From sparring to superstar

Chapter 117 115. Can't Get a Rebound at All
Ma Long saw that the rookie wanted to bully him.

In the end, if he dared to fight back for his small tricks, that's fine. He appreciates the tough rookie, but if the rookie is a softie, he will bully him even harder.

But he can't spray trash talk... It's not that he can't spray it, he has been sprayed to the point of being autistic.

He chose to shut up, not to find anger, and to intensify the confrontation!

On Li Ao's side, he also fought against the opponent with his life.

He firmly believes that admitting counsel cannot guarantee safety.

Ever since, everyone at the scene saw a big spider and a muscle monster pushing and shoving to the front field.

The referee noticed the two at the beginning, and is now ready to blow the whistle at any time.

At the home court of the Devils in Salt Lake City, the penalty scale is very loose. Although Ma Long and Li Ao's movements are not small, they are not to the point of blowing.

The referee was worried that Ma Long would lose face and hit the old man hard, or that Li Ao was young and energetic and beat the old man.

Unlike the referees Li Ao encountered in the preseason, this one loves to read the miscellaneous news, and was deeply impressed by Li Ao's beating a 122 kg big center to the hospital.

However, until the two entered the three-point line and separated to do their own things, there was no further action.

The referee slandered "two silver coins" and paid less attention to these two people.

The Clippers started teamwork and soon encountered difficulties!
The Jazz are great defensively!

The average 35-year-old lineup does not move fast, but it switches defenses quickly, and the passing line is cut off extremely well.

Especially Alden Polynice, who seemed the most useless. He couldn't get out of the three-second zone the whole time. Malone walked to the bottom line, and Polynice moved to the free throw line.

This combination of insiders cut off the left and right sides of the three-second zone!
The first time he faced the Jazz's defense and offensive position, Li Ao understood why Pippen's passing performance against the Jazz in the finals was cut in half, and Jordan's singles shot frequency in the finals was more than doubled than that of the Eastern Conference finals.

The Jazz's defense is aimed at restraining the flanking organizers.

Seeing that there was not much time to attack, Li Ao went around to the right side of the three-second zone to receive the ball against Byron Russell, turned around, grabbed the ball with one hand to protect it, adjusted his breathing, and took off directly, avoiding Byron Russell's interfering hand and lifting the ball.

In the confrontation, he failed to take off with all his strength, but he couldn't control it anymore. He used his wingspan advantage to force a shot...

A picturesque mid-range shot!

After Li Ao scored a goal, he quickly retreated to the defense. The Clippers players rushed back to the backcourt and excitedly gave Li Ao high-fives to celebrate.

Malone's teammates are used to Malone competing with each other, but for the Clippers, one of their teammates dared to fight Malone hand-to-hand, and they didn't suffer a loss. This poked their excitement.

'Pumper Level 1' also had the greatest effect.

When it came time for the Jazz to attack, they found that the defense on the opposite side was much more active than in the previous round. Malone and Stockton’s pick-and-roll, Malone was surrounded, Malone scored the ball to Byron Russell, Odom actively switched defenses in place, Byron Russell passed to Polynice who mentioned the free throw line, Greg Anthony, a small guard, dared to press close...

The Clippers' fear of the top teams visible to the naked eye in the last round is gone!
The ball finally came into Ma Long's hands, and Li Ao switched defenses in front of Ma Long.

Looking at Li Ao's outstretched arms, Ma Long didn't dare to cast forcefully.

This covered area, what a big spider!
He chose to break through!
Ma Long's breakthrough rhythm is very good, his ball control is stable, and his strength is exaggerated. Li Ao is only a rhythm behind, so he can only stick to Ma Long, unable to block him, and there is a high probability that he will be called a defensive foul when he falls.

Jermaine O'Neal emptied Starks and shrank back, Greg Anthony aggressively rushed to the right side of the three-second zone, Malone scored the ball... Polynes came down the free throw line!
Just as Jermaine O'Neal quickly retracted, he stopped his feet and turned around to block the defense. Malone was full of joy thinking that he was going to get an assist... "Pa"... Li Ao turned around and took a step forward.
Although the Jazz players are collectively lying, they have excellent defensive discipline. Starks interfered with Greg Anthony's ball at the first time.

