From sparring to superstar

Chapter 27 26. Why should I have trouble with you?
Then came the special training test, and only the mid-range shot and catch test passed, and the defense and passing still failed to meet the standards.

He's hilariously hilarious, Sam Hayes' high demands...

Two days later, on Wednesday, December 12, the Trojans' sixth game day of the season arrived.

As usual, Li Ao went to class in the morning and came to the Memorial Stadium early in the afternoon. He couldn't practice more today, and he was pulled by his teammates to be a training partner again.

Yesterday was the same, because of today's opponent, there was no serious preparation training, and it was over in half an hour, and then he was a full hour and a half as a training partner.

The demands of his teammates are also strange, telling him not to pity them, but to work hard.

Of course he must meet this requirement, and he also needs to improve his defense through more actual combat?

By the way, you can also earn achievement points, why not do it?
After half an hour of sparring, at two o'clock in the afternoon, it entered the pre-match preparation stage.

Today is another day of easy preparations as the Oregon State University Beavers men's team is up against it.

Why tag the men's team specifically?
Because the OSU Beavers, it's a women's basketball team.

Like the Trojans, Oregon State University's basketball is full of yin and yang, and it is completely incomparable with the Duke of Oregon.

To put it mildly, the Beavers are a triple-crazy contender, eighth in the division's top six divisions.

To put it bluntly, there are only 10 teams in the pac10 league.

With the support of the Washington State brothers, the other teams in the Pac10 League are theoretically contenders for the Crazy Three.

But the Trojans are still much better than the Beaver Boys, at least the Women Warriors didn't take away the name of the team.

At 6:[-] in the evening, enter the stadium.

When he watched his team's cheerleaders before, he felt youthful and beautiful, very seductive.

But now he's depraved, tainted by the Huskies.

So vegetarian!
The cheerleaders are not convinced - if we get paid, we can be more nasty than those women on the husky team!
The salary of the cheerleading team is higher than that of drinking with them, so where can they go to reason?

They worked so hard to get admitted to college, and the two Washington state brothers also opened a green channel to become a cheerleader and lower the admission requirements. It's just... Of course, they are definitely not envious!Despise those people who disrupt the market!

At 7 o'clock in the evening, the game started.

Tonight, the Trojans continued to take a tough line and played more and more proficiently.

Sometimes, this person has to force him.

Seeing signs of hardening, Henry Bibby decisively took advantage of the 3 weak teams in a row to start the seedling and encouragement mode.

A college player, who has played for four years, is like leeks. Once you cut a crop, there will be another crop, and you can even pull it out directly.

But the opportunity for hardening, not to mention that this village does not have this shop, and the day after the start, the results will be seen one day later.

Fortunately, this group of unknown players in high school can perform in college. They are all determined people. Under the leadership of the white mamba, they adjusted their game habits by gritting their teeth, training, team games, etc. , all consciously strengthened the confrontation, and privately engaged in one-on-one, strong confrontation, and even called Li Ao to be a training partner. Li Ao was very reluctant and accepted the achievement points with tears in his eyes.

The goal is the same from top to bottom. In just two weeks, the changes have been very obvious!
Of course, everyone is different. Like the white mamba, except for the confrontation when he reaches the center position to protect the frame, he still doesn't like confrontation at other times.

However, when encountering a fierce defense, he no longer dodged like before, but began to use skills to take advantage of the opponent's defense to create more scoring opportunities.

At the beginning, Brusenthal made a few blind gouges to the inside, but the effect was not good. After he calmed down, he still chose skills, but integrated the use of his strong body in the offense into his skills.

Some things, once you start to accept them, you will find the beauty of them.

He found that he was really brainstorming before. Although he was not explosive and jumping, he had a thick body and excellent shoulder width, which was very suitable for using his body to create opportunities.

He regretted not discovering this earlier, otherwise his strength would definitely be further improved, and he wouldn't have made little progress in the summer like now.

But it's not too late to make up for it, and he's been training the hardest in turning tough.

But Sam Clancy is different, for fear that others will not know that he has a whole body of tendons, he was very reckless before, and he is even more reckless now.

In Li Ao's words, Sam Clancy's style of play is to kill randomly when he goes up, kill the opponent when he abuses food, and give himself a few knives when he encounters a strong enemy.

