Counting the preseason games, the Clippers had lost to the SuperSonics 4 times in a row, and finally won once, which made Li Ao happy.
However, the defensive performance of Odom, who has just returned, is worrying.
But without Odom, they won't be able to soar tonight. Although the Sonics' defensive performance has declined due to mid-season, it's just that Ewing is old and Payton is not young. They have declined from the top level in the early part of the season. The team's defensive performance is still excellent.
Tonight, the Clippers didn't have a team-wide explosion like they did against the Raptors. Instead, Odom came back, and the team's offense was connected and flourished. In regular time, they were evenly matched with the Sonics' pitching staff. , only the defense in overtime can win.
Since Odom had already played a pretty good defensive performance before the injury, it shows that he can still be saved, and he can just adjust slowly.
Occasionally, Li Ao felt quite happy when he had such a performance. He made 8 of 15 shots, a rare hit rate of over 50%. It was also very satisfying for his teammates to make the pass after the ball was passed.
He does not resist playing offense and is looking forward to the future offensive era, but now he is in the iron-blooded defensive era, and his defense is not bad. Of course, he currently prefers the team to play defense well.
On the second day, a rest day, Gentry did not arrange team training, and then there was another back-to-back game.
Li Ao didn't go to practice any more today. He helped organize things in the warehouse at home in the morning.
Mom and Dad are in the kitchen preparing tonight’s New Year’s Eve dinner.
The hospital assistant aunt is instructing the workers to decorate the yard and living room, and order some dishes with a taste more suitable for Europeans and Americans, which will be delivered before dinner.
Li Ao invited several teammates, the ones who usually play the best, Big Q, O'Neal, Odom, Boykins, and newcomer Matt Halprin, plus the coaching staff. A few people, an old man who lives in Memorial Stadium after retirement.
Originally, he wanted to call the Trojans coaches and a few old teammates, but unfortunately the Trojans were going to play away, so it had to be next time.
Li Ao was responsible for unpacking and assembling cartons of things in the warehouse, but he was not tired at all. He was not responsible for packing the things. He was playing an away game at the time, and now he has the pleasure of unpacking express delivery.
After unpacking, sort them into cartons or carts aside. After tidying up the backyard, the helpers and mom will handle it.
As he was opening it, Li Ao saw a transparent document bag. He was wondering whether to put it on the trolley with the work information of the hospital assistant or in the small box with the insurance certificate, when he saw the 'Land Ownership Certificate'. words.
Just now he also saw a copy of the four certificates for the current villa, so this is...
Even though cats know they are going to die, they still can't restrain their curiosity, and this is even more true for people.
He opened it and looked at it. The land ownership certificate, land ownership transaction records over the past 100 years, house property rights transaction contract, and house purchase insurance were all complete.
Having just bought a house, Li Ao knew that this was the complete property rights certificate for the Yingjiang family.
He didn't find it strange that the hospital assistant's aunt had her own real estate. She was a rich woman with tens of millions of dollars in cash.
But the address above...
At this time, Vivian happened to arrange the work in the yard and came to the warehouse to help her Leo, but she saw her Leo looking at the property rights certificate.
not good!
"The apartment we lived in before turned out to be yours! I just said why the price is so cheap!"
"Ahem, I'm not afraid that a little boy like you will save face and be unwilling to accept such a low price. Your living expenses are only 1,500 yuan a month, and I don't want you to stay in other people's homes. They will let international students like you People who do dirty work and sleep in the basement, that’s why I say it’s my friend’s house.”
"Then you still collected my rent for two and a half years! And you also collected this month's rent!"
"Are you staying here this month?"
"Living."
“Is it necessary to pay rent when renting a house?”
"right."
"Then what's wrong with me charging you rent?"
"..."
Impeccable and irrefutable!
The assistant auntie is getting better and better at talking. Who did she learn this from?
…
This year’s New Year’s Eve is like a party.
It was the first time for Li Ao's parents to celebrate the New Year like this, and they found it novel.
Teammates came to the old man’s house to play, and there were also elders there. They were very polite, not as wild as usual parties, but not too rigid either. Some played cards, some chatted, and some drank a little wine, but not too much. There is a back-to-back tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
Li Ao's predecessor was also a lively character. Otherwise, he would not have picked up a beautiful classmate as his girlfriend in junior high school. After breaking up, he also imitated her to get drunk and ended up getting alcohol poisoning...
