From sparring to superstar

Chapter 64 62. If This Isn't Love
This made Arenas feel that he was underestimated. He never thought that this was the normal performance of Li Ao who averaged 10.5 points per game.

Originally, the Trojans were still guarding against the Wildcats' Jedi counterattack in the last few minutes, but Arenas hit 3 irons in a row.

Granville, Li Ao, and Sam Clancy counterattacked successfully for 3 consecutive rounds, playing a wave of 6-0, and the score was 92-77. The Trojans opened the point difference to 15 points in one fell swoop and sealed the victory!

At 8:45 p.m., the final whistle blew.

靠着特雷帕格尼尔的16分、李敖的14分、白曼巴的17分、布鲁森塔尔的13分、格兰维尔的8分8助攻2抢断……特洛伊人队以101比88击败野猫队，拿下16连胜！

In addition to 14 points, Li Ao also had 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal.

After the final whistle sounded, all the players and coaches of the Trojans poured into the field, including Henry Bibby, and everyone formed a circle and shouted for victory.

The boos at the scene were all over the sky, and they couldn't cover up the shouts of the Trojans.

"Total victory!"

"Total victory!"

"We're going to take that goddamn total victory!"

The momentum of the Trojans shocked the players of the Wildcats.

Gardner, Michael Wright and others all wanted to shout a few words for each other.

After losing to the Trojans, they changed their minds - hoping that the Trojans will win all.

They can't be the only ones who are miserable, the Cardinals must be equally miserable.

The top three top teams of the former pac10 have to be neat and tidy!
Michael Wright lost convincingly tonight, and overall performance, they are indeed not as good as their opponents.

Regardless of any objective factors, the 4V4 team offense they are good at did not play out, or did not play out. The opponent's strategy is also part of their strength.

His only regret tonight was that he had almost no chance to face off against Li Ao, and his idea of ​​picking off the opponent's pants was shattered.

This time I didn't pick it up, this season is enough to have another chance.

He is very confident that their Wildcats will enter the third place, at least they will be third in the division, and they may even end up second.

Generally speaking, in a top league like their pac10 league, 3 teams are guaranteed to advance to the crazy three, 4 teams are more likely, and 5 teams are rare.

Crazy Three will be divided into four divisions, East, West, Midwest, and South. Teams in the same league will be evenly divided into the two closest divisions. The first round will be very scattered. The team wants to play against each other in the Crazy Three, at least to get the quarter-finals, and in most cases get the quarter-finals.

Now Michael Wright has no confidence, he thinks they are crazy enough.

Their current strength means that the Pac10 league, the weakest of the six major leagues, dominates... No, they can't even be the king of the Pac10 league.

Bao Buqi is the same as last season, he was eliminated in the first round...

But it doesn't matter, everyone is still young, he is also a sophomore, there are plenty of opportunities in the future!

Next time, don't miss the opportunity!

Most of the Wildcats were convinced that they lost, and they felt that they didn't deserve to win tonight.

But there is one person who refuses to accept it-a certain No. 0 player.

After he was replaced with more than 3 minutes left in the game, he left the court directly and ran back to the training ground for extra practice.

Not to mention how effective the training is when he is so tired after playing a game, just this attitude, coupled with the talent that is full from the head down, the head coach of the Wildcats feels that his No. 0 future is limitless.

But what he wants is a player who is good now, not how brilliant in the future.

I miss Mike Bibby.

Still the same sentence-Henry, do you have a son?Can it be born without another one?
...

The Los Angeles sports scene in February belongs to the Trojans!

On Thursday morning, after Li Ao returned to Los Angeles with the team, he saw such headlines.

College sports, the end of the football season and the peak season of ice hockey and baseball, have to make way for the Crazy Three.

In the professional arena, the Clippers are the number one favorite for the No. [-] pick; the Kings of ice hockey are currently in a bad state, and have been bad for several years;

The most popular news is the Lakers, but the evaluation is not very high, even if O'Neal averaged 30 points per game, far surpassing Allen Iverson who averaged 28 points per game, and the Lakers played the best half in team history. Cheng record, but still not optimistic.

In the past three years, the Lakers played extremely poorly in the playoffs when they met the final championship or the championship runner-up, so even if they are now playing the best start in the league since the 95-96 season, they are only regarded as regular season teams.

