Kevin Lefou, a ruthless two-pair machine, played extremely easily in the first two months after Li Ze's scoring guidance.

Anyway, they all lost, after they got on the court, they threw in two three-pointers, then made two fouls in the low post, and ate two more cakes, and the scoring was basically double-doubled, as for rebounding, in the Timberwolves, except for Al Jefferson, the rebounds were all his.

After two months of brushing, the data is rushing upward, although the three-point shooting rate is a little lower, just over 30%, but it doesn't matter.

There are not many big men who can shoot three-pointers this year, and Lefu has developed a new skill set, and the coaching staff is very satisfied with his performance, but unfortunately, in early January, disaster fell from the sky, and Lefu injured his waist during training, which made him need to be injured for at least half a month.

Of course, Li Ze knew that his good brother was injured, but when he saw the other party's big fat face, he couldn't help but complain:

"I remember Tony arranged a professional dietitian for you, and in December, Tony said that you lost a lot of weight, why did you get fat again?"

"It's just that after the injury, I just added some self-discipline meals, and when I get back to training, I can lose weight back to my previous weight in a week."

Lefu said with a big grin, he really didn't care about his weight.

"Self-disciplined meals? You've got fat again? I'm a little curious, what do you eat, you have gained weight like this in half a month! ”

After pouring himself a glass of juice, Turtle asked curiously about Lefou's diet.

"It's just some supper, I also prepared a self-discipline meal for you tonight, we can talk while eating, just finished the game, just replenish our strength."

After Lefu finished speaking, he ran to the kitchen and brought all the specially prepared food.

"Shet! Donut? Taco？ Or is it just done? Have you found yourself a Mexican chef? ”

Li Ze saw a bunch of snacks on the table, and was a little speechless, good guy, this is really self-disciplined...

"Cool! I love this doughnut, the sweet taste, my favorite! ”

Turtle didn't care about any diet plan, picked up two chocolate doughnuts, and ate them violently.

"You know, Kayce, I don't have a lot of friends here, I don't like to hang out, food is my only hobby, try it, it's definitely to your taste."

Lefu pretended to have a pitiful and helpless expression, as if he wanted to win Li Ze's sympathy.

“OK！ You have a good diet on your own, anyway, the Timberwolves don't have a record requirement, take care of injuries this season, and take the opportunity to brush up more data. ”

Li Ze picked up the tortillas on the table and told Lefu who was eating a lot.

"Thanks! Bro, try Taco, I'm going to eat it every Tuesday this month, Taco Tuesday! Russell, you taste it too. ”

Sharing food with your good brother is the life that Lefu has always longed for.

When Li Ze was halfway through eating, he heard Taco Tuesday almost choke on himself, and before he could drink the juice and go down the food, he heard the turtle screaming frantically on the side:

“gigigigigigigigigigi！ Delicious Taco, back in the city I recommend Nina to eat this on Tuesday, oh! gigigigigigigigi！ ”

"Ahem!"

"Don't be in a hurry, eat Kayce slowly, I've prepared a lot, we can have a good meal tonight!"

......

On January 21, on the plane to Memphis, everyone on the Thunder team was discussing the topic of All-Star benches.

"If the coach picks the bench, the same team basically picks one person, and Chris Paul will definitely be selected."

Jeff Green said with a look of certainty.

"In fact, it's not hard to guess off the bench, Tim Duncan, Pau Gasol will definitely be selected, and the other top teams in the West will each pick one person, and that's basically it."

Durant smiled and said that he will be selected as an All-Star tomorrow night, which is a milestone in his career, and in recent days, he has slept with a smile every night.

"It's like this every year, it's hard for a small team with poor results to have players selected, and fans may have long been tired of seeing those old faces!"

Last night's self-discipline meal, the turtle was smiling, and when he heard the discussion of his teammates, he interjected with a smile.

