Chapter 269: The Darkest Day of Joel's Life
Late at night, Joel, who had returned from a late-night club, pushed open the door of the dormitory with a smell of alcohol, and after slamming the door shut, Joel cursed twice in a low voice.
βb**chοΌ Sir, I want to sleep with you, that's your pleasure! You still look down on me, this b**ch! β
After Joel went to the club, he met a girl with a particularly hot body, but when he went up and tried to talk to the latter, he was ruthlessly refused, and was ridiculed by the girl for looking like a little black mouse!
Joel's good mood for the night was gone, and he said goodbye to his friends and went back to the dormitory.
He kicked the chair in front of the desk, then sat down and turned on the computer, "Wizards, you have to lose me beautifully, whether I'm in a good mood depends on how much you can lose......"
In 2010, when the computer was still relatively slow, Joel anxiously waited two minutes before connecting to the Internet, and then he couldn't wait to click on the stats for the evening's game, not even following his home team, but just scrolling down the page to the Wizards and 76ers.
"Only lost by 2 points? How can 76 people be such a waste! At first glance, Joel subconsciously thought that the 76ers had won, but he still disliked that the 76ers' "winning" was not beautiful enough, and he hammered the table with a fist!
Immediately afterwards, he carefully looked at the player's statistics according to the line, and found that after Li Kaiming scored another 32 points in the game, he was silent for a while before gritting his teeth and scolding, "The yellow-skinned monkey is really good at brushing!" β
After reading the statistics, Joel still felt that it was not enjoyable enough, so he clicked on social media, but after a long time, he didn't find the tweet of Li Kaiming's black fan leader Koslov, "What's the situation?" Koslov asleep? β
Just when Joel was confused, he turned to the official NbA tweet, which briefly described the result of tonight's game.
"The Washington Wizards reversed the Philadelphia 76ers and narrowly won 116-114 to end the losing streak......"
Joel only felt the whole person buzz, his eyes widened, his face was incredulous, he wiped his eyes with both hands and looked again, and found that he was not mistaken, and the whole person sat on the chair in a daze!
How can it be? How could that brush lead the team to a reversal?
Joel had thought that tonight would be the night he would never forget in his life, but it turned out to be unforgettable, but it was completely the opposite......
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night for Joel, and Li Kaiming slept like a dead pig in the bed at home, and after the win, he was much less stressed, and it was rare to get a good night's sleep.
Early the next morning, even his uncle and aunt didn't get up, Li Kaiming packed his luggage and drove home, and the team gathered in the underground parking lot of the home stadium, where the team bus was waiting to pick up the players and take them to the airport.
After an uneventful aerial journey, the Wizards settled into their Atlanta hotel before noon, and due to the tight schedule, the players did not have a chance to see the city of Atlanta, and they had to gather for practice at the court in the afternoon.
The next three games are the last three games of the Wizards in November, which means that whether this S-level task can be completed depends on how the last three games are played, and the opponents in these three games are strong enough, as long as they can be won, the best player of the month is a certainty!
On the afternoon of November 25, at the pre-game press conference of the Washington Wizards, who became the third in the East, and the Atlanta Hawks, who became the fifth in the East, because the Orlando Magic won another game on the 24th, when the reporters on the scene asked the head coach of the Hawks what defensive strategy Larry Drew had prepared for Li Kaiming, the latter's face showed a mysterious smile.
"This guy led the Wizards to beat us up last month, so we're going to get revenge tonight! They're third in the East right now and we're going to have a dog mentality to play this game, their offensive firepower is insane, and I'm going to take a closer look at their game footage and hopefully suppress their firepower in the game. β
"As for Li Kaiming, I have said it many times, his offensive means are very rich, it is definitely difficult to defend alone, but we have a lot of good defenders, I will try various defensive strategies against Li Kaiming in the game, and our players are also full of confidence!"
Eagle King Joe Johnson was also interviewed at the press conference, after losing to Li Kaiming in the last key ball against Biao, Johnson has been a little unconvinced, although his honor is not a top player in NbA, and even the future will be in the Hall of Fame, but everyone knows that this guy will only fight more and more against strong players, and his desire for victory is the same as Jordan.
So when the reporter asked Joe Johnson how he felt at the last moment of the last game at Li Kaiming's key ball, Johnson's face was not good-looking, and he said in a deep voice, "I have to say, he is a very good guy, he hit those shots, I want to take off his hat to him." But that's in the past, we will learn from last time and I'm going to play better myself. β
The reporter asked again, "What do you think of the Wizards' lineup currently ranking third in the East?" In contrast, the Eagles' record doesn't seem to be so great. β
'They're all guys with a lot of energy, they can run and jump, and Coach Sanders has a very reasonable line-up and they deserve it. We didn't have good energy at the start of the season, but we all knew we couldn't be behind at the start of the season, so as you can see, after the struggles at the start of the season, we got better! Johnson's answer was watertight, neither demeaning his opponent nor lowering his own status, and it could be called a high-emotional intelligence answer.
