"The gaze of the divine fortune teller:
Host score in this game: 22 points, goal 1 completed.
Congratulations to the host for receiving the reward: 1 level 2 skill upgrade card.
The host successfully led his team to defeat the Heat.
Congratulations to the host for receiving the reward: 1 basic attribute point. "
After celebrating, Li Ao returned to the locker room and received the mission reward while relaxing his muscles.
After getting the level 2 skill upgrade card, he immediately upgraded the 'shark' to level 2.
"Shark Level 2: When the host catches the ball under the basket, if the host successfully shakes the opponent and gets space to shoot, the bullet speed will be +3, and the layup will be +3; if there is only one defensive player under the opponent's basket, the host will choose to dunk, and the bullet speed will be +3 +4, explosive power +4, if the defensive player's strength rating is below 92, the opponent's regular confrontation will be ignored."
Li Ao's eyes lit up!
The bonus improvement of regular basket offense is of little use to him at present.
The trigger condition of 'One-on-one dunking is unstoppable' is that the opponent's strength is below 92, which has a huge effect!
Now he can press the button when facing an opponent whose strength will reach the top level.
He definitely wasn't targeting a certain Power 91 afro.
In terms of attribute points, he currently has 1 general point, 1 speed, and 1 bullet speed. With another general point, the speed can be increased to 92, and the starting point can be increased to 90.
As for the bullet speed, if you get a reward, increase it. If you don't, leave it alone. His 90 bullet speed, plus equipment and skills, is enough.
Looking back at the game against the Heat, he learned a lot.
Mainly I learned a lot of defensive skills from Bowen.
Bowen's ability to use the help of his teammates when defending without the ball was so strong that he once felt that there was no room for movement, as if there were people in front, behind, left and right.
As for Bowen's single defense ability, he has not experienced it yet.
Bowen guarded Maggette several times and was beaten to death.
This game was won because, as his teammates said, he "predicted" Pat Riley's intermittent brain twitching this season.
However, the main reason for being able to hold on to their advantage is that the Heat actually have no clear core on both offense and defense.
The Heat's style of play is very reliable, and a team with better defense may not necessarily win. When playing against a truly strong team, it means tossing and tossing the opponent.
Not as strong as Li Ao's impression of the future Grizzlies.
…
On December 19, at noon the day after defeating the Heat, Li Ao came to Phoenix with the team.
Hundreds of local fans came to the airport to pick up Li Ao...
Li Ao is already looking forward to the grand occasion when they play the Pacers away from home.
Last year, both the Wildcats and Sun Devils were shaved off by the Trojans. Li Ao, who eventually became the first player in Trojans history, is currently the most hated player among Arizona college basketball fans.
Yesterday, NCAA superstar Eddie House, who is still fond of Phoenix basketball fans, was stolen once and blocked once by Li Ao when he replaced Eddie Jones. The gap between the two after they arrived in the NBA was huge and deep. It stung them so much that they organized a group to boo Li Ao today.
Taking the team bus to the city hotel, Li Ao heard Odom sighing.
"It's good that we have changed the owner. I heard that the hotel we stayed in this time only takes 10 minutes to walk to the American West Arena. Last year when we came here to play, it took more than 40 minutes by bus from the hotel to the American West Arena, which is much faster than the trip from my home to Sta. Pussy Center is still far away.”
Li Ao was also very happy.
Last month, their accommodation arrangements for away games were all arranged by Baylor.
Wally Walker had just taken office, and the team had a lot of mess to deal with, and there was no time to deal with these chores.
It wasn't until the 6th consecutive away trip at the end of last month that he heard complaints from the assistant who went with the team to the away game that he noticed this aspect and sent someone to rearrange the away trip. By this time on the road trip, the away accommodation problem was finally solved.
This thing seems simple, but it is actually quite troublesome to operate.
Looking only at the regular season, they can only visit a city twice a year. It is difficult to negotiate cooperation with hotels, but safety issues are particularly important, especially when going to Detroit, where black people account for more than 80%, and they even need to negotiate with hotels near the hotel. The police station communicates patrol times.
Therefore, after most teams choose a satisfactory hotel in the away city, unless the hotel goes bankrupt, they will not change their stay for ten or twenty years.
After arriving at the hotel, Li Aoli took James Worthy, who came to Phoenix with the Clippers, to the American West Arena, and went directly to the visiting team's training ground to practice more and develop his post-up play!
