The Clippers players are grumpy tonight!

Two consecutive defeats, a lot of pressure.

It is said that 200 million people from the two countries together watched the live broadcast of this game, and they were full of energy.

This opponent on the other side should not be underestimated!

The Raptors went 33-18, their best half-season performance in franchise history, losing fewer than 20 games before All-Star Weekend for the first time.

is the strongest team outside of the Eastern Conference Final Four and could threaten the Nets and Pacers in the top four.

Vince Carter, averaging 27 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.1 blocks per game.

Last summer, Raptors management finally got something to do.

Poaching Raff Alston from the Bucks, poaching Lynch Hunter and Geralney McCoy from the Lakers, signing junk dog Jerome Williams to a six-year, $38 million contract, and Morris Peterson to a three-year, $15 million contract extension early......

Raptors head coach Lenny Wilkens was in tears last summer — after two or three years with the Raptors, management finally stopped talking.

When Li Ao first saw the operation of the Raptors, he thought that the highlight operation of the dragon tube could be maintained for several years?

Looking at the Raptors' record now, I am curious about where the little brother Bosh will go, this year's Trojans performance is not as good as in the past two years, but Bosh is still very dazzling.

At 8 p.m., the game began.

The Clippers started the lineup, with the Raptors fielding Alvin Williams, Carter, Morris Peterson, Jerome Williams, and Antonio Davis.

The Raptors' starters, who are tall, are only 206 cm inside, and short, and the point guards are 196 cm.

After the game began, the Raptors showed their strongest point of the season - defense!

Excellent single defense, fast change speed, good awareness of auxiliary defense and supplementary defense, and strong blocking and pinching strength......

Carter has improved tremendously this season, and he has the level of Maddy before leaving the Raptors, and with his confrontation and explosiveness that is far stronger than Maddy, Jordan played very hard when he came on the court.

Li Ao also chose to focus on no ball in the face of Carter, but it didn't reach the point where he couldn't play, but tonight was mainly defense, and Carter, whose explosiveness in hand-to-hand combat was not destroyed by Bowen, should be left to Jordan.

Jordan was particularly excited tonight, the showdown between the old and new flyers, and another game one less game.

The Clippers scored just 20 points in the first quarter, and Gentry took a deep breath at the end of the first quarter, worthy of being a top defensive powerhouse that conceded only 89.8 points per game.

But their Clippers defend better!

The Raptors scored only 16 points in a single quarter!

The Raptors hit the muzzle of the Clippers, pressing the rhythm and knocking on defense, the Clippers are better than the Raptors!

In the second quarter, the two teams continued to defend stubbornly, and this time the Raptors had a slight advantage, 20-18 in the first quarter, narrowing the two-point gap.

At halftime, the Clippers led the Raptors by two points, 38-36.

After the break, the fans looked at the five-person group on the opposite side - Bibby, Li Ao, Jordan, Matt Harplin, O'Neal Jr., and a sense of despair spread.

After the Clippers' strongest five-man group won the best of the month, Stern's publicity was in place, and this combination already had the kind of deterrence after the first championship of the OK group, and now fans are not thinking of the Clippers when they mention the 'Angel City Aircraft Carrier Group', but this five-man group.

Carter is also under a lot of pressure, but now he is unwilling to admit defeat!

Iverson has been the scoring champion + MVP many times and has played in the Finals; Maddie double-fronted and played in the finals; Kobe Bryant double-fronted, won the championship, and is now about to become the scoring champion......

As the most well-known new flyer, he still has nothing to do...... And the opponent I met tonight was the evil Spider-Man!

In the first half of the third quarter, Li Ao and Jordan both easily scored 6 points, leading the team to a 15-10 half-quarter score, extending the lead to 7 points, just when they were ready to lay the victory in one go, Carter went berserk at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, got 8 points, 1 block, 1 steal and 2 assists in the first quarter, and led the team to return the Clippers to 15-12 in the first half quarter.

At the end of the third quarter, the Raptors bit the point difference, and the score was 61-65, only 4 points behind the Clippers!

In the final quarter, the Clippers fell into a hard battle, and in the first 11 minutes, the Raptors played a score of 19-14, overtaking the Clippers by one point.

But at the critical moment, Carter felt the dominance of the gods.

Li Ao had 1 hat and 1 steal, stifling the Raptors' two shots in the last 1 minute, Bibby scored a chase three-pointer, Jordan hit a key single, and the three of them joined hands to play a wave of 5-0!

