290. The finals are coming
Before the game was over, the Clippers' players on the sidelines were giggling and bragging.
As the remaining time of the game became less and less, several people became quieter and quieter, and when there were dozens of seconds left, several people, including Jordan, stood up in unison, and the coaches were ready to sprint together.
In the final seconds when the Kings were out playing, everyone on the sidelines of the Clippers rushed onto the court and celebrated with their teammates on the court.
When the Western Conference finals were underway, the Clippers players were so engaged in preparation and games that they didn't think about it that much.
When they sat down to rest with the advance locked in and came out of the form they had had been in when the Western Conference finals were played, everyone was excited and couldn't believe it.
They really made it to the finals!
Everyone is excited right now.
Including Jordan, he didn't expect that he would be able to reach the finals again this comeback.
It's a fantastic feeling, and in Spider-Man's words β it's just getting started!
The Clippers players and coaches who were celebrating suddenly heard the cheers of the fans in the stadium change, and the new cries were small at first, but quickly spread......
"We want the championship!" The cries resounded through the Staples Center.
At this moment, Li Ao thought of two years ago, when he was a member of the Trojans, after winning 15 games in the regional stage, the Memorial Stadium would ring such a cry every game, but at that time it was only for the regional championship of the PAC10 League......
And the Clippers fans are shouting loudly not the division champion, not the division champion...... It's the overall champion!
In just two years, he and his teammates have changed the ambitions of their fans!
Just when Li Ao was proud of the shouts of the fans at the scene, he was suddenly surrounded by his teammates, who shouted "We want to win the championship" in unison.
Before a question mark appeared on Li Ao's head, he saw the cameraman, and it turned out to be a post-game interview.
His stats for the Western Conference have been posted on the big screen, averaging 27.6 points, 5.8 rebounds, 6.4 assists, 2.8 steals and 1.4 blocks per game, shooting 51% from the field and 38% from three-point range......
For the first time in his career, he played 25+5+5 in a single round of the playoffs, and as when he played the Kings in the regular season, he was the player with the highest scoring score on the team and the highest shooting percentage except for the center.
But what's going on with this group of people next to you?
Rubbing the lens? Not only is it pure rubbing, but it also interferes with him pretending to be forced?
However, in this situation, he still couldn't hold back, and then yelled: "We want the championship!" β
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The next morning, Li Ao got up from a lazy sleep, and after waking up, he didn't get up from the bed, and continued to hold Bai Huahua's assistant aunt to watch TV for a while.
It just so happened that turning on the TV was Time Warner Cable Sports' noon news program, which showed the Clippers advancing to the Finals 4-1.
Li Ao didn't roll around on the bed this time, there was nothing to be ashamed of this time, it felt very dirty, and if you looked closely, it was very handsome.
The excitement of advancing to the finals, after fighting 600 million with the assistant aunt last night, has calmed down, and I didn't wake up until noon today, and it is also because of this that the day is almost bright after the chicken moves.
Tonight, the East Finals will play the first match point battle, and I don't know if the Magic team can advance directly, or if Ji Buxi will once again counterattack when all three positions in the front court are disadvantaged.
If the East Finals are over tonight, the 6th will play the finals, if the East finals will hit the tiebreaker, it will be the 8th to play the finals, if he can choose, he prefers the latter, and Jordan can have a few more days of rest.
In the news, he is chasing his performance of 27+5+6 in 5 Western Conference finals and 30.2+6.6+3.8 in 15 Western Conference playoffs.
But in his opinion, they wouldn't have been able to get past the Lakers without Jordan.
Although Jordan's overall stats are average, he doesn't have Jordan's potential, and the Kings can definitely do a better job defending his Spider-Man.
Any team has one less average of 20+ per game, is invincible in singles when the physical strength is sufficient, and can still explode in desperate situations...... 's outside stars, the strength has to drop at least one notch.
Pippen said in an interview that "the Clippers have transformed because of Michael", and Li Ao clearly responded in the post-game interview that "the 7-year salary is not as high as Garnett's 1-year salary, and the second leader is right".
Not only in the playoffs, if Jordan hadn't come, Li Ao estimated that his regular season statistics might not decline or be better, but the shooting percentage would have been reduced by two or three percentage points, and he would not be able to complete the leapfrog improvement of the shooting percentage and three-point shooting percentage that soared by 6 percentage points.
