On the square outside the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, the wind was cold and snowflakes were blowing.

Such bad weather can't stop the enthusiasm of the fans.

At 11:55 p.m. on December 18, 2001, Carter arrived late to open the first concert of his saxophone playing career amid the excited cheers of the fans.

In front of the live cameras of more than a dozen television stations across the United States, in front of the cameras of more than 100 media outlets, and under the gaze of thousands of fans, Carter played the whole Edelweiss before fleeing at high speed.

Tonight, his dream was shattered.

Once upon a time, his dream was to become a saxophonist and give his own recitals.

Now that the concert is here, although it is only just over two minutes, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the most watched saxophone recital of all time.

But this wasn't the concert he wanted!

It's a shame!

Spider-Man, Ben Flyer and you are incompatible!

…

Carter's recital attracted a lot of attention, even if he dragged on until late at night, hundreds of millions of people watched the live broadcast, and the number of online broadcasts of video recordings was also very high.

His identity as a saxophonist can be described as an overnight explosion.

The main reason is that his level is really good, although he majored in diplomacy and basketball after going to college, but the hobby of playing saxophone has not been left behind, there is no professional level, and it is also a top amateur level, and he can also be admitted to the music major of a top school again.

Many people have a new understanding of Carter, this is not a big man who can only play, he also has artistic cells.

Playing the saxophone can be well received, and Carter's performance tonight is inseparable.

Although he didn't get 40+, he got 23 points and 8 assists in such a game, plus 11 boards, 3 steals and 3 blocks, which was the best in the game.

It's just that the opponent's overall strength and defensive strain are better.

Spider-Man, who won the 'injuryless gamble', was also exaggerated tonight.

7 of 21 shots, including 1 of 6 three-pointers, the shooting percentage was very poor, but no one cared about the shooting percentage in tonight's game, with a score of 76 to 72, the Raptors shot 33.3% as a team and the Clippers as a team 34.1%.

With 15 points on shooting, plus 5 of 6 free throws, Li Ao scored 20 points, 8 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals and 5 blocks, connecting the whole team defense of the Clippers and helping the Clippers win the victory.

That's right, the total points scored in this game almost set a new season low, and the two teams combined to score only 148 points.

Coincidentally, the lowest total score in a single game this season was also played by the Clippers, and the two teams scored a total of 147 points when they played the Trail Blazers......

The pot of the 'return' of the iron-blooded wave has been buckled to the head of the Clippers again.

It's as if if they don't play the Trail Blazers, the other teams won't improve defensively.

It's just that their defensive system at that time was highly complete and became a model for other teams to refer to.

Just tonight, before the game ended, the experts began to 'give advice' to each team based on this game.

What Gentry was worried about, nothing suspenseful happened......

By the next day, Carter's saxophone concert and the Clippers and Raptors had reached a climax, but the Clippers didn't bother with it, and in the afternoon they flew from the icy north to Minneapolis, another city of Wansee.

Li Ao felt that his teammates were about to be wasted, the city of Wannsee was holding an ice swimsuit show today, and he didn't know why he had to hold a swimsuit show in the winter, the key was that Jordan, who has always liked to watch swimsuit model competitions, did not leave the hotel today.

It's not interesting for him to go and see it alone, no one reviews and brags together, so he chooses to stay in the hotel to watch the snow.

This time the hotel they stayed in is in a good location, there is a long avenue outside the hotel, the road is lined with two lakes, all frozen, and the surrounding trees are also full of ice crystals, which looks pretty good.

After admiring the snow scene for a while, Li Ao opened the system panel and looked at the bounce that had been increased to 89 and the bounce speed of 94, and he was in a good mood.

After last night's race, he received the reward of the 'Flyer's Challenge' and jumped up.

After using the physiotherapy function, he went to the training ground to try it, and the jump on the spot and the running jump have been improved, and the feeling when jumping is also better.

The latter plays a more important role for him, with his height and reach, the bounce is first-class, which is basically enough, and the speed of the bounce is the key.

Now, his bullet speed is already at the extreme level of the top level...... It's definitely cooler when you dunk with a shark.

It's another day to think about Snake, and I want to fight him.

He revisited the game against the Raptors, and after the recap, he empathized with Lenny Wilkens.

Dragons are smart to the limit, not to Mark Jackson, who is experienced and has excellent court control, and not to Oakley, who averaged 9+9 per game last season, if either of these two stays on the team, it will be more difficult for their Clippers to win last night.

