Little Sabonis sent a text message to Li Wan as soon as possible:

- Boss, 999!

His dad came to watch the game, and he must have played a good game in his father's name!

Just facing Aldridge and Oden......

Oden, in particular, is also his "hometown" and is sure to be very excited to play, so in Sabonis Jr.'s opinion, if he wants to play well in front of his father, then he must be helped by the whole team.

As soon as Li Wan finished his party with Auden, he received a text message, and he immediately looked at Auden with a serious face: "Greg, we are brothers, right?" ”

Auden's expression on his face full of vicissitudes flashed a little undoubted: "Of course! ”

"Whatever happens, it doesn't change, does it?" Li Wan asked again.

Auden still nodded resolutely: "Of course! ”

OK！

Then I'm relieved!

Li Wan pulled up the discussion group that night, bringing Sabonis Jr., Carmelo Anthony, Adams, and Wiggins into the group, and made a careful plan for Aldridge, especially Oden.

Auden never thought that his brother was still talking and laughing with him just now, and he actually began to study his "body" that night.

Early the next morning, before the "Ohio Civil War" between the Columbus Explorers and the Trail Blazers, Ben Simmons, who was reimbursed for last season, got into some trouble.

The reason is that when Kobe Bryant participated in a show, he talked about his performance on the court, pointed out his projection ability, and said bluntly: "He must improve his projection ability, so that he can have a better impact on the court!" ”

It would have been a kind reminder.

Moreover, the language is not overly aggressive......

Moreover, in terms of Kobe's status in the rivers and lakes, it is said that Simmons, as a rookie, should accept such a reminder.

But who is Simmons?

In the first season of his career, he cut 15 plus 8 plus 8 data "super newcomer", the media's praise for him is simply to the point of "skyrocketing", where can he stand others pointing out his shortcomings, even if this person is Kobe, so his reply is: "I have my own way of winning......"

Meaning: How I play ball, it's your business!

Such an attitude naturally detonated the entire media.

Not to mention, American fans love to watch this kind of plot, because it is bound to cause a chain reaction.

No, as the first "Kobui" after the "reconciliation", Shaq O'Neal bluntly said: "Ben Simmons lacks respect for his predecessors, this league can have today, all the attention he is enjoying is more of the older generation has worked hard, and with all due respect, if Kobe Bryant can have his status as a team from the beginning, we will dominate the league since 98, he is the 'pride of the sky', but his effort is less than one thousandth of Kobe!" ”

The Los Angeles media also criticized Ben Simmons, Kobe Bryant is a symbol of the "City of Angels", say you, no, is this a statement?

Just a reminder to you, you can't stand it?

It's just that he just won a "Rookie of the Month", is it just floating?

Li Wan was also asked before the game for his opinion on the matter, and his answer disappointed the Los Angeles media, saying this: "It's good to have character......

The reporters thought that he had something to say below, but as a result, Li Wan only said that.

His words made many media think that Li Wan was on Ben Simmons' side, and some media even speculated whether Li Wan had a conflict with Kobe.

However, Li Wan didn't know about these news, because the game between the Columbus Explorers and the Trail Blazers was about to come out.

When Greg Oden appeared in the Age of Discovery, the cheers filled the entire arena in an instant, and Oden listened to these cheers for him, and then he was born with passion:

Tonight, he's going to have a good job!

In addition, George Hill was also cheered by the audience when he played.

Although George Hill chose the Trail Blazers with more money this summer, fans understand who didn't come to this league for money?

And it's so much worse......

If it were them, their choices would be similar to George Hill's.

Moreover, he played for a season with the Columbus Explorers and was reused by Tyronn Lue at the end of the season, so not much of a team belonging is to be expected.

Before leaving, helping the team win a championship is already a "perfect score answer sheet".

You must know how many "proud sons of the sky" have let their parent team take out everything and have not won the championship yet. As a result, when he fully regained his freedom, he immediately went to ESPN live broadcast to announce that he was going to take the talent away and leave the home team with chicken feathers......

