God of basketball

Chapter 185 0183 [Your nightmare has begun]

Cleveland on November 11 was already chilly.

Larry Hughes walked into the Quicken Loans Center arena wrapped in a thick cotton coat. He could clearly see that the staff around him were perfunctory to him, and even concealed a trace of 'hostility'.

Hughes didn't adapt to the weather in Cleveland at all, and he couldn't adapt to everything in Cleveland, except for the two gorgeous girls last night.

Cleveland is too small to even be called a city, just a town.

There is not even a decent bar here, and although he is not a sensual person, he still prefers Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Washington, where he once stayed.

He entered the NBA under the name of the big Iverson. They are indeed very similar. Larry Hughes' speed and explosive power are amazing.He is extremely good at using screens to enter the penalty area and lick the basket to score points. He is also proficient in various techniques of sinking to the bottom and slipping to the side. As for the quick counterattack technique, he is even more familiar.

However, in Philadelphia.His talent was not highlighted, and although his relationship with Iverson was very close, their functions overlapped, and he was soon traded to Oakland.

In the Bay Area, he ushered in the first outbreak of his career.He started all the last 36 games of the season after the trade, averaging an astonishing 22.7 points, 4.1 assists, and 5.9 rebounds per game.

But the good times didn't last long, and people soon discovered that his shooting ability was really lacking, so his scoring average plummeted, but he has maintained an operating level of output in other aspects, especially steals.

In the summer of 02, he joined the Washington Wizards as a free agent.

Here, he met the most important man in his life: General Gilbert Arenas.

He spent three years of happiness, with rising data and better team record. In 05, he reached the Eastern Conference semifinals. Hughes also became the top scorer of the team other than Gilbert Arenas, and won his first personal honor-selection to the NBA All-Defensive Team.

At this time, with the title of steals king and the best defensive team, his limelight is very strong.The Cleveland people offered a $7000 million contract without hesitation.

The Cavaliers decided that Larry Hughes would be LeBron James' Pippen.

However, when Larry Hughes arrived in Cleveland confidently with his bags.In the first training session, he found out...that wasn't the case at all.

He simply doesn't work well with the Chosen One, LeBron James.

Although he can play both off the ball and with the ball.And get along harmoniously with super scorers like Iverson and Arenas.

However, LeBron is different.

Despite his good reputation, he never had a reputation for being 'bossy'.However, he is too versatile.He's versatile enough to do everything, and while he does everything well, he's very 'stingy' with the ball, and he rarely gives his teammates room to play.

Playing around him, it's only when he handles everything and passes you the basketball, and you hit the shot right away.

As we all know, Larry Hughes is not good at shooting.

He needs the ball, he needs to control the basketball and counterattack quickly, attack the basket quickly.

He tried cutting his feet to fit his shoes, but his efficiency declined rapidly.It even links to the defensive end. He was once selected to the best defensive team and won the steals king. Now he is even called a defensive cancer... because his defense has gambling elements. He likes to use his amazing long arms and explosive power to attack suddenly.This usually requires a teammate to hold back.

But how could LeBron do such a thing?

He also likes steals, and prefers quick defensive counterattacks, how to play Larry Hughes in the round.

As a result, Hughes felt more and more at a loss. The Cleveland media and all basketball experts criticized him for his high salary and low ability, saying that he was a garbage contract for the Cavaliers and that he delayed LeBron's growth.

Ok…!

What else can Larry Hughes say?

Since you say that I am a cancer, a high salary and low ability.

so be it.

Anyway, 7000 million dollars is not less than a cent. He began to get tired of coping during training, and after training, he was looking for rare fun in boring Cleveland: such as the two gorgeous girls last night.

He could feel his talent slipping rapidly, as his scales told him how many pounds he had put on today.

However, he doesn't care anymore.

When he came to the locker room, rookie Daniel Gibson was already there listening to a magnificent song and actively beating his chest as if performing a mysterious ritual.

Gibson, who is good at shooting, is becoming a popular man around James, and his shooting ability makes LeBron like it very much.He will also start tonight.

