Sun Hao’s performance was great.
Just like when he first arrived in Spain, the Bulls coaching staff was clearly slow to react because the style of play had never been seen before.
And the problem of shooting space that Harris mentioned is not so obvious because it is in the summer league.
You know, most of the opponents Sun Hao faced were of similar level to those he faced during his trial training!
At the end of the first half, the Mavericks unexpectedly led the Bulls 48-38.
Sun Hao made 7 of 10 shots, 4 of 5 shots from beyond the three-point line, and scored 20 points in the first half!
This performance shocked everyone.
It’s hard to imagine that this was played by a 24th overall pick!
You have to know that Crawford on the opposite side only scored 12 points in the first half!
At the end of the first half, Harris looked at Sun Hao with kindness in his eyes.
He felt that he had completely underestimated Sun Hao.
In other words, he never expected that Sun Hao would play like this in a formal game.
That old-school style on the court doesn't look like a rookie at all.
Watching Sun Hao play basketball is like watching an old basketball player play with a student.
Such a smart and spiritual fight!
It was only then that he remembered what Sun Hao said. Although he was only 18 years old, he was already the double MVP of the Champions League and La Liga.
The level of basketball in Europe is not that bad!
There really is a reason why his old boss, Old Nelson, would rather have Sun Hao than Thomas!
Harris was very happy here, while Klaus was a little restless in the stands.
At halftime, he went directly to the Bulls locker room.
In the second half, the Bulls made some substitutions in the starting lineup. Guyton disappeared from the starting lineup and was replaced by the team's backup small forward.
This means that Artest moved to the second position.
At that time, Artest was just in his sophomore year and was still a thin young man. He was about 2 meters tall with shoes on and had a thin body. He played as a forward-guard swingman.
But even so, he has already demonstrated the talent of a top defender.
How good is his defense?
Even with handcheck still in place, he was able to average 1.7 steals per game in his rookie season!
Facing the Raptors' McGrady, the opponent only scored 8 points on 3 of 14 shots.
What? Not Magic McGrady?
Facing the rising Kobe, he also defended Kobe, who made only 6 of 19 shots and turned into a Mamba. The two almost had a conflict.
Isn’t that enough?
Facing Iverson who was already at his peak, he defended his opponent and made only 11 of 29 shots!
Of course, the most famous thing is that he broke two of Jordan's ribs during training...
That's the kind of person.
After the second half of the game started, he directly faced off against Sun Hao.
For the first time, Sun Hao felt the tremendous defensive pressure and also deeply understood the problem of shooting space that Harris mentioned.
Not to mention getting good shooting opportunities, even attacking with the ball became difficult for him.
Obviously, this was arranged by Klaus.
He would rather let sophomore Artest defend Sun Hao than let Sun Hao perform like he did in the first half.
Sun Hao was restricted, and the Mavericks' offensive firepower in the second half was obviously unable to keep up.
The Bulls also reversed the situation in the second half and eventually won the game 86-78.
Crawford scored a game-high 28 points on 11 of 23 shots, Fizer scored 10 points and 12 rebounds on 5 of 15 shots, and Artest scored 13 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals.
Bell volunteered to defend Crawford, but judging from the results he didn't do well.
On the Mavericks side, Sun Hao only scored 6 points in the second half and scored 26 points on 10 of 15 shots, but he made 5 three-pointers.
Although his performance was average in the second half because of Artest's defense, his performance throughout the game was excellent.
You have to know that he is only a 24th pick in the draft, and in terms of scoring efficiency, he is far better than the 8th pick Crawford on the opposite side.
After the game, Sun Hao sat in the locker room, still thinking about the matchup with Artest.
Before he builds enough intimacy with Harris, he needs to start practicing his step-back three-pointer, including the catch-the-ball three-pointer.
Three-point shooting is just an attribute in the system, but it actually contains a lot of content.
This is probably why, even though he has the gold-level "Long-range Sharpshooter" and silver-level "Unlimited Range", his three-point attribute is only 83.
