Chapter 23: The Improvement of Running Without the Ball
After getting the Iron Book, except for the first page that had just been unsealed, there was no change in the rest of the time, including the summer league and the previous regular season, and Li Tian had been thinking about how to unseal the Iron Book.
But after this unblocking, Li Tian vaguely guessed a possibility, that is, it has something to do with his performance on the field, although it is not sure what kind of performance can make Tieshu unseal a new page, but it is certain that the better the performance on the field, the more likely it is to be unsealed.
On the other hand, Li Tian had doubts about whether Tieshu could improve his physical talents, but at this time, his doubts were finally dispelled, since Tieshu could strengthen his agility, it also meant that other physical talents listed on Tieshu such as physical strength and strength could also be enhanced.
Thinking of his performance in the past game, Li Tian at this time can be said to be full of confidence in the future.
"What a great day!" Getting up from the bed, Li Tian put the iron book back in the safe, then stretched and whistled.
Now that his agility has improved, Li Tian naturally needs to feel it, so after breakfast, Li Tian, who had rested for a while, came to the stadium to practice.
There were no other players in the stadium, and Li Tian, who had practiced running without the ball, could only continue to find those air pillars that usually trained to help.
Li Tian placed the air column more densely than usual, so that there was less space for running, and it was also a higher test for running skills.
Li Tian knows very well that in a wide range of running, the embodiment of agility is not so obvious, and even absolute speed is sometimes more important, but in such a small range of running, the flexibility of the body and the change of rhythm are more important, and it is easier for defenders to scratch their heads.
After arranging all the air columns, Li Tian's body ran quickly, he did not circle in a wide range from outside the three-point line, but concentrated in the semicircle area of the distance from the center of the free throw line to the basket, and arranged air columns in this area, and many air columns were about the distance between exactly one or two people passing.
It is in such a small space, Li Tian who runs fast and slow, and from time to time it is mixed with reverse running and changing direction, at first because the running space is too small Li Tian can not control his body too well and is easy to hit the air column, but as time goes by, Li Tian has become more and more proficient in such a small range of running, and his body shuttles flexibly between the air columns, but he will not even touch those air columns again.
It wasn't until he was sweating profusely that Li Tiancai stopped, with an extremely satisfied expression on his face. Although it is difficult to find any difference between Li Tian and before on the surface, he himself knows very well that if the defender is against him, the difficulty of keeping up with the defense will improve again.
So at this point, although Li Tian's off-ball running is still S, it is a small step up from before.
After finishing the running training, Li Tian practiced shooting again, no matter what, throwing the basketball into the basket in the game is the king, so if you want to maintain the lethality on the court, Li Tian must ensure that his shooting feel is not bad.
When Li Tian was training, the media reports about last night's game also made many people pay attention to Li Tian's existence.
As the No. 1 team in the West and the league, the Thunder naturally attracted much media attention, and their reversal with an 18-point lead naturally surprised many media and fans, especially the opponent was the weak team King.
"Thunder's 18-point lead was reversed", "The stability of the league's first was questioned", "Thunder's carelessness was reversed......
In the U.S. media, most of the headlines were used in this way, and the focus of the coverage of the game was also on the reversal of the Thunder's unfavorable offense after taking the lead. As for Li Tian's performance, there is almost no mention.
In domestic reports, Li Tian has become a factor that has to be mentioned.
"Li Tian scored 15 points in 6 minutes, and the king reversed the thunder in an upset"......
News like this has been reported by domestic media, although it is still a report that the Thunder's lead has been reversed, but Li Tian's performance in the last few minutes will not be ignored by the media, and even some media deliberately use exaggerated headlines such as "Chinese guard Li Tian turned the tide and led the king to complete the big reversal" in order to attract attention.
Because he has not shown his face in domestic competitions before, Li Tian is not very popular among Chinese fans, although he performed well in the summer league and was reported by some domestic media when he subsequently joined the Kings, but because he did not get the opportunity to play for a period of time, naturally not many people paid attention.
At this time, such a report has attracted the attention of some fans, but many fans do not agree with the media report.
"Who is Li Tian? I've never heard of it before, when did you become the leader of the king? ”
"I just watched the video of the game, and Li Tian played well in the last few minutes and scored a lot of points, but it would be too exaggerated to say that he led the king."
"A bench player, after playing a game, was blown like this, does the editor have no brains?" ……
Originally, Li Tian's performance at the last moment of that game was the key to the king's reversal, but because of the exaggeration of the domestic media and the fact that the Thunder has a very good popularity in China, such a report not only did not make Li Tian accepted by the fans, but was questioned.
In the final analysis, Li Tian's popularity in China is still too low, and it is difficult for fans to support him for a while because he has not participated in domestic events. And these are obviously not something that can be changed through one or two games, and what is needed to improve popularity is Li Tian's continuous accumulation of good performance.
For these, neither Li Tian nor Pete Smith pays much attention to them, because at this stage, Li Tian's stable playing time is more important than any popularity or the like.
In the previous game, because Smart was expelled from the game, Jim Ain's adjustment made Li Tian unexpectedly get playing time, but next, Smart could not be expelled from every game, so how to make Smart look at Li Tian's ability is the key.
With the performance in the previous game, according to common sense, Li Tian felt that Smart should give himself some opportunities to perform in the next games, but this was just his guess, and the decision was still in Smart's hands.
So far in the season, Smart is not very fond of using rookie players, and Li Tian obviously has a worse impression of Smart because of the conflict with Thomas.
So as for whether Smart will give himself a chance next, Li Tian still has no bottom in his heart, and all this can only be known in the game.
Fortunately, the Kings' next game doesn't need to be too long, and after a day off from the game against the Thunder, they will travel to Dallas to take on the Mavericks on the road.