Immediately after the game, the Clippers flew to Cleveland and took the injured to a local hospital for further examination and diagnosis.

"It's a shame, it looks like I won't be able to get back on the pitch this season!" Chauncey Billups has just gotten the results of an MRI from a doctor.

He suffered a torn Achilles tendon in his left foot and will miss at least eight months, which also means that FMVP will be out for the season.

Among those who came to visit him were Ruan Er Niu, Paul and Tom Thibodeau.

Erniu explained: "Rest assured that you will be with us all the time." ”

To be honest, Erniu is still very fortunate about the arrival of Billups, and it is an extremely lucky thing to be able to win the former FMVP with 2 million meters, and Paul's face must be calculated.

Since arriving with the Clippers, Billups has also helped the team's locker room, and he and Battier have worked together to stabilize the atmosphere in the locker room.

In the open and secret battle between Erniu and Paul, the fireplace did not favor either side, showing enough veteran demeanor, even if Erniu advocated moving him to the bench position, Billups did not complain too much.

For the sake of the team as a whole, the veteran did make a lot of sacrifices. If he wanted to, he could definitely take a full middle class, or even a maximum salary, and play a leading role in a weaker team.

Billups' injury reimbursement has had too much impact on the Clippers, and they have lost not only a player who can contribute 12+5 per game on the bench, but more importantly, for a team that is aiming to win a championship, the loss of the team's sixth man will cast an indelible shadow on their championship journey.

Erniu and the others returned to the hotel, and immediately held an emergency internal meeting after informing the whole team of the news of Billups' reimbursement due to injury.

"We've lost Mr. Big Heart for a while, and now the question is how to maintain the winning atmosphere in the team. Ruan Erniu crossed his fingers and dragged his chin and said.

Paul nodded: "It's really a priority, but it's useless to just say it, we have to show our tenacity in the game and these six consecutive away games are both a challenge and an opportunity for us. ”

Steve Kerr cautioned: "Don't forget, we have a similar six consecutive road games to play after the All-Star break, and this is not the time for a battle of hearts, our ultimate goal is the championship. ”

Cole's meaning is obvious, release water when it's time to release it.

Tom Thibodeau immediately retorted: "But who knows if we can regroup in the next games once we are deflated, we are not the Spurs, after all, the current roster of the Clippers has just been formed this season, and the change of mentality after the loss is a situation that we cannot predict." ”

Tyronn Lew also said: "I agree with Tom that we shouldn't give up easily, especially when Chauncey is injured. ”

……

After a discussion, everyone finally decided to play one game at a time according to the normal plan, but the person who really put forward constructive suggestions was the only woman present.

Natalie Nakase said, "Now that we have a general plan for the rest of the game, shouldn't we find a replacement for Mr. Big Heart in the free market or somewhere?"

As soon as these words came out, several people present had a feeling of clearing the clouds, one was short-minded, and the other was good, and when everyone was focusing on how to maintain the team's combat effectiveness, Nakase directly focused on reinforcement.

Ruan Erniu nodded and said, "You can also try trading, but the right target is not easy to find, Natalie, do you have a suitable candidate?"

Natalie Nakase shook her head and said, "Not yet, but ......"

Nakase then gave another pertinent opinion: "Is it we who should also give Thomas more opportunities, in the absence of suitable candidates for the time being!"

Paul agreed: "Not bad, and I think Isaiah should be given a chance." ”

……

Opportunities always come to those who are prepared, and for the Clippers, losing Billups is undoubtedly a major loss, but for Isaiah Thomas, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The Clippers didn't have a new No. 1 reinforcement for the time being, but they did have an interior player to join, and he is Kenyon Martin.

In order to prove his worth, Neil O'Hill finally did something reliable.

After discussing with Erniu on the phone, he directly laid off Ryan Gomez, who could barely play, and there was still a 4 million yuan contract next year, and cutting him meant that Sterling was bleeding again, but Sterling, who even paid the luxury tax, finally chose to approve it.

Subsequently, Martin, who had just returned to the United States from the Celestial Empire CBA, completed a one-year 2 million yuan contract with the Clippers, and he became the Clippers' interior backup to help the team increase its defensive intensity.

