basketball boulder

Chapter 244 2005-2006 Regular Season Opener
After returning to China, Li Lei participated in several activities.

Then flew back to Los Angeles.

In Los Angeles, Li Lei trained four days a week, and then continued to learn cooking with Li's father the rest of the time.

I used to learn cooking to make a living, but now it has become a hobby, and my mood is completely different.

Los Angeles people learned that Li Lei was working as a chef in a Chinese restaurant, and many people came to join him.

One night, when Li Lei's family was about to close, a blonde girl broke in.

"Avril?"

Li Lei was a little impatient at first, but suddenly froze.

Avril Lavigne went out without makeup today, but she was wearing large sunglasses, and her hair was also in her original color, which was different from the previous two times she saw her.

But wearing sunglasses at night, don't call yourself!

Avril Lavigne smiled: "I've wanted to come a long time ago, but I haven't had time to prepare for a new album. Come so late, won't it bother you?"

Without waiting for Li Lei to answer, Li's mother quickly waved her hand: "Don't disturb! Don't disturb!"

Afterwards, she directly pulled Papa Li, who wanted to take a few more glances, out: "There is everything in the back kitchen, let Shishi cook whatever you want. Shitou, don't go home tonight, I won't leave the door open for you! "

Li Lei: "..."

Is it really okay for you to speak so blatantly in front of other girls?

Li Lei was a little embarrassed, but Avril Lavigne was extra generous: "I want to eat this! This! And this!"

Avril took the menu and ordered to Li Lei.

Li Lei pouted: "Eat so much at night, aren't you afraid of getting fat?"

Avril pouted: "You don't care about me? Just say if you can do it? I've been busy with the new album recently, and I haven't eaten normally for a long time."

She is such an ever-changing little witch, sometimes willful, sometimes generous, sometimes sexy, sometimes pure...

Marrying her is equivalent to marrying many young ladies.

Li Lei couldn't help thinking about it.

He took a closer look at Avril Lavigne, she was indeed a little thinner than the last time they met.

Unknowingly, Li Lei developed a protective desire: "Don't worry, the dishes I cook are so delicious that you can lick your plate. As long as you dare to come every day, I can guarantee that I will raise you into a fat little pig."

Avril Lavigne smiled slyly: "You said it, then I will come every day."

"Damn it, I'm so talkative!"

Li Lei said angrily, but felt a little happy in his heart.

……

As a result, Li Lei's life became three things: training, cooking, and dating.

The relationship between him and Avril quickly warmed up, but they never broke through the last step.

The reason is that Li Lei is somewhat conservative in his bones.

……

In early October, the Heat's training camp opened.

The Heat began to assemble.

Li Lei received the lineup list for the new season while flying to Miami.

Center: O'Neal, Mourning, Wang Zhizhi, El Baron.

Power forwards: Haslem, Antoine Walker, Wayne Simeon.

Small forwards: Li Lei, James Posey, Jason Kapono.

Shooting guards: Wade, Matt Walsh, Dorell White.

Point guard: "White Chocolate" Jason Williams, Payton.

Looking at the list, Li Lei felt a little emotional.

The Heat's 15-man roster last season actually only left 6 people: Li Lei, Wade, O'Neal, Wang Zhizhi, Haslem, and Mourning.

It's really a solid camp, a solid player.

It can be expected that the Heat will need a long time to run in this season.

In the preseason, the coaching staff still did not let Li Lei play.

After all, Li Lei had just finished the Asian Championships in September and needed time to rest.

In 7 preseason games, the Heat had 3 wins and 4 losses, with an average record, but the team atmosphere is quite good.

Coming to this Heat team, everyone's goal is to win the championship.

Like Payton, he only wants to get a championship ring at the end of his career.

James Posey hopes to increase his value through the championship ring, so that he can get a big contract in the future.

There are also several rookies with relatively low picks, and they also hope to get enough opportunities to play through the game.

The nine newcomers are probably these three types.

No matter which one it is, you must play hard.

The real problem lies with O'Neal.

In the preseason, Riley had conflicts with O'Neal.

Riley's fat control plan: The requirement for the center forward is that the fat rate should not exceed 10%.

Taking into account O'Neal's characteristics, Riley raised this value to 13%.