His other three-point scoring methods still need to be improved.
It was difficult to practice before because there was no caddy, but now we have to start by using other caddies.
After all, the system doesn’t say that there can only be one caddy, he can be changed continuously.
As he was thinking, Harris came to the locker room and told the team a very unexpected news.
The Houston team, which was originally scheduled to come, suddenly decided not to participate in this summer league.
The specific reason is unknown, but their next opponent has changed from the Houston team to the Chinese men's basketball team.
Sun Hao was obviously stunned when he heard this.
He thought he had heard wrongly.
The Chinese men's basketball team is coming to participate in the summer league?
He had never heard of this news before!
But after it was confirmed, his mood suddenly became a little excited.
The strength of this Chinese men's basketball team is still outstanding. Stars such as Sun Jun, Hu Weidong, and Liu Yudong are still at their peak, and rising stars such as Li Nan and Guo Shiqiang have also shown potential.
Of course, the most important thing is the moving Great Wall, Battelle, Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming!
This is Yao Ming's first time to play in the Olympics for his country!
Sun Hao really wants to meet the young Yao Ming at the age of 20!
You have to know that in his time, although information was very developed, a lot of early information was not preserved.
This was his first chance to see the young Yao Ming.
Of course there is also Wang Zhizhi.
I only had a quick glimpse of him downstairs , but this time I should be able to say hello to this future teammate.
If I remember correctly, Wang Zhizhi will come to Dallas after the CBA finals in April next year.
The season wasn't over yet, and the two had the opportunity to play together for the Mavericks.
After announcing the news, Harris took Sun Hao outside to talk alone for a while.
The general meaning is that Artest is a top defensive player, so he should not worry too much about his second half of the game.
After the chat, he gave Sun Hao some special training and took him to practice step-back three-pointers.
I have to say that he knows how to train players.
However, this extra training is a little different from the last time because Bale also came to practice.
He volunteered but was still beaten by Crawford. He knew he had missed another opportunity.
Sun Hao also observed Bell during his practice.
Bell's training looks a bit messy, as he practices breakthrough layups and defensive three-pointers.
After the special training here, Bell's training over there is almost done.
The two were roommates, and Sun Hao greeted Bell.
Bell responded to Sun Hao, and the two walked out together.
As they left, they chatted a little about the game.
Bell is still as quiet as before.
"Let's go eat together?"
After leaving the training hall, Sun Hao made a suggestion.
The summer league has just started, the two of them live together, and they start together. It will be good for both of them to deepen their relationship.
"No, I can just go eat something myself."
However, what Sun Hao didn't expect was that Bell directly declined.
This person is really a loner.
Sun Hao didn't think much about it. He just wanted to deepen the relationship.
If the other party doesn't mean that, there's no need for him to insist on it.
When he returned to the hotel, Bell had not come back yet, so Sun Hao directly entered the system and started training.
During the previous training session, Harris mentioned some new details about the step back, and he just happened to familiarize himself with them.
In addition to the step-back, he also began to try to use the caddy.
I walked back to the dugout and went through all the caddie options again.
What he didn't expect was that Joselin was still there, and her favorability had increased to 82...
He stayed for a while, and finally pulled back to choose Yi Jianlian.
Among the people available now, there is no one really suitable except Yi Jianlian.
Before, he was curious whether the caddie exchanged out had a mind.
After exchanging it now, he tried it and the answer was... no.
This is not surprising.
After all, strictly speaking, the system and the world belong to different dimensions.
If two identical people appear, one in the system and one in the world, he will definitely have a split personality.
However, caddies have the abilities of real people. Although Yi Jianlian is not a professional trainer, his passing ability is there.
Sun Hao can start training on catching the ball and shooting, and catching the ball and stepping back to shoot.
It has to be said that with a caddy, his training efficiency has improved significantly.
It’s just that Yi Jianlian’s passing is indeed average…
It seems that in addition to performing well in the summer league, he also has to find a way to improve his favorability with Harris as soon as possible.