From sparring to superstar

Chapter 254 252. Dream Start! (Digital Chapter)

On Jordan's side, when Li Ao and Odom started a fast break, he followed up. Although he certainly couldn't keep up, let's follow the process.

By coincidence, when he ran near the center circle, he happened to hear what Li Ao said to Billups, and his eyes instantly opened up like bells.

Only then did Li Ao notice that the basketball god was also beside him, and he was taken aback, and immediately added: "Michael, you are currently the best prospect in history."

Jordan retreated with satisfaction, but suddenly raised his eyebrows after retreating, now?

He couldn't help sneering, these words really fit the big spider's twitchy character.

On the other hand, Billups silently ran back to the basket to receive the serve, and when he pushed forward, he didn't see any emotional fluctuations on his expression, which surprised him.

Judging by his style of play, he thought that Billups was a flamboyant and impulsive type like Terry and Van Exel, but he didn't seem to be.

Billups advanced to the outside of the three-point line, continued the pick-and-roll singles, faced Odom's defense change, withdrew the step and made a two-point shot... It was tough again, but Joe Smith immediately rolled down after the pick-and-roll, and grabbed it before O'Neal Point the ball into the basket and make a putback.

He is very accurate when he is accurate, and he is out of control when he is iron. This characteristic of Billups has been well understood by his teammates this season.

In the previous rounds, Joe Smith tried to open up the space after the pick and roll, so as not to affect Billups' choice of going inside. For this ball, Joe Smith began to actively look for better opportunities to respond, and to rush for offensive rebounds. .

However, although the Timberwolves scored again and chased the score to 31 to 32, the starting lineup with the most physical strength and the strongest team firepower did not play an advantage, and Billups did not play an advantage during the rotation stage of his explosion. In the hands of the Clippers.

Billups wave, but not alone, he thinks his teammates have better opportunities, so he will pass. After he started playing iron, his teammates moved more actively. He passed when he should pass, and continued to shoot when he should. At a higher level, 3 points in the remaining 7 minutes, good performance.

But the Clippers scored 9 points during this period!
After scoring 11 points in a row, Li Ao's running without the ball can attract the attention of many opponents, and the shooting opportunities are no longer available. The opponent also moves to defend in advance in singles attack, but the opportunities for his teammates have increased. Greg Anthony made a shot An open three-pointer, Jordan made two consecutive mid-range shots, and Odom gave O'Neal a lob.

After the first quarter, the Clippers entered the intermission with a 41-38 lead of 3 points, strongly suppressing the aggressive Timberwolves on the offensive end!

In the second quarter, Li Ao was replaced to rest, and Bibby and Jordan played together, with a combination of Big Q, Matt Harprin and Campbell.

Bibby came up and received Jordan's return pass and hit a long two-pointer, opening the point difference to 5 points.

The Timberwolves fought back, and their firepower was still fierce, stronger than the Clippers' opponents in more than a dozen games after the opening game. For the first time, they played against the Timberwolves, who had changed their style of play. The Clippers did not have a good idea. Controlling the opponent's offense, but due to the exhaustion of physical strength and the impact of confrontation, after the Timberwolves entered the second quarter and played a team offense, their firepower was much weaker than that in the first half of the first quarter.

The current defense of the Timberwolves is really bad. Philip Sanders can't strengthen the defense. The price of strengthening the defense is to weaken the offense, which is their strongest weapon now.

Facing the Timberwolves' defense, even though the Clippers' strongest support point was not on the court, Bibby and Jordan also led the team to play back and forth with each other.

In terms of stability, the Clippers with Bibby and Jordan are even better.

Halfway through the second quarter, Li Ao, Odom, Gerald Wallace, and O'Neal Jr. came on the court, and Bibby continued to play.

After Gerald Wallace came on the court this time, he did a good job of responding to the attack frame.

Whether it is Nesterovic or Mark Jackson, their single-player frame protection performance is average.

The two of them can only do top defense in the three-second zone, and they can't do more.

In previous seasons, Nesterovic's role in low-post top defense was particularly outstanding with the help of Garnett.

