NBA restricted area bulldozer

Chapter 140

After practicing shooting for a while, the Hornets teammates reported one after another.

Boggs slapped Curry awake, and Curry, who had recovered from hibernation, chased Boggs for more than ten minutes. With the help of Li Shengli, he finally caught Boggs and gave him a friendly beating , and then the three brothers rejoined the training army.

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Li Shengli's daily routine training is very simple. He only needs to train step by step under the guidance of the trainer. Needless to say, strength strengthening training, the confrontation at the center position is the most intense, no matter what part of the strength is dispatched. Use it, and he will be working hard on the construction site.

But in fact, the most important thing is the ball feel and shooting.

The ball feel is hard to say. What Li Shengli can do is to smash and grab the ball at random all the time, but there is still a way to follow when shooting. You can cultivate muscle memory by relying on a lot of repetitive exercises.

At present, his ability to fight in the penalty area is sufficient, but the mid-range shot is really a shortcoming. After all, for a center forward, this is an important indicator to improve his singles ability.Although you can use the urinal for free throws, the current hit rate of 70% outcropping is enough to see, but if you really want to use it in actual combat, the urinal will definitely be smashed... So Li Shengli will train for a long time in the future The focus will be on shooting.

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Training all day.

Li Shengli had a fulfilling life, and he was in training state all the time. Even if he was short of breath after strength training, he would choose to grab the ball and smash it. On the training ground, no one will laugh at a hard-working player.

After the training, Li Shengli found Alan, and asked about the transaction that he learned from Curry, but Alan just asked him to train and compete well, without saying anything, it was a tacit agreement, which made Li Shengli very upset .

But boredom is boredom, and Li Shengli can take it easy. After all, there are some things he can't decide. All he can do is to put all his energy into training and the next game.

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At present, the Hornets have a record of 15 wins and 12 losses. According to this rhythm, the tickets for the Eastern Conference playoffs are gone.

However, the direction of things is always unexpected. With Jill's injury, the Hornets' external decline is evident, not only on the offensive end, but also on the defensive end. Curry's offense and defense are not bad, but Boggs' defense A colander is tricky to handle.

In the past, if there was a problem with Boggs' defense, then Curry and Gill would appear on the field at the same time. On the one hand, they would reinforce the defense, and on the other hand, they would stabilize the firepower with two guns. But now...the Hornets have no one available, and a few substitutes will come on the field The role of Boggs may not be as great as that of Boggs, which is of no avail.

It stands to reason that only one Gil was injured, so the problem would not be too big, but what you need to know is...Gill was the absolute main force of the Hornets' backcourt last season, averaging 20.5 points + 4.2 assists per game. There are 5.1 rebounds and 2 steals.

Therefore, the importance of Jill, Curry, a pure shooter, cannot be completely replaced, and there is no substitute behind Curry who can do the job. This is the embarrassment of the Hornets outside. If the outside line cannot open the situation, the offensive pressure will be piled on the inside players. , which will make the opponent's defense more targeted and efficient.

Although it is possible to play inside, the problem of substitute rotation is the same as outside. The depth of the bench is not enough.

Based on……

After the Hornets won the Washington Bullets, they played 9 games in a row, both home and away, but their record was 3 wins and 6 losses, with a total record of 18 wins and 18 losses, and they were on the edge of the top eight in the Eastern Conference.

Although Li Shengli played stable offense and defense on both ends of the offense and defended the basket, and Johnson also had a strong singles ability, but the opponent's defensive walls were also stuck inside, which affected the Hornets' inside scoring.

Looking at these 9 games, the 3 wins were all from Curry with a hot touch, and the 6 losses were all from the outside.

And apart from this point, everyone can see... The Hornets' main force is all on top, not to mention widening the point difference with the opponent in the first half, but at least they can kill the score with the opponent, but when the main force takes a break , you will be beaten so hard you can’t find North.

The outside line is too bad!

The bench is too shallow!

This is the problem that the Hornets need to solve urgently, and it also forced the management to start thinking about trading the knife to save the Hornets who are struggling on the edge of the playoffs.

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In this regard, Li Shengli is very helpless. It's not that he blames his teammates or the team, but that he has no hope of catching up with O'Neal in the All-Star voting.

The best rookie in December was embraced by O'Neill, and in the game that started in January, O'Neill played even more bravely, with his average data breaking a new high and winning a large number of votes. In addition, this year's All-Star is scheduled to be in Orlando , O'Neal won the first place in the Eastern Conference center vote in one fell swoop.

As for Li Shengli, it was a bit miserable. Although the average data he played in January was not weaker than that of O'Neal, he did not cause much sensation. Moreover, as a foreign player, he did not have the support of local fans, so the votes fell behind. But fortunately, there are more than veteran center Ewing.

Until the end of January, the All-Star voting was settled, and the leader of the votes belonged to Michael Jordan, the leader of the Chicago Bulls without any suspense, with more than one million votes.

There is no suspense about starting in the West.

Utah Shuangsha, Karl Malone and John Stockton are both selected, and the rest are Admiral David Robinson, glider Clyde Drexler and flying pig Charles Barkley.

And the east side...

O'Neal unexpectedly grabbed the starting center position, vote king Michael Jordan and teammate Scottie Pippen were jointly selected, and the Pistons' head player Isiah Thomas was also selected.

These are all fine, the only thing that makes Li Shengli unhappy is... Larry Johnson, who has fewer votes than himself, has also entered the starting lineup.

But there is no way. At this time, the All-Stars are not divided into front and back courts, but are divided according to position, with one center, two forwards and two guards.The competition for the starting forward in the Eastern Conference is not fierce. Pippen leads, Johnson is second, but only one center is selected, which belongs to wolves with more meat and less flesh.

Fortunately... the voting for the starting lineup will end in mid-to-late January, and Li Shengli still has a chance to stand out in the substitute lineup.

Although the list of substitutes announced at the end of the month is voted by the head coaches of the current 27 teams in the league, the selection of substitutes is also affected by the votes. After all, votes represent popularity, and popularity is the basis for the All-Stars.

As for Boggs, who has been clamoring to be an All-Star... he is ranked fifth among guards in the Eastern Conference. Crying about the bitterness and suffering of the past few years.

(End of this chapter)