"Dumb the sharpshooter:

Goal 1: Playing against Gilbert Arenas this season, keep the opponent under 10 points at least 3 times.

Goal 2: Win all this season against Gilbert Arenas.

Rewards: Designated Skill Kick Kindergarten Level 3 Skill Upgrade Card, General Stop Jump Shot Level 1 Training Method. ”

Sharpshooter? Arenas is a sharpshooter, isn't this a blacksmith rookie who has shot 40.9% so far this season...... Oh, yes, a sharpshooter.

Li Ao remembers the first time he played against the Spurs this season, Arenas scored 17 points in the half and scored 23 points in the game.

In the second meeting, Arenas scored 7 points......

Nima, isn't this just that Arenas can't score in the remaining two games!

The skill of 'kicking kindergarten' has not been obtained yet, and the designated skill upgrade card may only be used as a decoration in the end.

Huh! Wrong!

If he plays in his rookie game this year, he will be able to play Arenas five times......

The task will definitely have to be completed hard, and the skill upgrade card may not be useful in the end, but Arenas's pull-up jump shot training method is still very useful.

Although he has developed the Level 2 catch-and-catch jump shot training method and the Level 1 pull-up jump shot training method, and is unwilling to copy Arenas's very knee-intensive pull-up jump shot, it can be used as a reference.

Compared with the well-established level 3 and above training methods, the level 1 training method is more basic and more referential.

Wait a minute! That is, if he is to participate in the rookie game, he must win to get the general's pull-up jump shot level 1 training method? Goal 2 is to win all the battles.

Forget it, let's make a decision when the time comes, the league hasn't announced the rookie roster yet.

However, winning the Rookie of the Month and starting to swell your ambitions?

Well, he Spider-Man also swelled up after winning his first Player of the Week in his rookie season.

He understands how a player sees winning an award as a source of confidence.

Playing requires confidence and ambition, and beating the Rookie of the Month award is a big deal for a player at the end of the first round.

But people, you can't be too confident, too confident is conceited.

Obviously, the general is the kind of person who is prone to conceit.

Li Ao decided to calm down the general and understand that this world is cruel and can't be too floating.

It's a noob love!

He felt that he was such a good man!

…

At 8 p.m., the Clippers host the Spurs.

Spurs starters: Arenas, Steve Smith, Bruce Bowen, David Robinson, Kwame Brown.

Clippers starters: Bibby, Big Q, Li Ao, Odom, O'Neal Jr.

Kwame Brown beats O'Neal Jr. to win the jump ball!

Li Ao quickly retreated, and the physical fitness of the high school students on the opposite side was simply amazing, and I heard that he only lost 1 jump ball this season, losing to Stromeyer Swift, who played the starting center of the Grizzlies when Gasol was injured.

And compared to the high jumper, Kwame Brown's real basketball talent is much higher, not only physical fitness, but currently mainly reflected on the defensive end, being hoarded like Jordan and Kobe, and can still play in the NBA for more than ten years, and after the age of 30, he can still get a contract of six or seven million US dollars, the talent is explosive, but the growth cycle may be particularly long.

Li Ao remembers that Kwame Brown had the best defensive performance of his career when he was 29 years old and coached by Larry Brown for the Bobcats, but unfortunately then he suffered a torn chest muscle, and because of the injury, he retired at the age of 31.

Arenas advances to the front and encounters the Big Q defense.

The Spurs stretched the space wide, with Steve Smith and Bowen standing outside the three-point line on both wings, David Robinson ready to run on the left mid-range, and Kwame Brown on the left baseline ready to rush and eat.

Popovich has both the patience and the conditions to nurture the two geniuses.

Arenas looked at the sophomore role player in front of him with disdain, the other side actually dared to use this player to defend him, he wanted the other side to know the consequences of belittling him!

Arenas broke through in disguise, and Big Q followed very closely.

Arenas couldn't get space for a pullup jumper, but he continued to accelerate and smash away, smoothly shaking off the big Q and making a close-range pullup on the right side of the three-second zone.

O'Neill Jr. quickly pounced in front of Arenas, but Arenas had already jumped up, and the speed of the bullet was so fast that O'Neill Jr. didn't have time to jump to interfere.

Arenas watched with contempt as O'Neal Jr. threw the ball ...... "popped......

Li Ao reached out behind his back and fanned the ball out of the bottom line!

Steve Smith, who opened his hand to ask for the ball in the bottom right corner, was helpless, every time this young teammate met Spider-Man, there was no one else in his eyes, he shouted several times, Arenas still jumped up and was hatted as if he didn't hear it.

After Li Ao finished the block, he walked to the bottom line and shook his finger at the fans who were cheering wildly.

He was also surprised that he was ready to be scored by Steve Smith in the bottom corner, and he didn't expect it to be so easy.

Steve Smith shot an exaggerated 48 percent three-point shooting this year, but averaged a career-low 11.2 points per game, lower than his rookie year.

Arenas really didn't hear Steve Smith's shout, and he didn't notice that Li Ao had taken it.

He seems to be relatively easy to pass the big Q, but in order to get rid of the single-defense focused and sticky big Q, he plays very focused, and after passing the big Q, he sees that there is an opportunity to score against the center, and the whole person is excited......

However, the hat did not affect Arenas's fighting spirit, nor did it calm him down.

