From sparring to superstar

Chapter 193.

After completing the task of 'down to the top', the supporting training method of Nash's back jumper action package was available. The next morning, Li Ao changed the morning exercise to back up jumper training.

He asked his dad, who was also an early riser, to take a DV to film his fadeaway practice.

For work-related matters, his father was very serious about helping, and even gave him a few words of encouragement.

After finishing his breakfast, he watched the video. This fadeaway jump shot became more and more embarrassing the more he watched it.

The average person leans back about 30 degrees for a jumper.

He, the training is 45 degrees.

In fact, he usually doesn't have many opportunities to fall back. In this round of the series, he paid attention to Nash's singles and rarely fell back.

Nash's 191 cm height has a great advantage in the point guard position. Most of the team's main point guards are between 180 and 188 in height, and there are even those below 180.

Nash's bare feet are taller than Baron Davis and Francis.

In this round of the series just finished, Greg Anthony, who was defending against Nash, was only 183 centimeters. Not to mention Boykins, he was less than 170 centimeters.

Nash usually leans back when he encounters a shooting guard who is taller than him, and he has a good shot selection. When encountering an opponent with a height of more than two meters, he will basically not shoot against the defense, rush to the inside or pass. The ball is his first choice.

When Li Ao encounters forward and defensive players, most of the time his height and wingspan also have an advantage, and there are not many cases of falling back.

Usually when the inside defense comes up, he only leans back.

If he directly encounters the inside defense, he will choose to increase his running strength, get rid of the opponent, cooperate with Odom, and beat the opponent's poor rhythm of switching defenses.

Leaning back will always affect the power of the shot, and the angle of the shot is also different from usual. If you have not practiced particularly well, try not to lean back if you can.

However, technology is not a matter of whether it is often used, but whether it is available or not!

Shooting is his strong point, so he has to perfect it as much as possible, and it will come in handy.

There is one more thing to practice in Xia Tian, ​​Li Ao counted on his fingers, but he couldn't count how many places to strengthen.

But he is not in a hurry, the future is still long.

He checked the news to learn about the latest situation of the playoffs.

他们快船队是第4支晋级第二轮的球队，魔术队和湖人队都是3比0横扫对手，昨晚他们淘汰小牛队之前，76人队3比1将黄蜂队淘汰。

Iverson averaged 4 points in 38.5 games, the highest in the first round.

In the other 4 series, the Raptors started 2-0, but lost G4 last night and were dragged to the tiebreaker.

After the second game, Mourning voluntarily withdrew from the playoffs. As soon as he withdrew, the Heat's ability to be the league's top defensive team was revealed, winning two games in a row to tie the big score.

The Jazz tied with the Kings, 2-2. Malone, who is about to be 38 years old, played against Webber, who was at his peak, in the playoffs, averaging 4 points per game in 27.5 games.

However, the biggest advantage of the Jazz is the 39-year-old Stockton, who averaged 9.5 points, 12.5 assists and 3.5 steals per game. Although White Chocolate averaged 13 points per game, he only averaged 3 assists per game and 4.5 turnovers per game.

The bells and whistles look so vulnerable in the face of stability.

Li Ao watched the battle reports of the next 4 games, and felt that Weber was beaten by Malone, which was directly related to the gap between the passers.

The Trail Blazers led the Suns 2-1, won the match point, and played G4 tonight.

The Bucks lead the Pacers 2-1. The strength gap is quite large. The three musketeers misfired in G1. The Pacers only won by 1 point. The three musketeers soared in the next two games. The Bucks Winning two games in a row, the point difference is 15 points and 19 points respectively.

After reading the news for a while, Li Ao discovered a very interesting thing-the Lakers had no sense of existence after being promoted.

They played too 'boring' in the first round.

3场比赛比分分别是126比90、106比86、103比89。

There is no suspense at all. If the fans want to discuss this series, they don't know what to discuss.

It is also the point of view of the personal performance of the OK group.

Bryant averaged 35 points, 9 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game, shooting 49% from the field.

O'Neal averaged 33.3 points, 17 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game, shooting 66% from the field.

Garnett's performance is actually very good, averaging 27 points, 14.7 rebounds and 5 assists per game, and was evaluated as a 'qualified background'.

The topic of the Lakers advancing to the second round is not as hot as Kobe's marriage and not inviting his teammates.

The heat of the series between the Clippers and the Mavericks is even higher.

