Chapter Twenty-Four: Little Smith
The Memphis Grizzlies were cleaned up by the Lakers in Staples yesterday, so today is also in Staples, and the Grizzlies are a little menacing, I can't beat the boss, can't I beat the second? I can't beat Kobe, can't I beat you?
However, the Clippers are also hard stubble now, not about how strong they are, but because they are not afraid of physical confrontation, so the audience can see Griffin and Randolph throughout the game, and Gasol Jr. is in various holdings. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Griffin is also very uncomfortable this fight, the opposite inside line sees that you can't shoot, so let you go, come in and go to the confrontation, no matter how perverted your physical fitness is, no matter how strong your strength is, you can't hang my strong man with more than 200 pounds, right?
And unlike the Warriors, Gasol Jr. and Randolph's defense doesn't know where to go, the actions are very large-scale but not evil, you can only play the ball at most, and you are not afraid of you at all.
So the focus of the offense shifted to the outside, and the problem was that the outside group that exploded on the court was no longer brave in this game, and only Gordon posed an effective threat to them.
The final score was fixed at 93-79, and the Clippers were rubbed hard by the Grizzlies, with Griffin scoring only 12 points and grabbing 14 rebounds.
Griffin was limited in two consecutive games, and after this game, many sports magazines published articles questioning Griffin's ability.
The first to bear the brunt was naturally the San Francisco Sports Daily, which called Griffin's "rough technique, can't fight tough battles, and his ability to attack tough problems is too poor." Of course, most of the media commented objectively on Griffin, "The physicality is historic, the technique is a little rough, but the ball is very good, and he can't prove himself when he meets a playoff-level defense, but he is only 20 years old and has a bright future." ”
Griffin himself is also very aggrieved, these accusations and doubts against him do exist objectively, but he is just a rookie, right? So far, he has averaged 18 points and 13.7 rebounds per game, how can he be regarded as a champion, right?
However, there is no way, Griffin does not have time to improve his technical characteristics now, because the schedule is too dense, after this game, the team has training tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow the Hornets will be challenged.
After a good phone call with Jollatin in the evening, the delicate girlfriend was very dissatisfied with Griffin's inability to date her, but Griffin coaxed her and promised to give her and her friends a few tickets the day after tomorrow, and she would watch Griffin's performance on the field in person.
The next day's training was easy, although Griffin was under a lot of pressure, but the pressure on the team was still not too great, as one of the worst teams last season, this season showed a new look and a decent record to the team owners and fans are more satisfied.
"Chris, can you teach me how to shoot? Damn, now everybody's saying I didn't shoot! ”
Kaman was still very enthusiastic, from his shooting feeling, practice methods, to the analysis of shooting movements, he gave Griffin detailed guidance one by one, but it was still useless.
"Elbrek, I think you're going to have to shoot first and then you're going to need a lot of time to practice, and you can take advantage of that next offseason."
Griffin accepted this suggestion depressedly, and he couldn't eat a big fat man in one bite, so he might as well take his time.
"Hey Mom, how are you doing? I'm fine, did you watch my game, haha, it's okay, they're all talking nonsense, I'm playing pretty well, how long will you go back to Los Angeles, okay, then tell me when you come back, I'll pick you up, take care of Taylor, bye mommy. ”
Gail and Tommy Sr. ended up with a sweet duo, but Tyler Griffin has not had much playing time with the Suns, and recently it was rumored that the Suns are interested in sending Tyler Griffin to the Development League, so the old couple is going to see their eldest son.
Today also happens to be the time for the NBA Player of the Week of the second week to be released, the first week in the West is the little melon Anthony, he averaged 35.5 points per game in the first week, and the offensive firepower is directly off the table, and the East is the Monster Howard, who averages 20 points per game, but the rebounds are an astonishing 18.5!
The Eastern player of the week who has just been released is the Hawk King Johnson, with an average of 21 plus 7 plus 4 per game that is also comprehensive enough, and the Western player is the Queen Bee Chris Paul, who averages 20 points and 11 assists per game perfectly interprets the style of the first point guard.
Although Griffin missed the Player of the Week award, Griffin ranked first in the rookie rankings, but recently Kings rookie Evans has been very strong and has a tendency to catch up.
Although he had to say things like "Oh I don't care about individual awards, I just want to help the team win" in front of the media, Griffin has been keeping an eye on this rookie list, which is one of the awards he has to earn this year!
In addition to training today, Griffin also had a mission to visit the home of a young fan.
This little fan's name is Tony Smith, his parents are die-hard Clippers fans, and the little guy is also influenced by his parents to like the Clippers.
But tragedy happened, not long ago the little guy was found to have leukemia, the whole world knows that the United States social security is more reliable, but in terms of medical care, it is notoriously expensive, and many American citizens are facing the dilemma of looking down on the disease.
So the Smith family, who was not well-off, collapsed and faced high treatment costs, and the elder Smith followed the advice of a friend to try to use his years of Clippers fan love to get money from the Clippers fan base.
Upon learning of the incident, the official Clippers fan club in Los Angeles immediately launched a fundraiser, and learned that Smith Jr.'s desire was to take a picture with Clippers star Blake Griffin, and it would be nice to get his autographed jersey.
So through layers of relationships, Griffin finally learned the news, and Griffin naturally agreed without hesitation, and drove with agent Sam to a community service center where Clippers fans and Smith Jr. were waiting in advance.
When Griffin arrived and saw so many people supporting him and his team, pulling banners with words of support for him, everyone took out their phones and wanted to high-five him, affectionately shouting "Hey Blake!" Griffin was really touched a little bit inside.
This is also the first time he has been in close contact with fans, and seeing this group of lovely people, Griffin suddenly feels that he is fighting the court, and the sweat in the training hall is no longer just for his fame and money.
The little guy saw that Griffin was still very shy and hugged his parents a little reservedly, but Griffin took the initiative to pick up little Smith and interact with him intimately, and this strangeness quickly disappeared, and the two played together.
At the end, Griffin and all the fans in attendance took a family photo, took a photo with Smith Jr. and the Smith family, and presented him with a hand-signed home No. 32 jersey.
"Hey little guy, you must work hard to treat it, you are just a minor illness, you will definitely get better, and Brother Griffin will invite you to my house to play."
"Brother Griffin, you don't have to comfort me, I know what disease I have, my dad told me, he told me that men have to bear it, I will definitely treat it well, if I don't die, I will always support you! Brother Griffin, you're a good guy! “
Griffin's heart seemed to be touched fiercely, hugged little Smith tightly, and gave the Smith family a ticket for tomorrow when he left.
This time, Griffin wore sunglasses no longer to pretend to be cool, but not to let people see his reddened eyes.
"Sam."
"Huh?"
"I'll give little Smith a share of the money to make sure he gets good medical care."
"Okay, no problem."