The Spurs continued to attack, and with 9 seconds left on the offensive time, Arenas made a quick run to receive the ball and break straight away.

This time he noticed, and as soon as he broke through, the abominable Trojans had begun to shrink towards him.

Pass?

No!

He doesn't pass, he wants to score!

He took two steps and couldn't shake off the sticky big Q, but he still made a sharp stop from the free throw line and grabbed a two-point shot before Li Ao could get into place......

"Bang"

Big Q uses his height and reach advantage to interfere in place, and Arenas is iron!

O'Neal Jr. protects the defensive rebound!

Li Ao ran to the front court and was very satisfied with Da Q's defense, although the excessive focus on marking made Da Q unable to be a good team defender, but he could complete specific defensive goals, and he was not the core of the defense, so what should he do so comprehensively.

O'Neal Jr.'s performances in recent games have also caught his eye.

High school students play harder, their efficiency has improved, and they are not as tired as before.

While the increased minutes of substitutes Jeron Collins and Campbell led to a decline in defensive continuity across the team, it was better than O'Neal Jr.'s fatigue injury.

And the strength of their strongest five-person main force has improved, there are gains and losses, not losses.

Switching offense and defense, Li Ao took the initiative to come to the high position and lean on Bowen to ask for the ball after arriving in the front court.

Under normal circumstances, he would not choose to play Bowen alone, it is very difficult to play, the Heat abandoned player who was signed by the Spurs with 3 years and 10 million US dollars, has performed very well defensively this year, ranking in the top five forwards, and doing better than him in single defense than he Spider-Man.

But the first attack at the beginning ......

Li Ao received the ball and turned around to assume a three-threat stance, took a step forward, and suddenly pulled up.

Bowen reacted quickly, gave the confrontation at the first time, affected Li Ao's jump, and then tried his best to reach out and interfere with Li Ao's shooting.

However, Li Aogan's mid-range shot slipped into the basket on the inside of the frame!

'Perfect Warm-up Level 2' is triggered, and the first pitch at the beginning feels hot!

After the confrontation, the jump was limited, and Li Ao increased his shooting strength, although the force was a little bigger, but the direction was very accurate!

He watched Bowen's feet as he fell, not sticking them out.

I don't know why, he is a little lost, and he also wants to try to see if hitting Bowen's head can really reverse his second pulse of Rendu, but just think about it, the next 5 games are all playoff powerhouses, and he won't impulsively do this kind of brain-pumping thing.

When he turned to retreat, Li Ao turned his back to Arenas, put his hand behind his shoulder, and pointed to the jersey number with his thumb.

Arenas was detonated in an instant, and when he saw Li Ao scoring a goal, he was eager to respond, but now all he has in his mind is shooting, shooting, or shooting!

He's going to shoot that damn ball into the hoop!

Popovich on the sidelines noticed that Arenas was back in an uncontrollable state, but he didn't stop it and let it go.

He has always been tolerant of players with explosive scoring talent.

In his opinion, if you want to develop the talent of such a genius, you have to let it pick it up, and break the blood flow, so as to play a real role in exercising.

The last time he played against the Clippers, he was so angry that he was worried that Arenas would lose his fighting spirit by the evil Spider-Man, who would have thought that Arenas would become more crazy in training the next day, and he played harder in the next few games, increasing his average score per game to 16 points in a single month.

Arenas' attitude and performance made Popovich ecstatic, this is a real fighter!

From Arenas, he saw the shadow of the man he had always dreamed of in Los Angeles.

Looking at Arenas's "bang" again, Popovich didn't care, how could he see a rainbow without experiencing wind and rain?

He was now wondering if he should let Arenas change his hairstyle? Bald head or exploding head?

But this thing is very short-tempered, and without a reasonable reason, the other party ignores him......

…

Preventing Arenas from killing is not such a difficult thing for Li Ao,

Even if he averaged 16 points per game in a single month last month, Arenas is currently averaging only 14.1 points per game, and this month's average of 16 points per game is very low, only 39%, which is not as good as the 41.8% shooting rate in the previous two months.

Arenas is now breaking through and making a pull-up jump shot with one hand, and he can almost achieve this effect if he goes to defend himself, but if Arenas insists on shooting inside, he is not sure if his teammates on the wing can do a good job of supplementing the defense, Jordan, a wing defense master who can withstand the impact of the outside line like a big forward, is resting today, so he chose to cooperate with him and let the big Q defend the main defense, and the effect is also very good.

However, Arenas was so iron-headed, it was still beyond Li Ao's expectations.

It's really tenacious, maybe nothing can break Agent Zero's fighting spirit except for injuries.

In the original time and space, Arenas was hammered like that by James, he was still unconvinced, and he was still spraying James after retiring, and in 06 he was killed by James with two gorgeous dance moves in a row, and he sprayed for more than ten years.

Relying on the selfless dedication of the general, it was rare to encounter a weak team and a Clippers team who played very hard and lost the game in the first quarter.

Arenas played nine minutes in the first quarter, shooting 1-of-7 and scoring just one step-back three-pointer to score three points.

Led by Arenas, the Spurs trailed the Clippers by 13 points 14-27 in the first quarter.

In the later time, Li Ao did not need to mobilize, as long as Arenas was on the court, he was targeted by the Clippers players.

