The rise of the NBA superstar

Chapter 499, back to LA
Oklahoma City.

Chesapeake Energy Field!

Shuang Shao is practicing three-pointers on the court.

The Thunder's home arena, Ford Center, will be renamed Chesapeake Energy Stadium this summer.

The Chesapeake Group signed a 12-year home naming rights agreement with the Thunder. In the first year, they will pay the Thunder $300 million, with an annual growth rate of 3%.

The Thunder also have a game at home tonight.

Westbrook missed a lore three-pointer, and the Thunder lost to the Spurs at home.

After the game, Westbrook and Durant stayed for extra practice.

At this time, both juniors are silently practicing their three-pointers.

From being unable to adapt to Li Senlin's absence at the beginning of the season, Westbrook, who has fully adapted to the "post-Li Senlin period", has become more mature.

Since the start of the game, Westbrook has averaged 22.8 points, 9.6 assists and 6.7 rebounds per game, and his performance is perfect.

"Russell, the Lakers have won 9 consecutive victories and surpassed us in the ranking." After Durant made a three-pointer, he stopped and looked at Westbrook and said.

"I can make that shot tonight!" Westbrook ignored Durant's desire to talk to him about the Lakers. He was obviously still worried about the missed three-pointer.

"Forehead"

Now Durant is a little dissatisfied with Westbrook.

He should be the one to shoot the ball tonight. Durant doesn't know how Westbrook's 31% three-point shooting rate in the season has the courage to throw it out against two people.

Without Li Senlin, Durant and Westbrook were playing very uncomfortable, and their victory was not so easy.

Almost every night, the two of them have to do their best to win the victory. Both of them are very tired. Even though they have made great progress, the media always feel that they are much worse than Li Senlin. The Thunder did not meet the media expectations. .

The Thunder were the champions last season, and the champions naturally have high demands.

With Li Senlin leaving LA, the attention that OKC has received has dropped a lot. The reporters are no longer desperately chasing the Thunder, but are more strict with Shuangjun.

"After Lee left us, he got better and better with the Lakers."

Durant misses Li Senlin a little bit. What a great life last year when everyone was able to paddle.

"Stop talking about that guy, I'll beat him at Christmas and prove he's nothing without us."

Westbrook gritted his teeth. He really wanted the Christmas game to be tomorrow. What could be more exciting than winning this guy.

"Well, I also want to beat him, but Li has won the championship here, so he probably feels that there is no challenge for him here."

"Don't mention him again in front of me." Westbrook threw another three-pointer.

"Frame." He strikes again.

"Hey, forget it."

Durant nodded.

He thought that the media thought that Li Senlin was a player of the same level as Kobe James Wadenowitzki and so on.

And he Durant and Westbrook are still a new generation of stars, so he is a little comfortable.

In the eyes of the outside world, Li Senlin is already No. 1 in the league.

At this time, Durant also became competitive. Li Senlin was very strong, but Durant, who had never lost to his peers, would not easily admit defeat.

In terms of scoring methods, Durant felt that he might guard Li Senlin, but Li Senlin often couldn't guard him!
This is Durant's self-confidence.

After a tough victory over the New Orleans Hornets, the Lakers headed back to Los Angeles.

This road trip lasted half a month, across most of the United States.

The Lakers looked extremely tired from top to bottom. On the bus and on the plane, almost everyone felt that they couldn't wait to go back to Los Angeles.

At the end of November, all parties are commenting on the performance of each team and each star during this period.

Speaking of the Lakers, there are still many topics.

"Damn it, 6 consecutive victories away! The Lakers are invincible."

"Li Senlin's data in November is really eye-catching. Now he is averaging 11 points, 37 assists, 12.5 rebounds and 8 steals per game this season. He is the leader in scoring and assists, and ranks in the top 2.8 in rebounds. It's terrifying!"

"Maybe, Li Senlin will be the MVP of this season!"

在经历开局1胜5负之后，湖人取得一波9连胜，直接将湖人的战绩提升到了10胜5负。

The Lakers are now ranked second in the West, second only to the Spurs!

Among them, their 6-game winning streak in away games is even more amazing. These six away games have an average margin of 18 points per game, creating the record for the highest score in 6 consecutive away games.

And in these 15 games, Li Senlin's core position in the Lakers has been clearly seen.

