Chapter 126: Four consecutive wins at the end of the month
After the win over the Bucks, the Clippers continue to host the Nets. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe Nets are still strong, Kidd, Carter, and Jefferson are all fine, only the interior Kostic is injured and cannot play. However, the Nets, who have three stars, are still not idle, and their record is even, ranking sixth or seventh in the East.
The Clippers are also lacking inside, and the strengths of the two teams are now on the outside, and they really don't know who loses and who wins. Kidd vs. Kassel, the two veterans have their own strengths, Kidd has power, Kassel has speed.
Liu Su competes with Carter, Liu Su has the advantage, although Carter can still fly now, but his strength is not as good as in the Raptors, and he and Jefferson have some overlap in the position of play, if it weren't for Jefferson from time to time to top the No. 4 position, he should have to fight with Jefferson for the ball.
Jefferson has an advantage against the rest of the Clippers, whether it's Ryan Gomez, Ricky Davis, or Kress Smith, none of them are as tough as Jefferson. However, Jefferson's back play skills are not very good, and there should be no problem defending.
After the game started, the Clippers changed their defensive formation, Liu Su defended Kidd, Rose defended Carter, and Ryan Gomez defended Jefferson, and the three of them wanted to strangle the Nets' three strong points. Even if Mickey Moore scores 30 points on Kassel's head, the Clippers can win, you must know that Mickey Moore only averages about 5 points per game, can you expect such a player to dominate the game?
Kidd saw that it was Liu Su who was defending himself, and deliberately wanted to use his strength to crush the past. But as soon as he came into contact, he found that Liu Su's strength was not small, and it really took some effort to crush the past.
When the two were competing, Cassel came over to throw the ball and dropped the ball at once, Liu Su immediately ran over to pick up the ball, and rushed to the front court with Cassel.
Kidd was too slow, Jefferson played too deep at small forward, and there was no time to turn, only Carter followed, and the front court played two to one. Carter followed Liu Su, Liu Su passed the ball into the penalty area outside the three-point line, Cassel received the ball and made a layup, all in one go, Carter was too late to make up for the defense.
Carter was not in a very good state today, and under Rose's defense, he only hit one of the 5 shots in the first quarter, which was a complete soy sauce. Jefferson was average, shooting 2-of-4 and had no highlights. Kidd only struggled to score 3 points under Liu Su's defense, making a layup and a free throw.
In turn, the Clippers relied on defensive counterattacks to play a lot of easy offense, Liu Su and Cassel both scored 10 points, and Rose also hit a mid-range shot on the counterattack.
The interior of the two teams didn't show much of a performance, mainly acting as a blue-collar guaranteed rebound.
In the second quarter, Rajon Rondo replaced Kassel, and the Clippers lineup was adjusted, Rajon Rondo's strength was stronger than Liu Su, and Kidd was defended by him, as long as Kidd couldn't break through into the interior, he wouldn't be a threat at all, you must know that Kidd's scoring ability is not strong, what is strong is organization and rebounding.
Rajon Rondo is known as Kidd Jr., and the whole thing is a copy of Kidd, just like Wade claims to be 193 Jordan.
Kidd can only rely on experience to break through once or twice against Rajon Rondo, but in the face of Ryan Gomez's supplement, he also has to choose to pass, and he struggles to score in front of Ryan Gomez, who is good at defending defenders.
After Liu Su and Carter aligned, Carter's shooting rate improved slightly, but it was still not accurate. Liu Su's defense is not as bad as Ross, but his height is not as tall as Ross, which gives Carter a loophole.
But on the offensive end, Carter couldn't defend Liu Su at all. Carter used to be a super defensive player, but since leaving the Raptors, his defensive attitude has been problematic, and he often leaks people in games. The well-defended Trailblazers all allowed Liu Su to score 103 points, how many points did Liu Su score if the defense was not tight?
In the whole game, Liu Su made 21 of 32 shots, 7 of 13 three-pointers, and 5 of 6 free throws, scoring 54 points and 12 assists. If it weren't for Jefferson's sudden outburst in the third quarter, scoring 21 points in a single quarter, the Clippers would have ended the game in the third quarter.
After the win over the Nets, the Clippers had a day off before taking on the Timberwolves. Speaking of which, the Timberwolves are unlucky enough, the record is not good, Margeti was injured again two days ago, Garnett has his own support on the court, although the rookie Randy Foye is very good, but has not grown up, and is currently a role player.
The Clippers were understaffed, and Garnett began to show his might, turning the Clippers' interior line upside down. He played 38 minutes and scored 49 points and 21 rebounds.
Unfortunately, the Timberwolves still lost the game by seven points. The reason for losing the game is that the outside line is not good, after Margeti was injured, there was no strongman in the third position, and Randy Fuye and Liu Su were abused against each other.
Liu Su played 32 minutes and had 42 points and 18 assists. Cassel had 15 points and 11 assists, and Rajon Rondo had 12 points and 7 assists, twice as many assists as the Timberwolves, and if it weren't for the Timberwolves grabbing a lot of rebounds, the game would not have dragged on until the end of the fourth quarter.
After the win over the Timberwolves, the Clippers went on to play the SuperSonics on back-to-back roads. The supersonic sent away Ray Allen, and only Shalad Lewis was the star of the whole team, and the other players were the former Clippers veterans, and Wilcox, who didn't deal with Liu Su, was not bad, and only Rednor scored a double-double for the rest of the people.
Sharad Lewis is a type of power forward like Nowitzki, who shoots well from long range and often shoots three-pointers, but his skills on the interior are not very good. However, he doesn't have the trick of the Golden Rooster independently, so he can't lead the team to win alone.
Dunleavy Sr. asked the two people in the No. 4 position to follow Sharad Lewis closely before the game, as long as he received the ball, he would stick to the past, and he would not let him shoot the ball, and it would be difficult to shoot without the space to shoot.
Restrained Shalad Lewis, Wilcox defended by Ross, and Ridno defended by Cassel, not seeking to be completely restricted, as long as they didn't explode.
The supersonic game is average, but the Clippers play very well! Ryan Gomez played passionately, and Liu Su was willing to pass the ball to him, and as a result, he scored 31 points, reaching a career-high score. Liu Su also benefited a lot, with 9 assists on Ryan Gomez alone, and the total assists rose to 20 again, reaching 23.
At the end of January, the Clippers won four in a row, with an 8-7 record throughout January, and Liu Su averaged 33.7 points, 16.3 assists and 5.1 rebounds per game. However, Liu Su only played six games in January, and the team's record was not good, so he did not receive any honors.
After the game enters February, the game begins to enter the white-hot stage, especially after the All-Star Game, when the teams begin to enter the life and death, those who can enter the playoffs begin to exert strength, and those who can't enter begin to mess up, strive for a high draft pick, so as to choose a better rookie, and the team will rebuild.
So at this time, the strong teams are getting harder and harder to play, and the weak teams are getting easier and harder. Of course, there are some teams that are not good or bad, they are in a very awkward situation, they are on the edge of the playoffs, it's a pity to give up, it's a pity not to give up, the competition is too fierce, if you wait until the end of the day, you can't draw a good lottery, and every year several teams are ruined like this.