Chapter 018: Troubled

Swish! Li Chen felt good today, raised his hand to hit a three-pointer, and took a 3:0 lead for the Lakers with his first shot. The crowd cheered for No. 0's accurate shot, and the cries for the "Big Apple" echoed through the Staples Center.

This year's derby seems to be packed with the most stringent schedules, with the last one still in place and just one game away, the Staples Centre is once again playing for the second derby of the season. Although it doesn't make much sense to say it, we still want to emphasize that the home court of this game is the Lakers.

The first offense of the Purple and Gold Army scored three points through Li Chen's shooting, with outstanding ball skills and handsome appearance, Li Chen has become another favorite of Los Angeles, and jersey sales have begun to rise, although not as good as Kobe, but it has been on par with other old players and has a faint tendency to catch up.

Dunleavy Sr. was a little hesitant as he considered whether to adopt the tactics set before the game. However, because this tactic is a bit of a thousand injuries to the enemy and eight hundred self-damage, this made him decide to wait and see, if Li Chen's hand is really good and cannot be contained, then he has to urge the players to take more care of him.

Li Chen on the court didn't know that the coach of the Clippers had been eyeing him, and getting three points in the opening game made him look a little excited, stretched out his hand and clenched his fist lightly on his forehead, making a nerve-wracking posture, as if he was lamenting how his shooting was so accurate, such a slightly handsome but extremely arrogant celebration posture caused some female fans to scream loudly.

The Clippers don't think so, it's unbearable to be so arrogant when you hit a three-pointer! Thinking of his coach's instructions before the game, a sneer appeared at the corner of Elthornton's mouth, who was in charge of defending Li Chen, "Wait for the coach's order, you will look good", Thorton said secretly in his heart, and the coach's tricks surprised him a little.

"It's just a rookie, do you really want to make such a damaging move?"

The Lakers' players are always so excited when they play the Clippers, it seems that they are happy to contribute to the scuttling of the Clippers into a broken boat, Li Chen's three-point call sounded the offensive horn, and Kobe Bryant carried the offensive banner.

On the Clippers' side, because of Li Chen's existence, it is not easy to wrap Kobe Bryant, and because the Lakers have Fisher, Li Chen and Kobe, three stable outside shooters, the Clippers dare not put this into practice.

The old Dunleavy had no choice but to let the newcomer Eric Gordon be responsible for keeping an eye on Kobe, but fortunately, the most important thing for the newcomer is positivity, although he was repeatedly violated, but Gordon still used his body to block the path of the great god without hesitation.

The continuous flowering of the twin tower combination of Gasol and Bynum on the inside line has made the Clippers miserable, and it is already difficult to play if the outside line is so strong, and the inner line has suddenly risen in the past two years, what kind of trouble is this! The Clippers are very helpless, and if they continue like this, they may be beaten into a sieve in less than half time.

"There's no way", watching Li Chen hit a three-pointer again with the assistance of his teammates, the old Dunleavy who was forced to be anxious quietly gestured to the players on the court, which was agreed before the game, and the Clippers players naturally knew what to do when they saw it.

I saw that Alssoton gradually relaxed his defense against Li Chen, and instead focused more on helping to defend Kobe, the Clippers' lineup seemed to have a big hole in an instant, and Li Chen was almost empty.

Kobe Bryant controls the ball, and his organizational skills are not weak, of course, he pays attention to the loopholes of the Clippers, especially Li Chen's hand is very good today, and the two three-point shots make people feel that as long as they pass the ball to him, they can get an assist, and Kobe naturally passes the ball out.

Smack, Li Chen was about to shoot, but Thorton's merciless foul made his movements slightly distorted, and the basketball also smashed the basket and popped up. Rubbing his arm, there was a faint pain on it, it seemed that Thorton's foul was not light.

It was not easy to completely prevent Li Chen's shot, but since the coach only asked for fouls, Thorton easily completed the task.

