"Dolan sent the madman away, and gave you back pennies and the old wolf king, tsk......"

"Sign Ewing to you as a trainer, and ask Da Meng to teach you steps in the season, yo, the treatment is good."

Yao Ming listened to Li Ao's yin and yang strange tone, and said helplessly: "Brother Xia, I really didn't deliberately imitate you to let you take the blame." ”

"You are the brother, you are older than me, how can I be embarrassed to let you call me Brother Xia."

“……”

Yao Ming's fists clenched.

But don't say it, after being damaged by Li Ao for a few words, his inexplicable sense of guilt is gone, and his mentality is relaxed.

The Knicks' training of him is basically copying the successful model of the Clippers, just like the Clippers copying the neighbor's homework.

After he clashed with the madman, the Knicks pressed the madman to the bench to show their attitude.

When he came back from the ban to play the Lakers without the Big Sharks on 10-of-10 shooting, Knicks management hired Gorilla and Big Dream to coach him.

Two days ago, on December 20, the Knicks and the Suns reached a deal, the Knicks sent the expiring contract of Larry Johnson, who was crazy and reimbursed for the season, and traded for Penny Hardaway and Gugliotta from the Suns, the former has experience in partnering with a giant center and can also return Alan Houston to a more comfortable shooting guard position, and the latter received Thomas Carter's treatment and adopted the advice of playing style adjustments.

This training method is the way the Clippers have cultivated Li Ao in the past two years.

Copying the right answer is the right thing to do for a rebuilding team.

But Li Ao's career opening method is more special, Yao Ming's previous image in China belonged to Guang Weizheng's lying down, copying Li Ao's homework...... It was hyped by the domestic media as a white lotus that was taught bad by the evil Spider-Man.

Schwartz is not a good gentleman like Bill Duffy, anyway, Li Ao's reputation is like that, he decisively pushed the trouble to buy the draft to help hype, and he pretended to accidentally reveal that this was the case when he was interviewed......

He has been in contact with the flower planter basket for some time, and he knows very well that Mr. Hao will definitely be bullied by the group of people above in the flower planter basketball, and only when he is a bad boy can he make that group of people worry, after all, no one looks good when he tears his face.

Yao Ming and Li Ao have known each other for a while, and they know that Li Ao can face him like this, but he is not really angry, just coax him.

Today is December 24th, Christmas Eve.

The Clippers and Knicks both got two days off after the game on the 22nd.

Today, Li Ao and his family celebrated Christmas early, and the Knicks came to Los Angeles in the morning, and Li Ao called Yao Ming over to celebrate the holiday together.

Li Ao is used to Christmas, Yao Ming has just arrived at Eagle Sauce's house, and he is not very interested in Christmas, but when he comes here, he still has to integrate, he learns how Li Ao's family celebrates the festival, and when he spends Christmas in New York in the future, he can copy his homework.

is different from the original time and space, there is Spider-Man, a senior in front, Yao Ming has a clear direction, and Li Ao is in front of the expectations of domestic fans, he is not under much pressure, and he can do whatever he wants.

He also wants to be like Li Ao and become the leader of the team!

…

On December 25th, Christmas arrived.

There are only two Christmas games scheduled in the NBA this year.

Lakers away vs. Magic, OK combo VS combo.

The Clippers host the Knicks, Li Ao VS Yao Ming.

The Christmas War, similar to All-Star Weekend, is a stage used by the league to promote stars, and every year there will be a showdown between the strong and the talented, usually several.

There are only two games scheduled this year, and Stern has spent a lot of money in order to further develop the sports market of the flower planter.

Kidd, Webb, Nowitzki, Iverson, Carter, Ben Wallace, these stars who have been very popular in the flower family in the past two years, Stern has chosen to give up and mainly promote the 'Chinese Derby'.

The media of the flower planter focused on the game between the Clippers and the Knicks.

Early this morning, Li Ao drove a pickup truck and took Roy Jr. to the Staples Center to give gifts to his teammates.

Yao Ming saw the cart of gifts prepared by Li Ao last night, and felt that he should also give gifts.

But he doesn't have any money......

