bigabreads Chapter 107 Coach Sipo's flattery!
Chapter 107 Coach Sipo's flattery!
Chapter 107 Coach Sipo's flattery!
Lu Yi's post-match interview was not like boasting, but more like a pre-war declaration.
Many people inside and outside the league felt that Lu Yi was a little arrogant after hearing the news.
Some people directly expressed their views and opinions on the media and responded to what Lu Yi said.
However, these things will not affect the Clippers. On the contrary, they will attract more attention to the Clippers and become a strong team recognized by more and more people inside and outside the league.
On January 1, the Clippers rested for more than half a week, and finally rekindled the flames of war, facing the challenge of the Eastern Conference powerhouse Heat at home.
The Heat can call the wind and rain in the east, but they can only be said to be mediocre when they come to the west.
After the game started, the Clippers relied on Iverson to take the lead in the charge and hit a 6-0 spurt.
Wade wanted to respond strongly, but the Clippers' defensive strategy made Wade feel uncomfortable.
The Clippers played zone defense, and Wade was directly released from the outside to shoot. At least three people on the inside gathered around Wade's breakthrough route and under the basket. Wade basically had no chance to play big in the crowd.
The only chance is to rely on the tragic Wade wrestling free throws.
Indeed, Wade got a lot of free throws with his personal ability, but with a lot of balls in his hands, more of them were hits.
This made other Heat players play more and more boringly.
Beasley kept asking Wade for the ball, but Wade didn't get a response.
Beasley is indeed the future of the Heat. As last year's No. [-] pick, Beasley has unlimited potential.
However, as long as Wade does not give way for a day, the Heat are Wade's team.
Wade refused to give up power, and Beasley needed to hold the ball in his hands, so he played for half a quarter, and Beasley, who felt boring, began to defend with his eyes.
Seeing this, the Clippers were not merciful at all.
Not only did Iverson increase the number of breakthroughs, but Thornton also found many opportunities, singled Beasley, and hit the ball hard into the basket.
After the first quarter, the score on the field looked a bit unsightly.
18 to 34, the Clippers almost doubled the Heat.
In the second quarter, Lu Yi slowly started to get serious, trying to take over the game.
The Heat are a traditional strong defensive team, but the current lineup has serious problems with the height of the perimeter.
Point guard streetball king Ralph Alston, shooting guard Wade, and small forward Quentin Richardson.
As far as the Heat's outside configuration is concerned, there is no one who can interfere with Lu Yi's shooting.
Even if the two double-team, they can only try to cut the ball, instead of relying on the double-team to prevent Lu Yi from taking a shot.
In this game, Lu Yi's defensive strength was not weak, but Lu Yi's performance was the same as Kobe's, the two double-teamed, and there was still a lot of room for shots.
After the first half, the Clippers fans on the scene were almost hoarse with excitement.
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艾弗森11投7中，罚球5投4中，砍下18分2篮板4助攻2抢断。
In addition, Kaman and Thornton scored 9 points and 7 points respectively. Although they did not score in double figures, their scoring efficiency was not bad and they contributed a lot to the team.
The point is, after the first half, the Heat were almost broken up by the Clippers.
31 to 72, 41 points in the half, the Heat were almost nailed to the pillar of shame by the Clippers.
Heat head coach Eric Spoelstra only took office last year, and his team performance is not bad, and he already has a famous coach.
However, after today's game, Coach Spoelstra felt that he would not only be scolded by Riley when he went back, but also had a certain risk of being fired.
"It's hard, this team is too difficult!" Coach Spoel said with a headache.
In the end, there was no way. In the middle of the third quarter, coach Spoelstra called the gold and called for a timeout.
Considering that the next away game will be played and the regular season schedule is still long, Dunleavy did not kill the killer and kept his hand in time.
The next game was a little disrespectful to the fans on the scene. Whoever the Clippers scored more efficiently scored two goals in a row, and Dunleavy took the initiative to call a timeout and replace them.
Coach Spoelstra understood that when the Clippers scored five or six points in a row, they would call a timeout, waiting for Dunleavy to replace the Clippers' small scorer.
With the tacit cooperation of the coaches of both sides, after the third quarter, the point difference was reduced to less than 30 points.
After half a quarter of the fourth quarter, the main players on both sides were completely pressed to the bench.
The Clippers maintained an advantage of around 20 points until the end of the game.
Although, the Heat still lost to the Clippers by a big score, but at least they left some sympathy.
As long as anyone has watched this game, anyone knows that the Clippers are going to play hard, and the Heat's loss of 60 points is really not too much.
After the game, although coach Spoelstra felt a little ashamed, he still had to praise the Clippers a few words in order to reciprocate and maintain favor.
