Chapter 44 Advertising, the Bench and the Media

Author: Tiamo the Withered

Chapter 44 Advertising, the Bench and the Media

In the third quarter, the Wizards relied on Butler's explosion to overtake the score. The Magic's offense was hindered and they only scored 14 points in a single quarter. Van Gundy still only glanced at Li Chengming without saying anything.

In fact, the Magic team played without any problems, but suddenly they couldn't score. Especially since Bogans had so many three-point opportunities, but he didn't score any of them. He really dared to shoot.

Li Chengming came on in the middle and ran back and forth for more than three minutes. He wanted to tell me to give the ball to me and go home.

As for the Wizards, even if their three stars are not accurate, they don't dare to let it go, because they don't know when it will break out, and it is uncomfortable to only have one of them break out.

Van Gundy also felt that it was his own problem and that he needed to change his strategy, because today they clearly had the advantage inside, but the tactics he arranged in the third quarter were to attract a double attack and then give the outside three-point opportunities.

In the fourth quarter, they finally returned to their normal rhythm. Turkoglu played in charge and was obviously much calmer than Nelson. Lewis scored, and Howard grabbed the board. This inside combination became more and more cooperative, and finally completed the turn-in-turn.

, won the game without any danger.

The Wizards are not a weak team, so winning or losing is actually reasonable. However, the original smooth game almost overturned, and the coach and players obviously still need to work together.

For Li Chengming, he went back and forth in the first quarter, took the blame on the court in the third quarter, and was not there to chase points in the end. Even though he won, he was still in a depressed mood.

After the game, some domestic media came up to interview him, and he steeled himself to deal with it. Fortunately, he didn't ask any annoying questions, otherwise he was afraid that he would not be able to hold it in any longer.

After all, what does it mean for young people to be vigorous if they are not young?

After playing the Wizards, there was a two-day break. The team naturally took a holiday. Li Chengming returned home but did not rest. However, it was not training, but the Coca-Cola Company came to shoot a commercial.

Well, although he didn't have much playing opportunities or performance during this period, as a rare Eastern face in the NBA, his existence itself is valuable.

Moreover, Li's father told him that the domestic fans still have high hopes for him, and this is more or less driven and guided by those in the media.

Anyway, the current situation is not because Li Chengming has no strength, but because he is not given time and cannot perform well.

The same goes for SpaceEasy. These media seem to have a tacit understanding on this point.

In fact, as early as Dayao's time, relevant domestic media people had the habit of speaking for their own players. Anyway, it was Dayao who did his best and the loss was not his fault.

Now that Kong Kong Yi and Li Chengming are here, there is another reason. Kong Kong Yi's coach doesn't arrange tactics for him, and his teammates don't pass the ball to him, or they deliberately pass difficult balls to him.

Li Chengming's situation is even more outrageous, and it even came out that he was discriminated against.

How could I not know that I was being discriminated against?

In fact, it's not like Li Chengming has never thought about whether he was discriminated against because of his lack of opportunities to play.

I had only vaguely heard about it before, but magazines he liked to read, such as "Yilin" and "Reader", often boasted about foreign countries, which made him a little confused.

After arriving in person, of course, there are good people, such as Howard and his friends, they have been able to get along well, the McGilton family are also very good neighbors, and there are many enthusiastic fans.

But as early as the summer league, Li Chengming saw someone holding a sign that was not very good. The other party probably thought he didn't know English, and he was still complacent when he looked at it.

As for Redick, who they have a good relationship with since they played in the summer league together, Li Chengming can also feel that he is discriminatory in his heart, but they are very separate from individuals and groups, that is, "I discriminate against Chinese people, but I discriminate against Chinese people."

You are my friend".

Of course, I have thought about this idea too much, and I feel that I am making excuses for myself. To put it bluntly, if I really want to be as powerful as Dayao, no matter how much people discriminate against me, I will not dare to suppress him casually, right?

"This advertisement is very simple..."

Coke's advertising is just like the drink itself. It has no connotation and never pursues any connotation. It just needs to be effective.

Anyway, everyone drinks it just for the refreshing taste, including Li Chengming himself, who also regards it as "happy water".

There is not much to talk about when it comes to shooting commercials. Because Li Chengming's acting skills are rusty and he has no camera sense, it took most of the day to shoot the originally short commercial.

Afterwards, this advertisement will naturally be placed in Asia. After all, Li Chengming is a small figure here in the United States, and it is not worth the extravagance. Moreover, this is also the original content of the contract. They want to put Li Chengming here in the United States and sue there.

But one report is accurate.

Then I had another day off, and there was another game the next day.