In order to buy out the contract with A A, half of the salary of his rookie contract will be given to the Blue Association and the Big Sharks, which is actually okay, relying on Schwartz's negotiating ability, only the rookie contract will be sucked by the Blue Association, and after the rookie contract is over, the buyout will be completely completed, and he has indeed been trained by the Magic City Blue Association since he was a child, and the contract with the Big Sharks and the Magic City Blue Association has not yet ended, and he has to be given.

The main thing is that the endorsement has not yet been finalized.

Those small endorsements were fine, and the money was in hand, but that part of the money, he followed Schwartz's advice and bought a house on Manhattan Island.

The big head of the endorsement, the sneaker contract, is still being negotiated.

Both Hook and Adi are greedy for his commercial value, but with O'Neal's experience there, the contracts given on both sides are very conservative, and Schwartz is not satisfied, so he drags it first.

Yao Ming didn't expect that he was getting a salary several times higher than before, but he couldn't even afford to buy some decent gifts......

At 7 p.m. Eastern time, the Lakers' Christmas game against the Magic kicked off first.

Li Ao watched a section in the lounge, the two teams played very well, and he didn't watch it later, focusing on warm-up preparations.

The main audience for the Christmas battle between the Lakers and the Magic is Eagle Sauce fans.

This game started too early, and it started at 7 o'clock in the morning at the flower planter's house, and the attention was not bad, but the ratings were average.

But on the Eagle Sauce side, it is the main game, with a rating of more than 20%.

After 2 hours and 26 minutes, the game ended.

Bryant made more than 40 crazy shots, 19 of 40 shots, including 2 of 7 three-pointers, plus 4 of 4 free throws, and scored 44 points, 6 boards, 4 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks; O'Neal finished with 21 points, 15 rebounds and six blocks on 9-of-22 shooting and 3-of-6 free throws.

But apart from the two of them and Fisher, who had 11 points and four assists, the rest of the Lakers combined for only 19 points.

On the Magic side, Duncan had 24 points, 20 boards, 3 assists and 4 blocks, Maddy had 16 points, 10 boards, 6 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, and Cassel had 28 points and 5 assists.

Coupled with Mike Miller's 10 points and Clifford Robinson's 7 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, they forced the OK combination to beat the Lakers 101-95.

After the battle between TT and OK, the fans' eyes were focused on Angel City.

In Eagle Sauce's house, although the attention of the 'Chinese Derby' is not as good as the game just ended, the basic market of Christmas is here, and the ratings are not much worse.

Li Ao is highly topical, and it is the first time that the god of basketball has played as a substitute in the Christmas game, and the fans of the Eagle Sauce family love the big center very much, and many fans who have not watched Yao Ming's game are also interested in the big center who is the second tallest in the league, the top few in weight, and won the best rookie of the month in the first month.

In the flower planter, the attention of this game is far from being comparable to the previous one, and it is quite hot!

Many students and migrant workers skipped class and stayed in front of the TV.

It is conservatively estimated that at least hundreds of millions of people watched this game, which is the most watched Christmas game since the flower planter broadcast NBA games live, and there is no one.

At 7:40 p.m. Los Angeles time, at Staples Center, the Knicks entered first.

There were a lot of fans of the flower family, overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese at the scene tonight, and when Yao Ming entered, he received a lot of cheers.

The Clippers didn't have much hostility towards the Knicks, and it wasn't them who were downed...... Except for Kurt Thomas, when this one entered, the audience was full of boos.

Domestic fans' attitudes towards Kurt Thomas are also complicated, and many fans still remember Kurt Thomas's vicious offense against Li Ao.

However, Kurt Thomas is strong and is Yao Ming's second-best teammate right now, and only Alan Houston is better than Kurt Thomas on the Knicks.

This season, with Yao Ming under the basket and Alan Houston on the outside, Kurt Thomas averaged 14 points per game, a career high, plus a team-high average of 10.4 boards per game, not only mid-range shooting, good rebounding, but also very fierce defense, averaging 1 steal and 1.2 blocks per game, he did all the dirty work on the inside, and Yao Ming could even be like O'Neal, just be responsible for the defensive rebounding position.