So, there's really nothing to blame, it's more important to give a round of applause!

The live footage was later shown to Avidas Sabonis in the audience on the sidelines.

When the Columbians learned that this handsome-looking man was the father of little Sabonis, they immediately cheered.

Sabonis was also not frightened, standing up to respond to the cheers of the audience.

Then, it was the turn of the Columbus Explorers to make their home appearance.

Because it was already known that Avidas Sabonis was coming, when Sabonis Jr. came on the pitch, the cheers were more fervent than usual.

Old Sabonis listened to these cheers for his son, and his face was a little more proud.

I was even more excited than the cheers I received when I appeared.

Fathers in the world are probably the same......

Sabonis Jr. came out in the midst of cheers, looking a little stiffer and nervous, but fortunately he adjusted in time, but he didn't dare to look at his father's position at all.

After entering the venue, I immediately threw myself into the warm-up, and I was a little more serious than usual.

I was still silently chanting in my heart:

God, let me pitch a little more accurately tonight!

The high-fives between Li Wan and Auden caused a "memory kill", and the scene burst into cheers. Li Wan listened to these cheers and looked at the light in Auden's eyes, and he could clearly see such a sentence written on Auden's face:

Dude, I'm coming to Boda tonight!

The big screen on the scene gave the starting lineups on both sides at this time:

"Columbus Explorers: No. 1 Levan, No. 2 Wiggins, No. 3 Carmelo Anthony, No. 4 Sabonis Jr., No. 5 Adams;

Trail Blazers: No. 1 Deron Williams, No. 2 C.J. McCollum, No. 3 Ruhr Deng, No. 4 Aldridge, No. 5 Oden; ”

As soon as he came up, Oden jumped to the ball for the Trail Blazers.

Good start!

It's just that Oden soon found out......

Tonight wasn't easy.

In the first round, Columbus's entire circle was shrinking to the basket intentionally or unintentionally, not giving him a chance to catch the ball at all.

Deron Williams waited for him to get to the basket a few times, but he still didn't have a chance, and he had to give the ball to C.J. McCollum, who came out of the pocket.

McCollum is a typical "two-way position", attacking with the ball on his own, as well as projecting from long distance, relying on his own ball-carrying threat to help his teammates create space to score.

But he had a fatal problem, and it was this problem that prevented him from going further: he was only 1.91 meters tall!

There is nothing wrong with this height in the No. 1 position, but his height is in the No. 2 position, which makes him a little thin, and when he encounters some strong confrontations, he is prone to confrontation and can't make moves.

For example, right now, against the standard forward line, but the body coordination ability can be carried from one to the third Wiggins, his continuous movements are all defused by Wiggins with confrontation.

With just two seconds to go, the "Zhan pass" was played to Lul Deng, and Anthony took a step forward and successfully interfered with his projection.

Under the basket, Oden and Adams huddled together.

To be honest, compared to comprehensive ability, Adams is much worse than Oden.

Oden entered the league in '07 and avoided injury, and eventually became his template, and while his game dominance was not as good as that of Tim Duncan and David Robinson, it was barely a "weakened version".

Anyway, in this era of small balls, no one against him will fall into disadvantage.

But in the matter of the card position under the basket, whoever meets Adams has to say "wrong, wrong".

Kashen managed to immobilize Auden.

Aldridge felt the ferocity of Sabonis Jr. in the confrontation, but did not back down at all. A very amazing phenomenon, when fighting for offensive rebounds, Aldridge, who hates physical confrontation, can show his "tough guy" side.

Sabonis Jr. gritted his teeth and watched Li Wan fly past him and protect the ball under the basket.

Fight back quickly!

The Trail Blazers were quick to step back.

When Li Wan hit the basket, the opposite side had already carried out the momentum of wrapping, and Li Wan, who rushed into the basket, rushed out again.

Give the ball to Sabonis Jr., who is just at the top of the arc in the front court.