"We all know the Los Angeles Clippers are the best team this season.
We all know that the Clippers are now led by Lu Yi and Iverson with two guns, but don't forget that there is still one gun that has not been brought out!
As Lu Yi said, in the playoffs, no team wants to meet them.
As an Eastern Conference team, I think we are still very lucky! "
"Louigi deserves to be the face of the league for years to come!
Lu Yi is the No. [-] pick, and Lu Yi's talent is at a historical level.
I think the league can try to modify the All-Star voting rules.
It would be a loss for the league if Luigi doesn't make it to the All-Star Game this year.
It would be remiss of the league not to be an All-Star as a starter.
If you enter the All-Star as a substitute, I think it is disrespectful to Lu Yi.
A player like Lui, as long as he's not injured, should always be a starter. "
The All-Star voting is in full swing, and Lu Yi is not eligible to participate in the All-Star voting because he is a rookie.
Although many head coaches have talked about it, they will definitely vote for Lu Yi, so that Lu Yi can participate in this year's All-Star Game.
However, as long as a talented No. [-] pick like Lu Yi does not suffer any major injuries in his career, he will always be a starter in the regular season and playoffs.
When Lu Yi retired, he found that only the All-Star Game he participated in for the first time was not a starter, but played as a substitute. It was somewhat regrettable and disrespectful.
As the head coach of an NBA team, Spoelstra said a lot of what fans wanted to say, and also left a kind of incense for some talented players who are going to join the NBA in the future.
After all, players who can make it to the NBA are the pride of heaven.
Basically, they started from high school and have been playing as starters.
Some people are a backup and know it's not a good feeling.
Some people have never been a substitute in their entire lives, and they are unwilling to be a substitute in the NBA.
Once he can perform like this year's Lu Yi, but because of the rules, he will go to the All-Star Game and sit on the bench.
This is indeed a bit unfair and unreasonable to the young and energetic new stars of the league.
And Sipo said these words for Lu Yi, which is equivalent to speaking for those young stars in the future.
Soon, the words reached the league president's office.
Stern convened staff overnight to discuss this topic.
However, considering that the voting rules for the All-Star Game were revised just last year, and this year they were abolished specifically for Lu Yi, such changes will only damage the reputation and credibility of the league in vain.
Furthermore, the all-star voting channel has already been opened, and the plan can no longer keep up with the changes, so it is better to let nature take its course.
If Lu Yi is wronged, then he can only be wronged.
Judging from the NBA's inherent seniority rankings, Lu Yi can enter the All-Star Game as a rookie, which is already considered good.
In the past ten years, apart from Yao Ming, no rookie has entered the All-Star Game, and James is not as good as this.
Closer to home, on January 1, the Clippers traveled to Memphis to play against the Grizzlies again.
The Grizzlies had a poor record at the beginning of the game, but in the recent period, the Grizzlies' lineup has been adjusted and they have performed quite well.
Although there are not many consecutive victories, basically if you lose a game, you will win back immediately, and there is no losing streak.
There is no doubt that the current Grizzlies are also a rising emerging team in the West.
However, no matter how strong the Grizzlies are, they are not as strong as the Clippers.
This season, the Grizzlies have lost two games in a row to the Clippers, and this must be no exception.
After the game started, Kaman jumped the ball with Gasol. Like the previous two games, it was Gasol who helped the Grizzlies jump to get the ball.
Conley dribbled the ball across half court and went left to try to get past Iverson.
Iverson followed Conley closely, making it impossible for Conley to pass Iverson in the first step.
Conley called someone to play a pick-and-roll, but he still had no choice but to talk about Iverson.
There is no way, Conley, who is not going to make a strong shot, can only pass the ball to Gay to contribute.
I don't want Lu Yi to burst out suddenly, destroy the pass, and then go straight to the fast break one-handedly. When he hits the basket, it is a dunk.
Lu Yi's steals, fast breaks, and dunks directly played out the Clippers' offense.
The Grizzlies players are still slowly finding their status, and the Clippers players followed Lu Yi into the status.
This is also one of the reasons why the Clippers have been able to win consecutive victories recently. The team boss leads the team to charge, and the others are in a good mental state and can keep up. The team's record is not bad.
It is said that after Lu Yi's fast break was completed, the Grizzlies' counterattack was also very fast.
Conley directly made a long pass from the backcourt. Lu Yi jumped up after finding out and wanted to destroy the pass, but failed to intercept it.
In the end, the ball still fell into the hands of Guy in the frontcourt.
With the help of the Clippers, Gay immediately held the ball and went to the basket to kill.
Camby tried to get to the basket, but Gay scored the ball against the man.
And the ball was still a 2+1, and then Gay made a free throw, but instead overtook the score.
