Chapter 166: Standing in front of the creation of history
-- The Clippers' journey in the second half of the season was not earth-shattering but by no means dull, the Clippers ended with a complete victory in February after the All-Star break, but Lin Fei failed to continue his history, and the best player in February went to the Clippers' fellow brother of the Lakers, the Spaniard Paul. Gasol, in the game in February, Gasol contributed an average of 24.6 points, 15.2 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 3.2 blocks per game for the Lakers.
Lin Fei has a faint tendency to become a new generation of the league's top superstar under the official publicity, and there is no doubt that all this comes from the league's president, David. Stern's instructions, Lin Fei also experienced the feeling of a star whistle on the court, although Lin Fei didn't like it but these things couldn't be helped, Lin Fei's popularity made some Lin Hei jump out and say that Lin Fei was David. Stern's second godson.
Seeing Lin Fei on the mainstream media in the United States has become a habit for the American people, and it is a habitual topic for American female surnames to talk about, who made Lin Fei look good.
There is no doubt that David Stern's plan to plant the star of Forest-Fei was an unprecedented success, and the market on the other side of the ocean was once again opened up and even expanded to South Korea because of Lin Fei.
The most direct statistics is that the total sales of Lin Fei's Clippers genuine Adidas jerseys in China are not even comparable to Yueben, of course, if the place where Lin Fei's jersey appears is obviously incomparable, so the Adidas jersey sales staff once said a joke to a friend who works at Nike, "If the Chinese people buy our Lin's genuine jerseys, Lin's jersey sales will reach the highest in history." ”
Although the real surname of this sentence is no longer reliable, it is undoubtedly true.
Lin Fei's jersey sales in both Ben and South Korea have reached an astonishing number, I have to say that this phenomenon is very strange, Lin Fei has not started his trip to China for three years, and this time under the arrangement of the largest sports company in the United States and Bob. Pelinka reached an agreement that Lin Fei would kick off a month-long trip to Asia in the offseason.
To put it bluntly, it is a naked money-making action, but one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, not to mention that Lin Fei really wants to go to Asia, especially China.
Lin Fei, who occupied a lot of publicity, did not relax his efforts on and off the court, and his Clippers also entered the playoffs and adjustment period.
Like Shaquille. O'Neill, Rashid. Veterans such as Wallace have begun to adjust their fitness and condition for the start of the playoffs, after all, the intensity of the playoffs is not comparable to the regular season.
And Mike. Dunleavy also began to take protective measures against Lin Fei, despite the attention of the league, Lin Fei was viciously fouled in the game from time to time, which made Dunleavy have to deal with it carefully, Lin Fei's playing time also slowly decreased, although the data was affected by this, but Lin Fei didn't mind, after all, the real goal is still in the playoffs.
In April, the Los Angeles Clippers' record completely locked in the first place in the West, and the Clippers also completely entered playoff mode.
Other teams have also entered the final sprint, and for the Clippers there is also a legendary record in front of them, that is, the powerful Bulls set a 72-10 record in the 1995-1996 season, last year's Clippers almost finished, and finally ended the regular season with 68 wins, and the Clippers finished in March with a record of 64-8 with ten games remaining, and it is likely to set a new regular season record according to the Clippers' form.
"Our goal is the playoffs, so why not make history if we can make it?" Lin Fei said in an interview with the media.
On April 2, the Los Angeles Clippers sat at home Staples to welcome the fourth-ranked team in the West, the Lakers, who ranked fourth in the league with 55 wins, but could only rank fourth because they were in the same district as the Clippers.
The Lakers would love to win, after all, if nothing else, the Lakers and Clippers will meet in the Western Conference semifinals for the second year in a row, and the Lakers and Clippers have played only one of the three games that have been played in the regular season, and only one victory has been won, and this victory can also increase the Lakers' confidence in the playoffs.
But the result did not go as they had hoped, and the big screen clearly showed that the home team Clippers defeated the Lakers by 10 points.
Kobe Bryant played abnormally under the key care of Lin Fei and Artest, shooting only 10 of 29 shots from the field, and also made 7 turnovers, and was criticized as the main culprit of the Lakers' failure.
The Clippers scored their 65th win of the season against the Lakers, one step closer to the Bulls' 72-win run.
Then the Los Angeles Clippers went to the away game to challenge the underdog Toronto Raptors, and Lin Fei only played 20 minutes before sitting on the bench.
The Clippers, who won over the Raptors, faced the Milwaukee Bucks back-to-back, and this season the Bucks selected Brandon with the 10th pick. Jennings then reaped success, scoring the second-highest 55 points in his rookie season against the Warriors. Bogut has become the biggest support of the Bucks inside and outside, and the Bucks currently occupy the top eight positions in the East.
