From sparring to superstar

Chapter 196 194. Good things should be shared with friends
After the season ended, Li Ao rested at home for a few days, and occasionally paid attention to the playoffs. Most of the time, he was playing mahjong with his parents and aunts, or visiting famous scenic spots together. The cameraman takes pictures.

The NBA playoffs are still in progress, the East is playing very anxiously, and the two conference finals teams in the West have been released.

The Kings advanced 4-1 and joined the Lakers, who swept the Trail Blazers 4-0, in the Western Conference Finals.

Although the big scores for promotion are similar, just looking at the scores of the second round of the two teams, you can see how different the difficulty of the two teams' promotion is.

Although the Clippers were eliminated without much suspense, Spiderman, Zuo Mo, Jermaine O, Big Q, Maggette, captain... many young players have emerged in this series.

Get more attention than winning the first round.

In the 5 games, the average points per game is 88.2 vs. 92.8, and the gap is not particularly large.

In the first round, the Kings and the Jazz reached the tiebreaker, and the average points per game were 93.8 to 89.4.

After the series ended, the media and fans analyzed the reasons for the Clippers' loss-experience, offensive ability, and lack of ball-holding organization points on the back line.

Against the Mavericks, Greg Anthony and Boykins are barely enough, but they are not good enough when they meet the Kings with a similar defensive level.

Many fans feel sorry for the Clippers, even if they are black fans of Spider-Man, it is also a pity to see a young team like the Clippers lose to a group of old fritters-it will take a long time to black Spider-Man hit rate.

李敖和国王队的系列赛，场均19分7.6板3.6助攻3.2抢断1盖帽。

The fewer blocked shots is because the Kings passed the ball better, but the Kings passed more and made more mistakes. Li Ao did an excellent job of cutting off the opponent's pass.

As a defensive support pitcher, apart from his low shooting percentage in this round of the series, he really can't find much to blacken.

The most regrettable thing is the Lakers fans. They are more sad than the Clippers fans when they see the Clippers out.

They really want to beat Spider-Man head-on in the playoffs, which can alleviate their unwillingness.

In the series between the Trail Blazers and the Lakers, the media rarely analyzed it. Except for the Trail Blazers struggling in G3, the struggle was ineffective.

In the West, apart from the rising Clippers, the hottest topic-is it possible for the Kings to win a game in the Western Conference Finals?
Based on the strength shown by the two teams in the second round, the fans of the Lakers have shouted the slogan of 'FOFOFO', wanting to repeat the history of the 88-game winning streak in the Western Conference playoffs leading to the finals in the 89-11 season. Best partition performance.

When Li Ao saw the remarks of the Lakers fans, he hoped that the Kings would give some support.

But it's unlikely... Then look forward to Iverson!
On Duncan's side, Li Ao felt that at least this year's Magic team should be stronger than the Spurs team without Duncan staying on the team.

The gap in role players is too large. In order to clear the 3 maximum salary space, the Magic let go of most of the high-quality role players who won 41 wins and 41 losses last season. All the players under the low salary and rookie contract players.

The Spurs' seven pitchers with 7%+ three-point shooting percentage for Duncan, as well as the admiral who still has power, plus the general, Malik Rose, Elliott, Samaki Walker and others , It should be stronger than McGrady and Mike Miller plus a group of not very good role players.

He remembered that even the Spurs, which had accumulated a lot of players, became the background of the explosive head in the Western Conference Finals. Kobe established a super giant status in the Western Conference Finals against the Spurs.

A stable team is miserable in front of divine players.

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On May 5th, Li Ao's father went back to China, and the factory still has work to do, and he will come to watch the game after the finals.

My cubs have been in the NBA for a season, and Li Weidong and Zhou Limei have gradually become basketball fans. At first, they only paid attention to their own cubs’ work performance, and then gradually began to pay attention to other teams and other stars. In this regard I can also chat with Li Ao for a few words.

On Li Ao's side, he rested for 6 days and started summer training.

The indoor court at home has been built, so you don’t have to run so far. During the training interval, you can play games with the hospital assistant aunt, read the news online, and help your mother cook.

The two team trainers in charge of Li Ao's training were paralyzed. They thought they could take a vacation, at least for two or three weeks, and continue to work in June, but it turned out that they continued to work in less than a week.

Although the salary at work is much higher than the salary on vacation, when the trainer received the work arrangement from the general manager, he still couldn't help complaining.