It highlights a toughness!
But don't say, after the brain started to turn, Sam Clancy got better and better in the rotation stage.

Li Ao played 21 minutes tonight and became the main force again.

But he played really hard tonight.

The Beaver men's team is not without talent. The summer harvest is actually better than the Trojans, grabbing the 71st high school student Brian Jackson in the United States.

In terms of combat power, Brian Jackson is very good. He averaged 15+ per game in college and became the top scorer of the Beavers men's team.

However, Brian Jackson was already 21 years old when he entered college. Judging by his appearance, 21 years old is suspected to be a false report. With a height of 206 cm, he is purely relying on a more mature body to play, and his skills are lackluster.

So the 71st high school student in the United States has a lot of water...

However, the future of Brian Jackson has nothing to do with Li Ao. Li Ao's feeling when defending tonight is that he met Brusenthal, who is more physically developed and less skilled.

Fortunately, the teammates were strong. Although the score was bitten to death in the first half, at the beginning of the second half, the double strikers of White Mamba and Brusenthal made efforts to establish the victory in one fell swoop.

85 to 76, the Trojans defeated the Beaver Men's team and won 6 consecutive victories!

李敖拿到5分1板3助攻1抢断，出现了3次失误和4次犯规，差点五犯离场。

He beat him so badly, and Brian Jackson just wanted to swear and fight if he wanted to!
But Li Ao didn't hesitate at all when he encountered a tough opponent. If he couldn't bear it, he responded with more rough actions. The foul rate proved this.

Brian Jackson chose to endure that tough gesture.

This kind of person can't be provoked at all.

...

Li Ao is very happy to play more playing time.

Combining actual combat with training is the best way to improve.

However, his increased playing time will inevitably encroach on other people's performance opportunities.

He doesn't really care what his teammates think about this matter, even if he can see that his playing time is "falsely high", his performance is not enough to play for such a long time, but since he is given so much time, of course he can't Say 'I'm not ready'.

His playing time has increased, and his defensive targets have also begun to change. In the beginning, he basically only played the 3rd position, but now he defends both the 1-4 positions.

The player who has been most affected by his playing time in recent games is Shelby Jordan, the defensive core at positions 3-4.

Other people's playing time has been reduced, so it doesn't matter what they think.

This guy's playing time has been reduced, but he can't see any dissatisfaction, which surprised Li Ao.

When taking a shower after the game, Li Ao took a long shower, and Shelby Jordan came late, and the two happened to meet.

Man's instinct, Li Ao compared and nodded, he won.

After realizing that he was stronger, Li Ao was in a better mood, and asked out his doubts in recent days.

Shelby Jordan responded: "I'm about to graduate soon. If Henry didn't give me a full scholarship, I might already be looking for a job now. I'm not like you. I drive a luxury car, change girls at any time, what do I do? Don’t worry, I don’t have the ability to play professionally, so I won’t be eligible to compete after this year, it doesn’t matter.”

That's right, Li Ao remembered, there are only a handful of senior students in their entire club.

Those who did not enter the big list and stayed in the club were either because their families had money and were not in a hurry to find a job, or they were lazy and used this as an excuse to stay in school for a few more months.

Others quit the club at the end of their junior year, and some persisted until the selection of the new season's roster and wanted to work harder. After losing the selection, they have recently quit the club one after another.

Shelby Jordan is a guy who likes to make money, and Li Ao is very impressed.

It doesn't matter whether the money you get is squandered in a few moments, at least people have the heart to make money, and they can be ashamed.

At this point, he defeated at least [-]% of his peers.

As for the last few words of envy and hatred of this guy, Li Ao chose to ignore them.

"Even so, I stole your playing time, and I beat you, so you don't want to cause me some trouble and reduce my playing time?"

"There are so many people who beat me, and there are so many people I can't afford to offend. I hold grudges against each of them. How can I live? I can't beat you, but I can't afford to offend you. Go bully those I can beat and offend. ,Is it not good?"

Li Ao was in awe.

Makes sense!

I really didn't expect 'Little Lambir' to be so enlightened.

Shelby Jordan, who was a little 'formal' just now, suddenly smiled again: "My skin is a little itchy recently, why don't you hit me a few times? No, it's still early. In another week, I'll let you hammer it. Never fight back."