So after he traveled through time, he had a more unrestrained personality, but no one thought there was anything wrong with him. His parents felt that he just became more unrestrained because of the heavy blow of falling out of love.
He now knew where his predecessor's lively personality came from.
His father spoke very poor English that he had just learned in the past two years, actively socialized with his teammates and coaches, and quickly became friends with them, even going to the card table to kill everyone.
It's completely different from the image of someone who just looks at him with a straight face and chases after him whenever he disagrees with her!
This New Year's Eve, Li Ao's family had a lively time and everyone had a great time.
There is only one thing that everyone is speechless about.
Kobe is here, this is no problem, teammates also know that Li Ao often uses Kobe to practice defense.
The boss was able to quickly adapt to NBA confrontations and show off his defensive abilities early in the NBA. This neighbor player played a major role in his contribution.
Kobe was drinking red wine alone, smiling while chatting with Gentry, whom he had known for a long time, and the boss's father. Others went up to toast and only received a stiff "I'm not familiar with you", and they were not surprised. .
They don't even give a toast to their teammates, let alone someone from their neighbor's team.
But this guy went to a party and dressed like the groom, a suit, tie, and brooch!
No one else knew what to complain about.
Although Vanessa was also dressed up, she could tell that she was dressing up to match Kobe's.
After being with Kobe, Vanessa often appeared on TV and often appeared in the circle of wives. The dress on TV and newspapers was not like this... except when she appeared with Kobe.
But what makes others envious is that Vanessa enjoys dressing up with Kobe.
This is equivalent to a boy who likes Ultraman, and his girlfriend is willing to cooperate with him.
…
After a bustling year, on the second day of the new year, Li Ao continued his journey of his rookie season.
In preparation for the game in the morning, the Clippers players were particularly active and in high spirits.
Tonight's opponent is the Celtics!
Of course, they are not sympathetic to their next-door neighbors. On the contrary, from a certain perspective, they are more sympathetic to the Celtics and do not like their next-door neighbors.
But they feel they have a great chance of winning tonight!
In terms of rankings, although the Celtics are eighth in the Eastern Conference, their record is only 20 wins and 22 losses.
Although their Clippers are only ranked 11th in the Western Conference, their record is 21 wins and 21 losses.
And they almost won the last time they met, but Pierce's 13 points in the final quarter and 35 points in a single game defeated them with his personal ability. The Celtics took away the victory with a 7-point advantage.
This time, the Clippers want to win back!
Compared with challenging a strong opponent, it is definitely more exciting to fight against an evenly matched opponent.
Li Ao is also looking forward to playing against the strange man who took 11 stabs in 28 seconds last September.
A black athlete competes with others in a Boston nightclub to grab a girl. How horny must the person who did this be?
The most amazing thing is that Pierce actually returned to the team before the end of the training camp. It was as if he had opened up the two channels of Ren and Du. He has made greater progress than he did in the second grade. So far this season, he has averaged 24.9 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists per game, becoming a top scorer. It is the first time in three seasons since entering the NBA that he has played half of the regular season and still maintained full attendance.
Some media teased that Pierce's body was replaced with full metal armor.
After the morning preparations were over, Li Ao communicated with Matt Halprin and O'Neal about defensive cooperation and prepared to go to extra practice. Big Q suddenly found him in a hurry.
"Boss! Pierce said that your defense is not good and you only rely on fighting to scare people. If you don't scare him, he can beat you with one hand..."
…
Did he offend Pierce in any way?
Li Ao didn't even know this person when he thought about it.
Having been in the NBA for so long, he is recognized as good in three areas - defense, passing, and mid-range shooting.
Of course, haters disagree that this is accepted.
As an off-ball shooter, he scores many goals. The fans and the media who use his reputation as a selling point say that his teammates pass the ball well.
In the dozen or so games Odom was injured, he averaged double figures per game.
He had many assists, and the haters also said that it was just his teammates who shot accurately.
But his defense, apart from the "bullying the old and bullying the weak", even the anti-fans do not deny that his defensive performance is very good.
There is a high probability that the man who was stabbed 11 times while picking up girls in a nightclub was jealous of his good looks.
This was considered provoking, a little angry, but more out of curiosity.
Obviously you can spray him for points and assists, but you choose the defense that you can't spray the most.
What kind of brain circuit is this?
He paused for extra practice, went to the lounge, took out his notebook, and browsed the news online, and saw a video clip of Pierce being interviewed.
