From sparring to superstar

Chapter 329 327. Competition machine!

“蒂姆-邓肯，27岁，211公分，118公斤，综合评价101……季后赛场均24.1分15.7板2.8助攻1抢断3.3盖帽……”

“特雷西-麦克格雷迪，24岁，203公分，96公斤，综合评价95……季后赛场均23.3分5.4板4.2助攻2.2抢断1.8盖帽……”

“萨姆-卡塞尔，33岁，191公分，86公斤，综合评价90……季后赛场均11.3分3.2板7.2助攻1.1抢断……”

Li Ao feels that the Magic have become a team with no emotions.

Don’t you feel happy when you win and don’t feel sad when you lose?

That should be the case, otherwise it would not have been possible to achieve the epic achievement of not losing a single game in 82 regular season games.

You must know that this achievement has not even been achieved by the Bulls with 72 wins.

Li Ao remembers that after the Clippers' first 20-game winning streak was ended by the Timberwolves, their mentality exploded and they suffered two consecutive losses.

At the beginning of the season, the opponent gradually understood his playing style, and after the "status bonus" phase ended, he still recorded a wave of 2 wins and 3 losses.

Just like the Magic, a team that does not affect the mood of the game due to victory or defeat and has a highly stable competitive state can avoid a losing streak.

If your own team can have this kind of stability, will the Bulls' 72-win record be broken?

Li Ao shook his head slightly.

Then they may not be able to win 70 games. They have won many games with momentum and explosion.

The Magic's style of play is strong in everything, but it lacks explosive ability.

After three years, McGrady has been completely 'distorted' by Duncan. His playing style has become more and more stable, and his explosive scoring ability is far inferior to that of Koei McGrady, and compared with Ray Allen and Alan Houston. gap.

It's difficult to deal with such an incomprehensible opponent, but it also makes Li Ao look forward to the upcoming game.

He understood why Magic, Jordan, O'Neal, Kobe and others became more eager for the next championship the more championships they won.

The feeling of conquering different types of opponents is wonderful just thinking about it.

Especially opponents like Duncan can lead the team to play different types of basketball at different stages.

The two teams did not exchange insults before the game, but they also did not exchange greetings. They took photos and chatted with celebrities. They were all doing their own thing. They had to take photos together and ignored each other.

The Magic players, led by the TT combination, did not show any hatred towards the Clippers, but they certainly could not get close to them.

Clippers players will naturally not be hot-tempered.

In other words, Li Ao and Mike Miller were so close to each other that they attracted Tracy McGrady's dead eyes...

邓肯则是在偷偷打量对面6个年轻球员……年龄最大的马特-哈普林刚满26岁、第二大的毕比25岁、第三大的小奥尼尔24岁半，奥多姆不到24岁，剩下两人刚20出头。

Fortunately, he has just turned 27 and McGrady has just turned 24, which is not too different. They have a better chance than the two Los Angeles superstars who are not here tonight to compete for a future with the already unstoppable Clippers.

The game is about to start, and the two teams started to come to the field.

The Magic sent out a starting lineup of Cassell, McGrady, Mike Miller, Clifford Robinson, and Duncan.

The Clippers sent out a starting lineup of Bibby, Li Ao, Gerald Wallace, Matt Halprin, and O'Neal Jr.

Li Ao came to the center line and the mission came.

"war machine:
Goal 1: The host's offensive data in this finals must be higher than the average level in this playoffs. (Averaging 23 points and 4.5 assists per game.)
Goal 2: The defensive data of the host in this finals must be higher than the average level of this playoffs. (Averaging 6.25 rebounds, 2.4 steals and 1.8 blocks per game.)
Goal 3: Refresh the host's highest score in a single game in this playoffs. (41 points.)
Goal 4: Defeat the Magic and win the championship.

Reward: 5000 achievement points for each goal, 1 skill upgrade card. For each additional goal completed, the skill upgrade card level +1. "

“The foundation of the dynasty:
Goal: Complete two consecutive championships.

Rewards: 100000 achievement points, a level 5 skill upgrade card for the designated skill 'Lasher', and 1 random advanced attribute point. "

The second task is ignored.

The first task, Li Ao has a bit of a headache, averaging 4.5 assists per game... With their style of play this season, his assists will not be too high. In the playoffs, he has half as many assists as in the regular season, mainly because of the overall defense of the opponents in the first three rounds. They are not that good, and his threat of scoring is high enough. Once he scores two or three goals in a row, double-teams will come, and there will naturally be more assists.

But because of this, his scoring average in the first three rounds was very low, much lower than last year's Western Conference playoff average of 30 points per game.

Seeing others taking their positions and the referee holding the ball to the center circle, Li Ao turned off the system.

