bigabreads Chapter 145 The Journey of Winning Streak, Beyond the Situation
Chapter 145 The Journey of Winning Streak, Beyond the Situation
Chapter 145 The Journey of Winning Streak, Beyond the Situation
After Salt Lake City talked about the past with their former teammates, the Clippers continued to fly south.
On November 11, New Orleans, the Clippers played against the Hornets.
The Hornets have played extremely well this season. They have won 6 consecutive victories at the beginning and are temporarily ranked first in the Western Conference.
But when they met the Clippers, the appearance of the Hornets pseudo-strong team was finally exposed.
At the beginning of the game, Lu Yi played singles from the outside, and the Hornets were helpless.
Paul was so angry that he had to take advantage of the double-team and use dirty tricks on Lu Yi, almost hurting Lu Yi.
Fortunately, Ariza stepped forward for Lu Yi and directly pushed Paul away, and then Iverson also stopped him, and Paul stopped his small moves.
In this way, Ariza temporarily recorded a technical foul and continued to play on the court.
Lu Yi knew that Paul was dirty, so he fought back forcefully. He stared at Paul with a pick-and-roll, leaned on his elbow to clear the way, and gave Paul a hard hit in the chest.
Paul was carried down directly, but did not receive a malicious foul for this.
Even the referee was a little skeptical whether Paul was committing fouls again, trying to win their sympathy by flopping.
Paul is a habitual offender, and the referee is a little annoying to Paul.
After all, there are videos on the Internet these days. The referee misjudged Paul's diving, and fans criticized the referee almost every day.
Now, Lu Yi is the most popular player in the league. Although the referees don't give Lu Yi many whistles this season, there are definitely protection whistles at critical moments.
Stern attaches great importance to the Chinese market. Finally, after Yao Ming was injured and retired, a Chinese player like Lu Yi who can connect the past and the future appeared. Naturally, Stern should pay a little attention.
It is precisely because of this that Lu Yi did not get a malicious foul, it was just an ordinary foul.
The only controversial thing is that Paul was carried down.
I have to say that Paul's ability to lead the team is indeed outstanding.
The Hornets don't know how to play without Paul, the head star.
The Clippers easily won the game. Of course, even if Paul was not carried down, the Clippers were still in the lead.
If it weren't for Paul himself not playing cards according to common sense, Lu Yi wouldn't get angry and use his elbows to deal with Paul.
When Lu Yi did this, he fell a little bit behind.But this year's star breakthrough, who didn't use their elbows to clear the way?
Lu Yi doesn't use the privileges everyone else has?It's an honor, isn't it?
Practical is real, the rest is nothing more than vanity.
After defeating the Hornets, the Clippers flew to San Antonio overnight.
The Spurs this season have a good record at the beginning of the season, but the situation is different from the previous two years.
The Spurs have reached the time when they need to replace the old with the new.
Although GDP is still GDP, Duncan's proportion of the team's scoring has gradually declined.
The younger Ginobili and Parker took up the heavy responsibility of the Spurs' offensive end.
Also, Richard Jefferson, George Hill, Gary Neal.
It is true that without Duncan, the Spurs would not have won a championship.
But without Popovich, Duncan may not have won the championship at the end of his career.
Now, the Spurs are making persistent efforts in the form of long-term preparations for the next championship.
However, the Spurs practiced in the regular season, which gave the Clippers some good opportunities.
At the beginning of the game, the Clippers relied on Boozer to attack inside and increased consumption of Duncan, giving them a slight advantage.
The Spurs are also back-to-back in this game, and they have just returned home.
The aging Duncan is not in a good state at the moment.
Boozer's offense made Duncan unable to balance both offense and defense.
The Spurs' offensive efficiency is half, and they can't shoot three-pointers, which is a waste of time.
As Lu Yi and Iverson held the ball one after another, from the outside to the inside, more blossomed, and the Spurs' defense, which is their foundation, did not seem to be very good.
After the first quarter, the Clippers led by 32 points 24 to 8.
The Spurs want to fight the Clippers in the next three quarters, but Ariza feels weird today.
In the second quarter, he hit three consecutive three-pointers, of which only the first three-pointer was completely open, and the remaining two shots became smoother and smoother, even shooting against the defensive player.
It was also Ariza's sudden explosion that caught Popovich by surprise and had to use the precious timeout in advance.
In other words, after returning from the timeout, Ariza obviously got an open opportunity, but suddenly the power was cut off, and there was no way to make an open three-pointer.
This is out of the question, and the Clippers don't have much possession for Ariza.
