Chapter Fifty-Six: Against the Air Pick-up Brigade

The next morning, the Pacers continued to the arena, but this time it was different from yesterday, today they simply did some warm-up exercises, did some tactical drills, and then Coach Frank gathered the team, and then made a tactical adjustment against the Clippers tonight and disbanded the team.

When it comes to the Clippers, it's been a long conversation. From the Bill Wharton era, to the Danny Manning era, and then before the start of the 2001-02 season, the Clippers made a deal with the Bulls with Tyson Chandler, the star of the roster in their hands, and acquired the league-coveted power forward Wizards: Elton Brand.

In the 2001-02 season, the impressive young people almost reached the peak of the team, and by the time there was one month left in the regular season, the team's winning percentage had recovered to over 50 percent, Johnson, who had been promoted to head coach, abandoned the conventional style of play, and the re-established running banner made the Clippers one of the most spectatorous teams in the league.

But the 3-13 record in April taught the Clippers a big lesson, and it couldn't be more appropriate to describe the Clippers, who finished with a 39-43 record but still missed the playoffs.

In the 2005-06 season, the Clippers used Chris Wilcox as a bargaining chip in exchange for Serbian and Montenegro small forward Vlademir Radmanovic, who was known for his long-range shooting at the supersonic speeds, which improved the team's previous headache outside shooting percentage.

From 1996-97 to 2005-06, the Clippers stood on the court again in May with a 47-35 regular season record after a nine-year absence from the playoffs, and squeezed into the top four of the league to ensure their first-round home-court advantage. However, in the second round of the playoffs, he was eliminated by the Phoenix Suns with a total score of 4-3 and missed the Western Conference Finals.

But when it comes to things related to the current Clippers, it all starts with the lucky lottery of the Clippers in 2009. They used the pick to pick Blake Griffin, the favorite of the year, but Griffin became only the second pick in the last three seasons to not play a minute in his entire rookie season. In this season, the Clippers have a poor record of just 29-53 and a low scoring efficiency: 28th.

The following year, the team started with just 1 win and 13 losses. Just when the audience thought the Clippers were going to spend another season in the ordinary, Blake Griffin activated the entire Clippers team. Griffin relied on super physical fitness and terrible interior lethality to help the Clippers win 12 out of 17 games by beating strong teams such as the Heat and Lakers.

However, due to injury problems, the team ended up with only 32 wins and 50 losses. But in terms of players: Griffin averaged 22.5 points, 12.1 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, becoming the first rookie to be selected for the All-Star Game after Yao Ming in 2003.

A large part of the Clippers' success in recent years is thanks to Clippers owner Donald Sterling. Since acquiring Paul in December 2011, the Clippers have built themselves into championship contenders without a shortage of money... This kind of local tyrant strategy has reappeared in the operation this summer, bringing in Rivers, taking Redick, recruiting Dudley, bringing in Jamison, and a number of efficient coolies.

Visually, the Clippers are going to win the Atlantic Division championship again this year. The tragic playoff game in which the Clippers lost to the Grizzlies last year has exposed the Clippers' biggest problem: flying birds everywhere and no back-to-back shots. This squad may seem strong, but only Paul and Griffin can truly lead the team's future.

Fortunately, compared to the fans of the other team in Los Angeles, the fans of the Clippers are very lucky. This season, they were fortunate to have discovered DeAndre Jordan as an interior pillar from the team, and the rise of the interior gate has also made great progress in their results this season, and they are currently in third place in the West with 49 wins and 22 losses. And it's worth saying that by April 2014, Clippers owner Donald Sterling had been at the helm of the Clippers for 32 years and 10 months, making him the longest-serving NBA owner.

Before four o'clock in the afternoon, Ye Xuan drove his luxurious Ferrari Enzo out of the garage and then went to the Consec Arena. Time passed quickly, and after Ye Xuan arrived at the arena for a warm-up practice, the game was about to start, and Coach Frank in the locker room also reminded everyone to focus on today's defensive object, no doubt - Chris Paul, and of course beware of another Clippers All-Star - Blake Griffin.

At the beginning of the game, DeAndre Jordan showed his extraordinary bounce and easily gave the racket to Paul, and Ye Xuan, who played as the starting point guard today, immediately followed Paul to prevent him from starting suddenly.

After Paul found that there was no chance of fast attack, he pressed down the rhythm and slowly advanced to the frontcourt, facing Ye Xuan, who was taller and stronger than himself, Paul first tested it with his breakthrough, and then found that Ye Xuan's lateral movement was also very good, so he waved his hand and beckoned Griffin to come forward to help block and dismantle, after blocking Ye Xuan, Griffin quickly cut into the inside, and Paul's pass came just right.

Griffin jumped high to grab the basketball passed by Paul, and in the face of David West, who also jumped high, he did not choose to use the violent direct dunk as before, but cleverly used his advantage of being faster on the second jump to take the ball down and then quickly jumped out of his hand to score two points on the board.

Ye Xuan came to the front court with the ball, and in the face of Paul, Ye Xuan chose a conservative style of play and handed the ball directly to Pickle Pepper, after all, this was the first time he faced the league's top point guard.

Pickled Pepper caught the ball and beat Matt Barnes, Barnes is also one of the top defensive players in the league, in the face of Pickled Pepper's forced breakthrough, calmly stuck the position of Pickled Pepper in one of the directions, Pickled Pepper did not dare to forcibly break through from the other side, because he knew that the opponent's interior line had a top defender who averaged 2.5 blocks per game, so he suddenly reached halfway through, and suddenly chose to stop and step back to shoot, today's hand is obviously much better than the last game, and the basketball is hollow into the net.

Paul took possession of the ball again and came to the frontcourt, took advantage of the sudden change of direction to shake off the position, attracted the pickled pepper next to him to come to the defense, and then passed the ball to J.J. Redick in the bottom left corner with a behind-the-back pass, and Redick didn't hesitate to hit it directly. With two offenses and two assists, Paul fully demonstrated his ability to be the league's No. 1 point guard.