This made Arenas feel that he was being underestimated. He never thought that this was a normal performance for Li Ao, who averaged 10.5 points per game.
Originally, the Trojans were still preparing for the Wildcats' desperate counterattack in the last few minutes, but Arenas hit three irons in a row.
Granville, Li Ao, and Sam Clancy counterattacked for 3 consecutive rounds, hitting a 6-0 wave to tie the score at 92-77. The Trojans opened the point difference to 15 points in one fell swoop, sealing the victory!
At 8:45 pm, the final whistle sounded.
Relying on Trey Pagnier's 16 points, Li Ao's 14 points, White Mamba's 17 points, Brusenthal's 13 points, Granville's 8 points, 8 assists and 2 steals... the Trojans finished with 101 Beat the Wildcats 88 and win 16th straight!
In addition to 14 points, Li Ao also had 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal.
After the final buzzer sounded, all Trojans players and coaches poured onto the court, including Henry Bibby, who formed a circle and shouted victory.
The crowd was filled with boos, but they couldn't drown out the Trojans' roars.
"Victory!"
"Victory!"
"We're going to get that damn victory!"
The Trojans' momentum shocked the Wildcat players.
Gardner, Michael Wright and others all wanted to shout a few words for each other.
After losing to the Trojans, they had a change of heart - they wanted the Trojans to win it all.
It can't be just them, the Cardinals have to be just as miserable.
The top three top teams in the former pac10 must be organized!
Michael Wright was convinced that he lost tonight. Overall, their performance was indeed inferior to their opponents.
Regardless of any objective factors, the 4V4 team offense they are good at has not been successful. The opponent's strategy is also part of their strength.
His only regret tonight was that he had almost no chance to face off against Li Ao, and his idea of picking off his opponent's pants was shattered.
I didn't take it off this time. It's hard to get another chance this season.
He is very confident that their Wildcats will enter the Crazy Three. After all, they will be third in the division, and may even be second in the end.
Generally speaking, in top leagues like their pac10 league, 3 teams are guaranteed to advance to the top three, 4 teams have a higher probability, and 5 teams are rarer.
The Crazy Three will be divided into four divisions, the East, the West, the Midwest, and the South. Teams in the same league will be evenly divided into the two closest divisions. The first round will be very scattered. Teams in the same league will be divided into four divisions. Teams that want to play against each other in the Crazy Three will get to the quarterfinals at least, and in most cases to the semifinals.
Michael Wright doesn't have much confidence anymore. He thinks they are going crazy.
Their current strength is to dominate the pac10 league, which is the weakest among the six major leagues... No, they can't even be the king of the pac10 league.
Just like last season, I was eliminated in the first round...
But it doesn't matter, everyone is still young, and he is also a sophomore, so there are plenty of opportunities in the future!
Next time, you won’t miss the opportunity!
Most of the Wildcats were resigned to the loss and felt they did not deserve to win tonight.
But there was one person who was dissatisfied - a certain No. 0 player.
After he was replaced with more than 3 minutes left in the game, he left the court directly and ran back to the training ground to practice more.
Not to mention how effective the training was when he was so exhausted after playing a game. With this attitude and the talent from the head down, the Wildcats head coach felt that his No. 0's future was limitless.
But what he wants is players who can be used now, not how brilliant they will be in the future.
I miss Mike Bibby.
Again - Henry, do you still have a son? Is it possible to give birth without having another child?
…
The Los Angeles sports world in February belongs to the Trojans!
On Thursday morning, Li Ao saw such news headlines after returning to Los Angeles with the team.
In college sports, the football season is over, and the most popular period of ice hockey and baseball has not yet arrived, so they all have to make way for the crazy three.
In the professional arena, the Clippers are the favorites for the No. 1 pick; the Kings in ice hockey are currently in a state of decline and have been for several years; the Major League Baseball season is in the summer and autumn, and the Dodgers currently have no sense of existence.
The one with the hottest news is undoubtedly the Lakers, but the evaluation is not very high, even though O'Neal is averaging 30 points per game, far surpassing Allen Iverson who averaged 28 points per game, and the Lakers played the best half in team history. Cheng's record, but still not favored.
In the past three years, the Lakers have performed extremely poorly when encountering the final championship or runner-up in the playoffs. Therefore, even if they have the best start in the league since the 1995-96 season, they are only regarded as a regular season team.