Lu Yi and Iverson digested the ball and led the Clippers to win the game quickly.
98 to 88, the Clippers finally won the game with a 10-point advantage.
As for the score of 30+ in the first quarter, it was less than 100 after the game, mainly because the Clippers finished the first three quarters and basically confirmed the victory of the game.
In back-to-back games, the Clippers don't have so much free time, and let the main players focus on the garbage time in the fourth quarter.
Originally, the Clippers, who had a lot of ideas this season, wanted to focus on ensuring the health of the core lineup in the regular season.
In the fourth quarter, the main players were not able to continue to win the game steadily, which is naturally a good sign.
After beating the Spurs, the Clippers finally ended their even-off schedule.
On November 11, the Clippers returned to Los Angeles, followed by a challenge against the Pistons at home on the 11th.
This season, the Pistons completely lost the chance to win, because Prince Edward officially ascended the throne, and the Pistons relied on Rodney Stuckey to lead the team to play.
Although, there are Ben Wallace, Hamilton, and Prince among the five Pistons in the team, these three generals.
But mostly as well not young anymore.
Big Ben returned to the Pistons basically to retire. In addition, the Pistons also have two garbage contracts, Tracy McGrady and Ben Gordon.
The three olds and two wastes completely locked up the Pistons' salary space, but the team's best player is the young Stuckey.
To some extent, the Pistons did eat Stuckey's rookie bonus.
It's a pity that the Pistons are not enough to hit the playoffs, but they are rushing to the lottery.
So, against a bad team like the Pistons, the Clippers are still stable.
Iverson, who had a lot of resentment towards the Pistons, didn't even need Lu Yi to fight.
At the end of the game, Iverson made 24 of 12 shots, 5 of 2 three-pointers, 6 of 5 free throws, and scored a season-high scoring data of 31 points.
Lu Yi assisted Iverson, but only took 13 shots and scored 21 points. Together with Iverson, he led the Clippers to win the game.
Time soon came to November 11th, and the Clippers continued to sit at home to meet the challenge from the Nets.
The Nets are relatively useless this season. Although there is a lot of leeway in salary space, the boss is unwilling to spend too much money to strengthen.
The team also lacks a star who can lead the team. Instead, rookie Brook Lopez has become the star of the team.
And this also means that the Nets have too many junk contracts that need to be disposed of.
96 to 110, the Clippers effortlessly won the regular season with the Nets.
Unknowingly, the Clippers won a wave of seven consecutive victories.
However, before celebrating their winning streak at home, the Clippers had to set off again and rush to other arenas.
On November 11, the Clippers were a guest in Minnesota against the Timberwolves.
There is one thing to say, a week ago, the regular season schedule was not good for the Clippers.
But now, Feng Shui turns, come to my house today!
With the convenience of the schedule, the Clippers can win a lot of games.
The Timberwolves this season are not much different from last season, they are still bad.
With Beasley and Love leading the team, the Timberwolves can't see any hope of winning.
On the contrary, it made the Clippers like this, and the guests from afar were happy.
It was also because of the bad team that Lu Yi didn't participate much.
Lu Yi clocked in three quarters and scored exactly 20, so he left work early.
In this game, Iverson and Boozer scored 19 and 18 points respectively.
The Clippers almost had 3 20+ points in a single game, full of offensive firepower.
It's a pity that the Timberwolves lost too quickly. In order to ensure the health of the main players, the Clippers did not allow the main players to score points during garbage time.
On November 11, the Clippers played back-to-back away games again, but it was not a big problem to play against the Pacers, the underdog in the East.
It is impossible for a badly rebuilt team to complete the revival all at once. The Pacers this season are not much different from last season.
106 to 92, the Clippers relied on Lu Yi to score 37 points to lead the team, and finally won the game with 14 points for the Warriors.
In fact, the Pacers are still in the rebuilding period, but they should not be underestimated.
If it weren't for Lu Yi who stepped forward in the fourth quarter, the Pacers were still playing back and forth with the Clippers under the leadership of Danny Granger!
That is to say, Lu Yi's scoring ability is too explosive, and his personal performance is so stable.
The young players of the Pacers have never felt the pressure of a playoff-level game. When they encountered the Clippers with full firepower, they couldn't resist and were defeated all at once.
On November 11, the Clippers returned to Los Angeles.
The next day, the Clippers came to challenge against the Knicks at home.
Although the Knicks this season are led by Stoudemire and Gallinari, don't expect him to play well for a team like the Knicks.
