Chapter 827: Catching up with Chamberlain
One Reddick didn't shoot the duel, but in a way, it made Kraft Nguyen's streak of 50+ records.
The Spurs used too much energy in regulation time, and even if the Clippers didn't kill their opponents in regulation time, the Spurs playing away from home would not have the ability to take out the Clippers in the next five minutes.
Overtime began, and the Clippers were on the offensive end.
Erniu holds the ball in a high position, and takes a step outside the three-point line to shoot directly.
"Brush!"
Three-point hit!
He started overtime with a six-game streak of 50+ points, and now he is one step away from Wilt Chamberlain's seven-game streak of 50+.
Paul then steals Parker's pass in the middle of the attack and sends a pass in between the moves.
Kawaii took the lead, but Jefferson was quick to make up the defense.
The former immediately sent the ball to the middle, and it was Ruan Erniu who inserted it from behind.
He had a chance to hit the basket directly, but the Celestial Empire, who had a good hand, was in almost the same position and pulled out three points again.
"Brush!"
Again!
Just half a minute into overtime, the Clippers already led by six points.
Popovich had to call a timeout immediately, and when it came to overtime, all the timeouts in regulation time were voided, and the three new timeouts added during overtime were not in vain.
It's better to say that it's a timeout, it's better to give the Spurs a breather, after all, the Clippers' counterattack momentum is too fierce.
In fact, the fact that this game can be dragged into overtime is already a manifestation of the Spurs' old men running out of energy in regular time.
Popovich had to replace Tim Duncan, and he was so tired that he couldn't keep up with the speed of the bull in the overtime confrontation.
Needless to say, in the face of the unguarded Spurs on the inside, Erniu raised his butt without hesitation and rampage in the paint area.
Facts have proved that don't look at the stupidity almost every game was blown up by Erniu, but the Spurs inside line guarded by Shi Buddha and the state without him are completely different things.
At 99:114, the game is over, and if you just look at this score, most fans who have not watched the live broadcast will definitely think that the Clippers have won the opponent.
But the truth is that the Clippers didn't take the game until overtime.
Nguyen Er Niu set a career streak of 50+ while breaking another scoring record.
He scored 18 points on 7-of-7 shooting, including 2-of-2 three-pointers and 2-of-2 free throws in overtime, setting the NBA's all-time record for scoring the most in overtime.
The new record is just two points higher than the 16 points scored in overtime held by Arenas.
It can be said that after entering overtime, the game has been completely dominated by the Celestial Empire.
The Eastern Tyrant is so casual in setting a new record, and if he's not careful, he'll finish the game in jaw-dropping ways.
With 47 points in regular time and 18 points in overtime, Nguyen Er Niu scored an astonishing 65 points in this game against the Spurs' group defense.
Only by getting super data in the competition with the strong can you prove the value of a supergiant, and in this regard, Kraft Nguyen has never disappointed.
After the game, Popovich went berserk at the press conference: "I don't know why I'm sitting here, we were beaten, it's as simple as that, Kraft Nguyen is a Martian player, and his presence is a super threat in itself. ”
The old fox's words were just to create more hostile glances for Erniu.
Well, it's like this whether it's made or not, a man like Erniu is destined to be a firefly in the night, so distinct, so outstanding, even if there is no melancholy eyes, no sighing beard, no miraculous knife skills, and no cup of DRY-MARTINE, it will not hinder his glorious image as the first person in active service.
But there are rules, even if you play a whole game and get very tired, you can't miss the post-match press conference.
"I want to go to bed quickly, I can't open my eyelids. Ruan Erniu, who had just finished taking a shower, dragged his chin and said in front of the microphone.
"Will you go to Chamberlain's streak of 50+ records?" said the reporters at the scene, pointing to the hottest topic.
"I don't know, if I say I don't care, you'll think it's hypocritical, but if I insist that I can do it, what will I do if the Warriors are all over the court in the next game? Erniu continued to pretend to be forced.
Nonsense, if you really don't care about the data, is his scoring record of 50+ in 6 consecutive games falling from the sky?
Another reporter asked: "Do you think your individual points per game now account for more than one-third of the team's points, and will the team become too dependent on your individual ability?"
Ruan Erniu smiled: "This only proves that my teammates trust me, thank them for giving me so many opportunities, and thankfully, I didn't squander the opportunity." ”
Of course, he didn't squander, shooting 58% from the field and 45% from three-point range, so that no expert can blame Kraft Nguyen for playing alone.