He opened the task section of the system, and was busy until the early hours of the morning after the game last night, fell asleep in the car in a daze, and when he got home, he played chicken with the aunt of the hospital assistant a few times, and had no time to receive the reward.
The first goal of 'Glory to Angel City' has been completed, and 50,000 achievement points have been obtained, and the cost of upgrading 'Residual Blood' to level 3 has been replenished.
However, the achievement points are only in the early 220,000s now, and the summer may not be enough.
You can only win the championship and take the remaining 100,000 achievement points for this task.
Another mission 'Gorgeous West Final', Goal 1 failed, averaging 42.5 points per game in the playoffs, he couldn't get it even if he threw it hard, and after that 61 points, he only had to hit a few consecutive balls in the West Finals, and the opponent was brainless, which is one of the reasons why they were able to beat the Kings 4-1 in the West Finals.
However, the goal is to average 2 assists per game higher than Webber, and this is done, he averages 6.2 assists per game, and Webb averages 5.6 assists per game.
It's cool to get a high score once, facing the same opponent again, you don't need to do anything, the deterrence is directly full, and the assists are clicked and clicked.
Thinking about it for a moment, the reward for this half of the task he chose to Peja's Run, Catch, Shoot Level 1 training method.
Webb's breakthrough suited him well, he didn't need to be so good on the ball, and the excellent level was enough, but he chose to continue to improve his off-ball play and take this path to the extreme.
Goal 3 eliminates the Kings, advances to the finals, completes, Goal 4 averages higher points per game than the Kings, completes, gets the new skill 'Insight Level 1', a big score of 4 to 1, and an additional level 4 skill upgrade card.
After receiving the reward, he switched to the skills section and took a look at the effect of the new skill.
"Insight Level 1: When the host executes a tactical run, the tactical awareness is slightly improved, and if the host chooses to pass the ball after receiving the ball in the tactical run, the concentration is slightly improved."
Similar to 'Transit Expert', passive skills, subtly affect the type of play, Li Ao likes this skill, and he doesn't need to do anything extra to trigger it.
During the game, as a response point, there is a lot of on-the-spot information that needs to be processed by the brain, the shooting habits and playing characteristics of each teammate, the shooting feeling of each teammate in each area that night, and the impact of the opponent's defensive ability and tactics on each teammate's offense...... That's just a small part.
If it's a jumping guy who plays ball but has a brain, this skill is useless.
But as the core of the response...... Just look at Odom, often the brain is not enough.
Looking at 227,855 achievement points, the finals, winning 100,000 achievement points, there must be other tasks...... Rise!
Li Ao opened the lottery interface and opened the lottery ...... This time the luck is even better than when the West Finals G2, the intermediate lottery is in the soul, get the level 3 skill upgrade card, and the primary draw 14 times to get the 3 level 2 skill upgrade card fragments.
He raised 'Insight' to level 3.
"Insight Level 3: When the host executes the tactical run, the tactical awareness is improved, if the player chooses to pass the ball after receiving the ball in the tactical run, the concentration is improved, and the teammates get the opportunity to shoot in the open position through the host's strategy, and the rhythm of receiving and shooting is improved."
Level 2 added teammates to receive his pass and shoot in the open position The rhythm of shooting has been slightly improved, and after being promoted to level 3, the 'small' label of the existing bonus is gone, which is very nice.
But he had a bit of a disappointment β the best catch-and-shoot on their team was himself, and he didn't enjoy the rhythmic boost.
There was also a level 4 skill upgrade card, and he looked at the list of skills.
Lying back, besieging, heavy pressure, transit experts, insight ...... These conventional skills, it is difficult to significantly improve his current playing style when upgraded to level 4, and the upgrade will definitely be useful, but it will not have the effect he wants at this stage.
After thinking about it for a while, he chose to raise the 'residual blood'.
Improve your abilities in the face of desperation!
"Residual Blood Level 4: When the host falls into a state of fatigue and is within 10 points behind, it enters a fiery state and its core strength is slightly increased. Note: The hot hand state does not provide physical strength, and the host has to find a way to get the space to jump and avoid falling into the same dilemma of the rookie Black Mamba three-point shot due to insufficient force. β
Li Ao's eyes lit up, he thought it was to continue to expand the range of backward points, but he didn't expect it to be a critical moment to improve the core strength, which is better and more practical!
The skill thing is done, and looking at the achievement points of the early 210,000s left, continue to work hard.
