From sparring to superstar

Chapter 314 312. Party Time!

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the game started.

With his feet slightly off the ground, his back straight in the air, and his short arms stretched out... Yao Ming's jump ball has won the trust of his teammates.

Yao Ming landed quickly, turned around and retreated hard. As soon as he entered the basket, he heard the screams of the fans.

Yao Ming just stopped and his feet were not yet firm. The impact from behind made him take two more steps to cross the baseline before he stopped. There was a sound of the frame being smashed above his head...

Yao Ming turned around and saw Li Ao falling from the sky.

what's the situation?
Why was the game deducted at the beginning?
Yao Ming was stunned by the deduction, and Kurt Thomas wanted to dig a hole in the ground.

The fans at the scene and in front of the TV can see it clearly, and the fans in front of the TV can still watch the replay.

After O'Neal Jr. won the jump ball, Li Ao bypassed Anfernee Hardaway and went down quickly. Kurt Thomas moved up to block the defense and was directly knocked away by Li Ao!
Li Ao's weight of 105 kilograms was improved to 3 speed, 95 strength, and 93 explosive power through "Punch Nursing Home Level 94"... Kurt Thomas, who was 206 cm + 104 kilograms, could not even delay the attack. Li Ao drove straight in. He caught the ball and jumped, knocking Yao Ming out of the baseline and smashing the ball into the basket with both hands.

When Li Ao ran back to the backcourt, his teammates all excitedly went to celebrate.

coming!

Spider-Man, who once every year treats Madison Square Garden as his own backyard, is here again!

Yao Ming picked up the ball, took a deep breath to calm down, and passed the ball to Howard Isley.

The Knicks attacked, Alan Houston led Gerald Wallace to move, and seized the opportunity to quickly catch the ball around the pile and hit the mid-range shot.

This ball stabilized the mentality of the Knicks players.

They have the CIC king!

Alan Houston has become the absolute star of the Knicks this season, averaging 22.5 points per game, a career high, shooting 38.1% from the basket, 48% from close range, 49% from mid-range, and 46.4% from long two-point range. , 39% three-point shooting rate, 45.1% overall shooting rate...

Ranked among the top five mid-range shooters with Kobe, Nowitzki, Cassell, and Li Ao.

Looking only at the area outside the three-second zone and within the three-point line, Alan Houston is the strongest among the five.

So far this season, only one team in the Eastern Conference has an advantage over the Magic, and this team is the Knicks led by Alan Houston.

However, looking back, Li Ao caught the ball and turned around to face Kurt Thomas' defense and hit a long two-pointer!

'Perfect warm-up' second attack, feeling hot!
This ball is much more domineering than Alan Houston.

Alan Houston's mid-range shot just now relied on his running ability, timing, speed around the pile, and speed of release.

Li Ao's goal is a long shot from Kurt Thomas!
When the Knicks attacked, Alan Houston was not to be outdone and made another running ball and hit a mid-range shot.

After scoring the goal, Alan Houston raised his chin and looked at Li Ao.

He is different now than before!
This season, he and Kurt Thomas led the team to rise from the quagmire after losing Ewing and Larry Johnson. His personal performance reached the best of his career, and his confidence was unprecedentedly strong. The media commented that he had improved from that year. The pitchers who were led to the Finals by Madman, Ewing, Big Mom and others became true leaders.

He also feels this way. Although he is already 31 years old, Shuangsha did not achieve success until he was 34 or 4 years old... How can two consecutive championships not be considered a success? Four consecutive championships, one championship and three Asian championships can be regarded as two consecutive championships. Lianya must be considered a championship. Is there anyone who doesn't understand such a simple truth?
However, Alan Houston didn't wait for long. When the Clippers attacked, Li Ao ran to catch the ball, turned around and feinted a shot. Alan Houston, who was defending, jumped up directly. Li Ao collected the ball and rushed to close range, squeezing Kurt - Thomas took a step forward and hit the hook before Yao Ming could move into position!
'Punch Nursing Home Level 3' has a 15% chance of triggering the hot state!
This ball, even if the touch is hot but not triggered, Li Ao is still confident that he can score.

