Pick Westbrook

Chapter 309 This is the glory of the Bucks
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"Coach Li Lai is back!"

"what!"

"Is he really back?"

The streets of Milwaukee, covered with snow.

The crowd and Bai Xue mixed together and surged crazily on the street.

This city, which snows for one-third of the year, ushered in the greatest enthusiasm of the year.

The whole city is more lively than Christmas, Easter, Independence Day and Halloween.

The fans all stood on the only road passing through Bradley Arena and waited. After seeing the arrival of the Hornets bus, the crowd was in an uproar.

"You bastard, you also know to come back, do you know how much we miss you."

"Hurry up and take out your three legs, I want to vent my anger and cut him off."

"Bar Street in Milwaukee is ready for girls, stay here after the game tonight."

"Welcome back, bastard."

"Li Lai! Thank you for everything you have done for us!"

At this time, a small fan suddenly ran in the direction of the bus. After seeing Li Lai who was by the window, he waved his hand and raised a statue high above his head.

Li Lai took the statue, and the little boy stopped on the spot out of breath. He waved his hand vigorously in the direction of the bus and said.

"Li Lai, we all like you."

The figure of the little boy gradually disappeared from sight, and it was only at this time that Li Lai began to look seriously at the sent statue.

It was a stag.

"This is a custom souvenir for the fans after the Bucks won the championship last season. It reads: 2010-11 NBA Championship, Milwaukee Bucks."

Hammond looked at Lee, who had been staring at the statue, and explained.

Li Lai hadn't spoken since getting off the plane, and in Hammond's view, Li Lai seemed more like nostalgia and more timid.

After Hammond said this, he turned his head away without disturbing the other party too much. He knew that Li Lai's emotions must be very chaotic and complicated at the moment.

Li Lai put the statue safely in his pocket, and then continued to look out the window. He looked at every Bucks fan.

These fans gave him a feeling of deja vu.

"Milwaukee, hello."

Jimmy Butler and Beverly also acted in the same way as Li Lai. They were both looking out the car window at this moment.

"This is the city where the coach stayed for three full years. It feels much poorer than New Orleans."

Beverly, who has played overseas for several years and claims to be a veteran of the stadium, proudly said at this moment: "Don't look at the poorness of this city, they have gained a great reputation in the league in the past three years."

"When any team faces the Bucks, they have to be beaten by their tsunami-like offense."

"At that time, you hadn't participated in the draft yet. I don't know where. The Bucks are a genuine two-peat championship team!"

Jimmy Butler, who is still a rookie, has no special feeling for the word championship. He believes that as long as he trains hard, he will definitely win this award in the future.

Of course, Jimmy Butler did not forget to remind Beverly: "I was at Marquette University at that time."

Leonard, who had been silent all this time, suddenly looked at the two and said, "We have to win tonight's game."

Butler was stunned, wondering why Leonard had a cramp and why he said this sentence suddenly, and he didn't finally understand until Beverly reminded him.

"That's right!"

"They are also disciples of the coach. We can't be worse than those players of the Bucks."

Leonard, who likes to keep everything in his heart, did not explain to the two that they had misunderstood what he meant.

Leonard naturally also wants to prove that he is no worse than the former disciples of the Bucks coaches, but the significance of the Hornets winning the game tonight does not lie in this.

Leonard remembered the rumors when the Bucks were traded, so he muttered softly at this time: "The coach was taken away from this team, and we have to fight for him."

Bradley Arena.

Fans wearing green jerseys formed a sea of ​​green, and the entire arena was buzzing with people.

Kenny Smith couldn't help but cover his ears and said: "The Bucks' devils have appeared again at home. This is the first time this season."

Barkley said: "It's just that the fans in Milwaukee didn't spray the opposite visiting team today, but applauded and cheered."

Both Barkley and Kenny Smith knew why the newly promoted home team of the devil gave the visiting team such high respect at this time, because Lee is here!

Li Lai deserves any degree of respect from the city.

