There's a newcomer in the village!

Early the next morning, Li Ao knocked on the door of the two new teammates with Da Q.

Matt Harprin and Blevin Knight were nervous when they saw Spider-Man coming.

This super genius has a reputation, and the two are worried that this guy brought his little brother to give them a disadvantage...... Then they felt how terrible social fear was.

When we went to have breakfast together, the lively Brevin Knight even wrote love letters to the high school student next door when he was in elementary school, and was posted on the community bulletin board by the young lady's father, and he was ridiculed for 5 years.

Li Ao also learned what happened to the two yesterday.

The Cavaliers are currently on a back-to-back road trip and just finished playing the Pistons the day before yesterday.

The deal was done yesterday morning, and when the Cavaliers left Detroit at noon, they didn't take them with them, and they were dumped in Detroit.

The two were suddenly traded, and they were stunned for a long time before they realized that they were abandoned, so they could only comfort each other and contact the Clippers, who arrived in Minneapolis in the middle of the night last night.

After listening to Brevine Knight talk about their tragic experience yesterday, Li Ao said: "Hey, if only we had played the Pistons today, then we would have been in Detroit yesterday." ”

Brevine Knight said movingly: "If only that were the case, we wouldn't be so alone after being traded, with you here." ”

"Huh? Sorry, I didn't think much of it, I mean it's a shame I didn't see you two stupid when you were thrown in the parking lot. ”

Vaco! Braven Knight is not even moved now, not even the sadness of yesterday's encounter.

Matt Harpling is more introverted and taciturn, and Li Ao takes the initiative to ask questions before he can hold back a sentence or two.

But when it comes to playing, Matt Halprin talks a little more.

When asked what his goals are for his new team, he replied: "Running off the ball, running out of gaps, grabbing rebounds, staying focused on easy scoring opportunities under the basket, shooting free throws, and doing all the defensive tasks that the coach gave me." ”

"Uh, Matt, there are tasks that can't be done, like keeping O'Neal at bay."

"Goal! I'm talking about the goal! Matt Halplin's voice suddenly rose and broke.

Seeing Matt Harprin finally break the defense, Li Ao was in a good mood.

After breakfast, he left a sentence of "Matt, we are quite similar, I think we will be able to cooperate happily on the court", and left first.

He also had to go to the target center in advance to practice back shots and mid-range shots.

Practice more and strive to practice quickly to a level where you can complete the basic level 1 training task on your back, and you can get another 20% of the additional training results.

The mid-range shot also needs to continue to improve, and the 'catch-and-shoot expert' can be triggered by turning around and receiving the ball without the ball, but it is not good to play with the ball on his back, and he is used to the top mid-range shot, and he only has a first-class level when he plays singles, and he always feels uncomfortable.

The hotel they live in now is a 15-minute walk from the target center, and they can walk there slowly.

After Li Ao left, Blevine Knight and Matt Harprin were speechless for a long time.

Brevine Knight asked, "Matt, what do you think of Spider-Man?" ”

"It's not bad, after chatting with him, I don't have the heart to think about being traded."

"It's really ......"

Brevine Knight found that although he had the urge to get into a fight, he was in a much better mood than he was last night.

But I thought of what Li Ao said when he left......

"Matt, Spider-Man says you're a lot like him."

Blevine Knight didn't even know how to complain.

Matt Hardlin nodded: "It's very similar, what I said, that's what he did on the pitch, and that's what I've been working on. ”

Blevin Knight thought back to his teammate's style of play, and it did seem to be very similar to Spider-Man's style of play.

However, linking Spider-Man and Matt Hardling, Blevin Knight is a little disillusioned, and in his cognition, Matt Hardlin, who usually can't fart, and Spider-Man are completely from two worlds.

Bridge bean sacks!

Breven Knight woke up suddenly, this old teammate with thick eyebrows and big eyes who looked calm and serious, could it be that he was licking the new boss just now?

How can it be repaired!

This kind of good thing is not called him!

…

On Li Ao's side, he went to the target center at 8:15 and began to practice at half past eight.

