Li Ao looked at the opposite starting lineup, Jason Terry, Emmanuel Davis, Raheem, Mohammed, Ratliff.

On the bench across from the table sat Tony Kukoc, Jacques Vaughn, Ira Newbell, DeMar Johnson, Dean Grove, and his old teammate Chris Mime, among others.

There are core, veterans, young players, the squad is very old, and the player structure is good.

Head coach Ron Kruger, who is also an excellent coach, is good at discovering and developing new talents, Jason Terry, who entered the NBA in 99, was not valued by Lenny Wilkens in his rookie year, and was depressed, after Ron Kruger came to this team, he boldly used this small scoring guard, and Jason Terry became a first-line scorer in his second year, averaging 19.7 points per game.

In the two and a half years with the 76ers, Muhammad averaged only 6 minutes per game, and in 20 games at the end of last season, he averaged 12 points and 10 rebounds per game, and got a three-year, $15 million contract extension.

There's a reason Raheem's eyes are shining again, he really sees hope.

However, Li Ao remembered that the owner of the Eagles, the loser son of the Price consortium, was a master who had no ability and was unwilling to be mediocre, and as soon as he had the momentum of rising, he would operate blindly.

In the mid-90s, he won 55+ games many times, and he could win the championship with small repairs, but he had to make a big deal to send Wilkins away and Steve Smith away...... Finally broke the iron-blooded Hawks in the summer of '99, and last summer ESPN selected the 'Top 10 Worst Bosses of the 90s', and there were two people on the NBA list, Sterling and Price, and even the owners of the Warriors couldn't compete with these two.

Li Ao put away his distracting thoughts and came to the middle line.

This year, the Hawks started with two consecutive wins, defeating the Heat 109-103 and the Rockets 104-98.

At 8 p.m., the game began.

Ratliff beats O'Neal Jr. to win the jump ball, and the Hawks attack first!

Rahim rushed to the left side of the three-second zone to ask for the ball to play single, and after receiving the ball by Li Ao, he wanted to make a sneak attack, so he turned around and turned Yan Ye directly...... As soon as he turned around, the ball in his hand was poked and almost came out of his hand.

He hurriedly held the ball steady with both hands, turned back to Li Ao.

I almost forgot that Spider-Man is really a big spider!

Li Ao did not continue to press, and stood firmly behind Rahim, supporting Rahim's waist with one hand and half-raising the other.

Raheem suppressed the restlessness of seeing the two super scouts, knocked Li Ao back by hitting, turned left to the sideline of the three-second zone, jumped, and threw a jump shot from close range......

After Li Ao was knocked back, he kicked his right foot, stepped out with his left foot in front of the left, pounced back in front of Rahim, and jumped to block it.

With top-notch bounce speed, top-notch bounce, and the strongest level of reach, Raheem quickly leaned back to avoid the block and push the ball out...... Iron!

The ball hit the front of the basket and bounced back in the direction of the two, and Li Ao turned around to collect the rebound.

Rahim quickly retreated, grinning.

This arm span, this ability to move, the speed of the bullet, and the ability to grasp the timing of the interference shot, Terry actually said that it is easy to play?

He wanted to curse people at all.

The switch between offense and defense, contrary to the Hawks' expectations, Mike Bibby advanced to the front court and hoisted the ball to O'Neal Jr., who was leaning against Ratliff on the left side of the three-second zone.

O'Neal Jr. took the ball and knocked Ratliff back, then stepped his right foot outside the sideline in the three-second zone, turned left to face the basket with his right foot as the axis, and made a jumper from close range...... Entered!

Ratliff knew that he couldn't bear it, his tonnage of 208 cm + 107 kg couldn't compete with O'Neal Jr., who was 211 cm + 118 kg on the opposite side, so he aimed at interfering with the opponent's shot from the beginning.

He watched O'Neal Jr.'s legs, and when he saw O'Neal Jr. raise his right foot, he was ready to interfere with O'Neal Jr.'s left-turn shot to the front of the basket.

