"I think in any given year, I should be the first pick!"

The next morning, looking at the interview clips of various sports channels and sports websites, Li Ao covered his face with his big hands.

The black history of 'the Trojans will eventually be great' is repeated.

That arrogant expression, the tone of the middle two.

What a shame!

The key point is that there is a discrepancy between the meaning he wanted to express at that time and the meaning that people understood.

He seemed to see O'Neal, Webb, Iverson, and Duncan smiling at him...... The last one, a little scary, gave the two technical criminals and expelled them from the hallucination.

But no matter what he meant at the time, now that it has become his meaning, he naturally will not defend it.

And thinking about how it felt to say this sentence at the time, he still felt very cool.

It is more refreshing to substitute the meaning of being 'misinterpreted'.

If it's a big deal, you'll be hammered, O'Neal, Duncan, Webb...... Well, it's not that they haven't hammered it.

However, the yield rate of the champion position is really high!

This season, the five first-tier championship teams, the Kings, the Magic, the Lakers, the 76ers, and the Trail Blazers, all have champions, and the champions of the first 4 teams are the absolute core.

In addition to his 'bold words', there is also a news swipe - Spider-Man scored 51 points in a single game.

Rookie 50+ in a single game, the NBA has been established more than 50 years ago, and there are only a handful of appearances.

Before Lee, there were only a handful of McCann, Baylor, Chamberlain, Barry, Earl Monroe, Elvin Hayes, Abdul-Jabbar, Iverson, and so on.

If you only count the modern basketball era after the merger of the NBA and ABA in 1976, there are even less, there are only two people, Iverson and Li Ao, Li Ao's 51 points in a single game is also the highest score in a single game of a rookie in the modern basketball era!

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In the current era, the speed of news dissemination is still relatively slow, with only 400 million netizens in the world, and more people still get information from television, newspapers, and radio.

When the discussion about Li Ao's 51 points, the highest single-game score set by Iverson as a modern basketball rookie, was at its highest, he had already started a back-to-back road trip with the team.

On Feb. 7, the Clippers traveled to the Chicago Union Center to take on the Bulls.

Spanning the 8 consecutive games of the All-Star weekend holiday, the whole Clippers are complaining about this schedule.

However, on the side of the Memorial Stadium, there are outdated facilities and unreasonable planning...... Stay there, there will be more points to complain about.

The Staples Center is truly the most well-designed, state-of-the-art modern sports complex available.

At 5 p.m., the game between the Clippers and the Bulls began.

Li Ao and Artest began another offensive and defensive sparring.

Artest has all the experience, and whenever he sees Li Ao moving slowly on the offensive end, he is ready to defend against back hits.

Li Ao did not talk about martial arts to engage in sneak attacks, and finally had an opponent who practiced in actual combat, and hit 16 times in the back, 1 more than the last time, but the number of hits was still only 4 times, and only 1 time turned and rushed forward to cause the opponent's center foul.

Li Ao shot 9 of 24 in the game, plus 5 of 6 free throws, and scored 23 points, which is very iron.

Artest defends better than the last time, he has an advantage in this regard, and after the last meeting, he has been studying how to defend against high back hits, just waiting for today.

He didn't have any other goals this season, he finally found something with a clear goal to do, and all his attention was focused on it.

On Li Ao's side, on the day of the fight with the Bulls, he remembered that he had to practice back fighting with Artest, and he suffered a loss in this regard.

However, this also made him understand what needs to be strengthened in his back play, there are not many opponents who want to defend him better alone, and the defensive masters of other teams are all aimed at his off-ball play, and Artest, the team at the bottom of the league, has this idle time.

Li Ao hit 15 irons angrily, which had no impact on the outcome of the game.

Odom had 14 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists, Blevin Knight had 7 points and 9 assists, O'Neal Jr. had 14 points and 10 boards, Matt Harprin had 12 points, Margeti had 17 points against his old club, and Li Ao had 23 points, 6 boards, 2 assists, 3 steals and 4 blocks......

93-80, the Clippers beat the Bulls again and won 6 consecutive wins!

Brand shot 7-of-21 and 8-of-8 from the free-throw line tonight for 22 points and 16 rebounds per game.

Brand finally worked hard for two games because of the stimulation of his body, and when the final whistle blew, his expression became numb again.

Seeing the male model-like figure of Spider-Man with the same height and arm span, Brand went on a rampage again tonight, and he blew up O'Neal Jr., Odom, Chris Mime, and Sean Lukes.

Artest also killed Spider-Man.

But still can't win.

Thinking back to the excitement of being drafted by the Bulls, Brand felt like he was so confused that he knew he was going to learn from Francis.