Carter shot 13 of 27 tonight, including 4 of 9 three-pointers, plus 5 of 6 free throws, and hurricane 35 points, 7 boards, 3 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, losing to Li Ao's 19 points, 7 boards, 2 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocks, Jordan's 19 points and 3 assists, O'Neal Jr.'s 17 points and 19 boards, and Bibby's 14 points and 5 assists.

84-80, the Clippers narrowly defeated the Raptors by 4 points and ended the first half with a victory!

In previous years, Carter, such a loss, he would be unwilling for a while, but the unwilling emotions went with the wind after a while, and he accepted it calmly.

Now, he can't be calm!

Before, when he saw Iverson having Mutombo, he would be envious, and then he thought that he had Charles Oakley, which was not bad; He will be jealous when he sees that Kobe Bryant has O'Neal, and then think that Antonio Davis is okay too; When he saw Maddie hugging Duncan's thigh, his eyes would redden, and then he would think about the elderly version of Olajuwon......

Now, he is not so open-minded, seeing that Li Ao and Jordan have Bibi and O'Neal Jr. by their side, they are envious and jealous!

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The Clippers and Raptors contributed a wonderful halfway game, and the old Flyers also showed what a key shot is in the final minute against the defense of the new Flyers, and the fans were hooked.

With 43 wins and 9 losses, the Clippers won the halfway championship for two consecutive years, once again refreshing the best halfway record in team history.

This season's Clippers are more mature than last season - in the middle of the season, under the tight schedule, injuries and physical influences, they have played more consistently, and they have done a better job of on-court adaptation and key ball handling in anxious games.

Jordan went off the bench, played less time, and his statistics declined, averaging only 15.5 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1 steal and 0.5 blocks per game, but the stability was stronger, with a 50.6% shooting rate, a new high in the past ten years, and the last time he shot more than 50%, it was in the 91-92 season.

And so far this season, there have been no injuries or physical crises, full attendance, and proper first substitute in the league...... Odom may have performed better overall, but next to Jordan, Odom was also overshadowed.

Bibby has a more mature style of play, and is a little arrogant after winning the championship, but he is more confident and decisive in key balls.

Little O'Neill, all-round development, comprehensive ability improvement does not seem to be big, but the ability to seize opportunities is stronger than in the past two years, which can be regarded as a great progress.

Li ao...... Better defense, more accurate shooting, more accurate three-point shooting, more solid passing, fewer turnovers, and better team quality......

At the beginning of the season, the media publicized that he had declined, and the data was much worse than last season, and now, fans have ignored the data, every time they watch the Clippers live broadcast, as long as they see him on the court, they feel that the Clippers offense will inevitably play very smoothly and the defense will definitely not drop the chain.

Magic's evaluation of Li Ao - the Fengwei version of Duncan, and has more potential, only 21 years old.

Gerard Wallace and Jaric are two potential stocks, not to say that they shine, but they are also up-and-coming, letting fans know their names.

In the early part of the regular season, the Clippers didn't look so dazzling, and the stars could only be said to be mediocre, but after the halfway game, people found that they were the best!

However, although the Clippers were hot in the middle of the season, they could not hide the major superstars who are blooming at the moment.

O'Neal, Iverson, Carter, Pierce, Nowitzki, five 25+ scorers per game, and Kobe Bryant, who averages 30+ per game.

Kidd, who averages 21 points, 8.3 rebounds and 9.3 assists per game, is the player with the most exaggerated statistics since the Magic, who averages 20+5+5 players per game.

Ben Wallace, who averages 16+10+3 per game, rebounds so hard that he is reminiscent of the Pistons' best defensive player more than a decade ago.

Maddie, Webb, Ray Allen...... and others continue to be strong.

Cassel, Big Dog, Maniac, Billups...... The performance of others is also amazing.

The most interesting thing is - the top five in the East are better than the top five in the West this season!

The Magic are 40-12 and first in the East, the Clippers are 43-9 and first in the West, the Pistons are 38-14 and second in the West, and the Mavericks are 39-13 and second in the West.

However, the Nets are 37-15 in third place in the East, the Lakers are 36-16 in third place in the West, the Pacers are 36-16 in fourth place in the East, and the Timberwolves are 34-18 in fourth place in the West. The Raptors, who are fifth in the East, are 33-19, and the Trail Blazers, who are fifth in the West, are 32-20.

Although the Kings, Jazz, and Suns in sixth to eighth place in the West have better records than the teams in sixth to eighth place in the East, the overall performance of the East is better than that of the West in the top five.

The last time this happened, it was before the shutdown.

The second dynasty of the Bulls has sent their stars to the West.

