Chapter 861 Unstoppable, Twenty-three consecutive victories
Shortly over the halfway point of the season, the Los Angeles Clippers, who won 40 games early, are undoubtedly qualified to face the Phoenix Suns, who have a win rate of less than 50 percent.
The Clippers also joked about whether the Suns could continue to play the 11-game game stop at home against the Los Angeles people. After all, the Clippers had already lost their 11th, 22nd, and 33rd regular season games of the season before that.
What the Clippers didn't expect was that in Phoenix, they really encountered unprecedented difficulties.
Paul continues to be sidelined due to injury, and Dragic, who was suppressed by CP3 in the last meeting, found his touch in this game, and both Thomas Jr. and Billups were blown up by claw machines.
Kawhi Leonard, who has gradually become the team's second-leading scorer with Paul's injury recently, also did not perform well tonight, and the guy in charge of defending him was a guy named PJ Tucker.
Jordan Jr. was blown up again, and this time it was the Polish hammer Gortat who was in charge of getting him.
At halftime, since the Los Angeles Clippers were trailing by as many as 15 points, Ruan Erniu angrily sprayed his teammates in the locker room.
Jordan Jr., in particular, has set a new low in playing time this season outside of his rookie season.
Jordan Jr., who is not in the contract year, lacks fighting spirit, even if the offense does not improve, and even the rebounds are not well protected, which has simply become a cancer for the team.
"I don't expect you to score 20+ points in a game, but if you can't even guarantee 10+ rebounds, I'm going to keep you at the water cooler forever. Ruan Erniu warned mercilessly.
In the second half, the Clippers began to exert strength on both offensive and defensive ends, especially Chris Anderson, who came off the bench, first controlled Gortat, who performed well in the first half on the defensive end, and then received consecutive empty catches on the offensive end, which knocked a piece of the sky on the Suns' head.
Ruan Erniu played the role of a savior every day, scoring 11 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists in a single quarter.
It is true that the ball is concentrated in the hands of Erniu, but the efficiency of the horror is indeed speechless.
This season, Nguyen Er Niu has largely changed the way he played last season with the highest possession of the ball, and that is because Kawaii and Little Assassin have grown up and need more ball possession to unleash their talents.
The Clippers are a team that strives to pursue a dynasty, so all these changes, even if they are the initiative of Erniu, are also a logical thing.
But change is not equal to the decline of their own level, once the team falls into unsolvable trouble, Manniu can still stand up with one person and rely on his own super personal ability to solve the problem.
After the third quarter, the Clippers had erased the point difference, and in the final quarter of the game, Lei Allen and Ruan Erniu stood up and took over the game.
Thomas rotated time in the final quarter, and after a breakaway, he found Ray Allen in succession, who hit an efficient three-pointer to pull away the score.
In the middle and late stages of the final quarter, Ruan Erniu fully showed his big heart, and in the face of the climax of the counterattack led by the claw machine, Erniu continuously ended the game with accurate 15-foot shots.
At the post-match press conference, Nguyen Er Niu said: "It was a tough game, we didn't play well, and there was a lot of luck in being able to win.
Anyway, we got our first 11-game winning streak of the new season and I hope that streak will last a little longer. ”
After the game with the Suns, Erniu also invited Jordan Jr. to a meal and did an analysis of his career.
"What do you think of your future?" asked Erniu during the banquet.
Little Jordan thought for a long time, and said, "I want to pursue the next big contract!"
Ruan Erniu applauded: "Good goal, but do you know how you should specifically achieve this goal?"
Jordan Jr. said, "Guard the basket?"
Erniu shook his head and said: "It's not enough, if you still want a contract with an annual salary of 10 million, you must at least ensure that you get an average of 10+10 data per game." In fact, that's what the team expects from you. ”
Goals are one of the foundations of success, and this is especially true for the confused little Jordan.
The performance in the finals directly made the center with an annual salary of 10 million yuan unpopular in the free market this summer.
Especially the Houston Rockets, Morey also proposed the idea of trading Jordan Jr. last season, but when the trade market really opened, the general manager of the Rockets chose to poach Yi Jianlian without hesitation.
From last season's free market being directly quoted by the Golden State Warriors for an annual salary of 10 million, to this summer's lack of interest in the trade market, as a player with a championship ring bonus, Jordan Jr.'s value has not risen but fallen, and he has indeed reached the time to summarize.
"So, will you help me block people and get my rebounds in double figures?"
