Add One, I Don’t Know How To Fight

Li Ang stood up from the sofa and prepared to clean up the room.

When packing up in a corner, Li Ang found some old newspapers he had left behind.

Li Ang paused, then put the newspaper on the table and took out the bottom one.

The edges of the newspaper were already a little yellowed, but Li Ang still smiled when looking at the photo in the middle of the newspaper.

In the photo, Li Ang was carried on the shoulders of his teammates, and he was holding the Eastern Conference championship trophy.

On the other side was Carter, who was also carried. He put his arm around Li Ang's shoulders, made scissor hands, and smiled brightly.

This photo was also placed on the desk in Li Ang's bedroom at this time.

That night, although everyone didn't drink, they celebrated by splashing water wildly in the locker room.

For this young team, an Eastern Conference championship trophy is enough to become an indelible memory.

Li Ang gently put down the newspaper, took out the next one, and then the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

The huge title, bold and black, reads: The invincible Eastern Conference champion!

The accompanying picture is a photo of an AI lying on the ground vomiting blood.

This was news written by a Philadelphia newspaper, which turned Leon into a butcher who deliberately hurt others.

Although AI has stated in interviews that the Raptors won fair and square, he also believes that Li Ang did not do it intentionally.

But people only want to believe what they believe.

In addition, Li Ang has a criminal record and is the first legend in the NBA to be suspended for fighting in the first game of his first start.

Therefore, everyone thinks that Li Ang, who has a "bad record", can definitely do something like intentionally hitting an AI.

What's more, after losing the game, Philadelphia fans were angry.

They definitely have to find some excuses for the team's defeat, which is what losers do most often.

In this era when online media is not yet developed enough, this kind of news can easily change as it spreads.

So Li Ang hit the AI, causing the AI ​​to be injured, which in turn caused the 76ers to lose the game. This has almost become the consensus of many fans.

At the same time, there is another small piece of news written under this newspaper: Many reporters believe that the Lakers will sweep the Raptors 4-0 and win the championship with a record of victory in the playoffs.

Li Ang shook his head and remembered the ferocious years at that time.

Speaking of which, there were many people who thought the Lakers could win the championship 4-0 in the finals.

Except for the Chinese media and the Toronto media, almost no one thinks that the Raptors can win even one game from the Lakers.

There is no way, the Lakers in 2001 were indeed too powerful. Even in the entire history of the NBA, the 2001 Lakers are ranked number one.

Li Ang put down the newspaper again and pulled out the next one.

"puff!"

The moment he took out this newspaper, Li Ang couldn't help but laugh again.

"The Lakers' undefeated streak was broken by the Raptors. Leon Carter scored 62 points. The Raptors escaped from death and refused to sweep! 》

There’s nothing funny about the title, it’s the pictures that are funny.

Because the accompanying picture is a picture of Li Ang hitting Shaq on the head with a ball in the air.

Don't get me wrong, there was no conflict between Li Ang and Shaq at that time.

Shaq is not stupid. He can play basketball with Li Ang, but he knows that fighting with Li Ang is a dead end.

There is no personal grudge between Leon and Shaq. Who would be at odds with this fat, dark boy?

This scene of hitting the head is actually from a dunk.

At that time, in the fourth game of the series, the powerful Lakers already led 3-0.

The Lakers are different from their previous opponents in the Eastern Conference. Their previous opponents all have one characteristic - the core of their offense is all from the outside.

The Magic's offensive core is Tracy McGrady, the Bucks' offensive core is Junzi Lei, and the 76ers' offensive core is one and only AI.

But in addition to Kobe, the Lakers have an inside offensive core Shaq!

When playing against Eastern Conference teams, the Raptors' usual routine is for Li Ang to lock down the opponent's arrowheads, while Carter concentrates on attacking.

But against the Lakers, this trick didn't work.

The presence of O'Neal magnified the Raptors' shortcomings of insufficient interior thickness countless times.

This season, not even Duncan + the Admirals can contain this shark, let alone the aging Oakley and Willis.

Although Li Ang also joined in the defense of O'Neal, and once directly knocked O'Neal to the ground from the side.

But overall, O'Neal is still unstoppable.

Just like that, the Los Angeles people won consecutive victories. Although it was not easy to win, we still took a 3-0 lead and easily got the match point.

After the Lakers took a 3-0 lead, almost everyone believed that the Lakers would win the championship with a historic victory in the playoffs.

Unfortunately, in the fourth game of the series in Toronto, Leon and Carter shattered the dreams of the Los Angeles people.

Carter had a blast in Game 4, shooting through the Lakers defense from beyond the three-point line.

