From sparring to superstar

Chapter 68 66. The Best Sixth Man
The evaluation he got on the court-although his ability is single, his style of play is mature, his golf quotient is high, and the most dazzling thing is his rapid progress!

Some media sorted out the changes in his performance in the 18 games since he entered the NCAA. In 4 months, his performance seemed to have transformed!
Some people have compared him with Dameng and Shifo.

What's even more exaggerated is that comparing his progress speed with these two, many people think he won.

The data performance of those two freshman seasons is indeed better, but it depends more on their height and athletic ability. Before they mainly played basketball, the two were already good athletes in high school.

What the two showed in their freshman season was more talent than progress. Both of them were adapting to their status in the freshman season, and the team's record was not outstanding.

Li Ao's side is different. He has progressed from "starting from scratch" to serving as the supporting core and important scorer of a winning team in the division, becoming an indispensable member.

Although as a team that plays as a team, each of the main players of the Trojans is indispensable, but his importance is definitely at the forefront.

There is another point that he didn't expect, which has been praised by people-less dribbling time.

After 18 games, his average playing time is 24 minutes, the average number of dribbles per game is 21 times, and the average number of dribbles per minute is less than 1 time!
Last night against the Cardinals, he dribbled only six times.

Against opponents like the Cardinals and the Dukes, he can almost dribble without dribbling. After receiving the ball, he quickly makes a decision whether to shoot or respond, or protect the ball and pass it to the teammate who is responding.

On this point, he found that his views were completely different from others.

It is purely because he has not received too much ball-handling training, his ball-handling ability is stuck outside the good level of 69, and he has no confidence in dribbling, so he tries not to dribble as much as possible.

Unexpectedly, it became the advantage of being praised.

Not to mention, seeing this number of dribbles, he felt very powerful. Others don't stick to the pan, but he doesn't stick to the ball.

But off-site evaluations...

It's nothing more than those things. The most sprayed ones are still fighting and chaotic private life.

The previous use of these things to attack his remarks was not so intense.

But now it has risen directly to personal attacks.

Even storytellers appeared. Some people said that his sister was abandoned by him after he slept with her. Now she has jade disease, and the poor little fairy's life has been ruined.

Everything else was fine, seeing this, he put his schoolbag on his back and opened a trumpet, and replied - you should take care of your mother, she is also jaded.

At noon, Henry Bibby, who had won the division championship bonus, generously invited the whole team to a big hotel in San Jose for dinner. Vivienne and Liam also went to have a meal.

In the afternoon, the Trojans returned to Los Angeles. Today they were on vacation, but they returned to school as soon as possible, enjoying the support of their classmates and having a good time with everyone.

Returning to his apartment at night after a tumultuous day, showering, lying down, and calming down, he reflects on the past 24 hours, which he thoroughly enjoyed.

But he knew that if he wanted to continue to enjoy such glory, he had to continue to win!

In the world of sports competition, glory does not come easily, but it goes quickly.

Turning on the system, he looked at the achievement points in the upper right corner.

昨晚的比赛，他拿到18分4板4助攻1抢断1盖帽，拿到190成就点。

Double-kill the Cardinals and get 500 achievement points.

The 'Dark Horse Attack' is all over, with 18 consecutive victories and 9000 achievement points.

A complete victory locks the Crazy Three quota in advance, and gets the highest reward of 5000 achievement points.

In the civil war stage of the competition area, 18 victories were won and 3600 achievement points were obtained.

Adding the original 5235 achievement points, the existing achievement points reached 23525 points!
He reckoned so much, probably enough for Xia Tian, ​​right?
If it is not enough, it is estimated that there will be a lot of money for the next game.

According to the usual practice, as the first place in the division, they have locked the crazy three places in advance, and they will play 9 games in the next three weeks.

The opponents will not be teams from the six top divisions, but other small divisions or independent teams that participate in different leagues every year. His data may be better and he will get a little more achievement points.

It would be even better if it could trigger a mission or something.

In addition to the harvest of achievement points last night, he also got the reward of the task of 'Total Victory' - a level 3 skill upgrade card.

There are currently two level 2 skills, 'Transfer Specialist' and 'Catch and Shoot Specialist'.

After struggling for a while, he didn't plan to upgrade the 'Transfer Expert'.

