From sparring to superstar

Chapter 150 148. Ultimate Skill: Sincerity

The number of votes was much more than Li Ao expected.

He is almost catching up with Carter, who is so popular this season!
Obviously, this has a lot to do with the recent media touting his 20+ in a row!
At this stage, even if domestic fans have extremely high voting enthusiasm, the vast majority of fans cannot find a channel to vote.

Internet voting still accounts for a very small proportion. Even in Yingjiang, 90% of the votes are physical votes. This is related to David Stern’s conservative thinking. Recently, too many Internet industries have gone bankrupt and many inside stories have been exposed .

The most frequent occurrence is data falsification, many of which are related to voting, sales, clicks, etc.

David Stern wants to ensure the gold content of the All-Star players, and has not opened a large-scale Internet voting for the time being.

If people want to vote, they still have to go to the physical store that the NBA cooperates with.

Li Ao felt that he took advantage of the general environment this time. It just so happened that in the middle of this season, the most topical superstars were "invisible". The stage when the general market environment is not good maintains a high degree of enthusiasm.

However, this is mainly due to his good personal performance. Even without this wave, he estimates that with his performance and popularity, he may be in the starting lineup, at least able to compete with Garnett.

After entering the NBA, Li Ao realized that rookies averaging 20+ per game are not common.

Since entering the modern basketball era in 1976, there have been no rookies averaging 20+ points per game in more than half a year, and there is usually only one rookie. Including this season, in the past 1 seasons, there have only been two seasons with 25+ points per game in 4 seasons rookie.

Most players who averaged 20+ per game in their rookie season will become top players in the NBA in the future... The only exception in the past 24 seasons is Glenn Robinson.

The Big Dog was controversial in his rookie year, and even won only a fraction of Kidd and Hill in the best rookie votes.

Players who started to retire in their rookie year, except for a certain No. 21 who has been in the NBA for a while and has hardly seen any improvement in a few years, are just big dogs.

Li Ao is very excited to be ranked No. [-] in the West, and may even challenge the flying man's top vote.

But while excited, he smelled a hint of danger.

Coincidentally, the two people who got the second and third votes in the west are the neighbors next door, and they just happen to be fighting against the neighbors next door tomorrow!

...

Herd mentality is very common in the world of sports.

Relying on his own performance and media hype, Li Ao ranked first in the Western Conference in the first stage of the All-Star starting voting, and his popularity soared again!

After the NBA announced the voting data for the first stage, keywords such as 'Leo', 'Li Ao', 'Spiderman Leo', and 'Western Voter King' took turns topping Yahoo's global keyword search rankings that night.

In Hill's rookie season, the number of votes in the first stage of the All-Star Weekend was directly twice that of No.

At that time, even in Yingjiang's family, computers for civilian use had just begun to become popular. At present, the Internet industry in North America has just passed a stage of rapid development... Although it is a bubble, the popularization of civilian computers and the Internet in Yingjiang's family is at this stage. Step up to a new level.

In the basketball world, Li Ao is full this time with the dividends of the times!
On the second day, January 1, the game between the Clippers and the Lakers arrived.

Whether Li Ao can continue to score 20+ in the game against the Lakers, tied with the Big Dog, Iverson, and Duncan, this topic has become the hottest topic in the NBA.

A hot topic related to this topic-how will the OK group deal with Spider-Man?
Many people are waiting to see the good show. The two members of the OK group have smaller hearts than the other.

Ten months ago, the game in which the Sharks scored a career-high 10 points was again hyped.

That night, O'Neal didn't even care about defense. He had 0 steals and 0 blocks in the game. It was the only game in his MVP season with zero steals and blocks. 11 times.

Bryant also had one of his trademark narrow-minded games last month.

Carter's big mouth got into trouble. He said that Kobe could only play well with O'Neal.

结果当晚科比29投14中拿到40分3盖帽，并且在一对一中把卡特防得32投仅10中拿到31分。

That night, Kobe committed five fouls, one technical foul, and one physical foul. He used all kinds of tricks, forcing Carter to shoot 5 times from beyond the three-point line.

Now Li Ao 'offended' both of them at once, what will happen?
...

The turmoil from the outside world did not affect Li Ao.

As usual, he followed the team to prepare for the game in the morning, practiced for two and a half hours after lunch, then asked Big Q to run errands to buy two burgers, slept for an hour, warmed up, ate burgers to satisfy his hunger... and finished the game in an orderly manner Preparations before the game.

At 7:40 p.m., the Staples Center, the Clippers and the Lakers entered the court one after another.

Tonight, the Lakers are at home, but nearly half of the fans are wearing Clippers jerseys and t-shirts!
Li Ao's all-star votes are high, and the Clippers fans are naturally the main force for the votes. Although it is in the middle of the season and the NFL is in power, the Clippers fans still maintain a high level of enthusiasm. Li Ao can play tonight's game, and they actively Grab tickets with Lakers fans, this time, a luxury!
The other half, hey, not many people are wearing Lakers jerseys or T-shirts.

