Chapter 203: All-Star Voting and Jeremy Lin
In addition to Griffin, the Clippers have two other successful All-Star selections, and not only that, but both guys are All-Star starters.
Needless to say, Wang Cannon, who successfully won the vote king with the huge group of the Great Celestial Empire, is definitely his position as the starting small forward.
And the other All-Star starter is now the league's No. 1 point guard, Chris. Paul too.
Although Paul's vote is not the highest, it is much worse than Howard, Kobe, James and other popular kings, but his popularity is also quite high in the league, and it is not a big deal to squeeze out Westbrook as the starting point guard.
The Clippers have three All-Star participants this year, and two of them are All-Star starters, which is the first time that the Clippers have such a grand occasion since their establishment many years ago.
The Lakers also have two starting All-Stars this year, and Kobe Bryant naturally needless to say, Bydam was successfully elected as the starting center in the West by virtue of his excellent performance during this period and the characteristics of no center in the West.
This time, the topic came again, and the question of which team the Lakers and Clippers are stronger now has been raised again.
Some would say that the Lakers have a better record than the Clippers.
But some people also say that the Clippers' Big Three are better than the Lakers.
In short, the debate on this kind of issue will not lead to anything unless the whole season is over.
It is worth mentioning that at the beginning of February. In the New York Knicks, a boy with his unassuming appearance attracts the attention of the whole world.
The New York Knicks, this season, are considered by many to be a strong contender for the championship.
There is no other reason. The Knicks, who formed the triumvirate combination of Anthony, Billups, and Stoudemire, also signed Tyson Chandler and other good players, and while the salary has risen sharply, the Knicks' ambitions will naturally not be too low.
But to everyone's surprise, the Knicks also suffered from the same problems as the Clippers, and the run-in was not good. Anthony and Stoudemire have been unable to find the best way to distribute the ball, and the two top attackers in the league are not 1+1=2 at the same time, but a lot less.
What's worse is that. Injuries have also been hitting the Knicks, with Billups, Anthony, Stoudemire and many other role players suffering from injuries since the start of the season. It also makes it difficult for the Knicks to maintain a solid record.
As the head coach of the Knicks. D'Antoni, the running specialist, is losing all his hair, even though he doesn't have much hair himself. According to this record, it won't be long before he has to leave.
I don't know if it's providence in the dark, or if D'Antoni stepped on shit luck, the bearded Davis injury who had just been traded for a short time was another big blow to the Knicks, but he didn't expect that when Davis was injured and couldn't play, a kid who had always been ignored by him suddenly broke into his sight.
Averaging 20+7 per game in three consecutive games, this kid became the key figure in the Knicks to win the game in an instant.
Even more surprisingly. This kid turned out to be a yellow-skinned Asian.
The Chinese-American Jeremy Lin has entered the eyes of people all over the world in this way.
With his crazy performance in the Knicks, Jeremy Lin immediately became popular. And the fire is out of control. In the current league, there are only two Asians, Wang Cannon and Yi Jianlian, the former is a real super name, serving as the absolute offensive core and main force in the Clippers, while the latter can only play soy sauce in the Mavericks, and usually don't even have time to play.
For the majority of Celestial Empire fans, these two people alone are far from enough, they need more topics to discuss and more compatriots to support.
At this time, Jeremy Lin suddenly came out of the crack and appeared in people's sight, although he was only a Chinese-American, not actually a Celestial Empire, and even grew up in the United States He couldn't even speak Chinese, but this did not prevent people from loving him.
In this way, Jeremy Lin suddenly became popular, accompanied by a forest madness like a tornado, which swept the whole world.
When Wang Cannon heard the news about Jeremy Lin and watched the video of Jeremy Lin's game, the first thought in his mind was. "This girl can't be the same as me, is she?"
This issue was systematically denied at the time.
"The 2K system is unique, and you're the only one in the entire league and the world."
Hearing this, Wang Cannon breathed a sigh of relief, after all, I am the only one who is awesome, and if this kind of thing is to become something that everyone has, then it will not be called Kaihang.
After carefully inquiring about Jeremy Lin's past, Wang Dacang was stunned to find that this Jeremy Lin's experience was also colorful.
As a 10-year rookie with Wall, Jeremy Lin was undrafted in the draft.
After moving from team to team, Jeremy Lin opted to sign a contract with the Golden State Warriors as a backup for Curry and Ellis. To be exact, it should be a substitute for a substitute.
Jeremy Lin, who played for a year with the Warriors, didn't have any particularly good opportunities to show at all, and he didn't show what it takes to make the general manager want to keep him, so after the season, Jeremy Lin was cut.
Jeremy Lin then looked for tryouts with a number of teams, including the Clippers and Rockets, but it was the New York Knicks who chose him.
Originally, he didn't have many opportunities to play in the Knicks, and if it weren't for the tragic injuries of point guards like Billups and Davis, Jeremy Lin might not have had a chance to show himself.
"Holy! This girl is also an inspirational model! After learning about Jeremy Lin's simple past, Wang Cannon couldn't help but smack his lips.
Compared with Wang Cannon himself, Jeremy Lin is much more miserable, as soon as he joined the league, he quickly became the strongest defensive player with his almost invincible defensive ability, and he also became the Heat's starter by virtue of this.
That process doesn't even add up to ten games.
Compare it to Jeremy Billing. The first season played a season of soy sauce, made a season of bench, and in this second season. He has also done more than a dozen bench games, and if it weren't for the injuries of the main point guards, I'm afraid he would have continued to do this bench.
"It's not easy!" Wang Dacang couldn't help but have a very strong interest in Jeremy Lin, the protagonist of this inspirational struggle history. After all, they are also from the Celestial Empire, even if they are only Chinese-Americans, at least they are much closer than those black and white people, and if there is a chance, Wang Cannon must make a good friend of this guy.