Just when Erniu thought that he had enlightened Little Jordan, this thing actually jumped out of his brain.
Erniu said unceremoniously: "I'm sorry, you're going to get that damn rebound yourself!"
The score can't get a double for the time being, and it can be attributed to the lack of offensive talent, and the rebounds can't get a double can be a matter of Jordan Jr.'s personal attitude.
If he continues like this, the Clippers may really want to cut his price.
After a few points of mentioning Jordan Jr., Erniu continued to lead the team to the next road game, where they will face the Portland Trail Blazers, and the next back-to-back, the Clippers will return to their home court against the Trail Blazers.
The Portlanders have played the Clippers three times this season, with a winless run and trailing 3-0.
Roy and Oden left the stage early due to injury, Lillard is just a rookie who has just entered the league, and Aldridge has always taken advantage of Erniu, so the result of the game is naturally not difficult to see.
The Clippers did not stop their winning streak after winning 11 consecutive games against the Suns, but after the home victory over the Trail Blazers, the next devilish schedule also made Clippers fans sweat for the home team.
Because they will have the toughest schedule of the 12-13 season - eight consecutive away games.
Although the overall strength of the opponents of the eight consecutive visitors is not particularly strong, there are also hard stubbles such as the Celtics and the Heat.
And this was when Paul didn't know when he would return.
On January 30, 2012, the Clippers first came to Minnesota to challenge their first opponent in a row, the Timberwolves.
Kevin Love is also sidelined with injuries, and the loss of the Timberwolves didn't cause much trouble for the Clippers.
Spanish golden boy Ricky Rubio, who is already in his second year, still has a poor shooting standard, and his three-point shooting percentage is even lower than last season.
It is often said that whoever practices shooting will become a superstar, but the problem is that most people can't really shoot.
There are also people who say that the road sign will be the next C more, which is even more nonsense.
At the peak of the 08-09 and 09-10 seasons, Rondo's shooting rate is as high as 50% of point guards, although many shots are layups, even if the highest scoring average in the season is only 13.7 points, but this scoring efficiency is obviously not the same as the road sign.
The only thing that really makes road signs and C more on a par is defense.
Whether it's defensive efficiency or steal statistics, the signposts can be on the list, which is the real reason why he can survive in the league.
After beating the Timberwolves, the Clippers went straight on a flight abroad because their next opponent was the Toronto Raptors.
The Raptors are still Rudy Gay's team at this time, and it should be pointed out that Kyle Lowry, who has accumulated a lot of money in the future, is not doing well at this time.
In his first season with the Raptors, both his average data per game and his shooting power declined.
That is, in the East, if it is in the Western Conference, the Raptors, who only got 16 wins after the halfway point of the season, are probably already thinking about the problem of rottenness.
Erniu played comfortably against Amir Johnson, on the basis of cutting 30+ triple-doubles in the third quarter, he clocked in and out of work directly, kawaii led the team to harvest the game, and he also had an excellent performance of 25+5+5 in this game.
After the game against the Raptors, the Clippers continued their road trip, this time against the Boston Celtics on the East Coast.
TD North Shore Garden Arena is not an easy bone to gnaw, and the two teams fought it all the way to the end.
The scores were tied in the final moments, and Isaiah Thomas showed his big heart, and when he had a chance to pass to Kraft Nguyen in the high position, he suddenly faced Rondo's defense and it was a dry shot.
"Brush!"
The Clippers took a three-point lead with this shot, and then Pierce missed a long-range shot under the interference of Kawaii, and the game was over.
At 106:109, the Clippers won a difficult game, but still won both games, thus completing the season sweep for Green Kai.
In this game, Jordan Jr.'s performance was eye-catching, and in the confrontation with Green Kai center Brandon Buss, he finally showed his dominance, cutting 12+12 in the whole game, and only won 5+5 Bass.
Interestingly, this guy named Brandon Bass and Draymond Green of the Clippers also bumped into the face.
Well, Bass is already a veteran who has played 8 seasons, and it should be Green who bumps into his face.
The Clippers have improved their winning streak to 16 games after the win over Green, and even though there are still a few consecutive road games to play, Clippers fans are optimistic about the team's future.
After that, back-to-back games against the Wizards were tough. Fortunately, Ruan Erniu once again stood up to save the team in the last quarter, and a wave of three-point rain counterattacked the opponent and helped the team win 17 consecutive victories.
After a day of respite, the Clippers traveled to Orlando to play against the Magic.
