Chapter 283 - Planting a Seed
On the morning of October 30th, Li Yao spent a rare quiet and comfortable morning. When Robbie urged him to assemble with the team to catch the plane, Li Yao forcibly got up from the bed.
"Huh! I'm not used to this kind of quiet morning. Li Yao lay on the bed and yawned and said faintly.
In fact, today at less than 4 o'clock, he was woken up again by his stable biological clock, knowing that when he walked to the bathroom to wash up and rush to Kobe's house, he suddenly remembered that he had to rush to Salt Lake City today to challenge the Jazz team, and he didn't have to go to Kobe Bryant for morning exercises, Li Yao couldn't help but shake his head and returned to the bed in the bedroom and hugged Gail again. Gadot fell asleep.
It has to be mentioned here that although Gael. Gaduo couldn't do that kind of thing with Li Yao within a month because of the Chinese medicine prescribed by Master Huang to nourish his body, but under Li Yao's strong request, he still agreed to share a bed with Li Yao.
Since they are all in the same bed, although that kind of thing can't be done, it doesn't mean that they can't do other things, so Li Yao is actually living no worse than the previous days, and even more sexually happy.
When it was close to 9 o'clock, Li Yao and other Clippers were in Mike. Coach Dunleavy was on a team plane to Salt Lake City.
After several hours of flying, the Clippers' plane finally landed at Salt Lake City International Airport.
After a short break at the hotel, the Clippers headed to the Utah Jazz's home arena for training.
As the night slowly draws down, the game between the Utah Jazz and the Los Angeles Clippers is finally about to begin.
When the on-site DJ of the Energy Solutions Arena introduced the Jazz players, Li Yao, who took the lead in the court, fully felt what is called the devil's home field, and the deafening cheers were far beyond Li Yao's cognition, whether it was at the Heat American Airlines Center Arena last year or this year's Staples Center Arena, the cheers of the audience at the scene could not be compared with the Energy Solutions Arena.
In Li Yao's cognition, the only game he participated in that could be more enthusiastic than the audience at the Energy Solutions Arena was when he was at Stanford University, leading the Stanford University men's basketball team against Derek. The University of Memphis men's basketball team led by Ross played the NCAA Finals in the Dolphin Arena.
However, you must know that it was the NCAA Finals, and there was a "March Madness" in front of it, and now it is just an ordinary regular season.
Li Yao, who was stimulated by the scene in front of him, secretly made up his mind in his heart that he must rely on his own efforts to make the Clippers' home game the most enthusiastic home of the devil in the league.
The Clippers' starting lineup is still fixed, unless there is an injury, Mike. Coach Dunleavy will certainly not change the lineup at will, after all, the Clippers' starting lineup has the highest margin for error among all the lineups.
And with the enthusiastic shouts of DJs on the spot, the Jazz team's starting five tigers in this game also came out.
Center: Calelo. Feshenko; Power forward: Carlos. Boozer; Small forward: Andre. Kirilenko; Shooting Guard: Ronnie. Brewer; Point Guard: DeLong. Williams.
Speaking of Delong. Williams, a little fat man, Li Yao is actually inextricably related to him, you must know that when the Stanford University men's basketball team was in "Crazy March", it was because of Li Yao's coming from Delong. Williams' pick-and-roll skills survived the tough early game, allowing Lee to grow and gain better skills.
Although Li Yao has a lot of powerful skills on his body now, Li Yao will not forget that his rise and growth depend on Delong. Williams' pick-and-roll skill.
Now, although Li Yao has gradually given up this blocking and dismantling skill that has grown into an A-level due to the continuous enhancement of his personal strength, since the end of the last game with the Suns, he has seen Steve. Nash & Amare. Stoudemire's brilliant pick-and-roll coordination made Li Yao once again rise the idea of taking this skill out of his skill library.
After all, you have to know that in the past life, in Chris. After Paul came to the Clippers, he turned this place into an "empty city" for a while. Jordan's air-catching cooperation after that block and pick-and-roll also made Li Yao want to once again take the reputation of this "empty pick-up city" for the Los Angeles Clippers again, and he even began to try to cooperate with several inside players in the team during the team's training this afternoon.
And just this afternoon, during the team training, there was a small episode.
The subtle changes made by Li Yao in training have made head coach Mike . Dunleavy's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but sigh, with the existence of Li Yao, a point guard who can be called the brain of the team, he is really easy as a head coach, and even for some situation judgments on the court, Li Yao is able to find out in advance of him as a head coach, and can make the most correct decisions directly on the court.
And Lee Ya and DeAndrew. Jordan and Serge. Ibaka's air-to-receive coordination after the block also made a group of Clippers players exclaim.
As for Da Yao, the starting center, not to mention, Li Yao has played with Da Yao when he first entered the Chinese men's basketball national team, but in the back Li Yao found that the effect of Da Yao sitting on the offensive axis initiation point was more suitable for the Chinese men's national basketball team at the Beijing Olympics, so he continued this tactic until he won the championship in the finals.
