From sparring to superstar

Chapter 148 146. What kind of conspiracy is this?
For Li Ao, after returning to Los Angeles, he continued to practice in the afternoon.

Odom's injury, after he learned that there was no major problem, he didn't take it to heart. He is not a doctor and can't treat diseases.

Against Nowitzki, he defended well.

But the team lost, and it was useless for him to limit the opponent.

His biggest gain in this game is that he learned a little bit about running, catching and shooting from Nowitzki.

Nowitzki doesn't have a lot of range or speed, but he always gets catch-and-shoot opportunities.

When he played against him before, he felt that Nowitzki's running position was very characteristic, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

Inside pitchers move on the perimeter in a completely different way than outside pitchers.

The purpose of the inside players is not to throw off the opponent, but to find dislocations and gaps to reduce the confrontation when shooting.

This time he was facing Nowitzki head-on, and he was interested.

If the goal is to catch and shoot two-pointers and three-pointers, he feels that his physical advantage is no less than that of Nowitzki!
While he's an outside shooter, there's no rule that he can't move like an inside shooter.

At present, his three-pointers have reached 73, and he can improve by two points to reach a good mid-range level. He can reach an excellent level of 80 by relying on "catch and shoot experts" for catching and shooting three-pointers.

He is not a pure shooter, and his long-distance and large-scale running has an impact on his support for the ball, and there is also a difference between the three-point running position and the mid-range shooting running position of outside players.

He thought about it, maybe the three-point running position, he learned the inside running style of Nowitzki, which is more suitable for his style of play.

He decisively tried, how would he know if his idea was right if he didn’t try?
He didn't think about it by himself, firstly because he had no experience in this field, and secondly, in order to save time, he shook Xavier Johnson who was in the same venue.

Xavier Johnson was already willing to help Li Ao, and Li Ao wanted to pay for private education, so he was even happier, who wouldn't want to take on a private job.

It's not that he thinks that Li Ao has earned so much money, which is not bad, but that work is work and friendship is friendship, so that they can get along longer.

Professional is professional. Li Ao just told Xavier Johnson the details of Nowitzki’s footsteps when he saw the running position. Analyze the details of lateral movement, force turning, footsteps and so on.

Li Ao didn't have to follow Nowitzki's running position, he followed Xavier Johnson's suggestion, and the latter observed his current running position in the game for a period of time, and tailored for him an inside distance suitable for him. Method of pitching.

In addition, Xavier Johnson also promised Li Ao that he would communicate with Henry Bibby and Gentry, and let the boys of the Trojans help Li Ao with training.

Regarding this, he said with a smile: "Henry has complained several times, saying that if you don't find the school team to be your training partner, his promise will not count. It's almost crazy."

Li Ao complained when he heard the words: "Henry, take the coach to the hospital for an examination. I suspect he is suffering from Chi Feichi's disease."

"What disease is that?"

"Time perception disorder."

"Hahahaha... I will definitely take him to see a doctor."

It has been a long time since Li Ao and Henry Bibby disliked each other, and Xavier Johnson began to miss that wonderful year again.

Li Ao complained about it, he was really happy when he was happy.

He felt the benefit of having connections at the university.

...

Another new year has arrived. On January 2001, 1, the first game day of the new year for the Clippers, they ushered in a challenge from the Lakers at home.

At 6:40 p.m., the Staples Center, players from the Lakers and Clippers entered the stadium one after another.

The last time the Lakers played at home, Li Ao did not come to the scene.

This time, he personally felt a huge change in their team.

Once, the Clippers played against the Lakers at home, and there was no home atmosphere at all. Most of the fans who came to the scene were Lakers fans.

Because whenever Sterling plays the Lakers at home, he sets the ticket price very high, so high that working-class Clippers fans are reluctant to buy it. Even die-hard Clippers fans feel that they are not worthy of it. s price.

Lakers fans are not saying that all of them are rich, but Yingjiang also has countless people who "see expensive games and have face". The more expensive the tickets for the Lakers-related games, the happier they buy.

Moreover, Clippers fans do not buy tickets, and Lakers fans can buy tickets more easily. In the past, tickets for the Clippers' home game against the Lakers could still be bought before the game started.

It's different now. Ballmer, who seldom intervenes in team affairs, ordered other games to increase the price. Ticket prices for games with popular teams like the Dragons, 76ers, and more.

Therefore, the last time the Clippers played against the Lakers at home, there were almost no Lakers fans on the scene.

Lakers fans who are used to being able to buy tickets at any time, did not go to buy tickets until the same day, and they were already sold out by Clippers fans.

It's the same this time, although the Lakers fans are prepared, they still can't catch the enthusiastic Clippers fans.

