From sparring to superstar

Chapter 190. The First Battle
The cheers of the fans stopped abruptly, where did Spider-Man come from?
Nash was equally shocked.

He has excellent vision. When he catches the ball and counterattacks, he has already seen the positions of all his teammates and opponents. Spider-Man was clearly on the bottom line at that time.

So when he was laying up, he deliberately chose a handsome posture, trying to jump as high as possible, trying to highlight the stretch...

The result was capped!
Fans who watched the live TV broadcast had an advantage at this time. Not only did they see Li Ao's 28-meter-long hat running through the audience in the long-range shot at that time, but they also got repeated playbacks of fast and slow shots!

Nash regained his senses and quickly got up and pressed on Li Ao to steal it.

Li Ao lifted the ball up, and Nash took off with all his strength to grab the ball... Shit!It was still a finger away from the ball held by Li Ao!

The fans at the scene couldn't stand it anymore-Steve, why don't we give up!

Being chased is just miserable.

It's so sad that I can't touch the ball held by others when I jump up!
Nash was impulsive at the beginning, but he calmed down quickly. He originally planned to give up and retreat, but when he thought that the opponent's first reaction was to lift the ball when he encountered a press, he immediately remembered that the opponent could not control the ball.

The purpose of actively pressing is to cause the opponent's 8-second violation.

As an offensive master with the top defensive reading ability, he knows how to defend in any situation, but he is unable to defend.

But just when Nash felt that the 8 seconds were approaching and the defense was about to succeed, Li Ao waved his raised hand and passed it to his teammates who ran to the middle circle.

Teammates obviously knew better than their opponents that their Spider-Man's ball control was poor, and they ran over as soon as they realized it.

Some players from the Mavericks reacted and wanted to defend the pass and catch the ball. Finley followed Greg Anthony and ran out, but the Clippers ran up to meet them. Odom also rushed over from the three-second zone, but Zhu Wan Howard didn't follow.

The picture of the Mavericks working hard in the backcourt made the fans feel sad when they saw it.

Li Ao ran forward immediately after taking the ball, and Odom quickly advanced beyond the three-point line.

The three Mavericks stayed within the three-point line and successfully defended in place, but it was a bit messy.

Nash followed Li Ao and Finley to press and defend Odom, staying at the top arc, Juwan Howard defended in front of Greg Anthony, and Nowitzki followed the big Q...

Every player on the Mavericks panicked. The Kings used tactical coordination to create misplaced singles opportunities and played a top-four offense in the league.

Their defense is collectively misplaced this time, how to defend?
The kind-hearted Spider-Man did not let the opponent continue to panic.

Li Ao came to the right side of the free throw line and asked for the ball directly without turning his back.

After receiving a pass from Odom, Li Ao catches a mid-range shot from the jump under the defense of Nash...

The game had just started, and Li Ao waved for a while, and when he was stuck and his jumping was slightly restricted, it was easier to find the bonus of shooting feeling after finishing chasing caps with the help of "Hat Chaser Level 5", and he shot directly.

in!

The fans booed Li Ao wildly.

Catch Nash to bully alone, right?

At the very least, you should carry your back!People Nash shameless ah!

The Clippers players retreated excitedly. Spider-Man's dunks at the start, the full-court chasing caps, and Yan Ye's mid-range shot, the morale of the Clippers was high!

Li Ao scored two goals in a row, the effect of "Pumping Worker Level 1" was superimposed, and the Clippers' momentum was directly full!
When it came to the Mavericks' offense, the Mavericks players were a little at a loss in the face of the fast-moving Clippers, who were aggressive in defense and aggressive in confrontation.

Dirk Nowitzki, Finley, and Bradley, who played in the playoffs for the first time, Nash and Juwan Howard, who played in the playoffs but are not much different from those who have not played, the Mavericks' five starters were all defeated by the opponent's team. The momentum was intimidating.

Nash's first reaction was to find the boss to play alone, but Finley didn't ask for the ball. Instead, Juwan Howard asked for the ball, and he lobbed the ball.

Juwan Howard received the ball with his back in a high position, leaned against Odom, and couldn't stand it. He turned around and faced the frame to pretend to break through. Odom listened to the captain of the defense and stretched out his hand to cover the sky. Juwan Howard's fake move became real Break through, break into the paint, turn around and hook in the face of Jermaine O'Neal's supplementary defense...

O'Neal defended the ball very well. Juwan Howard was forced to take off and lean forward to avoid the block when he hooked the hook, and the hook was on the neck!
The ball popped out, and Jermaine O'Neal grabbed the rebound before Bradley.

