Chapter 127: Tongue Battle Group Confucianism (Thank you to my mother's alliance leader, can't you just send me a red envelope...... )
On November 7, the regular season between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Utah Jazz will begin at 7:30 p.m. MT.
In order to get to the Energy Solutions Arena early, the Lakers took a break from lunch to Salt Lake City by car.
The road was smooth when I came, but there was a traffic jam on the way there.
Because on Interstate Highway 80, there are a lot of fans who drive to the stadium to watch the game.
That's one of the Utah Jazz's ways of hospitality, keeping the away team far away and spending their energy on the way to the stadium.
The other players of the Lakers are old fritters and have long been used to it, and Li Liang is playing away for the second time.
The last game was in Portland, and I felt that in addition to the noisy arena, the Portland fans were quite friendly.
On Halloween, I saw a lot of fans wearing Lakers jerseys and Trail Blazers jerseys sitting together to watch the game.
It is estimated that they are good friends, one supports the Trail Blazers, the other supports the Lakers, they love each other behind their backs, and they want to scold each other stupidly on the surface.
This second away trip came to Salt Lake City, the home of the legendary famous devil, and Li Liang didn't feel apprehensive at all.
He's excited!
He couldn't wait to scold the fans on the sidelines.
In the past, when he was in Kentucky, because he couldn't play, his biggest help to the team was to cheer and scold fans from other schools.
This is the case on the basketball court, and most of the fans off the court are humble and high-quality college students.
As soon as I arrived at the basketball court, the adrenaline was high, and the scolding was not soft.
When a basketball player goes to play away from home, he must have a strong psychological quality.
In the past, Li Liang's ball skills were not good, and his psychological quality was very strong, and the 10 schools in the Southeastern Union where Kentucky was located, such as Auburn University, the University of Tennessee, and the University of Louisiana, all left traces of his fighting.
Li Liang still pays attention to the Basic Law when scolding, and does not go down the third road, but sprays trash talk in all sorts of tricks, often fighting one against one hundred, which can be regarded as a scenery on the sidelines of Kentucky.
Salt Lake City is the home of Mormonism, and the Mormons in life are simple and simple, but when they arrive at the Jazz's home court, they become devils, and the crazy shouts and boos can shock any newcomer.
No matter how bad the psychological quality is, it is estimated that even the basket will not be clear.
The Lakers' bus drove an hour and a half from the hotel to the Energy Solutions Arena, which took twice as long as it did there.
Unlike the arenas, which are often half empty at the beginning, the green chairs of the Energy Solutions Center are already full of spectators when the game is about to start.
For Salt Lake City residents with minimal entertainment, attending jazz games is one of the major events of daily life, so they won't be late.
What's more, tonight's opponent is the five-star Lakers, and the popularity of Kobe Bryant and Howard is indiscriminately high in various cities.
Even in Salt Lake City, there were still many fans wearing Lakers jerseys to watch the game, especially those wearing No. 24 Kobe Bryant jerseys.
During the warm-up before the game, many fans came forward to ask Kobe for autographs, and Kobe Bryant was satisfied one by one.
What Li Liang didn't expect was that there was a fan looking for his autograph, a beautiful girl with blond hair and blue eyes in Salt Lake City, and her smile was particularly sweet.
"I like China, I like Yao Ming." The little girl told Li Liang that she used to be a fan of Yao Ming.
The tastes of fans are indeed different, the Rockets, Jazz, and Lakers have all fought in the playoffs in the past few years, but the fans' love for players will go beyond teams and even countries.
Li Liang was so happy that he sent his autograph, haha, he also began to have fans.
As a result, as soon as she finished signing, the little girl made a grimace at Li Liang, and then took out a display board from behind her and pasted Li Liang's signature on it.
Li Liang looked at it, I, there was a handsome guy wearing a No. 28 jersey painted on the display board - needless to say, this must be me Gan Li Liang.
But this handsome guy is bending over to kiss the ass of a sheep!
And on the head of this sheep, Kobe Bryant's head is still pasted.
Now, the little girl pasted her signature on the display board, which was to satirize Li Liang and Kobe.
"How's Kobe's ass taste?" The little girl also asked Li Liang, her smile looked so innocent.
Li Liang could only shake his head helplessly, spread his hands towards the little girl, and said, "Like rust!" ”
No way, after all, she is a little girl, and she has the face of an angel, so she can't talk trash to her.
This is the Jazz fan, you look at who they are, this is obviously not right on the top and crooked on the bottom!
