Chapter 284: Teodosic
The Bulls' next opponent is the Clippers!
As one of two teams in Los Angeles, it's a veteran of the league like the Lakers.
Founded in 1970 and joined the NBA, it is an NBA professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, USA, and is part of the Western Conference Pacific Division of the United States Men's Basketball Professional League.
The Clippers moved several times, first joining the NBA in 1970 as the Buffalo Warriors, and in 1977-78, the Braves moved to San Diego, where they soon changed their name to the Clippers. Beginning in 1976-77, the Clippers failed to make the playoffs for 16 consecutive seasons. In 1981 the team changed hands, Sterling became the owner, moving the team to Los Angeles in 1984. But it has never been able to get rid of the identity of the fish belly team, and the best record is the division semifinals.
Compared with their city derby, the Lakers can be said to be one in the sky and one on the ground.
So there's a joke that the Lakers have two more away games than the rest of the league because of their game against the Clippers, and no matter who their home or away game, the fans who show up are the fans cheering for the Lakers.
Clippers: Embarrassment 。。。。。。
But this time it wasn't the home of the Clippers, but the home of the Bulls, and Li Ming returned to the home court to enjoy the cheers he hadn't enjoyed in a long time.
For the Bulls as a team, Li Ming is all there is to this team.
The Clippers as an away team, entered the United Center arena early to practice, and the biggest name of the current Clippers team may be Jordan Jr., but Uncle Liu Huang is also sad, if it wasn't for the Clippers blocking the door, I'm afraid he would have won the championship by now, after all, the Mavericks in those years had a blue-collar center like him.
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The beep sounds, the game is about to start, and the players on both sides come on the field.
The players on the Bulls' side don't need much introduction: point guard Li Ming, scoring guard LaVine, small forward Poundexter, power forward Mirotic, and center Lopez.
The Bulls' starters are point guard Miosteodosic, scoring guard Bradley, small forward Johnson, power forward Gallinelli, and center Jordan Jr.
Point guard Mioste Odosic was a player in '87, which means he's 30 years old... But this is his first season, and the average fan may not know him well, but overseas, he is a true basketball superstar.
He was the absolute core of CSKA Moscow, and he formed a backcourt pair with French star Nando De Colo known as the "European Splash Brothers", and Teodosic was also the core of the Serbian men's national basketball team, and in the group stage of the Rio Olympics, he led the Serbian team to almost overthrow the American Dream Team, losing by 3 points, and against the strong American team, Teodosic scored 18 points and provided 6 assists. In the final, Teodosic became the focus of the Dream Team, and Serbia failed to perform in the group stage again, unfortunately winning the silver medal.
But... Teodosic's moment of fame was much earlier than that.
On September 8, 2010, Beijing time, the quarterfinals of the World Championships were carried out non-stop in Istanbul, and the two European giants Serbia and Spain staged a peak duel, Serbia's young guard Teodosic cut 12 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists, and eliminated the defending champion Spain with a beautiful quasi-kill.
With 25 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Navarro made a shooting feint from the outside, and he directly distributed the ball inside to assist Gasol Jr. for a dunk to score, and the score was tied at 89-89. It was Serbia's last attack, the ball was in the hands of Teodosic, who dribbled to the front court to finish the final blow.
In order to prevent the Serbian team from directly choosing to shoot outside, the Spanish team deliberately arranged for the big man Gabajosa to defend on the line, but an unexpected scene happened, Teodosic dribbled on the line, and he faced Gabajosa's defense in the face of Gabajosa's defense and jumped directly to shoot three points when there was still one meter from the three-point line, and the ball drew an arc and fell into the basket! That's a magic three! Serbia beat Spain in a crucial moment thanks to Teodosic's miraculous shot.
Teodosic clenched his fists and raised his fists to the sky after the ball was shot, and let out a roar!
It was also after this goal that Teodosic entered the field of vision of many NBA general managers, including Morey.
According to reports, he once flew to Greece in a low-key manner, and his purpose was to scout two players, one is Shao Tetinidis nicknamed Little Shark, and the other is this Teodosic.
According to follow-up reports, the Rockets once offered Teodosic a contract, and at that time, the Rockets were competing for Teodosic at the same time as the Heat from the NBA and Spain's Real Madrid, when Real Madrid offered Teodosic a contract price of 4 years and 8 million euros, although the price of the Rockets did not break out, but it should be about the same as this price.
However, there was no specific report after that, and it is clear that the two sides did not reach an agreement.
I thought that Morey was unsuccessful as the general manager with the biggest movement, let alone others, but what I didn't expect was... In the summer of 2016, the king of Europe himself voluntarily revealed his desire to play in the NBA, and Teodosic said on his blog that after playing against the U.S. men's basketball team at the Olympics, he changed his mind and wanted to play against the best basketball players in the world.
Eventually, he landed in the NBA.
Teodosic and the Clippers have agreed to a two-year, $12.3 million contract with a player option for the second year, according to NBA Athletic OJ. On July 11, the two sides officially signed a contract.
And on October 20, 2017, the Clippers played against the Lakers on the road, and the 30-year-old Teodosic started his NBA debut, and he was also the first player to start in his NBA debut since Arvidas Sabonis in 1995.
On December 27, the Clippers defeated the Kings 122-95 at home, and Teodosic handed out 10 assists in this game, setting a new record for the number of assists in a single game in his NBA career.
On January 27, the Clippers defeated the Grizzlies 109-100 on the road, and Teodosic scored 18 points in this game, which also set a new career single-game scoring record.
And when Teodosic can play well, the Clippers can win, which proves how important he is to the team.