Chapter 22: The Battle for the Main Force
The Portland Trail Blazers' interior duo is Joel Pulzbilla, a blue-collar coolie, and LaMarcus Aldridge, the best interior player in the '06 draft, with excellent shooting ability and a well-known potential star in the league.
After the two brothers came on the court, the most significant improvement was the control of rebounding, although Pilzbilla claimed to be 216cm, in fact, about the same height as the two brothers, good at rebounding and low post defense.
Ji Guoqiu's low-post offensive ability is limited, and he is not better than Carman on offense, but he can make rebounding solid and improve his interior defensive ability to a higher level.
The Trail Blazers players still broke through the paint more after the two brothers came on the court, so after being covered twice, these guys were decisive and smart, and they no longer rushed inside with impunity.
Ji Guoyi's attacking ability is also not better than Tim Thomas, but he can contribute excellent defensive ability, and he also knows that now is not the time to be lazy, and if he doesn't like to defend, he has to be tough and correct his defensive attitude.
This guy thought that if Brand was injured, no one would be able to snatch his starting position, but today he learned that his starting position had not yet arrived.
After the two came on the court, the Clippers' interior offense was a little worse than Carman and Thomas, but the defense and rebounding became better.
The old coach let these two inside combinations today, each group play half a quarter, and then two up and two down. Fans and players alike know that the elder Dunleavy is checking the effect of the two combinations on the field.
Whether it is Carman and Thomas, or the two brothers of the Ji family, they don't want to sit on the bench, and they all desperately watch themselves in this game.
The Portland Trail Blazers are also in the midst of a rebuild, with the difference that they have found a rebuilding goal, are accumulating experience for future victories, and are in the progressive stage.
The final score was 110-105, and the Trail Blazers relied on the more mature Roy and Aldridge to win the Clippers on the road.
Ji Guoqiu played 25 minutes and got 8 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks, today he is also good at rebounding on Pulzbilla, he can't bagged all the rebounds as unscrupulously as in the last game, and the other party is not good at stubble, he got almost two double-doubles in his limited playing time, which is already good.
Ji Guoyi played 25 minutes and got 12 points, 5 rebounds and 1 block, and the two of them can be regarded as very good in such a short playing time. On the offensive end, the two brothers are about the same as Carmen Thomas on the inside, but on the defensive end they are much better than their rivals.
When they were on the floor at the same time, the Clippers dropped very few points in the paint. As we all know, the paint scoring rate is the most critical factor in determining the outcome of both teams, so which team allows the opposing team to score less under the basket will be more likely to win the game.
On October 5, 2007, the Clippers played the Golden State Warriors away.
With Don Nelson as the team's coach, the Warriors have become a team that can compete for a playoff spot in the West!
In the 2006-07 season, the Warriors eliminated the regular season champion Mavericks in the first round of the playoffs, creating the third "Black Eight Miracle" in NBA history, and also made Nowitzki bear the name of a soft egg, until five years later, he was able to wash away the Big Three.
In this game, Dunleavy Sr. replaced the two Ji brothers in the starting line-up, and their opposing players were Andris Biedrins and Al Harrington.
What kind of player is Biedlins, a fighter among whites, with a lot of body, a tough defense, and especially good rebounding.
There are many so-called experts in the United States who have put Ji Guoqiu's template under the name of Biedrins, thinking that the technical styles of the two are very similar, except that Ji Guoqiu also has a good middle distance, and the two are indeed very close.
Ji Guoqiu met a player who was better than him in grabbing rebounds for the first time, although the opponent's rebounding sense was not as good as his, but he was very desperate when competing for rebounds, and the bounce was only stronger than him, and the two were evenly matched in rebounding. This is what he did with better position awareness and judgment of basketball landing, as well as a pair of long arms, which Bidrins doesn't have.
However, on the offensive side, Ji Guoqiu was really defended by Bidelins' defense this time, he only relied on mid-range shots and small hooks that were not smart, but the opponent's athleticism was stronger than him, and his defensive attitude was also positive, making it difficult for him to find any opportunities throughout the game.
Ji's opponent, Al Harrington, has excellent outside projection ability and is the same type of player as him. However, he is at the peak, all the skills have matured, especially the frame breakthrough technology is much better than him, and the defense is the first time he has encountered an opponent with such comprehensive and sharp offensive means, which can be described as completely exploded! Fortunately, Al Harrington's defense is equal to nothing, and their teammate Tim Thomas is a type of player and a better brush.
