naaapseattle Chapter 146 Won the best of the week again, the first round of All-Stars announced
Chapter 146 Won the best of the week again, the first round of All-Stars announced
Chapter 146 Won the best of the week again, the first round of All-Stars announced
The Clippers lost a lot of games in November.
Although the schedule is relatively easy and there have been many winning streaks, but entering December, the Clippers temporarily ranked fifth in the Western Conference with 12 wins and 14 losses.
In this case, the Clippers immediately encountered the Spurs with 15 wins and 2 losses, temporarily ranking second in the Western Conference.
The Clippers have played against the Spurs twice this season, winning and losing in half. In terms of overall strength, there is not much difference.
However, in today's game, the Spurs came from afar, and they played back-to-back away games, so their inherent conditions were not good.
Naturally, the Clippers will not waste such a good chance to win.
At the beginning of the game, Jordan was the first to take the lead in the charge, not to mention jumping to get the ball, and directly cooperated with Iverson to score the ball inside.
Ginobili wanted to attack the inside with the ball, and he returned the color, but Lu Yi's defense on the outside alone was enough for Ginobili to drink a pot.
Ginobili failed in singles and passed the ball directly to Richard Jefferson in the bottom corner. However, the latter was a little impatient and took a step away with his starting step, but was directly caught by the referee on the sidelines and sentenced to a walk.
The Clippers took this opportunity. Iverson first acted as a cover and attacked with the ball. Lu Yi ran to the left corner without the ball, received a breakthrough from Iverson, and hit a corner three-pointer as soon as he came up.
In the last two rounds, the Spurs were opened up by the Clippers by 5 points.
At this time, Duncan needs to stand up and help the Spurs stabilize the situation, but Duncan singled Boozer but was blocked by Boozer.
This is also something that neither player could have imagined.
Taking advantage of Duncan's stunned moment, Boozer took advantage of the situation to hold the ball firmly and quickly passed it to Iverson on the outside.
Lu Yi also reacted when he saw this, and got off quickly.
Iverson took the ball to the left, and Lu Yi shot directly into the middle and shot straight to the basket.
The Spurs didn't realize that a tactical foul could be made at this time, but thought that they could defend against the Clippers' fast break with a more disciplined defense.
As a result, Iverson and Lu Yi cooperated, and finally completed the air connection, and Lu Yikong received a dunk to complete this wave of cooperation.
The point difference further expanded to 7 points, and the Spurs instantly made Alexander.
Ginobili and Parker attacked with the ball one after another, helping the Spurs relieve a little bit of pressure.
But at the same time, Lu Yi is also helping the Clippers increase their firepower and make persistent efforts to widen the point difference.
Leading the score, the whole team was under no pressure, and the Clippers played downwind shots skillfully.
After the first quarter, 22 to 29, the Clippers led by 7 points.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Lu Yi did not play immediately, and Iverson played with Korver, Thornton, Scola, Camby and other substitutes.
Although only 4 minutes were played, the point difference was not narrowed.
When Lu Yi took Gordon and others on the court, the Spurs couldn't resist the Clippers' offensive in an instant.
In the second quarter, 18 to 28, under the leadership of Lu Yi, the Clippers suddenly opened up another 10 points.
After the first half, there was a 17-point difference, which will somewhat frustrate the Spurs who came from afar to play back-to-back.
In the third quarter, the Clippers showed the attitude of winning games in the past. Lu Yi led the team to continue playing.
Lu Yi once again ended a regular season game against a strong team in the Upper West with 20+ scoring data.
Many stars can't do this after completing their rookie contracts. Lu Yi is only in his second season, and he already seems to be able to do it with ease.
85 to 97, the Clippers finally won the game with a 12-point advantage.
The core and main players warmed up to end the game, and the substitutes also got a chance to exercise. This is simply not too comfortable.
In a blink of an eye, one day and two nights passed, and another game day came.
On December 12, the Clippers visited Denver to play against the sixth Nuggets in the Western Conference.
After the game started, Anthony made a three-pointer as soon as he came up, which made Lu Yi and other Clippers fans feel what it means to be "this is my territory."
Although Gua Ge, who doesn't talk too much, doesn't talk much trash, but today's competitive state, it can be seen that Anthony really wants to win today's game.
Ever since, the Clippers calmly adopted a double-team strategy against Anthony.
"Let's have some fun, let the others get out!" Anthony hoped that Lu Yi would fight him one-on-one, and the star would win or lose in a battle.
