Chapter 65: Another Little Shark
Fast forward to November 15th, and today is the seventh game of the season for the Clippers, facing the New York Knicks at home at Staples Arena.
The Clippers' start to the season was astonishing, and no one could have imagined before the start of the season that the small Breakers, who were only ranked 26th in the ESPN team power rankings, would have an excellent 5-1 record in one go, and such a good start even the Clippers themselves did not expect. In the first six games, the Clippers played against the Pistons on the road, and at home against opponents like the Cavaliers.
Although many media outlets, notably the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times, have been reporting on a sour tone, claiming that both teams had their own problems early in the season to allow the Clippers to steal a win or two, this is not the true strength of the Clippers.
The implication is that the Clippers actually took a shit luck to win.
However, in the face of the victory that has already been reached, these media can't change the fact that the Los Angeles Clippers are ranked second in the West at the same time as the Hornets.
Today, the Clippers continued their good luck, because their opponents in this game, the New York Knicks, have lost six in a row, and today's opponent is a real big bad team, which can be said to be too bad to be worse.
It's hard for all fans around the league to imagine that the Knicks are so bad, but the team pays the most in the league, and they get this honor almost every year.
Let's see, who they all paid high salaries, Quentin Richardson 8.1 million, Eddie Curry 9 million, Jerome Williams 7.6 million, Mark Rose 7.1 million, Jerome James 5.8 million, Jeffries 5.6 million......
Look at the Clippers again, Artest 7 million, James Posey 4 million, Mobley 7 million, Ji Guoqiu 1.8 million, Ji Guoqi 1.1 million.
When New York fans see the Clippers' player salaries, they feel a heartache...... Just like Ji Guoyi's feeling now, Taylor Swift no longer answered his calls, and he sent the tickets for today's game to the other party by courier, but after the game, he saw that the seat was empty and there was no figure, and he immediately felt more heartbroken than the New York fans......
"Hey, are you alright? The game is about to start.,Isn't it just a broken love.,What's the big deal?? Besides, you haven't started yet, so strictly speaking, it's not a broken love at all, at most a crush failure. Ji Guoqiu, I don't know if it's a comfort or a stone, it's like sprinkling a handful of salt on Ji Guo's shameful wound, and the latter only feels congested......
Dunleavy Sr. has already announced his tactics in the locker room to deal with the Knicks, of course, to continue to limit opponents with their excellent defense, and the veteran coach believes that only defense is basically enough. A bad team like the Knicks lacks coordination on the offensive end, and not only does there be no chemistry between the players, but there seems to be discord. In terms of team tactics, the limited arrangement of the smiling assassin Thomas has basically been converted into a single mode, and the number of assists in the whole team may not be as many as Nash in the whole game......
But old Dunleavy didn't know that one of their two inside lines had a problem, and that guy was heartbroken......
The Knicks had a dismal start to the season, ranking last in the league in offensive and defensive efficiency in the first six games, ESPN reported that they barely led their opponents a few times in the first six games, scoring only on random singles, which can be summed up as: Crawford singles, Randolph singles, Marbury singles, Curry singles......
In today's game, although the defeat of the New Yorkers has not yet begun, the major media are still very concerned, the reason is that New York's interior personal strength is not bad, Zach Randolph and Eddie Curry's interior combination, the defensive end is of course the bottom of the league, but their offensive power is quite impressive, even if they can only play alone, maybe they can teach the rookie twins a good lesson.
Knicks starting lineup: Stephen Marbury, Jamal Crawford, Quentin Richardson, Zach Randolph, Eddie Curry.
Before going on the field, the old Dunleavy saw the two big inner lines of his own disciples on the opposite side, and he was still a little uneasy, so he called the players over and made a brief arrangement before going on the court: "The low-post defense is more around the front, after the block and dismantle, try to wrap as much as possible, the defensive end lifts up the mobility, and pays attention to the opponent at any time, as long as everyone is serious, we strive to win this victory in the first half." ”
The players didn't understand it or not, they nodded again and again, including Ji Guosha, who looked more sad than dead, and didn't know if this bastard heard what old Dunleavy said, and even nodded there and pretended to be garlic, this shameless momentum was difficult to shake even when his heart was stuffed.
The Clippers started with Brevine Knight, Posey, Artest, Ji Guoyi, and Ji Guoqiu.