The task will not affect his game mentality. Rewards are good, but winning the championship is the most important. Receiving rewards to improve his strength is just to win and win the championship.

Winning comes first, as long as the task can be completed.

...

At 8 p.m., the first game of the finals begins.

O'Neal beats Duncan to win the jump ball, and the Clippers attack first!

The Magic retreated in an orderly manner, but Li Ao and Gerald Wallace failed to complete the two-line fast break and fell into a positional battle.

Bibby and O'Neal Jr. started a pick-and-roll attack.

Li Ao borrowed the cover from Matt Halprin on the right side of the three-second zone to receive Bibby's ball, but was covered by Clifford Robinson.

Gerald Wallace was empty on the left side, and Mike Miller blocked the cutting O'Neal, but Li Ao couldn't pass.

After the Clippers won the championship, there were many teams that imitated the Jazz's defense. The Magic were the best, bar none. They even learned the Jazz's defense first in order to deal with the Lakers and Kings. The Clippers are even better.

The Magic team was waiting for Li Ao to take a risky pass, and when the real pass was in place, they recognized it. On defense, if they could make the opponent make risky moves, it was already very successful.

Duncan also added a bit of psychology into it - if a player takes a risky pass and succeeds, he will have a fluke mentality the next time he encounters the same situation. Even if he fails next time, he may still have a fluke mentality the next time. .

But this trick is not useful for players of the God and Man lineage!
Li Ao directly faced Clifford Robinson and took a fadeaway jumper...hit!
Duncan picked up the ball and squeezed it hard.

He is not afraid of any other Clippers players. In his eyes, Jordan is just the best sixth man. The 40-year-old god is no longer a god in his eyes.

But Spider-Man's mid-range shots are too accurate, and his methods of scoring from mid-range are becoming more and more abundant.

If it weren't for the introduction of Clifford Robinson, he would be helpless against the big spider.

But Clifford Robinson can make up for it, that is, it can only make up for it, and the interference effect is average.

Although this evergreen is one of Garnett's draft templates, and his playing style is somewhat similar, the difference is that he is an all-around fighter. Clifford Robinson's ability to test 80 points is his current limit, and he may be at his peak. There are 85 points, but Garnett got 100 points because the total score is only 100.

Duncan in this time and space has not met Kobe in the playoffs since 99, and has not tasted the cruel revenge of the OK combination in the 01 and 02 playoffs, but he has no regrets after meeting Li Ao. .

Duncan, who was a blessing and a misfortune, squeezed the ball and dispersed the dark cloud shrouded by the big spider.

No matter whether the opponent is strong or weak, they just need to fight hard and bring out their strongest strength.

He likes a word he learned from watching Sun Tzu's Art of War last summer - motionless as a mountain.

When the Magic attack, Cassell controls the rhythm, McGrady directs his teammates to get into position, and Duncan follows the arrangement and comes to the low post to beat O'Neal... in an orderly manner!
Duncan turned around and hooked...missed!
O'Neal Jr.'s defense is both rough and subtle. He seems to be irritable and brainless, but he grasps the timing of confrontation and interference very well.

The Magic retreated like a tide, denying the Clippers a chance for a fast break.

Li Ao defended and scored against the power forward, and Duncan hit the iron, but they did not affect the Magic's defense, which was still stable.

This is the first truly strong defensive team that the Clippers have encountered in this year's playoffs. The Suns' players are good at individual defense but can't integrate together. The Timberwolves have a best defensive player-level inside player, but others Too bad, the Lakers only have an OK combination...

On the final stage, the finals, we finally ushered in the top defensive team in the Iron-Blooded Era.

McGrady combines height, wingspan, speed, flexibility, and awareness for single defense, Cassel has outstanding two-wing defense, Mike Miller's team defense does not hold back and has excellent awareness, and Duncan and Clifford Robinson's inside double defense The tower's defense is not weaker than the Pistons' interior group last season...

Bibby couldn't even get the ball to Li Ao this time.

This kind of hesitation will not happen with the White Devil, and he cannot pass the ball. He decisively chose to retreat and take shots, refusing to make mistakes... The basket also rejected him.

TNT live broadcast, Barkley saw this scene and said: "I have an ominous premonition..."

Before Kenny Smith could respond, he saw Bibby, who was playing iron, directly pressing forward and fighting hand-to-hand with Cassell, who was receiving the serve.

“You are indeed an ominous basketball player,” he complained.

Cassell looks thin, but he is actually a strength monster... In addition to his appearance, he is full of various basketball talents.

Most guards would not think of fighting him in hand-to-hand combat after playing against him, but the White Devil is obviously not an ordinary person. He can even fight with Fisher and Billups in hand-to-hand combat without losing.

