From sparring to superstar

Chapter 118 116. The Runaway Little Spider Goes Wild Online! (full 800 monthly tickets plus more)

In the game against the Lakers, the Clippers played against the opponent in the regular season, and then played against the Jazz. After two games, Li Ao discovered the biggest problem with his mid-range shooting at this stage-the supporting skills are not good enough.

His mid-range shooting-related skills are not enough to give full play to his full strength of mid-range shooting, which has been raised to 91 under the blessing of the full-level 'catch and shoot expert'.

So this afternoon he added more training content-emergency stop, turn around, and lie back.

Doctors for headaches, doctors for head and feet, and sometimes nothing wrong with it.

He actually has another thing he wants to practice, but he can't practice alone-adjusting the habit of running and catching the ball.

Reduce positional movement, increase cover and entanglement, strengthen the ability to catch the ball while moving, etc.

But I just played the game yesterday, and there is another game tomorrow, so it's a bit inhumane to ask my teammates to practice together... Eh, wait a minute.

Ex-teammates, aren't you quite free...

The training lasted until 4 o'clock in the evening, but there was no response to the text messages sent, and no one came. He practiced in the 'blacksmith's room' for another half an hour.

After resting for a while and taking a shower, he was about to call the former head coach. The Clippers' new press officer, Jordan Kyle, came. He first went to accept an exclusive interview with Sports Illustrated.

Asked about the Grizzlies 'repenting' about not taking him with the second pick, he replied --

"I like Vancouver. It is the city of my dreams. I have loved snowball fights since I was a child... Doesn't it snow in Vancouver? Cough cough, again, I hate snow the most. I like a warm and comfortable climate. Vancouver's livable environment is so fascinating..."

"In the past, I would be willing to play for the Grizzlies. I don't want to now, and I won't want to in the future. I will never consider it."

"The reason for the No. 0 jersey? Because I'm not the No. [-] pick."

"Who's the second pick? Sorry, I'm not good at geography."

...

After the interview, Li Ao invited the middle-aged Sao Nan to dinner.

After the meal, Li Ao proposed that he wanted his old teammates to help him train when both sides were free.

Henry Bibby knew that this meal was definitely not for nothing, and after some reluctant expressions, he agreed.

During the offseason, he got a gifted high school student who was full of talent but a bit conceited and not very interested in basketball. He could ask this kid to show that kid what talent is.

By day two, the Staples Center was buzzing.

Li Ao's rookie season regular season home debut!

Although they lost to the Jazz the day before yesterday, the Clippers fans were quite tolerant, and it was enough for Spider-Man to play well.

The shooting percentage is a bit low, but there are more advantages. What fans pay most attention to is not his shooting and passing, but his blocking of pie-eating insiders.

Coincidentally, this is not the case. Tonight's opponent is an insider who has no scoring ability except eating cakes and making a second attack.

At 7:40 p.m., Staples Center, the Grizzlies players enter the court.

As the No. [-] pick, although the summer league, preseason, and opener performances were all down, Grizzlies coach Sidney Lowe still gave Swift a chance to start.

Although in the game the day before yesterday, Swift only scored 15 points and 2 rebounds in 3 minutes, but he was not bad with 2 steals and 2 blocks, and his physical fitness was so strong.

When Swift entered the arena, the fans at the scene sent thanks and blessings.

Most were mocking and joking, but a few were genuinely grateful that Swift was picked by the Grizzlies at No. [-] overall.

Otherwise, where would they have the opportunity to intercept the Lakers' Hu?
No, Kobe, who came to the scene to watch the game, was annoyed by the big spider, but it was just annoying. As for Swift, he hated this high jumper with only physical fitness.

Kobe learned from the logo man that if the Grizzlies really chose, they would definitely choose Stud, but they bet that the Grizzlies would not choose, and it turned out like this.

After that, they also tried to find the Clippers Stud, but the opponent asked them to trade O'Neal.

Swift felt that the whole world was full of malice.

When the Clippers entered the field, Swift envied and hated watching Li Ao, who was the first to appear on the field, detonate the cheers of the fans.

After the lights came on, Swift, who had been staring at Li Ao, saw that the other party was also looking at him.

And then even angrier!

That contemptuous sideways glance stimulated Swift's fragile self-esteem!

Swift was roaring in his heart-I'm a frontline shark!
For Swift's hostility, Li Ao decided to target him in the game.

There was a grievance in college, but in the NBA, the grudge is gone with a smile?

Of course not.

It's so forgiving.

He glanced at the evaluation of the starting players on the opposite side... "Good guy! Really good guy!"

