From sparring to superstar

Chapter 127.

Listening to this, the teammates are very embarrassed!
This boss is really not stingy.

Into the NBA, let alone hundreds of thousands of dollars in net worth, everyone is 'decent'.

Especially on a bad team, they have nothing to be proud of other than 'decent people' to keep them proud of being an NBA player, so take that more seriously.

It's really incredible that a star rookie like Li Ao is so messed up.

Just... I admire it.

They didn't think about it before, but now they think about it again, how many of those famous players care about whether they are decent or not?
No, people also care about decency, but their decency is winning!Is to take the honor!Instead of carrying it!

fuck him!

Gentry blinked a few times quickly, and he felt the changes in the mentality of the players from the expressions of the players.

As expected of their violent handsome guy.

This leadership ability is awesome.

At this time, he heard the technical station announce that they had replaced...

Gentry looked at Larry Lalu who was back beside him speechlessly-I haven't said a substitution yet!

Forget it, he didn't dare to object. He felt that if Li Ao raised his arms and asked his teammates to beat up the head coach at this time, this group of people would dare to do it.

But it's not him!It's just that since everyone has changed, then quickly make defensive adjustments.

He doesn't like iron and blood combat, but he has been with Larry Brown for many years, and he has tactical reserves in this area!
...

Back from the timeout, the Clippers sent Quentin Richardson, Li Ao, Maggette, Odom, and O'Neal.

The Knicks did not make any substitutions, and the starters continued to play.

The Clippers attacked, and the Knicks continued to defend with iron blood and confronted violently.

Now the Knicks players are proud, isn't the rookie Spider on the opposite side so arrogant after dunking?
They slapped the rookie Spider in the face with a wave of 7 to 1!
After Odom waited for Li Ao and Big Q to settle down, he passed the ball to Maggette on the left side of the free throw line.

In the face of the madman's defense, Maggette made a direct breakthrough from the middle distance!

Maggette's tendons are not for nothing. With his explosive power and starting speed, he seems to be invincible. Against the madman's defense, he still pulls up the impact force within a few short steps. When he entered the three-second zone, he had already crushed the madman aside and jumped towards Big Mom!

The aunt pressed on quickly, and it was too late to take off, so she could only support Maggette with all her strength.

Camby jumped on it aggressively...

The take-off distance was too far to make a dunk, and Maggette's hand holding the ball moved towards Camby's hand stretched out to him...

"beep"

The ball in Maggette's hand was knocked off by Camby, but the referee blew his whistle, Camby's thug fouled, and Maggette got two free throws!

The fans who had been suppressed for a while immediately cheered for Maggette.

One hit, three kills!
Li Ao watched and slapped.

Really fierce!

If the king of JDZ made a foul like this, who would hack him?
Maggette was also very excited. After running to the side and applauding Li Ao, he came to the free throw line.

Maggette, who looked very reckless, made two free throws!

Usually, the personal training content that Gentry arranges for Maggette is not offensive skills, but mid-range shots and free throws.

This body can tell at a glance that it is a breakthrough style of play. With a mid-range shot, you can have better conditions for breakthroughs. With free throws, breakthroughs can be more effectively converted into points.

The 99th pick in the first round of the 13 class is self-disciplined and hard-working. Since the offseason, he has practiced free throws to an excellent shooting rate of more than [-]%.

When it came time for the Knicks to attack, Charlie Ward encountered a rough confrontation from Big Q as soon as he crossed the halfway line.

198 centimeters, 101 kilograms, first-class speed, first-class confrontation, Charlie Ward couldn't stand it, and quickly passed the ball to the madman who came to meet him.

The madman didn't encounter a rough confrontation, Li Ao just opened his arms and guarded the three-point line honestly.

But he's the one the Knicks have encountered the most resistance on offense.

Li Ao + O'Neal, he can't play.

It doesn't matter, he can break through the ball!
The madman dribbles the ball on the outside, does not rush to break through, waits for the opportunity, when their CIC king is about to run out of the opportunity, he breaks through to attract attention, and then divides the ball.