This team is not worthy of his hard work!

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On Feb. 9, the Clippers came to the Cleveland Quick Loan Center to challenge the Cavaliers.

Cavaliers head coach Randy Whitman gets angry when he sees the other side!

They are currently 20-30, tenth in the East, with a better record than the Pistons, Nets, and Hawks, and if it weren't for the Big Z's reimbursement from last season, they would definitely have a better record than the Celtics and Pacers.

They have a pretty good lineup, sending Matt Halplin away to make room for new signing Jim Jackson.

After trading for Jim Jackson, the Cavaliers also have top shooter Wesley Persson at the small forward and shooting guard positions, rebounding maniac Clarence Witherspoon, Ramon Murray, who excels in singles and defense, and Matt Harprin, who inherited the will of the Predators in the 90s.

Next up are Cedric Henderson and Anthony Johnson in the class of '97.

The first 4 people, at that time, the Cavaliers traded everyone about the same, the Clippers sent a two-way guard who averaged 17+6 per game when given a chance, and was willing to eat Breven Knight's contract, and when the general manager asked Randy Whitman for his opinion, he chose to support the trade without thinking.

There are so many frontguards that they are about to explode, and although they are reluctant to let Matt Halprin leave with a full professional attitude, Randy Whitman is looking forward to the new two-way guard, and their team's point guard is not available except for Andre Miller, and he can't point to Blevin Knight to stand up from the bench and lead the team to victory.

As a result, I switched back to a silver gun wax head!

If it weren't for the Clippers giving them Ramon Murray, who averaged 15+6+2+2 per game for free in '99, Randy Whitman would have to at least give him a middle finger on the opposite side.

The right to get on the bus first and then buy a ticket.

At 6 p.m., the game began.

The Clippers are well prepared for this game, and the opponent's strength is not weak, but they have an obvious advantage in the position, and such a game, if you want to compete for the playoffs, you must not lose.

Caution was right, and the Cavaliers beat the Clippers to a 29-23 lead in the first quarter.

However, in the second quarter, the Clippers insisted on Li Ao's containment, Odom and O'Neal Jr.'s style of play.

The big Z on the opposite side is still being reimbursed, and their side has an advantage inside.

As tractor Robert Trayler's physical strength declined, the interior blocking began to leak, and the Clippers' scoring efficiency began to improve, scoring 26 points in the second quarter.

And Jim Jackson's hot start gradually declined under Li Ao's hand-to-hand defense, and the Cavaliers' overall offense also began to decline, scoring only 22 points in the second quarter.

At 49-51, the Clippers narrowed the gap to two points at halftime.

In the third quarter, the Cavaliers began to shrink the interior, and in the second quarter, Odom scored 9 points in 7 minutes, O'Neal Jr. scored 10 points in 8 minutes, and the tractor, Chris Gatlin, and Witherspoon, who was at the power forward position, were going to be eaten alive by the two guys, and the Cavaliers had to tighten the interior.

At this time, Li Ao's opportunity came!

In the face of Wesley Persson's defense, Li Ao scored 4 points in a row on a high back shot, and when he encountered Jim Jackson or Ramon Murray defense, he let his teammates focus on the inside to attract and shrink, and he took the opportunity to run to catch the ball and shoot.

Li Ao shot 5 of 7 in a single quarter, plus 2 of 2 free throws, scored 12 points, and led the team to a single quarter score of 27-21.

At the end of the third quarter, the Clippers surpassed the Cavaliers by 4 points 76-72!

The Cavaliers tried to fight back in the final quarter, but their strongest scoring ability was ...... Andre Miller......

Karen Mok is still green and tender, failed to chisel 50+ in a single game, scored 6 points and 4 assists in the final quarter, and led the team to 22 points in a single quarter.

The Clippers scored 24 points in the final quarter and held on to the win.

Li Ao 19 points, 3 boards, 6 assists, 1 steal and 4 blocks, Odom 18 points, 8 boards and 8 assists, O'Neal Jr. 20 points and 21 boards, the Clippers beat the Cavaliers 100-94!

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The Clippers are on a seven-game winning streak, tying the longest winning streak since moving to Los Angeles!

But after the game, the focus was on O'Neal Jr.'s first double-20 in his career.

That's fine, O'Neal Jr. played well against the Cavaliers.

But from the perspective of fans' evaluation, O'Neill Jr. vividly explains what it means to bully the old and abuse the weak.

Odom is a magical player, he averaged 14.6 points, 8.8 rebounds, 7.2 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.4 blocks per game this season, shooting 47.1% from the field, and averaging 1 three-pointer per game with a 37% shooting rate, but this performance was not regarded by the media as the core of the Clippers.

