From sparring to superstar

Chapter 133 131. When will you be the No. [-] pick again?
Li Ao was very surprised when people commented that Kenyon Martin was the number one in parallel imports and worse than sugar man.

In his impression, although Kenyon Martin is not very strong, his only All-Star trip was by passing the ball from Kidd. After leaving Kidd, he immediately returned to mediocrity and became a defensive blue-collar power forward with an average of 12+6 per game.

But it was not said to be parallel imports.

But think about it, that's because in the 00 rookie season in the original time and space, except for Mike Miller who performed slightly better than Kenyon Martin, no one was better than Kenyon Martin.

It was a few years after Reid and Turkoglu both played.

In the second grade, Kenyon Martin ushered in his God on the court. The cake was fed to him in the playoffs, and O'Neal and Ben Wallace were both beaten.

When there were no better players in the same class, no one compared Kenyon Martin with other rookies in other years.

But in this time and space, with his little Li Tanhua, Kenyon Martin looks too bad. People compared the No. 20 pick in NBA history. The No. 89 pick in the past 18 years, except for the 98th class Peves Allison, The other [-] No. [-] picks performed better than Kenyon Martin in the first month of their rookie season, including Olowokandi in the '[-] class.

Looking at it this way, Li Ao feels that if there is no three-year highlight moment with Kidd, Kenyon Martin can indeed be classified as the number one parallel importer.

On December 12rd, at 3:7 p.m., at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the Nets and Clippers entered the court successively.

Clippers fans have been extraordinarily excited these two days.

In the past 7 games, the Clippers fans have been tortured. 2 wins and 5 losses don't matter.

The key is 2 wins and 5 losses, and there is no Li Ao!
Even if there is no live TV broadcast, watching the real-time text broadcast and listening to the radio, it would be nice to see and hear what Li Ao did on the court.

Finally, their Spider-Man is back!

Fortunately for the fans, out of the 7 games Li Ao was suspended for, 6 of them were away games, and their chances of seeing Li Ao at home did not decrease too much.

When Li Ao entered the arena, he attracted everyone's attention.

Kenyon Martin looked at the fanatical atmosphere at the scene and was jealous. Their home court was never full this season, and he often received boos.

But he had no intention of challenging Spider-Man.

Even though he was annoyed that others compared him with Li Ao and said he was a parallel importer, he kept a distance from Li Ao before the match.

The New York media gave Li Ao a photo of Spiderman. New York fans said that Li Ao was "executing justice". It is understandable... However, this does not prevent Li Ao from becoming a court thug in people's eyes.

One hit seven established another image of Li Ao in the eyes of the fans-violence.

In the hearts of the players, there is also the image of Li Ao not leaving overnight hatred and revenge to death.

Among the players in the same class, this image is more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Not to mention Kenyon Martin, even Stephen Jackson didn't want to provoke Li Ao.

Wu Sheng is not afraid of fighting, but he will not be too busy to find a fight, or look for the kind of ruthless people who beat people to death.

On the other side, Li Ao, who was watched by everyone on the other side, was also looking at the lineup on the other side.

The Nets have played 16 games so far, with 5 wins and 11 losses. Not surprisingly, it is another season of about 20 wins.

But the lineup on the opposite side is much better than Li Ao thought!

There are several players who can score and defend, and the lineup of role players is good. Kidd has a certain foundation to make this team leap from a belly to a championship.

Two players caught his attention.

Not Marbury, Van Horn, No. [-] pick, but Kendall Gill and Stephen Jackson.

In 97, Wu Sheng was selected by the Suns. The Suns gave up his right to sign before the summer league was finished. He went to Europe but couldn’t find a job. He ended up going to basketball leagues in Australia, Venezuela, and even the Dominican Republic. Spending three years with a very low salary is not as good as washing dishes.

Until this summer, Rod Thorn, the newly appointed vice president and general manager of the Nets, former general manager of the Bulls and former NBA vice president, saw the shining point in Stephen Jackson and brought him back to the NBA from the Dominican Premier League. .

One of the most famous things about this experienced general manager is that on the eve of the 1984 draft, he was the general manager of the Bulls and prayed in the church all night, praying to God that the Trail Blazers would not choose Michael Jordan. Fortunately, I chose the God of basketball.