He first practiced two sets of turn-over jumpers, and at first, the team's personal trainer, James Worthy, watched his eyes widen.

When did Spider-Man secretly practice God's turnover?

But after watching a few more balls, he said "oh", it turned out to be just a layer of skin.

There is only one action that is picturesque, there is basically no skill or anything, and the turning over action is more like a step forward, only the shooting image.

Li Ao defeated the Lakers, completed the task goal 3 of 'counterattack OK', and got the 'Back Random Action Package', which was actually not Jordan's turn-over jump shot action package, but Kobe's roll-over jump shot action package related to the OK combination......

But the movements are indeed too similar, and Li Ao only turned over, without other back steps, and there was no detailed distinction between the movements when facing the defense.

In fact, Li Ao got the turn-over jumper action package full action gif, and his impression of Jordan's turn-over jumper, the difference is still relatively obvious, Kobe Bryant after the age of 30, and Jordan after the age of 30, the difference in physical fitness shown is greater than before the age of 30, Jordan was still waiting in the air for the opponent to fall when he was 35 years old, although Kobe Bryant's physical fitness was still the top in the league before the Achilles tendon rupture, but the gap with Jordan of the same age has been obvious, and the turnover jumper has more action details to avoid interference.

It's just that from James Worthy's point of view, Li Ao first looked for Jordan to learn to play with his back, and Kobe Bryant is still playing with a face frame, with his back, but it is far from being as strong as the face frame play, anyway, he didn't enter James Worthy's eyes, so he naturally thought that Li Ao secretly practiced Jordan's turnover jump shot according to the video.

Maybe in the future, when Kobe Bryant is over 30 years old and his back is the main game, James Worthy may not think of Jordan when he sees Kobe's turnaround jumper......

After practicing two sets of turn-over jump shots, Li Ao devoted himself to the training of back hitting and mid-range shooting.

At half past nine in the morning, Li Ao came to the away team's training ground to watch the test of the two new teammates after completing an hour of additional training at the small training ground that was opened separately.

The rest of the Clippers were also here to get to know their new teammates and new team rivals.

Gentry is happy with the atmosphere, and no one cares about it last season.

And finally don't have to worry about the team atmosphere being affected, seeing that the team has cohesion, if McGinnis is really given a few more chances to get good statistics, with the character and brain of this former player, he feels terrible when he thinks about it.

On Li Ao's side, he carefully observed the technical characteristics of the two teammates according to the player evaluation report, and wanted to partner with these two new teammates.

The team is not ready for the video and has no time to watch it, and there is no experience in the game, but it is always good to know more about the technical characteristics of the two.

Matt Halplin, with an overall rating of 77, averaged 28 minutes per game, scoring 11 points and 4.4 rebounds.

There are no close shots, mid-range shots, and three-point shots, and the shooting rates are 34%, 29%, and 25% respectively.

But the long two-point shooting percentage is an exaggerated 48.9 percent, averaging 3.1 long two-point shots per game and 1.5 points.

He averaged 2.3 shots from 3.6 attempts per game and shot 63 percent from the field.

The total shooting percentage is a very beautiful 45.6%.

The flaws are also obvious, with ball slag, some breakthrough ability but not much.

Defensively, Kenyon Durin and Margeti, who has returned from injury, went to be sparring partners.

Li Ao was eager to try, but was heartbroken by Gentry.

"He won't be able to outrun you for a long run."

Li Ao glared at the head coach angrily, but the other party directly put on a bad position, with a posture of 'as long as I can't kill me, I will endure it', and he could only watch Matt Hardlin's defensive test stupidly.

Strong body, large muscles, 201 cm + 105 kg weight, fierce and aggressive, better movement than it looks like in size, full of defensive pressure, but rarely reach for the ball, defensive style against interference, solid footwork.

The style of defense is a bit like ...... Exploding head.

However, although he weighs 10 kilograms heavier than the explosive head, the confrontation effect is not so good, he does not have Kobe's outstanding explosiveness, Kenyon Durin, who is brisk in defense, is also average, his feet are not as flexible as Kobe, and the types of players who can defend are not so wide.

