Chapter 51 The All-Star List is Determined
As it turned out, the old Dunleavy was right, O'Neal is still dominant, and the old Dunleavy used the shark slashing tactic from the first quarter, and the whole game was interrupted from time to time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Faced with less than 50% of the free throw rate, O'Neal was also sad. He was fouled a whopping 32 times and made 60 free throws throughout the game, only hitting 26 of them, scoring 44 points in the game, and shooting less than half of the theoretical shots at a rate of less than half, which is too low for a center.
Wade was limited by Rose and Liu Su throughout the game, and he couldn't break through, so his power was naturally greatly reduced, and he scored 15 points in the whole game, which was completely inconsistent with the identity of a super scorer.
Others played even worse, and some didn't even have a chance to shoot before the Clippers hit O'Neal and made him make a free throw.
After the game, Heat head coach Pakleli angrily scolded the Clippers for being shameless and turned basketball into a free throw shootout. Old Dunleavy responded with a smile: You can also let our players make free throws?
Let the Clippers players make free throws? That one? Jean Brand or Carman? Among the insiders, Carman has the lowest free throw percentage, which is also nearly 80%, and everyone else is more accurate than Carman's free throws. Brera Schiax is a European centre-forward who shoots 83 per cent from the free-throw line. Eundong came up for a foul, and the whole game came up for 4 minutes, sending six fouls down. Hayes' free throws were more accurate than Breraxia's, reaching 85 percent. Brand, Singleton, and David Lee all made free throws above 80, and using foul tactics was to send a share to the Clippers.
After beating the Heat, the January game was all over. The Clippers are 12-3, and Liu Su is elected the best player and rookie in the West with an average of 25.1 points and 16.1 assists per game.
That night, the All-Star voting also ended, and Liu Su became the vote king with 2.41 million votes, and Kobe, Maddy, Duncan, and Yao Ming became the starters in the West.
The coach chose the bench, the Clippers' Brand, Grizzlies Gasol, Timberwolves Garnett, Mavericks Nowitzki, Suns Marion, SuperSonics Ray Allen, and Suns Nash.
The starting lineup in the East is also very strong, with center Shaquille O'Neal, power forward Jermaine O'Neal, small forward LeBron James, scoring guard Wade, and point guard Iverson
The bench lineup is Ben Wallace and Rasheed Wallace for the Pistons, Bosh for the Raptors, Pierce for the Celtics, Vince Carter for the Nets, Hamilton and Billups for the Pistons.
However, due to O'Neal Jr.'s injury, the All-Star period will definitely not get better, so he will miss the All-Star, so the coaches selected Rasheed Wallace in the starting lineup and selected the Wizards' Arenas to come off the bench.
This year's All-Star will be held at the Toyota Center in Houston, home to Yao Ming Maddie.
This time, the All-Star coach has also been confirmed, and the West is Dunleavy Sr., and the Clippers are now in second place, losing only one more game than the Spurs. And last year, Spurs head coach Popovich already served as an All-Star coach, so he can't be an All-Star head coach this year, and the second old Dunleavy will fill in. Eastern Conference head coach Pistons head coach Sanders, Pistons this year has a much better record than the Heat, the same as the Spurs.
The Clippers have two All-Star players this year, which makes Clippers fans finally exhale and raise their eyebrows, because the Lakers only have one, which has become one thing they are more proud of than Lakers fans.
Liu Su was also relieved to learn that the All-Star was set, he took out a form and put a check mark on the 06 All-Star option, and next to the All-Star option, there was a parenthesis that said 19 times Abdul-Jabbar.
This is the most played NBA record, set by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Liu Su strives to break this record, and he will only play for 20 years until 2026, when he is 39 years old, just in time to retire. If you can ensure that your body is not bothered by injuries, you may be able to fight until you are over 40 years old.
On February 2, the Clippers challenged the Magic away, and the Magic, who did not have any players entering the All-Star this year, did not have much passion, and the mood of the fans was generally not high, and the attendance rate was about 85%, which can be said to be a lot less.
The Magic missed the playoffs this year, and it was already good to be able to play above 80% attendance, thanks to the team's live Howard, otherwise there would be fewer fans watching the game.
As the season progresses, the Clippers are getting stronger and stronger, and the Clippers are currently the team with the best playing time, with an average of 28 minutes played. The Clippers are also the team that creates the most garbage time, averaging as many as 7 minutes per game, and most teams basically surrender in three quarters when they meet the Clippers, and only the strong teams can play with the Clippers to the end.
In the face of the Clippers, the Magic had no ability to resist, surrendered in the third quarter, and there was no pressure at all.
Then the Clippers take on the Celtics on the road, and the Celtics are in a much better situation than the Magic. As a giant, the Celtics have a very big background, so there is no chance to enter the playoffs, the support of the fans is still strong, and Pierce has also entered the All-Star, and the cheers of the fans are much greater than the Magic.
Not enough, both the Celtics and the Magic are the same belly, and only Pierce himself supports it. The Clippers also have swing men, although Margeti is worse than Pierce, but the gap is not big, and with good teammates around him to check and fill in the gaps, Pierce is limited.
Once again, the Clippers won one game comfortably, winning three on the road in a row. With half of the six away games, the Clippers' mission is basically completed, and the next three Clippers will play against the Raptors, Knicks and Pistons.
The Raptors are also not a strong team, and only Bosh himself is not bad, Brand's Carman has limited Bosh very well, he is not O'Neal, two fists are invincible to four hands, and the Raptors were quickly cut off.
The Knicks are even more of a mess, there are many powerful people in the players, but none of them can enter the All-Star, which makes the Knicks players somewhat embarrassed, and some fans even boo them, making the Clippers players see a lot of jokes.
The Knicks wanted to use the Clippers as a scapegoat, wanting to beat the Clippers to earn back some face, but made sure the Clippers cleaned up in the third quarter. The Clippers told the Knicks with the facts, you are still a fish belly, no different from other fish belly teams.
After playing the Knicks, the Clippers will face the Pistons back-to-back. The Pistons have four All-Stars, which is a precedent for All-Stars, and the starting five are all All-Stars except for Puslin, no wonder they have the first record!
The Clippers suffered a lot of physical loss from consecutive away games, and the schedule was too dense, and playing six games in 10 days was very tiring to catch up with six places.
The tired Clippers collapsed in front of the Pistons' luxurious lineup, and although Liu Su hit a three-pointer at the end of the fourth quarter to send the game into overtime, the Clippers collapsed at the end of overtime and lost by 4 points.