It's a very simple style of play, purely relying on his and Alan Houston's personal abilities, but the iron-blooded style of play is as simple as possible.

but……

Houston is having a hard time right now!
Chasing him changed from Piakowski to Maggette with arms as big as his skull!
The 13th pick in the first round is too rough and brutal!
Houston finds Big Mom cover on the flank... ( )
The defense is the taller, bigger and stronger Odom!

Looking for cover again...it became a big Q who can guess the nickname just by looking at the head!

The madman waited and waited, Houston had no chance, so he could only pass the ball to the aunt who was leaning on Maggette.

Big Mom singled Maggette and forced her to the sideline of the three-second zone. He was much better at static confrontation than Maggette, but now he had lost his explosive power.
After reaching the finals in 99, his strength began to decline like a cliff, commonly known as 'collapse at 30'.

It is mainly reflected in the offensive end. He averaged 10 points per game last season and only made 43% of his shots. The core reason is the rapid degradation of explosive power and bullet speed.

The defense can rely on the static force that can keep Mourning out of the three-second zone, and the offense is really pulling.

Jermaine O'Neal roughly shoved Camby away and defended the rebound.

The offense and defense switched, and Maggette continued to break through. This time, the Knicks made up the defense very early, and the ball was given to the big Q on the wing...it was also iron.

When the Knicks attacked, the Clippers continued their brutal defense.

The Clippers started defensively and caught the Knicks players off guard.

Normally, except for teams that are based on defense, no team will take the initiative to defend against them.

We all know that they have the strongest defense, and there are not so many high-quality role players and the highest paid players in the league. Generally, opponents will choose to find ways to play a good offense.

Their offense is really mediocre, and the number of times they scored more than [-] points in a season can be counted on the fingers.

But that's what the Clippers did!

And the Clippers really have so many players suitable for confrontation!

The madman received the ball, avoided Li Ao's long arm one step beyond the three-point line, watched his teammates move, and thought about ways to open the situation.

The opponent's defensive changes are simple, but effective!Point guards, shooting guards, and power forwards switch defenses when they encounter screens. As an off-ball shooter, it is difficult for Houston to run out of the open to catch and shoot...

Suddenly, the madman had a flash of inspiration and asked Houston to pick and roll!

Houston was puzzled, but he still went up to block Li Ao.

The Madman used the cover to break through, and seeing Houston pull away from the flank while traveling, he hit the ground and passed the ball.

Houston received the ball and saw Li Ao pressing towards him... Madman, thank you so much!

The madman was also dumbfounded. Did he pass the rookie Maggette who flew through the pick-and-roll?
Defending the madman, Li Ao fought and retreated, defending Houston, Li Ao took the initiative to press!
Houston retreated continuously to evade Li Ao's defense, and the madman ran to meet it... It was too late, Li Ao seized the opportunity and stretched out his long arms to steal!

Li Ao rushed out and pushed forward to counterattack!

The fans at the scene are boiling again!

Houston pressed up to fight back, and the madman also attacked.

Li Ao didn't panic, he made full use of his size advantage, blocked the madman with his arms, pressed his butt against Houston, and pushed to the center line in a daze.

The fans at the scene looked at Li Ao's handsome face and ugly advancing movements...Forget it, let's cheer!
At the center line, Li Ao grabbed the ball, avoided the steal from Houston, and sent the ball...

Leaning on Charlie Ward, who was chasing him, Maggette received the ball in one step inside the three-point line, took advantage of the momentum to throw off his opponent with two consecutive big strides, took off in one step inside the free throw line, and scored two points by gliding and dunking!

7 to 7, the Clippers tied the score!

The fans at the scene are excited again!

Jeff Van Gundy called a timeout, entering the official timeout.

With the Clippers players back on the bench, Gentry continued to make tactical adjustments that went against his dreams, following the adjustments he learned from Larry Brown early in his assistant coaching career, emphasizing that he should not slacken his confrontation just because he caught up with the score.