Unexpectedly, O'Neal Jr. raised his right foot and actually stepped forward and turned around to shoot!

And it's a right-handed shot!

This is the first time he has encountered this operation!

O'Neill Jr. clenched his fists in his chest and turned to retreat, and the opening match against O'Neal and the second game against Foyer and Dampier did not give him a chance to use his newly developed singles skills, and tonight he finally had a chance!

Switching offense and defense, Raheem continued to ask for the ball to play alone, this time he didn't think about shooting easily, and created space by playing one step to turn into the basket.

Mohammed took Odom away from the ball high and Ratliff pulled to the right side of the baseline to the middle distance, and O'Neal Jr. had to leave the three-second zone.

Raheem spun to the basket and jumped to the rim, and O'Neal Jr. pounced from close range from the right side of the three-second zone and struggled to reach out to disrupt Raheem's layup.

Raheem switches hands in the air and hits the basket with his left hand!

Li Ao bared his teeth, worthy of the 96th Tanhualang who can play an all-star performance as long as he is motivated.

Li Ao ran to the front court after serving and continued to open up space for O'Neill Jr.

Ratliff has the best defensive ability in the league, but his individual defense is average, and when he encounters strong back-to-back players, he is poor.

O'Neal Jr. continued to catch the ball and hit it back, Ratliff chose to stick to it this time, O'Neal Jr. turned left to the front of the basket, held it high and hit the basket!

When it came to the Hawks' offense, Raheem continued to attack the inside, O'Neal Jr. shrank back in advance, Raheem split the ball to the right side of the basket, and Ratliff followed O'Neal Jr. into the basket, caught the ball and hit a layup!

After three rounds of defense, Li Ao feels that the top players adapt to the new rules so quickly! Raheem has been able to make good use of the three-second rule.

If O'Neal Jr. wants to shrink early, he has to wait until Raheem starts to play back, otherwise Rahim can wait until 3 seconds are almost up, and O'Neal Jr. must leave before backplaying, so O'Neal Jr. can't shrink in advance.

The Clippers offense, and the Hawks players adjusted their defensive positions.

There is the ability to win, and every player in the Eagles is positive.

Seeing this, Li Ao didn't watch the play anymore, and began to run, and his teammates were also moving their positions according to the changes on the field.

O'Neill Jr. continued to receive the ball in the low post, and when he turned around with a single step, Mohammed shrank up.

O'Neal Jr. splits Odom on the right side of the three-second zone, Odom lifts it up, and is stuck to Raheem who is making up the defense, Odom fakes a real pass and throws the ball from the head to the right back.

Li Ao ran around the free throw line to the bottom right corner, received the ball and turned around to shoot a three-point shot...... Entered! The first pitch is hot!

7-4, the Clippers lead by 3 points!

Ron Kruger's expression was melancholy, his painstaking outside defense was in vain!

The opponent actually used O'Neill Jr. to attack at the beginning, which was completely unexpected by him.

Rahim did not play the score advantage in the main offensive stage at the beginning, and he did not even play the advantage in momentum, so it was difficult next!

When it came to the Hawks' offense, Rahim, who had attacked three rounds in a row in the opening game, was going to slow down, and took Li Ao to the bottom line to empty the high post for Trila.

But Terry's one-on-one Bibby's stop-and-go was two points long!

When it came to the Clippers' offense, O'Neal Jr. not only played an efficient performance at the beginning, led the team to press the opponent in the score, but also disrupted the opponent's not good defensive discipline.

Jordan received Bibby's pass, turned around and made a sudden stop-and-go jump shot, Muhammad did not make up for the defense, and Jordan hit the shot easily!

9-4, the Clippers started the game with a clear lead!

As the first attacker, trailing by 5 points after 4 rounds was a big blow for the Eagles players.

And the opponent in front of them is the Clippers, the dark horse who played an amazing performance last season, the benchmark for all teams eager to rise, and their Hawks are also eager to replicate the achievements of the Clippers.

After a few rounds, at least now, they all began to wonder if they had that talent, if they had that ability.

