Before the game started, Pierce told all reporters seriously: "There is no way I will let Li Ang score a key goal on my head again!"

He continued to regain the face he had lost.

Pierce is a true man who means what he says and does what he says.

Li Ang did not score a key goal on Pierce today because...five minutes before the end of the game, both sides replaced all their main players, and the game entered garbage time.

In this game, we couldn't hit the key goal at all.

The Raptors and Celtics met for the second time this season, and the result was unexpected.

The moment the backboard glowed red, the Celtics lost by a full 30 points!

Also, in the last game without Carter, Pierce and Walker still performed so well, and Li Ang was able to lead the team to win against Green Kai.

In this game, Carter, Pierce and Walker are still in poor condition. It is really difficult for the Celtics to compete with the Raptors.

Pierce made only 4 of 14 shots today. The combined score of the Green-Kevin Stars was not as much as Carter alone.

But at the end of the game, Li Ang did not stay on the court and pretend to beep, but ran into the locker room in a hurry.

Upgraded, upgraded, finally upgraded again!

This time, Li Ang didn't struggle too long with adding points. 5 points were added to the mid-range shot, and 5 points were added to the lateral speed.

At this point, Li Ang's mid-range shooting and lateral movement attributes have both reached 80.

After the mid-range shot reaches 80, Li Ang's mid-range has basically reached the conditions required for stable output.

The most important thing is that Li Ang can now develop various advanced offensive methods in the mid-range.

Such as pull-up jump shots, step-back shots, etc.

You can even combine basketball with fighting and learn how to kick the ball and fall back.

Oh, to put it politely, this move is called the golden rooster independent retreat.

Li Ang was dreaming about playing a triple threat like Angua in the mid-range in the future. After the interview, Wilkens walked back to the locker room holding a magazine.

"Lee, did you play basketball in Cleveland when you were in college?"

"Yes what's the matter?"

"No wonder this kid said you were his idol. This high school kid from Akron is very popular recently." Wilkens said, handing the magazine to Leon.

Li Ang picked it up and took a look, only to find that Wilkens was reading a special interview report in "Sports Illustrated".

But the person being interviewed is not an NBA star, he is not even a professional player.

The entire report is talking about a high school player, LeBron James!

James is now in his sophomore season, and his amazing performance on the high school basketball court has made him well-known by the media.

In fact, he is on the cover of this issue of Sports Illustrated.

Although James will not be able to land in the NBA until at least 2003, his popularity is no worse than that of professional players.

While it became popular across the United States, people also gave this domineering young number a nickname, King James!

But obviously, James is not interested in this nickname.

In the exclusive interview, the reporter asked: "How do you feel about King James' fame becoming popular in the United States?"

James said: "Lee has always been my idol. He is a star who came out of Cleveland. Therefore, the nickname King is actually more suitable for him. Speaking of myself, I prefer to be called the Chosen Son."

Li Ang was surprised when he saw this.

Although he remembered that he had indeed signed an autograph for Xiao Zhan, he did not expect that Xiao Zhan actually regarded himself as his idol.

Let’s talk about it from now on, the super showman LeBron James is my little fan.

How faceless this is.

Li Ang smiled and said that the players he was familiar with were starting to slowly enter the league.

Li Ang didn't take this report seriously at first.

It's normal for a high school student to admire himself.

But at the subsequent press conference, a reporter asked Li Ang: "Lee, as LeBron's idol, will you go to watch his game live next time you go to Cleveland to play away?"

Li Ang suddenly realized, yes, why didn’t I think of that!?

In addition to Curry, Li Ang finally knows who to use the newly unlocked system to harvest!

Because he regards Li Ang as his idol, reports about James also appeared in domestic magazines.

The title is very spiritual: "The super talented high school student who regards Li Ang as his idol, the top three candidate in the 2003 draft, Thunderbolt James!"

Because at this time, China was still in an era where personal names were translated casually, and the same player often had many different translations.

In addition, Li Ang plays for the Raptors, and the media wants to connect James and the Dragons.

Therefore, we came up with this translation that is very consistent with James' image and temperament.

