stadium ambition

Chapter 329 Zijin Paul
After playing the Knicks, the Clippers temporarily decided to stay in New York for one more night to celebrate Su Yang's high score.

Su Yang received many congratulatory text messages and phone calls, and replied one by one for half an hour, and finally posted a public post to express his gratitude.

Early the next morning, the whole team flew back to Los Angeles. According to the schedule, they got two days of rest.

The coaching staff decided to take a vacation, and Su Yang temporarily put aside the boring training, watched the news, and played games.

But as long as it is related to the NBA, it is more or less mentioned that he scored 35 points in the first quarter, 59 points in the half, 75 points in three quarters, and scored 14+ in 40 consecutive games. documentary.

Fans and the media, in addition to praising his super scoring and defensive ability, also discussed how to beat him, because the Mavericks, Spurs, Thunder, Lakers, Knicks, five relatively strong teams, have all lost to the Clippers.

Among the other strong teams in the league, only the Heat have not yet played against each other, but the major gaming institutions are unanimously optimistic about the Clippers.

Many experts suggest that the Lakers take action, it is best to get Paul through a trade, and they also suggest that the Mavericks take action, it is best to get Anthony through a trade, so that they can be broken into wholes and create a great threat to the Clippers.

A reporter broke the news that inside the circle of NBA owners and management, there are more and more concerns about Su Yang leading the Clippers to successfully defend the title. into the finals.

For so many ideas, Su Yang praised the item 'Anthony should join the Mavericks', which sparked a lot of discussion.

After all, if the Mavericks have an extra powerful small forward, the offensive lethality will directly increase several times.

But the biggest problem with the Mavericks is that the ball market is too small, which is less attractive to Anthony than a big city like the Knicks.

On the 25th, the Clippers ended their two-day vacation and sat at the Staples Center to face the Hornets.

Before the game, Baron Davis continued to hang up the exemption card due to injury, and Randy Foye officially returned.

In terms of the records of the two teams, the Clippers lost 1 game, while the Hornets, which had 11 wins and losses in the early stage, lost several games in a row in recent times due to the possible sale of the team to the league, including a disastrous defeat to a weak team. .

The match between Su Yang and Paul became the highlight of the game, but David West stole the limelight as soon as the game started.

West first hit all three shots, then hit five goals in a row, and caused 2 fouls at the same time, scoring 12 points in a single quarter.

Paul was equally brave, scoring 12 points and 4 assists with three-for-three three-pointers.

Ariza and Mecafor performed well, and the Hornets can be said to be all soldiers, playing like a championship-level team.

Fortunately, Su Yang, Gordon, and Randolph scored 16 points with a super high scoring efficiency of 12 of 29 shots, helping the Clippers to only fall behind 33 to 37 in the first quarter. Fouls and offensive rebounds still dominated the game. Advantage.

In the next three quarters, the two teams returned to normal shooting percentages, but the Clippers performed with ease. Even though Randy Foye was in poor form just after his comeback, he tried his best to help him get back to the game state, and did not change his tactics after many strikes.

Su Yang gave up the ball and didn't care about scoring. Instead, he sent out various assists and kept playing against the Hornets.

In addition, he also went all out on the defensive end, making Paul, who was 5 of 4 in the first quarter, only 7 of 1 in the last three quarters.

In the end, the Clippers won 99-95. Su Yang only scored 27 points, and the 40+ consecutive record was officially interrupted.

At the press conference after the game, the reporter asked him why he tried to score 15+ points in 40 consecutive games.

Su Yang replied that it is quite an honor to be on the same level as Chamberlain, and the main purpose is to help Foye find his status, not to mention that the teammates have made a lot of sacrifices before, and it is time to give a wave of feedback. Basketball is a team sport.

That night, the Clippers flew to Arizona overnight.

At noon the next day, ESPN and other media reported that because of losing to the Clippers again, the Hornets owner's desire to sell the team has increased significantly, and is preparing to advance negotiations with the league, which can be confirmed as soon as mid-December.