But tonight, Garnett was already exhausted to help defend Li Ao and Bibby, and Garnett really couldn't care less about Odom passing the ball to Gerald Wallace who cut in.

Garnett's defensive performance tonight is still the first defense or even the best defensive player level, but the defense of his teammates is really poor.

With Li Ao taking over the pot at the last moment of the first half and facing Joe Smith's long two-pointer, after halftime, the Clippers entered the intermission with a 70-64 lead over the Timberwolves by 6 points.

In the second quarter, the Timberwolves performed well offensively, scoring 26 points in a single quarter that was much higher than the league average in the second quarter, but the Clippers scored 29 points!
By the third quarter, the Clippers had completely taken control of the initiative. Although the Clippers could not continue to widen the point difference under the onslaught of the Timberwolves, the lead was firmly held and they scored 28 to 27 in a single quarter , leading the Timberwolves by 98 points 91 to 7 into the final quarter.

首节单节15分、第二节半节5分、第三节半节7分，李敖三节出场23分钟拿到27分，飙爽了！
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At the end of the quarter, the Timberwolves sent a combination of Billups, Szczerbiak, Joe Smith, Garnett, and Mark Jackson; the Clippers sent Bibby, Big Q, Li Ao, Odom, Jay Ron Collins combo.

The lineup of the Timberwolves surprised Li Ao.

It’s not that Billups and Garnett have played together before, but both Trier Brandon and Billups partnered to play double point guards in the backcourt. defense.

Seeing Billups control the ball after reaching the top arc and waiting for his teammates to settle down, Li Ao guessed that the opposite coach might want to give it a go.

Li Ao kept up with Joe Smith and did not give the opponent a chance to catch the shot.

Billups singled Bibby at the top arc, and the Timberwolves sent a three-forward combination. In addition to strong shooting and interspersed running ability, there is also a very important purpose-to make their point guard always face the opponent's point guard. Attack one on one.

Trier Brandon has an advantage in speed against most point guards in the league, and Billups has an advantage in height against most point guards in the league.

Facing Billups' Langby style of play, Bibby chose to stick to the defense to fight.

Although Bibby's defensive ability is mediocre, he has a good attitude and a good sense. The poor defense is due to his poor physical condition, and he cannot be blamed for this.

Bibby did what he could do, but Billups still got a mid-range shot. It's just that Billups scored two points in the relatively easy singles this time!
The ball just bounced in Odom's direction!

Garnett wanted to bypass Odom to grab an offensive rebound, Odom quickly jumped up to get the ball, a beautiful dribble behind Garnett's steals easily avoided, and advanced to counterattack!
During the advance, Odom passed the ball to Li Ao. Li Ao dribbled to the free throw line and successfully attracted Billups and Joe Smith's pincers, and then passed... Big Q cut to catch the ball and dunked and scored two points.

The Clippers showed their momentum when they came up!
The Timberwolves are in a difficult situation. Li Ao guessed correctly. Flip Saunders really wants to try to let Billups make a wave. If Billups can shoot again, they may turn the situation around at the beginning of the final quarter. go back.

To this end, he even let Garnett play a supporting role.

But once Billups couldn't shoot, the offense collapsed!
Billups connects the whole team as the core offensive point. If the Timberwolves are a top defensive team, coupled with his offensive ability, he may be comparable to Garnett.

But the Timberwolves are at the bottom of the defensive league, Billups can't support the offense, and his way of organizing offense is not compatible with Garnett...

In the next time, the Clippers played a wave of 12 to 6. At 4 minutes and 11 seconds into the final quarter, the Timberwolves called a timeout.

The score came to 112 to 97, and the point difference widened to 15 points!
Flip Saunders has not given up. As the team with the strongest offensive firepower and the most stability in the league in the past two weeks, if they can surge up and the opponent's touch declines, they still have a chance.

Flip Sanders returned to the starting lineup.

On Gentry's side, he guessed that the opponent was going to make a final fight, so he replaced Jordan, Matt Harperin, and O'Neal. Bibby and Li Ao continued to play, and replaced them with the most stable lineup.

