There is another place that Li Ao feels weird.
Every time he completes a counterattack, Carter always wants to counterattack directly without hesitation, but their Clippers shot accurately tonight. The team made 45 of 81 shots, with a shooting percentage of 55.6%. The Raptors had a chance to counterattack. Unfortunately, Carter's counterattack and strong attack actually hit more iron. Just regular play would not hit so much iron.
The four major shooting guards have already met three. Li Ao is looking forward to playing against Iverson. That is youth...
After playing three games in four days, the Clippers got two days of rest. They took a day off on the 6th and left Los Angeles on the 7th. They will start another back-to-back alternating home and away games.
On the 8th, the Clippers challenged the Suns away from home.
The Clippers defended very well in the first quarter. Seeing that the Suns missed a three-pointer from the outside, the Clippers decisively shrank. The Suns made 0 of 4 three-pointers in the first quarter. Li Ao took the opportunity to shrink crazily, giving Kidd and Marion a chance to score. A big shot, and he also missed an opportunity for Chakaridis to catch the ball and layup. He had 1 steal and 2 blocks in a single quarter. He led the team to defend the Suns and only scored 17 points. The Clippers were 21-21 in the first quarter. 17 leads the Suns by 4 points.
But this was also the only quarter in which the Clippers had an advantage.
The score was 23-23 in the second quarter, 21-25 in the third quarter, and 20-25 in the final quarter.
In the first half, the Clippers could still rely on defense to hold on, but in the second half they couldn't hold on. 85-90, the Clippers lost in the away game, and their winning rate dropped back to 50%.
Kidd, who killed Spider-Man and scored 2 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists and 6 steals tonight, showed a proud smile.
What happened when he made 1 of 7 shots? He tried to dunk on a counterattack but was chased by Spider-Man and blocked him. He won! Sun Emperor, infinitely rampant!
Li Ao made 8 of 19 shots tonight, including 3 of 8 three-pointers, plus 5 of 7 free throws. He scored 24 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 5 blocks.
Seeing that his shooting rate was 42% again, he turned on the system and saw that his three-pointers and mid-range shots increased to 74 and 88, and he felt lonely.
But Gentry is very satisfied. By the middle of the season, this kind of defensive battle can still maintain a shooting rate comparable to that of the early season. This is definitely an improvement.
This is not the offensive era of the 1980s, but an era when all teams play defense without a decision, just like the Suns tonight.
In January and February of his rookie season, Iverson's shooting percentage was lower than 40% for two consecutive months, and he also set an embarrassing record - he took more than 15 shots in 5 consecutive games and his shooting percentage was lower than 30%. .
After playing the Suns, the Clippers returned to Los Angeles early the next morning and faced the Pacers in back-to-back games in the evening.
Li Ao felt that they were not compatible with the back-to-back. Last time, Odom was injured. This time, Maggette's ankle was injured in the back-to-back, and one person was missing.
Fortunately, Maggette is not yet an indispensable player for them. He still needs to practice for two years. Maggette can't play. They also have the 98th class of Telon Naseby as a replacement. They have no shortage of 70+ players. Rating level players.
In fact, Telon Naseby is currently stronger than Maggette, mainly because of his more comprehensive ability.
The second-year Naseby averaged 13 points per game last season. He has excellent physical fitness, a certain ability to hold the ball, and is good at three-pointers.
But Maggette has an outstanding ability-crushing breakthroughs and attacking the frame.
Maggette can open up the situation at certain moments, but Naseby cannot.
Of course, the most important thing is the talent gap between the two. When Naseby entered the NBA, he was already at his current level. There has been no progress in two years, and his talent is over.
And everyone can see Maggette's talent.
Li Ao made 10 of 22 shots tonight, including 0 of 4 three-pointers, plus 4 of 4 free throws. He scored 24 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.
Except for the three-pointer, Li Ao performed very well offensively tonight, and he restricted the performance of Reggie Miller. Reggie Miller only scored 8 points on 3-of-9 tonight.
But Reggie Miller is no longer the Pacers' leading scorer this year. Li Ao's restrictions on him prevent his teammates from worrying about the Pacers' outside shooting, but the Pacers still average 20+5+5 per game this season. Jalen Rose and Al Harrington, who averaged 15 points, 7 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game.
After failing to introduce O'Neal Jr., Larry Bird chose to tap the team's potential. Al Harrington, a talented high school student selected at the end of the first round in 1998, was reused.
This snake oil takes off when given the chance.
