I'm really strong in basketball

Chapter 82 Teacher Peja's Small Classroom
End of first quarter, 22:20.

Relying on the outstanding performance of Anthony and Miller, the Nuggets bit the score.

On the Lakers side, O'Neal was double-teamed and played averagely, but Kobe and Liu He exploded at the same time.

Come back for the second quarter.

The quality of the Nuggets' defense began to decline.

This is the team culture problem.

The Nuggets have never been a team dedicated to defense, and Anthony is not a defensive champion. They can improve their defensive quality by relying on temporary enthusiasm, but it must not last long.

As for the Pistons, the tradition of iron and blood defense has long been integrated into the blood of every player, so that they can continue to play high-intensity defense.

That's what defense is all about...it's habit, it's experience, it's tradition.

It cannot be improved in a short time.

As soon as he came back from the second quarter, O'Neal seized the Nuggets' slack opportunity and continued to overwhelm the river in the low post, scoring 6 points in a row, gradually widening the point difference.

Only then did the Nuggets react and began to double-team O'Neal again.

And this double-team missed Liu He again.

Liu He fired continuously from beyond the three-point line, and two three-pointers directly stopped the game.

At halftime, 51:40.

The Lakers built an 11-point lead.

In the third quarter, Anthony played bravely again and scored consecutively.

Kobe stood up and confronted Anthony.

Three quarters are over.

77: 65.

The Lakers still lead by double digits.

In the fourth quarter, Liu He stood up again, shooting from inside and outside, scoring 8 points in a row.

The Nuggets had no one to deal with. Anthony, who had consumed too much in the first three quarters, began to lose his touch and missed one after another.

The Lakers expanded the point difference to 20 points in an instant.

The game was thus decided.

In the end, the Lakers beat the Nuggets 108:89.

In this game, Liu He scored a game-high 29 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.

科比21分6篮板9助攻2抢断1盖帽。

O'Neal had 18 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks.

The Big Three scored 68 points together.

Payton also had 14 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists and 1 steal.

For the Nuggets, Anthony had 23 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals.

Miller had 20 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists and 1 steal.

Boykins had 12 points and 2 assists.

Camby had 10 points, 10 rebounds and 3 blocks.

In this direct dialogue, Liu He once again had the last laugh.

And won the record, and won the data.

Added the most important weight to this month's Rookie of the Month selection.

After the All-Star break, the Big Three led the team to an excellent record of 5 consecutive victories and continued to lead the league.

The record of the Lakers is an astonishing 46 wins and 9 losses.

In the West, following the Lakers is the Sacramento Kings. Their record is 41 wins and 14 losses, which is also very good.

After Kings boss Webb was injured, Peja Stojakovic gradually took the boss's position.

In the All-Star three-point contest, Peja played a humiliating performance. He only scored 6 points in the final, which made the fans laugh.

But after the All-Star Game, Peja used his performance on the court to shut up those fans.

Playing the Celtics, Peja had 28 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.

Playing against the Timberwolves, Peja had 25 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals.

Playing the Bulls, Peja had 37 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Playing the Raptors, Peja had 28 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals.

Playing against the Knicks, Peja had 28 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals.

In 5 consecutive games, Peja scored more than 25 points and led the Kings to 5 consecutive victories.

He averaged an astonishing 29.2 points, 6.4 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.8 steals per game.

而刘河最近5场的场均数据只是18.2分6篮板2.6助攻2抢断0.6盖帽。

Peja's data far exceeds that of Liu He.

This made the fans sigh:

"Sure enough, Peja is indeed the upper limit of Liu He's template. Liu He still has a long way to go from Peja."

"The three-point shooting contest is just an entertainment project, and it really doesn't explain anything."

"Back to the game, Peja's performance has completely blown Liu He!"

"It's still too early to say that Liu He is the top shooter in the NBA. Let's wait until he has passed the mountain of Peja first."

……

When Peja was interviewed by reporters, he also said calmly: "Of course, Liu He is very talented, and his future is limitless. But now, he still has a lot to learn. I am happy to teach him Some experience with the game, and skills."

Looks like a senior.

On February 2004, 2, the Kings visited Los Angeles.

Peja is about to confront Liu He head-on.

And at this moment, Kings power forward Darius Sangueira was interviewed by the media again.

Sangueira is a "Lithuanian" center who once studied at Wake Forest University and can be said to be the predecessor of the Liuhe University team.

However, he participated in the NBA draft in 2002 and was selected with the 21st overall pick in the second round. As a result, he went to Europe to play for another year. It was not until June 2003 that he officially signed with the Kings.

And Liu He entered Wake Forest University in the fall of 2002.

