The NBA's opening sling against Chris Paul

Chapter 51 Team Training
Li Ming arrived at the arena early in the morning. He can't participate in the internal five-on-five confrontation training yet, so he can only practice alone beside him.

He was the first to arrive at the arena today, and just as he was proud of it, Conley walked in with a towel on his head. It turned out that Conley was training in the equipment room downstairs and did not come to the arena first.

Therefore, the first to arrive is still McConley.

"Your ankle shouldn't be able to do weight training and resistance training right now."

"Well, the team doctor's opinion stated that confrontation training is not allowed within a week." Li Mingshuang looked at the man in front of him with 76 points, 31 assists, and 13 rebounds in the last game against the 7ers, which was close to a triple-double. man.

"Then maybe Lionel won't put you on the activation list for the next game." Conley looked a little worried.

Yes, the team will fly to Orlando next game against the Magic.Although the Magic have been doing badly since Howard left, but after all, the talent is there, and it is still very impactful.

Especially the team's No. [-] position still has a stocky guard like Nelson.This is exactly the opponent Conley hates the most, because he doesn't compete with speed, he will always try to pull you into his rhythm.

Conley is actually not afraid of speed guards like Brooks or Rose. He is very confident in his speed.But he is tired of the kind of strong first position who grinds the position at a slow pace.

The old Miller of the Nuggets before and the upcoming Nelson belong to this type.

Li Ming stood near the baseline and ran at a slow pace. He was testing the strength of his ankle. Speaking of which, the NBA team doctor is still very responsible. Li Ming should be able to play as long as he fixes two more straps in his current situation. Yes, he hardly felt any tingling.

Conley spun around the free-throw line for a half-shot, his shirt off, revealing his muscular body.

After shooting three-pointers for half an hour, Li Ming began to sit on the sidelines and watch Conley shoot.

Conley should be an obsessive-compulsive person who needs to make every shot perfect, even when practicing by himself.

If the angle of the shot is not good, try again, if the catch is too strong, and if the center of gravity is not stable, then Li Ming even suspects that if he tied his shoelaces first, he would have to repeat again.

After about four and 10 minutes, Conley finally got tired and lay down on the weighbridge to rest.

There were tidy footsteps coming from the arena. Randolph, Gay and others arrived. Li Ming counted 13 people including Conley, and even Kenyon Dooling and Pondexter who had almost no chance to play.

Strange, isn't the team training in the afternoon, and it's just watching the game video.

It turned out that this was Conley's initiative, and the players organized the training spontaneously. It was just a series of exercises to strengthen the tacit understanding.

Soon, everyone was on the field, the starting five against the sparring five.

The five-man sparring team is point guard Kenyon Dooling, shooting guard Bayless, small forward Pondexter, power forward Austin Daye, and center Haddadi.

The starting five will not be introduced.

Marc Gasol, who was unable to play, was responsible for blowing the whistle.

Jump ball, Randolph dialed.

"Rudy, go to the right." Conley commanded as he quickly crossed halftime.

Li Ming really admired his physical strength, he was simply a monster, after practicing for so long, he still had the strength to fight.

"Hey, Rudy, it's me you're facing. I'm not some second-rate striker that you've been dunking casually." Austin Daye is also considered a strong player, with a strong foot.

Gay effortlessly blocked his shot after a half-turn.

"Oh, it's okay." Gay's desire to survive began to slowly arouse his teammates, and he kept asking for the ball to single out Daye.

"Go, go, pull aside quickly, don't fight with him, pass the ball up, kill the game with the pass." These are the words that Du Lin, who is the training partner, shouted.

Li Ming's truce allowed him to get nearly 20 minutes of playing time in the last game, scoring 8 points, 5 assists, and 4 rebounds. His performance was quite satisfactory, and Hollins was also very satisfied with him.

After a while, Haddadi fell to the ground, indicating that he could not continue, and replaced Piedman.

"Cut." Li Ming knew that Haddadi was probably pretending, because he knew that no matter how hard he tried, he would never get a chance to play. His pace was too slow and he was too easy to be targeted.

Pittman is also a fringe player, a stocky forward from the University of Texas selected by the Heat. The height of 2.08 plays a center forward, and his hands are relatively rough, so he hardly gets any playing time.

Many times Hollins will use Arthur and Randolph to rotate, because Arthur has footwork and can keep up with the opponent's small guard when switching defenses.

Li Ming watched quietly from the sidelines, constantly storing the information of his teammates in his brain.

"Hey, Quincy, haven't you eaten? My grandma can run faster than you." Bayless kept urging Pondexett to go to the basket to get a position.