Now when Li Yao took out this blocking and dismantling tactic for training again, the cooperation between Da Yao and Li Yao was still such a tacit understanding, and Da Yao's accurate mid-distance basket also made Li Yao sigh. Ibaka and DeAndrew. Jordan and the two can also have Da Yao's hand basket, and the strength of the Clippers is bound to improve by several notches.
Li Yao even plans to let the two practice more mid-range shooting when they have time.
But before Li Yao could speak, Li Yao saw DeAndrew. Jordan couldn't help frowning when he made a miserable free throw basket after a 2+1 game. Jordan's several free throws didn't hit any of them, which made Li Yao really unbearable, and asked for information about DeAndrew. Jordan's shooting and free throw statistics.
When Lee Ya saw DeAndrew. Jordan's face instantly darkened when he shot less than 30% of his free throws last season, and O'Neal, the big shark who was the target of the "shark slashing tactics", shot 52.7% from the free throw line throughout his career, and never even lower than 40%.
Now it's good to be fine, DeAndrew. Jordan's free throw hole is even more excessive than that of the big shark O'Neal, which will definitely become a fatal flaw for the Clippers when they reach the playoffs or even the division finals or finals in the future.
So Li Yao directly gave up on letting DeAndrew. Jordan went to practice the idea of shooting and went straight to head coach Mike. Dunleavy spoke his mind.
Mike. Dunleavy couldn't help laughing after hearing Li Yao's explanation, he felt that Li Yao was really thinking too much, first of all, not to mention whether the Clippers in the rebuilding period this season can enter the playoffs, even if they enter the playoffs, they may not be able to break through the first round, let alone the division finals and finals.
"Lee, I know you're thinking about the development of the team as a captain, but I suggest that you still play every game consistently, and young people don't look down on their masters." Mike. Dunleavy gently patted Li Yao's shoulder and said earnestly.
Li Yao heard Mike. After Dunleavy's words, he couldn't help frowning. Dunleavy, as the head coach of the Clippers, actually thinks that what he just said is a high-minded and low-minded team, and does not think that the Clippers can go further in the playoffs, is this still a qualified head coach?
Li Yao wanted to say something, but was met by Mike. Dunleavy rushed straight to train again.
At this point, Mike. Dunleavy didn't know that his unintentional move just now had actually planted a small seed in Li Yao's heart.
Li Yao, who returned to the field again, directly stopped the game, and in the puzzled eyes of all the players, DeAndrew. Jordan and Serge. Ibaka called out individually.
"Sergi, 500 mid-range shots a day, DeAndrew, you get 500 free throws a day, whether it's game day or offseason." Li Yao said with a serious face.
"Lee," said DeAndrew. Jordan opened his mouth to speak.
"If you can't finish it one day, then I'm sorry, so please sit on the bench and watch the other teammates perform." Li Yao directly interrupted DeAndrew. Jordan's words, Li Yao's voice was not loud and did not add much emotion, but it made the surrounding onlookers feel creepy.
"By the way, I'm not talking about the number of shots, I'm talking about the number of shots, and don't think about being lazy on off-season, as the captain, I'll lead by example and practice with you. If you have any opinions, just ask them now, and you can sit on the pitch for tonight's game. Li Yao's eyes were blazing and staring at the two people in front of him.
And the surrounding Clippers players were also frightened by Li Yao's sharp eyes and involuntarily took a step back.
For a moment, silence was audible throughout the training ground.
"Captain, I have no opinion." Sergi, who has been very silent in the team. Ibaka broke the silence with a sudden opening.
"Well, that, captain, I don't have an opinion either." DeAndrew. Jordan in Serge. After Ibaka spoke, he suddenly felt as if he was being put on a fire stand, and watched Li Yao turn his gaze to himself. Jordan gritted his teeth and said.
"I don't know if you are sincere or if you are compromised for a while, but these are all indifferent to me, because I do what I say." Li Yao couldn't help but smile after hearing that the two agreed to his request.
However, Li Yao's smile made all the Clippers players present shiver.
"Captain, I'm also involved in the training." Just when Li Yao was about to open his mouth to let the players start training again, Da Yao stepped forward and spoke.
"Agreed." After seeing Da Yao's actions, Li Yao couldn't help but glance at Da Yao gratefully, he knew that Da Yao, the big brother, was pressing himself, although he was the captain and core of the Clippers, but what he did just now was a bit excessive, which may cause a lot of dissatisfaction, but when Da Yao, another superstar in the team, stood beside him, those who were dissatisfied needed to weigh the weight between himself and Da Yao and Li Yao.
"Captain, I'm also involved in training." Jackson, as Li Yao's good friend, of course, has to stand on Li Yao's side.
"And me, captain, I'm going to participate in the extra training too." At this time, it was Eric who spoke. Gordon.
Then all the members of the Clippers said that they wanted to participate in the additional practice, they were not stupid, even if they were unwilling to participate in the additional training in their hearts, under this general trend, they could only choose to participate in it.
Li Yao showed a satisfied smile at this time, no matter what the process and reason were, this result made him very satisfied.