basketball pope

Chapter 723 [Vengeance, Flower Boy]

On March 3, the current round of the NBA's focus game, the Clippers played against the Mavericks at home.

Every contest between the two teams this year is eye-catching. The Los Angeles media dubbed it "revenge battle", and the Clippers were eliminated by the Mavericks in the playoffs, forming a beam.Most experts and fans believe that if the Clippers eliminated the Mavericks and entered the finals last season, they would have a high chance of winning the cup against the Cavaliers.

Yang Rui entered the locker room early, boosted his morale and said, "Our goal today is not only to win, but also to win as much as possible, beat the Mavericks, and make them pay for our championship last season."

"Okay." The players were excited when they heard it.

Although the Clippers have just been rebuilt, the odds of winning the championship in the first season seem like winning the lottery, but who doesn't want to win the lottery?Ask the Clippers which team these players hate the most, and it must be the Mavericks.

Rick Carlisle pays more attention to the Clippers, so that the players can play 12 points and treat them as the playoffs. Only by defeating the Clippers can they successfully defend their title.

The team that has already reached the top, who doesn't want to hold the victory?They all know the team is weak, but they won't give in easily.

Chinese fans also paid attention to this game. After the lockout ended, the Mavericks and Yi Jianlian signed a basic salary contract.

Yi Jianlian has not performed well in the past two years, and his identity as a Chinese player can attract many fans. The Mavericks sought him to sell jerseys and attract audiences.

This is not a good choice for Yi Jianlian. He has neither the chance to win the championship nor to be reused. The fans are happy for him in vain.After joining, he was assigned to the Texas Legends team, a subordinate development league team of the Mavericks, and was only marginal after that.

During Nowitzki's absence due to injury, Yi Jianlian also failed to seize the opportunity to perform. Brandon White played better, averaging 7 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.

White is slender and slender, with a height of 208cm in shoes, a weight of only 95kg, a wingspan of 223cm, and a height of 276cm in situ.

Although he is a top spring person, because he is too thin, White's overall quality is not stronger than Yi Jianlian.He relied on pick-and-roll runs and air cuts to score, and he rebounded badly; he blocked shots but was poor in confrontation, and suffered from low defense.

Yi Jianlian is heavier and has a longer range. He can play two positions. He can't compete with White because he has no characteristics.

Carlisle asked the power forward to pick-and-roll on the offensive end and go down, and the defensive end jumped out to switch guards, because the team already had a slow-moving big man like Gasol Jr.Yi Jianlian is not good at these two points. He is far inferior to Gasol Jr.

Now that Dirk Nowitzki has returned, Yi Jianlian is unlikely to be in his early stage this season, and it will be difficult to stay in the NBA next year.

CCTV5 live broadcast, before the start of the game, we talked about Yi Jianlian's problem.

Yu Jia said: "The Clippers and Aaron Gray have only signed a one-year base salary. I don't know if the UAE will have a chance to join the Clippers after this season. If I join the Clippers, play under Yang Rui, and have Paul as a partner, Maybe it can be better.”

Zhang Lili said: "Except for Chandler, the Clippers' center position, Gray and Thomas don't play very much. If the UAE joins as a backup center, it can provide the team with outside firepower. I hope Yang Rui can consider it."

It's not that Yang Rui didn't think about it. The management discussed with him and wanted to introduce another insider in the mid-term.Two candidates, Yi Jianlian and Kenyon Martin, declined both.There is no shortage of people in all positions of the Clippers. Choosing another person at No. 4 will affect the training of Parsons and Faried.

Yi Jianlian has no potential to tap. For the sake of the team's future, it is obviously more important to cultivate rookies.Even if the two do not play at No. 4, there are still Guys and Shane Battier who can play power forward.

Clippers starting: Paul, Curry, Korver, Parsons, Griffin.

Mavericks starting: Delonte West, Kidd, Prince, Dirk Nowitzki, Pau Gasol.

Yang Rui adjusted the lineup, and the starting center Chandler rested.

