The day after the game against the Warriors, Li Hao and Kobe went to give back to the community. Serving the community is a characteristic of the United States, and it is also a way for NBA teams to manage their team image and gather fans.
Every year, NBA teams carry out this kind of activity to give back to the community, and the players of each team also arrange tasks, and it has even become an obligation for the team and players.
Li Hao is a rookie who has only entered the league this year. It is his first time to participate in this kind of event, so the Lakers arranged for Kobe to lead Li Hao. The Lakers obviously arranged this deliberately.
Kobe is very happy to bring new people, not to mention Li Hao. Kobe also brought new people to the Lakers, and Li Hao is undoubtedly the most worry-free, hard-working and most satisfying newcomer for Kobe.
Today's activities are twofold: delivering supplies to poor communities, and then going to a welfare home to play with children and play a game of basketball.
The team contributes part of the money for this kind of community activity, and the sponsors will also contribute part. High-income players will also spend their own money to buy some supplies if they want.
Kobe spent tens of thousands of dollars to buy a piece of supplies, and Li Hao also spent 20,000 dollars. Although Li Hao's salary is not high, he has other income, and with his outstanding performance on the court, Li Hao's endorsement fees It's soaring like crazy.
Li Hao spent 20,000 US dollars to buy shoes. Compared with clothes, Los Angeles seems to need shoes more, because the lowest temperature in Los Angeles throughout the year is only more than ten degrees, and the hottest is no more than 30 degrees.
Li Hao has never been a stingy person, and he grew up in a welfare institution. After making money in China, Li Hao directly donated a sum of money.
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The United States is not as good as some people say. A free America. Shootings every day are not just talk. In a prosperous Los Angeles, police sirens sound every day.
And the more prosperous the place, the greater the gap between the rich and the poor. This feeling is especially obvious after a day of community service.
After playing a children's game with children from an orphanage, Li Hao and Kobe ended the day's activities, and then Li Hao was forced to follow Kobe to a Mexican restaurant.
This was not the first time Li Hao came to this restaurant. Kobe boasted about how delicious this restaurant was when they were training together during the offseason. However, after Li Hao came over to taste it, Li Hao doubted Kobe's taste. There is a problem, because the food in this restaurant is not even close to delicious.
From an athlete's perspective, it's pretty good. After all, after being a real athlete for a year, Li Hao knows how unpalatable nutritional meals are.
"I will open my own Chinese restaurant in the future, a pure Chinese restaurant." Li Hao can also cook. As a person who has been self-reliant since childhood, cooking is a basic skill.
"Okay, but there are a lot of Chinese restaurants in Los Angeles." Kobe also ate there.
"Those are all improved to suit the tastes of local people. I want to open a pure Chinese restaurant to only serve real Chinese like me." Los Angeles is the city with the largest Chinese population in the United States, and with the blessing of Li Hao's fame, Los Angeles is definitely It won't be a loss.
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The next day, Li Hao's attention returned to training. Although Li Hao also has a girlfriend now, because Aomei has already joined the group for filming, it makes no difference whether he has a girlfriend or not.
No, there is still a difference. At least Li Hao has one more task at night, which is to make a video call to his girlfriend.
Since Aomei left, the two have video calls every day, and each call lasts for an hour. As a man and woman in love, this is understandable.
In addition to phone calls, O'Mei will also watch Lakers games. O'Mei took the crew to watch the last game against the Warriors, but unfortunately she lost in the end.
However, the Lakers' losing journey has just begun. With the Lakers' lineup this season, it is not easy to win a few more games.
No, one day later the Phoenix Suns were at home, and the Lakers lost again. Originally, Li Hao wanted to take revenge for the previous one, but instead of taking revenge, he was cheated.
Kobe's efficiency in this game was higher than in the previous game, although he still took up a lot of shots. In the game, Kobe made 14 of 30 shots, 3 of 7 three-pointers, and 8 of 12 free throws, scoring 39 points.
Li Hao played 33 minutes in this game, making 7 of 14 shots, 3 of 6 three-pointers, and 3 of 5 free throws. He scored 20 points, 12 assists, 8 rebounds, 2 blocks, and 1 steal.
In addition to offense, Li Hao also made a great contribution on defense. Li Hao faced Dragic throughout the game and limited his scoring to 9 points. He also gave Dragic two blocks.
If only based on the performance of the starting lineup, the Lakers would have a high chance of winning the game. Unexpectedly, two substitute players from the Suns stood up in this game.
9-finger dunk king Gerald Green suddenly broke out and scored a team-high 26 points for the Suns. Coupled with Thomas's 22 points, the Suns' bench defeated the Lakers' bench.
Although Jeremy Lin also performed well, scoring 18 points, Jeremy Lin is not Li Hao. When he is in good condition, he can score by himself, but he cannot make his teammates better.
Jeremy Lin alone was obviously unable to withstand Green and Thomas. It was precisely because the Lakers' bench lineup was completely destroyed and the main force was still unable to fill this big hole. The Lakers ushered in their first losing streak this season.
With the strength of this game, there were some discordant voices outside the court. Some expert media said that it was Kobe who took up a lot of shot rights that caused the Lakers to lose the game.
In the two games the Lakers won, Kobe averaged only 16 shots per game. In the three games the Lakers lost, Kobe averaged 27.6 shots per game, with a shooting percentage of just over 40%.
In contrast, Li Hao averaged only 17.8 shots per game, with a shooting percentage of over 50%. In addition to his total field goal percentage of over 50%, Li Hao also shot over 50% of three-pointers.
When he saw this news, Li Hao almost vomited blood. He didn't want to be separated from Kobe because of this matter. Moreover, Li Hao knew very well that the 50% of the hits were mainly because the opponent's defensive focus was on Kobe. Moreover, since the beginning of the new season, Li Hao It feels too good to handle.
No team will pay too much attention to a rookie, which is why many rookies perform very well after adapting at the beginning, but their performance begins to decline as the season progresses.
Because as the regular season progresses, each team gradually understands the abilities of the rookies in various aspects, and thus can make corresponding tactics to restrict them. This is one of the external factors that causes the rookie wall.
The rookie wall can be divided into external factors and internal factors. The external factors are as the team becomes familiar with the rookie, while the internal factors are the rookie's own problems.
For example, in terms of physical fitness, NBA games are very intense. There are 82 games in the regular season alone. On average, one game takes 2-3 days, which is a great test for players' physical fitness.
It is the first time for a rookie to experience such an intensive game. Coupled with the high-intensity competition, it is easy for rookies to have physical problems.