Get the fixed bonuses of +2 speed and +2 strength in the 'Bullying the Elder Mode', as well as the +2 bonus of all-round shooting on the offensive end, plus the sudden speed of the 'Three Steps to the World', facing the Knicks. He was either slow or thin at positions 1-4. Li Ao was too comfortable playing.

Alan Houston refuses to accept it!
When the Knicks attacked, Alan Houston ran to the left baseline to catch the ball and continue shooting!

This time, the Clippers players did a good job of affecting Alan Houston's running route. Alan Houston entered Li Ao's defense area, and Li Ao interfered in place!

Alan Houston did not stop, facing Li Ao's block and leaning back to throw the ball.

Although Li Ao didn't get a shot, it greatly interfered with Alan Houston's shooting. This ball is awesome!

but!

Yao Ming violently squeezed O'Neal away and pushed the ball into the frame with both hands!
Little O'Neal looked at Li Ao resentfully - your little giant is bullying others!

226 centimeters, 132 kilograms of tonnage, solid bottom plate... Although it is more than ten kilograms lighter than O'Neal, there is no difference in O'Neal's opinion. He will be bullied if he does not lock the position in advance.

Li Ao ran back, picked up the ball and threw it to O'Neal, and said: "You just need to be responsible for blocking, Matt and I will grab the board..."

You want me to do the dirty work and grab data?I...what else can I do?

O'Neal reluctantly accepted the proposal, exited the baseline and sent the ball to Bibby.

During the transition between offense and defense, Li Ao saw that the opponent was well prepared to attack from the wings and interfere at close range. He went directly to the right side of the free throw line and leaned against Anfernee Hardaway.

Kurt Thomas was so angry that his defensive adjustments were in vain!
Li Ao received a pass from Bibby and leaned forward. His defensive position and power were very good.

During Pence's treatment by the miracle doctor Carter, not only his body was treated, but his playing style was also 'treated'. Both offense and defense no longer relied on or destroyed his knees and ankles as before, and used more static bodies. Only with the conditions and awareness of playing, and giving up many skills, can he play 80 times last season. The two missed games were not due to injury, but because the schedule was too tight and he accepted the team doctor's advice and did not play.

这赛季便士延续了上赛季的打法，前60场比赛出战59场，场均10.9分3.9板4助攻1.1抢断，投篮命中率44.7%，进入21世纪以来的最佳表现。

After testing Pence's defense, Li Ao took a step and turned around.

Pian Pian predicted that Li Ao would not turn around and forcefully attack, so he pressed forward in advance... but failed to stick!

Li Ao turned around, took a step sideways, took off, took a mid-range shot...and hit it again!
In this scene, Penny smiles - mine!My trick!

When Li Ao turned around and retreated, he saw Pian Pian's smile...?
Naturally, Li Ao didn't understand how happy Pence was to see a young genius develop his skills so well.

Pence is not a basketball god, not even a Black Mamba, he thinks he is a failed genius.

There is a fan of his on the Magic team, who is also a super genius and superstar.

But that high school student's style of play didn't have much in common with him. It could also be said that it had nothing to do with him. It was completely different from technique to style of play.

Spider-Man doesn't have much in common with him, but with this move, Spider-Man learned his essence!
As for not guarding Li Ao, Pian Pian didn't take it to heart. He didn't think he could guard it in the first place. He just tried his best to use his experience to cause some interference. The most successful thing was to bring Li Ao into the circle of his teammates. Li Ao He has mastered his outside single killer moves to such a level that he can't defend himself normally.

When the Knicks attacked, this time Alan Houston did not move out of the receiving position. Gerald Wallace and Matt Halprin consciously prevented him from running up and down the line. The weak side could not catch the ball. , Li Ao was standing there.

This time it was Kurt Thomas who received the ball. Gerald Wallace switched defenses to make up for it. Kurt Thomas made a quick shot to avoid Gerald Wallace's confrontation... It's iron!
O'Neal Jr. blocked Yao Ming, and Li Ao collected the defensive rebound.

During the transition between offense and defense, Li Ao was stuck by Penny after reaching the frontcourt.