James Worthy came here with him. AJ paid his salary and provided food and lodging subsidies, so he had no objections.
But I am worried about Li Ao's physical problems and health problems.
If Li Ao was injured while he was coaching training, wouldn't his sign be ruined?
But when he met Li Ao at the airport this morning, he couldn't see any trace of Li Ao's exhaustion after the 35-minute iron-blooded battle last night.
A little jealous.
After Li Ao completed his warm-up, James Worthy eliminated distracting thoughts and devoted himself to teaching.
Just like the day before yesterday, James Worthy couldn't be more satisfied after starting teaching.
He has worked as a trainer for many NBA players in the past few years, but when developing skills, almost every young player does not have the patience to polish the details of the most basic movements of the skills, nor does he have the patience to listen to analysis, just think Just practice the technique quickly.
But the super genius in front of him, who he regarded as the "ceiling of the genius world", was patiently doing these extremely boring trainings, and he also took the initiative to think and ask questions based on his own actual situation.
Work is just a side job, no matter how much you like the industry, you will always get bored after a long time.
But customers actively cooperate, respect your work and the fruits of your labor, and your work enthusiasm naturally increases.
As for Li Ao's gossip, James Worthy is 40 years old. Like Gentry, he quickly gets used to it and replies if he can't stand it, which makes the work atmosphere more lively and cheerful.
The two people who were engaged in back-to-back play did not notice a head sticking out of the open door.
Kidd observes secretly.gif
The Suns have no training scheduled today. He is here to discuss tactics with the coaching staff and to discuss signings with Colangelo Jr.
Both things are not progressing very smoothly. The coaching staff really can't think of how to improve their strength based on their current situation.
Colangelo Jr. also wants to sign, but the two men in suits on the team occupy more than 20 million US dollars in space, so there are no conditions!
Thomas Carter, the chief sports medicine expert of the FAA, examined the two men and told them that Pence still had hope of playing healthy, but his playing style would need to be adjusted and he would no longer be able to perform at the level of last season, and he would have to continue receiving treatment.
Gugliotta was completely hopeless. He injured his left foot in the 1998-99 season. After the treatment, the former team's medical staff did not conduct fatigue observation and treatment on his uninjured foot.
Gugliotta recovered from his left foot injury and completed rehabilitation, and the team doctor directly cleared him to play. However, he suffered a stress fracture in his right foot, and now both legs are disabled.
From a doctor's perspective, Thomas Carter suggested that Gugliotta retire and continue playing, as he might have to use a cane for the rest of his life.
Next year, another group of players from the 1997 class will enter the free market, and the rookie contract of the 1998 class will expire the year after next. It is a good time to recruit players, and Colangelo Jr. also wants to make room.
But no team took advantage of it.
Gugliotta's salary will be more than 10 million U.S. dollars in the next three years, and the penny contract will not expire until 2006. The highest one year is more than 15 million U.S. dollars.
Not surprisingly, they have to wait until these two contract years to see which team has the need to clear salary space.
But the Suns also need to clear their salary space...
Everything goes wrong, Kidd is depressed.
After finishing his work, he wandered around the arena to relax. He came to the visiting team's training ground and saw the door open. He was curious about which Clippers player came to train today after playing a game yesterday.
Unexpectedly, it was Spider-Man who didn’t want to take a photo with him!
Kidd was surprised. The legendary super genius who won the MOP and became the third overall pick in the NBA after just playing for a few months actually worked so hard?
Watching Li Ao patiently perform basic movements again and again, he also took the initiative to discuss with James Worthy based on his actual situation whether this movement was not suitable for him or he was not used to it, and whether he should adjust it...
Kidd's scalp was numb.
His basic skills are terrible.
Of course his passing and defense are not bad. He has perfected his basic skills in these areas.
But he has not been good at scoring since he was a child, and he is extremely perfunctory when developing offensive skills, such as shooting. If the Suns randomly pick up someone, the details of his shooting movements are better than him.
He can now make one three-pointer per game. It's not that he is good at three-pointers, but that he makes more three-pointers. He has averaged 3.8 three-pointers per game so far in his career, except for Tim Hardaway's kind of scoring. Purely relying on three-pointers, no point guard has shot more three-pointers than him, including Steve Nash and Mike Bibby.