Spider-Man's bad taste, teammates are satisfied, and the teammates also find it very interesting to encircle and suppress a genius rookie who counterattacks.

In addition, this rookie is very strong, and the more he can't shoot, the more he has to shoot, and hitting this rookie is beneficial to their Clippers win......

Popovich also has a big heart, Arenas is tired of him, so he replaces Arenas, and when he rests, he replaces him, and he doesn't care what he does.

Arenas shot 3-of-17 from the field, including 1-of-6 from three-point range, and scored just seven points in the game.

Even Arenas was very explosive when he played like this, scoring only 1 free throw in 4 free throws, and only 8 points and 4 assists in the whole game, which relieved Li Ao, who did not play in the final quarter.

Li Ao played 28 minutes in the third quarter, shooting 7 of 13, including 1 of 3 three-pointers, plus 5 of 5 free throws, scoring 20 points, 4 boards, 2 assists and 2 blocks.

The Clippers scored in double figures tonight to easily win 111-87.

The loss was miserable, but Popovich didn't care about winning or losing, which is something that the new talent must bear.

Against some opponents, he will choose to go all out to win, and develop the good habits of Arenas and Kwame Brown.

Playing some opponents, he will choose to let the two geniuses taste the setback.

Looking at Arenas, who was still unyielding after being targeted with such an expression, Popovich was satisfied.

Comparatively speaking, he finds it more difficult for high school students to do it.

O'Neal Jr. was very targeted at Kwame Brown tonight, and Campbell, who came off the bench, also restrained the jumping man, and Kwame Brown played badly and his frustration was palpable.

However, it is much better than at the beginning of the season, when high school students were not only frustrated, but also afraid to play.

His choice was for the trainer to train the rookie high school student to death, for David Robinson to go for mental counseling, and for the high school student to continue to be beaten when he encountered a team with a strong interior line......

Under his training, half a season has passed, and the will of high school students has become much more tenacious.

After more than a year, Popovich, who has accepted the fact that Duncan is gone, is now enjoying the joy of training new people.

He looked at Spider-Man across from him - wait for me! I'll be back someday!

…

The next day, February 3, Li Ao got up early and seized the time to train.

The easy game is over, and the rest is a tough battle!

The next 5 opponents, the weakest, are all fifth in the East!

There are 3 live broadcasts in the United States in 5 games, and Li Ao enjoys the attention of the strong team.

But high attention is always accompanied by strong opponents.

Playing the Pistons and Celtics at home, the Trail Blazers and Kings away, and the Lakers at home, none of them are easy to deal with.

At half past eleven, Li Ao finished training, returned to the bedroom to take a shower and wash off the sweat, came to the living room, sat down in Vivian's greeting, and watched the special live broadcast of American cable sports - the all-star debut announcement.

Kobe Bryant with 1.78 million votes, O'Neal with 1.85 million votes, Garnett with 1.71 million votes, David Stern announced the three All-Star starters in the West first, and the remaining two positions were the first to buy off.

Nash got 960,000 votes and ranked third among Western defenders, although the gap with the top two is huge, but it can be regarded as a big increase in popularity.

Li Ao looked at the senior brother with 260,000 votes, and he didn't know how to describe it, the popularity of the senior brother, he and the god of basketball couldn't bring it together.

Look at little O'Neill, 1.68 million votes, almost knocked the big shark over.

If they can beat the Lakers in the playoffs, maybe ...... Dreams have to be there.

At the forward position, Webb's votes soared to 1.44 million in the second half of January, but he still couldn't surpass Garnett.

Garnett's popularity is already high, the early season record is good, the Timberwolves are also beautiful before Trill Brandon is reimbursed, and Garnett is back in the All-Star starting position.

After showing the top 10 votes in the West in addition to the first forward and the first guard, David Stern began to announce the votes in the East.

Duncan with 2.06 million votes, Maddie with 1.69 million votes, Iverson with 2.11 million votes, and Kidd with 1.71 million votes were selected as All-Star starters.

Duncan and Iverson are the best votes in their respective positions, and the forward position is a little more competitive, and the third place ...... Hill's popularity is still leveraged, and he only played a few games, but he still got 1.3 million votes.

After David Stern introduced the top 10 players in the East in all three positions except for the first forward, photos of the three players appeared on the TV screen.

Li Ao's attention was concentrated.

Those 3 photos are him, Jordan, and Carter.

The number below the photo began to grow rapidly from 0, and he pouted, this bells and whistles, at a glance, he knew that it was made by the future president school flower.

I heard that this vice president, after the 911 incident, cooperated with ESPN, Meiguang, . T, ABC, Fox Sports and other five TV stations reached an agreement and signed a 6-year broadcast contract of 4 billion US dollars, which is larger than the 13-year contract from the 1989-1990 season to the 2001-2002 season, which adds up to only 3.1 billion US dollars.

His excellent business negotiation skills have raised his position in the NBA headquarters and won the love of team owners.

But don't say that if this vice president doesn't interfere with the rules of the game, the competition system, and the game blowing penalty...... and so on, only engaging in commercial and entertainment events, there is still a hand.

Li Ao is now nervous as he looks at the number of votes that has risen rapidly to more than 2 million.

It's like buying a lottery ticket, the first few numbers are won, and the last number is missing, and the winning is the jackpot!

