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057 Ingratitude

With so many negative reviews, Bill Duffy hurriedly notified Li Zhe with a text message, asking whether he needed to control negative reviews.

When Li Zhe learned about this, he logged into Twitter to check it out and found that many fans were like sharks smelling blood, crazily analyzing his performance in this game in various post-match reports.

He made 5 of 17 shots in this game and made 5 mistakes in the takeout. His performance was indeed bad, but he still had 11 assists. He also had a chance to win the final shot, but he just failed to hit it.

But those fans turned a blind eye and looked like a 'I am absolutely fair and just' tone, and they deserved a beating.

Li Zhe originally wanted to find someone to explain, but considering that he was as strong as Jordan, he was criticized for being too poor in three-pointers, and these people were just holding it in for too long and couldn't help it. Spending time to deal with it was a completely waste of resources, so he notified Bill to ignore it.

At the post-match press conference, the reporter mentioned that he did not perform as well as before.

Head coach Tim said that it is normal for players to be abnormal in a certain game and they cannot make a big deal just because it is Li Zhe.

On the afternoon of the 16th, the entire Trojans rushed back to school.

Considering that there is no problem passing the exam, Li Zhe decisively asked for leave and did not go to class. He went to bed early every day and spent most of his time training. He replied to Breer and Natasha during rest, and refused all kinds of interviews.

During four days, Li Zhe mainly attacked the ball and shot. On the one hand, he tried to improve the speed of shooting after receiving the ball, and on the other hand, he strengthened the physical stability in the air after taking off.

As time goes by, the Trojans face the Cougars at home.

In the first half, Klay Thompson, who had been targeted before, continued to be targeted, with a total of 1 of 6 shots and 2 fouls. He was replaced early and sat on the bench to rest. However, Li Zhe was in a difficult situation. He was double-teamed every time he dribbled the ball through the half. Although he could pass the ball, the assists and scores had nothing to do with him.

In the second half, Thompson was interested in exerting force, but dribbling mistakes one after another, causing the Trojans to make a wave of noise. When Thompson adjusted, his touch felt extremely cold, with only 1 of 7 shots.

Fortunately, Cougar point guard Taylor Rochester stood up and made continuous strong attacks on Li Zhe. Aaron Baynes also delayed Li Zhe's breakthrough many times on the defensive end. Although it did not form a reversal, it insisted on holding on to the situation to retain the suspense of the game.

In the last three minutes, DeRozan and Vucevic combined offense and defense, and directly won a final victory.

After the whole game, the Trojans won 61-51.

Li Zhe made 5 of 11 shots, plus 6 free throws, and scored a total of 17 points and 6 assists.

As soon as the game was concerned, various doubts appeared on the social network as before.

"To be fair, the performance of the last two games is bad. Is this Jamie Lee's true level?"

"If he hadn't made many consecutive rounds in the second half, he would have made consecutive mistakes on both offense and defense, and the game would not have been entangled until the end."

"What does DeRozan once again saves Jamie Lee but fails to get the same attention?"

"It shows that he was so popular before, it was entirely because of his Chinese identity, just like Yao Min squeezed O'Neal as the starting All-Star Center. That's really ridiculous. Chinese people are doing whatever they want."

"I'm the only one who noticed that he had 6 free throws in total? He was just pursuing data and had no idea what a college basketball game meant. We don't need such a player."

Amidst doubts, NBADRAFT updated its 2009 draft forecast, and Li Zhe dropped from the second pick to the seventh pick, giving the reason that it lacks stability.

Bill Duffy asked again whether he needed to control the evaluation, but Li Zhe still didn't do it.

After a day off, the Trojans faced the Washington Snowdogs challenge.

The two teams have very little difference in player lineup. The Snowdogs were killed in the previous game, which led to another fight with anger at the beginning of the game. The Trojans wanted to make a winning streak and tried to finish the regular season with a record of winning all the way. Therefore, the battle between the two teams was extremely fierce, almost all of them were physical collisions, and the referee whistle sounded at high frequency.

In the whole first half, Li Zhe and Thomas Jr. could not defend against each other, but both of them fell into the Marinaya Trench. The former made 2 of 7 shots and the latter made 1 of 6 shots. The big brother didn't mention the second brother, the former had 2 of the latter and 3 of the latter.

By the second half, Thomas Jr. changed his playing style and scored in the inside many times, but Li Zhe still felt cold under strict defense, which led to the Trojans gradually falling behind. But even so, head coach Tim still believed him and still let him take the lead. Even if the shooting is poor, he can help the team through organizational offense.

Unexpectedly, the Snow Dogs acted at the sight of the situation and suddenly turned into strictly guarding others.

As a result, Li Zhe was unable to pass the ball, nor could he hit three-pointers, and even failed to gain advantage after hitting Thomas several times, and the gap between the two teams became wider and wider.

Although DeRozan scored 7 points in the last two minutes with a shot and a sudden shot, he still couldn't change the form.

In the end, the Trojans lost the game 61-71, and their dream of winning 14 consecutive games was shattered.

Li Zhe made 4 of 15 shots in the game, 2 of 7 three-pointers and 1 of 2 free throws, scoring a total of 11 points and 7 assists, but he made 6 turnovers and 5 fouls.

At the post-match press conference, Coach Tim's loss was not a complete bad thing. It could at least help the players put down the pressure of winning streak and set sail again. He also believes that he can make adjustments over the next period of time.

As before, various doubts appeared on social networks, but this time they were even more naked and fierce.

"As I said bluntly, Jamie Lee's performance before was entirely due to his good luck, various ultra-long three-pointers and high-difficulty goals made the defender lose sight of one thing, and his performance in the future will be even more ugly."

"He is the product of hype. Some people are behind the scenes, hoping to make a fortune through him."

"Fortunately, he didn't play the limelight in the last few games of Crazy Three, otherwise another team would be victimized."

That night, Li Zhe received a call from Bill Duffy, and did not mention negative comments on the evaluation, but suggested starting a truce to maintain a highlight image, so as not to produce more bad performances, resulting in further reduction in the ranking.

This suggestion is not uncommon. Every year, rookies do it like that, and some even take a break and go home to train.

However, this risk is particularly high, and NBA teams may have doubts.

Li Zhe's answer was very straightforward, saying that if he didn't believe that he could quit, Bill had to give up.

Considering that the next game will be five days later, Li Zhe started practicing hard again.

He even greedy for the truth that he can't chew too much, and continues to focus on the attack and catch the ball and shoot.

Brell and Natasha wanted to meet to help him release the pressure, and he decisively said he didn't need it.

Everything was going step by step, and all parties went very smoothly.

But early in the morning of the 26th, Times announced some of the previous interviews with Li Zhe.

In the video, the host asked him if he was willing to become a US citizen, listed a lot of benefits, and said that many international students did that. When the camera turned, he remained silent, saying that this was a personal choice and hoped that the two girlfriends would not need to stay away from their hometown.
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