In the early years of his career, Olajuwon was accused of playing too alone because he didn't like to pass the ball to his teammates, and Da Meng once said: "Why should I pass the ball when I am caught in a higher percentage than my teammates in the open position?"
Such a domineering tumorous remark is difficult to refute, because this TM is actually the truth.
What's more, although Kraft Nguyen has recently played more alone on the offensive end, which has led to a significant decline in his average assists per game, his average of 6.3 assists per game is still a career-high season.
Fans are discussing that the Clippers are not so much a duo of Erniu and Paul as Kraft Nguyen's single-core operation and CP3 as a driving type.
Paul himself has found that if at the beginning of the season, there were unscrupulous reporters who asked him about who the Clippers leader was, then in recent times, his ears have been almost all but questions about "how to rate your teammate - Kraft Nguyen"!
This has somewhat frustrated CP3, who have only been in the process of half a season, and have not yet decided that he is still qualified to compete for the leadership of the team.
But this is competitive sports, everything speaks for itself, and when a person does outperform his teammates by a large margin, even if he does not make any clear statement, he will be worthy of becoming the leader of the team.
If you play a game of King Pesticides, after randomization, you find that a teammate can easily complete 5 kills in the first few minutes, or even higher than the head record, his instructions will naturally be responded to by others.
After a two-day break against the Spurs, the Clippers left for Oakland, where their next opponent will be their opener rivals, the Golden State Warriors.
Since the start of the season, the Clippers have a record of 26 wins and 3 losses, ranking first in the league, while the Golden State Warriors have a record of only 11 wins and 17 losses, which is a record in the highly competitive West, and there is no possibility of entering the playoffs at all.
Erniu saw Jerry West in the stands of the Oracle Arena again, the old guy's face was still relatively relaxed, but the people of the Celestial Empire knew very well that this guy must be brewing something.
With All-Star weekend just around the corner and a trade deadline just around the corner, it won't be long before the Warriors make their final decision.
Not to mention the Golden State Warriors, who have almost no hope of making the playoffs, even the Los Angeles Clippers, who are aiming to win the championship, also have expectations in the trade market.
After consulting with his coaching staff, Erniu decided to give more opportunities to Brian Cook, who has barely played time in recent times.
For this reason, Erniu also talked to Allen and asked him to relax and not be disturbed by some external factors, because the purpose of the Clippers is also obvious.
This secretly plotted deal comes from Neil O'Hill, who is also unwilling to become a puppet of the pickle girl group.
You know, in the mouths of many Los Angeles tabloids, the Clippers have two general managers, Kraft Nguyen and Chris Paul, and as for the guy named Neil O'Hill, he is just a clerk in charge of relaying documents.
It's always a good thing that there is competition.
When O'Hill wants to prove himself with practical actions, the overall competitiveness of the team will naturally be raised to a higher level.
The Warriors' starting lineup for tonight is:
C Apai Yudu
PF David Lee
SF Darrell Wright
SG Stephen Curry
P.G. Monta Ellis
When Ellis and Curry play at the same time, the Warriors' backcourt defense is always a concern, and as for Klay Thompson on the bench, he is still struggling to find his own chance to play.
The starters on the Clippers' side are back to the way they were:
C DeAndre Jordan
PF Nguyen Er Niu
SF Kawhi Leonard
SG JJ Reddick
PG Chris Paul
Kawaii is back in the starting lineup because the opponent is not an old-school team like the Spurs, and it is also a pretty good choice to replace kawaii in the face of the Warriors with good impact.
As for the biggest attraction of this game - the topic of whether Kraft Nguyen can equal Chamberlain's consecutive 50+ record.
When the starting leader in the opposing team was David Lee, everything became so straightforward and obvious.
After the game began, the two sides fought an offensive battle in the first quarter of the game, and Erniu and Paul scored double-doubles at the same time in the first quarter.
On the Warriors' side, Ellis scored nine points in the quarter and was the best player on the Warriors, but his performance alone was not enough to save the team.
Stephen Curry scored six points on 2-of-3 shooting in the quarter, both of which were three-pointers.
Elementary school students have suffered frequent ankle injuries this season, and in one game in January, Curry missed eight regular-season games with a severe sprained right ankle.
