zhizhi have a big gap in personality and age, and basically they can't talk to each other, they can only be regarded as familiar strangers.

After Du En and Wang Zhizhi finished their courtesies, there was no follow-up.

Against a weak team like the Clippers, Duane said that he still needs to work harder.

全场下来，杜恩得分数据再度突破30分，最终砍下33分6篮板4助攻2抢断2盖帽的全面数据。

It is worth mentioning that one of the blocked shots came from the unlucky Wang Zhizhi.

After playing the Clippers, the Lakers, led by Duane, have won 5 consecutive victories in the summer league, and there are only two games left for the Sonics and the Nuggets.

Neither the SuperSonics nor the Nuggets made it to the playoffs last season, and the Nuggets were a bad team competing for the No. [-] pick.

But this does not mean that their team configuration for the summer league is poor. On the contrary, the lottery team is the first team to prepare for the summer league, and it is the most adequate in terms of staffing and preparation time.

Both teams have a large number of NBA rookies and minimum-salary players, so the summer league looks strong.

The winning streak in the summer league didn't make much sense. Duane considered the data to be good-looking, which would be beneficial to negotiating with Nike to increase money, so he chose the data and gave up the game.

After the Long Beach Summer League officially ended, Dunn, who had returned to Los Angeles to practice hard, also won the MVP of this year's Long Beach Summer League by virtue of his averages of 32 points, 6.4 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game.

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