Li Ang is also curious about what James is like playing today.

After all, when Li Ang was still in Cleveland, James was not famous yet and Li Ang had never seen him play.

It happened that tonight, a local station in Cleveland would broadcast the St. Vincent Mary High School game, and Li Ang decided to watch it.

Not long after the competition started, Li Ang's first reaction was: "Is this horse a child?"

On the basketball court, James can do anything and everything.

His dunks, even in the NBA, are probably better than a certain dunk king.

Moreover, in high school, Xiao Zhan's ball control and passing abilities were already very good.

Li Ang even believes that if high school players are allowed to participate in the draft in advance, even James, now a sophomore in high school, can compete for the No. 1 pick.

Wait, who is the No. 1 pick in 2001?

Oh, the old gangster is interested in Kwame Brown, another figure who dominates the high school arena.

Forget it, if James participated in the draft in 2001, he would never be the No. 1 pick.

In 2001, if the draft did not change, Kwame Brown's position as the top pick would be almost unshakable.

Don't ask, just ask because the old gangster has a unique vision. In his heart, he is the best in the world, and Brown is the second.

It just so happens that the Raptors are going to play an away game in Cleveland in a few days.

If you can take the time to watch Xiao Zhan's games and have some legitimate or improper friendly relationship with him, wouldn't you be able to ask him to train together in the future? Wouldn't it be possible to make him bald in advance?

Little Zhan didn't know it yet, but a pair of hairless black hands were reaching towards him.

A few days later, the Raptors showed up in Cleveland.

In the meantime, the Raptors played three more games and achieved a record of 2 wins and 1 loss.

Among them, the most impressive thing for Li Ang was the game against the Bucks on the 18th. Junzi Lei scored 29 points in the game. His performance was not bad.

but......

Carter scored 48 points in a single game in one breath, but Li Ang was dumbfounded.

Really, those who say Carter can only dunk should watch this game in the 2000-01 season.

Simply not human.

The offense is basically 360° with no blind spots. The most important thing is that the competitiveness is much stronger than last season.

This season, Carter is very strong when he is strong. If you want to compete with him, he will step on the accelerator into the gas tank every minute.

Even if the tank explodes, I will stay with you until the end.

This season has only just started, and Carter has already had two 40-point performances.

The Raptors' momentum this year is beyond anyone's expectation.

In these few games, Li Ang's scoring performance has been relatively average.

Firstly, Carter occupies a large number of shots, and secondly, Li Ang himself deliberately increased his shots in the mid-range, but the result was not ideal.

Li Ang's open mid-range shots are indeed pretty solid now, but once he's interfered with, it's difficult to hit.

Moreover, Li Ang found that his shooting speed was a bit slow.

This results in that sometimes the ball is obviously open, but is forced to interfere because the shot speed is too slow.

Anyway, the beating was quite uncomfortable, but the pig arch was more convenient.

In the past, because Li Ang didn't shoot well, I didn't notice this problem.

Now I want to blossom in the middle distance, only to find that there are flaws everywhere.

If the shooting speed is too slow, many mid-range skills will be difficult to apply.

Just like a step back, a step back can only help you gain a fleeting shot space. If the shot speed is slow, it will be useless no matter how beautifully you retreat.

No matter how well you retreat, you can't retreat directly from the three-point line to the midfield line.

But shooting habits cannot be changed by simply changing them.

Li Ang is quite embarrassed. He spent so many skill points on the mid-range, but in the end he can only shoot wide open shots, which is annoying or not.

In the first few games of the season, Li Ang will still get many wide-open opportunities.

But NBA teams are not fools. Everyone knows by now that Li Ang is a mid-range threat, so Li Ang now gets fewer and fewer open shots.

If you can't find a way to do some advanced operations, then the mid-range shooting ability will be in vain.

So today on the training ground, Li Ang practiced his pull-up jump shots and step-backs like crazy, and tried to speed up his shots.

The results are obvious. After the training, Oakley had tinnitus.

The entire training ground has been buzzing all afternoon. Can you stop tinnitus?
To be continued...