With a performance of 20+5+5 and only receiving a consolation prize of 100 achievement points, Li Ao was heartbroken.
He felt better after seeing the news after the game. Many media praised their performance in the first three quarters and gave them encouragement.
As for a similar amount of news mocking their overturning, ignore them for now.
When you want to adjust your mood, of course it is best to listen to nice words.
After that, read the news that criticizes and ridicules to see if there is anything that can be criticized in return... No, it is to accept criticism and see if there is anything right. Sometimes the criticism can also be used as a reference.
Normal people will base their ridicule and criticism on facts, and some people are good at teaching others, so they might actually find a point of reference.
The news reported in both directions have one thing in common - touting Kidd's triple-double.
After Li Ao adjusted his mood, he reviewed the game against the Suns and felt that the opponent was really strong.
But if they want to go further, the Suns don't have that potential.
Although the Suns' team offense and defense are both top-notch, they are only a team and do not have a single strong point. As the Suns' first scoring point, Marion mostly scores by eating cakes and counterattacks, followed by rushing for offensive rebounds.
Pence and the former Wolf King should be the key players in Colangelo's mind, but although they are at the peak of their age, their bodies are already broken.
The Suns' salary situation of more than 54 million US dollars does not allow them to bring in singles players, and these two former star players with an annual salary of tens of millions of dollars are not wanted by other teams.
In other words, the Suns' upper limit is here!
At first, Li Ao couldn't understand why the Suns would send away the number one point guard at his peak in exchange for Marbury, but now he can understand.
Colangelo Jr.'s ambitions don't stop there.
On the second day, Li Ao no longer paid attention to the opponent who had finished the game and did what he should do now. He watched his team's video in the morning and studied his teammates' running positions, passing and receiving habits, etc.
Kidd was right, Li Ao was really learning from him in person.
But it's okay to play a dozen on a whim. If you want to develop this ability, Li Ao only just started to understand how difficult it is.
In addition to understanding the habits of your teammates, you must also have a basic understanding of your opponent's defensive habits. When it comes to the game, you must also take into account the current status, feel, etc. of your teammates...
He regretted it. Why did he want to learn how Kidd organized the offense?
However, if you have learned everything, if you don’t learn well, it will be a big loss.
In the afternoon, he came to Memorial Stadium to practice catching and shooting fadeaways. Unfortunately, the Lakers were playing away games and he had no experience in playing.
A rest day passed, and on December 13th, the Clippers faced the challenge of the Warriors at home.
At 7:10 pm, players from both teams entered the stadium.
Li Ao looked at the opponent and was puzzled. How on earth did this opponent lose 12 consecutive games in the beginning?
The Warriors currently have 4 wins and 16 losses, ranking last in the Western Conference.
The lineup is not bad, with the starting combination of Mookie Blaylock, Bob Sura, Larry Hughes, Antoine Jamison, and Eric Dampier, and Chris Mills on the bench. , Mark Jackson (center), Chris Porter, Vaughn Teague Cummings, Foyle...
The Warriors, which mostly have rookie contracts and only has one player whose salary exceeds $5 million, has a total salary of $42.37 million.
In terms of star performance, Jamison has performed shockingly this season. In games with the SuperSonics and Lakers, he scored 51 points in two consecutive games. With these two games, his average points per game soared to 28.1. points, surpassing Carter to rank fifth in the scoring list.
The Warriors management also seems to want to win, and is even looking forward to competing for the championship. During the offseason, they used a four-year, $16 million contract to renew Adonal, who averaged 5 points, 5 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game. -Foyer.
This price is the same as the contract extension Cassel completed with the Bucks in advance.
Foyle was able to sign this contract because of his tonnage of 208 cm + 123 kg.
Looking at the Warriors' current record, Li Ao felt that his speculation was outrageous, but the Warriors' vigorous efforts to introduce high-quality role players and large-tonnage centers during the offseason really seemed to be building a lineup for the championship.
Li Ao opened the player evaluation report. Jamison, who has a comprehensive evaluation of 87, should not be underestimated. His defensive contribution can still be rated so high. It is conceivable that his offensive firepower is strong. Currently, the player with the highest scoring average per game at the power forward position is better than Webber. but.
Larry Hughes, with a comprehensive rating of 83, averaged 16.7 points, 5.5 rebounds, 5 assists and 1.9 steals per game.