Back from the timeout, the Timberwolves attacked, Trier Brandon broke through and scored the ball, Garnett caught the ball and turned around and made a mid-range shot and began to counterattack.

When the Clippers were attacking, Bibby and O'Neal picked and rolled into the inside, the Timberwolves shrunk their defense and cut in. Li Ao ran back and threw Szczerbiak one step outside the free throw line. After receiving a pass from Bibby, the frontal long shot A two-point shot... also scored!
His personal score increased to 31 points!2+ in a single game for the second time this season!

In the middle of the next final quarter, a few minutes before and after the official timeout, the Timberwolves made a super high shooting rate of 10 of 6, including two three-pointers, plus 2 of 2 free throws, soaring 5 points in 14 minutes.

The Clippers' firepower was a little weaker, but they were stable. In the past 5 minutes, Li Ao scored a three-pointer from the sideline. Dom's breakthrough caused a foul and made one of two free throws, and he scored 4 points steadily.

打到末节9分53秒，比分来到124比113，快船队依旧领先着11分！
When it came time for the Timberwolves to attack, Garnett forcefully broke into the inside and scored two points with a one-handed dunk, reducing the point difference to 9 points.

In the transition between offense and defense, Li Ao, Jordan, and Bibby scored consecutively from mid- to long-range. The Timberwolves chose to expand their defense this time.

Li Ao received the ball on the right side of the three-second zone and was stuck by Joe Smith, who switched defenses. At this time, O'Neal cut in from the baseline, and Li Ao seized the opportunity and put the ball straight to the basket!

Garnett immediately took the ball back when Li Ao passed it to the basket, but O'Neal did not go straight for a layup. Instead, he caught the ball, turned around and retreated to the left sideline of the three-second zone, and made a jump shot from close range... Garnett Te was exhausted and could only watch as O'Neal Jr. hit a jumper from close range!
126 to 115, the Clippers continue to maintain a 11-point lead!
With 1 and a half minutes left, the Timberwolves failed to defend the ball, and their belief in a comeback completely collapsed.

The Clippers have also reached the end of their battles. They fought back-to-back second games. If it weren't for the opponent's poor defense, their firepower would not be able to survive this time. In order to ensure the offense, even Jordan played 32 minutes tonight.

In the last 1 and a half minutes, the two teams "bang bang" hit a few irons, but they didn't score any more goals.

At 10:21 p.m., the final whistle blew.

加内特拿到30分11板6助攻、特里尔-布兰登12分8助攻、比卢普斯20分3助攻、斯泽比亚克19分、乔-史密斯16分，森林狼队5人得分上双，依旧不敌对手。

李敖22投12中，其中三分球7中4，加上8中6的罚球，拿到34分9板4助攻2抢断3盖帽。

乔丹拿到23分4助攻、毕比20分7助攻、小奥尼尔12分12板、奥多姆14分9板5助攻……

快船队以126比115力克森林狼队，拿下4连胜，将战绩提升到14胜1负！
The Timberwolves suffered their fourth loss of the season and fell from the second place in the Western Conference.

Philip Sanders rubbed his fingers helplessly. He really had nothing to do with the Clippers.

This opponent is so different from other defensive teams. When other teams see them soaring, they think about how to defend them, and defend them at the expense of offense.

What he needs to do is simple, just break through the opponent's defense.

But the coach on the opposite side, seeing that he couldn't defend himself, became even more excited, and rushed to attack them regardless.

And it really hit the other side!
They scored 38 points in the first quarter, but they couldn't beat the opponent. They failed to gain an advantage in the stage with the strongest firepower, and they were always in a state of exhaustion.

If he loses, he can only adjust his mentality and focus on the next game.

...

The offensive battle between the Clippers and the Timberwolves made the fans enjoy it.

The triangle offense launched by the Clippers in the first quarter made people's eyes shine.

The match between Li Ao and Billups was hyped up by the fans.

This wave of Li Ao suffered a little bit. Although he won, Billups was the most talked about.

