From sparring to superstar

Chapter 174 172. Transformation!

13投3中，其中三分球5中0……但有14中12的罚球！
37分钟出场时间拿到18分3板1助攻2抢断6盖帽，李敖今晚整体表现，已经比前两次和马刺队交手好不少了。

It's just this data, he feels like he went to JDZ for further study.

After playing the Spurs, the Clippers came to Dallas, the last stop of Texas' three-game streak, the next morning.

Seeing that the players were in good spirits, Gentry communicated with the players and came to the American Airlines Arena at 3 p.m. for two training sessions.

For the first two opponents, one of them is very restrained, and the other, after thinking for a long time, he still doesn't know why Popovich is targeting Li Ao. Maybe he just doesn't like the handsome one?

Therefore, he did not do targeted tactical training in the first two games. He practiced regular offensive and defensive coordination on the morning of the game, allowing the players to adapt to the situation on the field.

The preparation atmosphere was relaxed, and the game was easy to win. He felt that after winning 4 consecutive victories, it was like seeing the sun behind the clouds. The players were swept away from the haze caused by the 3-game losing streak, and regained the confidence they had during the 10-game winning streak. His fighting spirit is high, and he is not afraid of anyone he meets.

Tomorrow's game, Gentry's attitude to the players is to win!
This time period is suitable for putting pressure on the players and pushing them.

Of course it's good to win, but it doesn't matter if you lose.

The only thing he worries about is that a certain number 0 player goes out again to speak loudly and irritate the opponent.

He feels that the pressure and motivation given to the players is just right, and any more may be counterproductive.

To his surprise, when their little spider was interviewed in the evening, when asked about the winning streak, they only praised Maggette for his good offensive performance recently, Jermaine O'Neal for his increasingly tough defense, and Bobby for his excellent scoring performance in chaotic battles. Eakins said nothing else.

Gentry was in tears all the time, their little spider finally knew how to fight a strong enemy first!

...

On March 3, at 16:7 p.m., the Clippers entered the arena first at the American Airlines Arena in Dallas.

Li Ao looked at the opposite starting lineup on the big screen, and glanced at the player evaluation report.

Silver Horn King with 90 ratings, Finley with 89 ratings, Nash with 82 ratings, and Juwan Howard with 83 ratings on the bench.

Has been hammered by the Mavericks 3 times in a row, be a dog.

If it's a 10-game winning streak, he might growl twice, and if it's a 4-game winning streak, forget it.

After the players of the two teams entered the field, Li Ao came to the opposite bench.

He is well-known, on the way he walked, the opposite side had already stood up to greet him, one by one, Finley and Juwan-Howard went up to meet Li Ao... Li Ao walked around them flexibly.

(O_o)(o_O)? ? ?

The two turned their heads and looked... oh... By the way, a rookie flower grower just arrived on their team.

Wang Zhizhi was at a loss when he saw Li Ao approaching.

It’s been a week since I came to the Mavericks, and I’m not familiar with the place. Although I took an English training class before coming here, I can’t understand it very well. The difference is huge. He has not had a chance to play for two weeks, and his teammates are so good...

Unfamiliar environment, language barrier, and a sense of gap, he has been living alone and helpless for the past few days. He is already showing signs of autism, and now suddenly a person who may know him walks towards him , as if to say hello, his first reaction was to hide.

However, when the other party walked up to him and saw the other party showing a sunny and cheerful smile, Wang Zhizhi's depressed emotions eased a lot.

The senior came first, and Li Ao reached out his hand to say hello: "Hi, I'm Li Ao, they all call me Spiderman, I'm in charge of NBA appearance, I've heard of you a long time ago, I'm so happy to finally meet you."

After Wang Zhizhi calmed down a bit, he was about to say hello when he choked.

This little senior is so stinky and narcissistic!
His American agent is also Jeff Schwartz. From Schwartz, he already knows that Li Ao is not as violent as the rumors say, and he is easy to get along with, but his words are very annoying.

Don't say, his fist is a little tight now.

If Li Ao was not so handsome, Wang Zhizhi would still think that the other party was joking.

The key point is that this junior is really so handsome, it sounds like he is really narcissistic.

However, the other party's words attracted the attention of the people around him, and Wang Zhizhi, who had been watched by many people, felt more relaxed.

He said in not-so-fluent English, "I'm Wang Zhizhi, and I'm glad to meet you too."

"Let's talk after the game. I'll go back and make preparations first."