Li Liang knew that tonight's game must be a tough battle.
The game started at half past seven o'clock, and the Lakers, wearing purple jerseys, were still the starters of the four-star Gabreek.
Li Liang is still sitting on the bench and watching the game with his cheeks on his cheeks, this time he is no longer chattering at Brown, it is necessary.
He has successfully entered Brown's rotation with his performance, and what he has to worry about now is that Brown sometimes forgets to replace him, and keeps using it all the time, exhausting Li Liang half to death.
On the Jazz side, starting center Al Jefferson, power forward Millsap, small forward Marvin Williams, and guards are Gordon Hayward and Mo Williams.
At the start of the game, both sides jumped the ball, and Howard didn't even jump over Jefferson, which is rare.
Howard's bounce and upper body strength, the average center can't jump the ball, not to mention that Jefferson is not as tall and bounced as Howard.
Although the first possession of the opening game was inconsequential, it was clear that Howard was not at his best today.
In the first few games, Howard's performance was not consistent enough, the game against the Trail Blazers was very comfortable, and the game against the Mavericks and Clippers was average.
Especially against the Clippers, it was a little difficult to face Jordan Jr. and Griffin on the inside.
The injury still has a great impact on him, and the decline in explosiveness has made many movements that can be easily completed in the past no longer so easy.
Sure enough, at the beginning of the game, the Jazz's tough style of play plunged the Lakers into chaos.
The Jazz missed the attack first, the Lakers counterattacked, and hit the inside, but Howard's hook hand was covered by Jefferson!
Then, the Jazz quickly countered with the ball, and when he missed, Millsap grabbed the rebound in the frontcourt, causing the Lakers to go out of bounds.
Then Ci Shiping fouled again, sent Millsap to the free throw line, and hit one of two free throws, 1:0.
Turning around, Kobe Bryant gave Howard a drop ball on the outside, but Howard didn't hold the position, and was intercepted by Marvin Williams, who was caught in the back bread, and missed!
The Jazz launched a counterattack.
The energy solutions arena reached its highest level in the first quarter.
However, the Jazz didn't start the game well, and Millsap missed a baseline jumper in the counterattack.
In the third ball, Gasol asked for the ball in the low post, and after receiving the ball, he passed the ball to the basket with a back head, and Howard was about to dunk after receiving the ball.
As a result, he was slapped from behind by Millsap, who came over to make up the defense!
What a miserable monster this is, being slapped in the back of the head by Millsap, who is only 6 feet 7 tall, more than two meters tall, with an unremarkable arm span and an average of 1 cap per game.
The ball didn't go out of bounds and flew into the hands of Blake on the outside, and Blake didn't dare to shoot it, and wanted to pass it to Howard.
But Howard, after screaming "eh", was complaining to the referee with his hands outstretched, believing that the ball was fouled.
The referee ignored it, and the crowd cheered wildly.
Blake could only rush in by himself, but he couldn't rush in, and passed to Gasol on the outside, and missed.
With three balls in a row, the Lakers want to start from Howard's point and open up.
As a result, three balls were either broken or covered.
The commentators of the TV station are all surprised, is this still the Warcraft, or the first center?
The Jazz have set off a counterattack, Mo Williams has the ball and breaks through to the basket and makes a layup.
Blake's defense was in vain, and Pau Gasol, who was keeping up, couldn't keep Williams at bay.
3:0, the difference is not big, but the Jazz are on the rise, and the Lakers are not in a good state at the beginning.
The one-and-a-half-hour bus journey, as well as the home stadium of the plateau, will definitely have an impact on the senior team.
"Mike, it's time for a timeout." Li Liang couldn't stand it anymore on the bench, and began to command blindly.
Brown ignored him, he was used to it, and he didn't pay attention to people like Li Liang.
In the fourth round, the Lakers still insisted on playing Howard, and when preparing for the team game before the game, it was the arrangement of opening the interior line.
Bryant passed the ball to Howard, who received the ball with his back to the basket and made a defensive foul on the basket in three strong steps to the free throw line.
Finally, it's finally time to get one.
It's a pity that I missed two free throws! Give you a chance, you won't be useful!
The Jazz seized the opportunity to counter-attack, with Mo Williams sharing the ball to the wing and Hayward calmly passing the ball to Millsap.
Howard and Gasol had problems communicating with each other, and both came to defend Millsap.
As a result, Millsap distributed the ball to Jefferson on the other side, and Jefferson scored a one-handed dunk!