After the crazy shouts of the fans, the entire arena suddenly fell silent and all the lights disappeared.

A figure suddenly flickered on the big screen at the scene.

It's Li Lai!
"Trust me, I'll do wonders for the Bucks."

"All the fans please come to the Bucks training camp to watch us practice. The Milwaukee Bucks are ready and we are about to enter the new season."

"This is Russell Westbrook, a talented player, and I will prove that he is worthy of Michael Reid + Bogut chips."

"Have you seen this rookie with three-point accuracy? He will lead the new pattern of the league."

"Don't keep staring at Cousins' stinky temper. He is a naive and straightforward kid. This kid has the potential to become the league's number one center."

On the big screen, Li Lai's post-match interviews with the Bucks and commanding operations on the sidelines were shown one after another.

Bucks coaching bench.

Looking at the scene on the big screen of Li Lai yelling at a referee and spitting all over the place, while he and Marshall were holding each other tightly, Tyronn Lue couldn't help but smile knowingly.

Marshall was clapping on the sidelines, seeing the picture of him handing Li Lai the statistics in a hurry, his mind was full of memories.

"That's what the Bucks used to be."

Yi Jianlian stared at himself in the screen shooting a super long three-pointer, and said thank you in his heart.

Cousins, who has always been grumpy, looked at Li Lai who reunited after a long absence, and said with a choked voice: I am Nima.

On the big screen, the scene of the Bucks winning the championship by defeating the Lakers for the first time and the Mavericks winning the championship for the second time appeared.

Countless ribbons fell from the sky, Gatorade drinks were poured on the head of the coach by the players, crazy roars and surging fans
Curry lowered his head and took out the braces, and didn't let his emotions at this time appear in the camera lens.

He didn't want the coach to see him cry.

Westbrook put his hands behind his back and his eyes were firm. He slowly wiped the corners of his eyes, and shouted with a choked voice at this moment.

"Bucks!"

"Let's go!!!"

Hornets dugout.

When Paul, Leonard, Jimmy Butler and others saw the scene of paying tribute, their hearts were full of emotions.

For the first time, they had an idea of ​​what the coach was doing with the Bucks.

Hammond on the side couldn't help turning his head to look at Li Lai. Li Lai, who had always been calm and calm, couldn't see any waves on his face, and now his eyes were red.

Li Lai took a deep breath and tried his best to restrain his emotions, but the more he restrained his emotions, the more he gushed out.

"Milwaukee bastards, I'm back."

Artest walked to the center of the court at this time.

There was a booth there, and there was a box with a championship ring in it.

Artest raised his hands to signal the fans at the scene to be quiet. Known as the beast, he just glanced at Li Lai, who was on the coaching bench of the Hornets, and his voice immediately became soft and hoarse.

He yelled out with all his strength.

"Let us welcome the bishop Li Lai who has led the Bucks to two consecutive championships with warm applause!"

Listening to Artest yelling this sentence in a choked voice, Kenny Smith at the commentary desk couldn't hold back his tears.

In his opinion, the team that created the small ball era and achieved two consecutive championships was no longer complete the moment Li Lai left.

It's like a corner of the once good memories has been severely torn off.

Even Barkley, who was used to seeing players parting and teams collapsing, sighed again and again at this moment and said: "Let us welcome Coach Li Lai onto the court with the warmest applause."

on the field.

Li Lai applauded and walked up amidst the shouts of thousands of fans.

Those brats from the Bucks couldn't wait to go through the ring awarding process, they rushed to the court one by one and pinned Li Lai to the ground.

"coach!"

"coach!"

"coach!!"

Curry pressed Li Lai's body, Westbrook happily hung Li Lai tightly like a child, Dragic made a run-up in a very bastard, and then rushed towards the crowd like a mountain.

Cousins ​​always covered Li Lai with his body, for fear that this group of big and three thick men would crush Li Lai.

The shy Yi Jianlian was more restrained, looking at the crowd who had no place at all, he found Li Lai's foot that was exposed outside the crowd, and pulled it away with all his strength.

