From sparring to superstar

Chapter 123 121. Give me an afro!

The alpaca gallops in the mind of the great shark.

Now he has a similar thought to Afro's - how many games has this little spider watched me?
Seeing Li Ao fall so badly and still so proud, O'Neill, who was originally angry, suddenly felt less angry. He stepped forward and lifted Li Ao up with both hands, and put down to support him.

Li Ao: o_O? ? ?

Li Ao, who was originally stunned, suddenly had [-] words in his heart.

He used to pick others up.

I didn't expect him to be picked up one day with such a big one!
Resisting the urge to curse, Li Ao came to the top arc and continued to defend.

As long as you pretend nothing happened, no one will notice this scene.

will not!

The game continued with 3.7 seconds left.

Ron Harper received the ball and made a breakthrough, made an emergency stop, and sent a cap...

Just as Ron Harper raised the ball before he could throw it, he was slapped down by Li Ao. As the ball hit the floor, the whistle sounded at the end of the first quarter.

Ron Harper: Don't you only bully old men inside?
Outsiders also come to bully!unacceptable!
首节打完，靠着奥尼尔11投6中外加4中2的罚球拿到14分2板1助攻2盖帽，湖人队以36比34保持微弱领先优势。

李敖首次打满首节，8投5中，外加2中1的罚球，拿到11分2助攻。

However, he now feels more relaxed than playing 3 minutes in the first quarter of the previous 8 games.

In the next 8 minutes or so, on the defensive end, apart from rushing in to interfere with the opponent's inside attack frame, most of the time he stood half a step outside the free throw line, covering Fox at the top arc.

On the offensive end, after he scored 6 points in a row, he immediately switched to counterattack and support, and took over when necessary.

This style of play is really easy, and it is very practical in certain situations.

For example, without Kobe now, the Lakers can only use unlimited defense against him, one-on-one chasing and defending, and a group of old men can't keep up at all, so he can play like this.

There is no such thing as a bad play, only a bad player and timing.

但这样的打法能成功，还有另一个必要条件——奥多姆首节5投4中，其中三分球1中1，拿到9分3板3助攻。

In the second quarter, Li Ao rested for 3 minutes before starting again. The Clippers scored 14-9 in the first half of the quarter. After the official timeout, O'Neal played, and the Lakers played against the Clippers both offensively and defensively.

At this time, Odom's shooting rate began to decline, the Clippers' inside containment decreased, and their outside offense was also affected.

The Lakers played an 18-10 counterattack in the half quarter.

After halftime, the Lakers regained a 63-point lead 58 to 5 to end the first half.

O'Neal blasted 11 points in the half quarter!With 25 points in the half, he regained the throne with the highest personal score in the game.

李敖第二节打了9分钟拿到7分1板2助攻1抢断，奥多姆打了10分钟，拿到5分2板3助攻。

The two tried their best, but O'Neal, their most reliable teammate in the past two games, was a thief tonight.

The offense can't be played, and the mid-range and short-range shots are not good enough. After the confrontation with O'Neal, he can hardly make a shot.

The 213 cm, 120 kg white center Chris Mihm had an unexpected effect tonight. Of course, he was still unable to defend most of the time, but at the end of each quarter, he was quite effective in defending O'Neal.

For the training of O'Neal, Gentry is placed third, the first is the rookie Spider, and the second is the second-year Zuomo. Both of them are younger and stronger.

So those two played well tonight, Gentry naturally rotated the lineup around those two, Chris Mihm played 13 minutes in the first half, O'Neal only had 11 minutes.

But what makes the Clippers strange is that O'Neal was replaced after an official timeout in the second quarter...

During the intermission, Gentry made detailed adjustments to the style of play that worked so well in the first half.

Although 5 points behind, this is already the best they can do.

On the Lakers side, even if Kobe is absent, they still have the strength of at least 50 wins. They are much stronger than them. It is very rare to find a game that can compete.

Li Ao's on-the-spot response was even better than Gentry thought. Such a non-mainstream style of play actually seemed to have been played before, and by analogy, the effect of saving energy was much better than he expected.

...

Back from the intermission, the Clippers sent out a lineup of McGinnis, Li Ao, Maggette, Sean Lukes, and O'Neal.

