Chapter 65: The Aircraft Carrier Los Angeles is Coming!
In JR Smith's continuous scoring drove the overall momentum of the Clippers, both defensive and offensive have improved by several notches, like playing chicken blood, while the Nuggets in comparison are obviously inferior, Lin Fei just got a backcourt rebound on the court, and immediately handed the ball to Andre Miller.
After receiving the pass, Miller immediately turned the defensive posture into an offense, and instantly instigated a fast break, when the Nuggets players were still struggling to catch up, the Clippers had Wilson Chandler put the ball into the basket, and after this fast break, the Clippers further widened the point difference.
Yu Jia began to comment at this time: "The Clippers have completely played with momentum, JR Smith is not a famous nerve knife, his play has completely driven the momentum of the Clippers, compared to the momentum of the Nuggets, the momentum of the Nuggets is obviously much weaker, and the offensive and defensive just now can be seen that the Nuggets' offensive handling is a little impatient, and the effect of impatience is obvious and the momentum of the Clippers seized the opportunity." β
"Yes, this momentum is extremely important for any team, and if George Karl can't make effective adjustments, the Nuggets will have a hard time playing this game." Zhang Lili echoed.
But before the end of the first half, the Clippers have been crushing the Nuggets to death, George Karl frowned and thought about it, he had already hit Mike Dunleavy by surprise in this game, and sent Dundee Jones to keep an eye on Lin Fei, and Lin Fei's performance was also within his tolerance, but he didn't expect JR Smith to have a convulsion, as a former head coach of J.R. Smith, he knew Smith's strength, and he could only complain that the Nuggets were unlucky and ran into a convulsive Smith.
George Karl didn't come up with anything effective until the end of the first half, and in the last 30 seconds, Artest scored a steal from Anthony, and then the Clippers completed the first half of the whistle, stretching the difference between the two sides to 17 points.
The huge margin satisfied the Clippers fans who came to Staples to watch the game, and the game was so exciting that they didn't skimp on their cheers, compared to the huge boos in the 20,000-odd arena every time the Nuggets had the ball.
At halftime, everyone was happy in the locker room of the home team, the Clippers, although they performed well enough in the preseason, but it was nothing compared to the regular season, today was the first game of the season, and they were very satisfied with the state of the first half, Mike Dunleavy looked at the lively locker room and clapped his hands, "Hey, guys, be quiet!" Be quiet! With that, Dunleavy made a downward gesture for everyone to be quiet.
The voice in the locker room immediately quieted down, "Everyone did a great job in the first half, I'm proud of your performance, put your ears up and listen to the cheers of the fans, you should know how beautiful you did in the first half, but I think it's not time to celebrate the victory, we still need to finish a second half, I'm sure the guys in Denver won't throw in the towel easily, they will definitely try to play a comeback, and I think everyone is definitely not willing to accept the fact that they were overturned, they don't want to be a shameful background, So we need to keep working hard, we can't let up our defense, we need to keep up the good work we played in the first half for the rest of the game, and let the Denver people know that the victory can only be ours! The defensive and offensive tactics remain unchanged for the time being, keep up the good work! Mike Dunleavy shook his fist at everyone.
"Mike, victory, this is a must!"
"Yes, it must!"
Everyone shouted along, not only because of Dunleavy's speech, but also because of the pre-match war of words that had already made them hold their breath, and the performance in the first half really made them happy.
After listening to Dunleavy's words, Lin Fei continued to think about his state in the first half of the playing time, although in the face of Dundee Jones' defense, he successfully scored several goals, and the shooting rate was also very high, and he continued to play to help the team suppress the Nuggets, and he himself also made reasonable use of his teammates to integrate himself into the team, but Lin Fei always felt that the defense in the face of Dundee Jones was still not good enough, but he couldn't say what was not good enough for the time being.
Compared with the lively and relaxed atmosphere of the locker room of the Faster Fleet, the locker room of the away Nuggets is very dull, Melon's face is very ugly, and Billups is sitting quietly, seemingly thinking about something, while George Carr is discussing something with a few assistant coaches, as for the others, they are all silent one by one in the atmosphere where several bigwigs do not speak, and the atmosphere in the locker room makes people feel suffocated.
