Chapter 20: The First Try

"Don't be so sè, okay? Have you ever considered the feelings of a fat person who is a little fatter than you? Davis patted Chen Lei's buttocks and said angrily, "I really don't know if God forgot to add fatty-level gravity to you when he created you, it's so unfair!" ”

Chen Lei was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "According to science, your physical explosiveness is much higher than mine, because your physique is generally stronger than me, so as long as you practice hard every day like me, you will definitely be able to." ”

"Practice? Practicing Shenma? Davis asked suspiciously, could it be that there is a secret here?

"Hmm...... Squat when pooping! Chen Lei thought for a while and said, leaving Davis, who was deep in thought, ran quickly to the backcourt by himself.

The Lakers' offense was handed over to Jamison again this time, and the guy caught the ball and shot one meter inside the three-point line, but fortunately he hit the ball, narrowing the gap that had just widened to 9 points to 7 points again, but it was also because he received the ball and shot the Clippers also had 9.5 seconds of offensive organization time.

And the Clippers didn't live up to the fans' expectations, as Collison turned around and hit a three-pointer to push the margin into double digits, ending the first quarter with a 37-27 score.

In the first quarter, Chen Lei played for more than 2 minutes, scored 1 rebound and scored 4 points, and the two offenses were very beautiful individual singles, which received applause and also made the Clippers fans' goodwill for this new fat man rise rapidly.

"China Chen, this guy has such a strong individual offensive ability!"

"It's really hard to imagine how such a guy can be buried for so long, I've seen it in the first few games, and this is a player with star potential."

"Will he be the next bench bandit? Or the next superstar who represents the American dream? ”

…… Clippers fans are discussing while watching the game, compared with the Chinese fans who have been paying attention to Chen Lei for a long time, this is the first time they have officially started to pay attention to this fat forward, and Chen Lei's popularity has also begun to slowly rise at this moment.

In the second quarter, when Griffin came on the court, Chen Lei could only sit honestly on the bench, and Griffin, who was healthy and an adolescent, had to occupy more than 30 minutes of playing time every game, so even the first substitute in the No. 4 position sounded very powerful, but he didn't get much playing time.

Coming to the Clippers, Chen Lei's every appearance is accompanied by high efficiency value, but the opportunity to play is not guaranteed, which also makes Chen Lei, who has recently begun to increase rapidly, begin to redress his grievances, in their opinion, Chen Lei needs more opportunities to play, but he can't get it in the Clippers.

Therefore, most of Chen Lei's fans feel that Chen Lei should change teams, at least get a starter, and they think that in this way they can play Chen Lei's role more effectively.

Of course, this kind of remarks are just a catharsis of love in their eyes, and it also has some impact on Chen Lei, at least when the mouths of the Chinese fans in the Rivers Stone Guò team learned about this, they had some special opinions about Chen Lei.

"This guy can be inside and out, and his height is not very tall, and it is not that he can't be put on the starter, if his outside firepower can be more fierce, it is not free to try a small forward for Barnes for the time being!" Rivers kept thinking about Chen Lei's two hollow three-pointers before, and therefore the idea of letting Chen Lei try from the fourth position to the third position arose.

Rivers had this plan before this game, and he decided to try Chen Lei's offensive ability in the third position in this game.

At 5:29 in the second quarter, the Lakers narrowed the gap to nine points with a wave of counterattacks, and the Clippers applied for a timeout.

"I have to say that my neighbors always burst into a powerful wave of attack when they touch us." Rivers remembered the opening game against the Lakers in the season, where the Clippers lost to the Lakers, a team that lacks a major player to be underestimated.

"Okay guys, all relax and listen to my arrangement. Paul was still in control of the tempo, and he was careful not to press the clock too slowly, 10 seconds, and we were going to attack in that period. Barnes comes to the point guard position, the No. 3 position is reserved for Chen, you two don't look at me like that, remember my arrangement, Chen, your three-point shooting rate is still 100% so far, don't sue me for luck. Griffin and Jordan Jr., your task remains the same, and the most important thing is to protect the rebounds. Reduce turnovers and take advantage of breakouts, you're the best attacker, don't limit yourself to jump shots, okay? Break through and kill to the inside, where we have an absolute advantage. Rivers adjusted the lineup and put Chen Lei in the small forward position.