Don't look at Nikola Vucevic's 15+14 data, but Uncle Huang's performance must not be inferior, he cut 13+14 data in this game, although the score is slightly lost to Vucevic, but the scoring efficiency is higher than the opponent.
Erniu's conversation was not in vain, once Jordan Jr. has a clear goal, he can still contribute to the team on the defensive end.
After another day in Orlando, the Clippers will fly to the South Coast.
Yes, their next opponent is none other than the Miami Heat.
Paul also returned to the starting lineup tonight, and he could have rested two more days in Los Angeles, but Paul, who is eager to win, is still eager to return sooner.
Well, it's not terrible to win, it's embarrassing to be missing.
Or it can also be said that Thomas Jr. is still a player with great potential to become a starter, and the trident composed of him, Erniu and Kawaii is also quite powerful.
Therefore, even if Paul returns to the fireline, in the face of the Heat, Erniu still resolutely decided to put CP3 on the bench temporarily.
In a word, the Clippers, who have won 18 in a row, have this confidence.
The Clippers filled the lineup, but the Heat did not have a complete lineup in this game, and Bosh was out due to injury and did not get the playing meeting.
Jordan Jr. was once again given a chance to prove himself.
In this game, Uncle Huang, who was fed by the pickled girl group and fed the cake, cut down the double-double data of 17+11, which completely destroyed the opposite Haslem, and it only took 24 minutes of playing time to do all this.
It's not that Thibodeau won't let him play, but the Heat has adopted foul tactics, but used the reverse toilet, and the free throw shooting rate has reached 6 percent, Jordan Jr. repeatedly missed free throws tonight.
In order for the team to win smoothly, Jordan Jr., who is in good offensive condition, had to be replaced in advance.
Erniu beat James again in the matchup, with 37 points, 17 boards, and 7 assists, defeating James, who scored 30 points, 5 boards, and 6 assists.
Again, it's not that James is not performing well, it's just that the performance of the brute bull is too strong.
James is already thinking about his career after his contract expires.
Although he signed a six-year, $110 million contract with the Heat in the 10-11 season, after 2014, he had a player option to jump out of the contract.
If he can't beat the Clippers in the next two years, James will inevitably find another way.
The other triumvirate against the evil Celestial Empire is indeed the most righteous choice, but if you really can't win the battle, commit yourself to the darkness, and take a guaranteed ring first, it is not an option that can be considered.
Regardless, the Clippers won 19 straight and ended the Heat's three-game winning streak.
Ruan Erniu would not have thought that this victory would be so important for him to compete for MVP, because just after this game, the Heat took advantage of the situation to win a wave of 23 consecutive wins.
If the Clippers don't win this game, the Heat, who have won 27 consecutive games this season, will undoubtedly provide considerable help and support for LeBron James to compete for MVP.
The Clippers have become a big trend, and there are only two opponents left in the eight consecutive visitors: the Knicks and the 76ers.
The Knicks didn't want to throw in the towel at Madison Garden, but Jason Kidd was old and completely blown up by Paul who returned to the starting lineup, and Carmelo Anthony was average under Kawaii's defense.
The Clippers easily beat the Knicks, winning 20 in a row, and their eight-game winning streak was left in the final game, back-to-back against the 76ers.
In a game without suspense, in the face of a group of 76ers players who couldn't even name them, the pickle girl combination clocked in and out of work in the third quarter, ending the devil's away trip in a relaxed and happy way.
While winning eight straight games on the road, the Clippers extended their winning streak this season to 21 games.
The All-Star Game is approaching, and Ruan Erniu and Paul unsurprisingly won the starting All-Star spots.
Thankfully, kawaii, who averages 15+6+3 per game, also got an All-Star bench spot.
The Clippers have a convincing record, and they didn't let up until the All-Star break.
The home game against the Rockets and the away game against the Lakers, on the surface, are one home and one away, but in fact, the locations are in Los Angeles, especially the game against the Lakers, which is the third meeting between the two teams this season.
The result is still the same, this time the Clippers slaughtered their city rival with a score of 101:135, thus proving their status as the boss of Los Angeles.
According to Lakers players who did not want to be named, there was also a verbal altercation with the Sparks after the game.
In the offseason, Nash, who is participating in football activities, confirmed the rumor in his words.
As a result, it is clear to everyone that Howard, who only played for one season with the Lakers, went to the city he felt more comfortable in the new season.
The All-Star Game is about to begin, and the Los Angeles Clippers are on a 23-game winning streak!