Looking at the players gathered around to celebrate, Gentry breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally won!
He pretended to be calm and commanded calmly, but he was panicking inside!
30 points and 7 assists. The parallel import prospect opposite me has something good after practicing for a few years.
Unfortunately, the style of play didn't match their Spider-Man.
Not to mention anything else, just because Li Ao was playing from behind in a high position, the opponent Tan Hwa Lang's style of play was incompatible.
Just like the Timberwolves would not sacrifice Garnett for Billups, he would not be stupid enough to bring back the point guard and let Li Ao be a pure reliever. He still prefers Nash, who in his mind has perfect ball control. As a defender, Marbury can also work with Li Ao.
Thinking of Li Ao's back play, even Gentry, who saw Li Ao's growth in every game, was speechless.
The new technology developed in the middle of the season, by the end of the season, can already be used as a way for the team to launch the offense when facing no single defense experts on the forward and defensive lines.
I kneel down and thank my former boss in the mental hospital for cutting off Spider-Man!
Next time he has time, he will buy a wreath and visit the mental hospital!
…
The Clippers defeated the Timberwolves, and all eight playoff teams in the Western Conference were announced.
It was crazy for fans to see the 47-win Sonics lose their playoff hopes two games early.
But there's even crazier stuff.
The Clippers and Timberwolves both have 49 wins. It is self-evident that the two teams want to compete for seventh place. They will definitely compete for victory in the last two games. It is basically certain that there will be a grand occasion of 50+ wins in the Western Conference playoffs!
This is the first time since the NBA expanded to 23 teams in 1985 and increased the number of playoff seats to 16!
But compared to this, fans are more concerned about Spider-Man's personal performance.
In the victory over the Timberwolves, Li Ao scored 29 points. With two games left, he is still 49 points short of averaging 25 points per game!
So far this season, there is only one player averaging 25+5+5 per game, the Lakers' Kobe Bryant.
Looking at the modern basketball era, there are only a handful of players who can get such data.
And Li Ao may achieve such an achievement in his rookie season!
After three years, that adjective appeared again in the NBA - born superstar!
The last time the player caused such a sensation and received such a title in his rookie season - Tim Duncan!
On April 15th, the most anticipated 'born superstar' and his teammates came to the Oracle Arena in Oakland to challenge the Warriors away from home.
What kind of team can be called the ultimate bad team or the king of bad teams?
The Warriors are!
For many bad teams, no matter how bad their results are, the players will always have something to strive for, such as improving statistics or something.
But the Warriors didn't, because a few of their 'cores' only played by themselves. They ate the meat, chewed up the bones, and swallowed the soup without leaving a morsel.
In addition to waiting for the 'core' to get tired of shooting and passing the ball, most of the Warriors players didn't even have a chance to improve their statistics.
The Warriors have also become a player graveyard. If they are not strong enough to get the ball from Jamison, Larry Hughes, Blake Low and others, unless they are a defensive center like Dampier or Foyle. A meat shield center, otherwise coming here would basically mean entering the countdown to leaving the NBA.
Last summer, the media counted statistics. In the past five seasons, the Warriors ranked first in the number of players from each team who did not receive the next contract after their contracts expired.
At the same time, the Warriors have also become the target of major stars to earn points.
Players from other bad teams see a famous star coming and they can't win anyway, so they target that star, but the Warriors don't even have this little bit of unity.
Except for those who have the ball, the other Warriors players are numb to the extreme.
Many people are expecting them to snipe Spider-Man tonight, such as a certain Texas head coach.
But except for Larry Hughes, who has to face Spider-Man, no one on the Warriors cares about this matter. They all want to end the season quickly, settle their wages, and use the holidays to heal the psychological trauma of this season.
At 8 p.m., the Warriors' home game against the Clippers begins.
The Warriors players turned on the spectator mode again, watching Jamison compete with the opponent's scorer.
Jamison took 36 crazy shots tonight and made 15 of 36 shots, including 4 of 11 three-pointers, plus 7 of 9 free throws. He scored 41 points, 10 rebounds and 3 steals.
The Warriors players must not admit that this 'core teammate' has really strong personal abilities. Of the 36 shots he took, as many as 29 were singles, 3 were secondary attacks, and only 4 of the shots were catches. Shoot.
Opposite Spider-Man, most of his scoring is based on running, catching and shooting.
Facing Larry Hughes' defense, Li Ao was inefficient in back-up play. He made 1 of 4 starts and gave up decisively.