Like the Clippers fans at the scene, the fans in front of the TV were also surprised that Billups, who had been in the water for 4 years, actually played it!
The offensive performance of the Timberwolves also surprised many people. So far, apart from the Lakers, there has been no team that can score more than [-] points against the Clippers. The Timberwolves are the second team.

After winning back to back, Li Ao was in a better mood, scored high scores, and was in an even better mood. The next morning he had a rare sleep, and he didn't get out of bed until his mother told him to have breakfast at 8 o'clock.

When he came to the living room, he saw little Roy lying on the crib staring at him with big eyes. He went up and poked his son, and said, "Strange, I seem to have seen your eyes somewhere."

The mother on the side said speechlessly: "His eyes are exactly the same as yours when you were a child. You can just look in the mirror."

"No wonder, I just said why these eyes are so beautiful."

"..."

Looking at her son's narcissistic look, the mother really regretted making her son so handsome.

But his husband is also very narcissistic, and often calls himself a "handsome middle-aged guy" in private, forget it, get used to it.

After breakfast, Li Ao accompanied Vivienne to read the Dragon Ball Frieza chapter.

Although he has watched it countless times, he was still shocked and passionate when he saw the birth of the Super Saiyan. All the cartoons and all the protagonists of the anime were eclipsed at this moment.

...

In the afternoon, Li Ao left Los Angeles with the team and came to Denver Plateau.

After a night's rest, on November 11, the last game day of the first month, the Clippers came to the Pepsi Center to challenge the Nuggets away from home.

The Nuggets are a model of bad luck.

During the offseason, the Nuggets traded Van Exel and Lieve LaFrentz for Juwan Howard and former No. [-] All-American Donnel Harvey, and signed Tim Hardaway And Avery Johnson as a complement.

With a premium of 2 years and 500 million US dollars to renew the contract of veteran George McLeod, the Lakers' offer for the front line pitcher is 2 years and 400 million US dollars, and there is no other higher offer.

The operation of the Nuggets is naturally to re-enter the playoffs in the new season. They were short in the middle and late stages of last season. Now they have returned to a stable average of 18+ inside. The media also regarded them as strong contenders for the playoffs.

Then, they played two games in the new season. Their leading star, Antonio McDyess, who averaged 20+10 per game, seriously injured his left knee and needed to be out for 12 to 16 weeks.

The strongest player is gone. The Nuggets started 15 games with 6 wins and 9 losses. The matter of hitting the playoffs is basically cold. playoffs.

But tonight the Nuggets are very lucky, and the Clippers who came to challenge are in a downturn as a whole!

Just played a back-to-back, the back-to-back second game and fought the Timberwolves until the last moment, the third game within 4 days, still came to the Denver plateau, most of the Clippers players were in poor physical condition, after the first quarter, they scored 3 14 points behind the Nuggets than 24.

In the second quarter, Li Ao didn't care about it. He made 9 of 5 shots in a single quarter, plus 2 of 1 free throws. He scored 11 points and led the team to bite the score. The score was 21 to 22 in a single quarter. The Clippers trailed the Nuggets by 35 points 46-11.

Under the leadership of Li Ao, the Clippers found an offensive state in the third quarter and scored 31 points in a single quarter. Gerald Wallace, who came off the bench, seized the opportunity and continuously hit the inside line. He scored 8 minutes in a single quarter. 9 points, showing his extraordinary talent.

But the Nuggets saw a chance to win and played hard!

Especially Juwan Howard, he blamed his tragic experience this year on two teams, one is naturally the Mavericks, and the other is the Clippers.

No other reason, just pure anger.

Under the leadership of Juwan Howard, the Nuggets also soared in the third quarter, with 30 points in a single quarter, holding the lead!After three quarters, they continued to maintain a 76-point lead 66 to 10.

At the end of the quarter, the momentum of the Nuggets slumped, scoring only 9 points in the first 16 minutes.

However, the momentum of the Clippers also weakened. They only scored 9 points in 19 minutes. When they entered the timeout, they were 85 to 92 behind the Nuggets by 7 points.

