James Posey was stunned at all!

He thought that he could prevent Li Ao's very general attack under the basket, but the opponent did not follow the usual path, pulling onions on dry land and smashing the frame directly.

At that moment, he felt an incomparable power, and his oppressive defense seemed to be cheering the other party.

Not to mention the opponent, the teammates didn't expect their Spider-Man to be so fierce.

Odom, who easily got the assist, excitedly celebrated with Li Ao, who rushed out.

Li Ao was also very excited, the skill of 'shark' was finally used in actual combat.

If he relies on this to play a higher threat on the inside, it can be of great help to his main scoring means and the whole team's offense.

Offense and defense switched, and the Clippers were full of defensive enthusiasm!

Such a dunk is much stronger than the morale-boosting effect of 'Cheer Up Level 1', and the effect of 'scoring' is superimposed!

McDyce attacked O'Neal Jr. from close range, and was interfered with by O'Neal Jr.'s one-on-one single defense!

McDyce was very surprised, it's only been a month, and this high school student, the defense has improved too much!

It's been a month since the two last met, and with more than a dozen games of actual combat training, O'Neal Jr. has made great progress on the defensive end, mainly in terms of actual combat experience.

Not many people paid attention to this in the first 6 games of the opening game, because in the first 6 games, the opponents were either Malone and O'Neal who couldn't be defended, or Mutombo, who was not responsible for the offense, and played the Grizzlies and Rockets with excellent defensive performance, but the two opponents Olajuwon and Bryant Levi are now old and useless, and no one thinks it's good to defend.

Now McDyce still wants to get past Jermaine O'Neal for a direct dunk with a fake like he did in the first game of the preseason.

Odom received the defensive rebound and switched offense and defense, and Li Ao repeated his old trick and wanted to be cool again, but after he borrowed cover on the wing, he was caught by James Posey and Lafrentz.

After sneering at the belly, "Ben Tanhua actually has this treatment", Li Ao distributed the ball to O'Neal Jr., who moved to the free throw line, and Lafrenz moved quickly...... Back to the basket, O'Neal Jr.'s close-range jumper from the front of the basket!

Li Ao was a little dumbfounded, he didn't notice it in the last fight, but now he found out that Lafrentz is worthy of being the third most efficient player in blocking, and he is really a talent in the blocking world, can he resolutely not leave the basket?

The Clippers got off to a good start tonight, with Li Ao unexpectedly opening the game with a dunk that surprised everyone.

Although Lafrenz didn't care if the team could defend it, and didn't want the basket he protected to be dunked like that, he resolutely didn't let Li Ao go to the basket and go one-on-one with the outside, and he didn't interfere with the close-range shooting, for fear that O'Neal Jr. and Li Ao would play inside and inside.

This makes the Nuggets' defensive coordination around McDyes, James Posey, and Woshan-Leonard completely unplayable.

The Nuggets also struggled on the offensive end, with O'Neal Jr.'s one-on-one defense intensity in the low post area unexpected, and a regular offense with McDyce's main offense frustrated.

If it weren't for Van Exel's mid-to-long-range throw, the Nuggets would have almost collapsed at the beginning!

Van Exel, a player, although his shooting percentage is not good, dares to throw.

And the breakthrough has both speed and skill, Li Ao can't break through, McGinnis and Big Q who came off the bench can limit Van Exel's breakthrough, but Van Exel's outside step jumper, lateral jump shot, and emergency stop jump shot are all excellent.

As long as Van Exel's hand is good, Payton has to be autistic.

The key is that he is not stingy with passing, and when he is caught in the ball, he will play the ball, and his possession rate is not as excessive as it seems in his style of play, 28% is not low, but it is already low compared to players who are really sticky to the ball.

His casual shot selection and poor defense are his fatal flaws, and the Lakers would rather use veteran Ron Harper and Fisher, who has no ability to score on his own, but he really soars.

At the end of the first quarter, the Clippers scored 29 points, Li Ao and O'Neal Jr. opened the situation at close range, O'Neal Jr. scored the second-highest 8 points in the game, and the Clippers rotated 8 people in the first quarter, and everyone scored.