In the game against the Timberwolves, Li Chengming played 7 minutes in the intermittent period. He only scored 4 points and 2 rebounds on 1-of-2 shooting, and made one turnover.

But this time it was two consecutive visits, first to Minnesota, and then "overseas" to Toronto to play the Raptors.

In fact, Canada used to have two NBA teams, but the Grizzlies moved from Vancouver to Memphis, Tennessee in 2001, and now only the Raptors are left.

There are many Chinese in Toronto, especially international students, so Li Chengming saw many young and friendly faces holding signs. When Li Chengming waved, he also received a very enthusiastic response.

Perhaps because of the back-to-back relationship, Van Gundy gave Li Chengming more opportunities to play this time. He played at the end of the first quarter, the beginning of the second quarter, and as a substitute in the third and fourth quarters, accumulating 11 minutes.

He made all 4 shots, including one three-pointer and two free throws, for a total of 11 points.

Unexpectedly, a task was completed easily.

There is actually no pressure on the Magic in this game. Although the Raptors are not weak, but with Bargnani + Bosh inside, it is a dream to limit Howard.

"Dragon King" Bosh is also a player in the 2003 class, but compared to James, Anthony and Wade, his achievements and exposure are far behind.

He plays face-to-face and is considered one of the best among the new generation of power forwards. But today, if he hadn't knocked Howard off the court with the help of the home whistle in the first quarter and had 14 free throw opportunities, his statistics would actually not be better than Barney's.

How good-looking Yani is.

As the No. 1 pick in the 2006 draft, Bargnani is even softer and slimmer. This is a true example of playing from the outside. He took 18 shots, few of which were in the restricted area, and he also made 7 3-point shots, with a shooting percentage of

Of course it's also miserable.

It is difficult for Howard to limit the back-up play of traditional centers like Yao, but he is not too afraid of those who face the frame or float in the basket, as long as his athletic ability can keep up with the timely interference.

However, there is also a problem that after he was dragged out, he could not recover the rebound in time. Li Chengming played with him for three minutes. He took the opportunity to pick up two rebounds and directly blocked Bosh behind with his body. He completely

Unable to move.

After finally playing a good game, Li Chengming was in a much happier mood. When he was interviewed after the game, his face was glowing and he looked like he was happy.

Although Li Chengming is far from being a successful player, as the three Chinese people currently working hard in the NBA, they will definitely be focused on by tens of millions of domestic fans.

To put it bluntly, the country now urgently needs to gain recognition from the outside world in all aspects, especially the more disadvantaged aspects.

But one day later, in a game against the Knicks at New York's Madison Square Garden Arena, Li Chengming didn't even get a chance to play, which almost made him think that his poor performance on the field had dissatisfied the coach.

In fact, Li Chengming really wanted to play in this game. After all, although the Knicks are a well-known bad team, New York is a big city, and Madison Square is also considered the "Basketball Holy Land." No one wants to play in this kind of "basketball mecca."

He performed outstandingly in the big scene.

Of course, Li Chengming is no exception. He still has the dream of "becoming famous in one battle".

However, today is destined to be without Li Chengming's role. The Magic won four consecutive victories. Four of the five starters scored 20 points or more. Howard even scored a double 20. Nelson also had 10 assists. Everyone was obviously excited.

Bogans missed 1 of 5 three-pointers today. Li Chengming was really reluctant to step in and replace him. He felt that he would definitely not miss so many shots.

In fact, the players on the Knicks are not weak, including Eddie Curry, Randolph, Marbury, Quentin Richardson, Crawford, and the substitutes include Xiaotuo, David Lee, etc.

People, just looking at the data makes everyone happy, and they don’t care about the outcome of the game.

In other words, just attack and don't defend at all. Only in this way can you win.

However, Li Chengming even felt envious for a moment when he looked at them. After all, if he was given a chance, he would be able to rack up good statistics, but if he couldn't win by then, he would feel very uncomfortable as well.

There is no such thing as the best of both worlds...

After these few games, Li Chengming has become a marginal member of the team. With this status and ball rights, there is no need to talk about performance, because he has not been given many opportunities at all.

Domestic media were originally looking forward to Li Chengming's performance. After all, Li Chengming performed better and better after the preseason. In the last game, he had no chance to perform just because of his limited playing time.

I originally thought that the head coach had already inspected him and was satisfied with him. After the regular season started, he would be able to get more opportunities. However, he did not expect that after these few games, Li Chengming could only get single-digit playing time.

This inevitably makes people feel a little disappointed.

On the contrary, the fans of the Arab League started to tremble at this time. Although the situation of the Arab League did not look much better, it was still much better than that of Li Chengming. At least the playing time was guaranteed.

Make the transition, don't be impatient, the fun will start soon!
Chapter completed!