From sparring to superstar

Chapter 124 122. I'm Worried For Nothing

Tonight is a carnival night for Clippers fans and Trojans fans!

Finally ended the 13-game losing streak against the Lakers!

Not to mention, last season, the Clippers played against the Lakers 4 times and lost a total of 99 points.

So tonight's live broadcast, Clippers fans and Trojans fans wanted to watch but didn't dare to watch it. Even if they watched it, they were too worried.

Because of Li Ao's relationship, a large number of Trojans fans became Clippers fans or had a good impression of the Clippers at the same time.

Their Spider-Man, however talented, is still a rookie.

The opposite big shark is back!

Sure enough, the Sharks soared 41 points and 5 blocks tonight, with unparalleled dominance on both offense and defense.

But, they won!
Zuomo triple double!

Spiderman scored 32 points and blocked 7 shots!

Even if Kobe didn't fight, there was a big shark on the opposite side!He actually won!Clippers fans were overjoyed.

That’s right, at the post-match press conference, reporters were asking Li Ao whether he regretted not being able to make it to the Lakers and not being able to partner with such a powerful player as O’Neal, which made Clippers fans very upset.

The Trojans fans who followed the game, after the Clippers won, had a good impression of the Clippers players' spirit of "defying power and fighting bravely" in this game. With Li Ao, many Trojans fans began to really pay attention to this team.

This is so similar to their team!

For so many years, the Clippers have been a little transparent around the Lakers; before Li Ao led the team to win the championship, the Trojans were also bullied in front of the Bruins. Now that they have won the championship, they are still looked down upon by the Bruins fans who have 10 championships.

For a while, Clippers fans and Trojans fans sympathized!
...

The Clippers are absorbing fans of the Trojans, and the media are also hyping the performances of Li Ao and Odom.

Odom's performance did not arouse too much response. He got three triple-doubles in his rookie season. Up to now, people still think that Odom is the best talent in the 3th class, not the best rookie Francis and Brand.

Odom did not become the No. 98 pick in 99 or 97. He did it all by himself. He was arrested for prostitution, drug use, and cheating in exams in his senior year. As a result, his admission letter was withdrawn by the University of Las Vegas, and he finally went to a minor league university. Dropped out of the top three.

但是，就算是把大学搞得一团糟，进入NBA后，奥多姆也展现出了极强的即战力，首战拿到30分12板3助攻2抢断2盖帽，首个比赛月场均22分8板6助攻2抢断1盖帽。

Although he drove high and low in the future, his strength was shown.

His current situation is that people think he is very good, but they don't think he can make much contribution on the court, but when he really plays amazing performances, such as this 30+ triple-double, people think he should play like this.

Li Ao's side is different. The post-match analysis broadcast live on the TV station is all about his performance.

Playing the Lakers, he got another 7 blocks!This time it's the regular season!

Among them, 6 blocks were given to rookies and veterans in their thirties...

It looks a little superficial, but Li Ao's blocks have been highly praised. In an anxious game, if he can lock the opponent's simplest score, it will be of great help to the overall defense.

If someone on the opponent can eat cakes, it means that the defense has missed people. It may be necessary to leak people as a last resort, but Li Ao can block a few, and even form a deterrent, so that teammates will have more confidence when they go to make up defenses or change defenses.

Not to mention anything else, the physical exertion on the opponent's core scorer immediately came up.

The effects of Kobe and Iverson may be less effective, but for teams where the first scorer is inside, the effect is obvious.

O'Neal threw 30 wild throws, several of which were forced by Li Ao.

For O'Neal, knowing that his teammates may be blocked or interfered with when they receive the ball, he might as well dig it out himself.

Such an evaluation made Li Ao laugh non-stop.

There was just one thing he wasn't satisfied with.

The headline cover, let alone the one where he covered O'Neal.

Why is the picture of O'Neill picking him up used?
And it was the moment his feet left the ground!

When he browsed the forums online, he saw the most popular moving picture, and it was also this picture, not the picture of his big hat O'Neal.