Although O'Neal's personal performance is good, his size has been questioned.

Li Ao saw nothing good about O'Neill's comments from the media.

At present, no one associates O'Neal with dominance. They are all criticizing him for not being self-disciplined during the lockout. Maybe he is in Los Angeles. Some media and experts even rank him with Rain Man and Baker. Those who don't know think he is playing The average score was also cut in half.

In this environment, the once small and transparent Trojans in Los Angeles sports stand out.

The Trojans, who have won 16 consecutive victories, are expected to win all in one month in people's eyes!
If they can win all the divisions, the opponents will not be too strong in the subsequent "place competition stage".

Granville, White Mamba, Brusenthal, Trepagnier, Shelby Jordan... have become the objects of pursuit of Los Angeles sports fans.

The one who received the most praise is naturally the head coach Henry Bibby.

The players of the Trojans team have many advantages, but their shortcomings are also very prominent. The head coach has contributed a lot to twisting these people into one rope, breaking out such an amazing combat power, and winning 16 consecutive victories.

Li Ao also saw content that praised him, such as mid-range shooting, defense, and passing.

Compared with others, his style of play is really not attractive enough. Granville has such a sharp breakthrough; the white mamba is so accurate in mid-range and long-range shots; Ray Pagnier's unsparing style of play; Shelby Jordan has a group of loyal fans... Compared with these people, his style of play is too simple.

When he was browsing the forum, he saw a post - the most handsome man in the NCAA.

Accompanied by a photo of him in a suit.

The first comment below - bah, boy.

Appearance is more concerned than playing, and Li Ao has nothing to do about it, he can only endure this humiliation silently.

Continue to study and train.

With the meditation teapot and the rotten pen, it is easier for him to study.

Just bring a teapot to class, even Liam complained about his pretentious way of pouring tea from a small teacup, let alone other students.

On Saturday, the preparation day before the home game against the Sun Devils.

In the morning, Li Ao and several teammates received special training from Kevin Henderson and Sam Hayes. His style of play is not suitable for 3V3 offense, and he is still the defensive one.

After the one-hour 3V3 training, Li Ao was taken to a small training ground by Sam Hayes for special training.

Sam Hayes conducted targeted training based on the shortcomings exposed by Li Ao in small-scale defensive cooperation.

His defensive special training has been like this recently, and it has reached the stage of intensive training.

After the training in the morning, Li Ao received a system prompt!
"Congratulations to the host for upgrading the basic defensive skills training method to level 2. When performing basic defensive skills training, the host will gain an additional 40% of the training results."

"Congratulations to the host who has learned the first level of the team's basic defensive coordination training method. When performing the team's basic coordination training, the host will gain an additional 1% of the training results."

"The level 2 training task of basic defensive skills and the level 1 training task of team basic defense coordination have been started."

After waiting for a long time, it is finally here!

Seeing that the improvement speed of several basic defensive skills has reached an excellent level, according to Sam Hayes, this is a natural phenomenon after reaching a certain level. Next, we have to go through it slowly. Can we cross this hurdle? Depends on talent.

Sam Hayes told Li Ao that as long as you work hard enough, be patient, and be willing to sacrifice, you can practice defense and become a certain type of defender.

Even with Reggie Miller's thin body, he was able to not hold back when he was young, and with the addition of mouth escape, the defensive effect is not bad.

Of course, this matter cannot be generalized. For some players, he needs to gain weight to improve his defense, but he plays briskly on the offensive end. Gaining weight will affect his speed and flexibility, and his offensive talent is much higher than his defensive talent. There is no need to sacrifice your top offense in order to improve the defense to a decent level.

Some people in this hurdle come early, like Reggie Miller, and they have reached a good level.

There are also some monsters, after polishing the most basic defensive basic skills, they are directly at the first-class level.

But if you want to become a top defender, you still need time to polish it slowly.

Sam Hayes didn't tell Li Ao, in his eyes, Li Ao was the latter.

By the time of this hurdle, Li Ao had already had a first-class defensive performance on the court.

The most outrageous thing is that I have only practiced for half a year.

But whether you can cross this hurdle is not certain. Talent, hard work, patience, and competition opportunities are all indispensable.

There are quite a few excellent defensive players in the professional basketball world, but one out of ten is good enough to become a top defensive player, not to mention one in a hundred.