Defensively disciplined!

Li Ao thought of the Sonics, a veteran team that played well in the mid-to-late 90s. They are very good in this respect. The difference is that Payton lost his Rainman, while Stockton's Malone is still there.

Li Ao didn't waste his energy and went down quickly, he couldn't rush, and ran forward slowly... Ma Long stuck up to him again and continued to fight hand-to-hand.

How can Li Ao be cowardly?Fighting hard, he began to fight back with his mouth: "It's too embarrassing to attack the frame at such an age. Isn't it good to be a soft-hearted mid-range shot honestly? It's just looking for a hat."

Who are you scolding!Who are you scolding!
Li Ao's words sounded like mocking Polynice, but how could Ma Long not hear the implication?

and many more!

Ma Long replied, "Aren't you a CIC softie?"

Oops I rub!Li Ao didn't expect that the postman would have a smart IQ to occupy the high ground.

But he immediately found the point of counterattack: "Are you admitting that you are a CIC softie?"

Ma Long shut up angrily. In this wave of confrontation, the two were evenly matched. When they arrived at the scene and fell into a positional battle, the two separated tacitly, waiting for the next time to be harder than fighting with their mouths or muscles.

With one shot and one shot + one block, Li Ao fully activated the momentum of his teammates, and he played very hard this time.

But unfortunately, Jermaine O'Neal's mid-range shot from the bottom line was a solid shot, wasting Li Ao's hard-won wing support.

When it came to the Jazz's offense, the horror of the double-brake pick-and-roll tactic began to show.

The pick-and-roll burst is just the way the Shuangsha play at the beginning and the key stage of the ball. For regular offense, they rely on infinite transfer of the ball!
In this group of veterans, except for Malone who moves in a large range as a key threat point, the other players move in a small range, but relying on tacit cooperation, extremely perfect tactics, and using the transfer of the ball, the Clippers players are exhausted.

After multiple passes, Stockton re-caught the ball at the free throw line and made a low pass.

Li Ao moved in a predictive manner and rushed towards Polynice who cut in from the left side of the three-second zone, but Stockton passed the ball to Byron Russell, and Piakowski, who shrank to the basket after switching defenses, also went to block the center forward. Byron Russell caught the ball and made a layup.

The offense was completed in 22 seconds, and Li Ao thought of Stockton's expressionless and calm pass selection with 4 seconds left... The assist king in history is really not for nothing!

Li Ao ran forward, and before he was out of the three-point line, the confrontation came. He decisively broke off the spray, and started another hard-mouthed and muscle-hard duel.

As the game progressed, Li Ao and Ma Long fought back and forth in the "hard duel", but in the game, despite the high spirits and energy of the Clippers players, they still inevitably fell into a disadvantage.

The Jazz are too strong, and the Lakers, whose main players O'Neal and Fisher are injured, and who have just begun to experience the pain of losing Glenn Rice, can't compare with it.

By the end of the first quarter, the Jazz had gained a 4-point lead.

This has a lot to do with Li Ao being replaced after 7 minutes in the first quarter, but the main reason is that the Jazz are too stable.

In the second quarter, Gentry even tried to let Li Ao, Boykins, and Piakowski play a small-scale trio. Yes, it was the tactics of the Trojans.

That tactic is more suitable for the NBA, and there is no problem in using it.

However, Boykins and Li Ao played well, and Piakowski began to miss his shots after many position battles with the Jazz.

The Clippers managed to play a wave of 7-4 with great difficulty. When the Jazz started to ignore Piakowski and shrink Li Ao and Boykins, this tactic could not be used.

In the first half, the Clippers were able to close the score 51-54 by relying on momentum, but in the third quarter, after the Jazz sent Stockton, Starks, Donyell Marshall, Malone, and Danny Manning, the Clippers were hammered 24-14.

Although the Clippers scored a 24-15 score in the final quarter relying on their youthful momentum, they eventually lost.

93比88，靠着马龙的24分6板5助攻、斯托克顿的11分14助攻，爵士队5分险胜快船队！

In the final quarter, the Clippers' counterattack by Boykins, Big Q, Maggette, and Li Ao really shocked the Jazz. After defending the victory, the Jazz players were very happy.

