From sparring to superstar

Chapter 33 32. You deserve to wear size 0 too?
"Competitors from scratch:

Goal 1: The hosts need to limit Gilbert Arenas' shooting percentage below his season average.

Reward: 1000 achievement points.

Goal 2: The host must make more field goals than Gilbert Arenas in this game.

Reward: Skills related to mid-range shooting. "

"The dark horse is gaining momentum:
Goal: The host needs to help the team defeat the University of Arizona Wildcats and win half of the divisional civil war.

Reward: Basic attribute points*3. "

Li Ao took a look at the second task and ignored it.

He will definitely do his best to help the team win tonight.

The difficulty is all on the first task.

The difficulty in limiting Arenas' shooting percentage is that Arenas has just exploded, and Arenas' average shooting percentage in the division is not high, 7% in 41.6 games.

It is no exaggeration to describe it as prodigal.

However, Arenas' average shooting percentage was low, which became the difficulty of this task. Arenas scored 7 points on 7 of 5 shots in 11 minutes.

To pull it lower than 41.6%... As for the second goal, he glanced at it, and it was the same as the second task, so he didn't think about it.

I didn't think about it too much. Although the task is important, the more important thing is to win!
After the timeout, Li Ao played with Granville, Shelby Jordan, White Mamba and Charles.

The Wildcats made personnel adjustments. Luke Walton replaced Richard Jefferson who defended the White Mamba badly tonight. Gardner, Arenas, Michael Wright and Woods continued to play.

The Trojans attack, and the White Mamba throws the ball to Granville at the halfway line.

Seeing that it was Arenas guarding him, Li Ao glanced at Granville, pointed to the destination quietly, and started running after getting a response.

After the white mamba served to the left side of the three-second zone, Charles pulled out to give him a pick-and-roll.

The Wildcats' defensive attention was all on Granville's breakthrough and the white mamba's flank entanglement. Li Ao, who ran to the bottom line on the right, did not pull to the high receiving area. Turned around and ran back to the basket.

Arenas retreated again and again. Li Ao reached the right side of the three-second zone and received a through pass from Granville from the top arc.

Luke Wharton, who found Li Ao running backwards, immediately took him in. He was a bit slow and failed to make up the defense.

Luke Walton glanced at Arenas and silently picked up the ball to serve.

He dared not ask nor speak.

As long as Arenas confronts Li Ao with the ball when he runs back, or sticks it to interfere with passing and receiving the ball after Li Ao gets close, he can make up for it!
Just as in Li Ao's impression, Arenas hates confrontation on the defensive end, especially against opponents who are bigger than him, and has no defensive enthusiasm.

He tried to use this to rush inside, and it worked!However, the fiery first shot of 'Perfect Warmup' was also consumed by this offense.

The reason why he didn't choose to upgrade the 'Perfect Warm-up' was because the probability of using it was not as high as initially estimated.

After the offensive and defensive transition, after Arenas came to the frontcourt, Li Ao immediately posted up, trying to interfere with the opponent's receiving the ball.

After Gardner came to the frontcourt, Arenas turned back and ran quickly to get rid of Li Ao's defense and received the ball from Gardner.

This explosive acceleration is too fast!
But Li Ao was not discouraged, and immediately posted it again.

Arenas crossed and changed direction to break through. Li Ao couldn't stop him. He turned around and chased to cover Arenas' shooting space. Arenas accelerated and slammed to the brakes midway. Go back and reach out to interfere.

But Arenas's emergency stop was too horizontal, with a speed of 93 and an explosive acceleration of 95, he stopped as soon as he said it, and he seemed not to be affected by inertia.

When Li Ao stretched out his hand to the shooting point of Arenas, the ball had already flown over his head...

The ball gently rubbed against the inside of the basket and fell into the frame.

Again!

Arenas scored 9 points in a row!
Li Ao's head turned rapidly, this is too horizontal, this accuracy is simply unreasonable, this breakthrough and emergency stop are not something that can be prevented by normal defense, you have to change your thinking...

When he came to the frontcourt, he put aside the matter of how to defend, and devoted himself to the offense.

He continued to run around the baseline in the same way as in the previous round.