The Mavericks players actively retreated, but a little discouraged.

When singles are needed, those who are capable do not stand up and ask for the ball.

Juwan Howard has ambitions. When he was traded to Dallas, he said in an interview that he was here to lead the team and took the initiative to take responsibility, but he was not capable enough.

When the Clippers attacked and fell into a positional battle, Odom singled Nowitzki in a high position and broke through to score.

This time he didn't dare to flirt, and played fairly well.

Odom played steadily. Although he lost his flashy pass, he also lost those weird operations that seemed to have his brain kicked by a donkey.

And with the starting lineup of the Mavericks, the Clippers only need to play steadily on the offensive end.

Replacing the tough and defensive Mexican forward Edondo Najera with Juwan Howard is not as simple as adding a defensive loophole.

The striker's defense and supplementary defense are gone, Nash and Nowitzki's defense is poor, Bradley can't handle people inside, and other defects are all exposed.

And the offensive end is not very good. The five starters can be said to have no playoff experience. Nash has only played garbage time. Juwan Howard's only playoff game was several years ago.

Nervous, restless, worried, and excited, the Mavericks' offense was getting more and more hasty.

Old Nelson had a whim, wanted to attack in the playoffs of this iron-blooded era, and caught the opponent by surprise, but he was caught off guard.

And Gentry's choice to play steadily and knock down the defense was right!
The Mavericks played in a mess in the first quarter, the rhythm was fast, but they shot very hard. In the first quarter, they only scored 23 points in 19 shots, and they made 23 of 7 shots, and their shooting percentage was about [-]%.

For the Clippers, they only took 21 shots, but they made 21 of 11 shots, including 4 of 2 three-pointers and 4 of 4 free throws.

在打了9分钟拿到9分2板2助攻3盖帽的李敖的带领下，全队单节拿到28分！
In the second quarter, the Mavericks played better with more players off the bench and fewer players in the starting lineup.

Because the Mavericks don't have many players who can play fast, when it comes to the rotation lineup, Nelson arranges a regular style of play.

However, the first quarter was played according to the rules, and we also saw the big hat of Spiderman rushing across the court. Later, Bradley and the veteran center Mark Bryant, who came off the bench, each received a shrinking hat from Spiderman. Morale is sluggish, and the coordination has improved, but the performance is still very average.

At 11 minutes and 44 seconds into the second quarter, Li Ao caught the ball by playing backup shooting guard Greg Buckner, turned around and made a long two-pointer with a fake shot.

The score came to 53 to 41!

On the last attack of the first half, Finley rushed to close range and threw a shot over the head of Chris Mihm who was defending... It seemed that he wanted to prove himself. He hit the ball very hard and hard, The shot was also very hard and hard, and the front throw shot directly hit the backboard and bounced back.

Chris Mihm caught the popped ball first, and after he passed the ball to the responding big Q, the long whistle sounded at the end of halftime.

Li Ao played 8 minutes in the second quarter, made 6 of 3 shots, and scored 2 points with 1 of 7 free throws. In addition, Big Q and Maggette scored 5 points each, as well as other goals. He scored 25 points in a single quarter. With a score of 22, the lead was extended to 12 points!
In the third quarter, Nash chose to come by himself and started the singles main attack mode.

他打了11分钟，出手7次，7投3中，外加3中3的罚球，拿到9分1助攻，与5投2中外加4中4的罚球拿到8分的李敖打得不相上下。

But Nash is his own main attack, except for his 9 points, and a three-pointer he passed out to Nowitzki who seized the opportunity to score, and the others only scored 5 points in total.

In this quarter, Li Ao just responded to shots and focused on defense. He scored 8 points and his teammates scored 17 points!
78 to 58, the Clippers opened the point difference to 20 points in one fell swoop!
...

出场29分钟，16投9中，其中三分球1中0，外加8中6的罚球，李敖拿到24分4板4助攻1抢断5盖帽，三节打卡下班！
Sitting on the bench, Li Ao felt unbelievable watching Blevin Knight take the big Q and Maggette up to play garbage time.

On the other side, this is also...too good!

Li Ao knew that the opponent's defense would collapse if the Mavericks played such a starting lineup tonight. As long as the mad scientist didn't restrain his squirming heart, he would either kill his opponent or play himself to death.

But I didn't expect the opponent's offense to be so poor, and they didn't score 20 points in the first three quarters.

He's ready to compete with the Mavericks in shooting.

