In the past, Li Ao dismissed those rumors.
He felt that as time passed and people discovered his character, the rumors would be dispelled.
Now he desperately discovered that what was supposed to be a rumor has now become an ironclad fact in people's eyes.
Lying next to him was Paris Hilton, who he had been crazy with for half the night last night.
This girl had been following him since they beat the Gators yesterday afternoon, and when he went back to his apartment to celebrate with his teammates after the game, she went too.
Because of the hospital assistant's aunt, he couldn't refuse the other party's request to celebrate together.
Of course, there is also the factor that he feels that bringing a beautiful lady will give him face.
After that, he was taken out for dinner by this girl, and then they went to the Waldorf Astoria Hotel together. Paris Hilton started to be dishonest in the elevator.
Li Ao resisted repeatedly, but ultimately failed to maintain his innocence.
Gunara's Holy Shield of Darkness provides full protection!
Produced by the system, absolutely safe.
Looking at Paris Hilton, who was sleeping contentedly, Li Ao felt a little complacent, thanks to Jessica's training.
Unlike Jessica, the night assassin who belongs to the skill stream, this wealthy daughter is a wild person who is open and happy.
…
After getting up and taking a shower, Li Ao went to the living room of the suite to watch TV and called the front desk to deliver two breakfasts.
The sports channels of all major TV stations are currently reporting on yesterday's game and analyzing the crazy three finals in a few days.
Last night, when he and Paris Hilton were testing before the duel, Michigan State and North Carolina decided the winner.
The Spartans defeated their opponents 89-76 and reached the finals.
Li Ao was quite surprised by this score.
The pre-match analysis by major media and experts indeed said that the Spartans had a strength advantage, but he did not expect such a big gap.
North Carolina and Florida State played an invitational match during the quota competition stage, and they were evenly matched. North Carolina narrowly won by 3 points. It seems that the strength should be about the same.
The Spartans could actually win by more than a dozen points...
However, their Trojans also led the Gators by more than ten points, but in the end Mike Miller worked hard to narrow the gap.
When there was absolutely no possibility of a comeback, Mike Miller still played so hard. Li Ao initially thought that this guy was unwilling to fail. However, after the game, he heard that Mike Miller announced to reporters that he was leaving the NCAA. Enter the NBA draft early.
The co-authorship was when the last game was played.
Donnell Harvey, the top high school student in the United States, also announced that he would end his college career early and participate in the NBA draft.
However, after playing crazy for three times, Donnell Harvey's draft expectations not only did not rise as much as Mike Miller's, but seemed to have dropped a bit.
Li Ao now feels the disadvantage of the team's poor performance in the past - the inability to understand the opponent's strength more intuitively.
Invitational tournaments like North Carolina and the University of Florida are decided before the start of the season and submitted to NCAA officials.
Generally speaking, strong teams will have such invitational tournaments. For example, the Spartans have as many as 6 invitational tournaments, and their opponents are all top teams. The Bruins are one of the opponents of the Spartans invitational tournament.
Therefore, during the quota competition stage, the Spartans will lose 3 games.
As for their Trojans, no team has invited them before the season, and they don't know what kind of opponents to invite. They are too weak to pass the official NCAA review, too strong and unable to beat them, which will affect their record in the quota competition stage. Then At that time, they were only regarded as a fringe team in the "Crazy Three" team. They may not necessarily be able to grab a spot in the first place, but they also made it more difficult for themselves.
Besides, even strong teams may not accept their invitations.
Fortunately, they have reached the finals, and it doesn't matter that they didn't know their previous opponents well before the match. They were all defeated.
There is no need to rely on early encounters to understand the next opponent.
The Spartans have been the top team since they won the championship in the 1978-79 season. The current head coach, Tom Izzo, was the coach in 1995. He is in his early 40s and his coaching style is similar to that of the one who led this team to the championship. Judd Heathcote is in the same line. Tom Izzo was Judd Heathcote's assistant at the beginning. Judd Heathcote retired at the age of 70 and Tom Izzo took over.