Li Ao saw that Pence didn't care about the defensive action of being thrown away by running back, and glanced at the positions of the other opponents... Good guy, the Knicks have arranged for a double attack in advance!

He began to miss his rookie season. In that season, early double-teaming was not allowed. How easy it was for him to run, catch and shoot!

But will this stop him from scoring?
impossible!
He started running wildly.

Bibby originally wanted to use the restraint of his junior brother to play pick-and-roll with O'Neal to start the team's offense...but was messed up by Li Ao's movement.

Forget it, let junior brother have some fun. Junior brother hasn't gone too far this year, so he must be exhausted.

Bibby called O'Neal out for a pick-and-roll, but not for team offense, but to go off the line to create space for his junior.

If it were another opponent, Bibby would not coddle Li Ao like this, but the opponent was the Knicks, and his junior brother played at home, so he let him go.

Li Ao ran back on the wing, getting rid of Pence and Alan Houston who moved to cover in advance. When he entered the basket, his senior passed the ball accurately.

Li Ao caught the ball and took two steps to the other side of the three-second zone, took off and threw.

Yao Ming moved into position in time and reached out to interfere... Usually Yao Ming doesn't think his hands are too short. He is so tall and his wingspan can be shorter. His reach is still one of the best in the league.

But seeing the ball fly two centimeters in front of his fingertips, he felt bad...

The ball hit the backboard and bounced into the frame.

The Knicks call timeout!
Li Ao beat the Knicks 10-6 and stopped the opponent!

The fans cheered wildly.

Spike Lee rushed to the bottom line and shouted to the camera of reporters who were entering the timeout to prepare for the entrance shooting: "Spider-Man belongs in New York! Look! He is better here than in any arena!" The reporter was speechless - you Let’s just say which stars don’t break out here?
Suddenly, the cheers of the fans at the scene became more violent. The reporter quickly looked around and saw Li Ao going to the technical stage. He immediately threw Spike Lee away and found a suitable angle to shoot.

The technical desk official looked at his empty hands, where is my microphone?
Li Ao held the microphone in his right hand and opened his left arm. A high school student with a combat power index of 9000 appeared in his mind...

He yelled, "Party Time!"

The already manic atmosphere at the scene was immediately detonated, and all the fans shouted "Party Time!"

Yao Ming looked at his senior, his mouth wide open.

It's not like he has never encountered home fans defecting, more than a dozen times in half a season.

OK combination, TT combination, Kidd, Carter, Ben Wallace... these people come here to play, and the fans will switch sides and support the opponent.

But it’s still the first time like tonight!
When Jordan greeted the fans before the game, the fans were not so excited.

The fans' reaction stunned Yao Ming, and the performance of his seniors also made him feel incredible.

He played against Li Ao once on Christmas Day and once in the All-Star Game. In those two games, although Li Ao was also strong, he was the strongest in the team. The Clippers' system, Li Ao's ability to seize opportunities, and Li Ao's personal ability Only when combined can you achieve superstar-level performance.

Li Ao's start tonight was entirely based on his personal ability, and he was able to dominate the whole team by himself!
Is this arena so magical?He has played more than 30 games here. Why doesn't he feel that there is anything special about this arena?
If anything, he felt aggrieved whenever a superstar came here...

...

When the timeout ended, neither team made any substitutions and continued to play against each other with their starting lineups.

The Knicks played completely flawlessly at the beginning. Their defense was well executed and their offense cooperated well. They scored 4 points in the first 6 attacks and performed quite well. Wilkens called a timeout just to interrupt Li Ao's touch. , he didn’t even adjust his playing style.

Naturally, the Clippers didn't need to make substitutions when they were in the lead, but Gentry made adjustments to his playing style - just like Bibby thought, his beloved disciple must be used to it if he wants to take a break occasionally.

The development after the game restarted was completely different from what Wilkens thought Li Ao would do after scoring 10 consecutive points at the beginning and use his own restraint to help the Clippers launch a team offense.

Wilkens likes watching Li Ao's games very much. As long as there are no conflicts in time this season, he has watched all the Clippers live broadcasts.