The Lakers sent a combination of Tyronn Lue, Brian Shaw, Horry, Horace Grant, and O'Neal.

Looking at another lineup that could play invincible offense and top-level defense if Kobe was on the opposite side, Li Ao felt that it was not unreasonable for the Lakers to be invincible in the 01 playoffs.

Although the individual abilities of the Lakers are not outstanding, if they switch to another team, the overall evaluation may drop a lot, but they are suitable for the triangle offense, and each has their own strengths. With O'Neal, they can play beautifully. With the strength of the starting level of 50 wins, O'Neal brings not only unparalleled containment on the offensive end, but also a defense that teammates can rest assured to switch defenses on the outside.

With such a lower limit of strength, with the addition of Kobe, the Bulls' second dynasty may not be able to compete with the Lakers this year. No wonder the league wants to use three seconds of defense to beat O'Neal.

In addition, since the 98-99 season had the "middle-class exception", the Lakers have used the middle-class exception every year, and there are middle-class players who have been traded back. In the summer of 01, the Lakers fell into the "middle-class trap". Trade and signings were blocked. It was so difficult to win the championship in the 01-02 season.

In the two free markets of 02 and 03, the Lakers would have been even worse. If it wasn't for Payton's mid-class investment in the summer of 03 and Malone's basic salary to join, the Lakers' 04 Finals, where O'Neal's defense was cut, would be absolutely useless. A bunch of middle-class veterans.

After the start of the second half of the game, Li Ao played much more aggressively on the offensive end than in the first half.

Actively cooperate with McGinnis and Maggette, who take turns playing singles.

Odom rested, and they had nothing to do but fight.

However, the Clippers players, who were prepared to be beaten and never give up, were surprised to find that they played back and forth with each other!

On the defensive end, O'Neal was welded to the basket, and on the offensive end, O'Neal was not as active in singles as in the first half.

After playing for more than 3 minutes, the two teams played a wave of 8 to 8!

The Clippers players couldn't believe it themselves, they actually bit the score!
When it came time for the Lakers to attack, O'Neal caught the ball in a low post and played singles. He wanted to bite his teeth and pick one to boost morale, but when he saw Li Ao rushing in, he chose to turn around and face the frame. Jr. O'Neal seized the opportunity to cut the ball, and it was done!

The ball was shot by O'Neal Jr. on O'Neal's feet and bounced out of bounds.

Li Ao looked at O'Neal, who was obviously not as quick as the first half... He thought that O'Neal was replaced after the official timeout, and he figured it out.

Overweight!

More than a dozen shots in the first quarter!
Plus the current performance...

Li Ao wanted to remind Gentry, but heard the voice of a substitution.

Boykins, who is good at breaking into short-range throws, replaced McInnis, who is good at breaking through emergency stop jumpers.

Gentry has something!

Li Ao dared to make a bold conclusion because he has a system, and their coach dared to be so bold to confirm that O'Neill had a physical crisis!
In fact, Gentry didn't think about the decline of O'Neal's state. He no longer had any illusions about the 3+60 game in March this year and O'Neal's 23 points in the first half tonight.

He just saw a chance at close range, and put on Boykins to give it a go. He thought it was better than McGinnis hitting iron at mid-range.

Although the starting point is different, the choice is right.

After the substitution, Boykins and Maggette took turns rushing to the inside. Maggette rushed to O'Neal holding the ball like a dynamite bag, while Boykins took a deft approach, throwing in circles at close range.

In the first half, the two were looking for caps, but at this time, the success rate was good!
Later, O'Neal simply stood under the basket and only stared at Maggette. The Lakers were forced to lower their defense. The one who benefited the most was Li Ao!

In the middle of the third quarter, Li Ao ran back from the bottom line to the high position to respond. He made 5 of 3 shots and 2 of 2 free throws. He scored 4 points in 8 minutes!
At 7 minutes and 44 seconds, Odom, who had rested long enough, played.

The Lakers could still rely on the team's offense to maintain the situation, scoring 8 points in nearly 18 minutes, and did not allow the Clippers, which scored 22 points, to overtake the score.

With Boykins and Maggette on the court, the Clippers' defense is difficult to guarantee. Boykins can't defend against anyone, and Maggette is only good at defending strong breakthrough players.