So in fact, Liu He had never seen this person at all.

There is a little relationship, and it is the same as nothing.

The two cannot say that they are not familiar with each other, but they do not know each other at all.

Sangueira showed off in front of the media: "I know Liu He because we are from the same university team. His performance is very good, but compared to Peja, he is still immature. He needs to learn from Peja. There are still many places. For example, I learned a lot of useful things from Mr. Peja. I think Liu He can also learn something in tonight's game. Mr. Peja's ability, for me, for Liu He, Very useful even for all the Devil's Deacon players."

When Liu He heard these words from the reporter, Liu He frowned tightly.

He understands me?

The two have never met before, so he knew himself out of thin air?

It's outrageous.

Also, if you want to kneel and lick Peja is your business, can you not drag me and the whole alma mater into the water.

The reporter didn't seem to notice Liu He's gloom, and still asked: "Liu He, Sangueira knows you so well, are you worried that he will target you on the court?"

Liu He glanced coldly at the reporter who asked the question, and replied: "I'm sorry, I don't have time to worry about an unknown person. I didn't know there was such a person in the Devil's Deacon team. He was responsible for picking up the ball for the official players. child?"

After answering, Liu He strode away.

The reporter showed a triumphant smile.

Soon, Liu He's response spread.

Sangueira was furious and publicly stated that he would teach Liu He a lesson on the court.

And Payton on the side is even more heartbroken: "It seems that Liu He has a lot to learn. His attitude will not go far in the professional basketball world. I will teach him well in tonight's game." .”

Facing the words of these two people, Liu He responded: "I'll wait!"

So far, the two teams have not started fighting, and the smoke of war has filled the air.

At 7 p.m., Liu He made preparations in the locker room and received calls from Josh Howard and Duncan.

"Big Ugly" Josh Howard: "Liu, teach Peja and Sangueira a lesson, and count me in."

Liu He sneered: "Do you still need to remind?"

Duncan said: "In a few days, we will also meet the Kings, and I will make a move then."

Liu He shook his head: "You don't need to take action, that would be too embarrassing to them, they are not worthy of it."

Duncan smiled: "Then I'll just stay in front of the TV and wait for a good show."

Liu He: "You wait!"

At 7:[-] that night, the two sides started the field.

Kings:
Fifth position: Verratti Divac.

Number four: Darius Sangueira.

Third position: Peja Stojakovic.

Number two: Doug Christie.

Number one: Mike Bibby.

When Peja and Sangueira played, they were immediately booed by Los Angeles fans.

Dare to mess with our little cutie, boo you to death!
Lakers:
Fifth position: Shaq O'Neal.

Fourth position: Stanislav Medvedenko.

Number three: Liu He.

Number two: Kobe Bryant.

Number one: Gary Payton.

The moment Liu He appeared on the stage, he felt two provocative eyes staring at him.

Liu He turned his head and looked over, it was Peja and Sangueira.

Liu He showed a bright smile and greeted silently: "You idiot!"

Both Peja and Sangueira were taken aback.

They obviously couldn't read lips or Chinese, but they could feel Liu He's insult to them from Liu He's smile.

It's an amazing feeling.

For a moment, Peja and Sangueira's expressions turned cold, and they stared fiercely at Liu He.

But Liu He smiled even brighter: "One is a big dick, the other is a dog!"

It's not that Liu He looked down on Peja, but that he knew Peja too well in his previous life, so he couldn't think highly of him.

This guy is a famous regular season star.

The regular season is omnipotent, and the playoffs are shitty.

Take this year as an example.

这一年，佩贾常规赛场均24.2分6.3篮板2.1助攻1.3抢断0.2盖帽，投篮命中率48%，季后赛命中率43.3，罚球命中率92.7%。

But in the playoffs, his data dropped to an average of 17.5 points, 7 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game, shooting 38.4% from the field, 31.5% from three-pointers, and 89.7% from free throws.

Poor defense, poor mental quality, unable to fight tough battles...

These can also be understood as strength issues.

But what he is best at is forming cliques, uniting with European fellow Divac, taking advantage of Weber's injury to make troubles, occupying the boss position, forcing Weber away, and causing the most gorgeous team in the early 21st century to fall apart.

This is Owen's "pioneer version" with proper team dismantling attributes.

The key is to force Webber away, and he can't afford the team.The Kings declined rapidly, unable to make the playoffs for many years.

……

So he said he would teach Liu He.

Liu He just wanted to laugh.

What can we learn from him?
Dismantling the team?diarrhea?Infighting?
Do these things still need to be learned?
Game start.

O'Neal won on the jump ball.