Li Ao estimates that the true strength of this all-around forward swingman is stronger than what he has shown so far. Jamison was reimbursed for the season in the middle of last season, and the Warriors did not spend much on Larry Hugh from the 76ers during the All-Star Weekend. After the All-Star break, Larry Hughes averaged 22.7 points, 5.9 rebounds and 4.1 assists in 32 games after the All-Star break. But now that Jamison has returned, his strength is even better than before. The Warriors also said that Larry Hughes If you don't pay attention to him, you think he can only break through, and the ball rights and shots have dropped sharply.
Dampier's defensive ability is online.
Mookie Blakelow is also very good defensively. In the 1998-99 season, he was selected to the All-Defensive Team for the sixth consecutive season. He was not selected to the All-Defensive Team last season because he was dragged down by the team. As a point guard, he cannot support it. The team's defense is as solid as ever this season, averaging 11.6 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 2.4 steals per game.
After reading the player evaluation report, Li Ao was even more confused. How can such a lineup start with 4 wins and 16 losses?
However, he was confused. After the cheerleading performance, Li Ao urged his teammates not to be careless and warned them one by one.
Most of his teammates gave Li Aozheng feedback. For most of the Clippers players, they need someone to supervise them.
But O'Neal rolled his eyes - this Spider-Man is too cautious...eh? Why again?
…
At 7:30 p.m., the Clippers' home game against the Warriors started.
Li Ao's confusion was quickly solved.
The Warriors suck...
Jamison averages a lot of points per game, but his contribution to the Warriors' overall offense is not comparable to that of Larry Hughes or even Mookie Blakelow.
Jamison played a long time and took a lot of shots. He threw 5-6 times in each quarter, but most of them were singles.
Moreover, he is not the main attacker who distributes the ball in isolation. He keeps shooting. When he is tired of shooting, he goes to stand aside.
Jamison's scoring has almost nothing to do with the two breakout masters, the point guard and the small forward. Not only these two people, but also the entire team seems to have nothing to do with it. It is completely separated.
Jamison doesn't move when he doesn't have the ball, and Li Ao, who is guarding him, can shrink as much as he wants, giving Blaylock and Larry Hughes more interference.
But that's not to say that Blaylock and Larry Hughes played well. It's just that Jamison was like a cancer, which made them play pretty well.
The two of them are also fighting in their own way, without any rules. Apart from their strong abilities, they have no other advantages.
What suffered was the Warriors' high-quality role players, the three core players of the ball-carrying offense, each with his own style of play.
But the role players of the Warriors seem to have become accustomed to it. The boss stands and watches the show without the ball. They also follow the show. They look closer on the inside and watch farther on the outside. When the ball comes, they just shoot it. Everyone's personal abilities are still good. Not bad, they can all score.
The offense is outrageous, and the Warriors' defense is even more outrageous. So far this season, only one team has averaged over 100 points per game, and that's them, averaging 102 points per game.
Anyway, Li Ao, Da Q, Maggette, and Boykins had a great time tonight, and there were opportunities for counterattacks everywhere!
The score was 29 to 16 in the first quarter, 35 to 23 in the second quarter, 34 to 23 in the third quarter, 28 to 21 in the fourth quarter... The Clippers players' defensive continuity was still there in the final quarter. If they can defend, they will score. The defense is extremely active.
126 to 83, the Clippers slaughtered the Warriors with a huge 43-point difference!
The highest scorer in the game was Jamison, who made 10 of 24 shots, including 3 of 9 three-pointers, and 7 of 10 free throws. He scored 30 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, and 1 steal.
For the Clippers, the four counterattack monsters were Li Ao with 28 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 5 blocks, Boykins with 12 points and 6 assists, Maggette with 18 points, and Big Q with 12 points.
Odom had 13 points, 14 rebounds and 16 assists. He got a defensive rebound and counterattacked to advance two steps. He passed the long pass and got an assist. He was also happy.
Among the Clippers' main scorers, the only one with an explosive mentality is O'Neal Jr.
Encountering the center rotation of Dampier + Foyle, O'Neal, who scored 8 points on 3 of 7 shots, 5 rebounds, 1 steal and 2 blocks, was the only Clippers team whose shooting rate was lower than 45% tonight.
Little O'Neal, who had previously criticized Li Ao for being too cautious, felt that Spider-Man was right to be cautious.
The team didn't lose, he lost!