This gave him the opportunity to fight against Al Harrington, relying on the ball given to him by Ji Guoqiu, so that he could barely explode each other!
On the whole, the two brothers are at a significant disadvantage in the face of the Warriors' interior combination today.
The elder Dunleavy and the Clippers fans understood this, the two brothers have only played a few preseason games, and the accumulation of experience is equal to nothing, and it is beyond everyone's expectations that they can only fall into a slight disadvantage at this time.
Ji Guoqiu played 25 minutes, the same time as the last game, this time he only got 5 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, but he still guarded the three-second zone tightly enough on the defensive end, and the Warriors used more jumpers to end the offense.
Ji Guozhi looked a lot better against a guy who was strong and weak in attack, and he looked a lot better on the number of jù, and with the same playing time, he got 14 points, 5 rebounds and 1 block, and made 2 of 5 three-point shots.
The final score of the two teams was 120:105, and the Clippers talked about offense, how could they be the opponents of the Warriors with "crazy bombardment"? The whole game was beaten by the opponent's "running bombardment" and was powerless.
The two old guys of the Clippers, Cassell and Mobley, only played 20 minutes, and the elder Dunleavy didn't play with the Warriors in the preseason, and they couldn't afford to play. These two old arms and legs are estimated to be overhauled after a run with the Warriors.
After the match, the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times' Da Bundan and Da Sabi took aim at the two brothers and once again laid their hands on the two brothers.
In the first two games, the two brothers of the Ji family performed well, and Ji Guoyi made a silent mockery of the two on his blog, but people have always remembered it. Although it died down before, it was because there was no good opportunity. It is estimated that everyone's manuscript has already been written, just waiting for when the two of them play poorly, and take it out and slap it in the face!
-- Los Angeles Times
"** Two center forwards meet, the Latvians win, Ula!"
-- The New York Times
"Ellington's shot was like enjoying the game, and the game has become a joke."
-- USA Today
"The advantage of the Chinese twins is that they are young, athletic and tall, maybe a little stronger than Delins now, but after a few seasons with the Clippers, the two brothers will become as important as the center of their city rivals!"
――espn
"The Chinese twin is well-rounded, can shoot from the outside, and performs well in the game, is still excellent on the defensive end, moves so quickly compared to a big man, has great flexibility, but most importantly both have a pair of dexterous hands and a pair of super long arm spans. Hands and long arms are not something to be trained to acquire, they have a tight grip on the ball, are one step faster, and can shoot left and right. ”
It has to be said that it is a very strange thing that the mainstream media in the United States have completely different views.
Ji Guoqiu doesn't care much about the media's opinions, and he firmly believes that as long as he expresses himself well, fans can see it with their eyes, instead of looking at the pile of words. Ji Guozhi is different, he cares a lot about the media reports, the media praises him, he will be beautiful, and he will be proud all day. (http://.)。 If the media criticizes him or even slanders him, it will affect his mood for the day.
Now the reports of the "New York Times" and the "Los Angeles Times" made him furious, and he scolded angrily in his heart: "Brother, look at these two bastards, especially this guy from the Los Angeles Times, as a newspaper in the same city, they don't help us, but look at our jokes." ”
Ji Guoqiu plays games in the room, and when he is fine, his entertainment is to play console games, listen to songs, watch movies, and he occupies all the hobbies of otaku.
"Boss, the most in Los Angeles are starlets, do you want to go to a nightclub to have fun? Maybe you can meet a little star who is not famous, come to a **, what's so fun about breaking the game? ”
Ji Guoyi's hobbies are different, he doesn't like to stay at home, "nightclubs" are places that he has long dreamed of, as soon as he thinks about it, the shadow of a stripper immediately appears in his head, and his desire is as irrepressible as a volcanic eruption.
"If you want to go, you can go by yourself, that kind of place, photographed by reporters, and the newspaper doesn't know what to write about you? Don't forget, we're not on the fence yet. "Ji Guoqiu is worthy of being a tall **silk, completely unavoidable, and directly said the point.
Ji Guoyi suddenly shook his head and sighed, his brother was right, he couldn't leave a bad impression on old Dunleavy before he sat firmly on the main force.
Nightclubs, I really can't go to them now, damn it......
ps: In the author's manuscript, two changes a day after the signing of the contract, it is estimated that it is the relationship of the National Day holiday, and the book has not received a signing text message until now.