During the Lakers' three-game losing streak, Li Hao's appearance in the third game was eye-catching. The intensity of the preseason must be higher than that of the summer league, and Li Hao's performance seemed to be similar to that of the summer league. This also made fans Li Hao is more confident.
Especially the fans of China. In the previous two games, the fans were very disappointed because of Li Hao's illness. In fact, the fans did not have much expectations for this recovery effort.
Not to mention not losing to the performance in the summer league, as long as there are half or even one-third of the fans in the summer league, they will be happy.
But what's the result? Li Hao is actually the best performer of the Lakers, and his performance in all aspects is not worse than that of the Summer League. How can this not surprise the fans?
Not to mention Chinese fans, even the president and general manager of the Lakers were a little stunned after seeing Li Hao's game statistics, because Li Hao's game was simply not perfect.
On TNT's side, O'Neal even showed up in front of Barkley Smith with Li Hao's data. Li Hao had a cold and didn't take a shot, and the two of them teased O'Neal a lot.
In the past few days when Li Hao was ill, the No. 1 pick and the No. 2 pick came on stage. Brother Zui played 32 minutes in the first game and scored 18 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists. His performance was perfect.
Jabari Parker also played 32 minutes, scoring 14 points, 8 rebounds, and 2 assists. His performance was not inferior to Brother Zui at all.
In the next game, their performance declined somewhat, but they still scored in double figures and their performance was not bad. Seeing the performance of these two people, Barkley and Smith were very happy, and they also made O'Neal anxious. .
When Li Hao was ill, O'Neal almost became the person who cared most about Li Hao, and Li Hao's recovery and return this time did not disappoint O'Neal's concern.
Because of the bet between the TNT Big Three, Li Hao, Zui Ge and Parker have all received a lot of attention. This is a good thing for the rookies, but it is also pressure. Now it depends on whether the three can withstand the pressure.
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After the game against the Warriors, the Lakers have three days of adjustment time. In three days, the Lakers will face the Jazz in Orange County, California. Not surprisingly, Li Hao will face this year's No. 5 pick Exum.
As far as the top five picks are concerned, Exum's performance was the worst, leaving aside Embiid who was recovering from injury. In the first game, he only scored 4 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in nearly 30 minutes.
The performance was a little better the second time, but compared with the fifth pick, it is still not good, so the next game with the Lakers will be a battle of proof for Exum. After all, Li Hao is outstanding as a second-round pick. Performance, if Exum doesn't perform again, it would be a shame for the No. 5 pick.
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"You have improved again." Toyota Sports Center, Li Hao once again challenged Kobe Bryant.
In three months, Li Hao's progress was visible to the naked eye. Even this improvement surprised Kobe. When the two met for the first time, Li Hao seemed like a different person now.
"If there is no progress, I would be really sorry for your professional team of trainers." Li Hao can also clearly feel his progress. At least now he doesn't want to be as helpless when facing Kobe Bryant. Speaking of the one-on-one challenge that just ended, Li Hao Just beat Kobe.
This is not the first time Li Hao has defeated Kobe. Before the team was about to assemble, Li Hao had defeated Kobe and had made significant progress compared to himself. Li Hao found that Kobe seemed to have regressed, especially after Kobe's 36th birthday. The feeling of regression is particularly obvious.
Li Hao knows that his strength will continue to improve, while Kobe will decline, realistic and cruel.
"One More Game" Kobe didn't seem to care about losing to Li Hao.
"Okay" Kobe wanted to play, so Li Hao naturally accompanied him.
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At 8 o'clock in the evening in California and 10 o'clock in the morning in China, the Lakers ushered in the fourth game of the preseason, facing the Utah Jazz at the Honda Center in Orange County.
The current Jazz does not have Mitchell yet, and Gobert, the future best defensive player, is only a second-year rookie. The core of the team is Gordon Hayward, the winner in life.
Hayward's attendance rate was still very high when he was with the Jazz, but after leaving the Jazz, Hayward started to make money while lying down, and every contract year, Hayward would usher in a wave of explosions.
Li Hao was still not in the starting lineup for this game. Even though Jeremy Lin was injured before the game, before coming to Orange County, Jeremy Lin strained his ankle and could only stay in Los Angeles.
Replacing Jeremy Lin in the starting lineup was Ronnie Price. This veteran was signed by the Lakers with a one-year minimum salary after Nash's back injury recurred.
Li Hao really didn't understand Scott's choice, but no matter what, Li Hao could only accept it, because he was a rookie with no say.
Through this period of getting along, Li Hao found that Scott was indeed a difficult head coach to get along with. From the time the team was assembled to the present, he and Scott had almost no communication.
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In this game, the Lakers' starting form improved. In the first 8 minutes, the score between the two sides was very close. When Li Hao came on as a substitute, the Lakers were only one point behind the Jazz.
So Li Hao helped the Lakers overtake the score as soon as he came on the field. I don't know if it was a habit developed from March Madness. Li Hao just like throwing a three-pointer to try his hand when he came on the field.
Seeing Li Hao throw a three-pointer once again on the court, Scott on the sidelines couldn't help but frown. From the outside, Li Hao's three-pointer was a bit too casual, even if the ball was scored in the end.
During the transition between offense and defense, the Jazz had the ball in Exum's hands. After seeing Li Hao come up and throw in a three-pointer, Exum, as the No. 5 pick, naturally couldn't show weakness.
You know, watching popular rookies compete is also a kind of fun, and it is also a test for the rookies themselves. Facing the rookies of the same class, who will give in?
So when the basketball came to Exum, Li Hao also stood in front of Exum. Before meeting the No. 1 pick and No. 2 pick, it would be good to warm up with the No. 5 pick.
Seeing Li Hao defending himself, Exum seemed confident. This was the confidence brought to Exum by his draft pick. He was the noble No. 5 pick.
But Exum soon discovered that he was wrong, because he found that Li Hao was completely unmoved by his fake moves, and when he forced a breakthrough, Li Hao always blocked his breakthrough route first.
Exum, who was never able to break through Li Hao's defense, could only pass the basketball out, and the basketball hit Booker's hands. The latter forced a layup, causing Randall to foul and get two free throws.
Booker made one of two free throws, and then it was the Lakers' turn to attack. Exack, who had not taken advantage of the attack just now, was about to regain face on defense, but was passed by Li Hao as soon as he stepped forward.
The Jazz inside players immediately rushed over to cover the defense. Upon seeing this, Li Hao immediately threw the basketball to the basket. A purple-gold figure jumped up from the block, caught the basketball with both hands, and then slammed it against the basket.
PS: Thanks for the tip from the two brothers Yimi Yangguang and Azheng 128.