"Oak."

After a brief greeting, Li Ao went to the technical table to rub chalk and prepare to practice shooting.

In February, Schwartz told him that Wang Zhizhi was coming soon. He paid attention to this matter and asked Schwartz to tell Wang Zhizhi his contact information. As a result, the domestic basketball player did not contact him.

Later, when he got busy, he forgot about it. In the final analysis, whether Wang Zhizhi came to play in the NBA had nothing to do with him, and he was not a teammate.

But when I saw you today, of course I had to say hello.

However, seeing the awkward appearance of the other party standing alone, he guessed that the other party might not be good at communication, so he deliberately used English when greeting him, not wanting to give Wang Zhizhi another evaluation from his teammates that he is special and speaks foreign languages.

When he was in the school before, he met other international students who grow flowers. They couldn't help communicating in Mandarin. They chatted happily, but the classmates stood aside boredly and complained to him afterwards, "I don't understand you. What are you talking about, I’m still next to you, you all know English, why don’t you talk in words that I can understand? I always feel like you’re talking bad about me.”

He remembered that when he was in high school in China, he also encountered a similar situation. He was the one who felt "excluded" at that time. Two classmates from other places met and spoke in dialects. Shanghai Ning and Wu Nong's soft language is difficult to understand.

He didn't actually say anything, but the third person will inevitably have ideas, so he will pay more attention to this.

After the greeting, he ignored Wang Zhizhi for the time being, and focused on preparing for the battle, without delaying the preparation time before the match.

On Wang Zhizhi's side, Nash asked him in surprise, "So you can speak English!"

After Wang Zhizhi spoke once, he dared to speak a second time. He made a peacock dance gesture: "Gast Soso."

Nash patted him on the back and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't have good English. Be bold. People who are enthusiastic will be popular. Look at your flower grower's Spider-Man, the whole world loves him."

Wang Zhizhi glanced at the young senior who shot picturesque shots... He tried his best.

...

The pre-match preparation time was over, and the two teams started to come to the field.

The Mavericks sent Nash, Michael Finley, Edondo Najera, Nowitzki, and Bradley to the starting lineup.

Old Nelson looked at the starting lineup of Big Q, Li Ao, Matt Harprin, Odom, and O'Neal. Even a bold head coach like him raised a question mark.

In this lineup, who is the second ball holder?
At 8:[-] p.m., the game begins.

O'Neal beat the big bamboo pole to win the jump ball, and the Clippers took the lead.

Odom received the ball at the free throw line and quickly advanced a few steps. Li Ao and Big Q's fast break were blocked. The former was blocked by Nowitzki, and the latter was blocked by Edondo Najera.

Seeing this, Odom slowed down a bit, but still maintained a relatively fast advancing speed.

When Odom advanced to the three-point line, the other four members of the Clippers immediately started running. The Mavericks players followed the defender closely, but the Clippers stood still after running for 4 seconds.

Li Ao took Nowitzki to stand on the left side of the three-second zone, Matt Harprin took Finley to the left corner, O'Neal was on the right side of the three-second zone, Bradley defended the basket, big Q Outside the three-point line on the right sideline, Edon Donajura followed closely.

Nash, who was at the top of the arc, looked at the big man in front of him, and couldn't help exclaiming: "Ou Maiga!"

Seeing Odom dribble the ball from his crotch, Nash strikes, pressing and pressing... Odom patted the ball with his left hand to his crotch, and his body took a step to the right. Nash missed and Odom rushed in!

Nash has a lot of experience in being passed, so he turned around and chased immediately.

He saw the ball fly towards his head... no, it flew over his head!
He moved his eyes along the ball, turned his head and saw Li Ao receiving the ball, stopped immediately, and together with Nowitzki, who was chasing hard, caught Li Ao one step outside the free throw line.

But Li Ao stopped for a second after receiving the ball, and passed again... Big Q moved from the right sideline to a 45-degree angle on the right to receive the ball. Shot...hit!
3 to 0, the Clippers took the lead.

Old Nelson: (**)
This ball is really... bold.

Forced to break through the high position and connect the high position with three-pointers.

From a certain point of view, this can be regarded as solving the problem of not having two control points.

He looks at Gentry, this is his fan...

Offensive and defensive transition, the Mavericks attack.

Nash advanced to the frontcourt, and the Clippers players had already followed their respective defense targets. He was surprised to see the big spider guarding the top arc with open arms!

