Chapter 153: Meet the Clippers
"Good evening friends and viewers, today is December 26, 2009 Cycle 6, welcome to watch the sports news column brought to you by Imperial Court Channel 5...... Here's the news from MLS! Today is the biggest annual festival for Westerners, Christmas, when almost all families are reunited, the athletes of the American professional basketball team are still carrying out regular training and games, and today the American professional basketball team has a total of five games, all of which are the focus of the battle! Our sports channel also broadcast the game between the Cavaliers and the Lakers at six o'clock in the morning, and finally the Cavaliers defeated the Lakers 102-87, American player Kobe Bryant scored a game-high 35 points, beating the little emperor LeBron James, but he was the only one who was strong, and there was really no way to help the Lakers win the game, only three people on the Lakers team scored double-doubles, including Artest scored 13 points, Pau Gasol scored 11 points, on the other hand, the Cavaliers, four scored double-doubles, The main contributor to the team's victory was the former Bucks player, Mo Williams, who contributed a total of 28 points today, a team-high, three three-point shots, and seven assists, LeBron James Jr. scored 26 points and delivered 9 assists, Shark Shaqui O'Neal contributed 11 points and 7 rebounds, and Gamario Moon, who came off the bench, also scored 13 points, and the Cavaliers can be said to be a big joy! And the remaining four games today, the Heat defeated the Knicks 93-87 on the road, the Clippers lost to the Western Neck Suns 93-124 on the road, and failed miserably, the Nuggets and the Trail Blazers had an offensive battle, Carmelo Anthony and Brandon Roy's mutual soaring points became the best show on the court, Anthony scored 32 points in the game, and Roy was even more domineering, and he scored 41 points in the game, which is really surprising, In the end, the Nuggets lost to the Trail Blazers 96-107 away! "At 9:30 p.m., every day's sports news reported today's game on time, and countless fans who didn't watch the game because of something in the morning were waiting in the evening to see the overview of today's game, hoping that the team they supported could win the game.
"The last game is the game between the Celtics and the Orlando Magic team of Chinese player Jiang Yang, before the start of this game, the Celtics lost a big general, the absence of the team's starting small forward Paul Pierce is a very important thing for the Celtics, after the game confirmed by the team, Paul Pierce strained his calf muscles during training, and it takes at least half a month to recuperate, and this game, Chinese player Jiang Yang, became the team's starting small forward, And he is the only player in the entire Celtics team who has scored more than 20 points, in addition to Jiang Yang, Garnett contributed 10 points and 7 rebounds, Tony Allen had 8 points and 4 rebounds, and Ray Allen scored 16 points in the game. Rondo had 14 points and 13 assists, Rashid Wallace had 11 points, and the Celtics won away from home! But after this game, Jiang Yang's biggest problem was exposed to everyone's sight, because he had not undergone formal training before, Jiang Yang's physical strength became a big problem, and at the end of the game, Jiang Yang even needed someone to help him walk back to the locker room...... This can't help but remind us of Yao Ming at the beginning, when Yao Ming first entered the NBA, he could only play about 20 minutes per game, how similar to Jiang Yang is now, the only difference is that Yao Ming entered the NBA as the champion, and Jiang Yang did not participate in the draft. At the same time, this also reflects a social problem, such as Jiang Yang, such an outstanding young man, no one knew before, this is really a loss for the country, I don't know how many talented children like Jiang Yang, at this time are living an ordinary life, please work together, contribute to Chinese sports, support the Basketball Association, support the General Administration of Sports of China...... Donation Tel: 010-12345678...... "Of course, the last half of the sentence, it is estimated that few people listened to it and donated to the Basketball Association...... That's purely brain-dead, and in this world, even the Red Cross can't believe it, let alone the Basketball Association.
No matter how the domestic speculation is, Jiang Yang, who is in Orlando at this time, is very uncomfortable anyway, Jiang Yang doesn't know how to get back to the hotel at night, and when he gets up at noon the next day, he stays in the hotel bed anyway.
As soon as ......he wanted to stand up, Jiang Yang felt that his body was almost no longer his own.
"Does it hurt so much...... Jiang Yang grinned, covering his arm, now he really felt that the muscles in his body were torn apart, Jiang Yang was an ordinary otaku before, when did he suffer such a crime.
This kind of feeling, only Jiang Yang felt it when he was in the Bulls, but he didn't expect it, it was only half a year, this feeling came again, Jiang Yang only felt sour and soft now, and he had no strength at all, and he opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling for half an hour, Jiang Yang eased up a little strength, sat up from the bed, and then put on his clothes and went to eat below.
When he came below, Jiang Yang found that the other players had already arrived, and they were chatting and laughing there.