Li Ao looked at the statistics in the hands of assistant coach Larry Lalu. The game has entered garbage time. On the Mavericks side, Nelson has replaced all the other starters except Nash on the court to see if he can struggle.

On the court, Blevin Knight was in garbage time, and he played back and forth with Nash on assists. The data of the other four starters of the Mavericks has been fixed.

芬利15投4中，加上4中2的罚球拿到10分5板1助攻。

Shockingly poor performance.

Li Ao remembered a piece of news he had read in his original time and space. Among the big-name players cut by the Houston version of the amnesty clause, Finley ranked first.

In 02, the contract was renewed for 5 years in advance, which seemed to be a maximum salary of 8000 million US dollars. It took effect in 03. As a result, Cuban laid off Finley in 05.

After reading the news, Li Ao checked the lineup of the Mavericks in those years. Although Finley's average dropped to 04 points per game in the 05-15 season, the main reason for the decline was that the Mavericks had introduced Stackhouse, Jason -Terry, Josh Howard and Marquese Daniels, the two talents of the 03 class, have already played out, and the talented rookie Devin Harris needs the right to shoot.

Finley fell that year because of the sharp drop in shooting power, and in order to cooperate with his young teammates, he also took the initiative to practice fixed-point catch three-pointers, developed a beautiful catch three-pointer, and averaged 40% of the shots per game two goals.

Li Ao has always wondered why the Mavericks waived Finley. In the end, Finley became the hero of the Spurs' 07 championship.

Now he understands.

Old Trash Brothers...

As a pitcher for the Spurs, just a role player, Finley's performance in the playoffs naturally looks very good.

But the Mavericks need Finley to carry the team forward in the playoffs, and he is a soft-footed shrimp.

Since there are players like Terry and Stackhouse who are big-hearted, fearless in the playoffs, and not weaker than Finley, it is better to lay off Finley and pay less luxury tax.

人朱万-霍华德虽然野心大过实力，但好歹敢打敢拼，15投6中加上4中4的罚球拿到16分。

Li Ao felt sympathy for Nowitzki as an opponent.

The Silver Horn King, who was still in the leveling stage, happened to meet three of them who were suitable for defending him, and they had plenty of room for round-the-clock battles.

Nowitzki has not yet developed a close-range shot, and his close-range shooting percentage is only 29.5%.

There are O'Neal and Chris Mihm at the basket, and when Matt Harprin or Odom guard Nowitzki, there is also the threat of Li Ao's shrinking frame protection.

The Clippers only need a player with excellent height, wingspan and strength to stand on the outside against Nowitzki to prevent him from catching and shooting easily, and he would not dare to let him cut in.

At 10:24 p.m., the final whistle blew.

106 to 84, the Clippers slaughtered the Mavericks!
The final whistle sounded, and Li Ao received a reminder that the task was completed.

'The Strongest Newcomer' was accomplished with unexpected ease.

Nash scored 20 points and 7 assists. When he was the team's highest scoring player, he knew how bad his team's offense was.

Li Ao blocked 5 shots in three quarters, more than the opponent's entire team, who only blocked 4 shots.

9000 achievement points were won, and the 1 achievement points that were crossed out to upgrade the 'High Rank Lord' quickly earned back half, and also got [-] basic attribute point!

At the same time, they also grabbed the home court advantage in the first game!

...

Four games were played on the first day of the playoffs, and two games were as expected.

The Magic beat the Celtics.

In the game between the Suns and the Trail Blazers, the two teams played back and forth in regular time. With 3 minutes left, the Suns led by 86 to 83 by 3 points.

But in the end, the Suns were beaten 7-0, and the Trail Blazers reversed and won 90-86.

In 3 minutes at the critical moment, the Suns scored 0 points.

Just like when they played against the Clippers in the final game, when the two teams were slamming defense and the score was tight, the Clippers had Li Ao, Matt Harprin, and Boykins who could score. They were all pressed and beaten.

But the other two games left fans stunned.

The Heat, a super iron-blooded team that averaged only 86.5 points per game in the regular season, people thought that even if they didn't make it far in the playoffs, they could break the skin of the championship teams.

As a result, Carter scored 50+ in a single game against the Heat, and the Raptors slaughtered the Heat by 26 points.

What also surprised the fans was the performance of the Mavericks. People didn't think they were sure to beat the Clippers. They were all new players in the playoffs, but they were second in the West anyway. .

The worst thing is Nash, Li Ao, who started from the bottom line and chased the big cap with a distance of 7 meters, brought Nash to the top of today's five best goals!
(End of this chapter)