Chapter 871 Best of the Month in the West

There was no training on this day off, so Li Ba called in his personal shooting trainer Lance and practiced shooting at home for three hours in the morning.

His arms are too thick, and the only flexible part is his wrist, including the shoulder and elbow joints. The shooting trainer's advice to him is to shoot with a straight arm.

A straight-arm shot is a shot in which the arm does not exert force and only the wrist and fingers are used to exert force.

His wrists are now both flexible and powerful, his fingers are extremely strong, and his long arms make up for his lack of height. With his physical condition, he has the potential to practice this kind of shooting well.

Of course, these shots are not fixed-point shots, but are coordinated with the pace and movement. Now they are in good shape during training. After all, they have been practicing for a season and have an offseason.

Then his shooting distance is 4 meters from the basket, which is the distance from the basket to the free throw line. It basically includes the entire paint area, and he can also shoot from the edge of the paint area.

From the beginning of the shooting training, his trainer Lance acted as his defender, simulating actual combat and improving the difficulty of his shots.

After this year of practice, it has been proved that his offensive talent is far inferior to his defensive talent.

Now his shooting within two meters from the basket, with a defender, has reached 50%, and 4 meters from the basket, less than 40%.

And this is not a real actual battle. If it is a game, especially in the playoffs, the shooting rate will be even lower.

In the afternoon, he went to the boxing gym to train some boxing.

The training gym Arum prepared for him has always been there, and it has also been expanded.

At night, I lay in bed alone and practiced the system for another hour and a half.

"Oh, it's boring. I have too much energy. I won't let the girl go filming next time."

Li Ba did the math and realized that Yatou's side had just started filming in Hengdian, and it would take another three months to finish filming, and he wouldn't be back until All-Stars. How would he spend this time?

He checked the time, it was 10 pm, it was 10 am over there, he should be working.

Picking up the phone, he called his mother first.

"Hey, Mom, where are you now?"

"Son, our daughter-in-law calls a few times a day and you call a few days. There is a big difference!"

"Haha, isn't this what I taught you well?"

"Just brag! We are in Hengdian now, watching Sissi filming."

"Oh, you guys went there too?"

"Anyway, where else can we go but to play? Sissi's mother said that there are interesting places in Zhejiang, so we came over. Just wait, Sissi is here, I will give her the phone."

"Hey, Sledgehammer, hehe, are you at home?"

"Here, I just finished training. When will you finish filming this scene?"

"Well, it will take a long time, three months."

"Oh, so long?"

The two talked nonsense for a long time before hanging up the phone.

On the 21st, the Suns defeated the Hornets.

The opening schedule has seen strong teams, starting with the Hornets, all of which are average or weak, while the Suns continue to maintain a winning streak.

Until the end of the month, the Suns won 4 more consecutive victories. After one win and three losses in the beginning, they won 10 consecutive games, ranking third in the Western Conference with a record of 11 wins and 3 losses.

The Lakers still have a complete victory, ranking first in the Western Conference and first in the league.

The second place turned out to be the Grizzlies, who were not very optimistic by the media, with 11 wins and 2 losses, only losing to the Lakers and Suns, ranking second in the Western Conference.

The Mavericks have 11 wins and 3 losses, the same record as the Suns, ranking fourth.

The Heat have 11 wins and 2 losses, and lost another game to the Lakers. They are first in the Western Conference and second in the league.

At the end of the month, the media updated the top five rankings of winning chances.

The Lakers are first, with a 60% chance of winning.

The Suns are second, with a 40% chance of winning.

The Heat are third, with a 39% chance of winning.

The Grizzlies are fourth, with a 38% chance of winning.

The Mavericks are fifth, with a 33% chance of winning.

This is ESPN's prediction, and the explanation given is: "Artest will miss this month's game, but the Lakers' Big Three are getting better and better, and they are getting stronger and stronger, and they will form a trend of sweeping the league.

Although the Heat lost to the Suns, their run-in was also very successful and their scoring ability was off the charts. They should have the strength to win the championship.

We underestimated the Grizzlies, their run-in is the fastest of all teams, Shaq is still very active, he still has gas.

The Mavericks continue to strengthen, Nowitzki continues to get stronger, and the bench lineup has also thickened. This team is blooming with the glory of winning the championship.

The Suns, a team that may defend their dynasty, are the most incredible team because they have the best player in the current basketball world. He once again played a unique five-double. He can lead this blue-collar team to win against any giant. The team, even including the current terrifying Lakers. "

That night, Li Ba received a call from O'Neal Jr.

"Hey, Jermaine, what do you want from me?"

"Hey, Hammer, hello. That's it, can you give me a face?"

"Jermaine, keep talking." Li Ba was startled and said.

"Hammer, Artest was drunk. He called me and said that the Lakers were trading him, but no team wanted him, so he had no choice but to retire. Hammer, he knew he was wrong and he shouldn't have done it. , give me some face and let him stay in the league, he is far from retiring..."

"Jermaine, let me think about it." Li Ba said.

He really didn't expect that the Lakers would really trade Artest. Although he repeatedly emphasized that he didn't want to see Artest again, these words were really just words at the time. He was not overbearing enough to directly force the Lakers to trade them. player of.

And he has always had a good relationship with the Lakers. Old Buss gave him a lot of playoff tickets.

As for no team accepting this, just forget it if he has heard it and won't take it seriously. His influence is far from that great.

On December 1st, the Suns ushered in their 15th regular season game at home against the Bucks.

At noon on this day, the league announced this month's Player of the Month.

Li Ba won the best in the Western Conference this month with an average of double 20 + 5*5 per game.

He also won two Player of the Week honors this month, the other two being one for Kobe and one for Duncan.

Before the game, locker room interview.

"Iron Hammer, the Lakers are looking to trade Artest recently. It is said that this is because you don't want to see him appear on the Lakers' court. Are you afraid of the strength of the Lakers?" a reporter asked.

Li Ba looked at the reporter's microphone. He was a reporter from Los Angeles Daily News.

"You really want to keep him?" He sneered.

The reporter laughed and said: "The Lakers still have a winning record without Artest. We don't necessarily need him. But I'm sure you are afraid of his return. The team doctor has determined that he can come back." But his trade was blocked because you didn't want to see him, so all the teams refused to accept him, and he was thinking about retiring."

Li Ba nodded and said: "The method of stimulating generals is quite effective sometimes."

"You mean he can stay?"

The reporter's face moved, and his eyes lit up with joy.