CIATB Chapter 366 Is Li Wan having a conflict with Kobe?
Chapter 366 Is Li Wan having a conflict with Kobe?
Chapter 366 Is Li Wan having a conflict with Kobe?
Little Sabonis immediately sent a text message to Li Wan:
——Boss, 999!
His father came to watch the game, he will definitely play a good game in his father's name!
Just facing Aldridge and Oden...
Especially Oden, which is also his "hometown", will definitely be very excited to play, so in Sabonis' view, if he wants to perform well in front of his father, he must get the help of the whole team .
Li Wan received a text message just after the party with Auden, and he immediately looked at Auden with a serious face: "Greg, are we brothers?"
Auden's face full of vicissitudes flashed beyond doubt: "Of course!"
"No matter what happens, it won't change, will it?" Li Wan asked again.
Auden nodded resolutely: "Of course!"
OK!
I can rest assured that!
Li Wan started a discussion group that night, including Sabonis Jr., Carmelo Anthony, Adams, and Wiggins into the group, and made a careful plan for Aldridge, especially Oden.
Oden never expected that his brother, who was chatting and laughing with him just now, would actually start researching his "body" that night.
Early the next morning, before the "Ohio Civil War" between the Columbus Explorers and the Trail Blazers between the "Li Wan VS Oden", Ben Simmons, who was reimbursed for the season last season, caused some trouble.
The reason is that when Kobe participated in a program, he talked about his performance on the court, pointed out his shooting ability, and said bluntly: "He must improve his shooting ability so that he can have better influence on the court! "
This was meant to be a friendly reminder.
Moreover, the language is not overly aggressive...
Moreover, regarding Kobe's status in the arena, it is said that Simmons, as a rookie, should accept such a reminder.
But who is Simmons?
The "super rookie" who scored 15 plus 8 plus 8 in the first season of his career, the media praised him to the point of "hype", how can he stand others pointing out his shortcomings, even if this person is Kobe , so his reply is: "I have my own way of winning..."
It means: How I play is none of your business!
Such an attitude naturally detonated the entire media.
Needless to say, American fans like to watch this kind of plot, because it is bound to cause a series of chain reactions.
No, Shaq O'Neal, the number one "scientific blow" after the "reconciliation", said bluntly: "Ben Simmons lacks respect for his predecessors. This league can have what it is today. All the attention he is enjoying. It is more older generations who have worked hard, and with all due respect, if Kobe can have his team status from the beginning, we will have ruled the league since 98. , but his effort is less than one-thousandth of Kobe's!"
The Los Angeles media also criticized Ben Simmons. Kobe is a symbol of the "City of Angels". Let me tell you, no, does that count?
Just reminding you like this, you can't stand it?
It's just that he just won a "Best Rookie of the Month", is it just like this?
Li Wan was also asked about this matter before the game, and his answer disappointed the Los Angeles media. He said this: "It is a good thing to have character..."
The reporters thought he had something to say next, but Li Wan only said this.
His words made many media think that Li Wan was on the side of Ben Simmons, and some media even speculated whether Li Wan had a conflict with Kobe because of this.
But Li Wan didn't know these news, because the game between the Columbus Explorers and the Trail Blazers was about to come.
When Greg Oden appeared in the Age of Discovery, the cheers immediately filled the arena. Hearing these cheers for him, Oden felt a passion:
Tonight, he will do a good job!
In addition, when George Hill played, he was also cheered by the audience.
Although George Hill chose the Trail Blazers with more money this summer, the fans understand this. Who doesn't come to this league for money?
And it's too bad...
If it were them, their choices would likely be similar to George Hill's.
Moreover, he played for the Columbus Explorers for only one season, and was reused by Tyronn Lue at the end of the season. Not much sense of belonging to the team is predictable.
Before leaving, helping the team win a championship is already a "full score answer sheet".
You have to know how many "Heaven's Proud Sons" have let their home team pay for everything and have not yet won the championship.In the end, when he was completely free again, he immediately ran to ESPN live to announce that he would take away his talent and leave a mess for the home team...
