At 10 o'clock in the morning, Li Ao came to Staples Center to participate in the fan appreciation event held by the team.
Help with draws, give gifts, and take photos.
The enthusiasm of the fans far exceeded Li Ao's imagination.
When he learned that this was the first fan appreciation event held by the team after moving to Los Angeles, he felt so complicated that he didn't know what to say.
Sterling is really stingy!
Jerseys, T-shirts, basketballs, etc., I can’t bear to give them away.
If that doesn't work, just prepare some tickets for the fans.
No wonder he got hammered by a big shark...
Fortunately, the current boss is willing to spend money. The more he earns, the more he is willing to spend. The tickets he draws are all family tickets, or a package with a good location. Li Ao sends gifts to the fans. When I was there, I felt that Beier had some face.
In the afternoon, he returned home and worked as a clothes hanger. When he first learned that he would attend Kobe Bryant's wedding, Vivian began to make custom-made dresses for him.
Li Ao just wanted to wear a suit, but Vivian said that's not possible - when people come to your house for New Year's Eve, they all dress up. When they get married, you just wear a suit?
But to be grand and not to steal the limelight from the bride and groom, Vivian spent a lot of time choosing styles and finally selected... more than a dozen sets.
Li Ao had been working as a clothes hanger all afternoon, and he almost felt numb standing there.
But every time he changed into a set of clothes, he could see the eyes of the hospital assistant's aunt with stars, and he enjoyed it.
Li Ao originally planned to take his parents to the Staples Center to watch the Lakers game in the evening, but in the morning he met the Shark next door. The big shark said that he and Afro took turns tonight.
58 wins will lock you into first place. It doesn't matter whether you play in the last game or not, and you can't get 60 wins.
If the OK combination doesn't play, then the Lakers' game will be nothing to watch.
Li Ao chose to watch the Mavericks and Timberwolves live broadcast at home.
Then I saw Nowitzki, Finley, and Nash also taking turns, and Juwan Howard and Bradley led the team against the Timberwolves... Wow!
Before last night's game, he had been worried that the Mavericks might have a bye if they lost.
Now it seems that the worry was in vain.
The Mavericks will definitely have a bye!
Fortunately, they fought hard on defense to win the game last night.
Second place in the Western Conference has been locked, and the win or loss in the last game does not matter. Nelson, the three-time best coach, doesn't care about 54 wins or 55 wins.
He thought about the Spurs' rest rotation in the original time and space, and now it seems that he learned it from Nelson. Popovich served as an assistant to Nelson, then the Warriors' vice president and head coach, for two and a half years in the early 1990s.
Three of the Mavericks' top four players in points per game are not playing, and the top two in assists are also among these three. The Mavericks are being beaten by the Timberwolves, who are striving to win 50 games.
The commentators really couldn't find anything to analyze in this game. In terms of scores, rebounds, assists, steals, and even blocks, Garnett covered all the players on the opposite side.
They simply talked about today's hottest topic - Spider-Man's triple-double of blocked shots in his final game.
With 10 blocks in a single game, Li Ao tied the team record held by the team's famous Benoit Benjamin. Benoit Benjamin had 10 blocks in a single game twice in his sophomore and junior years.
With these 10 blocks, Li Ao overtook Ratliff at the buzzer in the last game and won the block title with an average of 3.8 blocks per game.
Originally, because he only got 1 block against the Warriors, Li Ao's average blocks per game dropped to 3.71, falling to second place.
But at that time, not many people thought that Li Ao would lose the shot-blocking title. He always blocked a lot of shots against the Suns because the Suns had many veterans.
He averaged 3.8 blocks per game, which also set a new record in Clippers team history. Benoit Benjamin showed up again.
In the 1987-88 season, as a junior, he ranked second in the league with 3.4 blocks per game, second only to Mark Eaton who averaged 3.7 blocks per game.
When it came to breaking the Clippers team's record, the commentator opened up the topic and talked about whether Li Ao was the single-season scoring king after the Clippers moved to Los Angeles.
After the Clippers moved to Los Angeles, before Li Ao, only Dominic Wilkins averaged 25+ points per game. After the All-Star break in the 93-94 season, he averaged 29.3 points per game after moving to the Clippers.
The commentator's point of contention is that Wilkins only played 25 games with the Clippers that year and 49 games with the Hawks.
However, Wilkins' scoring average was ranked ahead of Li Ao. Li Ao also set a new player's personal single-season scoring record after the Clippers moved to Los Angeles.
As for why the commentator emphasized 'after moving to Los Angeles', it's because when the Clippers first established the team in San Diego, Wald B. Free, selected from the 76ers, averaged 28.8 points per game and 30.2 points per game. Performance, ranking second in the scoring list for two consecutive years, second only to Ice Gervin.
