Chapter 53: The Road Trip and the Grammys
On January 25, the Clippers went to Washington to challenge the Wizards, Arenas was sidelined due to injury, and the Wizards played so-so, and the Clippers finally won a big victory, 92-78 away against the Wizards, Griffin scored a game-high 26 points and 13 rebounds. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Fifty years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. set off a black movement in the United States, making great contributions to racial equality and anti-racial discrimination in the United States, so the fourth Monday of January in the United States is called Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Almost all black people in the United States have expressed their admiration for Martin Luther King, Jr. on social media or on various occasions, and have questioned and appealed to the racial discrimination that still exists and some of the conditions faced by black people.
The human rights and racial equality promoted by the United States in the world are actually not so optimistic in the United States, and the social contradictions between different skin colors are still the focus of the United States, and as far as Griffin knew in his previous life, this aspect of the United States will become more acute after 2010.
Therefore, the voice of black people who have achieved outstanding achievements and influence in various fields is helpful to the situation of the majority of black people, and it is also a social responsibility that they should undertake. Therefore, even if Griffin has no sense of substitution, and his heart does not even fluctuate, he deliberately speaks out on social software, although people are soft-spoken now, but it is an attitude.
After playing in Washington, the Clippers flew to Boston overnight to challenge the Celtics, last time it was a pity that Kevin Garnett was absent, this time the regret can be made up, the Celtics are currently in the East and the Cavaliers are each other's horns, the Big Three do not need to play as long as before, and the Celtics began to deliberately control the playing time of the three who are getting older.
This is also related to Rivers Fellows, the post-secular chicken soup coach is not only a chicken soup coach, but also has a very good set of shaping the team system, if you have to say that there are shortcomings, maybe the on-the-spot response is slightly worse than other top coaches.
As before, Garnett, who was still preparing in the locker room, ushered in Griffin's surprise visit, and the three bigwigs probably encountered this situation for the first time, and they smiled exceptionally kindly at Griffin.
It would be a mistake to think that he was also friendly on the court, and when it came to the court, Griffin realized how "annoying" Garnett really was! Needless to say, Garnett may be a little weaker in his offensive ability, but the technical action level is definitely a learning template for all power forwards.
Not much else, let's just talk about the shooting position, Griffin can wake up laughing if he can learn this trick. In contrast to the offense, Garnett's even stronger defensive skills reminded Griffin of the Stone Buddha, the two also have the most top-level defensive position prediction ability and awareness, Duncan may be aiming to prevent you, and Garnett may be to make you have a certain psychological shadow.
What impressed Griffin was Garnett's love and passion for basketball, and his tireless appearance on the court, so Garnett will receive a lot of criticism in his old age, but in any case, this is a warrior worthy of respect.
So it wasn't so much that Griffin was playing the game, but rather a learning process, and in the end the Clippers lost the game 84-97 on the road, with Pierce scoring 24 points, Ray Allen 19 points, and Garnett 17 points and 8 rebounds. For the Clippers, Davis had 23 points, Carman 19 and Griffin 15 points and 13 rebounds.
The Clippers then had an away game against the Nets, the two teams only met not long ago, and no one wanted to lose this game when they met again, Griffin and Yi Jianlian became more familiar when they met for the second time, chatted a lot together, and the two officially became good friends.
The Clippers very much want to win this game, especially when they lose more and win less during this time, they finally ran into the Nets again, and the whole Clippers team wanted to win the Nets in one fell swoop, but the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and the Clippers seemed to be lost after playing the Celtics.
Another point is that Humphries on the Nets bench exploded the Clippers' rotation lineup, Humphries came off the bench to score a game-high 25 points and 8 rebounds on 10-of-14 shooting, and Griffin had 23 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.
Yi Jianlian played averagely, only scored 6 points, more serious than the data is that the tactical status of the UAE in the team is significantly lower, and the right to shoot is a lot less, but Griffin does not have much to do for the time being, I hope the UAE can survive this period, and finally the Clippers lost again 87:13 away.
