Chapter 85: Finally Start, Defeat the Heat!
In the next game, Li Qiang continued to maintain excellent form. In the next 29 games, he averaged 16 points, 4 assists and 5 rebounds in 21 minutes per game on the bench. The Lakers also have an excellent 24-6 record.
You must know that Li Qiang is on the bench, and the data he won can almost be equivalent to Gasol's data for the whole game!
Moreover, during the time that Li Qiang was on the court, due to the excellent chemistry with Kobe, the Lakers often scored more easily, and if they played against the opponent's bench lineup, Li Qiang could lead the Lakers' bench to take lightly!
The old Zen master began to consider increasing Li Qiang's playing time, and made Li Qiang the starter.
In Game 31, the Lakers are about to play against the Heat.
It was the middle of December. Li Qiang is 1 cm taller than when he first joined the Lakers half a year ago, reaching a height of 2.06 meters. Li Qiang's internal organs have also improved a lot. Since September, Li Qiang has squeezed out 2 hours each morning and evening to practice the recipe for changing his internal organs. Today's Li Qiang has almost completed the cultivation of Sanjiao. The upper thorax, lower thorax and abdominal cavity have all been strengthened dramatically!
Moreover, the focus and difficulty of cultivation, the cultivation of the heart and lungs, Li Qiang has also made a lot of progress. Today's Li Qiang, the ultimate bench press is 295 kg, and the ultimate run-up and bounce is 160 cm! Li Qiang has surpassed the realm of people! In other words, he's not human anymore! Moreover, Li Qiang's strength at such a peak has been able to last for 15 minutes!
The power of changing the viscera is really amazing!!
And if it was four hours of cultivation every day, Li Qiang could continue to make progress for a whole year and a half!
Today, Li Qiang finally got his wish for the first time and stood on the NBA starting stage, and he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart. The audience cheered thunderously! Li Qiang, this name has now resounded throughout the NBA.
He deserves to be the best rookie, he played half of his time as a substitute, and got an All-Star score in the eyes of ordinary people!
He is the second great swingman in the NBA after Zhan Huang. Whether it's a guard, a quarterback, a small forward, a big forward or even a center, Li Qiang can do it! When Kobe Bryant came off the court, he took Kobe's position; When Howard retired due to injury, he played inside as a center. But more often than not, he led the team's substitutes to tear apart the opponent's substitute defense.
He, Li Qiang, is the best sixth man in the entire league!
Li Qiang was brave today and replaced Warcraft to grab the first ball. Opposite him is the violent little emperor James, a guy who can jump 1 meter directly. However, James did have some bad luck today, because he was facing Li Qiang, who was more than half of his strength and 30 centimeters taller than him!
"Squeak~" The whistle sounded, and Li Qiang and Zhan Huang jumped at the same time, but obviously, Li Qiang rose faster!
Everyone was surprised to find that Li Qiang seemed to be "flying"! The audience seemed to see Jordan back then.
In the end, Li Qiang grabbed the ball with the advantage of a full palm and a half.
Today's Li Qiang directly opposed James on the court. The Lakers also had a competition with the Heat last time, but at that time, Li Qiang did not directly oppose James on the bench.
"Today, we're going to see two of the league's greatest swingmen take it out. Back then, Li Qiang was once known as Little Jade. It is said that a year ago, he also suffered a heavy defeat with James in a summer training camp. Today, let's wait and see! O'Neal, the old shark who participated in the commentary of the game, said excitedly.
Outside the three-point line, James defends Li Qiang!
Li Qiang chooses to break through!
"Bump!" The two collided hard, and James Ju took a big step back! Even though he was fully mentally prepared, he couldn't help but be surprised! Li Qiang's strength is so amazing!
At this moment, Li Qiang suddenly stepped back with his left foot, and came out of the three-point line and brought his right foot together. Step-back three-point jumper!
"Huh!"
Li Qiang used one of his signature skills, a three-point back-to-back jumper after a collision! Li Qiang's trick has no solution! O'Neill shouted excitedly, as if he saw the successor of his former dynasty, and like him, he created a move that the entire alliance could not solve! However, their moves are different, O'Neal is a small hook on the inside, and Li Qiang is a step-back jumper at the three-point line!
James' face is iron-blue, the little guy who used to be in the training camp has now grown up!
James wants to respond with a crab-like footwork + tomahawk breakout. But Li Qiang's lateral movement ability is even more amazing! Seeing that the breakthrough was fruitless, James did not stick to the ball, passed the ball to Wade, and used Wade's speed to break through.
However, Li Qiang, who defended James, did not dare to step forward carelessly. Because he knows that Wade and James also have a very terrifying chemistry! In the end, Wade relied on speed to score two points for the Heat.
In the next game in the first quarter, Li Qiang did not focus on scoring, on the contrary, he paid great attention to the cooperation with his teammates, Li Qiang's point guard awareness is getting better and better, with him present, teammates with vacant seats can often receive passes very comfortably. Today's Li Qiang is not only a big killer, but also has become the point guard second only to Nash in the Lakers!
On the other hand, the Heat, except for the occasional exquisite cooperation between Zhan Huang and the Flash in the first quarter, most of the time these guys with excellent individual ability fought on their own. Team basketball vs. individual basketball, leading by 7 points at 30:23 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the Heat finally woke up and began to work as a team. Li Qiang finally returned to the position of big forward and acted as a super killer. Li Qiang's breakthrough three points are recorded as incomprehensible, you go to defend his three points, and when you jump up, you will be broken through, if you defend and break through, the card position is ready to move, he will step back and lean back for three points. No matter what, Li Qiang always has a way to tear apart his defense. Moreover, under the pressure of the Lakers' bigwigs, everyone did not dare to defend him. Li Qiang, who does not have a joint defense, is also difficult to restrict. 56:53
In the second half, Kobe Bryant, who had rested for a lot of time in the second quarter, suddenly exploded and scored one after another. Seeing that Kobe Bryant was in the limelight, Jackson quickly replaced Li Qiang to rest. 87:76
In the fourth quarter, James of the Heat team suddenly became powerful, and no one could defend himself from several breakthroughs in a row, and the score was overtaken, but the Zen master still replaced Li Qiang, hoping to limit him and bring points to the team. Li Qiang really did not live up to hope, although the crazy James was still able to break through Li Qiang often, but he made several mistakes, and his state was affected to a certain extent. And Li Qiang and Kobe Bryant once again played a subtle chemistry.
In the end, the Lakers defeated the Heat 116-103. Bryant had 34 points and 5 assists, while Li Qiang had 31 points and 8 assists. Li Qiang's strength as a starter was once again recognized.