Before the game with the Clippers, Jennings proudly said that he would let the Clippers know the strength of the Bucks and let Lin Fei know his strength.
Lin Fei responded with a smile to win the game with the Bucks, the process of the game made the Milwaukees at home want to cry without tears, it seems that Lin Fei in order to respond to Jennings' words, directly burst the Bucks' defense, and brutally shot 7 three-pointers in the first quarter, hitting 5 of them, and scored 22 points in the first quarter The same as the Bucks' team score, and under Lin Fei's defense, rookie Jennings shot 0 in the first quarter 6, the gap is obvious.
In the second quarter, Lin Fei continued his hot hand, scored 4 three-pointers again in 6 minutes, scored 10 three-pointers before the end of the first half, and scored a terrifying 38 points in the first half, while Jennings only scored 5 points, and the Bucks trailed by 24 points at the end of the first half.
The Clippers also picked up their 66th win of the season, and Lin Fei also won the Western Conference Player of the Month award in March.
The Eastern Conference Player of the Month was the first substitution, and James finally fell off after four consecutive months of Player of the Month. Wade won the title of Eastern Player of the Month in March, and after Lin Fei won the best of the month in March, he and James both won the Player of the Month award 4 times.
Returning to Los Angeles from Milwaukee, the Clippers welcomed the minnesota Timberwolves to the door after just one day of rest, and the game ended in a fairly harmonious environment, with the Timberwolves failing to get their desired gain, while the Clippers continued to add a win to 67 wins, just one game away from the Clippers' all-time record set last year.
The Los Angeles Clippers suffered a defeat in New Orleans, and the Hornets Clippers, who launched a last-ditch assault in the face of a playoff spot, lost the game. Dunleavy was lost in thought.
If the playoff team also wants this game, there is no need to think about the O'Brien Cup, adjusting the team's condition is still the team's top priority, Dunleavy decided to give up all his efforts to set a record and go all out to adjust his fitness for the playoffs.
The Clippers, who lost their ninth game of the season, will have to win all six games remaining if they want to set a new record.
And the remaining six games against only the Sacramento Kings are the underdogs, and the last game is against the Oklahoma City Thunder, a young guard who is fighting hard for the playoffs.
Before the Thunder, the Clippers will need to face another young guard team that will fight for the playoffs, the Portland Trail Blazers.
The biggest feature of these two teams is that they are impactful, and both games are destined to be difficult for the veteran Clippers, while the other three teams are the Utah Jazz, Miami Heat, and Atlanta Hawks.
In the away energy solution center, the Clippers narrowly defeated the home team Jazz by 3 points, Lin Fei shot a key three-pointer with 17 seconds left in the game, and then the Jazz's three-point miss allowed the Clippers to tie the team's all-time record 68 wins, and this key shot was also the 20th regular season key shot in Lin Fei's career (only to prepare for the lore and lore).
The number of such key shots ranks second among active players, behind only Kobe Bryant, who has completed 22 attempts.
In the activity of falling behind by two points at the critical moment of ESPN, Lin Fei defeated Jordan, Kobe, James and others to get the first place, which is enough to see that fans are relieved of Lin Fei's ability to execute key balls.
The Clippers who defeated the Jazz went to Pepsi Center to defeat the Nuggets led by Melon mercilessly, and Melon only scored 18 points under the greeting of Artest, which made the Clippers feel extremely satisfied, and the Clippers also set a new team record.
Back in Los Angeles, the Clippers welcomed the Atlanta Hawks, who played at home easily defeated the Hawks, who had no pressure to qualify, improving their record to 70-9.
Then in the matchup between Lin Fei and Dwyane Wade's strongest scoring guard in the league, Lin Fei defeated Wade's 33 points with 38 points to lead the team to the 71st victory, and then defeated the Trail Blazers in the center of the Roses and won the 72nd win, which really tied the record of the Bulls, and if the Clippers can win the Thunder on the road, it will set a new record.
"I'm not going to put down my gun and fight until the last minute that's who we are, and we're going to fight for the win, not just because we need to make a final push for a playoff spot, but even if we completely lose the playoff at the moment, we're going to fight as hard as we can." Kevin. Durant said to the media.
The night in Oklamaho is extraordinarily quiet, and there is still a big difference between it and the bustling city of Los Angeles, but the arena is already full, and the Oklamahohians are looking forward to the Thunder being able to stand on the stage of the playoffs for the first time, while Clippers fans are looking forward to their Clippers making new history, belonging to the history of the Clippers.
The game is on the verge of breaking out.
(To be continued)