NBA: One S-level skill per game

Chapter 152 Who Can't Talk Trash? (6000)

In the TNT live broadcast room.

"This year's Christmas game is full of fun! Haha!" Barkley laughed.

"Yes, the two teams most likely to win the league this season will meet in the Christmas game, but..."

At this moment, Kenny Smith extended his voice and said: "Karl Malone was injured when he played against the Spurs, which affected the strength of the Clippers. However, the core of this Clippers team is Lee Chen, as long as he is with the Clippers, they will still be the same Clippers team that swept all the strong teams in the Western Conference last season."

Karl Malone said, "How can I become a dispensable existence if I am so worried about the old iron?"You must know that I was the man who snatched the MVP from Jordan, can you give me some respect?
"Haha! Kenny, you must know that Kobe's son is about to be born. As the saying goes, people are happy on happy occasions. Kobe will definitely be stronger when he becomes a father again."

"Hey, hey! Charles, you are a fan of Chen, Chen will be sad if you turn your elbows out like this." Kenny Smith joked.

"Kenny, this guy doesn't understand. I call this poisonous milk." Buckley said proudly.

Kenny Smith "…"

Ignoring Barkley, Kenny Smith said: "Let's take a look at the starting list of the Lakers today."

Payton (point guard)
Kobe Bryant (shooting guard)
Rick Fox (Small Forward)
Devin George (power forward)

O'Neal (center)

"Looking at this lineup has a feeling of trembling." Kenny Smith joked.

"Haha! I don't think so, but I'm looking forward to how the Clippers' Li Chen can play three All-Stars alone."

"Charles, you really are a fake fan, Chen is ashamed to have a fan like you."

Kenny Smith's joke did not affect Barkley's state of mind. Instead, he muttered: "There is a saying in the East... in Cao Ying, your heart is in Han."

"Oh? Have you studied Eastern culture? And what do you mean by that?" Kenny Smith asked in surprise.

"Of course, as a die-hard fan of Chen, of course I want to know more about it. I read that book called The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which is very interesting." Then he said: "This sentence is a famous saying in that book, which means that although I stand On the Lakers side, but I've always been on Chen's side in my heart."

After hearing Buckley's explanation, Kenny Smith couldn't help but give a thumbs up and said: "Charles, your shamelessness shocked me deeply. You can describe betrayal in such a fresh and refined way."

"Hey, hey, hey! Kenny, you really want to learn from me. Look at the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Now I know why Chen is so bad. I probably learned from that book."

Kenny Smith was too lazy to respond to Barkley's complaints. He continued: "Next, let's take a look at the Clippers' lineup today."

Li Chen (point guard)
Korver (shooting guard)

Corey Maggette (small forward)
Elton Brand (power forward)
Wang Zhizhi (center)

"I have to acknowledge the audacity of Coach Alvin Gentry.

I don't think he should start Korver as a rookie.

"Can he really get a chance when he is defended by All-Star players?" Kenny Smith shook his head.

"Yes! If one is not good, his self-confidence may be affected." Barkley and Kenny Smith hold the same view.

At this time, players from both sides began to enter the field, and then players from both sides began to warm up.

At this moment, the camera lens turned and landed on a figure.

He is a music legend, Michael Jackson.

"Oh! God Michael actually watched this Christmas game. Kenny, do you think he watched the Lakers or the Clippers?" Barkley asked with a smile.

Kenny Smith thought for a while and said, "It should be Kobe, after all, he is familiar with Kobe."

"Not necessarily! Look, they are all walking towards Michael Jackson."

On the field, Kobe asked in surprise: "Why didn't I know you knew Mr. Michael?"

Li Chen blinked and cursed in his heart, as if you knew me very well.

Li Chen rolled his eyes at Kobe and said, "Because he is my benefactor and savior."

Li Chen's words made Kobe even more confused.

Li Chen ignored the bewildered Kobe and said politely: "I didn't expect you, Mr. Michael, to come and see us play. We are really honored."