Ma Long raised his chin towards Li Ao in embarrassment, but Li Ao didn't do anything at this time.

It's nice for a winner to scold the street, but if you lose, you will only be regarded as unable to afford to lose.

But in this game, the Jazz left a deep impression on Li Ao.

Not only did Li Ao dare to "challenge each other" with Ma Long, Li Ao's personal court performance surprised them even more.

For example, Polynes, Ostertag, and Manning narrowly defended the victory, and the other teammates were all lucky and happy, and the three of them were relieved.

The three of them were so screwed offensively that they didn't even want to go to the basket.

When they got to the basket, they could see a handsome guy with open arms rushing in, and they were all psychologically disturbed.

Now that Li Ao is approaching them, they all want to shout: "Don't come here!"

What Shuangsha cares about is Li Ao's personal performance. It's a pity that this rookie is not on their team.

21投8中，其中三分球3中1，外加5中4的罚球，李敖拿到21分3板6助攻1抢断4盖帽。

The iron is a bit iron, but it is enough to dare to throw. The shooting talent and the awareness of finding opportunities can always be developed.

Moreover, they are tough but not timid, have a strong tactical concept, are active in defense, and have good talent... The most important thing is that mouth, which can make up for their lack of trash talking ability.

How could such a player be picked up by the small broken boat?

Stockton and Malone muttered a few words, confirming the reason why they missed such a talent - blame them for leading the team with such a good record, that they have not had a lottery rookie teammate in more than ten years.

Sloan on the sidelines looked at Li Ao very enviously, but he didn't have the weird thoughts of Shuangsha.

He thought of a bear striker, who might not be as outstanding as the one in front of him. The striker doesn't have the shooting talent and the ability to fight against the inside, but he is already very good. His contract with the original club will expire next year, and he can come soon.

Shuangsha's current state is better than that of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at the same age, and it should last for two or three years...

...

In an interview after the game, Li Ao blamed me when he was asked about the almost comeback: "It's my fault. I missed too many shots. If I could make one more shot, the situation might be different."

What he said was sincere. He really felt that it would be great if he scored two more goals.

Although the teammates had an astonishing 12-of-2 three-pointer from the wing tonight, but when it comes to the key ball, you can trust your teammates, but you can't rely on them.

In Li Ao's view of basketball, if a role player's teammates made it, it was his credit. If he didn't make it, he couldn't blame him, he was just a role player.

You can ask for better teammates, but you can't blame others for this kind of thing.

When you lose, you will always be depressed.

However, the Jazz, a team that has been stable for more than ten years, has a very low probability of being upset without absolute strong personal ability. He thought of this before the game.

It's just a game. When you step on the court, even if you are outnumbered, you must try your best to win.

No, they almost won by relying on momentum in the final quarter.

Just a little bit.

Fortunately, there is some consolation after the game. Of course, it is not the consolation that if you win, you will get hundreds of achievement points and become a consolation prize of 100 achievement points.

But...

"The host has completed his career debut, consolation reward for losing the first show: 1 basic attribute point, 3000 achievement points.

I hope the host will not be discouraged, and be brave after knowing the shame. "

He added this 1 attribute point to explosive power.

After adding, he had a question and asked the system.

"If the host wins the first show, the reward will not change, and the end of the reminder will become: I hope the host will stop arrogance and impatience, and make persistent efforts."

"Hey! I'm still sad that I didn't win and the rewards have decreased! I'm so sad!"

...

The next day, the new month arrived, at noon, Li Ao returned to Los Angeles with the team.

After driving back to the apartment, he picked up the newspaper downstairs, flipping through the newspaper casually, feeling very complicated.

He dominated the rookie zone, which was not unexpected.

肯扬-马丁30号那天拿到10分7板1助攻1盖帽5失误5犯规，数据差就不说了，他似乎是想要捍卫他的状元头衔，无脑单打，16投4中，进的4球全是队友喂球，11次单打铁了8球、失误3次。

This performance is worse than that of Olowokandi back then. In the opening game, Olowokandi scored 9 points and 5 rebounds on 14 of 6 shots.

Mike Miller performed quite well, played 19 minutes, made 8 of 4 shots, scored 1 three-pointer, scored 9 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

After the opening game of the Magic, it was very lively. No one cared too much about Mike Miller's performance, because Duncan blinded everyone's eyes.

