Basketball Dragon

Chapter 71

Li Hai was a little tangled in his heart. What Anthony said before actually showed that he actually cared about his performance on the only stage of this All-Star Weekend.

Li Hai would be unwilling to help the other party, and Li Hai would feel uncomfortable if Anthony did not perform well.

Some time ago, Li Hai was the Knicks' starting No. 2, so he was defined as a guard in the Rookie Challenge.

The coach of the Rookie Challenge is a combination of former NBA head coaches and former All-Star players. The second-year team is Doug Mo, who has been coaching the Nuggets for many years, and Hall of Fame player Bob McAdoo. The first-year team is "Screaming Coach" PJ-Carlesimo and the Nuggets' all-time scoring leader Alex English.

The first-year team chose a starting lineup with relatively good defense. Guards: Li Hai, Tony Allen, forwards: Luol Deng, Andre Iguodala, center: Dwight Howard.

The starters of the second-year team have four players who are obviously more famous than other players. The last one chose height and defense. Because there is no orthodox center, they lost very simply last year. Guards: LeBron James, Dwyane Wayne Germany, Forwards: Udonis Haslem, Carmelo Anthony, Center: Chris Bosh.

When he went out to warm up, Li Hai was still a little absent-minded, but then he saw Xia Weiliang's face full of expectation, and all the entanglements suddenly disappeared.

Doing his best is what he should do, and it is not his turn to think about other things. Seriously playing games is not only respect for the fans who support him, but also respect for the opponents. Anthony naturally has his own efforts to succeed.

The game started with lively cheers, and the audience was much happier than in the regular season.

The second grade won the ball. Wade dribbled the ball forward and handed it to Bosh in the middle.

It stands to reason that Howard's tonnage does not suffer, but Bosh has become the core of the Raptors' tactics this year, and he has a lot more experience than Howard.

Bosh made two free throws, and the first-year team was led by Li Hai to control the ball. Regardless of their status in the world, Li Hai should also rank first in the ball-handling skills of these players on the court.

He dribbled the ball forward with a smile on his face, not fast, and seemed to enjoy the game.

When he reached the frontcourt, he suddenly accelerated and hit a three-pointer head-on.

Since he intends to win with all his strength, Li Hai has a general plan in mind.

Their lineup's scoring ability is a bit weak, and it might not be easy to play in an official game, but at the All-Star Weekend, the defense is not systematic, especially the first three quarters are generally relatively relaxed, and they don't need such a strong offensive ability. That's enough.

Moreover, in terms of the overall lineup, they don't suffer defensively, and they still have certain advantages inside.

The first step of Li Hai's plan is to take the lead in advance and establish the score advantage when the opponent's defense is not so serious. The starting point is that he wants to score, and the opponent will focus on defending him, and then he can pass more easily. Threatened the ball.

It is his advantage that the team does not have any orthodox No. 1 players, so that he can fully control the ball and it is easier to control the situation on the field.

The results of several years of uninterrupted shooting practice will be fully displayed in this game. If the second-year team does not take defense seriously, he will let the opponent know what a high shooting percentage is.

It's normal for the All-Stars to try three-pointers, and the second-year team didn't notice Li Hai's plan at all.

It was Wade playing and pushing forward again. He seemed to be planning to become a point guard today. He only wanted to pass the ball. He controlled the ball in front of Li Hai, smashed the ball to the ground with one hand, and hit the heart of the first-year team. As soon as the arm was fished, the ball was fished over.

Accelerating at full speed, Li Hai dribbled the ball to the three-point line and started off. A tomahawk hit made the audience boil.

When attacking again, Wade was more cautious and passed the ball to James. Bosh came up to cover. James bypassed Tony Allen through the screen and passed the ball to Bosh who was running down. Bosh avoided the defense. Also a big hit.

Before the opponent returned to defense, the first-year team quickly served the baseline ball. Li Hai dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and made a shooting motion. Wade jumped up, but Li Hai made a fake pass. Basketball is like a cannonball It was also thrown into the hands of Tony Allen, who was running back. Tony Allen started to split the buckle.

In the next few rounds, every player on the court tried to attack, almost all of them were iron strikes.

The slam dunks of the two teams were extremely beautiful, making the audience outside the court excited, but the play styles of both sides were not purely performative. The main reason was that almost none of the first-year teams were the kind of fancy players, which made the game somewhat routine. The taste of the game.

Seeing that the score did not change after several attacks, Anthony wanted to get the ball and planned to play a one-stop game. He dribbled the ball from outside the three-point line and then rushed in. Li Hai could tell from Anthony's eyes that he must be playing singles and attacking inside. After passing by, he slapped the ball off Anthony's hand with a slap.

Then Li Hai took the ball and launched a fast break. Seeing that Wade had returned to the defensive position, he immediately made an emergency stop and passed the ball to Howard who was rushing up from behind. Howard went in with both hands Fill the basket.

Li Hai clapped his hands vigorously with his opponent, that's it, taking the initiative ahead of time.

Before coming to Denver, Li Hai had been thinking about the rookie game. In his previous life, since Yao Ming entered the NBA, he had paid close attention to various sports, and often discussed these matters with his teammates.

He watched the live broadcast of this rookie game on the Internet. At that time, they all felt that the second-year team was stronger. In the end, the second-year team won a big victory, but the process was not one-sided. In the first half, the first-year team still took the lead. In the second half, both sides After speeding up the offensive and defensive rhythm, the second-year team gradually took the initiative.

If he opened the score ahead of time, the opponent would break out early if he didn't keep the balance, but this was his thinking before he came. Now Li Hai's thinking is very clear, and he will do his best to win.

Anthony saw that he hadn't scored for a long time, and asked for the ball frequently. Wade was also very interesting, and he didn't hinder Anthony's performance at all, and handed the ball over in the frontcourt.

Anthony took out his iconic jumper, but unfortunately he was a little anxious and missed it. He hit the basket and bounced high. Passed to James on the other side.

James leaped high and abused the basket vigorously, causing another scream.

However, after halftime Li Hai dribbled the ball and scored another three-pointer under the cover of his teammates, the second-year team realized that Li Hai was not a good player.

(End of this chapter)