He glanced to the sides and flicked straight to the right to get the ball into Carmelo Anthony's hand.

"Melon" faced Ruhr Deng, a leaning forward "penalty" action, which made the Briton subconsciously take a step back, shoot smoothly, and hit the three-point shot steadily.

3-0！

Sabonis Jr. managed to get an assist!

It was the Trail Blazers' turn to attack again, and as soon as Oden landed under the basket, Adams and Sabonis Jr. were already on his left and right, just like "left and right protectors".

In the "small-ball era", there is another reason why interior players who can't project will be eliminated, and this is why.

It's too good to limit......

As long as he retracts to the basket in time, he can limit his catch very well.

You can't even connect the ball, let alone play.

Oden doesn't have the same destructive under-the-basket power as Shaq O'Neal......

All right!

Even Shaq O'Neal must have an outside line to give him space to pull out the basket from outside the three-point line.

This is also the reason why Shaq O'Neal did not win the "three consecutive championships" until he played the "triangle tactic......

In short, if you want to make the players under the basket not play, as long as you have a targeted strategy, you can definitely do it!

And, without exception!

Even Jokic, who is 23 years old, is no different.

Don't look at him, he easily cracked the Heat's various "military training" in the Finals.

But in fact......

Or the Heat's lineup is too inferior.

The only person on the Heat team who can "train" Jokic with the ball on the outside is Jimmy Butler.

But the problem is that even if Jokic is "trained", as long as the rest of the Nuggets step up, it can be a good way to relieve the pressure on Jokic, both on the offensive and defensive ends.

One problem that must be pointed out is that the arrival of Pope, Gordon and others has really released Jokic's defensive pressure to a great extent.

Compared to Jokic and Shaq O'Neal, Oden clearly didn't get good help from the outside tonight.

It could be seen that McCollum wanted to open up space for the interior with outside projection, but Wiggins was in front of him, making it difficult for him to get out.

The ball was given to Aldridge in the last five seconds.

The iconic mid-range jumper, known as the "Unblockable".

But this time, Li Wan accurately predicted and successfully covered his jump shot.

The ball fell to Carmelo Anthony on the other side.

The latter took the ball and went down the fast break, glanced at Sabonis Jr.'s position, and when he reached the top of the arc, gave the ball to his hands.

Sabonis Jr. showed his excellent "dealing skills" by throwing the ball to the other side, putting it in Li Wan's hand and throwing it with his hand.

Luhr Deng's lateral move couldn't keep up and the ball went into the frame.

6-0！

Anthony and Levan hit three-pointers to give Sabonis Jr. another assist.

As he completed the assist, Sabonis Sr. looked a little stunned:

That's two three-pointers?

Since retiring, he has paid little attention to basketball, mainly to enjoy life, usually paying more attention to Sabonis Jr.'s college league, until Sabonis Jr. entered the league, and he gradually paid more attention to the NBA.

It's just this game......

He was somewhat incomprehensible!

He was previously known for his playmaking skills, but he averaged three assists per game in his NBA career.

How is it now, less than 2 minutes into the opening game, that his son has 2 assists?

And......

Do you call this a response?

Isn't this just a casual pass?

Is it so easy to get assists in the NBA now?

He suddenly became a little envious of his son, who had caught up with the good times!

The Trail Blazers haven't scored yet, Aldridge was a little anxious and took the initiative to go to the high post, but when he was holding the ball in the frame, two figures suddenly entered next to him: Li Wan and Wiggins wrapped up towards him.

Aldridge has some ability to play the ball, but not to the point where he can deliver assists in the bag.

He chose the nearest player and sent the ball to his hands.

It's Deron Williams.

But this is not a pure pitcher, he has the ability to shoot, but he needs to dribble twice to find his rhythm after he has the ball.

By the time he finished these two moves, Li Wan had already returned to him.

Oden had no choice but to step forward to block the dismantling.

Adams made a timely switch to head up in front of Deron Williams.

