I just play ball

Chapter 345

Gulfstream Aviation has always been famous for its production of private jets. The private jets owned by mainland tycoons such as Jack Ma and Jian Lin are produced by the company. Its latest G650 is priced at nearly 7000 million US dollars, which can be called the world's top configuration.

Gulfstream's cooperation invitation is probably because of the Chinese market, and it wants to take the opportunity to achieve publicity effects.

Li Yue was naturally very interested, and immediately asked for more details. He learned from Taylor that the model Gulfstream provided for himself was the G550, the first batch of which was manufactured in 03. The maximum cruising altitude is 4000 meters, and it can carry 11686 passengers, which is enough to guarantee a direct flight from Los Angeles to any part of the mainland.

Even in a field like the NBA where multi-millionaires walk everywhere, private jet owners are still in the minority. At present, only super players such as Jordan, Kobe, LeBron, Tracy McGrady and Garnett use it publicly. The cost of individual purchase is actually affordable by many stars. , but the supporting maintenance and labor costs are huge, and it will last for a long time, so you have to weigh it carefully before buying.

Just like every team in the NBA can afford the purchase of an MRI machine, but after comprehensive consideration, every team will not choose to buy it, but since it is provided for free, it will save more than half of the cost. Just be in charge of the team, and the key can be used less frequently, and it is likely to focus on the off-season.

With excitement, Li Yue weighed it over and over again, and finally decided to accept the cooperation invitation.

Although he does not own a private jet in name, the grade and actual effect have reached the same effect. It is nothing more than spending more money. After signing a big contract in the off-season, there is no need to worry about the shortage of cash flow.

Taylor received a reply, saying that he would communicate as soon as possible and strive to reach an early cooperation.

Taking advantage of the excitement, Li Yue told Chenxi the news, and the two of them chatted about the topic of free travel, and said with a smile that they could also learn from big stars, as long as they wanted to, fly to London in the morning to feed the pigeons, and fly back in the afternoon to eat stewed noodles .

...

Early on the morning of the 21st, Li Yue logged on to Twitter to browse news from all walks of life as usual.

The entire Spurs team seems to be silent. Since the G1 press conference, no one has been interviewed by the media, and no one knows where they are training. TNT jokingly declared that the Spurs seem to have evaporated.

The major casinos in Las Vegas updated the odds of the Western Conference Finals promotion results. The Spurs increased significantly, while the Lakers dropped sharply. An anonymous person revealed to the TMZ reporter: The executives of the major casinos are very annoyed by this, because Li Yue The strong performance has caused gamblers to have no interest in various baiting behaviors, and many actuaries are therefore frowning.

ESPN re-conducted the Western Conference finals promotion voting statistics, and the proportion of the Lakers who finally won the game jumped from 61.78% before the start to 93.62%. Most of the user IPs who supported the Spurs' victory came from the Southwest region.

The major commentators also changed their minds one after another, supporting the Spurs' conceding in the final victory. From the initial 11th place, it suddenly dropped to only 2 places. One of them was originally set to be Lake Black, while the other forgot to update and modify.

Seeing that many messages were beneficial to the Lakers, Li Yue was very happy, but he happened to catch a glimpse of someone objecting to his endorsement of Ferrari.

Click on the details to check carefully. It turns out that the relevant information was leaked after negotiating with Ferrari. Some people think that as a basketball player, he does not have the same social influence as Ferrari. In addition, he is from China, which is very likely to cause disgust among many European and American users. In order to avoid a fall in Ferrari's grades, this possible endorsement invitation should be cancelled.

Such remarks have not yet sparked large-scale discussions, but many personal accounts with a large number of fans are trying to forward them. From past experience, it is obvious that someone is behind the push. After all, Ferrari is considering hiring a global spokesperson for the first time, and the target is naturally not just him. , as long as there is competition, all kinds of means are possible.

It may even be a reverse investigation by Ferrari. Li Yue told Taylor about it and reminded him to pay attention.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, I drove to the Staples Center to warm up for shooting in advance.

All the teammates arrived one after another. Walton, on behalf of the coaching staff, explained the possible changes for the Spurs. He asked that in addition to the conventional singles tactics, he also practiced the dynamic offensive system used before to avoid difficulties in coping with sudden shocks.

The whole team gladly followed suit, running tactics with laughter and laughter.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, Li Yue led the team to leave the field and was interviewed by a TNT reporter on the sidelines.

After a few routine questions, the reporter changed the subject: "After the G1 game, Michael Jordan himself expressed regret that he could not play against you at your peak, so if you two confronted each other at your peak, who would be more likely to win? "

This kind of question is nothing more than wanting to write a news article of "self-confessed to lose to Jordan" or "self-proclaimed to beat Jordan". Li Yue smiled and shrugged slightly: "This question is not true, I can't make a comparison."

