From sparring to superstar

Chapter 248 246. The Opponent Who Must Overcome
Back from intermission.

For the Lakers, Jackson continued to replace the OK combination with Fisher, Rick Fox, and Samaki Walker.

For the Clippers, Gentry sent a combination of Bibby, Li Ao, Jordan, Matt Harprin, and Geron Collins.

Seeing that the players on the opposite side are full of enthusiasm, the OK team is not surprised. Changing to another team, the advantage gained after working hard for a quarter and a half, was caught up by the two of them in more than 6 minutes. There is a high probability that their mentality will explode, but the opponent in front of them , They have seen each other's toughness last season, and this season they have more Michael Jordan.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Lakers took the lead.

O'Neal catches the ball in a low post and hits back to attract a flanking attack. He distributes the ball to Rick Fox at the free throw line, and Rick Fox makes another pass. Kobe, who uses the cover from the wing, comes to the left side of the top arc to catch the ball and shoot a three-pointer...hit!
55 to 54, the Lakers came up and overtook the score!

Kobe's movement is not too similar to the coordination of the trio of Jordan + Odom + Li Ao. The difference is that a player with a 20% three-point shooting rate actually dares to use three-pointers as the purpose of movement.

When it came time for the Clippers to attack, Bibby and Matt Halprin launched an offense with a pick-and-roll and gave it to Jordan. Jordan caught the ball on the right side of the three-second zone to attract a pincer and then passed it... a mistake!

Matt Harprin just received the ball one step beyond the free throw line, and was intercepted by Kobe who was blocked.

Bryant scored two points with a counter-attack and dunk, and played a wave of 5-0, 57-54 alone, and the Lakers took a 3-point lead.

Kobe, who was "paddling" throughout the second quarter, started his main attack in the third quarter, and it was the kind of main attack that turned on the mad dog mode on the defensive end!

In the opening game, due to O'Neal's lack of adaptability to the new weight state and Zen Master's playing time allocation was not good enough, Kobe failed to play out his previous physical advantage in the third quarter. Clippers chance.

In tonight's game, O'Neal, Jackson, and even Kobe have all made huge progress in this regard!

It's not just the battleships of Angel City that have grown, the Zijin Legion is also growing!

When the Clippers were on offense, Bibby and Matt Halprin started a pick-and-roll and directly faced Samaki Walker's defensive switch and shot a three-pointer...hit!
57 to 57, the Clippers tied the score.

But then, Kobe hit a high jumper, a breakthrough pass to the basket, O'Neal caught the ball and hit a dunk, the Lakers played a 4-0 wave and stopped the Clippers 61-57.

The Lakers scored 4 consecutive rounds, and Gentry didn't need Li Ao's suggestion, and directly turned on the iron-blooded mode.

The combination of Bibby, Li Ao, Jordan, Jermaine O'Neal, and Geron Collins entered the field, and the hand-to-hand combat began!
The tactical goal of hand-to-hand combat was achieved. The three role players Fisher, Rick Fox, and Samaki Walker, as well as the substitutes Robert Horry, Lynch Hunter, Mark Madsen... and other players shot very well. Oops, 7 rotating role players, 10 shots, 9 of 2 shots, plus 2 of 2 free throws, only scored 6 points.

The defense against Kobe was also very good. Kobe made all three shots in the next three times. Every time he got a shot from Li Ao's defense, he was flanked and failed to score.

但科比后面9分钟时间拿到4次助攻！单节7分2板5助攻2抢断。

奥尼尔靠着单打强吃、靠着科比喂球，这9分钟时间拿到10分，单节12分4板1助攻2盖帽！

The Clippers have tried their best on the defensive end, but the Lakers still scored 25 points in a single quarter relying on the OK combination!
And the Lakers have done a good job defensively.

After hitting and hitting, Li Ao started to waver.

Regardless of whether the opportunity is good or not, as long as you can lift the ball up after receiving the ball, you can throw it. If there is no chance, you can lift the ball up and throw it by breaking through, jumping, stepping on the ball, turning around, etc. In this quarter, he just There were 3 post-hits, 9 of 9 shots in 3 minutes, plus 4 of 3 free throws to score 9 points.

When the teammates only scored 9 points in 6 minutes, the Clippers relied on Li Ao's various strong shots to bite the score. After three quarters, the Clippers trailed the Lakers 72 to 77 by 5 points and entered the final quarter!
...

The 38-year-old basketball god was at a disadvantage in the matchup with the Black Mamba...in fact, it can be said that he was hanged.