But let's be honest.

Larry Hughes is really not optimistic about Gibson at all. He knows that Bruce Lee is under the attack of the entire basketball circle, and Michael Jordan's pursuit even makes him a joke in the basketball world.

However, in Larry Hughes' opinion.Bruce Lee was a far better point guard than Gibson, who at best became a good role player.And Bruce's control of the game, his handling of the basketball, including steals and quick counterattacks are all at the top level in the NBA.

Larry Hughes even saw himself in Bruce Lee, although his passing ability was not as good as his.But his steal and counterattack at the last moment against the Nuggets reminded him countless times of himself when he was young.

It's a pity...he has incredible speed, gorgeous ball-handling skills, but lacks explosiveness.

If his explosive power is better, he can become the top playmaker.

Larry Hughes couldn't help shaking his head when he thought of this, and he recalled the scene when he was driving like lightning.

How amazing was my explosive power at that time.

But now... the decline in explosive power is irreversible, and what's the use of having a whole body of skills?Being a teammate of the Chosen One means that you have too few choices.

……

When Bruce walked into the Quicken Loans Center, he didn't feel the chill.Although there has been a noisy reporter in the player tunnel asking him: "What do you think of Gibson."

The reporter who claimed to be the "Cleveland Candide" seemed not honest at all. He just wanted to get some "unusual" remarks from Li Chen, and then processed them into an article promoting Gibson after the game.

In fact, there are already many such articles in Cleveland.

Cavaliers fans are waiting for James' entourage to brutally kill Bruce, whom Jordan called his successor.Only in this way can their vanity full of evil taste be satisfied.

Therefore, Li Zhen ignored him at all.

Eddie Griffin, who was following behind him, glared at the reporter: "Who is Gibson? What qualifications does a little-known unknown have to be compared with Bruce?"

The bitter cold wind accompanied Griffin's cruel face and hit the "honest man". Although he didn't dare to look directly at the two-meter-tall villain, he had already made up a plan in his heart. He wanted to wait for the game to come back after the ruthless humiliation, and he wanted to use his pen to ruin the reputation of these two people.

In fact, many people think so.

Everyone is waiting to see Michael Jordan jokes with Bruce Lee.

And when Li Zhen walked into the locker room, Phil Jackson announced the starting lineup for tonight: Li Zhen, Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom, Eddie Griffin, Kwame Brown.

And when he had a private conversation with Li Zhen later, he told Bruce: "This is Michael Jordan's idea. He talked with me on the phone for 23 minutes last night. He is a person who is keen to be an enemy of the world. Now the overwhelming ridicule of the whole world has made him ignite the will to fight. He hopes you can do the same."

"Of course!"

Li Zhen smiled and told the Zen master: "I have liked exams since I was a child, because I can always hand in exam papers that convince everyone. I always easily pass from one victory to another."

Phil Jackson is very satisfied with Li Zhen's mental state.

He has always had high expectations for Li Zhen. Although the outside world criticized Li Zhen's performance in the past three games, he felt that these three games just showed Li Zhen's most precious talent at a glance: he can still help the team win with a sword in the face of obvious lack of confrontation.

If it is said that Kobe Bryant is the most important foundation for victory, he paid 90.00% five.Then Li Zhen is the most critical factor in determining victory, his 5.00% plus Kobe Bryant is [-]%.

Bruce is so extraordinary. His energy output is completely different from the Black Mamba, but they complement each other.

He believes that as Li Zhen's physical fitness and confrontation ability improve, he will help the team even more.

His proportion will also increase rapidly from 5.00%, and it is not impossible to be half-pointed with the Black Mamba one day.

So, tonight...he decided to give Li Zhen more tactical leadership.

……

When the Lakers players walked onto the court, the Quicken Loans Center Arena erupted in boos immediately.

Cleveland fans are filled with inexplicable hostility toward the Los Angeles Lakers.

Maybe it's because Kobe Bryant is LeBron James' biggest opponent to become No.1 in the league.