He turned off the system and shook his head against his stomach at some point.
"Get up and eat, it's 1 p.m., aren't you hungry?"
"Okay, eat something, woohoo......"
"I'm telling you to get up and eat, not chicken...... Oh...... Teeth scraped...... Sri Lanka ......"
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At 6 o'clock in the evening, Li Ao's family gathered in front of the TV for dinner.
The feeling of being the first in the league is good, as long as you can advance to the next round, every round is a home start, and there is a lot more time.
The Nets and the Magic team in the East final G6, the front Magic team pressed the Nets to play, Maddy independently expanded the style of play, Rivers quickly integrated it into the tactical system, the Magic team led the Nets 57-46 in the first half by 11 points, it seems that the game is almost out of suspense, but at the beginning of the second half, Kidd "swished" into two open positions to receive three points to receive the pass, narrowing the difference to 5 points.
This is not the key, the Magic team is still very stable, and the difference between them was a little more than halfway through the third quarter, to 8 points.
But after the official timeout came back, Duncan ate the fourth foul of the game, at this time, normally speaking, Duncan should be replaced first, even if he suffered a loss in the second half of the quarter, but Rivers did not, resulting in Duncan ate another foul at the end of the third quarter, and played 3 minutes in the fourth quarter, Duncan was fouled for 6 fouls......
Without Duncan, the stability of the Magic team is gone, Maddie still has less tricks to deal with Kidd, Ewing and Hores-Grant can also block and dismantle, but those two block and dismantle, Kidd directly released to flank Maddie, and Maddie might as well go straight without cover.
There is also the most critical point - Duncan is not there, and Maddie doesn't know how to play in the key stubs, playing sudden points for a while, and passing and cutting for a while...... Mess.
After playing with Duncan for two years, Maddie has become 90% different from Li Ao's impression, and the remaining 10% is a handsome playing action.
Maddie's team ability and comprehensiveness have been greatly improved compared with Li Ao's impression, but his personal attack is much weaker.
It's like I didn't even think that 'I'm better at scoring than Iverson, Kobe, and Carter', and in this case, Maddie still thinks about sending the ball to the right teammates and finding good shooting opportunities.
The change in playing style also has an impact on technology, and Maddie's personal offensive skills are not as good as Li Ao's impression.
The Nets came back in the final quarter.
Kidd had 22 points, 6 rebounds and 15 assists, helping five teammates score double-doubles, and reversed the Nets 99-92 to drag the Eastern Conference into a tiebreaker.
With two more days to prepare, Li Ao was very happy.
But a new trouble has come again - the direction of preparation.
Unlike the Lakers and Kings, those two teams, they played each other four times in the regular season, they have a lot of experience, and the two teams played no different style last season than this season.
The two teams in the East, who only play each other twice a season, need to prepare a lot to play a series.
And these two teams, Li Ao felt that they were stronger than the Kings they had just defeated.
If the Kings make it to the Finals and meet the Nets or the Magic, the probability of losing is higher.
However, Li Ao was also annoyed, and the headache made the coaching staff have a headache, so he just trained hard.
After a day off, on June 4th, the Clippers began preparing for the Finals.
As Li Ao thought, Gentry is now happy with two more days of preparation, but he also doesn't know which opponent to prepare for.
However, Gentry's path was wilder than Li Ao thought - in the afternoon, Gentry decided to prepare for the Magic team as an imaginary enemy.
Li Ao resolutely implemented this arrangement.
Anyway, in the end, the preparation direction was wrong, and he couldn't blame it...... In fact, he also thinks that the probability of the Magic team winning is higher, and if G6 is not for Rivers' wrong decision at a critical moment, the Nets may not be able to turn the tables.
But what should be done, as a beloved disciple, he still has to do.
At noon the next day, an interview was sent to the players of both the Magic and Nets.
They don't watch the news, and there are reporters who interview them to convey it.
Both teams of players are furious!
But this anger is not directed at the Clippers in the other league, but at the internal digestion of their two teams.
Li Ao put it after training this morning. T Sports reporters shook to the Memorial Stadium and took the initiative to be interviewed.
The most critical sentence - "I hope Duncan and McGrady can beat Kidd, the league's No. 1 point guard is too difficult to deal with, I feel a headache when I think about it, such a difficult thing to beat Kidd, I hope the two of them can do it." β
TT Combo: Bastard Spider-Man actually said we were inferior to Kidd?