In 1986, Rod Thorn was poached by NBA headquarters and became the executive vice president of the NBA.

It is rumored that David Stern started the "God-making Project" in 1988, which was Rod Thorne's proposal.

A professional manager with a sharp eye.

Another thing Li Ao noticed was Kendall Gill, a famous unlucky guy in the 90s.

This player has had 3 'peaks', one in the second grade, and he averaged 91+92+20 per game in the 5-4 season. Falling from the second floor, he was seriously injured and his athletic ability was impaired. He didn't come back until a month into the new season, and his performance plummeted.

After 4 years, in the 96-97 season, in the iron-blooded era, he spent several years transforming into a technical stream, and averaged 21.8 points, 6.1 rebounds and 4 assists per game. Torn ligament... Although he recovered quickly, he came back tenaciously in the second season and played 81 games, but his performance plummeted again.

He refused to accept his fate, and worked hard to improve his defense. After a lapse of one year, the 98-99 season was shortened. Duan, here comes Marbury...

As soon as Marbury came, he yelled that he was the boss and wanted to renew his contract with a maximum salary. Then the Nets, which had already made the playoffs in the 97-98 season, got the No. 99 pick in 6, and this unprotected pick He was given to the Timberwolves in the deal to get Marbury, and then got the No. 00 pick in [-].

Kendall Gill, who is now over 30, has not met people's expectations after all.

Li Ao has seen unlucky people, but he has never seen such unlucky ones.

...

The game is about to start, and the two teams started to come to the field.

Nets starters: Marbury, Kendall Gill, Keith Van Horn, Kenyon Martin, Evan Eschmeyer.

Li Ao took a look at Eschmeyer's player evaluation. He was a second-round pick in the 99 season. He is a very ordinary substitute center with a comprehensive evaluation of 64. He has averaged 20 points and 3.4 rebounds in 5 minutes per game this season. He can start. Because the Nets are the only serious center with a physique of 211 cm and 120 kg.

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

Li Ao still couldn't believe that Big Q actually relied on defense to replace Piakowski as the starter.

Is this really one of the double colanders in the backcourt who averaged 2.9 three-pointers per game next to Nash and became the season's three-pointer king but was stabbed by tens of thousands of chrysanthemums on the defensive end?

At 7:[-] in the evening, the Clippers played against the Nets at home.

Jermaine O'Neal beat Evan Eschmeyer to win the jump ball and the Clippers went first.

Greg Anthony advanced to the top arc, and O'Neal pulled out to pick and roll.

Kenyon Martin and Eschmeyer stood together, Kenyon Martin didn't move his feet to change defenses, and Eschmeyer followed O'Neal to defend the pick-and-roll.

Leaving aside Marbury's strength, his leadership ability is really hard to describe. He successfully brought down the good defensive atmosphere when Cassell and Kendall Gill led the team.

Li Ao saw the opponent's big center go out, and ran to the basket decisively.

O'Neal disassembled the ball and passed it to the basket!

Odom pulled away, and Li Ao received the ball at close range to face Kenyon Martin and took a step towards the opponent.

Of course Kenyon Martin didn't hesitate, and pressed on Li Ao.

In the confrontation, Li Ao jumped against Kenyon Martin, rode on Kenyon Martin's chest and smashed the ball into the basket!

Ride buckle!

Detonate the audience!

Clippers fans cheer wildly!

They initially thought they had picked a pitcher who turned out to be a good defender and passer.

When they accepted that Li Ao is a 2D player, Li Ao started playing dunks!

Seeing Li Ao running towards the backcourt shouting "I'm back" with open arms, and hearing the cheers from the fans again, Kenyon Martin was stunned.

He tried his best just now, but he almost pushed someone, and he couldn't stop him at all!

Li Ao retreated to the backcourt with high emotions, 'Shark' is really easy to use!

"Kenyon Martin, 23 years old, 206 cm, 102 kg, comprehensive evaluation 72...strength 88..."

Although he is an older rookie with top athletic ability, the weight of the No. [-] pick is still not much better than that of college.

Li Ao estimated that after Kenyon Martin was selected as the No. [-] pick, he didn't train much. He paid money in advance and went to have fun. He didn't even do such things as gaining weight and training his strength to adapt himself to NBA-level games as soon as possible.

