Chapter 281: Purple Badge (5200 Words Chapter)
On January 3, 2013, Amika's sports media praised the Clippers' 27-game winning streak.
In the current 65-year history of the NBA, 27 consecutive wins is definitely not a small achievement.
Although many sports media are complaining that the Clippers will lose to the Warriors, it is barely understandable considering the back-to-back games on the road.
Of course, the Clippers did not have a friendly schedule this week, with back-to-back games on the road followed by two back-to-back games at home
This kind of schedule is a nightmare for teams that want to challenge the winning streak, after all, every time they meet an opponent, the opponent will cheer up and end the winning streak, which is definitely a big hot spot!
On the official website of the NBA league, on the day of the 3rd, a special winning streak was launched, detailing the historical Bucks and Lakers and the current Clippers.
NBA commissioner David Stern was also very satisfied with the Clippers' achievement, and not only sent a congratulatory message to the Clippers that day, but also sent a tweet.
Translated to mean that the NBA is thriving, and the American knife is dripping! Hurry up and smash the broadcast contract!
And Fox Sports, as the local broadcaster of the Clippers, has completely won the game, and on the night of the 3rd, a 27-game winning streak of the Clippers documentary was directly launched, and the documentary was widely praised by subscribed fans as soon as it was released.
Many fans prefer to see the story behind the Clippers compared to the winning streak, of course, there will definitely be no footage of Paul almost breaking the defense when he loses, and there will be no picture of Griffin's uncomfortable eyes turning red on the night of the loss.
In the entire documentary, the Clippers are naturally tired of logging and loving each other, and they are iron-blooded tough guys per capita!
Due to the preparation for the next two consecutive home back-to-backs, on the morning of the 3rd, the Clippers returned to Los Angeles non-stop.
In the evening, big boss Steve Ballmer also hosted a banquet to entertain everyone on the Clippers, whether it was the staff or the atmosphere group, everyone had a share.
The old man is not happy at Microsoft, and he may be about to leave office, but in this case, the big toy he just bought gave him a surprise, which really made him feel a lot more beautiful.
"Kayce, adjusting to life in Los Angeles? Oh! I almost forgot, you went to high school and college here! ”
As soon as the old man finished his speech, he slipped to Li Ze's side with champagne.
"Of course, I come back here every offseason to finish my studies, but after this summer, I don't have to worry about that, and I've finally completed my credits."
Li Ze was wearing a light gray handmade suit, no one at the big boss's banquet was dressed in strange clothes, and everyone wore formal clothes honestly tonight.
"Congratulations, Kayce! Do you think there is anything that needs to be strengthened in the squad at the moment? We can make one more trade, and if we can win the championship this season, it will be great! ”
Steve Ballmer smiled and said hello, then turned his head and asked Li Ze another difficult question.
"No team has a perfect squad, it's important to stick together and I'm sure we'll have a chance to win the championship this season!"
Of course, Li Ze will not answer such a question, superstars can enjoy privileges, but not above management, this is a matter of principle, no one likes to be overshadowed by stars, even if the team manager Gary Sachs is a little softer, this will not change.
The old man patted Li Ze on the shoulder, smiled, and then said happily:
"Enjoy the feast! I hope you will enjoy it. ”
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As the Clippers celebrate their 27-game winning streak, the TNT show is coming alive in a different way:
So far in the new season, there hasn't been too much breaking news, and finally encountered a big job, and the 4 people naturally want to seize this opportunity:
"The 27-game winning streak is a great achievement, but I would say that the Clippers haven't been challenged much in the past two months, and this record should be thanks to the NBA schedule."
Charles Barkley came up sour and pointed out that the Clippers ate the dividends of the schedule.