Charles pulled out again to cooperate with the White Mamba in an off-ball pick-and-roll, the Wildcats adjusted their defense, Michael Wright chased up, and Woods stayed under the basket.

Shelby Jordan saw this and ran down the diagonal line to the left of the free throw line.

Li Ao blocked by defenders (×)
Block the completely undefended 'Little Lambir' (√)
Woods made a foot movement choice.

The three teammates in the frontcourt restrained the opponent's frontcourt defense, and Li Ao ran back to the basket again to cut.

After Luke Wharton was blocked by Charles, he ignored Charles. He retreated to the three-second zone and moved ahead of time to block Li Ao from receiving the ball and force Arenas.

With the top talent in supporting him, it is easy to analyze the opponent's offense. When he sees the opponent's movement, he knows that the opponent is creating an opportunity for Li Ao to take on Arenas alone.

But the ball didn't come in as Luke Walton expected!

He quickly turned his head to look, and sure enough, Granville passed Gardner and rushed in!

He turned around to make up for it, Granville scored the ball, Li Ao pushed Arenas to catch the ball and made a layup!

21 to 20, the Trojans once again overtook the score.

Kevin Henderson on the sidelines praised: "Leo's offensive sense is really sharp."

Henry Bibby rarely has a hard bar, because this is the best part of Li Ao's talent.

It was obvious in the opening match, even though his abilities were not good, and he had no positioning skills, Li Ao could find good opportunities by relying on his instinct.

On the court, Woods yelled at Arenas: "You block him! The girls in the nightclub will resist symbolically!"

Luke Wharton didn't dare to say anything, but Woods didn't hesitate.

Who is not a genius anymore?

He went to the basket immediately after Granville broke into the free throw line, and his work was wasted.

He had a good relationship with the expelled Ruben Douglas, and immediately seized the opportunity to spray Arenas.

Arenas immediately retorted: "Shut up! I don't need you to teach me how to play!"

Li Ao, who was running back, heard the other side yelling at each other, wondering if this is internal strife?
But seeing Arenas running over quickly with a murderous look on his face... probably not.

This is probably the standard team atmosphere of the team where the man with the gun is.

Arenas was obviously more active. As soon as Gardner, who pressed the rhythm and advanced to the frontcourt, just passed the halfway line, Arenas opened his hands for the ball.

He wants to use the score to make Woods shut up!

This is how he responded to his teammates' doubts!
Li Ao stepped forward to interfere, and Arenas used his excellent explosive power to catch the ball again.

Just when Arenas was about to use Li Ao's oppressive defense to pass the opponent easily, the oppressive feeling disappeared!

Li Ao took a step back and stepped on the three-point line to defend!

Arenas crossed and changed direction, Li Ao did not move hurriedly, but took small steps in the direction that Arenas changed direction.

Li Ao couldn't prevent Arenas from breaking through without pre-judgment. Arenas passed Li Ao more easily than in the last round and entered the three-point line.

Li Ao hurriedly turned around to pursue the defense. Without predicting the movement, he was not affected by the inertia after shaking away. He turned around and chased up a little faster than the previous round, trying to cover Arenas' emergency stop jump shot space.

After reaching the free throw line on the right side of the three-second zone, Arenas made an emergency stop, retreated, escaped from the area covered by Li Ao, and also avoided Shelby Jordan's supplementary defense!
Without spending too much effort on breaking through this ring, Arenas made an emergency stop and retreat more quickly!
One step outside the free throw line, Arenas pulled up a long two-point shot...

"Bang..."

The ball is wide!

The white mamba protects the defensive rebound.

It was a surprise, seeing Li Ao was also easily beaten by Arenas, he felt depressed.

I didn't expect the other party to suddenly become iron!
Li Ao ran forward excitedly. He admitted that there was an element of gambling.

He knew he didn't have the ability to lock down Arenas, and Arenas was in such a good state that he made all kinds of difficult shots.

That being the case, he no longer aims to prevent Arenas, but to find ways to make Arenas uncomfortable.

His first attempt was to disrupt Arenas' current shooting rhythm.