"Why not?" The reporter was a little confused, "If you want to say that this kind of confrontation is impossible, then please assume..."

"No! Because I'm not at my peak yet, how do you want me to compare?"

The reporter was stunned for a moment, and when he realized that he wanted to ask more questions, Li Yue had already turned around and left.

...

At seven o'clock in the evening, TNT commentary booth.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to TNT's live broadcast of NBA2013-2014 Western Conference Finals G2. I am Marvin Abbott, and I will explain to you with Reggie Miller and Isaiah Thomas. First of all, let's discuss Li Yue's 1 points in G69, how did you two feel at that time?"

"I feel normal." Miller said, "Because he scored 31 points in the first quarter, which shocked me for a long time. When he finished the third quarter with 53 points, I had a premonition that he would break the record. Tweeted about it."

"I feel the same way." Thomas said, "I was chatting with a guest at the time, and I was a little curious to hear that someone broke the record, but when I learned that it was Li Yue, I felt that this was a scheduled thing, and it would come sooner or later."

"What do those two think the Spurs might do in this game?"

"I don't think there will be too many changes." Miller said, "Although they lost the first game, the main problem is the extremely wrong rotation at the beginning, which will always be affected later. As long as they adjust, they will definitely be able to compete with the Lakers. A battle."

"I think the Spurs should consider how to strengthen the offense, because Li Yue is the kind of player who can perform well no matter what the restrictions are. In terms of marginal cost and marginal benefit, strengthening the offense is the top priority of the Spurs." Thomas said, "especially It was the inside offense, and the Spurs had the edge there, but it didn't lean a lot in Game [-]."

"OK, the Lakers players will be playing right away, let's take a look at the starting lineup..."

...

Lakers bench.

As the announcer shouted loudly, Kobe got up and walked under the spotlight, cheers resounded throughout the audience, followed by Blake, Landry, and Gasol, and when Li Yue appeared in the finale, the audience shouted MVP in unison .

The elderly art troupe from the Orange County community led the singing of the national anthem. Li Yue looked around in his free time. When he saw the auditorium on the sidelines, he happened to see Jennifer Lawrence winking. He was so frightened that he quickly turned his head away to avoid tabloid reporters writing scribbles.

Immediately after the sound of the long whistle, Li Yue got up and stepped into the court, high-fived with the Spurs starters Parker, Green, Leonard, Duncan, and Splitter, and then stood at the bottom right of the center circle, flexing his wrist slightly joint.

The referee held the ball to the middle circle, made simple gestures on the left and right sides, and held the basketball with both hands and tossed it upwards.

Gasol took the lead, but failed to touch first. Duncan came from behind and threw the ball towards the Spurs half court. Parker picked it up and pushed forward. The Lakers retreated. Respond in unison.

Li Yue followed Leonard to the right corner. Looking at the audience, he found that although the Spurs' starting lineup has not changed, Duncan seems to have changed to the center and Splitter has changed to the power forward. I can observe again.

Parker dribbled the ball to the left wing, passed it to Splitter who was raised to the top of the arc, and rushed to the elbow area by himself, standing with both feet to set up a human wall, and set up a positioning screen for Danny Green, while Splitter at the same time Bending over to dribble left, a partial coordination is about to form.

Bryant dodged and squeezed through the cover, following Green like a homing missile.Seeing that the hand-to-hand pass was hopeless, Split quickly braked to slow down, passed the ball back to the left wing for a moment, and stepped forward to cover the side.

Splitter is wide enough to make it difficult for Blake to squeeze through for a while, and Parker takes the opportunity to dribble the ball to the right.Landry hastily switched defenses, chased to the free throw line and was covered by Duncan's screen, and Parker walked in along the right elbow.

Gasol bent down to lower his center of gravity, stepped forward to intercept, Li Yue retracted and stretched out his hands to interfere, and quickly retreated to catch up with Leonard who was running out, while Parker's breakthrough was blocked, and he immediately rushed to the bottom corner on the right, patiently following the The touchline goes around the right wing.

Duncan moved across again to set up a wall to cover, but Blake, who was in charge of defense, had just arrived, and could only fly towards Parker, who was leaping high, causing a little interference.

when!The basketball hit the left ring, rebounded and fell, Gasol caught it and threw it to Blake.

The Lakers launched a counterattack, the audience cheered and cheered, Blake ran the ball across the center line, then turned and threw it to the top of the arc.

Landry caught the ball and shifted to the right, handed it to Li Yue, and erected a wall to block Leonard by the way.

Li Yue took the ball, slumped his shoulders and bent down, and went directly to the inside with one step. Facing the Spurs double-handed, he passed the ball back from the top of his head. The strength is too small, and it hits the front edge of the rim.

Leonard caught the rebound, turned around and rushed to the right wing of the front court. With the help of Splitter's cover, he strode to the top of the arc, but still failed to get rid of Li Yue's defense, so he had to throw the ball to the left wing.

