Chapter 23: An Pig
On October 19, the Los Angeles Clippers traveled to Phoenix to challenge the Phoenix Suns.
Stoudemire didn't play today, Nash was a year older and was also resting, and the two souls of the Suns' interior and exterior didn't play, and it looks like they should be easy to deal with.
But in fact, the two brothers of the Ji family felt that such a sun was even more difficult to fight.
Boris Dio and Sean Marion are the Suns' interior team, one is 203cm tall and the other is 201cm, standing half a head shorter than the two brothers on the court.
Ji Guoqiu against Dior, he did not underestimate his opponent at all, but he was the champion of the French "Slam Dunk Contest", and the game usually looked like a bouncing, belonging to the floor flow. If you really think so, then you are wrong, in fact, Dior's bouncing ability is even better than Marion, and he is second only to Stoudemire in the Suns.
The Suns ran in seven seconds, but they didn't just rely on Nash and Xiaosi, one Dior took all five positions, and one Marion defended all five positions, and these two ** guys did no worse than Xiaobawang.
Ji Guoyi was the first to see the advantages and disadvantages of the opponent, Marion's flexibility is not worse than him, the speed is faster, although he is a little shorter, but he can't stand others can jump, his arms are also long, his defensive awareness and skills are excellent, and his strength is much stronger than him.
Looking at himself again, it seems that except for his height and arm span, he has no advantage, and Marion's follow-up defense makes him almost unable to get open shots, and it becomes extremely difficult to connect the ball.
Ji Guoqiu is also not easy on the defensive end, Dior is not fat now, but more flexible. This guy catches the ball at the free throw line, has a very strong ability to attack the basket with his face frame, not only can he attack by himself, but also pass the ball, and he can play with the ball behind his head and the back of his head. Once a teammate opens up space, he can still play in the low post, and occasionally throw another three-pointer on the outside, this Nima is simply all-round terrifying!
But fortunately, Ji Guoqiu still maintains his dominance in one thing, that is, the control of rebounds and the defense in the penalty area. His strategy against Dior is to stick to the paint area, and the French guy wants to throw the medium and long range outside as you like, and he is betting that Dior's medium and long range is unstable. The effect is not good but not bad, at least it did not let the other party get a high score, so that he is not derelict in his duty.
Ji Guoqiu played 28 minutes today, got 10 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, half of the points were the second dunks after the frontcourt rebounds, and the Suns were too short inside, allowing him to grab a few frontcourt rebounds.
Compared with his brother's two doubles, his younger brother was unlucky, Ji Guoyi was depressed by Marion today, only got 8 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block, shot 3 of 8, and shot 2 of 5 three-pointers, but he didn't get a few shots at all, and the shooting rate was not good.
The Clippers finally lost to the Suns 95-110, and in addition to Marion and Dio, there are also a number of outstanding players such as Barbosa and Raja Bell. The Clippers' Cassel and Marbury still only played a little more than a quarter and stopped playing, and the old Dunleavy refused to let his team's veterans play more in the preseason, playing for more than ten minutes to prevent the body from rusting, and it was enough to warm up.
Today Kaman played 27 minutes, and for a period of time, the old coach transferred Ji Guoqiu to the No. 3 position, let Ji Guoqiu play the No. 4 position, and Kaman played the center, posing a three-high combination.
The effect of this combination is also neither good nor bad, Ji Guoyi can indeed play the No. 3 position, his flexibility is good, his speed is not slow, and neither is inferior to the average No. 3 player, which is very similar to Durant.
It's a pity that Marion seems to recognize him today, Ji Guoyi moved to the No. 3 position, and Marion followed to the No. 3 position, which can be said to be inseparable, so I don't see how much strength Ji Guoyi can exert in this position.
The elder Dunleavy didn't care about Ji Guosha's beating by Marion today, when Marion was at his peak, few people could face his defense and get high scores. The people who can do it without exception are all All-Star players, what are those characters? are all superstars such as James, Maddy, and Pierce, if Ji Guoyan can also get 20+, the old coach will kneel directly.