"Hey, Jiang, how do you feel!" Seeing Jiang Yang go downstairs, Garnett smiled and teased Jiang Yang, even if they are old now, they have no problem playing on the court for more than thirty minutes, and Jiang Yang has only played for twenty-three minutes and it is over.
"Don't laugh at me, I feel like I want to die right now!" Jiang Yang glanced at Garnett, his current physical strength is indeed a huge problem, and Garnett only smiled when he heard Jiang Yang's words, he naturally knew the feeling of losing his strength.
"Okay, Jiang, hurry up and eat, I have to fly to Los Angeles in the afternoon, this consecutive away game is not a joke!" Looking at Jiang Yang's appearance, Ray Allen patted Garnett's shoulder, don't make fun of him at this time, he has to go to Los Angeles to play in the evening, and looking at Jiang Yang's appearance, he knows that even if he can play tonight, he is estimated to be in no state.
"Hey, your physical strength, you have to find a way!" Seeing Jiang Yang's helpless look, Doug Rivers next to him couldn't help but sigh, listening to Doug Rivers' words, Jiang Yang's face was full of wry smiles.
In fact, he also knew that he had a problem with his physical strength, but he didn't expect the problem to be so serious, originally in his opinion, when his physical strength was A-, he could basically play on the court for twenty or thirty minutes, after all, when he was in the Pistons, he also averaged more than twenty minutes of playing time per game, but in that copy, Jiang Yang's physical fitness was A, not A.
On the other hand, it is only one level worse, this level directly represents ten minutes on the court, and when he was in the Pistons, Jiang Yang basically didn't need to attack, he was all defensive, not like now he has to run at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, last night's overdraft was not accidental, if Jiang Yang didn't solve this problem, then the overdraft would become inevitable.
In fact, Jiang Yang didn't want to make his physical strength better, and now the opportunity was in front of him, but Jiang Yang didn't allow it because of his physical condition, so the playing time was very short.
After lunch, the Celtics players left Orlando in a bus and headed to the airport for Los Angeles.
There are two teams in Los Angeles, a legendary league powerhouse, the Purple and Gold, and the Los Angeles Lakers.
It is also the team with the most fans in the world now, without that one, even the Bulls can't compare with them, and a team always needs a weak team to set off its toughness, so it can be extremely perfect.
It's best that this weak team is still in the same city! Because in this way, when the city derby is played, the one-sided game is good-looking.
And this weak team is the Los Angeles Clippers, and the entire Clippers team is almost synonymous with a tragedy.
There are a lot of weak teams in the league, but after all, these weak teams have been brilliant in the past, and the Clippers ...... Anyway, they haven't been brilliant since their inception, and since joining the NBA in 1970, they have moved several times.
Every time, the popularity and the ball market have just improved, and the bigwigs of the Clippers can't sit still, move immediately, and then start again.
After moving to Los Angeles, they may think that they should not have to move anymore, but as long as they don't move away, it is estimated that they will always be the back of the Lakers, they played really well at the beginning of this year, with Camby and Carman's inside line and tower, which brought quite an impactful performance to the league, but the performance of 12-17 so far really made their fans can't roar, this year went shit luck, the selected champion, Blake Griffin, pulled his hips before the season started, Reimbursement for his rookie season, and now all you can look forward to is his performance next season.
On November 27, 2009, just after the first day of the three-day Christmas holiday, the Celtics came to Los Angeles to challenge the Clippers.
Before the start of the game, after injuries on both sides, the Clippers' other interior mainstay, Camby, was injured unexpectedly in the last game, so he couldn't play today...... But can a campie compare to Pierce? That's impossible.
The starting lineups on both sides today are as follows, on the Clippers side, center DeAndre Jordan, who was the fifth rookie in the second round last year, is a very good coolie center under the basket, who works hard defensively, and is willing to be ordinary, and things like blocking people and letting teammates get rebounds are not uncommon in him, and it can be said that he is a very good team-based support talent.
Another center, another German big man from Germany with Nowitzki, Chris Carman, who has performed extremely eye-catching this season, has performed many times this season 20+10 performances, he and Camby are one offense and one defense, at least in the league, they can definitely be regarded as a pair of super interior lines, but recently I heard that the Clippers' top management is going to be brain-dead again...... They may feel that Camby has a bit of an injury, so they may have a plan to deal with Camby and bring someone else.
The small forward is Al Thorton, a player who has little reputation and can play All-Star level stats when he plays well.
When I beat my sister-in-law...... Ahem, ten shots a game, and if one doesn't score, it's him...... He is more on the field and defensive...... But who has ever heard of a super outside defender in the league named Al Thorton.