Kidd: Want to avoid me for the championship? No way!
That night, the Magic and the Nets had a fierce duel, the Magic led 19-15 in the first quarter, and the Nets also overtook the score in a single quarter of 29-22 in the second quarter, and in the third quarter, the Magic team regained the initiative, and the Nets withered in the second quarter, and the Magic team won a quarter 21-16 and overtook the Nets by two points 62-60.
In the final quarter, the two teams played inseparably, the Nets flanks flanked the interior frantically under Kidd's containment and command, and Duncan strongly suppressed it; Maddy's pick-and-roll offense was also frantically blocked by Kenyon Martin and Jason Collins.
With nine seconds left in the game, Maddy caught the ball and hit a shot from Kidd, and the Magic and Nets battled to 20-20 in the final quarter, and the Magic led the Nets by three points at 82-80.
The Nets hit a key shot after calling a timeout, Kidd held the cards at the top of the arc, Kittels received the ball and turned it in, and Van Horn got an open three-point opportunity to catch the ball in the bottom left corner......
Competing for the top show, Van Horn has never won Duncan, he has not won the best rookie, he has not won Duncan, this time for the finals seat, the decision of the shot, once again befell him.
This time, he ...... Still couldn't grasp it.
Van Horn made a powerful three-point shot over the bridge, and Kenyon Martin grabbed the offensive rebound and wanted to make a direct rebound but was fanned by Duncan......
When the final whistle blew, the Magic team narrowly defeated the Nets by two points in the seven-game battle and reached the Finals again after 7 years!
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Kidd had 26 points, 8 boards, 8 assists and 2 steals, and Duncan had 32 points, 11 boards, 2 assists and 5 blocks.
Throughout the Eastern Conference finals, Kidd averaged 24.7 points, 8.3 boards and 11.3 assists per game, Duncan averaged 27.7 points, 16.3 boards, 2.3 assists and 4 blocks per game, and Maddie averaged 19.3 points, 4.3 boards, 7.9 assists, 2.3 steals and 0.7 blocks per game.
Kenyon Martin has also performed well in a series, averaging 14.7 points and 10 rebounds per game, which is a miserable 39% shooting rate.
Richard Jefferson, who averages 17.3 points per game, is also good.
But Kittels, who averaged 8.7 points per game, and Van Horn, who averaged 10.3 points per game, did lag behind.
Kidd and TT are the objects that Li Ao wants to fight, he is very excited about any of the promotions, the one who didn't enter, let's talk about it later, the two teams can't be combined, Kidd + TT will their Clippers, right? If that's the rule, he's going to have to find a next-door neighbor to join forces, and it's exciting to think about it, and it's okay for the other party to call all the Eastern All-Star teams.
The opponents of the East Finals were released, and after two rest days, the finals showdown began on June 8.
Li Ao went to bed early, got up early the next day, and came to the Memorial Stadium to prepare for the game.
Today's Memorial Stadium is very lively again.
Since their 4-1 win over the Kings, the domestic sports media has been pouring into Los Angeles.
For the domestic reporters who have flown thousands of miles to come here, Li Ao wants to say to them: No thanks.
Hundreds of reporters in China should really say thank you to Li Ao, although the previous NBA finals, there were also key reports in China, but only a few of the largest TV stations and newspapers will send an interview team to Ying Jiang's house for an interview, because there is Li Ao in the finals, and the bosses of those TV stations and newspapers are willing to spend so much money to send a team of people to interview.
David Stern wants to get on his knees and thank Spider-Man.
He still underestimated the influence of a flower planter basketball player who was about to reach the top in the NBA in the flower home sports market, and even the attention of the World Cup was stolen a lot.
Although domestic football fans are fanatical in recent years, their requirements for the national football team are not high......
Li Ao trained with the team, was interviewed, the day passed quickly, and when he returned home in the evening, he saw the news that the chartered plane of the Magic team had landed at the Los Angeles airport, and he heard about it at noon, Duncan and Maddie urged the management of the Magic team to rush to Los Angeles to prepare for the game.
The TT combination is really in a hurry.
In addition to this, he also sees a new hot topic - the birth of a new championship team.
In fact, after the Kings were out, it was determined that the NBA would give birth to a new championship team, and the remaining three teams had never won a championship.
Now the conversation is focused on the two Finals teams, the Clippers and the Magic.
