I'm really strong in basketball

Chapter 38
The hanging force mode is over, but the Lakers' offense is not over yet.

With Liu He playing such a dominant performance, the Pistons would not dare to let him easily get a chance to shoot, so naturally they must strengthen their defense against Liu He.

Focusing on defending Liu He, O'Neal's pressure will naturally decrease, and the basket is suddenly as wide as the Pacific Ocean, allowing the big sharks to swim.

All in all, when Liu He opened up, O'Neal played easily.O'Neal plays easily, and can also share the pressure for Liu He, so that Liu He can play better. This is a virtuous circle.

Then Kobe communicated internally and externally, connected the team together, and with the assistance of two Hall of Fame players, the Lakers are now invincible.

The Lakers, who scored only 34 points in the first half, scored 60 points in the second half.

Even if Big Ben played at a super level tonight, he still couldn't prevent the Pistons from being defeated.

In the end, the Lakers beat the Pistons 94:77, with a record of 10 wins and 1 loss, continuing to lead the league.

O'Neal scored 22 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 blocks.

Kobe had 15 points, 5 rebounds, 13 assists and 2 steals.

刘河砍下21分5篮板3助攻2抢断2盖帽，这也是刘河连续第三场比赛砍下20加的得分。

Payton had 14 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steal.

Malone had 8 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal.

For the Pistons:
Big Ben scored 17 points, 14 rebounds, 2 steals and 5 blocks.

Hamilton had 16 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Billups had 15 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals.

普林斯13分7篮板2助攻1抢断2盖帽。

There are also four people in double figures.

But just after the "magic 3 minutes" in the third quarter, the head coaches of both sides no longer care about the outcome of the game.

Larry Brown looked at his assistant coaching team and asked over and over again: "When Liu He came to Detroit for trial training in May, could he run so fast? Could he jump so high?"

"No, his talent was mediocre at that time."

Old Brown speculated: "So Liu He deliberately hid his talent during the trial training. Did he plan with the Lakers a long time ago to let us give up on him in order to play in Los Angeles?"

"Probably not. I've watched a lot of Liu He's game videos. His usual dynamic talent is really average. There were only two times when he was scary, one was tonight, and the other was in the game against the Spurs. By the way, in that game, Liu He also had a conflict with his opponent, and almost fought with Robert Horry. Also, if Jerry West is at the helm, I may believe that the Lakers and Liu He are premeditated. As for Mitch Kupchak, he doesn't have the ability to plan."

Kupchak: Polite, are you?

If Liu He was present, he would definitely be amazed at how meticulously the NBA coaching team studied the players. This assistant coach almost got the key.

Of course, who would have thought that Liu He was a jerk?

Larry Brown thought for a while, and finally came to a conclusion: "So, can I think that whenever Liu He is provoked, he will unleash his potential and show a level of competition and physical talent far beyond the usual level?"

This conclusion seems outrageous, but it is the most reliable possibility that Larry Brown can think of.

There are many outrageous things in this world, such as Jordan's flu battle, Kobe's sprained foot battle, and Iverson's blood swallowing battle.

Things that ordinary people can't imagine, but these superstars can do it with infinite willpower and competitiveness.

"I'm really crazy to compare Liu He with Jordan, Kobe and Iverson."

Larry Brown shook his head, shaking all these thoughts out.

But at this moment, even the old Brown has to admit that Brian Cook is not worthy of comparison with Liu He, and Joe and himself have indeed made a stupid deal.

For the Lakers, Phil and his team of assistant coaches are also studying Liu He's talent, but they can't get anything and can only rely on guesswork.

But they all know that the deal the Lakers made in this summer's draft really made a lot of money.

在过去的11场比赛里，刘河场均能贡献17.3分4.5篮板3.1助攻2.5抢断0.3盖帽，投篮命中率54.1%，三分球命中率58.2%，罚球命中率91.1%……因此有一些球迷开始称呼刘河为湖人队的第五天王。

甚至有些球迷把刘河叫做湖人队的第三巨头。把他排在了场均11.1分7.7篮板2.1助攻的马龙和场均12.1分3.2篮板6.7助攻1.9抢断的佩顿前面。

At the press conference after the game, Phil brought O'Neill, Kobe, and Liu He to attend.

