Chapter 110: Conquering Jennings (Asking for Subscription~)
On November 25th, a rare break, after returning from Salt Lake City, the Thunder team directly gave the players a day off, so that everyone could take a good rest and spend more time with their families.
Li Ze is alone in Russia, and only three bald trainers accompany him to train every day.
After breakfast, Li Ze started to reddit again to see the fancy touting of him by local fans in the city, when a post caught his attention.
"Brandon Jennings thinks he's the best rookie in the class of '09 and bluntly points out that Kayce is a data brush!"
Clicking on the post, Li Ze laughed directly out of the pig's cry, and the fans of the Russian city have begun to whip Jennings repeatedly.
"Look at this Mr. Big Mouth, who denigrates Kayce almost every week, and who's still expressing his frustration at the loss of the best of the week."
"The problem is, even if the previous weekly best was not given to Kayce, James Harden was much better than him!"
"I think Terek Evans is also playing better than him, is Jennings crazy?"
"Guys, because the Rookie of the Month selection is coming out soon, this guy is just trying to attract media attention."
"It's great that I was able to watch Kayce claim the award, but it's a shame that Kevin Durant almost got the Week award, otherwise we could have seen two players at home receive the award together."
"Fake, where did you get your tickets? I want to watch the game live, Kayce is so handsome, I watch his YouTube channel every day, and his figure is so good. ”
"Yes super sexy muscle, God, I really like him so much, is there a good Samaritan to sell me a ticket, I want to go to the scene and ask for an autograph, preferably a few more group photos!"
Li Ze couldn't help but check the other party's information when he saw this post, and after seeing that the other party was a muscular man, the corners of his mouth twitched, and then silently closed the post...
Brandon Jennings was drafted by the Bucks with the 10th pick in the first round this year, and he is playing well so far, but compared to Li Ze, he is a younger brother.
After all, the Bucks still have Michael Reed as the big brother on the team, and if you want the ball, you have to ask him if he agrees first.
On the afternoon of Nov. 27, the Thunder also talked about Brandon Jennings after completing their tactical training session.
This big mouth, who has spoken frequently in media interviews in recent days, means that Li Ze brushes data, and he should get more honors.
"Kayce, don't we need to help you teach him a lesson in the evening game, Jennings' family has said a bunch of shit again!"
Durant thought that Li Ze didn't pay attention to the media news, and deliberately said a few remarks from the other party.
"I have to give him some color tonight, he is still so arrogant when he comes to the Russian city, this guy must have something wrong with his brain!"
The turtle did know these news, as a good man, he obediently accompanied Nina when he returned to Russia, and the two of them lived a beautiful life.
"Jennings is just jealous, and when he sees that the rookie of the month is coming out, he jumps out and slanders Kayce, disgusting villain!"
Jeff Green has long been angry that the other party has been slandering Li Ze, but he is not a party and has always been difficult to say something.
"It's okay, guys, I'll defend him myself at night, Russell, let's change the defender, I'm sure this guy will honestly shut up after the game and never talk about me again."
Li Ze said lightly, it's not interesting to talk about it, and directly confront the other party at night, so that Jennings knows that basketball is not said by mouth.
Tonight's Ford Center arena is full, the atmosphere is even hotter, the current Thunder team is still ranked first in the West, 5 consecutive home games, Russian City fans can finally watch it!
The Milwaukee Bucks finished in 12th place in the East with 34 wins last season and went fishing early.
The Bucks team has a record of 8 wins and 5 losses in the new season, and is currently ranked 7th in the East, so Jennings is also a bit of a big-mouthed capital, after all, he does have a share of the credit for his good record.
Before the game, in the locker room of the Thunder, Coach Brooks just briefly explained a few words:
"Protect the rebounding ball, especially the long rebound, the opponent is good at outside shooting, the long rebound must be controlled well, that's it, come on boys, don't let the fans of the Russian City down!"
The DJ on the scene began to introduce the home team's players, and after Li Ze appeared on the stage, he was once again warmly welcomed by the audience, and the scene erupted into huge cheers!
When Bucks Jennings saw Li Ze's explosive popularity, he suddenly felt a lemon in his heart.
Before the game, the players on both sides simply greeted each other, and Jennings did not take the initiative to greet Li Ze, seeing such a situation, Li Ze smiled, but secretly complained in his heart:
"Didn't the surface brothers do it? Then don't blame me for being ruthless! ”
Home commentator Twyn also began to introduce the Bucks' starting lineup:
"The Bucks are still regular starters tonight, with Brandon Jennings partnering Carlo Sdelfino on the guard, Michael Reid and Eithan Ilyasova at front, and Dan Gazuric at center."
"Rookie Jennings made some controversial remarks on social media before the game, and I'm kind of looking forward to Kayce's response to this game!"
"The game officially started and Kostic jumped to the ball for us to attack the first time."
The Thunder's first attack, the turtle quickly dribbled across the half court, and immediately passed the ball to Li Ze, Kostic blocked the line on the line, walked on the right side to accelerate the breakthrough, and shook off Delfino's defense.
