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LAS VEGAS -- Its July, and its the NBA Summer League.But Saturday night the Thomas and Mack Center felt more like a playoff game, with a near-capacity crowd taking in the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers, as the game featured the top two picks from last months NBA Draft.No. 1 pick Ben Simmons, who made his Summer League debut with the 76ers last week in Salt Lake City, had his first run-in with second pick Brandon Ingram.While Simmons seemingly won the battle on the stat sheet, it was Ingrams assist with 1.8 seconds left in the game that led to DAngelo Russells buzzer beater that lifted the Lakers to a 70-69 victory.Simmons finished with 8 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists. Ingram had just seven points and four rebounds.There was a lot of hype coming into this game. Youre trying to get the jitters out and try to play the game, but I think there was a lot of energy in the building tonight, Ingram said. The game doesnt end until the clock is out (and) I just know DAngelo is a good player and he just knocked down a big shot.Though the Sixers played in Salt Lake Citys Summer League, and the Lakers played incredibly Friday night in their league-opener, both teams appeared rattled from the opening tip, in the national spotlight for a matchup that has been hyped since last months draft.Both Simmons and Ingram came out aggressive early on feeling they needed to impress a national television audience as well as those in attendance. Nevertheless, with the Salt Lake Summer League under his belt, Simmons said he wasnt bothered by the crowd or the ballyhooed showdown between him and Ingram.It was Lakers versus Philly tonight, whoever you matchup against youre trying to go hard, Simmons said. I came out last night (to the Lakers game) so I knew they were going to go crazy every lay-up. Thats L.A. fans for you, theyre great.Russell created the first exciting moment of the game when he drove past the 76ers defense to the right side of the basket, and stuffed a left-handed slam dunk at the 4:38 mark. It sparked a little bit of ribbing between him and Simmons, as the two were teammates at Montverde Academy in Florida. At one point in the first half, Simmons got in Russells ear after Lakers power forward Larry Nance Jr. collected his fourth foul, while Russell pawed at the ball before Simmons was able to inbound under the basket another time.Thats my guy, Russell said of Simmons. Win or lose, we know what we went through to get to this point. Going to high school, we know how tough it was. But Bens going to be a great player.Though this was Russells second year at the Summer League, the 6-foot-5 guard said even he had jitters in front of the raucous crowd. Last years single-day attendance record of 12,422 was shattered with a reported 16,208 in attendance on Saturday.This crowd is so electric and it definitely makes you nervous; coming out in the beginning of the game I had jitters, so I cant imagine what (Ingram) had, Russell said. It gets easier, and Ill keep preaching to him that it only gets easier and hell be fine.Lakers coach Luke Walton was all smiles, as well, with a packed house to cheer on his team, which is now 2-0 after the first two days, and how it persevered both nights.The Laker fans are some of the best in all of sports. From what I can remember playing preseason games here 15 years ago, it was always like this. Weve had great support in this city and to hear them cheer and see the numbers show up, it was great, Walton said. But to me most importantly is we competed and thats the attitude I want us to have. To see the young guys get after it in a Summer League game is really encouraging. 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That performance had the 25-year-old from Toronto describing himself as the least-bad skater on the night.So Stojko pulled Chan aside to offer advice that could help put him in medal contention at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.Patrick, he relied on the artistry for so long until everyone caught on, but in the meantime everyone was working on the quads, Stojko said. Now, hes got one season to get this. Hes got to do it now. And I told him, `Youre going to make the mistakes. You might have to give up competition wins for it.The mistakes were many on Saturday. To keep pace with his competition, Chan debuted an ambitious program that included three quads. He started off beautifully, landing a huge quad and triple axel, but fell on his second quad attempt, and turned the third into a triple. He downgraded several jumps over the final, lung-busting minutes.On a night that saw all but Canadian Kevin Reynolds struggle, Chans was one of three gold medals for the host nation. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won the ice dance title in their first major competition since the Sochi Olympics. Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford won the pairs title. Reynolds landed three quads in his bronze-medal performance.Stojko was famous for doing double run-throughs in practice, and suggested Chan try it. The 44-year-old would do a run-through of his 4 1-2 minute free skate, take a one-minute break, then do it again -- a taxing workout he could only do every few weeks.We call it the wall, and youve got to push it, youve got to push that limit all the time that youre always up against it, and it always feels like youre working out in molasses, Stojko said. After youve done training like that, the wall moves. And its hard.As Stojko explained in a lengthy interview Sunday, competition is much tougher on the body than practice. Nerves andd anticipation push the heart rate up.ddddddddddddWhat happens to any of us when we have anxiety? Youre exhausted and you havent even done anything. Times that by 10 in this environment, said Stojko, who credits his background in martial arts for his approach to sports.The stress level youre under drains the tank that much faster. So when youre competing at that high level, and trying all the quads and everything, your tank needs to be larger than at a normal practice.Chan, whos also a three-time world champion, planned to discuss the double run-through idea with coach Marina Zoueva. They also plan to explore meditation and breathing exercises.Stojko has been outspoken about the direction of mens skating, writing a scathing column for Yahoo at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics under the headline The night they killed figure skating. He was angry that American Evan Lysacek won gold with no quad.Hes thrilled the sport is embracing the big jumps again.I think its awesome, said Stojko, who is Skate Canadas ambassador. People say the sports going too gymnastics. But if you take out the jumps and you limit the guys, then it just becomes a recital. Youve got the art form, but you need that athletic side to blend them together. To have a clear-cut winner, youve got to have that technical side.Critics argue the focus on the quads is hard on the skaters bodies.Look at hockey. Look at football. Look at all these other sports where they push the body, Stojko said. People come to watch that excitement. If you take all the quads out, youre going to see a lot of perfect performances, but its going to end up being boring again.The 25-year-old Chan is embracing the big jumps -- if only by necessity.Were going to keep pushing the boundary, he said. But somethings got to give, either youll have skaters who wont last very long due to injury, or the component/presentation side starts getting affected.But its cool to see these guys pushing the boundaries; Im in awe. Its going to be interesting to sit back and see where it does top out, where it does suffer. 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