Stretching into the topic - if Duncan wins a championship with the Magic, he will become only the second player in NBA history to win the FMVP on a different team.
The last one was Abdul-Jabbar.
Li Ao did not mention Maddie in the FMVP-related topics, but saw that Jordan may win the championship for the first time in his career, but it is not the topic of FMVP.
The topic came up a little deliberately, but he liked it.
Then another day of preparation, and on June 8, the first day of the finals arrived.
In the past two days, Li Ao has deliberately gone to watch the news, the opponent is as boring as he expected, and the same as in the Eastern Conference finals, the two cores of the Magic team rarely give interviews, and the Magic team is mostly interviewed by Hores Grant, Mike Miller, Ewing and others.
An image came to his mind, in which Maddie was learning from Duncan, in a dimly lit room, pouring the red wine he had stolen from Rivers' house into a glass, raising the glass, and saying the phrase - Man, silence is golden.
Longevity! Timai has become a sullen man like a nerd!
Their Clippers are different, not sullen at all, openly complaining.
Jordan and old teammate Hores Grant went head-to-head.
O'Neal Jr. didn't give his teammates a chance to pit him this time, and went to provoke Duncan himself.
Big Q shouted at the top < champion < Tanhua.
Spider-Man publicly expressed regret that Kidd did not make it to the Finals, bluntly saying that the Nets' wing pitchers were not good enough to pit the league's best point guard, otherwise there would be no chance for the TT combination to enter the Finals......
At the end of the day's pregame preparation, at 7:40 p.m., the Staples Center, the Nets and Clippers entered the court.
From the moment Jordan stepped onto the field, Li Ao felt the frenzy of the fans on the spot.
He clearly felt the joy and excitement in the cheers of the fans.
After the lights came on, Jordan said loudly to Li Ao: "Do you feel that you don't want to live up to the expectations of the fans on this stage no matter what?" β
Li Ao nodded and said loudly: "Yes, when I played the finals in college, the fans who went to Indianapolis to support us were the same, they wanted to win more than us, and they were more worried about our poor performance, we as players, we have the next chance, but many fans may have this once in their lives to watch the finals." β
"That's right...... Oh, I remember, you won the NCAA championship, I won it 20 years ago. β
"Yo, what a coincidence."
Teammates next to me: (γΈβ¬)
Two were born! Show off a kun hair! You have to show off, go and show off to the other side! There are a bunch of players there who haven't won an NCAA championship, and we're teammates!
Bibi is the one who regrets it the most, in 96, the old Bibi showed him goodwill, wanting him to study at USC with his girlfriend, and the old Bibi helped the couple pay for tuition and living expenses, but he refused.
If I had gone to USC at that time and had the financial support of Bibby Sr., I would not have to leave college early, and I could have waited until my junior brother entered the NCAA and created a legend in college basketball together...... This idea was born after he and the old Bibi had frequent contact for a year, and after getting along for a long time, there would always be more understanding between each other, although he still couldn't forgive the old Bibi for abandoning his wife and children, but the old Bibi was compensating him and his son, and he was now willing to accept it.
After Li Ao and Jordan showed off their NCAA championship and stimulated the competitiveness of their teammates, they went their separate ways, Jordan went to fight with Hores-Grant and Ewing, and Li Ao went to the opposite side of the technical table to take photos with his parents, aunt assistant, Jessica, and Jessica's friends, helping Jessica, who often plays negative distance contact games together, to save face.
It's a pity that the OK combination didn't come to watch the finals, otherwise Li Ao would be happier, he went to the scene to watch last year, the OK combination is really not easy to get along with, and I don't understand the relationship between neighbors at all.
Jordan was also pulled to the opposite side of the technical desk after a while, and together with Li Ao, he took photos with celebrities and celebrities from all walks of life.
The Los Angeles team played the finals, and the guests on the sidelines were bigger than one another, and most of the pre-game preparation time was spent taking group photos and greetings, and those people let them go when there were still a few minutes left, and even Jordan was complaining about how troublesome it was to deal with those people after returning to the bench.
Fortunately, Gentry watched the next-door neighbor play the finals twice, and he didn't see the pig run and smelled the pork, so he emphasized what should be emphasized before entering.
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At the end of the pre-match preparation time, the two teams started on the field.
Magic starters: Troy Hudson, Maddy, Mike Miller, Horace Grant, Duncan.