This hurdle is now in front of Li Ao. He doesn't know how talented he is on the defensive end, but the higher the level of training methods and the higher the training efficiency, the sooner he can pass this hurdle.

The fact that his own defensive ability has reached a bottleneck does not mean that there are no other ways to improve his defense. No, he has already begun to strengthen the team's defensive coordination under the guidance of Sam Hayes.

After several special trainings, he has learned these defensive coordination training methods, and the next step is to practice non-stop, so that the body can develop instincts and strengthen the defensive tacit understanding with his teammates.

He took a look at the two training missions that had just started, the one on basic defensive skills, and fortunately, he could do it by himself.

However, the team's basic defense and training tasks need to have at least 5 and 9 teammates in the second gear to cooperate.

This is a bit difficult for him. If he can ensure that he can complete it and let his teammates cooperate once or twice, the teammates will not have any complaints.

But the mission has just started, and those mission objectives are not low, and it takes a lot of practice to complete them.

Let his teammates accompany him to practice these events... If he can't do it by himself, he will definitely feel dissatisfied.

Why do you want others to sacrifice their time to be with you?
But, whoever said it is good, as long as the thinking does not slip, there are always more solutions than difficulties!
While eating a nutritious meal, Li Ao opened the training section, repeatedly watched the training method of the basic defense training of the first-level team, and compared the training tasks...

Before the afternoon training, Li Ao chatted with Sam Hayes for a while, and successfully persuaded him to arrange his special training according to his training tasks.

After Li Ao left satisfied, Henry Bibby found Sam Hayes and asked, "What are you two talking about for so long?"

"He asked me to arrange the special training content according to his ideas."

"With your tone, you shouldn't agree to him, right? This is not your style. You hate other people meddling in your training arrangements."

"I originally wanted to refuse, but his training plan is very complete and suitable for him, which is more suitable than the training plan I prepared."

"I wipe..."

Henry Bibby was surprised.

Sam Hayes is the kind of guy who doesn't talk if he doesn't talk, but he can't talk nonsense.

Talented, hardworking, grass-tolerant, high golf quotient... Even the training plan can be made by himself, and Sam Hayes is willing to adjust the training arrangement for him.

he is sour...

...

On December 2, the eighth game day of the season for the Trojans arrived.

After 6 o'clock in the evening, the main stadium of the Memorial Stadium, more than 2 seats are almost full.

Tonight, the atmosphere in this stadium is extra manic, and the fans are more excited than ever.

Because O'Neal, Kobe, Fisher, Rick Fox, Glenn Rice, AC-Green and others came to watch the game!
From time to time, fans can be heard shouting "Shaq" or "Bryant".

Just after 6:[-], the players of the Trojans entered the court, and when they saw Kobe and O'Neal, they were also very excited and shouted "Thai pants are hot".

Except for two people...

Li Ao/Shelby Jordan: (▼易▼メ)
These two gods are here to catch the heat!Come steal the limelight!

Seeing the players of the Trojans entering the court, the stars of the Lakers got up and came to the bench of the home team, and said some encouraging words to each player, such as "good job, let the team continue to win", "I appreciate Your shooting", "Your defense reminds me of Lambiel"...

When it came to Li Ao, it was a little different.

O'Neal said to Li Ao: "I can't wait to see you enter the NBA. Whoever can play with you is so happy. Pass the ball when you need to pass, shoot when you need to shoot. You can always connect your teammates together."

Without waiting for Li Ao to thank you, Kobe said: "Yes, I admire you very much. I heard that you train very hard and are very self-disciplined. I have watched your video at the beginning of the season. Your body is indeed much stronger. You have not gained weight because of weight gain. Meat."

Li Ao: "Uh...thank you."

These two are so enthusiastic!
Oh, is it because of that sentence?
'The Lakers moved? '

What Li Ao asked the reporter when he was playing against the Bruins won him the favor of a large number of Lakers fans.

To refute the "Los Angeles Kings" of the Bruins, they used the name of the Lakers. Doesn't this mean that the Lakers are the "Los Angeles Kings"?
However, are these two people already so disgusted with each other at this time?
He felt that these two people came to praise him by the way, and the mutual hatred was the key point.

Love it!
(End of this chapter)