After the reporters congratulated Phil on leading the team to achieve good results, they immediately started interviewing.

"Kobe, we found that in the past two games, your style of play seems to have changed. In the past, you preferred to control the game by scoring, but in these two games, you were more keen on connecting teams. What changed your style of play? Is it because Liu He said that he had never seen your pass before, which inspired your desire to pass the ball?"

Kobe glanced at Liu He next door from the corner of his eye, snorted coldly before answering: "Of course not, how could I change because of a rookie. I just want to prove that I can dominate the game in a different way, that's all!"

The reporter smiled cooperatively, but complained in his heart: I believe you are a big-headed ghost.

"Shaq, the recent record of the Lakers is getting better and better, and almost every game is a big victory. What kind of results do you think the Lakers will achieve this season? I mean the regular season. Can they surpass the Bulls?"

O'Neal said without hesitation: "Of course, this Lakers team is the strongest in history, bar none!"

"Liu He, you played very well in this game today, not only offensively, but also defensively. Is it because the opponent is the Pistons that traded you?"

Liu He immediately replied: "Of course not! This is just an ordinary regular season. I don't have any extra preparations. I just do what Phil asked me to do as usual..."

The reporters were a little disappointed. Liu He regained his senses tonight, and there were no flaws.

But at this moment, Liu He paused: "Okay, I admit it, I am indeed more excited tonight than other nights. Who can be traded after being committed, and then don't care at all? Of course, this is not my best state."

The reporter's eyes lit up, and he quickly asked cooperatively, "Why isn't it in the best condition?"

Liu He replied: "Joe Dumars was ill and was unable to come to the Palace of Auburn Hills to watch the game. This made me very worried about his health."

reporter:"……"

In my opinion, it's not because I'm worried about Joe's health, but because I regret not being able to slap Joe in the face on the spot.

Liu He's answer was so meaningful that the reporters had to think about it.

Recently, they have become more and more fond of this Chinese rookie. They hate Kobe, Joe, and Detroit fans... they are almost jealous.

Such an interesting and eye-catching interview, how could they not like Liu He?
Speaking of which, Liu He has been letting himself go more and more recently.

The next day, Liu He's speech attracted attention.

Some fans feel that Liu He is not good.

"This rookie is floating!"

"He thought he was strong, but in fact he was just lucky. Without the Four Heavenly Kings, he is nothing."

"The higher you float, the harder you fall, just wait and see!"

……

Of course, more fans began to like Liu He.

"Liu He is not hypocritical at all, it's too real! Think about it, if a team gave you a promise and then betrayed you, wouldn't you be angry?"

"Competitive sports, strength is king. Liu He has played such a performance, why can't he be crazy? Young and frivolous, what kind of young man is not frivolous?"

"I like players like this. Is it interesting to always be so rational? Competitive sports, especially basketball, shouldn't it be more passionate and confrontational?"

……

In addition, in the second day's CCTV-5NBA top five ball program, Liu He occupied three of them.

The first ball was a second attack, and the dunk was successful.

The narration dubbed: Liu He threaded the needle, but the "glove" fell short.Liu He rose from the ground, overwhelming the "Little Prince" Prince.

The second ball is the frontal dunk of Hamilton's ball.

The narration dubbed: "Mask Man" fought hard to resist, but Liu He was unstoppable, and finally became an arm and a car.

The third goal is the ultra-long chasing three-pointer.

The narration dubbed: Liu He pierced Yang with a hundred steps, but before he succeeded, he turned around and celebrated. The Pistons were brutally murdered.

Because there is no live TV broadcast in China for this game, only text live broadcast.

Fans don't feel deep enough when watching the text live broadcast, but when they see the five best goals, they feel how powerful these goals are.

CCTV also understood, and played the full replay of the game that afternoon. The fans were shocked when they saw the miraculous 3 minutes.

In these 3 minutes, Liu He not only showed a strong offensive ability, but also showed a strong defense, blocking shots, stealing Cook, and grabbing rebounds from a bunch of inside behemoths...offensive, defensive, omnipotent.