George Carr, the coach who has struggled with cancer for many years, frowned and slapped his palm, drawing everyone's attention: "I think the atmosphere of everyone tells us very directly, how bad we played in the first half, is it because we are far inferior to the Clippers guys?" β
Karl swept past every player, Anthony's face was still cold, and Billups was much better than Lops, after all, he had even experienced the key moments of the Finals. "Our strength is definitely stronger than the Clippers, now what we have to do is to forget about the first half, and readjust our mentality in the second half to deal with the Clippers' winning pursuit, so the second half is ......" Carl paused and looked at Carmelo Anthony, the team leader, and seemed to have made a big decision and opened his mouth: "Cameron, what you need to do in the second half is very simple, is to attract teammates to pull away the Clippers' defense, as for the offense, try to leave it to Billy to dispatch."
Hearing George Carl's words, Anthony's face showed an expression of disbelief, there is no doubt that George Karl is equivalent to taking the right to take his own shot in disguise, but his performance in the first half was really bad, so Anthony did not express his dissatisfaction too much, but lowered his surrounding temperature a little again.
"Don't worry, Carl, I'll try!" Billups nodded at George Carr.
Soon the 20 minutes of the break passed, and the second half of the game resumed, at this moment both sides sent the starting line-up at the beginning, and generally there are no special circumstances to change the starting personnel at the beginning of the second half.
For the Clippers, they want to continue to work hard to take advantage of the score and beat the Nuggets to death a few more times, while the Nuggets, who are as many as 17 points behind, want to try to close the score as close as possible in the third quarter and do their best to win the fourth quarter.
According to the arrangement at halftime, the Nuggets began to revolve around Billups, Billups controlled the ball steadily, and did not despise Andre Miller Billups in front of him, he knew that Miller was a similar type of player to him, and he was a player whose data did not reflect his specific strength.
Andre Miller is also a good defensive player on the guard line, he is a player who is good at using his body to defend, but Billups can definitely rank in the top three on the guard line in terms of strength, after strength and continuous feints, Miller can do nothing about Billups' breakthrough, he can only watch Billups bypass his defense, Billups, who broke into the interior line, faced Tyson Chandler directly after his teammates opened the line, and the basketball drew an unusually graceful arc in the air and then fell into the basket.
Billups looked pampered, as if the ball was not thrown by him, and immediately turned to the defense.
Andre Miller handed the ball to Artest, who faced the melon's defense and ate it directly with strong strength, like a heavy bulldozer, bulldozing the melon mountain, and then a basket, although the posture was really not good-looking, but it was practical enough, to re-pull the difference to seventeen points, Artest showed his strong muscles in response to the cheers sent to him by the audience.
In the following time, both sides are full of strength, both offense and defense are extremely intense, physical collision has become the focus of every offense and defense, under the leadership of Billups, although the Nuggets failed to chase the difference to within ten points, but have been biting the difference at about eleven points, this difference has brought a lot of pressure to the Clippers who want to open up the difference.
Mike Dunleavy frowned and called a timeout, Andre Miller's physical strength has obviously changed under the continuous impact of Billups, although Miller is an iron man, but the team is now in the position of organizing guards, in addition to him, Cassel can also top the top, but this season Cassel's physical strength has further declined, and the two newcomers who selected the team, Mario Chalmers and Goran Dragic, are not yet able to adapt to the rhythm of the NBA, and in the face of such an anxious game, Mike Dunleavy does not dare to easily send two newcomers, But looking at Cassel's body and swallowing the words to his lips again, he still put his hope on Miller, "Andre, is your physical strength okay?" β
"Coach, I think I need to take a break, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to guarantee my fitness in the fourth quarter." Andre Miller knows that this is not the time to be reckless, and for the team to win the final victory he must ensure that his defensive pressure is assured, and to have such defensive pressure you must have enough physical strength.
"Mike, let me defend Chauncey!" Lin Fei's voice drilled into Mike Dunleavy's ears.
"Lin, the team needs your offense more." Mike Dunleavy's words were tantamount to a direct rejection of Lin Fei's idea.
Lin Fei did not give up his thoughts because of Dunleavy's words, but looked directly into Dunleavy's gaze, and said in a firm tone: "Mike, the team's offense still has Ron and Wilson, and I can use the running position, I want to try it, after all, I have a height advantage, I believe that my strength will not be worse than Chaunse, and my speed also ensures that I can keep up with his pace, so I think I can try!" β
Mike Dunleavy thought about it, and indeed as Lin Fei said, Lin Fei did have an innate advantage in the face of Billups, then looked at the other players and nodded, "Sam, you are responsible for organizing the offense, Lin, Chauncey's defense will be handed over to you, Ron I think Cameron should not rest if he doesn't exert much strength in this quarter, so you still continue to play, Wilson, you come down and take a break, Steve, you replace Wilson on the offensive end and pull it out, I believe your three-point shot can become an important weapon on the offensive end of the team, Roy, you replace Tyson, pay attention to your fouls, don't jump easily......" Mike Dunleavy explained a few more words, and the referee blew the whistle in his mouth to urge the players of both sides to come on.