Until he gets his hands on injuries, Babyface Killer isn't enough to be a leader for the Warriors.
At 31:29, the Clippers were slightly ahead.
In the second quarter of the game, the two sides continued to play against each other.
Under Paul's threading needle, Erniu, Redick, and Kawaii hit three points one after another, and Ruan Erniu scored double-doubles again in this section, and many of them were shots, so that the presence on the court was not strong.
At the end of the half, Ruan Erniu, who played a total of 18 minutes, has come to 25 points in terms of scoring data, and if he can continue the performance of the first half in the second half, it is just in front of him to tie Chamberlain.
At 33:27, the Clippers won by six more points in the first quarter.
The Clippers have been relatively more relaxed on the defensive end, but even so, the Warriors' current scoring efficiency is also not very good.
At halftime, 64:56, the Clippers maintained an 8-point lead, which made it more likely that Erniu would hit a consecutive 50+ record.
There was no flower in the game, which guaranteed Erniu's playing time.
But Kraft Nguyen, who was in a hurry, clearly overpowered after the start of the second half.
He first stepped up his efforts on the defensive end, and after back-to-back blocks of David Lee and Ellis, Nguyen Er Niu once again dominated the offensive end, followed by a wave of accurate mid-range shots, followed by another three-point rain.
The Celestial Empire scored another 15 points in a single quarter and led the team to a wave of 17:3.
At 30:21, the Clippers won by 9 more points in a single quarter.
After three quarters of the game, the score of the two sides has come to 94:77, and the difference of 17 points undoubtedly makes Erniu's playing time in the final quarter suspenseful.
After a short conversation, Ruan Erniu continued to start in the final quarter, and the entire Oracle Arena was immediately booed.
This breaks the unspoken rules of the NBA to some extent, because the Warriors are not far behind, and the Clippers have to rush to the end, which is really too much.
However, Erniu himself did not take these boos to heart, since he wanted to compete for the championship, he had to be prepared to be the enemy of the other 29 teams in the league.
What is this boo?
Future fans look at the record, and when it comes to the night, no one will talk about the so-called boos. One will only remember that in the race of the day, Kraft Nguyen finally equaled Wilt Chamberlain's super record.
The stable psychological quality makes Erniu look comfortable on the field.
In the face of David Lee, who saved from the inside, Ruan Erniu shook the opponent away with a simple shooting feint, and then the Celestial Dynasty man attacked the basket with the ball, causing a defensive foul on Dominic McGuire, and also gliding to dunk the ball into the basket.
At the beginning of the final quarter, Ruan Erniu, who played 2+1, became more difficult to stop after that.
The Golden State Warriors are clearly not ready to make a decision!
They didn't know whether to focus on winning or doing everything in their power to stop the Celestial Empire from equaling the record.
The result of hesitation can only be to lose both.
Ruan Erniu took advantage of the momentum, he completely gave up the outside long-range shot at the last moment, and continued to use solid back body skills in the low post to carry the opponent inside.
The Warriors' interior defense is also a little too poor, but as long as there is a better rim-protecting center, it will not make the Celestial Empire people play so presumptuously.
Either you hit the basket directly, or you can cause an opponent's foul in the confrontation and get a free throw.
Erniu used the smartest way to complete his predetermined goal 3 minutes before the end of the quarter.
When Kraft, who had scored 49 points, walked to the free throw line, the most intense boos erupted in Oracle Arena.
The Celestial Dynasty smiled slightly, after using the reverse toilet this season, Erniu's free throw shooting rate has reached more than 93%, which is also a new high in his career.
For free throws, Erniu has full confidence.
Bend your knees, relax, throw the ball.
"Brush!", "Brush!"
Hit both penalties!
Since the start of the season, there has been the first player to use a penalty to make the distance of the away fans suddenly lose their voices.
With 51 points, 30 rebounds, and 2 assists, Ruan Erniu calmly went off the rest after handing over this super report card.
At this moment, he is a legend!
There was no suspense in the remaining games, and at 127-104, the Warriors lost to the Clippers at home.
Ruan Erniu also relied on this battle to share the NBA's record of 50+ consecutive games with Chamberlain.
This is the Clippers' penultimate regular-season game before All-Star Weekend, and they have one last home game to play against old Western Conference acquaintances, the Denver Nuggets.