The strength of Trepagnier's defense in the front and his defense in the last round is already their limit.

Since you can't prevent it like this, then increase the shooting interference, but reduce the intensity, and let Arenas shoot at a different rhythm from when he scored 9 points in a row.

Seems to be working!
Take advantage of the victory and pursue!Li Ao ran to the frontcourt, waited for Granville to advance beyond the three-point line, and actively started running.

The Wildcats passively adjusted their defense and encountered a situation that exceeded their pre-preparation.

In the past 5 games, Li Ao has played an average of 22.6 minutes per game. The Wildcats have regarded him as an object to pay attention to when preparing for the main game. I saw it, and made targeted defensive preparations.

But Li Ao's style of play tonight is very different from the past few games.

After all, it is just a substitute, or a rookie who is defensive + pure running shooting + support. Naturally, they will not prepare as well as they did against Granville, White Mamba and others. The time is limited and they have not really played against each other.

For example, Li Ao had the opportunity to attack inside before, and caught Turner Hill's non-stop gouging, but they didn't notice.

Seeing that Li Ao continued to work on the bottom line, the frontcourt players of the Wildcats subconsciously pressed inside.

Li Ao, who caught Arenas from the bottom line and circled half a circle, noticed the change in the opponent's defense. He didn't wait for the white mamba to move, and pressed Arenas to the inside ahead of time. Michael Wright and Woods were frightened and hurried shrink.

Granville passed the ball tacitly in advance and delivered the ball to Li Ao before he was surrounded by three people.

Li Ao received the ball from the player without stopping, and took advantage of his wingspan to hang the ball from Michael Wright's head to Shelby Jordan.

Shelby Jordan had a clear mind, he went in with a bunch of people on the inside, and he went in and beat the dog with meat buns. He waited for a second, and saw the white mamba running around the pile to the left at a 45-degree angle, grabbing Michael Wright's pounce. Passed the ball before grabbing it.

The White Mamba didn't feel good about receiving the ball, so he adjusted and gave Luke Walton a chance to bypass the pick-and-roll and catch up.

Seeing the adjusted movements of the white mamba, Luke Wharton rushed forward.

Luke Walton knows the White Mamba very well. This top pitcher is good at everything, but his flaw is also obvious-soft.

To defend against the white mamba, jump as hard as you can. The more aggressive the action looks, the better. This guy will definitely avoid the defense before shooting.

Just like what Li Ao thought, if you can't prevent it, you have to increase the difficulty of the opponent's shooting.

Contrary to Luke Walton's expectation, the white mamba jumped up to meet his defense and threw the ball!

His defense just looks fierce, but when the opponent really wants to shoot, he can't even touch the opponent's arm.

The white mamba anti-aircraft gun slid a three-pointer through a high arc and fell into the frame!
A three-pointer hit and the score was 24 to 20. The Trojans regained a 4-point lead and stopped the Wildcats!
The place is boiling!
Just now Arenas played a wave of 7-0 alone, and they felt that the world was about to collapse.

Unexpectedly, a wave of 7 to 2 was immediately returned, which in turn stopped the opponent!

In just a few minutes, they felt like they were on a roller coaster, but fortunately there were ups and downs and finally they got up again!
The fans cheered wildly, many people shouted 'Leo', and more and more people shouted.

Everyone can see that the team's resurgence depends on Li Ao.

Li Ao's defensive talent is also recognized by the fans of the Trojans. When he plays, the fans have expectations.

But the fans didn't expect Li Ao to help the team score 7 points from the offensive end after playing!
What is a surprise?

This is riding a horse!
The big screen shot was also shown to Li Ao. Seeing Li Ao pointing to the number 0 on his chest, the fans cheered violently again, and more people shouted his name.

Some alumni who have always hated Li Ao before, looking at Li Ao's face at this moment, he is really a dog-like little milk dog...

On the court, Li Ao did not move towards the camera, but towards Arenas. He was still talking, but the scene was too noisy and Arenas could not hear clearly.

However, from the shape of Li Ao's mouth and the movement of pointing to the jersey number, Arenas understood what the other party said.

"You also deserve to wear size 0?"

(End of this chapter)