In the last 3 minutes, Li Ao threw hard from the outside. At 11 minutes and 55 seconds into the last quarter, Li Ao made a three-pointer against James Posey's defense. During this time, he made 6 of 3 shots, including 4 of 2 three-pointers. Scored 8 points.

But Juwan Howard for the Nuggets also made two mid-range shots, scored 4 points, and held the advantage!
After Li Ao hit a three-pointer, Jermaine O'Neal fouled Nuggets center Gideon Hamilton. Gideon Hamilton walked to the free throw line and made one of two free throws, opening the point difference to 4 points!
At this time, with this point difference, the Nuggets have secured the victory!

After the Clippers came back from a timeout, Li Ao caught the ball and threw a three-pointer and missed. He was drained after playing 41 minutes tonight.

Juwan Howard grabbed the defensive rebound and the final whistle sounded.

朱万-霍华德拿到26分8板4助攻、艾弗里-约翰逊10分10助攻、詹姆斯-波西12分、乔治-麦克劳德18分……力压33投15中、其中三分球10中4、外加10中7的罚球拿到41分的李敖。

93 to 97, the Clippers lost their third away game in 4 days.

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空砍41分11板3助攻2抢断2盖帽，李敖心塞塞。

He was really in good shape last night. If his teammates performed normally, he could take fifteen or six shots steadily and score just over 20 points.

But last night apart from him, the second highest scorer was Gerald Wallace with 13 points.

Jordan only scored 14 goals in 5 shots and scored 12 points. Physical strength has a greater impact on him than defense. If he has sufficient physical strength, Kobe, Doug Christie, Payton and other first-level defensive players, It's hard to prevent him to such an extent.

The next day, a new month arrived, and Li Ao returned to Los Angeles with the team at noon. The good news calmed down his depression of losing.

靠着单月14胜2负的疯狂表现，场均24.2分7.4板4.2助攻1.6抢断3.2盖帽的他，拿下了NBA历史上首个西部月最佳球员奖！

Defeated Kobe, Webber, Nash, Garnett.

韦伯首月表现极佳，盛极巅峰，11胜4负，场均26.6分10.2板6.4助攻1.2抢断2.2盖帽。

加内特取得生涯最佳开局，11胜4负，场均22.4分13.2板5.4助攻1.4抢断1.6盖帽。

Nash played 16 games in the first month, averaging 20.3 points and 8.6 assists per game, with a record of 10 wins and 6 losses, which is slightly worse.

For the first time in three seasons, Kobe Bryant had full attendance in the first month. In 14 games, he averaged 28.5 points, 6 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 2.2 steals, shooting 48% from the field and 25% from the three-point range.

Except for the three-pointer, Kobe's performance in the first month was impeccable, and he was ready to counterattack and seize power. He also had a record of 10 wins and 4 losses, but the record of the Spider-Man team who couldn't help but stay in his house was too good.

Compared with the fierce competition in the West, there is no suspense that the East will be the best in the first month.

基德首月15场比赛取得10胜5负的战绩，场均16.2分8.6板9.6助攻1.8抢断，拿下NBA历史首个东部月最佳球员奖。

After receiving the monthly best 2 achievement point reward, Li Ao immediately went to surf the Internet.

He saw that although they lost to the Nuggets yesterday, the media generally rated them quite high, saying that their first month was a dream start.

The media conducted a detailed analysis of their performance in the first month.

TNT Sports focused on Bibby's performance.

Although Bibby averaged 13 points and 6 assists per game this season, and often scored in single digits, he swept away the title of "data brush".

Before, because of his poor record, the media compared him with Blevin Knight. If he hadn’t averaged 13 points, 14 points, and 15 points per game in the past three years, he had steadily improved, and his shooting percentage was quite good. Last season, his shooting percentage was as high as 45%, and his three-point shooting percentage was also 38%. Maybe the title of second place in parallel imports has to be given to him.

Although Bibby didn't score much, his key ball ability was praised by Barkley, Kenny Smith and others.

The assists are not as high as before, but TNT listed the data. When he was on the court, the Clippers' tactics execution success rate and shooting rate were much higher than when he was not there. He used his unique field control ability-ball distribution, Organize the team's offense in an orderly manner.