Today's "Staples Arena" is full again, since the away game from the Pistons, Clippers fans who did not buy season tickets have found that they can no longer buy home tickets, the price of ticket prices on the black market has risen by at least fifty percent, and it is rare to see, want to ensure that the price of tickets must be at least doubled, which makes many fans who did not buy season tickets before the start of the season regret.
Who would have thought the Clippers would have such a cute momentum this season? Clippers fans thought the team would slump as the media said.
Now that Clippers fans know, what the media usually says is wrong, for example, they say that the Clippers will beat the Knicks today without suspense, only to find that after the game starts, the plot doesn't seem to develop like this......
At the beginning of the game, Ji Guoqiu, who originally made the Clippers the most reassuring, suffered one step ahead of his younger brother.
When the weather is good, the mood is good, and Eddie Curry is a big shark. Last season, another dead fat man in the league with the name of a small shark, played an All-Star count of nearly 20+7, although he brushed it in New York, but he can brush up on 20 points is considered some strength.
This year, Eddie Curry has not lost his weight below 300 pounds for two months, and he now has a bloated body of 315 pounds, but this figure makes Ji Guoqiu very passive, because on the offensive end, this guy is sitting and beating him with his more than 300 pounds of fat, and Ji Guoqiu said that his weight of 233 pounds really can't bear this dead fat man.
Ji Guoyan has the heart to help him, but the other dead fat man next to him, Randolph, is much more capable than Eddie Curry, and he himself is not comfortable with this guy, how can he have the energy to help?
Although Zach Randolph is a cheating man on the defensive end, rotten tofu on the offensive end is enough to abuse him with his all-star interior skills!
As soon as Ji Guoqiu came up, he didn't use the front for the first time, but he was beaten down by Eddie Curry in two rounds, and the two made a mistake!
Old Dunleavy immediately knew that something was wrong, Eddie Curry was in very good shape today, and it was estimated that he saw many Hollywood beauties on the sidelines who aroused male hormones, so that the skills he had saved for a month finally cooled down, and today he rarely transformed into a New York shark!
The Knicks' coach, the smiling assassin Thomas, burst into tears in his heart, this Nima is not easy, and Eddie Curry usually transforms once a month.
Dunleavy Sr. replaced Paul Davis and replaced Ji Guoqiu, who committed two fouls in less than two minutes.
Everyone didn't expect that Paul Davis would be much better defensively than Ji Guoqiu in the face of Eddie Curry.
Paul Davis weighs only 275 pounds, which is 40 pounds lighter than the other party, but Curry's flesh is fat, and his strength is actually inferior to Paul Davis.
The Clippers' only strength as a backup center is that he is naturally powerful and can fight for rebounds at the main position. Davis moves slowly, has poor defensive awareness, and is not so effective at defending most interior lines in the NBA, but it works wonders when dealing with big-tonnage interior lines, such as Howard, O'Neal, and Yao Ming. This is the kind of player restraint, and the NBA always has this kind of player who restrains each other, not just ordinary players, but also between stars.
Eddie Curry is some distance away from the above three, even if he transforms, and Paul Davis does a good job of limiting the New York center.
Seeing Paul Davis clean up the little shark, Clippers fans suddenly felt that it was all an accident just now, and now that they are back to normal, their victory is about to come, but Ji Guosha quickly followed in the footsteps of his brother three minutes later, and was beaten by Randolph in a row, and the two had to return to the bench to rest with their brother.
The faces of the two brothers are very bad, what they are most afraid of is a player like Randolph, who has strength, flexibility, can shoot three points and play in the low post, this flexible dead fat man is really difficult to deal with, and the offensive end can explode with each other even with the five major NBA forwards, which is the strongest interior line that the two brothers have encountered at present.
"I'm going up and down in the next quarter, and I should be able to deal with Eddie Curry, but have you figured out how to deal with Randolph?" Ji Guoqiu asked Ji Guoqiu while watching his teammates play.
Ji Guoyan didn't respond, his eyes looked around, as if looking for something.
"Damn, can you still do it, look at your little bit of talent, haven't you seen a woman?"
Ji Guoyi was sprayed by his brother, and finally became honest, lowered his head and still didn't speak.
"You idiot, can't you turn grief into strength when you're out of love? Stuff your sister all day long, maybe that little singer is watching the game in front of the TV, do you want her to see herself being abused? ”
Ji Guoyi's eyes lit up when he heard this, didn't Taylor Swift sneak in to watch his game before?
"Okay, you're right, I'm going to turn my grief into strength!"