Clippers starters: Bibby, Ao Lee, Jordan, Matt Harprin, O'Neal Jr.
Little O'Neill came to the middle circle and saw Shi Buddha looking at him expressionlessly, and he returned an arrogant and vicious expression.
Who to scare? He just beat O'Neill!
Although the Los Angeles derby averaged 8 points and 8 rebounds per game in 7 games...... But his team won!
They have all beaten the big sharks in the playoffs, and they are afraid!
Looking at little O'Neill's 'I'm fierce' look, Duncan sighed in his heart, it's still a college student who is so scared, why is there no Kenyon Martin on the other side...... Forget it.
Duncan thinks about if Matt Hardling is replaced by Kenyon Martin, the man behind Kenyon Martin is O'Neal Jr., the man in front of him is Jordan, and there is a Spider-Man dangling next to him...... He had to die here.
He saw it as he entered the stadium and the Clippers were wearing suits today with Boykins, Steve Kerr, and Gerard Wallace, all five centers in their training uniforms.
Although he felt honored, he still wanted to say - I'm not a big shark, as for it!
At 8 o'clock in the evening, the first battle of the finals will begin!
Duncan jumped very high, higher than O'Neal Jr., but O'Neal Jr. was quick to lose it, touched the ball first, and flicked it backwards.
Commentator Hubie Brown said regretfully: "If Duncan's athleticism hadn't been affected by the injury in 2000, with his current skills, at the age of 26, he might have been more dominant than O'Neal." β
Bill Wharton expressed a different opinion: "If Duncan hadn't been injured, he probably wouldn't have worked as hard to improve his shooting skills at this age, but would have continued to expand his skills around his athleticism, and I think he would have been stronger in that way, and he would have been able to squeeze past the baseline to catch and dunk under O'Neal in his sophomore year." β
The two commentators at Time Warner Cable Sports began arguing about whether Duncan was better at walking with technique or without injury, and on the court, Li Ao came to the right side of the free throw line and leaned against Maddie.
When Matt Hardlin slipped from the right side of the three-second zone to the left side to cover Jordan, Bibby hoisted the ball to Ao.
Maddie wanted to go around to grab the ball, but was stuck by Li Ao.
Maddy immediately stepped back half a step back and stayed in the defensive position, the solid defensive fundamentals he had developed during the three years he played as a bench for the Raptors, and after two years as a junior brother by Duncan's side, he was even better.
Li Ao received the ball and turned around directly, jumping out in front of Maddie.
It's really coming! Maddie cursed in her heart.
Fortunately, he was prepared and pounced in time...... This time the swear words were swearing.
Li Ao faced Maddie's defense, and threw a shot in the back of the back...... Hit!
Maddie saw Li Ao's step-back jumper in the live broadcast, and it was already too much from God's point of view, and the face-to-face defense was simply exaggerated.
Unless he is 1.8 meters with one hand, he can't interfere at all!
The key is so accurate, such a shot actually hit hollow shots!
The two of them didn't play each other much, Li Ao's backward jumper only stabilized this season, and he couldn't lean back in the regular season, seeking stability, and the Magic team didn't use the backing in both games.
This dry pull-out lying jump shot really surprised Maddie.
Jordan, who was watching from the sidelines, retreated with a smile.
Maddie went to defend Li Ao, Jordan was a little unhappy, he wanted to attack first, and it was Mike Miller who defended him, he did have a greater advantage in this point, Maddie is the second defense boss, but in view of Li Ao's opening shooting is always so accurate, he did not fight to start the single, Li Ao is very satisfied with this single.
Jordan can clearly see that compared to the first round of the Jazz, Li Ao's back play is more outstanding, not in the technology itself, but in the application and self-confidence of technology, after the Jazz, Lakers, Kings three top defensive teams, now Li Ao has developed instincts in many technical actions, such as the application of physical conditions, becoming more difficult to defend.
Just looking at the progress of technology application, Li Ao's more than 80 regular season games are not as good as these dozen or so playoff games.
When it came to the Magic's offense, the league's new push guard Troy Hudson pushed the ball into the front court and passed to Maddie and pulled it into the corner.
Duncan came to the top arc and started a pick-and-roll attack with Maddie.
In the finals, the Magic team took Maddie and Duncan's blocking offense as a regular style of play, and this Li Ao proposed it in the preparation stage.
