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Chapter 162 Pets

In fact, when alone, first of all, of course, he wanted to have another person to accompany him. Li Sheng unconsciously thought of the girl he met in Los Angeles.

Of course, one is studying in China and the other is teaching abroad. It is estimated that the intersection will be difficult in the future, so Li Sheng will not think about it immediately.

And since there is no one to choose, and Li Sheng himself doesn't think much about adding imports to his family, pets are of course the best choice.

As for whether to raise a cat or a dog, you have to refer to it for details.

Li Sheng feels that his hobbies are very ordinary, so he will not consider reptiles, small animals and other "unpopular" things, or find popular pets like cats and dogs.

And after much deliberation, dogs seem to be a better choice.

It's not that "men don't keep cats and women don't keep dogs", it's just that in the land of the United States, dogs can be walked from time to time—or they can be walked from time to time. They can be used for exercise and housekeeping, and it is not easy to get lost.

After all, due to the nature of Li Sheng's current job, he often can't stay at home, and it's impossible to take this dog with him at all times, so he has to ask his neighbors to take a look at it when he goes out for a competition.

What kind of dog?
"You want a dog?"

If you can't resolve the matter, you can find someone. As his agent and partner, Michael is sure to help solve such trivial matters.

The main reason is that Li Sheng has been in Oklahoma City for so long, and he has only been active on the three-acre land of his own house. He has not gone far, and he doesn't know any cat and dog markets, pet stores, etc. Of course, he can only find people like Michael who have been in the local area.

Naturally, he didn't say anything, and confirmed that Li Sheng wanted to keep a pet to accompany him, so he went to help him find someone without saying a word, and then took him to choose the next day.

Naturally, Li Sheng was absent from the second day's training. I heard that the head coach went to buy a pet, and the players were a little at a loss as to what to say.

Of course, they also have pets at home, but they don’t have much time to spend with their families during normal training and competitions, let alone pets.

Of course, what they couldn't understand was why Li Sheng didn't find a girlfriend?

"I don't seem to have heard that the coach has any good friends of the opposite sex. Could it be that he..."

"Don't talk nonsense, maybe it's just too busy to find time every day?"

"Maybe it's in China. I heard that the Chinese are all low-key and reserved. Maybe it's just that we didn't see it."

Everyone is inevitably a little curious about Li Sheng's private life. After all, even Udoka, who came out of the Spurs together and seems to have a good relationship with him, dare not say that he knows him 100%.

Of course, they discussed it in private, and no one dared to ask in front of Li Sheng. If this happened accidentally, the game might not be played.

Like Reggie and Lamb, they actually want to play more, but the coach arranges it like that, and the team has been winning streak, they can't help it.

Of course they also know now that Li Sheng doesn't make decisions based on his personal preferences, but on the spot, which is why they are less likely to be dissatisfied even if they are unhappy.

Then when Li Sheng came back in the afternoon, Uduka asked him what kind of dog he had chosen. Li Sheng laughed and asked him to go directly to the office to have a look.

He didn't choose a puppy that had been well-bred, but chose a puppy that was only one week old. He planned to bring it up from a young age, so he naturally needed more company at this time. Anyway, the puppy can neither run around nor bark very much, and no one else cares about keeping it in the office.

Of course, this is the case, the work still needs to be serious, and this office is also the place of the team, so Li Sheng still told Presti and the others, which is considered to have asked for consent.

Personal relationships are very important in any place. Li Sheng has a good relationship with most of the team members now, and the overall condition of the team is now good, so everyone is naturally willing to give him face.

Putting the matter of the pet dog aside, two or three days passed quickly. On Thursday, November 11, the Thunder ushered in a rematch with the Clippers, this time at home.

Generally speaking, teams in the same half of the East and West may play four games a season. If the Thunder and the Clippers don’t include this one, there will be two more games in the future. Although the regular season can’t explain the problem, as opponents who are likely to meet in the playoffs, Li Sheng thinks it’s good to play more games with them to force out something useful.

And as it should be, for the Thunder, there is still a goal of striving to maintain a winning streak.

Of course, Li Sheng will not relax his carelessness, and the same is true of the players. After all, although they ended the game early in the last game, the first three quarters were not easy, and even because of this, it somewhat affected the state of the next game against the Warriors.

In the past three games after the game against the Thunder, they have two wins and one loss. Griffin is in good shape and can contribute at least 20+10 in each game. Although Paul's personal offense is unstable, he also sorted out the team's offense well.

There is also Jordan's inside defense and Keliu's personal offense. The Clippers are now balanced inside and outside, with a very classical lineup, but what they encountered was the Thunder.

There is a clear idea that the Thunder's style of play is not good, because Li Sheng means to learn from the strengths of various schools, that is, to learn a little here and to learn a little there.

The most important thing is to be able to bring out what everyone is good at, and the addition of four rookies has made up for some of the points that the Thunder team lacked, so that they have gradually reached a state of offensive and defensive balance.

Especially as the players' tacit understanding deepens, the Thunder is now paying more and more attention to the cooperation of two or three people in a small range under the outside line, and it can often reap miraculous results.

This game is like this against the Clippers. The Clippers are actually in a good state. Griffin scored 19 points and 11 rebounds on 28 of 13 shots, suppressing Ibaka with 13 points and 8 rebounds. Paul also got 17 points and 10 assists. Double-double data, and only 1 turnover.

Ke Liu on the bench scored 21 points and made 14 of 9 shots with a high efficiency.

But apart from these three, the performance of the rest of the Clippers was not very good. Redick made 5 of 1 three-pointers, Dudley missed all 3-pointers, Jordan Jr. made 8 of 2, scored 8 points, and only grabbed 7 rebounds, in a sluggish state.

On the Thunder side, Durant bottomed out and scored 20 points in just 40 shots in this game. In addition, he had 9 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals.

Robertson also broke out a little, scoring 11 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, not to mention that Antetokounmpo and Gobert both scored in double figures and each had 7 assists. The Thunder had 36 assists and only 8 turnovers. They actually defeated his team with assists in front of the "God of Point Guard".

"The Thunder defeated the Clippers for the second time at home and won the team's [-]-game winning streak. Li Sheng's NBA coaching career has had a perfect start!"

The game was broadcast on CCTV again, and it was still the old partner of Yoga and Yang Jian. Watching the Thunder suppress the Clippers from the beginning to the end, the process was calm. On the contrary, after the victory was confirmed at the end, they were even more excited.

(End of this chapter)