Ji Guoqiu, as a defensive insider, is obviously better today, especially in rebounding, the old coach is very satisfied, and the 2 blocks are also outstanding, including a stride dunk from Dior, which is a wonderful shot of the whole game.
At the post-match press conference, there were no reporters who deliberately made things difficult for the two.
Among the two brothers, Ji Guo's table was slightly inferior today, scoring 8 points in 28 minutes, which was a decline from his table in the previous games. But this result is already very good for a rookie, and I believe that if he is given a few more minutes of playing time, he should be able to get ten points.
Looking at the previous rookies, how many players can get an average of 10+ per game in their rookie season? Aldridge, who is very similar to Ji Guosha, only averaged 9 points per game in his first season.
After the game, reporters did not embarrass the two, but the New York Times and Los Angeles Times' Da Sabi and Da Bundan will not let go of the opportunity of the two black brothers.
-- The New York Times
"There is an old Chinese saying that 'one inch is long, one inch is strong', which means that if you grow taller, you will take a big advantage. But judging from today's game, it doesn't seem to be the case. ”
-- Los Angeles Times
"Ji Guoqiu vs Bynum? I've been hearing this contrast a lot lately. I think he has to be a starter before he qualifies. ”
The two also listed the numbers of Dior and Marion and the two brothers together, and deliberately made a comparison to find fault with the two, typical eggs and bones.
Dio played 28 minutes and had 16 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, and Marion played 29 minutes and had 18 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals.
Ji Guosha threw the newspaper away after reading it, they had returned to Los Angeles from Phoenix, and the two also returned home. Someone knows that people can't write good words, but they still want to buy a copy and see how they can be slandered?
"'An inch long, an inch strong', the first time I heard it was that? I wonder, who translated for him? Ji Guoyan scolded at home: "By the way, boss, they still compare you with the little shark, aren't you angry?" ”
Ji Guoqiu was in another room, and said disapprerovantly: "I know that I won't write good things about you, and I went to buy it to find anger, I'm not as boring as you." Besides, the little shark played well in the next few seasons, what's wrong with the competition, I now have the number of the peak of the little shark, and it's too late to be satisfied. ”
Ji Guoyi asked inquiringly: "Boss, are you so ambitious?" That pig was barely an All-Star in his peak season, and I think he was a quasi-All-Star at the highest. (http://.)。 ”
"The road has to be taken step by step, and now it is so difficult to deal with Dior, you are so ambitious and unrealistic." After Ji Guoqiu finished speaking in his heart, he walked out of his bedroom and drew a big red circle on the living room calendar.
"On October 22nd, two days later, we are going to play the Lakers at the 'Staples Arena', and as long as we have a good table, we can end this main battle early. Now put aside the irrelevant things and concentrate on preparing for the war. Ji Guoqiu's face was solemn, and he walked to the coffee table and secretly received a few playboys in his hand, which meant to help his younger brother take care of it.
Of course, Ji Guoyan looked contemptuous about this, and scolded in his heart: "Hypocrisy! ”
When it comes to city derby, whether it is football or basketball, it has extraordinary significance. As long as there is an excellent performance in such a game, one game will top the other ten, and there is absolutely no room for error!
Ji Guoqiu is right, the Los Angeles derby is indeed not an ordinary game, although it is only an insignificant preseason game, it still attracted a live broadcast in the United States, which shows the influence of this game.
Andrew Bynum, the shark Jr. that the brothers just talked about, was asked about the game in front of the media, and when reporters asked him what he thought of the two rookies of the Clippers? This guy with a problem with his head once again spoke without thinking and said wildly: "This season, my goal is to become the No. 1 center in the West, and for this reason I have been training hard all summer, and I have never heard of any twin brothers." ”
Ji Guoyan was almost angry and vomited blood again, and shouted: "Yao Ming, take this stupid pig!" ”