From the start of the Mavericks' surprising performance on the first game day, the topic of their series has not stopped.

Li Ao saw that some experts wrote a column article, the content-if the Mavericks do not cause internal strife, or simply do not introduce Juwan Howard, leaving Kristen Laettner, Hubert Davis and others, the strength On top of the Clippers.

The expert published a column article on Yahoo.com, with many comments, and most people agreed with this statement.

Although Li Ao opened a small account to argue a few words, he also felt that they took advantage of the first round.

Just taking advantage of old Nelson's cramp in the first game and grabbing the home court advantage was a huge advantage.

However, the expert did not have the Black Clippers, and praised their 'Black Seven' performance.

And very optimistic about their Clippers' frontcourt combination.

李敖场均19.75分7.5板3助攻4.5盖帽、奥多姆场均12.5分8.5板6助攻、小奥尼尔15.5分16.5板2盖帽被这位专家大力称赞。

As for the shooting percentages of 37%, 43%, and 40% of the three, the expert said that they can accept it. After all, the three are only 19, 21, and 22 years old. Playing in the playoffs, this performance is very good.

After driving the trumpet for a while, Li Ao saw the name of this expert, and felt very familiar, it was Wojinnavorski.

After surfing the Internet all morning, Li Ao discovered a problem-no one discussed the rookie's performance in this year's playoffs.

When he mentioned Spider-Man, he didn't even mention the status of 'rookie'!

He looked at the performance of other rookies in the playoffs... well, except for Mike Miller, no other rookie names.

There is no object to compare, and the topic cannot be heated up.

At first, he was very happy that no one in their class could compete with him for the rookie award, but now, he felt that life was really lonely like snow.

Li Ao complained to the hospital assistant aunt that there was no one in the same class who could fight. Vivian agreed.

...

After resting all morning, after lunch, Li Ao came to Memorial Stadium.

First, I went to the coaching staff's office for a walk. The coaches are having a meeting to discuss and analyze the opponents in the next round. If you don't know who the next round opponent is, let's analyze together.

The editor is also editing the video day and night. No matter which team advances to the Jazz or the Kings, he needs to take out the video as soon as possible.

If something goes wrong, Wally Walker fires him and replaces him in minutes.

However, although the editor is busy, he is quite happy.

Finally there is playoff tape to cut!

Moreover, although Wally Walker is ruthless in terms of work, he should pay a salary increase and overtime pay if he should.

After wandering around the various departments of the team, Li Ao called the trainer, went to the blacksmith's room, and practiced the emergency stop jump shot.

In the series with the Mavericks, he saw a lot of his shortcomings.

The catch and shoot that he is best at is not doing very well. In the series, he made only 37% of his field goals, 25% of his three-pointers, and only 90% of his free throws were excellent.

The first two games scored high. In the first game, the opponent's brain twitched. In the second game, the opponent did not slam the defense. The second quarter began to focus on offense.

The next two games were disasters, but fortunately he was able to contribute on the defensive end.

At 03:30 in the afternoon, the explosive head came to the blacksmith's room with a gloomy face. He warmed up on his own without saying a word. At 4 o'clock, he came to the opposite side of Li Ao, served and put on a defensive posture.

Although I don't know what's wrong with the afro, just got married, swept the promotion, and still looks like this, but Li Ao got used to it and immediately entered the sparring mode.

After practicing for a few sets, Li Ao felt that the afro was really depressed today, and he was so energetic!
...

Two days later, the new month arrived.

On the night of May 5st, Li Aoshou watched the live broadcast of the five-game match between the Jazz and the Kings in front of the TV. This was the last game of the first round.

Yesterday and the day before yesterday, the other three series were decided.

卡特拿到27分，率领猛龙队以83比79险胜热火队，3比2晋级。

The Trail Blazers beat the Suns 88-75 and advanced 3-1.

The Bucks had a different style. Ray Allen, the Big Dog, and the Aliens all scored 25 points, leading the team to a 114-102 victory over the Pacers and advancing 3-1.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the game between the Jazz and the Kings began.

The game was very intense, a standard defensive battle of the iron-blooded era.

Utah Shuangsha is still strong, Malone scored 27 points and 8 rebounds, Stockton scored 9 points and 9 assists.

But the times have changed after all, and now it is the world of young people.

Peja 27 points, Webber 23 points, Doug Christie, who is in charge tonight, scored 15 points and a career-high 7 assists.