Li Ao made such a judgment because he remembered when Kenyon Martin went to the Clippers to follow Paul at the end of his career. At the age of 34, he shot 37% of his free throws and was ridiculed by the media and fans. He worked hard in training. The extent can be seen.

In the transition from offense to defense, Kenyon Martin, who was dunked, moved extremely actively to find opportunities.

He is extremely competitive and wants to buckle it back!
In the future, he can beat O'Neal internally and chase Miller externally. He has good physical fitness. His regular speed is almost the same as Odom's, but his explosive speed and turning-back starting ability are better than Odom's.

Outside Marbury broke through in singles and easily passed the rookie big Q. Kenyon Martin had an excellent sense of eating cakes, and he threw off Odom at just the right time to cut in.

Jermaine O'Neal went to defend Marbury, and it was okay to retreat to block the slow-footed Eschmeyer. Kenyon Martin, who was as fast as a small forward, was completely too late.

Kenyon Martin took the ball and stepped on the left sideline of the three-second zone to take off, leaped high, and made a tomahawk-style dunk... As soon as he pulled the ball behind his head, a force was transmitted to his hand !

Kenyon Martin slapped the basket empty-handed, and the ball was fanned out of bounds by the shrunken Li Ao!
Kenyon Martin's hand hurts from hitting the frame empty-handed, but his focus is not here now.

He didn't understand, he was already very low-key, he didn't talk nonsense like the second place in the parallel imports before the game, and he tried his best to hide himself before the game... But the opponent still seems to be eyeing him!

Just because he was the No. [-] pick?

If Li Ao knew what Kenyon Martin was thinking, he would nod his head and say yes.

Given the opportunity to target the No. [-] pick in the same year, who wouldn't do it?

Look at the horrors of Sugar Man's rookie year...

That is to say, Iverson, Duncan, and Brand are strong, and they are still the strongest in the same class after entering the NBA. Otherwise, those behind them would have fired at them long ago.

But besides this, it is also related to the task.

When playing, the system re-prompted the goal of the "third pick" task - to block or block the No. [-] pick!

Another 500 achievement points were credited, and Li Ao was very happy.

He had already shrunk the ball ahead of time, but he almost missed the shot.

In terms of ability to eat cakes, the No. [-] pick is much better than the No. [-] pick.

But IQ...

If Kenyon Martin didn't have the idea of ​​showing off, and didn't pull his body into the shape of a bow, he wouldn't be able to shrink his cap this time.

The Nets continued to attack and served from the baseline.

It's been a long time since I played with Li Ao, and the Clippers players were not used to it at first.

When Li Ao finished shrinking and blocking, his teammates suddenly woke up—their Spider-Man, who is best at slapping nursing homes, is back!
Marbury continued to catch the ball and break through, but when Kenyon Martin went to run back, Odom stayed in the three-second zone and did not go out, staring at the breakthrough Marbury, while O'Neal squatted under the basket.

Kenyon Martin was dumbfounded in the mid-range. There was a shrinking blocker on the opposite side. O'Neal stayed at the basket to defend the flank cut. What can he do when he runs out?
Without Kidd's command, Kenyon Martin didn't even know that he could cover the flanks when he was emptied. He was the main attack point from junior high school to college, and he didn't do dirty work on the offensive end. He has never been aware of this aspect.

But Marbury is used to it. It's not that there are no opponents to defend like this this season. He rushed to the free throw line and made a jump shot before Odom made it up...

in!

将满24岁的马布里，本赛季的表现在李敖的系统里评价达到90！中距离命中率42.6%，长两分命中率42.1%，场均24分8助攻！

After the two major insiders of the Clippers "take root" in the three-second zone, Kenyon Martin has no chance to attack the frame, and Li Ao no longer pays attention to the champion of the same class, and devotes himself to defense.

Although the Clippers' defense is not as good as the previous few games regardless of offense and brainless defense, it has improved significantly compared to before the "one-on-seven incident".

Marbury is good at breaking through and organizing the offense. It is difficult to play when the center is completely cut off.

Gentry built a defensive system, and the target of imitation is not the 76ers, Knicks, Heat, Magic... but the Jazz!
Defense against the basket, defense against the top arc, defense against the flanks, all did a good job tonight!

