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Chapter 146 Rising Winds and Storms (Rookie Season Ends)

After the three-game winning streak, the Pistons players inevitably appeared relaxed.

Their offensive and defensive ends were not up to the quality of the first three games, and they made frequent turnovers.

In short, they are proud.

And the arrogant soldiers will be defeated.

It just so happened that the Heat players let go of their psychological burden and played 100% of their state.

This score is not difficult to understand.

End of three quarters, 75:58.

The Heat led by 17 points entering the final quarter.

In the last quarter, the Pistons finally woke up and played high-quality offense and defense.

It's a pity that the hole they dug in the first three quarters was too big, and they couldn't climb out no matter how hard they tried.

In the end, 91:82.

The Heat struggled to win a victory, rewriting the big score to 1:3.

……

G5, the game returned to Miami.

At home, the Heat fought to the death and stalemate with the Pistons for four quarters.

In the end, the Heat lost 88:93.

The big score is 1:4.

The Heat fell on the stage of the Eastern Conference Finals.

So far, Li Lei's rookie season is over.

In the handshake ceremony after the game, Li Lei congratulated every Pistons player and wished them go further.

Billups, Da Ben and others also embraced Li Lei one after another, and gave encouragement and affirmation.

The game ended and the Heat lost.

But Miami fans have been reluctant to leave.

This season, they have been very satisfied.

The post-match press conference was also the last of the season.

Li Lei, Wade, and Odom played together.

The reporter asked why the Heat failed.

Odom, Wade said a lot.

Experience, lineup, mentality, tactics...

And Li Lei only had one sentence: "I am too weak!"

This sentence also won a lot of applause.

……

Subsequently, Heat owner Micky Arison fulfilled his promise.

As long as the Heat break into the second round, he will arrange for his company's luxury cruise ship to take everyone on vacation.

Allison is the boss of Carnival Corporation, which is not a big deal.

What's more, the Heat overfulfilled the task and directly broke into the Eastern Conference Finals.

Arison is also very willing.

Li Lei followed everyone and carnivaled on the cruise ship for three days and three nights, eating delicious food, playing games, dancing...

When Li Lei disembarked, the finals also started.

In the west, the Lakers defeated the Timberwolves in the tiebreaker and entered the finals.

The Lakers and Pistons join forces in the Finals.

Of course, the support for this round of the game is overwhelming, and [-]% of the fans support the Lakers.

While watching the game, Li Lei was preparing for his return home.

Li Lei is not alone when he returns to China this time.

Li's father and Li's mother will also go home to visit relatives.

Bill Duffy, he has to follow Li Lei too.This is Li Lei's first return to China after entering the NBA, and Duffy attaches great importance to it.

And the entourage of the Nike team, who will host several events in the country.

As well as an assistant to boss Allison, who wants to explore the Chinese market.

……

In short, there are many things and many people.

Li Lei is not worried, anyway, someone arranges the schedule, so he can just go along with it.

In the last few days of his stay in the United States, Li Lei took a detailed physical examination.

The testing party is a professional team invited by Bill Duffy.

This year, he really grew up a lot.

Name: Li Lei.

Age: 19 years old.

Birthday: June 1984, 7.

Bare height: 203cm.

Armspan: 218cm.

Weight: 99.8 kg.

Palm length: 24cm.

Palm width: 25cm.

In one season, Li Lei grew 2cm taller and weighed 4kg+ more.

Obviously a lot stronger.

What's more, Li Lei is not yet 20 years old, and there is still the possibility of continuing to grow taller.

In the dynamic test, Li Lei's strength, speed, and flexibility also performed quite well.

The biggest flaw is explosive power, which makes Li Lei's bullet speed and the first step of breaking through unsatisfactory.

Li Lei actually knew it well.

He can see the panel data at any time.

Strength is 78, speed is 70, stamina is 67, reaction speed is 65, explosive power is 41, and balance is 51.

The average is 62.

Skill Proficiency:

Bloody Big Hat (Intermediate 99/1000).

Accurate steals (Intermediate 231/1000).

Brown Sugar Defense (Intermediate 312/1000).

Hundred steps through Yang (intermediate 586/1000).

Rebound sense (junior 51/100).

Over the past year, Li Lei's physical fitness has improved a lot, but his explosive power has stagnated.

This is also the culprit that restricts Li Lei's off-ball running and dribbling breakthroughs.

You can't get rid of the defender in the first step, and the defender can quickly pounce on him.

So Li Lei's main style of play is: throw the ball as soon as he catches the ball, relying on his height and wingspan to reduce the opponent's interference.

The professional team formulated a new training plan based on Li Lei's characteristics.

……

Meanwhile, the finals are over.

The Pistons were upset and defeated the Lakers 4-2, becoming the final winner of the 2003-2004 season.

