As a boyfriend, it would be remiss to say that he couldn't be with his girlfriend to celebrate her birthday, even if Li Hao gave him a birthday gift worth six figures.
Accompanied by Holtz, Li Hao came to a famous luxury store and finally fell in love with a bracelet and a necklace, and chose the necklace at Holtz's suggestion.
Li Hao definitely couldn't hand the gift to Kim Seol Hyun personally, and there were still a few days until Kim Seol Hyun's birthday, so Li Hao's attention quickly shifted to the game.
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Five consecutive victories, the day after buying gifts, the Lakers welcomed the Toronto Raptors at home, and then the two teams staged a battle at the Staples Center.
In this game, the Menglong's dual-core team was in excellent form, scoring 63 points together. The two of them combined scored more than the entire team, including DeRozan with 31 points, Lowry with 32 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.
And Lowry's 32 points are very valuable, because most of them were scored when facing Li Hao's defense. It has to be said that the little steel cannon in his peak period is indeed the top number one position in the league.
As the league's top No. 1 position, Li Hao naturally cannot show weakness. No, it should be said that without Li Hao, both sides would not be able to attack in this game.
Stimulated by the Menglong dual-core, Li Hao played an extremely efficient game, making 20 of 24 shots, 9 of 11 three-pointers, 8 of 8 free throws, scoring 57 points, 12 assists, 8 rebounds, 3 Steals, 2 blocks.
The two sides fought until the last moment to determine the winner. With 24 seconds left in the game, the two sides were tied at 119. The Lakers had the ball. When Li Hao crossed the half court with the ball, Carroll immediately rushed forward.
Upon seeing this, Wade immediately came over to set a screen for Li Hao. Then Li Hao crossed Carroll and came to the three-point line. The Menglong side also reacted immediately. DeRozan and Lowry rushed together. To Li Hao.
When these two people rushed over, the people who were originally facing them were naturally empty, but even so, Li Hao had no intention of passing the ball.
Under normal circumstances, passing to an open teammate at this time is the correct and reasonable choice, but this is the NBA, a place of miracles.
What is a miracle, turning the unreasonable into reasonable, turning the impossible into possible.
Kick your legs, stretch your arms, shoot.
Li Hao completely ignored Deroso and Lowry who rushed to him.
brush--
The basketball draws a perfect parabola and hits the net.
With Li Hao's ninth three-pointer, the Lakers took the lead, but Menglong did not give up. After the timeout, Menglong also wanted to shoot a three-pointer, but under the Lakers' defense, Lowry made 5 of 7 three-pointers in this game. After getting a chance, DeRoso could only complete a back-up shot.
The score became 121:122.
The ball returned to the Lakers, and the Menglong used foul tactics. Li Hao got the fifth and sixth free throws of the game and made both free throws.
The Menglong called a timeout again, but this time the Menglong did not score again. Lowry still did not become the Menglong's hero. He missed a three-pointer under Li Hao's defense.
As Lowry missed the three-pointer, the game completely lost suspense. Menglong fouled again. Li Hao scored another 2 points, and the Lakers expanded their advantage to 5 points.
121:126.
The Lakers won the first game of 2017 as they wished.
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The Lakers did not have a game the next day, but he was unable to go to South Korea to celebrate his girlfriend's birthday. This must be a pity for Kim Seol-hyun, even though Li Hao gave him a birthday gift worth nearly 300 million won.
After spending a day without being able to spend time with his girlfriend for her birthday, the Lakers welcomed their fifth consecutive home game back to Los Angeles and their last home game. The opponent was the Grizzlies from Memphis.
This is the last season for the Grizzlies to be both black and white, and it is also the last glory of this Grizzlies. After that, they will enter a reconstruction, and it was not until the arrival of Morant that they found the core of the team again.
Compared with the thrilling game against the Menglong last time, this game against the Grizzlies seemed much smoother. The Lakers gained an advantage from the beginning of the game and have maintained this advantage since then.
This is also directly reflected in Li Hao's playing time. In the last game, Li Hao played a full 43 minutes, but in this game, Li Hao only played 33 minutes, a full ten minutes less.
Although Li Hao only played for thirty-three minutes, his performance in these thirty-three minutes was not bad. He was still the player with the most points on the field. He made 12 of 22 field goals, 4 of 8 three-pointers, and 6 of 7 free throws. 34 points, 13 assists, 7 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 blocks.
Tony Allen, who is about to turn 35, is completely unable to guard against Li Hao. He can almost say that he gets everything he wants, but this is normal. This is Li Hao's third year in the league, and compared to the beginning, Li Hao is already different.
If Li Hao's curve is always extending upward, then Tony Allen's curve is always extending downward.
In fact, the Grizzlies made a very right choice as they entered the reconstruction process. Randolph is 36 years old, Tony Allen is about to score 35 points, Gasol is about to be 32 years old, and Conley is 29 years old.
102:116.
The Lakers completed their five-game winning streak at home.
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After five consecutive victories, the Lakers don't have much time to rest. One day later, they will fly to Portland to challenge the Trail Blazers. One of the rare things in the NBA is the intensive schedule.
The Lakers still have a day to rest, and the Trail Blazers have a back-to-back game. Before the game against the Lakers, the Trail Blazers first went to San Francisco to challenge the Warriors away from home.
But even so, the Lakers' game in Portland is not easy to play. There is indeed a bonus to playing at home, which we can also know from the Lakers.
Furthermore, the Lakers have many young players, and one of the characteristics of young players is their ups and downs, and Li Hao is obviously not among them.
Status ups and downs? How could this happen to Li Hao.
Therefore, the best performance in this game was Li Hao and several veterans in the team. It was with Li Hao and several veterans that the Lakers won the final victory.
Li Hao scored a steady output of 33 points, Wade and Howard scored 30 points, Williams and Nick Young scored 32 points on the bench, and the Lakers scored a total of 119 points in the entire game.
On the other side, the Trail Blazers scored a total of 112 points. From the scores of both sides, we can also know that the winner of this game was not really decided until the end.
The combination of Lillard and McCollum is indeed strong offensively. The two scored a total of 50 points in this game. This was after Lillard had just recovered from injury and McCollum scored 35 points at the Warriors' home court the day before.
If the Trail Blazers weren't back-to-back and Lillard wasn't injured and stopped for a few games, then the Lakers really might not be able to win this game.
But that's if, the reality is that after winning this game, the Lakers have won six consecutive games, and then the Lakers will return to Los Angeles and have another consecutive home game.
