From sparring to superstar

Chapter 172. 170. The season-end sprint stage is here (full 2800 monthly tickets plus more)

Little Flying Squirrel also has a black thread.

This candy man, if you are cowardly, just be cowardly. When you are cowardly, can you find a serious one who can beat you?

His small arms and legs are not enough for pendants.

Last time he experienced it, hanging on Spider-Man's body, he couldn't stop Spider-Man from making a fast-break dunk.

But he is not worried about the sugar man being beaten again. He has investigated it in his free time. Since Li Ao became well-known in the college basketball circle last year, he has never had the experience of beating someone on his own initiative... the time he beat Dirty Kurt, In his opinion, it is not an initiative.

If he had the fighting power of this big spider, he would not be able to wait until the end of the game to attack him if he was so viciously offended.

Little Momonga turned around and looked up at Sugar Man speechlessly, then walked away.

The sugar man is very square, pitifully weak and helpless.

How about retreating...

No!

The eldest brother, the second brother and the third brother have said that he has to harden himself.

He puffed up his chest, arched his hands outward, and expanded his size, and he felt that the fear was much lighter.

Brother Hua is still amazing!There is such a good way!

Li Ao waited for a minute, and the sugar man finally plucked up his courage when there was no one in front of him and said, "Don't you guys fail to make it to the playoffs, I'll be waiting for you in the playoffs!"

"Okay, thank you for your encouragement, I will work hard."

Sugar Man: "(￣(エ)￣)ゞ?????
Li Ao went on to say: "You have to work hard. Last season, the Trail Blazers played the tiebreaker with the OK combination in the Western Conference Finals. If this year's center is replaced by you, the playoff performance will not be as good as last season. Tsk tsk, you said you will be scolded." Will it be Pippen who won 6 championships, or Wallace who performed as well as O'Neal, or Smith who performed better than Kobe in the early stage? Or let the fans scold Sabonis!"

Sugar Man: Σ(⊙▽⊙"a!!
Sitting on the right back of the sugar man, worrying about the roof of the world that the successor will be beaten: (_)
Sabonis looked at the sugar man who was down, and then at the Spider-Man who turned around, waved and walked onto the field to shoot hot shots.

Let Pippen teach this No. [-] pick trash talk!

Don't ask to be able to speak to others, at least don't be teased by others!
This No. [-] pick is really tiring to teach!
...

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the game between the Clippers and the Trail Blazers started.

Jordan sat on the sidelines, looking forward to his former younger brother leading the team to hammer Spider-Man.

The youngest AMVP, surpassing his All-Star highest votes, we must let Spider-Man know that he is still a rookie!
Jordan is very confident in the Trail Blazers, and the Trail Blazers players are also highly confident and play quite casually.

then……

In the first quarter, the Clippers scored 33 to 15 in a single quarter by relying on counterattack and fast break.

The Clippers played very excitedly in the first quarter, and Maggette, Big Q, and Boykins, who played in rotation, also played high, but when they entered the intermission and saw the 18-point difference, they were all dumbfounded.

It's so much ahead!
The Trail Blazers' first quarter data was posted on the big screen. They made 17 of 5 shots, including 3 of 0 three-pointers and 7 of 5 free throws. They scored 15 points and made 5 turnovers in a single quarter.

After the Clippers players were dumbfounded, ecstasy followed!Everyone is in high spirits!

The Trail Blazers were stunned, but they adjusted in time and started the point chasing mode.

In the second quarter, the Trail Blazers focused on offense, and their performance rebounded quickly, scoring 25 points in a single quarter.

But the defense failed to tighten up, and the opponent scored 27 points.

40 to 60, the Trail Blazers fell behind by 20 points.

But at any rate, they caught the situation and prevented the Clippers from scoring 20 points on fast breaks like they did in the first quarter.

In the third quarter, the Trail Blazers showed their strength as a championship-level team, blasting 34 points and suppressing the Clippers to 23 points, chasing the score to 74 to 83, and narrowing the point difference to single digits.

