Chapter 33: Big Ben
When Griffin woke up in the morning, Sam had returned to his usual calm and cool appearance, and he didn't have any expression when he saw Griffin, but Griffin's little cheap appearance of squeezing his eyebrows at Sam made Sam's cheeks twitch a little. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The reason for getting up early in the morning was that Griffin was going to take his parents and brother to the airport, although his parents were old there, but they were in good health, and they didn't look tired at all.
"Hey Taylor, I must try to find the ball to play this time, wasn't it awesome at school back then?"
"Haha, don't worry, little Griffin, your brother and I will definitely find the ball to play, it was awesome back then, and it's awesome now!"
There was nothing uneasy about his parents and brother together, and after careful advice, everyone separated, and Griffin was sometimes glad that his brother was in some turmoil now, and it would be enough to choke if Gail and Tommy Sr. had been staring at him.
At noon today, Griffin must return to Indiana to challenge the Pacers, Indiana is a state in the east-central United States, bordered by Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north, Ohio to the east, Illinois to the west, and Kentucky across the Ohio River to the south.
So it can be regarded as a more convenient state, and from the name, it can also be known that this place used to belong to the Indians and was a colony. The walker is located in Indianapolis, the capital of Indiana.
In addition to walking, Indianapolis is home to two excellent universities, Purdue University and the University of Notre Dame.
The current Pacers also do not have the glory of previous years, and are more of a task of cultivating newcomers, striving to return to the ranks of the strong team as soon as possible, and the age of the team is also relatively young, this year's newly drafted interior titan Hans Bru, last year's rookies Shipper and Rush, and the famous technical interior Murphy.
The game was very anxious before halftime, and the speed of the Pacers outside Ford once made Gordon a little embarrassed, but Carman and Griffin can be said to have blown up the Pacers inside.
By halftime, Griffin had grabbed five offensive rebounds, and Griffin had only grabbed eight rebounds in total. Carman also likes Griffin's way of grabbing the board, and he never fights for defensive rebounds, so his rebounding stats are not too ugly.
Offensive rebounds are hard to get, first of all, you have to face not only the opponent's interior position, but also the uncertainty of the rebounding point, the opponent has five people to grab you, but Griffin's prediction largely solves this problem.
As long as it's not too far, Griffin can use his body to compete with the opponent in advance, so in the upcoming November schedule, Griffin's high-end statistical rebounding rate is a terrifying 25%.
In the second half, after the Clippers strengthened their outside defense, the game began to lose suspense, and in the 6th minute of the third quarter, Griffin blocked and dismantled Hibbert after receiving Gordon's pass, and directly dunked Hibbert to the ground!
In the third quarter, three minutes later, Griffin made a comeback, and after receiving the ball in the high post, the three threats shook off Hansbrough, and rushed in with a powerful slam dunk, because of Hansbru's tenacious pursuit, so it also became the background emperor.
In the final quarter, Griffin's one-arm vigorous dunk that rushed in after Thorton hit the iron not only dunked the ball into the basket, but also knocked Murphy directly out of the baseline! Even away from home, the crowd had to let out an exclamation.
In this way, the Clippers won the game bloodlessly, Griffin had 23 points and 15 rebounds, Gordon had 21 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, and Carman had 19 points and 7 rebounds. For the Pacers, except for Murphy, who scored 18 points, the rest of them were mediocre.
Before leaving the next day, the Clippers visited Lower Purdue University, which Griffin strongly requested, Purdue University may not be very well-known in China, but in fact, Purdue University is very strong.
The national ranking is also around 50 to 60, and this is the ranking when he does not have a law school, although the school is good, but the famous school in Los Angeles is not far behind, why did Griffin go out of his way to visit this school.
The reason is that when it comes to a well-known alumnus of this school, all Chinese descendants will make a voice of sudden realization, he is the father of two bombs and one star, the father of China's atomic bomb, and a god-level figure who supports China's national defense science and technology with one hand, Deng Jiaxian.
Griffin admired Deng Jiaxian in his previous life, and now that he has the opportunity to visit Deng Jiaxian's alma mater up close, he must seize this opportunity.
During the visit, Griffin also played the role of a tour guide, and popularized the story of Deng Jiaxian to the whole team, saying that when he gave up his U.S. green card and favorable conditions in that era and resolutely returned to China to serve the motherland, everyone's expressions became very serious and serious.
Americans are also very patriotic, and all American basketball players want to play for their country at least once for the U.S. national team, so they will have more respect for this kind of person who cares about the motherland.
After visiting Purdue, the Clippers rushed to Detroit, the automobile city of the eastern United States.
Needless to say, the Detroit Pistons had a defensive battle with the Spurs a few years ago, and the prestige of the two Wallaces has not yet dissipated.
However, the current Pistons are not what they used to be, and the heroes of the year are not only scattered, but even Ben Wallace, who is now in the lineup, has just returned to the Pistons after going around in a big circle outside.
However, Griffin looked at Ben Wallace, who was seriously warming up in the opposite half, and was still very impressed, this is a legend who has not yet retired, and left his name in the history of the NBA as an undrafted player, a few days ago Big Ben got the 1200th steal of his career against the Suns, and thus became the fourth player in NBA history to get more than 2000 blocks and more than 1200 steals.
The top three are Celtic chief Parish, Big Dream Olajuwon, and Navy Captain Robinson.
Now the heroes of the past are no longer as brave as they used to be, but the monument is still there, and Griffin will use all his strength to pay tribute to his predecessors.
Griffin is such a mentality, and the opposite side of Big Ben is even more so, during this time Griffin is in the limelight, the new favorite of the league, his physical fitness is explosive, he likes to dunk people violently, no one wants to be pressed by you to split his head and cover his face, let alone a four-time winner of the best defensive player.
As soon as the game opened, the audience felt the highlight of the game, Wallace took the initiative to reach out to defend Griffin, and Griffin did not instigate the first ball, and took Davis's ball and began to scold Wallace.
The sound of the two muscles colliding in the audience could also be heard, and Griffin's slightly heavy shoulder movement immediately jumped up and hooked Wallace, but Griffin was not very skilled in this move, and Griffin felt a little big as soon as he made a move.
Wallace didn't pounce again after Griffin's shot, but immediately turned around and got the rebound, and Griffin jumped up immediately after the shot, and he was directly ready to make up for the dunk!
Wallace jumped a few tenths of a second behind Griffin, but Griffin had already grabbed the bounced ball and pressed it down hard!
Wallace watched the rebound ball be controlled by Griffin from behind, and began to exert his back force in the air, and Griffin was still stubbornly trying to dunk the ball in by such a interference!
"Bang!" With a loud bang, the basketball was smashed and both Griffin and Wallace fell to the ground, but Griffin fell heavily from the air when he couldn't stand the force!
The referee also immediately blew for a foul, and Wallace also reached out to pull Griffin when he got up, and Griffin naturally knew the difference between a foul and an unintentional offense, so he also reached out to accept Wallace's kindness.