Chapter 15 The Peculiar Customs of the Clippers
However, the imagination is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.
At the end of the second quarter, Wei Zhiming did not get a chance to play, which made Wei Zhiming very depressed.
The Nuggets' Moodier was a big hole in the second quarter, and as a new signing, he had five turnovers before the end of the second quarter, which allowed the Clippers to seize the opportunity and lead by 14 points at 56-42 into the second half.
At halftime, Reeves didn't stress anything, in his opinion, as long as there is Paul, the people on the field will play.
At the beginning of the third quarter, the Clippers were dumb on the offensive end, and the Clippers did not score for two minutes, which made Reaves' face a little dark, and just when he couldn't help but take a timeout, Paul passed Griffin to a layup and easily scored two points, which made Reaves look better.
Randy Foye, who shot 0-2 in the first half, made up for his own digging in the second half, hitting two three-pointers and becoming one of the Nuggets' few offensive points.
But the Clippers fought back frantically, and in the middle of the third quarter, sharpshooters JJ Redick, Paul and Pierce hit three-pointers one after another, and the Clippers' lead came to 19 points.
At the timeout, Wei Zhiming looked at Reeves with blank eyes, hoping that Reeves would let him play. But Reeves seemed to forget about him, and he glanced at the scoreboard and sent Rivers Jr., Richard Bamott, CJ Wilcox, Stephenson and Josh Smith on the field.
"Hmph, losing the draft is losing the draft, and once the NBA starts, it will reveal its own truth." On the contrary, CJ Wilcox looked proud, he looked at Wei Zhiming, who was sitting on the bench with a depressed face, and raised his eyebrows proudly at Wei Zhiming.
But Wei Zhiming didn't look at CJ Wilcox from beginning to end, he looked at Reeves with tears in his eyes, and wanted the head coach to send him out.
"I don't want to play center, that's amazing." Josh looked pained, thinking that he was a former superstar, and he just played as a bench in the Clippers, and even let him play his least favorite center.
Wei Zhiming looked at Josh's bitter expression, and his eyes lit up: "I think, Josh, you tell the head coach to let me play center." ”
Josh looked at Wei Zhiming, then at Reeves with a serious face, and quickly shook his head: "Forget it, I think the center is very good." ”
Wei Zhiming sighed and continued to look at the court.
"Wei, don't worry, I'll get the score you want for you." Lance Stephenson smiled, even though he didn't play well this one.
Wei Zhiming shook his head, "It's okay, we have to trust the head coach." ”
When they came off the bench, the Nuggets launched a crazy counterattack, but the Clippers' bench this season is far from last season's bench, even if they XJBD, but with the Nuggets' bench, they still can't beat the Clippers.
With Nelson's big three-pointer missed, the Clippers led the Nuggets by 19 points at 84-65 heading into the final quarter.
In the fourth quarter, the main force was all out of the game. Josh took 4 hours to fight the Nuggets on the court.
But Rivers Jr. is not Paul, he will only score on his own, not organize the offense, he calls Josh on the court to block and pick, and then he goes inside and is blocked.
CJ Wilcox, who then got the chance to play, got an open spot, he took Josh's pass, shot from distance, and hit his first three-pointer.
"Yes!" CJ Wilcox triumphantly held out three fingers and looked at the Clippers' bench with a smile on his face.
But the next moment, Nelson, who was opposite him, immediately returned the color, and he hit a three-point shot to help the Nuggets continue their life.
CJ Wilcox was the first goal and the only goal of the opening fourth quarter for the Clippers.
The Clippers have done a great job of bringing in reinforcements this summer, but it seems that the ability to score off the bench is still not well addressed. The three-round offensive failure allowed Reaves to replace CJ Wilcosins and Richard Bamot. Replaced by Prigioni and Crawford.
But the two of them also seem to be affected by the players on the field, and they don't feel anything. For five minutes, the Clippers didn't score a single point, while the Nuggets pulled the gap to within four points.
Wei Zhiming sat on the bench and watched anxiously, he frequently turned his head to look at Reeves, but Reeves still ignored him.
Fortunately, Josh is worthy of being the strongest reinforcement of the Clippers this summer, and at a critical moment, he received a pass from Prigioni and broke through the dunk with a shoulder shake feint, causing 2+1.
"Oh!" Seeing this, Wei Zhiming immediately stood up from the bench and waved the towel vigorously.
"Cut, I saw that he could only wave a towel for the rest of his life." CJ-Wilcox didn't know why, he just looked at Wei Zhiming unhappy, he muttered in a low voice, his eyes rolling.
The Nuggets were also tenacious, and they clung to the score and caused problems for the Clippers.
At the end of the fourth quarter, Josh stepped up again, he hit a hook with his back to the net, and then rushed inside to grab a rebound that Rivers Jr. missed and hit a rebound. This crucial hit directly defeated the Nuggets, and the Clippers won a thrilling 103-96 victory.
The Clippers won, but Wei Zhiming was not very happy, because this game had nothing to do with him.
"Well, I'm amazing." Josh came to Stephenson to flex his muscles, and he scored 13 points, eight rebounds and two assists.
Compared to Stephenson's six points, Josh is certainly very good.
"2 out of 10 shots, I can do it too!" Wei Zhiming teased Stephenson, and Lance-Stephenson's dark face was actually slightly red: "Hmph, I just changed the venue, I don't feel good, and I haven't played my level." ”
"But your Uncle Lance is much better than you, and you don't even have a chance to play." Stephenson said with a smile, Wei Zhiming's face darkened, and he decided to ignore him.
After the game, Reaves brought the Clippers' Big Three to the press conference, and Wei Zhiming came to the locker room with a loss, and he whispered to himself that this was only the first game and he didn't need to rush.
In the locker room, although Wei Zhiming didn't play, he still chose to take a shower, and when he went out of the shower, he found a group of people gathered around and didn't know what they were doing.
"What's wrong, what's wrong?" Wei Zhiming ran over to see the excitement, and he vaguely saw that Paul seemed to be in the middle of the court.
"Oh, Chris, you're too bad at dancing." Wei Zhiming immediately heard Stephenson's voice, he squeezed over to take a look, and found Paul dancing in the middle.
That small body, with rhythm, Wei Zhiming was drunk.
"What's going on?" Wei Zhiming asked Redick next to him with a smile, Redick glanced at Wei Zhiming and said excitedly: "This is our Clippers' habit, whoever comes to the locker room last has to dance, but I have to complain, Chris's dance is too ugly." ”
"I'll go, the clippers still have rules?" Wei Zhiming felt that he was fortunate to return early, Paul's dance was already good in his opinion, but he was actually complained by his teammates.
"I must remember this rule, or I will be out of luck." Wei Zhiming secretly thought, is twisting Yangge considered dancing?