After the official timeout, the Knicks sent a combination of Chris Childs, Houston, Sprewell, Kurt Thomas, and Camby.

The Clippers sent a combination of McGinnis, Big Q, Li Ao, Odom, and O'Neal.

As Gentry expected, after returning from the timeout, the Knicks resumed their advantage!
With such a low-scoring style of play, the Knicks have rich experience!
Jeff Van Gundy's adjustment is very simple-Houston speeds up his running position, and when he gets to the right shooting position, he has a chance to take off if he receives the ball and is not caught immediately.
The efficiency of Houston's shooting method has plummeted.

However, a big drop is better than a whole team hitting the iron.

Houston's mid-range shooting ability ensures that no matter how bad his chance is, as long as he makes a successful shot, he can guarantee a certain scoring efficiency.

In addition, the Knicks also replaced Big Mom with the 95th power forward Kurt Thomas, who has a solid mid-range shot, creating a better running environment for Houston.

In terms of offense, Big Mom's role is no longer as good as his substitute Dirty Kurt.

Big Mom was called "Barkley's successor" when she first entered the NBA, but no one called her anymore, because he was too far behind Barkley. Barkley made accurate mid-range shots, but Big Mom only hit 30% of mid-range shots at the age of 26 last season, and was directly emptied when she left the three-second zone.

The offensive end has improved, and the Knicks' defensive performance has not declined.

The Clippers learned how the Lakers defended against Li Ao and changed their defenses infinitely against Houston, and the Knicks followed the example of the Clippers and how they changed their defenses infinitely against Li Ao in Houston, and the Knicks' defensive strength was much stronger than that of the Lakers' outside veterans.

The absence of the aunt who has the strongest low-post one-on-one defense in the team did not affect their defense at the basket. I tried it in the first half of the quarter. O'Neal was unable to beat Camby in the low post. It can be seen that O'Neal is very talented in offense, but he is still weak in the second place in the same year, weak in defense and weak in offense.

The Clippers only rely on Odom and McInnis to score at this time.

McGinnis's brainless breakthrough emergency stop jumper, the main one is fearless, and it happened to be used at this time. Although it came up with 3 irons in a row, it could be shot anyway.

Li Ao's offensive end was defeated by Waterloo, but he killed the Quartet in the counter-spray.

The confrontation became more and more intense, and the players of the two teams not only made more and more physical movements, but also began to swear and swear.

Opened up a new track for Li Ao. In terms of ability to spray, no one present is his opponent!
It's the same with swearing. The aunts and sisters in the alleys have been arguing all afternoon over trivial matters, and they are deeply affected.

In addition to quarreling, he did not forget to adjust his style of play.

Since the opponent's defense is so tight, he has no chance except to catch the pot and shoot. He started to move around to open up space for McInnis to break through and create opportunities for Odom to rush. He put his energy into the defensive end and looked for counterattack opportunities.

At the same time, he is still trying to find ways to help his teammates on the defensive end.

At the end of the first quarter, the Knicks attacked.

The teammates obeyed Li Ao's command, and only Chris Mim, the meat shield who came off the bench, was left under the basket, and everyone else expanded to defend against mid-range shots.

The Knicks' backup center Luke Longley pulled out to give his teammates a flank pick-and-roll, but the block was not finished. Seeing Chris Mihm making a defensive move, Luke Longley immediately turned around and ran into the inside.

Seeing that he finally had an easy chance to score, the madman immediately took the ball. Luke Longley caught the ball and stepped into the three-second zone.

In the next round, Charles was also shrunk by Li Ao, who didn't talk about martial arts.

Li Ao "bullyed the opponent's old powerlessness" twice, curbing the opponent's easy scoring opportunities, so that his teammates can expand to defend pick-and-rolls and make up defenses with more confidence.

Want to score inside?Let your stars chisel a 213 cm + 120 kg white human shield center!

After the first quarter, although the offensive performance was miserable and only scored 6 points in the second half, the Clippers also defended the opponent to only 9 points in the half quarter.

13 to 16, the Clippers bite the score!

(End of this chapter)