"You'd be wrong, Russell, 23v24, the league's repertoire, after the Christmas game, LeBron James and Kobe Bryant will face each other again, and most fans should love to see this matchup."

Li Ze looked at the sports illustrated magazine in his hand and complained casually.

"A boring showdown!" "Why don't I have a sense of anticipation!" "Trust me, Russian fans won't like to see this!"

Li Ze heard everyone's complaints, and secretly thought in his heart:

"The All-Star Game is a great opportunity for brand marketing, Nike will not let go of this opportunity, it doesn't matter if the fans like it or not, Nike must have won, anyway, they are all their own stars."

Halfway through the regular season, the Memphis Grizzlies are fully aware that Tabit is a real parallel product, although the draft is a complete failure and is ridiculed by the rest of the league.

But Seon lost his horse, and the Grizzlies' uniform team never expected that Zach Randolph, who was traded in the new season, was getting better and better, and the dream of the inner twin towers that had been shattered before seemed to be repaired again.

The combination of Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol, unexpected calls, and tacit cooperation on both offensive and defensive ends, after the run-in phase at the beginning of the season, the Grizzlies are finally on the right track.

The inside problem was solved, but there was a little problem with the outside core, Mayo and Guy both wanted to get more balls, but there was only one ball, plus Conley also needed to have the ball in hand, and the head coach and coaching staff of Hollins couldn't help but have a big head in the face of this situation.

On the night of January 22, in the Grizzlies locker room, head coach Hollins kept writing and drawing on the whiteboard, loudly telling his players:

"Guys, we have to take advantage of the 24 seconds of offensive time, we have to meet cover, we have to increase the physical confrontation, and we must not let the opponent easily catch the ball and shoot!"

"Mayo, you have to control your emotions in this game, face Lee's defense, don't force the offense, Rudy, you have to play aggressively on the offensive end in this game, make good use of Gasol's cover, and attack the opponent's basket more."

"This is our revenge fight, I don't want to lose twice in a row on the same team, come on, guys!"

In the Thunder's locker room, head coach Brooks was just emphasizing one thing:

"Rebounding, guys, don't underestimate the opponent, Zach Randolph is in better shape than the last time, Sergi, control the fouls, your task is heavy in this game, don't cut the ball easily."

Serge Ibaka nodded, he could feel that he had improved a lot since he started a few games, but the thought of facing Zach Randolph, a fat man with a technical flow, suddenly felt like he was about to be beaten by the other side again.

"Be happy, Sergi, you can actually learn a lot of skills in this kind of alignment, not to mention that you have been much better than your previous defense, don't underestimate yourself too much!"

Li Ze noticed the sad face of Ibaka, and couldn't help but comfort softly, he really didn't lie, since Ibaka started, [Defensive Core] can gain experience of about 8 points in every game, which is enough to show Ibaka's progress on the defensive end.

"Thanks! Kayce, I will do my best to complete the tasks assigned by the coach! ”

Ibaka's heart is warm, he is still his own boss and reliable, and he will always encourage himself as a rookie.

"Don't be so serious, Serge, it's just a regular season game, don't be so nervous, don't worry, we can afford to lose, 34-8, and we're one win ahead of the Lakers!"

Collison patted Ibaka on the shoulder and smiled comfortingly.

"Oh!! Praise the Lakers! 10,000, spitting, crushing, and logging tired! ”

The Celestial Empire on the other side of the ocean, because CCTV broadcast the Nets game today, most Thunder fans can only come to Sina Sports again to watch the game, Saturday's game, prime time, card on the card...

The host Ke Xiaofan and guest Yang Yi also chatted about the recent situation of the two teams before the game.

"The Thunder have played 4 consecutive away games, the first two games are very good, the Timberwolves will not talk about it, the previous game with the Hawks can be seen that everyone is in good shape, half of the regular season, and the physical fitness does not seem to be affected too much."

The host Ke Xiaofan took the lead in praising the competitive state of the Thunder team.