Therefore, there is really nothing to criticize, what should be more applause!
The live footage was then given to Arvedas Sabonis in the sidelines.
When the people of Columbus knew that this burly man was the father of Sabonis Jr., they immediately cheered.
Sabonis was not stage fright either, and stood up to respond to the cheers of the audience.
Then, it was the turn of the Columbus Explorers' home court appearance ceremony.
Because it was already known that Arvedas Sabonis was on the scene, the cheers were more enthusiastic than usual when Sabonis Jr. came on the field.
Old Sabonis heard these cheers for his son, and his face was a little more proud at that time.
I was much more excited than when I received cheers when I appeared on the stage.
Most fathers in the world are the same...
Sabonis Jr. appeared amid the cheers, his expression a little more stiff and tense, but fortunately he adjusted in time, but he didn't dare to look at his father's position at all.
After entering the arena, I immediately threw myself into the warm-up, which was a little more serious than usual.
I am still thinking silently:
God, let me be right tonight!
The high-five between Li Wan and Auden caused a "memory kill", and the audience cheered loudly.Li Wan listened to these cheers, looked at the light in Auden's eyes, and could clearly see the words written on Auden's face:
Dude, we are coming to Bota tonight!
The big screen at the scene showed the starting lineups on both sides at this time:
"Columbus Explorers: Li Wan at No. [-], Wiggins at No. [-], Carmelo Anthony at No. [-], Sabonis Jr. at No. [-], Adams at No. [-];
Trail Blazers: Deron Williams at No. [-], CJ McCollum at No. [-], Ruhr Deng at No. [-], Aldridge at No. [-], Oden at No. [-];”
As soon as he came up, Oden jumped the ball to the Trail Blazers.
good start!
It's just that Auden soon finds out...
It's not easy tonight.
In the first round, the entire circle of Columbus shrank towards the basket intentionally or unintentionally, not giving him a chance to catch the ball at all.
Deron Williams waited for him to get stuck at the basket several times, but he still had no chance. He could only give the ball to CJ McCollum who came out from the outside.
McCollum is a typical "dual energy position". He can attack with the ball by himself, and he can also shoot from a long distance.
But he has a very fatal problem, and it is this problem that prevents him from going further: his height is only 1 meters!
This height is no problem in the first position, but his height is in the second position, it seems that he is a bit thin. When encountering some strong confrontation, it is easy to appear in the confrontation and cannot make moves.
For example, at the moment, Wiggins is facing a standard striker, but his physical coordination ability can go from the first to the third position. His continuous movements are all resolved by Wiggins with confrontation.
In just two seconds, the "Zhan-style pass" was given to Oluhr Deng, and Anthony took a step forward and successfully interfered with his shot.
Under the basket, Oden and Adams huddled together.
To be honest, Adams is much worse than Oden in terms of overall ability.
Oden entered the league in 07, avoided injuries, and finally became his template. Although his game dominance is not as good as the combination of Tim Duncan and David Robinson, he is still It can barely be regarded as a "weakened version".
Anyway, in this small ball era, he will not fall into a disadvantage against anyone.
But in the matter of being stuck at the basket, anyone who meets Adams has to say "wrong, wrong".
"Ka Shen" successfully immobilized Oden.
In the confrontation with Sabonis, Aldridge felt the ferocity of the latter, but he did not retreat at all.It is a very miraculous phenomenon that Aldridge, who hates physical confrontation, can show his "tough guy" side when he is fighting for offensive rebounds.
Little Sabonis gritted his teeth and watched Li Wan fly past him, protecting the ball under the basket.
Fight back quickly!
The Trail Blazers retreated quickly.
When Li Wan went to the basket, the opponent had already double-teamed, and Li Wan who rushed into the basket rushed out again.
Give the ball to Sabonis Jr., who is just at the top of the front arc.