A little stingy!
Looking at the task rewards for this game, he made a generous choice and let it go.

Forget it, there is no way to hit people along the network cable?
"The bet with the sharks", the number of times O'Neal was blocked was only one, but fortunately, O'Neill was not blocked.

To be honest, he understands that Duncan and Garnett don't call themselves centers anymore. Standing on the same field, O'Neal's sense of oppression is too strong.

It's completely different from the feeling of laughing and joking off the court.

The same is happy basketball, the two centers produced by the Magic, it is estimated that the superstar outside teammates who have partnered with both of them feel that one is in the sky and the other is in the ditch.

Get 1000 achievement points, feel happy, and there is also a basic attribute point of bullet speed!

Can be used with normal base attribute points, but can only increase bullet speed.

His current bullet speed is already at the top level, and he needs to collect 3 basic attribute points.

Not in a hurry, his current bullet speed is already very good, his bounce is not bad, and the shrinkage threat is enough.

Goal 2 of the mission 'Abandoned Gift' failed. He scored 32 points, not to mention the highest in the game, not the highest in the team.

He is the number one defensive target of the Lakers. He scored 32 points, already relying on Odom's big explosion, big Q on the wing, Greg Anthony on the top arc, and the help of Boykins and Maggette in the third quarter. He pushed his limits and couldn't do better.

But won!Goal 1 completed!

This task only needs to complete 1 goal, 'Shark Level 1' is here!
On the afternoon of the second day of the game against the Lakers, Li Ao couldn't wait to come to the Memorial Stadium to train with his old teammates.

Only hard work will pay off. The old teammates will start the new season in less than half a month. At this stage, his training role is to be a training partner.

But in the training match, he still had a chance to score.

He seized the opportunity to blitz three times at the basket, all of whom were the newcomer Garner Meade, the 3st high school student in the United States.

The 211 cm, 104 kg bamboo pole center was brutally slaughtered by the 'shark' and was pressed and dunked 3 times.

Li Ao had a good time.

After the game, the middle-aged man took Li Ao to his knees - tell you to bully Gerald Wallace, to stimulate the competitiveness of this No. 4 high school student in the United States, what are you doing bullying the honest center!

Children are going to cry!

Why are you 20 years older than you, and you are already a third-year senior, so you have the guts to bully your first-year junior?
Li Ao wondered, 20-year-olds should not be bullied, but 18-year-olds can be taught a lesson?
...

After the game against the Lakers, the Clippers got two days off. After a day off on the 7th, on the 8th, they began to prepare for the next back-to-back home game.

On the 9th, the Clippers ushered in their first home back-to-back opponent-the Jazz.

With 3 wins and 1 loss, the Clippers are currently ranked...top of the Western Conference!
In the entire league, it is second only to the Magic, which started with 4 wins and 0 losses.

Unfortunately, the shelf life is not long.

今晚快船队打得可以了，首节21比28、第二节27比23，半场打完时以48比51仅落后爵士队3分。

But in the third quarter, Malone, Starks, and Danny Manning all scored 8 points. The Jazz played a 34-19 single quarter, killing the game and widening the point difference to 18 points.

In the final quarter, the Clippers dared to fight hard and blasted a single quarter score of 35 to 22, which was still a bit short, and finally lost 102 to 107.

马龙34分9板5助攻、斯托克顿11分17助攻、斯塔克斯20分、丹尼-曼宁18分。

李敖拿到20分3板7助攻3盖帽，奥多姆19分14板5助攻，虽然首发没第三个人得分上双，但替补席上有4人得分上双，大Q、马盖蒂、博伊金斯、肖恩-卢克斯等4人都拿到了11分，末节李敖就是和大Q、博伊金斯、肖恩-卢克斯三人加上小奥尼尔一起敢打敢拼差点翻盘。

Being able to chase the point difference to 5 points, in addition to continuing the shooting touch of the Lakers as a substitute, they also have their rebounding advantage.