2 to 3, the Clippers fell behind by one point, but the game has just started, so there is no pressure.
The Clippers were not in a hurry to play a fast break, Iverson slowly advanced, Lu Yi opened up in the logo area, Mayo came to mark, and the rest was a four-on-four game.
The Grizzlies' defense is really good, but the main thing is to defend the basket.
When they met the Clippers with Lu Yi, they were pulled away by Lu Yi and lost one person, so the outside line was full of loopholes.
Next, the Clippers attacked, and naturally Iverson broke through the offense with the ball.
It's not that the Clippers support Iverson's continued grievances. In fact, in the last match, Iverson beat his old club violently, and the anger that should be vented is almost exhausted.
For Iverson, the only meaning of today's game is to maintain a winning streak and continue to win.
Therefore, the main reason for Iverson playing with the ball is that Lu Yi helped to open up the space. The Grizzlies' defense has loopholes, and Iverson's breakthrough can just penetrate the Grizzlies' defense with loopholes.
Iverson did not disappoint Lu Yi and others, quickly broke through Conley, and then gave the ball to Camby.
Originally, Camby was defended by Randolph, but just now, Iverson seemed to challenge Randolph. As soon as the latter opened his hands to defend, Iverson hit the ground and passed the ball to Camby.
Camby got the ball, took off and dunked without saying a word.
Gasol wanted to make up the defense, but his attention was still on Iverson just now. Camby suddenly got the ball and then took off. It was too late for Gasol to make up the defense.
At this time, either pay a foul, insist on not dunking Camby, or just watch.
Little Gasol is not that dirty, and he chose to let it go in the end. Anyway, he didn't leak people.
The Clippers regained the lead, and the Grizzlies made an offensive round.
Mayo reached out for the ball, and Conley knew that Mayo was no match for Lui, but he gave it anyway.
Mayo's defense against Lu Yi is under great pressure. It is impossible to just make people do dirty work and not give sweet dates to eat.
The game has just started, and Mayo's physical strength is fine. It is also necessary to play two games to have fun.
Sure enough, Mayo was also very excited to get the ball.
In terms of talent and technology, Mayo is not bad.
It's just a little self-discipline!
At this stage, Mayo has not completely forgotten his offensive skills, and it is still somewhat feasible to single Lu Yi.
Seeing that Mayo was playing so seriously, Lu Yi didn't relax.
In the end, under Lu Yi's serious defense, Mayo could only come up with a McGrady-style and elegant pull to gain two points.
The result was a bang by Duang, a paltry sliver of help to the cause of American architecture.
Soon, the rebound was controlled by Kaman, and the Clippers played fast break as usual.
Lu Yi is still the one being defended heavily, but Iverson is also being watched, and finally the ball is passed to Thornton.
Thornton didn't look at Lu Yi and Iverson, and went directly to the inside alone.
The Grizzlies didn't pay much attention either. They thought Thornton would take a look at his teammates, and finally slow down to play positional warfare to increase the success rate.
Who would have thought Thornton would be pushy sometimes, but this time, I have to say that he played really well.
As Thornton hit the basket and made a layup, the point difference between the two teams gradually widened.
The Grizzlies are still a team that traditionally plays positional warfare, and there are more scoring points in the team. Relatively speaking, they lack an absolute core.
Playing scattered may increase the chances of error tolerance for the team.
However, without the absolute core leadership of the superstar level, it will be easily suppressed by the team with the superstar leadership, and there is no chance to find the possibility of a comeback.
After the first quarter, 28 to 24, the Clippers led by 4 points.
The Grizzlies watched as there were still fights, but in fact Lu Yi didn't make many shots. The Clippers relied on four-on-four to firmly control the situation.
In the second quarter, Lu Yi still didn't have many shots.
However, the main players of the Grizzlies are already a bit overwhelmed by the heavy consumption of the offensive and defensive teams.
55 to 46, the difference between the two teams came to 9 points.
In the third quarter, Lu Yi officially came out to take over the game. In the third quarter, he scored 19 points alone, helping the Clippers to expand the point difference to 16 points.
The Grizzlies looked like they still had the strength to fight, but because the main force was not strong enough, the scoring efficiency in the fourth quarter dropped extremely.
In contrast to the Clippers, first Iverson led the charge, and then Lu Yi suddenly broke out, scoring three mid-range shots.
The Grizzlies have been defending against Lu Yi's three-pointer. Lu Yi suddenly made a mid-range shot, which made the Grizzlies uncomfortable.
Grizzlies head coach Lionel Hollins was going to leave the last timeout until the last 2 minutes. Unexpectedly, the game was wasted after half a quarter in the fourth quarter.
108 to 92, the Clippers scored another point and continued their winning streak.
(End of this chapter)