Duncan no longer uses the quick first step to throw off the opponent and cut into the attack frame as before, and he does not follow up with counterattacks. Now his style of play is a bit like... O'Neal!

In the game against the Pacers, Duncan made a low post and dunked Dale Davis 3 times!
However, unlike O'Neal's violent and strong chiseling, Duncan feels thicker, using brute force and weight inertia to hard chisel. When the Pacers sent the 218-cm Brora Sandford, Duncan was "counseled" and pulled to a 45-degree angle to make a mid-range shot.

At this time Duncan was shocked again!
Last season, he averaged only 4 shots per game from close range. Yesterday afternoon, he threw 6 times from the free throw line. Because the opponent let him go, he made an amazing performance of 6 of 3 shots.

邓肯21投12中，拿到29分16板1助攻3盖帽，除了11中5的罚球辣眼睛，表现简直残暴。

而让李敖注意到的是麦迪的表现——17分3板8助攻3抢断1盖帽。

He was also looking forward to Timmy fighting Duncan for power, making a few blind shots from the outside...it's really not Kobe at all.

The other rookies, Jamal Crawford, who performed well in the summer league, and Donnell Harvey, the former No.1 high school student in the United States, and others, showed their true colors in the regular season opener, even more broken than the preseason.

李敖印象中未来的同届球星马格洛伊尔、特科格鲁、梅森、里德等人，表现还没昨晚4分5板的米姆、5分3板2抢断的大Q好。

Thinking of rebounding, he felt a bit pained. These teammates were too good at grabbing, and it was not his turn at all.

他探花郎21+3+6+1+4的表现，霸版理所应当。

It's just that this version is so overbearing that he feels weird.

The content of the news, summed up in one sentence-the Clippers lost, but Spider-Man did not lose.

Inexplicably a little ashamed...

...

Li Ao's little depression of losing ended in the result of the defending champion's opening game.

When he returned to the hotel yesterday, he washed up and fell asleep without paying attention.

Now see, the Lakers lost!
89 to 96, the Lakers lost to the Trail Blazers at home.

The environment is very important. Li Ao heard about Sugar Man before. This guy was beaten up several times in Portland, and then played aggressively in the preseason.

In the opening game, Sabonis gave up the starting position to Olowokandi. The parallel champion did not lose the chain, scoring 12 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks, and the rebounds were the highest in the game!
He showed better rebounding and shot-blocking ability than any of the Trail Blazers inside.

After Li Ao's depression of losing was soothed by his neighbor's depression of losing, his expression became weird again.

Cooperating with his set of combined punches, helped the sugar man open up a world?

He took the elevator upstairs, but he didn’t go to the auntie’s house. The Clippers left Salt Lake City early in the morning, and the auntie who took the old man’s private jet should still be there in Salt Lake City. He remembered that the old man said he would come back this afternoon during the chat before the game last night.

He came to his small apartment and opened the door...

Suddenly a man with a pumpkin head and a height of about 175 jumped up in front of him and let out a "wow".

Li Ao raised his arms, and immediately reacted, he was so scared that he took a step back and let out a strange cry.

The pumpkin head puts away its movements, and you can feel her speechlessness from your body movements without taking off the headgear.

Vivienne took off her hood, pouted and said dejectedly, "Leo, be more serious about perfunctory me!"

"Don't blame me, Aunt Vivienne, even if you wear a hood, your figure is too good to be scary at all."

"Hmph, well, I reluctantly accept this statement."

"By the way, why did you come back early, isn't it the plane in the afternoon?"

"I told McHale to scare you, and he immediately changed the time."

"Really... thank you!"

I ordered a takeaway at noon, and I ate a meal. In the afternoon, Li Ao came to the Memorial Stadium for extra practice.

Unlike the NCAA games that have so many preparation days, they played the game yesterday, returned to Los Angeles today, and will usher in the next game tomorrow - the opponent Grizzlies!

The 'battle' for the top three picks!
　In the evening, there will be more changes for 800 monthly tickets, please ask for a ticket!
　　Adding more is finally about to be added, Xiaofeng can relax tomorrow, huh huh...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)