Nobles fans have their pride. After re-climbing to the top of the NBA, except for a few games in the regular season this season, such as playing against the Celtics, or opponents with deep grievances in recent years, Lakers fans are extremely proud Look, the Lakers fans feel that these opponents are not worthy of their grand treatment.

For example, now, not only are there not many Lakers fans who "treat" the game grandly, there are not many boos when the Clippers players play, and many Lakers fans even cheer for Li Ao. The better Li Ao's performance, the more popular the news Gao, they were more dissatisfied with the lack of stud Li Ao in June last year.

Ever since, the situation was reversed. The scene and the atmosphere on the scene looked like the Lakers' home court was occupied by Clippers fans!
When O'Neill and Kobe heard the fans cheering for Li Ao, their irritable expressions became more irritable, and their stern expressions became more icy, with their eyes fixed on Li Ao.

Li Ao had felt these two fiery gazes a long time ago. He interacted with the fans for a while, and after enjoying the cheers of the fans, he looked across.

The eyes of Spiderman and OK met, and the three of them came to the technical stage tacitly, which once again aroused the cheers of the fans on site.

Kobe and O'Neill had a tacit understanding, and the two stared fiercely at the Spider-Man in front of them, trying to scare the rookie into tears.

But what responded to them was an excited and joyful expression, and excited eyes.

O'Neill said: "Both of us will play tonight, and you have no chance of winning!"

Kobe nodded three times.

Li Ao responded: "Even if you only win one, it will be very difficult for us to win."

"..."

O'Neill was choked, with an embarrassing expression on his face.

What kind of trick is this?
Seeing Li Ao's 'Nirvana: Sincerity', Kobe glanced at O'Neill and suddenly felt much happier.

It's a good feeling to have someone empathize with you.

O'Neill forced the topic to continue, showing a ferocious expression and said: "Tonight I will let you know that I should be the top voter. I am the strongest! Kobe and I can beat everything!"

When Kobe heard the words, he glanced at O'Neill again, and others curled his lips imperceptibly, but this time he didn't say anything.

Tonight's priority goal is to smash the little boat!

Li Ao responded after hearing the words: "I have long wanted to play against the world's number one OK group, and I finally have the opportunity. It's really exciting. If you can't play together today, I probably won't have a chance this season. It's a bit difficult for my side to make the playoffs, and I'm so lucky that you didn't get hurt tonight!"

O'Neill is so angry!

He finally understood why Kobe got angry when he mentioned Li Ao.

It turns out that it's not just the Afro being stingy, Spider-Man is really annoying, even if he doesn't talk trash!
Exposing his personality like a big bird, treating others with sincerity like a stone Buddha, can't be said!
O'Neill turned and left angrily.

Kobe had some schadenfreude-fatty you have today.

But what he cares more about is Li Ao's courage to challenge the strongest, which he has always appreciated.

Not only this big spider, he was also very excited to see the Clippers players on the opposite side.

This made him a little unbelievable. In the past four years, this neighbor immediately lost his fighting spirit when he saw their Zijin Army. Losing a game by 4 points is rarely a problem.

In just a few months, this team has changed too much!
Because the big spider is on this team, Kobe has paid a lot of attention to the opponent this season.

He can see the progress of this team this season.

The media also frequently reports.

The media are always hyping the progress of the Clippers players, the beginning of a tactical system, the improvement of team benefits... and so on.

Kobe thinks these are all right, but in his opinion, the most important improvement of the Clippers - no longer afraid of opponents!
When he played against the Clippers in the preseason, he could clearly feel that the Clippers players were afraid.

But on January 1st, two months later, Kobe played against the Clippers again. Although his team won, there was no fear on the other side. Although the pressure could be seen, everyone was fearless on the court. Do your best to defend.

Today, he saw that everyone on the opposite side was very excited.

He knows the reason, live broadcast across the United States.

But when they met the Lakers, the Clippers players were actually excited because of the live broadcast... Kobe was still a little uncomfortable and unhappy!
Everyone is exaggerating about Spider's leadership ability, but few people are exaggerating him in this regard!
...

Li Ao confirmed that the OK group had their eye on him because of the 'Western Ticket King'.

Some people gloated and said that this was an unwarranted disaster, but he readily accepted such a situation.

It's not that he is so confident that he can beat the OK combination, but that he feels that since he enjoys the spotlight and gets the attention, he should be targeted on the court.

He looked at O'Neill's evaluation report...turn it off for a few seconds, and then look at Kobe's.

"Kobe Bryant, 22 years old, 198 centimeters, 95 kilograms, comprehensive evaluation 97...speed 93, strength 91, jumping 97... averaged 28.8 points, 6 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 1.6 steals... shooting 46.4% from the field. Shooting 46.2 percent from the field and 65.5 percent at the rim..."

"I'll go! Big Shark and this explosive head, what will others do in the playoffs!"