89 to 81, the Kings narrowly beat the Jazz and advanced to the second round 3 to 2.

Li Ao watched the game with the mentality of a fan, and sighed: "It's a pity for the postman and the general, they were just a little bit close. If Russell can play what he did when he faced Jones back then, the Jazz will win this game." Now, this is the striker who abused Jones so much that the Lakers made up his mind to give up Jones, and he aged too fast, with a 25% shooting rate."

Vivienne, who was watching the game together, took up the conversation: "Many players start to decline in physical fitness at the age of 28 and nine, and their performance will collapse quickly."

"That's right, I have to work hard to improve my skills. I can't be like those people, whose running and jumping ability has declined and I don't know how to play... The next opponent is finally out, and finally I don't have to wait any longer."

"You'd rather play the Jazz?"

"A little bit, the 8-man rotation of the Kings, the offensive and defensive continuity is so good, both evil spirits are exhausted, thinking about playing against them in the playoffs, I get goosebumps... But the Jazz locked up the pass Their ability is also very difficult to deal with, their game experience is too rich, they have been partners for many years, they are very tacit, and their defensive ranking is higher than ours, ranking fourth."

"Speaking of which, isn't hitting everyone the same?"

"Yeah, hitting anyone is the same..."

After chatting with the auntie of the hospital assistant, Li Ao felt an inexplicable heroism...

The opponent was announced, and on the second day, Li Ao and the team began to officially prepare for the second round of the game.

The day before yesterday, on the afternoon of the 30th, they had already started training for battle.

The content of the training the day before yesterday afternoon and yesterday morning was to adjust the deficiencies exposed in the first round.

Now, it is the preparation training for the Kings.

They were promoted on the 28th, and they have an advantage in preparing for the game. Scouts, editors, and coaches have enough time to collect game data and discuss tactics.

Without knowing who his opponent will be in the next round, it's better for Gentry to make two-handed preparations than to wait and do nothing.

The coaching staff is so active, as are the Clippers players. They train very hard and actively discuss the details of cooperation.

Who doesn't want to win? I used to be lazy and didn't care about anything, so I didn't have a chance.

When an opportunity presents itself, everyone wants to grab it!

...

After a day and a half of training, the Clippers came to the state capital Sacramento on the afternoon of the 3rd. Before dinner, Li Ao watched the live broadcast of the Magic and Raptors.

Some players seem to have changed in the playoffs.

Finley of the Mavericks is like this, and so is Carter of the Raptors.

The difference is that Finley seemed particularly irresponsible in the playoffs.

But Carter, in the playoffs, no longer seemed to care about anything like the regular season, and became extremely competitive, and, really fierce!
In the first round, Carter averaged 33.6 points per game. In the second round against the Magic, Carter made 29 of 13 shots. Although he only made 5 of 1 three-pointers, he scored 9 of 8 free throws and scored 35 points and 7 assists. Cousin a meal.

麦迪表现也不差，17分7板7助攻3盖帽，邓肯也有26分10板，两人表现极其稳定。

But this time, he was stable and unbeatable, and Carter led the Raptors to kill the Magic 97 to 91, and once again took the home court advantage in the first game.

Watching Carter not attempting a dunk in the whole game, but making 10 of 6 shots at the basket... Is this the half-human half-god before being stepped on?
Li Ao felt like he was a fan.

Carter's upset performance of the TT combination made Li Ao's blood surging. After dinner, he didn't watch the live broadcast of the game between the Lakers and the Trail Blazers. He only watched the game report online before going to bed.

There was no surprise at all. Kobe scored 36 points, O'Neal scored 21 points and 18 rebounds. The Trail Blazers' inside line group could limit the Sharks, but the Black Mamba easily killed the Trail Blazers with mid-range shots one after another.

On the second day, Li Ao came to Arco Arena with the team to prepare for the battle with his teammates.

At 7:40 in the evening, Li Ao entered the stadium first. Hearing the boos of the fans, he saw his old teammate next to his current substitute teammate. He smiled and put his hands behind his ears—listen!

The actions of Spider-Man under the spotlight won even more violent boos from the fans.

But the Clippers players followed Shelby Jordan's cries of surprise.

Gentry has been numb for a long time, their Spider-Man is just so coquettish.

But seeing that the team members lost their tension even facing the Kings, Spider-Man was right!

　Ask for a monthly pass!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)