And although Kurt Thomas is hostile to Li Ao and often diss Li Ao in front of the flower planter media, he is very concerned about Yao Ming's teammate, and someone provokes Yao Ming, and Kurt Thomas is the first to rush forward to avoid Yao Ming being sent off......

The group of old players of the Knicks team have long wanted to play the crazy people, and the fanaticism stood and did not dare to move, which seriously hurt the feelings of his teammates, and Yao Ming's slaps not only did not offend the old men of the Knicks, but also won their favor.

After the players of the two teams finished playing, they did not communicate with each other, and they went to take photos with celebrities and celebrities on the sidelines.

Yesterday, Yao Ming went to Li Ao's house for the holiday, but today Yao Ming stood on the side of his teammates.

In this regard, Li Ao feels that the big bamboo pole is very smart, this is the right choice, Schwartz has been in New York for a long time in the past two months, and he has taught well!

Penny, who has a good relationship with Li Ao, when he arrives at the Knicks, he doesn't come to talk to him before the game, New York fans like Spider-Man, and players must not like Spider-Man, at least on the court.

At the end of the pre-match preparation time, both teams started the game.

The Knicks fielded starting lineups with Howard Easley, Alan Houston, Penny, Kurt Thomas, and Yao Ming.

The Clippers fielded a starting lineup of Bibby, Ao Lee, Gerald Wallace, Teylon Hill, and O'Neal Jr.

Matt Harprin is still injured, and Clippers fans thought that Teylon Hill had a salary of 6.6 million US dollars as a backup power forward, which was about the same as Ben Wallace's salary, and higher than Joe Smith's salary.

Li Ao came to the field and stood with the penny and received a mission prompt.

"The little giant descends, and the welcome ceremony for the little giant:

Goal 1: The host needs to complete 1 block or dunk against Yao Ming in this game.

Goal 2: Win the game.

Rewards: 2000 achievement points for each target, double the rewards for completing both goals, and open the tasks related to the 'Siege' Level 4 Skill Upgrade Card. ”

Yao Ming stood in the middle circle, looking at Little O'Neill's hostile appearance and didn't know why, he didn't know that Little O'Neal looked like this when he looked at everyone on the field, and wondered if he had done something wrong and offended this genius high school student...... It's not that he's afraid, but he thinks he can do more things to do this crime, so that this talented high school student loses his cool on the court, and he has a chance to play better.

This was learned by his predecessors.

Suddenly, Yao Ming felt a chill behind him, sensed a malicious gaze, and turned his head...... Looking down, Spider-Man stared at him, his eyes seemed to glow with an invisible red light!

Yao Ming's heart suddenly, he remembered the news he often saw last season when he was an NBA fan - Spider-Man bullied a rookie.

Worst! His big bamboo pole is also a rookie now!

…

At 8 p.m. Los Angeles time and 11 a.m. imperial capital time, the first NBA China Derby began.

The two teams kicked off the game with a confrontation.

Knicks head coach Don Cheney is a Celtics celebrity, who coached the Clippers and Rockets in the 80s, and was a relatively famous offensive coach in the 80s.

By the late '90s, Don Cheney's coaching ability had declined and he couldn't adapt to defensive basketball, but he was still able to find a job because he was very good at developing rookies, and the fastest growing periods of Olajuwon, Grant Hill, Marcus Camby, etc., were all during his coaching period.

He has a very good grasp of the two contradictory things of reusing rookies and reducing the pressure on rookies.

Yao Ming has played 20 games this season, and there is time to show his talent in each game, but there is not much pressure in the game, and it is Alan Houston and Kurt Thomas who are really carrying the pressure.

Alan Houston went on a rampage in the first quarter, shooting 3-of-5, including 2-of-2 three-pointers, plus 4-of-4 free throws, scoring 12 points and leading the Knicks to a 6-point lead over the Clippers 33-27!

Don Cheney's offensive coaching skills were really good, but in the second quarter, the Knicks' offensive performance plummeted, scoring only 21 points in a single quarter.

Playing well at the beginning and collapsing at the back has been the norm for the Knicks in the past two years.