The original "little fat" had already retired from the league at this time, and although he is still in the league, he only has an annual salary of 8 million this season, and the starting position is gradually being swallowed up by the new George Hill.

The reason is that Deron Williams has degraded so badly.

He already had a problem with his footsteps, but his movement speed was further degraded at this time, to the point that even Adams could keep up.

The top shot missed.

Li Wanchong grabbed the rebound and fought with Aldridge, and mentally slapped the ball towards the rebound with his small hand, and the rebound ball was held by Sabonis Jr. behind Aldridge.

At the top of the front arc, continue to "deal cards".

But just when everyone thought he was waiting for his teammates to run, he made a quick three-point shot, and Oden, who was standing in front of him, did not react.

"Huh!"

Ball in!

9-0！

The head coach of the Trail Blazers quickly called a timeout.

There was a huge cheer from the audience to Sabonis Jr.

The big screen camera above the pitch switches back and forth between Sabonis Jr. and Sabonis Sr.

Tonight's Sabonis Jr. has played the best start of the new season, and it can even be said to be the best start of his career, with 3 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, and the 9-0 scoring climax of the opening so far is all related to him!

The Trail Blazers' interior "twin towers", who originally thought that it would put great pressure on Sabonis Jr. in this game, all became his foil.

And this is Li Wan's plan.

Sabonis Jr.'s ability is here, and expecting him to score 30 or 40 points in this game is impossible.

More likely, play an all-round statistic!

And how to make his all-powerful data appear "brilliant"?

The answer is:

Rely on your peers to set off!

The Trail Blazers' reputation for the "Twin Towers" is there, and if their statistical performance is not as good as Sabonis Jr., won't it change direction to prove that Sabonis Jr. played a huge game in this game?

So from the beginning, the entire Columbus defense was shrinking to the inside, never leaving Oden's side.

As for Aldridge, the typical "soft egg inside play" likes to play floating, and the Columbus Trail Blazers took advantage of his weakness of poor passing vision to limit it through timely packs from the outside.

In this way, Sabonis Jr. can also free his hands from the defensive end......

Coupled with the "arc top dealing" set of "brush assist weapons" and Li Wan and Anthony, the two top scorers, Sabonis Jr. is good and avoids his weaknesses, and it is not surprising that he has played such a performance......

Speaking of which, the Columbus Explorers' lineup does have some restraint on the Trail Blazers, especially after the Trail Blazers' No. 1 DeLong Williams and No. 3 Ruhr Deng have further deteriorated.

In the first three rounds, it seems that McCollum is now the main player with the ball on the outside.

It's just that McCollum is afraid of confrontation with Wiggins, and the offense is not as sharp as he used to be, you must know that McCollum can average 21.3 points per game this season, except for Aldridge, his score is the highest.

As a result, he has not made a single shot so far, and it is all "Zhan-style dumping".

Of course, one is intentional, and the other is really unavoidable......

McCollum wants to make his own shot, but he really doesn't have room to do it!

The Trail Blazers clearly knew they were going to open up from the outside, so the head coach decisively replaced Deron Williams, whose footwork problems were all too obvious tonight.

George Hill comes on.

The Trail Blazers managed to score the first goal of the game in the second round after the timeout.

Compared with Deron Williams, George Hill is indeed in better shape now, at least after blocking and dismantling, he can face Adams and can "swim the dragon" very well, and after he can dismantle the defensive formation of the Columbus Trail Blazers, the Trail Blazers' offensive success rate will also come up.

It's just that this improvement is compared to when Deron Williams was on the court just now.

After Adams was off the court and the Columbus Trail Blazers took Rajon Rondo, George Hill's presence after the pick-and-roll was significantly reduced.

And after Li Wan moved to the second position......

McCollum's offensive pressure has increased rather than decreased.

Compared with Wiggins, Li Wan's physical fitness is all-round.

came up to the first alignment, Li Wan used his strong body, coupled with "death entanglement", to complete the steal face-to-face.

