Chapter 678 [A Big Tree Attracts the Wind, the Focus of the Basketball World]
From beginning to end, the Clippers players insisted on teamwork and attacked the Lakers' defensive weaknesses. Seven members of the team scored in double figures.
Gay had 24 points and 5 rebounds, Curry had 28 points and 4 assists, Griffin had 22 points and 10 rebounds, Mahinmi had 12 points and 7 rebounds, Neal had 15 points...
Apart from Kobe, only two other players on the Lakers scored in double figures.
Love made 6 of 13 shots, 1 of 4 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, and scored 17 points, 14 rebounds, and 3 assists; Nash made 5 of 8 shots, 1 of 2 three-pointers, and scored 11 points, 3 rebounds, and 7 assists.
Luol Deng only shot 4 times in the game, hit 1 goal, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 4 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.
At the post-match press conference, reporters interviewed players from both sides and asked Yang Rui to express his thoughts.
Yang Rui thought for a while and smiled: "The Clippers are much better than the Lakers. If Los Angeles fans like to watch winning games in the future, they can choose the Clippers. If they like to watch stars score high scores, they can choose the Lakers, because Kobe Bryant takes more shots. Our players are shooting too evenly.”
The reporter asked: "Are you saying that Kobe is too independent?"
Yang Rui waved his hand. "No, I didn't say that. Online fans will be angry. I often read online comments, and Comey has a classic saying. The Lakers still rely too much on Kobe, and they won't go far like this."
The reporter didn't give up and wanted to use a trick: "Do you think Kobe will be different from when you were there after you left the Lakers?"
Yang Rui said with emotion: "God closed a door, and inevitably... Kobe's head was caught in the door."
Everyone at the venue was stunned for three seconds, and then took photos like crazy. Many people laughed out loud.
This comment is much more interesting than directly saying that Kobe is a cancer.
Kobe's scoring ability is still there, but he became paranoid after three consecutive championships and it was difficult to return to normal.
With only two Finals MVPs and one regular season MVP, Kobe can be arrogant. In this life, he has one more regular season MVP. Who can control him?
In his previous life, there was huge controversy over whether Kobe had his own era, and there was no successor to Kobe after his retirement.
Because Kobe's efficiency value is the third highest in the league, when he won the last two championships, his personal ability was not the strongest in the league. Now Kobe has his own era, that is when he won three consecutive championships with Yang Rui.
Unfortunately, his glorious time was too short-lived and caused even greater controversy.
The next day, the news reported the Christmas derby, and many media began to describe Kobe as "cancer", including the Los Angeles media, and of course Facebook also reported it.
Having become a competitor, Yang Rui doesn't think it's interesting to give the Bass family some face and pretend to be good friends again? That's just hypocrisy and can't be exchanged for anything. The Buss family hopes that the Clippers will always be a bad team.
It’s still the same cliché among peak Komies, blaming the Lakers role players for being too bad and failing to support Kobe.
Except for the few times when Kobe Bryant broke into the basket and got into the crowd, the Clippers guarded him alone throughout the game and strictly guarded against others. However, in the eyes of Kobe at his peak, Kobe could always attract double teams and was brave enough to face him. It's still a hard shot against a three-person double team.
As for the media saying that Kobe Bryant is a cancer, this is what Pinnacle Comet thinks.
"The bigger the tree, the more fans there will be, and the more people will hate him. People who say Kobe is a cancer are just because they think Kobe plays alone and doesn't pass the ball well. But think about it in reverse, this is because Kobe has a strong sense of responsibility and is competitive. A sign of strong heart, supporting Kobe!"
"It's all Kobe's nonsense, but it's just that sometimes Kobe is too paranoid and has to play alone, and his teammates can't make a shot, and then Kobe simply doesn't pass the ball in isolation, regardless of whether his teammates are open or not, which leads to some Just losing.”
Well, maybe they didn't watch the game at all.
