Chapter 32: A Miracle Is Ahead!

Denver Nuggets, Golden State Warriors, Utah Jazz, Portland Trail Blazers, New Orleans Hornets are the Clippers' remaining five opponents, and the first four of these five opponents are direct competitors, while the last opponent Hornets will compete with the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Lakers for the first place in the West, which is undoubtedly a devil's schedule for the Clippers.

Although the Clippers have achieved a record of 10 wins and 1 loss in the last 11 games, many people agree with Lin Fei's persistence and hard work, and many of the media who were not optimistic about Lin Fei have defected, but there are still many media who are stubbornly resisting. Even though Lin Fei's efforts are obvious to all in the United States, they are still shouting that Lin Fei is an unrealistic and arrogant rookie.

However, Lin Fei was too lazy to fight with them, he now hoped that he would seize all the time to rest and train, and just wanted to make himself better, instead of wasting time in this aspect.

April 3 Staples Center, Los Angeles Clippers vs. Denver Nuggets! It was a game that neither side wanted to lose, and at the critical moment of the sprint to the playoffs, the Nuggets were only 3.5 wins ahead of the Clippers and only half a win ahead of the Warriors in ninth place in the West, so the Denver people came to Los Angeles with super aspirations.

The intensity of the game can be seen from the fact that the two sides reached 35 tie points in the whole game and the maximum lead difference of no more than 8 points, Lin Fei played a full twelve minutes in the first quarter, scored 10 points, and the center Carman became the biggest reliance of the Clippers in addition to Lin Fei, in the last eleven games, Carman averaged 19 points per game, plus 13 rebounds and 3 blocks, and in the first quarter of this game, he again took 8 points and 6 rebounds.

In the second quarter, Lin Fei rested for only two minutes and came on the court, using a three-pointer to narrow the gap of five points to two points, and then Lin Fei made another steal and a fast-break layup, not that he didn't want to shoot three points or dunk, but he wanted to choose the most sure and effortless way to complete the offense.

The second quarter became the time between Anthony and Lin Fei, Anthony scored 17 points, Lin Fei scored 12 points again, and the two sides tied at 57 at halftime.

The third quarter became Carman's showtime, scoring 14 points and 5 rebounds in a single quarter, and a big double-double of 25 points and 14 rebounds at the end of the third quarter, and the Clippers took a narrow four-point lead amid the roar of the court.

An accident in the fourth quarter made the Clippers close their eyes, and their biggest interior relied on Chris Carman to fall to the ground with a painful injury when he was competing for rebounds with Camby, when the Clippers and the Nuggets tied again, although the Clippers finally relied on Lin Fei to draw a key assist and help Cassel complete a three-point overtake, but for the Clippers, the price of victory was a bit heavy. The results of the next day's examination made everyone's hearts sink and the result showed that Carman had a torn ligament in the instep of his right foot, which predicted that Carman would miss at least a month of games before he could return to normal training, and with only ten days left in the regular season this season, it was undoubtedly worse for the Clippers, who were severely starved on the inside.

The team is currently ranked 11th in the West, and there is still a 2.5-game gap between the Warriors who are eighth in the league, which does not seem to be a big difference, but there are only four games before the end of the regular season, and the goal of completing the playoffs in four games is really difficult, especially the Clippers' schedule is the most dangerous among several teams competing for the playoffs, and Clippers fans themselves dare not have much hope.

"Kaman Reimbursement, Clippers Fall Sail" This is the news headline of "Sports Weekly", the content is roughly: Although Lin Fei is the core of the Clippers team is the biggest firepower offensive point, but the center Chris Carman is another fulcrum for the current Clippers, and the current Clippers have lost this fulcrum, so there is no doubt that it is equivalent to lowering the sails of the Clippers who are full of Yang Fan in the sea, although the situation in the West is complicated to compete for the playoffs, but from the actual situation, the Clippers are undoubtedly the most thrilling, and the author believes that the last three seats in the West are produced in the Jazz Mavericks Nuggets.

And Kaman's injury also reminded Mike Dunleavy that the physical fitness of several veterans in their formation was close to exhaustion because of the lack of major generals, and Lin Fei also had a physical crisis in his crazy appearance, and the physical fitness coach and team doctor told him many times to limit the playing time of Lin Fei and the veteran, but at this time, they didn't want to give up at the critical moment after nearly half a season, and they have been persevering.

Is the situation now for the team to continue to push for the playoffs or to care about the players' bodies? Dunleavy stayed up all night, his eyes fixed on the Western Conference record analysis table in the coach's office.

Dunleavy rubbed his temples and pulled back the curtains, the sunlight shining in made Dunleavy's eyes feel a little uncomfortable.

A smile of relief spread out on Dunleavy's mouth, and it was Lin Fei who walked into the stadium.

"Lin, do you have time to talk?" Dunleavy walked to the sidelines, and Lin Fei was still meticulously practicing his three-point shot as if he didn't see it.