After surpassing Iverson's 2.11 million votes, the growth of votes began to slow down.

The person who stopped first surprised Li Ao a little - Carter's votes were fixed at 2.41 million votes!

Then, he and Jordan both surpassed 2.51 million votes, breaking the all-time high he set last season.

When Jordan's votes came to 2.68 million, he also stopped, and his votes were still rising.

The ownership of the ticket king has been confirmed!

Vivien, who had held her breath for a while, jumped up from the couch with a cheer.

The final number of votes was fixed at 2.72 million votes, and Li Ao once again broke the vote record!

Different from Vivian's excitement, Li Ao looked very calm, as if he had written 'I knew it was like this' on his face, got up and hugged and kissed Vivian, then turned around and walked to the gym.

Vivian quietly followed behind, and after Li Ao entered the room and closed the door, she waited for a while, pushed open a crack, and peeped strongly.

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Li Ao waved two dumbbells in the gym and sang - "Ou Ou Ou, oh, it's not too late for Zuo Ai tonight...... It's not too late, it's not too late......"

Vivien wasn't happy, she didn't understand!

It's time to follow my son...... No, I learned Chinese before my son.

…

In the battle for the All-Star ticket king, Spider-Man defeated the new and old Flyers to win a big victory, which was not too unexpected for fans.

After all, it's still very rare to yell 'I want a vote king' like Spider-Man.

If he didn't finally get the vote king, he might have become a point of ridicule for black fans, but if he got it, the statement became - what Spider-Man wants, he will always fight for it with all his might.

Some media ridiculed that I don't know if Jordan regrets helping Li Ao canvass before playing the Nuggets on January 30.

If Jordan hadn't said in an interview that "I hope to see Spider-Man get more votes than me", maybe Li Ao would not have been able to surpass Jordan in the final vote.

Anyway, when Li Ao came to the Memorial Stadium in the afternoon, Jordan congratulated him with a smile on his face - there were two cameras from the Imperial Court Station and Time Warner next to him.

Two teammates were selected as All-Star starters, and they were still the first and second voters in the league, and everyone on the Clippers was excited...... Only little O'Neill has a loss.

Originally, he played center in the West and did not have the slightest illusion about the All-Star starters.

This time, there was only a difference of more than 100,000 votes, and the mentality was naturally different.

Li Ao noticed this, and before the start of training, he said loudly to his teammates in front of the camera: "We all have to win the next five games!" If we can keep winning, then we'll always be number one, and maybe one more All-Star! Let's help Alvin and Jermaine get on the All-Star stage! ”

These words resonated with his teammates, and Big Q took the lead in shouting "Alvin, All-Star, Jermaine, All-Star".

Gentry and O'Neal Jr. looked at Li Ao in astonishment, but they didn't expect Spider-Man to still think about them.

Jordan also opened his mouth wide.

He now finally understands why this big spider is so popular in the team, although there are often situations where 'the whole team wants to fight Spider-Man', but even the little shark who is bent on competing with Spider-Man has a good relationship with Spider-Man and relies on it very much.

He didn't expect that at all.

After Spider-Man said this, he remembered that little O'Neal seemed to be a little lost after congratulating him just now.

But even if he found out, he wouldn't be able to say the same thing as Spider-Man.

He's not that kind of person.

But that doesn't stop him from admiring Spider-Man who did it.

It's just, in front of the camera...... Spider-Man should be deliberate, and directly shouting out the first place will inevitably make the next opponent want to beat them even more.

However, he is the god of basketball, Spider-Man is not afraid, and he is unlikely to be afraid!

…

Li Ao directly shouted 'keep winning, fight for the first', and the most stimulated was the next opponent of the Clippers.

At 8 p.m. the next day, the Clippers hosted a challenge from the Pistons.

Tonight, the Pistons players are in a state of rage led by two tough guys, Ben Wallace and Artest.

When you play other teams, you don't publicly announce that you have been winning streak and fighting for the first place, and shouting it out when you hit them, what does it mean? Look down on them?

As for what Li Ao said about helping O'Neal Jr. and Gentry get into the All-Star, in the eyes of the Pistons players who are opponents, it is just by the way, and only the Clippers players will feel that Li Ao shouted that sentence to help his teammates and head coach get into the All-Star.

However, the reaction of the Pistons, the Clippers have expected it, they are ready, and their excitement is no less than that of the other side!

The two teams went into hand-to-hand combat from the beginning of the game, with Jordan backing in a rough confrontation, Li Ao shooting against the confrontation, and O'Neal Jr. and Matt Harprin using their weight advantage to attack the inside......

As with many season lows in the past, tonight, the Clippers once again took the defense their opponents want to go the extra mile!

The Pistons have a bigger defensive advantage on the inside, they have the best defensive frontcourt combination in the league, and O'Neal Jr. and Matt Halprin were able to rush at first, but as the game went on, they couldn't do it either.

But the reverse is almost the same, the Pistons' five frontcourt rotations, the defense is very powerful, but the offensive ability is just like that, there are Artest, Clifford Robinson, Brad Miller three frontcourts with an average of double points per game, but after the defense and both teams began to strengthen and shrink, the score still has to rely on the outside.

This Clippers have a big advantage!

Li Ao runs to receive strong shots, Bibby blocks and shoots, Jordan singles, and Odom comes from time to time......