Calm handling of the ball, selfless style of play, team-first basketball philosophy... Li Ao's game is like a work of art in Wilkens' eyes.

Tonight, Spider-Man only has eyes for the basket!
首节李敖13投10中，其中三分球1中1，加上2中2的罚球，狂砍23分！
Wilkens's prediction actually helped Li Ao make another surge before the official timeout. At the end of the first quarter, Li Ao encountered a tighter defense, but he still did not change his style of play and continued to attack, knocking down 10 of 9 from the original. The shooting percentage was 13-for-10.

The shooting percentage rarely dropped, but it did not prevent Li Ao's performance in this quarter from shocking the Knicks players.

Li Ao's style of play is not complicated, or even changeable. There are just a few moves, but he just can't guard against it!
The better the physical fitness of the same technique, the easier it is to perform it.

Usually Li Ao also has the opportunity to use those techniques more simply, but he can only use them when conditions trigger the skills occasionally.

Tonight, Li Ao turned on the 'bullying mode' throughout the whole process. His speed increased to beyond the top level, his strength became stronger, and his skills were easier to display. Moreover, when this mode was turned on, the probability of triggering other skills was also higher... buff Stacked!

The Knicks players also played very hard. The other Clippers players focused most of their energy on defense in the first quarter. The Knicks still scored 29 points in a single quarter and trailed the Clippers by 29 points 36-7. The score difference was completely widened.

By the second quarter, the Knicks were thinking that Spider-Man's outburst should be over, right?You shouldn't fight like that again, right?Just now at the end of the quarter, he made 3 of 1 shots.

But Azu was unwilling to stop, not giving the Knicks a chance to breathe, and continued to attack regardless.

The Knicks originally wanted to rely on offense to hold on to the situation as they did in the first quarter.

Li Ao continues to play like this, which will cause considerable damage to the Clippers' team offense.

The Knicks players chose to endure it. As long as Li Ao's hand declined, their chance would come.

But unfortunately, Li Ao's performance indeed declined in the second quarter. He took more shots than in the first quarter, 15, and scored fewer goals than in the first quarter. He only scored 8 goals, including 2 of 1 three-pointers and only one free throw. Kurt Thomas received a free throw from a technical foul and scored 'only' 18 points in a single quarter, but the Knicks' scoring decline in the second quarter was even worse!

In the first half of the second quarter, the Knicks' performance plummeted and they only scored 10 points in the first half of the quarter. However, Li Ao scored 10 points in the first half of the quarter. Wilkens chose to defend hard during the official timeout, which caused the Knicks to The Sri Lanka team scored even lower in the second half of the quarter, only scoring 7 points, and their strengthened defense did not have that big an impact on Li Ao. Unless they desperately attack unlimitedly, with their current lineup, their defense in the first half of the quarter is already Their limit is reached...

李敖打了尼克斯队一个单节18比17，快船队单节23比17领先尼克斯队6分！
It can only be said that the Knicks and Clippers still lack experience in playing against each other.

The Knicks hope that after Li Ao's touch declines, he can take advantage of the Clippers' team offense to make a comeback.

The actual situation is that in the third quarter, the Clippers sent out the strongest combination of Bibby, Li Ao, Jordan, Matt Halprin, and O'Neal, and the team's offense was still invincible!

The Clippers have three main lineups this season, but whether they are starting defensively or the triangle offense with Yalic joining, they are not mature. The starting lineup includes Gerald Wallace, a young and promising recruit. Gentry is the weakest of the three main lineups; the triangle offense becomes more complete with the addition of Yalic, but Jordan does not play much time in each game and cannot be perfected, and due to Jordan's age, Gentry has The importance of the lineup is the lowest, not even as high as the starting lineup.

Compared with those two lineups, the Clippers' strongest combination in the third quarter has a mature playing style, attention from the coaching staff, tacit cooperation among teammates, and has gathered the best players on the team except for Odom, who is sometimes ineffective. Strong five!
No matter how chaotic the fight is, these five people will immediately enter a state of tacit cooperation when they come on the court.

They are the championships!