The Lakers' defense has had problems since Blake's first ring, and one wrong step has been wrong.
On the offensive end, Blake missed another three-point shot, giving the Jazz a chance to counterattack.
Li Liang is looking at stomping his feet, Blake, a player, has no problem with attitude and character, but the ability is there, and he really can't bear it.
Bryant finally couldn't help but make a move, first cutting off Jefferson's ball from behind on the defensive end, and then throwing a high pass to Howard on the counterattack, and Howard dunked hard.
It's kind of a bad breath.
But before this bad breath came out, Mo Williams held the ball and went to the basket again!
Blake, what about you? Where did you go? Just let the person you are facing drill around like this?
Williams hit the basket for a layup, Howard made a block, and was awarded the ball interference.
7:2!
In the first 3 minutes, the Lakers were beaten a little unable to find the north.
What's the matter?
The last game was a big win over the Pistons, and the first few games were played well, why did the defense rot back this time?
Sure enough, the senior team, can't it last?
Mike Brown insisted on not calling a timeout, believing that these experienced veterans could solve the problem on their own.
So he sat peacefully on the stool, learning from the Zen master Jackson to participate in Zen, and almost held a thermos cup in his hand.
As a result, the butt didn't sit firmly, and in the middle, Kobe Bryant cut in with the ball and was stealed by Hayward!
A life break!
Hayward broke the ball directly and quickly dunked with both hands!
The Energy Solutions arena is about to explode.
Gordon Hayward is now their new idol, this handsome white lad who is getting better and better every year.
When Li Liang entered the Energy Solutions Arena, all he saw on the screen was Hayward's signboard.
I thought, damn it, I'm not as handsome as me, why are you embarrassed to post photos everywhere?
As the game continued, Tzu Shiping finally hit a three-pointer to quench the Lakers' thirst, and then Howard made another foul and hit one of two free throws.
And the Jazz's offense turned on, and Marvin Williams hit a catch-and-shoot jumper from the corner position. The Lakers couldn't return the favor, and Gasol missed a jumper.
Ci Shiping, who was in good shape tonight, scored a dunk under the basket.
But then, Hayward blocked Ci Shiping, who cut into the basket and wanted to make a layup, on the defensive end!
The lad's defense was really dynamic, and then he hit a pull-up jump shot from the outside on the offensive end!
The cheers were deafening, and Li Liang finally couldn't hold it back, so he was about to turn on the hair dryer at Mike Brown.
Mike Brown had already sensed the danger, and immediately patted Li Liang and said, "Go to the sidelines and stay, and the dead ball will be replaced, and Ci Shiping will be exchanged." ”
Li Liang immediately took off his sports jacket and stood on the sidelines to wait for the dead ball to be replaced.
As soon as he stood on the sidelines, there were bursts of boos from the scene.
Many fans began to mock him, including those holding slogans and laughing at Li Liang's sheep's butt.
Will Li Liang be the kind of person who is willing to be ridiculed by fans?
Of course not!
Li Liang turned around directly and scolded the Jazz fans!
That scene is called a spectacular, tongue battle group of Confucians!
The TV station's broadcast cameras were all aimed at Li Liang, watching him chatter with the fans on the sidelines.
The circle of people on the sidelines were all red by Li Liang's scolding, and several male fans with five big faces and thick necks were red.
Li Liang is the same as no one, anyway, his mouth is non-stop, and he uses his Chinese English scolding method endlessly.
In front of Li Liang's eyes, the anger value is rising slowly, and the simple people of Salt Lake City are indeed really temperamental.
The referee couldn't stand it anymore and blew a foul on the Jazz, letting Howard go to the free throw line, and Lee Hao came on the court to make a substitution.
"Hey boy, focus on the game and don't waste your saliva." Referee Derek Collins reminded Li Liang.
"They scolded me, why don't you blow them a foul and send them all out!" Li Liang also complained to the referee.
Collins shook his head and said, "I can only blow the players, not the fans, the game boy." ”
Li Liang came on the court to replace Blake, and the two high-fived, Blake looked frustrated and cursed a fu-ck in his mouth.
His performance tonight was so bad that he couldn't attack and defend, and it became the biggest hole on the field.
As soon as Li Liang came on the court, he first watched Howard's free throws, and hit one of the two free throws, and the Lakers chased the score to 9:15.
6 minutes, the game went on for more than six minutes, and it was still early.
Kobe Bryant came to play against Mo Williams to slow down Mo, while Li Liang faced Hayward.
Oh boy, let's see who's the most handsome guy in this game.