Gentry sent four people including Brevin Knight, Odom, Matt Halprin, and O'Neal to partner with Li Ao. They provided screens and passes to help Li Ao create shooting opportunities.
This scene looks like Booker playing the Celtics in the future.
After the first 4 rounds of singles, in the next 36 minutes, Li Ao took 36 shots and made 19 of 36 shots, including 6 of 10 three-pointers. 8 of the 10 three-pointers were made through screens and then opened wide... ...plus 5 of 5 free throws!
However, the Clippers are not the Suns team that is last in the Western Conference, and the Warriors are not the Celtics team that is first in the Eastern Conference and playing tricks on the Suns.
At 5 minutes and 15 seconds of the final quarter, when Li Ao made two free throws and was replaced, the Clippers led the Warriors by 19 points, 86-67.
With 20 of 40 shots, including 6 of 10 three-pointers and 5 of 5 free throws, Li Ao soared to 51 points, plus 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 4 steals and 1 block!
When Li Ao was replaced, Jamison only took 31 shots, and then made 5 more shots...
At 10:22 pm, the game ended.
The Clippers defeated the Warriors 101-85!
After the final whistle sounded, crazy cheers broke out again.
Tonight, the Oracle Arena was full. Many Chinese and overseas Chinese came, and they were definitely not here to support the Warriors.
When Li Ao was replaced after scoring 51 points, the cry of 'We want Spider Man' continued until the final whistle sounded.
Gentry also wanted to keep Li Ao on the court, there was still half a quarter left!
But on the opposite side, Larry Hughes had already pulled Li Ao down for a layup.
If they let their Spider-Man continue to attack, he was afraid that Larry Hughes would be killed.
Looking at the record of 50 wins and 31 losses, Gentry wanted to burst into tears.
He actually survived today!
He controlled his emotions, precious tears should not be shed at this time.
An hour ago, he received a text message from a scout. The Timberwolves lost to the Jazz at home, and their record became 49 wins and 32 losses. Even if they won the last game, they would only have 50 wins.
On their side, Spider-Man won the 'scoring share' of both games in one game, and averaged 25+ points per game with 0 points in the last game.
He definitely wants to help Li Ao average 25 points per game, and he will have to rush if he doesn't win 50 games.
Averaging 25 points per game ahead of schedule, this situation couldn't be better!
Now, as long as they win the final game, they will definitely finish seventh in the Western Conference. Their goal is clear.
Spider-Man also has no scoring pressure and can play more freely.
The other team members no longer have distracting thoughts. When playing against the Timberwolves, there were two situations where teammates deliberately passed the ball for Spider-Man but made mistakes. They can focus on the final game without any distractions!
…
Although the game between the Clippers and the Warriors was not broadcast extra because there was a focus battle between the Lakers and the Kings at the same time, in terms of media and fan attention, the former was really no worse than the latter with live broadcast.
After the game, the Clippers' attention was much higher than that of the Lakers, who defeated the Kings to lock the regular season championship.
But when the Clippers won 50 games, not many people cared.
The focus of the media and fans' attention is that Li Ao scored 50+ points in a single game for the third time this season! He refreshed the rookie season record of 50+ times in a single game that he and basketball emperor Chamberlain shared! And lock in an average of 25 points per game one game in advance!
At the same time, he also broke the record of 40+ times in a single game for a rookie season in the modern basketball era held by the God of Basketball!
The last time Li Ao scored 52 points, he had already tied Jordan's 7 times of 40+ points in a single game during his rookie season.
Now Li Ao has surpassed Jordan with 8 40+ points in a single game, ranking first in the modern basketball era with 40+ points in a single game in a rookie season!
Everyone knew that Li Ao would definitely score points tonight, but they didn't expect that he would score so hard!
According to reports from on-site reporters, the entire Clippers team is passing the ball to Li Ao. Even if he is tired of running and shooting, others on the Clippers team want to pass the ball to him.
This Hongguoguo's behavior of cheating has reached an outrageous level.
However, compared with Jamison, who made 16 of 36 shots from the opposite side, Li Ao's performance was already quite efficient.
And once someone said that Li Ao scored 51 points, some fans posted the data of Iverson's 5 consecutive 40+ games in his rookie season.
How about a rookie getting a score?
Besides, you still get points by winning!
Many passers-by have even become fans because of Li Ao's "true temperament".
