NBA: Be the GOAT starting today!

Las Vegas is a city that reeks of money and entertainment.

Here, basketball, a highly competitive sport, attracts a large number of tourists.

At the University of Las Vegas, Thomas Mark Center, the Clippers will face the Lakers in their first Summer League game.

Although it was just the Summer League, the arena, which has a capacity of 17,000, was packed to capacity.

Fans are eagerly anticipating Zhou Yi's performance as the number one draft pick, wondering if this NCAA MOP will struggle to adapt to the NBA.

As Zhou Yi walked out of the player tunnel, cheers erupted from the sidelines.

This made Zhou Yi's round-faced Deng and DeAndre Jordan, who were standing next to him, extremely envious.

Meanwhile, this Summer League highlight game, in the eyes of the audience, was also broadcast live across the entire network by NBATV.

Inside his Los Angeles villa, Kobe finished his training early and returned home, sitting in front of the screen.

Today is the day he can't wait for.

Kobe was already looking forward to seeing his rookie week, when he wanted to challenge for the top spot in Los Angeles, suffer his first defeat on the professional court.

Even someone as strong as Mamba conceded six goals in his first Summer League match against Long Beach.

Inside the arena, the Clippers and Lakers' Summer League starters stepped onto the court.

The Clippers fielded their Duncan-Zhouna-Loki-Choja combination and a utility point guard, while the Lakers were led by fourth-year veteran Adam Morrison.

Seeing Morrison, with his long flowing hair, staring intently into his eyes, Zhou Yi glared back without backing down.

For Morrison, facing off against Zhou Yi, the top draft pick, today will be the best springboard for him to showcase himself.

If he can humiliate this highly anticipated number one draft pick in front of fans and the media, his time with the Lakers in the new season will definitely be easier.

For Zhou Yi, Morrison on the other side was more like a reward shining with golden light.

Because on the night of arrival in Las Vegas, a new random task appeared in the system.

[Winner of Summer League MVP]

Reward: Random draw for past Las Vegas MVP skill packs

While most Summer League MVPs are role players, there are also All-Stars like Lillard and Wall.

Even a small mosquito is still meat, and Xia Lian, who was originally just training his troops, now had a reason to win in Zhou Yi's eyes.

Only by winning all five Summer League games can one have a chance to compete for the Summer League MVP.

The referee blew the whistle, and the Clippers gained possession.

At the start of the game, the basketball was passed to Zhou Yi by the sensible point guard.

Facing Morrison's defense, Zhou Yi pulled up for a jump shot and scored.

In a villa in Los Angeles, Cleveland, and Oklahoma, three players are watching the game with regret in front of the screen.

Damn it, how come Morrison didn't defend against Zhou Yi?

The Clippers scored the first two points, and the Lakers had possession.

Morrison waved the basketball away from the Lakers' point guard.

Although this undrafted player, who wanted to make his presence known, was very reluctant, Morrison was the biggest name player on the Lakers' Summer League roster.

Facing the Zhou Yi, this 06 third-place finisher chose to play with his back to the basket.

Although Morrison is a well-known bust in the NBA, his NBA career was mainly hampered by a torn ACL and diabetes.

Technically, this white forward, modeled after Bird, possesses a full range of technical skills.

Morrison skillfully used his lower body to generate power, arching his back backward.

However, Zhou Yi, who was on the defensive, did not retreat as he had expected.

This muscular and strong young man possesses exceptional strength.

Seeing that his back-to-the-basket moves were ineffective, Morrison remembered some special techniques.

Those are skills Morrison learned from Kobe, and I believe they will give the rookie number one draft pick a hard time.

With that thought in mind, Morrison raised his wicked elbow half an inch, and in another backstab, he subtly aimed it at Zhou Yi's ribs.

boom--

Zhou Yi felt a sharp pain in his ribs, and his body involuntarily lost its strength.

Morrison, having succeeded in his trickery, quickly turned and attacked the basket, sinking the ball with a throw-up.

Morrison ran past Zhou Yi with a smug look on his face, while some Lakers fans on the sidelines were already cheering.

"Haha, welcome to the NBA, rookie."

