Guoshu basketball

Chapter 73 Yao Ming's Reminder

For the upcoming match against the Spurs, Li Du is full of longing. He admires Duncan very much and wants to personally experience Manu Ginobili, who is called the "Demon Sword" by Chinese fans, and also wants to experience the "French small sports car". How fast is Tony Parker?
As for the Rockets, there is no doubt that the duel between the two Chinese players will be a major stunt.But it's a pity that Li Du and Yao Ming can't match up at all.Li Du mainly defends the perimeter, while Yao Ming is a dominant and powerful center forward. The positions of the two are doomed, and they will not meet much in the game!

The game against the Mavericks may be the game with the least chance of winning. This season, the Mavericks have set off a whirlwind. Now that a quarter of the schedule has passed, they have already ranked first in the league. Some critics even predict that the Mavericks will win this season. It is likely to get 60 wins!But for the Lakers, although Kobe is fierce and Li Du is strong, but their strength has not improved much compared to last season. It is already a good achievement to have home court advantage in the playoffs.

Amidst the bad-mouthing voices from the outside world, the Lakers embarked on a road trip that was doomed to be difficult.As before, they flew to San Antonio one day earlier in order to allow the players to get enough rest time to ensure their physical and mental strength.

As soon as Li Du arrived at the hotel, the phone rang. It was an unfamiliar number.Li Du answered hesitantly, and the phone came with a Chinese greeting: "Hello, Li Du? I'm Yao Ming."

"Brother Yao Ming, hello! I am Li Du." With Yao Ming's gentle voice and the intimacy of speaking Chinese, Li Du immediately had a good impression of him.

Yao Ming smiled gently and said, "I wanted to contact you a long time ago, but I didn't get your number through Kobe until today. We are both Chinese and live in a foreign country. I hope we can communicate more."

"That's right!" Li Du sighed. Yao Ming's words "living in a foreign country" touched Li Du very much. From childhood to adulthood, almost all the classmates he came into contact with were white or black, and there were almost no Chinese.Although the United States is good, it is not the hometown recognized by Li Du and many Chinese living overseas.

Yao Ming then asked, "Li Du, you guys are going to play against the Spurs tomorrow. How are you? How do you feel?" He didn't ask Li Du if he had the confidence to win the game, but paid attention to Li Du's thoughts. Li Du felt very warm with such care.

So Li Du replied honestly: "My heart is very calm, but you know, we have little chance of winning tomorrow. The Lakers have lost a lot of games recently, and my amazing rookie is not as amazing as before!"

Yao Ming immediately tried to persuade him, "That's what I'm worried about! You're still a rookie, and it's amazing to have achieved what you've achieved so far! Although the Lakers have lost some games recently, that doesn't have much to do with you. You're a rookie. How miraculous, no one will blame you for the loss."

After a pause, Yao Ming continued: "I called you today because I am afraid that your mentality will change, and you will go all out in the game. Of course you must do your best in the game, but the most important thing is to ensure your health! Be careful! Bruce Bowen of the Spurs, this guy is known for his black feet!"

As soon as Yao Ming said it, Li Du remembered it.Bruce Bowen's position and role in the Spurs are similar to Li Du's position and role in the Lakers.He is also a defensive leader, and he also has a good open three-pointer ability.

The difference is that Bowen's good defense is based more on his rich game experience and his almost unscrupulous defensive style.Numerous games have proved that Bowen often has some footsteps in the game. This kind of movement is very dangerous, and it is easy to cause offensive players to step on his feet when they fall and sprain his ankle!This is the so-called "black feet"!
While Bowen made great contributions to the Spurs with his defense, he also brought him countless controversies because of his frequent black feet.Among the active players, countless big-name stars have been plotted against by Bowen's "black feet". Carter even wanted to fight him several times!

Many active players and retired celebrities have accused Bowen more than once. This is a vicious means of destroying people's futures and jobs!Barkley has publicly stated that he believes that the league should expel Bruce Bowen directly. This kind of person is not worthy of playing basketball!
Every time Kobe played against Bowen, he would inevitably be slapped by him!However, Kobe never said how dirty Bowen's defense was. Instead, he kept praising Bowen's very good defense and he is a well-deserved defensive expert.

Perhaps in Kobe's view, Bowen's defensive actions are indeed dirty, but his hard work makes Kobe agree.But in private, Kobe mentioned Bowen to Li Du more than once, saying that Bowen's defensive deterrence is even stronger than Li Du!
It's a pity that Li Du's defensive deterrence comes from his own strength, while Bowen's defensive deterrence comes from the opponent's fear of getting hurt!
Thinking of this, Li Du smiled slightly, and said to Yao Ming: "Brother Yao, don't worry. I will pay attention to that guy!"

"Well, just be careful." Yao Ming knew that Li Du was very smart, so he didn't say too much about this matter, but told him, "After you finish playing the Spurs, you are going to play against our team. Come to Houston as soon as possible." ,I invite you to dinner!"

"Okay, then I will trouble Brother Yao!" Li Du agreed wholeheartedly.

After the two chatted for a few more words, Yao Ming also wanted to prepare for the match, so he hung up the phone.Li Du put down his luggage and sat on the big hotel bed to rest. He had a good impression of Yao Ming in his heart, but because of his good impression, Li Du wanted to fight Yao Ming even more!He really wanted to try, if he could guard against this giant!
That night, the Zen master issued a ban and severely warned Odom and others not to allow them to go to the nightclub to have fun, and put all their energy on tomorrow's game against the Spurs!
After the training session ended at noon the next day, Li Du did not rush back to the hotel, but asked Zen Master for a list of the Spurs' personnel and the game video of this season.

Watching the Spurs game, what Li Du felt was their stability, terrifying stability! "The Spurs, like Duncan, are low-key, stable, but extremely powerful! Sure enough, every team is like the leader of each team!" Li Du sighed.

He paid special attention to Parker and Ginobili, who he was likely to defend.The movements of the two people are completely different styles, but they are equally efficient and equally difficult to defend!Especially Ginobili, from the video, Li Du even had a hard time guessing what he was going to do next!This was the first time Li Du met such a person!
"Demon knife, Ginobili! Let me see how evil you are!" Li Du looked at Ginobili who looked like a ghost on the court in the video, and secretly made up his mind to fight with this man who defeated the United States twice. The team's demon swords have a good fight!

(End of this chapter)