但到了末节，快船队回过神，李敖单节6投3中，外加2中2的罚球拿到8分2助攻2盖帽，小奥尼尔拿到4分2板1助攻1抢断，马特-哈普林拿到5分，奥多姆6分1板3助攻，马盖蒂拿到4分，快船队就他们5人得分，5人合力拿到27分！
For the Blazers, the third quarter was fierce, but the offense was too hard. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Mike Dunleavy wanted the players to slow down and put in a defensive lineup, but the defense failed. Little Flying Squirrel, Steve Smith, and Tianzun returned to the court after a 3-minute break, and their offensive feeling was gone, scoring only 23 points in the final quarter.

李敖拿到23分9板4助攻1抢断4盖帽、奥多姆18分7板7助攻、博伊金斯12分5助攻、小奥尼尔15分12板、马盖蒂12分、马特-哈普林14分……

Six of the Clippers scored in double figures and beat the Trail Blazers 6-110!

From the beginning to the end, the fans at the scene cheered and cheered for the players even if they were narrowed by 11 points in a single quarter by the opponent in the third quarter.

In their view, this is definitely an upset. They scored 18 points in the first quarter. Can they not be excited?

After the final whistle sounded, the Clippers players also celebrated excitedly, and even they felt that they had won the opponent in an upset.

In the third quarter, they couldn't attack or defend, and the pressure on them was too strong.

But their mentality did not collapse. Instead, they played harder in the final quarter, desperately grabbing opportunities.

In the end, they won!

Sugar Man listened to the jeers from the fans and just wanted to go home.

This group of unconscionable fans, even though he didn't play very well when he was in the Clippers, even though he was scolded as a parallel importer, even though he had a bad attitude towards the fans, even though he robbed passers-by on the street to eat cakes and even got into fights and squatted for two Tian Jizi, although he likes to bully rookies in the team, although it is caused by internal strife in the team, although...

Well, he thinks he'd better run away...

...

After defeating the Trail Blazers in an upset, the Clippers' record improved to 34 wins and 24 losses.

But the good luck didn't last. On the 5th, the Clippers lost to the Mavericks 92-103 at home.

Nowitzki encountered Li Ao and Lamar Odom's round-the-clock defense and played miserably, scoring 10 points and 3 rebounds on 10 of 11 shots.

But Finley, Nash, and Juwan Howard all scored 20+.

库班展示了一波财力，用克里斯汀-莱特纳663万美刀到期合同、劳伊-奥特481万美刀到期合同、休伯特-戴维斯4年仅1000万美刀的优质合同、加里-特伦特240万美刀的到期合同，在交易截止日前从奇才队换回了朱万-霍华德。

If you only look at the effect of the court, although Juwan Howard is not as good as his rookie contract period, he averaged 18 points and 7 rebounds per game, and his style of play is also suitable for the old Nelson. He is indeed better than those players with expired contracts. Improvement in strength.

However, Juwan Howard's salary this year is 1688 million US dollars, and the next two years are 1875 million US dollars and 2063 million US dollars respectively.

The NBA will start imposing a luxury tax next season...

Even if the luxury tax is not considered, Juwan Howard’s salary can sign two or three players with his strength. The old Nelson persuaded Cuban that after this season, they have plenty of opportunities to strengthen. Their core lineup It's very attractive. An outstanding player like Tyron Hill of the 76ers, who averages 12 points and 10 rebounds per game, has stable inside scoring and good defense, is only $660 million.

Cuban said no, he couldn't wait for a moment, and he had to strengthen immediately.

We need to continue strengthening during the offseason, just spend money. Anyway, at the end of this season, the contracts of those players will expire, and their salaries will not fall below the salary cap. Why not strengthen them immediately while they still have trade value? .

Old Nelson felt the troubles of happiness...

Just sign in, but why is it a power forward?Although the style of play is suitable, it can only be used in turn with Nowitzki.

For Li Ao, he made 20 of 9 shots, scored 24 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks. He still lost. He did his best, but the strength shown by the Mavericks is indeed better than them.

He packed up his emotions and continued their devil's schedule.

到了3月7号，快船队在萨克拉门托阿科球馆，以93比106输给了国王队，李敖拿到16分4板6助攻3抢断1盖帽。

Kings' 8-man rotation maintained offensive strength throughout, with Webber 27 points, Peja 24 points, and sixth man Bobby Jackson 23 points.