Jaylen Rose scored 24 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists tonight, Al Harrington had 14 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists. Travis Best, who came off the bench, got 24 points in the battle with McGinnis. 20 points and Austin Crohill scored 16 points.
Although Li Ao scored 24 points, McGinnis scored 17 points and 5 assists, O'Neal Jr. scored 13 points and 15 rebounds, and Big Q scored 14 points, the Clippers still lost to the Pacers 87-92. Lost for the 18th time this season.
On the 11th, the Clippers faced the Nuggets at home.
Li Ao surged tonight. Facing James Posey's defense, he scored 28 points in the first three quarters.
James Posey was shot and exploded, which affected the Nuggets' overall defense. The Nuggets held on in the first three quarters, trying not to flank Li Ao in an attempt to maintain the team's defensive effect.
It is true that the Nuggets team defense did a good job. Li Ao scored 28 points in the first three quarters, while the Clippers only scored 63 points.
But the Nuggets can't attack by themselves tonight. The Clippers scored 23 points, 17 points, and 23 points in the first three quarters, and the Nuggets only scored 20, 18, and 20 points in the first three quarters.
In the last quarter, the Nuggets began to focus on blocking Li Ao and not giving him a chance to shoot. Li Ao took the opportunity to send 3 assists and multiple indirect assists in a single quarter. The Clippers scored 29 points in a single quarter.
What makes the Nuggets regret is that they felt better in the final quarter and scored 28 points in a single quarter.
And these 28 points were not scored on a single counterattack. They were Van Exel's 11 points in a single quarter and Antonio McDyess's 10 points in a single quarter. The two led the team with their individual abilities.
The coach's judgment is also part of the team's strength.
Li Ao made 12 of 23 shots, including 2 of 4 three-pointers, and 7 of 7 free throws. He scored 33 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.
In addition to McGinnis's 12 points and 5 assists, O'Neal Jr.'s 14 points and 10 rebounds, Big Q's 14 points and 2 rebounds, Greg Anthony's 12 points...it beat Van Exel who scored 29 points and 27 McDyess scored 14 boards.
The Clippers narrowly defeated the Nuggets 92-86!
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The morning after playing against the Nuggets, Li Ao woke up at 6 o'clock.
Looking at the familiar ceiling and the calendar on the bedside table where his aunt had filled in the schedule, he felt very sad.
After waiting for a long time, he was driven back to the small suite.
But what should be said, I woke up in the morning and didn't see a familiar figure, but I was more looking forward to seeing each other next time, even though they were on the same floor.
Next, another wave of four consecutive away games was about to begin, and he muttered, "It's truly a miserable month for weak teams."
But although there is an away game tomorrow, there is no need to leave Los Angeles today.
After getting up and working out for half an hour next door, Li Ao returned to the small suite and took a shower. At 7 o'clock, the property manager delivered the newspaper to Li Ao's door.
Li Ao took the newspaper and took it back into the house. Looking at the pile of newspapers at the door, he remembered that he hadn't read the news for a long time after Christmas.
Every day, the property manager puts the newspaper at his door. When he comes back, he throws it in the house. The hospital assistant likes to get information from TV news and the Internet instead of reading newspapers... Knock!
The money spent on newspaper subscriptions was wasted!
But now my daily schedule is very full, even more than last year when I was playing in the NCAA with classes, training, playing games, and cooking for the hospital assistant. I really can’t watch the news.
I casually opened a newspaper and found the sports section, where the NFL dominated the rankings...
But there is still a basketball column.
headline News……
"Spider-Man continues to be crazy, the Clippers return to a 50% winning rate"
What the hell?
He quickly read through the short news headlines and his expression became strange.
After entering the middle of the season, they had 3 wins and 6 losses, a poor record.
Although he has a good mentality and is always positive when standing on the court. No matter how disadvantaged he is, he will do his best to win as long as he is on the court.
But after the final whistle sounds, he will still feel uncomfortable and have negative emotions when seeing the cruel score.
This was the real reason why he still wanted to practice more on the day of the game. He didn't want to worry about the game at night. It was useless to worry. He also transferred all the negative emotions of losing to training.
And he remembered that a while ago, when he was watching the hospital assistant's aunt surfing the Internet for news, he saw that the hospital assistant's aunt had an unhappy expression. He went over to take a look. The media were praising McGinnis.
What's going on now?
He also looked through several other newspapers, and the content was similar. They all praised him for leading the team back to a 50% winning rate and 9 consecutive games with 20 points or more.
Carter, Francis, and Brand were also compared with him, and they all said that his performance in his rookie season was much better than these people.