Michael Jackson said with a smile: "Actually, I am also a fan. I hope you can let us see a wonderful basketball game."

Li Chen and Kobe nodded.

Thirty minutes later, a burst of cheers sounded from the Staples Center, announcing the official start of the Christmas game.

Li Chen's random S-level skill in this game is [Single-handed Master]

[Single-up expert: Each defensive player has a 10% increase in shooting percentage. 】

This skill has appeared once before, and it's a nice skill.

Then Li Chen chose five skills and put them in the skill slot, they are [Unrestrained], [Immortal Ball], [Assist Master], [Dry Jumper], [Shen Shot].

The two sides jumped the ball, and Wang Zhizhi lost to O'Neal on the jump ball as expected.

Kobe grabs the basketball, and the Clippers' defense means that Li Chen can barely defend Kobe, so the important task of defending Kobe is in his hands.

Kobe looked at Li Chen's focused expression, and the corner of his mouth curled up, as if to say, you boy can't guard against me.

Li Chen was too lazy to pay attention to Kobe's provocative look, because he had seen this look no less than a hundred times and was immune to it when fighting against him.

At this moment, Kobe moved, and he suddenly started to break through to the right of Li Chen.

Of course Li Chen would not let him pass, he saw that his center of gravity shifted to the right, and he wanted to block Kobe's breakthrough path.

But at this moment, Kobe suddenly stopped the jumper.

The corner of Li Chen's mouth curled up. He knew Kobe too well, so he knew that this guy would use this trick.

Li Chen jumped up high, his big hand shined in front of the basketball that Kobe hadn't let go of.

At this moment, Kobe's waist and abdomen stiffened, and then his body leaned backward.

Kobe suddenly leaned back forcefully, catching Li Chen off guard.

In fact, even if Li Chen was prepared, he couldn't block such a difficult shot.

Swish!Such a difficult shot for Kobe actually hit the net. This shows that his touch is pretty good today.

The Lakers lead 2-0.

Clippers offense.

Li Chen advances forward with the ball.

Of course, Kobe would not hand over the job of defending Li Chen to others, because he is the person who knows Li Chen best.

I saw that Li Chen also imitated Kobe's attack method just now, and Li Chen broke through from the right.

Seeing this scene, the corner of Kobe's mouth twitched.

Does he know how difficult it is to break through the emergency stop and fallback jumper.

Unless you have the incredible jumping ability to block a fadeaway, you won't be able to prevent it at all, but the shooting percentage of such difficult shots is very low.So he can only pray that Li Chen will not make a shot.

However, Li Chen is a B. The two skills of [Single-handed Master] and [Shenzhen Shot] are combined, and the hit rate is guaranteed to be more than 30%. As long as the luck is not too bad, there is a 50% chance to make it.

Swish!Li Chen responded to Kobe in the same way.

2 to 2 draw.

Next, Li Chen and Kobe started a duel mode.

If you see two people, you vote for one, I get one, and you miss one, I get another one.

Gradually, Phil Jackson discovered that Kobe's shooting rate began to decline as his physical strength continued to be consumed.

But Li Chen is still as stable as an old dog, and his shots are accurate.

Bell Jackson secretly scolded Li Chen for being a physical monster.

Kobe was also depressed and complained in his heart, is this the advantage of being single?
Li Chen expressed that I have a girlfriend.

When the first quarter ended, Bryant was depressed to find that the Clippers actually led the Lakers 24 to 20 by 4 points.

Phil Jackson knew that Kobe could not continue to defend Li Chen, so he gave Payton the task of defending Li Chen in the second quarter.

Although Kobe was a little reluctant, he knew that if he continued to spend with Li Chen like this, their Lakers team might capsize in the gutter.

Between defending Li Chen and winning the game, he would choose the latter without hesitation.

In the TNT live broadcast room.

Barkley laughed loudly and said, "As expected of Uncle Barkley's idol, Kobe is no match at all."