When the coaches of each team selected the All-Star bench, he didn't get a single vote, although the Western forward was too strong, and even Nowitzki, who averaged 22 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists per game, was not selected, but it was really too much to get a vote.

The main reason is that his performance in his rookie season was too ridiculous, he started like a magic amazing, and in the end he didn't even get the best rookie, and he repeatedly jumped between super rookie and junk parallel goods.

In people's eyes, the Clippers duo are Li Ao and O'Neal Jr., and even Clippers fans are worried that Odom will have another convulsion one day.

Odom doesn't care about this himself, if it weren't for Spider-Man and the muscular hunk urging him, he would have to show off the ball every game to pass the ball to the referee, to the bench, to the opponent's bench, to the audience......

Li Ao and O'Neill Jr. both have the label of 'bullying the old and abusing the weak', and this time O'Neill Jr. won the double 20 in the face of the tractor, and was ridiculed again.

In this regard, O'Neill Jr. said in an interview that the next time he encounters the old and weak insider, he will be bullied even more ruthlessly.

The black powder is too strong, since you can't beat it, then join.

On Li Ao's side, his attention is on the average block per game.

With 4 blocks in two consecutive games, he returned to an average of 3.7 blocks per game, and got a total of 163 blocks in 44 games, and it felt like it was difficult to improve.

It's a good thing that the 'old and weak' are avoiding him now, and their interior defense has improved a lot, but his blocks are also getting harder, and the good old days of 5+ blocks per game in the early season are gone.

Ratliffe, for his part, has averaged 3.8 blocks per game, and before Christmas, he played 26 games, with a total of 75 blocks, and 111 blocks in his last 23 games.

Li Ao can only say that he can't be provoked.

He is now happy to get 4 or 5 blocks a game, and the opponent has averaged 4.8 blocks per game in the last 23 games.

But things really took a 'turn for the better'!

On the night of February 10, 2001, in the game between the 76ers and the Hornets, not long after Ratliff came on the court, he never missed a single block opportunity, he slipped in a block of a baseline run, hit the camera outside the baseline, and was carried out on the spot!

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Ratliff fractured the tibia of his lower leg and will be out of action for 3 to 6 months.

This injury, as long as it is properly treated, does not affect athletic ability, and the basketball god also suffered a similar injury when he was in the second grade.

But Ratliff definitely can't play this season, at least not in the regular season, and if he can play in the playoffs, the 76ers must be able to survive until then.

And without a league block king and an interior defensive gate, the 76ers' playoff journey has been overshadowed, not to mention how far they go in the playoffs, the second place in the East may not be able to hold!

Ratliff is second only to Iverson in his importance to the 76ers.

When Ratliffe confirmed his regular-season reimbursement, everyone thought that the Magic was the only team left in the Eastern Conference championship.

Most people are discussing the 76ers' strength after the loss of Ratliffe, how much the playoffs will be, and the probability of the Magic entering the Finals and winning the Western Conference top three.

But there are a small number of people who don't care about this, and they look at things from a very strange angle - it's not the Magic team that benefits the most, but Spider-Man!

Before Ratliffe's injury, he had not yet received a single block, and he had his second single-game zero block of the season, and his average blocks per game dropped from 3.8 to 3.72.

At present, Li Ao averages 3.7 blocks per game, and has a chance to return to the first place in the block list, and he does not have to worry about the opponent re-overtaking.

Li Ao saw the news of Ratliffe's injury and the fans' strange remarks, and his feelings were very complicated.

He didn't want to see his rivals get hurt, even if they couldn't.

If you can't beat and expect the other party's injury, it's nothing.

I can't fight next time, I can't fight next time, I can wait for the other party to get old.

He's still young, there's always a chance.

And the king of caps, yes, he's happy, no, it's not a big deal.

Of course, now that the opportunity has come, he must fight for it, but his focus now is not on this.

He has the impression that the 76ers traded Ratliff as the block king back to Mutombo, and now that Ratliff is reimbursed, can Iverson still get the most suitable center partner for him?

Curious, but it didn't last long, Li Ao turned his attention back to their final battle of the halfway.

Detroit Pistons!

Ben Wallace is on the Pistons!

Next, just wait for Jim Carrey to take the position, Jordan to give the track and field athlete to the Pistons, Flounder and The Little Prince to be in place, and All-Star player Tianzun to arrive.

Li Ao is looking forward to playing this opponent.

But before that, take advantage of their weakness, hammer first, and if you don't seize the opportunity, you may not be able to hammer in the future!

Ask for a commuter pass!

(End of chapter)