They can really grab rebounds here. When they played against the Lakers, they won 3 rebounds. Against the Jazz, their team had 46 rebounds, and the Jazz had 33.

It's a pity that the Jazz team has 34 assists, and they only have 20.

On the second day, November 11, the Clippers ushered in their second back-to-back opponent, the Eagles.

Jason - Terry explained what is called a genius!
After a year of adaptation as a rookie, he averaged 8.1 points and 4.3 assists per game. In the second grade, he took off directly and averaged 6 points and 20.5 assists per game in the first 5.5 games!

Li Ao suffered a disaster in the first quarter. He felt that he had already guarded Terry, but Terry used those strange backward shots, sideways and sideways shots with his body crooked...and scored 7 points on 4 of 10 shots in a single quarter.

Under the leadership of Terry, Jim Jackson, one of the former Dallas 3Js, and Alan Henderson, the No. 91 high school student in the United States in [-], fully fired on the offensive end. Mutombo supported the defensive end, and the Clippers were restrained from scoring inside.

Little O'Neal should not be too miserable. He met O'Neal, Malone, and Mutombo in three consecutive games.

In the first quarter, the Eagles led the Clippers by 32 points 23 to 9!
But in the second quarter, the Eagles' offense suddenly pulled back.

Li Ao's defensive method in the first quarter failed to defend Terry, and he did not adjust indiscriminately in the second quarter. How should he defend?

At this time, the gap between Terry and Kobe appeared.

Facing Li Ao's defense, Kobe Bryant has many scoring methods in addition to strong shots from COSCO.

But Terry failed to disrupt Li Ao's defense, and he himself could not maintain the stability of that style of play for a long time. He scored 7 for 4 in the first quarter and 6 for 1 in the second quarter...

The Clippers still can't get inside.

The legend is that Mutombo is 34 years old, and his face looks like 54 years old, but his muscles and defense are just like 24 years old. He is 218 cm tall and 118 kg in weight, like a mountain under the basket!
But no matter how good the defense at the basket is, outside teammates can't prevent mid-range shots and counterattacks, and neither can Mutombo.

第二节李敖拿到9分、大Q拿到7分、麦金尼斯靠着急停跳投拿到8分，三人带队打出了32比18的比分。

After halftime, the Clippers overtook the Eagles 55 to 50 by 5 points!
In the second half, the Clippers were led off by the Eagles, and the two teams played blindly.

In the third quarter, the Eagles led the Clippers 30 to 27, narrowing the 3-point difference.

But the Clippers scored 33 to 26 in the final quarter.

尽管特里拿到28分、吉姆-杰克逊拿到24分、阿兰-亨德森拿到18分，还是不敌奥多姆的9分7板7助攻、麦金尼斯的18分、李敖的25分5板4助攻2抢断2盖帽、大Q的16分……

115 to 106, the Clippers defeated the Eagles and improved their record to 4 wins and 2 losses.

Tonight, although the Clippers were out of rhythm by the Eagles, the players played very well...Only O'Neal's sad world was achieved. He made 6 of 1 shots and 5 of 3 free throws to get 5 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks...

...

After playing back to back, on the 11th, the Clippers left Los Angeles and came to Denver.

When they arrived at the hotel, Li Ao, Big Q, and Odom each had a laptop and gathered in Li Ao's room to play StarCraft.

There was an appointment with O'Neill Jr., but he didn't come.

While chatting while playing games, Li Ao asked: "Is it possible that Jermaine was forced into autism by O'Neal, Malone, and Mutombo?"

Big Q echoed: "I'm also worried. He hasn't smiled much these days. He was very excited before playing against the Lakers."

Odom responded: "Impossible, it's just that I didn't play well in a few games."

Big Q was speechless, and Li Ao complained: "Everyone is like you! A triple-double with 30 points is as silly as a 9."

Odom scratched his head and smiled: "When playing basketball, it's best to be happy. My mother told me before she died that life should be happy, and being sad can't solve the problem."

Li Ao shut up.

When it was time for dinner, Li Ao and his team ran into O'Neal's roommate Kenyon Doolin and asked about O'Neal's situation.

