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Chapter 245 The Best Start of the Alliance

Chapter 245 The Best Start of the Alliance

NO.14, Li Yue brought Li Zhi to the Lakers training base, showing in detail what an NBA star does behind the spotlight in all aspects, starting from shooting warm-ups, to 2V2 fast break and running training, 3V3 outside fast conduction, relying on The pick-and-roll screen dribble and one-step shot, the empty cut to the baseline, catch the ball and layup, etc., over and over again.

After training in the morning, he took Li Zhi to the restaurant and ate according to the meal plan customized by the team's nutritionist. Except for a few pieces of beef, the rest were all ingredients that guaranteed various trace elements, and the taste was quite poor.

In the afternoon, the entire Lakers team followed the coaching staff’s plan and cooperated with the new point guard Marshall to familiarize himself with common tactics. Li Yue, as the team’s offensive axis, gave Marshall detailed explanations and supplements throughout the process. Although Wharton and others were responsible for the main part, Still talking dry, I went to the weight room after finishing the work, and did muscle-building training under the guidance of a physical trainer.

At six o'clock, Li Yue left the training base, drove Li Zhi back to Ramona's apartment, had dinner and watched the news for a while, then sat in front of the computer and began to collect and sort out the Pelicans data to prepare for the next day's game .

The two brothers chatted until midnight, and Li Zhi finally untied his knot, and was willing to talk to his father about choosing a major.

On the night of NO.15, the Lakers sit at the Staples Center to meet the challenge of the Pelicans.

The coaching staff made adjustments based on the situation of the first match between the two teams. In the first quarter, Landry was arranged to interfere with Anthony Davis receiving the ball. Godala just defends Eric Gordon, and it doesn't matter if others score through easy shots. He pinches the Pelicans' two main attack points.

In this way, Davis only made 5 of 3 shots in the first quarter, Gordon even made 3 of 0 shots, Jason Smith, who made the most shots, only made 6 of 2 shots, and the Pelicans only scored 19 points in the first quarter. However, Jordan Hill also performed poorly for the Lakers. Li Yue did not make the main attack. Marshall was defended by Holiday twice and the team only took a 3-point lead.

In the second quarter, Li Yue began to take over the game. He made 5 of 4 three-pointers and assisted Nick Young to hit two three-pointers. In addition, Davis and Gordon on the Pelicans still failed to find a way to break the defense. Way, the Lakers led by 13 points in a single quarter.

During the intermission, Li Yue was bored and swiped Twitter, and saw WOJ broke the news that Jordan Hill was arranged to start this game to show other teams how much gas they have in the tank, and Kupchak may send him before the trade deadline. The purpose of taking Jordan Hill is to get a starting-level point guard, and the trading object also includes Blake. A large number of fans commented and expressed their support.

When the game started in the third quarter, Jordan Hill seemed to suddenly change his person. On the offensive end, he faced Davis or Smith to defend. foul.

In addition, Meeks and Gasol jointly hit 8 shots, while the Pelicans only hit 8 shots in total. The Lakers scored 31 to 23 in a single quarter, leading by 24 points.

After the start of the fourth quarter, D'Antoni directly sent the third team headed by Beasley and Covington, but he also unexpectedly fought with the Pelicans' starting lineup to an inextricable battle, and finally won 116 to 95.

After the game, Li Yue approached Nicholson and expressed his request, and Nicholson readily agreed.

That night, the Lakers set off on a special plane overnight and arrived at the Denver Plateau in the early morning.

Although they are fighting back-to-back, the rebuilding Nuggets did not make the Lakers feel threatened. Moreover, the coach is rookie coach Brian Shaw, who is foolishly promoting Zen Master's triangle offense like Kurt Rambis.

The whole team had dinner together at the hotel restaurant at noon, and saw that the Denver Post criticized Iguodala in a large space, thinking that Iguodala had pitted the Nuggets too badly, causing the Nuggets to lose a lot of bargaining chips in vain, which led to the full reconstruction process. difficult.

Nix Young was quite angry about this, but Iguodala didn't care or worry about potential threats.

At the start of the first quarter of the night, Li Yue played for Iguodala with all his strength, helped Iguodala get 3 points in 2 of 5 and sent 4 assists, leading the Lakers to lead the Nuggets 33 to 28. gold.

In the second quarter of the game, the Lakers lacked back-to-back stamina problems and tied with the Nuggets with a very low shooting percentage.

On the way to the player tunnel during the halftime break, fans on both sides of the stands swear at Iguodala. Iguodala responded with a weird smile. King's starting guard Randy Foye was limited to 7 of 1 shots. Brian Shaw's triangle tactics could not be implemented smoothly, and the Lakers led by 8 points in a single quarter.