If the commentator includes Fury, the discussion will become 'third in team history'. The Clippers' poor team's third place in team history will definitely have no interest in the fans. Put aside the San Diego period and listen. It looks a lot more awesome.
With the Lakers losing to the Nuggets 91-108 and the Mavericks losing to the Timberwolves 104-120, the NBA 2000-2001 regular season officially came to an end.
Li Ao patiently watched the game between the Mavericks and the Timberwolves.
Although the three core players did not play, you can look at the performance of the Mavericks' substitutes.
I definitely don’t want to hear the commentator brag about him.
After the game, the TV station posted the playoff team roster, matchup schedule, and game times for the first four games of each series.
Top eight in the Eastern Conference: The Magic are first with 56 wins and 26 losses, the 76ers are second with 55 wins and 27 losses, the Bucks are third with 50 wins and 32 losses, the Heat are fourth with 49 wins and 33 losses, and the Heat are fourth with 44 wins and 38 losses. The Raptors are fifth, the Pacers are sixth with 42 wins and 40 losses, the Hornets are seventh with 40 wins and 42 losses, and the Celtics are eighth with 36 wins and 46 losses.
Top eight in the Western Conference: The Lakers are first with 58 wins and 24 losses, the Mavericks are second with 54 wins and 28 losses, the Kings are third with 56 wins and 26 losses, the Trail Blazers are fourth with 55 wins and 27 losses, and the Suns are 53 wins and 29 losses. Fifth, the Jazz with 52 wins and 30 losses are sixth, the Clippers with 51 wins and 31 losses are seventh, and the Timberwolves with 50 wins and 32 losses are eighth.
Li Ao felt lonely after the Suns fought so hard last night. Even though the Suns lost, they were not surpassed by the Jazz. Tonight, the Jazz lost to the Spurs 83-91 in an away game. In the end, the Suns and Jazz were still in fifth place. Play the Kings in the first round.
The playoffs start on the 21st, with the Magic and Celtics, Heat and Raptors, Mavericks and Clippers, and Kings and Jazz starting first.
Then the four-group series between the 76ers and the Hornets, the Bucks and the Pacers, the Trail Blazers and the Suns, and the Lakers and the Timberwolves started on the 22nd.
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At the end of the regular season, the media began to summarize the regular season, award predictions, etc.
Fans are also paying attention to this.
Iverson led the scoring team with 31.1 points per game, Mutombo led the rebounding team with 13.5 rebounds per game, Kidd led the assists team with 9.8 assists per game, Iverson led the steals team with 2.5 steals per game, and Li Ao He averaged 3.8 blocks per game and won the block title.
Li Ao won the block title and became the youngest data king in NBA history.
This record, the media said, is unlikely to be broken.
There was no suspense about the few data kings early on, but the fans were more concerned about 'second'.
Ben Wallace is the most surprising second place. As one of the bargaining chips sent by the Magic in exchange for Hill, he just renewed his contract for 4 years and US$19.3 million last season. Although in people's eyes he is not Not bad, but no one thought he could play so well in the new season!
He averaged 4 points, 8 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game, soaring to 6.4 points, 13.2 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game.
The second lowest-rated player also appears in the Pistons, Stackhouse, who ranks second in scoring.
People are joking that with Stackhouse's help, Ben Wallace might be able to take a step further next season and lead the league in rebounds.
There’s more talk about award predictions.
There are two awards this year that are completely unresolved, one of which is Rookie of the Year.
I have to talk about the suspense about the Rookie of the Year - whether Li Ao will become the fifth unanimous Rookie of the Year in NBA history.
Elgin Baylor of the Lakers, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Bucks, Ralph Sampson of the Rockets, and David Robinson of the Spurs are the rare unanimous Rookie of the Year in NBA history.
Another award that has no suspense is the best manager, and the only candidate is Magic general manager Gabriel.
For the best defensive player, Mutombo, Garnett, Duncan, Doug Christie, and O'Neal are considered popular candidates.
The best coach award is generally expected to go to Gentry.
The most popular award prediction is MVP.
The media gave a list of popular candidates - Iverson, Duncan, O'Neal, Webber, Kidd, Li Ao, Garnett.
The lists given by various media are basically all of these people, and they are ranked in order. The rankings of Duncan, O'Neal, Webber, Kidd, and Li Ao are different, but Iverson is first and Garnett is last. All media are consistent about this. .
This list is very convincing because most of the MVP votes are in the hands of these media.