"Indeed, this is also related to the Thunder's style of play, I don't know if fans and friends have noticed that the Thunder team was a star last season, and there were no special tactical requirements, of course, this is also related to the team's bad strategy."

"But after Li Ze joined the team, the Thunder's style of play has completely changed, maybe many fans don't pay attention to the NCAA, the Thunder team is now playing college basketball, running tactics with one board and one eye, and the defense is doing its best, playing a little bit like an NBA team."

"Of course, the star players on the team will also have some privileges, such as Kevin Durant, who is still the team's first choice for offense, and the Thunder's coaching staff is amazing, but I think it is Li Ze who is even more powerful, and with his addition, these tactics can be used efficiently."

Yang Yi is now in a state of being uncomfortable without blowing Li Ze for a day, and he came up and blew it directly, making the host Ke Xiaofan not know how to answer...

"Well, Mr. Yang is right! Which team do you like more for this match? The Grizzlies' Zach Randolph is getting better and better, scoring 20+10 in several games in a row! ”

The host Ke Xiaofan took the opportunity to change the topic, but he couldn't continue to blow it, otherwise Sina Sports would change its name to Li Ze Sports!

"It's really hard to say in this game, the last time they met, the Thunder team could win, it was a good offensive play, but now without Jeff Green, the offensive space is a little unopen, but I'm still optimistic about the Thunder team, haha, the Thunder three are amazing!"

Yang Yi smiled and gave his prediction.

"Then I'm on the Grizzlies' side, home court advantage! We've got the starting rosters for both teams, and the Grizzlies' starting five are Michael Conley, O.J. Mayo, Rudy Gay, Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol. ”

"Jeff Green of the Thunder is still unavailable for this game, with Li Ze and Russell Westbrook in the backcourt, Kevin Durant and Serge Ibaka on the front, and Nenad Kostic in the center."

"The two teams were in the final warm-up before the game, and we switched to the game ahead."

The game started immediately, the referee signaled the players of both sides to come to the center of the field, Li Zegang and Marc Gasol exchanged friendly blows, and found that Mayo was staring at him, and immediately stepped forward to say a simple hello:

"Hey, Bro! You've been in really good shape lately..."

Before Li Ze could finish speaking, Mayo suddenly said loudly:

"Don't try to score easily with me, on the offensive end, I'll blow you up!"

“？？？”

"Haha, man, it's more than two months before April Fool's Day, are you too confused!"

After Durant heard Mayo's words on the side, he immediately laughed out loud and teased the other party by the way.

"In Memphis, you don't want to brush the data easily, your style of play won't work with us!"

Rudy Gay couldn't help but choke on Durant, and when he thought that Durant was about to enter the All-Star, he suddenly went crazy with lemons in his heart.

"Brush data? Man, you can watch it if you have the ability, and it must be difficult for you to score 30 points per game! You..."

"Alright, gentlemen, the chat can wait until after the game, and we're going to jump ball!"

The referee saw that the players on both sides had a tendency to spray each other, and immediately stepped forward to interrupt, the smell of gunpowder was a little strong before the game, and it seemed that the whistle of this game had to be stricter.

"At the beginning of the game, Gasol Jr. easily jumped to the ball with his height advantage, and the players on both sides seemed to have some quarrels just now, so let's watch the game first."

After the host Ke Xiaofan briefly introduced the situation on the field, he immediately devoted himself to the commentary of the game.

The Grizzlies started with a very aggressive game, and after a simple high-low post combination, they immediately gave the ball to Zach Randolph in the low post, who received the ball, took advantage of his weight, crushed to the basket, carried his body out of the space, and hit the basket with his left hand.

"This is Zach Randolph's little trick, close to the basket, step up and down to pick up the basket after shaking, his body is too wide, and ordinary players really can't cover him!"

Yang Yi praised Zach Randolph's goal.

"Hah!!"