Seeing Morrison's smug expression, Zhou Yi's eyes turned fierce.

Meanwhile, the three people watching Zhou Yi's humiliation on different screens burst out laughing.

The NBA is welcoming its new number one draft pick in its own unique way.

The game continued, and the Clippers had possession of the ball.

Morrison stood opposite Zhou Yi, looking extremely arrogant. He stroked his long hair and even whistled.

Morrison was very pleased that even the top draft pick had failed him.

"Hey Zhou, welcome to the adult world. Here, you're not some kind of wonder boy."

Zhou Yi ignored the annoying guy and simply reached out to the Clippers' point guard for the basketball.

"Zhou Yi chose to respond to Morrison's back-to-the-basket goal."

Zhou Yi's response made the three people in front of the screen sit up, with the Little Mamba King staring intently at the screen.

How will this top draft pick, who just suffered a setback on the court, respond?

Faced with Morrison's defense, Zhou Yi chose the same tactic.

In the elbow area, Zhou Yi protected the basketball to his waist, used his lower body to exert force, and fiercely slammed into Morrison's body.

With a loud bang, the two bodies collided on the field.

Morrison gritted his teeth and defended, his shoes screeching against the floor.

After giving Morrison a few hard blows, Zhou Yi subtly raised his elbow.

Come and don't go indecent.

After aligning his olecranon (the hardest part of his elbow) with Morrison's armpit, Zhou Yi turned around.

The elbow then naturally struck Morrison under the armpit.

With a thud, Morrison fell to the ground, letting out a painful howl.

Zhou Yi, turning around, faced the Lakers' Summer League center directly and slammed the ball into the basket.

Suddenly, the noisy arena was filled only with the thud of basketballs bouncing on the ground and Morrison's groans.

The players on the court were stunned. This young-looking top draft pick seemed to be tougher and more ruthless than they had imagined.

The referee quickly blew his whistle, looking at Morrison writhing and groaning on the ground.

The experienced referee suspected that Zhou Yi was subtly manipulating the situation in response.

But looking at Zhou Yi's handsome face, which was full of innocence, he recalled some rumors within the league.

This boy from across the ocean was the number one pick personally chosen by Stern.

"Goal stands! Lakers team doctor, come check if Morrison can still play. If not, take him off the court."

Morrison, lying on the ground groaning, felt that he had lost all feeling in one of his arms.

Upon hearing the referee's words, he felt an even sharper, more intense pain in his heart.

Zhou Yi stood quietly to the side, watching.

Zhou Yi, who used to play on the baseball field in his previous life, was a master of elbow strikes. However, on the NCAA courts, the somewhat green college students were not yet proficient in this skill.

No one uses this against him, so Zhou Yi never intentionally harms others in secret.

However, the NBA courts, a league full of black and white people, are rife with malice towards people with yellow skin.

If you're not tough enough, you'll get eaten.

Anyone who's ever been in a fight knows that when a group of people are about to attack you, if you focus your attacks on one person and beat them to a pulp, it will scare everyone away from stepping forward.

Zhou Yi didn't want those undrafted players and fringe players from the Summer League to use dirty tricks to provoke him and gain attention by stepping on his head.

So when poor Morrison dared to attack him with an elbow, it was a huge example to make an example of him.

Morrison was carried off the field, and the game continued.

After losing their key player Morrison, the Lakers' Summer League team instantly became a complete mess.

Those Lakers players who were originally eager to try their hand at the I Ching have all put aside their ulterior motives.

Ultimately, after a barrage of attacks from Zhou Yi and Yuanlian Deng, the score settled at 110:87.

Zhou Yi's first professional league game ended perfectly with a score of 34 points, 7 rebounds and 3 blocks.

Meanwhile, in three villas in Los Angeles, Oklahoma, and Cleveland.

The three of them, Xiao Shuai, Mamba, and the King, turned off the TV early, no longer wanting to watch this one-sided massacre.

Shuai picked up a basketball and practiced ball handling on the villa's court, Mamba worked on his elbows in the treatment room, and the King went into the gym and lifted dumbbells.

It seems a formidable opponent has emerged in the dark forest of the NBA.