The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 19 Who Is Li Pu
On the banks of the Yanjing Ancient Canal, there is a University of Communication, which can be said to be the most yearning school for all journalists in the entire land of China.

However, compared with the reputation of the school, the dormitory conditions are not so good.

Of course, this kind of thing also needs to be compared.

Compared with the eight or ten dormitories in some universities, the dormitories here are not so bad.

There are four people in a room, and they go to bed and get off the table. They have to pass through an overpass every day to get to the campus, and they have to walk a lot to go to class.

"Creak!" There was a tooth-piercing sound from the dormitory door.

"Oh, it can be regarded as coming back!"

"Fourth, I brought you food!"

"It's braised chicken again?"

"Eat it or not, if you don't eat it, I'll take it away!"

"I eat, I eat!"

"what is it call?"

"Dad, I was wrong!"

After bickering, Wang Xing's roommate happily went to eat, and Wang Xing also sat at the computer desk and turned on the computer.

Turn on the phone, log in to Koukou, Renren.com, open the browser, and then Wang Xing logs in to a forum he likes to watch.

As an ordinary college student, Wang Xing has loved basketball since he was a child, and he has been paying attention to the NBA every day since he was in middle school.

Although this season is over, he still likes to hang out on the forum, bragging with jrs!

However, when he turned on a certain pounce today, what caught his eyes was a piece of top news "Two Chinese faces joined the Thunder, and the Thunder will become the home team with 13 billion people in the new season!" "

"I'm going, another Chinese entered the NBA?" Wang Xing asked in surprise.

"What? Who is it?"

"Could it be Chen Jiang dialect?"

"Impossible, what else does Chen Jianghua have besides speed? It can't be Zhang Zhaoxu, right?"

"That's even more impossible!"

Wang Xing's excited shouts attracted other people in the dormitory to watch. The fourth child put down the yellow stewed chicken in his hand, and the eldest jumped off the upper bunk, and they all surrounded Wang Xing.

Obviously, whether you like watching football or not, after hearing that another Chinese has entered the NBA, your heart is still excited.

What's more, this dormitory is full of fans.

Wang Xing dragged the mouse and clicked on the news.

"Yesterday, at ten o'clock in the morning on July 7st local time in the United States, Chinese player Li Pu and Chinese player Lin Shuhao officially signed with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Li Pu also became the fifth Chinese player to land in the NBA..."

"Who is Li Pu? Who is Lin Shuhao?"

For a moment, everyone in the dormitory looked at each other in blank dismay, they had never heard of it!

Several people did not speak, and signaled Wang Xing to continue dragging the mouse.

"Li Pu was selected by the Thunder with the 18th overall pick in this year's draft...

He was born in Shunde, Guangdong Province. In 1988, his father was transferred to Africa. He fell in love with a local Rwandan woman and gave birth to Li Pu. Later, he was massacred in Rwanda and his parents died, leaving him in Rwanda..."

With Li Pu entering the NBA, even though he hasn't played a game yet, his experience has already been taken into account. Even Li Pu's father's work unit and relatives in his hometown were found by reporters for interviews.

"I didn't expect that he would have such a tortuous experience!"

"That's right, look at how strong his talent is. If he stays in the country, I'm afraid he will be the next female Zhao Riyue. It's a pity!"

Unlike Americans, domestic fans are more sympathetic to Li Pu's experience.

Especially he is alone, wandering overseas, and has no relatives. Under such a background, he was able to make it all the way to the NBA, which is really inspiring.

In contrast, these domestic players who have received good education and training since childhood are really helpless.

These poor players just suffered an indiscriminate disaster.

Well, it doesn't seem to be pitiful, nor innocent...

Fans like Wang Xing and his dormitory paid attention to Li Pu, and it happened all over the country, and this situation continued.

It wasn't until the news of the summer league continued to spread that the enthusiasm seemed to be poured with cold water.

Because in the summer league, Li Pu played so badly!
The Thunder played a total of three games in the summer league. As a result, they lost all of the first two games, and both were disastrous.

In these two games, Li Pu averaged 8.8 points, 8.6 rebounds, 1.8 blocks and 10 fouls per game.

Really good guy, 10 fouls are not enough for you!
That's right, in these two games, Li Pu was deeply troubled by fouls, averaging less than 30 minutes of playing time per game.

Unlike the previous trial training, the whistleblowing in the regular game was tighter, and Li Pu was not used to it.

He didn't know at all, how hard the referee whistled, when to start and when to stop, coupled with the very fast offensive and defensive rhythm, and the tactical cooperation between the players, it was difficult for Li Pu to practice the defense he practiced on weekdays. Technology shows.

Tonight is the third game, and it is also the Thunder's last game in the summer league. The game time has come to the last moment of the fourth quarter, and Li Pu is still alive on the court miraculously.

The Orlando Summer League is hosted by the Magic, and the games are held at the Magic training ground at the Amway Center.

There were some spectators sitting sparsely in the venue, and the attendance rate was very miserable.

Tonight's game is between the Thunder and the Philadelphia 76ers. Compared to the completely unknown Thunder team, the Pacers are still more famous than the Thunder team.
There is no other reason, because the 76ers have this year's No. [-] pick, Evan Turner.

However, Turner's performance tonight was really mediocre, scoring only 16 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, and his shooting percentage was only 18 of 5 shots.

Li Pu's defense of the penalty area has a great influence on Turner.

But it's a pity that Li Pu was already standing on the edge of the cliff at this time. Even though he hadn't made all the mistakes tonight, he already had nine crimes in his hands, and he was only a short shiver away from graduation.

His performance tonight was slightly better than the previous two games, scoring a double-double of 10 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks.

It can be seen that as long as he is on the court, he can contribute to the team, but the premise is that he can stay on the court.

At this time, the end of the game, with 36 seconds left, the score was 86:87, and the 76ers led by one point and had possession of the ball.

Turner held the ball at the top of the arc and was not in a hurry to attack, although if he attacked at this time and gave the Thunder a full 24-second attack, they would naturally have the last chance to attack.

But in doing so, if the goal is not scored, the team will lose the initiative and the risk is too great.

Therefore, Turner decided to be steady and ensure the success rate of the attack.

Finally, with eight seconds left in the shot clock, Turner used the center pick-and-roll, and Li Pu immediately switched defenses and came in front of Turner.

Turner's ballhandling is pretty good, but his body is mediocre and he doesn't have an eye-catching first step.

So Li Pu took a step back to prevent Turner from breaking through.

Upon seeing this, Turner immediately chose to step back and make a mid-range shot.

He is very confident. This is definitely because Li Pu made a defensive mistake and underestimated his shooting too much.

Turner soared into the air, with a standard shooting posture, taking off, raising his arms, shooting, pushing his elbows, and pressing his wrists, all in one go.

However, at this moment, Li Pu's figure was as if Mount Tai was overwhelmed, and he bullied himself in front of Turner, and slapped the basketball with a big hand.

"This..." Turner's reaction at this time was exactly the same as that of Lin Shuhao back then, completely disbelieving that this is something humans can do.

The basketball flew high in the air. Although Li Pu covered the ball, he did not control it.

Seeing this, Li Pu, who landed on the ground, quickly took off again. Turner and the center of the 75ers also took off at the same time.

Facing the scramble between the two, Li Pu leaped high, swung his long arms, and grabbed the ball in his arms. However, before he called a timeout, Turner immediately stepped forward and fouled.

"Damn it!" Seeing this scene, Li Pu belatedly realized that they were actually executing a shark-slashing tactic against him!
(End of this chapter)