Such news quickly triggered many related rumors, the content of which focused on trading Paul.

A reporter said that even the Celtics tried to use Rondo + extra head + draft picks to replace Paul. Only strong but not weak.

The Warriors are also interested in getting Paul. Their new boss has just taken office, and it is just when they are ambitious and want to show their ambitions. The reporter broke the news that the Warriors’ biggest bargaining chip is Curry + the first round in the future. If a deal is reached, it will be a super backcourt combination. .

However, compared to the unreliable rumors of the Celtics and Warriors, the three-way deal between the Lakers, Rockets, and Hornets is the most reliable. A reporter broke the news that the three-way deal went smoothly, but the Lakers couldn't bear Bynum.

When Su Yang saw the news, he couldn't understand the Lakers' thinking. What exactly did he like in Bynum?

In the evening, the entire Clippers team visited the American West Arena to challenge the Suns back to back.

Su Yang played for a few minutes, and the two teams led alternately in scoring. Van Gundy took him off the court early on the grounds that he had been playing for too long. He said that he wanted to manage the load, reduce the risk of injury, and avoid having no point guards available.

Su Yang readily accepted, but who would have thought that after he left the field, Nash seemed to be back to his peak state in an instant.

The rest of the Suns, led by Nash, hit shots one after another, including five three-pointers.

Van Gundy was stubborn and confident, unwilling to make temporary adjustments, and the Clippers were beaten 21 to 44 in the first quarter.

It wasn't until Su Yang reappeared with 9 minutes left in the second quarter that the offense and defense of the two teams returned to the opening rhythm.

At the end of the half, the Clippers were only 16 points away from catching up, but the confidence of the Suns team soared.In the next two quarters, Su Yang went all out to attack and defend, narrowing the point difference to 6 points at one point, but there wasn't enough time, and the Sun deployed extremely targeted defenses.

In the end, the Clippers lost the game 108 to 115 and suffered their second defeat of the season. Su Yangkong scored 37 points.

On the same night, the Hornets, who stayed in Los Angeles, challenged the Lakers back to back and lost 21 points.

Compared with the end of the Clippers' winning streak, fans and the media are more willing to discuss the Hornets in the quagmire. Most of them believe that Paul should take the initiative to apply for a trade, because the Hornets are hopeless and cannot solve the problem through leadership.

Some Hornets fans even put up banners, hoping that Paul will go to a team that can compete for the championship.

After playing the Suns, the Clippers returned to Los Angeles.

After two days of rest, they played against the Jazz at home. Su Yang scored 35 points and 13 assists, winning easily.

After another two days off, they played against the Spurs at home, and Garnier came out wearing a Superman red cape.Popovich joked that he would do what he said, and he would arrange Neil to defend Su Yang. If he couldn't defend him, then Su Yang was too good.

Before the start of the game, Su Yang received the best player trophy in October and November in the West, and delivered a speech on behalf of the team, announcing that the construction of the new arena has officially started, and will soon show some conceptual designs to fans.

After the game started, the two teams directly entered the rhythm of hand-to-hand combat, fought hard for 48 minutes, and scored a total of 51 fouls.

苏阳个人14投21中，拿到31分外加10个助攻，带领快船90比85险胜。

At the press conference after the game, Popovich praised Su Yang very seriously for surpassing Michael Jordan in the future.

Such praise has sparked many discussions.

But early the next morning, the Hornets announced that the league had reached an agreement and the team was about to be placed under trusteeship.At the same time, multiple reporters broke the news that Chris Paul officially submitted a trade request to the Hornets, and the target teams are the Lakers and Knicks.

The two very short messages made NBA circles fry, and the combination of Kobe and Paul sparked countless conjectures.

Soon, a photo of Paul wearing a purple and gold jersey spread rapidly on social networks.

(End of this chapter)