Chapter 158: The Demon Returns
"The Demon Returns" was the headline of the Los Angeles Times and Utah Sports Journal's joint coverage of the first game between the Jazz and Lakers. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The reason is that in the post-game press conference, Boozer and DeLong both mentioned Li Du when they talked about the abnormal performance of the first game, and said the same thing, Boozer said: "Li Du is terrible, when he dunks in front of me, it seems that in front of me is not a human being, but a demon who has come out of hell!" I almost thought I was going to be killed by him! ”
Delong said: "When I was capped by Li Du, his eyes were so cold, like a demon who is opposed to God!" I think I'm going to have a nightmare tonight, and Li Du is that nightmare! ”
When the reporters replayed the footage of Li Du's confrontation with Delong and Boozer respectively in slow motion, they found that at that moment, Li Du's eyes were cold and tyrannical, not like human eyes! At this time, everyone remembered the evaluation of him by many stars who had fought with him and suffered losses when Li Du first entered the league last season: the demon who came out of the sea of corpses and blood in hell, and the nightmare of the opposing player......
At the end of the press conference, Sloan said that Li Du is an extremely tough defensive player, and the Lakers are a strong team, but they will find a way to deal with the Lakers!
Unlike the Jazz, at the Lakers' press conference, neither Zen nor Kobe Bryant said what Li Du did to Boozer and DeLong, but only praised Li Du as an excellent player. And Li Du just said very officially that the Jazz are strong, Boozer and Delon are also strong, and today's victory is the result of the joint efforts of the Lakers team, etc.
Such an answer obviously could not satisfy the "gossip psychology" of many media reporters, and when everyone repeatedly asked and Li Du did not know how to answer in English about his performance tonight, he answered the question in Chinese for the first time: "Hit people first and fight guts!" ”
Then he explained: "That's what I did in the game tonight, I'm sorry, I really can't express our ancient Chinese views in English." ”
Speaking, Li Du smiled unconsciously and said to all the reporters on the scene: "I think that as the competition progresses, I will use more and more ancient Chinese views in the competition, if you want to understand, I recommend you to learn Chinese!" ”
Li Du's Chinese sentence gave the American media a headache, and after they recorded Li Du's pronunciation, they went back to find someone who knew Chinese to translate and explain the meaning of the sentence. And in China, Li Du's words have excited countless fans and reporters! "Hit people first and fight the guts" This is the strategy of the enemy in the national arts, everyone understands what it means, and they immediately understand what Li Du did in the game!
For the first time, Chinese fans feel that they know a star better than the American media and fans, and this star is so close to their own ideology!
With this strong performance, Chinese and American fans alike began to look forward to what old ideas Li Du would apply in the second game. The Jazz lost the first game very badly, according to the NBA game tradition and the experience of Sloan, the Jazz will definitely make adjustments to Li Du in the second game, or change the lineup, or change the strategy, what will the Jazz do?
While the outside world was disturbing, Li Du turned a deaf ear as he prepared for the second game against the Jazz. On the one hand, it is to step up training, and on the other hand, it is to continue to study the combination of national art and basketball technology.
In the two seasons of competition, Li Du finally determined that when the combination of national art and basketball, it will exert unimaginable power! From the defense and running three-point shooting that he has always relied on, to the passing that Kidd learned to penetrate the entire team's defense in a game, to this season's back-to-back skills, all of them are the product of the combination of national art and basketball.
The question now is, how do we continue to develop other tricks? And in fact, Li Du has some regrets in his heart, in the Lakers, he is the team's defensive spearhead, and in the offense, he is the containment point and the end point, and will not become the offensive initiation point. In this case, the Kidd-style passing that he has been pondering and practicing is rarely present. It's equivalent to one less skill for him!
Kobe Bryant advised Li Du not to worry, Li Du has made great progress, and now what needs to be considered is the second game with the Jazz.
For the second game, Li Du has been prepared for a long time, and it depends on what measures the Jazz team takes. If Boozer and Deron are still afraid of him, then there is no need to be prepared, as long as Li Du is present, the Lakers will win in the future!
On the third day, the Western Conference semifinals, the second game of the Lakers vs. Jazz began. Surprisingly, Sloan didn't change his lineup and was still the starting lineup from the previous game.
Li Du looked at Jazz's starters and sneered: "Jazz seems to have no choice, boss, it seems that we can easily win again tonight!" ”
Kobe Bryant was warming up and laughed: "If that's the case, of course it's best, in the other group of matchups in the Western Conference semifinals, the Spurs won the Hornets again, and they are now 2-0 ahead, we have to catch up quickly!" ”
Li Du didn't pay much attention to the games of other teams, in his words, it was not too late to wait for the other party to decide the winner and then think about how to deal with it. Hearing Kobe Bryant say that the Spurs won again, Li Du immediately remembered the scene of being eliminated by the Spurs last season, he gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "If I meet the Spurs again this time, I will let them taste the horror!" ”
With such a mood, Li Du worked harder in the game. In the first round, Li Du squeezed Brewer again and asked Fisher for the ball with his open hand.
Kobe Bryant couldn't help laughing when he saw this scene, Li Du, this kid, really dares to do anything! This is exactly the same as at the beginning of the last game, which shows that Li Du still wants to use the same method to deal with Boozer and Delon!
Fisher still passed the ball to Lidu. This time, Li Du faced Brewer, not with his back technique, but with the basket.
Brewer couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw Li Du give up the most terrible back, and hurriedly went up.
Li Du faced the basket and leaned slightly sideways against Brewer, still holding the ball with one hand. Seeing that Brewer was sticking very tightly, Li Du suddenly slammed to his right side, so fast that he almost left an afterimage! Brewer didn't dare to be careless, and followed the sideways.
But after Li Du moved sideways, he suddenly paused while Brewer had just stood firm, and then started again, and rushed into the inner line in one step, leaving Brewer, who had just stabilized his center of gravity, stunned in place.
After Li Du rushed into the restricted area, it was still the same as the opening of the previous game, no matter who was in front of him, he was about to dunk. And this time, the person who should make up for him is Boozer!
Secretly cursed in his heart for being unlucky, Boozer didn't defend at all, and just dodged away! Li Du scored with an easy dunk.
After landing, Li Du glanced back at Boozer, is this guy so weak? No, he's the one who threatened Brother Yao!