"..."

In a week, isn't that going to be Christmas?

Is it time to relax in Hawaii and wander in Las Vegas again?

This guy is using him as a cash machine, right?

...

The battle with the Beaver Men's Team made Li Ao feel inadequate, and felt that he was a frog in a well before.

The slight complacency generated by the rapid improvement of the defense was completely crushed.

He hadn't encountered it before, but now he understands that in college, being two years older can have a considerable physical advantage!
The small guards like Eddie House are okay, mainly the strikers!
Sam Clancy, who is only a sophomore, Li Ao can still carry it.

But Bryan Jackson, who has considerable physical talent, is over 20 years old and directly produced a qualitative change.

Judging from this situation, Li Ao estimates that even if Sam Clancy has not made any technical progress and maintains the current technical level, as long as he reaches the third and fourth grades and is given enough shot rights, he can rely on his body to compete in the college field. All 10+ or ​​even 15+.

He wasn't envious, not envious at all, he just wanted to take advantage of the dark moon and wind to put Sam Clancy's single line.

It is also very simple to be able to carry this kind of animal, just practice strength and gain weight.

But he didn't choose to go in this direction. He can swing to the No. 1 guard at most, which is the key to him getting more playing time. He knows this very well.

Don't question previous efforts just because of a defensive failure.

He lowered his stance again, returned to the beginner's mentality, and continued to work hard.

On Thursday and Friday, there are exams again, and only in the morning.

It's mid-December, and it's time for the final exam.

Most people at this time are the time to study hardest, and they wish God would give him a pair of eyes with one eye and ten lines + an unforgettable memory.

Some people really deserve it for being made up black material.

In the past two days, Li Ao and Liam came to the examination room laughing and laughing, finished the questions in twos and twos, and then handed in the papers in advance and left the examination room chattering.

What he was talking about was still related to the scholarship. Next month is the time to apply for the scholarship. Li Ao's scholarship is used to subsidize living expenses, so don't ask his family for some money. Liam is talking about buying two cheaper cars Bike, ride around Los Angeles with Li Ao.

The point is that the invigilator didn't care about the two roaring in the examination room, and told them to pay attention to safety when riding a bicycle.

Who is not angry when seeing this picture?

Whenever it comes to the exam stage, it is the time when Li Ao and Liam are most relaxed in their studies.

After the exam in the morning, the two of them could even make an appointment to go to the arcade hall to show off their demeanor, attracting crowds of onlookers.

In the afternoon, Li Ao continued to practice.

On Friday afternoon, after several sets of free throw training, he received a reminder that the CIC came to 73!
However, the most improved this time is the lateral movement, which has reached 75!It is the first basic skill that has been practiced from failing to 75!

These days, the main defense is outside, and the demand for lateral movement has suddenly increased. During special defensive training,
The withdrawal step also came to 73.

Relying on the improvement of basic skills on the defensive end, his overall evaluation has also reached 61.

Although still very low, just crossed the pass line.

But compared to the fact that he didn't know how much he has improved before he reached the passing line, every bit of progress that can be seen now makes him more motivated.

I continued to practice a few more sets of free throws and hooks. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the sparring partners... no, it was time for sparring. Li Ao started a new round of sparring time with the same enthusiasm as before.

Those who want to practice offense today are Granville, Brusenthal, and Sam Clancy.

Against Granville, Li Ao purely served as a sparring partner, the background board.

It is not difficult for Granville to fight Li Ao one-on-one. The main content of his training is to avoid the confrontation under the defense of the fast striker and then start quickly, killing the opponent's inside line by surprise.

In Brusenthal, Li Ao was not good at defending. A while ago, when he adjusted his style of play in the most painful stage, Li Ao still seized the opportunity to make a head-on attack.

Now with the adjustment of Brusenthal, 206 cm, 109 kg, making good use of static force and excellent technique, Li Ao can't prevent it.

There is a technical foundation, the adjustment direction is correct, and the progress is too fast.

Jealousy made Li Ao completely unrecognizable, and he was extraordinarily rough when defending against Sam Clancy...

Under the care of a handsome young man with a big heart, Sam Clancy worked hard and forged ahead, vowing to grab the playing time of the goddamn opposite!
(End of this chapter)