For the Mavericks, it’s just that the relatives are sad and the enemies are happy. However, the Pacers have once again made everyone shine. Today, Li Cheng is enough to rank among the top stars with the madness of the last 15 games.
In the game against Mavericks, Li Cheng made 8 of 15 shots, made 11 free throws, scored 27 points and made 2 steals and 1 rebound. The last moment of this game is a test for Li Cheng to fight hard. Obviously, Li Cheng did it. In the last few days, he caused a lot of fouls by his opponents, and his steady performance at the free throw line directly helped his team beat their opponents.
"He is the best gift from God in this era!" Some fans in Indiana said this.
After this game, some media keenly found that there was a detail in Li Cheng’s data that was very surprising. It was only after Sung Jae Lee hit all 11 free throws against the Mavericks that someone turned their attention to that detail.
Li Cheng has played a total of 23 games this season and got 59 chances to stand on the free-throw line, and he actually hit all 59 times. At the same time, Li Cheng averaged 61.7% shooting from 2-pointers and 86.4% shooting from 3-pointers. His three-point shooting rate is high because he throws less, which is left aside for the time being. But his record of hitting all 59 free throws is a bit scary.
At present, Li Cheng’s record of 59 consecutive free throws is enough to rank fourth in history, ahead of him are former rocket star kelvin Murphy’s 78, former Nuggets star Abdul Rauf’s 81 and former Timberwolves star Michael Williams’ 97.
The free throw percentage is not a data that attracts people’s attention, but when this common detail is gradually accumulated, this data will look surprising and even frightening. The most important thing is that since Li Cheng landed in the nba, his free throw percentage turned out to be 100%, which is even more frightening.
In the president’s office of nba headquarters, Stern is tasting the red wine in his hand and looking at a document sent by his assistant.
"This China boy seems to have never lacked topicality!" Stern looked at the relevant information about China market development in his hand and laughed.
Xiao Hua, his assistant, nodded, "Yes, but he hasn’t cooperated with any agent yet. Will this affect his value?"
Stern shook the red wine in his hand and said, "No, he’s smart, but he’s also gambling."
"If he can keep this crazy performance, if Indiana can achieve a good result in the playoffs, then his market value will continue to soar. At that time, the market hunger he has been cultivating will have a blowout. "
"It seems that he has great confidence in himself."
"Don’t say so, now he has proved his strength. Even if the Pacers’ performance declined after that, his performance was not as good as it is now, and he didn’t lose anything, at least it was much better than his previous second-round show with no future. In fact, this shows that his mentality is good. " Stern felt that the red wine in his hand was almost warm by his own hand. He took a sip and put the glass on the table.
"Oh, by the way, there is one more thing. That’s about the China player’s rejection of joining the China national team. According to what we have learned, he is unwilling to represent China in the Olympic Games. In this case, his image will be greatly lost in China, which will have a great impact on our promotion plan. " Xiao Hua said with some concern.
Stern also frowned, and Li Cheng was the second signboard he was going to launch in China. If the relationship between Li Cheng and the fans in China is very stiff, many of his plans will not be carried out.
"Take it one step at a time!" Stern put his left hand on his forehead and said, "Help him continue to establish a good image in the United States and try to spread his image to China. Let his image in the hearts of China fans slowly return. At that time, if the fans have a strong will, he will not participate in the Olympic Games. "
"Those China media are really full, and it has brought great difficulties to our work for no reason." Xiao Hua said a little resentfully.
Stern grabbed the goblet on the table again and said slowly, "Not really. Maybe it’s a good thing for us."
"President, what do you say?"
"That incident, which was called" Lee Dumping "by the China media, disappeared overnight. I think it must have been stopped by someone behind it. However, those actions are unknown to ordinary fans, and we don’t know. It’s just my guess. " Stern took a sip of red wine and continued.
"During that time, a group of fans became Li Cheng’s die-hard, while more fans joined the team of’ inverted Li’. This is indeed a great damage to his personal image, but it is not without benefits. If he can continue to expand his influence in China, he can do something that makes China fans crazy, and he will have a huge number of fans in China. These people will support him to a greater extent than before. This may be a’ guilty’ mentality! This is a kind of humanity buried in people’s hearts and cannot be changed. "
Recently, in China, Li Cheng’s image really began to rebound after a trough. The traffic of "Xiao Li Fei Dao" website is increasing every day, and the suffix of Li Cheng fan group established by Yu Yang has changed from one group to three groups. All this information shows that Li Cheng’s popularity is rising in China.
However, if Li Chengzhen wants to become the most powerful basketball star in China and make his fame unbreakable and indestructible, instead of being blown down by the wind as before, he still needs to really stand up and do something.
Chapter DiYiLiu The weakness of the walkers
Stern racked his brains to think about how to tap the commercial value of Li Cheng, while Li Cheng on the other side is already preparing for the game against Orlando Magic.
This back-to-back game is really tiring, and people’s psychological adjustment is never as fast as their physical adjustment. The most important thing is that as nba players, they not only have to face boring basketball, but also face those reporters hypocritically.
"Li Cheng, first of all, I wish you a smooth game in the evening." Just coming out of the visiting team’s locker room to prepare for the warm-up, Li Chengguo was caught by a reporter.
"Thank you!" Li Cheng took out a smiling face to face the reporter.
"You made 59 free throws. Can you explain how you did it?"
On the one hand, Li Cheng’s free throw accuracy is due to the ability bonus of the "Basketball Top System", on the other hand, it is because the free throw is the one he practices the most. In the past, his scoring ability in sports warfare was really not strong, so he could only seize any and all scoring opportunities, and free throws were the best scoring opportunities, so he really made great efforts on free throws. However, Li Cheng is not prepared to say so. He wants to give the reporter a tall answer.
"Many people think that standing on the free throw line is a very lonely thing, but it actually seems to be true. You are the only one on the free throw line, facing the basket alone, without teammates or opponents, and sometimes facing the crazy interference from the home team fans. "
"But, I will think of something else. I will clearly realize that there are still four of my teammates in this arena, who are always ready to fight for rebounds for me. There are seven teammates sitting on the bench, who are always ready to cheer or regret my free throws. I can always feel their warmth. I am not fighting alone. I have no reason to waste this opportunity to score. "
The reporter went on to ask, "When do you think your first miss will be?"? Or, do you think you can break Williams’ record of 97 times? "
Li Cheng turned the wrist strap on his left hand and said, "Maybe I lost the ball tonight, or maybe I couldn’t score a ball tonight. These are all possible. But I won’t care about it, and it won’t be my burden. I think what I should do is to try my best to score the next goal. For me, all the previous results are zero. I will try my best to do it next time. "
"What do you think of the best rookie after the season?"
"If I can give myself an award, I think I will give it to myself. But that’s not my call, is it? Since it’s what others say, why should I care? Just try to play my own game. "
"well! Ok, thank you for your interview. "