"The chances are equal, Chuck! We all know that every team has this opportunity, but in the history of the NBA, only three teams have achieved this feat. ”
Kenny Smith retorted to his old partner with a smile, while O'Neal on the side immediately took over the topic and said in a mocking tone:
"From a lineup perspective, I agree with Chuck that even though the Clippers have two big men, their autonomous offensive ability is so poor that against the Warriors' David Lee, the two combined for eight points! In my opinion, both teams in Los Angeles are flashy and it will be difficult for them to compete for the championship! ”
Host Ernnie Johnson almost burst out laughing when he heard O'Neill's words, and immediately asked with a smile:
"If the combination of Kayce, Chris Paul, and Blake Griffin is a little immature, I can still reluctantly agree, but the combination of Kobe and Howard is definitely in line with the Lakers tradition, don't forget that you and Kobe Bryant have partnered for three years and won three championships!"
"That's right, I took Kobe Bryant to win three championships, but Howard is not a super center at all, he doesn't have the characteristics of a great player, in essence, he can be regarded as a strengthened version of Andrew Jordan, who only knows jumping and blocking, and when he encounters a reliable interior line, it is difficult to play, and this season's data also shows my point!"
As soon as O'Neill's words came out, the studio was filled with joy, and the three people on the side all grinned.
These remarks directly belittled the interior of the two Los Angeles teams, but it seems plausible, after all, Howard's stats have shrunk badly this season.
"I'm not going to beat the Clippers, but I think they can at least make team history, and maybe it's a great success for their first season!"
Kenny Smith turned the topic back again, and Charles Barkley gave his poisoned milk to the camera:
"I think the Heat are going to be successful this season, the roster is deeper, and LeBron James is in such a great form, the Thunder are disintegrating and no one is going to be their match!"
On the night of January 4th, the Clippers will host the Lakers, and although of course it is said to be the home court, most of the people who watch the game are fun.
Li Ze received the Player of the Month award in December that night, and Kobe Bryant in the player tunnel pulled his face, as if he recalled what happened in the past few years, I don't know why, he can always meet Li Ze to receive the award.
December's Player of the Month award was largely unanswered, with the Eastern Conference Heat having a 10-5 record;
LeBron James averaged 39.2 minutes per game, 27.5 points, 8.1 rebounds, 7.5 assists, 2.0 steals, 0.8 blocks and 3.1 turnovers, shooting 55.5% from the field, 40.0% from three-point range, and 77.2% from the free throw line.
The Western Conference Clippers have a 16-0 record;
Li Ze played an average of 41.3 minutes per game, scoring 32.6 points, 5.9 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 2.0 steals, 0.6 blocks and 2.7 turnovers, shooting 56.4% from the field, 45.8% from three-point range, and 93.3% from the free throw line.
The data of Li Ze and Loeb Lang James have left most of the players, and the two sides do not seem to play the same kind of game, but many players are used to this situation.
When receiving the award, a burst of cheers erupted in the Staples Arena, and Jamal Crawford, dressed casually, stood on the sidelines and applauded Li Ze constantly.
The Clippers are also experiencing injuries, and Crawford will not be able to play tonight due to left knee soreness.
The Lakers are currently 15-16 in ninth place in the West, while the Clippers are currently 31-2 and lead the league.
Many Lakers fans are expecting D'Antoni to lead the team to catch up and overpower the Clippers in the same city.
But after more than 6 minutes of the first quarter of the game, in addition to the fans who like to watch and have fun, they are still yelling, and some Lakers fans who bought tickets are a little disheartened.
Steve Nash's instructions weren't found, and the veteran really seemed to have turned into a tool for dribbling the ball across half court.
In the first half of the game, the Lakers scored 11 points, and Howard's shooting power increased, but this one took the ball and did it, out of touch with the rhythm of the whole team, and several rounds were Kobe Bryant's singles and Howard's low hard chisels, and there was no viewing at all!
This time the Lakers' offense, after Gasol hit the iron from mid-range, Griffin received the rebound, the Lakers' retreat was very fast, and Coach D'Antoni on the sidelines kept loudly reminding the players on the court to pay attention to defense.
Paul immediately played a pistol tactic after half-time, quickly giving the ball to Li Ze at the top of the arc, then feigning a hand-to-hand hand, and then quickly moving to the left flank to open up the attacking space.
Griffin came to the top of the arc for the first time to block and dismantle, covered Kobe Bryant, who was chasing the defense, and then immediately went down and took away Gasol's defense.
