Billups: Yang Hansen played extremely well and protected the rim to a top level, which makes me particularly proud and proud.

On October 11, in the NBA preseason, the Trail Blazers won their first preseason victory over the Kings 124-123. In this game, Chinese player Yang Hansen performed well, scoring 14 points on 5-for-5 in the third quarter.

In the entire game, Yang Hansen played 17 minutes, making 5 of 8 shots, 2 of 3 three-pointers, and scored 16 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, and 3 blocks.

After the game, Trail Blazers coach Billups accepted an interview with the media in response to Yang Hansen's outburst. He responded: He found a very good rhythm on the court and adapted to the offensive and defensive speed of the game. This rhythm is very suitable for him.

His understanding of the game is becoming more and more mature, and he plays very well, even extremely well. He found an excellent rhythm of the game and began to understand the game from a more mature perspective.

I think his rim protection performance has reached the top level. Blocked a lot of shots and was more defensively positioned tonight than before. In fact, during the training camp, he had some shining moments and could occasionally show his potential, but it was not to the extent that he maintained a high level throughout the training.

In some moments, you may even be surprised that with his size, logically speaking, he shouldn't be able to do this kind of action. Seeing him like this makes you happy for him. "

As I told you a few days ago, I did feel sorry for him in the first game. I know he really wanted to play well, and we were all looking forward to his performance.

So it was really nice to see him adjust quickly in the second game, playing much better, and obviously more calm. Because he really tried his best to practice, and he always wanted to satisfy all of us, and he had to deal with all kinds of things. He couldn't even understand many of the sounds. But he really made me very proud of him tonight. I was so proud of him.

Yang Hansen said in an interview with the media that he got into foul trouble in the first quarter: "After the first quarter, I found that I got into foul trouble (because of) too much hand contact, so I realized that I needed to maintain physical confrontation, but move my feet better. "

Talking about playing against Sabonis: "I like Sabonis' game very much - he is one of my idols.

When I competed with him, I felt that he was much better than me, and I realized that I still have a lot of room for improvement. It feels really good when I get a chance to play against a star like him or a player better than me. ”

On regaining confidence after making your first three-pointer: Confidence is crucial to me. If I lack confidence, I’m helpless. If I lack confidence on the court, people may think I look weird.

Even when I hit the second three-pointer, my hands were still shaking. I can’t tell when I made that spin layup, that was my move—I made that move, and then I started feeling it.