From sparring to superstar

Chapter 153 151. Here Comes a Tough Guy
科比29投13中，其中三分球10中3，加上10中8的罚球，拿到37分7板4助攻3抢断1盖帽。

奥尼尔26投14中，加上11中5的罚球，拿到33分9板5助攻3盖帽。

With the performance of the OK combination, the Clippers unexpectedly killed the Lakers in an upset!
And there is also a lack of Odom, the inside offensive core!
This game was broadcast live across the United States, and the ratings were quite good. The number of paid subscriptions exceeded 500 million, and the final number of paid viewings will exceed [-] million, breaking the highest ratings after Christmas this season.

After the game, the fans discussed enthusiastically.

Facing O'Neal, Jermaine O'Neal scored 20 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks.

McGinnis had 19 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists.

Big Q made 4 three-pointers in a single game, showing his talent as an excellent pitcher.

Boykins soared 11 points in the last half of the quarter, helping the Clippers lay the foundation for victory.

李敖拿到17分11板2助攻的两双表现，未能像大狗、艾弗森、邓肯那样连续10场20+，让球迷们稍有些遗憾。

Like him or not, fans love to watch 'The Record'.

However, the regular season is only in the middle of the season, and there are still more than 40 games. This can be 9 consecutive games with 20+... The fans are more looking forward to Li Ao's scoring performance in the following games.

Li Ao's shooting was poor tonight. Before the last 2 minutes, he was only 14 of 4.

But at the last moment, O'Neal and Li Ao's off-the-ball turning back to catch and shoot the ball made the fans' eyes shine.

There are rumors that Li Ao asked Jordan for advice on back kicking, but Jordan refused to teach him. He broke Jordan's ribs. In the end, he threatened with force, so that the famous Lakers James Worthy had to teach him back kicking.

It was less than 3 weeks after Jordan broke his ribs and went to the hospital, and Li Ao was able to hit the game-winning shot against Kobe's defensive lower back!

In addition to his back-up and turnaround shot that was too far back at the beginning, he accounted for two of the top five shots today!
Li Ao finally enjoyed the joy of 'winner takes all'. His back-up performance was so bad before, but people remember only his opening and last two back-ups.

However, the most popular topic in this game - Li Ao's name of "Bullying the Elder and the Weak Spider-Man" is even more resounding!

At first, when most people ridiculed Li Ao for only hating the old man and the opponent's worst scoring player, many people stood up, presented the facts and reasoned, and analyzed the help of his lock-up of such scoring to the team's defense.

Now, after he has been recognized in this regard, when fans discuss this matter, the style of painting is reversed in two levels...

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"What do you mean I can only hate old men and bully weak chickens? I defended Kobe with 24 of 9 shots in the first three and a half quarters!"

The next morning, after Li Ao saw the news posted by the hospital assistant’s aunt, he grabbed the keyboard, put on his schoolbag, turned on the trumpet, and went around to read Kobe’s 24-for-9 shooting in the first three and a half quarters. To abuse the weak', unfortunately, had little effect, and was ridiculed by the aunt who was helping the hospital.

After lunch, Vivienne took Li Ao to see the newly bought house.

After picking for half a month, Vivienne finally chose a house that met Li Ao's various requirements and she also liked it.

After Li Ao saw the house, he fell in love with it at first sight. The decoration style is simple and elegant.

The newly built house in 95 looks very new.

And the purchase price is lower than the price the seller bought for the demolished old house in 94.

Apart from the fact that the seller asked to pay all the purchase price in cash within three months, which made Vivienne quite critical. These days, there are so many requirements for selling a house, and they are both very satisfied with the rest.

Li Ao walked around, 9 bedrooms, 12 bathrooms, with swimming pool, open-air court, yard... The decoration company has entered the site and is undergoing maintenance and overhaul. Most of the rooms have no major changes, mainly for furniture replacement, mainly Replacement of beds, sofas, bathtubs, kitchen stoves, home appliances... and other living furniture.

There are two rooms that have undergone major changes, one is to rebuild a professional gym, and the other is the game room that Li Ao has been thinking about.

Li Ao is very satisfied with the house. After learning about the location environment, traffic conditions, property services, community security, etc., he also thinks it is very good.

He and his auntie made a special attempt to drive from the new house to Memorial Stadium, and it took 38 minutes under the regular traffic environment in Los Angeles.

It's a little farther than the Memorial Stadium from the apartment, and it took an extra 10 minutes, which is not bad, after all, if you want a better environment, you have to be farther away from the city center.

There is no need to reinstall wardrobes, floors, decorations, etc., to avoid air pollution. Now you only need to wait for the maintenance and overhaul to be completed, and you can move in after the third-party inspection is all right. I'm coming here this year, so I don't have to worry about having no place to live.

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After the game against the Lakers, the Clippers got two rest days. On the morning of the 15th, the Clippers left Los Angeles for Minneapolis.