Strong strength, complete system, mature playing style... these are the labels of the Spartans.
In addition to comments about yesterday's game and analysis of Game No. 4, the personal performances of Li Ao, Mike Miller, Maurice Pitt, White Mamba and others also attracted much attention yesterday.
Other people's news is normal, but when it comes to Li Ao... Paris Hilton's shouting "I want to give Leo a baby" became popular all over the United States.
A passer-by photographed the two of them in the restaurant last night. Although there was no video in the photos, there was no need for them.
His date with the wealthy daughter attracted more attention than his own performance.
Even the hospital assistant’s aunt sent him a message, asking him to pay attention to his safety. This person was more playful than the people in Hollywood.
At 8:30, breakfast was served.
Li Aozheng was wondering why it took more than an hour to order breakfast, and then he saw a group of waiters coming in to arrange the table and put a table of dishes...
The waiter said "please enjoy your breakfast" and left.
(O_o)??
Li Ao had a question mark, do you call this breakfast?
By the way, this hotel seems to be owned by the girl in the room!
There was such a big movement. Paris Hilton had already woken up in the room. She rinsed her mouth and walked out of the room without wearing anything. Li Ao thought that he was not afraid of being seen... It seemed that this girl was really not afraid.
After rinsing her mouth, Paris Hilton spit the water directly on the stall and threw the cup away, which made Li Ao's tooth hurt.
"Breakfast is here. I happen to be hungry too. I'll eat some too."
With that said, Paris Hilton walked over against Li Ao's gaze.
Seeing the other party's joking smile, Li Ao coughed and looked away and said: "The breakfast is so rich. This is the first time I have seen it... Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing..."
…
At noon, Paris Hilton arranged a car to take Li Ao back to the apartment.
There was no phone number, no extra understanding, and it was a war started without any emotion.
Arriving on the 18th floor, as soon as Li Ao got out of the elevator, he was scolded by a middle-aged handsome man squatting at the entrance of the elevator.
Then, there is no more.
The teammates who were watching had no objections to this.
And they didn't want to try and see if they would get banned if they stayed out all night.
It's the finals. If I can't play, it will be a lifelong regret.
After the head coach left, his teammates swarmed around Li Ao.
Sam Clancy said sourly: "It seems that Hilton has taken care of him..."
Before Li Ao could retaliate, Shelby Jordan exclaimed: "What? So good? I'm so envious."
Granville said: "No, Leo's family is also very rich."
Trepagnier said: "But can the Hilton family be rich? I think what Sam said makes sense..."
have to!
Li Ao wanted to hit these two people again.
Originally, the teammates probably didn't think about this and were directly led astray by these two people.
After finally getting rid of the gossiping teammates and returning to the room, Li Ao turned on the system.
48,265 achievement points. It’s a pity that the mission of ‘The Great Eve’ was exceeded, otherwise it would have exceeded 50,000.
Not getting Mike Miller's three-point action package was a bit regretful.
The equipment upgrade card has been used.
"Experience bracelet (orange): When the host performs various basic basketball skills or technical training, it will receive a 50% training result bonus."
Directly increase from 25% to 50%!
When he was upgraded from silver to gold, he had half a mind to upgrade to 'Card Master', but now he has no regrets at all.
After upgrading three levels in a row, the effect of the experience bracelet has made a qualitative leap, from 5% bonus to 50%.
Look at the 3 attribute points in the props section.
He has also used a lot of attribute points, and he has roughly figured out the rules.
This attribute point will not affect his untapped physical potential, but it can be said to have an impact.
For example, he has the potential to increase his strength from 86 to 90, but if he uses attribute points to increase it to 90, his remaining potential may only be able to increase his strength from 90 to 91 at most, and probably not even 92.
The potential required for a two-point strength increase from 90 to 92 is greater than the four-point strength increase from 86 to 90.
There will also be a difference in time consumption. Strength improvement from 86 to 87 may be achieved quickly through training, but from 89 to 90, it will definitely take longer, and the training to be done must be more professional and targeted.