Bibby's performance in the distribution of the ball was evaluated by Barkley as 'not easy'.

Li Ao also felt that it was not easy. He often saw Bibby directing Jordan to move under Jordan's angry gaze. It's great to have a brother!
That’s right, apart from TNT, Li Ao didn’t see much analysis on Bibby on other websites, and the click-through rate and reply volume of TNT’s analysis articles on Bibby were not high. Bibby is getting attention... Brother is ignored by most people again.

Jordan's efficient performance of 26 points in 18 minutes per game, Odom's move to the second team as a pseudo-starter, O'Neal's steady improvement in both offense and defense... Li Ao saw that almost everyone in their team was praised.

Gentry, who won the best coach of the month in the Western Conference, has also been praised by the media for his understanding and utilization of the new regulations, helping the team lead the league in building a tactical system.

The best coach of the month in the East is Byron Scott of the Nets.

Li Ao's side was also praised.

Although the scoring and assists are not as good as last season, his shooting percentage has increased significantly. That is to say, he hit too much last night and dropped to 48.9%. At the beginning of the season, his shooting percentage was above 5%.

What he is praised most is the improvement of three-pointers. In the first month, he played 15 games and scored 29 three-pointers, averaging 1.93 per game, ranking 15th in the league and shooting 38%. League, first-class performance.

That's right, the media always mentioned the Lakers from time to time, and used them as weapons to step on the Lakers. Regarding this, he said-when they perform well, please continue to do so!

He shouldn't be too happy to see the Lakers fans on the news pages and forums so sour.

月最佳新秀，被场均10.2分8.4助攻的贾马尔-汀斯利、场均17分7板3助攻的加索尔拿下。

The Pacers traded back a draft pick at the end of the first round and selected a playmaker. Li Ao felt that Bird was no worse than the general manager of the Spurs, RC-Buford, or the Grizzlies' logo guy.

...

After 4 days and 3 games, the Clippers got two days off. On the 1st, Li Ao did not go to training after finishing the news. Instead, he stayed at home with his aunt to help his aunt play Super Smash Bros., which was released by Nintendo at the end of last month. , Vivian also likes to play games, but mainly side-scrolling clearance games with good graphics, or Nintendo cartoon-style games.

After a day of rest, on the 2nd, Li Ao resumed his state during the season, got up early, and went to the Memorial Stadium for extra training early.

At 9:[-] in the morning, the coaching staff held a team meeting.

During the meeting, they reviewed their performance last month. When Doug Collins, who was in charge of the analysis, analyzed the performance of each player, Li Ao saw that Jordan had a bad expression.

Playing an average of 26 minutes per game, it can be seen that the old basketball god is still very dissatisfied.

But Li Ao is not worried about this. He scored 47 points with a 18% shooting rate. With such an efficient performance, the shooting rate is still rising steadily. He believes that the god of basketball will like the feeling of being able to output with all his strength on the court, instead of hitting the back His performance plummeted and he was beaten by a small role. Even if he didn't like it, there were head coaches and seniors who would fight the basketball god.

After reviewing last month's performance, Gentry arranged the tactical adjustments and running-in plan for the next month.

There is less and less time for them to run in. After Christmas, they will enter the middle of the season. At that time, they have to compete with other strong teams that have already been adjusted.

Listening to Gentry's arrangement, Li Ao felt that the coaching staff was quite difficult.

It's all the next door neighbor's fault!
Trading Campbell with Piakowski and Rafonso Ellis will have a significant impact on their running-in progress and overall strength.

The core purpose of their trade back to Campbell is to deal with the big sharks. Campbell actually has strength, and the hard power is much stronger than Jaylon Collins. But for their team, they are younger, more mobile, and more conscious A good Jaron Collins is a more useful center against most opponents.

But the coaching staff must also give Campbell a certain amount of playing time to ensure the veteran's state and also take care of the veteran's emotions.

