Chapter 34: I Have My Pride

Bang! Drip!

The first quarter ended with a missed long-range shot by Rashad Lewis and returned to the bench before he even had time to wipe his sweat. Spoelstra came over and announced to Li Guanyu, "Lee, take a break." ”

At the moment, Li Guanyu didn't think much about it, nodded directly, and promised: "Oh! ”

"Tonight, you've only got a maximum of three minutes per quarter. The All-Star Game is coming, and I can't let you get hurt. After all, there are hundreds of millions of fans who want to see how you do in the All-Star Game. ”

After hearing this, Li Guanyu was stunned, raised his head and asked Spoelstra in a daze: "What? What is the maximum three minutes per session? ”

"Well, three minutes." Spoelstra nodded in affirmation, he felt that he should be responsible for Li Guanyu's health, even if he violated the team rules to bring the female star to the hotel overnight.

"Uh...... All right! For Spoelstra's insistence, Li Guanyu could only choose to nod - it's better than not playing.

At this time, there were only two voices swirling in his head, one was: What evil have I done? Not only was he fascinated/annihilated, but he couldn't play. One is: teammates, give some strength, don't dig too big a hole.

I don't know how long it was, but the game restarted and Miami replaced the starting lineup. Li Guanyu glanced at the back of his eyes, and the Orlando Magic was also in the starting lineup.

The next three minutes were completely painful for Li Guanyu, and his ears could hear Nelson's arrogant roar almost every thirty seconds. It is clear that Nielsen is provoking Li Guanyu.

But three minutes into the second quarter, Li Guanyu felt a little better. It wasn't because Spoelstra replaced him, but because Selena Gomez, who was late to the game, sat behind him and chatted with him about it.

When Selena Gomez came over, Li Guanyu knew because his attention was not much on the court. But she didn't take the initiative to ask, although she was Taylor Swift's best friend, there could be no 'rape/rape' incident. After sitting for nearly a minute, Selena Gomez's active question broke the silence between the two: "Tonight, why didn't you play?" ”

"Oh, maybe it's because the coach thinks I'm not in good shape!" Li Guanyu smiled embarrassedly after hearing this, and finally did not tell the truth. First, Miley Sellers is Selena's sworn enemy, and secondly, because Selena is Taylor's best friend. The two reasons add up, and it's strange to tell the truth.

"Uh, I came here today to watch you play, and I just finished the announcement." Selena Gomez muttered, paused for a moment, and continued, "I heard that you were the prince charming of almost all the girls in your school in high school. Is it? ”

After Li Guanyu heard this, he scratched his scalp and replied: "There are a few girls who have taken the initiative to show favor, but not to the extent of 'all'." ”

"Oh!" Selena Gomez nodded, paused for a moment, and continued to ask, "Are you and Taylor boyfriend and girlfriend now?" ”

Li Guanyu was asked like this, and he was immediately embarrassed - am I and her boyfriend and girlfriend?

If it counts, it is disloyal to Qingya.

If not, then why are you so intimate with her, intimate to 00xx.

After struggling for a long time, Li Guanyu finally nodded hesitantly and replied: "Maybe it should be!" ”

Seeing that Li Guanyu had been entangled for so long, Selena Gomez raised her eyebrows lightly twice, and asked rhetorically, "So unsure?" ”

Being asked such a rhetorical question, Li Guanyu suddenly became even more uncertain.

In terms of feelings, Li Guanyu will never be able to be as 'decisive as basketball'. If he can score 70 points in basketball, his feelings will only be 20 points at most.

Seeing this, Selena Gomez didn't ask any more questions, and her expression was a lot more relieved.

While Li Guanyu was entangled, Spoelstra walked over, patted Li Guanyu on the shoulder, and said, "Lee." Ready to come on and replace Chris. Be careful, don't be reckless, don't get hurt. ”

When Li Guanyu heard this, he quickly stood up, shook his head and shook off all the 'children's lovers' - this is the time for the battle.

Walking to the technical table and looking up, the Miami Heat was actually 16 points behind and only three minutes and twenty seconds before the end of halftime. Nelson, on the other hand, scored 18 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds, and a triple-double was basically within reach.

Taking advantage of Nelson's free throws, Li Guanyu hurriedly walked on the court to replace Chris Quinn. After a glance, you can see the layout of both sides of the enemy: Miami sent center Jermaine O'Neal, power forward Joel Anthony, small forward Michael Beasley, scoring guard Dorrell Wright, and point guard Li Guanyu. The Orlando Magic, on the other hand, has center Dwight Howard, two forwards Turkoglou and Rashad Lewis, and two guards Conteney Lee and Jamil Nelson.

