In the game with the Lakers, the Clippers and the other side played in the regular season, and then played another game with the Jazz.

His mid-range shooting skills are not enough to give full play to his mid-range shooting strength that has risen to 91 with the blessing of the full-level 'catch-and-shoot expert'.

So what he practiced this afternoon was to stop, turn around, and lie down.

Headache doctor head and foot pain treatment, sometimes nothing is wrong.

He actually has another thing he wants to practice, but he can't practice it alone - adjusting the habit of running and receiving the ball.

Reduce position movement, increase borrowing and piling around, and strengthen the ability to catch the ball while moving.

But I just played yesterday and there is a game tomorrow, so it's a bit inhumane to ask my teammates to practice together...... Ah, wait.

Former teammates, aren't you idle......

He trained until 4 o'clock in the evening, but the text messages sent out did not get a response, and no one came, so he practiced in the 'blacksmith' room for another half an hour.

After a break and a shower, he was ready to call the former head coach when Jordan Kyle, the Clippers' new press officer, arrived, and he went for an exclusive interview with Sports Illustrated.

When asked about the Grizzlies' 'regrets' not picking him in the second pick, he replied-

"I love Vancouver, that's the city of my dreams, and I've loved snowball fights since I was a kid...... No snow in Vancouver? Ahem, again, I'm a person who hates snow the most, I like a warm and comfortable climate, and Vancouver's livable environment is so fascinating......"

"I used to be willing to play for the Grizzlies, but now I don't, I don't want to in the future, and I never think about it."

"Why did you choose the number 0 shirt? Because I'm not the first in line. ”

"Who's second in line? Sorry, I'm not good at geography. ”

…

After the interview, Li Ao invited the middle-aged man to dinner.

After the meal, Li Ao proposed that he wanted his old teammates to help him train when both sides were free.

Henri Bibby knew that this meal would never be eaten in vain, and after some reluctant expression, he agreed.

He picked up a talented high school student in the offseason who was full of talent but was a little conceited and not very interested in basketball, and he could ask this kid to show that kid what talent was.

By the second day, the Staples Center was bustling with activity.

Li Ao's rookie season regular season home debut!

Although they lost to the Jazz the day before yesterday, Clippers fans are quite tolerant, and it is enough for Spider-Man to play well.

The shooting percentage is a little lower, but there are more advantages, and the most concerned by fans is not his shooting and passing, but the blocking of the pie-eating inside.

Coincidentally, this is not, tonight's opponent is an inside line that has no scoring ability except for eating cakes and attacking twice.

At 7:40 p.m., at the Staples Center, Grizzlies players enter the court.

As the star of the list, although the summer league, preseason, and opener performance were all sluggish, Grizzlies head coach Sidney Lowe still gave Swift a chance to start.

Although in the game the day before yesterday, Swift played 15 minutes and only had 2 points and 3 boards, but 2 steals and 2 blocks were okay, and his physical fitness was so strong.

When Swift entered, the fans at the scene sent thanks and blessings.

Most people were mocking and teasing, but there were still some who were genuinely grateful that Swift was drafted by the Grizzlies with the top pick.

Otherwise, where would they have the opportunity to intercept the Lakers' Hu?

No, Kobe Bryant, who came to the scene to watch the game, although he was annoyed by the big spider, but it was just annoying, and for Swift, he hated this high jumper who only had physical fitness, if there was no guy, the Grizzlies would try to choose the big spider even if they knew that they couldn't keep people.

Kobe Bryant learned from the logo man that if the Grizzlies really chose, they would definitely choose Stud, but they bet that the Grizzlies would not choose, and it turned out like this.

Later, they also tried to find the Clippers stud, but they asked them to trade O'Neal.

Swift sensed that the whole world was full of malice.

When the Clippers entered, watching Li Ao, who was the first to play, detonate the cheers of the fans at the scene, Swift was envious and jealous.

After the lights came on, Swift, who had been staring at Li Ao, saw that the other party was also looking at him.

And then even angrier!

That contemptuous glance stimulated Swift's fragile self-esteem!

Swift roared in his heart - I'm a big shark on the front line!

In response to Swift's hostility, Li Ao decided to target him in the game.

I had a grudge when I was in college, and I laughed at it in the NBA?

Of course not.

It's so forgiving.

He glanced at the player who started across from him...... "Good guys! What good guys! ”

Their Clippers, on their side, have the most players in the first round of the NBA.

Then on the other side, it's the lotto area!

The starting lineup, Mike Bibby, Michael Dixon, Raheem, Swift, Bryant Levi, 4 out of 5 people are lottery picks, and the only one who is not Michael Dixon, who is also the 14th pick in '98.