Although Jeremy Lin's strong rise has attracted the attention of many. But the league game still has to go on, the Clippers' goal for this month is not yet complete, and everyone is holding their breath.
February 19th. The Clippers are in a tough battle against the Spurs, and as the current No. 1 team in the league, Popovich's Spurs have shown absolute plausibility in terms of tactics.
The Clippers and Spurs played two overtimes in this game, and in the end, the Clippers narrowly beat the Spurs by one point due to Paul's luck in a crucial three-pointer. Won the game hard.
In this game. The Spurs' defense of Wang Cannon is actually not very tight, in fact, many times Wang Cannon is Leonard, a young player of the Spurs, to defend alone.
Although Leonard is a very good player, can he defend against Wang Cannon?
The result is of course impossible, but the attack of the king cannon tends to become quite troublesome.
The main reason for this is Jordan Jr., the center of the Clippers.
As the starting center of the Clippers, Jordan Jr.'s ability in defense is indeed speechless, and in the entire Clippers, Jordan Jr. is the best point for the Clippers to defend except for Wang Cannon. And when Wang Cannon, Jordan Jr. and Griffin were on the court at the same time. The Clippers tend to have a big advantage in rebounding.
There are Wang Cannon and Paul on the outside offense, and Griffin on the inside offense, according to this situation, Jordan Jr. doesn't need to be responsible for anything else, but Jordan Jr. is bad at his terrible free throws.
As the saying goes, the Piff is innocent, but he is guilty, and there is nothing wrong with Jordan Jr. on the court, but when the Spurs keep using foul tactics on Jordan Jr., which is commonly known as shark slashing tactics, trouble comes.
Poor free throw shooting rate makes Jordan Jr. miss an average of two free throws and can't even hit one, hit one of three free throws, and hit one of four free throws It's not uncommon for this kind of thing to happen, Wang Cannon and others stood there and watched Little Jordan's free throws and were anxious, and even Griffin, who was also average in free throws, had the urge to go up and help him make free throws.
In other words, although the shark slashing tactic was invented by the head coach of the Warriors, Nelson Sr. to limit O'Neal, it was in the hands of Popovich that the iron-blooded head coach could make everyone on his team listen to him honestly, and he could also make everyone strictly follow his orders.
In this game, Wang Cannon's appearance on the court is really good, but he has few offensive opportunities, whenever he controls the ball and prepares to break through the attack, he often hears a whistle, accompanied by the innocent face of Little Jordan.
Although this shark cutting tactic cannot be used all the time, it is already a considerable advantage to use three or five times in a game.
Imagine that the Clippers need to defend the Spurs' offense on the court, and at the same time work hard to break through the Spurs' heavy defense to attack, so the team's players are expending a lot of physical energy.
And what about Spurs? They only need to put some effort on the offensive end, and then when they return to the defensive end, they only need a soy sauce to run over and foul Jordan Jr., which can easily disintegrate the Clippers' offense.
This in itself is already not a level playing field.
It is not easy for the Clippers to not collapse in the game, and to win this game with difficulty, if it were not for Wang Cannon's 35 points and Paul's key three-pointer, I am afraid that in the regular game time, the Clippers will have to surrender.
"I think Jordan Jr. needs to practice his free throw shooting ability." The Clippers' commentator looked worried when he said this. "If it weren't for Wang's cannon completely strangling Duncan today, and Parker being somewhat restrained by Paul, I'm afraid he would have lost."
Negro also has a headache when he looks at Jordan Jr., Jordan Jr. is still very young and has a lot of potential to develop, but what he shows now will give the Clippers more benefits than disadvantages.
The problem of Jordan Jr. At present, the Clippers can only continue to play like this, after all, Jordan Jr.'s saving zĂ i also provides the Clippers with an absolute inside rebounding advantage, which is something that no one can ignore, and under the blocking tactics, the Clippers with absolute rebounding rights are still very scary.
On the 21st, the Clippers narrowly defeated the Warriors by 1 point on the road, Popovich seems to have thought of a good idea for Nelson, the father of shark slashing tactics, and the Warriors also followed suit in the game with the Clippers and immediately used this set of tactics, but today Jordan Jr. seems to have eaten a mask at noon, and when he made free throws, he actually maintained a 45% shooting rate throughout the game, which is equivalent to two free throws and one hit every time.
In this way, the Warriors' intention to use the shark slashing tactic was shattered, and they eventually lost the game.
On the 23rd, the Clippers played against the Nuggets, which was another focus of the war, because before this game, the difference between the Clippers and the Nuggets was still 1 game, and if the Clippers beat the Nuggets in this game, then they could catch up with the Nuggets and become fourth in the West.
No one wants to be overtaken, and the Nuggets are struggling to beat the Clippers and keep their position, but the difficulty of trying to do this is different from actually doing it.
The two teams played a real game on the court, and even almost punched each other in the middle of the game, but in the end the Clippers still won the game, snatching the fourth place in the West from the Nuggets.
After playing the game with the Nuggets, the Clippers' game in February was basically over, in February, the Clippers played a record that stunned all competitors, 12-1, this record is a well-deserved first in the league's record that month, even the Spurs, who have the first record in the league, and the second in the East are not as good as the second in the league.
The Clippers breathed a sigh of relief after completing the catch-up with the Nuggets, including Negro, who gave this goal.
I don't know if it was just in time or if Negro estimated it just right, but the Clippers, who had just completed the goal of catching up with the Nuggets, immediately ushered in a rest day with a relatively long relaxation time, that is, All-Star Weekend. (To be continued......)