Li Ao, a rookie, actually became one of the 'MVP favorites', and he once again caused controversy.
In the modern basketball era, only two players are considered MVP favorites in their rookie seasons, Bird and Buddha.
Some fans said that although Spider-Man is very talented and powerful, in his opinion, Spider-Man is not worthy of becoming the MVP favorite.
Faced with 'I think' statements, Clippers fans throw away data.
From 15 wins to 51 wins, Spider-Man led the team to an improvement of 36 wins after joining the Clippers.
Li Ao's personal performance this season, total statistics: 1898 points, 451 rebounds, 380 assists, 118 steals, and 285 blocks.
Averaged 25.3 points, 6.01 rebounds, 5.06 assists, 1.57 steals and 3.8 blocks per game.
A certain unnamed No. 3 player saw this when he was reading the news. He hoped that the discussion in this area would stop here. He felt that Spider-Man deserved to be the favorite for MVP and begged the fans not to continue the discussion.
However, his inner prayers were ineffective.
The shooting percentage was 42.1% and the three-point shooting percentage was 30.8%.
Fans who feel that Li Ao is not worthy of becoming the MVP throw out this data.
Then, Clippers fans dumped the MVP favorite's shooting percentage...
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On April 19, the day after the regular season ended, when the media and fans were hotly discussing and even debating topics related to various awards, Li Ao and Vivian came to St. Edward's Church in Dana Point Beach to attend the ceremony between Kobe and Vanessa. Sarah's wedding.
He was fortunate to have the hospital assistant's aunt custom-made a dress for him. The people attending the wedding were all dressed formally, and it seemed that they were all people who had enjoyed Kobe's "grand treatment."
But there were very few people, so few that Li Ao felt that they were not suitable for this occasion.
Li Ao saw that there were no Lakers players, and then he remembered that it seemed that Kobe was not invited by any of his teammates to get married. His teammates still found out that the second-in-command of the team was getting married after seeing the news.
Li Ao felt that this was really... interesting.
I wonder what the big shark next door would think when he saw his Spider-Man attending the Black Mamba's wedding?
Kobe didn’t have many relatives, none of his parents or sisters came.
But Vanessa's face was filled with happiness because this man chose to marry her despite the opposition of her parents and women in the black community.
The two of them have a very middle-of-the-road mentality right now - even if the whole world is against it, we still have to be together.
The scene was not awkward because of the small number of people. On the contrary, Kobe and Vanessa were able to chat thoughtfully with every guest.
The wedding was not extravagant, and the time was also very short. The wedding was held at noon, but it did not delay Kobe's participation in the Lakers team training at 3 p.m.
Li Ao was sure that this pair of young middle school students chose a free day, called their relatives and friends who would definitely bless them, bought a wedding dress and a ring and got married, so as to avoid long nights and dreams.
The main character is a parent who is too late to stop it.
Li Ao also caught up with the Clippers' team training at 2:30 in the afternoon and got into preparations.
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On April 21, 2001, the first game day of the NBA 2000-2001 playoffs arrived.
On the 19th, the alliance organized voting for two awards, and the voting results were announced today.
Magic general manager John Gabriel won the NBA Manager of the Year award for the second consecutive year.
In the summer of 1999, Gabriel cleaned up the messy lineup made by the previous general manager, solved the bloated salary problem, created a huge salary space for the summer of 2000, and also won 41 wins and 41 losses in the 99-00 season. His record ranked ninth in the Eastern Conference and he won the best manager.
Last summer, we won Duncan, Hill, and Tracy McGrady in one go. Although Hill was reimbursed as soon as he came, he still performed impeccably and won the award again.
Clippers head coach Alvin Gentry won the best coach award by improving the team from 15 wins and 67 losses to 51 wins and 31 losses, beating out Larry Brown and Phil Jackson.
As for the Clippers, they arrived in Dallas yesterday evening.
The head coach won the award, and the Clippers players were very excited and very active in preparing for training.
However, some people are still very nervous, mainly young players. They are also very excited and actively preparing for the game, but this does not prevent them from being nervous.
During the evening warm-up, Big Q asked Li Ao: "Boss, I have never played in the playoffs. I'm worried that I will mess things up tonight."
Da Q boldly expressed his uneasiness, and his teammates who were equally nervous turned their attention to the boss.
They look to Spider-Man to give them a pep talk.
But the boss’s answer…
"Don't you read the scouting report?"
Da Q was stunned for a moment and said, "I saw it! I prepared for the battle very seriously!"
"Then why are you nervous? There are not as many people in the training ground opposite us who have played in the playoffs as we are. It's them who should be nervous."
Asking for a monthly ticket!
(End of chapter)
