Chapter Twenty-Four: The City of the Void

Ding turned off his phone after the press conference, not wanting to be overwhelmed by the influx of calls and texts, but the team left Arizona immediately after the press conference to head to the final stop of their Western tour, Los Angeles, the City of Angels, where the last and most formidable opponent is waiting for them.

"J.J. Redick, 6'4" (1.93m), 190 pounds (86kg), from NCAA school Duke, is a fast and aggressive catch-and-shoot who is inconsistent in NBA-level matchups, and his defense is his weakness relative to offense, and his average per game stats this season are as follows......"

Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan, the Big Three of the Clippers were familiar with their technical characteristics even when Ding Wei was a fan, plus he squandered almost all the energy points he earned in the game the day before, resulting in the system is currently in a semi-paralyzed stage, and can only view some data that can be turned over even on websites like 82Games, there is really no need to waste time on them, Ding Wei simply skipped them and went straight to his most likely opponent tonight.

NCAA basketball schools often do not change coaches easily, the famous old K coach, Mike Shashzewski has been at the helm of Duke for 35 years, and it seems that he does not plan to retire, the mentor of the basketball god Michael Jordan, the now retired North Carolina godfather Dean Smith's tenure is 36 years, even the latest coach of UCLA, Ben Howland, has been the head coach of the team for 11 years, which is much longer than the coaching tenure of the NBA team, The style of each prestigious school is clearly branded: when we think of North Carolina, we think of strong swingmen with physical fitness and solid fundamentals: Michael Jordan, Jerry Starkhouse, and Vince Carter. The Kentucky Wildcats feature super-guards and interior beasts: Rajon Rondo, John Wall, and DeMarcus Cousins and Anthony Davis. Georgetown contributed three powerful centers to the NBA in the '90s, Ewing, Mutombo and Alonzo Mourning, and as the center era faded, their NCAA record was no longer as heroic as it once was. And when it comes to Duke, it is impossible not to mention the system players, although they have cultivated superstars like Grant Hill who almost took over the scepter of basketball and extraordinary maniacs like Kyrie Irving, but in the eyes of most NBA coaches, Duke products are still labeled as "average potential, plug and play, team first", such as Sean Battier and Rohr Deng, J. Irving. J. Redick, also happens to be a good product out of this player assembly line, although excellent but far from great, although he was always the team's top scorer and three-pointer during Duke, and even broke the school history record, but his performance on the court is extremely dependent on the play of the system, so the draft pick is also not up to the 11th place in the first round.

"I have to fight at night......" In the end, Ding Wei still found that only in the position of scoring guard, the 76ers may still have a slight advantage. Despite never stepping foot on the floor of the Western Conference finals, Chris Paul and his Clippers are still among the favorites to compete for a championship this season, and everyone is expecting them to break that curse this season. And 76? Despite the shocking performances in the first two races, most people are optimistic that they will be strong contenders for the top spot.

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The dazzling jewel of the Pacific Ocean and the second financial center of the United States after New York, it is home to warm sunshine and warm sea breezes, heavy metal music and Hollywood, Long Beach and Silicon Valley...... There are also miracles in the hearts of countless fans - the purple and gold dynasty of the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Los Angeles Clippers who have been in its shadow for a long time, but in the past two seasons, the momentum of the Clippers has been much better than that of the Lakers, which can be seen from the crowd around Staples Arena that is packed like canned sardines.

Despite coming from the world's most populous country, Ding Wei was slightly shocked by the crowd outside ......the guardrail of the team's bus aisle, and he didn't expect a regular season game to attract so many people to the stadium.

"A lot of our jerseys!" Nolens-Noll happily patted Ding Wei on the shoulder, heartily happy about his team's popularity in the big city.

"I'm afraid most of them are shape-shifting honey ......," Ding Wei shook his head and shrugged, he had already deduced the attributes of these people from their dancing expressions.

"What?" Nolens-Noll was stunned, like a frightened groundhog, but he didn't expect this guy to be quite cute when he wasn't angry.

"The enemy of our enemies is our friends." Ding Wei was also amused by Noel's naïveness, he can find more and more the cute and funny side of this big black man, just like Embiid, once he accepts this setting, he is still good.

"Oh." Nolens-Noll scratched her head as if she didn't understand.

