roccoschili Chapter 111 Jordan and Olajuwon
Chapter 111 Jordan and Olajuwon
Chapter 111 Jordan and Olajuwon
On the afternoon of the [-]th, the Clippers resumed joint training.
The back-to-back battle with the Hornets was much easier than expected, but the flight back and forth, plus only one day of rest, still prevented many players from recovering. Veteran players such as Kaman and Camby were quite perfunctory when warming up.
Coach Van Gundy stood on the sidelines and watched silently. After a long time, he suddenly clapped his hands and shouted: "You guys have to get tough. Tonight's game will be a big event. It is estimated that the number of viewers will reach [-] million. This is a good opportunity to create history."
All the players turned their heads when they heard the sound, and gradually put down the basketball in their hands, all of them showed curious eyes.
What is the concept of [-] million people watching?
You must know that in the sixth game between the Bulls and the Jazz in the 98 Finals, only 3780 million people watched it.
Are the Clippers better than the three-peat Bulls back then?
Su Yang also looked at Van Gundy, and probably guessed what kind of routine it was. It was either related to domestic CCTV, or playing word games, or adding the number of people who watched it through the live webcast to the statistics.
Van Gundy said with a smile: "Tonight's game, NBATV will cooperate with TNT to broadcast live across the United States at the same time, and China's largest sports TV station CCTV5, and Sina.com with more than [-] million users will also broadcast live..."
"Damn!" All the players shook their heads.
Davis waved his hand: "That's too far away from us, but it's cool that two TV stations broadcast live across the United States at the same time."
"Why are the two broadcasting live at the same time?" Jordan asked doubtfully.
"This is a fateful matchup between Sue and Griffin, and if Griffin can keep playing like this and improve over the next few years, that matchup will attract a lot of attention every time, and the TV stations will be more than happy to broadcast it live. "
Van Gundy continued: "The other thing is that the ratings of the Trail Blazers game are too poor. The national live broadcast scheduled tonight was temporarily canceled. Anyway, the number of viewers of this game is not 1000 million, but [-] million. We can't be regarded as soft-headed!"
The players thought for a moment, and the frequency of basketball smashing the basket and wiping the net was greatly accelerated, and the quality of training was significantly improved.
Maybe not everyone wants to show off in this kind of competition, but no one wants to lose face.
Su Yang is the most serious and hardworking, and he will set an example more than before.
Tonight's game is crucial to him, it can be said that it is a duel between him and Griffin.
Of course, there is also Mayo who once punched and fought each other. The game can only be won. If you lose, you will have a lot of time to make up.
In addition to a large number of fans watching with the mentality of joining in the fun, there is also an investigation team headed by the vice president of Adidas.
Due to Su Yang's epic performance in many previous games, Adidas has revealed his willingness to offer endorsement contracts exceeding hundreds of millions of dollars, in order to avoid the great regret of missing Jordan and LeBron.
After the shooting training is over, the whole team goes to the video room as usual to participate in the opponent's division meeting.
The players sat down, and the young coach Stevens began to explain the scouting report provided by the video editor.
"As Jeff said, tonight's game will be a game of tough guys!"
"Look at the big screen. The Grizzlies have played a total of 6 games this season. Except for the loss to San Antonio in the first game, they have won all of the past 104.2 games, and their scoring average ranks fifth in the league, with [-] points per game. "
Su Yang took a closer look and found that the top four in points per game were the Clippers, Suns, Nuggets, and Warriors. He was a little surprised. In his memory, the Grizzlies should be strong defensively and weak offensively. Could it be that just because they got Griffin, they directly Become an offensive powerhouse?
"Let's look at the data about the Grizzlies' three-pointers..." Stevens pointed to the screen. "They only shot 12.4 three-pointers per game, ranking the lowest among the [-] teams in the league. They also made the lowest number of shots and the lowest shooting percentage."
In this way, Jordan and others are interested. The top four teams in scoring average per game, the Suns and Warriors are the three-pointers, while the Nuggets and Clippers are super fast-paced. The Grizzlies have few three-pointers and a slow pace. fifth?
"They're shooting a horrific 60 percent from two, they're taking nearly 30 free throws a game, and they can do pretty much anything they want around the paint because they have Griffin and Gay."
Little Jordan and others suddenly realized that it turned out that the Grizzlies were the CIC's handsome team, and it was indeed quite accurate.
"So, in tonight's game, we will try our best to shrink the space blocked in the middle lane, and use close-to-hand combat to affect their touch and consume their energy. In addition, we must actively double-team. Their assists rank first in the league."
Su Yang was a little shocked that the Grizzlies ranked first in assists, but it was normal to think about it.
Except for Conley, the Grizzlies now lack organizational skills.
And it's still the inside-based style of play, too many passes will easily increase the number of turnovers.
Jordan interjected: "Then we can handle it easily, why are they able to win five consecutive victories?"
"Good question!" Stevens switched the screen. "Because they also have a strong defense. It's not that the defense is strong alone, but the teamwork is very strong. They often delay the opponent's attack through partial flanking, or make mistakes."
Conley and Mayo are facing each other, and their height is a bit disadvantageous. Gay's top defense is okay, but he is relatively poor off the ball. Griffin and Gay have similar shortcomings. Only Gasol is more comprehensive and can be near the paint. Cruising and raiding.
But defending this kind of thing, as long as you are willing to work hard, it will not be too ugly after all.
For example, the Bobcats under the leadership of Larry Brown, other people's defensive talent is not good, it is all supported by Tyson Chandler, he just relies on good discipline to let the Bobcats defend first, and Gasol Jr. is Chandler of the Grizzlies Le.
"So in this game, we will have a lot of heads-ups to avoid their defensive advantages. In addition, we must pay attention to fighting for offensive rebounds, or make air cuts depending on the situation. Their big men like to go out and have poor protection for the basket."
The Clippers nodded to express their understanding, and the scouting report was finished.
Stevens called up some representative videos of the Grizzlies on both offensive and defensive ends. Through actual combat cases and in-depth analysis with the theory mentioned earlier, he was busy for a total of less than half an hour, which can be described as meticulous.
At five o'clock, the whole team boarded the bus and set off for the Staples Center.
Su Yang sat and looked at the intention contract provided by Adidas on his mobile phone. He did not indicate the specific amount of endorsement money, but the various incentives are quite generous. The best rookie has a reward of 50 US dollars, and the MVP is as high as 200 million.
He was enthralled, and Davis shared a link in the team group.
Su Yang clicked casually and found that the content was an exclusive interview with Griffin. It started with a few routine questions, such as how he felt when he was not selected as the No.
[Looking at it now, it’s a good thing that I stay away from the spotlight. I didn’t insist on using a rough style of play just to please the audience. Instead, I put more energy into shooting training and have achieved stable results so far.
It's helped me a lot in my career, I'm not as vulnerable to injury as a lot of dunkers, and it's harder to be restricted, but I haven't lost my dunk ability, no matter who gets in my way, I'll take him Buckle over.
Of course Su Yang is also very strong, maybe we will have a contrasting relationship like Jordan and Olajuwon in the future. 】
After reading the report, Su Yang sighed in his heart: "Griffin actually practiced shooting in advance and directly evolved into X..."
(End of this chapter)