"Now the time should be to enter the second team of the two sides of the competition!" Zhang Liang's speech is very reasonable, and generally this time period is handed over to the second lineup of both sides.
"The Clippers replaced Andre Miller, so who will defend Chauncey, Sam Cassell was not a power defensive player when he was young, and the height of the Clippers is still guaranteed with rookie Roy Hibbert, the interior line is Chris Anderson, who just returned this year, is not much of a threat to the Clippers' offensive end, and the Nuggets still retain Billups, Dundee, Jones and Anthony...... It turned out to be Lin Fei to defend Billups? Yu Jia was still commenting on the lineup, and when he saw the situation on the field, he couldn't help but raise his voice and said.
Billups was also a little surprised, but he quickly put away his expression and still looked calm, so that Lin Fei couldn't see the change in his expression at all, and the basketball seemed to be one with him, so that Lin Fei didn't dare to take the risk of breaking the ball.
Looking at Lin Fei with his arms outstretched and in a standard defensive posture, Billups decided to try Lin Fei's defense first, knowing that the scout's report did not have a high evaluation of Lin Fei's defense.
Continued to cross steps in advance, but Lin Fei was unmoved, a pair of eyes were still staring at him fiercely, like a wolf, his eyes were full of aggression.
Smack!
The constant impact between the basketball and the ground challenged Lin Fei's defensive nerves.
Lin Fei could clearly perceive the steadiness emanating from Billups, and suddenly his eyes gathered, and the whole person immediately took a sliding step to the left after taking a step backwards and a half.
A hint of discoloration flashed on Billups's calm face, he quickly found a new way to attack after seeing all kinds of defenses, only to see Lin Fei leaning on the spot and turning around two times in a row, first false and then true, but each time it hit Lin Fei's body with a heavy impact, Lin Fei's strength surprised him, but these two impacts still made Lin Fei, who was in a hurry and had an unstable center of gravity, lose his defensive position, and he would not let go of the slightest opportunity for Billups.
The whole person pulled back and retreated, and he could have passed Lin Fei, he withdrew from the three-point line again, and shot under Lin Fei's hurried pounce.
"Chauncy Billups is still experienced in the end, this ball is actually Lin Fei has defended very well, we can see that Lin Fei has made great progress in his rookie season, Jiang is still old and spicy, with Billups' three-point shot, the Nuggets narrowed the difference to within ten points!"
Lin Fei was not annoyed by the failure of this defense, his face was not shocked, and he immediately ran quickly to the front court, and if he couldn't prevent it, he would make up for it with offense.
Kassel, who has begun to move closer to the position of the team's assistant coach, controlled the ball over the half court, Billups stared at Kassel intently, he deeply knew the meaning of getting older and more demonic, so he didn't dare to relax his defense against Kassel at all, Kassel was not shocked by Billups's defensive pressure at all and still controlled the team's rhythm steadily, signaling the Clippers players to start running, and then the Clippers' team's flexible offensive rotation was revealed, especially the Clippers have two super shooters, Steve Novak and Lin Fei, Under the Clippers' running position, the Nuggets' defense at the moment is torn apart little by little.
Deng Tai Jones could only follow Lin Fei as much as possible, but he really felt that Lin Fei was gradually moving away from his defense, and sure enough, as he thought, Lin Fei, who was casually running, suddenly accelerated violently, and the whole person cut into the inner line, at this time, Roy Hibbert's huge size played a key role, blocking Deng Tai Jones behind Lin Fei.
Billups immediately threw away Cassel and went straight to Lin Fei, but he still didn't have time to defend and watched Lin Fei shoot a three-pointer.
Swish!
βlinβ¦β¦ threeβ¦β¦ point...... "The Staples live DJ roared out in his biggest voice.
Lin Fei clenched his fists, he has always been confident in shooting, and the goal at this moment is undoubtedly the best praise for his self-confidence.
Lin Fei's three points made George Carr a little desperate, he only scored a goal on his side, but Lin Fei scored three points lightly, which was indeed a big blow to the tunneling who was bent on chasing points, and Deng Tai Jones was undoubtedly the most direct victim, he had tried his best, but he still couldn't control Lin Fei.
