Reborn NBA's Strongest Talent

Chapter 67 67. All-Star Weekend Invitation (please subscribe, please recommend)
Although the Thunder have the home court advantage, the Clippers' offense is sharper.

The firepower of Westbrook alone won't make up for the gap in offense.

At this time Richard appeared on the stage.

The opposing defensive player was obviously prepared, and he defended himself as soon as he came up.

Richard was already full of confidence at this time, and he didn't care about the opponent's defense at all. He ran to the position with the highest scoring efficiency on the first attack.

Seeing that Richard was in place, Westbrook immediately passed the ball.

Let Richard try the feel first.

Richard received the ball and turned to face the basket.

With a direct pull, the ball flew steadily into the net.

Richard realized that the opponent in front of him was not prepared to defend immediately, so how could he be soft-hearted.

The opponent was preparing to take a defensive step back, but Richard took off too suddenly, and there was no time to react.

Such a confident shot also gave his teammates a big surprise, and more importantly, confidence has results.

After defending and attacking again, Westbrook once again passed the ball to Richard.

Richard received the ball, and the defensive player stuck tighter. Richard lowered his head and dribbled sideways to break through, blocking the defensive player on the outside, and there was also an emergency stop jump shot.

Successive attacks turned the situation around, and the atmosphere of the scene activated the entire Thunder team. The players who had been suppressed were rejuvenated again, regained the offensive initiative, and scored a lead.

The Clippers were not far behind, Paul and Griffin continued to attack inside and outside, biting the score tightly.

But as soon as the score is approaching, Richard will be pulled away again. Westbrook's pressure is reduced and his scoring efficiency is also increased.

The Thunder Twins took control of the situation.

When the rotation time came, Westbrook took a rest, the Thunder gave the ball to Richard, and the Clippers also replaced Paul, leaving one person from each side to lead the team.

Paul without the core of the organization, the Clippers were immediately defeated by Richard led the team.

Richard doesn't have the ability to organize, but he has the ability to attack.

With continuous pull-ups and breakthroughs, Richard played more and more confidently, using only the simplest technical moves to blow up the opponent's players, without the power to fight back.

Paul was so anxious that he stomped off the court.

As the commander on the field, Paul occasionally directly instructs the players, quite like being a coach off the field.

When encountering a teammate who arranged a good strategy but failed due to poor execution, he would point at the opponent's nose and scold without mercy.

But the situation on the court will not get better because of Paul's anxiety.

When Westbrook and Paul returned to the court, the gap in the score stopped widening, but there was no way to make up for it.

Richard continued to attack wildly, scoring methods emerged one after another, and brought his technique and footwork to the extreme in the interior.

The roles of Paul and Westbrook are offset, and there is no way to prevent Richard, and the Clippers will not be able to win.

比赛最后，快船103：107输了4分。李察德13投10中高效拿下24分，威斯布鲁克也拿到31分8篮板10助攻的全面数据。

Donovan also praised Richard for his confidence and efficiency.

Getting 20+ again, and scoring with various offensive methods, Richard also broke the doubts of many people, proving that he is capable of scoring in the game, rather than feeling explosive for a while.

In the next few games, Richard maintained his good performance and scored 20+ in a row again.

2017年1月2日，雷霆客场输给了密尔沃基雄鹿，李察德13投8中拿到20分。

After the game, I hugged Giannis Antetokounmpo, who is not the absolute core of the team, warmly.

At this time, Jabari Parker, as the second place in the 14th year, and Antetokounmpo Antetokounmpo are both regarded as the core at the same time, and the ranking is even higher.

After the game, Antetokounmpo, a senior, also spoke on social media saying that he was inspired by Richard.

On January 1, Richard scored 4 points on 15-of-9 shooting in the Thunder's away game against the Charlotte Hornets.It's a pity that I couldn't see the Hornets owner, Michael Jordan, the eternal basketball god, at the scene.

On January 1, the Thunder continued their road trip and came to Houston back to back to challenge the Rockets.

After exchanging pleasantries with Harden, Richard and Harden launched a scoring battle.

Westbrook gave Richard the main attack opportunity, and Harden finally changed his inefficient performance against the Thunder in the first two games, leading the team to defeat the Thunder again.

Richard did not fall into a disadvantage in the duel, scoring 20 points on 12 of 30 shots, still very efficient.

On January 1, the Thunder ended their road trip and returned home to beat the Nuggets. Richard played less than 7 minutes and scored 20 points on 10 of 8 shots. He interrupted his 19+, mainly because the Nuggets had already been beaten by clocking out after three quarters.