"Could this be Liu He? It's incredible!"

"So strong! I'm an old fan. Liu He's performance reminds me of Jordan a few years ago."

"This kind of court dominance is absolutely super giant, but it's a pity it's only a few minutes, it's too short!"

"Don't be too demanding upstairs, Liu He is still a rookie."

"Then what are you waiting for, let's get angry together: Liu He is awesome! Liu He is awesome! Liu He is awesome..."

……

Similarly, this miraculous 3 minutes has also conquered many fans in North America. Some fans call these 3 minutes Liu He's moment, while others call these 3 minutes of Liu He Superman.

Seeing the news, Liu He secretly thought it was bad.

As we all know, O'Neill has many nicknames: Big Diesel Engine, Big Cactus, Big Sewer, Big Daddy, Big Shakespeare, Big Pythagorean Theorem, Big Luggage, Big Linguist, Big Terminator... Big Everything!
But O'Neill's favorite nickname is Superman, and he always regards himself as Superman when chatting with his teammates!
Later, "Warcraft" Howard put on a Superman costume in the slam dunk contest and snatched O'Neal's nickname. This made O'Neal always see Howard unhappy, and satirized him until Howard retired.

Now fans call Liu He Superman, can the narrow-minded O'Neill not be angry?
As a result, in the later training, O'Neill took the initiative to hold Liu He, and said funnyly: "I am the big superman, you are the little superman, and we are the strongest superman combination!"

O'Neill was really not angry, but very happy.

It seems that people are really different from each other.

In addition, in the past 11 games, Liu He has taken a total of 65 three-pointers and hit 39 times, with a hit rate of 58.2%.

Ranked fourth in the league in total shots taken, first in the league in total hits, first in field goal percentage, and first in field goals per game.

The average number of hits per game, Liu He is 3.55. No.2 is Peja Stojakovic, averaging 3 per game.Coincidentally, Peja is exactly the upper limit of Liu He's template.And the lower limit of Liu He's template, Rashad Lewis, averaged only 1.8 hits per game, ranking 15th in the league.

In terms of shooting percentage, Liu He is 58.2%, followed by Brent Barry's 45.2%, and Peja's 43.3%.Lewis ranked No.18 with a shooting percentage of 37.6%.In this aspect, Liu He is far ahead of everyone, and the lead is ridiculously large.

Expert analysis: That's because the Lakers have four kings, and all four of them can attract double-teams. Therefore, Liu He has the most comfortable and easy shooting opportunity among all shooters.This kind of thing can happen but not ask for.

In other words, Liu He surpassed his template ceiling in his rookie season, at least in terms of three-pointers.He's already one of the best shooters in the league.

Some fans predict that if Liu He can maintain the output of three-pointers, he may break the record of "total number of three-pointers made in a single season in the NBA" in his rookie season. The current record holder is Dennis Scott, a player of the Magic in the 1995-1996 season, with a total of 267 hits.

Therefore, the nickname of Liuhe University became louder again, "Three Point Devil".

In addition, some media began to call Duncan a "flying devil".

The two devils supported the facade of Wake Forest University, and many fans jokingly said: The devil produced must be a boutique.

So much so that Josh Howard called to complain to himself: "In the past few days, the crazy head coach of our team, Old Nelson, has been staring at me and asked me what is like a devil. I want to have it too, but I really don't have it!"

Liu He joked, "You've lost the face of the Devil's Deacon team."

But speaking of it, Howard does have strengths. His height, wingspan, speed, jumping, and flexibility are actually not weaker than Liu He. In addition, he went to college for four years and received four years of traditional training. Howard's defensive ability is extremely strong. He can defend from the first position to the fourth position.If Howard hadn't been too old to run for the election and was delayed, he would most likely have entered the lottery.

Of course, the tragedy is that the "mad scientist" Nelson should be the head coach who pays the least attention to defense in the NBA today.

Howard has a lot of skills, but his achievements under the old Nelson are limited after all.

In addition, the league made a penalty for the conflict in this game. Liu He was fined $15000, Cook was fined $20000, and there was no suspension.

(End of this chapter)