He glanced to the sides, flicked straight to the right, and the ball landed in Carmelo Anthony's hands.
"Melon" faced Luol Deng, and a "penalty kick" action by leaning forward made the British subconsciously take a step back, shot smoothly, and hit a three-pointer steadily.
3-0!
Sabonis Jr. successfully received an assist!
It was the Trail Blazers' turn to attack again. Just as Oden was positioned under the basket, Adams and Sabonis Jr. had already stood on his left and right sides, just like "left and right guards".
In the "small ball era", there is another reason why inside players who can't shoot will be eliminated, and this is this.
too restrictive...
As long as he retracts to the basket in time, he can well limit his receiving the ball.
You can't even connect the ball, let alone play it.
Oden is not as destructive around the rim as Shaquille O'Neal...
Ok!
Even for Shaq O'Neal, there must be an outside line for him to contain the space for singles at the basket outside the three-point line.
This is why Shaq O'Neal didn't win the "three consecutive championships" until he played the "triangular tactic"...
In short, if you want to make the players under the basket difficult to perform, as long as you have a targeted strategy, you can definitely do it!
And, without exception!
Even Jokic, who is 23 years old, is the same.
Don't look at him easily cracking the Heat's various "military training" in the finals.
but in fact……
Or the Heat's lineup is too low.
The only person on the Heat who can "train" Jokic with the ball on the perimeter is Jimmy Butler.
But the problem is that even if Jokic is "military trained", as long as the rest of the Nuggets stand up, the pressure on Jokic can be well relieved, whether it is the offensive end or the defensive end.
One problem that must be pointed out is that the arrival of Pope, Gordon and others has really released Jokic's defensive pressure to a large extent.
Compared with Jokic and Shaquille O'Neal, Oden obviously didn't get good help from the outside tonight.
It can be seen that McCollum wants to shoot from the outside to open up space for the inside, but Wiggins is in front of him, making it difficult for him to get rid of.
The ball went to Aldridge in the last five seconds.
The iconic mid-range jumper, known as "unblockable".
But this time Li Wan accurately predicted and successfully blocked his jump shot.
The ball fell to Carmelo Anthony on the other side.
The latter made a fast break with the ball, glanced at Sabonis Jr.'s position, and when he reached the top of the arc, he gave the ball to his hands.
Sabonis Jr. showed his excellent "handling skills", throwing the ball to the other side, the ball reached Li Wan's hand, and he raised his hand to throw.
Ruhr Deng's lateral movement failed to keep up, and the ball went into the frame smoothly.
6-0!
Anthony and Li Wan hit three-pointers successively, allowing Sabonis to get another assist.
When he completed this assist, old Sabonis's face showed a bit of astonishment:
That's two three-pointers?
Since retiring, he has seldom paid attention to basketball. He mainly focuses on enjoying life. He usually pays attention to Sabonis Jr.’s college league at most. It was not until Sabonis Jr. entered the league that he gradually paid more attention to the NBA.
Just this game...
How much he can't understand!
In the past, he was also known in the basketball world for his coping ability, but he averaged only 3 assists per game in his NBA career.
Why now, in less than 2 minutes, his son got 2 assists?
and……
You call this support?
Isn't this just passing the ball casually?
Is it so easy to get assists in the NBA now?
He suddenly envied his son a little bit, catching up with the good times!
The Trail Blazers hadn't scored yet. Aldridge was a little anxious and took the initiative to go to the high post, but when he was holding the ball in the frame, two figures suddenly rushed into the side: Li Wan and Wiggins double-teamed him. come over.
Aldridge has a certain ability to play the ball, but he has not yet reached the point where he can successfully send assists in a double-team.
He chooses the nearest player and sends the ball to his hands.
It's Deron Williams.
But this is not a pure shooter. He has shooting ability, but he needs to dribble twice to find the rhythm after getting the ball.
After he finished these two strokes, Li Wan had already returned in front of him.
Oden had no choice but to step forward to pick and roll.
