From sparring to superstar

Chapter 156 154. On the Bar

Counting the preseason games, the Clippers lost to the Sonics 4 times in a row, and finally won once. Li Ao was very happy.

However, Odom's defensive performance just back is worrying.

But without Odom, they will not be able to soar tonight. Although the Sonics' defensive performance has declined due to the middle of the season, it's just that Ewing is old and Payton is not young. Compared with the top level of the early season, The team's defensive performance is still excellent.

Tonight, the Clippers didn't play like the Raptors, but Odom came back, and the whole team's offense was connected in series, with more blooming points, and the regular time was on par with the supersonics' pitchers. , Only the overtime defense won.

Since Odom had already played a fairly good defensive performance before the injury, it shows that there is still salvation, just adjust slowly.

Occasionally such a game, Li Ao feels very cool, 15 of 8 shots, a rare hit rate of more than [-]%, it is also very cool to catch the ball and pass it out to teammates to make shots.

He does not resist playing offense, and is looking forward to the future offensive era, but now in the iron-blooded defensive era, his defense is not bad, of course, he prefers the team to play a good defense.

On the second day, the rest day, Gentry did not arrange team training, and then it was back to back.

Li Ao didn't go to extra practice today, and helped organize things in the warehouse at home in the morning.

Mom and Dad are in the kitchen preparing tonight's New Year's Eve dinner.

The aunt of the hospital assistant is directing the workers to decorate the yard and living room, and order some dishes that are more suitable for European and American people, and they will be delivered before dinner.

Li Ao invited several teammates to come, the ones who usually play the best, Big Q, Jermaine O'Neal, Odom, Boykins, and the newcomer Matt Harprin, plus the coaching staff. Several people, the old man who retired to the Memorial Stadium for the elderly.

Originally, he wanted to call the coaches of the Trojans and a few old teammates, but unfortunately the Trojans were going to play an away game, so it had to be next time.

Li Ao was in charge of unpacking and packing the cartons in the warehouse, and he was not too tired. He was not responsible for packing the things. He was playing away games at the time, and now he has the pleasure of unpacking the express delivery.

After dismantling, sort them and put them on a cardboard box or cart aside, and tidy up the backyard to help aunts and mothers come to deal with them.

After unpacking it, Li Ao saw a transparent file bag, and was wondering whether to put it on the trolley of the auntie's work materials or in the small box of the insurance certificate, and saw the "land ownership certificate" typeface.

He also saw a copy of the four certificates of this villa just now, so this is...

Cats know they are going to die, but they still cannot restrain their curiosity, especially people.

He opened it and looked at the land ownership certificate, land ownership transaction records over the past century, house property rights transaction contract, and house purchase insurance, all four certificates were complete.

Just bought a house, Li Ao knew that this was the complete property rights certificate of Yingjiang's house.

He didn't find it strange that the auntie of the hospital assistant had her own real estate. She was a rich woman with tens of millions of dollars in cash.

But the address above...

At this time, Vivian happened to arrange the work in the yard and came to the warehouse to help her family Leo, only to see that her family Leo was looking at the property rights certificate.

not good!

"The apartment we lived in turned out to be yours! I said why the price is so cheap!"

"Ahem, I'm not afraid of the face of a little boy like you, and I don't want to accept such a low price. You only have 1500 yuan a month for living expenses, and I don't want you to go boarding with other people's homes. They will let you be an international student. Do the dirty work and sleep in the basement, that's why I say it's my friend's house."

"Then you still charged my rent for two and a half years! And you also charged this month's rent!"

"Do you live this month?"

"Living."

"Is it right to rent a house and pay rent?"

"Correct."

"Then what's wrong with me charging your rent?"

"..."

Invulnerable, irrefutable!
The aunt of the hospital assistant is getting better at speaking, who did she learn from!
...

This year's New Year's Eve is like a party.

It was the first time for Li Ao's parents to celebrate the New Year like this, and it felt fresh.

The teammates came to play with the elders, and the elders were there. They were very polite, not as rough as the usual party, but they were not too reserved. They played cards, chatted and drank some wine, but not much. There will be back to back tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

Li Ao's predecessor was also a lively personality, otherwise he would not have met a beautiful classmate as his girlfriend in junior high school, and after breaking up, he would learn how to get drunk and become alcoholic...

