After the confession failed, I went to the NBA to play and lose weight

Chapter 216 After All-Star

After the All-Star break, the state of the Magic began to fluctuate. As a young team, this is actually predictable.

Not to mention, without the presence of Turkoglu, Van Gundy had no choice but to put Li Chengming in the starting lineup and play the third position.

In fact, Li Chengming began to practice holding the ball more, and the team also needed it. After all, Turkoglu's absence made the Magic lack not only a No. [-] scorer, but also a playmaker.

Li Chengming does not have Turkoglu's breakthrough ability, but he can rely on his own ability to attract double-teams and then distribute the ball, or directly take the ball from a high position to support him. These are all abilities he already has.

At the same time, Nelson also returned to the starting lineup, but in this way, the Magic's strength in the substitute rotation stage plummeted.

It was not obvious in the first game against the Pistons. This time the Magic completed three quarters, not because they played too well, but because the Pistons were too stretched.

Hamilton was troubled by fouls, Billups seemed to have stayed in the All-Star period and did not come out, his condition was poor, and the others were unable to turn the tide, but they had time to practice well.

李成名仅出战24分钟，12投9中拿到23分7篮板5助攻。

After that, I went to Canada back-to-back to play against the Raptors, currently ranked sixth in the Eastern Conference. Because it is a continuous away game, under the exhaustion of the boat, the offense is okay, and the defense is really exhausted.

In the end, the Dragon King Bosh on the opposite side scored a season-high 45 points efficiently, and the substitute Delfino scored 22 points. The Raptors' striker broke out completely. 127 points.

霍华德35+15难救主，刘易斯16中4，尼尔森12中3，李成名14中5，也成了拖后腿的了。

Li Chengming is mainly due to mental exhaustion. After all, yesterday's game ended too quickly, and he didn't play for long. There is no physical problem.

However, so far in the season, for him personally, there is a feeling of calmness, and it is difficult to bring up passion most of the time.

Although Li Chengming is not the kind of player who needs emotions to mobilize himself, as a young player, emotions have a considerable impact on his state.

There is often a saying in the game called "not excited". Many players have this kind of time, they feel that they can't concentrate after playing, can't get up the energy, and even get distracted and slip away.

Li Chengming staged more than one eye defense directly in the camera today. The key is not to be weak, but to be powerful or unintentional.

His teammates didn't say anything, and the head coach didn't say anything, but he himself was very aware of his problems.

They didn't say it because it was just a game. Who hasn't been in a bad state yet?

Instead, Howard suggested that Li Chengming go to a nightclub in a foreign country together after the game, and said that he had made an appointment with Bosh, because the game schedule had been known for a long time, and this was agreed during the All-Stars.

Li Chengming thought about it and didn't refuse.

He really understands a little bit why many NBA players can't control themselves, their private lives are chaotic, and apart from occasional venting, they are more looking for some excitement.

Even someone as hardworking as Kobe, his reputation in private life is notoriously bad, not just because of his handsomeness, but also according to gossip that he has a lover in every away game.

Li Chengming knew that this was of course nonsense, but it was a fact that he was not clean in private.

In this regard, James' extramarital affairs are relatively clean, at least they look relatively clean. As for whether there is something that has not been revealed, it is not clear.

After all, he is not a member of other people's circle, but according to Howard, no matter how well the secrecy work is done, it is impossible that no news will come out.

On the contrary, if there is a gossip, there is a certain certainty.

He even used himself as an example, leaving Li Chengming speechless.

However, when they returned to the home court two days later, facing Philadelphia's attack, although the Magic easily won the game, Li Chengming's performance was still relatively average.

Although this time 13 of 8, it seems that the efficiency has returned, but whether it is the 7 turnovers with hot eyes or the lack of defense, Van Gundy is very dissatisfied with him.

But Van Gundy still didn't lose his temper with him. Obviously, he also wanted to understand that besides Li Chengming's exhaustion problem, he also had his tactical arrangements and the pain caused by the change of tactical status.

Because Li Chengming needs to perform the tasks assigned to the Turks to a certain extent, including offense and defense, so sometimes he can't even be himself on the offensive end.

That is to say, he is confused in singles and organizational offense. After all, he has his own style of play, which is obviously different from Turkoglu.

It is even more obvious on the defensive end. Although Turkoglu is not fast, he is the third position after all. He is not very good on the defensive end, and he can pass the pass.

After his absence, Evans and Bogans were not big enough, Li Chengming was not mobile enough, and his experience was even worse, and his defensive weaknesses were exposed.

After that, the Magic lost to the Kings again, which was an upset.

It's still the old problem before, the forward defense.

It’s just that Turkoglu was not obvious when he was there. After his absence, people realized that he is indispensable to this Magic team. It’s not just because of the lack of organizational points on the offensive end-scoring is the best way to make up for it. Also on the defensive end, the flanks directly lacked a key node.

In the past, at any rate, it was just the opposite striker who was strong, but now it feels like whoever is the best. The Kings, from the starting Artest to the substitutes Garcia and Hawes, all scored at least 15 points.

Although Li Chengming also scored 25 points, he may have lost so many points in his position. He still has to occupy the ball. To a certain extent, within a certain period of time, it may even have a negative effect. that one.

It's just that the whole team is now clear that they are going through a painful period of absence of generals and urgent need for change.

Sometimes a mature team is like a complete machine, with a set of main operating systems, involving offense and defense. The stronger the team, the more "sophisticated" it is in this regard, and every player in it is It is an important accessory. Once it is missing, it may not directly affect the operation of the machine, but it will reduce the efficiency of the machine operation.

What the Magic are facing now is such a situation. Fortunately, they have laid a solid enough foundation in the early stage and have squandered capital, and Turkoglu will not miss too many games.

At this time, Van Gundy made a bold decision to "gain the future with the present".

To put it bluntly, it is training, and the main training is naturally Li Chengming.

Now in the eyes of everyone, Li Chengming is the future of the Magic. Of course, Howard and the others are still very young, but if the Magic want to win the championship, it is absolutely inseparable from the help of Li Chengming. The faster he grows, the greater the help , the greater their chances of winning.

Previously, because the lineup was relatively neat, Li Chengming was indeed a bit hidden. What everyone could see were his strengths, and his flaws were not so obvious because of the help of the entire team.

Also, at that time, Li Chengming often started to exert his strength during the rotation stage. This kind of "staggered peak" made it easier to play state and confidence.

But now that he wants to change his tactics, he might as well do it thoroughly. He doesn't have to let Li Chengming have to learn Turkoglu, but just practice his ball handling and defense in his own way.

This may require paying the price of some games, but if Li Chengming can really be trained, it will definitely be worth it.

(End of this chapter)