However, Lu Yi was not fooled.
"I'm a Kobe fan..." Lu Yi thought to himself.
After retiring, Kobe once talked about how to defend a super team with many stars in an interview show.
Bryant expressed his experience in this regard: "There are some players on the team who have signed a maximum salary contract.
But there are still some players who are facing contract years and need to fight for big contracts.
If we play against these teams, we will adopt a certain strategy.
'To double-team players who haven't signed big contracts and not let them get shots.
And allow those top-paid players to have one-on-one singles. '
In this way, those players who don't get big contracts will watch the max players shoot.
And then complaining all night, 'Why don't you pass me the ball, I can't get the ball? '
When this situation occurs too much, conflicts will appear in the team's locker room, which will effectively weaken the strength of the opponent's entire team. "
This year's Anthony is a contract year, and Anthony and the Nuggets are not without conflicts, but rather conflicts.
Anthony believes that the team's signings failed, and he should be the core with a suitable championship lineup.
The team's head coach, George Karl, often shirks the responsibility of losing to Anthony, who doesn't like to talk in front of the media.
Accused Anthony of not defending, lack of enthusiasm for playing, and lack of leadership qualities.
The first and second rounds of the playoffs, coupled with the loss of the generals and the expiration of the contract, made Anthony and the Nuggets more and more impatient.
If the Clippers have money, Lu Yi even wants to dismantle the Nuggets and invite Anthony to come to the Clippers to play brother basketball.
Of course, Lu Yi is just talking, the Clippers have no money, and the Clippers give Anthony a maximum salary, which is somewhat premium.
It's not that Anthony himself doesn't deserve the maximum salary, but that the Clippers only need blue-collar workers to win the championship.
Lu Yi himself is a super scorer. Although the defense has the honor of the second defense, it still needs other players who are really good defensively to help fill in the gaps.
Anthony's offensive firepower is fierce, but he is not suitable for the Clippers' third position.
However, the idea of Lu Yi helping the Nuggets dismantle the team is true.
Playing in the NBA and seeing other strong playoff teams being dismantled and falling apart, it is quite a pleasant thing.
Not many superstars are willing to accompany the team to decline, but most of them will gloat when other star teams have such a time.
Having said that, if Lu Yi does not accept Anthony's move, the Nuggets can only play in their own way.
Lu Yi got many easy scoring opportunities by relying on off the ball and with the help of his teammates.
On the other hand, Anthony is constantly facing double-teams. Although he still has some shots, he either shoots hard or relies on his personal ability to score hard, and his scoring efficiency is not high.
There is no way, the Nuggets can only rely on the strength of Billups if they want to come back.
However, the other four Pistons are old, can Billups continue to stay young?
Obviously not.
Billups tried to find Jordan's trouble by driving to the basket twice in a row.
Jordan did not have enough experience in big defense and small defense. Billups scored a goal and made another foul.
But so what, it's impossible for Billups to play like this for a whole quarter, let alone the whole game.
Not to mention whether Billups is physically strong enough to play the whole game, just say that the Clippers have a veteran Camby on the bench.
Without waiting for Lu Yi to exert his strength, he returned the favor. Substitute power forward Luis Scola made a three-pointer from the bottom corner, which helped the Clippers quickly relieve the scoring pressure.
After the first quarter, the Clippers were still in the lead.
After the second quarter started, the Clippers were led by Lu Yi.
Billups was still sitting off the court at the beginning, and no one in the Nuggets could hold the ball and connect the teams. It was obviously impossible to rely on the double-teamed Anthony to stand alone.
The second quarter did not play 4 minutes, and Billups had to re-enter the game to control the situation.
In the rest of the second quarter, although the Clippers failed to defeat the Nuggets immediately and helped the team quickly expand the score, they also firmly controlled the rhythm of the game.
With the help of Lu Yi running off the ball and Boozer coming out of the pick-and-roll from the inside, Lu Yi hit one corner after another three-pointer again and again.
Even if Anthony and Billups help the Nuggets relieve the scoring pressure from time to time, Lu Yi will quickly respond with three-pointers.
Three-pointers are one point more than two-pointers. Even if the shooting percentages of both sides are similar, this will put the Nuggets under pressure.
However, before the end of the game, Lu Yi took advantage of the time before the end of the first half and switched to a breakthrough with the ball to change the Nuggets' defense.
The Nuggets were beaten badly by Lu Yi. Although they survived the first half, they couldn't handle the Clippers' offense in the third quarter.