However, Marbury is not a vegetarian. He decisively chose the mid-range shooting style of breakthrough, and took turns with Kendall Gill.

Whoever Li Ao defends against will attack another one.

Big Q is active in defense, and his defensive strength is not bad, but he failed to defend against Marbury's top breakthrough in the league and Kendall Gill's strong and skilled mid-range post.

Li Ao was almost blown out at first, as if he was being played around.

But he quickly adjusted his mentality, playing as an assist on the defensive end, he should shrink and shrink, and cut off the wing to catch the ball so he can make good use of his ability to go around the front and devote his energy to the offense.

Li Ao is targeting Kenyon Martin, and the Nets are also targeting him.

With poor shooting opportunities, he played more actively, actively looking for opportunities to catch the ball to create pincers and distribute the ball to his teammates.

Seeing Kendall-Gill getting more irritable, most of Li Ao's depression of being "sneaked around" disappeared.

There are many players in the NBA who worked part-time in multiple sports during their student days, and Kendall Gill is the same, but what makes him different is that he was already a quasi-professional boxer when he graduated from high school, and he was in the 81 kg class in his freshman year He won 3 victories in the state championships, but he wanted to grow from 180 centimeters to 196 centimeters in college, so he had no choice but to give up his boxing career and traded for his other favorite sport, basketball.

Others are afraid of Li Ao, but he is not.

However, his rough confrontation didn't work well against Li Ao. When he spat out trash talk, the other party responded even more fiercely. He just didn't make a move. His idea of ​​making a pair fell through, and he was furious by the reply.

With Li Ao's tandem offense, shrinking the frame and cutting off the flanks, the Clippers led 10-19 15 minutes before the first quarter.

In the last 2 minutes, Boykins, who came off the bench, scored a small floater and passed a three-point assist to Big Q who reappeared after a few minutes of rest. The two teamed up to score 2 points in the 4 minutes Marbury.

After the first quarter, the Clippers lead the Nets by 24 points 19 to 5

At first, the Clippers were caught off guard by the singles of Marbury and Kendall Gill, but as the game progressed, the Clippers showed their progress, and their defensive performance was gradually improving.

If Kendall Gill can play 20 minutes per game like he did in his 389s, the Nets have two mid-range scorers who can offset the gap in team performance between the two teams.

But Kendall Gill is 32 years old, plagued by injuries, has collapsed, and can only play more than 20 minutes per game.

In the second quarter, the Clippers lost by two points 20-22. Both Li Ao and Odom had a long rest.

In the third quarter, the Clippers extended their lead to 25 points 21-7.

In the final quarter, Marbury took 11 crazy shots, but only made 11 of 4 shots. He scored 13 points personally, but the team only had 23 points.

The Clippers steadily scored 22 points in the final quarter and defended the victory!

91 to 85, the Clippers relied on defense to beat the Nets by 6 points!

The final whistle sounded, and the entire team of the Clippers gathered together to celebrate the end of the losing streak!
In tonight's game, as long as the players played, they played very vigorously.

This victory did not rely on Spider-Man or Zuo Mo's outbreak, but on the hard work of the whole team!Take the win live on Nationwide!
对面马布里今晚31投14中，其中三分球7中2，加上5中3的罚球拿到33分，除了马布里，对面得分上双的只有肯达尔-吉尔的14分。

而他们快船队这边，李敖14分5板6助攻1抢断3盖帽、奥多姆16分7板5助攻、小奥尼尔12分9板、马盖蒂14分4板2助攻2抢断，四人得分上双！
As Gentry said, the main defense, each of them has a sense of participation, even Boykins can rely on fast-moving flanking steals to put pressure on the opposing offensive players.

Li Ao is also very happy. Although the statistics are mediocre, he likes this kind of game.

Good data, his own strength is getting stronger and stronger, and there is always a chance to get it.

But opportunities to build team cohesion don't come along very often.

有个遗憾是武圣的表现不咋滴，打了12分钟4投1中拿到3分2板1抢断，弱得都不需要去针对。

After winning the game, Li Ao got a data reward of 470 achievement points, blocked Kenyon Martin twice, dunked once, and got 1 achievement points.