Just looking at this test, Matt Haprin performed...... did not meet Li Ao's expectations.

If this level of defense is the case, then this new teammate is not particularly good even if it is combined with offense.

He rates Matt Hardlin's offense highly based on the fact that he is an excellent wing defender.

If the expectations are too high, there will be more disappointment.

On the contrary, it was Bravin Knight, a small point guard he didn't look down on before, and his performance in the test was eye-catching.

Brevine Knight's speed test and pass test were in a hurry.

Boykins, the fastest player on the team, was also called to compete in speed, and the onlookers cheered wildly, as if they were watching a track and field competition.

The accuracy of the pass was also amazing, and in the previous game against the Jazz, Li Ao was amazed by Stockton's ultra-long-range ground-hitting pass from the baseline to the free-throw line position on the other, and Blevin Knight also took the initiative to perform this trick in the test.

Compared with Matt Hardling, who has few words, a stern expression, and a majestic body, Braven Knight, who has a lively personality and a more ornamental style of play, is obviously more liked by his new teammates.

Everyone was welcoming Blevin Knight, except for Boykins who said "welcome to our family" to Matt Halprin.

Boykins noticed the disappointed look in Lie's eyes when he looked at Matt Halprin, and when the team's pre-game training was over, he found him.

"Leo, new Matt, you can be a little more patient with him and you'll find that he's very good."

"Huh?"

Boykins found that his words were not quite right, and Spider-Man's eyes were disappointed, that is, with anticipation.

He rephrased it and said: "Leo, Matt is the kind of player you look inconspicuous at first glance, but you will never be disappointed. ”

Li Ao responded: "Maybe." ”

Boykins stressed: "He's a player who keeps sprinting forward, and time will tell. ”

"I'll watch, but I have a question now."

Seeing that Li Ao's expression was full of doubts, Boykins asked, "What's the problem?" I'd have told you if I knew. ”

"When you welcomed Matt to join just now, he didn't pay attention to you......" Li Ao's expression changed from puzzled to suddenly bright: "I see, he only has the front in his eyes, and his ears are not good, so he didn't see you?" ”

Boikins: (へ╬)

Believe it or not, I'll jump up and hit you in the knee!

Li Ao stopped teasing the little worm, and asked seriously: "Earl, you have a good relationship with Matt?" ”

"We were high school classmates."

"Oh, old teammate! No wonder you spoke for him. ”

"We're not teammates......"

"You're fired?"

"You've just been fired! He was captain of the football team in high school, I was the captain of the basketball team, and of course not teammates.

When he was 14 years old and still in the 8th grade, he was loaned by the high school team to be the main player, helping the school team win the city championship, and he led our high school football team to a 32-game winning streak in his senior year, and at that time all the colleges wanted to recruit him, and he was as popular as Alan Iverson.

But in the end, he chose to play basketball, and I heard that he had always disliked rugby, and it was only because his father, grandfather, uncle, and brother were all professional rugby players that he had the opportunity to devote himself to the sport he loved because he left home in college.

We both entered the NBA in '98, and he and I played for the Magic and Cavaliers before, but the funny thing was that we were never teammates.

It's true that we're not close friends, he's not very social, and if he doesn't think there's anything to say, he won't speak...... It's not because I'm short that he can't see it! ”

"Really, huh? Earl, where are you, why are you only a voice, are you a ghost......"

Li Ao stood up straight and looked left and right, his expression gradually frightened.

Boykins couldn't restrain himself anymore and jumped up to hit Li Ao, but Li Ao moved flexibly and dodged easily again......

…

In the evening, the Clippers and Timberwolves started as scheduled.

At the end of the 2 hours and 23 minutes of the game, the Timberwolves narrowly defeated the Clippers 95-89, bringing the Clippers back to a 50% victory, 19-19.

Li Ao played 36 minutes tonight, shooting 8 of 17, including 1 of 3 three-pointers, plus 4 of 6 free throws, and scored 21 points, 9 boards, 6 assists and 3 blocks.