Also on the bench is a 90-year-old probe Mohammed Lauf.

These people, except for Swift, all of them have played out their individual talents, but their record is amazingly bad, with only 22 wins in their best year since the team's founding.

Whenever the Grizzlies are mentioned, it's time for the Magic to be ridiculed.

The history of the Magic team is actually very successful, the team was founded in '89, and the selection of O'Neal in '92 was like stepping on the gas pedal and soaring all the way, O'Neal led the team to 41 wins in his rookie season, ranking eighth in the East, and then stepped on the shit luck to get the top pick, selected Webb in exchange for Anfernee Hardaway, and reached the finals in the 94-95 season...... Tianhu starts.

From the draft, to the introduction of power stars, to the matching of role players, the operation of the magic pipe is perfect.

Until the operation reaches its peak......

But the Magic team is too broad, and the Grizzlies are hard to say.

After analyzing the opponent's evaluation report, Li Ao walked to the opposite side, and when Kobe Bryant saw him coming, he moved directly to the side and turned his head.

Who would have thought that Li Ao didn't go to Kobe's direction at all, but walked to the two Bibby's side, Kobe was so angry! He thought about a lot of words to scold Li Ao, but he couldn't use it!

Li Ao walked up to the two Bibi and greeted, "Yo, coach, are you showing your father-son relationship with Mike?" ”

Henry Beebe has a heart for beating people - can't you see that this unlucky son doesn't pay attention to me for a long time?

Mike Bibi deliberately understood Li Ao, ignored Li Ao's ridicule, and stretched out his hand and said: "I'm Mike Bibi, I'm sorry I couldn't be a teammate with you." ”

It's so direct, Li Ao likes direct people, and he also said directly: "If they choose me, I will definitely come, but now even if they kneel and beg me, I can't be teammates with you." ”

Mike Bibby nodded: "I understand. ”

Li Ao really liked this response, he turned his head and said, "Coach, Mike is much more powerful than Ling." ”

Henry Beebe was not angry at all, but said with a slight smugness: "Of course, he is my proudest son." ”

Mike Bibby "cuts" and turns to leave.

After Li Ao said hello to Aunt Yuan and others, he returned to his own half-court shooting hot hand.

At 7:58 a.m., both teams started the game.

Li Ao came to the field, and the task prompt came.

"Third Pick: Rookie Season Mission.

Goal 1: In matches against Kenyon Martin and Stromeyer Swift, the host must complete at least 1 block or dunk per game against the opponent and beat them with what they do best.

Reward: 500 achievement points for each cap or shack.

Goal 2: Host needs to keep winning against Kenyon Martin and Stromeyer Swift's team.

Reward: Cake Eater (skill). ”

Li Ao's eyes lit up, he was going to fight against Bangyanxiu, and there were tasks that could get skills, double the happiness!

Soon, the game began, with Swift beating O'Neal Jr. to win the jump ball, and the Grizzlies took the lead.

Swift screamed, won the jump ball to dispel the fear of the game he had developed these days, and then rushed out like a transmitter on the sole of his foot, and little O'Neal couldn't stop the first move after he landed.

Although Mike Bibby has long been rebellious, he is still fully engaged and conscientious in the game, and when he sees Swift's opportunity, he immediately sends a long-distance lob away.

is worthy of being a talented point guard who averaged 8+ assists per game in his sophomore year, and this long pass is very beautiful.

Mike Bibby himself is a little proud, he is ready to appreciate Swift's dunk, although he looks down on Swift, this guy's dunk is still very enviable to him.

But when he saw the man's movements, he had no other thoughts, and quickly shouted: "Pass! ”

Swift didn't hear it, he looked at the basket in front of him, and at the position of one step within the distance of the free throw line on the left side of the three-second zone, he took off and jumped, like taking off, his shoulders were higher than the rebound, his whole head was above the level of the basket, and he slammed the ball into the basket with a gliding slam dunk that stretched to the extreme......

He seemed to have heard the shocked exclamations of the fans at the scene...... No, why are you cheering?

Just as Swift dunked the ball, Li Aofei pounced and slapped the ball away with all his might!

The ball slammed into the vacant seat on the sideline, and Bryant reacted quickly to dodge it.

He looked at Li Ao, although he knew that it was impossible, but he just felt that this big spider was deliberate.

There is no evidence, but it is believed!

The fans at the scene fell into a carnival!

Spider-Man starts to detonate the audience!

Looking at the Bangyan show that fell on the floor and rolled in a circle, many fans shouted after cheering: "Stand up, N0.2, stand up!" Don't be crushed by Spider-Man! ”

Swift's body is really hard, and he didn't have to deal with it when he fell, so he got up and continued to fight.