The trainer regretted it after complaining, the general manager is very ruthless.

But I didn’t expect Wally Walker’s response to be——“Thank you for your hard work, so how about it, work during the offseason, if you work more than 4 days a week, your weekly salary will increase by 500 yuan.”

The two trainers had no complaints in an instant, and their enthusiasm for work was overflowing. They rushed to Li Ao's house carrying the training equipment for transmission and control.

Wally Walker knows how to mobilize the work enthusiasm of his colleagues. His ruthless handling of work mistakes, and his generous salary and benefits are all to improve the work efficiency of the team's logistics... Anyway, the big boss has Money can make things happen.

What Li Ao wants to practice now is shooting, ball handling, and passing.

Shooting is still the first thing to practice the basic skills of three-pointers, mid-range shots, and close-range shots. The latter skills will be expanded until the offseason begins.

Control the ball, the head coach cuts in with the ball, counterattacks with the ball, step by step, and practice what is most needed at the moment.

Pass the ball, the coach passes the ball on the move.

The reason why his turnovers increased in the later part of this season is that he is not used to passing the ball on the move. In his college days and the first half of his rookie season, he mostly made fixed-point passes and needs to be strengthened.

The basic passing skills should also be improved. As his passing is becoming more and more valued by opponents, it is not enough to rely on the "transfer expert" to improve his passing accuracy to 85.

As time passed day by day, Li Ao was training, keeping in touch with the team, and paying attention to the situation of the NBA playoffs.

The team has started to contact the rookies, and he learned from Gentry that the team wants to select a player from a local university in the first round, one of his juniors.

Their draft picks are not high. Although they are only ranked seventh in the West, their record is ninth in the league and they only get the 9st pick. The Timberwolves with the 21th pick were canceled. Pick in order.

The first-round pick from the Trail Blazers was not obtained. The Trail Blazers ranked 6th and got the 24th overall pick.

According to the agreement, this draft pick will be postponed to next season and become lottery protection.

Li Ao didn't pay too much attention to the draft. Now their team has no shortage of talented young players, and they can't train them.

Like Kenyon Dooling, a lottery pick who didn't show his immediate combat power, he was abandoned by Gentry in his rookie season, and occasionally had the chance to play in the regular season, but he didn't have a second of playing time in the playoffs.

Come to the potential stocks again, that will not be the next Warriors.

If possible, this year's pick and next year's pick, he hopes to be replaced by a backline shooter or a powerful point guard.

He expects Wally Walker to give some strength, and Blevin Knight to change all over the league...

In terms of the playoffs, the two series in the second round of the Eastern Conference double-doubled to the tiebreaker, and the intensity far exceeded the expectations of the media and fans.

With the assistance of Charles Oakley, Antonio Davis, Dell Curry, Morris Peterson, Alvin Williams, Chris Childs, Zeon Clark, etc., Carter Combining bloody battles with TT for 7 games.

In the end, the cousin who sat in the midfield and held the stone Buddha had the last laugh.

In the tiebreaker, Mike Miller made 9 of 6 three-pointers and scored 27 points. Duncan made 17 of 10 shots. In this game, he made 11 of 8 free throws and 6 of 6 free throws in the second quarter. Disintegrated the shark-killing tactics of the Raptors, with 28 points and 21 rebounds in a single game, beating Oakley and Antonio Davis.

加上麦迪17分11板13助攻的首次季后赛三双表现，魔术队以104比95赢下抢七大战，晋级东决。

On the side of Iverson and Ray Allen, Iverson proved that he is the number one active shooting guard.

In the tiebreaker, Iverson made 33 of 17 shots, scored 4 three-pointers, and made 7 of 6 free throws. He soared 44 points and 7 assists. He played the best playoff game of his career so far. The efficiency and practical effect of 2 points should be strong.

99 to 91, the 76ers won the tiebreaker and joined the Magic in the Eastern Conference Finals.

The playoffs are in full swing, and the teams that have not entered the playoffs and have been eliminated will start to move more frequently in late May.

Not surprisingly, Li Ao saw the news that Wally Walker used Blevin Knight to quote everywhere. In fact, he just wanted to find an excuse to talk about it. What does it matter.

Regarding the transaction, Li Ao's mood is quite complicated. After all, he has been with this group of teammates for so long, and if someone leaves, he will definitely be reluctant to part with it.