Adams switched defenses in time to get in front of Deron Williams.
The original "Little Fatty" has already retired from the league at this time. Although he is still in the league now, his annual salary is only 800 million this season, and the starting position is gradually being swallowed by the newcomer George Hill.
The reason is that Deron Williams has degraded so badly.
He already had foot movement problems, but now his movement speed has further degraded, to the point where even Adams can keep up.
Top shot missed.
Li Wanchong fought with Aldridge in the rebound, and slapped the ball toward the backboard with his little hand spiritually, and the bouncing ball was caught by Sabonis behind Aldridge.
At the top of the arc, continue to "deal the cards".
But just when everyone thought he was waiting for his teammates to move, he made a quick three-pointer, and Oden, who was standing in front of him, didn't react.
"Shh!"
Go in!
9-0!
The head coach of the Trail Blazers quickly called a timeout.
Huge cheers were given to Sabonis Jr.
The big-screen camera above the court switches back and forth between the young Sabonis and the old Sabonis.
Tonight, Sabonis Jr. has played the best start since the new season, and even his career, with 3 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists. So far, the 9-0 opening scoring climax is all related to him!
The "twin towers" inside the Trail Blazers, who were supposed to put tremendous pressure on Sabonis Jr. in this game, all became his foil.
And this is Li Wan's plan.
Sabonis Jr.'s ability lies here. It is impossible to expect him to score 30 and 40 points in this game.
More likely, play an almighty data!
And how to make his almighty data look "brilliant"?
The answer is:
Relying on peers to set off!
The Trail Blazers' "Twin Towers" reputation is there. If their data performance is not as good as Sabonis Jr., wouldn't it prove that Sabonis Jr. played a great game in this game?
So from the beginning, the entire defense of Columbus shrank to the inside, never leaving Oden's side.
As for Aldridge, a typical "soft inside play", he likes to play floatingly. The Columbus Trail Blazers took advantage of his weakness of lack of passing vision and limited it by timely double-teaming from the outside.
In this way, Sabonis can also free his hands from the defensive end...
Coupled with the "top-of-the-arc deal" set of "assist tools" and Li Wan and Anthony's two top shooters, it's not surprising that Sabonis has made use of his strengths and avoided his weaknesses...
Speaking of which, the lineup of the Columbus Explorers does have some restraint against the Trail Blazers, especially after the Trail Blazers' Deron Williams at the No. [-] position and Luol Deng at the No. [-] position have further aged. up.
From the perspective of the first three rounds, McCollum is now the main force in the outside ball attack.
But McCollum is afraid of confrontation with Wiggins. The offense is not as sharp as he used to be. You must know that McCollum averaged 21.3 points per game this season. Except for Aldridge, he scored the highest. of.
As a result, he hasn't made a single shot until now, and it's all "Zhan's style of dumping the pot".
Of course, one is intentional, and the other is really helpless...
McCollum wanted to make a shot by himself, but he really didn't have room to make a shot!
The Trail Blazers obviously also know that they want to open the situation from the outside, so the head coach decisively replaced Deron Williams. His footsteps are too obvious tonight.
George Hill enters.
The Blazers managed to score their first goal of the game in the second possession after the timeout.
Compared with Deron Williams, George Hill is indeed in a better state now. At least after the pick-and-roll, he faces Adams and can "swim the dragon" very well. He can dismantle the defense of the Columbus Trail Blazers After the formation, the Blazers' offensive success rate also increased.
It's just that this improvement is compared to when Deron Williams was on the court just now.
After Adams was off the field and the Columbus Trail Blazers picked up Rajon Rondo, George Hill's sense of presence after the pick-and-roll was significantly reduced.
And after Li Wan transferred to the second position...
McCollum's offensive pressure did not decrease but increased.
Compared with Wiggins, Li Wan's physical fitness is all-round.
In the first matchup, Li Wan used his tyrannical body and "death entanglement" to complete the steal face to face.