Speaking of Martin, I have to talk about the group of NBA players who went to the CBA to pan for gold during the NBA shutdown, you must know that people such as Wilson Chandler and JR Smith are still playing in the CBA.

At the beginning of this season, due to the continued shutdown of the NBA, a large number of NBA foreign aid poured into the CBA, in order to prevent these big-name players from breaking their contracts and returning home after the NBA shutdown, the Celestial Basketball Association insisted that NBA players must sign a "letter of guarantee" if they want to join the CBA, and clearly stipulated: If there is a foreign aid leaving halfway, then the club must apply to the Basketball Association, and the foreign aid must write a handwritten commitment letter to ensure that he will not play in other leagues, otherwise he will not issue a clarification letter to the foreign aid who leaves.

And Martin's "escape" made the "letter of guarantee" forced by the Tianchao Basketball Association at the beginning of this season to prevent big-name foreign aid from running away halfway has become a dead letter.

What's even more interesting is that, according to the head of the competition department of the Celestial Basketball Association, when FIBA sent an advisory letter to the Celestial Basketball Association on the amnesty of Martin at the end of last month, the Basketball Association did not accept it due to the Spring Festival holiday......

Since the Xinjiang Provincial Team has already announced the layoff of Martin, the pot for Martin's successful escape naturally has to be carried on the head of the Basketball Association, of course, because Martin came to the Clippers, some Celestial Empire media naturally took out the story between Erniu and the Basketball Association to hype.

In fact, in the matter of Martin's departure from the CBA, Ruan Erniu himself did not contribute anything.

Martin completed his signing and medical on Feb. 6 before rushing to Cleveland to join the team.

Yi Jianlian expressed doubts about Kenyon Martin's arrival, but Erniu quietly persuaded him: "It's Reggie Evans who should be worried, Martin has no range, and he replaces Evans' playing time." ”

In fact, Erniu's heart is quite a little disdainful of Allen at this time, Martin can only work under the basket, although he has an advantage on the defensive end, but if no one feeds him on the offensive end, it is worthless, in the final analysis, Allen's mentality in the NBA is still not peaceful enough.

On February 8, 2012, the Clippers arrived at the Cleveland Quick Loan Center, and they will face an unrecognizable Cleveland Cavaliers.

The starting lineup fielded by the Cavaliers is:

C Andrea Vallejo

PF Antoine Jamison

SF Omega Cosby

SG Daniel Gibson

P.G. Ramon Sessions

Kelly Irving is out due to injury, and the only face of the Cavaliers who can handle it is not available, which is good news for the Clippers who came from afar, in fact, the Cavaliers are also the easiest team to deal with among the Clippers' six consecutive visitors.

But the game didn't go as easily as the Clippers thought.

In the first quarter of the game, Erniu and Redick teamed up to quickly help the team extend their lead, while the Cavaliers could only rely on Jamison's long-range shooting to maintain the score.

Tonight's Jamison also tried his best, facing Kraft Nguyen's defense, he actually played 4 of 6 shots in a single quarter, including 1 of 1 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 11 points, 3 rebounds, and 2 assists.

At 28:19, the Clippers took a nine-point advantage in the first quarter.

However, in the second quarter of the game, the situation changed abruptly, and the Clippers collectively fell into a weird scoring drought, and began to play unreasonably repeatedly, the Cavaliers did increase their defensive intensity, but the Clippers' own low shooting rate was also puzzling.

At 16:21, after an ugly defensive battle, the Cavaliers recovered 5 points in a single quarter.

At the end of the half, at 44:40, the Clippers still had a four-point lead.

In the third quarter of the game, the Clippers still did not get out of the dilemma of repeatedly failing to shoot, and the two Clippers cores, Erniu and Sancannon, could only rely on touching porcelain free throws to score points.

But in terms of the Cavaliers, it did blossom more, and Ramon Sessions became the X-factor on the court, scoring 11 points and 4 assists in a single quarter, helping the team win 24:30 again, and once again won by 6 points in a single quarter.

At 68:70, at the end of the first three quarters of the game, the Cavaliers who were fighting at home miraculously reversed the game by 2 points.

The reason why the Cavaliers were able to turn the game around in the first three quarters was ultimately due to the Clippers' physical and mental problems, and the back-to-back road games, coupled with Billups' injury, have made the team doubt about their prospects.