…
After the game against the Warriors, Li Ao went home and watched the video of the game between the 76ers and the Magic three days ago and washed his eyes overnight.
Li Ao was sure that if he played chess with the stinky chess basket for a long time, he would be affected.
The game between the Magic and the 76ers was intense. Iverson, Duncan, and Ratliff all played more than 40 minutes, and only 5 players from the two teams combined scored in double figures. Iverson scored 30 points and Tony scored 30 points. -Kukoc had 19 points, Duncan had 28 points, Tracy McGrady had 16 points, and Mike Miller had 10 points.
In addition to scoring the second-highest 28 points in the game, Duncan also added 14 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks. He also defended Ratliff from 2-for-9 shooting and only scored 6 points and 6 rebounds.
McGrady's performance of 16 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks was also extremely outstanding.
With Duncan inside and McGrady outside, plus an excellent lineup of role players... In the end, the Magic relied on defense to narrowly defeat the 76ers 81-76.
The reason why Li Ao watched the video of this game is because their opponent after two days of rest is the Magic.
But after watching the game, he not only washed his eyes stained by the Warriors, but also felt particularly calm.
For such an opponent, the Clippers don't need to be nervous at all.
After the game against the Warriors, the Clippers got two days of rest.
The Clippers played very few games this month, 14 games in total, and had more rest time than last month. For them who have just started to polish their team's defensive system, the density of games this month is really satisfying to them.
But in January, they have 17 games...
On the 14th, the first rest day, Li Ao and his assistant aunt went to school in the morning to listen to a famous speech class.
After resting all morning, he came to Memorial Stadium to continue training in the afternoon.
Kobe returned to Los Angeles at noon and came to the blacksmith room to find Li Ao at 4 p.m. to continue sparring.
Kobe found that Li Ao was particularly active in defense today, and his eyes seemed to reveal...jealousy?
Although he didn't know why, Kobe was very proud of Li Ao's emotions and trained even harder.
And the reason for Li Ao's jealousy is that the Lakers had a 7-game winning streak, improving their record from 10 wins and 6 losses to 17 wins and 6 losses, surpassing the Jazz, Mavericks, and Kings in a row, and rushed to the top of the Western Conference!
The way to win seven games in a row is simple - Kobe and O'Neal can play together.
Ever since, in the past few days, the media and fans have started shouting "OK is the best group in the world" again, and it was Spider-Man who shouted this first.
Regret it!
Fortunately, I got a 'Stand Up +3' experience pack today, and Li Ao's jealousy was reduced a little after the training.
The turnaround jump shot must also be developed. He was wondering if he should take the time to develop the back-up technique. It doesn't need to be very strong, it can be used occasionally.
On the second rest day, the Clippers began to prepare for the game against the Magic.
Like Li Ao, the rest of the Clippers have a relaxed mentality in preparing for the game.
Especially O'Neal, the opponent's starting center Michael Doliak, 211 cm + 119 kg, and backup center Andrew De Klerk, 208 cm + 116 kg.
The two of them average 21 minutes per game combined, and opposite them is a power forward who plays two-thirds of his 40 minutes per game at the center position.
O'Neal made a noise from time to time during training - "Destroy it!"
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At 7:40 pm on December 16, Magic players appeared at Staples Center.
Duncan, who was the last one to appear, was in a great mood, and his joy overflowed... without overflowing. He raised his eyebrows twice to show his happiness.
After joining the Magic, he realized that so many reporters could interview him in every game, that there could be so many national live broadcasts, and that a team that fought hard on defense could be so popular.
After arriving in Los Angeles yesterday, he was even more shocked. Many reporters from the mysterious Eastern country came to interview him, and the Magic had to hold a separate press conference for the media of the flower growers.
Although many of the questions asked were related to the Clippers and Spider-Man, he could understand because he was a reporter from his country after all.
But why were the reporters unhappy after he said, "I don't know him yet, and I haven't played against him yet"?
He feels that these media outlets will write dirty stories about him, but he has no evidence yet.
In this regard, he felt that he should get to know Li Ao well tonight and experience the feeling of fighting with Li Ao in depth. He would have something to talk about next time he was interviewed, and it was estimated that no one would criticize him.
When the Clippers players came on the stage, Li Ao was the first to appear and immediately set off the audience!
The big screen gave a close-up of Li Ao, the kind that made his face bleed.
