Everyone thought the game against the Miami Heat would be a groundbreaking prepar for the Finals, with countless fans locked in front of their televisions and ESPN broadcast live across the United States.

But, it's a pity.

The course of this game was really lackluster.

Because Xiao Sao didn't treat this game as a duel, he was training. He only played a symbolic five minutes in the first quarter before handing the game to his teammates.

Due to the sloppy non-attendance, Miami played a whirlwind attack, and the addition of Dwight Howard strengthened the last shortcoming of the Heat, his speed and rebounding allowed James and Wade to have no worries on the outside, and Chris Bosh was able to fly kites on the outside.

At this time, the Miami Heat had reached a state of theoretical invincibility, with flawless rosters and four top 10 players on one team, which was simply outrageously extravagant.

After the match, Dwight Howard was extremely excited: "I finally have the confidence to face Xiao now, and the victory in this game means a lot to me. It was the first time I had beaten a team led by Xiao Sa. ”

Dwight Howard ushered in the excitement and excitement of a long drought.

However, Xiao said after the game: "Miami is indeed a lot stronger than last season, but if they can come to the finals and play with us, they will still lose the game." They may win one game or two, but that's their limit. ”

Although the Clippers lost, Xiao Sao still swore by it.

He does have the capital to say these words conclusively, because his past achievements have given him this qualification and status.

No one in Miami has come forward to fight this mouthpiece, and it is clear that everyone has matured a lot.

The Clippers' schedule has been going on since leaving Miami, and although Blake Griffin has left the team, his departure has not had much impact on the game.

Since leaving the team, Griffin has been claiming that he has been beaten by the team, that he feels that he has been treated unfairly, and even went to the players' union, from where he hopes to get some help.

However, the president of the union, Derek Fisher, was not able to help him, and logically the players' union did not care about the players' playing time, and their jurisdiction was more on the protection of the players' interests.

So, they said they couldn't help it.

The players' union couldn't help him, and he started shouting in the media for the Clippers to trade him.

However, the official response from the Clippers will always be ...... Blake Griffin is a player with a lot of potential and he's not for sale for us. We want him to be able to defend well during this time and we welcome him back in the team.

Apparently cold treated.

It's the same as not responding.

Griffin was driven crazy, and he felt that he was likely to be ruined in the hands of Xiao Xiao, and that he would sit on the bench in the best period of the game without any chances, and he was like a waste.

So, he began to abuse Xiao Shi on Twitter in various ways, all kinds of @Xiao Dash.

However, chic is also a matter of disobedience.

"I don't understand why he can't forget his high status like Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony. I don't think he's a bigger name than Cameron and Amare, he's just a rookie, he's just showing some potential, but it's not coming to fruition. I just told him to defend well and let him play off the bench and he couldn't stand it anymore and even abused the manager in the dressing room and then left the team openly. ”

'I don't want to judge what kind of player he is, I just want to tell him that no one wants to destroy him and no one can destroy him. Only he can destroy himself, he should mature a little. ”

When Xiao Sao was interviewed before the All-Star arrived, he finally relented and responded to Griffin's questions. And before that, the whole team was forbidden to talk about it.

With the All-Star Game just around the corner, the Clippers also made two trades, with Jamal Crawford being traded to the Nuggets in exchange for dashing right-hand man Jammario Jeffries. And Caron Butler was also traded to the Magic in exchange for Michael Petrus.

These two deals are not big deals, but they are significant to Xiao Wave, as two swingmen who need the ball to play have finally been traded out in exchange for two defensive giants.

This is the chic and familiar style of painting.

The past half season has proven that the two are incompatible, so the results are not too good.

Before the All-Star break, the Clippers welcomed the San Antonio Spurs at home.

The Spurs continued their strong team style, and this year they finished behind the Lakers with only half a win.

The Clippers, on the other hand, have a bit of a poor record, finishing fifth in the West. But no one will underestimate them because of this, after all, everyone knows that Xiao Xiao didn't play much in the first half of the season, and his energy was basically spent on tuning the team's kneading tactics.

In this game against the Spurs, Xiao Xiao did not hide behind the scenes, but went all out, and the starting lineup was Byron Davis, Xiao Xiao, Jeffries, Milicic and DeAndre Jordan Jordan.

It's a defensive lineup, and the Spurs' offensive system can be described as enduring and the greatness of it doesn't need to be overstated. However, this time, they still kicked the iron plate, and the defensive lineup led by Xiao Xiao really wanted their own lives, which was completely like an iron wall, making it extremely difficult for them to run and respond, and even unable to pass the ball to the place where it should be.

In this situation, only individual singles can be relied upon.

For individual singles, the Clippers have never been scared, as long as the opponent is divided into islands with defense, the next thing to do is much simpler. Just let Xiao Sao defeat them with his amazing offensive ability.

The Spurs are very tenacious and it won't be that easy to bring them down.

The outcome remained until the final minutes of the fourth quarter.