After this round, McCollum's expression was obviously a little more frightened when facing Li Wan, and he became hesitant to hold the ball, for NBA players, self-confidence is actually more important than skill.

Fortunately, without Adams, Oden was untied, and although he couldn't catch the ball, he could grab offensive rebounds under the basket and complete the second offense.

It's a pity that his two-point chisel is a bit far from the offensive firepower of the Columbus Explorers.

It's like the gap between the water of the stream and the waterfall!

By the end of the first half, the Explorers had a 15-point lead.

In the second half, the Columbus Explorers defeated the restrained Western Conference third, 118-101, 17 points on their home court.

Li Wan had a lot less "dealing" in this game than usual, and he was basically the end point tonight, so much so that he "accidentally" threw out a high score of 45 points.

It was his highest score since December.

So far this season, his highest single-game score has been 51 points against the Bulls, but unfortunately he lost that game......

There were also 14 rebounds.

After changing to a "small lineup", Li Wan is really getting smoother and smoother to grab rebounds now.

The main Sabonis Jr. and Anthony, when they were in the fourth or fifth position, often couldn't get a better rebounding position with the opponent, and after this period of adaptation, they simply changed their thinking and began to learn from Adams, helping Columbus's outside card position, so that they could better grab rebounds.

It is equivalent to saying that now Li Wan has three "card fronts" in Columbus!

The original Westbrook relied on a "Sea King" and grabbed an average of 10.7 rebounds per game, and Li Wan has more outstanding physical talent, sitting on the "card forward group" led by Adams, grabbing 14 rebounds in a game......

Less, less!

That's a few!

But......

You have to leave a "soup" for your brothers, right?

You have to exchange data for money!

Well......

Kwame Brown Except!

Don't ask why, it's the current "Lord of the Rings"!

Is this kind of talent measurable by data?

In addition, Li Wan also had 5 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks.

Sabonis Jr. got 14 points, 9 rebounds and 11 assists in this "father's name" game.

It's really not that the last rebound won't be brushed for him, but ......

I really don't have a chance!

You can't give him "garbage time" to stay on the field to brush up on the data, right?

However, compared with Aldridge's 17 points and 7 rebounds, and Oden's 16 points, 9 rebounds and 1 block, his statistics are gorgeous enough, no matter which one he faces, he can be said to "have the upper hand"!

Isn't it enough to be able to gain the upper hand against the league's famous "ace inside combination"?

What more confident cars!

Old Sabonis was quite satisfied with this, and on the way home, he also praised little Sabonis: "Good fight." ”

Of course, he is not a "ball blind" who does not understand the ball, and it can be seen that Sabonis Jr.'s teammates are creating opportunities for him to perform.

Thinking about when he first came to the NBA, under the extreme ridicule of the stupid media in the United States, when he played in the Trail Blazers with different hearts at that time, he still couldn't help but say: "Boy, you have met a group of very good teammates, if you succeed in the future, then don't forget, your success is inseparable from them!" ”

Little Sabonis nodded, in fact, he didn't need his father to say, he also felt this way.

Of course, after his dad finished speaking, this feeling was even stronger!

After thinking about it, he said: "Dad, if you had teamed up with Li Wan in the first place, do you think you would have been able to prevent Shaq O'Neal and the Lakers from winning three consecutive championships?" ”

I thought that this question, old Sabonis would think about it for a long time.

After all, Shaq O'Neal, who is at his peak, is called "the most dominant player in NBA history", and the old Sabonis said directly: "There is no doubt, and ...... It's not that we prevent them from winning three in a row, it's that they prevent us from winning three in a row......"

At that time, they were really not much away from winning the Lakers, and there was really not much of a gap between them.

However, old Sabonis, who reacted from his thoughts, suddenly slapped the back of the head of little Sabonis: "Stinky boy, do you look down on Li Wan, or do you look down on your father's confrontation with Shaq?" ”

Here little Sabonis successfully completed the show in front of his father.

Greg Oden looked at Li Wan's expression after the game, and it hurt a little.

