Chapter 39: Adversity

After the painful defeat to the Knicks, the Clippers rushed to Philadelphia non-stop to challenge the 76ers, the former 76ers are no longer glorious, and now the biggest card in the team is the little AI Iguodala, a player with strong physical fitness, comprehensive awareness, and very outstanding defense. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Of course, there is another layer of significance for the Clippers, that is, the old captain Brand is now down to the bench with the 76ers.

Philadelphia has a very important historical significance for the United States, and there are many attractions worth visiting, but the Clippers' schedule is too tight to have time, and before the game, Clippers head coach Dunleavy expressed his goal of winning this game in a serious way.

The Clippers have fallen from sixth in the West to 10th in the West due to their previous up-and-down record, but it's still December, and it's still far from the actual ranking competition, but it's still a safe thing to keep the spot in the top eight.

So the Clippers showed more vitality in the game, and Davis also broke out for the first time in a long time, scoring 11 points on 3-of-3 three-pointers in the first quarter.

After hitting the back, Griffin simply stopped attacking, and he would hesitate to give Griffin the ball and then pass it out at the end, but fortunately, Griffin's rebounding ball is still powerful, and there is a surprise that Griffin's defense now benefits from the strengthening of his height and arm span, and he has also made great progress in single defense and co-defense.

But Dunleavy on the sidelines frowned at this scene, we chose the champion, this champion has strong physical fitness, excellent ball ability, and high basketball IQ, our expectation is not that you are just a rebounding competitor.

Thinking of this, Dunleavy whispered something to the Clippers coaching staff around him.

Griffin is also very unhappy now, and those who have played basketball must have had this experience, that is, the person on the opposite side has made you a little unconfident, and your first reaction to holding the ball is to find a teammate.

Griffin is like that right now, a little afraid to go on offense and choose a way that he is good at, which is to compete for a second rebound.

Fortunately, the second rebounding ability is strong enough, and the Clippers outside group is also powerful, and Carman's interior offense is also reliable, but in the third quarter, the 76ers played a wave of offensive tide and almost turned the score over. Because the Clippers have some injuries on the team now, only Butler and Telfair and Novak have a fight on the bench, and Jordan Jr. is still the administrator of the water cooler.

Fortunately, the main players came on the court in time to stabilize the situation, and finally the Clippers won the game 112-107, Davis scored a game-high 29 points and handed out 8 assists, Gordon 22 points, Carman 19 points, Griffin 12 points and 14 rebounds.

After playing the 76ers, the Clippers set off for San Antonio again, and the most painful thing in life was to play a strong team and a historical opponent twice in a week.

If the first time the Clippers were still a little bit angry with the Spurs, then this time they surrendered directly, and the Clippers behaved like they gave up the game directly from the first quarter.

Even if Griffin is listless and completely suppressed by Duncan, you can't defend the other party yourself, and you can use your body to cause trouble for the other party, but if you don't even use your body, then you can only be blown up.

87:103, the Clippers lost to the Spurs again, Griffin's pitiful 11 points in the game, if it weren't for a few more free throws in the final quarter, I'm afraid the double-double record would have ended.

After playing the Spurs, the Clippers' trip to Texas was not over, and after rushing to Houston, the Clippers lost to the Rockets 99-108, and there was nothing to watch in the whole game, and Griffin still showed hesitation.

In the fourth quarter garbage time, Griffin played a few minutes and scored 15 points before going down in frustration, and the media on the sidelines also keenly captured Griffin's expression.

I don't have much time to grieve and summarize Griffin, the Clippers didn't have a schedule last time on Thanksgiving, but this Christmas is back, the Clippers need to rush to Phoenix to challenge the Suns on the big Christmas day, the most annoying thing is to run thousands of miles to play the game, but no one is destined to watch you play that day.

Because there is only one Christmas war, the Christmas war in '09 belongs to No. 23 and No. 24, the Cavaliers and the Lakers, and the others are side dishes.

This road trip made Griffin so tired that it exploded, and the culprit has to be traced back to the game against the Spurs, who gave the whole league a template for how to press down this arrogant champion.

Now Griffin has been successfully hit, in fact, Griffin can still maintain his average data per game as long as he dares to play, and the Clippers also give Griffin this condition, you need the ball, no problem, I'll give it to you.

But Griffin was stuck in this self-predicament for a while, hesitant to play, and did not dare to attack, so his performance was sluggish for a period of time, and everyone was saying that the champion met the rookie wall.

People are easy to be sensitive once they are injured, and Griffin is like this, Griffin, who used to keep saying that he has learned not to care about what the outside media and fans say, is now cheaply clicking on these news with his name to abuse himself.

The news about him at this stage is naturally not very good, and the media that were not interested in him naturally took the opportunity to criticize Griffin, saying that he was an overrated rookie, and people had praised him before they were overrated, and even the rookie of the month not long ago should be awarded to Evans, who has been performing steadily.

In addition to these media, there are also many fans on Griffin's Twitter who have expressed their disappointment with Griffin, who does not look like a professional basketball player at all when hesitating on the court.

The local basketball media in Los Angeles quoted the photo of Griffin hanging his head when he played the Rockets, and published an article in the newspaper questioning whether Griffin's psychological quality was as unbearable as that of Kwame Brown, the parallel champion of the year, because anyone with a discerning eye will find that Griffin is playing wrong during this time, you can not score, but you can't dare to play.

There have been a lot of reports like this that have saddened Griffin, and he also hates his performances, but he still likes to be a respected big star who has performed well.

"Blake, you told me a month ago that you were going to be a good star, and now you're averaging 19 points and nearly 14 rebounds per game, which is still a super rookie in a rookie, right? The media is like this, and if you don't exaggerate some of the benefits, why should you care about this? ā€

"Julian is right Blake, it's not a big deal at all, you played too well before, and now you have a defense against you and you're a little uncomfortable, which shows that you have shortcomings, you should find and improve, not be sad here. My God, looking at the way you look, I'm really afraid you're going to burst out crying. ā€

It's good to have two people close to you to comfort you when you're upset, at least it's easier than if you were alone in the pain, and Griffin also got a call from head coach Dunleavy telling him to ignore the bullshit media nonsense and focus on the court, and the Clippers coaching staff will support Griffin.

Griffin is still very moved, which can also show how much the Clippers value Griffin, Griffin feels the feeling of being valued, and he is determined to cheer up, at least to become daring to fight, and then receive professional training to improve his shortcomings.

(ps:Meng Xin is now asking for a collection and asking for a recommendation.,I feel that you're still satisfied, don't be stingy with your collection and recommendation.,The opinion put forward by some readers is that Silly Fen's physical fitness has improved so much but there is no problem of playing well in the rookie season.,First of all, the silly Fen in the book has no injury season.,Played directly.,One less season of learning and adapting to exercise.,Secondly, the author wants to reflect a process of learning and adapting to Silly Fen.怂 We welcome your suggestions and ideas. )