The God of Basketball - Chapter 713

After Allen made a statement on the Colorado Plateau, the game temperament of the Los Angeles Clippers has changed visible to the naked eye.

Perhaps this is related to the return of Ron Artest, O’Neal and others, but there is an even more amazing fact: the Clippers’ offensive and defensive rhythms have become more aggressive.

This season, Li Zhen’s harvest on the data side suppressed the data presentation of other players to some extent. However, the training for young players and the recovery of veterans have never stopped.

It’s just that the fight is relatively scattered, and it looks more fragmented.

For example, when Li Zhen desperately brushed his scoring data. Griffin, Hayward, Butler, Jordan, these guys will take turns playing defense. And when Li Zhen is scoring assists, the veteran and newcomers will switch to attack mode… and it is the core attack mode. When Li Zhen decided to go to the penalty area to grab a rebound. Their degree of freedom is even higher.

The atmosphere of the team has not been chaotic since day one.

It is impossible for anyone to feel the slightest unpleasantness because Li Zhen fought with Kevin Durant on the scoring list and worked hard for a triple-double every night.

Tracy McGrady criticized the Clippers’ veterans for making the wrong choice because the Clippers’ record has been declining: The competition in the Western Conference has become extremely fierce from two weeks before the All-Star Game.

The Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets, and Portland Trail Blazers, who were behind the Clippers, all started to surpass the Clippers. Seeing that the Clippers are about to fall to eighth in the West, they may even fall to the West. nine.

Competition in the West this year is extremely fierce.

The top ranking is the Los Angeles Lakers, who have not lost a few games yet and have been running wild with a crushing attitude.

Ranked second is the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The third is the Houston Rockets, which just finished overtaking the Spurs.

The fourth is the Houston Rockets.

The fifth is the Memphis Grizzlies.

The sixth is the Dallas Mavericks.

The Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Clippers tied for seventh, and the Portland Trail Blazers ranked ninth.

Although the Trail Blazers stumbled in the 2007 NBA Draft, while Kevin Durant became the head star, Greg Oden had tragically retired.

But this season, their top star Brandon Roy, once the enemy of Bruce in his life, has gradually come out of injury. Since he accepted Li Zhen’s suggestion, did not forcefully play with injuries, and insisted on performing surgery and undergoing a long period of rehabilitation, he gradually found his life.

Partnering with the childhood sweetheart Aldridge, he gradually returned to the sequence of a strong Western team.

It’s just that today’s western competition is really terrifying.

Not to mention the Big Three of the Lakers, even last season’s defending champion fell to tied for seventh, you can imagine what kind of Shura field this is.

Far more fierce than the five or six strong teams in the upper half of the east.

In a blink of an eye.

The Los Angeles Clippers came to the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, and the Blazers could be considered a ill-fated team. If it wasn’t for the team owner’s money, he would dare to splurge. Changing to another team has long since stopped playing.

Head coach McMillan still sticks to their original style of play.

Before the game started, Brandon Roy had a cordial conversation with Li Zhen. Although the two people are now very different in their identities, looking back at the 2006 rookies, they are still the vanguard.

Roy is puzzled: “Why you obviously haven’t made much change, your strength has risen, but…the record is declining?”

Li Zhen did not give an answer at the time.

But the game gave the Blazers a clear answer.

After the game started, the Clippers suddenly became linear and logical.

After Li Zhen opened the game, he didn’t swipe up and scan the data as usual, but coordinated with Stephen Nash, Gordon Hayward, Blake Griffin, and Jordan.

Attack with a rhythm that has never been seen this season.

Very stable.

But the output is continuous.

It is like a naturally aspirated engine with high power and large exhaust.

The Trail Blazers soon couldn’t resist.

Roy and Aldridge are both All-Star stars, but they opened their eyes again to see, among the five Los Angeles Clippers, which one is not at the All-Star level?

Why did the Clippers only make one All-Star this year?

Roy is extremely puzzled.

He seemed to understand at this time, but he never grasped the key.

After the game entered the second quarter.

The Clippers immediately switched from surging offensive mode to positional offense, and began to grind defense with the Blazers.

Jason Kidd, Jimmy Butler, Eddie Griffin, O’Neal Jr. and Li Zhen played together.

