Chapter Thirty-Six: More Losses and Few Wins
The next day, a newspaper in Atlanta said sensationally under the photo: He is really tired, he can't get even a little support, he is so tired that he vomits, and he wants to bring victory to the team.
This newspaper was sold out in Atlanta, and the entire city of Atlanta fell into a kind of sadness, n took the opportunity to conduct an investigation on the streets of Atlanta, and every Atlantant who was visited said that they hoped that Tiger could leave the Los Angeles Clippers, and said that if the Clippers came to Atlanta to play an away game, they would not go to the court to watch the game, but would only tell Tiger at the airport, please don't play, rest and rest! They want to resist the Clippers' behavior with refusal. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
This was followed by another round of trade offers, this time many celebrities also stood up and said that Tiger should leave the Clippers, and Magic Johnson was one of the people who paid attention to and was optimistic about Tiger when he was in college, and he said on a show: "Tiger. Washington is a player with a strong will, his desire to win is surprising, but his current form is worrying, he is like a car moving forward at high speed, and I feel like it's time for him to stop and think about the rest of his life, instead of continuing to sprint, leaving is a decision he has to face. ”
Larry. Bird also called Tiger in Indiana, saying that he was very sad to see the picture of Tiger leaving with Carter helping him, and he hoped that Tiger would consider coming to the Pacers, and that the players here would let Tiger know what the real team is like. Pacers boss Miller also said: "Larry told Tiger a long time ago. Washington, he was at Wake Forest at the time, so I watched a lot of Tiger games for that, he was an ambitious player and being team-mates with him was something I was looking forward to. ”
"Tiger. Washington, I've been asked questions a long time ago when he led his high school team to a championship, and I said at the time that he was a lot like me when I was younger, we were as paranoid about our pursuit of victory, and he never met his demands, and now he reminds me of when I first entered the league, and if I had to give him advice, I think leaving the Clippers and going to a team that has always been able to be helped by teammates is his top priority. The retired Jordan god also expressed the same opinion.
The people of Atlanta are feeling sorry for their heroes, celebrities and the media are concerned about Tiger's future, but the game will not stop because of this, the Clippers came to Portland, Tiger did not play in this game, he really can't run, but the current Trail Blazers are very strong, Tiger is difficult to win the game even if he is full of firepower, he has seen the schedule, and only then did he plan to do his best in the last game, but he still followed the team to Portland.
How strong are the Portland Trail Blazers? Their lineup says it all, center Avedas Sabonis, power forward Rasheed Wallace, small forward Brian Grant, scoring guard Isaiah Radell, point guard Damon Stoudemire, and Jermaine O'Neal, Jim Jackson and Walter Williams are still sitting on the bench, and it can be said that their strength is not worse than the Lakers and Spurs, and they are almost an All-Star team.
There was no suspense in the game, and there was a lack of Tiger, the game entered garbage time early, and the Clippers also rushed to the next city, Seattle, against the next opponent, the SuperSonics, where Gary Payton and Tiger started a battle against each other, and finally won the game with Tiger's several unreasonable three-pointers at the zero degree angle, Tiger himself didn't know why, his three-point shot at the zero degree angle was an unreasonable accuracy, and all the three-pointers in this position in the game were hit, and at the last critical moment, Tiger chosen, This was a more felt position, and in the end Tiger, who was more lucky, won another game.
After the game, the Clippers ushered in a losing streak, losing to the Utah Jazz, losing to the Miami Heat, losing to the Lakers, and also winning against several teams with slightly worse strength, Phoenix Suns, Bucks, when March was about to pass, they returned to Los Angeles with a 7-16 record, although the victory was not more than half, but at least there was the possibility of hitting the playoffs. The Clippers will usher in the longest home game of the shortened season in the subsequent schedule, and the team will usher in a rare period of rest. Andy has been more worried about Tiger recently, he doesn't dare to leave Tiger too far now, he is afraid that something will happen to Tiger at any time, his whole person is too tight, he saw that the Clippers are finally going to stay in Los Angeles for a while, so he called Jessica and asked him to come to Los Angeles to see Tiger, he needs to go to Denver to solve some Jason matters.
In fact, Jessica couldn't rest assured for a long time, she saw all the media reports, but Tiger had to fly around with the team to play games, and she couldn't settle down, this time she listened to Andy's call, she immediately put down everything and flew to Los Angeles, when she saw Tiger, she almost couldn't control it and cried. Tiger felt very bad about her whole person, he looked tired, seeing Jessica coming, Tiger didn't have the previous coquettish cuteness, and the whole person seemed to have lost a lot of weight, looking like Garnett, becoming a bamboo pole.
After the Clippers returned to Los Angeles, they had a 2-day break, in the shrinking season, there were very few such breaks, Coach Ford simply gave the players a holiday, Jessica accompanied Tiger for two days, seeing that he had been in the training room, Jessica regretted it at first and built a training room at home, she wanted Tiger to use the 2 days to have a good rest, but looking at Tiger's serious face, she had no choice but to give up.
On April 1, the Clippers played against the Philadelphia 76ers at home, and the game was broadcast live in the United States. Iverson is now popular, leading the 76ers to play a good record, and in the competition for the scoring title, he is also ranked first.
There were a lot of spectators at the scene, Sterling, the owner of the Clippers, also came to the scene, Tiger saw him once, but he didn't have a good impression of him, so he didn't talk to him much, this game because of the arrival of Sterling, the Clippers played very well, the teammates swept away the previous appearance, all did their best, Tiger saw them play seriously, the mood was rare and good, and he was happy to give them the opportunity, as long as there was a good opportunity, he would pass the ball to.