After a night's rest, the next day, the Clippers came to the target center to challenge the Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves are back in second place in the West, currently 17-6, beating the Kings at 17-7.

The last time they met, Li Ao was surprised by the Timberwolves' record and strength, and this time they were still surprised.

He had the impression that Garnett's record was not so good before the formation of the three-headed monster, and he was always 50 wins, very strong, but he couldn't go further and never broke through the first round.

But at present, the strength and record of the Timberwolves team, Li Ao feels that it is difficult for their Clippers to keep the first place in the West under the soaring Timberwolves, which is very different from his impression.

After the game started, Li Ao didn't have the heart to think about anything else, let's do it!

Li Ao played 44 minutes, shooting 12-of-25, including 4-of-8 three-pointers, plus 7-of-8 free throws, scoring 35 points, 4 boards, 5 assists and 3 blocks.

The wolf king was deducted by Spider-Man again tonight, and he used all his strength to feed, but he still couldn't stop Spider-Man who rushed in to receive the ball.

But the wolf king won!

He scored 28 points, 12 boards, 8 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, plus Szczebiak with 11 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, Joe Smith with 17 points, Trill Brandon with 15 points and 11 assists, and Billups who came off the bench with 17 points and 3 assists, and the Timberwolves scored double-doubles and beat the Clippers 117-103 to complete revenge.

After this game, the Timberwolves averaged 106 points per game, surpassing the Kings and rushing to the top of the league.

In addition to not defending well, the Clippers offense did not play well, except for Li Ao who scored 35 points, and others scored points, which can also be watched.

Jordan scored 12 points on 5-of-14 shooting, including 0-of-3 three-pointers, and 2-of-3 free throws.

O'Neal Jr.'s 18 points and 10 rebounds on 7-of-16 shooting are good-looking.

Even Bibi only had 8 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists tonight.

Gerald Wallace seized the opportunity to score nine points on 4-of-7 shooting.

In the last game of the 6-game streak, the Clippers ran out of gas.

A 4-2 record on the road in a 6-game run is actually pretty good, but the Clippers' league No. 1 position is in jeopardy.

Due to the rule change, the gap between the strong and weak teams at the beginning of the season was particularly large, except for the Clippers who seized the opportunity to play a crazy first month, and several teams also had a bad first month.

This month, the Clippers continued their start, but there were two other teams that continued their hot start - the Timberwolves and the Magic, both of whom are led by No. 21, both of which have only lost six games so far!

The Clippers have only one win left in their lead!

…

On the 21st, at noon on the second day after playing the Timberwolves, the Clippers returned to Los Angeles after six consecutive visits...... Except for Odom, who was taken to the hospital.

Against the Timberwolves, Odom only played the first half and suffered from leg discomfort.

Li Ao went home and cut the pig hole with the assistant aunt for an afternoon, as the first batch of players, the two of them killed people when they saw them, and finally became famous, and they didn't pay attention when they returned to the city, and when they entered the city, they were slashed by the guards and hung up in the red village...... Combine work and rest.

In the evening, Li Ao received news that Odom had a precursor to a stress injury and needed to rest for a while.

Gentry couldn't help but complain on the phone: "The doctor speculated that Lamar had this injury at such a young age, because he didn't exercise enough, and the NBA's highest-paid players didn't exercise enough, my god ......"

Li Ao was also speechless.

This training is not enough, it must not be during the season, after the start of the training camp, there is captain Haprin who is staring at Odom, at least the training arranged by the team, Odom has not slackened, it is enough for the middle of the season, and the training volume has been reduced recently to prepare for the middle of the season.

Then it's definitely offseason......

Bring this pit cargo with you in the summer!

Maybe in addition to being too lazy in the summer, there is also the bad problem of Odom's sugar addiction, Li Ao originally thought about asking the team to order Odom to reduce sugar intake.

But if Odom doesn't knock the sugar, Li Ao is worried that this product will go to drugs.

He thought of Odom's drug abuse and alcohol abuse after being replaced by the Lakers, and turned the original strong and best sixth man body into a barrel body in one summer, let him knock the candy, the candy can still average 14+9+3 per game at the age of 31, and the talent is enough to squander.

What is the future of Odom, he Spider-Man can't care, an independent person who is responsible for his actions.

But at the moment, Odom needs to be out for a while, which will have a big impact on their Clippers' midseason journey......