During the march, the right hand is In&out, the rhythm changes, the emergency stop is urgent, the instant acceleration is past Gazuric, the sudden to the penalty area, and the reflexive dunk!
"Bang...", a lightning-fast breakthrough dunk is won.
"Ahh Oh!! ”
The atmosphere of the Ford Center Arena exploded instantly, and Li Ze opened with a wonderful dunk, which completely ignited the enthusiasm of the audience and broke out into a huge cheering shout.
The Bucks attacked, and after Jennings dribbled through the half, he found that Li Ze came directly to mark him, and immediately waved his hand, pretending to be X, saying that he did the ball himself!
The other teammates also knew what Jennings meant, and they all opened up space for him, and there were grievances to be resolved with on-field performance.
As a 185cm small defender, Jennings is most proud of his speed, in the face of Li Ze's defense, he used to change direction before the cross-step plus body, but he found that Li Ze was not shaking...
Li Ze, with his height and arm span, completely suppressed the opponent, and his speed and agility also suffered, coupled with the blessing of the badge of [Ankle Protector] + [Marking Master], Jennings' tragedy was already doomed.
Seeing that the opponent dribbled behind his back and wanted to come to a disguise in front of his body, Li Ze saw the opportunity and snatched the ball away.
Then he accelerated wildly, rushed across the opponent's half, just one step past the free throw line, jumped with both feet, and dunked in a one-armed tomahawk style!
"Bang...", the steal and dunk it.
"Kayce steals Jennings in one-on-one, maybe the other party has regretted it at this time, he should have closed his big mouth earlier!"
Home commentator Tewyn was already in a hurry at this time and began to go crazy with Jennings.
When the crazy turtle saw Li Ze who was back on defense, he excitedly came to celebrate by hitting his chest, and at the same time screamed and screamed, inciting the emotions of the audience!
In the next few rounds, Jennings honestly played the blocking, and it only took one round for him to know the gap between himself and Li Ze, and his body was not of the same level.
But there is still a lot of time in this game, and then in the offensive round of the Thunder, switch to Jennings' defense, and Li Ze will use the tricks that Kobe Bryant taught him in the game.
"Uncle is going to be beaten in the back!"
A few leaning hits, a feint with a shaking shoulder, completely shook off Jennings' defense, and then threw a backward jumper.
"Hmm..."The 2-pointer hit easily.
Consecutive back-to-back singles, 3-point step-back, plus a breakthrough with the ball after blocking and dismantling, Li Ze was full of firepower at home, 7 of 9 in the single quarter, 2 of 3 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, and 20 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.
The Thunder were 36-22 in the first quarter, leading their opponents by 14 points.
Coach Brooks on the sidelines was stunned, and the home commentator Twin shouted God when he watched it, and the Ford Center Arena was completely boiling!
At the interval, Jennings' eyes were blank, he was defended by Li Ze with 0 of 4, 0 points, 0 boards, 0 assists and 2 turnovers in the first quarter, at this time he had only one thought in his heart:
"Destroy... Let's get the game over quickly..."
It's a pity that in the rest of the game, not only Li Ze punched hard, but Turtle Turtle and Durant were also unrelenting, and they scored crazy points!
By the end of the third quarter, the score was 94-74, and the Thunder had a 20-point lead.
The fourth quarter turned into garbage time, and the Thunder won 120-92 at home against the Milwaukee Bucks.
After the game, the Russian city media, which likes to do things, interviewed Jennings again.
"Man, is there anything else you'd like to say about this game?"
"Kayce completely destroyed me, everything I said before was shit..."
Jennings was completely convinced by Li Ze, in this game, he scored 8 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 turnovers under Li Ze's strict defense, and he was also a rookie, and the gap was so big!
Li Ze scored 36 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists in the whole game, without turnovers, and broke through a season high in free throws, making 12 of 12 free throws, completely playing his aggressiveness.
Durant also efficiently cut 24 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, almost without missing a shot, coupled with Turtle's 20 points, 4 rebounds and 10 assists, the trio scored 80 points, which made Russian City fans addicted.
A day later, the Thunder welcomed the Houston Rockets at home.
In the game, the Rockets were unlucky, and Scola left the game directly injured, which made the rest of the game no longer suspenseful.
This season, Turtle has gradually regained the feeling of defending at UCLA, and has completely transformed into a top defensive player on the outside.
The average small guard was basically given away in vain when he met the Thunder's backcourt combination, and Aaron Brooks and Kyle Lowry were choked by the turtle again.
In the end, the Thunder won the game 110-95 and continued to remain unbeaten at home.
After the game, everyone on the Thunder team in the locker room was smiling and teased Li Ze:
"Kayce, after this game, the Rookie of the Month is definitely yours!"
Li Ze smiled, he scored 22 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists efficiently in this game, plus the data of this game, the rookie of the month has been completely bagged.
"Haha, thanks to the support of the brothers, this award belongs to all of us!"
"Wow!! Yes!! ”
When everyone heard this, they all started to coax and scream, and Li Ze also smiled happily:
"Receiving the award at home, Rookie of the Month, it feels really good!"