So after he crossed over, his personality became more unrestrained, but no one felt that there was something wrong. His parents thought that he became more chic just because of the blow of breaking up.

He now knows where the lively character of his predecessor came from.

His father took a mouthful of poor English that he had just learned in the past two years, and actively socialized with his teammates and coaches, and they quickly got along with each other, and even went to the poker table to kill everyone.

It's completely different from the image of him with a straight face when he sees him, chasing him and hitting him when he disagrees!
This New Year's Eve, Li Ao's house was very lively, and everyone had a good time.

There is only one thing that everyone feels speechless.

Kobe is here, this is no problem, teammates also know that Li Ao often uses Kobe to practice defense.

The boss can quickly adapt to the confrontation in the NBA and show his defensive ability in the NBA early. The neighbor's player has contributed a lot.

Kobe drank red wine alone, and he smiled when he chatted with Gentry and the eldest father’s father who he had known for a long time. When others went up to toast, they only got a stiff "I don’t know you well", and they were not surprised. .

They don't even give face to their teammates toast, let alone their neighbor team.

But this guy went to a party, dressed like the groom, with a suit and leather shoes, a tie, and a brooch!
Others don't know how to complain.

Although Vanessa also dressed up to attend, it can be seen that it matches Kobe's dress.

After being with Kobe, Vanessa also often appeared on TV, and often appeared in the wife's circle. The dress on TV and newspapers was not like this...except when she appeared with Kobe.

But to everyone else's envy, Vanessa enjoyed dressing up with Kobe.

This is equivalent to the boy who likes Ultraman, and his girlfriend is willing to cooperate with him.

...

After a busy year, on the second day, the first day of the Lunar New Year, Li Ao continued his rookie season journey.

In the preparations for the game in the morning, the Clippers players were extremely active and in high spirits.

Tonight's opponent is the Celtics!
Of course, they don't empathize with the neighbors next door. On the contrary, from a certain perspective, they empathize with the Celtics more easily, and they don't like the neighbors next door.

It's that they feel that they have a great chance of winning tonight!

In terms of rankings, although the Celtics are the eighth in the Eastern Conference, their record is only 20 wins and 22 losses.

Although their Clippers are only ranked No.11 in the West, they have a record of 21 wins and 21 losses.

And they almost won the last match, but Pierce scored 13 points in the final quarter and 35 points in a single game. They overthrew them by personal ability, and the Celtics took the victory by 7 points.

In this match, the Clippers want to win back!
Compared with challenging a strong enemy, it is definitely more exciting to play against an evenly matched opponent.

Li Ao is also looking forward to playing against the strange man who received 9 knives in 28 seconds last September.

A black athlete, competing with others in a nightclub in Boston to grab a girl, how hungry must the person who did this do it?

The most amazing thing is that Pierce actually returned to the team before the end of the training camp. It seems that he has opened up the two channels of Ren and Du. He has made greater progress than in the second grade. So far this season, he has averaged 24.9 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists per game, ranking among the top scorers Ranks, and for the first time since entering the NBA for three seasons, he has played half of the regular season and maintained full attendance.

Some media ridiculed that Pierce's body was replaced with full metal armor.

After the preparations in the morning were over, Li Ao communicated with Matt Harprin and O'Neal about the defensive cooperation, and was about to go to practice again. Big Q suddenly found him in a hurry.

"Boss! Pierce said that your defense is not good. You just rely on fighting to scare people. If you can't scare him, he can blow you up with one hand..."

...

Where did he offend Pierce?

Li Ao didn't seem to know this person after thinking about it.

He has been in the NBA for so long, and he is recognized as good in three areas-defense, passing, and mid-range shooting.

Of course, black fans do not agree that this is generally accepted.

As an off-ball shooter, he scored a lot of goals. The black fans and the media who black him as a selling point said that his teammates passed the ball well.

In the dozen or so games that Odom was injured, he averaged double figures per game.

There are many assists, and the black fans also said that his teammates shot accurately.

But his defense, except for the stalk of "bullying the old and the weak", even black fans do not deny that his defensive performance is very good.

There is a high probability that the man who was stabbed 11 times to pick up girls in a nightclub is jealous of his good looks.

This can be regarded as being provoked, a little angry, but more curious.

Obviously he can spray him for scoring and assists, but he chooses the most ineffective defense.

What brain circuit is this?

