Chapter 442: Griffin and the Clippers
The Clippers and Lakers are two teams that have always been compared in the NBA, after all, they both belong to Los Angeles and share the Staples Arena, so even though the honors these two teams have achieved in the NBA in the past, they have always been compared together.
Of course, the Clippers must be the one who is sympathized, they are just like the Knicks back then, Liu Adou who can't be supported no matter how much money is thrown.
And compared to the Knicks, the Clippers are even more tragic, in the past 10 years, they have changed n cores, and every time this team's pre-season makes people believe that they are about to make the playoffs, but every season, they are one or two rankings behind, so as to miss the playoffs, it can be said that they are the Rockets of those years, always giving people hope, and then disappointing.
Especially against the backdrop of the Lakers, who have won four championships in ten years next door, this team is even more poignant.
However, Lakers fans are unexpectedly very accepting of this team, because of the existence of this team, the Lakers can have two more home courts a year, which can be regarded as the credit of the Clippers!
However, all this has changed fundamentally since this year, it is true that the Lakers are still one of the giants in the West, and the Clippers' ranking is still a little embarrassing, only in the twelfth place in the West, but the Clippers' home court this season is full, and the atmosphere is no less than when the Lakers are at home.
Even some of the old fans who didn't watch the NBA for a long time have returned to the home court of the Clippers.
This series of changes all illustrates the transformation of the Clippers this season, and the reason for this is mainly because of the emergence of a player!
Blake Griffin, a violent dunk that has been rare in this league for a decade, and the guy who has this comment before him is the "rain man" Sean Kemp of the SuperSonics!
It is said that someone once saw Sean Kemp spark when he was dunking, and the basketball and the basket rubbed violently!
This is naturally nonsense, but to make up such exaggerated rumors shows how violent Sean Kemp's dunk is.
Comparing Blake Griffin with Sean Kemp is enough to show the shock that Blake Griffin has brought to NBA fans.
The whole league was enveloped in a "Griffin fever" atmosphere.
Griffin really didn't disappoint the fans, since the start of the game, he has contributed 56 dunks, which is already the number of dunks in a season for some guys who are famous for their dunks!
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Tonight's Staples Center is still full, and there are even a lot more fans than usual, and from Yi Jianlian's point of view, the audience seats in the entire stadium are like buses full of people, full of heads.
These fans want to know what kind of energy Griffin, who is at the peak of his debut, will burst out when he meets Yi Jianlian, who has just been rated as the first person in the NBA by ESPN this year!
Maybe...... Buckle one on Yi Jianlian's head?
These fans really dare to think about it!
"Wow, aa
The lights went out, which seemed to stir up the nerves of the crowd, and the cheers suddenly became more intense, and they all knew that this was a precursor to the start of the home ceremony and the imminent release of the beast Griffin.
"Wow, aa
The cheers came one after another, until the last Griffin appeared on the stage, the cheers of the entire arena no longer stopped, but continued to sound, Griffin jogged out of these cheers, and his whole eyes had the air of a king, and he knew by looking at his appearance that this guy was not easy to mess with.
But......
"Appearing with such a stiff face, this is obviously pretending, I must teach him a good lesson later!"
Xiao Si sat next to Yi Jianlian, looking at Griffin's pretending to be very unhappy, and he couldn't help but give this guy a little color!
Isn't it just a dunk!
Who wasn't a violent dunk back then?
Yi Jianlian was amused by his appearance, and as soon as he grinned, Griffin glanced at him intentionally or unintentionally, like a lion preparing to hunt, pretending to approach inadvertently, and then rushed out to complete the culling!
It seems that today is unavoidable!
It's important to be famous as soon as possible, Yi Jianlian understands Griffin's thoughts, the reports in the past two days are all about the comparison between Griffin and him, this guy who has won a lot of attention since his debut, naturally wants to try to beat him and get a bigger picture, this is the same as a young master in martial arts to find those masters who have been famous for a long time.
Isn't that how Griffin became famous along the way?
The lights in the arena came back on, the cheers on the sidelines gradually faded, and the Clippers' home ceremony ended.
The two sides entered the final stage of preparation before the game, and with the buzzer sounding, this high-profile game officially began!
Yi Jianlian came on the court with the rest of the Knicks' main team, and when he walked up to the court, he saw a familiar figure in the Clippers, DeAndre Jordan!
After Griffin's hot debut, this guy who has no offensive means except for dunks has officially entered the starting lineup of the Clippers.
It can be said that he is also one of the Clippers players who have benefited a lot since Griffin came to the Clippers, of course, there is one thing to say, Griffin is also because of Jordan Jr. behind him to escort him, he can put all his mind on attacking the basket, if you look at it this way, Griffin can also be regarded as the beneficiary party!
Jump the ball in the middle circle on both sides.
Xiao Si faced Little Jordan and failed to jump to the ball, compared to Xiao Jordan, who has a long height and long arm span and good bounce, Xiao Si really does not have an advantage.
The ball was taken by the "bearded generation" Baran Davis.
Baron Davis is the outside core of the Clippers in the past three years, and the inside and outside line formed by him and Carman was once the expectation of Clippers fans for the future of the Clippers, but unfortunately because of Carman's injury, the pair also failed to carry the future of the Clippers, however, for Clippers fans, it doesn't matter, anyway, they already have new expectations!
Barang Davis, who is 31 years old this year, has inevitably experienced a certain degree of decline in form, although he can still contribute 15 plus 8, but everyone knows that this is already his limit! Especially after suffering an injury last season, the weight he used to help him gain an advantage has also become a burden for him, and his fat is consuming his physical energy all the time, but fortunately he is self-aware of all this, he is not like Ricky Davis, and he still has the dream of "thinking that LeBron is here to assist me"! He happily chose to surrender the attack, as he did now, and immediately found Griffin after crossing the halfway line and passed the ball to the latter.
Griffin took the ball and faced Turyaf, and the audience immediately burst into enthusiastic cheers!