He had a few dunks against Garnett in the last game, and the deterrent is still there tonight, and Philip Saunders won't play with it tonight, and will play the usual tactics directly.

Of course, Li Ao's deterrent power against Garnett will not be lost because of this, he has a lot of mid-range shooting opportunities and passing opportunities.

In terms of rebounding, O'Neal Jr. and Chris Meem, a substitute, both changed the way to grab defensive rebounds in this game, and when Li Ao had the action of shrinking and making up for the flank cut, both chose to get stuck and cooperated with Li Ao to complete the guard, Li Ao got more rebounding opportunities and grasped it very well.

However, the Clippers can maintain the possibility of a reversal tonight, not by Li Ao.

New arrival Matt Hardlin got 31 minutes of playing time in the first game, and he played - power forward!

At first, Gentry sent 206 cm, 111 kg Brian Skinner to start, but after being blown up, he chose to let Matt Haprin play.

Garnett was contemptuous of Matt Halprin's defense...... Then, he was tormented by Matt Harprin.

One-on-one single defense, Matt Harprin didn't defend Garnett very well, but he moved rough and had excellent defensive continuity, and as soon as Garnett stopped, he would be stuck and forced to accept hand-to-hand combat.

Garnett didn't expect the Clippers to play such a role, he played well in the first half, 5-of-8, but only 1-of-6 in the second half, and the one he scored in the second half was a three-pointer thrown in a frustration.

Garnett shot 6-of-14 from the field, including 1-of-1 from three-point range, and 4-of-6 from the free-throw line to finish with 17 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, a performance below his season average.

However, the Timberwolves also had Trill Brandon with 17 points and 9 assists, Szczebiak with 15 points and 10 boards, and Anthony Peeler with 16 points.

It's just the first time to partner up, and Li Ao was amazed by Matt Halplin's performance.

When his expectations were lowered, he was even happier with the feedback he received.

This new teammate is really implementing the 'goal: to complete all the defensive tasks assigned by the coach'.

As long as the task is not completed, do your best to keep doing it, even if it can't be completed in the end.

Really a player who won't let you down!

And Blevin Knight ...... The reason why he was waived by the Cavaliers was felt in the first game of Li Ao's partnership.

It's not a bad player, but he's fundamentally different from Boikins.

Boykins is positioned as a scorer, and when he comes on the court, his teammates know that he has to shoot, and he doesn't need his teammates to accommodate him, he will look for opportunities, see the seams, find opportunities, and find shots.

He can pass the ball and play offense, but his number one goal is to shoot and he can score.

Brevine Knight is the complete opposite, a player with a core style of play.

And his scoring ability is extremely bad, he can't rely on his individual ability to drive his teammates, and he needs the whole team to run around him in order to play a role.

Matt Harprin is plug-and-play and can contribute right away, while Blevin Knight has a hard time fitting in the first place.

Li Ao is actually more suitable to partner with Brevine Knight, passing, this new teammate is really good, has good vision, can stably send the ball to the position when he sees the opportunity, and his 3.1 to 1 assist-to-turnover ratio so far in his career is quite powerful.

But teammates may not be able to adapt to this style of play where one person holds the ball and runs the whole team.

However, Li Ao did not pay attention to Blevin Knight, how to let this new teammate fit in is a matter for the coaching staff, it is best to fit in, and he can't care if he doesn't fit.

He's all about improving his individual abilities and helping the team win.

…

On the 17th, the Clippers came to Milwaukee to challenge the Bucks back-to-back on the road, suffering a heavy 101-122 defeat.

Li Ao met Ray Allen, who was completely different from the Celtics version he remembered, who could shoot well, organized the offense well, and got 7 assists in a single game.

However, Li Ao's defense was okay, and Ray Allen only scored 22 points on 8-of-21 shooting.

Ray Allen, who is shooting 44 percent of his three-pointers this season, was only 2-of-6 from the field tonight by Li Ao.

The breakthrough is not as sharp as Iverson and Maddy, the retreat, emergency stop, and attack the frame are not as fast as Kobe, and the scoring means are not as comprehensive and strong as Carter.