After secretly observing Li Ao's back opening for a while, Kidd left silently and came to the home team's training ground, where he shook a trainer and practiced three-point shooting.
Someone has been advising him to practice shooting. There are at least 10 open three-point opportunities in each game, and he can only make one. It is such a waste.
But he is a very rebellious person. The more others tell him what to do, he will not do it!
He even came up with the idea of 'I just want to prove to you that you can succeed even if you don't know how to shoot', and he stubbornly did that.
However, the opportunity for a person's transformation always comes suddenly and unexpectedly.
…
Sometimes, the game depends on luck.
No, the Clippers are so lucky right now that they can't stop them.
The Suns played two consecutive away games and two consecutive home games on the 14th, 15th, 17th, and 18th. They had 4 games in 5 days. 3 of the 4 opponents were strong teams, and 1 of them was a win. Overtime.
The Suns had a day off yesterday and will play their fifth game in seven days today.
When arranging the schedule, the league should treat the Clippers as a trap for the Suns to relax.
But the actual situation is different from what was expected. Although the Clippers are not strong yet, with 4 wins and 4 losses in the past 8 games, their players' talent, positive defensive attitude, and defense that have built a preliminary framework around Li Ao and O'Neal Jr. The system can already be used as a stick.
Tonight, instead of enjoying a relaxing game, the exhausted Suns players felt the tragedy of being bullied by a dog.
Marion played 21 minutes tonight and made 0 of 7 shots, including 0 of 1 three-pointers. He didn't get any free throws. He got 4 rebounds and 1 block.
Kidd scored 11 points and 15 rebounds, but only had 3 assists, a new low for the season.
His lowest assists before were 4, and he met the Jazz, who are best at cutting off the offensive connection.
Although Tony Delk who came off the bench scored 23 points and Rodney Rogers scored 25 points, they were all singles. Except for the three of them, no one in the team scored in double figures.
Not only is the offense poor, the defense is also shoddy.
Kidd had a great impression of Li Ao's hard work yesterday, and today he called Li Ao 'one dozen thugs'.
This rookie really dares to vote!
Moreover, a rookie can shoot so accurately from open positions that it makes people angry just looking at him.
15 of 27 shots, 3 of 6 three-pointers by catching the ball in the big gap behind the screen, plus 8 of 8 free throws, Li Ao scored 41 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 4 blocks in a single game!
In addition to Odom's 11 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists, O'Neal Jr.'s 15 points and 11 rebounds, Big Q's 11 points, Maggette's 19 points...
109 to 88, the Clippers beat the Suns by 21 points in an away game!
When the final whistle sounded, the Clippers players cheered and celebrated with excitement, defeating another strong team!
While his illness was killing him, the Clippers players found out that the opponent was in a sluggish state at the beginning, and they all became very excited and wanted to fuck each other, which was a huge pleasure.
On the other side, the Suns players were not particularly depressed.
The state was so bad that the opponent seized the opportunity and played so hard. The win was deserved by the opponent. Even Kidd felt that they had not lost unfairly in this game.
but……
penny! Hacker!
When someone won and was interviewed after the game, you two ran to take advantage of the camera?
Penny, you're wearing a suit! Does your knee hurt anymore?
Hacker, you still have the nerve to praise others for their good shooting and their ability to seize opportunities. They scored 41 points on your head!
Come back! Do you still want to be embarrassed?
…
The morning after playing the Suns, the Clippers returned to Los Angeles without stopping.
It’s a back-to-back away and home game, with the Timberwolves playing tonight.
After coming out of the airport, Li Ao drove to the school. After having lunch with the assistant aunt, he went to the Memorial Stadium to practice basic back kicking movements for a while.
Coming out of the locker room, Li Ao met Gentry, who was yawning, and said: "We played the Suns and Timberwolves back-to-back. The Timberwolves also won 50 games last season. They also alternated away and home games. The person who arranged the schedule is really not a human being."
Looking at Li Ao who had changed into training clothes, Gentry joked: "I guess the league arranged the schedule this way because of your physical strength."
"Then I really hope they will consider me in other ways."
"Haha, don't practice for too long in the afternoon. Although your physical strength recovers quickly, you should also pay attention to rest. Don't tire yourself out in order to develop your skills. Recuperation will delay training. Our current record is not bad, 13 wins and 12 losses. If we can If we keep this up, we can regain a 50% winning rate after 8 years."