Cleveland doesn't have anything to lose anyway, but is more open in mentality.

In the final quarter of the game, the Cavaliers continued their multi-flowering tactics, and Jamison, Gibson, and Sessions simply became the Cavaliers' Big Three tonight, and the three of them combined for 22 points in the final quarter, which once helped the team widen the score gap to nearly double digits.

At the critical moment, Ruan Erniu and Isaiah Thomas stood up together.

Paul's play in this game was really bad, and in the last 5 minutes, Tom Thibodeau simply hid three shots, so the little assassin who had never played a chance ushered in a milestone in his career.

He first hit two three-pointers in a row from outside the three-point line, and then played a wonderful blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation with Erniu to help the Celestial Empire bomb the Cavaliers to the basket many times.

With 40 seconds left in the game, the Clippers went on a 12-2 run to bring the total score of the night to 97-97.

In the Cavaliers' offensive round, Daniel Gibson made a successful foul and hit both free throws, 97:99, with only 18 seconds left in the clock.

While all eyes were on Nguyen Er Niu, Isaiah Thomas stepped out from beyond the three-point line to meet Sessions' defense and lean back with great difficulty......

"Brush!"

Thomas hit the game-breaker with two seconds left before the Cavaliers called a timeout.

The Cavaliers set up tactics in a vain attempt to use Jamison's counter-run to pull out the gap and hit the counter-lore, but Ruan Erniu successfully judged the ball at the last moment and sent a decisive block.

"Toot!"

At the end of the game, 100:99, the Clippers miraculously won tonight's game, and after trailing by 11 points in the final quarter, they finally reversed the opponent again and won the game that should have been easy.

Isaiah Thomas shot 8-of-11 tonight, including 3-of-3 from three-point range and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line, scoring 21 points and assisting 6 assists, and was the biggest contributor to the Clippers' win tonight.

Speaking at the post-match press conference, Nguyen Erniu said: "The season reimbursement in Chauncey had a huge impact on us, but Isaiah stepped up tonight, we are a good team, I believe we can face any problems and overcome them bravely." ”

Anything that doesn't kill you will make you stronger.

The original author of the above bowl of chicken soup was Nietzsche.

The Clippers won back-to-back games against the 76ers and Bobcats in the ensuing game, and Iguodala is indeed not a good leader, and Kemba Walker is still too young.

Just as the Clippers will fly to Dallas, preparing for their final road trip in a six-game game.

The bad news came that a celebrity had passed away, her name was Whitney Houston, and anyone who knew a little bit about the music scene in the United States knew her greatness.

"I-ill-Alays-Love-You" still holds the record for the highest number of weeks on the Billboard Singles Chart (14 weeks).

On February 11, 2012, at the Beverly Hills Hilton, he died of a drug overdose, causing a heart attack to slip into the bathtub and drown, at the age of 48.

In terms of the difficulty of singing pop tracks alone, there are two female singers in the United States who cannot fail to mention, according to a certain bowl of poisonous chicken soup - "some people are born in Rome", which is undoubtedly aimed at Maria Kelly and Whitney Houston.

Many of the former's songs are known for their difficulty, while the latter is known for their natural platinum voice.

It's a pity that Houston met someone unladylike, and her beautiful voice was ruined by drugs in her later years, and in fact, her death is inseparable from drugs.

Since then, there has been no live LIVE in Houston in the music scene in the United States, only Sister Niu (Mariah Kelly) comes out from time to time to shout: "I don't know her!", showing her status as a tearing sister in the entertainment industry.

Cherish life and stay away from drugs, this is Whitney Houston's last advice to the world.

The dead are gone, and the living have to move on.

On February 13, 2012, the Clippers welcomed their final opponent in a six-game streak – the Dallas Mavericks.

Erniu and Nowitzki were flying all over the court, and with a more consistent shooting percentage, they helped win the game.

In this way, the Clippers withstood the blow of losing Billups and returned to Los Angeles with a perfect record of six consecutive wins on the road.

The Clippers have a 23-3 record at this time, and they have surpassed the Chicago Bulls, who currently have a 23-7 record, to reach the top of the league.