On the second night after playing the Kings, the Clippers came to the Rose Garden Arena in Portland.

Facing the third Trail Blazers team with 3 wins this season and a current record of 40 wins and 40 losses, the Clippers failed to continue their upset this time.

双方都是5人得分上双，小飞鼠17分、天尊23分、皮蓬11分5板5助攻、邦奇-威尔斯17分、奥洛沃坎迪13分13板……力压15分8板3助攻3盖帽的李敖、13分4板4助攻的奥多姆、10分9板的小奥尼尔、13分的马盖蒂、11分的大Q。

94 to 86, the Trail Blazers gave the Clippers a 3-game losing streak. Sugar Man stood behind Momomo, Pippen, and Bangzi and laughed wildly at Spider-Man, leaving his teammates speechless.

Thinking about it better, the No. [-] pick they picked up, at least not cowardly on the court, the kind that Bel has confidence, so he dared to make a wave against O'Neal in singles.

As for O'Neal who was sent out, he looked more talented, but to them, it was actually a no. nothing.

...

After 10 consecutive victories, the Clippers ushered in a wave of 2 wins and 5 losses.

Li Ao thought that this wave of devil's schedule would be difficult, but he didn't expect it to be so miserable!

8连客过后的5场魔鬼赛程的前4场，1胜3负了。

战绩来到了34胜27负，与37胜23负的森林狼队、37胜24负的超音速队的差距变大了。

Fortunately, there is no need to worry about the Rockets behind. The Rockets have suffered a wave of losing streak, and now their record has become 32 wins and 30 losses. The Nuggets have already been beaten to a negative record, 30 wins and 31 losses.

In fact, look at the Timberwolves and the Sonics. They have lost a lot recently, but they are a little better than the Clippers.

Li Ao is under a lot of pressure off the court, and has been using the "pressure transfer method" to transfer the pressure of hitting the playoffs to the last 20 games, so that he can calm down to train and stabilize his mentality to prepare for the game.

On the 8th, they returned to Los Angeles for a night of rest. On the 9th, they once again ushered in a game against the Kings at home.

Before entering the court, what Li Ao thought was, 'Let's fight hard'. After entering the court, what Li Ao thought was, 'Whether the opponent is strong or not, just do it. If you win, you'll be happy. If you lose, you'll come back next time'. Seeing Weber wearing a suit opposite... the tiger was shocked!
Without Webber, the strength of the Kings fell by half!
Tonight, the Clippers temporarily adjusted their strategy. After being sacked on defense in the last game, they were going to play offense this time, but they changed to defense on the spot.

The players actively supported it.

Peja is still young in the third grade, and Li Ao is better in hard skills. Peja has stronger shots, better running positions, and three-pointers, but Li Ao has passing and defense, and he can single-handedly play Peja!
The score was 21 to 17 in the first quarter and 25 to 22 in the second quarter. The Clippers led by 7 points at halftime. In the third quarter, the Kings returned 21 to 18, reducing the difference to 4 points. Relying on Li Ao and Maggette's passing and cutting connection, although Maggette only made 6 of 2 shots, he made 10 shots in a single quarter, and all the other 4 shots caused damage. He made all 8 free throws and scored 12 points in a single quarter!
The Clippers defended the victory 24 to 21 in the final quarter!
Tonight, the Clippers shot 37.5 percent and the Kings shot 35.3 percent...

李敖拿到15分11板5助攻2抢断7盖帽、奥多姆11分14板、小奥尼尔9分19板、马盖蒂20分，快船队3人篮板球上双，以88比81力克国王队，终结三连败！
From 1 win and 3 losses to 2 wins and 3 losses, this wave of 5 consecutive devil games, at this time, it seems that it is not so miserable.

Li Ao felt that the method of the seniors in the same city was still very effective. The Trail Blazers and the Kings both won one game. He felt that the pressure in the remaining 1 games became less.

Although it was because of Webber's injury to win...but this is 'luck', Webber is injured, and if they don't win, they don't deserve to win.

However, regarding Weber's injury, Li Ao has some regrets. Of course, he doesn't think it's a pity that Weber didn't play tonight. that way.

