Chapter 755 [Fate, Wonderful]
The Clippers won two consecutive games, and on November 3, they faced the Warriors back-to-back.
The Warriors' lineup has changed a lot compared to Yang Rui's previous life. The core "Splash Brothers", David Lee, who has been selected as an All-Star, and potential rookies Harrison Barnes and Draymond Green are no longer there. There is Brook- Lopez, Zach Randolph, and Mike Conley are far behind.
Jeff Hornacek's coaching position is very stable. The "Jerry-type" coach is currently a golden brand. Warriors owner Lacob will not make substitutions easily. If Hornacek is let go, other teams will definitely grab him. people.
The result of the game was as expected. The Clippers won easily. Danny Green, Korver, Curry, and Parsons showed their strength. The Clippers made 19 three-pointers in the game and sealed the victory at halftime. The final score was 133 to 97, another big victory.
The Warriors' interior combination is too poor at guarding the pick-and-roll and cannot get up fast. The Warriors management knows this very well, but they want to trade, but they can't get better players.
Curry was elected the best player in the Western Conference in the first week, averaging 28 points per game, shooting 71% from the field, 60% from three-point range, and 100% from free throws. Although the data is only from three games, it is amazing enough. If he has this kind of data throughout the season, the game will be unplayable, and he will be able to win two games by himself.
After several seasons of training, Curry is getting stronger and stronger. As long as he is not injured, he will definitely be able to sign a big contract in the summer.
In order to maximize interests, Curry did not renew his contract with the team in advance this summer, but prepared to become a restricted free agent. In this way, whether the Clippers directly offer him a large contract or match the offers of other teams, his The annual salary will not be small, and it is even possible to get a maximum salary.
In the summer, Curry called Yang Rui to ask for his opinion. As long as Yang Rui wants him to renew his contract in advance, he is willing to agree.
Yang Rui will not deliberately limit Curry's performance in order to reduce his salary and renew his contract, and he does not want Curry to be seriously injured and take half a year off like in his previous life. Without Curry, it would be much more difficult for the Clippers to defend their title. It was a good deal for the Clippers to sign a long-term max-salary contract with Curry in 2013. After all, big contracts started to fly all over the place two years later.
Chris Paul began to feel the pressure. Although the two-back offensive strategy was strong, it was not the right way. He had a hunch that Curry would take his place in the future and become the Clippers' core point guard.
Paul is the best pick-and-roll point guard, good at combining breakouts and shooting. No matter which team he is on, the coach will design him as the team's tactical basis. When he was in the Hornets, because his tactical proportion was too large, the team couldn't go far. In the Clippers, Yang Rui strengthened Griffin's high post support, off-ball running on the wings and singles tactics, making Paul not indispensable.
Curry is a new type of point guard in the run-and-gun era. He greatly blurs the identities of organizer and shooter, strengthens the offensive role of the 1st position, and makes the Clippers' offense difficult to defend. Compared with Paul, Curry's time holding the ball is greatly shortened, but his running distance is infinitely longer.
Paul admitted that Curry is very strong and his presence makes the Clippers' second lineup invincible. And Yang Rui has always liked to play fast breaks and have more flowers, and Curry is more in line with his requirements. In contrast, Paul's personal offensive ability is not top-notch.
On the 5th, the Clippers faced off against the Cavaliers at home, which was the focus of the game. They ultimately won 127-114, proving who was the strongest team.
James just won the Eastern Conference Player of the Week. Last week they defeated the Nets 103-83 and also won three consecutive victories, and it was a big victory.
The two sides launched a fierce attack, and the Clippers were superior. The Cavaliers did well. 13 points is the smallest point difference the Clippers have won since the start of the game.
James scored 36 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists in a triple-double that overwhelmed forwards such as Gay, Battier, and Parsons. The Clippers couldn't guard him even if they used wheel tactics. James, who has perfected his post-up skills, has impeccable personal abilities and a perfect combination of breakout shots.
Wade performed equally well, making 10 of 14 shots, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 22 points, 2 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Unfortunately, Bosh made 2 of 10 shots and only had 8 points and 4 rebounds; Griffin made 12 of 18 shots and 1 of 2 three-pointers.
He made 6 of 8 free throws and scored 31 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists.
The result of this matchup is like Bosh being pressed to the ground with his face by Griffin, rubbing, rubbing, like a devil's pace...
In the substitute competition between the two sides, even with the leadership of Ray Allen, the Cavaliers could not beat the Clippers bench gangsters led by Curry.
Ray Allen is 37 years old and his athletic ability has declined a lot. He mainly relies on shooting to score goals and is no longer comprehensive. He made 4 of 11 shots, 1 of 2 three-pointers, and only scored 9 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, and 5 fouls; veteran substitute Grant Hill was even blocked from scoring a single point.
Hill, who was born in 1972, will be 41 years old next year and has been in the NBA for 19 years. Many people regard him as the representative of "Glass Man", which is somewhat unreasonable, because no "Glass Man" can persist to this age. Unfortunately, it was difficult for him to win the championship in the last season of his career.
The team Hill hopes to join in the summer is the Clippers, but what the Clippers lack most is a forward swingman. Yang Rui cannot let him occupy a spot, because the cost of signing Hill is too high and he has to give up a potential newcomer.
On the 6th, another big event happened in Los Angeles. Stephen Curry got married.
He chose to hold the wedding during the season because he successfully proposed with a championship ring and received it in the opening game.
Curry has become one of the few married people in the Clippers. Many rising NBA stars live single, high-rise apartments, and luxurious lives. When they have nothing to do, they enjoy the wine served by the waiter in the members-only bar and go to nightclubs. Get together with friends instead of throwing the household trash into the curbside trash can or mowing the lawn like Curry did.
Curry likes this kind of plain and warm life, and he never fools around. Unlike those socialite-type football star wives, Curry’s wife Ayesha is a typical good wife and mother. For her, family and cooking skills are the most important.
Fate, wonderful beyond words.
Yang Rui had known Ayesha for a long time, but he had forgotten that this black girl would be Curry's wife, because Ayesha was born and raised in Toronto and was a classmate of Nina Dobrev. She had been looking for Yang when she was a child. Rui asked for an autograph and took a group photo.
Curry also lived in Toronto because his father, Dell Curry, played for the Raptors.
In 2002, Curry and his family moved to Charlotte, and a year later, Ayesha also moved there with her family.
Curry and Ayesha met at a church event when they were just young kids. Curry was 15 and Ayesha was 14. Curry said that when he first met her, his only feeling was, "Who is this girl? She's very nice."
The two had common friends but went to different high schools. In 2006, Curry entered Davidson University and became alumni with Ayesha. The relationship between the two developed rapidly in college and eventually they established a romantic relationship. The two dated for the first time in Los Angeles. At that time, Curry contacted Ayesha on Facebook and asked her if she had time to accompany him to Los Angeles to attend an ESPY awards ceremony and walk around.
Yang Rui gave Curry an orange Lamborghini as a gift. No NBA coach can be more generous than him. For him, this kind of thing doesn't even make the news, because the garage of his villa with many luxury cars is full, including two Batmobiles.
It's not news what kind of car Yang Rui buys. Private jets are usually his mode of transportation.
But Curry doesn't think so. He has always had a very good relationship with Yang Rui, and he also likes Los Angeles. Even if the Clippers ask him to cut his salary, he is willing to stay and continue playing.
Yang Rui has tied up a major core of the team with his sincerity.