The Pistons can only point to role player-level scorers such as Atkins, Collis Williams, and Joan Barry to shoot the ball, and if they can't shoot, they can only rush for offensive rebounds.

Seeing the Clippers' advantage gradually become apparent, Carlisle didn't make a move.

There's no one in your hands!

Chaki Atkins is already the best player in their back line, and it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

Midway through the fourth quarter, the Pistons finally played a wave of highlights, Artest countered with a layup and scored two points, Clifford Robinson and Joan Barry hit consecutive three-pointers, and the Pistons went on an 8-2 run to tie the score to 74-86.

But as soon as the small climax was played, Bibi responded with a two-point stop that blocked and broke through, and Li Ao scored two points on a steal and counterattack layup.

Watching the score come to 74-80 and the difference stretched to 6 points, Carlisle was tired.

Without a star with strong offensive ability, even if they play a climax, there is no continuity, and when there are players with strong offensive ability on the opposite side, it is difficult for them to hold the advantage.

Change to individual opponents, such as the Magic team, the Heat team and other defensive teams, even if the defense is lost, Carlisle will not feel too uncomfortable.

Their strength this year is like that, 50 wins, and they don't necessarily get 50 wins, it's not too strong to say it's okay, it's normal to lose.

But the defense of the opposing team is too similar to them, although it is the opposite side of his learning, but it is precisely because of this that he wants to beat the opponent and surpass the opponent.

At 11 minutes and 29 seconds into the final quarter, Li Ao received Jordan's single ball from the last moment, grabbed the ball before Ben Wallace, who was making up the defense, and threw the ball in the face of interference.

The score came to 90-82, and the Clippers sealed the win!

Neither side scored in the final 30 seconds, and the game came to an end amid the cheers of the fans in attendance.

Despite Ben Wallace's brutal performance of 16 points, 21 rebounds and 5 blocks tonight, he still couldn't lead the team to complete the comeback.

He's still waiting for his flounder......

Li Ao played 41 minutes, shooting 7 of 18, including 2 of 7 three-pointers, plus 6 of 8 free throws, scoring 22 points, 8 boards, 1 assist, 2 steals and 4 blocks.

Bibby shot quite iron-clad tonight, more than Li Aodu, only 5 of 16 shots, including 2 of 8 three-pointers, plus 2 of 2 free throws to get 14 points and 4 assists, but 6 points were scored in the final quarter.

The Clippers scored 24 points in the final quarter, with Bibi scoring 6 points, Li Ao scoring 7 points, and Jordan scoring 5 points, and they accounted for three-quarters of the total.

Jordan had an excellent performance tonight, shooting 9-of-20 from the field, plus 4-of-5 free throws, to score 22 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal, a team-high number of assists.

The middle of the season is coming to an end, just as Li Ao remembers, after two or three months of adaptation, the basketball god will gradually get better as the technical adjustment and improvement are gradually improving, and the highlight stage may be coming!

O'Neal Jr.'s 11 points, 13 boards and 2 blocks are also good, what makes Li Ao most pleased is his junior brother, relying on his excellent physical fitness, tonight he scored 10 points, 4 boards and 3 steals on 3 of 8 shots plus 5 of 4 free throws, and two of the 3 goals were steals and counterattack scores, one of which was 2+1.

Although they have a strength advantage against the Pistons, they can win the game smoothly, and it really doesn't rely on those stars alone!

…

Even if Li Ao yelled at the first place in this game, it was not added, and the ratings of the last live broadcast, the TV stations were afraid, but the attention was very high because of Li Ao's voice.

But after the results of the game came out, the major TV stations regretted a little, as Hubby Brown predicted, the Clippers and Pistons met again, although the scene and score are still not good, but far less ugly than the last meeting.

Gentry and Carlisle are both good offensive coaches, not Van Gundy Jr. and Larry Brown, who have had a confrontation experience, Carlisle knows that it is difficult to go further on the defensive end, and Gentry is not willing to defend purely with iron and blood, and the two sides will definitely start with the offensive end.

The details of the match revealed by reporters and fans after the game, and at some stages, the game was no worse to watch than the attacking teams.

Especially in the final quarter, Ben Wallace's two brutal dunks, Artest's team set off a wave of counterattacks, and a few fairy balls of the trio of gods and ghosts.

This made many fans regret that this game was not broadcast live.

Everything needs to be compared, and when people's expectations for this game are low, a little bit better can be a surprise.

After this game, the Clippers won eight games in a row, bringing their record to 39-9.

The Magic have also played 48 games so far, with a 35-13 record.

With the Clippers winning their first meeting with the Magic, the Magic have fallen out of the halfway league title race after the Clippers beat the Pistons.

The performance of the Magic team actually remained steady, steadily crushing the 31-17 Nets and dominating the first place in the East.

The Magic just don't have the wave after wave of winning streaks of the Clippers and Kings.

The Kings are still strong, and after losing to the Magic, they have won four in a row, and their current record is 38-10, biting the Clippers, as long as the Clippers lose, they can reach the top again.

There are fewer competing teams, but instead of lowering fans' expectations for who will win the halfway championship, the attention is higher.

Before, there were three camps, but now there are only two camps left, and the fans are more united.