The Wizards also accepted interviews with reporters, but most reporters here were more concerned about the Wizards' previous three consecutive defeats, wondering why the Wizards, who had won so many games in a row, suddenly lost so many games in a row without warning.
Sanders, as a coach, naturally had to come out and explain first, after all, he was directly responsible for the team's record, "At the beginning of the season we maintained a good form, we laid a good foundation for the whole season, so we were able to win in a row before." From the start of the game against Boston, our players seemed to be a little tired, and there was bad luck that night, but we were able to adjust in time and get through that difficult time. β
The same question was also asked by the reporter Li Kaiming, who touched his chin and said, "I didn't feel very good in those games, we didn't focus enough in the game, and the opponents were all very strong teams, and the loss was the result of a combination of various reasons." β
After the more normal pre-game press conference, Li Kaiming returned to the stadium to start the pre-game warm-up training, of course, it is essential to sign autographs for the young fans in the audience, because he will take time to sign autographs for the children before and after each game, so he is also nicknamed "the king of children" by some media.
Li Kaiming himself likes this nickname, he has always liked to get along with children, because he feels that the innocence of children will subtly affect him, and it can also temporarily keep him away from some troubles in the adult world.
But the only thing that makes him feel sorry is that there are not many Chinese or Chinese fans in the current NbA stadium, and you can see how many there are at a glance on average, not to mention the children with yellow faces, greeting white and black children all day long, which makes Li Kaiming feel an inexplicable sense of loneliness in his heart.
Although he grew up in Amerika since he was a child, under the influence of his parents and uncle's family, he still feels that he is Chinese, and Amerika's inclusiveness is not bad, but he always has a feeling of living in another country.
At eight o'clock in the evening, the Atlanta Hawks home to the Philips Arena, all the preparations for the game were ready, and the starting lineups of both sides were also presented on the big screen in the center of the arena.
Atlanta Hawks, point guard Mike Bibby, point guard Joe Johnson, small forward Josh Smith, power forward Marvin Williams, center Al Horford.
Washington Wizards, point guard Kirk Simridge, point guard Nick Young, small forward Alsolton, power forward Kaiming Lee, center Andre Blach.
All the personnel on both sides are in place, and the game officially begins!
Blatch jumped the ball to win, the Wizards won the ball for the first offense, Hinrich dribbled to the frontcourt, Li Kaiming stepped forward to cover, and the Hawks' two interior lines were short people who moved extremely fast, so Li Kaiming and Hinrich's blocking Hawks directly chose to switch defenses.
Hinrich couldn't break through Marvin Williams, so he passed the ball to Li Kaiming, who misplaced the single Mike Bibby.
Li Kaiming was already within the three-point line when he received the ball, so he quickly attracted the Hawks to the bag, and it was Blatche under the basket who was released, but the passing route was blocked, and Li Kaiming had no choice but to dribble out of the three-point line and reorganize the offense, and the Hawks Marvin Williams and Mike Bibby immediately changed back to their defenders.
Looks like tonight's Larry Drew is coming prepared!
After returning to the outside, Li Kaiming singled Marvin Williams with the ball, broke through to the middle distance and then attracted the bag, passing to Nick Young on the outside, who missed the three-point shot.
The Hawks protected the backcourt rebound, gave Mike Bibby a quick dribble to the frontcourt, and passed the ball high to Horford at the free throw line, who was doing the shaft in the middle, and the rest of the Hawks ran without the ball, Josh Smith got rid of Elsorton, caught the ball in the middle range and turned to hit!
2 to 0!
The Hawks went down first, the Wizards dribbled to the front court unhurriedly, Marvin Williams was completely one size smaller than Li Kaiming, so this time Li Kaiming chose to be in the three-point line with his back to the position, and after Hinrich passed to hit the earth, Li Kaiming received the ball and turned back to jump and shoot, Horford on the inside had sneaked over at some point, but Li Kaiming shot very decisively and won two points!
2 to 2!
In the first quarter, both sides felt relatively average, and by the middle of the first quarter, Sanders and Larry Deru had changed to a rotation lineup, and the Wizards starters could still play back and forth with the Hawks, but the bench was a little insufficient.
Rashad Lewis hadn't adapted to the team's tactics yet, and he needed someone else to pass the ball to him, so after switching to the bench, the Wizards trailed by 10 points again at 18-28 at the end of the first quarter.
Li Kaiming scored 9 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist in 3 of 6 in a single quarter, and Hinrich was in good shape, scoring 6 points in 8 minutes in the first quarter, and the rest made up for the remaining points piecemeal.