There was a huge cheer for Zach Randolph in the FedEx Arena, and the local Memphis fans have grown to like this black fat man, no matter what happened before, Randolph who came to the Grizzlies definitely did his best!

The Thunder team attacked, Li Ze immediately smoked in the bottom corner after half the court, and halfway through the regular season, many tactical teammates have fully adapted to it, and the first attack in the opening game is usually given to Durant.

Ibaka went over to do a cross-screen with Durant first, and Zach Randolph made a big defensive move and hit Durant hard, which made it easy for Rudy Gay to chase down.

When Kostic covered Durant again, Marc Gasol also gave Durant a look, and after two collisions, although Durant managed to receive a pass from outside the three-point line, Rudy Gay's defense remained close to him.

Seeing that the opponent was very close, Durant directly held the ball in his left hand to accelerate the breakthrough, and after dribbling two big steps, he made a quick stop jump shot at the left elbow of the free throw line.

"Whew...", a steady hit from mid-range.

Li Ze saw the Grizzlies' defensive style, and suddenly felt bad in his heart, the opponent was obviously stepping on the three-point line to defend, putting the middle distance, and giving the body to fight, and at the same time, Gasol also shrank under the basket, and it was not easy for the Thunder team to break through the opponent...

"It looks like the Grizzlies have really found the team's weaknesses, and this game is a bit difficult to play!"

Li Ze, who returned to defense, silently thought in his heart, I have to say that the Grizzlies' style of play does somewhat restrain the Thunder team.

Michael Conley dribbled across the half court and immediately gave the ball to Mark Gasol at the free throw line, Rudy Gay went over to play a hand-to-hand, with the help of Gasol Jr.'s big body, easily got rid of Durant's entanglement, accelerated in a straight line with the ball in his right hand, and made an easy layup.

Kostic didn't expect the opponent to break through so resolutely, and the defense was a step slower, and he could only watch Rudy Gay break through himself and score two points.

"Nenard, the defense doesn't have to get too close, the most important thing is to protect the basket."

After the opponent scored, Li Ze reminded Kostic in a low voice that the coaching staff had arranged the game strategy before the game, and at this time he couldn't forget that Kostic patted Li Ze on the shoulder and signaled that he understood.

The Turtle quickly dribbled across the halfcourt, Ibaka stepped up to block and pick-and-roll, noticing that Zach Randolph was completely behind, and Michael Conley also walked off the line to go around the screen, and the Turtle did not hesitate, dribbling inside the three-point line and making a two-point pull-up jump shot.

The two-pointer hit an easy shot.

"The Grizzlies' defensive strategy is kind of interesting! This is to give you mid-range, strict defense of the basket and three-point shot, which is a very confident choice, because the Thunder's trio is not weak in projection, and it can really score when given opportunities. ”

After watching the opening two rounds, Yang Yi also briefly introduced the Grizzlies' defensive options.

The Grizzlies responded to this offense, and after Michael Conley and Gasol Jr. blocked and dismantled, they shook off the turtle's defense and made jumpers directly from outside the three-point line.

The three-point shot hollowed into the net.

Turtle raised his hand in frustration, signaling that this defense was his problem, and Gasol Jr.'s blocking quality was too high, and he squeezed through the cover and slacked a beat, only to be shot by Conley for three points.

"Oh!!"

“Defense！ Defense！ Defense！！ ”

The Grizzlies opened the game with a smooth offensive play, and the home fans were immediately happy, and under the leadership of the live DJ, they began to cheer for the home team constantly.

The Thunder's offense, through two covers from Ibaka and Kostic on the line, Li Ze received a pass from the turtle at 45 degrees outside the three-point line, but Zach Randolph, who switched over, immediately stepped forward to defend.

Li Ze held the ball in his right hand, accelerated the breakthrough, easily passed the opponent, and shot a mid-range emergency stop jump shot.

"Whew...", a steady hit from mid-range.