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the long-awaited Li Ao finally ushered in his first confrontation with the OK group.

O'Neal narrowly beat O'Neal Jr. to win the jump ball, and the Lakers went first!
On the first attack of the opening, Kobe opened the weak side and took away Li Ao. Ron Harper passed the ball to Rick Fox at the top arc and then led McGinnis to the left corner. Nesby defended the top arc Inside, Horace Grant took Sean Lukes to the right baseline.

The Lakers' triangle offensive position was set up, and O'Neal singled O'Neal on the left side of the three-second zone.

O'Neal violently resisted O'Neal's attack, but O'Neal became more excited when he encountered the resistance, and suddenly pushed O'Neal back a step, Rick Fox passed the ball in time, O'Neal pushed O'Neal back and stepped forward After half a step, he comfortably received the ball, followed the movement of retracting his hand when catching the ball, and bumped towards O'Neal with another step, turned around and carried O'Neal aside.

O'Neal took off and smashed the ball into the basket when he moved ahead of time and pinched Sean Lux who came up at the first time!
One hit two brutal buckle!

Sean Lukes jumped up and hung on O'Neal, but failed to prevent the opponent from dunking.

Everyone was surprised by this, even the referee didn't blow his whistle, and used Sean Lukes as a dunk pendant.

Even O'Neill, who has an extra pendant, doesn't regard this as a foul, and he is used to it.

In the transition between offense and defense, Li Ao took a deep breath as he ran forward.

The scene just now, no matter how many times I watch it, I still feel amazing.

First rely on one step to knock back the opponent to catch the ball. When catching the ball, follow the movement of receiving the ball, use the space brought by the previous impact, and hit it again before the opponent sticks up. players.

O'Neill's style of play may seem rough, but if you take a closer look, it's full of details!

O'Neal defended very hard, and Sean Lukes, a veteran, moved in a timely manner.

However, O'Neal's action speed is a little faster than when he played half a month ago, and it has changed more than two months ago!
Because of weight!

When Li Ao entered the arena, he saw that the weight of the big shark dropped to 159 kg!

Other stars' performance declines in the middle of the season and physical problems occur. Even superstars at the level of Double 21 will be affected to some extent at this time.

This big shark lost weight at the beginning of the season, but in the middle of the season, it began to show the effect of losing weight...

Coming to the frontcourt, Li Ao threw himself into the offense and began to cooperate with McGinnis' breakthrough to run without the ball.

After running for a few seconds, Li Ao noticed something was wrong, and the explosive head bit tightly!

and,

The Lakers didn't switch defenses this time, so Kobe stared at him alone!
Li Ao finally got a chance, but the ball was not passed.

On McGinnis' side, he didn't see the opportunity to shoot the ball, and he couldn't make a shot. After breaking through Ron Harper, he encountered Horace Grant's supplementary defense and stopped the ball!

Li Ao hurried to the right side of the free throw line, and McGinnis threw the ball out as if grabbing a life-saving straw.

After Li Ao received the ball, he was immediately stuck to Kobe who was biting tightly!
When the ball was in Li Ao's hands, Li Ao didn't have the first opportunity to shoot or play the ball. The rest of the Lakers immediately defended their defenders and cut off the connection between others and Li Ao.

Li Ao leaned on Kobe, grabbed the ball with one hand and stretched to the far end to protect the ball.

The Lakers actually made targeted defensive preparations against them, and he felt... honored!

Thoughts diverged for a second, Li Ao immediately focused and leaned towards Kobe.

If you can't pass it on, if you don't have the conditions to vote directly, then back it up!

Li Ao didn't bump this time, he didn't stop his movement, he just tried it, he gathered his strength, and slammed into the back again, but the movement only seemed big, and he didn't really use his strength. In an instant, he turned to the left...Kobe judged that Li Ao's impact force was a fake move, moved sideways in time, and took a step to the left.

Li Ao was blocked. At this time, the benefits of paying attention to the most basic details were reflected. He immediately grabbed the ball and took a step back against the rebound force. Although the movement looked a little stiff and not smooth, it was done and got Room to lift the ball!
Kobe immediately pressed up and jumped up when Li Ao took off to shoot. His height and wingspan were at a disadvantage, but Kobe's bounce speed and bounce made up for the gap in static physical conditions, and his small hands covered the line of Li Ao's throw.

However, when Li Ao took off, he leaned back directly, leaning back 45 degrees, and successfully avoided Kobe's block shot...

'Perfect Warm Up Level 2' triggers, the first pitcher feels hot!
The ball drew a high arc and plunged into the basket!
Kobe turned his head to watch the ball fall into the frame, and then turned his head back to see Li Ao lying on the floor with a smug smile...

What's the situation, this guy's back attack has been developed?

　Today is grandma's birthday, Xiaofeng wasted a little time helping the kitchen in the morning, try to go early in the afternoon, thank you for your understanding.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)