Bang!

Perhaps because Li Guanyu's aura was too strong, Nelson actually missed a free throw, after he hit five free throws. Joel Anthony took off the rebound and quickly handed it to Li Guanyu, who took the rebound and did not quickly launch a fast break. Instead, he dribbled the ball slowly and methodically towards the frontcourt, as sophisticated as a point guard in the 80s.

Just after halftime, Jamil Nelson quickly posted up, although this guy is short, but his strength, speed, and explosiveness are not bad, so Li Guanyu is actually a little sad under his persecution. But after all, the height is much higher, and under the huge stride length advantage, a disguised start dodges the defense.

Being short on the defensive end is always a natural vulnerability.

After quickly shaking off Jamil Nelson, Li Guanyu, who came to a step outside the three-point line, suddenly jumped up and then shot quickly.

Bang! Basketball hits iron.

Roar! Michael Beasley suddenly jumped up and picked up the rebound very easily in the face of Rashad Lewis's defense. took off the rebound and quickly threw it to Li Guanyu, as soon as Li Guanyu received the basketball, Jamil Nelson quickly posted it.

In the face of Jamil Nelson's close defense, Li Guanyu shook off Jamil Nelson's defense with a tentative step and suddenly jumped.

Swish! This three-point shot was finally made, and Li Guanyu's data became 8 points and 2 assists. Although it is very bumpy compared to Jamil Nelson, combined with the fact that he only played about two minutes, the unit (time) efficiency is undoubtedly several times that of Nielsen.

"Don't blame me, and don't blame yourself. God can only be blamed for giving three inches less height. ”

After the goal, Li Guanyu did not forget to tease Jamil Nelson.

Stimulated by Li Guanyu like this, Nelson immediately shot back: "Shut up, rookie." Didn't you say I couldn't get three doubles? Now I'm just three assists and four rebounds away. ”

"Oh!" Li Guanyu nodded, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, revealing a cold smile, and replied lightly: "Then you will not get any data under my defense next, except for mistakes." ”

After hearing this, Jamil Nelson sneered and asked rhetorically: "Haha, rookie, is every ignorant person as arrogant as you?" ”

"Translation, translation, what is called arrogance."

"Hubris? Look in the mirror for yourself! Nelson said that and turned to take the basketball from Turkoglou's hand.

After Li Guanyu heard this, he looked at Jamil Nelson's back and chuckled and muttered: "This is called arrogance?" ”

With that, he quickly ran back into the half court and settled in a defensive position - he wasn't going to press Jamil Nelson all over the court, after all, this guy was much faster than the aging Alston.

When Jamil Nelson came over with the ball, Li Guanyu immediately posted it and did not give him any chance to break through.

Burst! Jamil Nelson tried to squeeze Li Guanyu away with his stocky and heavy body, but he was always squeezed half a step away before being reattached by Li Guanyu, back and forth four or five times, and had to pass the basketball to Tekoglu, who came out to pick up.

And on the sidelines, Poelstra couldn't help frowning when he saw Li Guanyu and Jamil Nelson making violent physical contact - isn't this guy afraid of injury? Hey, his physical strength can still be so aggressive? Well, he must be overdrawing his body, and it seems that the third and fourth quarters will reduce his playing time.

After Turkoglu took over the basketball, Jamil Nelson immediately ran for half the court, but Li Guanyu kept following desperately, so he didn't have a chance to catch the ball at all. In the end, the basketball was handed over to Dwight Howard to practice playing with his back, and although Jermaine O'Neal was slow due to injury, it was not a problem to deal with Dwight Howard, who was clumsy in back-to-back singles, with his rich experience.

Bang! Dwight Howard hooked his hand to hit the iron, and Li Guanyu, who happened to run under the basket, hurriedly jumped up and picked up the rebound.

Taking off the rebound, Dorrell Wright had already run to the frontcourt, seeing this, Li Guanyu did not hesitate and hurriedly threw a long throw, Dorrell Wright took the basketball and came to a simple dunk, narrowing the score to 11 points.

"Do you believe I got a triple-double before you?" Li Guanyu suddenly turned around and asked Jamil Nelson.

"I don't believe it." Jamil Nelson shook his head firmly, then quickly ran to the half court to catch the ball.

Looking at the figure of Jamil Nelson gradually running to the frontcourt, Li Guanyu muttered disdainfully: Don't believe it? Hmph, there are still many so-called experts who don't believe that I can play in the NBA?

As Jamil Nelson ran over, Dorrell Wright quickly ran.