The rules are too favorable to defense, the Clippers were not idle in the first quarter, frantically giving the Knicks a wing confrontation, and in the second quarter, they began to move early to pinch Alan Houston, and Alan Houston passed out and his wing teammates couldn't shoot.

Don Cheney's offensive tactics were able to play in the first quarter, but they withered in the second quarter and at most the third quarter.

However, the Knicks played quite well defensively in this quarter!

In a game with such a high degree of domestic attention, Yao Ming wants to perform well, he respects and appreciates Spider-Man, but his ambition to defeat Li Ao and become the strongest in China has never been hidden.

Seeing his teammates' offensive performance slip, he played very the defensive end, with Kurt Thomas and small forward Clarence Witherspoon who came off the bench, and the Clippers only scored 20 points in the second quarter.

At halftime, the Knicks led the Clippers by 7 points, 54-47!

This score makes the New York fans in front of the TV very excited, they haven't won against the Clippers in two years, is this going to win?

They're cheering for their opponents at home, but they're happy if their team wins.

Defeating Spider-Man made Spider-Man see that Yao Ming's talent was much higher than that of O'Neal Jr., and he was attracted to Yao Ming...... A beautiful picture came to mind for New York fans......

Coming back from halftime, the Clippers sent a combination of Yaric, Li Ao, Jordan, Odom, and Campbell.

Matt Halprin is not there, the Clippers' strongest offensive and defensive lineup is gone, and in tonight's crucial third quarter, Gentry chose to continue to knock on defense.

The Knicks sent a combination of Howard Easley, Alan Houston, Witherspoon, Kurt Thomas, and Yao Ming, and they also knocked defense.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Knicks attacked first.

Yao Ming leaned on Campbell to catch the ball in the low post, turned and cut into a feint, and then turned around to grab the ball and retreat......

This beautiful footstep made the fans at the scene exclaim.

Is this a move that a 220+ cm tall player can do?

Then the exclamation turned into a furious cheer.

Li Ao, who moved in advance, jumped high and slapped the ball away with a palm when Yao Ming had just thrown it!

Yao Ming was startled by the sudden big hat, and he heard a joking voice from below.

"Little giant, the Cap King is staring at you, be careful!"

Looking at Li Ao, who turned around and ran towards Alan Houston, Yao Ming was holding back the fire in his heart, no one was capped or ridiculed, and he would be in a good mood.

But the little giant...... Is this talking about him? Oh, by the way, he remembered, when he first met Li Ao, the other party called him a little giant.

Spider-Man likes to give people nicknames, he has heard about it, and he likes the nickname of Little Giant, which is much better than the big bamboo pole......

The game continued, the Knicks continued to attack, and there was not much time left, and Witherspoon received the ball and attacked strongly...... Disturbed by Campbell + Jordan's interior defense, Jordan protected the defensive rebound.

Offense and defense switched, the Clippers' lineup focused on triangle offense, the Knicks frontcourt combination defended well, Jordan split the ball to the wing, and Yaric responded to the long two-point shot...... Iron.

It was the Knicks' turn to attack, and Yao Ming's pressure suddenly increased!

After being capped once, he is now very concerned about Li Ao's movements, and he feels that his whole person is covered!

With Campbell on the inside, he can't be unable to attack strongly, but he can't solve the battle so quickly, and Jordan can be pinched in place at any time.

When he faced Campbell in the first half, he chose to withdraw his shot, and he played very well at that time.

As a result, in the third quarter, his move was seen through by Li Ao and was targeted.

He tried to catch the ball to draw Lee Ao into a pinch and split the ball, but the Clippers' Yaric and Odom did a good job of intercepting Alan Houston's catch.

At this moment, he deeply felt how aggrieved he was due to his lack of ability......

Li Ao's sentence 'I'm staring at you' sounded repeatedly in Yao Ming's mind, and he occasionally had the opportunity, but under the influence of this sentence, his actions became hesitant.

Brother Xia's predecessors are really the king of caps! Two times in a row!

This year, Brother Xia's cap king is out of play, because people don't fight for the king of caps, and they run to fight for the king.

Yao Ming's mood at the moment, O'Neill Jr. on the bench can fully understand.