"Our current schedule is quite easy. Even if we have this back-to-back home and away game, 7 of our last 10 games have been home games. It will be hard to say after Christmas."
"Oh, Spider-Man, can you please stop spoiling my mood and make me happy for a few more days..."
After a few casual chats, Gentry arranged for a trainer to practice back-fighting moves with Li Ao.
In the training plan discussed with James Worthy, there are no special training arrangements on game days.
Thinking of the 13-12 record and the 50% winning rate last time the Clippers had, Gentry was actually happy and achy at the same time.
The last time the Clippers reached the playoffs after a 41-41 season, coincidentally, he was an assistant here, and the head coach at that time was named Larry Brown.
If Pat Riley is the person who kicked off the Iron Age, Larry Brown is definitely the promoter.
He hated that style of play so much that after leaving Larry Brown's staff, he was unwilling to serve as a defensive assistant on any team.
As a result, he ended up living a life he hated...
But, I’m really happy to win!
…
At 5:30 in the evening, the entire Clippers team came to the Staples Center to begin pre-game preparations.
Although it was back-to-back, the whole team played very easily last night.
Li Ao is the only one who fights for his life.
Li Ao didn't rush to get high scores at the beginning, but thought about back-to-back games and poor opponent's condition. If he plays harder, his teammates can be more relaxed.
What he did really helped the team. Last night, among their team's starting players, except for him who played 37 minutes and Odom who played 31 minutes, the other three starters all played between 24 and 28 minutes.
The rest of the Clippers are in good spirits.
At 7:40, Li Ao and his teammates came to the player tunnel. On the opposite side, the Timberwolves took the lead.
Nesterovich, Billups, Terril Brandon, Szczerbiak, and Garnett are the top five starters.
Five high-quality role players in Laphonso Ellis, Anthony Pillar, Reggie Slater, Todd Daye, and Sam Mitchell.
With a lineup worth more than 47 million U.S. dollars, the mix of role players is quite good.
Before entering the NBA, Li Ao had always believed that during Garnett's time with the Timberwolves, his teammates were very poor, and the boss was stingy and unwilling to sign players. He was hesitant to renew the contracts of Cassel and the Madmen, and the last one left the team and the other retired.
However, the last time he was suspended, the Clippers played against the Timberwolves. He went to get to know the Timberwolves and found that they were very different from what he thought.
The real situation - the owner of the Timberwolves is willing to spend money, McHale's operations are okay when he doesn't want to imitate Larry Bird, and the head coach's ability is top-notch.
Garnett's six-year, $120 million contract blocked the team's space. When he wanted to bring in Joe Smith in 1998, the salary cap totaled 30 million. The first year of Garnett's new contract accounted for half of it. The Timberwolves boss All outrageous methods were used to spend money to recruit players.
They even made a yin-yang contract with Joe Smith, signing a three-year minimum salary first, and promising a seven-year, $70 million long-term contract with the Bird rights, along with other benefits worth $30 million, to make up for the loss of Joe Smith's three-year minimum salary. , which is equivalent to using US$100 million over 10 years to find an inside helper for Garnett, who has a salary of US$120 million over six years.
That’s it, Garnett has a special back!
The yin and yang contract was exposed, and the league forcibly terminated Joe Smith's contract with the Timberwolves. Joe Smith was not allowed to join the Timberwolves within one year, and the Timberwolves' first-round draft picks were forfeited for the next five consecutive years.
Although Garnett is not a good player, Li Ao feels that the treatment given to Garnett by the Timberwolves is much better than the treatment he remembers given to Duncan by the Spurs.
At present, the Timberwolves are not good enough to make the playoffs in the Western Conference. However, they have been eliminated in the first round for 4 consecutive years and have been defeated by the Rockets, SuperSonics, Spurs, and Trail Blazers in turn. The wheel summons aliens and madmen getting closer.
Li Ao shook his head and exited the 'onlookers' perspective.
No matter whether the Timberwolves have seven stars or not, no matter how good Garnett is in leading the team, this opponent and this superstar in front of them are all formidable enemies to them!
"Kevin Garnett, 24 years old, 211 centimeters, 115 kilograms, overall rating of 97... averaged 22.4 points, 11.6 rebounds, 5.2 assists, 1.4 steals, and 1.8 blocks per game..."
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