On the morning of the 21st, Paul George was extremely excited. Because today, he finally waited for the 5-on-5 training to start.

The reason why Link wanted to gather 10 high-level athletes to train together was the highlight of 5-on-5!

Since joining Link's training camp, George has been strengthening his ball-holding offensive skills. For now, this is his biggest weakness.

George's previous style of playing has always been a taller shooter. Like Durant, once his independent ball-holding offensive ability is improved, his offensive level will make a qualitative leap.

Recently, George feels that his progress has been quite good. At least in the past 3-on-3 confrontations, he is often able to dribble away from defense in the confrontation.

Of course, 3-on-3 and 5-on-5 are completely different concepts. 3-on-3 has more room for offense, and it is easier to get rid of defense. Therefore, George is so eager to prove himself in 5-on-5 practice.

What's more, in 5-on-5 training, George's opponent is Link! For George, this is simply a perfect training target.

If he could pass Link's level, George believed that he could defeat most of the opponents in the league.

After George walked into the stadium, he found that there were already many people warming up on the training ground. Today, everyone was very active and learned a lot of skills, so naturally everyone wanted to show it quickly.

After a while, all ten people who participated in the training camp arrived. Brickley felt ashamed when he saw the condition of these people. They seemed not to be here to train, but to play in the playoffs.

After greeting each other, the friends in the training camp said hello to each other and began to warm up in two halfs. Yesterday, Brickley had already divided the group into the training in advance, striving to make everyone meet the strongest matchup.

Link's first team's lineup includes Thomas Jr., Wade, Harris, Aldridge and Link himself.

The other team consists of Lillard, Butler, George, DeRozan and Cousins.

Brickley tried his best to maintain the balance of strength between the two teams. If one side simply beats the other, then training will have no meaning.

After everyone arrived and warmed up for half an hour, Brickley clapped his hands and announced the start of training.

Due to the lack of substitutes in this training match, they only played 24 minutes. Each team has three timeouts, so the captains of the two teams are qualified to be called a timeout. In addition, three referees were also matched to try their best to restore the real game environment.

As soon as Brickley announced the start of the game, everyone gathered in the middle circle. They were ready to go and even shouted at each other.

The trainers couldn't help but shook their heads. Who are the people whom Link found? It's just a training match, is it?

Link didn't spit out trash at George. They were too familiar with each other and couldn't spit out. Instead, Wade said to Link before the game started, "I really don't know what it feels like to join forces with you, hahahaha."

At the same time, not everyone has such a chance.

The referee stood in the middle circle, and Aldridge and Cousins ​​followed. The game started with the goal competition and everything was done well.

In the end, Cousins ​​won basketball for George's team and the game officially started!

George has a strong desire to attack today, and at the beginning, his running was very active.

But Link did not give George a chance to catch the ball, and although he could not squirt George on his mouth, Link would not be polite to George on the basketball court.

Without waiting for George to find a chance, Lillard used Cousins' cover to break through Thomas Jr. Then, before Thomas Jr. blocked it, he made a jump shot.

Although both Lillard and Thomas Jr. are point guards, it is still quite difficult for Thomas Jr. to defend Lillard's shooting at a height of 1.75 meters.

Lillard specially practiced his interfering jump shot this summer, with the purpose of scoring on players taller than him. Faced with an opponent shorter than him, Lillard would not miss at all.

Lillard easily scored a goal in the first attack at the beginning. Thomas Jr. looked a little depressed, and his height always made him struggling in defense.

"It's okay, we'll help defend later!"

Just when Thomas was depressed, Link walked up and patted him on the shoulder.

Of course, Link knew that Thomas Jr. was easily targeted on the defensive end, but as long as the defensive system could be woven and Thomas' shortcomings were covered to the greatest extent, he could exert his strength.

Now everyone is just playing training games, and it is nonsense to say that weaving a defensive system. But for basic defense, Link believes that he can do it.

Link was replaced with the attacking team. This time, Link came out and received a pass from Thomas Jr. George was on the verge of the game. He didn't want Link to score easily on his head.

But Link did not break through and did not intend to take action. Instead, he fought with Wade and helped Wade make his wedding dress.

The moment Wade got the basketball from Link's hand, he immediately accelerated to the inside line.

Wade's breakthrough speed was very fast and he entered the penalty area before the opponent completed the switch.

Although this speed is not enough compared to Wade's peak period, if compared with last season's playoffs, Wade's skills have recovered a lot.

However, Cousins ​​was also very quick. He made up for defense at the basket the moment Wade broke through the penalty area. Just when everyone thought Cousins ​​would force Wade to pass the ball, Wade used a pull-in action in the air to avoid the block and successfully scored the ball.