Because it was in the three-point line, the referee only gave two free throws, Li Chen shook his arm that was still a little painful, and walked to the free throw line very unhappily, free throws or something was the thing he hated the most, but since he was fouled, he had no choice but to carry out the free throws.

It may be that the free throw action is a little deformed due to the pain in the arm, and at the same time, the miserable free throw ability is also inseparable. In short, Li Chen's two free throws were all missed, and there was also a three-not-touch, and the embarrassing free throws suddenly made him the focus of the big screen.

Continuously replaying Li Chen's free throws, people really don't understand why a player who shoots so accurately makes free throws so badly, even if you go back 50 years, you can't find such a freak in the league, they can only attribute this to a miracle.

Indeed, people tend to attribute things that cannot be explained by science to miracles.

And our fans on the other side of the ocean gave a very simple answer, "The shooting is so accurate, if you want to make free throws, then how do you want others to live, I think this is a typical jealousy."

Old Dunleavy can't control so much, he only knows that this tactic is right, although it can't completely contain the Lakers' other offensive points, but at least it can be regarded as basically strangling Li Chen, the evil old coach gestured to the bearded Davis and asked him to tell Thorton to continue to implement the tactic.

Originally, Li Chen and the old monk thought that this was just an accident, after all, everyone has a foul, and they can only admit that the free throw is not good, but soon after Li Chen tried to shoot again, Thorton's unscrupulous foul made him understand that he had been hit, and before the ball was thrown, Thorton dragged him down again.

"I bought a watch last year, super wear-resistant, @#¥@4,"

Faced with the bad old man's strange moves, Li Chen scolded bitterly in his mouth, he didn't have to think that he knew that this was the bad made by old Dunleavy, his ominous premonition before the game was right, the old guy was indeed eyeing him, to be exact, staring at his weak free throws.

No, the referee gave three free throws, which made old Dunleavy feel a loss, in his opinion, it was best to foul inside the three-point line, so only two free throws were given, but this was not up to him, where Li Chen shot, he could only foul there.

Of course, the elder Dunleavy believes that Thorton is not an idiot, what rules should be broken and what rules should not be broken, and if it is clear that the shot that can interfere is still fouled, then he will have to be put on the bench. Fortunately, at least Thorton's tactics are executing fairly well now.

Li Chen walked to the free throw line, and the free throw of 51 points made him really unconfident, and he was in the same posture as shooting, but the result was very different.

Bang, the first free throw was announced, and Li Chen's eggs were about to break. But fortunately, the next two free throws went in like shit, which made him feel a cold sweat.

"It's so dangerous, if you miss three more times, you will be completely embarrassed." In fact, Li Chen doesn't have to worry at all, the data-based body allows him to easily calculate the result, and the ability of 51 shows that two can basically score one, according to today's 5 free throws and 2 hits, it has not reached the standard of 51.

"Hey, you really suck at free throws!" Thorton gloated that Li Chen's hit rate made him feel that his foul was still quite cost-effective.

is also a rookie, he is still a sophomore, but in terms of popularity, he is not as good as a non-draft player who has only played four games, which makes him always jealous of the attention of the media and fans to Li Chen.

Now it seems that he has personally killed the magic of the Lakers' super rookie, and the feeling of "God Butcher" makes Thorton feel a sense of accomplishment.

Li Chen ignored the opponent's taunt and walked back to his own half of the court with his own care. Indeed, it is a fact that free throws are not good, no matter how much character explodes, it is like that, and he can't find any rebuttal to this, and every free throw is the best response.

The old monk also saw the low mood of the disciple, but he had no choice, if there was a way, O'Neill would not have been cut down for so many years, the old monk felt that it was necessary to take a good look at the situation on the field, and see if there was any way to help Li Chen get out of the predicament.

With 4 minutes left in the first quarter, Li Chen walked back to the bench dejectedly, except for two three-pointers in the opening game, the remaining three shots were all turned into free throws, and the shooting rate of 3 of 7 free throws made him really unhappy.