Li Ao answered without hesitation in the post-game interview - "Yes, I am trying to score points tonight. My opponent happens to be last in the Western Conference. We are sure to win, and they did not attack me. Of course I have to score points. I To ensure that I can score more than 49 points in the last two games, I pretend to be selfless at this time and pretend not to care about the data. If I fall a few points short of averaging 25 points per game in the end, I will faint in the toilet crying."
After this interview report came out, it caused huge controversy. Li Ao was criticized by many people and gained a lot of negative fans, but he also gained countless fans!
At the same time, push the popularity of the topic to the top!
…
"Snake, why didn't you say a word today? Are you biting your tongue again for fear of being laughed at by me?"
"Didn't you all lock in the regular season championship in advance? 58 wins is really impressive, but why do you still look unhappy?"
"Is it because Iverson is going to win the MVP? It's okay. Although you are not favored by the media, your ability can more or less win an MVP."
"Or did you and Vanessa quarrel? No, she was very happy when she brought a gift to Vivian at noon. I couldn't tell that she had a quarrel with you."
"I surpassed Jordan, Snake, why don't you congratulate me?"
"..."
"..."
Looking at Li Ao who was leaning back in the chair, Kobe's fists had already tightened.
Training started at 4pm and I couldn’t stop talking.
They were already paralyzed from exhaustion, but they still retained the strength to continue talking.
He had been called the nickname 'Snake' for so long that he couldn't bear it. Anyway, he was the only one calling it that.
But this bastard... he should be able to beat this guy in his current state, right?
The image of him transforming into a Star Wars warrior and lifting up a big spider to beat him wildly appeared in Kobe's mind.
Just think about it. He didn't say a word from the day we met until now. After saying "Don't forget my wedding on the 19th," he left without even taking a shower.
If you really can't help but take action, being beaten by a tired and paralyzed big spider will be more embarrassing than being beaten by a big spider in full strength.
Li Ao called out a few words, but when he saw Kobe leaving faster, he had no choice but to give up.
After resting for a while and feeling less tired, I took out the burger from the bag, used the 'body therapy function', and ate a burger to satisfy my hunger.
After scoring 51 points last night, the world became noisy. He enjoyed it at first, but the noise became too much. He escaped from the pestering media and came to the blacksmith room for training.
He has already won 50 games. Of course he wants to get 51 wins to secure seventh place in the Western Conference. The Timberwolves' last game will be on the 18th. He will not expect to rely on the Mavericks to defeat the Timberwolves and win seventh place in the Western Conference.
Relying on others is far less reliable than relying on yourself.
Unfortunately, their Clippers' record in the division is not as good as the Timberwolves' record in the division.
There are seven teams in the Pacific Division where they are located, and five of them have made the playoffs this season. The Clippers have the worst record among these five teams.
In the Midwest Division where the Timberwolves are located, only three teams have entered the playoffs, the other two being the Mavericks and Jazz.
If the record is the same, their Clippers will be further behind and can only take the lead.
This afternoon, his additional practice was to shoot fadeaway jumpers against the defense. When training against Kobe, he also practiced this mostly during offensive training.
The person guarding him tomorrow will be Marion, and it will be difficult to get easy shooting opportunities.
Although you won't improve much after practicing for an afternoon, it will be useless if you don't sharpen your weapon quickly in battle.
Moreover, I also got a 1-point step-back shooting experience package from Afro.
The media kept asking the same questions, and Li Ao got tired.
But when he returned home after taking a shower, he happily discussed 40+ times, 50+ times, averaging 25 points per game... and other topics in front of his excited assistant aunt.
The main thing is to look at face. Those media all send "experienced" veteran reporters to deal with Li Ao. These people keep asking similar questions, but they mustn't make him feel irritated.
After a night's rest, the next day, April 17, was the last game day of the Clippers' regular season this season.
When Li Ao came to Staples Center in the morning, he saw a huge crowd of people outside the venue.
Most of them were fans wearing their Clippers jerseys or team T-shirts. This scene made him very excited.
Yesterday afternoon he met a long-time Clippers fan in his 40s at Memorial Stadium.
The fan expressed his gratitude to him. At this time in previous years, they would have felt that 'the season is over', but now...
At 9:30 in the morning, the entire Clippers team gathered to prepare for the game.
Li Ao, who practiced mid-range shooting for an extra hour, said loudly after his teammates arrived:
“After tonight’s game, the regular season is over.
but! The new journey has just begun!
Kill Kidd! Start the playoffs! "
Asking for a monthly ticket!
(End of chapter)