Although O'Neal's personal performance is good, his body shape has been questioned.
Li Ao saw nothing good about O'Neal in the media.
No one has yet associated O'Neal with dominance. They are all criticizing him for not being self-disciplined during the lockout. Maybe it's because he is in Los Angeles. Some media and experts even put him alongside Rain Man and Baker. Some people who don't know thought he was on the field. The average score was also cut in half.
In this environment, the once little transparent Trojans team in Los Angeles sports stands out.
The Trojans, who have won 16 consecutive games, are expected to win all in one month!
If we can win all the divisions, our opponents won't be too strong in the later 'qualification stage' games.
Glanville, White Mamba, Brusenthal, Trey Paganier, Shelby Jordan... have become the current targets of Los Angeles sports fans.
The one who received the most praise was naturally the head coach Henry Bibby.
The Trojans players have many advantages, but their respective shortcomings are also very prominent. The head coach is indispensable for being able to twist these people into a rope, explode with such amazing fighting power, and achieve an undefeated record of 16 consecutive victories.
Li Ao also saw the praise for him, including mid-range shooting, defense and passing.
Compared with others, his style of play is indeed not attractive enough. Granville's breakthrough is so sharp; the White Mamba's mid-range shots are so accurate; Brusenthal's inside offense is getting better and better, and the inside is already more popular among fans; Special Ray Pagannier has a no-nonsense style of play; Shelby Jordan has a group of loyal fans... Compared to these people, his style of play is too simple.
When he was browsing the forum, he saw a post - the most handsome man in the NCAA.
It is accompanied by a photo of him in a suit.
The first comment below - Bah, pretty boy.
His appearance attracted more attention than his playing skills. Li Ao had no choice but to endure this humiliation silently.
Continue to take classes and train.
With the meditation teapot and bad pen, he studied more easily.
He brought a teapot to class, and even Liam complained about his pretentious way of pouring tea from a small teacup, let alone other students.
Come Saturday, preparation day before hosting the Sun Devils.
In the morning, Li Ao and several teammates received special training from Kevin Henderson and Sam Hayes. His playing style was not suitable for 3V3 offense and he was still the defensive one.
After the one-hour 3V3 training, Li Ao was taken to the small training ground by Sam Hayes for special training.
Sam Hayes conducted targeted training based on Li Ao's deficiencies exposed in small-scale defensive cooperation.
His special defensive training has been like this recently, and he has reached the stage of intensive training.
At the end of the morning's training, Li Ao received a system prompt!
"Congratulations to the host for upgrading the basic defensive skills training method to level 2. When training the basic defensive skills, the host will gain an additional 40% of the training results."
"Congratulations to the host for having learned level 1 of the team's basic defense coordination training method. When conducting basic team coordination training, the host will receive an additional 20% of the training results."
"Level 2 training tasks for basic defensive skills and level 1 training tasks for team basic defense coordination have been started."
The long wait is finally here!
Seeing that the rate of improvement in several basic defensive skills has declined after reaching an excellent level, according to Sam Hayes, this is a natural phenomenon after reaching a certain level. Next, we have to slowly endure it to see if we can cross this hurdle. Depends on talent.
Sam Hayes told Li Ao that as long as you work hard enough, be patient, and are willing to sacrifice, you can practice defense and become a certain type of defender.
Even with Reggie Miller's thin frame, he was able to keep pace when he was young, and with his mouth escape skills, the defensive effect was pretty good.
Of course, this matter cannot be generalized. Some players need to gain weight to improve their defense. However, on the offensive end, he has a brisk style of play. Gaining weight will affect his speed and flexibility, and his offensive talent is much higher than his defensive talent. Naturally, There is no need to sacrifice your top offense in order to improve your defense to a decent level.
Some people came to this hurdle early, like Reggie Miller, who reached a very good level.
There are also some monsters that, after polishing the most basic defensive skills, become first-rate.
But if you want to become a top defender, you still need time to polish it.
Sam Hayes didn't tell Li Ao that in his eyes, Li Ao was the latter.
By this time, Li Ao had already had a first-class defensive performance on the court.
The most outrageous thing is that I only practiced for half a year.
But whether you can cross this hurdle is not certain. Talent, hard work, patience, and competition opportunities are all indispensable.