Facing the Clippers' five-man team, the defensive barrier established by the Knicks in the second quarter was instantly destroyed!

Not only that, the Clippers' defense is also far better than before, better and stronger than that energetic and full-confrontation starting lineup!

It looked like Jordan was the only one replacing Gerald Wallace... and that's exactly what happened.

But just because of the addition of Jordan, the Clippers have stronger wing defenders and help defenders. At the same time, Li Ao is liberated. The Clippers have a pitcher nemesis on the outside. Coincidentally, the Knicks are the league's leading scorer. The top five pitchers hit Li Ao's gun.

On the offensive end of the Clippers, the goals of Bibby, Jordan, and O'Neal in this quarter are to pass the ball to Li Ao.

There were 41 points at halftime, and even Jordan wanted to see Li Ao do something.

In the first half of the third quarter, the Knicks were stunned by the Clippers' suddenly improved offensive and defensive strength. Li Ao scored 11 points in the first half of the quarter. The Clippers expanded the point difference by 19 points to 8-11 in the half.

After the official timeout, the Knicks no longer care about the game. It's not like they have never lost to the Clippers. What a big deal.

Spider-Man is the big deal!Before the three quarters are over, Spider-Man has already scored 52 points!

Finally, the Knicks began to attack Li Ao without regard to the score or the outcome.

But it comes too late...

In the first half of the quarter, he had several times when Jordan and Bibby used screens to catch open shots after threatening them. The 'Open Killer Level 3' he chose during the offseason has played a role in regaining his shooting feel and rhythm.

Coupled with the "bullying mode", Li Ao faced the Knicks in the 5 minutes after the official timeout and made 7 of 3 shots, including 2 of 1 three-pointers, and 2 of 2 free throws to score 9 point!
In these 5 minutes, the Knicks, who only focused on attacking Li Ao, only scored 6 points...

At 11 minutes and 55 seconds, there was a "bang" sound, and Alan Houston's bottom line met Jordan's defense.

With Li Ao on the outside and O'Neal Jr. on the basket, this is the only place where Alan Houston can shoot, but here is Jordan, who is extremely capable of covering up defense and interfering, and he can't make a shot!

But there are only 5 seconds left...

Alan Houston didn't want to admit it, and even felt ashamed. He spent as much time as possible in this round and didn't run to this position as early as possible. He didn't run here at the best time and gave up the best opportunity. He was afraid of himself. If he fails to make a shot, he is even more afraid of taking the shot too early, giving the guy more time to attack.

Spider-Man can't score anymore!
However, Odom, who replaced Matt Halprin, grabbed the defensive rebound over Yao Ming's head and accurately sent the ball to Li Ao who was about to leave!

Kurt Thomas and Witherspoon, who came on the bench, rushed back. Kurt Thomas prevented Li Ao from catching the ball and shooting directly. When Li Ao entered the basket, Witherspoon struggled to stick to Li Ao, but still could not stop him. Li Ao threw the ball before the whistle sounded at the end of the single quarter...

"Snapped"

The moment after the ball left Li Ao's hand, Witherspoon slapped him on the wrist.

But Witherspoon had no need to be upset. As the referee blew the whistle, the spinning ball bounced on the neck of the basket and fell into the frame.

Li Ao's fast break layup was valid, and he had to add a penalty!
Fans at the scene shouted "Spider-Man" crazily, and some fans shouted "Party Time".

Even the on-site director changed sides at this time, and Li Ao's data was posted on the big screen.

42投26中，其中三分球6中3，加上8中8的罚球，李敖狂轰63分6板3抢断2盖帽！而且还有一次加罚！
The Knicks as a team made 60 of 24 shots, including 10 of 4 three-pointers, plus 14 of 10 free throws, scoring 62 points...

Li Ao walked to the free throw line, hit the extra penalty steadily, then opened his arms and raised his head to listen to the crazy shouts of the ball.

In the last 0.9 seconds, the Knicks released the ball and the buzzer sounded at the end of the quarter, and Alan Houston, who received the ball, made no move to rush for the shot.

64 to 62, after three quarters, Li Ao leads the Knicks by two points!

(End of this chapter)