Players like them, who take the traditional centre-forward route, often encounter this situation before they reach their peak of strength.

Their abundant offensive skills allow them to have a lot of options to do, but the intensity of their skills is not up to the level of everything they can do......

Yao Ming was strangled by Li Ao + Jordan's supplementary defense, and the Knicks couldn't maintain their basic offense, and only scored 17 points in the third quarter.

The Clippers' triangle offense itself is not good, but the individual ability is strong, and after a few rounds, Li Ao, Jordan, and Odom opened up, relying purely on their personal ability to attack, and the tactics are matched to roll him.

The three plus Bibby and O'Neal Jr., who came off the bench in the second half of the quarter, scored 5 of them in a single quarter, scoring a total of 25 points.

At the end of the third quarter, the Clippers outscored the Knicks by one point 72-71.

Li Ao had 6 points, 1 board, 1 assist, 1 steal and 3 blocks in a single quarter, of which 1 steal and 2 blocks were won on Yao Ming's head!

In the final quarter, the Clippers continued to play in the third quarter, fighting for their individual ability, scoring 26 points in a single quarter, and preventing the Knicks from scoring only 18 points.

At 10:24 p.m., the final whistle blew.

The mid-range shooting king scored a game-high 29 points on 9-of-20 shooting tonight, including 4-of-8 three-pointers and 7-of-7 free throws.

Kurt Thomas had 12 points and 14 boards, and Yao Ming had 14 points, 8 boards, 1 assist, 2 blocks and 3 turnovers.

Li Ao shot 12 of 25, no three-point shots, and didn't make many free throws, 3 of 3, Yao Ming with Kurt Thomas, the inside line is not easy to rush, and he scored 27 points by relying on his shooting ability and singles ability, plus 7 boards, 4 assists, 3 steals and 5 blocks.

Jordan scored 19 points, Bibby had 12 points and 7 assists, and O'Neal Jr. had 10 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks......

98-89, the Clippers defeated the Knicks by 9 points, continuing Li Ao's undefeated record against the Knicks after he joined!

…

The task of "The Little Giant Descends, Welcome Ceremony to the Little Giant" was successfully completed, Li Ao got 8000 achievement points, and the system prompted that the next time he played against the Knicks, he would start the task of "Siege" as a related task of supplementing the interior skills.

First play at home, and then play away from home, this schedule, Li Ao supports Stern never retire!

Playing the Knicks away, the 'bullying mode' can be turned on without any conditions, and the probability of completing the task will be much greater.

This opponent was more difficult to deal with than Li Ao expected.

It's okay to say that the Knicks management is a dish, but it can't be said that they don't work hard.

The Knicks management has been working hard to rebuild and bring in reinforcements, those players who are too old to lose their teeth are either sent away, or directly let them retire to make room for their positions, and introduce new players at any cost, with a squad depth of nearly 100 million US dollars, although not as good as the Clippers, Trail Blazers, and Mavericks, but better than other teams.

Even if he didn't renew his contract with Camby for fear of affecting the development of Yao Ming, there is still Ocella Harrington, a backup center who can average 13 points and 7 boards per game when he starts, and Kurt Thomas, a power forward who averages a double-double per game.

Li Ao collapsed the Knicks team in advance, which also helped Yao Ming at the beginning of his career, in the past two years, Dolan frantically sold the old players in the team, and the current Knicks team is not as dull as in the original time and space in the past few years.

Although the operation level of the Knicks management is limited, Yao Ming's career start is still much happier than in the original time and space.

At the beginning of Yao Ming's career, the strength of the team is definitely not as strong as in the original time and space, but the growth space is better, the boss is rich and willing to spend money, and he may not be able to build the team well, but he is not as tired as in the original time and space.

After the game, Li Ao was interviewed by the domestic media, and when asked how to evaluate Yao Ming's performance tonight, he was completely unkind - "The little giant is still far behind......

…

Li Ao did not praise Yao Ming's performance after the game, which caused a stir in China.

However, this is in line with his image, and Yao Ming's fans will complain.

The more talked about in China is the title of 'Little Giant', which became Yao Ming's new nickname overnight.

