I just play ball

Chapter 316 Assist from Heaven
After completing the post-match interview, Li Yue drove back to the apartment and turned on the computer to browse Twitter hotspots.

The game between the Thunder and the Trail Blazers had just ended. Durant played bravely and scored 46 points to lead the team to victory. But at the last moment of the game, because Ibaka was injured and missed the game, no one on the Thunder striker could stop Aldridge from wanton. Score.

The situation in the Eastern Division is somewhat surprising. The top-ranked Pacers were reversed by the eighth-ranked Eagles. The third-ranked Raptors were suppressed by the Nets throughout the entire process. At the same time, there was a down-to-up game, which surprised fans and the media. .

These three matchups are far more discussed than the Lakers' halftime game against the Warriors, so Li Yue's 36 points, 14 assists and 12 rebounds triple-double data, like light raindrops on the rough sea, did not arouse much discussion, even Green The matter of kicking eggs has also been left behind by the majority of fans, but they are more concerned about whether Bogut can represent the Warriors in the series.

After scanning the news, Li Yue called Chen Xi as usual, and when he got through, he was laughed and asked if Brother Dan was all right.The two gossip and gossip, and are occasionally silent, but they don't feel embarrassed at all, just like an old couple who have been together for half their lives.

The next day, Li Yue got up early, went out for a half-hour morning run, and returned to the apartment to listen to ESPN news.

The host Molly said that the voting statistics for MVP and other regular season awards have been released. Li Yue ranked first in the five awards of MVP, Best Defensive Player, Best First Team, Best First Defense, and Most Improved Player. .

The guest, Stephen A. Smith, raised his hands and agreed, thinking that the public fans' awareness of player strength has risen to a new level, and Li Yue should indeed be included in the discussion of the most improved player, although this award is often prepared for rookies.

The guest Skype crazily objected, thinking that Li Yue should not be included in the discussion of the most improved player, and should not even be included in the discussion of the best first defense, because Li Yue's average data per game has improved compared to Dragic It is much lower, and the contribution on the defensive end is not as good as Ibaka and Paul George, or even teammate Iguodala.

Stephen retorted, thinking that such a theory is particularly reluctant, because there is little difference in the defensive data of the four players, but Li Yue has to take on more tasks on the offensive end, which is equivalent to weight training, and being able to have the same performance shows that he is even stronger.

Stephen also pointed out that the best progress award should not only consider the increase rate, but also the difficulty of the increase, just like the big fat man and the little fat man lose weight at the same time. If only the weight lost is concerned, the big fat man will naturally have an advantage because of his large weight base.

In the same way, Dragic's basic data is low, and it is naturally easier to improve only the rate of improvement. However, Li Yue's crazy performance in the playoffs last season raised the threshold of fans and the media. This season, he has progressed from a superstar to a legendary star. .

Such a difficulty is by no means comparable to Dragic's average increase of 6 points per game.

Scape also claimed that he had never had such a precedent as a support, and he spoke with confidence, but his eyes were erratic.

Li Yue nodded silently when he heard it. Big media programs are professional, and they must maintain topicality and attention no matter what. This Skyp himself does not believe in that statement, but he perfectly matches the program performance, just like Barkley back then. For the effect of the show, Yao Ming was mocked in public for not being able to score 20 points, and afterwards he kissed the ass of a donkey to increase the popularity, which became an interesting talk for a while.

After breakfast, Li Yue watched a TV series for a while, and then drove to the arena for regular shooting training.

It was already noon when I returned to the apartment. There were many debates on Twitter about whether he was eligible for the best defensive first team and the most improved player. Among them, the voice of opposition seemed to become the mainstream. Some people thought that such a powerful figure should not appear in the league. Some people think that even if such a powerful figure appears, he should not be the first one. Some people think that this is the suppression of black players, which is racial discrimination. Some people think that the league deliberately pleases the Chinese market.

There are different opinions, and Li Yue is a little upset, mainly worried about losing the award and not being able to get the Nike incentive bonus.

He took the initiative to call Taylor and asked for a public relations activity. His data has not fallen, so why can't he win the award?
Taylor said that a meeting will be held immediately to discuss specific plans, and racial discrimination may be used as a breakthrough. However, the status of Asians in the United States is too low and they are not united enough. It may be difficult to reverse the mainstream public opinion and try to avoid further spread.

Li Yue felt something was wrong at the beginning, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that as long as there was no murder and arson, the main goal was to get the award.

In the evening, he turned on the TV and watched the Eastern and Western playoffs on multiple screens at the same time.