But at the end of the entire training camp, O'Neal did not meet Riley's requirements, and his fat rate was as high as 15%.

Therefore, Riley fined O'Neill $1000.

O'Neill was very upset because of this, and quarreled with Riley a few words.

An iron-blooded coach like Riley, of course, would not let O'Neill clamor.

The anger between the two grew, and a conflict almost broke out.

Fortunately, the rest of the Heat team worked hard to pull the two apart.

Looking at this scene, Li Lei had a bad premonition in his heart.

In fact, last season, O'Neal and Riley quarreled over fat control.

It's just that at that time, O'Neal and Riley both wanted to win the championship, and they had the same goal, so they endured it.

But now, both of them have won the championship, O'Neill's desire to win is infinitely reduced, and Riley's desire to control is infinitely expanded.

It is conceivable that there will inevitably be conflicts between the two.

The collapse of an empire always starts from within.

Li Lei has already seen signs of the collapse of the empire.

However, the Heat players are relatively harmonious.

O'Neal and Posey are good friends and have a good relationship. In the new season, they form the "Miami Nightclub Twins".

Needless to say, Li Lei and White Chocolate have known each other for several years.

Before Li Lei entered the NBA, the two played streetball together.

And after these years of precipitation, Bai Qiao's style has also changed. He is no longer the gorgeous point guard who "one man takes the ball and nine people panic" back then.

Through a few pre-season games, you can find that white chocolate has matured a lot and stabilized a lot.

His passing has lost its previous splendor, but it is more solid, and his three-point shooting ability has also improved a lot.

And then there's Antoine Walker.

During Li Lei's rookie season, this "three-point ball idiot" expressed his admiration for Li Lei.

Now that he comes to the Heat, Walker admires Li Lei even more.

As long as it is Li Lei's training, Walker will follow him, and he looks quite close.

Then there's Payton.

When Li Lei and Payton played against each other for the first time, Payton was still one of the super F4.

Today, Payton is completely a role player.

I still remember that at that time, Payton was full of trash talk and attacked Li Lei in various ways.

Li Lei fought back unceremoniously and taunted Payton about holding his thigh. Payton became furious, and the two pushed and shoved at one point.

When they met again, Payton came to Li Lei's Heat team, which was very embarrassing.

However, the 21-year-old Li Lei took the initiative to ask the 37-year-old Payton for defensive skills, treated him to a big meal, and even invited him to his home as a guest.

Not long after, the two "broke up" together.

Payton felt that Li Lei was a very hard-working newcomer and taught him carefully.

Li Lei also admired Payton's defensive ability.

The only superstar in NBA history who has won the honor of "Best Defensive Player" as a point guard is really not blown out.

"You're tough enough defensively, but not aggressive. To put it simply, you can't be passive, you have to be active."

Peyton pointed out Li Lei's problem straight to the point.

But what is active defense?

How to do active defense?

This is not a simple question.

Put it as simply as possible:
If you're defending Wade.

Everyone knows that Wade's breakthrough ability is particularly strong, and the COSCO shooting ability is very weak.

Then you have to prevent Wade from breaking through, force Wade to make long shots, and let him take more shots in areas he is not used to.

If you're defending Iverson.

The whole world knew that Iverson would go right.

Then you have to pass the defensive position and force Iverson to the left as much as possible.

Although you still can't guard Iverson, it can make Iverson play very uncomfortable.

If you're defending James.

James is characterized by a strong fast break impact, but positional warfare is just a...  

Then you have to pester him, block him, prevent him from speeding up, and drag him into positional warfare.

Once entering the positional battle, James' turnover rate skyrocketed and his shooting percentage plummeted.

……

This is the idea of ​​active defense.

It's not complicated to say, but it's really not easy to do.

First of all, you have to know your opponent and know his shortcomings, so that you can target them.

Then you must do enough homework before the game and keep the tactical manual firmly in your heart.

Secondly, knowing the opponent's shortcomings, how to do it, how to force the opponent?
This is the core of active defense.

It involves defensive footwork, positioning, technique... This cannot be practiced in a day or two, but requires long-term practice.

But in any case, Payton's guidance opened a new door for Li Lei.

It turns out that defense is not as simple as Li Lei knew before, but another world.