The scoring guard is Eric Gordon, the seventh rookie in the first round last year, a two-way guard with a height of 191 cm, the main position is a scoring guard, and you can also play a cameo role as a point guard, this guy's level is really good.
In his second year, he has already shown his razor-sharp offensive talent, playing in 78 games and starting 65 in his rookie season.
He can contribute 16.1 points per game, shooting 45.6% from the field, which can be described as quite sharp, although the shooting rate has decreased this year, but the score has increased, before this game, his average score per game was 16.9, which is a great improvement.
The point guard of the Clippers is the original bandit leader, and the current captain once led the Warriors to achieve the Black Eight Miracle Super Big Beard, Byron Davis, this is another victim under the iron fist policy of the old Nelson, in the Warriors, there is usually only one person's voice, and that is the old Nelson. This old guy is quite powerful, in charge of the top management, down the players, the players have to play according to his instructions, which is somewhat similar to Larry Brown, but Larry Brown plays the academy, requires an equal distribution of players and team defense, and sometimes encounters a player like Iverson, he will also develop his own tactics for Iverson, but old Nelson is not like this...... He started the game all about his mood.
What he wants is madness, what he wants is chaos, winning in chaos, everything is based on offense and fast attack!
Whether it's a superstar or an unknown player, in his team, if you don't shoot when you should shoot, you will be scolded, and if you shoot when you shouldn't, even if you can't shoot, his old Nelson will not scold.
It is precisely because of this that the Warriors can't keep superstars, such as Byron Davis, and now Captain Stephen Jackson, and of course, on the other hand, because the Warriors' owners are a little too picky...... That's the Clippers' lineup today, and the Celtics have the same lineup as they did in the last game.
Jiang Yangchu appeared in the starting small forward position, but no one expects him to play for how long now...... Jiang Yang can stand here at the same time, all because he has asked the masseur to press him all day today!
Fortunately, these two games are not back-to-back, otherwise Jiang Yang is estimated to be weak even if he sits on the sidelines!
Although Jiang Yang can't be compared with Pierce, but Jiang Yang and no Jiang Yang are two things, the game just opened with Jiang Yang, the Celtics' offense and defense are very perfect, it's time to jump the ball, Perkins once again played his due level, the basketball was taken away by DeAndre Jordan, Chris Carman received the ball, and then passed the ball to Byron Davis.
Davis received the ball and went straight to the basket for a layup, and Rondo's position was a little bad at this time, and he easily shook it away.
Byron Davis is an All-Star caliber player, and his trick is to change lanes between dribbles.
Today, he was like this, he easily wiped Rondo, and directly entered the inner line, originally he thought that after erasing Rondo, he would be safe, but he didn't notice Jiang Yang, who had been buried next to him.
At the moment when Byron Davis made a layup, Jiang Yang was like a hunting dog, suddenly came out from the side, and slapped the ball of Byron Davis's layup.
With Jiang Yang on the court, in addition to Byron Davis who is still strong, another strong player, Eric Gordon, was directly prevented by Jiang Yang, and missed three consecutive shots, while Jiang Yang on the other side took advantage of this opportunity to hit one after another.
In the three minutes of the game, Jiang Yang hit the first three-pointer of the game, directly turning the score into a 13-6 lead of the opponent by 7 points, and then less than thirty seconds, Jiang Yang hit another shot, turning the score into 15-6, until Byron Davis broke through Rondo and forced a layup, only to slowly chase the score back, but even so, when Jiang Yang was on the court in the first quarter, the Celtics still led the opponent 17-11 and stopped the Clippers, and then Jiang Yang was out of the court.
In the first quarter of the game, Jiang Yang played 6 minutes and 12 seconds, and in the second quarter, Jiang Yang played 5 minutes and 11 seconds, at the end of the half, the Celtics led the opponent by 6 points at 52-46 and entered the second half.
The continuous mid-range shooting failed to pull Jiang Yang to a 12-point difference, narrowing it to only four points.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Celtics only led the opponent by 4 points at 73-69, and Jiang Yang had been on the court for 18 minutes at this time.
In the fourth quarter, the Clippers narrowed the score to just one point several times, until there were 3:07 left in the game, and Carman hit a shot, and the Clippers trailed by two points at 86-88.
At this time, Garnett missed the shot, and the Clippers had a good opportunity to equalize, but unfortunately Gordon walked in a violation, and Ray Allen broke through to a layup at a critical moment to pull the score away to a four-point difference, but after that, the Celtics players missed consecutive shots.
The Clippers hit a three-point shot with 8.5 seconds left in the game, and with the free throws just now, they successfully tied the score at 90-90.
(To be continued)