This makes it difficult for Clippers fans and players to accept.

But tonight, Jordan didn't have no contributions, on the contrary, he contributed a lot. As long as he was on the court, Kobe would guard him, and Li Ao's chances of shooting became better, and only then did he score 26 points in three quarters.

However, Gentry did not dare to replace Jordan at the beginning of the fourth quarter. In the third quarter, Jordan played the entire quarter, which required a lot of physical exertion, and there was a risk of injury. Keeping Jordan healthy is an important task for the Clippers this season. , Jordan is too important to them, just like tonight, it is because of Jordan that they have the opportunity to bite the score. In terms of restraint, even at the age of 38, Jordan is still the first in the league.

Gentry rejected Jordan's request to continue playing and sent a combination of Bibby, Big Q, Li Ao, Odom, and O'Neal.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Clippers took the lead.

After two quarters, Li Ao faced Kobe again!

Li Ao ran to the free throw line to catch the ball with the cover of big Q. As soon as he received the ball, Kobe chased after him around the post.

Before being caught by Kobe, Li Ao caught the ball and dribbled it behind his back to open up space. His movements were a bit messy, and he looked like he was going to make a mistake, but he controlled the ball!Dribble behind the back to the right of the free throw line, grab the ball, turn around, take off, and make a mid-range shot...

hit!

Bryant let out a "wow!" The new technology that began to be developed last week was used in the game this week.

He thought of a friend from high school who had learned his triple-threat stance almost as quickly.

He was not surprised at all that Li Ao developed a dribble behind his back and turned around to shoot. When he heard the news from James Worthy last week, he knew that there might be another surprise in this match.

But this time Kobe didn't compete with Li Ao. He focused on scoring and defending tonight, and his play was rare and reasonable.

Because he wants to win!
At the beginning of the season, the Sharks only have a "shelf life" of 30 minutes per game. He must make good use of it to have a chance to beat the next-door team with a deep lineup.

However, even if the Clippers knew that Kobe's breakthrough was to pass the ball, they didn't dare not flank. 'Shooting opportunities'.

On Li Ao's side, he defended Kobe the whole time. Even after half a rest in the second quarter, his physical strength began to have problems in the final quarter. He gritted his teeth and made hard shots.

The iron-blooded confrontation consumes not only the touch of the opponent's role players, but also their side!
好在是他手感不错，前11分钟9投4中，外加2中2的罚球拿到10分，个人得分提升到36分了。

Bibby also played very well, scoring 6 points and 3 assists, and Jordan scored 4 points after an official timeout.

At 11 minutes and 16 seconds into the game, O'Neal made a tip-up, and the score in the single quarter came to 22 to 21. The Clippers chased the score to 94 to 98, and the point difference narrowed to 4 points!
这段时间，湖人队靠着奥尼尔11分钟拿到10分撑着，首节6分、第二节8分、第三节12分的他，个人得分也来到了36分。

When it came time for the Lakers to attack, Kobe, who only scored 3 points in the final quarter, made a breakthrough at the critical moment and hit two. Facing the pincer attack of Li Ao and Odom, he made a strong mid-range shot from the right side of the three-second zone.

100 to 94, the Lakers lead to 6 points.

With 28 seconds left, Li Ao rushed forward. After receiving a long pass from Odom, he squeezed into a close-range throw under the defense of Fisher who returned. The score came to 96 to 100, with time left In 23 seconds, when the Lakers retreated to send the ball, Jermaine O'Neal hugged O'Neal directly, and 6 fouls were sent off.

The shark was not hacked in front because O'Neal made 10 of 7 free throws off the scale tonight.

Walking to the free throw line at the critical moment, O'Neal made the first free throw, which gave the Clippers a little hope, but made the second free throw!

101 to 96, the Lakers secured the victory!

When it came time for the Clippers to attack, Bibby missed a pick-and-roll three-pointer with Rafonso Ellis who replaced O'Neal Jr. O'Neal protected the defensive rebound. The Clippers did not foul again, and the Lakers did not continue to attack , used up the last 10 seconds.

At 10:26 p.m., the final whistle blew.

今晚打满全场，18投7中，其中三分球3中2，外加10中9的罚球拿到25分7板15助攻4抢断1盖帽的科比终于松了口气。

He was 25+15, the fat man played 36 minutes, played the second half of the season for the second time, scored 37 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks. After fighting for this, he finally won!

Give the God of Basketball the first defeat of his third comeback!
The Lakers players also excitedly celebrated O'Neal who scored 37 points tonight.