The Nuggets relied on Van Exel's 11 points and 3 assists in a single quarter to score 23 points in a single quarter and bite the score.

In the second quarter, the Clippers went on a 30-24 run to lead the Nuggets by 12 points at 59-47 heading into the second half.

Just when the Clippers felt they had a chance of winning, the Nuggets showed what they should be like a playoff-caliber team.

In the third quarter, the Nuggets head coach boldly forfeited LaFrenz, who had five blocks in the half but turned into the opponent's backyard from close range, and used Zeon Clarke to protect the frame.

McDeis also didn't go to defend Odom, but stayed in the middle and close range, and the defense of Odom became James Posey, and the 33-year-old veteran former three-point king George McLeod went to defend Li Ao.

The Nuggets, which resembled a defensive team, caught the Clippers off guard.

The Clippers' three-point shooting was not good, Piakowski's performance collapsed after the intensity of the defense, and the big Q had a match and no match.

In the third quarter, the Clippers were defended and scored only 20 points!

Fortunately, the Nuggets made such a big adjustment to their style of play, and their offense was also pulled, scoring only 21 points, and the Clippers still entered the final quarter with an 11-point lead.

In the final quarter, the Nuggets took the lead in finding their offensive rhythm, and played a 15-9 score in the first half of the quarter, narrowing the gap to 5 points in one fell swoop!

In the second half of the final quarter, the Nuggets continued to exert their power on the offensive end, but Li Ao of the Clippers opened up the situation by scoring two mid-range shots in a row.

During this period, the two teams played inseparable, with the Nuggets scoring 12 points and the Clippers scoring 10 points.

With 11:11 left played, the Clippers led the Nuggets by three points at 98-95.

At the critical moment, O'Neal Jr. first gave Van Exel, who burst in, a big hat, and McDies, who grabbed the offensive rebound, was slapped down by the shrunken Li Ao for the second offense.

This time, Big Q protected the defensive rebound.

Offense and defense switched, Greg Anthony and Odom blocked and broke through to attack, Odom cut in and received the ball after dismantling, and gave the ball to Li Ao on the right side of the three-second zone...... Hit!

The margin stretched to 5 points, and with 17 seconds left, the Clippers sealed the win!

The Nuggets made the last attack, and Li Ao went to the top arc to prevent Exel.

Fan Maniac broke through, Li Ao couldn't defend it, but he was sure that Van Exel would catch the ball and throw it directly, and seized the opportunity to send a big hat to end the game.

O'Neal Jr. had 24 points, 10 boards, 2 assists and 3 blocks, Li Ao had 18 points, 3 boards, 7 assists, 2 steals and 4 blocks, and Odom had 16 points, 13 boards and 6 assists, beating McDyce with 19 points and 13 boards, Lafrenz with 12 points, 8 boards and 5 blocks, and Van Exel with 36 points and 7 assists.

100-95, the Clippers defeated the Nuggets to improve their record to 5-2!

…

O'Neal Jr. scored a career-high 24 points against the Nuggets' twin towers, which was very surprising.

The last time he scored 20+ in a single game, it was in the 97-98 season.

That game was very interesting, that year the Trail Blazers were not a 'center grave', but an 'outside hell', in that game, the Trail Blazers were injured at three outside positions and only three players left, and only eight players on the team could play, Rasheed Wallace was pulled to play small forward, and O'Neal Jr. got his first career start.

Tianzun made 4 of 6 three-pointers that night, and Sabonis responded at the free throw line, leaving a big basket for O'Neal Jr., eating crazy cakes, and scoring 21 points on 9-of-12 shooting.

But good luck doesn't come often, and O'Neal Jr. didn't have a chance to perform at all in the next two years, and the worst season was shortened, when he scored a maximum of 9 points in a single game.

The style of the media is as good as ever.

When he was beaten by Marlon, O'Neal, and Mutombo in front, O'Neill Jr. was taunted.