Chandler and Griffin played together, the Mavericks could use the zone defense limit, and the last matchup didn't work well.

This time, he reused Parsons, who has height, can shoot, and can organize. He can not only fight back and fight for speed with the Mavericks, but also open up space in positional battles; Griffin and Paul play pick-and-roll in the middle, no matter how fast he goes down. Still better range than Chandler.

Curry started and Gay came off the bench. It was aimed at the Mavericks outside. West, the only one who was good at holding the ball, asked Paul to focus on it. Curry only needed to deal with Kidd, who was not fast and had a similar height.

The athletic ability is still dominated by the Clippers, and Griffin beat Pau Gasol with a jump ball.

Paul organized the ball and brought it to the right observation station. The Mavericks were the zone defense system.West is in the middle, Kidd and Prince are on both sides, and the bottom line is Dirk Nowitzki and Pau Gasol.

Griffin went to the middle and played a pick-and-roll with Paul, Curry and Korver pulled away from the left, and Parsons went to the bottom corner on the right.

This is the offensive routine of the Clippers' coach during the season. The three people are separated, and the pick-and-roll in the middle is an opportunity.But last season, Jordan was the pick-and-roll player in the middle. Griffin and Gay couldn’t make three-pointers from the side. They needed to cut to the inside often, so the tactical power was not exerted, and it was easy to become a star singles.

Last season, the Clippers' starting lineup had weaknesses in attack. The Mavericks could use zone defense to limit them. With Dunleavy and Curry, the defensive weaknesses would be caught by the Mavericks.Now, this weakness no longer exists.

Parsons' defense in his rookie season was better than Dunleavy's. Although he didn't move too fast, he dared to fight and was full of energy.Today he replaced Chandler starting, is the key to winning, Yang Rui's tactics pointed at the weakness of the Mavericks.

Paul's pick-and-roll burst to the right, attracting Nowitzki to switch.

The latter keeps a distance near the horns, which can not only block Paul's breakthrough, but also take a step forward in time to interfere with jumpers by his height.

Griffin didn't have an empty cut and stood in the middle. At this time, as long as West chased the guard, Paul could pass the ball to Griffin and make a mid-range shot.

West faced Griffin in the middle of the road and played according to the routine of the zone defense. After Paul attracted Nowitzki, he gave the ball to Parsons in the bottom corner, and a simple pass created a chance.

"Warcraft" Howard is uncomfortable when he encounters a three-pointer from the bottom corner in the zone defense system, not to mention Gasol, one of the slowest insiders in the league?He stood near the restricted area, saw Parsons catch the ball and then threw it to the rim before he had time to jump.

Parsons was well-prepared, ignoring slight interference, and a three-pointer hollowed into the net. 3 to 0.

In the team, he coached three-pointers from the middle and bottom corners, and his tactical effect was significant.

Parsons raised his right hand high, made a three-point gesture and ran back, the Clippers home fans responded with warm applause, and many female fans cheered loudly.

Yu Jia said: "The popularity of the Clippers has risen again this year, not only because of playing, but also with the image of the players. As a second-round rookie, Parsons has already gained a lot of popularity in Los Angeles, although he is not as good as Paul and Curry. , but more popular than many veterans."

Zhang Lili said: "He is a treasure dug by the Clippers this year. He played better than many first rounds, and he looks better than Dunleavy last season. Yang Rui will give him more than 15 minutes of playing time every game, and he is very optimistic about him. "

It's a face-to-face world that's often discussed on the Clippers' official forums.

Some people say that Paul is one of the most handsome black players, and Curry, Parsons, and Korver are the most handsome in the league. They are not as delicate as basketball players. Ladies generally like this.

Male fans may say that these few are not men enough, and then take other people as examples, such as the jade-faced flying dragon and half-beast handsome man Farid, who is obviously a rough man, but when he looks close to his eyebrows, he has a little bit of coquettishness, and he is fit and kind. The feeling of the Egyptian pharaoh, that is called a handsome guy.

Then they exclaimed, "Fuck, this guy is also from the Clippers..."

(End of this chapter)