Dunleavy's voice made Lin Fei stop his movements, "Coach, why is it so early?" It doesn't seem like you're in good spirits, didn't you come home all night? ”

Dunleavy looked at Lin Fei and raised his eyebrows, "Yes, Lin, what do you think about the playoffs, the current team's lineup is really not ideal, and the physical fitness of the players, I want to hear your opinion?" ”

Lin Fei picked up the big towel on the floor and wiped his sweat, "Coach, I don't want to give up, but the team's physical fitness is already very lacking, especially Sam, Catino and Josh, and we have no one inside, this situation is very unfavorable to us, if we don't take into account everyone's physical strength, it is likely to cause more injuries." Wiping the sweat from his face again, his eyes looked at Dunleavy with a calm face, "I don't want to give up!" ”

I don't want to give up, although Lin Fei's voice is very soft, it is not lacking in firmness at all.

Dunleavy smiled slightly and breathed a sigh of relief: "I don't want to give up either!" But I hope you can take care of your body, although the game is important, you are not only the team but also your family! With that, Dunleavy patted Lin Fei on the shoulder and turned to leave.

On April 5, the Golden State Oakland Center played against the Western Conference No. 8 Golden State Warriors and the Eleventh Los Angeles Clippers.

In the game, Mike Dunleavy chose to start Cassell and Mobley to rest, fortunately, the Warriors' interior offensive strength is also very weak, and the two sides are completely fighting on the outside, Lin Fei played again for 44 minutes, and in the last few minutes, Lin Fei felt that his legs were heavier than the lead, and every step was extremely uncomfortable, and Lin Fei reminded himself over and over again to persevere.

Looking at the score on the big screen, Lin Fei smiled, walked to the sideline and gently hugged Scarlett into his arms.

Erin Andrews wrote on her Twitter that success is always paranoid!

The Dallas Mavericks lost to the top Los Angeles Lakers in the West that night, and the Mavericks in eighth place in the West are 1.5 wins ahead of the Clippers, the seventh-place Nuggets are 2 wins ahead of the Clippers, the ninth-place Warriors are 1.5 ahead of the Clippers, and the tenth-place Trail Blazers are 0.5 wins ahead of the Clippers.

April 6 Staples Center opponent Utah Jazz.

"He's murdering! Murder! Mars can hear the sound of falling, do you have plum blossoms in your ears and mosaic in your eyes? ”

Mike Dunleavy ran straight in front of the bald referee Crawford and shouted.

And Lin Fei was lying on the floor in the three-second zone, surrounded by his teammates from the Clippers, the team was checking on him, the sweat on Lin Fei's forehead was constantly coming out, the green tendons near his temples were obviously bulging, and his two fists were clenched together. The calves twitched slightly.

The picture just now was played back on the big screen: Lin Fei received the ball outside, and after a false shot, he directly accelerated and cut hard Kirilenko into the inside, and he changed direction and threw over Boozer and jumped up, but Buzeer, who had been behind him, stretched out his hands and pushed Lin Fei in the air, and Lin Fei fell out directly.

The boos from the crowd were sent to Boozer and the referee, as the referee blew only one second-degree malicious foul.

The 20,000 people in the audience were staring at the floor in the three-second zone.

"Paul I can do it, I want to play!" Lin Fei's tone was extremely resolute, his eyes were fixed on the score on the big screen, and there were still three minutes before the end of the game, and the Clippers were still six points behind.

"But your ......" replaced Dunleavy who was sent off the field as the coach's first assistant coach Sipos looked at Lin Fei.

"Coach, trust me, I can!" Lin Fei's eyes were extremely resolute, and Sipos looked at the team and nodded lightly.

β€œlin!lin!lin!” The entire Staples resounded with a uniform cheer.

And Lin Fei lived up to expectations and led the Clippers to stage a Jedi reversal in the last three minutes, and the Clippers took a step further on the road to a miracle!

"Lin = Dream! This is the title of the homepage of the NBA's official website, and below the title is a huge picture of Lin Fei roaring.

On April 8, the Staples Clippers faced direct rivals the Portland Trail Blazers.

In the cheers of 20,000 people, Lin Fei staged a three-point anti-shut-off stunt, and the Trail Blazers players who were frantically celebrating Roy's key layup three seconds ago had a look of disbelief on their faces.

And with the end of this game, the NBA has entered the final round of the entire regular season, and at this time, the playoff competition in the West has come to the most. The Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets, Golden State Warriors, Portland Trail Blazers, and Los Angeles Clippers will compete for the last two playoff tickets.

The seventh Mavericks in the West are 42-39, the eighth Nuggets are 41-40, the ninth Warriors are 40-41, the tenth Clippers are 40-41, and the eleventh Trail Blazers are 40-41, while the Clippers' last opponent, the New Orleans Hornets, is 56-25, just one win away from the Los Angeles Lakers, the No. 1 Clippers team in the West, with a 57-24 record.

The miracle is just around the corner! - Here's Erin Andrews' latest Twitter message!

At this point, there is still a full day before the start of the game between the Hornets and the Clippers!

(To be continued)