Li Ao didn't care about how much money Ballmer made less from this operation, and it wasn't his money. He liked this operation, and the loyalty of fans increased greatly!
Looking at the red, white and blue Clippers jerseys or team T-shirts on the scene, this is the feeling of playing at home!
After entering the stadium, Li Ao looked at Kobe who was wearing a suit again on the sidelines. Kobe saw Li Ao looking at him, snorted with a stinking expression, and turned his head.

The afro got hurt again.

Yesterday, Li Ao made more than a dozen calls to Kobe, and was rejected more than a dozen times. Finally, after venting his grievances about Li Ao asking Vanessa for Brandy's phone number, Kobe took the initiative to call back Li Ao, saying that he was injured. , can't train.

At first Li Ao was quite puzzled, what about Iron Man?Why is it so crispy!
Unlike his impression of Kobe's iron body, Kobe has missed 10 games this season.

He remembered that Kobe also missed a dozen games last season.

Confused, he checked Kobe's game records in the past few years.

Originally, he wanted to see Kobe's attendance in the first few years of his career, but another data allowed him to analyze the reason why Kobe had more injuries in the past two years-the sudden increase in weight.

Kobe’s health was very good in the first two years of his career. At that time, he played as a substitute. He was too poor in his rookie year. He was suspended for a conflict with an opponent, once because of an illness, and only once because he sprained his ankle, but he returned after only one game of rest.

The watershed was in the 98-99 season. In the two years he played as a substitute, Kobe's registered weight was 190 pounds, which is less than 87 kilograms.

Indeed, in those two years, Kobe was like a slender strip.

But in the shrinking season of the 98-99 season, the initial registered weight was 194 pounds, 88 kilograms, but in the playoffs, Kobe's weight rose to 203 pounds, or 92 kilograms.

By the last season's training camp, the registered weight had come to 95 kilograms, 210 pounds.

Seeing this change, Li Ao remembered that when he chatted with Maggette at the beginning of last month, Maggette complained that he hated playing against Kobe the most. Every time he broke through Kobe, he felt like he was facing a wall. When defending, Kobe turned around and gave him an elbow, as if Malone gave him an elbow. The pain was so painful that the referee couldn't see it.

He also remembered that when he and Kobe practiced against each other, he couldn't get cheap in close-range confrontation.

Marlon version 1.0?
In fact, there is no problem with gaining weight. Reasonable weight gain will improve Kobe's strength.

But he's seen Bryant's playing time soar from 26 to 38 minutes per game, and more than 40 this season.

The current Kobe is only 22 years old. He has gained weight, practiced defense, and practiced offensive skills.

Li Ao is sad when he thinks about it. Jordan and Kobe are both injured. It is really difficult to become stronger, so they can only develop their backs.

...

At 7 o'clock in the evening, the Clippers played against the Lakers at home.

O'Neill is looking forward to tonight's game, and can see the chic and reasonable style of play of the little spider again.

And then...he saw Spider-Man throw 31 times in 25 minutes.

25投10中，其中三分球8中2，外加3中2的罚球，李敖拿到24分7板3助攻2抢断3盖帽。

After three quarters, Li Ao was forced to clock in and get off work.

Although it was another match against the Lakers led by O'Neal alone, the situation was completely different this time. The Clippers were 15 points behind 31 to 16 in the first quarter. Gentry did not need to make special arrangements. Li Ao himself took the initiative to increase the acceleration. A strong catch and throw.

接下来两节的比分是26比28、21比27，三节打完快船队62比86落后湖人队24分。

Li Ao's overall shooting performance is actually passable. He made 12 of 5 mid-range shots and 3 of 2 counterattacks.

But 8 of 2 three-pointers did not play a role in space containment, and 3 of 2 free throws were not lethal. His shortcomings were fully exposed in this game.

But Gentry doesn't care whether Li Ao is playing well or not, he only cares whether Li Ao is playing right or not.

Seeing that Li Ao is not shooting without thinking, he is trying his best to find a good opportunity every time he makes a shot, trying to adjust the power and angle of the shot, Gentry is very satisfied, and took the initiative to increase the number of shots for him.

In addition to Li Ao, the Clippers still have a lot of shots tonight.

McGinnis made 11 shots in the first three quarters, but it was beyond Gentry's expectations. McGinnis, who started the game, faced the old Ron Harper and the thin Tyronn Lue. He made 11 of 5 shots in the three quarters, including three-pointers. 3 of 1, plus 2 of 2 free throws, quite efficiently scored 13 points plus 2 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal.

This performance, Gentry let McGinnis continue to play in the garbage time of the final quarter.

