Chapter 37: The Spurs
Although he won the game, he could perform on his own, but he still had to be humble during the interview, first praising the performance of the Rockets, and then some innocuous nonsense, plus there was no gimmick in this game, so the reporter did not embarrass Griffin. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
After playing the Rockets, the Clippers rested for two days, and then faced the Pacers at home, and the Pacers played a bit boring, and the Staples audience looked lethargic, which is understandable, after all, in the same court last night, it was Kobe Bryant vs Wade.
The two of the two of the greatest SG of the century had a dragon battle, and the Heat led the Lakers by 2 points in the last attack before the end of the game, Wade made 2 free throws and 1 shot, leaving the Lakers with a few seconds to look like they lost the game.
However, Kobe Bryant is the player who turned decay into magic, and at the last moment faced Dwyan's three-point shot to save the Lakers, although Kobe Bryant also admitted that it was luck after the game, but Kobe's killer temperament was fully revealed.
So in contrast, the game between the Clippers and the Pacers seems to be a bit rookie, but it doesn't matter, the Clippers beat the Pacers again 88-72, and they have won five consecutive wins at home!
On December 9th, the Clippers welcomed the Magic army led by the Monster at home, and the data of Howard's 25 plus 11 and four blocks gave Griffin a lesson, but the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and Griffin almost succeeded in separating the Monster in the game, and the data of 19 plus 12 in the whole game is also reasonable, although the five-game winning streak was ended, but the Magic hit 17 three-pointers in the whole game, not to mention the Clippers, the Lakers are enough to choke.
As of December 14, the best of the week for the first two weeks of December were Kevin Garnett and Rodney Starkey in the East and Carlos Boozer and Blake Griffin in the West.
Yes, our Griffin won the first Player of the Week of his career with the team's five-game winning streak and his average of 21 plus 14 per game over the past week, and he was also the first rookie in the class of '09 to win this honor.
Griffin was more calm to the public, but at this moment, Juliatine was speechless as she looked at the silly figure in front of her dancing in the room.
"Hey I said dear, can you please stop a bit, isn't it the best week, as for the excitement like this?"
"You know what! This is the best of the week, the first honor of my long career, and you should be honored to be a witness! ”
"Okay, okay, I'm honored, I'm a witness, okay, I really can't stand the stupidity you look like now."
Griffin adjusted his mood a little and hugged his girlfriend in his arms, during this time, the two got together less and separated more, mainly because the NBA schedule was a little tight, and there was little time to relax.
But the little couple, the problem always appears when they don't meet in a different place, as long as the two meet, just light a fire or something, listen to the girlfriend's gossip about who cheated on the school, and who contradicted it, it will be very good.
On the evening of the 14th, the Clippers welcomed their new opponent at home, the San Antonio Spurs.
"Let me see if our champion has peed his pants! It's Tim Duncan tonight! Hahaha. ”
Griffin was also a little speechless and looked at Tim Duncan, who was seriously warming up on the other side of the field, this historical palace-level power forward, maybe he felt something, Duncan also suddenly looked at Griffin, and after the two stared for a moment, Duncan nodded slightly.
To Griffin's flattery before the opening kick-off, Duncan actually took the initiative to talk to himself after checking the ball.
"Hey rookie, I've watched your game and played well."
Briefly, though expressionless, Griffin was still inspired, and this was Duncan.
Duncan's physical fitness used to be at the beast level, but after the overhaul in 04, he successfully transformed into a floor stream, and he taught him to be a man like a coax.
After the opening 5 minutes, Griffin really felt Tim's power, the movements were not flashy or difficult, but he gave full play to the skills and experience of how many years he had been immersed in it, Griffin was not jumping, nor was he jumping.
Defensively, Tim's mastery of defensive positions is definitely grandmaster-level, you can't see how high he jumps, but he accurately judges your shot and next move, and often looks like you sent him up to get struck.
And the pair of long arms covered Griffin quite uncomfortable, and the shooting percentage of 2-of-7 shooting in the first quarter seemed to tell us what happened to Griffin.
In general, the game is not much to see, the gap between the two teams is too big, and the Spurs' tactics have not been fully played to clean up the Clippers, but Griffin is still holding back his strength, he has scored 4 points now, and there are only 3 rebounds, the Spurs' shooting rate is too high, and the protection of secondary rebounds is relatively strong, Griffin is really a little painful.
At halftime, the Spurs led the Clippers by 14 points, and Griffin took the offensive rebound before halftime and was ready to take off for a dunk.
"I think Griffin was educated by these old ruffians, 4 points and 5 rebounds in the half, wow, I think our champion must be a little uncomfortable."
"Which inside player in the league doesn't feel bad about Tim? Griffin's technique is still a little rougher, and hopefully he can grow up soon. ”
The on-site commentary is in place, Griffin's lack of mid-range and long-range shooting makes him still easy to be targeted, in fact, Griffin's single stroke of Duncan still has a success rate, after all, he is older, but Griffin often makes up for it in the next second after the frame breaks through, and someone will make up for it or interfere or make offensive fouls.
At the start of the second half, Griffin completely abandoned the offense and concentrated on defense and rebounding, and the Spurs were a little inadequate for Griffin's current offensive level.
At 4 minutes in the third quarter, Duncan got a one-on-one chance to eat Griffin in the low post on the right side, Duncan looks less muscular, but the strength is very large, but if the pure strength is big, Griffin is naturally not afraid, anyway, it is not as strong as me.
However, Duncan combined the rhythm and footwork to eat Griffin into the penalty area, Duncan pretended to turn to the right and hooked his hand, and Griffin immediately pounced on that side.
"Oops! Fooled! Griffin, who was shocked to realize that it was a feint, reacted stiffly, and saw that Duncan was already about to hook his hand, and immediately jumped!
"Oh! Duncan had very beautiful footsteps, first shaking Griffin with his feet and then shooting a feint to shake Griffin, and now he just needs to put the ball gently into the basket... Oh God!! Griffin! Griffin took Duncan's face! The referee didn't blow the ball for interference! ”
Griffin, who was fooled for the second time, still did not give up the defense, and immediately jumped up again after landing, and slapped the high spinning ball into the hands of his teammate Gordon! The Spurs, including Duncan, were a little stunned, and then they all signaled to the referee that it was an interference ball.
However, Griffin, who didn't hear the whistle, pulled his legs and ran to the front court, and Gordon, who reacted, threw it hard, and Griffin, who was empty all around, came to a big windmill slam dunk with four amazing skills!
No wonder the Spurs will be stunned, it's really just that Griffin jumped too high just now, and this is still a continuous jump, it's simply appalling!
However, a good shot could not make up for the gap between the teams, and the Spurs then held on to secure a huge lead midway through the fourth quarter to win 115-90.
Six Spurs scored in double figures, Duncan had 21 points and seven rebounds, Parker had 10 points, Ginobili had 17 points, Blair had 14 points, Jefferson had 17 points, and Hill had 11 points.
The Clippers' top score was 20 points from Byron Davis, 16 from Thornton, 12 from Griffin, 10 from Gordon and two points each from the bench Sitle FairButler
The loss was expected, but I didn't expect Griffin to be a little miserably limited, and sometimes the defensive system of a good team will allow a player's technical shortcomings to be infinitely magnified and then exploited.