Their Clippers side is the team with the most first-round players in the NBA.

Then on the opposite side is the lottery winner!
The starting lineup, Mike Bibby, Michael Dixon, Raheem, Swift, Bryant Levi's, 5 out of 4 are lottery picks, the only one who is not Michael Dixon is also the 98th pick in 14.

There is also Mohammad Lauf, a 90-year third-round pick on the bench.

These people, except for Swift, have played out all their personal talents, but their record is astonishingly bad. The best record since the establishment of the team was only 22 wins.

Whenever the Grizzlies are mentioned, it's time for the Magic to be laughed at.

The history of the Magic team is actually very successful. The team was established in 89, and O'Neal was selected in 92. It was like stepping on the accelerator. O'Neal led the team to 41 wins in his rookie season, ranking eighth in the Eastern Conference.

From the draft, to the introduction of powerful stars, to the matching of role players, the magic tube operation is perfect.

Until the operation reached its peak...

But the Magic are better than the Grizzlies.

After briefly analyzing the opponent's evaluation report, Li Ao walked towards the opposite side. When Kobe saw him coming, he moved to the side and turned his head.

Who would have thought that Li Ao didn't go in Kobe's direction at all, but went to the two Bibi's side, Kobe is so angry!He thought a lot about what he wanted to say to Li Ao, but he couldn't use it anymore!
Li Ao walked up to the two Bibis and said hello, "Hey, coach, are you showing your father-son relationship with Mike?"

Henry Bibby has the heart to beat people—can't you see that this unlucky son ignores me after talking for a long time?

Mike Bibby knew Li Ao intentionally, ignored Li Ao's teasing, and stretched out his hand and said, "I'm Mike Bibby, I'm sorry I couldn't be your teammate."

So direct, Li Ao likes direct people, he also said directly: "If they choose me, I will definitely come, but now even if they kneel down and beg me, I can't be your teammate anymore."

Mike Bibby nodded, "I understand."

Li Ao really liked this response, he turned his head and said, "Coach, Mike is much better than you."

Henry Bibby was not angry at all, but said with a little pride: "Of course, he is my proudest son."

Mike Bibby made a "cut" and turned to leave.

After Li Ao said hello to the hospital assistant aunt and others, he returned to his home and was a hot shooter at halftime.

At 7:58, the two teams started playing.

Li Ao came to the field, and the task reminder came.

"Third pick: rookie season assignment.

Goal 1: In the games against Kenyon Martin and Stromile Swift, the hosts need to block or block the opponent at least once per game, and beat them with the ability they are best at.

Reward: 500 achievement points will be rewarded for each block or deduction.

Goal 2: The hosts need to keep winning against Kenyon Martin and Stromile Swift's teams.

Reward: Pie Eater (skill). "

Li Ao's eyes are bright, he is going to fight against the No. [-] show, and there are tasks to get skills, double the happiness!
Soon, the game began, Swift beat Jermaine O'Neal to win the jump ball, and the Grizzlies went first.

Swift screamed, winning the jump ball dispelled the fear of the game he had had in the past few days, and then rushed out like a transmitter installed on the sole of his foot, and O'Neal couldn't stop him from moving as soon as he landed.

Although Mike Bibby has long been rebellious, but in his position, he was still fully committed and conscientious during the game. When he saw an opportunity for Swift, he immediately sent a long-range lob.

As expected of a talented point guard who averaged 8+ assists per game in the second grade, this long pass is very beautiful.

Mike Bibby himself was a little proud, he was going to appreciate Swift's dunk, although he didn't look down on Swift, this guy's dunk still made him very envious.

But when he saw that person's movements, he lost all other thoughts, and quickly shouted: "Pass the ball!"

Swift didn't hear it. He looked at the basket in front of him. He took off one step away from the free throw line on the left side of the three-second zone. His shoulders were above the backboard, and his head was above the horizontal line of the basket. He slammed the ball into the basket with an extremely stretched gliding dunk...

He seemed to have heard the shocked exclamation of the fans at the scene... No, why are they cheering?
Just when Swift dunked the ball, Li Aofei jumped on him and slapped the ball with all his might!

The ball hit the vacated seat on the sidelines hard, and Kobe dodged it quickly.

He looked at Li Ao. Although he knew it was impossible, he just felt that the big spider did it on purpose.

No proof, but that's what I believe!

The fans at the scene fell into a carnival!

The start of Spider-Man detonated the audience!