"Charles, basketball is a 5-player sport. Although Li Chen of the Clippers performed well, the statistics of other players were dismal. Li Chen scored 24 of the 10 points of the Clippers. If the other players of the Clippers could not It will be difficult for the Clippers to share the pressure on Li Chen."

Barkley nodded, "Yes, if Li Chen misfires, the Clippers will really be paralyzed."

Let's take a look at how coach Alvin Gentry plans the second quarter.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Elton Brand, Corey Maggette, and Wang Zhizhi rested.

Now the Clippers have Li Chen, Korver, Richardson, Jaric and Bobby Simmons on the court.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Li Chen was closely defended by Payton.

Gary Payton is one of the strongest point guards in NBA history. His nickname is "The Glove" because his defensive ability wraps the opponent tightly like a glove.

Payton's defense is extremely oppressive and alert, and he is impeccable in both personal defense and team defense.

Although Payton is no longer at his peak, the camels he packs are bigger than horses, and Li Chen will not take it lightly.

Peyton came up with death entanglement, what Li Chen hated most was this kind of close defense.

Seeing Li Chen frowning, Peyton started his trash talk skills.

"Boy Dongfang, what I want to guard against today is that you want to go home and find your mother."

Li Chen bared his teeth and smiled, "Gary, actually there is something I really want to say to you."

"What?" Gary Payton asked in surprise.

"Crossing you is like the road in the early morning."

Hearing this, Gary Payton was slightly stunned, such familiar words, this... Isn't this what he said to Granhill back then?

At this moment, Li Chen suddenly started, and he was like a strong wind blowing past Payton, and then he rushed toward the basket like lightning.

At this time, O'Neal quickly stepped forward to defend, but Li Chen didn't care about O'Neal's defense at all.

He jumped up facing O'Neill, as if he was about to dunk O'Neill.

Seeing this scene, O'Neill raised his eyebrows, a nameless anger rose in his heart, and he secretly vowed to take pictures of Li Chen and others.

But when the two were confronting in the air, Li Chen bypassed O'Neal's block like a top and smashed the basketball into the basket.

Li Chen turned 180 degrees in the air and dunked.

Although today is the home court of the Lakers, there are also many Clippers fans.

Cheers erupted from Staples Center.

26:20.

Li Chen turned around to look at Gary Payton, raised his hand, and made a blowing motion of the muzzle.The meaning of provocation is self-evident.

Gary Payton's face was so ugly that he was dying, arrogant boy, he clenched his fists, Li Chen said silently, I will return this ball.

Li Chen bared his teeth and smiled, he understood what Payton meant.

Lakers offense.

Payton took the ball directly and broke through. He passed three people in a row, showing his pinnacle basketball skills.

But just when he was about to end the attack, Li Chen took the lead and gave Gary Payton a chase.

The basketball happened to be picked up by Kobe who was following closely. He ignored Korver's defense and shot Korver in the face.

26:22.

After the two landed on the ground, their eyes met for a moment, as if there were sparks bursting out.

After a while, the corners of Li Chen's mouth curled up, "Uncle, you're not too young, so don't brag like young people, be careful that the wind hurts your tongue."

Gary Payton, the corners of his mouth twitched, his face was slapped, but he hasn't lost when it comes to talking trash, so of course he won't swallow it.

So he said: "Just now, I was careless, and I will let you know what is the strongest defense."

Li Chen pouted, "Okay! I'm looking forward to it, I hope you don't let me down."

In the TNT live broadcast room.

Barkley laughed loudly and said, "Gary, that chatter must have irritated Chen, who is narrow-minded, and there will be a good show to watch."

Barkley's eagerness to try made Kenny Smith speechless.

Clippers offense.

Li Chen broke through and passed the ball to Korver who was open.

Korver raised his hand and made a three-pointer.

But at this moment, Kobe quickly assisted the defense and gave the rookie Korver a big cap, and the basketball flew out of the sideline.

Cheers erupted in the Staples Center Arena.