The biggest effect of this skill is to increase his passing accuracy in the early stage, but his current passing has reached 78, and the speed of improvement is still very fast. The strongest bonus of this skill will become less and less effective.

In addition, he is already used to the 'non-touch ball' style of play, not as the main controller, temporarily raising it to 85 is enough.

In comparison, 'Catch and Shot Specialist' didn't start out very well, but it's getting stronger now.

He issued an instruction in his mind, and the system prompt came.

"The host uses a level 3 skill upgrade card to upgrade the skill: catch and shoot expert, which has been upgraded from level 2 to level 3."

"Catch and shoot expert level 3: 1. When the host catches and shoots, mid-range shots +3, three-pointers +3; The stronger the ability to connect the basic functions, the stronger the effect; 2. It is easier to find the shooting feeling with a 3% probability of catching and shooting."

Li Ao has a bit of regret for not continuing to get the hard bonus of shooting ability.

However, the description of the second effect has changed, from 'slight reduction' to 'reduction', this change is very important, and the effect is reflected in every shot.

As his basic skills of catching and shooting are getting stronger and stronger, the effect is getting stronger and stronger, and the feeling is obvious.

As for the newly added third bonus... 3% probability, very metaphysical, I don’t know if it’s like licking 10 times in a row without a crit, and then the 9th must be a crit, and it’s not a crit , It's just easier to find the shooting feeling.

Anyway, it seems quite tasteless at the moment, considering his current number of shots, the effect is definitely not as good as 'perfect warm-up level 1'.

But 'Perfect Warm Up' is a separate skill, and this bonus is only one of the bonuses of 'Catch and Shoot Expert', and there is still room for two levels of improvement, so it cannot be generalized.

After upgrading his skills, his gaze returned to the [-] achievement points.

Heart itching, gambling dog mentality came again.

"One time, just one draw, system, let's start the lottery draw!"

The system switched to the lottery drawing interface, and a white light flashed...

"Congratulations to the host for getting the reward: professional knife work.

Professional knife skills: When the host conducts professional kitchen knife skills, he will quickly reach the level of professional knife skills. When the host makes dishes, he will use the knife skills to decorate the dishes, which will increase the appetite of the eaters. "

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Is this really the rhythm of opening a store?

It's really convenient to use the knife skill by the way.

He was lost in thought—is this a reward based on hobbies?
If I knew it, I would like to study how to print money... Uh, that hobby seems to be a crime.

Forget it, it’s not bad to improve your cooking skills, it adds to the joy of life.

Seeing that there are [-] achievement points left...

(*`*)
One shot, one shot!
A white light flashed...

"Congratulations to the host for getting the reward: 2 level 1 skill upgrade card fragment."

Sure enough, it should be smoked, the two pieces are broken!

Again!
"Congratulations to the host for getting the reward: a shaking shaker.

Shaking cocktail jug: When the host learns to mix wine, he will quickly reach a professional level. "

Convex

"I'm not old enough to drink... Can I be a bartender if I'm not old enough to drink?"

...

Seal up the remaining [-] achievement points, and stop blah blah, otherwise it may really affect the offseason training efficiency.

There was a day of class on Friday, and on Saturday, the University of the headquarters of the pac10 league announced the division awards for this season.

After Li Ao was shortlisted, he learned about the voting mechanism for this award.

The head coaches of 10 universities, those who cannot vote for their own schools, invited 20 media, broadcasters, commentators and other industry experts, 10 NCAA official personnel, and 10 head coaches from other divisions, a total of 50 people, Each person has one vote for the individual awards, and the best team or the best defensive team each gives a specific lineup for the first team and the second team... very simple voting rules.

白曼巴场均19.5分6板1.5助攻1.5盖帽、48.3%的投篮命中率、44.2%的三分命中率、86%的罚球命中率，加上18胜0负的战绩，力压队友格兰维尔拿下MVP。

After a lapse of decades, the Trojans once again had a player win the Pac10 League Most Valuable Player.

Rookie of the Year... was taken by No. 0 of the Wildcats, who got 24 votes.

The second place was Jacobson of the Cardinals with 2 votes, Li Ao ranked third with 13 votes, and Kapono of the Bruins won the remaining two votes.