This, Li Ao is really not very helpful to the coaching staff. He remembers that after O'Neal entered his peak period, he never lost his dominance due to opponents' targeting and rules changes, even in the 2006 Eastern Conference Finals against the Pistons. Team, O'Neal also maintained an average of 20+10 per game, with a shooting percentage of over 6%. Only time can make O'Neal lose his dominance.

However, this problem is not only a headache for their Clippers. Every championship team must face this problem. Even the Mavericks have traded back the big center LaFrentz. Li Ao saw the news rumors. On the Mavericks side, they are all looking for a meat shield center...

He felt less tortured when everyone was suffering the same.

After a morning meeting, Li Ao's head was a little swollen.

He began to envy Big Q, Boykins, and Campbell, a group of teammates who didn't need to use their brains in meetings. It was really tiring to use their brains too much.

After lunch, he is going to take a nap to recharge his batteries for the afternoon training.

He had just returned to the training ground, and he finished his meal early to practice the corner three-pointer with a big Q, which made him instantly refreshed.

"Boss, have you heard that Stackhouse was sent to the Bulls, it seems to be used to trade Artest and Miller..."

...

On December 2001, 12, the Pistons and Bulls completed the transaction.

The Pistons sent Jerry Stackhouse to the Bulls for Ron Artest and Brad Miller.

After hearing the news from Da Q, Li Ao woke up instantly and went to the coaching staff's office to borrow a computer to check and saw that the transaction had really happened!

In the transaction, Stackhouse's performance of 29.8 points per game last season was marked.

After Carlisle joined the Pistons this season, the overall performance of the Pistons has soared, but Stackhouse's role is much less, averaging only 21 points per game. There are rumors that Stackhouse is very dissatisfied with the new coach.

Stackhouse is dissatisfied with Jim Carrey, Li Ao thinks it is normal, the facts have proved that when Stackhouse was the core, the Pistons were not even strong in the playoffs. When the scoring puzzle was used, the Pistons had surpassed the Celtics and the Hornets to come to third place in the Eastern Conference, but this Tanhualang was unwilling to be just a scoring puzzle, and it would be a matter of time before he was sent away.

However, it was Artest who changed back!

Ben Wallace became teammates with Artest, he was disillusioned...

So the big Auburn Hills battle is over?

He was still waiting for that fight to 'clean up' him!

Li Ao's mentality exploded for a while, and when he opened the official NBA website, the Pistons' lineup had been updated.

Artest, Brad Miller, Ben Wallace, he made a "tsk tsk" sound, this frontcourt combination, wait for Artest and Brad Miller to grow up under the training of Carlisle for a year or two ...Thinking of it makes his scalp tingle.

But hey, it's the East team!
Good luck to Stone Buddha!
However, after the Pistons sent Stackhouse away, the backcourt was really empty, and I don't know if Billups will go to the Pistons.

Li Ao thought it was strange. Billups played so well as the sixth man in the Timberwolves. Why didn't the Timberwolves renew his contract and was finally picked up by the Pistons. See how happy Billups is, and the Timberwolves There should be no contradictions, the Timberwolves are not a team that is not willing to spend money...

On the Pacers side, they didn't use Jaylen Rose for Artest. Is it because they snatched O'Neal away and Big Bird's reconstruction plan changed?

Li Ao didn't bother with these, and he would always know the answer in the future.

Anyway, he feels that the current NBA is becoming more and more interesting. There are many unknown things, and it is getting harder and harder to open the 'eye of the sky'. However, the unknown makes him more excited!

...

In the eyes of the people, Stackhouse, the leading scoring player, was traded, which attracted widespread attention.

Some think that the Pistons are "out of the sea of ​​suffering", and some think that the Pistons are out of their minds. The controversy is quite large.

Every player with high attention is traded, it will be like this, many people even complained about this player the day before, but after this player is traded, they can immediately become fans of this player and criticize this deal...

After reading the news for a while, Li Ao put the matter aside, lay down on the couch, closed his eyes, and forcibly turned off the phone to rest. He couldn't delay his preparations for watching the excitement.

This month, they not only have a heavy burden of system adjustment and tactical adjustment, but also have a difficult schedule. How easy it was in the first month, they will return this month. A few away games.

