The God of Basketball

"Chris Paul has no flaws except his height!"

"He is regarded as the future hope of point guards by countless basketball experts. Many people even think that his upper limit is higher than that of today's two major point guards, Jason Kidd and Stephen Nash."

The old coach Winter patiently explained Chris Paul's strength to Li Zhen: "He can dribble anywhere he wants to go, although his ball-handling movements are not fancy enough, and the range is not large. But I think he is the basic One of the two most explosive players with the ball this season, the other is Arenas. His explosive power, speed, jumping, coordination, and overall view are top-notch, including strength. He has a body that does not match his size. Strength, he can even defend against smaller forwards who are heavier than him. And, he has a whole philosophy of 'creating opportunities'."

"I also think he will quickly become the number one point guard in the NBA. He is far more terrifying than Deron Williams!"

Old Winter is definitely not alarmist.

This also made Li Chen more motivated to fight, and he even went to ask Phil Jackson to start the game. He didn't want to suffer the frustration of the last game anymore.

After all... this year's Hornets are not weak either. They built a very competitive lineup of players. In addition to the hopeful point guard Chris Paul, Tyson Chandler, David West, Stojakovic, Mason and other elite soldiers have also been assembled.

Tonight, Kobe Bryant will be injured for one more day, only relying on Lamar Odom to lead the group of starters, the offense is incompetent, and the defense is disordered. How to play?

Phil Jackson did not agree to Li Zhen's request.

The Lakers, who still rank first in the Western Conference, have no urgent record pressure. In fact, before the start of the season, the task set by the Lakers management is to keep their place in the playoffs.

Phil Jackson is very patient with Li Zhen's growth. In fact, the Lakers have always been a very patient team with rookies. They rarely do anything to exploit rookies, usually giving them enough time to grow and adapt.

Therefore, he does not want Li Zhen to lead the team to fight the Hornets in the first game without Kobe Bryant's escort.

He can understand Li Zhen's desire to have a full-scale confrontation with Chris Paul. This kind of fighting will is worthy of praise and encouragement.

But, now is not the time.

Phil Jackson actually had other plans. He wanted Andrew Bynum to play for a while longer in this game. In the past few days, his training effect is not bad, and his attitude is also very hard. As the team's key training object, he should be allowed to play a leading role in some games.

Therefore, when Chris Paul led the Hornets to cut the defensive system of the starting lineup at a fast pace, Li Zhen could only sit on the bench and watch the game.

To be honest, Bynum performed pretty well in this game. He hit some good shots against Tyson Chandler. Tyson Chandler is a very good defensive player, but he is more proficient in defense. And Bynum will take out the veteran center's style of play tonight and play against him.

However, although Bynum has performed on the offensive end.

But on the defensive end, he struggled very much. Paul made 4 fouls in less than halftime.

After the start of the second half, Li Zhen finally played.

He got the chance to face off with Chris Paul.

But Paul did not love to fight, but still adopted his action plan, handling the ball with a fast offensive and defensive rhythm.

The same is true of Li Zhen.

He even showed a higher organizational talent, and the counterattack he instigated was faster and more efficient.

He and Eddie Griffin played a classic V-shaped pick-and-roll, and he and Kwame Brown completed alley-oops one after another. There are also Radmanovic and Vujacic, two mediocre European players under his guidance, the defensive threat they created made the New Orleans want to grow wings under their ribs.

Li Zhen played 7 minutes in the third quarter.

He helped the team catch up from 15 points behind to 6 points behind.

In these 7 minutes, he also got 7 assists, although he didn't score. But the screams from the audience have proved his worth.

If Bynum's performance in the first half can be called an occasional bright spot, it is exciting. Then Li Zhen's 7 minutes are completely at the level of an All-Star.

You must know that Paul only got 3 assists in these 7 minutes, even though he also scored 5 points.

"He's grossly underrated."

After the game, Chris Paul said very seriously in front of the camera: "He is now an elite point guard, but he can't keep himself on the court for longer. The high-speed running back and forth, and the confrontation with me Let his physical fitness decline rapidly."

"If the Lakers coach didn't take him off the court quickly. I would post him up, and he wouldn't be able to carry me when he was panting. I weighed more than Hilary Duff, and it was difficult for him to resist my movements. .”

At the end, Chris Paul didn't forget to make a joke.

News of Bruce refusing a kiss from Hilary Daveso last night has already spread throughout the basketball circle.

The players' first reaction to the news was very real: Is this not a rush? are you crazy?

Apparently, these guys couldn't understand Li Zhen's upright and gentlemanly style. If it were them, the paparazzi probably took all the missing photos.

However, the thing that frustrates NBA players is that even Li Zhen doesn't cherish it so much, is so reckless, and doesn't take America's sweetheart so seriously.

After the game against the Hornets, the paparazzi still took pictures of Sugar Princess and Li Zhen. Only this time, both sides were more restrained. Even Li Zhen had dinner with Hilary Duff. But what disappointed the reporters was that after dinner, they drove home separately, and there was still no follow-up story!

The nba still has such a good man who can sit still?

Li Zhen's image in the eyes of female fans is getting taller and taller.

This is a rare Prince Charming once in a hundred years. I really hope that his final destination is me.

Female fans are flooding in all kinds.

"So, you really don't plan to have anything to do with Hilary Duff?"

Back home, Kobe Scissorhands couldn't help but call and ask, like a reader chasing after a book: "I've been depressed for so long, shouldn't it be the climax?"

"Forehead…."

Li Zhen didn't know how to explain to Kobe at all. All he could say was: "I have no plans for love right now. Although I know Hilary Duff is a nice girl and we had a great chat tonight. But that doesn't mean I'm going to have something happen with her. She also agrees with me. And she will come to the stadium to cheer for us the night after tomorrow! By the way, you should give in the night after tomorrow, right? I heard Arenas in Washington spoke badly of you.”

"He is a lunatic, I will not regard him as an opponent." Although Kobe Bryant said so, he still gave an affirmative answer: "I will definitely come back. That guy wants to conquer Staples, it is simply an idiot dream!"

Li Zhen raised his eyebrows. "It's getting late, you still have to get up to practice in the early morning, good night."

After finishing the call, Li Zhen habitually watched the game video of the Washington Wizards.

This is the opponent of the Lakers the night after tomorrow. The Washington Wizards led by General Arenas are coming aggressively. The most arrogant second-round pick in history declared himself the best scorer on the planet a week ago, and he will use a killing performance at Staples Arena to prove that he is better than Kobe Bryant. Be strong.

He often talks nonsense like this.

Except for Kobe, no one took this sentence to heart. For most Lakers players, their biggest emotion now is: After consecutive back-to-back games, the Lakers finally have a day to rest.

For this reason, Li Zhen also chose to take a half-day break to attend Nike's press conference, but at this time he didn't know that a major event that would shock him would happen tomorrow.

Of course, there was also a signing conference that shocked the entire basketball circle.

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