And his psychological quality is inexplicably tenacious, and he still thinks that he is just a 'bad chance'.

The Grizzlies continue to attack, and the tactics ...... There are no tactics, Mike Bibby has no leadership skills, Rahim is too soft-talking, and after a long time, their style of play is to take turns to score the ball.

This time it was Rahim, the titular boss, who had to be handed over to him for the first time.

Raheem was excellent in mid-range and close-range singles, but he made the wrong choice and pulled a step-by-step jumper...... When encountering Li Ao's interference, Rahim's eyes widened and he quickly leaned back, narrowly avoiding Li Ao's block, but his strength was insufficient, it was short, and he didn't stick to it!

Seeing that O'Neal Jr. easily stuck Swift to grab the defensive rebound, Raheem's thought as he retreated was - what a big spider!

It turns out that the 8th didn't lie to him! You can't play in the middle distance, and he's not like the No. 8 who has top stops and speeds.

Switching offense and defense, Odom holds the ball on the outside, seizes the opportunity to break through, and splits the ball...... Li Ao cut in to catch the ball and smashed it into the basket before Swift rushed in to make up the defense.

chose to dunk, not worried about the show, but worried about the opposite center Bryant Levi, but the talented center of the class of 95 who started paddling after taking tens of millions of contracts didn't bother to stretch out, so he almost crossed his hands on his hips.

Li Ao turned around and retreated, passing by Swift, but he didn't stop for a moment, didn't talk trash or anything, but ran to Odom to high-five him to express his gratitude.

Li Ao was surprised to find from the beginning of the preseason that Odom was very focused at the beginning of each game, although he was invisible from time to time in the back, but at least there was no undercover situation.

Why is Odom focused......

Don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, but do bad things, look at everyone like ghosts.

In case one day the matter of him taking over the basin of water is known by the violent handsome guy, for the sake of him playing so seriously, at least he will be beaten a few less, right?

When it came to the Grizzlies' offense, Raheem forced a strong inside.

Li Ao defended well and created the conditions for his interior teammates to make up for the defense, but Raheem's big forward-level confrontation, the speed and flexibility of a small forward, jumped sideways when O'Neal Jr. was about to make up for the defense, throwing a shot to hit the board.

Li Ao remembered what the future blacksmith said about Rahim when he talked about his peers - a super skill stream with all the means to score was the most jealous of his peers when he first entered the league, and he also hoped that he could have such perfect skills.

Then O'Neal Jr. received Li Ao's ball and hit a layup.

It's time for the Grizzlies to attack again, Raheem's single attracted O'Neal Jr. to move in advance to make up for the defense, and split the ball on the right side of the baseline, Li Ao turned around and wanted to ...... Bryant Levi didn't move his foot at all, and he didn't step in for a layup half a step outside the right sideline in the three-second zone, and he took the ball and shot it directly......

Entered!

Li Ao exhaled quickly, put aside distracting thoughts, and didn't care about the cap for now, a little embarrassed.

It's a bit strange to have this team on the other side.

He thought the Grizzlies were so bad that no one should play well.

But even Bryant Levi's moves well on the offensive end, always shooting where he's good at it, rather than watching the show like he does on the defensive end.

Michael Dixon on the perimeter is looking for opportunities to work hard, Mike Bibby is also trying to sort out the offense, and Raheem can see that he wants to win...... Even Swift, although he only thinks about catching and dunking, is very positive.

Li Ao put away his thoughts of contempt that he shouldn't have.

They don't take their opponents lightly.

If he really lost to this opponent, no matter how badly Swift was hammered, he would feel ashamed.

Li Ao threw himself into the game, played hard, and didn't think about it.

For the rest of the day, the game was in a tug-of-war.

As Li Ao actually felt, this opponent was not so easy to deal with.

The style of play is a bit like the Mavericks in the era of the little general, taking turns to play singles, and the others are running and moving to cooperate.

However, compared to that Mavericks team, the strength of the Grizzlies stars is obviously far behind, and the individual scoring ability, Mike Bibby, Michael Dixon, and Raheem, no matter how you look at it, cannot be compared with Terry, Josh Howard, and Nowitzki.

And the Mavericks' infinite singles, teammates have routines and tactics to match, Grizzlies, I don't know if it's the coach's problem or the player's problem, it's all subjective running, and the response effect is average, not to mention that compared with the Mavericks, the Clippers' running position is much better.

At the end of the first quarter, the score was 29-28, and the Grizzlies led by one point.

Li Ao, who was replaced after 8 minutes, was secretly glad that he didn't do anything superfluous.

