In the 2024 NBA Summer League, a key battle will be played, with the Los Angeles Lakers playing against the Houston Rockets. The outcome of this game is completely secondary, and the focus of the outside world is on the Lakers' No. 55 pick Bronny and the Rockets' scout Shepard. This is the first game of the Rockets Summer League, and it is also Shepard's debut, so naturally everyone is looking forward to it. Shepard is regarded as the best shooter in the 24th rookie, and Bronny is the well-deserved "traffic king" in this rookie. But everyone who understands understands that Shepard relies on real ability and potential, and the outside world does not have too high expectations for Brownie's ability.

The Rockets sent Whitmore, Griffin, Dante, Williams and Shepard as starters, and Bronny continued to start on the Lakers' side. At the beginning of the first quarter, Shepard took the lead in assisting the "White Devils" to score a layup, Lewis ran and scored the Lakers' first goal, Bronny broke through and hit a layup, and Shepard hit a 3-point shot with a knife on the outside! After that, the two sides went back and forth, and the score difference alternately led, and the first quarter ended, and the two teams fought to 26 draws;

In the second quarter, Brown made 1 of 2 fouls and 1 of free throws, Griffin broke through and hit a dunk, Lewis made a rebound, Shepard continued to fire with 3 points, and the Rockets opened up the difference with a small climax; After that, the Lakers tried to chase the points, and the Rockets always had players who stepped up to continue the score, and the difference came to double digits after another wave of attacks; At the end of the quarter, the Lakers suddenly made a force to chase the score, Knecht scored 3 points, Kus continued to score 3 points, Knecht shot backwards and hit again, and after a wave of 8-0, he chased only 4 points; At halftime, the Rockets led by nine points at 54-45;

Yibian fought again, Janathan Williams broke through and scored, Kus continued with a 3-pointer, and Castleton hit an empty dunk; Shepard responded strongly with a 3-point shot, and then the "No. 3 Show" continued to exert his strength, broke through to the layup, and then assisted the White Devil to score a dunk in the air, and then hit a jump shot with a stop-and-go jumper, and single-handedly directed a wave of attacks, and the point difference came to double digits again! After that, the Rockets continued to exert their strength, and Shepard scored 5 points in a row with inside and outside shots, and the difference came to 18 points! At the end of the third quarter, the Rockets led by 19 points at 80-61!

As soon as the final quarter started, Janathan Williams broke through and hit a jumper, and Dent dunked to continue, and the Rockets led by 23 points! Simson and Traore scored 6 points in a row, and the Lakers narrowed the difference; Bronny broke through and hit a shot, the White Devils responded with a 3-pointer, and then broke through the layup to score, and the point difference returned to 20+, after which the Lakers were unable to reverse the defeat, Shepard continued to score and got 20+ in this game, and finally the Rockets beat the Lakers.

Shepard handed over an almost perfect answer in his debut in this game, shooting 9 of 17 from the field, 4 of 6 from 3-point range, and cutting 23 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks, and the performance was very comprehensive! White Devils 20 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals; On the Lakers' side, Bronny shot 3 of 14, including 0 of 8 3-pointers with 8 points, 5 rebounds and 2 steals, and Xia Lian missed all 12 3-pointers, and the Lakers also suffered a 4-game losing streak.