The Rockets' opponent in Game 1 of the Summer League is the Chicago Bulls.

The Bulls traded the No. 4 pick from the Trail Blazers in this year's draft and then drafted Tyrus Thomas, an interior player with explosive physical talent.

The Bulls played well last season with Kirk Hinrich, Ruel Deng, and Ben Gordon forming a new "trident", and they signed All-Star interior Ben Wallace heavily in the summer, and the roster tends to be complete, the only thing missing is an inside scoring point, which is why they selected Thomas.

Thomas's physicality is historic, and he flew away in college and was known as the Vince Carter of the interior.

Such excellent conditions have also made the media have high hopes for him, calling him one of the brightest stars of this Summer League.

However, Tang Tian knows that Thomas's lack of offensive skills is a copy of Swift.

So he had already set up the team before the game, pushing him out of the three-second zone, and the rest was not a problem at all.

In addition to Thomas, there is another player on the Bulls team who is also quite eye-catching, not because of how strong he is, but because he is Günther Woods, who was expelled from the team by Tang Tian before.

Woods was expelled from the team without playing a game, and he was quite unhappy in his heart, and in front of reporters before the game, he directly scolded Tang Tian: "A rookie, with a group of garbage players, still won the championship?" The yellow race shouldn't be in this league, and he should get out of this league after this game! ”

Woods's words were full of ridicule and even racism, but this did not attract much of a wave of protests, but instead made more and more fans watching.

In 1966, Dan Haskins, the "Godfather of Black Basketball" in the United States, broke the skin color line and allowed blacks to appear on the basketball court, but until today, the discrimination suffered by yellow people in basketball is no less than that of blacks.

Most American fans were waiting to see the Rockets team being bloodied, and then Tang Tian was swept away.

Tang Tian's head was still dizzy, and he just sat on the bench and watched from the beginning of the pre-game training.

When the game started immediately, Thibodeau saw that Tang Tian was still sitting, and couldn't help but come over and ask, "Do you want to find a team doctor to show you?" ”

Tang Tian waved his hand: "It's okay, just fight like you did during training." ”

The performance of a team, three points to see the on-the-spot performance, seven points to see off-court training, this Rockets team training is almost the same, even without his command, it already has enough strength.

And among these players of the Bulls, he is familiar with Thomas and their No. 13 selected Sefolosa, and the team's ability is very limited.

Thibodeau didn't know this, he shook his head, and then got ready to race.

The game was played at the Thomas Mark Center Arena, home of the University of Las Vegas, which can accommodate up to more than 18,000 people.

The NBA Summer League is also an expansion of the NBA's influence, allowing spectators who can't normally afford tickets to watch an NBA game up close, and the ticket is very cheap, even though it is the first day of the game, it also attracts nearly 5,000 spectators, more than half of whom are local students.

There are also commentary seats on the sidelines, and the commentators for this game are Royce White and his partner Jeff Stein from the University of Las Vegas.

The game started immediately, with starters from both sides coming on one side after another.

On the Rockets' side, starting center Chuck Hayes, power forward Paul Millsap, small forward Steve Novak, and the outside are the dual point guard combination of Will Bynum and Jose Barria.

As soon as this combination came out, it attracted a burst of ridicule from the commentator Siehwhite.

"God, what a lineup this is! The two inside lines are less than 2 meters tall, and the outside line is two short men of 1.83 meters, are you sure this can play? ”

The fans on the sidelines were also laughing, many of them came to see Tang Tian's jokes, and this starting lineup had already begun to touch their laughter.

At least that's a good start for the Bulls, and Tyrus Thomas is going to experience what it's like for O'Neal to play inside. Stan echoed and quipped.

"Toot!"

As the referee's whistle blew, the game began immediately, and Thomas jumped to win over Millsap to give the Bulls an offensive opportunity.

Thomas got to the front and reached straight to the defender to get the ball.

He is very confident in his physical fitness, and in college, he was enough to crush everything with his physical talent alone.

Defending Thomas was Millsap.

glanced at the inside line, who was a head shorter than himself, and without saying a word, he directly chose to attack with the ball.

He had heard of Tang Tian before the game, but now he didn't expect Tang Tian to use such a short player to defend him, it was simply a food delivery.

"The Bulls take the lead!" Looking at the opposition on the field, White in the commentary seat couldn't help cheering in advance.

"Bang!"

But at this moment, the situation on the field changed abruptly.

Thomas didn't get past Millsap as easily as he had hoped, but stopped the ball after a confrontation.

The audience was stunned, and Thomas himself was confused.

This short player looks tall and not strong, but his strength is terrifying.

Thomas's strong attack came to an abrupt end, and before he could make his next move, Millsap suddenly reached out and knocked the basketball off his hand with a "snap".

The ball is broken!

Tang Tian smiled at this time.

Millsap, who has just joined the league, has yet to develop so many offensive tools, and what has allowed him to establish himself in this league is excellent strength and reach.

Millsap made a successful break, the Rockets quickly pushed the fast break, and the two small men, Barria and Bynum, were like stepping on Hot Wheels.

Sefrosa is known for his defense, but he struggled with the two guards to push forward, and Bynum scored on an easy fast-break layup.

Team Rocket goes first.

The fans on the sidelines were also dumbfounded, so fast!

"Damn it!"

Thomas cursed, and when it came to the Bulls' offensive round, he asked for the ball again.

After realizing that Millsup wasn't weaker than his own, he called in his interior partner to make a pick-and-roll and switched to Hayes.

You can't bully Millsap, it's always okay to bully your super short insider, you must know that basketball is a tall sport.

Thomas turned his back and prepared to use his body to eat Hayes.

Tang Tian couldn't help but reach out and touch his nose at this time, Thomas hit Hayes like this, it would be a bit funny.

But the others didn't think so, they were all in silence for Hayes, and most of the balls were smashed away with a big slam dunk, and they were finally able to see the terrifying strength of Thomas's beast.