It was a bit of a loss when he thought about it, but he felt it should be used anyway!
Only when you become stronger can you get more attribute points to improve your physical fitness.
After thinking for a while, he added two attributes to the burst acceleration, raising it from 83 to 85, reaching the first-class level.
The remaining 1 point was added to the bounce, and the bounce was increased to 81, and the bullet speed was also increased from 84 to 85, reaching a first-class level.
As 3 attribute points are added to the burst, the system prompts!
"Congratulations to the host for increasing the step back from 84 to 85, the lateral movement from 85 to 86, and the stride from 69 to 71."
"Congratulations on the host's comprehensive evaluation rising from 78 to 79."
What an unexpected surprise!
A little bit of improvement is still an improvement. Maybe in the finals, the only difference will be that little bit.
During the sage time after being eaten as breakfast in the morning, he thought about it and decided to take a shot!
Although I am still a little worried that I will not have enough achievement points in the summer, but the NCAA championship! Maybe it’s just this one chance! We must strive for it with all our strength.
And it's not that you can't "recover". There will definitely be 2-3 tasks in the next finals. You can get up to 18,000 achievement points in the semi-finals, and there may be more in the finals.
After convincing himself, he opened the lottery module and started drawing...
The target is 5 level 2 skill upgrade card fragments. If you can't draw them, you won't stop.
This time, the white light flashed 21 times and fireworks were set off twice.
After 23 primary draws, I finally drew 5 skill upgrade card fragments.
But what hurts is that I also drew a level 3 skill upgrade card fragment!
This is clearly an attempt to seduce him into becoming a gambling dog!
Seeing that there were only more than 25,000 achievement points left, he forcibly stopped thinking about continuing the lottery.
23,000 may not be enough to restore health. Then, Xia Tian's progress will be really worrying.
Fortunately, he also drew 1 basic attribute point, which soothed his bleeding heart.
Without worrying too much, I added it to the bounce, raising the bounce to 82 and the bullet speed to 86.
When you start to reach the first-class level, the attribute point gain that is the greatest is bounce.
The six fragments automatically synthesized two skill upgrade cards, and he issued an order to upgrade the two level 1 defensive skills 'Heavy Pressure' and 'Siege' to level 2.
"Heavy Pressure Level 2: When the host is in single defense, if the host has an advantage in height and weight, speed +3, strength +3, and the sense of pressure will increase. Note: The effect of increasing the sense of defensive pressure depends on the opponent's psychological quality and the reputation of the host's defensive end. "
"Siege level 2: When the host moves in positions such as supplementary defense, assisting defense, shrinking, flanking, etc., the speed will be +3 and the strength will be +3."
There have been some small improvements!
He has upgraded all his regular skills to at least level 2. He has done everything he can. He will train hard, prepare well, and wait for the game the day after tomorrow!
After finishing these, he looked at the other dozen rewards he had drawn.
Half of them were recipes, and most of them were Sichuan and Hunan dishes. He couldn't help but laugh out loud when he thought of the image of the hospital assistant's aunt who was so spicy that she couldn't help but keep eating.
The rest are just bits and pieces, including wine storage, wine tasting, flower arranging... and a quick introduction to acting...
Life is not easy, versatile...
…
After a day of rest, on April 2, Li Ao started preparing for the finals on the 4th with the team.
This time the coaching staff was more fully prepared. Everyone was in game shape and very engaged, so preparations went very smoothly.
The morning preparations were over and when Li Ao was doing extra training, Henry Bibby and manager Brown brought people here again.
Li Ao focused his attention on the person between the two.
This time, this one is so tall!
Li Ao feels almost as tall as him!
Moreover, his head is very square. I wonder which one will be more square between the future boss Yao and this one.
After entering the door, the tall man quickly walked up to Li Ao. Regardless of sweat, he took the initiative to shake hands and said: "Hello Li Ao, I am Xu Jicheng, a reporter from the Imperial Sports Station. I have wanted to meet you for a long time. Today I was finally lucky enough to meet him.”