As the commander, Bibby took the lead in melee combat, and his teammates immediately followed.

Gerald Wallace is the bravest, but Tracy McGrady feels like he's being targeted by a tiger...or at least a fierce cat.

The Angel City aircraft carrier reappears if you can't make a shot or defend it!
Cassell received Duncan's return pass at close range and turned 270 degrees with Li Ao's help.

Seeing this, the fans in front of the TV finally understood what the ominous premonition Barkley was talking about.So ominous!Extremely ominous!
In the office of the president of the NBA headquarters in New York, Stern covered his face in pain. He didn't know whether to curse or be grateful that he didn't go to watch the game.

He didn't know if the group of people he saw at the scene could still hold back by managing their expressions like this.

The atmosphere at the scene is completely different!

Hand-to-hand combat, they love it!

This is the basketball men should play!

The main reason is that they are the most fiercely competitive team in the league. In the past two seasons, they have been in the bottom ten of the single-game scoring list. They have occupied eight seats. It is estimated that in another season, they can dominate the top ten...

But Clippers fans overlooked one thing - the opponent is the top defensive team in the Eastern Conference...

After a while, the game went beyond the expectations of the fans at the scene.

They knew that this game was definitely going to be good from a goal-scoring perspective.

But I didn’t expect it to be so outrageous!

7 to 5 in the half quarter!

Players from both teams didn't expect to be able to play like this.

The Clippers saw that the Magic's defense was good and stable, and the offenses of Li Ao and Bibby were suppressed, so they decisively started a war of attrition and went straight to hand-to-hand combat.

The Magic still have a stable defensive strategy. The opponent has increased the intensity of defensive confrontation, which has reduced their offensive efficiency. They have the ability to further improve their defense and fight back decisively.

With Duncan as the core and McGrady as the assistant, they can attack or defend without any problem. After Cassel and Clifford Robinson, the stability has been improved to the extreme.

Seeing that the opponent's defense had also strengthened, the Clippers filled the confrontation with the quasi-sweeping defense of Li Ao, Gerald Wallace, and Matt Halprin, coupled with O'Neal Jr.'s frame protection and Bibby's strong physical combat. , making the Magic team, which invested in the defensive end and reduced its offensive output, even worse...

The defensive intensity of the two teams has increased step by step...

The referees don't dare to give whistles easily, and they don't need to consider the smoothness of the game. There are too many suspected foul actions on both sides. If they give whistles to both sides, they will have to give two penalties in half a quarter. They can only whistle those that are very clear. foul.

So there was a brutal scene of scoring 12 points in half a quarter.

However, although I did not expect that the game would turn out like this, both teams felt that the advantage was mine.

Who are we afraid of when we play defense?
Trail Blazers (Nets) we all press the hammer!
Gentry and Rivers are fully committed to defensive adjustments...

...

At the end of the first quarter, the two teams battled to 11-11.

Seeing this score in front of the TV, Stern felt like he couldn't breathe smoothly.

He immediately called American Cable... and the answer he got was surprising.

The real-time ratings have not dropped, but are steadily increasing!
He called several live TV stations and found that the ratings were increasing!
After hanging up the phone, he was silent for a while, watching the hand-to-hand combat in the second quarter on the TV and could only hold back one sentence: "The fans of this generation have different tastes..."

He was anxious to get angry, and what he was worried about was not the ratings of the game itself.

G1's pay-viewing bookings and ratings at the beginning of the game were quite high, even higher than last season.

But real-time ratings changes during the game will have an impact on the next game and even all remaining games.

The feedback on the ratings was completely different from what he imagined!

Could it be that his vision has slipped?
Should not be!

The ratings for the Clippers' game against the Trail Blazers in the regular season were astonishingly low. Last season's game between the Heat and the Pistons had a record low of less than 50 paid views. There was even one day when the Grizzlies played against a favorite. The ratings for the Spurs were higher than when the Heat played the Pistons...

He ignored one thing - there were Li Ao and Tracy McGrady, Jordan and Duncan in this finals...

The game has been played for one quarter, and the fans no longer have expectations in terms of viewing.

But there is a new point of interest - how low can these three superstars, Spider-Man, Basketball God, and Basic Skills, score tonight?
Worst postseason career?
In people's eyes, these three super giants are definitely three of the five most successful super giants since the 90s. The other two are Dream and Shark.

It is also a pleasure for fans to see the poor offensive performance of these three people.

Even some old Bulls fans who didn't want to see Jordan win the championship with other teams turned on the TV and paid to watch the live broadcast...

In people's opinion, the one most likely to perform the worst among the three super giants must be Jordan.

Then, I was slapped in the face...

