NBA: I'm really the Chosen One

Chapter 157 Winning the Gamble
Li Zheng sat on the Trail Blazers bench with a relaxed face to cheer for his teammates, while Jordan sat in the front row with a serious face, yelling at the Bobcats players, but Jordan's sternness could not make up for the huge gap between the team's strengths, only three quarters The Blazers established a 19-point lead. In the fourth quarter, Jordan sat in the first row with a black face and chest, in stark contrast to the relaxed Li Zheng.

At the end of the fourth quarter, the Blazers beat the Bobcats by 21 points, and Roy won the highlight of his life, scoring 43 points under the witness of captain Stephen Jackson and Jordan.

"20!" Li Zheng smiled at Jordan and gestured with his fingers. Jordan looked at Li Zheng angrily and with a smile. Li Zheng came to Jordan and hugged him, "Words must be done."

"That's Roy's credit, not you." Jordan retorted.

"I'm only 30 points away today, old man, remember our bet." Li Zheng had a bright smile on his face, and his teammates did a great job to beat Danzi with a truckload of AJs.

"You played well. Let's work hard in the future. Just don't learn from this kid and become an asshole." Jordan exchanged pleasantries with Roy, and pointed the finger at Li Zheng again, "If it was me in 91."

"You can blow him up, you can blow me up, you can blow up Godzilla, Batman, Megatron, whatever, think about the arrangements for the night, old guy, you made too much money that belongs to us It’s money, it’s time for you to bleed a little this time.” Li Zheng said impatiently, and Roy looked enviously at the chatting and laughing between Li Zheng and Jordan, which would never happen between ordinary players and Jordan.

Most players in this league will be in awe when facing Jordan, he is the god of basketball in the eyes of countless people!Black Jesus, God, Flying Man, the head of a huge business empire, the founder of Nike, any name is enough to shock, only people like Li Zheng can communicate with Jordan on an equal footing, and only Li Zheng can Let Jordan be treated as an equal friend.

Winning the Bobcats does not mean that the Blazers have no problems. Li Zheng feels that the biggest problem of the Blazers is that they have not grown. After half a season, they still play in the same way, but their opponents have a deeper understanding of the Blazers. The Blazers, who seem to have a bright future, are actually in a dangerous moment.

After the Trail Blazers indulged in Charlotte, they flew to Milwaukee to challenge the Bucks. There is also good news. After recuperating for three games, the team doctor officially issued a recommendation to allow the game. Li Zheng was excited Jumping up, he finally didn't have to endure the double torture both physically and mentally.

After the game started, Li Zheng felt that the intensity of the game was just right for him. The presence of Yi Jianlian allowed him to continue training with weights. Li Zheng still keeps starting the game. McMillan will not be stupid enough to let Li Zheng play as a substitute to find his status. He still wants to keep this job.

Li Zheng didn't play that hard. On the defensive end, he gave up his all-pervasive defense and locked Reed hard with a single defense. But after Reed gave up the ball in his hand, Li Zheng readily accepted Reed's lie down. , rest with him in the bottom corner, instead of killing one as before, and then go to find the next teammate, use the most unsolvable running and tireless defense to radiate his advantage to the whole team.

The Blazers players have always been used to Li Zheng's all-inclusive. Whether it is the offensive end or the defensive end, they don't have to think too much. They just play according to the team's tactics. If they can't solve it, leave it to Roy and Lee. Zheng, or after the intensity comes up, directly give the ball to Li Zheng, and then act as Li Zheng's hands and feet, accepting Li Zheng's command.

The same is true on the defensive end. Li Zheng's assistance in defense has covered up the defensive problems of many people. Inside assist defense and outside supplementary defense, Li Zheng uses his personal ability to make up for the team's shortcomings, but this is the problem. It covered up many problems, but it couldn't solve the current problems.

On the offensive end of the Blazers, what is lacking is not only a terminator, an organizer, and an offensive center. Li Zheng can only play one role, but now the Blazers want Li Zheng to play all roles, and then force him to play every offensive role. In making the right choice, McMillan knows that such an unhealthy approach will not last long. Every team in the playoffs will thoroughly study their opponents. Those tactics that are always invincible in the regular season may be just waste paper in the playoffs.

McMillan is in a dilemma where a smart woman can’t live without rice. Roy can play the terminator and organizer, but Roy is not like Li Zheng, who is already a superstar as soon as he enters the league. He needs to grow and improve. Li Zheng slowed down and waited for his partner to grow. Now Li Zheng is only incomprehensible in his personal ability. As a coach, McMillan knows that he has failed. He failed to turn this incomprehension into a team incomprehension. Perfect for a mediocre team.

Li Zheng changed his style of play and McMillan sighed a little. The Blazers players must jump out of the comfort zone brought to them by Li Zheng, play a higher level of games, and defend harder. No one will always wipe their ass. Li Zheng He is also a body of flesh and blood, if he does not need to defend Yao Ming too much against the Rockets, he will not fall
McMillan will never forget that Li Zheng fell under Yao Ming's monster force again and again, this is a guy who can stop everything in order to win
Li Zheng once again dialed the pass to Reid. Li Zheng's statistics are not gorgeous, 7 points, a three-pointer, a mid-range shot and a layup after a pick-and-roll. Li Zheng played very well. Like Ray Allen, a player of the Bucks and now one of the Celtics' Big Three, Li Zheng fully demonstrated his strong off-ball ability. This is also the biggest difference between Li Zheng and James. Even if he doesn't have the ball in his hand, Li Zheng It can also put a lot of pressure on the opponent.

The Blazers players seem to be in a stage of desensitization. It cannot be said that they will not play when Lee Zheng comes back, but they are used to Lee Zheng’s meticulous defense and the ease of the offensive end. Lee Zheng’s changes made them fall into labor pains. They seem to be good defensively. Even Yi Jianlian, a rookie, is hard to limit.

In the first quarter, Yi Jianlian faced Aldridge like a fish in water. He used his solid shooting and pick-and-roll skills to assume Reid's offensive responsibility. After Li Zheng locked Reed, Yi Jianlian was assigned a large number of shots. Going 7-for-4, the taciturn big man messed up the Blazers inside.

Randolph sighed. He thought he could do well as long as he put his energy and patience into the defensive end. Aldridge also has such ambitions. What's so difficult about defense?As long as they can do it well with dim sum, they didn't expect that without the help of Li Zheng, their seemingly impressive defense would be so fragile.

Yi Jianlian. What if it was Tim Duncan?What if it is Stoudemire?What if Nowitzki?What about Yao Ming?
Randolph looked at Li Zheng complicatedly. The management and Portland fans were pushing him away. Only Li Zheng expressed his support for him without hesitation. How could he tell such a person that he was ready? Thoughts of leaving?

(End of this chapter)