After focusing on McInnis, Gentry understood the reason. First of all, the Lakers' defense focused on Li Ao's unlimited defense in this game, and there was almost no defense against McInnis.

More importantly, Ron Harper will be 37 years old soon. By the middle of the season, his physical strength has declined significantly. - Although Lu Ze is from the class of 98, his physical condition is very good, but he has only played 26 games in the regular season + playoffs in the past two seasons. Side effects are no different from none.

McGinnis played very hard when he had the opportunity, the kind of life he played with every ball.

Gentry thought that the current stage is the middle of the season, the veterans are all entering the fatigue stage, and McInnis is 26 years old, at the peak of his physical strength... things may be smoother than he imagined!

You have to plan the order of appearances well...

For McGinnis, who played 27 minutes in the first three quarters tonight and had the second highest playing time in the first three quarters of the team, the rest of the Clippers didn't think anything was wrong.

Without Odom, the starting lineup lacks the ability to hold the ball. Maggette's style of play is single. Although he can see his talent, his current strength is just that.

McGinnis, who is good at attacking with the ball, has increased his playing time as a matter of course.

The main reason is that Li Ao, Jermaine O'Neal, Big Q, Piakowski and others are all players with a strong sense of teamwork. The head coach arranged for McInnis to play the main attack, and they all actively cooperated. There are problems with the law, but the attitude of the game is positive.

Although the team's offense was not good, it seemed that the head coach had no choice but to do so, and it did not affect the atmosphere of the team's active pursuit of victory.

垃圾时间麦金尼斯敢打敢拼，狂飙14分6助攻，面对湖人队纯替补阵容，带队打出了32比20的末节比分……最终快船队以94比106输给了湖人队。

...

The Clippers lost 3 games in a row, but McInnis was on fire.

With 27 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists in a single game, some columnists commented that the Clippers delayed McGinnis.

This point of view has won the favor of Li Ao's black fans.

麦金尼斯21投11中拿到27分，李敖25投才拿到24分，妥妥的大毒瘤！

The next morning, seeing this topic, Li Ao felt that he had nothing to say. This teammate really played well in this game, and he seized the opportunity that should be grasped.

But this topic has so much hype in the media, he feels weird, but he doesn't have time to think about it.

Continue to develop the back hit!
But after he went to the blacksmith's room in the morning to meet James Worthy, the other party did not arrange to continue to develop back-ups today, but arranged for him to strengthen the ability to finish under the basket.

James Worthy explained: "Leo, the high post-up is not just the mid-range shot. If you only have the mid-range shot in the high post-up, it is easy to be defended. You need to increase the offensive threat at the basket. You are so good. With your physical condition, you can dunk directly with a not so strong inside line, but you don’t have the ability to attack the frame other than dunking, which is an obstacle for you to become a post-up master.”

"I understand. I just learned to memorize the basics for a few days, so I jumped here. Well, I'm not ready." Li Aoqi responded eloquently.

"Yeah, I've only been studying for a few days..."

James Worthy is also very messy, not to mention Li Ao, he is not mentally prepared.

Originally, he planned to train every other day, or every two days. Now that the season is going on, theoretically speaking, there is not so much training time.

2-3 weeks to let the body memorize the basic movements, and about 1 month to polish the details of the movements. Before the All-Star Weekend, teach the most basic techniques and continue to polish the details of the movements...

It's not that James Worthy is over-teaching. He has personal experience that the most basic things determine the upper limit of the final technology.

The better Li Ao's talent, the more he pays attention to this aspect.

But the development of things exceeded his expectations!

In less than two weeks now, Li Ao has learned what he originally had to learn in two months!
The 100% training result bonus of Li Ao's 'Experience Bracelet' is not only useful during training, but also during learning.

Yesterday afternoon, he had already completed the development of the "Basic Level 1 Training Method for High Back Striking" and started the task. He can get up to 40% extra training results.

It doesn't matter if you learn it. The most basic ones are not difficult. What is difficult is the details of the movements. Li Ao has only practiced a few times, and he can reproduce them almost exactly in training. James Worthy feels that he The salary of the second job will be reduced a lot, if I knew it earlier, I would not be charged by the day.

I think so, but he didn't deliberately delay the teaching progress, otherwise, based on his understanding of Li Ao's learning attitude, as long as he teaches well, this talented rookie will definitely train hard.

The time of such a genius cannot be wasted casually!

He thought of the super genius in his old club who went from a high school rookie to the second team and first defense in just 4 seasons. This one in front of him may progress even faster!
After a bit of heartache, James Worthy continued: "Your learning ability is far beyond my imagination, and you can't follow the progress of ordinary people. When you really practice the basics of your back, your ability to attack the frame will hinder you. Affect the further development of the back hit..."