Green received the ball in a three-threat posture, and used Duncan to cover and break through from the left. He was completely blocked by Kobe and Gasol just two steps away, and quickly passed the ball to the 45-degree position. There is no one to defend temporarily. Duncan.

Seeing this, Li Yue moved laterally from the top of the arc to defend. Duncan passed the ball 45 degrees to the right, but after Leonard received the ball, he faced a wide open three-pointer and did not shoot directly. Instead, he chose to lower his center of gravity and break through.

Li Yue moved laterally to intercept, forming a flanking attack with Landry one after the other, Leonard made an emergency stop, drifted and threw.

when!The basketball hit the hoop and fell.

Li Yue picked it up, turned around and saw that Kobe had already crossed the center line, and made a decisive long pass.The Spurs' defensive formation has not yet been fully formed. Kobe caught the ball and took it to the top of the arc. Facing Duncan's defense, he patted and tried to walk in, and suddenly pulled out his hand to shoot.

Boom!The basketball hits the hoop and into the net.

The Lakers scored two points first.

The Spurs attacked, Parker dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, used Duncan to lift up to cover, and broke through on the left.

Gasol switched defenses and intercepted, and Landry chased after him, forming a pincer attack in an instant.Parker calmly pulled the ball across and threw the ball over his head to Duncan in the middle. Seeing this, Li Yue quickly moved across from the right wing to defend, using partial 3 defense 2 as before.

However, he raised his hands high against the ball and did not distribute it to Leonard who was in the open position. Instead, he took two steps directly against the defense, kicked off the ground at the top of the free throw coil, and threw a shot from a distance.

The action was too sudden and abnormal, Li Yue couldn't react for a while, so he could only turn his head and watch.

Boom!The basketball hits the hoop and into the net.

The Lakers attacked, Blake took the ball to the top of the arc, patted and waited on the spot.Bryant started from the left baseline, used Gasol's cover to go around the left elbow, received the pass and rushed to the free throw line, faced the frontal interception, made an emergency stop and jumped, and made a mid-range shot with a fallback.

This is one of Kobe's best scoring methods. The basketball flew past Green's fingertips, hit the basket and bounced off the net.

After scoring 4 points in a row, the audience cheered and applauded, and Kobe himself nodded in satisfaction.

The Spurs attack, Parker drives the ball to the right wing, and then shifts to the left with the help of Duncan's screen.

Duncan then disassembled, turned around the paint area, and continued to cover for Green and Leonard who ran to the right.

The entire left half was cleared in a blink of an eye. Duncan came to the waist, put his back against Gasol, received the pass from Parker, turned around to face the frame, took a step with his right foot as the axis, and suddenly crossed and turned the ball down. Cross over to the top of the free throw coil and force a throw.

The basketball crashed into the net, and the referee blew his whistle at the same time, calling Gasol for a pushing foul and giving Duncan an additional penalty.

Gasol shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands to express doubts, and the audience booed to express their dissatisfaction, but Li Yue could see clearly that Gasol did push someone with his hands. Although it was very likely that he did it unintentionally, he happened to be caught by the referee .

Duncan made a steady hit and added a penalty, and the Spurs temporarily led 5-4.

The Lakers attacked, and Kobe took the ball early in the backcourt, took it all the way to the top of the arc, and walked in directly with the help of Gasol's cover.Green squeezed through the screen to catch up, Kobe immediately collected the ball and took off, ignoring Duncan's frontal threat, and fell back to make a mid-range shot.

Swish!The basketball went into the net hollow and scored 6 points in a row!
The audience cheered loudly. Parker received the ball from the bottom line and advanced quickly. He rushed all the way to the right wing of the front court and handed it to Leonard. He continued to run in and moved to the left along the free throw line. Leonard threw the ball to the Split at the top of the arc.

Parker rushed to the left wing, received the return pass and raised his hands high. When Duncan came to the left waist with the help of Green's cover, he immediately made a pass.Duncan caught the ball and faced Gasol, slammed the ball and hit it hard. After three consecutive times, he twisted his hips, turned around, and hit the board with a signature move of 45 degrees!
boom!The basketball rebounded into the net, and Duncan scored 7 points in a row!
The Lakers attack, Blake takes the ball to the top of the arc, waits for a moment, and hits the ground to the left waist.

Kobe bent over to catch the ball with his back to Green, got up and turned back directly, and made a difficult pull-back mid-range shot.

The basketball went into the net hollow, and Kobe scored 8 points in a row!
The audience cheered wildly!

"I can see that the two veterans are competing!" Thomas laughed, "They seem unwilling to be taken away by young people."

"Li Yue emphasized in the pre-match interview that he has not yet reached his peak state." Marvin said, "If he reaches the age of Duncan and Kobe, wouldn't he have to score 5 points?"

(End of this chapter)