Chapter Ninety-Two: The City of Emptiness
Due to Sun Xiaotian's rampage, the Bulls have won four of their last five games. Sun Xiaotian not only won the Weekly Prize for the first time, but was also the second Chinese after Yao Ming to win the Player of the Week and Rookie of the Month in his rookie season.
Not only that, Sun Xiaotian regained the second place in the best rookie rankings. You must know that after winning the first Rookie of the Month for the first time, Sun Xiaotian's rookie ranking continued to decline with the ups and downs of his state. At the lowest, it was ranked outside the top ten.
Now, with his recent run-of-the-road performances, it's only natural to regain second place.
Of course, in front of Sun Xiaotian is the popular fried chicken Lillard of the Trailblazers. So far, he is averaging 18.4 points and 5.9 assists per game, and he still leads the rookie scoring and assist list. Lillard's hot form, as well as the rookie battle between him and Sun Xiaotian, made many experts think that it is possible that Lillard is Sun Xiaotian's lifelong enemy.
In short, the past games aside, the next pressure on the Bulls and Sun Xiaotian will be very high. Because the schedule is too perverted, they will face three consecutive road trips again.
And the first game of this 3 consecutive road trips is the away challenge to the Los Angeles Clippers, the legendary air team-
The Clippers have been strong this season, despite the fact that the team has gone after the Nicks, who performed well in the 2011-2012 playoffs in the summer. Yang, Mo. Williams and Reggie. Evans three people, but this season Jamal . The addition of Crawford, Grant Hill and Odom has instantly raised the strength of the Clippers to an unknown number of levels.
As far as the changes to the Clippers' bench are concerned, the arrival of Crawford has made the Clippers' bench firepower stronger. For Nick before. Yang, Mo. Williams, everyone must not forget their nicknames, one is the singles king, and the other is not passable. Yes, they may be able to put on a show at some point or in a game, but they can't consistently deliver that kind of performance to the team.
But Crawford, Hill and Odom are different, in the case of Crawford, after a lost season in Portland, Crawford continued to find himself and play his worth with the Clippers.
Because of the system, Crawford's move to the Trail Blazers was originally ambitious. However, in addition to his discomfort with the team's system, McMillan also used the wrong direction for him.
McMillan always wanted to make him a second Roy, but Crawford was only suitable as a scorer. To be precise, he is not fit to be a team leader. As a result, Crawford shot less than 40 percent from the field in one year with the Trail Blazers, and he fled Portland after the season.
Coming to the Clippers, Crawford is truly in heaven. With Paul and Griffin on this team, Crawford doesn't have to take too much responsibility, he just has to go for it and score.
So, since the start of the game, we have seen a completely different Crawford. In this team, Negro has given Crawford full freedom to play to his strengths. So far in the game, he has averaged 16.7 points per game, making him one of the favorites to join J.R. Smith as the Sixth Man of the Year contender.
In addition to Crawford, the Clippers have also recruited Hill and Odom to the team this season, along with Chauncey. Billups, their vast game experience will be of great help to the Clippers. In the playoffs last year, the Clippers lost to the Spurs in large part because of their inexperienced opponents.
The reason why the Clippers are called the air pickup team, and the reason why their home court is called the air pickup city, in addition to having a group of bouncing men who can run and jump, must also have a perfect commander. That commander was Paul.
As one of the best point guards in the league today, Paul has a superb ability to control the court. Not only can he help his teammates score, but he can also step up when it matters for the team.
Although Paul averaged only 16.5 points and 9.7 assists per game this season, he set his worst record in recent years. And then there's Griffin, whose stats have also become a new low for his career.
However, the decline in the personal data of the two people has brought about the excellent record of the team. Currently, the Clippers are in third place in the West for the time being. Not only that, but Paul and Griffin were as efficient on the court as they were at the highest level of their careers.
This may be what the experts call chemistry! So far this season, we have often seen this phenomenon, many times, the main lineup such as Paul and Griffin has only played a little more than 20 minutes, because the Clippers have always led the opponent by a lot.
Of course, the team has such a result, and the head coach Negro has a lot of credit. Born as a player, he played in the NBA for 12 years, and after retiring from football, he spent time with the Spurs and many other teams. And his relationship with the Bulls is also extraordinary, as he was the head coach of the Bulls from 2008 to 2010.
So, whenever he played against the Bulls, Negro seemed to use 200% of his strength. Bulls team owner Jerry. When Restov swept him away, he never imagined that he would be able to coach the Clippers with Paul and Griffin. Look at the bull full of wounded soldiers, it is really unpredictable and unpredictable! ――
When he heard of Paul's arrival, Griffin blurted out "the city of emptiness." Today, Griffin's claims are true. So far, the Clippers have dunked the most this season, and the Clippers have dunked the most in the air. With their dazzling aerial reception, the Clippers have surpassed the Lakers in the same city.
After being suppressed by the Lakers, the city's arch-rivals, the Clippers finally raised their eyebrows with the arrival of Paul, do you remember the two flying dunks that Griffin hit on Gasol's head last season? Remember Bynum's face when he saw Griffin dunk?
Not only the Lakers, as long as they come to Staples Arena to challenge, the Clippers' air pick-up team will definitely not let go of any opportunity to perform in front of them.
Of course, as the third Bulls team in the East, they will not be afraid of the Clippers because of this, after all, the two teams have the same record, and it is still unknown which is better or worse.
The Bulls' lineup: Hinrich, Sun Xiaotian, Ruhrdeng, Boozer, Noah.
For the Clippers, they learned that Sun Xiaotian has been in hot form recently. In order to better limit Sun Xiaotian, they developed special tactics to limit Sun Xiaotian's play.
The starting lineup of the Clippers is: Paul, Barnes, Butler, Griffin, Jordan.
The Great War is imminent!