He didn't have good defensive habits at first, and now he is coached by D'Antoni. At most, he can win a few tickets by attacking. It is obviously not that easy to win the game.
115 to 124, the Knicks played really well offensively. In the four quarters of the game, the Knicks continued to play fast breaks, and the Clippers were even a little bit unable to defend.
Fortunately, Lu Yi's offensive firepower is not what the Knicks can defend.
Of course, the Knicks didn't necessarily mean to restrict Lu Yi.
The Knicks basically gave up on defense, which made Lu Yi play more comfortably.
Lu Yi made 32 of 21 shots, 14 of 9 three-pointers, no free throws, and scored 51 points on pure points.
For the Clippers, in addition to Lu Yi, Boozer also scored 24 points, which is a good scoring performance.
In addition, Iverson, Gordon, Jr. Jordan, and Korver all scored in double figures. Only Trevor Ariza is stronger today.
But if the team wins, it's not a big problem.
The Clippers continued their winning streak, and on November 11, they played against the Hornets again.
Enemies are very jealous when they meet each other!
From the beginning of the game to the present, the Hornets have 11 wins and 1 loss. The only game they lost was in the hands of the Clippers.
And the head star Paul is not a very magnanimous person.
Paul naturally wants to lead the team to win today's game and end the Clippers' winning streak.
It's a pity that a team with a core of point guards is doomed to have disadvantages, that is, it is not stable enough.
It is true that they can win in the regular season, but in the playoffs, once the intensity is increased, what kind of performance can they play?
Thin body, insufficient defensive strength, and no way to rely on talent to crush the offense. As an organization-first point guard, he has to hand the ball to his teammates and let them help score.
The result is that after the teammates are locked, Paul alone can't win the game by attacking alone.
At the beginning of the game, Lu Yi relied on defense to lock up the Hornets starting shooting guard Marco Belinelli.
Ariza cooperated with Boozer to double-team the Hornets' offensive core David West. The Hornets only left small forward Quincy Pondexett and center Okafor with a certain amount of space to shoot.
The rest is to rely on Paul alone to play singles.
Iverson is really not good at defending Paul, but isn't there still Gordon?
Iverson knows that today's game is easy to play, just prevent Paul from dying.
So cooperate with Gordon and fight Paul together.
Paul encountered repeated consumption and could only hand the ball to his teammates for handling.
But the teammates are one by one, and they haven't reached the All-Star level yet.
The Hornets can play so smoothly at the beginning, more or less there is some element of luck.
When encountering a really strong team like the Clippers, luck is useless, and then it shows its original shape and is beaten helplessly.
91 to 99, the Clippers double-killed the Hornets with an 8-point advantage.
Paul was angry, but he didn't see the consequences, only seeing the Clippers' continued winning streak.
On November 11, the Clippers continued to abuse food, and today's opponent is the King.
Considering the back-to-back tomorrow, Lu Yi and other main players only played in the first half, and they will leave early to rest.
Lu Yi had already won the scoring title last season, and he didn't have much pursuit of statistics this season.
In the end, 82 to 100, the Clippers still easily won the victory at home.
But the next day, the Clippers ran into trouble beyond the situation.
On November 11, the Clippers will be a guest at Phoenix.
Originally, the sun did not have Stoudemire, and there was a problem of insufficient firepower inside.
Taking advantage of your illness to kill you, the Clippers slammed into the sun's weak point. At the beginning of the game, Boozer and Jordan attacked the inside one after another.
Originally, scoring from the inside could help the outside to open up space, allowing Lu Yi to avoid more double-teams.
Unfortunately, today's Suns feel online.
Before Lu Yi shot the sun with a three-pointer, the Clippers were shot to death by the hot touch of the sun.
108 to 116, the Clippers managed to save a wave of winning streak.
When they arrived in Phoenix, they robbed the rich and gave to the poor. It was cheaper for the Suns, who could not make the playoffs this season.
No way, if you lose, you lose. Lu Yi and the others can't find any good excuses, so they can only admit defeat.
On November 11, the Clippers returned to Los Angeles. After some adjustments, on November 27, they played against the Jazz at home.
The Jazz was already finished, but I didn't expect the adjustment ability of old coach Sloan to be so strong. The Jazz didn't want to be bad, but gradually regained their vitality in the past month.
However, for players, talent is the key, and for teams, the lineup is the key.
The Clippers have won the Jazz too much in the lineup, and this matchup is no exception.
95 to 103, the Clippers won the Jazz again with an 8-point advantage.
In this regard, the Clippers also ended all games in November.
In the following December, the all-star voting channel will also begin.
(End of this chapter)