In the East, the Heat played against the Hornets first, perhaps because the Heat were not in a hurry to exert their strength. They still only had a three-point lead until the second quarter.

This was followed by the game between the Bulls and the Wizards. Noah, a first-team candidate, dominated both offense and defense and once led the team to a very leading advantage, but was chased back by Wall in a blink of an eye. Lacking a final decision, the Wizards have never completed a substantial reversal, and the game has become like a turn-based game.

The four-team game quickly reached the second half. The Heat made great efforts to win in the final quarter. The Bulls' 8-man rotation disadvantages led to the disadvantages of players' lack of physical strength gradually exposed. The Wizards seized the opportunity to play a 12-0 offensive climax and completely completed the reversal.

LeBron had a quasi-triple-double of 28 points, 9 assists and 11 rebounds. The TNT reporter praised it after the game, but LeBron said it was nothing, and pointed out that Li Yue had a stronger triple-double last night, and now he only cares about it How to lead the team to win.

Seeing this scene, Li Yue took out his mobile phone with a smile, logged on to Twitter and tweeted to thank LeBron for his compliment.

This is an accidental assist. After tweeting, many people were interested in checking the content behind the conversation between the two. Shan Shuang’s stats of 36 points, 14 assists and 12 rebounds finally aroused a lot of discussion. For a while, he suppressed the opposition to his five honors. sound.

Taylor's team took advantage of the situation to step up their offensive and arranged many accounts to accuse those opposing voices of racial discrimination, but it did not bring more benefits. It seems that discrimination against Asians does not make people feel worried and angry, and has long been used to it.

After receiving Taylor's feedback, Li Yue didn't take it seriously. After all, the deadline for the selection of various awards in the regular season is still early, and there is still plenty of time to counterattack. However, the opposing voices have already exerted their strongest firepower, and it is difficult to find new tactics in the follow-up.

Putting down the phone, the game between the Spurs and the Grizzlies just started. The two teams have played against each other many times in recent years, and the lineup has not changed much. They know each other's strength and style of play from the bottom up. They didn't make any false moves when they came up. .

Then came the game between the Clippers and the Rockets. After Paul bullied Beverly, Harden beat Redick wildly. Jordan and Howard on the inside were evenly matched, and Parsons of the Rockets was even better at the small forward position. , Green is superior at the power forward position, the strength of the two teams is very close, leading the score alternately, there has never been a gap of more than five points.

The four-team game quickly came to an end. The Spurs firmly held an 8-point lead by virtue of their lineup and experience, and never gave the Grizzlies a chance to counterattack. The Clippers and Rockets "cut" each other's centers, and the scene turned into free throws. war.

Really lacking something to watch, Li Yue turned off the TV, turned on the computer and began to analyze what changes the Warriors might make.

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On the evening of the 21st, the Lakers continued to face the Warriors at home.

Although the big victory in the first game indicates that there may be no waves throughout the series, and there are still big names among the audience, the number of people watching the game through streaming media has dropped sharply, and there is even a saying that Iguoda surrendered to the enemy and hugged his thigh.

What followed with this statement was that Li Yue took advantage. If Iguodala hadn't joined in the off-season, he would not be able to carry out offense and defense with peace of mind. A while outside of any awards.

Such illogical remarks received nearly 1 likes, including current players Lance Stephenson and Drummond Green, but the two subsequently canceled their likes, and were ridiculed by fans as cowards.

During the interview before the game, the reporter specifically asked Iguodala and Li Yue what their views were on this.

Iguodala said that everyone has the freedom to speak, even if it is a fool, just ignore it, and Li Yue thanked Gang Jing for discovering and helping to promote the importance of Iguodala to the Lakers, and asked for more efforts to extend the time .

The game started quickly, and the Warriors really changed. Jermaine O'Neal no longer served as the starting center, replaced by David Lee, and the starting power forward was played by rookie Drummond Green.

The Lakers saw their move, D'Antoni temporarily adjusted the rotation, arranged for Gobert and Gasol to play at the same time, Landry switched to small forward, and Li Yue switched to point guard, using the height advantage to slow down and grind the position, plus high shooting rate to limit defense fight back.

In just half of the quarter, the Lakers beat the Warriors to the ground, leading by 18 points.

When the Warriors' crazy counterattack failed in the second quarter, the game entered garbage time early again.

In the end, the Lakers won 101 to 84, leading the series 2 to 0.

Li Yue scored 22 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, and once again won a triple-double.

The Taylor team took the opportunity to give up the idea of ​​racial discrimination, and changed their counterattack method to promote the feat of Li Yue averaging a triple-double in the playoffs. This is currently only accomplished by Oscar Robertson and Jason Kidd in NBA history. It is a point guard, and Li Yue is a small forward, which is more difficult and more worthy of bragging.