Suddenly, the entire NBA was in an uproar.

The first to be affected was the Lakers, overwhelmed by various rumors.

"Kobe and Shaquille O'Neal fight for the boss!"

"Kobe and Malone clash over Vanessa."

"Phil Jackson criticized Kobe Bryant for being unmodifiable and responsible for the turmoil in the Lakers locker room."

……

Coupled with the continuous fermentation of the Eagle County incident, both Kobe and the Lakers were pushed to the forefront.

Malone was the first to speak out. He refused to execute the contract for the second year and chose to retire directly.

It was disheartened.

Payton was also very disappointed and determined to leave the Lakers to test the free market.

In this regard, Super F4 only played for one season before falling apart.

The general manager of the Lakers Kupchak and the person in charge of Buss Jr. are in a state of desperation.

But no one thought that this was just the beginning.

The wall fell and everyone pushed.

All the bad things about Kobe and O'Neal were revealed.

One of O'Neill's words was even pulled out by the media, and the corpse was whipped repeatedly.

"Some people need to know that you can't win without me!"

As the No.1 in the league, O'Neal certainly has no problem saying this.

Although he lost in the finals, O'Neal performed well. Facing the double Wallace, he still averaged 26.6 points, 10.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game, and his shooting percentage was as high as 63%.

This performance is impeccable.

Therefore, Kobe has become a negative teaching material.

He is the "some people" in O'Neill's mouth!
科比总决赛场均22.6分2.8篮板4.4助攻，命中率38.1%，三分球命中率更是只有可怜的17.4%。

Averaged 22.6 shots and 22.6 points per game.

Bryant was ridiculously inefficient.

The media criticized Kobe Bryant.

Of course, the media won't tell you that Kobe spent a lot of energy defending Richard Hamilton, the Pistons' first scoring point, all the way.

The media won't tell you that Payton was blown up by Billups, and Kobe kept wiping Payton's ass.

The media will not tell you that Zen Master's triangle tactics failed. The Lakers were defended for 24 seconds many times. Kobe took over at the last moment and forced as many as 22 shots. He averaged 4.4 shots per game and only hit 5 of them.

If you remove these 22 shots, Bryant's hit rate can be increased by 5%.

The media will not tell you that Malone suffered serious injuries and contributed poorly to the finals, and Kobe was the only gatekeeper for the Lakers.

……

Of course Kobe has problems, but by no means all problems are Kobe's.

But now, all the problems have been pushed to Bryant's head.

According to Kobe's personality, it is impossible to explain it, and he can only bear it alone.

But when the pressure reached the point where he couldn't bear it, Kobe exploded.

"You think I can't do anything without you?"

"In that case, I won't be your teammate. I want to prove to you rotten people whether I can win or not! Whether it's in Los Angeles or anywhere else, I can do it!"

This passage directly detonated the entire NBA.

"I won't be your teammate!"

This is Kobe saying that he and O'Neal cannot coexist.

"Whether it's in Los Angeles or somewhere else!"

The meaning of this sentence is: If the Lakers do not trade away O'Neal, Kobe will leave.

This is Kobe's push.

Los Angeles has changed!
Kobe's words detonated the entire trading market like an atomic bomb.

Subsequently, Francis, the star of the Mosaic team, did something similar to Kobe.

"This summer, if the team can't make reinforcements that satisfy me, I will refuse to play!"

Knowing that these remarks would lead to punishment from the league, Francis still said it.

The two All-Star starting guards in the Western Conference are pressing the palace at the same time, and the trading market this summer is lively.

The only difference is that Kobe's contract expires and he is a free agent, who can decide to stay or not.

And Francis just signed the largest contract in team history of 02 million for 6 years in 8500, and he can only leave through a transaction.

But this is just the beginning.

The Magic intends to trade the team's star, the Eastern All-Star starting guard, Tracy McGrady.

Eastern All-Star starting forward Carter is not satisfied with the team.

The Jazz are interested in signing Cavaliers power forward Carlos Boozer.

Nets power forward Kenyon Martin has become a free agent and is seeking a big contract.

Bulls shooting guard Jamal Crawford has entered the trade market to test the waters.

Mavericks point guard Steve Nash is testing the free agency waters.

Mavericks owner Mark Cuban expressed great interest in Warriors center Dampier.

Spurs player Robert Horry's contract expires.

The Suns are interested in Richardson, a restricted free agent from the Clippers.

Pistons power forward Rasheed Wallace is out of contract.

Kings center Divac is a free agent.

Camby, Fisher, Kirisek, Ginobili, Brent Barry, Battier, Stephen Jackson, Alstom, Okur... and a large number of high-quality role players have all entered the free market.

The free market is surging!
(End of this chapter)