After this round, when McCollum faced Li Wan, his expression was obviously a little more fearful, and he became hesitant to hold the ball. For NBA players, self-confidence is actually more important than skill.
Fortunately, without Adams, Oden was freed. Although he couldn't catch the ball, he could grab offensive rebounds under the basket and complete the second offense.
It's a pity that he scored two points and two points, which is a bit far behind the offensive firepower of the Columbus Explorers.
It's like the gap between a small stream and a big waterfall!
At the end of the first half, the Explorers had a 15-point lead.
In the second half, the Columbus Explorers defeated the extremely restrained third in the Western Conference by 118 to 101 at their home court by 17 points.
Li Wan's "handling" in this game was much less than usual, and he was basically the end point tonight, so that he "accidentally" threw out a high score of 45 points.
It was his highest score since December.
So far in the new season, his highest score in a single game is 51 points against the Bulls, but unfortunately he lost that game...
In addition, there are 14 rebounds.
After changing to a "small lineup", Li Wan's rebounding is really getting smoother now.
The main thing is that Sabonis and Anthony, when they are in the fourth and fifth positions, are often unable to get a better rebounding position with their opponents. After adapting during this period, they simply changed their thinking and began to learn from Adams. Columbus' outside card position allows them to rebound better.
It is equivalent to saying that now Li Wan has three "card fronts" in Columbus!
The original Westbrook relied on a "Sea King" and averaged 10.7 rebounds per game. Li Wan has an even better physical talent and sits on the "Card Front Group" headed by Adams, grabbing 14 rebounds per game. ...
less less!
How little!
but……
You have to leave a mouthful of "soup" for the brothers, right?
You have to exchange data for money!
Ok……
Kwame Brown except!
Don't ask why, it's the active "Lord of the Rings"!
Can such talents be measured by data?
In addition, Li Wan also had 5 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks.
Sabonis Jr. scored 14 points, 9 rebounds and 11 assists in this "in the name of the father" game, an economical "quasi triple-double" data.
It's not that he didn't give him the last rebound, but...
Really no chance!
You can't let him stay on the court to collect statistics in "garbage time", right?
However, compared to Aldridge's 17 points and 7 rebounds, and Oden's 16 points, 9 rebounds and 1 block, his statistics are already gorgeous enough. No matter which one he faces, he can be said to have "the upper hand"!
Isn't it enough to gain the upper hand against the league's famous "ace insider combination"?
What kind of self-confidence car is needed!
The elder Sabonis was quite satisfied with this, and on the way home he also praised the younger Sabonis: "You played well."
Of course, he is not a "ball blind" who doesn't understand the ball. It can be seen that Sabonis' teammates are creating opportunities for him to perform.
Thinking back to when he first came to the NBA, he still couldn't help but say, "Boy, you met a group of very stupid people who were ridiculed by the stupid American media and played for the Trail Blazers. Good teammates, if you succeed in the future, don't forget that your success is inseparable from them!"
Little Sabonis nodded. In fact, his father didn't need to say that he felt the same way.
Of course, after his dad finished speaking, this feeling became even stronger!
After thinking for a while, he said, "Dad, if you and Li Wan had teamed up, do you think you could have prevented Shaq O'Neal and the Lakers from winning three consecutive championships?"
I thought that old Sabonis would think about this question for a long time.
After all, the peak Shaq O'Neal is called "the most dominant player in the history of the NBA". Unexpectedly, the old Sabonis said directly: "There is no doubt, and... it should not be us preventing them from winning three consecutive championships, but They were the ones who stopped us from winning the three-peat..."
At that time, there was really not much difference between them winning the Lakers. Here comes Li Wan, who is absolutely in control.
However, the old Sabonis, who reacted from his thinking, suddenly slapped the young Sabonis on the back of the head: "Stinky boy, do you look down on Li Wan, or do you look down on the match between your father and Shaq?"
Here little Sabonis successfully completed the performance in front of his father.