Many people on the Lakers have played on this team for many years, and this is the first time they are excited about defeating the Clippers.

Although they won, they had to admit that the small broken ship back then had become a battleship in Angel City that could threaten them!

However, if Spider-Man or Bibby scored one more three-pointer, or O'Neal did a little less defensively at the basket, this game may not end like this.

Some people are happy and some are sad. The Clippers, who lost by 5 points, ended their 10-game winning streak.

Li Ao was very unwilling to listen to the wailing of the fans, but he had tried his best.

出场42分钟，34投15中，其中三分球5中1，加上9中7的罚球，拿到了38分8板3助攻2抢断4盖帽。

Then Jordan came up beside him, reached up and put his arm on his shoulder.

"You have done a great job. It is not easy to overcome such an opponent, but I believe you will be able to overcome it in the end. This is the opponent you must overcome...just like me and the Bad Boys Legion back then."

When Li Ao heard this, he was very excited.

He looked up at the big screen...

"It's not the opponent I have to step over, it's us, Michael, and you're going to blame you again tonight."

Jordan: (#`n)
Well, there is no need for him to ask, and there is no need for Li Ao to answer. He followed Li Ao's line of sight and looked at the big screen. He made 14 of 5 shots and 4 of 3 free throws. He only scored 13 points. The defensive hit rate is only a miserable 35.7%.

Although this big spider's shooting rate tonight is lower than the season average, he scored 44.1 points with a shooting rate of 38%, which is not bad at all.

Jordan did not attribute the fact that Li Ao had better shooting opportunities to him. Others on the team had better opportunities than Li Ao, but Li Ao was the only one who seized the opportunity.

At this point, Jordan's emotions can't be said to have exploded, it was indeed because he didn't play well.

But Li Ao added another sentence... "I still have to blame me, I can't always point at a 38-year-old man to lead us to win."

(#`dish)
Jordan is very angry now, he knew he would not come to comfort this big spider!

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The Lakers ended the Clippers' 10-game winning streak. This season, they have 1 win and 1 loss with the Clippers, which aroused heated discussions after the game.

The difference between the two games is only 9 points. Not only are the scores close, but the games are also very exciting. The whole process is full of anxiety, which makes people look forward to the next match between the two teams.

The next match between the two teams will be in January, two full months have passed, but the media and fans have already begun to analyze what the next match between the two teams will be like.

In this game, when the two teams compared the opening game, they both saw obvious progress. As long as O'Neal does not slack off, the Lakers will be the strongest in the league.

The Clippers, on the other hand, have really grown. Both offense and defense are stronger than the opening game.

The score is lower because the 'Iron Blood' has been revived, and the scores of all teams are plummeting.

The outside world is discussing them, and Li Ao is also reviewing his first loss in the new season after the game.

"Shark Killing Moment" failed, the level 5 upgrade card of "Shark" was gone, and he felt overwhelmed...

He did not expect to get 4000 achievement points for the task of "Jordan's successor". He thought that the most likely to get 2000 achievement points was to block Kobe's three-pointer. As a result, this guy made 14 irons out of 6 other shots. In the case of Skyrim, 3 of 2 three-pointers.

In the end, he made 9 mid-range shots and beat Kobe's 3 mid-range shots, and his score was more than ten points higher.

In terms of competition, their Clippers have two extremely bad points.

Except for him, no one on their team can limit Kobe. Even though Kobe only made 18 of 7 shots, he also tied his career-high 15 assists.

The other is the center position.

This year O'Neal has made 'progress', turning overweight from a disadvantage to an 'advantage'. The playing time must be reduced. This cannot be changed, but he can use his overweight to consume opponents in turn in the limited playing time. O'Neal and Jaron Collins was exhausted enough, and it took most of their energy just to deal with the big shark leaning against them.

Compared with these two points, the offensive coordination is limited, the defensive end is not done well in the opening game, and they are all secondary. Those are all possible to improve through tactical adjustments, and these two points are really impossible. solve.

Li Ao is not too troubled by such unsolvable things. It is something that the management and coaching staff should worry about.

If you can't change the lineup in the end, then start from the advantage and make your strengths stronger!
However, he underestimated the decisiveness of the management. At noon the next day, after practicing the basic skills of dribbling behind his back all morning, he received the news of the transaction as soon as he arrived at the arena!

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I stayed in the hospital for a day and came back in the evening, so I hurriedly wrote a chapter.

I will try to write more tomorrow~ The updates and additions owed this month will be added later, and Xiaofeng will take a small notebook to memorize them.

(End of this chapter)