Seeing the No. 0.2 show who fell on the floor and rolled around, many fans shouted after cheering: "Stand up, N[-], stand up! Don't be crushed by Spider-Man!"

Swift's body is really hard, it's okay to fall, get up and continue beating.

Moreover, his psychological quality is inexplicably tenacious, and he still thinks that he just has a "bad chance".

The Grizzlies continued to attack, tactics... no tactics, Mike Bibby had no leadership skills, Raheem was too soft-tempered and easy to talk, and after a long time, their style of play was to take turns and score points.

This time it was Rahim who played the singles, the titular boss, and the first singles had to be handed over to him.

Raheem is very good in face-to-face singles at medium and short distances, but he made a wrong choice and pulled a jumper... When Li Ao interfered, Raheem widened his eyes and quickly leaned back, narrowly avoiding Li Ao's block, but he was not strong enough, short, and three shots!
Seeing Jermaine O'Neal easily trap Swift and grab the defensive rebound, Raheem stepped back and thought - what a big spider!
It turns out that No. 8 didn't lie to him!He can't hit the middle distance, and he doesn't have the top emergency stop and bullet speed like the No. 8.

Offensive and defensive transition, Odom held the ball outside, seized the opportunity to break through, and split the ball... Li Ao cut to catch the ball, and smashed the ball into the basket before Swift rushed in to make up the defense.

He chose to dunk, not because he was worried about the No. 95 pick, but because he was worried about the opposing center Bryant Levi's. As a result, this talented center of the class of [-] who started paddling after receiving a tens of millions of contracts didn't even bother to stretch his hands, he almost had his hands on his hips.

Li Ao turned around and retreated, brushing past Swift, but he didn't stay for a moment, and he didn't talk trash or anything. Instead, he ran to Odom to give him a high-five to express his thanks.

Li Ao was surprised to find from the beginning of the preseason that Odom was very focused at the beginning of each game. Although he was invisible from time to time, at least he hadn't appeared undercover.

The reason Odom is focused on...

If you don't do anything wrong with your heart, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking at your door, but if you do something wrong with your heart, everyone will look like a ghost.

In case the violent handsome guy finds out that he took the pot of water one day, since he plays so seriously, at least he will hit him less often, right?

When it came time for the Grizzlies to attack, Rahim forced his way inside.

Li Ao defended well and created the conditions for his teammates to supplement the defense. However, Raheem's confrontation at the power forward level and the speed and flexibility of the small forward, when O'Neal was about to supplement the defense, he jumped laterally and hit the board with a throw.

Li Ao remembered what the little blacksmith who would become famous in the future would say about Rahim when he talked about the players of the same class—a super skilled player with all scoring means, he was the player of the same class that he was most envious of when he first entered the league, and he also hoped that he could have such perfect skills.

Then O'Neal received Li Ao's point and made a layup.

It was the Grizzlies offense again. Raheem's singles attracted Jermaine O'Neal to move in advance to supplement the defense. He scored the ball on the right side of the baseline.

in!

Li Ao let out a quick breath, put aside distracting thoughts, let alone block the cap, and looked a little bit.

The opposite team is a bit strange.

He thought that the Grizzlies were so bad that no one should play well.

But even Bryant-Leeves moves pretty well offensively, always in his preferred shooting position, rather than playing like a defensive end.

Michael Dixon on the perimeter worked hard to find opportunities, Mike Bibby was also working hard to sort out the offense, and Raheem could see that he wanted to win... Even Swift, although he only wanted to catch the ball and dunk, was also very active.

Li Ao put away his contemptuous thoughts that he shouldn't have.

They don't have the capital to underestimate their opponents.

If he really lost to this opponent, no matter how badly Swift was hammered, he would feel ashamed.

Li Ao devoted himself to the game, played hard, and stopped thinking about it.

In the following time, the game fell into a tug of war.

Just like Li Ao's actual feelings, this opponent is not so easy to deal with.

The style of play is a bit like the Mavericks in the era of the generals, taking turns to play singles, and others move to cooperate.

However, compared with that Mavericks team, the strength of the Grizzlies star is obviously far behind. Individual scoring ability, Mike Bibby, Michael Dixon, Raheem, no matter how you look at it, they cannot compare with Terry, Josh Howard, and Nowitzki.

Moreover, in the Mavericks' unlimited singles, there are routines and tactics for teammates' movement coordination. For the Grizzlies, I don't know if it's the coach's problem or the player's problem.

After the first quarter, the score was 29 to 28, and the Grizzlies led by 1 point.

Li Ao, who was replaced after 8 minutes of playing, was secretly glad that he didn't do anything unnecessary.