But Odom played, brought Greg Anthony and big Q, center position Chris Mihm replaced O'Neal, and with Li Ao, the Clippers' defense improved significantly!
In the next time, the Clippers beat the Lakers 12 to 6.

With 4 seconds left in the third quarter, Medvedenko, who replaced Shaquille O’Neal, received the ball in the paint and was about to dunk. He saw Li Ao rushing in and was so scared that he almost dropped the ball.

As Li Ao succeeded in bullying the rookie again, the big cap slapped the ball away. After three quarters, the Clippers overtook the Lakers by 92 points 87-5!
O'Neal looked scientific again from the sidelines, holding the collar of the jersey in his mouth, but the difference was that he was pulling the jersey with both hands, gnashing his teeth and looking unhappy.

Fortunately, the jersey has not changed sponsors, otherwise this would not be a mess.

That little spider will only bully the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled!The blocks have surpassed him!

He played 27 minutes in three quarters and got 4 blocked shots.

That little spider has already blocked 5 shots!He was only hated once, and the rest were either rookies who hated him, or veterans who hated more than 30.

It's just superficial!
And the little spider stuck out his tongue at him and pulled his eyelids and said, "Come out and hate me", just thinking about it makes me angry!

He kind of wants to stay home with an afro.

With that guy here, he won't be so tired in the first quarter, the opponent's singles player won't be left undefended, and he won't have to play so tired in defense.

He usually plays 40 minutes per game on average, and he doesn't have physical problems, because he doesn't play so many singles, and most of the time he asks for the ball at the basket to restrain the opponent's defense.

He only needs to put his teeth and claws for the ball under the basket, and someone will come to pinch him who has not received the ball.

The defense also has a first-defense explosive head in the top arc area, he only needs to pay attention to the flank cut.

There is another one, he feels that he is a little fat, um, eat more at night, otherwise he will not have the strength to lose weight in competitions.

Fortunately, in the third quarter of his stroke, his physical strength has recovered a lot, and he is not far behind now, and he wants to win the game!
Hat Li Ao, O'Neill doesn't think about it anymore.

The little spider is obsessed with the inside line and shoots the outside line. When counterattacking and facing the defender, he punches hard and dunks as soon as he can.
But don't say, this calm style of play, after partnering with Afro for a long time, he appreciates it very much.

Soon, the fourth quarter began.

After O'Neal came on the court, he succeeded in two consecutive singles, raising his personal score to 33 points, and he also worked hard on the defensive end.

However, the young team is showing momentum, and the big sharks without K can't stop it!

Odom first fed Mim a mouthful, and then Li Ao caught the ball at a 45-degree angle on the right and hit a three-pointer.

O'Neal succeeded in two singles, but the point difference was opened by one point!
In the following time, under the leadership of O'Neal, the Lakers resumed their strong offensive performance in the first quarter and the second half of the second quarter.

From a situational point of view, the Lakers are playing against the Clippers.

But whenever someone needs to stand up and score in singles, the Lakers are lying down.

The receivers in the bottom corner are also pulled. Whether it is Horry or Fox, they are better at the three-point line within a 45-degree angle on both sides. There, they are covered by Li Ao!

As for the Clippers, when it was necessary to stand up from the outside and rely on personal ability to score, Odom and Li Ao continued to connect!

Although the Lakers played so well in the final quarter of the regular offense, the Clippers continued to maintain a weak lead.

打到末节11分14秒，湖人队这一节打出了32比28的比分，目前以119比120落后快船队1分，但球权在对面。

When the Clippers were attacking, Odom held the ball in the top arc, and the Lakers stared at the Clippers' long-range shots, and completely handed over the basket to O'Neal, just so relieved.

Something unexpected happened to the Lakers players.

Li Ao made a circle from the high position, and then cut to the inside. The Lakers players thought he was going to slip to the bottom line, and they were ready for unlimited defense.

As a result, after Li Ao entered the three-second zone, he suddenly ran back to the sideline of the three-second zone, blocking Fox behind him.

Odom played the ball in time, Li Ao caught the ball and turned to face the baseline, O'Neal realized something was wrong, and quickly pressed up, the adrenaline burst out in a hurry, the action was very fast, but it was still too late!
The biggest advantage of Li Ao's hook is that it moves quickly!
Don't even need to take off like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar!
When O'Neill pinched the ball in place, the ball had already flown into the air. O'Neill took off vigorously, but the ball had a high arc and he couldn't touch it. He could only watch the ball fly through the air and fall into the frame!
122 to 119, the Clippers lead by 3 points!
The Zen master finally called a timeout and made key ball arrangements.