After scoring the goal, Li Ze felt that something was wrong in his heart, and suddenly thought that this was only the first quarter of the game, and suddenly guessed what the Grizzlies were playing:

"Are they trying to use their bodies to fight and reduce their shooting percentage?"

In the following game, the two sides alternated leads, and the Grizzlies fully exploited their interior advantage, frequently winning low-post offense, while the Thunder relied on accurate shooting from the outside to constantly respond.

The Grizzlies' defense gradually increased the intensity of physical confrontation, and every time they covered without the ball, a lot of physical contact occurred, and in the first quarter of the game, the Thunder were not affected at all, and the two sides fought to a 28-tie.

But when Li Ze came off the court in the second half of the second quarter, the Thunder's offensive efficiency began to slowly decline, and Durant slowly began to play iron.

At halftime, 52:52, the two sides were tied.

At halftime, in the Thunder locker room, head coach Brooks began to explain the tactical arrangements for the second half:

"We're going to try to add some three-point shooting, and when the opportunity arises, make a decisive shot, and continue to protect our backcourt rebounds, Kevin, do you need to take a break in the second half?"

"I have no problem, coach! The half-time break was enough for me to recover. ”

After taking a deep breath, Durant replied loudly that there were indeed some problems with his physical fitness, and to make matters worse, the frequent physical confrontations had affected his shooting touch.

By the time the second half began, the Grizzlies had followed through their defensive strategy and completely suppressed the Thunder's offense, with both Turtles and Durant shooting rates dropping.

After the Grizzlies led by 4 points, Li Ze began to take over the Thunder's offense, facing Mayo's defense, two consecutive crotch dribbles outside the three-point line and changed direction in front of the body, and pretended to break through with the ball in his left hand.

The three-point shot hollowed into the net.

"Hey! Bro, I'm still going to score easily with you, you're going to have to work harder defensively! ”

After provoking Mayo, Li Ze quickly turned around and returned to defense, and his behavior of running away after pretending to be X immediately made Mayo angry enough.

The Grizzlies attacked, and after Mayo received the ball, he did not give the ball to the inside line in accordance with the team's tactical requirements, but changed direction in front of the body with a cross-step dribble, trying to shake off Li Ze, and after no effect, he resisted the defense and jumped directly.

"Bang...", he was angry.

The long rebound was accepted by Li Ze, who quickly pushed the transition offense, and found the fast Durant with a pass, who received the ball, and in the face of Rudy Gay, who retreated, rushed up in three steps, dodged the defense in the air, and picked up the basket with his left hand.

"Man, it's easy to get points with you!"

After scoring the goal, Durant taunted Rudy Gay by the way, and then quickly turned back to the defense...

"Squeak..."

Coach Hollins immediately called a timeout, he wanted to interrupt the Thunder's momentum, and he also had to replace Mayo above!

After returning from the timeout, Li Ze found that Sam Young was opposite him, and the Grizzlies resumed the kind of offensive rhythm that grinds people to death, and in the following games, the Thunder were completely suppressed again.

There were no three-pointers, no conversion offense, just mid-range and free throws, and as the game progressed, the Thunder's shooting percentage began to decline again.

Brooks mainly practiced on the sidelines and frowned, and all the opportunities had come out, but the frequent physical confrontations made the Thunder team inaccurate, which made people helpless, and there was actually no problem with tactics.

In the 4th quarter, Li Ze's three-point shot also began to hit the iron, and the Grizzlies' defensive center, which had been transferred at this time, began to attack Li Ze frequently.

"Fack!"

After covering and receiving the ball, in this process, Li Ze was hit at least three times, and the referee would not blow the whistle at all... After a tedious iron battle, the two teams played a 15-14 in the fourth quarter.

In the end, 84:86, the Thunder team unfortunately lost by two points, and in the end, no one really scored... Li Ze, who was sore all over, smiled helplessly in his heart:

"Is this what muscle basketball is... It's so boring..."