With a 13-point lead, the Lakers took the initiative in the fourth quarter and forcibly delayed the time to suppress the Nuggets' offensive rhythm. Li Yue used the triangle tactics to gain space, and Jordan Hamilton succeeded in multiple post-up singles.

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Nuggets 111 to 99, winning five consecutive victories.

After returning to Los Angeles, the Lakers continued to sit at home, beat the visiting Memphis Grizzlies with difficulty, easily defeated the Pistons who got Josh Smith in the summer and were about to fight, and slaughtered the Warriors without Stephen Curry with 27 points, relying on the second team Just won the Kings, who had a very poor shot in COSCO, and successfully extended the winning streak to 9 games.

The Lakers' sweet consecutive home time also came to an end. They departed for the East on the 25th and started a three-game trip. During this period, Li Yue received a text message from Li Zhi. Mainly majoring in computer science, film performance is my second hobby, if I can succeed, I will not force myself to do so.

The first opponent of the Lakers is the Washington Wizards. The two young backcourt combinations of Wall and Beal have brought great trouble to the Lakers' backcourt defense. They have no complex tactical cooperation, and they only rely on physical strength and speed with the help of screens. .

With the combination of Nene and Gortat, the Lakers did not take advantage of the four positions. Ariza gave Li Yue the greatest interference through defense. The two teams chased after each other and tied after three quarters.

This situation lasted until the last minute and 42 seconds. As the main players, Li Yue and Wall began to take over the game with singles.

In the end, Li Yue hit three consecutive shots, Wall made three consecutive strikes, and the Lakers won 117-116.

On the night of defeating the Wizards, the Lakers took a special plane to Brooklyn to challenge the Nets, which acquired Pierce and Garnett through a big trade in the summer.

The Barclays Center, which had a very low attendance rate, was full due to the visit of the Lakers, and the ticket price temporarily increased to 1 US dollars. The small owner of the Nets, the famous rapper JAY-Z, also brought his wife Beyoncé to watch the game .

Unexpectedly, in the first quarter, Li Yue made 6 of 5 shots and 3 of 3 three-pointers. With zero free throws, he scored 19 points and stole Pierce 2 times and blocked 1 time. Zizhao killed the contemporary Jordan, and the Lakers led 34 to 18.

In this way, the momentum of the Nets plummeted, and they only scored 86 points in the game, losing to the Lakers by 20 points.

Pierce expressed "magnanimity" after the game that the era of the older generation of small forwards is over, and he is optimistic that Li Yue will lead the entire league in the next ten years and enter the top ten discussion categories in NBA history.

In the last game of November, the Lakers traveled to Detroit, Motown, to challenge the Pistons away.

Perhaps because of the disastrous defeat in the previous match, the Pistons were extremely fierce on the offensive end at the beginning of the game. Drummond and Monroe teamed up to destroy the Lakers' inside defense and scored 12 points through free throws, but the team only led the Lakers by 1 point.

Then in the second and third quarters, the two teams led each other, and the Lakers entered the fourth quarter behind by 3 points.

The Pistons fans at the scene were very happy to see the hope of victory. They thought that the referee suddenly tightened the penalty scale. Drummond and Monroe failed to score many offenses and did not get free throws. The two of Smith felt cold, the Pistons fell into a scoring drought that lasted nearly 3 minutes, and the Lakers took the opportunity to play a wave of 12-0.

When Jennings and others finally found their hand, it was already near the end of the game. In the end, the Lakers defeated the Pistons 108 to 101, successfully extended the winning streak to 12 games, and ranked first in the league with a record of 16 wins and 1 loss.

On the 30th, the Lakers team returned to Los Angeles.

That night, Li Yue was sitting on the sofa, holding a big can of beef jerky, chatting with Chenxi on the phone, while watching the ESPN live broadcast of the Pacers' home game against the Wizards, and inadvertently noticed that the Pacers had won 15 wins and 1 loss.

Chenxi said that he would put down his work and fly over to spend Christmas with him. Li Yue was very happy about it. When he put down the phone, he saw Paul George hit a buzzer shot to stop the Wizards, leading by [-] points in three quarters.

In the end, the Pacers defeated the Wizards 93 to 73, won 6 consecutive victories, and tied the league with the Lakers for the first place in the league with a record of 16 wins and 1 loss.

Lance Stephenson scored a quasi triple-double of 9 points, 11 assists and 11 rebounds in this game. As a team representative, he accepted the post-match interview. After a few routine questions, the EPSN reporter changed the subject: "Lance, you guys will play in the next game. To play against the Los Angeles Lakers, the result of the game will determine who can continue to secure the number one throne in the league, what do you think?"

Lance looked fierce: "Last season because of my mistakes, Li Yue got a chance to become a superstar. Now let me end it all. We are currently the best defensive team in the league. I want to prove it to everyone See, he's not a god."

(End of this chapter)