A while ago, I saw Jeff McGinnis go to a gold store to steal a ring worth $600. He was arrested and released after posting $5 bail. Li Ao still misses his teammate.

The trade rumors of other teams, he saw the most news about Juwan Howard and Marbury.

After the Mavericks were eliminated in the first round, Cuban directly stated that he would not keep Juwan Howard in the team.

On Marbury's side, it was sold at first, but after the regular season, it became an active application and was traded away.

There is also a rumor that both the media and fans are skeptical-the Suns are trying to trade Kidd.

...

Li Ao spent the second half of May in training.

By May 5th, after two weeks of training, his overall rating had risen to 30!

The ball control has improved a lot, and it has reached 69, which is almost at a good level.

Passing has also been raised to 84, and if it is raised a little more, part of the bonus of the "Transfer Expert" will be invalidated, but in this regard, his biggest improvement is the passing stability after receiving the ball and moving.

The biggest improvement is close-range shooting!The layup has finally increased to 90!
This is mainly due to his improvement in cutting into the frame with the ball, and his basic hook skills have also increased to 73.

In terms of the playoffs, the Western Conference finals started on the 20th and ended yesterday. The Lakers reproduced the best record in team history and went straight to the finals with 11 wins and 0 losses.

国王队算是给湖人队制造麻烦最多的球队，G1比分108比105、G2比分96比90、G3比分103比90、G4比分120比88，除了G4崩盘，前三场国王队还能挣扎一下。

In fact, Li Ao was quite regretful that he could not fight against such an opponent.

It's different in the Eastern Conference. It takes turns for a team to win a game. The current score is 2 to 2, and the average points per game is 83.5 to 81.75.

The Eastern Conference finals were fierce. Li Ao, who just watched the excitement, was very happy. The game was good!
On the 31st, Li Ao had a day off and had work. In the morning, he participated in the AJ sneaker announcement. In October, before the start of the next season, his signature shoes will be officially released.

After the publicity work was over, at noon, Li Ao attended Jordan's dinner party.

The people who came included James Worthy, Gentry, and the famous David Thompson whom Li Aoxin met.

The content of the dinner chat - the training in June.

Jordan is a ruthless person. He recovered from his injury in March and began to recover. He began to lose weight in April. After two months, his weight dropped to 3 kilograms.

After losing weight, Jordan is going to teach Li Ao back-playing himself.

The other party was so enthusiastic, although Li Ao was speechless, he did not refuse, and he was an experienced baby again.

After losing weight, the god of basketball should have more achievement point rewards, right?Should be able to drop out of the experience pack?

After the start of the playoffs, he had no bag to play for a long time, and Snake refused his training invitation every time.

sad!

As for the basketball god teaching in person, Li Ao was a little flustered.

But that's okay, James Worthy and David Thompson serve as sparring partners.

Two Hall of Fame players are teaching, and the basketball god is serving as a sparring partner. Li Ao thinks that he should record an afro next door. This kind of good thing must be shared with good friends.

But now he has a problem.

Li Ao asked the head coach: "Alvin, is Skywalker your brother?"

"Of course, can I lie to you? He's here."

"but……"

"Yes, I'm just so lacking in talent. Compared with David, I'm far behind. I didn't make it to the main team of the university. I'm not as good as my brother in Orlando."

Li Ao was stunned, the head coach of their team actually learned to answer quickly!

Onlookers Jordan and James Worthy couldn't help laughing.

What exactly did the head coach of the Clippers go through and was forced to be like this!
After recovering, Li Ao affirmed: "You are right."

Jordan, James Worthy, even David Thompson couldn't hold back their laughter this time.

Gentry: "..."

"However, the relationship between you and David seems to be much better than those two in the east. You also introduced jobs for your brother."

"David has taken care of me since I was a child. After he became a superstar and a millionaire, he has been supporting me and helping me complete my studies. I embarked on the road of professional coaching. It was David who introduced me to him. Head coach Larry Brown when he was with the Nuggets."

Curiosity was satisfied, Li Ao didn't say any more, let's eat!
Today is mainly about Cobra, Skywalker and the god of basketball communicating about the training content. Cobra knows what he wants to practice here.

In fact, he still had a doubt, but he didn't ask.

During the training of the four of them, why did Gentry come to join in the fun and introduce his cousin to them?But no, Skywalker is the idol of the basketball god, and the two look familiar...

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