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Better and better! Yang Hansen brought surprises in three consecutive games, netizens gave him new nicknames, and American media s photo editing praises

4:44am, 17 July 2025【Basketball】

In a focus game in the NBA Summer League ending in the morning, the Trail Blazers defeated the Pelicans 93-87. Chinese player Yang Hansen performed well, scoring a career-high 15 points in the Xiamen League, and scored 5 rebounds and 3 assists, continuing his good form and has scored in double figures in three consecutive games!

In this game, Yang Hansen had particularly rich offensive methods. As soon as the first quarter came, he received a pass from his teammate on the outside and hit a three-pointer, opening a scoring account for the team. At the end of the second quarter, he first received the pass in the counterattack and then performed the iconic one-handed twitch with fire and one-handed twitch. He turned around and hit a three-pointer again from the outside! In the fourth quarter, he scored a three-pointer again, and then flexibly ran, and then dunked the all-over sent by his teammates with both hands, and then scored with his back-to-back against his opponent in the low post! In addition, he also used his excellent support skills to send wonderful passes to his teammates three times.

In the previous two summer league games, Yang Hansen has shown outstanding strength. In the first game, he played in 23 minutes, effectively contributing 10 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks, with a plus or negative value of up to +19 leading the team, helping the team win easily. In the second game against the Grizzlies, although the Trail Blazers unfortunately lost, Yang Hansen still scored 10 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. Now, he has scored in double digits in two consecutive games, and the young center from China has quickly attracted everyone's attention.

Looking at the three games, Yang Hansen gave surprises in every game. In the first game, he praised his passing ability; in the second game, his dunk became the object of relish; in this game, he praised his three-pointer; although he is still young and has many shortcomings, it is obvious that he has a good foundation, strong learning and adaptability, and can do a lot of things.

As the game deepened, Yang Hansen's performance also gained recognition from fans. On social media, fans have been jokingly complimenting him, and some fans said: If he is given enough time in the new season, he can average 17+10 per game. Some people joked: "Yang Hansen is Jokic's 'primary brother' in China, and passing the ball is a bit of a surprise." Some American netizens even gave the nickname "Yao Kic", which is a combination of Yao Ming + Jokic. These seemingly jokes are actually a high recognition of his outstanding performance by fans.

The American media also praised Yang Hansen. The media NBAmems posted a photo of Jokic wearing the Trail Blazers jersey on social media, with the caption: Yang Hansen in the Summer League is shown in the picture.

Next, at 10 am on July 18, Yang Hansen will welcome his fourth opponent in the summer league - the Timberwolves. I believe that after the experience of these games, Yang Hansen has accumulated more experience. I hope he can continue to shine in the next game, leave more exciting moments on the stage of the summer league, and accumulate strength for the new season!