He can't ask Rivers to add something new when the tactical system is perfected, but the players themselves come up with new routines that work, and he will definitely integrate them into the tactical system.
It was Matt Harprin who expanded out to defend the pick-and-roll, and O'Neal Jr. switched to Hores Grant.
Matt Hardlin was a little quicker than Kenyon Martin, but he still couldn't stop Maddie from taking three steps faster on cover.
However, Jordan on the wing blocked in time, and Maddy was blocked on the right side of the three-second zone, wanting to take a European step, but Jordan's wing blocking defense was comparable to that of a top defensive power forward, blocking Maddy's space for disguised jumps with Matt Halprin, and also cutting off the line of Maddy's pass to Mike Miller on the right sideline.
Maddie didn't come hard and hoisted the ball to Duncan, who moved to the left side of the three-second zone and leaned against Li Ao.
Jordan and Matt Halprin move to cut off passes from the middle and can shrink to block Duncan's advance.
Duncan took a step by hitting Li Ao, turned right 360 degrees to Li Ao's right side, jumped, and jumped at a 45-degree angle...... Hit!
Li Ao crossed his waist and tried his best, but the facial paralysis was too strong.
Duncan's mid-range back-to-back combo looks mediocre.
The speed is not fast, the movement is not rough, and the shooting after turning is nothing special.
But the rhythm is excellent, and anticipating his Spider-Man's footwork, it seems that Duncan has already thought about how he will shoot in the end from the moment he receives the ball.
No, maybe even from the beginning of the pick-and-roll, Duncan expected that he would be the one who would play the singles in the end!
Switching offense and defense, Li Ao ran to the front court and was immediately stuck by Maddie.
Maddie said in a smug voice: "How is it, is the basic skill impossible to defend?" The number one in the world is Tim, not O'Neal, not Kidd! β
Li Ao replied speechlessly as he moved: "It's not that you scored the goal, you come to score a single goal, it's all for a while, don't be cowardly." β
After Maddie showed off the strength of his big brother in the same class, he ignored Li Ao, followed Li Ao to the right side of the three-second zone, and focused on defense.
Maddie didn't do any more pointless pressing this time, and the positioning was excellent.
Li Ao received the ball and leaned on Maddie, and made an evaluation in his heart - Timai's defensive basic skills are very stable and his physical condition is better, but in terms of defense, he ...... Or Snake is stronger!
Li Ao slammed into Maddie, but Maddie lowered her center of gravity and was knocked back a step.
Maddie saw Li Ao make a stride to the outside, and quickly got up and pressed it.
Li Ao's foot threw out to the left and turned left!
Maddie was extremely explosive, so he stopped his feet and changed to prevent breakthroughs.
But Li Ao didn't rush after turning left, but dribbled behind his back!
Maddie tried to move sideways again, but she was exhausted.
Li Ao dribbled behind his back and turned around and jumped to shoot...... Again!
After landing, Li Ao puffed out his biceps muscles towards Maddie.
Power is king!
With a weight difference of 10 kilograms, plus a power difference of more than half a gear, he can crush Maddie with a back punch.
Every time he fights with Maddie, Li Ao can feel the strength of Kobe's physical fitness.
Kobe Bryant has a disadvantage compared to Maddie in terms of dynamic and static conditions, but Kobe Bryant can maintain his speed while his weight continues to increase, and he should recover from the injury caused by his weight after two or three years, and Kobe Bryant is similar to Jordan and has a strange power comparable to that of a power forward.
Both are something that Maddie doesn't have.
When the Magic offense, Maddie continued to play with Duncan.
After Li Ao switched to Duncan, he chose to go around the front defense to catch the ball.
Duncan once again showed his tactical anticipation ability, and as soon as Li Ao unfolded the circle, Duncan immediately turned and cut in, using his awareness to make up for the decline in starting speed caused by the injury.
O'Neal Jr. reacted quickly and contracted at the first time, but Maddie and Duncan cooperated tacitly, the former had a good timing of the ball, and the latter received a layup quickly and accurately.
After the layup was successful, Duncan stared at Li Ao when he retreated, did not speak, but sent an invitation to Li Ao to continue the bombardment with his eyes.
But Li Ao said that he didn't understand, and when the Clippers attacked, he decisively pulled away and let Jordan go to play Mike Miller.
TT Combo is numb: Spider-Man, you're going to cheat!
(End of chapter)