Jordan scored 7 points in the second quarter and was the only player in the game to score more than 5 points in a single quarter. To be precise, he scored 8 points in 7 minutes, single-handedly helping the Clippers seal the score!

第二节比分16比17，半场打完，快船队以27比28落后魔术队1分进入中场休息。

This kind of game can show how arrogant Jordan's style of play is!
Although the 40-year-old Jordan's playing style has undergone earth-shaking changes from before 98, the essence remains the same - extremely solid basic skills, the strongest mid-range shooting ability, unparalleled singles rhythm, and full-level golf IQ.

No matter how strong the Magic's team defense is, the only way to defend mid-range singles players is to use height to press against the defense, and to quickly flank and attack from the center.

Jordan was so experienced in dealing with this kind of defense that he didn't even consider passing to Bibby, Yalic, Big Q and others who were consumed by physical combat, and just shot one-on-two.

But the score was tight, but Jordan couldn't relax.

He had already started shooting in advance, but he was still 1 point behind.

The opponent's defense is too stable!

Just looking at the defensive ceiling, the Clippers are stronger, and their overall defensive capabilities are also slightly better.

But they will always have fluctuations, and for the Magic, every player is like a part, running steadily around Duncan.

Whether they can defend it or not, there is almost no fluctuation in the Magic's defensive end.

This is the first time even Jordan has encountered such an opponent... which is quite interesting!
He is not entangled in this matter. Dealing with the TT combination is a matter of Spider-Man, White Devil, Little Shark... He is just a substitute singles scorer + wing defender, just do his job well!
...

In the third quarter, both teams continued to fight defensively.

Neither Gentry nor Rivers thought about making any changes and continued to fight. Both of them were extremely confident in their team's defense and in the personal abilities of their superstars.

Moreover, the two of them did not dare to adjust easily. God knows what the result of strengthening the attack will be. Continuing to delay is the safest choice.

This time, the Clippers, who were invincible in the third quarter, were defeated!
Nearly half of the third quarter, the Clippers' defensive end showed a brief fluctuation. Cassell seized the opportunity to score 4 points in a row. With the previous two-point lead, the Magic entered the official timeout with a 6-point advantage.

In the second half of the quarter, Jordan stepped up, scoring 6 points in the first half of the quarter and leading the team to 10 points in the second half. However, the Magic's score was not too bad during this period, and they also scored 9 points.

After three quarters, the Magic led the Clippers by 41 points 36-5 entering the final quarter.

After taking the initiative, the Magic performed more steadily. The lagging Clippers tried to counterattack with offense to no avail. Instead, they lost another 4 points in the first half of the fourth quarter.

At 9 minutes and 55 seconds into the final quarter, the Clippers trailed by 10 points, and Spider-Man's remaining health moment came!

Li Ao, who only scored 6 points in front, suddenly threw a three-pointer towards McGrady, narrowing the point difference to 7 points.

The fans who had been shouting "defense" for more than two hours finally had a chance to cheer and celebrate.

Spider-Man's counterattack horn sounds!
The Magic players who participated in last season's finals felt flustered, but looking at the calm expressions of the TT team, their uneasiness also dissipated.

0比2落后都能4比2横扫式逆转，领先7分，怕他蜘蛛侠作甚！
Looking back, Cassel hit a long two-pointer with the help of Duncan's pick-and-roll, regaining a 9-point lead.

When the Clippers attack, the Magic's defensive goal is clear-to flank Li Ao!
With a hot touch, if his physical strength was normal, Li Ao would dare to shoot directly against the two of them. Who is the Los Angeles shooting guard afraid of?
But in his remaining health state, he could only pass the ball out.

Bibby also made a mid-range shot from around the pile!

At critical moments, senior brother never loses control!

Immediately after the Magic missed a shot, Bibby used Li Ao to contain the fake shot, and made an emergency stop shot on the right side of the free throw line, narrowing the point difference to 5 points.

There are 44 seconds left on the clock, and the difference is 5 points. As long as you defend it, you still have a chance!
Then McGrady received a pass from Cassel from the bottom corner and hit a three-pointer...

Different from the panic when Spider-Man ran amok in last year's finals, this year's Magic team is very stable!I kept playing no matter how I played, and my scoring stability was maintained!

The Magic attacked very quickly and scored in 9 seconds. This was one of the reasons why the Clippers failed to defend. They thought the Magic would stall for time.

But with Cassell, the Magic's ability to seize opportunities has greatly improved, which has also become a part of their stability...

35 seconds, 8 points difference, two keywords superimposed... Li Ao... failed to stand up.

After facing the two men and forcing a shot from outside the three-point line to pay tribute to the rookie Peter Pan, G1 came to an end...

58 to 66, the Clippers lost to the Magic by 8 points and lost the first game!
(End of this chapter)