This lineup is a tough one on the defensive end and is extremely capricious. Li Zhen seamlessly switched from offensive mode to position. The group of people almost grabbed the throat of the Rose Garden Arena and hung up to fight.

In the middle, Allen Iverson, Ron Artest, Vince Carter, and Milicic interspersed to play, and Li Zhen once sat off the court to rest.

It is still very high-quality and positively stable output power.

The Trail Blazers felt what is called crushing.

To be honest, before the start of the game, Macmillan was still vowing slogans in the locker room, saying that he would defeat the Clippers and reach the top eight. This season, we must take back all the lost honors.

But when the intermission arrived, the home team’s locker room was as quiet as a chicken.

Macmillan didn’t even want to do tactical analysis: what else to analyze? The Los Angeles Clippers are all-stars, and the depth of the lineup is terrifying. Everyone can output a period of surging energy. Even the rookies who didn’t know where they came from were all stiff, and Aldridge was hit by him with ice and kept spreading his shoulder blades.

“Jimmy, in time, you will definitely become a superstar. Believe me, you will follow your current tough style of play. The future belongs to you.”

O’Neal admires Butler’s kind of sturdy small forward.

The most important thing was that Aldridge shook him away in the second quarter. Just as he was about to dunk him, Jimmy Butler rushed up from the side like a vicious tiger, and slammed Ade down.

“You must be better than Artest.”

Little O’Neill gave a thumbs up.

Artest can also be regarded as a model of the macho class. He is one of the few defenders who has won the best defensive player. He was known for his rebelliousness in his early years and is a famous ruthless man in the Northwest. Logically speaking, his status in the arena should be considered high.

But in the Clippers locker room, he is in a lower position in the food chain.

In terms of seniority, a few rookies may be weaker than him.

Others, Iverson, O’Neal, Vince Carter, Jason Kidd, Stephen Nash… which one he must not call brother. Especially O’Neal, that was his direct leadership.

Therefore, Charity World Peace has rapidly declined from Dawei Tianlong to the level of Xiao Artai.

In this regard, Little Artest is also happy.

He doesn’t have the idea of ​​bravely fighting. He doesn’t even want to fight. He just wants to enjoy the rare peaceful time of his career. And, wandering in Marbury’s thoughts.

Little Artest is the person who admires Marbury the most in the dressing room. He often follows Marbury to study.

This made him deeply understand that his previous so-called fierceness were nothing more than paper tigers, and all his teeth and claws were concealing his weakness.

This is good now, little Artest fits his temperament.

Allen Iverson is sitting in another corner of the locker room. He and Vince Carter are also discussing how they played just now… The two men who used to tie each other in the Eastern Conference finals and treated each other’s baskets as the ocean are discussing how to use them quickly. New shooting method.

The top scorers from the 90s generally follow the shooting philosophy of the **** of basketball, which is a two-stage shooting rhythm. Tracy McGrady may be the only exception. Because of his tall arms and top explosive jumping ability, all his shots are 1.5 styles, that is, the knees are not bent down to exert force, and the basketball is not lifted from the waist down.

Iverson and Vince Carter did this training before the offseason.

Because of the suspension, the previous offseason has become very long, so they have been staying in the training camp of the Li Zhen brand to practice with the young players.

Stephen Curry is also a signatory of the Li Zhen brand.

He stayed here too.

He and Vince Carter have a deep connection: when he was very young, Curry’s father helped Carter in Toronto.

So the relationship between the two has been good.

This has led to the fact that the two disrespectful seniors have been imitating Curry’s shots.

Curry is a typical one-step shooting. His shooting saves the process of bending and squatting, and he does not pursue shooting at the highest point of the jump. So shooting is very fast and extremely precise.

It doesn’t matter if the two seniors don’t practice. After a practice, they found that they really suit them.

Especially Iverson.

Iverson is a small player. He is at the peak of his career. His shooting is not too standard, but he can usually get in.

Now he has studied one-step shooting from Jr. Curry, which has covered up a lot of his weakness of physical deterioration.

He practiced deeper and deeper.

The Clippers also really gave him a chance, so he was born to score 31 points in the Colorado Plateau.

Iverson’s strength is rapidly recovering.

Vince Carter is actually changing his style of play.

Although the Clippers have always kept him personal, Carter is a smart man. In other words, he has always been a ‘businessman’. When he was famous, he was not as stubborn as Kobe and Iverson. He never went to the dark one by one. He could always choose the path that suits him best under the current circumstances.