Offensive and defensive switching Lin Fei once again stood in front of Billups, this time he did not leave Billups space, but directly pasted it, and his outstretched arms seemed to be enough to wrap Billups. The height, power, speed, and footwork advantage made Billups uncomfortable, and at this time Anthony, another superstar of the Nuggets, felt he had to do something, and after ten minutes of calm in the third quarter, he realized that he had made a mistake in the first half.
After receiving the ball, the big butt hit Artest, and then turned over and jumped directly, without any superfluous movements, which was Anthony's offensive killer, and he calmed down and sent the ball into the Clippers' basket, and the point difference returned to the watershed of ten points.
Anthony's goal made the Nuggets players stabilize their mood a little, and the defense became hard again, and Dundee Jones was even more so, and the whole person bit Lin Fei like a mad dog.
Jones's recovery made Lin Fei slightly startled, but then a cruel smile flashed on the corner of his mouth, "Sam! Lin Fei shouted at Cassel, his raised right hand signaling a pass.
Kassel didn't hesitate to pass the ball straight over.
"Steve!" Lin Fei shouted at Novak, who nodded and immediately pulled out from the inside line.
In the opinion of the Nuggets, Lin Fei is likely to use Novak to contain their defense or Lin Fei himself to attract the defense to pass the ball to Novak, everyone cheered up, and Duntai Jones was even more so, he didn't want to become a loser in defending Lin Fei again and again, and it was precisely because of his eager thoughts that his spirit was tense.
At this moment, Novak suddenly made a quick run to the other side, and Lin Fei sent the ball to Novak with both hands, which surprised Deng Tai Jones, and Lin Fei immediately retracted a lift when he sent it halfway.
"It's good I didn't pounce on the side of the pass!" Jones couldn't help but feel happy in his heart, but the joy in his heart didn't last more than a second, only to see Lin Fei quickly accept the ball, and immediately after a sliding step to the left, a big retreat step instantly opened up and his position, at this time Lin Fei was far away from the three-point line and took a big step.
For Lin Fei, distance is not a problem, and in Jones's anxious face, Lin Fei jumped out unhurriedly.
Lin Fei's jumping and shooting height was not very high, and he didn't let his body reach the highest point before he shot, but Lin Fei in the air still showed everyone that his shooting posture was more perfect than the textbook, his fingers were gently flicked, and the basketball broke away from Lin Fei's palm, and in Jones's somewhat helpless eyes, he swayed along the established arc pointed by his fingers and flew to the basket in the distance.
"The distance of this ball is a bit far and unreasonable, but for a player like Lin Fei who has super confidence and accuracy, this kind of attack is actually very reasonable!" Zhang's reasonable words made everyone in front of the TV feel speechless.
The crisp sound of wiping the net was heard through the loudspeakers on the basket through every corner of Staples.
Another extremely accurate three-pointer ruined the Nuggets' defense, and the morale brought by Anthony's goal just now was completely crushed by Lin Fei's long-distance three-pointer.
Billups's brows furrowed, the feeling Lin Fei gave him made him feel a sense of despair in his heart that the team could win, he couldn't remember the last time he had such a thought, maybe it was the first time he met Jordan or the crazy Kobe Bryant or the bloodthirsty shark era, but he was sure that this feeling had only appeared a handful of times in his ten-year career.
And it's not just Billups who came up with this idea, not to mention that Billups has always been known for his big heart, and at the beginning of the fourth quarter, JR Smith and Steve Novak hit four consecutive accurate three-pointers to further push the Nuggets to the bottom, and the nineteen-point difference made them desperate, and the Nuggets, whose morale plummeted, finally failed to stage a comeback.
115:102, this is the final score, the Staples Center became a sea of joy, and the first game of the new season gave them enough anticipation for the Clippers in the new season.
24 points, 6 three-pointers, this is a gift from Jr Smith to his old club Nuggets, Smith proved himself with his actions and conquered the Clippers fans, and in addition to this, the Clippers also scored 5 double-doubles, Artest's 16 points, Andre Miller's 14 points and Tyson Chandler's 10 points, plus Steve Novak's 12 points off the bench and Lin Fei.
26 points, 7 assists, 7 rebounds This is the data that Lin Fei handed over in the first game of his second NBA season, a comprehensive enough data, and the league's heroes see far more than just data, as well as Lin Fei's new role on the court, under Lin Fei's containment, the Clippers have many offensive points, and they are afraid, and everyone is carefully studying the Clippers' game video.
"The USS Los Angeles is coming! This is the title of ESPN, and it also speaks to the hearts of many uniformed groups!
(To be continued)