And Li Ze took advantage of this delay, took advantage of the opportunity of the delay with his left hand to lead the ball forward, and then exerted force under his feet, and immediately accelerated, Kobe Bryant desperately chased the defense, feeling the pressure on the side, Li Ze suddenly dribbled the ball behind him very quickly, and after a slight pause, he accelerated the breakthrough with the ball in his right hand.
Kobe Bryant's front support foot was attacked, and it was difficult to quickly adjust the defensive center of gravity for a while, and before he had time to remind the interior to assist in defense, Li Ze, who broke through to the paint area, threw his shot easily.
The huge arc made Gasol and Howard unable to block.
"Huh!" The two-pointer hit the ball steadily.
At 11:18, the Clippers continued to extend their lead.
The fans at the scene saw Kobe being shaken so easily, and there was another burst of wah-wow.
Li Ze can clearly feel that Kobe's lateral speed has declined again, maybe it is related to injury, or it may be related to physical reserves, in short, Black Mamba's strength has really decreased a lot.
"Oh? The Clippers don't seem to be worried about Kobe's offense, and Matt Barnes, who started tonight, switched to Kobe! ”
On the commentary bench of TNT on the spot, Reggie Miller interpreted the Clippers' defensive intentions in a brisk tone.
In the case of leading the score, the Clippers changed their defense when they encountered cover on the outside, and for the Lakers' offense, everyone watched a lot of game videos before the game, and they were the same as the old three, outside singles, inside low post strong attack, Gasol responded, and three points on the wing.
was well prepared before the game, and it was particularly handy to defend it, but fortunately, Kobe Bryant hit two points with his signature back mid-range in this round, so that the situation on the court did not continue to deteriorate
However, in the remaining minutes of the first quarter, Howard was a little numb, and the Clippers began to play the No. 5 block again, and after Li Ze and Paul hit the mid-range, coach D'Antoni on the sidelines began to loudly signal Howard to delay.
However, this defensive strategy did not solve the problem, after the delay, Griffin and Jordan Jr. were finally activated, and it was not advantageous to play in the low post, but it was still okay to eat cake and dunk.
After Howard scored a 2-pointer from the low post, the Clippers quickly sent a baseline shot, and Paul dribbled past half court to Griffin in the left elbow area of the free throw line, and then cut inside to take away Nash's defense.
Li Ze ran sideways from the right flank, received Griffin's hand-handed pass, and immediately accelerated with the ball in his left hand.
Noticing that Gasol's delay had followed, he immediately closed the ball, rushed up in three steps, and without waiting for Gasol and Kobe's bag to be produced, after jumping, he threw the ball in the direction of the basket.
Griffin jumped high and easily flipped his belly and dunked the ball into the basket with both hands!
“Oh my god!”
Commentator Kevin Harlan couldn't help but exclaim, and at this time, the Staples Arena had already fried the pot, and the mediocre game suddenly came, and the fans at the scene screamed excitedly.
After landing on the ground, Griffin immediately gave Li Zebi a thumbs up, if he was replaced by a small defender, it would be difficult for such a pass to appear, after all, Gasol's long arms are not vegetarian.
Bryant was expressionless, perhaps completely disappointed in his team, and in the next few rounds he just silently asked for the ball and did not yell at his teammates.
Despite the team's backwards, head coach D'Antoni didn't stick to the main team, taking the lead in replacing Kobe Bryant with Jordi Meeks with 1:49 left in the first quarter, while De Nagro also replaced Li Ze and Ray Allen came off the bench.
The veteran hit a three-pointer to help the Clippers extend their lead.
By the end of the first quarter, at 22:32, the Clippers had a 10-point lead.
Both sides switched to a rotational lineup in the second quarter, with the Clippers taking the lead due to Jamal Crawford's injury.
The Clippers have five players on the court: Bledsoe, Ray Allen, PJ Tucker, Turiaf, Griffin.
The Lakers brought in Darius Morris, Jordi Meeks, Antoine Jamison, Jordan Hill and Howard.
