Breaking the Record

Barkley muttered to himself, Bro, we're just putting on a show here, why are you taking it so seriously? That's enough, I've already lost face once.

At the same time, Li Chen was also looking forward to it—could he break the record?

If he could break the record, then he'd be able to drink Functional Drink every day.

The S-rank Skill Li Chen had obtained today was passing; when teammates received a pass from Li Chen, their shooting percentage increased by 20%.

That was also the reason the Clippers' offense was so smooth and their success rate so high.

The second quarter began.

First, Kings' Bibby dribbled past half court and easily broke through Li Chen.

Andre Miller came over to help defend, and Bibby passed the ball to Chris Webber.

Webber turned and hit a jump shot.

Transition play, Li Chen quickly brought the ball up the court.

Bibby pressed up on him, extremely aggressive.

At the same time, the other Kings players also tightened into man-to-man defense, doing their best to keep the Clippers' players from comfortably receiving Li Chen's passes.

Seeing no passing opportunity, Li Chen had no choice but to grit his teeth and drive inside with the ball.

But just then, Bibby suddenly reached out and stripped the ball from Li Chen's hands.

Bibby was a steal expert; stripping Li Chen was hardly difficult.

However, Li Chen knew his own limits and had been on high alert, so Bibby's steal attempt didn't succeed.

After securing possession, Li Chen thought to himself, That was close.

Just then, Bibby pressed in again.

Right at that moment, Li Chen suddenly turned and took a jump shot.

This move caught Bibby off guard for a moment, and then a thought suddenly popped into his head.

This guy isn't going to pass, is he? Thinking this, he couldn't help but glance toward the basket.

That's when he saw Michael Olowokandi leaping high, slamming the ball through the rim over Divac.

Chen-Olowokandi connected again, once again drawing thunderous cheers from the home crowd.

Kings on offense, Bibby brought the ball up.

The Kings' strategy now was simple—attack Li Chen relentlessly. No matter who Li Chen was matched up against, just go at him. It felt like eat, sleep, and pick on Li Chen.

"Hahaha! Kenny, Chen is the worst defender I've ever seen."

Kenny Smith smiled wryly and said, "Yeah, Chen really needs to work on his defense." But then he changed his tone, adding, "Still, his strengths are enough to make up for that weakness."

Hearing this, Barkley had nothing to say.

"Look, here comes Bibby again. He's breaking through Chen's defense again. What the—how did that happen? How did Bibby just get stuffed by Li Chen?" Barkley said, utterly shocked.

At that moment, the big screen began replaying the slow motion.

When Bibby broke past Li Chen, he sprinted all the way to the basket.

Li Chen could only helplessly trail behind him, eating his dust.

But just then, Bibby and Li Chen jumped at the same time, and Li Chen suddenly made a strange move.

He reached out his hand. The gesture confused everyone, but the next second, a miraculous scene unfolded—Bibby, as if he had coordinated with Li Chen, placed the ball right in front of Li Chen's hand, letting him block it.

"My god! What are we seeing? A prediction—that Eastern Kid actually predicted Bibby's shooting motion. Do Easterners really practice witchcraft?"

At the same time, the blocked Bibby asked in shock, "How did you do that?"

Li Chen thought for a moment and said, "Uh... coincidence, I guess."

Actually, it really was a coincidence. When he and Bibby jumped up together, he inexplicably had a very strong feeling.

That feeling was that Bibby would raise his arm at that moment.

So...

The second quarter ended at 68 to 60. The Kings had fallen another 4 points behind the Clippers in the second quarter.

Li Chen's stats were: 1-for-3 shooting, 3 points, 1 rebound, 18 assists, 1 steal, 1 block.

Li Chen was fairly satisfied with his stats.

Even though he only scored 3 points, that was because he took few shots—today was about assists.

He felt that "Functional Drink" would bring him endless benefits in the future.

Today was his best chance to break the record. Maybe if he missed this opportunity, there wouldn't be another, so he had to seize it today.

After the Halftime break, Li Chen didn't rest and went straight back on the court.

For the Second half, Alvin Gentry subbed out Elton Brand and Michael Olowokandi to rest, bringing in Wang Zhizhi and Odom.

Seeing this, Li Chen curled his lips slightly.

Odom thought to himself, Oh no. He could already imagine what kind of result he was in for.

Sure enough, just as Odom had thought.

Even when Odom was wide open with no defender, Li Chen pretended not to see him.

He kept feeding the ball to Wang Zhizhi and the others.

This made Odom furious, to the point where he got into a conflict with the Kings' Chris Webber.

In the end, both of them got a technical foul each, and the matter fizzled out.

After the third quarter ended, Li Chen's assists had already reached 29.

"Oh! My god! This man really did it. Let's congratulate Chen in advance for breaking Skiles' record." Barkley offered his early congratulations.

But in his heart, he was thinking, Damn, good thing I didn't bet, or I'd have lost again. No way, from now on I have to side with the Chen hype squad, or that bastard Kenny will definitely lead me around by the nose.

At the same time, Alvin Gentry was surprised to see that his bench lineup was actually holding their own against the Kings' starters.

Of course, he also noticed that Odom and Li Chen seemed to have some friction. After the game ended, he'd need to look into it.

The Kings' coach, Coach Adelman, was also dumbfounded. The Kings, known for their offense, had been beaten by a single man. Could you believe it?

In the end, the Clippers won the game 131 to 115.

Elton Brand achieved a career high this game, with 30 points and 5 rebounds.

Andre Miller, Michael Olowokandi, Corey Maggette, and other players all scored in double digits.

Worth mentioning, Wang Zhizhi also reached double digits.

As for Odom, who was reportedly targeted the whole game, he posted a stellar stat line of 0-for-1 shooting, 0 points, 1 rebound, 0 assists, 0 blocks, and 0 steals.

Li Chen's stats for this game were 12 points, 32 assists, 1 steal, 2 rebounds, and 1 block.

He achieved his first career double-double.

At the same time, Li Chen was named the Player of the Game.

Li Chen got what he wanted: the D-rank Passing Skill.

However, Li Chen didn't care about any of that. What he cared about was the Functional Drink.

Back in the locker room, he couldn't wait to open the system and access the Functional Store.

He looked expectantly at the only item, the Functional Drink.

He saw that the icon for the Functional Drink was now lit up.

At the same time, another gray icon appeared behind the Functional Drink.

The icon showed a figure—it was Allen Iverson.

This was a skill, Iverson's signature move.

Li Chen clicked on the icon, and a brief introduction appeared before him.

[Breakthrough Skill: Unmatched Left]

This was Iverson's classic crossover move. Even if you knew he was going left, you still couldn't stop him.

This skill was practically a god-tier move for breaking through!

Li Chen was first thrilled, then helpless, because to obtain this skill, he had to break three legendary records. Right now, he only had a measly one point. Who knew when he'd be able to gather the other two?