Interestingly, Boston IP fans are very supportive of the Clippers, and they don't know that the Clippers and the Celtics have swapped home courts.

Coincidentally, after the Clippers played the Pistons for a day of rest, the opponent they faced was the Celtics!

At 7:40 p.m. on February 6, 2002, the Celtics and Clippers entered the Staples Center.

Looking at Spider-Man opposite, Pierce was furious.

Their fans, now actually support this hateful opponent!

The reason is that he can understand that the grievances between the two giants of yellow and green are far greater than his small feud with Spider-Man in the minds of their fans.

He didn't want to admit it, but he also knew that in the eyes of their fans, he was just a little deflated who hadn't made it to an All-Star.

And this also made him even more angry.

Originally, his feelings about this matter were not very obvious, but when he averaged 25+ per game in his third year last season, the fans supported him, and now ......

Blame Spider-Man!

At the end of the pre-match preparation time, both teams made their starts.

The Clippers' starting lineup is still the same, Jordan is in great shape right now, and he doesn't want to miss a game before the All-Star weekend.

Gentry didn't let Jordan rest either, and he had a few games off before for the sake of moments like this.

He's also working on his All-Star status.

The Celtics fielded a starting lineup of Kenny Anderson, Joe Johnson, Pierce, Anthony Walker, Tony Barty.

At 8 p.m., the Clippers host the Celtics.

The day before yesterday, I just had a defensive game with the Pistons, although it was not as hard as the first time the two teams met, but it was also very intense, and the Clippers are still in an iron-blooded state.

In the first half of the first quarter, the Clippers went on a 12-7 half-quarter run that prevented the Celtics from collapsing.

Just when fans thought the Celtics would collapse as quickly as teams like the Nuggets, Spurs, and others, Pierce exploded!

In the second half of the first quarter, Pierce scored 7 points and led the team to a 12-12 score with the Clippers, biting the point difference and not allowing the Clippers to expand their advantage!

At 24-19, the Clippers led the Celtics by five points heading into the second quarter.

Led by Pierce, the Celtics soared in the second quarter!

Anthony Walker came up and scored two consecutive three-pointers to help his team outrun the Clippers by one point at 25-24.

In the next 11 minutes, the Clippers took the lead and went on a 20-16 lead.

The halftime score was 41-44, and the Celtics trailed by three points.

The Celtics players are rejoicing that if it weren't for Anthony Walker's two unreasonable three-pointers, the margin would have been 9 points by now!

After the fear, the Celtics players felt that they were so lucky tonight, the Clippers defended so well in the first half, they still held on, they have twin stars!

In the last meeting, their twin stars unfortunately lost to Bibi and Li Ao on the opposite side, and tonight, their twin stars have a clear advantage!

In the third quarter, the Celtics, who played with momentum driven by the twin stars, soared!

Anthony Walker scored nine points on 3-of-7 shooting in the first quarter, including 2-of-5 three-pointers, and 1-of-2 free throws.

Pierce, who made 4-of-6 shooting and made no free throws but scored one three-pointer, also scored nine points.

Coupled with the 9 points scored by teammates playing with their lives, the Celtics scored 27 points in a single quarter, and the Clippers, who did not perform well in this quarter, only scored 16 points!

68-60, the Celtics overtook the Clippers by 8 points into the final quarter!

…

Gentry now wanted to pull a handful of his hair down like Carlisle, but after a while, he realized that his hair was long gone.

He lost by 11 points in the third quarter, which was a mistake in his prediction.

In fact, it was done right, relying on defense to suppress the opposite side in the first half, and there was no problem in continuing to defend in the third quarter.

Although Pierce erupted in the first quarter and Anthony Walker exploded in the second quarter, they both relied on defense to hold on to the lead.

But I didn't expect the opposite twin stars to soar so fiercely!

Their Clippers were beaten 12-6 in the first half of the quarter, and although they relied on the lineup to adjust their offense in the second half of the quarter, they scored 10 points in the first quarter, but the opposite team scored 15 points in the second half of the quarter.

Fortunately, since last season, Gentry has gradually developed the mentality of a strong team coach and does not panic!

In the second half of the third quarter, they decisively switched back to offensive play, although the difference was opened up by 5 points, but a good response, the 10 points were actually obtained in the last 3 minutes, and in the first two minutes after the official timeout, they failed to adjust the rhythm back at the first time, and fell into a short-term scoring drought.

Now the state has returned, the last section, the attack is it!

At the end of the break, Gentry directly replaced the combination of Bibby, Li Ao, Jordan, Matt Harplin, and O'Neal Jr.

On the Celtics side, the starting lineup continued to play.

After the start of the fourth quarter, the twin stars still performed well, Anthony Walker scored 6 points in the first quarter, Pierce scored 3 points and 2 assists in the first half, and the two led the team to 13 points in the first quarter, continuing the offensive performance in the third quarter.

But the Clippers are also soaring!

Li Ao took the lead in opening the waves, facing Joe Johnson's pursuit and defense, running to receive the ball regardless of whether he threw off the opponent or not, threw directly, blocked and dismantled without borrowing, and avoided encountering a pinch attack.

Li Ao came up and scored 3 shots in a row, which boosted the morale of his teammates, and with the bonus of 'cheer up level 2', the Clippers team was like a rainbow, and they soared by 17 points in half a quarter!