Li Ao nodded when he heard the words, he agreed with this.

His three points are that he has polished the foundation early and developed a level 3 training method, but the supporting technology and running ability are not enough, which really affects his progress in further enhancing his ability in this area.

"...I adjusted the development plan. Next, I will attack the frame, turn around with the back, and pull up the jumper with the back... I will teach you one by one a number of techniques. After learning these, every training after that is a high post You have to be mentally prepared for the full set of training, which is much more difficult than the basics of back kicking."

James Worthy is also ruthless, aren't you a genius?See how talented you are!
Although he didn't intend to deliberately embarrass Li Ao, he always had the intention to compete.

However, he regretted a little after saying this.

He saw Li Ao's eyes lit up, as if he was saying - teach me!Teach me all quickly!

...

Li Ao's daily training schedule has become busier now, and the competition has also become busier.

After playing the Lakers, I practiced for one day, and then ushered in back-to-back games, playing the Hornets and Raptors at home.

In the game against the Hornets, the Clippers lost 93 to 106.

The defense did a little poorly, but Gentry and his players worked hard.

But with the current lineup rotation, even if the Clippers players work hard, they can't play a good defense.

Li Ao feels that he has encountered "discriminatory treatment" tonight. When the opponent's main lineup, he is the main attack.

When it came to the rotation lineup, the strength of the opponent's players became weaker, and he was replaced for a rest. McGinnis, who was replaced after 3 minutes of starting play, dared to fight hard in the rotation lineup stage.

Gentry explained to him: "Leo, the opponent's strongest player, only you can defend, and the opponent's best defender, only you can score more stably, we need you to stand up at this time, and this is also You are honing your personal ability, your back kick just now was quite beautiful, although you were blocked when you rushed in, your turn around was great..."

If he didn't talk about this, Li Ao wouldn't think too much. After the other party explained it this way, he always felt that the head coach with less and less hair was planning something.

But from this arrangement, there was no disadvantage to him, so he didn't care.

今晚他投篮还可以，22投10中，其中三分球3中1，外加6中5的罚球，拿到26分7板4助攻1抢断3盖帽。

The next day, January 1, the Clippers faced back-to-back challenges from the Raptors.

In this game, Li Ao's mentality was very Buddhist.

Looking at Maurice Peterson, his college opponent, he just wants to prevent this guy tonight.

As for Mark Jackson, Carter, Charles Oakley, Antonio Davis, Kevin Willis, Zeon Clark, Dell Curry, Collis Williams, Jerome Williams ... love so and so.

But sometimes luck is too good to stop!

The Raptors had a very poor shooting touch from the very beginning. Carter took the lead and started to hit the iron. It was so iron that Li Ao suddenly thought that Carter's jersey number was -1.

卡特全场打了29分钟，24投8中，加上6中3的罚球，拿到19分。

最惨的，当属被李敖盯死的莫里斯-皮特森，9投1中拿到4分2板1盖帽。

The best performance of the Raptors team was Kevin Willis, who came off the bench and was left alone. He made 12 of 8 shots, plus 4 of 4 free throws, and scored 20 points.

For the Clippers, the counterattack is flying!

Li Ao counterattacked and scored 6 goals. In addition, the opponent violated the body and made two free throws and one throw. All throws counted as counterattacks, and he scored 16 points just by counterattacking.

Not only is the offensive performance sluggish, but the Raptors' defense is not doing well.

全场李敖25投14中，其中三分球1中1，加上6中6的罚球拿到35分7板5助攻2抢断4盖帽！

Maggette scored 17 points and Big Q scored 16 points.

McGinnis had the opportunity to continue to fight and fight hard. Facing Mark Jackson's defense, he made 11 of 6 shots and scored 15 points and 11 assists.

The Clippers team worked together to beat the Raptors 107 to 88, ending their 4-game losing streak. The record came to 17 wins and 16 losses, stabilizing a [-]% winning percentage!
After getting 760 achievement points, Li Ao finally felt refreshed.

After losing 4 games in a row, I finally vented tonight.

I just didn't have a chance to defend against Carter, which is a bit regrettable.

If Carter goes crazy, it will definitely be his turn to defend, but the arrangement of the coaching staff is to let Maggette try first. It was only then that he was allowed to go, so that he could save his strength on offense and defense, but tonight Carter went to the back to make a shot, so naturally it was not his turn.

However, he was very surprised by Carter. He didn't defend Carter tonight, but Carter defended him a few rounds, and his defense was... very poor and not active. It was far from the Carter he remembered when he was in the Mavericks and Grizzlies. great!
(End of this chapter)