After all, this lineup lacks superstars like Carmelo Anthony and Stoudemire, and the offense is all led by Xiao Xiao, which is indeed a bit tiring.

But Xiao was able to do it and they sealed the win with two minutes remaining.

The Spurs lost in the final moments.

It was a game full of confrontation, but everyone played with grace and there were no conflicts.

"It's been a long time since the league had such a high-level game, the two sides are really seeing the moves, the response between offense and defense is very dexterous, although there is no blood-pumping dunk on the screen, but the scene is really good to see the extreme." The host of T-NT commented on the match after the match.

After the game, the two sides also gave each other high praise. Even in the NBA, such high-level confrontations are rare.

After the game against the Spurs, the All-Star break has arrived.

The Clippers have four All-Stars selected this year, Stephen Nash, Dash, Daco Milicic and DeAndre Jordan.

This caused a lot of displeasure among other teams, who thought the Clippers were simply cheating. Everyone knows that Xiao Po's popularity is higher than that of other players, as long as he is a teammate and enters the voting list, there is no chance that he will not be selected for the All-Star Game.

So, Grant of the Pacers even proposed dividing the votes of the Clippers players by three to be fair.

However, this statement was not echoed by the Alliance.

Dacomilišić also sarcastically mocked him in front of the camera: "So does Grant's salary have to be calculated in RMB?" It's more in line with your exchange rate. ”

Milicic had a very damaged mouth, which had little use in the previous parallel trading days. Later, he met Xiao Shao, and with Xiao Shao's support, he is now arresting and scolding whom, which is completely invincible.

Many players flock to the All-Star and think it's a good stage to show.

However, the current Xiao Po is tired of the All-Star Game, he doesn't want to play at all, and he can't get up at all. Recently, the kids have started calling him daddy, and he's even more excited.

So, he played for less than seven minutes in total, and then he sat on the bench as a spectator.

Phil Jackson asked Dash at a crucial moment in the fourth quarter if he wanted to play, and Dash replied that I wasn't interested in the All-Star Game MVP at all.

As a result, Kobe Bryant finally won the award, and he led the Western Army to finally kill the East. The paranoid hit five three-pointers in the fourth quarter, which rendered James and Wade's various defensive counter-attacks useless.

The All-Star Game is hilarious and boisterous.

But it was torture for Griffin, who also came to the All-Star Game, but he came as a spectator. Originally, if he hadn't launched the Clippers, maybe he would have gotten a chance to make it to the All-Star Game, after all, the league wouldn't be stingy to give him a spot in the voting options. And once you get to the polls, then you naturally become an all-star.

But since he ranted at Bob, none of this has anything to do with him.

After the All-Star Game, he finally mustered up the courage to apologize to Xiao Shi, and he bowed his head and showed weakness.

However, Xiao Xiao did not forgive him happily: "The person you should apologize to is the head coach. And also... Apologizing to me doesn't mean I'll forgive you, and it doesn't mean you can get in the team. ”

Chick is very cold.

But Griffin took it with great humility.

Back in Los Angeles, he sincerely apologized to Bob. Bob was not a man of forgiveness, and he forgave him as soon as he received an apology.

Griffin then apologized to the team and re-entered training camp.

At first, Xiao Wan didn't give him a chance and left him aside.

And with the trade happening, the Clippers are also in the fast lane, and they start to win one win after another. This made Griffin's sense of crisis even stronger.

After 10 consecutive wins, he began to feel that he might not be able to find his place in the team altogether, even though he worked very hard to practice defending.

When he was almost disheartened, he got the opportunity to play in the away game against Dallas, and he came off the bench to grab 11 points and 12 rebounds. He protected the defensive rebounds very well and also made his own contribution in rushing for the frontcourt rebounds.

After winning the game for 11 straight wins, Xiao praised him on the bus to Houston: "The team has found your value, your rush for offensive rebounds has earned you a place in the rotation, and I hope you cheer up." ”

Dashing words are a natural thing for Griffin at this time... I can finally get a consistent playing time.

Although at the beginning of the season, he even lashed out at Bob for not starting.

However, after leaving him for half a season, he finally understood that not playing according to the Clippers was an extremely dangerous thing to do, and it was also a self-destructive thing to do.

Griffin figured it out, and he put himself in a more humble position, so he was thrilled to get the promise of a rotation player.

What Griffin didn't know at this point was that when he lowered his figure, he was closer to the superstar position.

The more experienced Jerry West saw this, so he admired him very, very much: "It's amazing that you've turned him into a star power forward who can play both offense and defense." ”

"It's not a big deal, a guy like him, who has been a privileged player since he was a child, has to break his self-esteem and feed it to the dog in order for him to be reborn." Xiao said that the clouds are light and the wind is light.

"And what if he doesn't work hard to be born again, but instead falls?" Jerry West asked a hypothetical question.

"Then it can only be said that he didn't have the life to become a superstar, and I can't blame others." Xiao shrugged his shoulders and said more lightly.

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