Ray Allen's physical condition and playing style happened to be restrained by Li Ao.

But the Bucks also have a big dog who still has a solid 9-of-19 score of 21 points under Matt Harplin's mad dog-style defense.

and the aliens who soared 32 points and 14 assists tonight!

Li Ao scored 27 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 1 block on 10-of-19 shooting tonight, and his performance was quite good, but the opponent soared too hard.

The firepower of the first three musketeers was too fierce, and Li Ao could only sigh that it deserved to be the league's No. 1 scoring super offensive team.

After a day of rest, on the 19th and 20th, the Clippers went on to play back-to-back games against the Pacers and Hawks.

After two games of adaptation, Matt Hardlin quickly settled into the team's defense.

Gentry put Matt Hardlin in the starting lineup against the Pacers, starting alongside Greg Anthony, Big Q, Ao Lee, and O'Neal Jr.

This lineup, just looking at defense, the Clippers have reached a new level.

But the offense is amazingly poor, the 2-4 positions are all players who play mainly without the ball, and O'Neal Jr. did not have the offensive state he was when he played the Lakers tonight.

In the first half of the game, the Clippers scored only six points against the Pacers, but they only had four points of their own......

Later in the day, Gentry let Li Ao practice his back on the court...... Not bad!

Gentry, who was standing on the same side, was numb, full of calculations, and their Spider-Man had only developed a back play for a month, and tonight Li Ao was defended by Jalen Ross and turned around to shoot, turned around with his back to shoot, turned around without the ball with his back and cut into the emergency stop to catch the ball and shoot, he already looked good, and shot 2 of 4 performances!

Although Jalen Rose has invested all his energy in offense this season, his defensive performance is far less than last year, and his defensive enthusiasm is not as crazy as when he stepped into Kobe, from a first-class player who integrates offense and defense to an all-round offensive player with 20+ points and 5+ assists, and his offense is strong and his defense is weak.

But Spider-Man's back-to-back development progress still shocked Gentry.

What he was expecting was that next season Li Ao could use his back as a ball-holding offensive method......

In the end, the Clippers lost 71-79 to the Pacers.

Li Ao scored 18 points and 11 rebounds, the second double-double in his career, plus 3 assists, 1 steal and 4 blocks.

The defense was well done, but the offense pulled the hips.

But Li Ao doesn't miss that when McGinnis was there, someone could lead the attack, and in the small half a month that McGinnis 'rose', their defense was about to loosen.

Now it's hard to get a leader on the defensive end...... Yes, Matt Halprin has earned the respect of his teammates on the defensive end in just three games since he arrived with the Clippers.

Lack of people with the ball, you can wait.

But the defense that finally tightened up is scattered, and it will be harder to tighten it again.

In addition to this, Li Ao also has a selfish heart.

Odom hasn't come back yet, it's hard for them to win, they can't win, let McGinnis dominate the ball in singles, it's better for him to play a few more singles to practice back play......

…

By the 20th, the Clippers had finally won.

105-79, the Clippers beat the Hawks again.

Although the Hawks also lost the last time they played against the Clippers, Terry personally soared, but his style of play, once iron, was really iron, and tonight he shot 2 of 9, got 8 points, 6 assists, and 7 turnovers......

Li Ao's single defense, Matt Harprin's flank defense, and O'Neal Jr.'s frame protection, Terry missed the outside wave shot, and could only squat after the game to count whether the socks were worn less.

O'Neill Jr. was defended by Mutombo again tonight...... No matter how ruthless and courageous you are, you still can't match the difference in strength.

But the Hawks' outside defense was terrible, Li Ao shot 9 of 18, including 2 of 5 three-pointers, plus 10 of 10 free throws, and got the 6th single-game 30+ this season, 30 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, 1 steal and 6 blocks!

He avenged O'Neill Jr., who had been hated 3 times, and Mutombo 3 times.

This season, there is one thing that has attracted a lot of attention on Duncan's side - he has been hatted 60 times in 40 games, and he has averaged 1.5 blocks per game.

