Chapter 51: Attack on Los Angeles (End of Night)
He has a fierce face, he can dunk opponents when he jumps on the spot, he is domineering, he can almost dunk the basket, James once said that if this person dunks in front of him, all he can do is give way to him. He won the dunk king with a jump from the car in his rookie season, was selected as an All-Star in his rookie season, and was unanimously voted the best rookie.
If you talk about the speed of the explosion of popularity, maybe no one can compete with Lin Fei today, but in terms of cumulative popularity, maybe Griffin is better than Lin Fei, but if you have to compare them, they must have their own merits.
The Warriors visited Los Angeles non-stop after taking out Miami in a storm, but they faced the Clippers who "read with the prince", but perhaps the recent rise of Griffin has the flavor of letting the Clippers replace the Lakers, and Griffin has the taste of replacing the aging Los Angeles owner Kobe.
At this time, the morale of the Warriors is unprecedentedly high, and now in the past games, they have killed the Spurs, Celtics, and Heat, these super strong opponents, especially in the past game, they easily won the Heat in one breath, and Lin Fei even slashed 60 points, and today's morale can be described as the strongest in history, the Warriors. At this time, facing the Clippers, although the players are slightly tired, it seems that the Warriors are still bound to win.
When the players played, the Los Angeles fans gave the new 60 points Mr. Lin Fei's unprecedented applause, and the fans of Los Angeles have always been relatively harmonious, but they don't want Lin Fei to score so many points against their favorite team. When it's Griffin's turn, you'll find out that Griffin is the real owner of the pitch right now.
Griffin took the initiative to greet this newcomer, "Hey, buddy, you're so fast" It seems that they are all familiar with Lin Fei, Lin Fei was stunned for a moment, and immediately replied with a smile, "Hehe, buddy, you jumped really high." The two men laughed and were in harmony.
Not only are the players familiar with Lin Fei, but many celebrities in Los Angeles have also visited, one wants to see the king of popularity, and the other is nothing more than to see Mr. 60 points, film and television superstar Will Smith is the one present, do you know why? Because many fans feel that Lin Fei has gone all the way, it is simply a legendary development, from a young player who feels like a layman, to a superstar who is famous all over the world, he continues to persist and struggle, just like a movie by Will Smith "When Happiness Knocks on the Door".
The commentator of this game also has a great background, the former coach of the Rockets, Van Gundy, he led the Rockets with Yao Mai to play an iron-blooded defense, and it was also very prosperous in the league, but the sky did not fulfill people's wishes, but he fell in the first round of the playoffs several times, and was laid off, and now he is a commentator, and he is also happy in the league, but today he is commenting on the Warriors with the strongest offensive firepower in the league, I don't know what he will say.
Before the game, when warming up, Lin Fei always tried to shoot from the middle line, and every time he made a shot, the whole court let out an exclamation. And Griffin always repeats the dunk action of turning under the basket over and over again.
During the game, there was an incident, the whole audience booed, why? The Warriors started without Lin Fei, and Curry, who returned from injury in the twenties, it seems that Nelson, a dull old man, is determined to be pointed at. If Lin Fei is transferred to another team, he will definitely be a starter who can't be beaten, and he is likely to be a privileged player, but he is actually a substitute in the Warriors. Could it be that Lin Fei, who can score 60 points, is not as good as a Curry who has just returned from injury, and the indignation of the fans is justified!
Nelson is really jealous of a player like Griffin, his own defense is not strong, and when he encounters such a strong interior line, plus his teammates and Jordan, this combination is also luxurious in the league's interior combination. It's really uncertain about life and death, maybe it's really fate.
Scrum, Jobs and Griffin, Griffin was originally a little taller than Jobs, but he jumped almost a head taller than Jobs, don't look at how much taller than Jobs. If there is still a title of scrum king in the league today, Griffin has a lot to offer. Clippers ball possession.
Mo Williams holds the ball, a player who was once nicknamed "Mo Bu Pass", but now when he arrives at the Clippers, he has changed his main thing from scoring to passing the ball to Griffin. Near Griffin's free throw line, with his back to the basket, asking for the ball, behind Jobs' defense, Williams lobbed the ball to Griffin, Griffin held the ball, turned around, frontal basket, Jobs defended, couldn't tolerate a little slack, Griffin dribbled, Jobs followed, Griffin turned his back to the basket, pouted his buttocks, and pushed Jobs, Jobs stepped back a little, this bit of space and time interval, Griffin directly turned around and gave Jobs, and then rushed straight to the basket, at this time Clauderson tried to make up for the defense, Clauderson will never be afraid of such a player, desperately sticking on it, but Griffin's bounce height is amazing, when Clauderson jumps and is about to fall, Griffin only reaches the highest point, Griffin is a dunk across Clauderson, and the opening is so exciting.
The Warriors attacked, Curry, who had just returned from injury, really couldn't improve his speed, and Nelson's 8 seconds to complete the offense were completely not executed, and the opponent was already in a good position in 8 seconds. But apparently before the game, Nelson had already told the players that this game was not ruthless, but skillful, because his tactics required players to rotate at a very high speed, so the physical exertion was very large, and it was rare to continue to play back-to-back the next day after a high-intensity game, so Nelson said a "skill" to the Clippers' game. Clauderson has his back in the low post, Jordan of the Clippers is in a position, not letting Clauderson receive the ball, and Jobs and Aix are relatively flexible, the two can even cross and change positions, while Cairns and Curry wander the outside line, looking for the right time, under normal circumstances, Jobs and Aix on the front line have the most opportunities, after a Jobs and Aix cross run, Curry quickly handed the ball to Aix, Aix received the ball, and went to the basket, but there was little room for shots, but it directly led to the Clippers' compression to the inside, At this time, Aix passed back to Keynes on the outside, and Keynes hit the shot.
"Nelson's offense really has a set, he doesn't rely entirely on tactics, his team has a first-class fast break, when there is no fast break, the style of play is flexible, their three-point is the most advantageous weapon, really, there are few coaches in the league who can have such offensive cultivation." Commentator Van Gundy sighed.
The Clippers offense is still Griffin's low-post request, and at this time, the Warriors' Jobs assists in defending Griffin, which may have been arranged by Nelson. After Griffin hit strongly, he passed to Jordan in the bottom corner, because Jobs had already assisted Griffin, so Jordan was directly an empty position, and he started directly and hit a dunk.
"Both offenses are dunks, it seems that the Warriors' defense really has serious problems, if they can do a good job of defense, they can also become the top team in the league, in my experience, if this continues, the Warriors may achieve good results in the regular season, but in the playoffs, they are facing top teams such as the Lakers, Spurs, Mavericks, Thunder, etc., the offense and defense are relatively balanced, it is easy to suffer and the Warriors' offense also has a big flaw, they rely too much on three-point shooting, It's definitely not good news, no team can win on three points all the time, and trying to play inside is probably better" is Van Gundy's point of view, and the opinion of many pundits.
The Clippers were full of individual energy, and they scored one dunk after another in the opening game, while the Warriors were not tired at all, and all the players started with a lot of energy.
Halfway through the first quarter, the Clippers led the Warriors by three points at 16:13.
At this time, Nelson made a choice that made all fans excited and replaced Lin Fei.
Lin Fei was on the court, and there were even Clippers players discussing, so you don't have to guess to know what they are discussing.