Chapter 112: Four Consecutive Defeats
After arriving in Memphis, the morale of the Clippers players was still not strong, the whole game was sluggish, and the mental state was not very good. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info and the day before the physical strength had been consumed too much in San Antonio, many people couldn't run.
After playing, only Liu Su's physical strength was still sufficient, and the others were not in much shape. Liu Su also wanted to pass the ball to others to see if they could recover, but five minutes passed, and no one could score the ball and was beaten 18-0 by the Grizzlies.
Liu Su had no choice but to turn on the personal scoring mode, pass the defender in one step, and then score a stop-and-go jump shot. The elder Dunleavy also saw that the players were not in shape, so he shouted on the sidelines to defend, strengthen the defense and strive not to be pulled too many points.
The Grizzlies are still playing with Rudy Gay, Gasol still needs a little time to get better, and now the Grizzlies are relying more on Rudy Gay.
Compared to scoring efficiency, no one in the league is better than Liu Su, he can easily get open spots, and then shoot to score, and the three-point shot is incomparable.
But basketball is not something that can be played alone, and no matter how good Liu Su is, he can't pick five. After hitting a few balls in a row, the Grizzlies began to wrap him, so that Liu Su created an empty space for others, and if he didn't score in the empty shot, then don't come out to play, not everyone is a Kwame Brown, and he doesn't have the ability to shoot in the open position.
By the second quarter, things were slightly better, with David Lee and Ricky Davis providing plenty of firepower. However, it was only a drop in the bucket, temporarily tied with the Grizzlies, and the 12-point hole dug in the first quarter was not filled at all.
In the second half, Rudy Gay suddenly broke out, and whoever couldn't defend the No. 3 position, whether it was Ryan Gomez, Ricky Davis or Rose, became a sieve in front of Rudy Gay.
Rudy Gay scored 20 points in the third quarter and scuttled the Clippers in one fell swoop. With 22 points trailing in the third quarter, it was too hard to catch up.
When the old Dunleavy saw it, he didn't want to overtake, but simply replaced the main force and announced his surrender. Anyway, the winning streak is over, and it doesn't matter if you lose two games in a row. This year's roster has been nerfed down quite a bit, and Dunleavy Sr. doesn't want anyone to get hurt anymore.
At 112:96, the Clippers lost by 16 points, losing two games in a row.
After the loss, the Clippers had a day off, and after returning to Los Angeles, Dunleavy Sr. immediately contacted Gillermo Diaz and signed him to a contract again, this time until the end of the season. Then he chose Jacobson, who was cut by the Rockets, from among the free agents to fill the guard line.
Guillermo Diaz is the No. 1 position, with physical strengths, but the fundamentals are poor, full of impact, and he does not have three-point ability. Jacobson is the No. 2 position, with strong three-point ability, but he is physically weak and does not have the ability to fight, just a bench player.
The two are not in the squad for the time being, and it will take two days to report.
On the 12th, the Clippers face the Spurs at home. After a day of rest, the Clippers players still haven't recovered. Life is so wonderful, one person's state is likely to affect the state of others, everyone in the Clippers seems to be infected with each other, the state continues to be sluggish, and even Liu Su is not in good shape.
The Spurs played an easier game than they did on the court, and the Clippers shot in the fifth minute of the fourth quarter and lost by 13 points.
With another loss, the Clippers are on a three-game losing streak.
On the 14th, the Clippers hosted the Jazz, and the Clippers players improved their condition, but they encountered an outbreak of Jazz players, Boozer and Kirilenko both scored 20 points, plus Delon, Oku, and Brewer, and the five scored a total of more than 90 points.
After losing four games in a row, old Dunleavy saw that this was not good, so he found Liu Su, and the two talked for two hours.
"Liu, the team is not in great shape at the moment, although I am not worried about whether the team will be able to make the playoffs. But the higher the team, the better it is for the team, and if we are too low, we will meet the strong teams sooner. Spurs are strong this year, and they are the favourites to win the title, and I don't want to run into it in the first round. ”
"So what should I do? The team has injuries, the squad is flawed, what can I do to help the team? Liu Su was also very confused, if he said what tactics to use, he still had a way, but now is obviously not the time when tactics can work.
Old Dunleavy nodded and said, "Liu, I need you to stand up now." You're the core, you need to take the initiative to step up and score, I'll give you unlimited shots when you play the Trail Blazers, use your efficiency to help the team, you know, you're the defender with the highest shooting percentage in the league. ”
Liu Su nodded, if he was allowed to shoot 50 times, he would be able to score more than 80 points, plus other people would get a little points, and he would easily score 100 points. 50 shots may seem like a lot, but in another game it's only the majority. A team can take about 80 shots in a game, and a team that plays fast break can have nearly 100 shots.
There is a criterion for the league's outside scoring ability, which is called the 180 Club. If you can enter this 180 club, then it can prove that this outside line has super scoring ability.
180 club, is a shooting percentage + three-point shooting rate + free throw shooting rate of 180%. And Liu Su has already entered this club last season, and it has exceeded a lot, reaching 190 clubs.
Liu Su's shooting rate last season reached an astonishing 62%, which was higher than some inside, with a three-point shooting rate of 46%, a free throw shooting rate of 91%, and a 199% shooting rate, and he almost entered the 200 club, which has no one for the time being, and there is only Nash in the 190 club for the time being.
Liu Su is the second person in the 190 club, and it is very likely that he will enter the 200 club in a few years and become the player with the highest scoring efficiency.
It's not that Liu Su doesn't like scoring, but he likes assists even more. There is a reason why he likes assists, before he was reborn, Liu Su didn't have much basketball talent, and when he played basketball with his friends, he could only pass the ball and send assists, and it almost became a subconscious thing to play for more than ten years. That's what makes him fun playing.
Old Dunleavy patted Liu Su on the shoulder and said, "Now the team needs you, needs you to score, and use all means to put the ball into the basket."
Liu Su nodded silently, and then said: "I will try my best to score, and it is also very good to win a scoring champion this season."
Old Dunleavy laughed and said: "If you want to become the scoring champion, you have to hurry, Kobe Bryant's scoring champion last season averaged 35 points per game, if you score less than this, it will make many people say that you are not as good as Kobe." And the owner definitely wants you to surpass Kobe Bryant and become the No. 1 star in Los Angeles and let the Clippers surpass the Lakers. If you can really beat Kobe, I'll tell the owner and change the jersey the way you want. ”