stadium ambition

Chapter 355

Chapter 355

According to the schedule, the Clippers get two days off.

On the first Tuesday in March, they host the Houston Rockets at the Staples Center.

Su Yang, as a representative, gave a monthly pre-match speech, and at the same time received the best player trophy in the Western Conference in February.

The Clippers led by as many as 11 points in the first minute of the game, but it may be because of Texas Xiaoqiang's spirit. The Rockets did not give up resistance and fought tenaciously until the last few minutes of the fourth quarter before being defeated by Su Yang's consecutive scoring.

As compensation for the previous 11 consecutive trips, after defeating the Rockets, the Clippers got another three days of rest.

Su Yang took this opportunity to shoot a personal documentary, and by the way, carried out a new generation of signature shoes promotional activities.

On the night of the [-]th, the Clippers continued to sit at home to face the Denver Nuggets from afar.

I thought the Nuggets just after a big deal would be chaotic, but George Karl has a good way of running the army. With Lawson driving, Chandler and Afflalo attacking, Martin and Nene's casual offensive system, the scoring efficiency is quite high. high.

It's a pity that the Nuggets' perimeter defense is relatively poor and they cannot maintain the situation through defense.

Coupled with JR's appalling 11-for-2 shooting, the Nuggets lost a lot of points on the bench. As a result, Nene failed to recover 7-for-5 in the second half of the second quarter. Chandler was also defeated by George and Tucker. Taking turns to defend, it was only 6 of 1.

In the end, Su Yang clocked out of get off work in three and a half quarters, and the Clippers won 100-94.

After the game, almost no fans or media cared about why the Nuggets lost. Everyone focused on the upcoming game between the Knicks and the Clippers. There were even local tycoons in the Middle East who opened a million-cash game in Las Vegas. gambling.

ESPN and other media analyzed the comparison of the strengths of the two teams, and mentioned that after the Knicks got Anthony to form the Big Three + FMVP Billups, they have won six consecutive victories, and their scoring and rebounding averages are all in the forefront of the league.

Many anonymous team executives and well-known commentators have also expressed through various channels that they are more optimistic about the Knicks.

Famous Kais fan Bill Simmons even gave advice to the Knicks online, suggesting that they learn the Thunder's simple and rough style of play, thereby weakening the Clippers' defensive power in rotation, thereby reducing the number of turnovers, and letting superstars decide the outcome of the game.

Perhaps affected by this, the proportion of online votes for the Knicks to win was as high as 49.16%.

As a strong enemy on the road to pursuing a record of 72 wins, the Clippers focused on studying the Knicks' tactical arrangements.

However, after careful study, it was found that the Knicks did not use the running and bombing that D'Antoni is best at. The main style of play was commanded by Billups on the spot, and the tactical movement was relatively simple.

Among the opponents of the Knicks, the Cavaliers played twice, and the Eagles, Hornets, and Bucks were also iron-colored chickens.

The only strong enemy is the Miami Heat. In that game, five Knicks scored in double figures, but the main reason for winning was through the zone defense, forcing the Heat to shoot 22 three-pointers and 5 assists. Anthony even showed an active defensive attitude.

Su Yang had a discussion with his teammates and speculated that the main reason for Anthony's active defense was that every time he played against LeBron's team, Anthony always wanted to prove that his teammates were worse than LeBron, so other matchups were not so active.

At the end of the discussion, the whole team believed that the Knicks were not to be feared, but the defensive end really needed to avoid too many singles.

On the evening of the [-]th, after two days of rest, the Clippers and the Knicks finally had a battle at the Staples Center.

Knicks owner James Dolan rushed to the scene to watch the game, and promised that as long as he wins, he will increase the team's away travel spending standards. The purpose is to prove that trading for Anthony is the best move in his basketball career.

As the owner of the Clippers, Sterling accompanied Dolan to watch the game in the VIP box.

ABC TV broadcasted the two teams' PK live broadcast across the United States, and the pre-match chatting session, the ratings reached the highest level in ten years.

And just like that, with a lot of attention, the game started.

The Clippers directly raised the intensity of the finals, opening a full 3 minutes, only allowing the Knicks to score one goal.

Dolan became extremely ugly in a row, but Su Yang set an example and continued the ultra-high-intensity defense.

Billups was forced to use a lot of back-up postures to control the ball, and the overall rhythm of the Knicks slowed down accordingly. Every attack fell into a positional battle, making it difficult to break through the outside line and difficult to get the ball inside. Anthony's best waist is singled out Also rarely occurs.

After the first quarter, the Clippers won by 25 points. The situation is a bit like the time at Madison Square Garden.

Dolan's face was icy with anger, but he also firmly believed that the Knicks had hope of a comeback, after all, it was still early.

I thought, the Clippers continued their high-intensity defense in the second quarter, and their halftime lead expanded to 37 points.

Dolan was so angry that he left directly, Sterling smiled and asked the staff to include the unopened red wine on the bill.

After returning from the halftime break, Anthony led the team to launch a wave of counterattacks, but he did not have the same positive attitude against the Heat on the defensive end. He seemed to believe that the game would definitely lose, allowing George to easily run back and catch the ball for layups many times.

In the end, the Clippers beat the Knicks 117-84, and Su Yang scored 32 points in 35 minutes.

After the game, the major casinos in Las Vegas raised their odds for the Knicks to win the championship one after another. As a result, the number of bettors dropped sharply year-on-year, so they could only continue to increase the odds, but there were still not many people betting, and almost no one believed in the Knicks. able to win.

Anthony's harsh words before the game were also released by fans for ridicule, and Anthony chose to close Twitter comments, which led to a lot of media reports, so that many fans who didn't know the cause and effect of the incident fully understood it.

At noon the next day, the NBA released a new MVP ranking list, and Su Yang firmly occupied the top spot.

"Sports Illustrated" asked Su Yang for an exclusive interview, and Su Yang answered all the questions on the way to the airport.

After a day off, the whole team flew to Boston for an away game against Celtics, last year's Finals opponent.

The old problem of the Celtics' sudden power outage on the offensive end still hasn't been solved. Krstic's defensive effect is not as good as Perkins. 13 points.

Back from the halftime break, the Celtics put up a desperate defense and even fouled, forcing the Clippers to limit their scoring to 21 points.But the defensive end consumes so much energy that the Celtics' offensive end stretched even further, scoring only 18 points in the third quarter.

In the end, the Clippers defeated the Celtics 108 to 93 and won six consecutive victories.

Leaving Boston, the Clippers flew to Detroit again, and after a day of rest, they beat the Pistons lightly.

Afterwards, they flew east overnight, preparing to challenge the Washington Wizards back to back.

The No. [-] pick Wall called Su Yang early, hoping to conduct pre-match training together.

Su Yang readily agreed, and after the meeting, he shared his usual training skills with Wall without reservation.

After the match started, the two first had a one-on-one duel as agreed.

As a result, no one could guard anyone, Wall forced a layup with his speed, and Su Yang made an easy layup with his experience.

But after the game started normally, Su Yang made [-] direct matchups, only allowing Wall to score twice.

In the end, the Clippers defeated the Wizards 122 to 101, and their total record improved to 59 wins and 8 losses.

After the game, ESPN data expert John Hollinger tweeted, pointing out that the Clippers have already won more games than the same period last year. As long as they do not choose a truce at the end of the season, they have a great probability of tying the Bulls' record of 72 wins and 10 losses.

(End of this chapter)