When important role players were absent due to injuries from time to time, Li Senlin took up the heavy responsibility of the Lakers' offense and organization.

In terms of scoring average this season, Li Senlin is 29 points higher than Durant's average of 8 points per game. He is about to set a record for the scoring gap between the scoring champion and No.2.

In terms of assists per game during the season, Li Senlin benefited from the Lakers system and successfully surpassed Nash with a slight advantage to become the temporary assist king.

Nash averaged 14.8 points and 11.4 assists per game this season.

Li Senlin's personal performance and the team's 9-game winning streak directly pushed Li Senlin to the top of the MVP ranking.

The best of the month in November was basically won by Li Senlin.

Now the Lakers fans are very happy, and they are excitedly discussing Li Senlin's data and the Lakers' record.

If Kobe doesn't come back and Li Senlin doesn't get injured, according to the trend of the Lakers, the season's scoring leader will definitely be in Los Angeles, and then according to Li Senlin's ball possession rate and the Lakers' extremely dependent on Li Senlin's tactics, the season's assists leader will also have Might take it down.

Then the fun will be great, and the data party will be very excited.

The Lakers' point difference is the highest in the league by 14 points. If the opponent doesn't stop the Lakers' three-pointer at the beginning, it may be garbage time after the first quarter.

This is how many teams in the East collapsed.

This wave of winning streak directly brought the Lakers back to the championship.

The media in Los Angeles is advocating the Lakers' "blind throw" system, and they are advocating Li Senlin's No. 1 league.

The fans are cheering and shouting.

Now the Lakers seem to have regained their vitality, no longer running forward with heavy steps, and no longer rigidly playing the triangle offense.

The Lakers are faster, the team is younger, and they still hold three first-round picks for next year.

Isn't that cool?
There is a present and a future.

The most important thing is that their Kobe is still recovering from his injury and has not returned.

Kobe is so strong without his comeback.

So what about after Kobe's comeback?
Then we have two of the top three players in the league.

Not even a championship.

Victory can really cover up a lot of problems, so that some calm Lakers fans suggested that most of the Lakers' big wins and winning streak were against the weak teams in the East, and the analysis was submerged in the wave of joy.

Those who touted the Lakers fans retorted, the Lakers won the Heat, the Magic, and the Hornets. Are these not strong teams?

The vast majority of Lakers fans are full of optimism, and they don't seem to hate Jim Buss so much.

Li Senlin can be regarded as completely marked with the Lakers. Not many people in Los Angeles call him No. 8 of the Thunder.

In its place was their Kobe successor, the Lakers No. 1.

When Li Senlin got off the plane, he could see billboards with his face on both sides of the road home. Los Angeles fans loved Li Senlin to death.

Li Senlin also knows that the Los Angeles media and fans are touting the Lakers and himself.

The Lakers' winning streak has not yet been tested by strong teams, and most teams are not suitable for the Lakers' new system, which makes most people quiet in the Lakers' invincible fantasy.

The Lakers used to play a triangle offense. The opponents have hardly been exposed to this new Lakers. With the new advanced system, Li Senlin's position on the field is completely uncertain. From one hit to four, this makes the defender very uncomfortable. Li Senlin If you can't stop it, then losing will be hard to avoid.

The Spurs Mavericks and other opponents have slightly shifted the enemy's attention from the Heat to the Lakers.

After all, the Lakers are opponents in the same district, and the fighting power displayed by the Lakers is too terrifying. As long as they don't beat their wave, they will almost lose the game directly.

Famous coaches such as Popovich and Carlisle worked overtime to study the Lakers' new tactical system, eager to find a way to restrain the Lakers.

Sometimes, too many wins can be a double-edged sword, especially for the current Lakers.

This will make players lose their judgment on the opponent's strength, and there is an atmosphere of pride within the Lakers.

Fans and the media can be irrational, but Li Senlin and the Lakers players must be rational.

In front of Li Senlin, no Lakers player dared to show his indifference to the game.

But as for the players' own thoughts in private, Li Senlin is not clear.

Li Senlin couldn't limit their thoughts.

Li Senlin can only try his best to improve the overall strength of the Lakers as soon as possible, and solve all the problems of the Lakers in the regular season.

The playoffs are the point.

If you want to solve the potential problems of the Lakers, Paul George is a very important part.

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(End of this chapter)