This season, before that, the Clippers had the lowest score, and together with their opponents, they also scored more than 170 points per game, which is also low, but it is also relatively common in this year.

Prior to that, the Clippers averaged 100.1 points per game in 36 games, the fifth-highest in the league.

People thought they had changed their minds and no longer dominated the lowest-scoring charts like they did last season.

Unexpectedly, they were ruthless, and even refreshed the lower score limit.

Many people are worried that this game between the Clippers and Mavericks will give the other team a false example.

In these two games, it was obvious that the Clippers stars were not as good as the Mavericks, but the Clippers relied on defense to drag the Mavericks down.

To be able to do this, Nowitzki's all-out offensive flow route is not mature enough, which is one of the reasons, but the main reason is that the rules favor the Clippers to play like this.

The media expressed concern...... In fact, it is to guide public opinion and make fans worry that other teams will follow suit because of the operation of the Clippers in these two games.

After more than half a year, that argument is back - the Iron and Blood Age has gone further, and the Clippers are to blame!

Last season, Li Ao would strongly refute this claim.

But this time, he responded in an interview with Barkley: "That's right, strengthening the Iron and Blood Age is our goal.

In this day and age, if you want to win a championship, you have to defend like we did, and if you look at our playoffs last season, we won every round with defense. ”

Barkley gasped when he heard this, it turned out that there were really people with thicker skin than him, and he actually admitted it!

After creating an era, if you win the championship, you will inevitably be praised to the sky, such as the God Operator and the Magician in the 80s, who created the Showtime era and won multiple championships.

But to create an era, not to win the championship, to make a wedding dress for others, then it will become the object of ridicule, such as the 90s God Operator, who brought out the Iron and Blood Age, and as a result, helped the Bulls complete the second dynasty, and the Bulls can complete the unique single-season Trinity defense feat in history, which is completely impossible not in the Iron and Blood Era.

Now, if people recognize that the 'New Iron and Blood Era' was created by the Clippers led by Li Ao, it will be tantamount to being branded, and it will be remembered by fans like the Showtime era!

But Buckley helped. T hyped up the topic, but he knew very well that the Clippers were just following the trend, and the emergence of the 'new Iron Era' was not necessarily related to the Clippers.

This thing is clearly said after winning the championship...... Dit!

If you have a champion, you can do whatever you want?

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Buckley was sour, but he sent the news out anyway.

Li Ao's statement that the Clippers coaching staff and players did not take it seriously, and it really had no impact on them.

Even if other teams are struggling defensively, they are not afraid, but more happy, after adding Yaric at the point guard position and Teylon Hill at the power forward position, they have better conditions to play defense, and I wish other teams would have faced them hard in this regard.

Even the Pacers, who concede the lowest points per game, really have to fight a series defense, and Gentry is confident that he can win.

But some coaches were not calm when they saw Li Ao's remarks - old Nelson and Carlisle brushed the streets.

Their team can't afford to be tormented by teams that grind their defenses!

Barkley believes that Li Ao is trying to usurp the fruits of the founder of the 'New Iron Age', and Carlisle is purely worried about his own team.

And the mad scientist thinks that Li Ao is targeting them!

Normal people don't think in this direction, but the brain circuits of mad scientists are ordinary people.

There's also the reason that the Mavericks and Pistons are in different stages.

On the Pistons' side, it is in the rebuilding stage, and the lineup is not yet complete, and the current record mostly relies on Carlisle's unexpected changes in playing style, which is rumored to be a reference to the Timberwolves' style of play in the early part of last season.

At this stage, Carlisle is also worried, if the playoffs are really worn to death by defense, it doesn't matter, Ray Allen's contract expires in 05, Ben Wallace has been extended to 06 years ahead of schedule, Billups's 5-year mid-production will not expire until 07, and Artest has just reached a 6-year, $42 million contract extension agreement with the Pistons...... If nothing else, he has time.

The Mavericks are different, Finley and Nash are both at the peak age of 29-30 years old, and the 24-year-old Nowitzki is already averaging 25+ top scoring insiders per game, and it is time to produce results.

Others don't know, Nelson Sr. knows the situation of his own team very well, regular offensive and defensive battles, they are not weaker than any opponent, Magic, Nets, Clippers...... It's no problem to come.

But the defense is stubborn...... Old Nelson didn't know if he could pass the Kings and Lakers, and it would be enough to meet the Jazz and the Trail Blazers.

On Li Ao's side, old Nelson's scolding from morning to night had no effect on him, and he didn't know that he said that, and he actually let the mad scientist break the defense.

After back-to-back games with the Mavericks, the Clippers were given two days off, and he seized the time to practice three-point ...... On the morning of the 14th, after months of hard training and actual combat, I finally increased my three points from 85 to 86!

After a two-day break, the Clippers had two easy home games.

On the 15th, the Clippers defeated the visiting Bulls 100-75.

Jordan played 29 minutes tonight and didn't go off until his score improved to 23 points.

It doesn't seem like much of a point for him to score points, but his teammates and fans think it's a good score......

Li Ao played 20 minutes, got 14 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, and did not play in the second half.

The Bulls' talent exploded, but the strength of the game, Li Ao felt that it was no better than the Heat and the Cavaliers.