Da Q really didn't add any exaggeration, but said it very tactfully.
Pierce didn't even provoke him, he just sprayed him.
Saying that his defense is overrated, the league favors him, saying that he blocks shots...
In the video, some of the things Pierce criticized him were completely illogical and inconsistent. It felt like he was venting his emotions and spoke indiscriminately.
But Pierce went berserk, and Li Ao saw the reason - the questions raised by the host were deliberately provoking trouble.
The host asked Pierce: "Last time you played against the Clippers, Spider-Man was not here, and you only won by 7 points. This time, Spider-Man is here, and it will be difficult for you to get another 35 points. Do you still have a chance to win?"
Li Ao remembered that in the game in early December, some media commented that the Celtics took advantage of his suspension and should thank the Knicks for helping them win.
Before that, there is another question - "Are you envious of Spider-Man being selected as an All-Star starter in his rookie season?"
Yesterday, when Li Ao's family celebrated the Chinese New Year, the NBA officially announced the data for the second phase of All-Star starting voting. As of the 20th, Li Ao had received more than 1.81 million votes, continuing to dominate the Western Conference with 1.63 million votes, beating O'Neal with 1.63 million votes. .
The league's vote leader is still Carter, with 1.93 million votes, surpassing the second-highest number of votes he received last season.
In the first stage of voting, Carter's number of votes was a bit dangerous. His fans immediately became active in voting for him, temporarily widening the gap with Li Ao.
It is foreseeable that Jordan's historical record of 2.45 million votes in 1997 will be passed away.
When a reporter asked this question, Pierce couldn't stand it anymore and replied: "Being an All-Star starter does not represent strength. He is as popular as a movie star in Los Angeles, so he will naturally get more votes."
Although Pierce is very sour here, he is still restrained.
But with this question as a foreshadowing, when the host asked the second question, Pierce broke through the defense directly.
Li Ao understood why Pierce sprayed him, but since it hit his face, he had to respond.
He was about to go to extra practice to calm down, prepare well, and be ready to respond on both offense and defense. At this time, the team's press officer Kyle came and asked him if he was willing to accept an exclusive interview now.
The record has not been good recently, with 5 wins and 9 losses, and Li Ao's enthusiasm for interviews is not as high as it was earlier in the season.
Now it's not like I was always winning in college and just showing off.
In addition to dealing with the imperial court and Xinhua News Agency, he has not accepted an interview for a long time. He is focused on improving his strength and preparing for more enjoyable pretentiousness in the future.
He subconsciously wanted to refuse, but when he heard the name of the media requesting an interview, he chose to accept.
…
This morning, ESPN basketball game preview news showed a scene of Pierce angrily complaining that Li Ao's defense is overrated in an exclusive interview yesterday, and bragging about beating Li Ao with one hand.
On the midday news, ESPN released Li Ao's response.
"First of all, I don't disrespect my friends with physical disabilities. I treat everyone equally, but I'm curious, what does it look like for a person with all limbs to play with one hand? I hope he can be like a man and keep his word."
"I heard that he is from Los Angeles and has been a Lakers fan since he was a child. He once dreamed of joining the Lakers? Stop dreaming. The Lakers have Kobe Bryant. How can you look up to him...oh, I heard that the Lakers are now The team is still dreaming of trading me back, please inform them that my price is very expensive, unless they dismantle OK."
"My defense may be overrated, but I think his offense is also overrated. He scores so many points and his record is not as good as ours. What's the use? The Celtics should just mess up. They The current core doesn’t have the ability to lead them to win.”
"Of course I have the confidence to guard him. I'm not the kind of person who doesn't even care about defense just to score points..."
After the news was broadcast, it aroused the attention of fans!
Two young stars are at odds!
In the middle of this season, fans don't have much fun to watch. Last time, Li Ao scored 20 points in 9 consecutive games and then led his team to an upset victory over OK.
In the past few days, there hasn't been much hot news. What can be called lively is that the Clippers "carried out charity" and sent a first-class combo guard who can average 17+6 per game to the Cavaliers if given a chance.
And the popularity was short-lived. No one paid attention to McGinnis after he went to the Cavaliers. Some people paid attention to this player when he was with the Clippers purely because of Li Ao.
Now, finally there is fun to watch again!
Fans discovered that Li Ao was really damaged! Every cut hits the mark!
(End of chapter)