There are two devil coaches in the NBA, and there is no Larry Brown, whose coaching intensity is controversial.

One is Pat Riley of the Heat, who trained Abdul-Jabbar until he retired and Magician until he was plagued by injuries in the finals. Riley's devil training camp became famous in the first battle.

That year the Lakers had already won two consecutive championships. In the playoffs, they played the best performance in the playoffs in team history. Injured in practice, swept in the finals...

The other is Rick Adelman of the Kings.

The teams coached by Adelman have a common feature-in the end, the core players will be seriously injured and the state will plummet.

When coaching the Trail Blazers, Drexler was seriously injured at the age of 92 in 30. After his comeback, his average dropped from 25 points to 19.9 points per game.

In Li Ao's memory, Weber was seriously injured at the age of 30. After his comeback, he fell from the second team to no team and became a homeless man.

The most outrageous thing is Yao Ming. After Yao Ming gained weight, the young Van Gundy knew that Yao Ming’s playing time should be controlled below 32 minutes when playing against weak teams. 334 minutes, this is what Van Gundy Jr. said after returning to the commentary post, and the statistics of Yao Ming's playing time are also the same.

Putting on weight to carry O'Neal, let's not talk about this operation, at least Van Gundy knows how to control Yao Ming's playing time.

But once Adelman came, Yao Ming had to play more than 35 minutes against weak teams, and soared to 40+ minutes against strong teams.

The worst thing is McGrady. Van Gundy Jr. used McGrady in the 06-07 season, which was a frugal use. McGrady’s playing time fell to a new low after leaving the Raptors. He played the best performance in 4 years and was selected to the second team. .

As a result, when Adelman came, he used the Yao-Mai combination to death like Webber and Glider, and both of them were crippled at the age of 29.

Adelman also has the nickname of 'Pat Riley on the court'.

His coaching characteristic-8-man rotation.

五个首发，一个可以打1-2号位的后场替补、一个可以打2-4号位的锋卫线替补、一个可以打4-5号位的内线替补。

This has already started to happen to the Kings this season. They have 8 players who have played more than 50 times, and 9 players who averaged more than 5 points per game, but except for the main 8-man rotation, other players There may not be any opportunities to play. If the 8 main players are all healthy, usually only these 8 players will play.

This kind of rotation can ensure the continuity of the performance of the Kings in a game. This continuity even hurts the head when encountering the OK combination. It is also very friendly to role players. The core is always on the court. They play easily, but As for the core player himself... Even a pitcher like Peja, who was 28 and nine years old and his physical fitness began to decline, suffered repeated injuries.

If you encounter such a coach, you have to hide!

...

On the second day, the Clippers ushered in the last opponent in 5 days and 4 games-the Nuggets.

After playing the Kings, the next 5 games will be easier, and the Mavericks are currently the only opponent in the playoffs.

At 7:40 p.m., the Nuggets and Clippers entered the court successively.

The Nuggets have lost the possibility of hitting 50 wins, 30 wins and 33 losses. After entering March, the Nuggets have 3 wins and 0 losses. Counting the two losses at the end of last month, they have lost 4 games in a row. After the All-Star Weekend, The gap between them and the top ten teams in the West was exposed.

Li Ao looked at the expressions of his teammates, and he was also infected.

During the warm-up in the afternoon, the teammates complained bitterly, but when they stepped onto the court, they were all aggressive like a beast out of the cage.

Finally ushered in a weak opponent, must win!

At 7:58, Li Ao and his starting teammates played together, and the task reminder came!

"The end of the regular season has come, and the sprint stage at the end of the season has arrived. Let's sprint bravely on the road to rise... Mission: sprint, beyond the trigger."

"Sprint, beyond:
目标1：宿主需带队创造队史最佳战绩。（快船队队史最佳战绩：45胜37负，本赛季战绩：35胜27负。）
Reward: 4 level 1 skill upgrade card.

Goal 2: The host needs to lead the team to the playoffs this season. (Current ranking: ninth in the West.)
Rewards: 10000 achievement points, 3 level 1 skill upgrade card, 1 gold level equipment upgrade card. "

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