This movement is very difficult and requires a very coordinated upper and lower body. However, Wade was easy to complete. It seems that his body has indeed recovered very smoothly.

Link curled his lips, really not sure whether to be happy or worried. Wade next season will probably become less easy to deal with.

Although he lost one goal, George became excited. Now, he only wants to score!

This time, Lillard broke through and passed the ball and handed it to George.

George faced Link with the ball, which was his dream matchup.

Link stood in front of George with his arms wide open, not relaxing because it was just a training match.

George did not call for cover, he just wanted to defeat Link by dribbling!

Last season, the Pacers were only one game away from overturning the Heat's Big Three. If he had been stronger at the time and scored a few more goals, he believed that the Pacers would not have been eliminated.

This year, George will never allow himself to fail again!

George suddenly started and pierced towards Link's left hand. Seeing Link moving, George immediately changed direction one after another, his movements were very smooth!

"It's over!" George was secretly happy. Although this was just a simple forward direction change action, even the most junior basketball enthusiasts would do this action.

But it is not that simple to do this action in NBA's actual combat.

George was about to speed up after he threw away Link, but he felt that the basketball was driven away by another greater force.

George looked down in surprise and saw that it was Link's long arm!

"It's still too high, George." Link said, and with a force on his arm, he stole the ball from George's hand!

George's dribbling has made great progress, and his movements have been much smoother. But the center of gravity of this dribble is still too high!

George is 2.06 meters tall and wants to lower the center of gravity while dribbling. This habit cannot be changed in a summer.

George didn't expect that he was robbed for the first time when he tried to break through! That guy Link, how hard did he hone his defense this summer?

After stealing, Link did not participate in the fast break, but instead hit the ball to Thomas Jr.

Thomas Jr. rushed in the front. Facing DeRozan's defense, Thomas Jr., who was under the height, made the basket move in the confrontation with DeRozan!

Thomas Jr. was very excited after scoring the goal. The goal just now means that he has achieved success this summer.

Defenders like Thomas, Curry and Paul who are at a disadvantage in height or body usually require some tricks to make up for their innate shortcomings.

For example, Paul likes to play with the opponent's big man with throws, and Curry's high-pitched layup made up for his poor physical fitness. Thomas Jr. has specially developed his small hook in the confrontation this year.

The ball just now seemed to be a layup in the confrontation. But in fact, Thomas Jr. made a small hook move in the air.

The hook move will make the basketball fly very high, so if Thomas Jr. uses this move to hit the basket, it will be difficult for the defensive players to block it.

Link applauded and saw that everyone could improve in their training camp, but Link was still very accomplished.

Once the reputation of his training camp spreads, Link's influence in the league will be different again.

After being intercepted by Link, George was still unwilling to accept it. This time, he chose to hold the ball at the wide arc and called Cousins ​​for cover.

George originally planned to use a fake cover to shake Link away and speed up the breakthrough. But the first step of the plan went bankrupt because George's fake cover did not work, and Link was not fooled!

George had just made his first step and was stopped by Link! Link's judgment on the defensive end was simply the speed of light. George, who was not very skilled in dribbling, was hit by Link's knock, and the dribbling rhythm became messy in an instant.

George hugged the ball with both hands in a hurry, and did not let the basketball be snatched away by Link. Although he protected the ball, George also lost his mobility. Now, he has no third choice except passing and shooting.

In the end, George passed the ball to Butler. The latter made a forced layup under Harris' defense, and the two Grizzlies players met and played very hard.

George was so depressed that he couldn't even get a single step in front of Link. He was like a child who couldn't play basketball!

Is he too weak? It shouldn't be that George worked very hard, and he could feel that he had made progress himself.

20 seconds later, George made a comeback. But this time, he was no longer facing Link, but was misplaced in front of Harris.

George, who was unwilling to give in, turned around and threw Harris behind him, and made a smooth breakthrough and layup. At that moment, he regained the pleasure of fighting the enemy on the court last season.

Brickley smiled happily, and it seemed that George had evolved again this summer.

But after George scored, he did not show a happy smile, but looked at Link in horror.

It was easy for him to pass Harris in that goal just now. Harris' defense was not bad either, at least not so bad that he would be passed in one step. It can only be said that George has indeed made progress. The reason for his continuous misses just now was not that his level was too poor, but that Link's defense had improved to a very terrible level!

Facing Harris and facing Link are completely different concepts. If it is compared to playing games, Harris is a special enemy, and then Link is the big boss!

The game continues, but George's heart is already hanging. After the new season begins, Link will definitely become a nightmare for all offensive players in the league.
Chapter completed!