On the second rest day, the team did not arrange training, Li Ao practiced at home, Snake was thoughtful, the installed court was very professional, not lost to the training ground of the Memorial Gymnasium, Li Ao went out to play away during this time, Kobe Bryant also found someone to install wall panels and air conditioning, which is no longer an open court.

At the end of the morning's training, Li Ao was comforted.

"Congratulations on the host's strength increased from 92 to 93."

"Congratulations to the host for raising his step-back jumper from 74 to 75."

This wave of 6 consecutive guests, playing for 40+ minutes in a row, did not fight in vain! fought hard many times until he was exhausted, and squeezed out 1 point of physical strength.

In the afternoon, Kobe Bryant came to the other courtyard and practiced with Li Ao for two hours, and both of them were tired and paralyzed.

Kobe Bryant also collapsed on the floor, the Lakers did not play for 3 days today and tomorrow, he practiced all morning in the morning, and practiced for another hour in the afternoon before remembering that the big spider was back and ran over to train together.

After relieving for a while, Li Ao asked, "Snake, you seem to be in a bad mood today, you went out to steal food and were discovered by Vanessa?" ”

"You've just been discovered!"

Kobe Bryant roared angrily, ignored Li Ao, and drank water by himself.

What else could it be if it wasn't this...... "Oh, I remember, you guys seem to have lost to the Magic last night!" ”

Kobe Bryant looked at Li Ao in astonishment, this thing really didn't think of this matter just now and asked him, not to mock him.

But he was even more angry, and if he forgot it, he forgot it! What do you think about!

Duncan and Maddie are all opponents he wants to beat, and he lost to these two in one game, and he wanted to be fat last night.

O'Neal has been riddled with injuries this season, missing nine of his opening 24 games, more than he missed all games last season combined.

Kobe Bryant is excited about this most of the time, and he has a chance to prove himself, and the Lakers currently have a good record with 16 wins and 8 losses, fourth in the West, and 55 wins.

But playing the Magic team, he misses the time when there are big sharks......

Only Duncan is easy to deal with, and the key opponent is Maddy, who averages 20 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists per game, with a combination of 1+1 greater than 2.

In the end, in Li Ao's puzzled gaze, Kobe Bryant, who had eased up first, didn't wipe his sweat, put on his coat and left directly.

Listening to Li Ao shouting, "Let's take a shower first, be careful of catching a cold", Kobe Bryant ran faster.

Li Ao shrugged helplessly, calling Snake's personality really very different.

But he has no negative emotions, and he is very happy this afternoon, getting 1050 achievement points, and also 'exploding' the two-point emergency stop jump shot technical experience package!

His pull-up jump shot skills have come to 68, and these two points can be absorbed to a good level!

His basic emergency stop skills are as high as 84, and on the technical side, as long as he practices diligently and plays a lot of bags, he can be improved to more than 80 without hindrance.

…

After two days of rest, on the morning of December 23, the Clippers assembled to prepare for the evening's game.

In the preparation meeting, Gentry announced Odom's injury, in addition to Odom, Jeron Collins also reported that the team had shoulder discomfort, and after a detailed examination, it was confirmed that there was a strain, but fortunately it was not as complicated as Odom's situation, and it was not serious, and it would be recovered in about a week.

At this point, the decision to trade Piakowski and Lafonso Ellis for Campbell seemed the right thing to do.

Lack of pitchers, can knock defense, lack of big forwards, Li Ao and even Jordan can be on top, lack of centers, it is really not good in this year.

After announcing the injury, Gentry quipped: "It's a shame, Lamar, Jeron, you lost your chance to fight the Christmas game." ”

The two main interior players were injured, and the Clippers players had a lot of pressure, and everyone laughed out loud when they heard this.

They all teased Odom and Jellon Collins.

The two of them also came to the Staples Center today, and Jeron Collins just came for a meeting, he couldn't play, his injury didn't affect his daily life, and he should have come to cheer on his teammates.

Odom followed the doctor's instructions and conducted some necessary training under the professional guidance of the team doctor.

When the time came to noon, Jordan, who was called to the head coach's office, was furious, and he was going to duel with Gentry!

This damn guy actually let him take a turn tonight!

Today, I changed 13,000 words, made up 1,000 words, and there are 69,000 words left in the last month, and finally started to make up for it, congratulations to Coca-Cola~

(End of chapter)