When Li Ao was watching the domestic news, he saw Yao Ming's fans complaining that he didn't know how to take care of his juniors, and he couldn't complain - I'm one year younger than him, and he has been playing longer than me, so I shouldn't be taking care of him, right?

After a moment's sneering, he put the matter aside and turned his attention to other news.

With the Christmas game over, the season is entering the mid-season phase, and the All-Star starting voting has begun.

At the moment, each team has played 27 to 28 games.

The Magic are 24-4 and occupy the top spot in the league.

The Pistons are second in the East with 21 wins and 6 losses, the Nets are third in the East with 21 wins and 7 losses, and the Pacers are fourth in the East with 19 wins and 8 losses.

In the West, the Mavericks are in first place with 23 wins and 5 losses, and the Clippers are second with 22 wins and 5 losses.

The Lakers' record surprised Li Ao, after losing to the Magic, the Lakers still have a 20-8 record, ranking third in the West, beating the 17-10 Timberwolves and the 17-11 Trail Blazers.

Thinking of the Lakers' broken role player lineup...... I can only say that the OK combination is awesome!

O'Neal's slight self-discipline in the offseason is also obvious, and although he has been out for nine of his 28 games, he is the league's No. 1 center whenever he plays.

If the Magic just got Cassel and didn't spend a little more chips to trade back the high-paid veteran Clifford Robinson, they really wouldn't have been able to beat the Lakers.

Both the Timberwolves and the Trail Blazers are miserable, with one unfavorable reinforcement and one point guard 30 and collapse......

The Kings struggled in the early stage, plagued by injuries, and didn't know if they could get up later.

These three teams show what happened to those teams who are talented, coached well, and whose players work hard but can't make it to the end.

In terms of individual performances, Kidd is the best in the world.

He averaged 20.9 points, 8.2 rebounds, 9.2 assists and 2.4 steals per game, shooting 44.2% from the field, 37.3% from three-point range, and 84% from the free throw line.

His previous highest shooting percentage was 44% in the 99-00 season, 37% in the 96-97 season, and his free throw percentage has been improving year by year, from the early 60s in his rookie year to a solid free throw shooter.

Defensively, Ben Wallace has been dragged down by his teammates this season, and he is still a defensive performance, but the team's performance is not enough to support him in the fight for more.

With Cassel and Clifford Robinson, Duncan, who has less offensive pressure and less commitment on the defensive end, is the best defensive player in the early season.

In the scoring list, Kobe Bryant is unbeatable, averaging 30.3 points per game, the only player who averages 30+ points per game.

Iverson, who finished second, averaged 28.1 points per game, and O'Neal, who finished third, averaged 27.6 points per game.

Li Ao has averaged 25.5 points, 7.4 boards, 3.3 assists, 2.6 steals and 2.3 blocks per game, ranking 6th in the league in scoring.

He doesn't deliberately want to get high scores, the style of play will affect a person's mentality towards data, he likes high scores, but he will not deliberately pursue high scores on the field, it is the team that needs him to shoot more in December, and it will naturally improve, and the performance of hard power will be improved.

In the rebounding list, Ben Wallace has the help of Iron King Billups, averaging 16 rebounds per game to dominate the rebounding list, a full three points higher than Garnett and Duncan in second place.

In terms of assists, Andre Miller averaged 9.6 assists per game to beat Kidd, and the two are the only players who have averaged 9+ assists per game this season.

In the steal list, Iverson and Artest averaged 2.7 steals per game, and Li Ao averaged 2.6 steals per game, and the competition between the three was fierce.

On the block list, Spider-Man retired, Ratliffe, Ben Wallace, and Camby were fiercely competitive, all averaging 3.5 blocks per game, and Ben Wallace was helpless when he encountered these two brushes, and Duncan averaged 2.8 blocks per game, which was outside the ranks of the block king competition.

The pattern of today's league is very different from Li Ao's impression, and the strength of the stars can be referenced...... And the difference is also relatively large.

But he doesn't rely on that, the game is played by himself, and in the middle of the crucial season, the home advantage in the playoffs must be fought for, and the middle of the season is very crucial!

(End of chapter)