Li Ang added fuel to the fire by joining forces with others.

Li Ang, who was in high spirits, even prepared to dunk Shaq head-on at the last moment of the third quarter.

As a result, a scene that was both ironic and ridiculous happened.

Although Shaq has a good temper, he is not willing to let Li Ang ride twice in a row.

Seeing Li Ang rushing in, Shaq took a breath and put his big belly in, jumped up with all his strength, and took the initiative to fight.

Under Shaq's terrifying power, even if he had the dunk badge, it was indeed difficult for Li Ang to dunk the ball through Shaq.

But at this time, Li Ang could no longer stop moving his hands.

Just like that, Li Ang dunked the ball directly to Shaq's head.

According to Zhang who was watching the game at the scene, "O'Neal's head seemed to be smoking."

The big shark was beaten into a fat-headed fish.

He is indeed the best among star centers.

Barkley watched this scene and said that he was so satisfied. He will definitely treasure this shot and use this ball to laugh at Shaq every now and then.

Thinking of this scene now, Li Ang still can't help but laugh.

Although there were some accidents, Leon and Carter still won a victory at home in that game, making Kobe Bryant so angry after the game that he cursed his mother.

There is only one game left to achieve the feat of winning the playoffs and winning the championship.

That night, countless Lakers stars even came to Toronto, ready to witness this miraculous moment.

As a result, Leon and Carter won the fourth game without any shame.

These are placed in a bunch of beautiful pictures, and two scary pictures are put together to create a mood.

Proud Los Angeles fans called Carter and Leon's behavior hooligans, and there was even a conspiracy theory that Leon deliberately hit Shaq.

Shaq was knocked dizzy and insisted on playing, which allowed the Raptors to take advantage of the opportunity.

Again, losers always make excuses.

This incident is combined with the previous news that Li Ang "intentionally" harmed AI, and it can be said that Li Ang is painted more and more darkly.

The Los Angeles media was relentless and publicized it like crazy. And their power is much greater than that of the Philadelphia media.

Li Ang has become notorious this time.

As a result, Li Ang still has a bad relationship with the Los Angeles media. To be exact, Li Ang has become one of the most hated players in Los Angeles.

And Li Ang also hates Los Angeles.

Although the Raptors were ultimately defeated in the finals and only won that one game.

But that one game alone was enough to drive the Lakers and Lakers fans crazy.

There is no way, the strength gap between the two sides does exist. The combination of Leon and Carter may be able to go sideways in the East.

But in the west, it's still a little bit worse.

Li Ang put down the newspaper. The 2001 playoffs brought both laughter and tears to him.

Although before the finals started, I knew that the probability of defeating the OK combination was very slim. But when the team really lost, everyone was a little unwilling.

But overall, it can be considered a fruitful harvest.

At that time, Li Ang thought that entering the finals was just the beginning.

He and Carter definitely have more gorgeous chapters waiting to be written.

result

All the turning points happened in the summer of 2001.

In the next newspaper, the headline was that Yao Ming became the first Asian No. 1 pick in NBA history and joined the Chicago Bulls!

After careful consideration for a long time, Fat Krause finally decided to select Yao Ming with the No. 1 pick.

In this history, Yao Ming participated in the draft at the draft site.

He also walked up to the stage himself and took away the Bulls baseball cap from Stern.

Since then, the golden age of Chinese basketball has officially begun.

When she saw the Bulls drafting Yao Ming, Danzi almost cried on the spot and turned into an emoticon.

Klaus's Sabi is indeed blind, hahahahaha!

Danzi happily selected Kwame Brown with the second overall pick, and at this time Jordan had already decided to come back next season!

He was already imagining in his mind the scene of fighting on the court with this super genius.

Li Ang sighed, and now, Danzi was probably crying too.

The next newspaper was a Toronto newspaper.

Li Ang still can't forget how shocked he was when he saw the news.

"Raptors fire general manager Glen Ward, new general manager Babcock: I will bring a championship to Toronto".

Grunwald, the guy who drafted Carter and Leon, was suddenly fired after the team reached its peak.

It is a fact that he selected Carter and Leon, but it is also a fact that he let go of McGrady and Christie for nothing.

The 4-1 defeat in the finals stimulated the Raptors' management. They all agreed that if McGrady and Christie were still there, the Raptors might be able to win the championship.

Even if it doesn't work, it won't be so embarrassing.

So they transferred their anger to Grunwald.

At first, Li Ang just felt sorry for Grunwald, but he never expected that the change of general manager this time would greatly affect Li Ang himself.

Next, there are newspapers before the start of the 01-02 season.