And it's clear that the Bulls want to mess up too.

However, the Bulls had played 39 games before tonight with a 14-25 record, and they couldn't compete with the Cavaliers, the Heat, and even the Bucks.

The reason is not - the competitor is too 'strong'.

The Bulls have won 10 of their 14 games in the league's bottom four, and they have won 10 times against the Heat, Cavaliers, Bucks, and Nuggets.

If you want to rot, you can't rot, which is worse than being rotten and fruitless.

On the 17th, the Clippers ushered in a fierce battle.

Marbury had 17 points and 8 assists, Mamafics 18 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Marion 15 points and 8 boards, Little Overlord 14 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks, and Joe Johnson who came off the bench 16 points...... Still lost to the Clippers.

No one on the Clippers scored more than 15 points, but six had six players score in double figures!

Li Ao 14 points, 9 boards, 2 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks, Jordan 14 points, 5 boards and 2 assists, O'Neal Jr. 12 points and 10 boards, Odom 10 points, 4 boards and 2 assists, Bibby 8 points and 10 assists, big Q 13 points, Matt Halprin 12 points, 6 boards and 2 steals......

98-93, the Clippers narrowly defeated the Suns by 5 points, extending the winning streak to 17 games!

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NFL commissioner Russell thinks he didn't owe Spider-Man money in his last life, and he is about to reach the playoffs and division finals, and there are teams in the NBA that can grab attention!

Although this has little impact on the attention and ratings of their divisional finals, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat!

There are always fans who don't have that much money to watch the live broadcast of the two games......

He also watched NBA games, and watched Li Ao's games a lot of times.

Legend has it that Spider-Man fought everywhere with nowhere to vent his energy during college, and was almost expelled, and was finally favored by Trojans head coach Henry Bibby, pulled to play basketball, and made a name for himself in college basketball in half a year.

Russell is full of resentment against the Trojans rugby team - why don't you pull this talent into rugby? Also pac10 league overlord, phew! It deserves to start going downhill.

But what position should Spider-Man play in football? Looking at the style of basketball, you should play the quarters...... A quartile of more than two meters?

The presidents of the NFL were all shocked, which is enough to prove how much attention the Clippers are right now.

The Cavaliers didn't have a live broadcast in the United States this season, yes, they just didn't have one, and there was no live webcast this year, and there were no live TV broadcast resources...... It's not a good budget, the teams with a lot of live broadcasts are numb to many stars, the Bulls in the 90s and the Angels City in the new century are like this.

But teams with poor records and no stars may not even be able to get a live broadcast of the opening game and curtain call.

That's what the Cavaliers are all about.

But this time the Cavaliers fished an add-on!

On January 19, the Clippers took on the Cavaliers on the road, and everyone thought it was a no-brainer game, but the ratings were extraordinarily high, with more than 10 million paid viewership bookings before the game began.

In fact, there was really no suspense in this game, and the Clippers players caught the Cavaliers who were in the bottom of the game and hammered them to death.

Li Ao played 29 minutes and scored 34 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, and the big Q who came off the bench shot hard, scored 7 three-pointers, and scored 33 points in a single game.

Under the leadership of the two, the Clippers slaughtered the Cavaliers by 50 points with 125-75, which made the son of Akron, who had already received sponsor tickets to watch the game live, open his mouth wide when he couldn't tell that he was a high school student at all......

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The Clippers won 18 consecutive victories and shook the basketball world!

That night, the media began to hype the topic of 'Angel City's new dynasty team'.

So far, the teams that have won 18 consecutive games in NBA history have all won championships, without exception.

The Clippers played less than half of the regular season, 40 games, and the media began to think about next season for them......

With such public opinion, Li Ao felt that his teammates were floating tomorrow, but he didn't care about it, because he was also floating now.

It's 18 consecutive wins, what's wrong with drifting, if you lose because of floating, then wait until you lose!

And the loss did not come so early, on the 21st, the Clippers defeated the Pacers 88-81 away, avenging the last loss, Li Ao shot 10 of 22, including 1 of 4 three-pointers, plus 5 of 7 free throws, got 26 points, 7 boards, 2 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks.

On the 23rd, the Clippers came to Salt Lake City and defeated the Jazz 96-88, Li Ao shot 8 of 16, including 2 of 3 three-pointers, plus 5 of 6 free throws, and got 23 points, 10 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks.

On the 24th, the Clippers came to Minneapolis to challenge the Timberwolves back-to-back, and the defeat finally came.

Consecutive battles are not a problem, the players are not a problem with high emotions, and self-confidence is not a problem, but the continuous physical decline in the away game has been affected, and the Clippers are still confident and excited, and the Clippers trailed the Timberwolves by 14 points after the first three quarters, although the Clippers launched a counterattack in the final quarter, and finally failed to narrow the gap to within 5 points.

Garnett got 12 points, 14 boards, 7 assists, 3 steals and 6 blocks, and beat Li Ao, who got 20 points, 12 boards, 3 assists, 4 steals and 4 blocks, the Timberwolves narrowly defeated the Clippers 88-82, ending the Clippers' 20-game winning streak!

(End of chapter)