What's worse is not only that, the Clippers lost another game in the cold Minnesota, the whole team felt like the cold wind in Minnesota, it was frighteningly cold, the only output point was Carman and Griffin, the two inside lines teamed up to score 51 points, Griffin 26 points and 15 rebounds, Kaman 25 points and 7 rebounds, even so it couldn't stop the Clippers' losing streak, 97::111 away from home.
The road trip isn't over yet, the Cleveland Cavaliers are waiting for the Clippers, and the teams that are about to enter February are starting to compete for a playoff spot.
Sure enough, under James's 32 points, 6 rebounds and 11 assists, the Clippers couldn't last long, even if Byron Davis warmed up and scored 30 points, it didn't help, and Griffin also played average, 17 points and 8 rebounds are not very good.
At the same time, the biggest annual entertainment festival in the United States, the Grammy Awards, which can be called the Oscars of the singing industry, was held at Staples Arena, Griffin burst into tears when he watched the schedule, the Clippers had hardly played in Los Angeles in this period of time, and it had been nearly 10 days of away adrift, and even Juliatine was a little skeptical that Griffin was doing something bad, and if Sam hadn't been at home, Hongqi would have starved to death.
So naturally, Griffin couldn't go to the scene to worship this international music festival, so he could only watch the broadcast on the hotel TV, watching Kobe's handsome face so photogenic on the camera, and walking by countless famous singers in his previous life, Griffin was simply envious and jealous.
"Hey Blake, don't worry about that, Grammy, I'm completely annoyed, there's nothing fun!" Looking at Davis, who was gloating, Griffin couldn't tell whether it was comfort or scolding!
Meaningfully, the 52nd Grammys posthumously awarded Michael Jackson the Lifetime Achievement Award, and his famous music video production "Song of the Earth" was also produced by the organizers using 3D stereoscopic technology to present the audience, in addition to Leonard Cohen was also awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award.
If there was a queen who shone that night, it was Beyoncé, who was shortlisted for a full 10 nominations and won 6 of them, which also set a new record for the Grammy Awards, and Griffin saw Beyoncé even more times that night than in advertising.
The pop category was almost all covered by Beyoncé, except for the best group was taken away by BlackEyedPeas, the dance music is the world of LadyGaga, the best dance music record and the best dance music album were won by LadyGaga, the rap link is the territory of JayZ, Eminem and Kanye, which are well-known to Chinese audiences, and the country album is unsurprisingly moldy, and there are some other awards that will not be elaborated on here.
In short, not going to see the Grammys live is a regret that Griffin can't get away with for a long time, and I can't help but complain again about this damn schedule setting, and I was still talking about how happy the home game is, and I feel like I fell into hell in the blink of an eye.
A disgruntled Griffin exploded in the next road game against the Bulls, scoring a season-high 36 points on 14-of-21 shooting, as well as 13 rebounds and four assists in 41 minutes, and the team finally tasted a win on the road trip.
With the Clippers' road trip finally coming to an end, the January game of the new year is over, and the competition between the teams will be more fierce as we enter the February schedule, but there is also a focused All-Star Game, and according to the current form, rookie Griffin has a good chance to participate in more than one All-Star event.
The best rookie of the month in the East in January is still led by Brydon Jennings alone, and the West is estimated to have a certain aesthetic fatigue for Griffin, and when Griffin and Evans have similar data, the Rookie of the Month award was given to Evans, and the best players in the East and West are LeBron James and Chris Paul, and LeBron was elected the Eastern Player of the Month for the third time since the beginning of the season.
The NBA after February will be more exciting and brutal, and Griffin can't wait.
(Today's update is a little late.,The author has some things during the day.,Don't be surprised.,It's going to be stable.,And the author is very excited to have the first person to reward me!) Thank you, Lord Moda! I'll remember this first time! )