This led to his extraordinary talent, but he has never become a superstar.

But it is also destined that he will have a long career.

After leaving the Toronto Raptors, he changed the style of the Nets once. Later, he stumbled, and now in the Clippers, he began to change his new strategy. He almost abandoned his previous play and intends to become an off-ball shooter from beyond the three-point line. Relying on experience and a certain degree of defense to gain a foothold in the NBA.

This is his cleverness.

As long as he persists, he can play in the NBA for another ten years.

Vince Carter and Gordon Hayward chatted for a while.

Currently, the Clippers have actually formed various one-on-one assistance policies.

Ron Artest claimed Jimmy Butler, and O’Neal pointed from the side.

Vince Carter claimed Gordon Hayward, and gave it all.

Jason Kidd caressed little Jordan, all sorts of fate, told him what is the perfect time to take off, and also told little Jordan the secret of Kenyon Martin.

Stephen Nash interacts with Blake Griffin frequently. Griffin always reminds Nash of Stoudemire, and Nash can teach Griffin a lot of passing and ball-handling skills, and he has a lot of pointers on the shooting end. .

Allen Iverson was born rebellious, he has never been a good teacher.

However, Milicic always followed him, and when he was in Los Angeles, he often drove Iverson.

Iverson had a great influence on him on the spiritual level, which made Milisic more and more confident, playing more and more open on the court.

I don’t know if it’s because of Larry Brown. The two players who have made news with Larry Brown have found something in common.

What’s interesting is that when Milicic was in physiotherapy with Li Zhen, he suddenly said to Li Zhen with emotion: “Bruce. You said, if I were the Philadelphia 76ers, would I become a superstar? Allen is so kind to me.”

Li Zhen was stunned for a while.

Then he said: “Whether you will become a superstar is difficult to say, but… you are likely to follow him to learn badly. At that time, Alan did not have the professionalism that he is now. Moreover, he was energetic at that time and he would not go Take you a formal massage, but take you to…”

Li Zhen said that.

After hearing this, Milicic froze for a while, then smiled.

Perhaps this is the best arrangement for fate.

Milichic is not too bad now. Although this season due to the arrival of O’Neal, his playing time has been reduced, and the data is not as good as the second half of last season.

However, anyone with a discerning eye can see his excellence.

If there are no accidents, his next contract will be at least ten million. If you encounter a team that is in desperate need of inside, it is normal to offer a starting salary of $123,000.

Now, all teams already know… 2016 will implement a brand new salary cap, and then it will inevitably be an era of big salaries.

The second half of the game is coming soon.

The Portland Trail Blazers were like skilled actresses, they disarmed after struggling deliberately.

Anyway, it is definitely impossible to fight.

Why not save some energy?

It’s so good to beat the Mavericks.

This is Brandon Roy’s suggestion. Since being persuaded by Li Zhen, Roy has become more and more eager.

After the game, he even asked Li Zhen mysteriously: “Bruce, aren’t you ambushing the Lakers? You are beautiful. Let the Lakers rush to No. 1 in the Western Conference in a crushing posture, and then in the postseason Send them back to their hometown in the first round of the game, wonderful!”

amount….

Without Roy, Li Zhen really didn’t expect to be here.

When he said this, Li Zhen waved his hand quickly.

First of all, based on the relationship between Kobe and Yao Xuan and himself, it really shouldn’t be ambush for the Lakers.

Secondly, this year’s Lakers are far from what the Lakers can compare last season. They are very powerful. The victory over the Lakers last season was more or less luck. This year, there is definitely no such luck.

Finally, Li Zhen really didn’t want to eat sugar cane anymore. Although the Los Angeles Clippers won the championship last season, they met the Lakers at the beginning and the Heat at the end. The mode of running all the way in the middle made him want to die. It is better to proceed step by step. Most importantly, the Clippers’ run-in has just been completed.

The meal needs to be eaten bite by bite, and the steps are too large, and it is easy to pull the eggs.

Therefore, Li Zhen then patted Roy on the shoulder and told him: “Brandon, next, I will help you double kill the Mavericks. As for whether you can take the opportunity to make the playoffs, it depends on your own destiny. Up.”

When Roy heard this, he was very grateful.

What a big brother!

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