77-81, when entering the official timeout, the Clippers chased the difference to 4 points!

After returning from the official timeout, Pierce and Joe Johnson each made a mid-range shot, tied with Jordan, who made a mid-range shot under Odom's pass, and Bibby, who hit a catch-and-go layup.

Seeing that the Celtics were about to stabilize the situation, Kenny Anderson made a mistake!

Kenny Anderson met Li Ao's supplementary defense in the breakthrough and was stealed!

Li Ao pushed straight forward and counterattacked, caught up by Kenny Anderson and Pierce.

He was very aware of the ball, and immediately after being forced to stop the ball on the left side of the free throw line, he lifted the ball up to avoid being tackled, and aimed at his teammates who were following up, and he jumped up and threw the ball to the basket......

Jordan cut in the middle, jumped hard in front of the reasonable collision zone, and scored two points with an empty dunk!

Jordan scored in an empty spot, detonating the cheers of the fans at the scene.

Jordan sprinted and jumped to dunk without hindrance this time, and the height of the jump was quite amazing, and the top of the head of the braised egg head had already exceeded the net!

The attention of the Celtics' retreating players was on Li Ao and Odom and Bibby who followed up on the sideline, ignoring that the Clippers still have an old flyer!

Although Jordan had only 9 dunks this season before this game, he proved with his strength that he can still fly!

83-85, the Clippers narrowed the gap to two points!

It was the Celtics' turn to attack, and this time they failed to respond to the Clippers, and Pierce met Jordan's jumper from close range on the right side of the three-second zone!

Campbell, who came off the bench, guarded the defensive rebound.

The Celtics retreated aggressively, and the Clippers fell into positional battles.

Pierce switched to Li Ao, he didn't dare to let Joe Johnson defend, the rookie's physical strength, now he can't even keep up with the footsteps, after the official pause came back, Jordan and Bibby's easy shots, all rookies didn't keep up, and others had to make up for the off-ball Spider-Man, so they gave Odom a chance to share the ball.

Li Ao didn't continue to run, and took Pierce to the right side of the free throw line to lean on.

When Bibi hoisted the ball to Li Ao, Li Ao performed a shark ball action, struggled to push back Pierce, received the ball and took the opportunity to turn around and probe inside!

Pierce, who had just repressed after being pushed back, hurriedly braked, and relying on his outstanding core strength, he stopped his movements steadily to prevent the opponent from breaking through.

But as soon as he stopped, his eyes widened, and he immediately pressed back on...... It's late!

Li Ao threw his hand in the retreat after taking a step...... Entered!

Scored by Li Ao singlely, Pierce is used to it, and it's not the first time, but this time it's very different.

On the other side, this turn tentative step after step retreat three points...... Isn't that the technique his superstar of tomorrow uses the most tonight!

It depends on how many times he uses it, and this will be?

At this moment, a voice with a gentle sun but made him grit his teeth with hatred.

"I didn't just learn it, I learned it after I fought with you last time, and I'm not proficient yet, please forgive me."

Looking at Spider-Man who turned around and retreated after 'apologizing', Pierce was confused, did he just ask?

Wrong!

This thing is trash-talking!

Pierce, who reacted, was furious, and looking at the score of 85-85, he wanted to regain the lead!

However, in the next 4 rounds, he only scored 1 mid-range shot in 4 shots, and it was only by relying on Anthony Walker to grab the offensive rebound and make it 2+1 to withstand the opponent's firepower.

The game played 11 minutes and 49 seconds, O'Neal Jr. received a pass from Bibby, and hit a jumper after hitting Tony Barty after taking a step, 93-90, and the Clippers led by 3 points!

The Celtics called a timeout and set up key ball tactics.

After the timeout, the Celtics were still in the starting lineup, and the Clippers sent Big Q, Li Ao, Jordan, Matt Halprin, and O'Neal Jr. to fill up the defense.

The game continued, the Celtics served in the middle line, Kenny Anderson received the ball and burst forward, not to Pierce, who was clinged to by Li Ao, but to the top arc.

Anthony Walker runs around the three-point line from the right sideline to the top arc to receive the ball!

Pierce, who was actively running to ask for the ball, felt that Kenny didn't love him anymore at this moment, who kept saying that he thought he was the most talented player in the world? said that he would become the first person in the universe in the future, and the coach arranged for him to shoot key shots, but Kenny Boss actually passed it to him, but to Fat Toutuo...... Well passed!

Anthony Walker received the ball and dribbled under his hip in a row, facing Matt Harprin's three-point shot, and with the long whistle at the end of the fourth quarter, the ball fell into the frame!

Pierce, who was still dissatisfied just now, immediately rushed to Anthony Walker.

Boss Kenny is really discerning, and the second brother who scored 12 points in a single quarter in the last quarter is really amazing!

…

93 to 93, the game was dragged into overtime!

Li Ao looked at the opposite side with a total of 93 points, Pierce 31 points, and Anthony Walker 34 points, and there was no one.

The Celtics really point to these two to win.

Kenny Anderson's 8 points and 11 assists were also good, allowing Pierce to play out his ability to run and catch the ball without the ball in addition to scoring on a single basis.