Gentry also made personnel adjustments, and the combination of Quentin Richardson, Li Ao, Odom, O'Neal, and Chris Mihm played.

At the end of the timeout, the Lakers served the ball in the front court, without pressing the rhythm, and started to attack and run directly.

Gentry's arrangement was to defend the opponent's three-pointer, but Li Ao felt wrong when he sent the ball from the opposite side and ran directly.

He made his own defensive adjustments...

At the top arc, Ron Harper advanced in a pick-and-roll. Horry did not pull out of the three-point line as usual after dismantling, but blocked it and cut directly to the middle.

At this time, O'Neal struggled to squeeze Chris Mim away, and O'Neal, who was chasing Horry in, was attracted by O'Neal without the ball. Ron Harper scored the ball, and Horry caught the ball and flew to the basket...

"Snapped"

"bang"

Spider-Man is bullying the old man again!
Li Ao pressed the ball that Huo Li had just thrown on the backboard with one palm, grabbed the ball tightly with his big hand, and took it down directly.

Cover and grab!

The Zen master opened his mouth in surprise on the sidelines.

He saw more than the players on the field. When Ron Harper rushed in, the little spider emptied Fox at a 45-degree angle on the left and went straight to the inside!
His tactical goal of quickly attacking to grab two points was seen through!
At this time, Huo Li, who was capped, hugged Li Ao in a panic... The Zen master sat down.

O'Neill, who was about to hold O'Neill, was numb.

Here is a non-offender with more than 60 free throw percentages. Are you going to offend a top mid-range shooter?
Is it because Little Spider is only 19 years old and wants to test his psychological quality?

O'Neill has no sympathy for Huo Li being "bullyed and weak" by Li Ao.

The number of fouls arrived early, and when Li Ao was hugged, the referee immediately blew his whistle.

Li Ao came to the opposite side and walked to the free throw line. This time, there were boos and cheers on the scene.

Although he likes to cheer, when playing away games, he still wants to hit the opponent's fans booing him.

step by step!

Li Ao made two free throws, 123 to 118, and the Clippers took a 5-point lead!
With 24 seconds left and 5 points behind, Zen master didn't call a timeout and let the players play by themselves.

Not surprisingly, Horry made a strong three-pointer against Odom.

With Fox and Horry, two veteran pitchers who can't lose the chain at critical moments, there must be someone singles to attract pincers and feed the ball.

This is why the attacking Zen Master did not play a three-pointer in the last round but chose to attack.

After Jermaine O'Neal grabbed the defensive rebound, the Lakers did not foul again.

Odom responded and dribbled to the frontcourt and threw the ball into the air with 3 seconds left.

Like throwing a trophy, the Clippers players and coaches poured into the court, and everyone celebrated wildly. On the sidelines, those who didn't know thought Li Ao had won the NCAA championship again.

O'Neal looked at the other side and celebrated, but he didn't have too many negative emotions.

尽力了，打了39分钟，30投16中，外加16中9的罚球，拿到41分14板4助攻2抢断5盖帽，还要他干啥？

And it's just a regular season. To be honest, he played very well, just...

Fans, what do you mean when you wear our jerseys and cheer for that little spider?
不过李敖今晚26投12中，其中三分球5中1，加上7中7的罚球，拿到32分4板6助攻2抢断7盖帽……

Really dare to throw!

Especially in the first three quarters, 4 of 0 points were [-], and when he got a chance in the fourth quarter, he made a decisive shot and scored. O'Neal seemed to see the familiar afro.

But it was not the same after that. In the next 11 minutes, there was not a single three-point shot, and it became a chance to use the threat of just making a three-pointer to find an inside scoring opportunity.

还有今晚拿到33分14板11助攻3抢断1盖帽的奥多姆，也让奥尼尔很惊讶。

These two played so well, it was not unfair to lose.

But if you say it is the best partner, O'Neill still has another idea at the moment-give me an explosive head, even if the little spider and the left demon explode together, I can beat them to death!
(End of this chapter)