Anthony, who had been playing poorly in the first half, finally couldn't play in the third quarter.
The constant double-teaming also cost Anthony a lot of energy.
The accusations from teammates and coaches made Anthony exhausted.
On the other hand, the Clippers played very easily.
Against strong western teams like the Spurs and Nuggets in succession, the Clippers played at the level that a real strong team should have, and they were the main players in three quarters twice in a row.
Even if the Clippers didn't have any main players in the fourth quarter and just played off the bench, the Nuggets were still defeated.
By the last 2 minutes of the game, the point difference between the two teams had widened to 30+.
In order to avoid hurting the peace, Dunleavy had to take a strategic timeout, and whoever felt good would be replaced, and a real water dispenser administrator would come on as a substitute.
Also relying on scoring points in the last 2 minutes, the Nuggets somewhat regained a little face.
108 to 89, the Clippers led by 19 points and won this already doomed game.
On December 12, the Clippers will fight the Trail Blazers again.
This time is no different from the last time. Although the Blazers and the Clippers fought until the fourth quarter, they were just resisting.
100 to 91, the Clippers won the game with a seemingly 9-point advantage, but in fact they firmly held the key to the outcome of the game as early as the first half of the fourth quarter.
On December 12, the Clippers continued to play.
Although it is back-to-back this time, the Clippers have returned to Los Angeles.
Playing at home makes the Clippers players relatively excited, and the opponent is a big team like the Kings, so even Lu Yi did not strategically choose to take turns.
It is worth mentioning that both Evans and Cousins of the Kings played well today.
Both are young players. After a period of training, they have both played the talent and strength corresponding to the draft.
It's just that it's a little difficult to beat the Clippers, one of the best teams in the West.
88 to 97, the Clippers once again firmly won the game with a 9-point advantage.
After the new week's game, Lu Yi used the Clippers to win four consecutive victories, rushing to the third leading record in the Western Conference, and once again won the Western Conference Player of the Week.
Unlike winning the best player of the week in the Western Conference in the past, Lu Yi's personal data in the past was basically 30+5+5.
But this past week, Lu Yi's data was only 22.5+7.8+5.4.
In the same week, there are players in the West with better data and more famous names than Lu Yi.
But in the end, Lu Yi won the best of the week in the Western Conference. This is naturally not Stern's black box operation, and he prefers Lu Yi.
Simply because of the impact of the Clippers' record.
It is said that a week has passed, and there have been many changes and controversies in the All-Star voting.
This is the first time Lu Yi participated in the All-Star voting session.
Of course, the "first time" here refers to Lu Yi being selected by fans, not Lu Yi being voted by fans as an NBA star to be selected for the All-Star Game.
With the help of his outstanding performance and outstanding performance in the playoffs last season, Lu Yi just participated in the All-Star voting session and won 43 votes.
There is no inflation in the All-Star votes these years, and the All-Star vote leader usually has more than 200 million votes.
The All-Star voting results are announced in four rounds.
The deadline for voting by watching tickets is January 1 next year, and the deadline for SMS and online voting is January 10.
Because the weight of SMS and online voting is very small, the number of votes for the All-Stars is stable at around 200 million.
It is precisely because the starting All-Stars are voted by die-hard NBA fans who spend real money in the arena with tickets from all over the United States.
To a certain extent, the All-Star vote rate can be regarded as the commercial value of a star.
This is also the reason why stars are so keen to become All-Stars. Playing in the NBA is not only for honor, but also for life.
Being an All-Star is not only an exposure rate, but also an affirmation of one's own commercial value, which is the guarantee of signing a big contract.
As a rookie, Lu Yi participated in the All-Star voting in the second season, and he could get 43 votes in the first round, which is already quite good.
Four rounds of accumulation should be able to accumulate 160 million votes, and there is even a chance to touch the 200 million mark.
Of course, Lu Yi won so many votes, he must have won the support of domestic fans.
But NBA officials have learned how to dilute the enthusiasm of Chinese fans after years of research.
The first round of All-Star voting was announced, and Lu Yi's vote rate was ranked behind Kobe, Iverson and Nash, and North American fans also contributed a lot.
However, because of Kobe and Iverson in the West, it may be difficult for Lu Yi to enter the All-Star Game as the starting All-Star.
It is worth mentioning that this year's All-Star Weekend is being held at the Staples Center.
Although Lu Yi has already won the All-Star MVP, this year's All-Star Weekend is quite meaningful to Lu Yi.
(End of this chapter)