CCTV commentary desk.

Su Qun smiled at first, and then sentimental emotions surged up.

He said: "Whether you like Li Lai or not, whether you hate his small ball tactics that changed the league structure, the Bucks team you see that is attacking for three consecutive championships is still the first team after the OK combination of the Lakers. Two teams that have won back-to-back championships."

"Curry's three-pointer, Westbrook's triple-double, Yi Jianlian's ultra-long range, Artest's defense, Cousins' inside and outside singles, and Ivor who is no longer in this team Sen, O'Neill and McGrady and others."

"Don't forget that they took our youth, at this moment, you should be honored that you can see this."

"From the Magic Birds to the Bucks' small ball era, we have indeed been touched many times. These classic moments will not end, and there will be more."

Yu Jia, who was on the sidelines, was already so moved that he said in a choked voice, "When Coach Li Lai became the new head coach of the Hornets, there were a lot of doubts and curses on the Internet."

"All the fans thought that Li Lai would accomplish nothing if he left the Bucks team. At first I wanted to complain for Li Lai on the Internet, but in the end I thought it was completely unnecessary."

"I have so much faith in Coach Li Lai's ability! No need to argue, he will lead the Hornets to respond!"

on the field.

Li Lai took a photo with Tyronn Lue, Marshall, and all the Bucks players, and then he held up the championship ring in his right hand.

This is the honor that belonged to this team last season.

"The ceremony for awarding the championship ring is over, and the game is about to begin!"

The big screen at the scene quickly displayed the starting lineups of the two teams.

Hornets starting lineup: Chris Paul, Leonard, Vince Carter, Lewis and Jordan.

Bucks starting lineup: Westbrook, Curry, Danny Green, Yi Jianlian and Cousins.

Game start.

Midfield jump ball.

In the fight between Jordan and Cousins, both of them exerted their strength, and finally the basketball was clicked out by Jordan.

Lewis and Danny Green collided in the air, and Lewis caught the rebound in Paul's hands.

The Hornets got the offensive ball.

"The two teams played very fiercely when they came up. It seems that they are going to do it for real in tonight's game."

Looking at the picture on the court, Yu Jia became more and more nervous.

In his opinion, the Hornets and the Bucks belong to the eastern and western teams respectively, and the two teams cannot compete at all. Except for the possibility of meeting in the finals, it is almost impossible to meet in the playoffs.

Moreover, the victory or defeat of this regular season is insignificant to the two teams, and it will not affect their respective rankings in the East and West.

Totally unnecessary.

Su Qun shook his head and said, "You don't know that. The NBA stadium is like a battlefield. No matter how well the players and coaches on both sides know each other in private, they have to do it on the court."

"This is the greatest respect for an opponent."

on the field.

Paul advances with the ball.

Westbrook tried a steal as soon as he came up. Fortunately, Paul's dribble was very low and the frequency was very fast, so the ball was not taken out by the opponent.

Kenny Smith said: "So far, the Hornets have 19 wins and 12 losses, ranking third in the Western Conference and seventh in the league."

"The Bucks rank second in the East with 23 wins and 8 losses, and also the second record in the league, second only to the Miami Heat."

"From the perspective of team record and strength, the Hornets are a weak team. If they want to beat the Bucks, they must pay special attention to the opponent's offense."

Barkley nodded in agreement.

In fact, no team has ever been able to defend against the Bucks' offense.

Whether it is the Bobcats led by coach Larry Brown before, or the Cavaliers led by Mike Brown, and the Celtics, a historically strong defensive team, or even the Bulls, Lakers, Heat, and 76ers behind. defensive team.

They have never really defended the Bucks' offense, even if they push the Bucks' offense to less than 100 points, there are only a handful of them.

So there is only one possibility for most teams to beat the Bucks, and that is to fight offense.

"It's just that this Hornets team is built entirely on defense. What do they use to compete with the Bucks on offense?"

"Does Paul chisel one after another mid-range?"