Back on the bench, Li Ao said to Matt Harplin, who was annoyed by not being able to stop the three-pointer from the whistle: "There is no need for this, it was we who dragged the game into overtime, and it was not them, we were the ones who reversed in the final quarter." ”

Not only was Matt Hardlin annoyed at this time, but the rest of the Clippers also had emotional problems because the opponent pressed the three-point whistle into overtime, and when they heard Spider-Man's words, their teammates suddenly reacted.

Yes! It was they who turned the tide with a score of 33-25 in the final quarter and went into overtime, and they were annoyed.

The advantage is on their side!

If you look closely, the head coach is not panicked at all!

Jordan originally wanted to say this, but he knew that Spider-Man would say it, so he didn't speak, and sure enough, Spider-Man didn't disappoint him.

Gentry's side, he naturally didn't panic, they had a big advantage, the Celtics were almost defenseless in the final quarter, the five starters played more than 35 minutes, and the Gemini played for more than 40 minutes, and the physical strength was obviously unable to keep up, and the physical strength on the offensive end in the second half of the quarter was no longer able to keep up, purely supported by the hot hand of the Gemini.

On their side, Spider-Man, who played the most minutes, only played 38 minutes in regular time, Bibby played 31 minutes, and Jordan and O'Neal Jr. both played 28 minutes, with a reasonable rotation.

The head coach calmly rotated the lineup and set up tactics, the players adjusted their mentality, and after the overtime began, the Clippers quickly played a wave of 9-2!

Pierce, who was excited at the end of regular time, was blinded by the crazy iron on his own side after entering overtime.

His ideal script is not like this!

Shouldn't Kenny's boss and second brother tacitly cooperate to drag the game into overtime, and then he will be a superstar tomorrow to step up and kill his opponent to win?

But after entering overtime, he was the one who played the most iron for the Celtics, shooting 1 of 4, exactly the same as in the last few minutes of the final quarter!

On the Clippers' side, relying on tonight's excellent lineup rotation, Li Ao and Jordan also performed steadily in overtime, the former scored 4 points in singles, and the latter scored two points in singles, plus O'Neal Jr. ate cake 2+1, and extended the lead to 7 points in 3 minutes to lock the win!

In the last two minutes of overtime, the Celtics desperately chose to shrink the defense under the basket and shoot three-pointers on the offensive end, which was a good choice, and the Clippers made all three shots in the end.

But the Celtics also hit all four three-pointers, and the two teams didn't score a point in the last two minutes!

The final score was fixed at 102-95, and the Clippers reversed the Celtics in overtime to win 9 in a row!

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27 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 block, shooting 10-of-19 from the field, plus 7-of-8 free throws...... After the game, Li Ao looked at Jordan's data tonight on the big screen and was speechless.

Although he scored more tonight, shooting 12-of-25, including 2-of-6 three-pointers, plus 6-of-6 free throws, he finished with 32 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 4 blocks.

But he had several balls, and it was Jordan who played a containment and ran to catch the ball and easily throw it, and then he formed a line with Jordan to contain each other's defenses, giving Bibi and Odom better opportunities to organize the offense.

Li Ao remembered Jordan's performance before the big injury in the first year of his comeback, and in the 20 games before and after the All-Star Weekend, he averaged 27+6+5 per game......... Here it comes!

The god of basketball is really back! Thighs are coming!

No, calm down! Be sure to calm down!

I still have to let Gentry keep the way he uses Jordan now, and he can't get hurt, especially when playing the Heat, he must pay attention to precautions, so as to avoid ruining the god operator if he can't get it.

He remembered that Jordan was injured in the game against the Heat, which was the Wizards' two consecutive games against the Heat, the last game Jordan just got 37 points and 7 assists, the next game Jordan was seriously injured and out of a month, and after coming back, his physical fitness collapsed across the board, scoring in single digits in several consecutive games, and finally the average score per game plummeted to 22 points, and he never returned to the beginning.

It's probably a coincidence, but the way the Heat play is the same, this kind of coincidence is not without the possibility of happening again, and this kind of thing is prepared.

Of course, the focus is still on the usual use of Jordan, and you can't do everything you can.

He believes that the head coach who already has the nickname of Iron Head in the team can do this.

Watching Jordan be invited to the post-game interview, Li Ao was a little sour, obviously he was the one with the highest score in the team...... Well, it's not the highest in the game, the opposite twin stars have a 33 points and a 34 points, and his team-high seems not so special, not as attractive to the media as Jordan's 25+5+5 highlight performance tonight.

Li Ao withdrew his gaze from Jordan and was about to leave, only to find that there was a person standing in front of him......

"Yo, tomorrow's superstar, are you here to ask me for the contact information of a Hollywood director? Sorry, I don't know the director of the kind of movie you want to make. ”

Pierce was about to go berserk on the spot, but he held back, ignored Li Ao's ridicule, and said angrily: "You only won the game by relying on Jordan!" You can't win me without him! ”

Li Ao looked at Jordan again, was in a very good mood, and responded: "You're right, Jordan is really back!" Why don't you go and tell Big Bird to come back too? ”

Pierce is so angry! The other party's attitude, he can't spit out a bunch of words that he wants to spray the other party!

The other party is really happy for Jordan's recent performance 'recovery'!

This made him start to get sour! This guy already has Bibby, Odom, O'Neal Jr., and now has a resurgent basketball god...... Too envious!

I made up 3000 words~

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