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Chapter 191 Summer League Begins

July 7, Las Vegas, Thomas & Mack Center Arena.

The first match of the Huaguo national team's summer league is about to start.

7月10号——7月18号，华国国家队将在这里完成5场热身赛。

Although the schedule is relatively intensive, considering that this game is mainly about running-in training, the 17 players in the squad should all get a lot of opportunities.

In today's game, the Huaguo national team will face the Golden State Warriors.

As the defending champion, the Golden State Warriors are undoubtedly hot this summer.

In addition, this is the home team where Du Zhe plays, which allows the Warriors to successfully replace the Rockets in China and become the home team of many fans.

Using this game as the opening match will naturally attract a lot of attention.

But to the disappointment of the fans, Du Zhe did not participate in the opening warm-up, and it seemed that he would not play.

However, although Du Zhe did not appear in the game, Stephen Curry came to Las Vegas to play in person.

As a player who averaged 17 points and 5 assists per game last season, Curry didn't have to participate in the summer league. Today's game is completely to sell Du Zhe's face.

Of course, Curry will only play in this one game in this year's Summer League.

And today's other starting guard is Jeremy Lin, who was intercepted by the Warriors in advance.

With Du Zhe's recommendation, after Jeremy Lin lost the draft, the Warriors immediately invited him to join the team in the Summer League.

Jeremy Lin, who has no next home for the time being, naturally readily agreed, and his appearance also attracted the attention of many Huaguo fans.

After all, yellow-skinned players are rare in the NBA. In the huge country of China, there are currently only three people playing in the NBA.

Even if you expand your focus to the whole of Asia, only Dayao, Ah Lian, Du Zhe and Haddadi play in the NBA.

Therefore, in today's game, the fans will naturally feel a little more cordial when they see a player who is also of yellow race fighting in the summer league.

The Warriors' small forward is Reggie Williams. When the Warriors suffered injuries last season, he played for the Warriors on a ten-day short contract and performed very well.

On the inside, the Warriors sent a twin-tower combination of Chris Hunter and Hassan Whiteside.

Hunter, as the Warriors' substitute last season, although he can only be the last seat on the bench, after dozens of NBA games, he is definitely a master in the summer league.

Except for Jeremy Lin and Whiteside who are slightly immature, the other three players have the experience of playing in the NBA game.

Curry even served as the main force and played an important role in the team's championship.

It can be said that the Warriors' starting lineup is still very strong for the Chinese national team without Yao and Wudu.

And on their bench, Brandon Wright, who has returned from injury, is still sitting. This old man has also played for the Warriors for several years.

It's just that since Du Zhe came, he has been recuperating from his injuries, and now he is back from injury, and is preparing to play in the summer league to find his feeling.

In addition to him, Anthony Randolph, who also returned from injury, 08 Development League MVP Kasb Powell, No. 06 pick Will Blaylock in 60, and Brian Cai who played for the Spanish Valladolid team Si and others are also substitutes for the Warriors today.

The national team sent a starting combination of Ah Lian, Da Zhi, Zhu Ba, Wang Qi and Liu Wei.

Facing the overall stronger Warriors, there is not much suspense in this game.

Although it is a summer league, this Warriors team still adheres to its usual playing style.

Crazy counterattack advances, fast-paced offensive and defensive transitions, decisive breakthroughs and emergency stop jumpers.

All these make it difficult for the players of the national team to adapt.

Especially those players who have never had NBA experience, facing the sudden increase in intensity, they are a little at a loss.

However, the Warriors were merciful in the second half, and the assistant coach who was in charge of commanding on the sidelines replaced several main players, so that the scene was not too ugly.

88:96, the national team's first warm-up ended in failure.

Curry played a total of two quarters of 20 minutes before leaving the game early.

But in these 10 minutes, his efficiency was unambiguous. He scored 24 points and 7 assists.

雷吉·威廉姆斯则砍下了全场的最高分，他17投10中，罚球6中4，轰下27分5板2助。

As for the national team, the inside combination composed of the United Arab Emirates and Big Zhi is still outstanding.

Ah Lian scored 22 points and 11 rebounds, while Big Zhi contributed 18 points and 7 rebounds. With the strength of the two, it is enough to deal with the NBA's marginal insiders.

But other players are more or less deflated.

Although the national team lost the first match, there were not many critics among the fans.

After all, the Warriors still hold the title of defending champion. The main point guard Curry started today. The national team can play like this without Du Zhe, which is acceptable to the fans.

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On July 7, the national team started the second warm-up match of the summer league.

The opponent in this game is Dayao's home team, the Rockets.

Compared with the Warriors, the starting lineup sent by the Rockets does not have a star like Curry, but its overall strength is not much weaker.

In the starting lineup, the center is last year's No. [-] pick Jordan Hill, who has just been traded to the Rockets from the Knicks.

At the small forward position is last year's No. 44 pick Chase Budinger, who played against Du Zhe in last summer league.

In addition to the two of them, this year's NO.14 pick Patrick Patterson will also play as a swingman at the third and fourth positions.

Jermaine Taylor, last year's No. 32 pick, appears at the shooting guard position.

The starting point guard is undrafted Blake Ahearn.

Since losing the draft in 07, he has been in the Development League. For several seasons, he has maintained an average output of 20+5 per game in the Development League.

In addition to the starting lineup, Alexander Johnson, the No. 06 pick in 45, Marty Lenning, the No. 08 pick in 54, G League All-Star Gary Forbes and others formed the Rockets' bench.

It is worth mentioning that both Johnson and Forbes came to the CBA to seek gold later, and the two even played against each other once in the CBA arena.

In that battle, Gary Forbes scored 37 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, overwhelming Johnson and leading the team to victory.

But that's all for later.

However, it can be seen from here that the strength of the summer league players cannot be underestimated.

Just pick two players from the bench, and they all have the level of CBA foreign aid, even stronger than many players on the Huaguo national team training list.

(End of this chapter)