He began to look forward to the game in Vancouver in a few days, where there was a No. [-] pick who claimed to be a striker Shark...

...

肯扬-马丁面对快船队11投3中拿到8分5板1抢断1盖帽。

Li Ao came back after lifting the ban, and the match between the talented Spider-Man and the parallel importer was treated as a live broadcast. Although the game was ugly, the ratings were not bad, especially Li Ao's dunks and blocks at the beginning, so that many fans stayed on TV. Looking forward to another one from him.

Kenyon Martin, who performed poorly, became the champion of parallel imports even more resoundingly.

Li Ao's performance is surprising. His playing time has increased and his statistics have decreased, but his performance has received a lot of praise.

Other stars, after the suspension is over, will try their best to prove how strong they are.

But Li Ao played even more as a team!

The details of personal play have also been adjusted, reducing a lot of unnecessary physical expenditure.

It's kind of impossible to spray!

As Li Ao's attention has risen to the front line, many media have already made preparations against him. There is no grievance, but there are so many media who praise Li Ao. They choose another track to win the attention of another group of fans. Li Ao's controversy For a big player, black fans are no less than fans.

If the Clippers lose this game, they will be able to say "not responsible" for Li Ao's performance, but if they win...then let's laugh at the No. [-] pick first.

On the 5th, the Clippers ushered in a challenge from the SuperSonics at home.

As the season progressed, the veteran Sonics team performed better and better.

尤因的表现稳定在场均10分8板1助攻1抢断1盖帽，文-贝克也有场均12+6的表现。

Plus Ruben Patterson, Lewis, Brent Barry, Salmond Williams... and others, under the leadership of Payton, who is a double-strength first team, both offensive and defensive ends have become more and more excellent, sitting firmly playoff ranks.

After the game started at 8 o'clock in the evening, the Sonics played a top-level defense, limiting the Clippers to only 17 points in the first quarter.

However, the Clippers also did a good job on the defensive end, only allowing the SuperSonics to score 22 points, and the score was not pulled away.

In the second quarter, Li Ao felt the heat. Facing the defense of Ruben Patterson or Desmond Mason, he scored 3 mid-range shots in a single quarter. He played 8 of 6 shots in 4 minutes in this quarter , plus 2 of 2 free throws, 10 points in a single quarter!
Under his leadership, the Clippers rebounded offensively in the second quarter, and also played continuity on the defensive end, winning 23 to 22.

In the third quarter, neither team scored 20 points. The Clippers were even worse, scoring only 16 points, and the Sonics scored 19 points.

After three quarters, the Sonics led the Clippers by 63 points 56 to 7.

At the end of the quarter, Li Ao started to give it a go. He threw 7 times in a single quarter and made 7 of 3 shots, including 3 of 1 three-pointers and 2 of 2 free throws to score 9 points.

He opened up the situation with this point, and the Clippers' overall offense improved accordingly. The team scored 27 points in a single quarter, and Odom scored 5 assists in a single quarter.

The defensive end also maintained continuity, and the Sonics only scored 23 points in the final quarter.

However, the seeds planted by the Clippers' poor offensive performance in the first and third quarters reaped bitter fruit.

尽管李敖把刘易斯防得12投3中只拿到9分7板1助攻，但刘易斯的牵制，给了佩顿机会，佩顿拿到25分7助攻，布伦特-巴里今晚进了3个三分，拿到14分5助攻。

Ewing also got old and strengthened tonight, scoring 16 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks, teaching O'Neal a lesson.

李敖拿到26分7板4助攻2抢断2盖帽、奥多姆14分14板8助攻、麦金尼斯12分2助攻、大Q拿到11分，快船队4人得分上双，还是以83比86不敌超音速队，胜率又跌回到了五成。

...

In the morning of the next day, Li Ao drove, and the hospital assistant auntie took him to the airport.

He was heartbroken, obviously he was the one riding on it most of the time, but the family status was as stable as ever.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the Clippers came to the Key Stadium in Seattle, playing back-to-back home and away games against the Sonics.

Experience really matters!

The Sonics, mostly veterans, once again taught the Clippers a lesson.

