Chapter 38: Encounter
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After the loss to the Spurs, the Clippers faced the challenge of the Wizards at home, and back-to-back games were a big test for everyone, and this game made Griffin start to have some ominous premonitions.
The rookie wall that people often refer to is that the rookie suddenly declines in form and shows an inadaptability to the schedule, which leads to a shrinkage in the data, and there are many reasons for this.
For example, the physical reserves are not keeping up with the schedule, and the other 29 teams in the league are starting to study you, study your style of play and flaws, and you will show that you are not comfortable on the field.
Griffin now belongs to the latter category, what he and the Clippers coaching staff didn't expect was that this day would come so quickly, don't you break through quickly, I'll let you go, you suddenly, I don't believe you can accelerate from the three-point line as soon as you go inside, aren't you very good at jumping, I'll stick you at any time, and you can carry me to jump.
So Griffin's individual offense was seriously uncomfortable, and although it could have caused a lot of fouls, going to the free throw line was itself an inefficient way of attacking for Griffin.
Facing the Wizards Griffin who shot 4-of-11 from the field, scored 14 points and 16 rebounds, his only presence on the court is that he is still fierce in the fight for second rebounds, which can effectively suppress the opponent's conversion speed.
Although Griffin didn't play well, Carman played well, scoring a game-high 26 points, and the Clippers narrowly beat the Wizards by two points at 97-95.
After the home win over the Wizards, the Clippers rushed to Minnesota to challenge the Timberwolves, originally thought it was a rookie peck, but in the game, Griffin and Kevin Love, the fifth pick in the first round in 08, just got on.
This is a thick and well-rounded interior player with a range that can reach beyond the three-point line, and his offense in the low post is quite disciplined, and he is also quite good at grabbing rebounds.
Defending Griffin can't prevent him, especially when he occasionally pulls out to shoot three-pointers, which makes Griffin quite a headache, but Leffen's defensive habits are not good, and Griffin can also get back on the offensive end.
The game was extremely anxious, and by the end of the game, Byron Davis handed Griffin's ultra-high pick was held by Griffin and dunked it fiercely and caused Jefferson's foul, and the Clippers led by 2 points after 2 plus 1.
After that, the Timberwolves didn't score a single point in the final moments, and the Timberwolves couldn't recover and lost the game after Elsolton hit a key jumper.
The highlight of the game was the clash between the two new star PFs, Lefin 19 plus 12 with 5 assists, and Griffin 16 plus 14 with 4 assists. Judging from the data, it is half a catty, but objectively speaking, Lefou's score is mostly fired on the periphery, and Griffin has to dig into it a lot, and it is generally a bag and a clip.
Although Griffin's stats were mediocre, the team won two in a row, and two days later the Clippers were going to challenge the Knicks on the road, and the generals didn't stay in Minnesota for a moment, and immediately rushed north to New York.
Needless to say, New York is the International Center, but this is only Griffin's second time here, having entered the NBA a few months ago.
Due to the early arrival, everyone still has a day off, and the general rule of the team is that they can't stay out overnight and must go back to the hotel, but this is the Clippers, at least for now, there is no strict discipline habits, and head coach Dunleavy is turning a blind eye.
New York's night scene has always been world-famous, and Griffin is eager to see it, but Griffin is very strict with Griffin in this regard, and Griffin is not a sperm brain, so he finally decided not to go.
Griffin finally decided to visit the Ellis Island Immigration Museum on Ellis Island, New York, because the experience of suddenly becoming an American was very emotional to Griffin.
And in the past few months since becoming a U.S. citizen, Griffin has also experienced first-hand the immigrant culture and inclusion and diversity in the United States.
The museum does not require an entrance fee, only needs to pay for the ferry, and has a unique natural and cultural scenery on the island, and the museum also shows visitors the magnificent immigrant culture of the United States through movie screenings and interactive exhibitions.
Originally, he was going to drag little Jordan with him, but when the beast saw that he was coming to such a place, he decisively laughed and quickly told the whole team, and in the strange eyes of the whole team, Griffin was aggrieved and alone visited the museum.
Perhaps too engrossed, Griffin, who was holding up his camera and concentrating on shooting, didn't notice a petite figure beside him.
"Ahh It wasn't until Griffin heard the weak cry that he realized he might have bumped into someone else.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." Griffin apologized and looked at the jade in front of him carefully, because the beautiful girl in front of him was an obvious Asian lady.
Griffin was immediately excited, although his girlfriend has always been an American girl, but he has also been a Chinese descendant for more than 20 years, and the aesthetic concept cannot be changed overnight, and the subconscious interest in Asian beauties is still greater.
For example, the beauty in front of her, with a perfect face contour, delicate facial features, soft and flowing long hair, and a visual height of nearly 180, is still very tall among girls, but it is enough to be a bird in front of Griffin, and the most striking thing is undoubtedly the pair of long legs, even if it is wrapped in jeans, Griffin can feel the graceful curve.
"I'm sorry ma'am, I was too involved to see you, this is your phone, I'll pay you another one."
"It's okay, it's okay." To Griffin's disappointment, the beauty didn't seem to have the desire to talk to him more, and left in a hurry after saying that it didn't matter twice, leaving Griffin to look at the back of the moving body and regret.
In the corner where Griffin couldn't see, another beautiful figure said to Griffin's coveted girl, "Xuan'er, where did you just go, I saw that big white man talking to you, are you okay?" ”
"Oh, it's okay, he accidentally bumped into me and is apologizing to me."
"Hehe, it can't be that someone wants to soak you again, that man is so big just now, he must be very powerful."
"I hate you."
If Griffin were here, they would have spoken Korean.
Madison Garden is a living fossil of the arena, with a long history and great significance, but what doesn't match this great arena is that this team has always been a bad team.
In the past, the Knicks still had one or two stars, but now this Knicks team does not have a single star, and the most well-known ones are probably Wilson Chandler and Gallinari in the team.
However, such a team, still played incredible games in back-to-back games at home, and the Clippers were overwhelmed by the whole court, and the other players except Griffin were more like playing soy sauce.
Griffin held a breath of evil in his heart, it stands to reason that the Clippers, a team of Knicks' level, should not lose at all, but look at what their teammates are doing, the defense can't keep up, and the offensive end is thrown around.
The hardest Clippers players in the game were himself and Camby, and Uncle Camby played exceptionally tough today.
However, Griffin and Camby's offensive ability is still in a hurry, and they are willing to kill the enemy and have no power to return to the sky, even if they fight like this, they still lost to the Knicks 91-95 in the end.
After the loss, Griffin went into the locker room without saying a word, and he scored 19 points and 14 rebounds in this game, but he didn't step up when the team needed to score the most, which made him very unhappy with his performance.
"Hey Xuan'er, look at the red uniform No. 32, isn't it a bit like the person who talked to you yesterday?"
“.... Well, it seems like yes. ”
"Let me see, Blake Griffin, wow, he's still a star, you see, he's not an unknown person, hurry up and take him, you'll be a lot more mixed!"
"What nonsense?! Hurry up and eat your popcorn! ”
Griffin didn't expect his performance to be seen by yesterday's beauty, if he had known earlier, maybe he could have played better.