Chapter Ninety-Nine: Not Believing in Evil
A win for the Lakers gave Brown a respite.
On the Internet, Lakers fans can finally straighten their waists and be people, come out to blow the boss, blow Nash.
There are also those who blow Li Liang, and some emperors who understand the ball can see that Li Liang's defense on the court today, as well as the non-routine play on the offensive end, are the key to the Lakers' victory.
Wei Dazhi, as the number one Li Liang, posted a lot of photos of Li Liang's live competition on his account.
showed that Li Liang's appearance brought the Lakers their first preseason victory.
Of course, where there is blowing, there is black.
Li Liang's behavior of throwing three-pointers in the fourth quarter is obviously a tribute to Kobe.
Regardless of whether it is black or blown, Li Liang's ability to be discussed shows that he has begun to enter people's field of vision.
From the unpopular rookie at the beginning, to the big mouth at the press conference, to the stunning summer league, now the preseason has a strong sense of existence, and fans, especially Chinese fans, have a stronger sense of expectation for Li Liang.
However, the Los Angeles media remained silent and did not make much publicity.
Their promotional focus is still on another player.
That's the long-awaited Warcraft, Dwight Howard.
After being traded to the Lakers in August, Howard became the darling of Los Angeles.
This optimist, who is very similar to O'Neal in personality, has sold jerseys all the way up even if he doesn't play a game.
He has been interviewed by Los Angeles media, participated in local TV talk shows, and appeared at local community events.
In short, he is a big star.
For no other reason than because he is a monster.
Three-time Defensive Player of the Year, No. 1 center in the league, and single-core lead to the Finals.
Howard's aura is worth such treatment.
However, his body was a little overwhelmed.
Last season he was out for injury last season.
This summer, he underwent back surgery to address the back injury that was bothering him.
He hasn't been involved in group training since the start of Lakers training camp.
In the preseason games, he sat on the sidelines in casual clothes and watched the game.
Doctors do not advise him to start working out shortly after the surgery.
But it can't be helped, Howard is a fitness freak.
He felt that there was no big problem, and began to frantically masturbate iron in the power room.
As a result, his back injury has been repeated to a certain extent, and his comeback has been delayed again and again.
It dragged on until mid-October, when Howard finally decided to make a comeback and play in the rematch with the Kings on the 21st.
On October 20, the Lakers returned to Los Angeles, and Brown gave the team a day off.
On the morning of the 21st, the Lakers organized a shooting and tactical training session.
After arriving at the training gym, Li Liang met Dwight Howard in the locker room.
It was a tall, burly man with muscles in his two arms so strong that it seemed to be equipped with shoulder armor.
Li Liang greeted him, and Howard responded with a bright smile.
This is in stark contrast to his muscular figure.
Li Liang took out the ball blind discriminator and gave the Warcraft an intelligence test:
[The ball blind index is 40%, a happy deaf man on the court, and a stubborn fitness happy beast. γ
Damn, this is the shortest appraiser evaluation Li Liang has ever seen, but it is very accurate.
Some people call him Howard Warbeast, and some people call him Happy Beast because he loves to laugh.
There's nothing wrong with laughing, don't they all say that people who love to laugh won't have bad luck.
However, in the NBA, laughing seems to be a sign of weakness.
More than one NBA legend has criticized Howard for being too smiling.
But Warcraft does its own thing.
Do you have to care if you laugh? What's the matter with you?
Li Liang chatted with Howard for a few words, he is a braggart king anyway, and he can brag about anything in astronomy and geography.
He blew Chinese kung fu and Bruce Lee to the gods, and made Howard stunned.
By the time practice officially began, Howard was greeted by the entire Lakers team.
Bass Jr., Kupchak, Magic and other team executives were all present, and Los Angeles celebrities gathered.
They want to see Howard truly integrate into the team and the Galaxy Battleship officially set sail!
A smile kept on Howard's face, and his big white teeth were dazzling.
Instead of calling an open training session, the morning is called an open training show.
Reporters and executives were always present, and the Lakers had a full-court confrontation.
This is Howard's first confrontational training session since returning from injury.
The players who were in front of him were careful, as if it were a porcelain.
Howard looked okay and made several dunks on the court.
Of course, the exact state depends on the evening game.
Li Liang did not participate in confrontation training, and he practiced lateral movement with Ci Shiping on the sidelines.
Ci Shiping really likes Li Liang, the former best defensive player on the outside, who took the time to guide Li Liang's outside defense.
Li Liang carefully listened to Ci Shiping's guidance and learned a lot from him.
Training lasted just over an hour before Mike Brown announced the end of the session.
Assemble at the Stamp Center in the evening to prepare for the preseason and Kings game.
Back in the locker room, Howard kept trying to joke with Kobe.
After coming to the Lakers, the two performed quite well in training.
They have been photographed chatting, laughing, and playing on the pitch on more than one occasion.
But privately, in the locker room without the camera, Bryant didn't want to laugh.
Like those older generation stars, Kobe Bryant didn't understand what was so funny about winning a championship on the basketball court.
It's going to be bad to lose the finals in '09, do you want to laugh?
It's almost time to fight with your opponent on the inside, do you want to laugh?
Smile and smile, you can smile at the photo of Aunt Si!
After all, there is a difference between the two in personality.
Before becoming teammates, the private relationship between the two was average.
Of course, Kobe Bryant's relationship with anyone is average.
At the All-Star Game, Howard stole Kobe's jersey and imitated Kobe Bryant to be funny.
Kobe Bryant doesn't like to be laughed at, and seeing Howard like this always reminds him of O'Neal.
Now that he is a teammate, Kobe Bryant is more mature, so he restrains his emotions and behaves well in public.
But in the locker room, it's not necessarily the same.
In the face of Howard's words, Kobe Bryant just pouted and lay on the physiotherapy bed without saying a word.
Howard found it boring to talk to himself, so he went to talk to Li Liang.
Li Liang sighed in his heart, why are these two high school students so naΓ―ve?
At seven o'clock in the evening, Howard made his debut at Stamp Center.
A preseason game, but it fills up Stamps because of the arrival of Warcraft!
Howard put on the gold No. 12 jersey, and another super center became the Lakers.
Before the start of the game, during the warm-up, Brown called Li Liang aside.
Li Liang looked at Brown with a vigilant gaze and said, "Coach, what do you want to do, you don't want me to play?" β
Brown said, "No, don't be nervous, I'll let you appear." However, the focus tonight is on the starters, so you're on the bench and you won't get a lot of playing. β
Tonight is the first time that the five-star Lakers starters have played together, and for the sake of show and training, this will definitely make the starting five play more.
As for Li Liang, he played enough in the last game to cause Jim Bass to be dissatisfied.
After the morning's practice, Bass Jr. reminded Brown not to give too many chances to the bench, which is the bench.
Li Liang asked Brown: "Mike, you don't want to play Princeton tactics again, do you?" β
"Tactics need to be implemented and persistent, and changing orders overnight will not work," Brown said. β
Li Liang didn't say anything more, he knew that Brown would not change his mind.
As a coach, even if a player doesn't play as he has arranged on the field, he can't let go off the field.
Li Liang knew that this would be another ugly match.
Some people just don't believe in evil.