The newspaper published a piece of Bulls news, and it only occupied a small section of the sports section because the news was not breaking news.

But for Li Ang, this news is very interesting.

The news content is: One week after Yao Ming participated in the training camp, Artest underwent a concussion test and will miss the preseason.

Well, Li Ang can probably guess what happened on the training ground.

With his cowardly personality, he would definitely be ready to bully Xiao Yao as soon as he entered the training camp, hoping to establish his prestige as the boss of his team.

If it were Xiao Yao in the original history, he would probably have been bullied.

But now this little Yao.

Let's put it this way, Oakley didn't even want to meet him.

If Yao Ming hadn't grown too tall, he probably wouldn't have had a concussion. I'm afraid Artest would have had to feel the pain Danzi felt back then.

Then, the 2001-02 season began.

Before the start of the season, the team acquired Olajuwon, one of the four major centers, at a very low cost to deal with O'Neal, hoping that the team could make a difference in the finals.

Oakley, who is about to retire, has returned to Chicago, where his dream began, and is preparing to return to his roots. Mark Jackson also left the team. Generally speaking, the team's lineup has not changed much.

Carter + Leon + Big Dream, this lineup has aroused the expectations of countless fans. Babcock also hopes to use Big Dream to fight the Sharks and build the Raptors into a championship team.

As a result, Dameng's state this season is not to mention carrying the Sharks.

Even rookie Yao Ming can't beat him.

Dameng can only average 7.1 points and 6 rebounds per game this season, which is not even as good as Oakley last season. The big dream after old age is like falling off a cliff.

Of course, Dameng’s joining is not useless.

During this season, he taught Li Ang almost all his low-post moves on the training ground.

Because Li Ang has the badge, he has the same flexibility and center of gravity control as Dameng, so his learning effect is unexpectedly good.

As for Carter, he is still an omnipotent UFO and still Toronto's leading scorer.

Even if Dameng is old, as long as Carter and Leon can maintain their form, the Raptors will still be a powerful force in the Eastern Conference.

Unfortunately, the 2000-01 season was almost Carter's last healthy season in Toronto.

At the beginning of the 01-02 season, Carter's knees frequently had problems, and he was always playing in and out.

Only three games into the new season, Carter was absent due to a knee sprain.

The team's record did not meet expectations, so the new general manager cut the knot quickly and fired Wilkens, who got along well with the players, and appointed Kevin O'Neal, who had no head coaching experience, as the coach.

When an NBA team has a problem with its record, usually the head coach is the first one to get stabbed.

Don't say that you are the first Qian Sheng coach in NBA history. It's not easy.

Unless your team's status is like that of Auerbach or Vic, everything you say is in vain.

The team was clearly aiming for the championship, but a rookie coach was called in midway through the season. Both Leon and Carter were confused.

They ran to the general manager, and what do you think the general manager said?

"Don't worry, we are working on getting Steve Nash!"

Carter and Li Ang were so happy when they heard this.

Although Nash is not very good at hygiene, at least his appearance is a good match for us brothers.

Even if you don’t play basketball, you can form a group and debut.

Moreover, with Nash's ability to conduct the ball, if he comes and throws the alley-oop to Leon and Carter, it won't be called taking off, it will be a double fly!

Li Ang and Carter waited and waited with joy.

After waiting for a long time, there was no movement at all!

As Carter has been playing in and out, the Raptors' record has not improved or dropped compared to last season.

Li Ang is also working very hard. His points per game this season have exceeded the 20 mark.

But with this group of old, weak, sick and disabled, even if Li Ang is very capable, there is nothing he can do.

Waiting until the early days of the All-Star Game and the trade deadline was approaching, Carter and Leon asked again.

Where is Nash? Where did Nash go?

Babcock smiled slightly, talked a lot of nonsense, and assured Leon and Carter that they would get Nash before the trade deadline.

If he can't get it, he swears he won't be a human being!

After the trade deadline, the Raptors still don't have Nash in their lineup.

When Li Ang asked for the third time, Babcock was already impatient: "I tell you Yunlong, stop bothering me with such nonsense! If you have the ability to be an All-Star, you must have the ability." Win by yourself!”

Li Ang was very angry, damn you, you went back on your word, how many times did you yell.

Not only did Babcock roar, he was also very dissatisfied with Li Ang's repeated suspensions.

This season, Li Ang also had several fights. One time, when playing against the Trail Blazers, I had a wrestling match with Randolph, who was verbally abusive.

One time was when playing against the Nets, because Kenyon Martin, who was not very smart, used racial remarks to spray Li Ang, which caused Li Ang to get angry and take action directly.