Bibby with a score of 85 and Raheem with a score of 88 are really hard to guard against!

But the Grizzlies' defensive end was poor. McInnis could compete with Mike Bibby after he came on the court. In the second half of the first quarter, the Clippers relied on McInnis on the outside and Sean Lukes, who came off the bench inside, played back and forth with the Grizzlies.

In the second quarter, after playing for 2 minutes, Li Ao was replaced by Gentry.

Gentry re-imposed the small-scale star coordination tactics of the Trojans. Boykins and Li Ao were the main attackers, and the support point-big Q!

The opponent's defense was poor, and there was basically no outside supplementary defense. Gentry chose to give this opportunity to level up to Big Q.

As for Piakowski... he is 30 years old, so let's play more when playing strong teams.

This is a kind of trust.

Playing again, Li Ao performed better on both offense and defense.

During the rest half of the game, he was not idle. He recalled the good and bad points of the first quarter, observed the performance of his teammates, and made adjustments.

The adjustment is very simple. On the offensive end-play more decisively, make shots when they should, cut in when they should, and the continuity of the opponent's defense is very poor.

Defensive end-Let Maggette or Odom defend Raheem. With a size of 206 cm + 111 kg, he has no problem defending against shooting, but it is difficult to defend against breakthroughs. He chooses to switch to the assist defense mode.

After Li Ao adjusted his style of play, he added a new force to the Clippers on both offense and defense.

In the next 10 minutes, Li Ao got two blocked shots, one for Raheem and one for Swift... This time it was really not for Swift, and the conventional shrinking defense completed the block.

In addition to two blocked shots, he also successfully interfered with the opponent's flanks and inside cuts and pierced shots 3 times.

In terms of offense, Li Ao scored two mid-range shots and a three-pointer in a single quarter, a cut-and-catch hook, and a counterattack that resulted in a foul and two free throws. The big Q on the wing showed his shooting talent. In a big gap, he scored a three-pointer and a long two-pointer. He scored 7 points in 5 minutes in the second quarter, and performed quite well.

The Clippers have improved a lot, but the Grizzlies are still the same.

In the first quarter, the three outside stars of the Grizzlies had good physical strength and led the team to score 29 points in a single quarter. However, as before, in the second quarter, the efficiency of singles began to decline with the decline in physical strength. They also encountered Li Ao's inside defense. The score in a single quarter plummeted and only scored 18 points!
靠着李敖单节11分1板3助攻2盖帽，快船队打了灰熊队一个单节30比18，以58比47领先11分结束上半场！

They have an advantage and have a chance to win their first win of the season. In the third quarter, the Clippers played extremely hard.

Mike Bibby and Raheem tried to lead the team to counterattack in the third quarter, but they were quickly held down. The Clippers scored 28 to 22 in a single quarter, extending their lead to 17 points.

At the end of the quarter, Li Ao continued to play. After he stopped taking the role of single defense in the second quarter and played more simply and simply on the offensive end, his physical exertion has been reduced a lot, and he feels pretty good now!

The teammates cared about the rookie Little Spider very much. After leading by 17 points, they kept feeding Li Ao the ball.

Li Ao was so overwhelmed that he shot 9 times after playing for 12 minutes!
In this regard, Gentry also took the initiative to adjust his tactics when he entered the timeout period, trying to give Li Ao more opportunities to make calls.

But the accuracy is not bad, 11 of 5 shots, including 3 of 1 three-pointers, and was fouled on a three-pointer, 3 of 3 free throws, 14 points in a single quarter!
Although the Clippers team's score plummeted in the final quarter and only scored 18 points, the Grizzlies who scored 23 points narrowed the gap by 5 points, but it doesn't matter!

At 10:25 p.m., the final whistle blew.

104 to 92, the Clippers beat the Grizzlies by 12 points and won their first win of the season!
Whether you win or not, the fans don't care that much.

What they care about is that Li Ao went berserk tonight!
首节6分、第二节11分、第三节10分，加上末节的14分，李敖狂飙41分5板7助攻1抢断6盖帽！

Looking at the handsome face and statistics of Spiderman posted on the big screen, the fans at the scene went completely crazy!
40+ in a single game!

When was the last time they had a star with 40+ in a single game?
Even those old Clippers fans don't remember it!

Some people are happy and some are annoyed, and there is a No. 8 player who does not want to be named on the sidelines, who is a little upset-Sharif, can you do it!At any rate, he is the object of my envy... I want to get 40+ when I beat you!No! 50+!

(End of this chapter)