And the consequences of Li Chen's weakness of free throws are not only that, after suffering from foul troubles, No. 0 began to play extra carefully, but the excessive tension also made his passing seem to lose its former spirituality.

After receiving the ball, he didn't even want to shoot, so he reversed the ball back after changing hands, and the Lakers' offensive system also fell into a sticky state because of the lack of Li Chen's lubrication.

The unfavorable offensive situation led Kobe Bryant to turn on the singles mode as a matter of course, and the team seemed to return to the 05-06 season when Kobe Bryant averaged 35.4 points per game to win the scoring title.

The Lakers' offense couldn't be opened at all, and the situation on the court was a mess. The old monk saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart, so he quickly called a pause.

"Hey, we're in a predicament right now, I didn't expect that bastard Dunleavy Sr. to use foul tactics against Lee", the old monk has never been a good person, he is already thinking about how to bombard the old Dunleavy during the post-match press conference, but the top priority is to win this game.

The old monk ordered the tactics, "Kobe, you reduce singles and distribute the ball more to the outside, Gasol, you have to take part of the responsibility for the tandem when Lee is in trouble, just like last season, as long as the tactics are carefully executed, the Clippers are not worried."

Arrange the team's offensive tactics, the rest can only depend on the players' performance, as for Li Chen, the old monk hopes that he can get out of the predicament soon, many of the team's tactics are inseparable from him, and only the old monk knows best how much his shooting and passing contribute to the team.

He had already thought of how to get Li Chen out of the shadows, but he hoped that his disciple would be able to come out on his own. A player who has the courage to face difficulties and find ways to overcome them is the one who has the real potential.

And like Li Chen now, when he encounters difficulties but does not look for a way, he only knows that he is angry and even afraid, such a player is only a star at most, and he will never become a superstar.

In the old monk's view, this is Li Chen's rookie wall, I thought that a player like him would almost never hit the rookie wall, because his technical characteristics are destined to be difficult for other teams to take corresponding methods to restrain him.

Now, the old monk didn't expect the little guy's rookie wall to hit so quickly, he had just played four games, and if he couldn't solve this problem properly, his power would definitely drop a notch.

Although he couldn't let go of his heart, the maturity that Li Chen showed when executing his tactics that did not match his age still made the old monk full of confidence in his disciples. He believed that Li Chen would find his position soon, and now all he could do was wait, even if he didn't play well in a few consecutive games, but in the eyes of the old monk, this was just the best opportunity for Li Chen to hone his skills.

On the court, the Lakers' offense has basically recovered its power after the adjustment of the old monk, although it lacks Li Chen's outside firepower, but the Lakers' internal strength is not something that the weak Clippers can contend with, especially Kobe Bryant and Gasol, who are infinitely inside and outside, and the Clippers are beaten and retreated.

The Lakers' weaknesses that the old Dunleavy said before the game also seemed to have become a joke, and after beating Li Chen, the Clippers' life seemed to be even more difficult, because the replacement of Ariza strengthened the Lakers' defense, and the Clippers' outside line was two rookies except Davis, and the sudden increase in defensive intensity made them lose their direction for a while.

Seeing that the Lakers' offense was still sharp after missing himself, Li Chen felt a little comforted, in his opinion, even if his teammates gave him a head, and he himself should calm down and think about restraint methods.

After all, the Clippers are a weak team, and the Lakers can still beat the Clippers without one Li Chen, but there is more than one team in the entire NBA, the Clippers, and there are many other strong teams, such as the defending champion Celtics in the East.

Li Chen is determined to get a ring with the Lakers this season, and he doesn't want the team to lose to him in the end. And if he can't improve the situation and can't play good statistics, then the plan to seize the core position of the Knicks will definitely be affected, and the core of any team is to come up with a data that can be seen.

But what should I do, Li Chen sat on the bench and pondered.

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