At first, Babcock didn't say anything about Li Ang's suspension. But now that there is a conflict, he has cleared up all these old scores and shared part of the blame for the team's poor performance with Li Ang.

"If you hadn't been suspended at every turn, would our record have been so bad!? The team needs you to stand up, not to cause trouble!"

After that, Babcock also deliberately said in front of the media that he cared about the team's image.

Facts have proved that never leave your girlfriend with old scores that can be brought up frequently.

And then, what was even more annoying was that Babcock actually complained because Carter was injured repeatedly.

He even openly complained directly in the locker room that Carter was always recovering from injuries in the training room, and blamed his excessive injuries for disrupting the team's chemical reaction.

At that time, Li Ang had a big fight with Babcock in front of everyone. He could not bear this Sabi anymore.

Injuries are mentioned as if any player wants to be injured.

The next day, news soon spread that Li Ang caused a scene in the locker room. Li Ang didn't even have to guess who leaked it.

Originally, because he knocked out AI's teeth and smashed Shaq's head last season, Li Ang's reputation was already somewhat bad.

Once the name of the cancer in the locker room is attached, it will make Li Ang become a thorn in the side.

This kind of personality is very unpleasant in the NBA, and Li Ang once received a lot of verbal criticism.

With Carter's recurring injuries and frequent conflicts between management and players, the Raptors only finished fourth in the Eastern Conference in the 2001-02 season.

After just one game in the playoffs, Carter suffered a serious knee injury and was reimbursed for the season. Olajuwon even knelt down during the regular season, and Li Ang could only continue to fight with the remaining formation alone.

In the first round, with a broken formation, Li Ang relied on tougher defense to eliminate Maizi's Magic in the fifth round.

Maizi is really in trouble, why is it the first round again?

Don’t worry, there’s still next year and the year after.

However, Li Ang, who was exhausted in the second round, really couldn't defeat the Celtics and finally knelt down.

Li Ang's 2001-02 season ended in an anticlimactic manner.

Carter needs surgery in the summer, so he will miss half of the games next season.

Therefore, after the season, Babcock approached Leon and told him his plan: "We rebuild!"

In the 2003 draft, there were young talents such as James, Anthony, Bosh, and Wade. People say that this is a draft comparable to the 1996 draft!

Babcock didn't want to waste this opportunity.

Carter and Leon only won one game in the 2001 Finals. This huge gap in strength made Babcock not trust the duo.

He believes that if the third star is not added, the team will not win the championship anyway.

But now the team has to renew Carter's contract with the maximum salary, and is unable to flex its muscles in the free agent market. Therefore, the only way to go is the draft.

According to Babcock's original words: "Leon, please be a little more restrained next season. We will win a few fewer games and strive to win great victories."

Of course Li Ang doesn't want to, I don't think he can beat me hard, but I can't do this kind of thing of deliberately losing.

What's more, the team doesn't have the strength to make the playoffs. Li Ang can't do it even if he has the strength to show off deliberately.

Li Ang still believes that the team does not need to be rebuilt. When Carter returns next season and the team makes some serious reinforcements, the team will still have hope.

After all, Li Ang has become a lot stronger this season. He is confident that he will complete a qualitative change next season and make a name for himself.

Seeing that Li Ang rejected him again, Babcock stopped talking.

He fired the physical therapist who had a good relationship with Li Ang and removed Li Ang's dedicated parking space at home.

All his actions are telling Li Ang: If you can do it, do it, if you can't, just leave.

Leon warned Babcock: If the Raptors leave me, they can get better and I won't be a hindrance.

Li Ang can no longer bear to serve under such Sabi.

After thinking about all this, Li Ang shook his head and looked at the score newspaper that was put up yesterday.

The bold and enlarged title contains just a few words: "Li Ang applied for a transaction!"

Li Ang sighed. This year passed quickly and a lot happened.

But he had thought a long time ago that he would not be a city hero.

He missed Toronto, but he couldn't bear to leave Carter. But he also knows that in the original history, it was Babcock who messed up the Raptors.

Playing under a general manager like him, Li Ang felt that he would have no future.

Babcock readily agreed to Li Ang's application. Anyway, he did not expect Li Ang to grow into a superstar.

Next, he is going to embrace the young talents of the 2003 class.

Therefore, Li Ang started to clean up his house.

Because when the new season starts again.

I guess I'm not in Toronto anymore.

The northern border is a thing of the past.

(Once Upon a Time in the North, End)

Today’s two updates are 11,700 words, close to 12,000. I still have a conscience and beg for monthly votes! By the way, there is also a plot summary at the end, which is a must-read.