这场比赛李敖个人表现比上一场还要更好一些，24投11中，其中三分球4中2，加上8中6的罚球，拿到30分5板3助攻1抢断1盖帽。

But the Supersonics are already familiar with the Clippers' offensive routines, cutting off the offensive coordination between Li Ao and Odom, and isolating Li Ao. When the ball is in Li Ao's hands, most of the time he can't pass it out. He personally scored 30 points. The Clippers only scored 81 points.

And for the Clippers' unskilled defensive coordination, the Sonics also had countermeasures on the offensive end. Under the leadership of Payton, who had 28 points and 10 assists, the team scored 93 points.

81 to 93, the Clippers faced the Sonics and suffered a two-game losing streak.

Although life is hard, it has to go on. On the afternoon of the second day after the back-to-back games, the Clippers left the Eagle Sauce border and came to Vancouver.

This is the first time I came to Vancouver, I took the bus from the airport, Li Ao felt...a super big countryside.

Not to mention, here, there is a three-point land of [-] million mu, and it is very good to live a slow-paced life.

When he arrived at the hotel, Li Ao checked the news on the Internet for a while...he was sprayed!
Payton scored 25 points in 28 shots and no one said anything. He scored 24 points in 30 shots and was sprayed.

In this regard, he just wanted to say - the winner is good!
To respond to doubts, just win.

No, immediately they have a strength advantage again!

At 12 pm on December 8th, the last game of the Clippers' 8 days and 4 games, the away game against the Grizzlies started at the General Motors Plaza Arena.

After the game started, the Clippers played defensively first.

After playing for a while, Li Ao began to 'brainless contraction', but it did not affect the team's defensive efficiency.

The Grizzlies' wing receiver is nailed to the floor. When the ball is in his hands, he breaks through or shoots. If he doesn't, he just stands.

Teams like the Sonics get better as the season progresses.

The Grizzlies are getting worse and worse.

It cannot be said that Bibby, Raheem, Michael Dixon and others did not work hard. The three of them worked very hard in singles and scored goals.

The problem is that none of them took the initiative to guide their teammates.

Those who play ball have a lot of courage, but they can't speak, and their overall strength is not outstanding enough.

Those who are powerful and can speak, but they don't have the courage of the boss.

There are even some who can only play singles and score the ball, and can't do anything else.

At the beginning of the season, the teammates have a new season and a new atmosphere, and they are still trying to follow the running position, but they are playing, the record is not good, and there is no one to lead them. Even Damon Jones' running catch and pitchers are standing still. up.

Selecting the second place in the parallel imports also hit the confidence of the Grizzlies players.

It doesn't matter if the team's strength is not good, the draft is blind, and the next pick is Spider-Man, who is a "one-on-seven", they don't want it, they want a high jumper!

Up to now, the Grizzlies, which have star players, lineup depth and lineup depth, and a total salary of more than 4800 million dollars, have a record that is on par with the Bulls, Wizards, and Warriors.

Swift has averaged 4.3 points and 3.9 rebounds per game so far this season, which is outrageous, but he is still active in playing. He is one-sided and feels that he just has a bad chance.

But tonight, Swift was very desperate. He played 17 minutes and took 4 shots. Li Ao targeted all 4 of them, was capped 2 times, let go once, and was interrupted once.

4投0中，拿到0分4板2抢断……还吃到了5次犯规，有4次是他补防李敖犯规，有一次还是被隔扣送了对方一个2+1。

The head coach of the Grizzlies doesn't care whether Swift will be hit or not, and Sidney Lowe is also very puzzled. Their second place in the parallel import list has a strangely strong psychological quality and inexplicable confidence.

The Grizzlies' offensive performance collapsed, and the defensive end was also slack.

奥多姆全场12投8中拿到21分11板5助攻；李敖17投10中，其中三分球3中1，加上8中7的罚球，拿到28分4板7助攻4盖帽。

Under the leadership of the two, the Clippers slaughtered the Grizzlies 100 to 72, and their record improved to 10 wins and 10 losses, with a [-]% winning percentage!

In the game, he got 620 achievement points, dunked 'Frontline Shark' once, blocked shots twice, and got 1 achievement points.

In the middle of the night, the first thing Li Ao did when he returned to the hotel was to turn over the schedule. When will he be able to play against the No.

(End of this chapter)