Bibby, who has a rating of 85, and Rahim, who has a rating of 88, are really hard to guard!

But the Grizzlies were poor on the defensive end, McGinnis was able to play against Mike Bibi when he came on the court, and the Clippers played back and forth with McGinnis on the outside and Sean Lukes on the bench on the inside in the second half of the first quarter.

In the second quarter, two minutes later, Li Ao was replaced by Gentry.

Gentry re-offered the Trojans' small-range star coordination tactics, Boykins and Li Ao took the main attack, and the point of contact - Big Q!

The opponent's defense is poor, and there is basically no outside defense, so Gentry chose to give this training opportunity to Big Q.

As for Piakowski...... If you're a 30-year-old, let's play more when you're on a strong team.

This is a kind of trust.

Back on the court, Li Ao performed better on both offensive and defensive ends.

During the half-quarter of the game, he was not idle, recalling the good and bad parts of the first quarter, observing the performance of his teammates, and making adjustments.

The adjustment is very simple, the offensive end - play more decisively, shoot when you should shoot, cut in when you should cut, and the continuity of the opponent's defense is very poor.

Defensive end - let Margeti or Odom defend Rahim, that 206 cm + 111 kg size, he has no problem shooting defense, but it is difficult to defend the break, he chooses to switch to the help defense mode.

After Li Ao adjusted his style of play, he added a new force to the Clippers on both offensive and defensive ends.

In the next 10 minutes, Li Ao got two blocks, one for Raheem and one for Swift...... This time it wasn't really against Swift, the regular shrink defense was just a block.

In addition to his two blocks, he also had three successful cut-ins and shots that interfered with the opposing wing and inside.

Offensively, Li Ao scored two mid-range shots and a three-pointer in a single quarter, a cut into the catch hook, a counterattack caused a foul and two free throws, and the big Q on the wing showed his shooting talent, and in the big gap, he scored a three-point and a long two-pointer, and scored 5 points in 7 minutes in the second quarter, and his performance was quite good.

The Clippers have improved a lot, but the Grizzlies are still the same.

In the first quarter, the Grizzlies' three outside stars had good physical strength and led the team to 29 points in a single quarter, but as before, in the second quarter, the singles efficiency began to decline with the decline in physical strength, and they also encountered Li Ao's internal blocking, and the score plummeted in a single quarter, scoring only 18 points!

Relying on Li Ao's 11 points, 1 board, 3 assists and 2 blocks in a single quarter, the Clippers played the Grizzlies 30-18 in a single quarter, leading by 11 points at 58-47 to end the first half!

Playing with an advantage, they had a chance to win for the first time of the season, and in the third quarter, the Clippers played extra hard.

Mike Bibby and Raheem tried to lead a comeback in the third quarter, but were quickly held down, and the Clippers went 28-22 in the first quarter to extend their lead to 17 points.

In the last quarter, Li Ao continued to play, and after he stopped taking on the role of single defense in the second quarter and played more simply and simply on the offensive end, his physical consumption decreased a lot, and now he feels good!

The teammates cared for the rookie spider very much, and after leading by 17 points, they fed Li Ao the ball vigorously.

Li Ao was so stretched that he couldn't eat it, and he actually shot 12 times after 9 minutes!

In this regard, when Gentry entered the timeout stage, he also took the initiative to adjust his tactics and strive to give Li Ao more opportunities to shoot.

But the accuracy was okay, 5 of 11 shots, including 1 of 3 three-pointers, and one three-point shot was fouled, 3 of 3 free throws, 14 points in a single quarter!

Although the Clippers' team-wide scoring plummeted in the final quarter, scoring only 18 points, and the Grizzlies narrowed the gap by 5 points by the Grizzlies, who scored 23 points, it didn't matter!

At 10:25 p.m., the final whistle blew.

104-92, the Clippers defeated the Grizzlies by 12 points to win their first win of the season!

Win or not, the fans don't care so much.

What they care about is that Li Ao has gone berserk tonight!

6 points in the first quarter, 11 points in the second quarter, 10 points in the third quarter, plus 14 points in the final quarter, Li Ao soared 41 points, 5 boards, 7 assists, 1 steal and 6 blocks!

Looking at Spider-Man's handsome face and data posted on the big screen, the fans at the scene were completely crazy!

40+ in a single game!

When was the last time they had a star 40+ in a single game?

Even those old Clippers fans don't remember!

Some people are happy and some are annoyed, and there is a little bit of unhappiness with the No. 8 player on the sidelines, who does not want to be named - Sharif, can you do it! It's the object of my envy...... I'm going to take 40+ when I beat you guys, too! No! 50+！

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