Regarding Rivers's later words, Chen Lei didn't listen much, and he only had a few simple words in his mind at the moment: "Pretending to be B will be retributed sooner or later." ”

In the last game, in order to gain the favor of Rivers and the Clippers, he used all two critical shots on three-point shots, so that his three-point face melon showed his three-point ability, and now it really won Rivers' approval, and he also came to a bright tactical arrangement - 'He still wants it!' ’

He asked for his own three points, he saw the highlight of his own time and asked again, so what should he do?

You have to give it yourself! Otherwise, it will not do you any good if you show the stuffing.

"But fortunately, I still have 2 critical hits that I haven't used, and I don't need critical hits at all at medium and close ranges, and it's good to use a long-range attack to get a little sè, at least I can cover up my shortcomings." Chen Lei thought about it and concluded that it was enough to keep 2 long-range shots per game under his limited playing opportunities.

At the end of the timeout, players from both sides returned to the court, and the Clippers took the lead in attacking.

Paul just glanced at Chen Lei and received the ball to organize the attack, he had no complaints about who played which position, but he was curious about what the coach liked about Chen Lei, you must know that Chen Lei has never played the role of a small forward in training.

Although small forward and big forward are just one word different, the role they play is not the same at all.

The small forward is the most important attacker of the team, his purpose is to score, score, and score, he doesn't need a high shooting rate, what he wants is that you can smash and hit the basket and shoot from the outside, and this qiē must be complemented by speed, although Chen Lei is flexible in the fat man, but in Paul's eyes, this is not a suitable small forward.

After half time, in the face of Marshall's defense, Paul did not entangle, but threw it directly to Chen Lei, Chen Lei held the ball at the top of the right arc and shook it, and handed it to Griffin.

Griffin wanted to play alone, but the opponent's Jamison still had no chance under the desperate defense, so he had no choice but to pass the ball out again and hand it to Paul to reorganize.

With 9 seconds left, Paul glanced at the form of the field and suddenly began to break through, and his body came to the restricted area like a civet cat with a few dodges, and threw the ball out of the back of his head in the face of the rapidly shrinking Lakers lineup. There was a person standing there, a white figure, Clipper No. 8, who was Chen Lei.

Mills, who defended Chen Lei, didn't think that this rookie fat man had strong outside ability, so he didn't put too much pressure on him, and he was still two meters away from Chen Lei when Chen Lei received the ball.

Will Chen Lei give up the opportunity to make a move? Of course not!

"Crit!" With a loud roar in his heart, his body rose to the ground, and the perfect shooting posture of the ball moved the ball towards the basket, and the basketball rolled and slid through a graceful parabola and went straight to the basket.

Mills didn't have a chance to make defensive moves at all, so he could only watch the basketball fly overhead, but he didn't feel the slightest psychological guilt because he didn't put defensive pressure on Chen Lei, but glanced at Chen Lei curiously.

"Will this thing shoot three points? A fat man who runs two steps and gasps is so clumsy that he can shoot three points? Mills didn't believe it at all, he didn't think that Chen Lei, who was as big as a trumpet, would be able to hit a three-point shot.

You must know that not everyone can shoot three points when they want to, and it is difficult to master the balance when jumping into the air with a body like Chen Lei, let alone throwing the basketball into the basket with such a long distance to control the angle and power of the shot, all of which is complete nonsense in Mills' heart.

"Huh!" The basketball scurried into the net, rolling up a white net. Three-point hit!

"This thing...... Really shoot three points......" Mills, who was still rolling his eyes and curiosity at Chen Lei one second, opened his mouth in surprise at this moment, but the next second he comforted himself, "This must be luck, yes, it must be luck!" ”