As soon as Dorrell Wright came over, Li Guanyu immediately struck: "I have to say, your dunk insulted my pass." Whether it is the sense of power, speed, air stagnation, and ornamentation, it is very clumsy. ”

For Li Guanyu's successive stimuli, Dorrell Wright finally couldn't help but ask: "Have I offended you?" Why run me every game. ”

was questioned by Dorrell Wright, Li Guanyu was stunned for a moment, and then replied to what the head teacher said to him when he was in junior high school in China - scolding you and educating you means that you can still be saved. If you can't be saved, I won't bother to care about you.

When Dorrell Wright heard this explanation, he was bewildered. Poor with a small brain capacity, it was difficult for him to understand the meaning of this sentence in a short time.

By this time, Jamil Nelson had already dribbled and killed violently.

Seeing this, Li Guanyu hurriedly moved his steps and stood on Jamil Nelson's route.

Burst!

Nelson, who was traveling at high speed, slammed into Li Guanyu, who was standing still, and immediately made Li Guanyu stagger back two or three steps. Jamil Nelson was just about to continue to break through, the whistle blew, and when he turned his head, the referee's gesture told him very clearly - you have committed an offensive foul.

Jamil Nelson could only shake his head at the referee's decision and say that he admitted it - he didn't have the courage to argue something with the referee, in case he was blown off.

"This guy is really deadly. What should I do if I get hurt? Then we have to cut down on his playing time, and I don't know how to explain to Mr. Pat Riley when he's injured. - Spoelstra, who watched Li Guanyu being knocked down and his heart rose to his throat, kept making up his mind.

Drip! When the whistle blew, Li Guanyu took the basketball from Michael Beasley and still ran slowly towards the front court, and Nelson posted it just past the front court. Although his defensive attitude is good, his defensive skills and natural height doom him to play no decisive role in Li Guanyu's attack. And Li Guanyu didn't forget to apologize to him before breaking through him: "I'm sorry, what I said before was wrong, I said that you couldn't get any data except for mistakes under my defense, because you can also get the data of fouls." ”

"You ......"

As soon as Jamil Nelson became angry, Li Guanyu started suddenly, used the advantage of stride to pass him smoothly, and then quickly passed the basketball to Jermaine O'Neal, who was one step unguarded in the free throw line, O'Neal received the ball and shot quickly, hey! Hit the shot.

In the following time, Li Guanyu threaded the needle, and all locations in Miami bloomed. The Magic, for their part, have completely shifted their organizational focus to Turkoglu because Nelson has been completely locked down.

Drip! As the whistle blew and the halftime was over, Li Guanyu scored 10 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds, and narrowed the score gap to 6 points - 56:62. As for Nielsen's data, it is still stuck before Li Guanyu came on the court - poor him has become a victim of Li Guanyu's 'words must be done'.

Before he could enter the players' tunnel, Michael Beasley quickly ran over to express his frustration to Li Guanyu.

"Liu Kushi is crazy, if you don't give me an assist, I'm going crazy. Lewis actually got 15 on my head with that big contract, which is a shame I can't bear, and I have to give it a heavy blow. ”

"Hmm!" Li Guanyu nodded and replied, "But I may not have much playing time in the future." With your skills, playing with him won't be a problem, right? ”

"But I don't have the ball, huh? You don't give it to me, and that stupid Chris Quinn doesn't pass it on to me. "Michael Beasley was very aggrieved.

Li Guanyu listened to his words and watched his deeds, and felt that this product was almost suffocated now. So he nodded and replied: "Then I'll talk to the coach later, and let him treat you as the tactical core." ”

β€œyeah!” Michael Beasley was immediately as excited as a child with candy: "Willow String Crazy, please allow me, sincerely praise you-ah~ Great Lee, your character is as holy as the moon!" Yes! Noble Lee, your brilliance is as sacred as the sun......"

For Michael Beasley's sudden offense, Li Guanyu could only smile bitterly. Yes, once these two goods commit brain damage, the law can't stop him.

After the players returned to the locker room, Li Guanyu stood at the door of the locker room and waited. Seeing Spoelstra coming over, he hurriedly ran over and pulled him aside for a simple chat.

'Eric, I need playing time. Yes, I need playing time immensely. Li Guanyu went straight to the point.

"But I don't think you can have a lot of playing time after a good night. Fifteen minutes, that's the limit I set for you before the game. Judging by your desperate performance, I have reason to narrow it down to 12 minutes. "Alex Poelstra was very persistent.

"But I think I'm in good shape right now, and I can even do fifty push-ups right away to prove my word." Li Guanyu was anxious, he knew that once he was off, Jamil Nelson's triple-double would be unstoppable - Chris Quinn, he couldn't even guard Jamil Nelson's leg hair.