"Nolens, there's a good chance you're going to face one of Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan today," Ding Wei finally decided to make up for the stupid big man, "I'm afraid it's a little more difficult to deal with Griffin, but with your movement speed, you should be able to cause him some problems on the defensive end, although he is about the same height as you, but his arm span is short, especially on the left side of the penalty area, he is not very sure of his attack, you can try to take advantage of this when playing." ”

"Hmm......"

'DeAndre Jordan looks as stupid as you are, but he has a very good defender next to him, so you have to limit him from the moment you receive the ball and he's going to be more than half as powerful when he's out of the box.

"Hmm......"

"They're really young and physical, but you have to remember that you're younger than them, stronger than them, fearless like you were in the last game, grabbing all the rebounds, putting all the balls that we passed to you, got it?"

"I see!" Nolens Noll slapped his thigh, "They're Lakers fans!" ”

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"The 76ers' next starter is the wonder boy who scored a quasi-triple-double in the last game, from China, Ding-Wei!"

Ding Wei, who had been eager for a long time, quickly ran out of the players' tunnel as soon as the live DJ announced, saying that the last game was his first start, but he was furious at the time, and he didn't pay attention to what he did in his first appearance ceremony. Now that the mentality has been flattened, Ding Wei, who has some performance by nature, is happy to play some tricks in these pleasing aspects, and a string of classic moves imitating Michael Jackson won the screams of the fans at the scene, and Nolens Knoll, who had just finished his appearance, also danced with him excitedly.

"Remember what I said earlier." Ding Wei said while waving his arms to the fans.

"I can't hear clearly!" Nolens-Noll has gone completely insane, and this kid is still a little crazy.

"What?"

"I can't hear clearly!"

Perhaps it was Nolens-Noll shouting too loudly, or maybe it was his gesture of putting his hands on his ears to try to hear what Ding Wei was saying caught the attention of the fans, and a tsunami of shouts suddenly erupted in the Staples Arena: "Ding! ”

"OKOK, I hear you." Nolens-Noll gave a thumbs up.

"I was really defeated by you......" Ding Wei couldn't think of what he should do except shake his head.

"That kid is quite popular," Griffin, who was waiting to play in the Clippers' tunnel, bent down and said to his captain and partner, the commotion caused by Ding Wei just now had obviously aroused his competitive spirit, "I'm going to give him some color later, so he knows whose home court it is." ”

Chris Paul smiled and shook his head silently, he naturally wouldn't have such childish thoughts after his old age, but since his partner said so, he wouldn't stop it.

One by one, the Clippers ran out of the tunnel, followed by DeAndre Jordan Blake Griffin, who was the second-to-last, and Paul was the back, which was perfectly in line with their position on the team.

“Oh――Hoo!” Blake Griffin and his teammates did not rush back to their position after a series of high-fives, but rushed to the basket with an arrow, and the two spring-like thick legs instantly burst out with amazing elasticity, making him immediately fly into the air and complete a kissing hoop action under the surprised gaze of the fans!

“Woooooooooo――!” The fans in the stadium erupted into a loud scream under the guidance of the DJ, completely overshadowing the noise decibels caused by Ding Wei's previous appearance.

Blake Griffin returned to the team domineeringly, his head high like a majestic rooster, and his provocative gaze shot at Ding Wei, but Ding Wei was still tirelessly talking into Noll's ear at this time.

"The last one to play is our biggest brain and ball handler for the Los Angeles Clippers, Chris Paul-Rowe!"

Paul appeared in the center of the court in an extremely calm posture in front of everyone, he did not make any fancy movements, but walked all the way unhurriedly and high-fived every teammate, but in the end, he received the largest cheers in the audience.

"The captain is the captain, and it's really extraordinary." Blake Griffin laughed and gave a slap in the face.

"Actions speak louder than words, and if you beat them on the pitch, they won't be able to call them out." Paul said lightly.

Soon Paul proved his words with practical actions, only 15 seconds into the opening game, DeAndre Jordan grabbed the rebound in the chaotic battle, and found Paul at the top of the arc for the first time, the Clippers on-court leader threw the ball near the basket with a 30-foot overhead pass that did not look at people, and the fast Griffin had already jumped high, and a blood-pumping two-handed tomahawk split dunk instantly detonated the cheers of the audience.

"Welcome-" shouted the live DJ in a long voice.

"Empty--pick-up-city!"

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