Chapter 103: Artest Defensive Card

It's another road trip as the Warriors play the Spurs and Mavericks in Texas before the Grizzlies and Pelicans.

Thankfully, there were no back-to-back road trips, and the Warriors survived without danger, but the Warriors only won one of the four games, making the Warriors' playoff journey even more hopeless.

46 wins, this is a record comparable to the Cavaliers in the East, but it is difficult for the West to enter the playoffs, and the pattern of the West being strong and the East is weak is becoming more and more obvious.

The Warriors were unable to turn the tables around, and on April 17, 2008, the Warriors faced the SuperSonics again at home.

Just yesterday, the Nuggets won the Pistons, locked up the last playoff spot with a 50-win record, and also announced the death sentence for the Warriors.

Theoretically, the last game of the two teams will not be followed by a Warriors who missed the playoffs and a SuperSonics who are at the bottom of the West, but because of the presence of Li Zhi and Durant, this game was still broadcast nationally by ESPN as the end of the 2007-2008 regular season.

Without the shackles of record, Nelson fortunately let the players play. And the opponent is the bad team SuperSonics, and the Warriors, who have been on fire for a season, defeated the SuperSonics again.

But the process was not easy, Durant felt good in this game, and directly scored 42 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists, which once posed a threat to the Warriors.

Li Zhi was as stable as ever, contributing 21 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

The media only summed up the game between the Warriors and the Thunder with a few strokes after the game, and even Durant, who won the luxury data, was not exaggerated too much, and all the media focused on the stage of the playoffs.

Li Zhi gritted his braces and looked at the sky above the Oracle Center, where there were still wonderful shots of the game over and over again, and Li Zhi could be seen shaking over Collinson to contribute a violent dunk.

However, Li Zhi was not very happy, and looked at Durant on the side, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

"Playoffs!"

Both sighed at the same time.

In the playoffs, that is the stage of the emperor's superstar, the performance of Li Zhi and Durant is undoubtedly historic, but without making the playoffs, none of this is so perfect.

"Hopefully we'll meet in the playoffs in the future, not just in the regular game."

Li Zhi smiled: "Maybe!" ”

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The regular season is over, in fact, for Li Zhi, whether he makes the playoffs or not will not affect his career, but not making the playoffs can only be said to be a pity.

This summer, Li Zhi still has this very important thing to do - the Olympics.

But before that, Li Zhi had more important things to do - the lottery.

At the moment of the end of the regular season, the cold voice of the system reminded Li Zhi.

"Anthony's regular season experience card expires."

"Go through a regular season and get a chance to get a chance to win a high-level raffle."

Is the Anthony Experience Card any good?

Good!

This is Li Zhi's self-feeling since this season, the nickname of "offensive kaleidoscope" is not called in vain, so far, Li Zhi's score has been steadily maintained at 22 points, and the role of Anthony's experience card is indispensable.

"Conduct a premium raffle!"

Li Zhi said in the system space.

"It's being drawn, please wait!"

"Ding, congratulations to the host, draw Artest's exclusive defense card (permanent)"

Perpetual!

Li Zhi couldn't help but pick up this star card, and was instantly attracted by the attributes of this star card.

Blockade: Purple skill. Artest has a unique defensive skill that increases defensive stats by 25% and increases the success rate of defensive strikers by 20%.

This card has a single attribute, but even this single skill is a bombardment.

Increase the defensive attribute by 25%, Li Zhi said that with this star card, Li Zhi's defensive attribute is already full value......

With this card, Li Zhi can hopefully lock any opposing outside line, provided that this outside line does not fall into the devil.

Enchantment is a special state mentioned by the system, and in our words, it feels hot to the touch.

Just like Kobe Bryant's 81-point performance, he is in such a state that players in this state have neglected defense to a certain extent.

Artest's skill Li Zhi has learned.

Atai was born in Zhijiagou, and legend has it that he broke two ribs in Jordan's rookie season...... The battle to fame was certainly not "Auburn Hills", before that Artest was known for his all-round and tough defense and was selected as an All-Star in the 03-04 season.

If it weren't for the infamous "Auburn Hills Palace Incident", the Pacers, led by O'Neal Jr., would still have been able to make waves in the east. With that runaway push, everything turned into a flower in the moon water in the well.

Artey's career defensive honors: two-time Dpoy No. 1 team, two-time Dpoy No. 2 defensive team, one-time Dpoy winner. As a small forward, Artest has done well enough defensively; Atay has the physique of a boxer, which provides a solid foundation for his good defense.

It is worth mentioning that Atai's father is boxing. If you don't know how strong Artay's peak defense is, you can look at how uncomfortable the three guards who have been with Atai back then, Iverson, Maddy, and Kobe have praised Atai's defense more than once.

And the skill of the Frontguard Blocker should come from this.

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In the last Olympic Games, the Chinese men's basketball team finished eighth, and now four years have passed, Yao Ming is at his peak, and domestic fans hope that the men's basketball team can make a historic breakthrough in this Olympic Games.

Not only because of Yao Ming, Li Zhi's appearance has given fans more hope, Li Zhi's technical characteristics are too suitable for Yao Ming, the passing is exquisite, and the scoring ability is explosive.

It's just that Li Zhi understands his current state and has lost his Anthony star card, and Li Zhi actually lacks a lot of skills.

The most basic tentative step is gone, even if Li Zhi will also take a tentative step, but the actions immediately after the tentative step will inevitably not guarantee a considerable hit rate.

As for the rest of the ability, Li Zhi can only rely on the speed and strength advantage to break through, as well as the ability of Ray Allen to shoot three points on the outside, in addition to Ginobili's passing skills.

Of course, the most important thing is Artest's defensive skills, and Lee will hopefully lock up every opponent he faces at the Olympics.

That's enough, Li Zhi is confident that he will lead the Olympic men's basketball team to a further step in Beijing.

Li Zhi is under a lot of pressure, and it can be said that Li Zhi has become another hope after Yao Ming, if he can't lead the team to make a breakthrough - maybe Li Zhi will lose a lot of domestic fans.

Li Zhi is not like the men's basketball team to be remembered by fans every year like the national football team, so the future days will inevitably not be easy, and training is essential.