There are many players with excellent defense in professional basketball, but to become a top defensive master, not just one in a hundred, but one in ten is pretty good.
This hurdle is now in front of Li Ao. He doesn't know how talented he is on the defensive end, but the higher the level of training methods and the higher the training efficiency, the sooner he can overcome this hurdle.
Just because his defensive ability has reached a bottleneck does not mean that there are no other ways to improve defense. No, he has begun to strengthen team defensive cooperation under the guidance of Sam Hayes.
After several special trainings, he has learned these defensive cooperation training methods. The next step is to practice non-stop to let the body develop instincts and strengthen the defensive tacit understanding with his teammates.
He took a look at the two training tasks that had just started. The one about basic defensive skills, luckily, he could do it by himself.
However, the team's basic defensive coordination training task requires at least 5 and 9 teammates in the second stage to cooperate.
This is a bit difficult for him. If he ensures that he can complete it and let his teammates cooperate once or twice, his teammates will not complain.
But when the mission has just started, the objectives of those missions are not low and require a lot of practice before they can be completed.
Asking his teammates to practice these projects with him all the time... If he can't use himself to save others, he will definitely be dissatisfied.
Why should you ask others to sacrifice their time to accompany you?
But well, who said it right? As long as your thinking does not slip, there are always more solutions than difficulties!
While eating a nutritious meal, Li Ao opened the training section, repeatedly watched the training methods of the level 1 team's basic defensive cooperation training, and compared the training tasks...
Before the afternoon preparation training, Li Ao chatted with Sam Hayes for a long time and successfully persuaded him to arrange his special training according to his training tasks.
After Li Ao left with satisfaction, Henry Bibby found Sam Hayes and asked, "What are you two talking about for so long?"
"He asked me to arrange the special training content according to his ideas."
"With your tone, you shouldn't agree to him, right? This is not your style. You hate others interfering in your training arrangements."
"I was originally going to refuse, but his training plan is very complete and suits him very well. It is more suitable than the training plan I prepared."
"I wipe..."
Henry Bibby was surprised.
Sam Hayes is the kind of person who either doesn't talk, but who never talks nonsense.
Talented, hard-working, grass-tolerant, and with high golf intelligence... he can even make his own training plan, and Sam Hayes is willing to adjust the training schedule for him.
He is sore...
…
On February 13th, the Trojans’ 17th game day of the season arrived.
At around 6 o'clock in the evening, the more than 20,000 seats in the main arena of Memorial Stadium were almost full.
Tonight, the atmosphere in this stadium is particularly manic and the fans are more excited than ever.
Because O'Neal, Kobe, Fisher, Rick Fox, Glenn Rice, AC Green and others came to the scene to watch the game!
From time to time, you can hear fans shouting "Shaq" or "Bryant."
Just after 6:30, the Trojans players entered the court. When they saw Kobe and O'Neal, they were all excited and shouted "Thai pants are hot".
Except for two people...
Li Ao/Shelby Jordan: (▼Benefit▼メ)
Damn it, these two are here to take advantage of the heat! Come and steal the spotlight!
Seeing the Trojans players entering the stadium, the Lakers stars got up and came to the home team's bench and said some encouraging words to each player, such as "Well done, lead the team to continue winning", "I appreciate it very much" "Your shooting", "Your defense reminds me of Laimbeer"...
When I arrived at Li Ao, it was a little different.
O'Neal said to Li Ao: "I can't wait to see you enter the NBA. Whoever can play with you is so happy. Pass when you need to pass, shoot when you need to shoot, and you can always connect teammates together."
Before Li Ao could say thank you, Kobe said: "Yes, I appreciate you very much. I heard that you train very hard and are very self-disciplined. I have watched your video at the beginning of the season. Your body has indeed become a lot stronger. You are not fat because of weight gain." Meat."
Li Ao: "Uh... thank you."
These two guys are so enthusiastic!
Oh, is it because of that sentence?
'The Lakers moved? '
Li Ao's rhetorical question to reporters when he was playing the Bruins won him the favor of a large number of Lakers fans.
To refute the Bruins' "King of Los Angeles", they use the name of the Lakers. Doesn't this mean that the Lakers are the "King of Los Angeles"?
However, do these two people already dislike each other so much?
He felt that it was just a way for the two of them to praise him, and the key point was to fight each other.
True love, this is it!
(End of chapter)