Obviously the other party already knew him to a certain extent, probably from Su Qun. Li Ao also said enthusiastically: "Teacher Xu, I have admired him for a long time."
Xu Jicheng knew that the other party was being polite, so he took out his business card, handed it to Li Ao and said: "I am here to tell you good news today. Our sports channel has reached a cooperation with the NCAA. The game between you and Michigan State the day after tomorrow will be on May 5. Live broadcast on the sports channel!”
Li Ao's eyes lit up: "Really? That's great. I'll call my parents later and let them watch the live broadcast!"
Xu Jicheng smiled knowingly when he heard this.
Just like what Su Qun said, the basketball genius in front of him, although his private life is a little messy, is really not difficult to get along with, unlike some people who forget their last name once they become an American international student.
It has been confirmed that his private life is chaotic. After the quarter-finals, he dated a Hollywood actress, and after the semi-finals, he dated the daughter of the Hilton Group... But this is not something illegal.
As a sports reporter who has been in the industry for 20 years, he is very aware of the things that happen in foreign sports circles. Just being a good-looking person is not a big deal.
Xu Jicheng thought of the group of bad guys in the National Basketball Association. After learning that they were going to broadcast the NCAA Basketball Championship finals, he came to find their director, hoping that the Trojans game would not be broadcast, saying that they were not nationally trained players and should not be promoted, and that they were a foreigner. Why else would foreign players not return to play in their country? Promoting players with bad morals and bad personalities goes against the core values...
True turtle grandson!
Do they care whether the players worship foreigners? Is he morally corrupt or has a bad character?
They are worried that a player who did not grow up under the domestic basketball system will not be able to control it!
Not to mention whether they want to contribute to domestic basketball or not, just out of consideration for the interests of the TV station, they ignored the group of turtles this time.
Only a handful of domestic sports fans understand what a behemoth the NCAA is, but as professionals, they naturally understand it.
The quarterfinals are okay, and the semifinals are not important, but they all reached the finals, and Li Ao was the number one contributor to the Trojans' semifinal victory.
Is this topical and explosive?
Domestic reports at noon yesterday that Li Ao led the Trojans to the NCAA Basketball Championship, and introduced the level of NCAA basketball and his influence in the Eagle Family, quickly caused a sensation among domestic sports fans.
The NCAA was not promoted before because no Chinese players were famous in it. Although Ma Jian received a full basketball scholarship, his overall performance was average. In his best year at the University of Utah, he was the main substitute.
Now that there is a Chinese player who leads the team to the finals, it must not be publicized well.
On Li Ao's side, he looked at the business card in his hand and almost said something stupid, but luckily he held it back.
Director of the Reporting and Acquisition Department of the Sports News Department of Xinhua News Agency, Special Basketball Broadcast Consultant, Special Reporter and Special Commentator of the Imperial TV Sports Center, Deputy Director of the Olympic Bid Special Office of the Flower Planter Olympic Committee... The person in front of me looks like he is only about 40 years old. Years old, I didn't expect that he was actually a powerful person.
Seeing this group of people looking up, and then looking at the extremely flat head + two meters tall + square head, he thought of the big guy in front of him who seemed to be the one who would succeed Boss Yao as the chairman of the CBA in the future.
When he was a reporter or commentator, this person's business ability was not very good, but he had two skills in politics, and he would be Boss Yao's right-hand man in the future.
As for the operations after becoming the second-in-command who can theoretically manage a country's basketball affairs... This and boss Yao can be said to be as miserable as they are. It doesn't matter whether the proposed change plan is right or not, as long as it affects the interests of a certain party, Even if it is passed, it will not be implemented.
After getting to know each other, we did not conduct an interview directly. This time it was not a text interview. Xu Jicheng made an appointment. Before the start of the finals on the 4th, he spent a few minutes doing a brief interview, and even explained the questions to be asked and the direction of the answers. All ready.
Li Ao didn't have any objections to this. The questions he asked were very routine, so it wouldn't hurt to cooperate.
(End of chapter)