Pondexter gave him a blank look, as if to say: Come and squeeze a 300-pound fat man, I've used all my breastfeeding energy!
On the other hand, the main force here mainly focuses on running positions, rehearsing various styles of play, and is not so obsessed with winning or losing. There are many good cooperations, but there are also many mistakes.

Gay even attempted a high-speed 360-degree dunk in the crowd and was mercilessly blown away.

This group of substitutes can be regarded as taking the opportunity to vent their anger, and they played very hard.

"Mike!" Randolph said to everyone, and Conley took off at high speed in the crowd, and an explosive flat-frame dunk drew cheers.

Here, Du Lin also followed up with Bayless in a small-scale two-over-two cooperation, and Du Lin threw a throw and hit the board to score points.

"You have to go up, don't be afraid of confrontation, you have to go up, put pressure on the ball, put a little more pressure, don't let him lead the half court calmly." Conley was directing his teammates to defend.

Yes, when outside players are defending, especially when the opposing defender dribbles the ball across the half court, they must put a little pressure on the players in a timely manner.

It is very important that they cannot be brought to the front court calmly, and they cannot be allowed to play at their own pace.

Because this will affect the defensive enthusiasm of teammates in the next few rounds, because once the outside players open their hands, it is difficult to hold them down.

The defensive pressure of teammates will suddenly increase in the next round, and the offense of their own team will also be affected, which is a bit similar to the interlocking in the butterfly effect.

No, as soon as he finished speaking, Du Lin calmly threw a long-range three-pointer.

"Give me the ball, and I'll organize it." Gay took the initiative to ask for the ball, while Conley ran off the ball to play his shooter instinct.

In fact, Conley's long-range shooting percentage is still very high, at the upper level of the league, but the offense of connecting teams consumes most of his energy.

Sometimes when Tony Allen is off the court, he is also responsible for marking the opponent's arrows, such as Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade and other top attackers.

Sometimes, in a small lineup, Conley will even be pushed to the third position to defend a luxury attacker like Carmelo Anthony, so his pressure is great.

It is common to play four or 10 minutes in a game.

Gay has the ability to hold the ball in the third position, and can also connect the team's offense, but he is not as calm as Conley in the selection of shooting opportunities, and he always falls into the opponent's trap and chooses singles mode.

Therefore, among all the players, Gay was the one who was scolded the most by Hollins.

"Zach, you have to come out a little more, it's not easy to handle the ball in your position."

Randolph raised the ball a little bit, turned around and scored with an easy small throw.

Here, Du Lin immediately served the bottom line quickly, trying to hit the opponent's foothold and sneak attack one.It's a pity that the shot at the basket was ruthlessly slapped by Conley.

After a while, the little prince Prince also came, and his arrival made the training team burst into cheers.

The belated veteran is the spiritual leader in the locker room, and the rookies are happy to hang around behind him.

After all, his status in the world is there.

Prince was not in a hurry to play, but directed his teammates to move. The most shameless thing for this guy was to command both sides to move at the same time, and he directly looked at Li Ming who was stunned.

"Wow, I haven't said anything yet, he is too shameless. Old bird in the rivers and lakes." Li Ming covered his mouth and laughed alone.

Soon Gasol blew the whistle, the two sides rested and continued to discuss tactics.

"When you reach out for the ball, don't act like this, just shake your hand." Randolph pulled Arthur aside and kept demonstrating.

"You have to stand firm, squat halfway, it is best to lean on the opponent's body, raise one hand high, and put the other hand between the opponent and yourself, as if you are ready to turn around at any time."

Arthur listened intently and kept nodding his head. Randolph pulled Guy over again and asked Arthur to step aside. He watched himself and Guy ask for the ball. all over.

On the other side, Conley and Bayless were discussing something enthusiastically, and Dulin stood aside, with his hips akimbo, interjecting a few words from time to time.

Li Ming can only hear a rough idea, that is, when going up the line to do a pick-and-roll, if there are two small guards, how should he choose between them, whether to drop the shot or jump outside the three-point line for a long shot.

In general, it looks like this, no matter how much it is, you can't hear it clearly.

Because, the others were not idle either, they were either practicing shirtless and desperately, or they were listening attentively to the guidance of their seniors.

Even Gasol, who has a foot injury, is demonstrating his footwork and defense at the basket to the rookies.

After more than an hour of offensive and defensive drills, everyone was sweating profusely and sat slumped on the floor. Only Conley was still practicing three-pointers by himself.

One, two, three, accompanied by the sound of "swipe, swipe", his shooting feels as smooth as ever, and he doesn't look physically exhausted at all.

"Sure enough, this guy is not from Earth, and his physical strength is too scary." Li Ming's affection for Kangli increased.

(End of this chapter)