Duncan was surprised. Is the rookie Spider-Man so popular?
Although this is Los Angeles, the capital of entertainment, the Clippers fans are too fanatical.
Is there such a big difference in enthusiasm between Clippers fans and Lakers fans?
He looked at the opposite side, his eyes widened, and he said "I'm sorry", which surprised Tracy McGrady and Mike Miller on the side.
Duncan's heart is beating fast now!
He stared at Spider-Man and had an impulse - he wanted to have the same hairstyle!
The big-screen camera and spotlight were always pointed at Li Ao, and the teammates who appeared behind him felt lonely.
Because Li Ao 'changed' his hairstyle!
Side bangs, fluffy and messy hair with a messy aesthetic... mainly that face!
Li Ao's hairstyle is a buzz cut. All the fans at the scene knew that he was wearing a wig, but the wig fit well and there was no trace of wearing a wig.
The rest of the Clippers were envious and jealous, and they were jealous and jealous towards Li Ao, and they hated the new hairstylist... No, it was the trainer responsible for basic defensive skills.
This trainer and his girlfriend came up with this hairstyle for Spider-Man!
As for whether this is the hairstyle Li Ao requested, it doesn't matter. Whoever did the hairstyle is at fault.
However, all the players with hair on the Clippers want to grow their hair long. The trainer and his girlfriend don’t know much about their basketball business skills, but they have seen their hair styling skills. This morning, these two people He also gave Kenyon Dooling a dreadlock, which was a very good job.
Shelby Jordan also didn’t expect that because he and his girlfriend had no money for styling, the two of them imitated the skills of helping each other with hair and clothing in magazines, and other people who tried it said they liked it!
He is now going to start saving money to buy a hairstyling studio for his girlfriend.
If both of them have income, their life will not be prosperous.
Onlookers O'Neal and Kobe were on the sidelines. The latter dismissed the big spider's tricks, but the former's eyes lit up.
How fun it would be if he hadn't had no hair and was completely tall!
McGrady took Duncan to the sidelines to say hello to the OK group. Timac was speechless. The new boss had no communication skills at all. He used to be annoyed by his cousin, who stole all the limelight. Now he starts to miss his cousin. .
When the OK group saw the two coming, they all stood up and greeted them expressionlessly.
O'Neal and Kobe have more and more differences, but there is one thing the two have always agreed on - the desire to defeat Duncan in the playoffs!
In the second round of the 1999 playoffs, Kobe was just a 20-year-old young blacksmith at that time. Although he showed the characteristics of restraining the Spurs at that time, he averaged 10 points per game in a series for the first time in his career. 20+, but the Lakers were swept by the Spurs.
Last season, their most anticipated opponent in the playoffs was the Spurs, but Duncan was reimbursed.
After winning the championship, the opponent they wanted to beat the most was still the Spurs, but as a result, the Spurs were so stingy that they were only willing to give 30 million in three years and forced Duncan away.
Teams in the same league may not be able to play against each other in the playoffs, let alone separate the East and West. Both of them pray that they and Duncan will never be like Jordan and Olajuwon, never playing against each other in the playoffs again. Opportunity.
After saying hello without emotion, O'Neal and Kobe ignored the Double T combination and started chatting on their own.
"Kobe, how many times do you think Duncan will be blocked today?"
"As the Clippers' opponent today, I think Spider-Man can break his record of 7 blocked shots tonight."
"I remember that the highest number of times Spider-Man blocked the same person in a game was 4 times. I also think he can break this number."
"Spider-Man loves to dunk. He will definitely have a great time tonight, right Shaq."
"Yes, it's not easy to dunk Duncan..."
Looking at the OK group who suddenly fell in love with each other, and the boss who silently turned around and left, McGrady regretted that he shouldn't have come to show off how awesome his new boss was with his afro.
It’s true that the boss responded with a few words to the OK group!
He didn't know what to say even if he wanted to help the boss.
On the other side, after Li Ao took a photo with the hospital assistant aunt, he returned to the bench. Just as he took off his wig, the system prompted!
"The host successfully attracted Tim Duncan's attention... Mission: Unexpected Disaster Trigger:..."
Looking at the triggered task, Li Ao already felt a hostile gaze and followed it...
"Wow, isn't it just that my hairstyle is prettier than yours? How can I be so envious, jealous, and hateful to you?"
(End of chapter)