Under Payton's guidance, Li Lei's defensive skills improved by leaps and bounds.

You may not understand this progress.

Then I put him in the novel of comprehension.

In the past, Li Lei practiced his sword moves to the extreme and reached the end.

But after Peyton said this, Li Lei understood the meaning of swordsmanship and knew that swordsmanship has a greater world.

This is a breakthrough in realm.

A small step is a thousand miles away!
After comprehending the "Sword Intent", Li Lei was so excited that he spent two extra hours every day practicing defense, wanting to understand the "Sword Intent" as soon as possible.

Peyton looked embarrassed.

He thought he was hardworking enough, but after going to the Lakers, he didn't know what Los Angeles looked like at four o'clock in the morning.

However, after coming to the Heat, he saw Li Lei who was even crazier than Kobe.

It is said that just a week after the finals, this guy invited Jordan's personal trainer Tim Graver to start training.

And then participated in the Asian Championships.

After the Asian Championships, Li Lei returned to Los Angeles and started training again.

Doesn't this guy need to rest?

What a "lunatic"!
But only such a lunatic can progress so fast.

Seeing Li Lei's madness, Peyton sighed that he was getting old, but at the same time felt that his mentality was much younger.

For Li Lei, he opened up his burdens and gave advice without reservation.

He is extremely sure that such Li Lei will definitely be the most dominant star in the NBA in the future.

……

In this way, the atmosphere inside the Heat looks more and more harmonious.

time flies.

Before you know it, October has passed.

During this period, Avril Lavigne released her third album.

Li Lei got the goods before the sale.

After the sale, Li Lei directly scanned a large number of products and sent a copy to everyone on the Heat team.

Players, coaching staff, team doctors, chefs... even the security guards and "sweepers" at the American Airlines Center Arena got a copy.

Everyone was quite happy, Avril Lavigne's album is not cheap, not to mention that what Li Lei gave was autographed.

To be honest, at this time, Avril Lavigne was more famous than Li Lei, and she was already a world-renowned young singer.

In the Heat, the relationship between Li Lei and Avril Lavigne is no secret.

After all, during the luxury cruise after the championship parade, Avril Lavigne only accepted Li Lei's invitation to dance together.

The rest of the Heat are watching.

……

11 month 1 day.

The opening game of the 2005-2006 NBA regular season.

The Heat ushered in a challenge from the Grizzlies at home.

This arrangement is quite interesting.

After all, the Heat and the Grizzlies just completed the biggest deal in NBA history during the offseason.

It is worth mentioning that when the Heat started the pre-match tactical class in the morning, Avril Lavigne came to visit the class.

Some time ago, the matter of the new album finally came to an end. Avril Lavigne has been free recently, so she has time to visit the set.

When the security personnel saw that it was Avril Lavigne, they let her go without even thinking about it, and asked for an autograph by the way.

When the rest of the Heat team saw Avril Lavigne, they also booed for a while.

"Stone, the efficiency is good!"

"Okay, very good!"

"Hahaha!"

……

Even Wang Zhizhi, who has never talked much, teased: "If you don't make a song, you will be a blockbuster! Shitou never goes to nightclubs. I thought he was a vegetarian. I didn't expect him to eat meat, and he would eat meat when he ate it!"

Li Lei was run off and fled.

After the tactics class, Li Lei wanted to take Avril to a restaurant outside for dinner.

But Avril herself didn't care, she stayed and ate a light and nutritious meal with Li Lei.

……

Today is the opening game of the regular season, which has a different meaning for the Heat.

For the first championship in team history, the Heat will raise the championship flag at the American Airlines Center tonight and present the championship ring.

So the big boss Mickey Arison came to the arena early.

Seeing Li Lei and Avril Lavigne having dinner together, Alison teased, "It seems that we have to prepare a special seat for her. After all, she will have to visit the class frequently in the future."

7 pm.

American Airlines Center.

Avril Lavigne sat in the first row, closest to the Heat's bench.

More than 2 people watched the championship flag rise high.

When the flag was hoisted to the top, the entire arena burst into thunderous cheers.

Then, the championship ring was awarded.

The first championship in team history, and created a number of NBA records, rich Mickey Arison spared no expense to customize the extremely gorgeous ring.

One word, trench!

(End of this chapter)