He paused for extra training, went to the lounge, took out his notebook and checked the news on the Internet, and saw the video clip of Pierce being interviewed.

Big Q really didn't add fuel and vinegar, but said it very euphemistically.

Pierce didn't provoke anymore, but sprayed him.

It is said that his defense is overrated, the league favors him, that he blocks shots...

In the video, Pierce sprayed his content, some of which were illogical and contradictory.

But when Pierce went berserk, Li Ao saw the reason—the question asked by the host was deliberately provoking trouble.

The host asked Pierce: "The last time you played against the Clippers, you only won by 7 points without Spiderman. This time with Spiderman, it will be difficult for you to score 35 points. Do you still have a chance to win?"

Li Ao remembered that in the game at the beginning of December, some media commented that the Celtics took advantage of his suspension, and he should thank the Knicks for helping them win.

Before that, there is another question-"Do you envy Spider-Man's rookie season to be selected as an All-Star starter?"

Yesterday, during the Chinese New Year at Li Ao’s house, the NBA officially announced the data of the second phase of the All-Star starting voting. As of the 20th, Li Ao has received more than 181 million votes. He continues to win the number one vote in the Western Conference, beating O’Neal with 163 million votes. .

Carter is still the league vote leader, with 193 million votes, surpassing the second highest number of votes he got last season.

In the first stage of voting, Carter's votes were a bit dangerous, and his fans immediately actively voted for him, temporarily widening the gap with Li Ao.

It is foreseeable that Jordan's historical record of 1997 million votes in 245 is about to die.

When the reporter asked this question, Pierce couldn't hold back anymore, and replied: "The All-Star starter does not represent strength. He is as popular as a movie star in Los Angeles. He naturally has more votes."

Although Pierce is very sour here, he still restrained himself.

But with this question as a foreshadowing, when the host asked the second question, Pierce broke the defense directly.

Li Ao understood why Pierce sprayed him, but he sprayed all over his face, so he had to respond.

He was about to go to extra training, let himself calm down first, prepare well, and be ready to respond on both ends of the offense and defense. At this time, the team press officer Kyle came and asked him if he would like to accept an exclusive interview now.

The recent record is not good, with 5 wins and 9 losses. Li Ao's enthusiasm for interviews is not as high as that of the previous season.

Now it's not like when I was in college, I won all the time and pretended to be aggressive.

Apart from dealing with the imperial TV station and Xinhua News Agency, he has not accepted an exclusive interview for a long time, and he is focused on improving his strength, so that he can pretend to be more pleasant in the future.

He subconsciously wanted to refuse, but when he heard the name of the media requesting an interview, he chose to accept it.

...

This morning, in the news of the ESPN basketball game preview, Pierce was broadcast in an exclusive interview yesterday, angrily complaining that Li Ao's defense is overrated, and he said that he beat Li Ao with one hand.

At noon news, ESPN released Li Ao's response.

"First of all, I don't disrespect friends with physical disabilities. I treat everyone equally, but I'm curious, what does it look like for a person with sound limbs to play with one hand? I hope he looks like a man and keeps his word."

"I heard that he is from Los Angeles. He has been a Lakers fan since he was a child. He once dreamed of joining the Lakers? Don't dream about it. The Lakers have Kobe Bryant. How can he look up to him... oh, I heard that the Lakers are now The team is still dreaming of trading me back, please inform them, I am very expensive, unless they dismantle OK."

"My defense may be overrated, but I think his offense is also overrated. He scores so many points, but his record is not as good as ours. What's the use? The Celtics are still bad. The current core is not capable of leading them to win."

"Of course I have the confidence to guard against him. I'm not the kind of person who doesn't even care about defense for the sake of scoring points..."

After the news was broadcast, it ignited the attention of fans!

The two young stars are on the bar!
In the middle of this season, fans don't have much fun to watch. Last time, Li Ao had 9 consecutive 20+ games, and then led his team to beat the OK combination in an upset.

In the past period of time, there has been no hot news. What can be called lively is that the Clippers "do charity" and send the first-class combo guard who can average 17+6 per game to the Cavaliers given the opportunity.

And the popularity was short-lived. After McGinnis went to the Cavaliers, no one paid attention to him. During the Clippers period, some people paid attention to this player purely because of Li Ao.

Now, it's finally fun to watch again!
The fans found out that Li Ao was a real loser!Every knife hits the point!
(End of this chapter)