He thought he would be defended against the big Q. The rookie had a bit of defensive talent and was a little troublesome, but not too difficult to deal with.

But this... Nash, who averaged double figures per game for the first time in his career, was not very confident. He hesitated and passed the ball to Finley.

Big Q struggled to defend Finley, and the rest of the Clippers began to cut off the passing line.

Finley made a big Q in singles, and made a mid-range shot with an emergency stop!

Li Ao went back to pick up the ball and serve, and praised "he is worthy of being the successor of the first generation of Jordan". Although he was at the peak of 27 years old, he was only at the edge of the All-Star level, but the long-range shot in singles is really beautiful.

The movement is clean and neat, the jump is high, the release point is high, and the back can maintain stability.

Face frame singles are as hard as Jordan and Kobe.

Odom received the serve and pushed forward. This time the Mavericks' defensive position was not messed up. Finley kept up with Li Ao, Nash kept up with the big Q, Nowitzki kept up with Matt Harprin, and the one guarding the top arc was Edondo- Najera.

Odom continued to break through in singles, and gained half a body position by cross-step change, pushing against Edon Donajura, who was actively sticking to the defense, and broke into the inside!
The big Q who slipped the bottom line ran halfway, turned and retreated to the right sideline, Nash did not turn around to chase, but went up to Odom, stood still, protected his crotch, closed his eyes...the impact did not come.

Li Ao took a step outside the free throw line and received the ball smoothly. When Nash made up for Odom, Edondo Najera made up for the big Q, cutting off the passing line, and Finley followed closely Li Ao.

Not to mention whether Nash switched defenses and Odom made an offensive foul and chose to be right or not, the Mavericks have caught up with this wave of fast rotation defenses!

Just when Finley was concentrating and was about to seize the opportunity to make a steal, Li Ao made another quick shot... a mistake!

The ball passed the baseline!

Little O'Neal sighed in annoyance, clenched his fist at Li Ao and beat his forehead, indicating that the ball belonged to him.

Bradley broke out in a cold sweat!
Just now Odom broke through and was blocked by Nash to score the ball, and it took 3 seconds for Li Ao to pass the ball out of bounds.

Nash went to make up for Odom, which was an unexpected situation for the Mavericks' defense, and Bradley also stepped out of the reasonable collision zone.

Bradley has tall legs and long legs. He can go back to cover O'Neal with one step when he turns around, but Li Ao's second pass is too fast, and he didn't even react, let alone turn around to cover O'Neal's shooting space.

That is, the ball came so suddenly that even O'Neill didn't expect Li Ao to be so bold.

But this ball is perfectly in line with what the head coach said, "We have to play boldly to have a chance to win this game."

Old Nelson glanced at the head coach who had repeatedly stated that he was his fan, feeling a little itchy in his heart.

But no, this is not the era when he was the best coach three times in 10 years.

Times have changed a long time ago. The era when a team averaged 120 points per game is long gone. This is an era when it is rare for a team to average 100 points per game.

When it came time for the Mavericks to attack, Finley continued to get singles opportunities and made a mid-range singles hit for the second consecutive round.

4 to 3, the Mavericks overtook the Clippers by 1 point.

The performance of the two teams at the beginning is obviously that the Mavericks are more stable.

The Clippers do not have a second point of possession. After Odom gets the ball out, the Clippers receiver must make a quick decision, shoot or pass.

Li Ao, the main support point, decided to be decisive and avoided being intercepted by Finley, but the turnover rate was quite high.

The Mavericks relied on Finley's singles and scored steadily.

It's just that old Nelson found out the problem.

The opponent doesn't seem to want to rely on this wonderful lineup to beat them out of position on the offensive end!
Although Li Ao's pass turnover rate is a bit high, some teammates can't react, but as long as he receives the ball, it is basically a good shooting opportunity.

Since the old Nelson knew that Gentry admired him, seeing this, he preconceived that Gentry was in school when he used the opponent's unexpected lineup to attack.

But after watching a few more rounds, he realized he had been fooled!
The opponent's lineup is purely for defense!

Finley was good in singles. He made 5 of 3 shots in the opening game, but after defending the big Q for 5 rounds, he started to stick to the defense.

After Finley broke into the inside line, he grabbed the ball and split it, but couldn't get it out. Li Ao waved his arms and received it from the free throw line.

　Today's update is a bit late, I went to karaoke singing with my friends in the afternoon, there is still a chapter in the early morning, try to update around 12 o'clock.

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