No wonder you asked me last night if everyone was still brothers no matter what happened.

Dare to love this game, you have to play like this!

From the beginning to the end, from the first second to the end of the game, Oden's side was stunned that there was no solitary matchup.

This kind of defensive method is really "fairy", and it is not easy to play, right?

Not to mention, Oden is still an interior player......

Of course, it has to be said that Aldridge is a lot more pully than usual.

It is said that this kind of game where Oden was targeted, he should stand up, but the result is ......

Obviously, the high position did make him a little uncomfortable with his bag.

Aldridge is not a "playoff star", his performance in the playoffs is not much different from the regular season, and even if you compare it in terms of efficiency, Aldridge's efficiency in the playoffs is worse than in the regular season......

This partly shows that Aldridge is not a "big man" who can support a team.

Tonight, in the face of the Columbus Explorers' extremely targeted high pack, his offensive rhythm was completely disrupted and he couldn't play well...... It doesn't seem strange!

This game is also said to be a "strong dialogue", but the "one-sided" result did not cause much noise in the media the next day.

More media reports are Li Wan's response to Kobe Bryant and Simmons.

The news of "Li Wan and Kobe Bryant's disagreement" is getting more and more outrageous, and some Lakers employees who do not want to be named have said that "Li Wan left back then, because he had a conflict with Kobe".

Not to mention, this completely unconfirmed news has been recognized by most fans.

Otherwise, it is very impossible to explain why Li Wan didn't speak for Kobe!

After these reports, Bryant specifically responded to this incident: "(Li Wan) it is normal for him to say such things, because he is such a person......"

This means that when Li Wan debuted, he was all kinds of scares.

Now Ben Simmons's behavior is actually similar to what he did back then, and Li Wan certainly can't do the thing of "only allowing the state officials to set fires, and not allowing the people to light lamps".

It's just that the media is more concerned about the content of Kobe's sentence:

Bryant would rather be called "him" than call "Li Wan" by his name.

It's a relationship......

Isn't it be?

Li Wan didn't respond to anything this time, just waiting for the game against the Philadelphia 76ers to arrive.

This day didn't wait long.

The Explorers lost to the Clippers after a wave of "three straight wins". Then on December 16, they traveled to challenge the Philadelphia 76ers!

Cinki's years of swinging have gotten Embiid and Ben Simmons for this team......

Relying on these two people, the 76ers have played so far in the new season, and they have secured the playoff spot in the East as the sixth place in the East.

The road to reconstruction in Philadelphia has finally ushered in the dawn!

And after Embiid's sentence of "believe in the process", the whole Philadelphia climaxed directly, looking forward to this team under the leadership of their two talented guys, and recreate the "glory of Philadelphia"!

To say that Embiid's performance this season is really good, averaging 22.4 points, 11 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.8 blocks per game, the standard "inside super giant data" is also such a data performance, which makes his "believe in the process" a classic saying.

Of course, the current Embiid is indeed high-spirited, and after two consecutive seasons of reimbursement, he will return to become the "God of War", plus with Ben Simmons, he immediately returned the team to the ranks of the playoffs and proved his ability to lead the team...... It's exactly a "supergiant" in progress.

But no one thought that he would become that virtuous later.

Ben Simmons had a smile on his face when he spoke about Lee Wan before the game: "He's a great player, his career has proven it, he's surpassing Michael Jordan to become the best player!" ”

The media are saying that Li Wan's attitude is on his side, such a "senior" in Simmons's opinion, that is called amiable, how can he not like it?

There's nothing to say, just blow it and it's over!

What he didn't know was ......

In the away locker room at this moment, Li Wan took Tyronn Lue's tactics board, and after simply drawing tactics on it, he directly clapped the board and said: "Listen to everyone, no matter who is out of place with Ben Simmons in this game, let me put him three steps away, and tonight let's teach this champion who started his rookie season, what an important weapon projection is......"

Just kidding, my "Pippen" can still make you bully?

(End of chapter)