The Hawks began in the second quarter and defended Thompson tightly, which naturally could not have no effect at all.

However, this kind of strict defense, although it limited Thompson's outburst, but also made the other teams of the Clippers have a lot of opportunities to shoot.

The current Eagles are completely tearing down the east wall to make up the west wall, and in order to limit Thompson's outburst, they can't care so much.

He scored 28 points in the first quarter, and at this rate, if he didn't limit Thompson tonight, Thompson would likely have a score of more than 60 points tonight......

This is definitely a situation that the Eagles don't want to see.

The ball can be lost, but this man can't be lost, and even if the rest of the Clippers are left open, they don't want Thompson to score high.

It's not just the Hawks who have this idea, any of the 30 teams in the league will definitely choose to focus on Thompson in the face of this situation, and can't let him get 60+ points.

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At the end of the second quarter, Thompson played seven minutes in the quarter and scored only 5 points, which was certainly not comparable to the first quarter, but his total score also came to 33 points.

On the Clippers' side, Thompson was restricted, but the two of them got a lot of comfortable shots.

Leonard actually has a good chance to shoot, but he still doesn't seem to have much interest in offense, and his main focus is still on defense.

By the end of the first half, the Clippers were already seven points ahead.

Griffin's performance was undoubtedly quite impressive, with 19 points and 7 rebounds at halftime, and if nothing else, Griffin's stats today will definitely be quite explosive.

But at the moment, there is a big difference between the two sides, and it may be that Griffin's stats will eventually be reduced to a blank cut and will not be able to lead the team to victory.

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At the start of the second half of the game, Thompson was still the object of the opponent's strict defense, and because of this, the point of the big horse monkey was opened.

In the first half, the Monkeys scored 11 points, and in the second half, the Monkeys scored 19 points, and as a substitute, they only played 24 minutes and scored 30 points.

Although Thompson was limited, he also scored 10 points in the second half, and finally scored a total of 43 points in the whole game, breaking 40 for the first time in his career!

Tang Shen and Da Ma Monkey alone scored 73 points, which can be imagined how efficient the Clippers' offensive end was in this game.

In the end, the Clippers won a home game by a 127-104 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on their home court.

Thompson broke the all-time first-quarter scoring record in this game, which is undoubtedly a remarkable feat.

And the 30-point explosion of the Malaysian Monkey as a substitute player is enough to make headlines.

Even Sun Yue's 14 points, 7 rebounds, 15 assists and 2 blocks tonight can be called perfect.

Leonard's offensive efficiency tonight was not high, he made 11 shots, hit 3 goals, and only scored 7 points, but the defensive end is still so powerful, and the opponent's defensive guard players collapsed, if it weren't for Griffin's 41 points tonight, the Hawks lost more than 23 points in this game......

41 points and 17 rebounds are Griffin's contribution stats tonight, which is quite amazing.

But there was no use for eggs, and such a statistic ultimately failed to lead the Eagles to victory.

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In the next two games, the Clippers won the game against the Kings without incident, and the other game against the Utah Jazz, the Clippers lost in an upset.

However, this still does not prevent the Clippers from sitting in the first place in the West, and the Trail Blazers, who are currently second in the West, are at least three games away from the Clippers, and they are unlikely to catch up until the All-Star weekend begins.

The year 2013 is one year away, and it will be the twentieth year of Richard's journey into this world.

Sometimes Richard feels that time is a little unacceptable, and with the flick of his fingers, twenty years have passed, and he is also an old man who is about to reach fifty.

Richard has always had a plan, a retirement plan to be precise, and that is to retire at the age of sixty.

Richard is now forty-five years old, fifteen years away from his retirement plan.

Fifteen years seems like a long time, but when you think about Richard's time, it has been nineteen years in the flick of a finger, and maybe in the blink of an eye, fifteen years will pass.

For the next fifteen years, Richard has two goals.