On the plane, Li Ao looked at the schedule and was very worried. After arriving in the City of Ten Thousand Lakes, he should take the big Q to practice back-up and turn around without the ball.

James Worthy also said that he is suitable for training now, and reviewed that he only considered the attack with the ball, and the back play is not just about holding the ball.

Next, the Clippers will have a wave of 5 days and 4 games, all away games, and then return to the home court, and they will encounter the Celtics, Sonics, and Kings in succession...

He doesn't think about the schedule anymore, just play one game at a time, actual combat + training, it's very training, his two basic skills that are focused on strengthening at this stage, the emergency stop has reached 79, and the turn has reached 77, The two skills of catching and turning to shoot and emergency stop and catching and shooting both soared to 78.
With his attention drawn away, Li Ao found that the group of people playing cards today was extremely harmonious, and curiously asked the big Q next to him: "Quentin, where is Jeff? Why didn't he quarrel with him at the poker table today?"

"Yeah! Boss, if you don't tell me, I didn't pay attention. Why didn't I see him today? Boss, let me tell you, that guy is so annoying. After starting, I feel like he looks down on everyone except you. The boss looks like the second child, even playing cards with an attitude of 'I am a star'..."

Li Ao listened to Big Q complaining, without interjecting.

Big Q talked about 'black people have bad brains' at the end.

Not long after, after staying in a hotel in Minneapolis, Li Ao saw the news and knew why he didn't see McGinnis.

While they were on the plane, the management had already completed the transaction, and the team notified McInnis that he would not be traveling with the team!

They sent Jeff McGinnis and Cherokee Parks in exchange for Matt Harprin and Brian Knight of the Cavaliers.

When Li Ao learned about the deal from Shelby Jordan, Li Ao's first reaction was—the Cavaliers doing charity?
Can McGinnis be traded to Matt Harpring?
This small forward, Li Ao has heard of it, the media called him a white defensive champion with the shadow of the powerful Jagged Knight in the 90s, and his labels are tenacious and hardworking.

The offensive end is good at cutting and long two points, has a certain breakthrough ability, and the defense is very good.

As for Blevin Knight, looking at the statistics, he is very good. He averaged 97 points and 98 assists per game in his rookie year from 9 to 8. At the beginning of the shrinking season in 99, he got a 4-year contract extension of 1975 million dollars in advance. , The new contract has just come into effect this season.

But last season, after the Cavaliers selected Andre Miller, who averaged 11 points and 5 assists per game, Blevin Knight, who averaged 9 points and 8 assists per game in the first two years of his career, began to be sold, but no team wanted it.

This season, the Cavaliers directly gave up Blevin Knight. After playing 30 games in the regular season, he only got 6 appearances, played 15 minutes per game, and scored 1.5 points and 4.5 assists.

With a height of 178 cm, shooting is purely based on luck, scoring mostly depends on counterattacks, high ball possession rate, and defensive side effects.

Li Ao wondered, is it because the Cavaliers sold Matt Harperin in order to send Blevin Knight away?
However, he saw comments from the media and fans on the Internet, which were quite different from his perception.

In the last 7 games, McGinnis averaged 17.9 points and 6.1 assists?

Li Ao didn't notice that McGinnis performed so well during this time. He had the impression that McGinnis wasn't bad, but most of the time it didn't play a positive role for the team.

Before the winning streak of the Nuggets and the Lakers, McGinnis led the team as the main offensive point with the ball, 1 win and 4 losses.

The Nuggets singled out Van Exel, and they did play well, but when they played against the Lakers, they were discouraged at critical moments, and Boykins led the team with 11 points in half a quarter to lay the foundation for victory.

But according to the media and fans, McGinnis is a delayed player. After Odom was injured, he seized the opportunity to rise... Their Clippers became the one doing charity.

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In another room of the hotel, the Clippers management and coaching staff gathered.

Wally Walker, general manager of the Clippers who has just done "charity", said: "It would be nice if McGinnis was given a little more time to 'rise'. If he can show continuity, we don't have to eat Nai." Special four-year contract."

Gentry comforted: "There is no way. We will play back-to-back for 5 days and 4 games in a row. When we return to the home court, we will play three teams with strong defense. If it continues, McGinnis' rise" It’s about to be revealed.”

Wally Walker said regretfully: "Yeah, this schedule is too unfriendly."

"Actually, it's not bad. Our first 7 games happened to have the conditions for McGinnis to get good data. Otherwise, how could I get Harprin in a trade. You finally gave Parks the remaining 3 years of 630 million contract to the Cavaliers." The team has already made a lot of money."

Gentry felt that these managers were too greedy, even thinking about McGinnis changing Matt Harperin alone.

However, he also felt that it was good for the management to be greedy, otherwise he wouldn't dare to think that he could exchange a stat brush for a defensive champion.

And although Wally Walker is greedy, he is very calm, he accepts as soon as it is good, and makes a move when it is time to make a move.

His head coach now finally doesn't have to worry about how to play around McInnis!
(End of this chapter)