Kenyon Dooling began to complain: "You don't know, Jermaine snores too much. He started snoring when he arrived at the hotel today. It was like thunder. I couldn't rest. I was bored watching TV. I could only go and take a nap with Chris."

Li Ao was speechless.

In the afternoon, when he and Big Q went to get drinks from the teaching assistants, they also heard snoring in the corridor, and the two even complained about who is so immoral, wondering if the athletes living here need to rest.

Good guy, it turns out that the clowns are themselves. It is estimated that passers-by who live on the same floor are also complaining about them.

On the second day, November 11, the Clippers came to the Pepsi Center to challenge the Nuggets away.

After entering the arena, seeing O'Neill staring at the twin towers opposite, Li Ao found that his worries were unnecessary.

O'Neal, who has been covered by the Trail Blazers for 4 years, how can this blow break him.

No, when he saw McDyess with 206 cm + 111 kg and the two twin towers with 211 cm and 109 kg opposite, he immediately stood up because of his superior height and weight.

The current record of the Nuggets is 3 wins and 3 losses, which is not as good as the Clippers, but the predictions of the media before the game are that the Nuggets have a higher probability of winning, which means that in the eyes of the public, the Nuggets are stronger.

Because the Nuggets started 6 games, the opponents were the Timberwolves, Suns, Mavericks, Lakers, Warriors, and Supersonics. Except for the Warriors, they are all strong teams.

With such a devil schedule, it is not easy to achieve a record of 3 wins and 3 losses.

The Nuggets are also seen as strong contenders for a playoff spot in the Western Conference.

The two teams played against each other before the preseason, so they are considered acquaintances.

McDyess took the initiative to find Li Ao to chat.

Different from the ferocious look on the court, McDyess greeted him with a low but gentle voice: "Leo, you are so good, averaging 25 points and 4 blocks per game. I am looking forward to playing against you again tonight. Don't try to block me this time. I am not those old men."

"Looking old, I also take it as an old man hat."

"Haha, what do you know, I am mature, I am walking on the street, and a bunch of beauties like you come to strike up a conversation..."

After chatting for a few words, McDyess left.

Li Ao felt that the other party was not here to provoke, nor did he come to make friends. This feeling...is very gentlemanly.

Seeing Li Ao's confusion, O'Neill Jr. said: "He's different from us... no, he's different from me. He was born in a wealthy family. I heard that his parents are both members of parliament, so his way of speaking is different from people like me."

"What's wrong with you like this? I think it's good. That kind of gentleman always feels very scheming. Even if he has no other intentions, I'm worried that he has some bad thoughts."

Little O'Neill nodded quickly: "That's right, that's right, I think so too, but you are the strangest. I heard that your family is also very rich. Why are you not a gentleman at all?"

"Where did you hear that my family is very rich... No, what do you mean I am not a gentleman? You stop for me, no, I am going to beat my teammates again, let me show you what it means for Captain Jagged to beat teammates online...Stop!"

At 7 o'clock in the evening, the Clippers' away game against the Nuggets started.

Nuggets starters: Van Exel, Voshan Leonard, James Posey, McDyess, LaFrentz.

Clippers starters: Greg Anthony, Piakowski, Li Ao, Odom, O'Neal.

O'Neal beat LaFrentz to win the jump ball and the Clippers went first.

Odom held the ball in the top arc, McDyess was very close, Li Ao used O'Neal's cover to cut to the basket on the flank, originally trying to create a dislocation, but James Posey quickly caught up with Li Ao.

Odom took the ball, Li Ao stopped at the basket and received the pass, LaFrentz emptied the short-range O'Neal and rushed inside, trying to block Li Ao who raised the ball.

LaFrentz can't control anything else. The opponent pulls out the inside to shoot, and he goes in. What he wants is to block the shot...

Then, he saw Li Ao bouncing up quickly on the spot, as if James Posey's confrontation was gone, smashing the ball into the basket through James Posey!

(End of this chapter)