The Clippers throw in-bounds.

Korver watched Li Chen being defended close to him, he was hesitant to pass it to Li Chen.

At this moment, Li Chen yelled: "Kyle, what are you thinking? Are those eyes of yours holes? Didn't you see that I was undefended?"

Korver "..."

Gary Payton felt a [-]-point crit in his mind.

Gary Payton felt a little overwhelmed by Li Chen's trash talk.

Korver passed the ball to Li Chen.

After Li Chen received the ball, he made a three-point pull-up jumper.

Payton tried his best to interfere with Li Chen's shooting.

But pull-up jumpers have an 80% chance of ignoring defense, and his defense is almost nonexistent.

Swish!The basketball draws a beautiful arc and enters the net hollowly.

As Li Chen said just now, he really regarded Gary Payton's defense as nothing.

Phil Jackson's eyelids were twitching wildly. He was so impressed by Li Chen's jump shot. He studied Li Chen's pull-up jump shot last season.

He has carefully calculated that Li Chen's hit rate of jump shots is almost 90% when he is physically strong. Even if he hits more than 50% in the third quarter, this hit rate is simply terrifying.

Li Chen's pull-up jumper is simply not as threatening as McGrady's pull-up jumper.

Payton was dumbfounded. He defended well enough. Obviously Li Chen was forcing a shot, but he just scored, which made Payton very depressed.

In the following time, Li Chen kept shooting Payton in the face, which made the NBA All-Star player doubt his life.

Seeing that Gary Payton had nothing to do with Li Chen, Phil Jackson felt a little helpless.

How about letting Kobe and Payton attack Li Chen?As soon as this idea appeared, he was ruthlessly rejected.

The protagonists of today's game are Li Chen and Kobe. If Kobe and Payton attack Li Chen, even if Li Chen is strangled, they will win the game.

But it will also give people the feeling that Kobe is not as good as Li Chen.

Phil Jackson knew that the Christmas match was an exhibition match, so this kind of thing was absolutely unacceptable, so he called a timeout and asked Fisher and Payton to attack Li Chen.

Payton is an All-Star defensive player, and Fisher's defense is not weak either. With the two of them working together, Li Chen no longer has to make pull-up jumpers and his shooting percentage is greatly reduced.In desperation, Li Chen started passing the ball.

At the end of the three first halfs, the Clippers and the Lakers became a 55-55 tie.

In the third quarter, the Clippers fell into a passive situation, and the Clippers fell into a vicious circle of not making shots.

Even the pull-up jumper can hit once after taking three shots.

Li Chen is like this, let alone other Clippers players.

With 90 seconds left in the third quarter, the Clippers trailed the Lakers by 88 points, 71-17.

The Lakers' momentum against the team is getting higher and higher, while the Clippers' situation is exactly the opposite.

Alvin Gentry, who saw this scene, had no more spells, and his hole card, Li Chen, was no longer working. What should we do?No matter, let's leave it to the timeout first.

In the TNT live broadcast room.

"The disadvantages of the Clippers' single-core team leadership were infinitely magnified in this game. After Li Chen was restricted, no one could score." Kenny Smith sighed.

"No, Kenny, you can't say that."

"Oh? Charles, what do you think?" Kenny Smith asked pretending not to know.

"Kenny, it's not that the other Clippers players didn't perform well, it's that Kobe Bryant performed too well today. Look at his defense today. Every time the Clippers' offense succeeds, it's destroyed by him. , his performance today was really impeccable.”

Kenny Smith nodded and said: "The next step is to see what tricks you, Alvin Gentry, use to resolve this crisis."

In the Clippers rest area, Alvin Gentry said indifferently: "Relax and play steadily, the victory belongs to our Clippers."

Then Alvin Gentry closed his eyes and looked like I had the situation under control.

Hearing this, the Clippers players were all taken aback, gone?This is gone?Shouldn't you say more?

Li Chen is also very helpless, but then again, the Clippers players don't feel good, it's useless for anyone.

