Start without the ball

Chapter 80

After the game against the Spurs, the Thunder flew to Indiana after a day's rest to start a road trip to the East, where they will play against the Pacers, Raptors, Nets and Pistons.

In the game against the Pacers, George missed the game again due to a recurrence of a shoulder injury. In this game, the Thunder lost 87 to 92.

Against the Raptors, George returned, but ushered in a full-scale explosion for the Northland team. In the whole game, the Raptors made 33 of 20 three-pointers. The Raptors lost the game 82-7.

After losing to the Raptors, the Thunder took the opportunity to come to Brooklyn overnight. The intensive schedule continued to consume the players' energy. Heart, only 7 of 2 three-pointers.

Fortunately, after the three-game losing streak, the Thunder got a chance to breathe. After a day's rest in Brooklyn, they came to Detroit, the Motor City.

The Thunder generals regained their touch, and even the iron turtle shot more than 50% for the first time (3 for 0 three-pointers, anyone who knows how 50 came to understand.)
李浩宇在本场比赛发挥出色，13投8中，三分球3投2中，砍下了21分3个篮板3次助攻。

After defeating the Pistons, the Thunder's record came to 13 wins and 4 losses.

After the away trip, the Thunder embarked on the return flight. On the plane, Li Haoyu thought about his shortcoming --- the ability to hold the ball.

Against the Spurs, if you can handle the ball and shoot yourself from the three-point line, it will be easy to break the zone defense.

It's a pity that Li Haoyu's ability to hold the ball is not bad against the slammers in the NCAA league, but it can be said to be full of flaws against seasoned defenders at the NBA level.

The tentative steps obtained before can strengthen the ability to hold the ball, but the Thunder's recent schedule is too intensive, Li Haoyu has no chance to complete the training, and now the progress is stuck at the first item of 77/10000.

Although the tentative step sounds very low-end, it has a great effect in actual combat. In actual games, the more dribbles, the more loopholes. The tentative step can simply and effectively catch the opponent's defensive loopholes and kill them. .

This six-game streak is over, and the Thunder's next game will be 4 days later, so Li Haoyu has plenty of time to make a quick trial move.

"Li, look at the official news!"

After hearing Grant's reminder, Li Haoyu picked up his mobile phone, and the NBA officially ranked the best for October and November.

Western Conference Player of the Year: Paul George.

George averaged 27.3 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.9 assists, and 1.4 steals per game, leading the Thunder to a record of 13 wins and 4 losses.

Best player in the Eastern Conference: Giannis Antetokounmpo.

希腊怪物在10-11月份场均贡献27.3分12.9篮板6.0助攻1.5抢断，投篮命中率为57.7%，带领雄鹿取得14胜3负的联盟最好战绩。

Rookie of the Year in the Western Conference: Li Haoyu.

The Huaguo defender averaged 19.3 points, 20.1 rebounds, and 3.5 assists in 2.6 minutes per game, far surpassing all rookies in efficiency.

Eastern Rookie of the Year: Trae Young.

The Hawks rookie maintained a stable performance, averaging 15.6 points, 3 rebounds and 7.6 assists per game.

While browsing the news, Li Haoyu received a notification from the system.

[Ding~ Congratulations to Suzhu for winning the best rookie of the month, 10 reward system points. 】

It turns out that the honor of winning the official certification will also reward system points. The 100 system points issued by the last mission have not been used yet, and now there are 10 points. Sufficient resources are enough to exchange for 36 hours of gravity space. Li Haoyu can increase the amount of training Physical fitness.

It's a pity that it's not the offseason now, and I don't have so much time to enter the gravity space. The current priority is to practice the test step.

Grant saw Li Haoyu who was in a daze, shook his shoulders, and said:
"Wake up, are you so happy that you won the best rookie of the month?"

Li Haoyu quickly recovered and said:

"Doncic probably hates me, 18.2 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.2 assists and didn't get the Rookie of the Month."

Grant: "He can play 30 minutes per game. He has a lot of ball possessions, and his efficiency is far inferior to yours. Coupled with our record, it is normal for him not to get it."

Li Haoyu: "You still have the nerve to mention your record. When you were playing against the Nets, we won if you were a little more accurate."

Grant: "I wasn't the only one who hit the iron that day, everyone hit the iron, okay? You only made 7 of 2 three-pointers that day."

Li Haoyu: "I can't blame me, back-to-back away games are really tiring."

Grant: "It's over. I'll sleep well for two days when I go back. How about you?"

Li Haoyu: "I have something to do, don't come here for dinner these two days."

Grant: "What's rubbing? I'm just relying on my strength to make fried rice."

Li Haoyu: "After two days to resume training, I will do it for you. Don't come to my house these two days!"

Grant: "Okay, okay, mysterious, have you made an appointment with that model?"

Ignoring Grant any more, Li Haoyu closed his eyes and took the time to rest.

Four days later, the Thunder will host the Denver Nuggets.

In the past few days, Li Haoyu frantically brushed his tentative steps and finally completed the whole set of training.

The footsteps with the ball increased from 73 to 78, an increase of 5 points. In today's game, a certain ball without the ball can start his life with the ball.

Another thing happened the day before yesterday. The Dallas media saw that Li Haoyu won the best rookie of the month, so he picked up a lemon and it became sour.

The Dallas Post issued a piece of news that blackened Li Haoyu's brush behavior from beginning to end, and then accused Li Haoyu of scoring with the help of his teammates, and was unable to defeat the opponent head-on with the ball.

After hacking Li Haoyu, the news also praised Dongcic, what is the core of the team, and various arrangements for the No. 1 alliance in the future.

When Li Haoyu came to the Pisacek Energy Center to prepare for today's game, ESPN reporter Casey stopped Li Haoyu and conducted a brief interview.

Casey: "You know the thing about the Dallas Post bashing you?"

Li Haoyu: "That's a joke, they are just jealous that I get the honor I deserve."

Casey: "But you do lack the ability to handle the ball, don't you?"

Li Haoyu: "It doesn't mean I don't have this ability just because I didn't use the ball-handling method on the court."

Casey: "Does that mean you're going to play with the ball today?"

Li Haoyu blinked at the camera and said, "Let's wait and watch the game."

TNT commentary seats.

O'Neill: "Although the Thunder recently suffered a three-game losing streak, after a 4-day break, they are now back at home and should be in good shape."

Barkley: "George won the player of the month, Li Haoyu won the rookie of the month, and the Thunder was the biggest winner in October and November."

O'Neill: "Li Haoyu's off-ball ability is very good, but a rookie must grow after more than a dozen games. Although he has been refreshing our views on off-ball, I haven't seen his persistence. Any improvement in ball technique."

Barkley: "That's true. Off-ball play will always be targeted by opponents. If Li Haoyu can't improve his ball-handling skills, the upper limit will be like this."

O'Neill: "The playoffs are a head-to-head stage, full of fierce confrontation, and the threat of off-ball is reduced. If there is no means of holding the ball, coupled with his defensive loopholes, he will definitely become a breakthrough for the team."

Barkley: "Casey interviewed Li Haoyu just now, and he revealed that he will show his ability to hold the ball today."

O'Neal: "Really? His dribbling doesn't look like he can play alone with the ball."

　I'm late, sorry. . . . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)