Although the team has not won or lost in a row recently, the atmosphere in the team has gradually improved.

Nearly half of the schedule, the team temporarily ranked fourth in the Western Conference with 24 wins and 14 losses, and the team's performance has been guaranteed.

Among the players, Westbrook's performance is as strong as ever, Richard also played confidently and played statistics, and the team's prospects are gradually optimistic.

At the same time, during the All-Star Weekend voting, Westbrook, as the MVP of the two-time All-Star Game, won the support of many fans with his all-around triple-double performance, and entered the All-Star Weekend with ease.

"Russell, you are currently ranked third among the western defenders, how about we mobilize the fans for you?" Adams just finished watching the news, and ran to Westbrook excitedly.

The time was the group training on the morning of the 8th. Westbrook's expression was calm and calm, "It's unnecessary for the All-Star Weekend. For us, it won't improve our performance."

But who doesn't know how the competitive Westbrook would look down on the starting position, but the competition is too fierce.

Curry has led a new style of play for point guards, and has absolute talent beyond the three-point line, taking the absolute lead in the Western Conference guard battle.

Harden is also the strongest shooting guard in active service. Although his style of play is quite controversial, his scoring ability explodes and he can also organize offenses. In addition, the Rockets have a good fan base in Huaxia, and they are ranked second in votes.

It is not easy for Westbrook to get third in the fierce competition among the Western Conference guards.

Klay Thompson is still in hot pursuit.

"Yes, our fans should all vote for Russell, and continuing to appeal will not increase many votes." Adams was quite frustrated.

Halfway through, Westbrook's scoring average topped the list, higher than any of the Big Four Warriors, ranked second in assists, and temporarily averaged a triple-double before only one ancient player.

The performance of bursting like this is still no match for others, the main reason is that the record is slightly worse.

Richard shook his head slightly. He felt powerless. He didn't even know how many fans were in which cities, let alone calling for votes.

Donovan arranged the training content, and when he was about to start, a team member ran into the arena to find Richard, "Richard, the general manager has something to ask, please go to the office to find him immediately."

Richard was a little surprised, it couldn't be another contract, right? Since he became famous, endorsements came one after another?
Richard looked at Donovan, and walked out of the training team under the signal of the other party.

"Li Cha has been called to the manager's office recently, what happened?" Adams muttered to the team members beside him.

"What are you talking about? Our team may have more than one All-Star player. Everyone train hard!" Donovan said a word without thinking.

But the All-Star voting did not see the information of the rest of the team.

Richard shook his head and walked towards the general manager's office, thinking very seriously about how to reject other companies' sneaker contracts, and whether to agree to other endorsement contracts.

After finally walking to the door of the office, Presti was getting impatient, "Li Cha, come in!"

There was no one else in the office, which made Richard a little confused.

"Just now the alliance called and informed about something." Presti spoke slowly, completely inconsistent with the anxiety on the surface.

"This year's All-Star Weekend, the first event is still the Rookie Challenge, because rookies receive less attention, and the first- and second-year rookie battles do not attract much attention, so the league plans to adjust the rookie challenge this year."

"Starting from this year, first-year rookies will no longer play against second-year rookies. This kind of competition lacks fairness. After all, after playing in the league for one more year, the gap is still too large. The first-year has not won the game more than ten times."

"So, for competitive reasons, the league is going to change the rookie challenge to Team USA versus Team World."

"The teams are a mix of first and second graders, so this kind of competition will be more entertaining."

Richard was a little dazed, what was Presti talking about?

Seeing Richard's head full of question marks, Presti could only explain simply, "The league called me to ask you, Richard, would you like to represent the US team in the competition."

Ok?
After talking so much, it turned out to be just one sentence.

There are very few players who can enter the All-Star Weekend, which is considered an honor. Even if they are only participating in the Rookie Challenge at this time, they can still bring a lot of attention to themselves.

"I am willing!" Richard naturally would not let go of such an opportunity.

Presti was not surprised at all. As soon as Richard agreed, Presti followed suit, "I will immediately tell the alliance about your personal wishes. In about 10 days, the alliance will release the specific list of players for the Rookie Challenge. Come down and prepare yourself."

After the eviction order was issued, Presti suddenly remembered something, and quickly reminded Richard behind him, "Because the Rookie Tournament is an invitation system, so even if you want to go, you have to wait. If all the players in the top ranking are willing to participate, you may not have the opportunity to participate. Please keep this matter a secret for the time being. Otherwise, if you fail and fail to participate, it will be embarrassing."

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