If according to the original history, the OK combination won three consecutive championships, it would be difficult to beat the stars back to the east, but in addition to the OK combination, there is also an Angel City aircraft carrier, the former is the perfect veteran and Mesozoic age combination, and the latter is escorted by multiple young talents + basketball gods......

In the past two years, the desire of western stars to travel east is obvious, and eastern stars do not want to go to the west so much.

There is still a chance to fight in the east, stay in the west, and the background of the Angel City Duo?

Even Duncan's fans felt that Popovich's sassy operation made Duncan angry, which was Duncan's luck.

On February 11th, the All-Star Weekend holiday began.

In the afternoon, the Clippers flew to Atlanta with all their hands on board.

This year, the Clippers accounted for half of the team's All-Star Weekend, and the only All-Star players were Li Ao, Jordan, and O'Neal Jr.

Odom played directly off the bench this year and didn't get an All-Star.

Bibi only looks at his comprehensive strength, and it is difficult to be selected as an All-Star substitute at his peak, and with Li Ao's side, the probability of being selected as an All-Star starter in the future is higher than that of being selected as a substitute.

However, Bibby was invited to participate in the NBA's new Skills Challenge.

Big Q also continues to participate in the three-point contest.

Gerard Wallace, a sophomore, and Yarich, a rookie, were both selected for the Rookie Challenge.

Li Ao was originally invited to participate in the Skills Challenge and the Three-Point Contest, but he refused, he was not completely sure, he would not lose that person.

However, the league invited him to be the head coach of the rookie team, and he accepted, because the second-year team head coach invited by the league was Jordan.

There have always been fans who say that it is a pity not to see Spider-Man and the god of basketball play, and Stern arranged it.

Although it is not a real fight, it can be regarded as a competition.

Due to the excellent viewing experience of last year's Rookie Challenge, this year's media called on the league to pay more attention to the Rookie Game and learn from last year's sophomore team's preparation.

Stern felt it made sense and took the advice and arranged two afternoon training sessions for the Rookie Challenge players on Wednesday and Thursday on the 13th and 14th, with the coaches of both teams leading the team to practice.

This is the core reason why Li Ao decided to be the head coach of the rookie team - he wants fans to see how coquettish the basketball god is as the head coach.

Tourism is booming in the southeast region of Eagle Sauce from late autumn to early spring, and Atlanta hosts an All-Star Weekend that is even more lively than last year's All-Star Weekend in Philadelphia.

Li Ao's business activities are also busier, and he has two afternoons to train with rookies, and the time is tighter.

But he was still very enthusiastic about participating in business activities, and he was very active in training with rookies in the afternoon.

Yao Ming originally wanted to quit the rookie game, but Li Ao said that he needed him, so he stayed, and he also felt that without him, it would be almost impossible for the rookie team to win the group of people in the class of 01.

The sophomore team of nine is made up of Arenas, Tinsley, Jason Richardson, Gerard Wallace, Richard Jefferson, Kirilenko, Chandler, Gasol, Troy Murphy, each of whom is a starter on their own team, or even a star in the house.

The nine-man group on the rookie side, Yaric, Dajuan Wagner, Gordon Kirisek, Caron Butler, Boozer, Stoudemire, Nene , Gooden, Yao Ming, are very talented, but too immature compared to the opposite side.

In addition to Li Ao's 'need' and 'collective sense of honor', Yao Ming was also very curious, what way could the seniors let them defeat the second-grade group of livestock?

On the afternoon of the 13th, when Li Ao led the team members to a meeting, Yao Ming understood...... How well prepared!

The seniors analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of each of them very clearly!

Yao Ming felt that he didn't know that much about himself!

Moreover, the seniors also simply helped them sort out the future development direction, and just casually mentioned a few words, Yao Ming felt more professional than their team's coaching staff.

Yao Ming, who was cultivated by the club as the absolute core, has this feeling, and Wagner, Kirisek, Nene and Gooden, who are only supporting roles in their own team...... Not to mention the current mood of others.

This rookie game made a lot of money!

At the same time, they are also curious, what will be the situation at the training ground next door?

They are all members of the Angel City Aircraft Carrier Group, gods and gods among heroes, and it should be similar to coaching! No, the god of basketball has played for more than ten years, and it should be even more powerful!

Curiosity trend: The rookies ran to the training ground next door during the training break...... Then I saw Jordan angrily pulling the players one-on-one, scolding and swearing in his mouth-

"You just have to fight like this! That's it, that's it! XX, you XX, can't you learn this? No wonder he was beaten ...... 00"

(End of chapter)