At the same time, Gary Payton was also very tired in the Lakers' rest area. I think he wasn't so tired when he defended Jordan back then!

This kid is really strong, but so what?Wasn't he still strangled to death by himself?

All right!Payton directly attributed all the credit to himself, and Fisher was directly ignored by him.

After a while, the timeout ended and the Clippers sent the ball out of bounds.

Corey Maggette passed the ball to Li Chen.

Payton and Fisher immediately flanked Li Chen.

Li Chen forced a breakthrough, attracted the Lakers' attention, and then passed the ball to Korver.

Kobe immediately deflects Korver.

But Korver's shot was twice as fast as before, and this accident caught Kobe off guard.

Swish!The basketball is hollow into the net.

88:74.

Seeing this scene, the corners of Li Chen's mouth turned up slightly, very good, the [Unrestrained] stimulant buff was triggered.

At the same time, Kobe frowned. He felt that the aura of Korver, a rookie, had changed and he became more confident.

Is this my own illusion?should be.he thought to himself.

Lakers offense.

Payton moved forward with the ball, his eyes constantly looking at the positions of his teammates.

At the same time, Li Chen's eyes were sharp. He spread his hands and stared at Peyton closely. He realized that this was an excellent stealing opportunity.

Li Chen suddenly took a step, and unexpectedly reached out to grab the basketball in Payton's hand.

Peyton sneered in his heart, do you really think I am a rookie?I have been guarding against you for a long time.

I saw that Peyton was keenly aware of Li Chen's movements, and he reacted immediately.

Quickly transfers the ball to the other hand, trying to protect the ball while also looking for opportunities to pass.

At the same time, when Li Chen saw that the steal failed, he was like a gambler who became angry after losing a bet, and launched a suicidal steal regardless.

But if Li Chen's suicidal steal succeeds, the Clippers can launch a fast break, but the consequence of failure is that it will be easily broken through, which is almost equal to giving away points.

Obviously Li Chen failed, his suicide steal was evaded by the experienced Payton.

The corners of Peyton's mouth turned up, full of contempt.I, Gary Payton, if I was intercepted by you so easily, I would have played basketball for so many years in vain.Let’s see how I get past you this time.

Peyton has already made up his mind, this time he must return what Li Chen just said.

While his thoughts were spinning, Peyton wanted to break through from the other side of Li Chen.

But at the next moment, Li Chen miraculously adjusted his shifted center of gravity, and immediately seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to stretch out his big hand.

What happened next happened so fast that the unsuspecting Payton didn't know what happened, and the basketball in his hand was mercilessly snatched by Li Chen.

In the Staples Center Arena, the cheers of the Clippers fans rang out.

Li Chen, who successfully stole the ball, ran towards his frontcourt.

But Peyton was not slow, he reacted quickly and chased after Li Chen.

At the same time, Kobe, who had been following Li Chen, also chased after him.

At this time, the three figures ran towards the basket at an extremely fast speed.

I saw Payton and Kobe sandwiching Li Chen from one left to the other. They are both experienced players, and they all cling to Li Chen to prevent him from jumping with all his strength.

After a while, Li Chen jumped up under the attack of the two men.

Kobe and Payton also jumped up at the same time, sealing off Li Chen's shooting space.

At this moment, Li Chen flipped his wrist, changing from shooting to passing.

It was like there were eyes on the back of his head, and the basketball fell into Korver's hands accurately.

After receiving the ball, Korver made a decisive three-pointer.

Swish!The basketball fell accurately into the net.

77-88 The Clippers shortened the point difference to 11 points.

70 seconds left.

Kobe pinched his waist and said, "Why don't you vote yourself?"

Li Chen wiped the sweat off his forehead, smiled lightly and said, "Because three points is more than two points!"

Kobe "..."

Then Li Chen blinked at Peyton, as if to say, uncle, you were fooled.

Payton's old face turned red, and he could no longer say the harsh words in his mouth.

(End of this chapter)