But in fact, Mutombo, who averages 9 points per game and shoots only 47% from the field, is the king of hats, and he has been hatted 70 times in 35 appearances.

Not only is the offensive ability poor, the eating of cakes is poor, and the awareness of dodging blocks is also poor......

Brevine Knight played 31 minutes tonight and got nine assists in just 31 minutes of playing time!

In the case of the opponent's peripheral defense is not tight, he can rely on his speed to intersperse wantonly, which has played a miraculous effect!

Gentry found an opportunity to use Blevin Knight – to play the belly team.

A point guard with an average annual salary of nearly 5 million US dollars can only be used for fish belly, which is too luxurious, but it is better than not being able to find a way to use it.

And you can use it this way for the first time to see if you can develop more uses.

…

Halfway through the regular season, they have played 41 games and have a 20-21 record.

The Clippers fans are happy, and the coaching staff and most of the players are happy with this record, which has surpassed their 15 wins last season.

Li Ao's side...... He's learned to use training to share that pressure.

After five consecutive games, the Clippers got two days off.

At noon on the 21st, the Clippers returned to Los Angeles.

After Li Ao got off the plane, he couldn't wait to drive back to the apartment.

The day before yesterday, on the morning of the 19th of Eagle Sauce's house time, his parents had already arrived in Los Angeles!

When he returned to his apartment, he saw that his small suite had been emptied......

Go to Aunt Yard Assistant, well, it hasn't been emptied, the tables, chairs, sofas, TV cabinets and whatevers are still there.

But! That's all!

Not to mention that other things have been moved cleanly, they are not too much worse, and they even seem to have been cleaned by a cleaner, and it looks like they are going to be rented out.

Li Ao's expression was very embarrassed.

His family moved, and the assistant aunt didn't tell him, and his mother called to talk to him for half an hour the day before yesterday, but she didn't tell him.

And this is not his hometown, this is the home where he lives now!

He drove downstairs to his new home in a murderous manner, parked on the road outside the yard, got out of the car, and was about to go in to question his aunt and aunt in the hospital...... Then I saw Aunt Yard Assistant, who was dressed very ladylike, fiddling with the potted plants in the outermost fence of the yard.

Usually, Li Ao sees the aunts in the hospital, either dressed in work clothes, or wearing close-fitting pajamas, or tight sportswear, and the usual casual clothes are mostly T-shirts, sweaters, and jeans.

This suddenly put on a dress, or the kind with a fluffy skirt, and for a while, he was stunned.

Vivian heard the sound of the engine, and when she looked up, Li Ao had already gotten out of the car and looked at her, she was still a little nervous at first, although she looked more tender than many of her students, but after all, she was 31 years old, and she was worried that Li Ao would think she was pretending to be tender.

But seeing Li Ao's stunned appearance, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she trotted out of the yard and raised her neck to look at Li Ao.

Li Ao subconsciously leaned his head closer, Vivian did not resist, and the two gently hugged each other and kissed each other......

On the side of the road, the two of them stopped carrying people.

But there was no one on the road now, and there were two people hiding behind basketball piles on the basketball court in the front yard, covering their mouths and watching the scene.

Both of them are not short in stature, Li Ao's mother Zhou Limei, who is more than 170 cm tall, was a flower in the supply and marketing cooperative, and also served as a literary soldier.

His father, Li Weidong, was born in the army, a big man close to 1.9 meters, and now he is also very strong.

The two hid behind the basketball pile and hid lonely, that is, the two people outside got tired of chatting after kissing, and they didn't notice them at all.

Zhou Limei was very excited, she tried to lower her voice and said: "I just said that our Xiao Ao must have taken a fancy to him as a teacher, and they all moved in together, you still don't believe it!" ”

Li Weidong was very puzzled, and asked in a low voice: "Daughter-in-law, didn't the news say that Ao Zi likes 18-year-olds?" The female stars he dated seemed to be 18 years old. ”

In the eyes of a mother, if she is her son, she is not the one who suffers.

Zhou Limei guessed: "Uh...... Maybe Xiao Ao, who looks like 18 years old, also likes it?

(End of chapter)