The first goal is naturally for the Clippers to rise to become the most decent team in Los Angeles and surpass the Lakers in all aspects.

As for the second goal, it is to be able to compete with his own children one day, whether Libit and Li Jin play under him or become his opponent on the court.

Now Libit and the others are eight years old, and fifteen years later they will be twenty-three, and they are all in the peak of their careers by then......

In Richard's view, these two goals must be accomplished, and they will be accomplished.

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As the schedule deepens, the annual All-Star voting is about to begin.

Under normal circumstances, the 2013 All-Star Game was held in Houston, but this time Xiao Hua set the venue in Los Angeles......

There is a reason why Xiao Hua is doing this, and now that the Clippers are in the limelight, he wants to be able to add fuel to the fire and make the Clippers attract more fans' attention during this All-Star Weekend.

If the Clippers can rise, it will directly drive the market value of the NBA to increase, Xiao Hua has just taken office, and he needs good data on the NBA's books too much.

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Richard is quite supportive of Xiao Hua's approach, which has countless benefits for him.

Not to mention attracting fans' attention, the All-Star Weekend is played on their Clippers' doorstep, and the Clippers players, as the hosts, can enjoy some advantages in themselves, and the odds of winning the All-Star MVP are also higher.

But now, the hottest topic in the entire NBA league is not Xiao Hua's All-Star location in Los Angeles, but what happened in the NCAA.

Although the NBA season is still a long time away, and the draft date is still more than half a year away, at this point in time, ESPN and other media are already predicting the draft picks of some outstanding NCAA players.

The three brightest players in this tournament are Oladipo of Purdue, Nolens Noel of the University of Kentucky, and Ben McClymer of the University of Kansas.

All three of them are the top picks in this draft......

Some draft years, such as Duncan, O'Neal, and Davis, although they are also called the top picks, but this statement is quite inaccurate, to be precise, it should be called the only candidate for the top pick.

Because except for these people, other people have no chance to get involved in the champion at all, so there is no question of whether it is hot or not.

And in this draft, the three Oladipo are the real top picks, because no one knows which of these three will win the top show.

There is no such big man in this class of newcomers, and if there is one, Noel can be counted as almost one.

But Noel doesn't have an advantage over Oladipo or McClymer, unlike Duncan, O'Neal or Davis, who crush their fellow newcomers.

Ten years ago, Noel may have been quite sure of winning the top spot, but now with the change in the league's style of play, Noel's chances of being the top pick are no different from the other two.

Some fans may wonder, isn't this 2013 draft pick Bennett? Isn't he the top hit?

He's really not, and even Oladipo isn't a top pick under normal circumstances.

The only real favorites are Noel and McClymer.

Bennett's prediction pick before the draft started was really just a lottery edge, and the devil knows what crazy the Cavaliers chose him.

None of that is the crux of the matter, and what is now sparking a buzz in the league is that Noel and Purdue's Oladipo are injured.

Injuries are a common occurrence for players, but many star players in the NBA look back on their NCAA experience and feel quite psychologically unbalanced.

Why does the NCAA make so much money and not give it to the players?

Why does the league stipulate that players can't go straight to the league after graduating from high school? Do you have to play in the NCAA or other league for at least a year to be drafted?

If a player suffers a serious injury in the NCAA that leads to the end of his career, who should end up with such a loss?

Originally, even if these popular players couldn't play after entering the league, they could at least get a big rookie contract in the high pick, so that at least it would not be a problem to support their families for the rest of their lives.

But if the NCAA is completely scrapped due to injuries and can't even get a rookie contract, who will guarantee the rest of these players' lives?

Because of the injuries of the two top players, it directly caused the dissatisfaction of the NBA stars, and began to bombard the NCAA and the NBA system.

Many of them came out of the NCAA and know the cruelty of the NCAA, how many five-star high school students who originally had a happy future ended up completely ruining their future because of a serious injury in the NCAA.