With that choice of words, he felt that if Duncan hadn't performed so well in his rookie season in the 1997 class, he would have had to step on him.
He looked at other news and suddenly understood something.
Then I flipped through the newspapers from the past few days.
really……
During the recent NFL playoffs, sports fans in North America are less enthusiastic about basketball, and the sports pages of major newspapers and magazines are dominated by the NFL.
But the basketball media also has to eat, and they have to find hot topics to report on.
There hasn't been much hot news recently.
Iverson was injured, Kobe was injured, and O'Neal was injured a few days ago.
The Kings have recently fallen into a slump, and White Chocolate has reached the middle of the season when they have to fight a tough battle. Their performance has collapsed like last season's playoffs. The Kings' overall performance is lackluster; the Trail Blazers are not popular with the media; the Raptors have an average record, and Carter I don’t have many dunks in actual combat. I’ve dunked a total of 20 times so far this season. I haven’t had any big hits recently...
The Magic sang all the way, surpassing the Lakers and ranking first in the league.
But Duncan doesn't have any personal news, it's all related to the team. It's hard for team news to compete with the NFL playoffs for attention.
Li Ao turned to a few days ago. Starting from the game against the Hornets, the media's reporting trend began to change.
The day after they played the last few games, they were all praising his personal performance, and if they won, they would be praising his ability to lead the team.
He checked online. Not only in newspapers, he was also highly praised online recently.
The news in newspapers is fixed and what is printed is what it is, but online topics are extensible.
He sees that the hottest topic about the NBA currently is predicting whether he can score 20+ points in tomorrow's game against the Lakers and increase his consecutive 20+ games to 10 games.
In that case, he will become the fourth player currently on active duty to have 10 consecutive 20+ seasons.
The other three players are Iverson, who has played 11 consecutive games, Duncan, who has played 13 consecutive games... and Glenn Robinson, who has played 13 consecutive games.
The Admirals, Malone, and O'Neal did not perform like this in their rookie seasons.
And those three people, without exception, all played more than ten consecutive 20+ games in the last game of the regular season. Therefore, the media did not dare to take out Iverson and Duncan in the newspapers.
But according to the news on the Internet, Li Ao scored 20+ points in 9 consecutive games in the middle of the season, and he has been surpassed by the two who can only soar at the end of the season.
Of course he was happy to be praised, but after browsing the news for a while, he closed the page.
He won't get carried away by being praised. No matter how hard he is praised, can he be as bad as he was when he was in the Crazy Three and Final Four stages 9 months ago?
At that time, the NFL season was over, and the NBA had to make way for the NCAA Basketball Championship finals. Sports fans across North America were paying attention to him. There is a huge difference between now and then.
Mainly because he felt like he was being used as a tool.
If there are other topics that are being hyped, use it to block it. Now that there is no other hot news, use it to attract traffic.
After turning off the computer, he went to the home of the hospital assistant to make breakfast. When it was almost ready, the hospital assistant’s head stuck out from the kitchen door again...|ω)
It was noon, and in the morning he was still criticizing the media for the NCAA's behavior of using his traffic but not paying him.
At this time Li Ao said - rub! Go ahead! I am strong enough! Not so easy to fall!
On January 12, 2001, the NBA officially announced the data for the first phase of All-Star starting voting.
Carter, who became a god in the slam dunk contest last year, temporarily topped the vote with 720,000 votes. Naturally, he was also the first vote-getter among the Eastern Conference forwards.
The Eastern Conference forward received the second most votes, Duncan with 460,000 votes, beating out Superman Balloon star Hill who did not play a game this season but still received 420,000 votes.
In terms of the Eastern backcourt, Iverson ranked first with 580,000 votes, McGrady second with 410,000 votes, followed by Tim Hardaway, Marbury, Reggie Miller, Ray Allen, and S. Tuckhouse, Eddie Jones...
The Eastern Conference center is another player who has not played in a game. Mourning defeated Ratliff with 390,000 votes with 550,000 votes.
In the West, center O'Neal ranked first with 600,000 votes, and second... Jermaine O'Neal of the Clippers, with 470,000 votes.
Guard, Kobe Bryant ranked first with 530,000 votes, second was Jason Kidd with 440,000 votes, and third was white chocolate Jason Williams with 370,000 votes.
Forward, Weber was second with 490,000 votes, first...
Li Ao temporarily ranks as the Western Conference vote leader with 700,000 votes, second only to Vince Carter!
(End of chapter)