Lakers offense.

Kobe broke through with the ball, attracted double-teams and gave the ball to O'Neal.

O'Neill dunks both arms.

boom!
2: 0.

The Kings attack.

Peja stared at Liu He and said, "Rookie, watch carefully and study hard. Teacher Peja's small class has begun. I will only teach you once!"

"Slut" Sangaila also added fuel to the scene: "Student, study hard, don't just get a little bit of success and then float away."

Liu He took a serious look at Sangaila and stopped talking to him.

Then Peja reminded Mike Bibby: "Mike, pay attention to passing the ball to me later, I still feel good tonight."

Bibby nodded.

Bibby advanced to the frontcourt, ready to deal Peja.

Peja began to run, stretching out his hands to signal Bibby to pass the ball.

Just as Bibby was about to pass the ball, he found a figure following Peja.

The number 25 of the Lakers is Liu He.

As soon as Liu He accelerated, he circled in front of Peja and stood between Peja and Bibi.

Peja sneered: "The rookie has a few tricks, but that's it, it's not enough!"

Peja then turned around and ran back, running out of space again.

But only for a moment, Liu He rushed forward again, and directly stretched out his hand to press Peja's arm, preventing him from catching the ball.

But Peja is not made of mud after all, how can it be so easy to be guarded.

Peja immediately pushed Liu He, turned around and ran back again.

But in just a split second, Liu He pounced on him again, tightly entangled Peja, clinging to Peja like a piece of brown sugar.

Peja's mind finally changed.

"This rookie is not as weak as I imagined, but very difficult to deal with."

Peja finally got serious.

It's just that Bibby held the ball for too long to wait for Payton, so he passed the ball.

Divac pulled to the free throw line and Medvedenko followed.

Divac then made a ground pass to Christie, who was cut in the air.

But Bryant stared at Christie, and Christie's mid-range shot missed under Bryant's interference.

O'Neal protected the rebound.

Liu He glanced at Peja and laughed loudly: "I have learned it! I have learned it!"

Peja frowned and asked, "What have you learned?"

Liu He: "Teacher Peja is showing a counterexample, telling me that I can't catch the ball if I play like this. I have learned it."

Peja: "..."

His face quickly turned red!
"Boy, I will let you know how powerful it is!"

Leaving a threat, Peja turned and ran away.

Lakers offense.

Peja marks Liu He, and intends to show Liu He some color.

However, Liu He just lay in ambush in the bottom corner, neither running, nor confronting, nor taking the initiative to ask for the ball.

Facing Liu He like this, Peja had no chance even if he wanted to target him.

On the other side of the basket, O'Neal received the ball, and after gouging it twice, he directly knocked Divac away and smashed the basketball into the basket.

boom!
4: 0.

The Kings attack.

Peja started talking trash again: "Rookie, learn hard!"

Liu He pretended to be puzzled: "Mr. Peja, didn't you say you only teach once?"

Peja's cheeks twitched directly.

He clenched his fists tightly, determined to blow up this ignorant bastard rookie.

In the frontcourt, Peja first ran along the baseline and found that he couldn't get rid of Liu He. He immediately cooperated with Divac in a crossover and finally got the chance to catch the ball.

Bibby is a very solid defender and quickly handed the ball to Peja.

Peja catches the ball, pulls up and shoots.

But at this moment, Liu He had already caught up and jumped up to block the shot.

"What a long arm, what a big hand!"

Peja's heart jumped, but it was too late to dodge, and his ball was still brushed by Liu He's fingertips.

The route of the ball was changed, and it began to fall rapidly halfway, and was finally accepted by Medvedenko under the basket.

Liu He said with a playful smile: "Mr. Peja, why are you showing a negative example again? I have already learned it, and now I want to learn a positive case."

The muscles on Peja's face twisted again.

Lakers offense.

Liu He was still standing in the bottom corner, watching O'Neill and Kobe beat their opponents while continuing to tease Peja.

"Teacher Peja, come and teach me how to defend."

Peja was about to reply when he heard a dunk behind him.

Looking back, Kobe was already hanging on the basket, looking aggressively at his fellow Divac.

6: 0.

In the opening stage, the Lakers beat the Kings.

Beep!
Rick Adelman immediately called a timeout.

"Stowe, the team needs you to stand up and score. Get rid of that rookie immediately. He is not your opponent. Kobe and O'Neal are the objects of your competition!"

Although Peja did not take advantage of Liu He for two consecutive rounds, but Coach Adelman did not think that Peja would lose to Liu He, a rookie.

"Yes, Mr. Adelman!"

Of course, Peja thought so too.

(End of this chapter)