Seeing Li Wan's expression after the game, Greg Oden felt a bit pained.
No wonder you asked me last night if we are still brothers no matter what happens.
Dare to play this game like this!
From the beginning to the end, from the first second of the game to the final end, Oden's side was stunned that there was no single matchup.
This kind of defensive method is really "fairy" coming, so it's not easy to play, right?
Not to mention, Oden is still an inside player...
Of course, what has to be said in this game is that Aldridge pulled a lot more than usual.
Ordinarily, he should support this kind of situation where Oden was targeted, but the result...
Obviously, the high position really made him a little uncomfortable with his double-teaming.
Speaking of which, Aldridge is not considered a "playoff star". Compared with his performance in the regular season, there is not much difference between his performance in the playoffs. The efficiency of the game is worse than the regular season...
This shows to a certain extent that Aldridge is not a "master" who can support a team.
Facing the extremely targeted high-post double-teaming of the Columbus Explorers tonight, his offensive rhythm was completely destroyed, and he couldn't play a good performance... It seems not surprising!
This game is supposed to be a "strong dialogue", but the "one-sided" result did not cause too much noise in the media the next day.
More media is reporting Li Wan's response to Kobe and Simmons.
The news of "Li Wan and Kobe's quarrel" became more and more outrageous. Some Lakers employees who did not want to be named said, "When Li Wan left, he had a conflict with Kobe."
Needless to say, this news, which has not been confirmed at all, has been recognized by most fans.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why Li Wan didn't speak up for Kobe!
After these reports, Kobe responded specifically to this matter: "(Li Wan) it is normal for him to say such things, because he is such a person..."
What this means is that when Li Wan made his debut back then, he was full of hate.
The behavior of Ben Simmons now is similar to what he did back then. Of course, Li Wan can't do the thing of "only state officials are allowed to set fires, and people are not allowed to light lamps".
It's just that the media paid more attention to the content of Kobe's sentence:
Kobe would rather be called "he" than "Li Wan".
This relationship...
Isn't it a be?
Li Wan didn't respond this time, just waiting for the game against the Philadelphia 76ers.
It didn't take long to wait for this day.
After a wave of "three-game winning streak", the Explorers lost to the Clippers.Then on December 12, they went away to challenge the Philadelphia 16ers!
Hinkie's poor performance for many years, got Embiid and Ben Simmons for this team...
Relying on these two people, the 76ers have played so far in the new season, and as the No. 6 in the East, they have firmly secured the playoffs in the East.
The road to reconstruction in Philadelphia has finally ushered in the dawn!
And after Embiid said "believe in the process", the entire Philadelphia climaxed directly, looking forward to the team's reappearance of "Philadelphia glory" under the leadership of their two talented guys!
To say that Embiid's performance this season is really good, averaging 22.4 points, 11 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.8 blocks per game. The standard "inside super giant data" is also such a data performance, which made his "believe in the process" a classic. saying.
Of course, the current Embiid is really high-spirited. After being reimbursed for two consecutive seasons, he became the "God of War" when he returned. In addition, with Ben Simmons, the team immediately returned to the ranks of the playoffs. Proved his ability to lead the team... It is completely a "super giant" in progress.
But no one thought that he would become that virtuous later on.
When Ben Simmons mentioned Li Wan before the game, he had a smile on his face: "He is a great player. His career has proved this. He is surpassing Michael Jordan and becoming the best player!"
The media are saying that Li Wan's attitude is on his side. In Simmons' eyes, such a "senior" is called amiable. How can he not like it?
There is nothing to say, just blow it up!
What he doesn't know is...
In the dressing room of the away game at this moment, Li Wan took Tyronn Lu's tactical board, and after simply drawing the tactics on it, he said directly: "Listen everyone, no matter who is out of position with Ben Simmons in this game, Give him three steps away, let us teach this No. [-] pick who started his rookie season tonight, what an important weapon shooting is..."
Just kidding, my "Pippen" can still be bullied by you?
(End of this chapter)