However, compared to last season, it is still very good. When they need time most and weaker opponents to polish their tactics, they have given them a good enough first month schedule.

On the second day, December 12, the Clippers ushered in a challenge from the Nuggets at home.

When the 'enemies' met, they were extremely jealous.

The Clippers players who just lost to the Nuggets on the road are very irritable tonight!
After the game started at 8:[-] p.m., Odom, Matt Harprin, and Li Ao took turns to defend Juwan Howard. Even Odom played life defense.

Even Gerald Wallace, who was rotated to play for 10 minutes, caught Juwan Howard to death.

全场打了40分钟的朱万-霍华德，15投仅3中，加上5中4的罚球，才拿到10分外加6板2抢断。

Juwan Howard was targeted in this way, and the rest of the Nuggets had more opportunities. James Posey scored 28 points and Voshan Leonard scored 20 points.

But apart from the three of them, the rest of the Nuggets only scored 22 points combined.

The Clippers' aggressive attitude was completely different from the previous two days, and many Nuggets players were directly discouraged.

That day they just saw a chance to win the game and cheered up. Seeing the loss tonight, the frustration brought about by McDyess' reimbursement returned.

快船队这边，乔丹今晚出场27分钟，15投8中，外加8中7的罚球，拿到23分5板3助攻1抢断。

Li Ao performed normally tonight. Although he lost the last match against the Nuggets, he also figured out the opponent's defensive routine. He made 19 of 10 shots, including 3 of 1 three-pointers and 6 of 6 free throws. 27 points and 6 rebounds. Since he just scored 41 points in the last game, after he scored a few shots tonight, the opponents pinched him more. After receiving the ball, he always had a good chance to pass the ball. 34 minutes He got 7 assists in playing time, his third highest this season, plus 3 steals and 3 blocks.

加上奥多姆的9分10板3助攻、毕比的12分5助攻、小奥尼尔的15分10板……快船队以105比80复仇掘金队。

When it comes to garbage time, the Clippers, a group of players who have been led by an unnamed No. 0 player, are still unwilling to relax their defense...

After the game, the imperial court commented on the game-a gentleman's revenge, from beginning to end.

...

After taking a good breath, Li Ao completely emptied the depression of losing to the Nuggets.

On the second day, after the extra practice in the morning, Li Ao saw the news that the Kings had arrived in Los Angeles!

Li Ao has been waiting for this opponent for a long time!
After lunch, I came to the Memorial Stadium. After the preparation meeting started at 1:[-] in the afternoon, Li Ao could also feel the importance that the coaching staff attached to the Kings.

After all, this is the team that eliminated them in the playoffs last year, and they have personally experienced the strength of their opponents.

And this year, with the improvement of Peja's strength and Webber's heyday, the Kings' strength has improved again, starting with 12 wins and 4 losses, beating the Lakers, Timberwolves, and Mavericks to rank second in the West.

Before Li Ao practiced at home in the morning, he watched the video clips of the last two games of the Kings for half an hour. It was really good!

Of the 4 games the Kings lost, 1 was lost to the Timberwolves. The score in that game was 102 to 120. Webber was defeated by Garnett. Except for the Lakers, that game showed the characteristics of the Kings losing the chain at critical moments; in the other two games, the Kings missed outside shots, and they were upset no matter how they shot.

Although the Kings' offensive ability at critical moments is still not good because they did not get Bibby, the strength of the Kings, for most teams, simply cannot push the Kings to the time when they need to attack.

The tactical assumptions of the coaching staff when preparing for the battle must be very good, to maximize their strengths and avoid weaknesses, and to make good use of their advantages...but the specific situation will only be known when they fight.

After the preparation meeting, the Clippers conducted a two-hour training, focusing on defense, and the offensive end mainly practiced shooting in tactical coordination.

After an afternoon of training, Li Ao received a system prompt.

"Congratulations to the host's three-point evaluation from 79 to 80, reaching an excellent level."

"Congratulations to the overall evaluation of the host from 83 to 84."

"Mission: Advance to the top level! Trigger."

(End of this chapter)