He once thought that such a counterattack would only cause a little ripple in the calm lake.

Many fans commented in multiple related tweets: The public has become accustomed to him getting explosive data, and now unless Iguodala and Kobe are absent at the same time, and then he leads the team to win the championship, it is impossible to reverse those unreasonable opposition Voice.

Taylor felt unbelievable about this, Li Yue thought it was normal, there would always be voices of opposition, even if it was as good as Kobe Bryant scored 81 points, some people would say it was a cancer, even if it was as good as LeBron won two MVPs, some people would say that the whole team won two MVPs. Relying on a team to win the championship, even if McGrady makes his debut in the playoffs, some people will say he is a softie, and the idea of ​​​​trolls is so absurd.

After the press conference, Li Yue returned to the apartment and found that the game between the Thunder and the Trail Blazers had just finished.

Glancing at the video, Durant still played bravely, but the Thunder failed to deal with Aldridge and eventually lost the game.

In the East, the Pacers finally showed their strength as the number one in the division. They suppressed the Eagles and won by 20 points. The Raptors won a thrilling victory at the last moment with a slight advantage.

...

The Lakers got three days of rest, and the whole team did not relax. Li Yue and Kobe took turns to initiate joint training activities.

No one was absent, even the coaching staff and support staff were in place, but the amount of training was indeed much less than usual, mainly focusing on shooting and trying various lineup combinations. Nash also got the permission of the team doctor to join the 5V5 full-court confrontation.

During this period, the Spurs and the Grizzlies, the Rockets and the Clippers were tied 1-1 at the same time. The result of the promotion in the West was suspenseful, while in the East, the Heat beat the Bobcats and the Wizards also beat the Bulls. The contrast between strength and weakness is very clear .

The debate about whether Li Yue is eligible to win five awards at the same time is still going on, and the voice of opposition has once again intensified, thinking that the league wants to use him to suppress black players. Can't stop retweeting, saying that it was a lie to confuse the public, and Nick Yang even directly recorded a video to swear.

Artest, who was laid off by the Knicks, even went to ESPN to participate in the recording of the program, and publicly pointed out that those who use "race" to make a fuss should be sentenced. If they meet these people on the street, they will beat them face to face, even if they go to jail Not frowning.

Li Yue privately called to thank everyone for their support, and decided to play a strong performance in the next game, to avoid giving excuses to the trolls, and to avoid embarrassing the old brothers, and it is best to focus on scoring and hit people's hearts directly.

...

After three days of rest, the Lakers team came to Oakland to challenge the Warriors away.

The Warriors’ cards were played ahead of time, but with the home momentum bonus, Curry and Thompson miraculously hit ultra-long three-pointers many times under strict defense. After halftime, the series took an eight-point lead for the first time .

The Lakers returned to the locker room and adjusted their defensive strategy in time. The results were achieved immediately in the third quarter. Curry and Thompson were no longer miraculous. Li Yue led the team to an 18-5 offensive climax and reversed the situation in a few minutes.

I thought, the referee immediately began to target, calling the Lakers for various trivial fouls, ignoring Green and O'Neal's various large-scale fouls, the double standards were vividly displayed, and they only told the Lakers that they could not win.

In the middle of the fourth quarter of the game, the Lakers had fallen behind by 15 points, and each of the six main players had suffered at least three fouls.

During the official timeout, D'Antoni hinted that a game could be played, and he could enjoy cheers when he returned to the home court to advance.

Most of them were silent about this. Li Yue and Kobe directly refused. They returned to the field for two years and took turns to single-handedly. Relying on the super high success rate, they forcibly dragged the game to the last five seconds. Under Curry lore.

In overtime, Kobe's physical strength was not enough. After two consecutive strikes, he asked Li Yue to take over.

Li Yue lived up to his expectations, scored 12 consecutive points with a [-]% shooting rate, and finally completed the lore with three people double-teaming.

In this battle, he scored 51 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds.

After the game, the entire social network praised wildly, but the voice of opposition remained, thinking that his high shot hurt the team.

Unexpectedly, TMZ suddenly broke a recording, in which the Clippers owner told his lover not to publish photos with black men, and not to appear at the Staples Center with Magic Johnson.

Li Yue's 50+ triple-double was immediately discussed by no one, but at such a sensitive moment, when he used racial discrimination as a counterattack strategy and received the best feedback, no one dared to object to him winning five awards at the same time, which can be described as an assist from heaven.

(End of this chapter)