The Lakers chasing points that the fans at the scene expected did not happen, but the Clippers always scored points.
In this lineup, Howard is more obsessed with the low post, but too much low post offense makes it difficult for other role players to touch the ball.
Both teams' three-point shooting was very constipated, and on the Clippers' side, with the exception of Ray Allen, who hit another three-pointer, almost all of the scoring came from the paint.
Li Ze sat on the bench and shook his head secretly, as the season progressed, it was difficult for Matt Barnes and Jamal Crawford to maintain their previous high efficiency, after all, it would be good for these two to occasionally explode.
"We should add some threes with the ball, like the Warriors, and the style of play does have something to learn from."
Chris Paul looked at the game with a serious expression, and suddenly said to Li Ze beside him.
"We have the advantage of rebounding, we don't need to rely too much on three-point shooting, mid-range shooting, it's more convenient for big men to rush for rebounds."
Considering the team's outside situation, Li Ze still shook his head, Paul was surprised by Curry's performance, compared with the traditional point guards in the past, Curry is indeed a special one.
What's more, letting everyone do what they do best must be the right choice, and the Clippers can't play projection at the moment.
When the two were chatting, the audience at Staples Arena was not happy, the game was no fun, and many people faintly made false noises.
Kobe Bryant watched the score difference widen again, and did not apply to play as before, but just sat on the bench with a blank face, and no one knew what the big man was thinking at this time.
Coach De Nagro saw that Kobe Bryant did not play, and he was not in a hurry to change the main team, after all, there is still a game to play tomorrow.
As a result, with 3 minutes and 58 seconds left in the second quarter, the two sides symbolically took back the main lineup and played the remaining minutes.
At 49:63 after halftime, the Clippers almost sealed the win.
Black Mamba also played health basketball in the second half, and there was less needle-point feeling for Maimang, even if Li Ze scored consecutive goals, Kobe Bryant was not as angry as before.
Fun fans feel that tonight's ticket is a bloody loss! The stars they were expecting raced each other, and it didn't happen at all
Coach D'Antoni saw that Kobe Bryant's interest was not high, and after playing more than 7 minutes in the third quarter, he replaced the main team, which caused dissatisfaction among the fans at the scene, and continuous boos were sent to this bad old man.
In the end, the much-anticipated Los Angeles derby ended early, 96:106, and the Clippers easily defeated the Lakers.
After the game, the players on both sides gave a simple greeting, but Kobe Bryant was still expressionless, and came to Li Ze with a simple sentence:
"The Clippers won't make it, the Lakers are still making the playoffs!"
Li Ze touched his fists with the other party in a friendly way, and then comforted with a smile:
"The new squad needs to be run-in, and the body is the most important thing!"
Kobe Bryant couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth when he heard Li Ze's words, he hadn't become an old man yet
24 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, this is the data obtained in 25 minutes of play, Li Ze is also a little helpless for such a score, D'Antoni is really bad!
Li Ze, who was not in a very beautiful mood, returned to the house in Beverly Hills, and it was inevitable that he would be a little lonely, and no one had lived with him for the past few days.
After a simple bath, he threw himself into the big bed again, waiting for the arrival of zero o'clock.
At midnight, in the dream training space, Li Ze first took a look at the control panel as usual, noticed a new prompt in the achievement room, and immediately came to the achievement room, saw the badge in front of him that emitted a purple halo, and hurriedly touched it to check the attributes:
Achievement Badge [Hot Zone Hunter] :(can be fused)
Enhance the player's shooting rate in the position he is good at, recover a little physical strength after hitting, and improve the stability of the shot.
Li Ze was overjoyed in his heart, the purple [Hot Zone Hunter] has no dead end bonus, except for the fact that there is no super-far three-point bonus, the attributes of this badge are impeccable.
However, thinking of the defects of the badge and noticing the words that can be fused, Li Ze's heart moved:
"What happens when I fuse [Ranged Shooter] and [Ranged Shooter]?"
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I was dazed and almost forgot to post,
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(End of chapter)