The best defensive player was won by Mark Madsen of the Cardinals, averaging 12 points, 9.3 rebounds, 1.5 steals and 1.5 blocks per game.

Shelby Jordan lost to Mark Madsen by six votes.

In terms of the best team, both Granville and White Mamba were selected for the first team.

At the same time, Granville also won the Most Improved Player Award. From averaging 5+ assists per game last season, to averaging 9.22 assists per game this season, he won the assists king in the division. Progress Award.

However, although he currently ranks first in the NCAA in assists per game, the NCAA assists leader is not counted in this way. He has to count all the games in the subsequent "place competition" stage and the third stage of madness.

The best defensive team, Shelby Jordan was selected again, and this time it was the first team. As Li Ao expected, he was also selected to the best defensive team, but he was the second team.

The best coach was won by Henry Bibby, which is the least suspenseful, basically it will be given to the team with the best record every year.

But one award was unexpected!
李敖以18场比赛场均11.44分2.39板3.28助攻1.16抢断0.78盖帽、49%的投篮命中率、87%的罚球命中率，拿下本赛季pac10联盟最佳第六人！

Overwhelmed Jerome Moiso, who averaged 15 points and 7 rebounds per game, and Brusenthal, who averaged 12 points and 8 rebounds per game.

And the number of votes is huge, he got 31 votes, which is higher than the white mamba who got the MVP with 28 votes.

Bruins coach Steve LaVine, who voted for Li Ao, said in an interview: "Leo's role in the Trojans is irreplaceable. When he plays, the Trojans' offense can always be raised to the highest level. level."

Li Ao did not expect to get this award, but he was naturally very happy.

In the afternoon, when he attended the press conference with his teammates to accept the award, the smile on his lips could not be stopped at all, he could only try his best to smile nicely, not to be an idiot.

6 individual awards, the Trojans won 4, and 4 people were selected to the best team or the best defensive team. Not only him, but everyone on the team was from ear to ear at the press conference. Everyone was honored !
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A few days of happy time passed, and on Sunday, the Trojans began to prepare for the game.

Personally, except for Thursday, Li Ao trained normally for the next two days. Taking advantage of the deep impression of the game, he seized the time to conduct intensive training on the deficiencies exposed in the Cardinals game.

Opponents like the Cardinals, in his opinion, are too suitable for leveling. Every time they play against each other, they can understand where he is not enough.

This insufficiency refers to the poor performance of his abilities.

The teammates had a good rest for two days.

Fortunately, when everyone gathered today, he saw that his teammates were still full of energy, and they didn't get flustered or slack off just because they won the championship.

When Berkeley announced the awards yesterday, it also announced the next schedule of each team.

Curiosity makes a big head.

Li Ao went to learn about the rules of Crazy Three's schedule... It was a headache to read, it was complicated and messy.

There are as many as 34 NCAA Division I leagues this year, and there are also independent teams.

Except for the first dozen or so games, the NCAA officially set the schedule, and then they played their own games.

After the winter break at the end of January, each league's schedule has been drawn up independently. Except for the Pac1 League and the Big 10 League, which only have 10 teams, the six top leagues continue to maintain two games a week. The other four top leagues It has been changed to 4 games a week.

So when it comes to the competition for places, the schedule of the Pac10 League and the Big 4 League will be more compact than the other four top leagues.

He doesn't care about how other leagues arrange the schedule, just focus on himself.

As the number one in the division, they only need to play 9 games next, but the schedule is very dense, and the next wave will be a wave of 9 games in 5 days!
The good news is that the competition arrangement for the spot competition stage is similar to the Crazy Three stage, with several teams competing in the same arena.

For the next 5 games, the Trojans will be the hosts. The games will be played at the Memorial Stadium and there is no need to go to other cities.

The opponents are top 5 in the Pacific Athletic Conference, four of which are in California.

They are UC Santa Barbara Gauchos, UC San Diego Aztecs, Cal Poly Western Broncos, Cal State Baxfield Roadrunners, non-California schools - Waves Issy State University Idaho Broncos.

The Pacific Sports League does not have the privilege of No.1 to lock in the crazy three places. This league belongs to the minor league. Although there are 13 universities, the overall strength is weak. It is not sure how many members there are in each season. Every university wants to change jobs. Stronger league.

(End of this chapter)