Or maybe, that guy Bruce was hand-picked by Michael Jordan, which made them unacceptable.

In their cognition, James is the No. 23 son who will rule the league next

Bruce Lee?What the hell is he?

So boo him! !

Facing the boos and abuse all over the sky, Li Zhen raised his eyebrows, his mood was not affected, he just felt noisy.But Eddie Griffin next to him was cursing: These guys raised by dog ​​food will stuff your mouths with basketballs sooner or later.

After a short home game, the starting players of both sides walked to the court.

When LeBron James walked to the technical stage with a pretentious gesture, a large number of cameras immediately surrounded him to watch him perform how to sprinkle chalk.

Such is the influence of the future of the league, his every move is captured and then widely praised.

He has been favored by almost all basketball media, and everyone thinks that he will quickly dominate the league.

But Li Zhen felt that his appearance with magnesium powder was not very good-looking, and his back even looked a bit like... an iron-backed orangutan?

"Boy, during the NCAA, you stole something that belonged to me by luck. Now it's time for you to return it with interest."

Daniel Gibson took the initiative to walk to Li Zhen's side and issued an official announcement arrogantly.

He finally got a chance to start tonight.Because the whole Cleveland wants him to teach the Chinaman who was praised to the sky by Michael Jordan.

Of course, the head coach will not disobey this raging public opinion, besides... this is also what LeBron's team means.They also hope that the guy who was called the successor by Michael Jordan will be taught a lesson. Only in this way will it appear that King James is justified.

Li Zhen glanced at Gibson.He did not respond to Gibson's arrogance, he likes to speak with basketball.

In fact, at this time, the TNT TV channel, which was broadcast live across the United States, was also talking about the two rookies standing together.

The two are about the same height, and there is no obvious difference in figure.From the appearance point of view, it is indeed a pair of matching opponents.

"If Michael knows that the successor he supports can't even beat the shooters around LeBron, I'm afraid he won't appear in the media's lens for the next year."

Sitting in the live broadcast room, Barkley seemed regretful but actually said happily: "I really hope that the proud Michael will not suffer from mental illness because of this."

"It also proves that the god of basketball is only a god on the court, and he is useless when he is off the court. That's why I got the job of broadcasting and he didn't."

Barkley continued.

But his words caused Kenny Smith to shoot: "Do you think he needs a job as a commentator? Charles, he can now get tens of millions of dollars in dividends from Nike every year while lying down. Why does he come out to work?"

"Also, I don't think Daniel Gibson has the strength to beat Bruce. Don't forget the fact that no matter how bad the media is about Bruce, Bruce has never lost to any provocateur, whether it is JR Smith or Randy Foye. They have all lost. Do you think Gibson will be stronger than them?"

beep! !

The whistle sounded and the game started on time.The referee threw the basketball into the sky, and Kwame Brown and Ilgauskas jumped at the same time.

Snapped!

There is no doubt that the basketball was first photographed by Kwame Brown.

But Daniel Gibson clearly wanted to steal the ball.

However, at the same time that he was trying to block Li Zhen horizontally, Li Zhen had already taken a quick step. Although his explosive power was ordinary, when he took the second step... Crack!

The basketball was instantly captured by him.

And, move forward at lightning speed.

When he got to the [-]-point line, Gibson had just turned his head.

At the same time, Li Chen had already entered the free throw line with lightning speed, and Larry Hughes had to turn around to help defend.

Seeing that he lost his position, Li Zhen immediately passed the basketball to the Black Mamba. The Black Mamba received the assist and rushed forward...Boom!

The powerful dunk succeeded.

At this time, a voice came from Li Zhen's head: Capture the fallen, kill him! ! !

Who?

Li Zhen looked around and saw Larry Hughes with blurred eyes.

At the same time, the towering LeBron came over, and he reminded Larry Hughes: "Don't lose your defensive position."

His tone was gentle.

However, it can be seen that Larry Hughes does not share this euphemistic criticism.

……

(End of this chapter)