"Fifty push-ups? I'm sure if you do fifty push-ups in front of me, I'm not going to give you another minute of playing time. Because now your game mood has been broken, and on the basis of poor health, it is difficult to think about not getting injured. "Spoelstra has a 'this is not negotiable' expression.

Spoelstra insisted so much that Li Guanyu wanted to cry without tears - why didn't he even give him a chance to prove himself? Who said that if you wet a woman's entire sheet at night, you can't maintain your strength? This is prejudice, this is discrimination, naked/naked with the heart of impotence/impotence in the belly of a great man.

After a long time, Li Guanyu finally put forward his last request: "Then can Michael Beasley be the tactical core in my absence." ”

"Uh......" Spoelstra hesitated.

"If you can't agree to this request, I'll be disappointed."

Listening to what Li Guanyu said, Spoelstra, who originally planned to practice interior tactics, had to nod and reluctantly replied: "Okay, let Michael be the core of the tactics......"

With Spoelstra's compromise, the conversation between the two ended. Back in the dressing room, Spoelstra immediately announced his tactical strategy regarding Michael Beasley's second-half mainstay.

When Michael Beasley heard this, he immediately screamed excitedly. Makes the whole locker room roll its eyes - this thing is too villainous, right?

In fact, he's really not a villain - he's not happy about the tactical core at all, but about being able to teach Rashad Lewis a lesson when he has the ball.

After sitting in the locker room for about ten minutes, the stadium management came to urge the players to play, and the Miami players hurriedly walked out. After a moment on the field, a long whistle sounded announcing the start of the game. Li Guanyu hurriedly sat back on the bench.

Before the game started, Selena Gomez behind her chatted with Li Guanyu again.

"Lee, you played really well just now." Selena Gomez gave Li Guanyu a thumbs up.

"Thank you."

As a layman, Selena Gomez expressed her doubts to Li Guanyu: "I think you should stay on the court in your current state?" ”

After Li Guanyu heard this, he felt sad again - layman fans could see it, but Spoelstra didn't see it. It's a thing.

Of course, Li Guanyu's complaint was just hidden in his heart, and he still replied politely on the surface: "Maybe the coach has his considerations!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Jamil Nelson's provocative words drilled into his ears - rookie, don't care about pickle girls, do you see my three points?

"Sorry, no. Next time, be careful to call me in advance. Li Guanyu shook his head honestly.

When Jamil Nelson ran over, Selena Gomez couldn't help but mutter, "This guy really has no cultivation." ”

"It's just trash talk on the basketball court, it has nothing to do with cultivation, it's all about winning." Li Guanyu subconsciously excused Nelson, because he was a trash-talk master.

"You're so kind...... Selena Gomez complimented.

"Huh!"

Li Guanyu could only smile at this complimentβ€”he didn't quite understand what kindness was.

At this time, Nelson's voice came again - Lee, look, I'm going to shoot a three-pointer.

Following the prestige, Jamil Nelson dribbled the ball just past halftime.

"This thing is too confident, isn't it? I hope Chris Quinn can be more angry, otherwise this slap in the face is really complete......" Before Li Guanyu finished muttering, he heard a clear 'boom' coming, and just wanted to confirm whether the basketball was in the basket, Jamil Nelson's arrogant voice became unscrupulous-rookie, this three points are dedicated to you.

was provoked by such a provocation, and suddenly Li Guanyu was angry. With a thud, he stood up and walked over to Alex Poelstra and pleaded, "I ask to play." ”

"I can't let you play." Spoelstra remained stubborn.

"Can you watch me sit in the sidelines and be humiliated?" Li Guanyu suddenly raised his voice, attracting the sideways glances of his teammates beside him.

"I'm sorry, it's a principle." Spoelstra still stuck to his principles, paused for a moment, and added: "As a team in the Eastern Conference, we play at least four games a year against the Orlando Magic, so there is a chance to get revenge." ”

"Humph!" Li Guanyu snorted angrily and sat back on the bench, with nowhere to do it, he could only sit aside and watch himself being humiliated, this feeling was too embarrassing.

When Li Guanyu was sulking, Selena Gomez behind him tried to comfort her, but she still didn't say anything.

After a while, Li Guanyu's anger smoothed out a little, and Nelson's provocative words drilled into his ears again - Hey, rookie, I have eight assists now.

After hearing this, Li Guanyu stood up again and walked in front of Spoelstra. He took off his jacket and said, "If you don't let me play now, I'll go back to the locker room right away." I can never stand being provoked again and again, I have my pride, it's my bottom line. ”

(To be continued)