basketball boulder

Chapter 74

The next morning's tactical lesson was over.

Li Lei was left by the team's defensive coach to practice defensive footwork alone.

This was specially arranged by Pat Riley.

Half an hour later, the extra training ended.

Li Lei walked to the locker room and suddenly felt a little strange.

At this time in the past, everyone was chatting and frolicking in the locker room, and there was a lot of movement.

But today, Li Lei didn't hear anything.

When he opened the door, he found that everyone was gathered together, and Old Jones was whispering something.

Seeing Li Lei coming in, everyone dispersed.

Li Lei felt strange and asked everyone, but no one answered him, and they used various reasons to change the topic.

There are ghosts!

Not reconciled, Li Lei blocked Haslem in the shower, but this guy would rather pick up soap than tell the truth.

Li Lei went to find Wang Zhizhi again, but this guy pretended to be a gourd.

……

1 month 7 day.

American Airlines Center.

The Bulls are looking a little miserable.

A row of players in suits sits on the bench, headed by the pensioner Scottie Pippen.

Starting center Eddie Curry, backup center Tyson Chandler... are among them.

The Bulls this season can be considered troubled, with only 55 players playing more than 5 games this season.

It was really hard to put together a starting lineup with crooked melons and deflated dates.

Center: Antonio Davis, 35.

Power Forward: Jerome Williams, 31.

Small Forward: Kendall Gill, 35.

Shooting guard: Crawford.

Point guard: This year's No. [-] pick Kirk Hinrich.

Heat: Cato, Odom, Li Lei, Jones, Alstom.

Drip!

Game start.

For the jump ball, Cato pressed Davis and turned the ball back to his own half.

Alstom advances with the ball.

When you get to the frontcourt, give it directly to... Li Lei.

Li Lei: "..."

Li Lei looked at Kendall who was half a head shorter than him in front of him.

Kendall is actually a shooting guard, a few laps smaller than Li Lei.

Li Lei didn't say anything, just started it up, squeezed through with a little force.

Li Lei rushed to the middle distance easily.

The Bulls' defense inside was also very slow, with Davis and Williams still standing under the basket.

Li Lei made a throw.

Swish!
2: 0.

Bulls attack.

Crawford dribbles past Jones with a behind-the-back dribble, drives to the hoop, and rises.

But Cato guarded the basket and waited for the rabbit, which gave Crawford great interference.

Crawford misses the shot.

Bang!

Odom accepted the backcourt rebound smoothly.

After receiving the rebound, Odom dribbled the ball and counterattacked quickly.

No one bothered the Bulls, just watched Odom unhindered to the frontcourt.

Rookie Hinrich was fairly active and rushed to Odom.

Odom made a feint, then passed the ball without looking at anyone, gave the ball to Li Lei who followed up, and then blocked Hinrich with his own body.

Li Lei hesitated for a moment: Odom can play this ball by himself!
How could Hinrich stop Odom?

Before he had time to think about it, Li Lei stood up, holding the ball with both hands and hitting the basket.

boom!
4: 0.

Bulls attack.

Davis ate Cato hard in the low position, and it turned out...too bad!

The once All-Star center is too old now.

Davis tried to pass again, but was intercepted by Jones halfway.

The Heat made another fast break.

Old Jones faced the thin Crawford, but still did not fight, and passed to Li Lei who was following.

Li Lei smashed the ball into the basket with one hand.

boom!
6:0, Li Lei scored all 6 points of the Heat's start.

The American Airlines Center was elated.

They could see that the whole Heat team was scoring points for Li Lei.

Li Lei naturally saw it too.

He finally understood why the whole team was hiding in the locker room behind his back in the morning.

These goddamn cuties!

Li Lei felt warm in his heart, and looked at Coach Da Fan on the sidelines.

Da Fan crossed his arms and nodded slightly.

Next to Spoelstra is also smiling.

It turned out that Li Lei himself didn't know.

Also, how could it be possible not to report this kind of thing to the head coach to score points for teammates.

Bulls offense, Crawford hit a mid-range hit in a drift.

6: 2.

This season, the Bulls selected Kirk Hinrich.

Hinrich played point guard, and Crawford was pushed to the shooting guard position.

This small adjustment made Crawford feel like a fish in water, and his scoring data skyrocketed.

This guy has shown great scoring ability.

However, his shortcomings are also more obvious. Crawford is too thin and weak in confrontation, and he is even more powerless to defend the second position.

The Heat attack.

Alston silently worked as a tool man, dribbled the ball halfway, and handed the ball to Li Lei.

Now that he knew what the whole team meant, Li Lei no longer hesitated.

With a feint, Li Lei started directly.

Kendall thought for a while, and didn't take the defense seriously at all, so Li Lei squeezed past.

Li Lei made another shot.

Swish!
8: 2.

"8 points!"

Su Qun on the sidelines looked excited and took notes in a small notebook.

The coach of the Bulls was angry. Of course he could see that the opponent was scoring points, but the biggest problem was the Bulls' own defense.

Frequent injuries, constant trades, consecutive losses... have already taken the heart out of this Bulls team.

Except for a few newcomers who are still willing to fight, the others are muddling along, and a game is a game.

"You bastards, where's your defense? Show your momentum! Otherwise, get the hell out of here on the bench."

Looking back, Hinrich hit a three-pointer.

8: 5.

The Heat attack.

Li Lei took the ball, Kendall finally got serious, lowered his center of gravity, and blocked Li Lei.

However, Odom brought up the pick-and-roll in a timely manner, and Jerome Williams was not decisive in switching defenses.

Li Lei made a direct shot from outside the three-point line.

Swish!
and also.

11: 5.

Li Lei scored 11 points in a row.

"Kirk, you guard that number 15!"

roared the Bulls head coach.

"Yes, sir!"

Hinrich is still serious, he is a rookie after all, seize every opportunity to perform.

And Hinrich is already good at defense, and his performance on the defensive end is remarkable.

Bulls attack.

Crawford broke through and scored, and Kendall hit a long two-pointer.

11: 7.

The Heat have the ball.

Alston continued to pass the ball to Li Lei.

Hinrich rushed forward, sticking to Li Lei like brown sugar.

Odom put up the pick and roll again.

Hinrich was well prepared, squeezed past Odom, and continued to defend Li Lei closely.

Seeing that there was no chance, Li Lei decisively passed the ball to Odom.

Attacking with the ball is still Li Lei's shortcoming.

Li Lei is aware of his own weaknesses, so there is no need to use his weaknesses to collide with his opponent's strengths, that's just asking for trouble.

Odom plays himself with the ball, drives past Jerome Williams, and drives to the basket.

Davis jumped up to defend.

Odom passed the ball to the unguarded Cato,
Cato clasped his hands heavily.

boom!
13: 7.

This Bulls team is really full of holes, and the defense is useless.

(End of this chapter)