After holding the ball for halftime, Paul took the initiative to signal for a pick-and-roll.

Lunrad cuts the lineup very quickly, and Lewis quickly cuts into the inside after using the pick-and-roll.

Yi Jianlian had a brief defensive loss under Leonard's pick-and-roll, and Cousins ​​​​had to be distracted to help defend Lewis.

At this time, it became extremely easy for Jordan to put on the pick-and-roll.

The Hornets made a pick-and-roll at the top of the arc, and Paul used the pick-and-roll to break through the basket.

Cousins' defensive awareness is very good, and he always sticks in front of Paul to prevent him from easily breaking through and shooting.

But as Jordan went down to a very deep position under the basket, Westbrook was completely out of position defending Jordan, and Cousins ​​had no choice but to quickly return to defense.

"After all, Paul is too much of a passing threat."

Swish!
"What's waiting is your return defense."

Paul made a slightly faded mid-range shot.

Cousins, who was shot, was a little angry, and smashed the ball unhappily.

Curry yelled and said, "Don't worry, it's just a ball. We can hit it back on the offensive end."

The Bucks attack.

Westbrook advances with the ball.

He made a gesture to signal Yi Jianlian to come up and play pick-and-roll tactics with him, but Cousins ​​took the initiative to leave the penalty area and chose to raise his hand at a 45° angle on the right to ask for the ball.

Westbrook did not hesitate, he chose to interrupt his offense and pass the ball, and at the same time signaled his teammates to move to open up space.

“这赛季考辛斯可是取得了非常明显的进步，场均数据来到了20分11篮板2助攻1盖帽1抢断，投篮命中率48%，三分球命中率30%。”

"On the rebounding list, Cousins ​​is only behind Howard of the Magic who averaged 21 points, 14 rebounds and 2 blocks per game."

"At the same time, on the DPOY selection list, Cousins ​​scored in the top 20 for the first time in his career."

Kenny Smith looked at the statistics in his hand and said.

Barkley is now very optimistic about the player Cousins. He said: "Cousins ​​should currently have the strength of the top five center positions. Considering that this season is only the second year of Cousins' career, he has full potential in the future. The potential to grow into the league's No. [-] center."

Facing Jordan's defense, Cousins ​​took the initiative to play singles after taking the ball at a 45° angle on the right.

A simple shot fake, just this action deceived Jordan's defensive focus.

"In terms of defensive habits, especially when defending the area outside the penalty area, Jordan's performance is not good."

"This still has a lot to do with his lack of skills. Jordan almost completely relies on his own talent on both ends of the offense and defense."

Su Qun really wanted to say that one was Cousins, who was praised by Shaquille O'Neal for his quick learning, and the other was DeAndre Jordan, whose skills were recognized by the league as extremely rough.

Comparing the two on the court, the gap is extremely obvious.

Cousins ​​​​passed Jordan completely in one step, and then went straight to the basket. This ball was like a bag for him.

Cousins ​​is going to vent all his emotions on this offense. He wants to tell Li Lai that he is not happy with this Bucks team.

Snapped!
At this moment, Cousins ​​saw Paul, who had singled him out in the last round, and the opponent had appeared in his path at some point.

Paul took out the ball with quick eyes and quick hands, and shot the basketball directly out of Cousins' control range. Cousins ​​immediately fell to the ground and failed to grab the ball.

"Oh my god, Paul abruptly broke the ball from Cousins, and the Bucks' offense was blocked!"

Paul quickly held the ball in the backcourt and accelerated across the half, Vince Carter and Leonard flew down for a fast break.

Hornets defensive transition!
Westbrook and Curry quickly returned to defense. The speed of the two could keep up with Vince Carter and Leonard, but it was difficult to completely defend each other.

boom!
Paul hit the ground with a long pass, and the basketball accurately passed through the gap between Westbrook and Curry.

Vince Carter catches the pass and the UFO takes off!One-handed buckle!
"Nice button, Vince Carter."

(End of this chapter)