Now I took 24+10, and praised O'Neal Jr. for his good talent, although he wasted a few years, he still played it.

When Li Ao reads the newspaper, he reads it purely for fun.

But when I think of O'Neal Jr., facing Ma Long's submissiveness, and facing an opponent who is thinner and shorter than him, he punches hard...... It seems to be a bit of a bully and afraid of the hard.

The technical aspect can be corrected, and the mentality can also be adjusted.

But O'Neal Jr.'s technical development is no problem, although it is not strong enough, but he can play hard inside, shoot at medium and close range, aggressively rush for offensive rebounds, and be tough enough defensively.

There is nothing wrong with the mentality, it can be seen that O'Neal Jr. is very energetic, wants to compete for the identity of the team's inner core, plays positively, and trains hard.

But little O'Neill's personality problem is really unsolvable.

However, Li Ao didn't dwell on this matter, teammates always have advantages and disadvantages, even players like O'Neal and Kobe Bryant have many shortcomings.

He just had very high expectations for little O'Neal, a gifted high school student, so there was extra attention.

After playing the Nuggets, the Clippers flew back to Los Angeles early the next morning, rested for an afternoon, and welcomed the Mavericks in back-to-back games at 9 p.m.

The feeling that the weak team has no human rights, Li Ao finally realized.

Away and home alternate back-to-back, first against a fringe playoff opponent and then with a 50-win opponent.

Moreover, this is still a back-to-back in 5 days and 4 battles!

Although most of their players are young and had no problems yesterday, the Clippers and Nuggets fought to the last moment last night, with a lot of consumption and fatigue, and the gap in strength was large......

Li Ao scored 23 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks on 9-of-24 shooting tonight.

Odom also finished with 10 points, eight rebounds and two assists on 4-of-12 shooting.

However, O'Neal Jr. stood up again, facing Sean Bradley and Nowitzki, and frequently made baskets, scoring 18 points and 14 boards.

But apart from them, no one else from the Clippers scored more than five points.

Gentry tried every player, and in the last game of 4 games in 5 days, no one was good.

In the end, the Clippers lost 79-100 to the Mavericks.

Nowitzki scored a game-high 26 points and Nash had 13 points and nine assists.

This season, Nowitzki and Nash have both evolved.

Nowitzki has jumped from averaging 17+ per game last season to averaging 20+ first-line scorers per game.

After seizing the opportunity to play an average of 12+6 per game in the second half of last season, Nash has also been reused this season, sitting firmly in the starting position, averaging 14+7 per game.

These two people gave Li Ao a hint - if you want to be strong, you have to be able to survive first!

It's just that his idea of getting to know the future superstar of the boy who looks like Taishang Laojun has been disappointed again.

Lost, and lost so badly, it's a bit embarrassing to get to know the other party's star at this time.

However, on Gentry's side, he was quite satisfied with Li Ao's performance.

Just dare to throw it!

And he can see that Li Ao has been looking for better shooting opportunities and has been improving.

As for the 5-2 record that changed to 5-3, he didn't think he could stay in the top eight in the West for long.

They won 15 last season and if they can get 30 wins this season, they will be considered a success.

…

After five days and four games, the Clippers got two precious days of rest.

The Clippers didn't schedule a practice session for the two days, allowing the players to have a good rest.

Li Ao was not idle, and early the next morning, he came to the Memorial Gymnasium to train with his old teammates.

The next day, the Trojans prepared for the morning game, and he also participated.

In the evening, at 6 p.m. on November 15, 2000, Li Ao, Vivian, Liam, Dean Teng and others came to the main arena of the Memorial Stadium to participate in the championship flag-raising ceremony.

But tonight he came here not just to attend the flag-raising ceremony.

After the flag-raising ceremony, Dean Teng, on behalf of the USC Board of Trustees, raised the No. 0 jersey for Li Ao!

The No. 0 jersey worn by Li Ao in college basketball will fly over the Trojans' home stadium along with the championship championship flag!

(End of chapter)