The gap is also a little wider.

Seeing that the Hawks were about to collapse at the beginning, Terry stepped up!

He faced Bibby's defense, and he retreated and hit a long-distance three-point shot!

Bibby: "......"

Just now Terry passed his pull-up jumper and hit the iron, and now he has made a three-point shot!

Bibby was speechless, and the Eagles players were in good spirits!

7 to 9, the situation suddenly got better again!

Terry's goal helped the Hawks regain their morale.

In the next few rounds, the Hawks, led by Terry, played back and forth with the Clippers.

The game played to 5 minutes and 22 seconds, Terry broke through the ball to Rahim, Rahim received the ball and turned around and retreated to avoid Li Ao's pursuit, and hit a long two-point shot, the score came to 15-15, and the Hawks returned a wave of 11-6 after being beaten 9-4, tying the score!

When it came to the Clippers offense, Li Ao received a pass from Bibi after going around the pile, Muhammad actively changed the defense in place, Li Ao received the ball and took a step sideways and failed to shake off the opponent, he did not pass it out to the teammates who responded, and jumped in the face of Muhammad's interference, and threw a back-to-back jumper......

Seeing Li Ao leaning back to the point that the whole person was slanted into a pinch, Muhammad could only wait for the ball thrown by the opponent to hit the basket.

But his expectations were disappointed, and Li Ao hit a backward jumper against the defense!

When it came to the Hawks' offense, there was always emptiness after the climax, and Raheem caught the ball and took a step forward to make a stop-and-go jump shot!

Looking back, Li Ao concocted the running position of the previous round, received the ball and raised his hand, and Muhammad was shaken away! Li Ao broke through to the front right and came to the sideline of the three-second zone to make a stop-and-go jumper...... Again!

At 19-15, the Clippers regained a four-point lead, and the Hawks called a timeout and entered the official timeout!

The fans at the scene cheered loudly for Li Ao.

The young team can't hold back after the momentum, and this Clippers fan knows it all too well, they often played like that last season, and many games relied on a fearless momentum to break down opponents.

The opposite Eagles have completed the change of players and become a standard youth team, with the oldest player in the starting lineup, Ratliffe, also at 28 years old, and the other starting lineups are under the age of 25.

Being picked up by such a team may really be unstoppable.

But just when the Eagles were about to overtake the score, their Spider-Man stepped up to stabilize the situation!

The fans were very happy, and Li Ao, who returned to the bench, squinted his eyes and looked at his head coach after hearing Gentry's arrangement.

Gentry turned his head, ignoring Spider-Man's gaze, and wanted to hit him from behind, at least he couldn't see who hit him, so he wouldn't hold a grudge.

The eyes were useless, and Li Ao puffed out his bun face ('⌒′)

7 points in the first quarter, and scored 4 points in a row when he urgently needed to score to suppress the opponent's momentum, and the result was this treatment? And he ended up guarding against that guy? The height difference is a handful.

Forget it, that's trust.

Li Ao moved his body to prepare for defense, he felt that he was really the life of the young master's body running errands, the opponent who had just finished defending the big forward body, and he had to defend and defend the opponent with the speed.

After returning from the timeout, the Clippers fielded a combination of Bibby, Li Ao, Matt Harprin, Odom and O'Neal Jr.

The situation was still unstable, and Gentry only replaced Jordan, who was supposed to rest.

On the Eagles' side, a combination of Dean Grove, Terry, Raheem, Mohammed and Ratliff played.

Ron Krueger knows a lot about what it takes to develop young players – give them plenty of playing time.

The Hawks attacked, and after Terry received the serve, he turned around and saw the big spider between him and the basket, and the words starting with F couldn't help but spew out.

It's not the first time he's met Li Ao's defense, but every time he encounters Li Ao's defense, he can't help but swear words.

But Terry soon became excited.

Even if Raheem comes, he is the player that the opponent values the most!

No, the media hyped that Spider-Man may surpass Kobe Bryant to become the youngest first-defense player to defend against him!

(End of chapter)