Guoshu basketball

Chapter 74
With this kind of victorious mood, when Li Du warmed up before the game, he performed a complete set of Baguazhang, turned around, twisted his waist, and fully exercised his steps and waist.He found that Ginobili is not fast in disguise, but he has a quick reaction and a large range of movements, which requires strong waist strength and flexibility to do so!
But compared to strength and flexibility, Li Du never believed that he would lose to others!

After playing a complete set of Baguazhang, Li Du didn't practice the ball. He walked to the sidelines alone and sat down quietly, even closing his eyes slightly!This is Li Du's way of maintaining his state and spirit, silence!Never waste any energy unless necessary, and always put yourself in peak condition!
Compared to the frolicking in other games, today Li Du wants to seriously compete with the Spurs and Ginobili!

Seeing Li Du sitting in the rest area uncharacteristically, Zen Master called Kobe over and asked, "Kobe, what happened to Li this guy today? He is very abnormal today!"

When Kobe was in David Geffen Hospital, he often saw Li Du like this. He knew it was a way for Li Du to maintain his own state, but Li Du did not do this in previous games. Kobe understood immediately when he did this today. Li Du wanted to fight someone from the Spurs wholeheartedly!

So Kobe said to the Zen master: "Phil, don't worry, this kid is like this, which means that he has finally moved his heart to win on the court! He wants to fight a certain Spurs player with all his strength! I'll ask who it is."

The Zen master held down Kobe and said, "No, you can continue to practice. I'll ask him!"

The Zen master walked up to Li Du, sat down beside him, and asked with a smile, "Li, what are you thinking about?"

Li Du opened his eyes, nodded slightly to the Chan Master as a greeting, and then said concisely: "I want to fight Manu!"

Zen master nodded secretly, Kobe really understood this kid!So he smiled and said, "But Manu is playing as the sixth man. He usually plays with the Spurs' substitute. Lee, you are our team's starter. You don't have many chances to match up!"

As he said that, Zen master stared into Li Du's eyes and asked, "Li, in order to match up with Manu for the whole game, are you willing to play as a substitute?"

Li Du also stared at the Zen master, nodded seriously and heavily, and did not speak, just waiting for the Zen master to agree!

"Hmm..." Zen master pondered for a while, looked at the players who were warming up and practicing on the field, waved his hand, and called everyone together.

"Today we adjust the lineup!" Zen master's first sentence made all the substitute players feel refreshed. To adjust the lineup, that is to adjust the starting lineup!Who doesn't want to get more playing time in the game?More playing time means more opportunities to show yourself, more fame and more income!
Next, Zen Master announced the starting lineup: "The rest of our starting players today are the same as before. The back line, Derek, Kobe, are made up of you. The center..."

Having said that, Zen Master paused for a moment, looked at Bynum who was eager to try and Kwame Brown with a dull expression, cursed secretly, and said, "Andrew will be the center forward!"

Regardless of Bynum, who was dancing with excitement, Zen Master then announced: "Kwame, you go to play power forward, remember, your task today is to defend Tim!"

The Zen Master sighed inwardly, if there was another better insider, he wouldn't have to put Kwame Brown on the field who is not up to the mark!Next, Zen Master said to Odom: "Lamar, you played the familiar small forward position today."

"Huh?" Everyone looked at Li Du in surprise after hearing the Zen master's announcement. Odom couldn't hide his words, so he asked directly, "Coach, isn't Li starting today?"

The Zen master smiled mysteriously and said: "Li has another important task today, just do your own job well!" Seeing that the Zen master didn't say anything, others didn't dare to ask more questions. The opponent is Manu!"

Walking in front of Li Du, Kobe patted Li Du lightly, and whispered in Li Du's ear: "You boy, you know how to pick people! It's rare to see you attach so much importance, don't lose to that Argentine! Be careful of him!" feint!"

Li Du smiled silently at Kobe without making a sound, he was determined to put all his energy on the matchup with Ginobili!
With both sides playing, the Lakers' starting lineup is:
Point guard, Fisher.

Shooting guard, Kobe.

Small forward, Odom.

Power forward, Kwame Brown.

Center, Bynum.

The Spurs' starting lineup has actually been unstable, because Popovich, as a tactical master, has set very high tactical requirements for every player, which makes every player on the Spurs almost his own. With tactics!Therefore, Popovich can adjust the personnel on the field at any time according to the needs, so as to achieve the purpose of adjusting tactics!
Today, the Spurs' starting lineup is:
Point guard, Tony Parker.

Shooting guard, Bruce Bowen.

Small forward, Michael Finley.

Power forward, Oberto.

Center, Tim Duncan.

This is the first time Li Du has played as a substitute player. Sitting off the court, he can see the state and situation of each player more clearly on the court.

The Spurs are indeed strong, and what they are best at is to seize the opponent's flaws and use their own advantages to score.What's even more frightening is that each of them seems to have their own tactical system, and the Spurs can attack around each player!

On the contrary, the Lakers still can only rely on Kobe to play, but today Kobe's offense is not smooth under Bowen's defense, especially Kobe's most lethal pull-up jump shots and post-up singles are severely restricted in the past. Kobe rarely used these two tricks when facing Bowen.

Li Du keenly saw that almost every time Kobe made a jump shot, Bowen's feet would take a step forward, which seemed to be a close defense, but his step forward was actually exactly where Kobe's feet were when he landed!Once Kobe is not paying attention, he will step on Bowen's foot and his ankle will be sprained!

"This guy... is very insidious!" Li Du said to himself, he would not criticize Bo Wen fiercely like others, after all, if it comes to the vicious style of play, almost every move in the martial arts is Vicious!Ever since he got used to the small moves in the game, Li Du will never get angry because of such things again!
After Kobe was restrained, the strength of the two teams became more and more obvious. 5 minutes, just 5 minutes after the opening, the Lakers fell behind by as much as 7 points!
After a long timeout, Zen master gradually replaced Kobe and other starters, Popovich replaced earlier, and Duncan came off the court to rest halfway through the first quarter.

Seeing Ginobili play, Zen Master waved to Li Du and replaced him.

(End of this chapter)