Perhaps, they are undercover Kobe hackers, in order to discredit Kobe Bryant in this way of pretending to be mentally retarded.
This is only a small group of people. Most people on the Internet talk about the Lakers and discuss how the Lakers went to destruction step by step. If Kobe Bryant does not retire,
Do the Lakers still have any hope of competing for the championship?
Time quickly entered 2011. In January, the Clippers lost 5 games, their winning percentage dropped, and they were surpassed by the Mavericks, ranking second in the league. But the Clippers are still the focus of the basketball world because they are playing beautifully and their four cores are working together more and more tacitly.
On January 17, in the Clippers' 115-100 victory over the Knicks, Griffin scored 44 points, 15 rebounds and 7 assists, setting career highs in both points and assists. Griffin's 44 points also broke the team's rookie scoring record of 41 points set by Eric Gordon two seasons ago.
On January 20, Griffin scored a career-high 47 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to help the Clippers defeat the Pacers 114-97. He became the third player after Rick Barry and Michael Jordan to A player who scored "47+14" when he was under 21 years old.
Paul is ranked first in the MVP rankings, and Griffin is ranked third. People are shocked by him.
No one in Los Angeles doesn't like Griffin. They think he is a combination of Malone and Barkley. His top ten goals in the past three months are more exciting than most NBA players' top ten goals in their careers.
When watching a Clippers game, the commentator would shout excitedly: "Griffin dunks! God! It's the first time I've seen him pull up in place and his head goes over the frame. It's so abnormal!"
"Paul threw the ball high, and Griffin turned his back to lob the ball. Damn it! It turns out that you can dunk like this in actual combat!"
"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! thefuck!"
Wizards fans often mourn for John Wall. As the No. 1 pick in 10 years, he currently averages 16 points and 8 assists per game. This data can be easily obtained by the Rookie of the Year in previous years, but it is incomparable with Griffin who has 20+10. Griffin still took a year off to compete for Wall's No. 1 pick.
Yang Rui, a reborn man, is excited to watch Griffin play. If he can practice the three-point shot and make better shot selections, and win a few more championships with the Clippers, he will be the number one power forward in the NBA in the future.
Yang Rui asked Griffin to practice defense and increased his playing time, averaging 35 minutes per game. Paul's playing time also increased to 34 minutes, his data improved, and his assists reached a career high.
Gay and Curry played less than 30 minutes. Their performance was very stable and they have been reused. Their statistics are incomparable with the opening stage, but they can be regarded as outstanding second-rate stars.
Gay averaged 15.6 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1 steal per game, shooting 47.1% from the field and 36.4% from the three-point range.
Curry averaged 18.3 points, 3.4 rebounds, 5 assists and 1.3 steals per game, shooting 45.3% from the field, 43.2% from the three-point range, and hit 3 three-pointers per game.
Korver averaged 25 minutes per game and scored 10.2 points. He is the Clippers' highest shooting shooter, with a three-point shooting rate of 48.5% and 2.8 shots per game.
Now that Curry and Korver are together, they are like a weakened version of the "Splash Brothers". Curry can hold the ball and throw, catch and throw. Korver has a higher assist rate and is equally decisive in his shots.
If there is glory, someone must make sacrifices.
As the game progressed, the data of Tony Allen, DeAndre Jordan, Dunleavy, Gary Neal and others all dropped sharply. They averaged less than double figures per game and played less than 20 minutes in rotation; veteran Kurt Thomas and newcomer Dan Nick Green still has little chance to play.
With the ball reduced, no one except Dunleavy raised any objections.
Dunleavy is in a contract year. He is 31 years old, not too old, and he still wants to pursue another big contract. But there is no way Yang Rui can reduce the playing time of young players and help Dunleavy improve his statistics.
His contract is too big, and it would be difficult to trade him with an annual salary of tens of millions. If he gets a junk contract that wants to rebuild the team, the Clippers management obviously can't agree to it, so he has no choice but to endure it.