stadium ambition

Chapter 332 The Christmas War Comes
According to the schedule, the next match between the Lakers and the Clippers will be January 11, 1.

Paul's goal of directly defeating the Clippers is placed in the Western Conference Finals, which shows his confidence.

Su Yang replied with a big OK expression, and the fans of the two teams began to mock each other with various P pictures.

There are all kinds of routines, but there is only one core, which is to hope that the other party will fail miserably.

After three days of rest, the Clippers embarked on a trip to the Eastern Conference.

On the 15th, they rushed to Philadelphia by special plane and challenged the 76ers first.

Before the game started, the accompanying team doctor announced in the locker room: Davis' injury has not improved significantly, the previous conservative treatment plan will be abandoned, and surgery will be performed next, so he will be absent for four to five weeks.

Fortunately, because it is only a cyst, as long as it is fully recovered, it will not affect the competitive state of the game.

For such a result, Davis was quite sad, and Su Yang tried his best to comfort him not to be sad.

However, due to his long absence, Su Yang's playing time has to be adjusted to avoid excessive consumption.

The coaching staff headed by Van Gundy updated the rotation arrangement. The core principle is to reduce Su Yang's playing time when playing against weak teams.

Su Yang fully agrees, it is natural to save effort, the playoffs are the key, not to mention that Jordan and Gordon are still contracting in advance, Randolph and Raschel Barrett are also contract year players, it is necessary to let them Play more.

With such a principle, the Clippers played against the 76ers. Su Yang only played 8 minutes in the first quarter and only scored 6 points. Through several assists, he helped Jordan to match up with the "old captain" Elton Brand Winning in.

The Clippers entered the second quarter with a 1-point lead. Gordon took over the scoring task and scored 5 points efficiently with 4 shots and 10 assists. On the 76ers side, Zhu Holiday and Jodi Meeks stepped forward to help the 76ers in the Only lost 2 points in the second quarter.

In the third quarter of the game, the Clippers suddenly increased their defensive strength. Only Iguodala and Holiday could score for the 76ers, while the Clippers were in full bloom, winning 16 points in a single quarter and entering the fourth with a total of 19 points. festival competition.

At the critical moment, Iguodala finally opened the coffin and stopped pretending to be dead. He appeared on the field early and scored a wave of mid-range shots to help the 76ers stabilize the situation. With the addition of substitute surprise player Louis Williams, the point difference was narrowed to within a blink of an eye. 9 points.

But then, Su Yang rested enough to reappear, and a wave of 5 consecutive hits ended the suspense of the game again.

In the end, the Clippers defeated the 105ers 91 to 76, leading the league with a record of 23 wins and 2 losses.

That night, the whole team returned to the hotel to watch Paul's first game on behalf of the Lakers.

It's a pity that the Lakers' opponent is the Raptors who lost their core Chris Bosh in the offseason, and their strength is slightly lacking.

Paul caught Calderon to play at the beginning of the game, and after making a single-handed hit, he scored a layup with a running air cut.

Phil Jackson didn't change the triangle offensive system at all, but Paul's personal ability is much stronger. The tactics that were also developed around point guard Fisher in the past have more obvious effects on Paul and are more relaxed and freehand.

Su Yang focused on any adjustments to Kobe's style of play. After the halftime game, he found that Kobe had indeed moved more off the ball, but compared to when Fisher was playing point guard before, Paul's passing was faster and more accurate. Opportunities are better grasped.

In the end, the Lakers beat the Raptors 120 to 101. Paul scored 28 points and 15 assists, making it a perfect debut.

And Kobe said in an interview after the game: "I am very happy, and I can put all my energy on defense and scoring."

The Clippers also initiated discussions after the game, unanimously agreeing that the Lakers' outside offense and defense will become stronger. Jr. Jordan pointed out that the Lakers' inside defense has become significantly weaker. Randolph said that the Lakers' power forward position defense is extremely poor.

In terms of fans and the media, Paul's first show was full of praise, except that the Lakers will win the championship.

After a day off, the Clippers rushed to Detroit to challenge the Pistons away.

During the warm-up training before the game, Su Yang received a call from his agent Schwartz and was told that Rodney Stuckey, the newly promoted Pistons player, spoke harshly in an interview with ESPN, saying that he had the ability to blow him up under one-on-one conditions.

Su Yang is not surprised. After all, Stuckey is a player who thinks he is better than Iverson. The Pistons management is so supportive of Stuckey. It's okay to win a championship.

Su Yang promised Schwartz that he would go all out to satisfy the wishes of the fans and teach Stucky a lesson.

When the game started, he used Kobe's extremely strenuous step-swinging defense, coupled with passing the ball around the front to interfere with the pass, and various anticipation blocks, he insisted on making Stuckey a shot, and he hit the iron.

In the second quarter of the game, he continued to maintain a high-intensity defense. Stuckey learned to be smart and used the screen to catch the ball many times. However, under his pressure, he only made a tragic 5 of 1 shots. A super funny low-level mistake.

After the three quarters, the Clippers led by as many as 20 points, and the Pistons surrendered early.

That night, the whole team flew to Chicago overnight to challenge the Bulls in back-to-back away games.

At the game media meeting, the Bulls trusted head coach Thibodeau to praise Su Yang crazily, praising Su Yang as the most pure basketball player he has ever seen. It is a great honor to be able to play against Su Yang, which will definitely improve the understanding of basketball .

But the praise is the praise. After the game started, Thibodeau asked the Bulls to resort to an online flanking strategy.

Su Yang is quite familiar with this. After all, Thibodeau had used the same strategy against him in the finals as an assistant coach of the Celtics before. This time, Garnett was replaced by the younger Noah, and Luol Deng defended him. Also better than Pierce.

But Rose's defense was much worse than Rondo's, and Su Yang didn't feel too much pressure.

However, the other Clippers players were obviously not used to the Bulls with higher overall intensity. Coupled with the lack of stamina in back-to-back games, the team's shooting percentage fell below the average level. In the first three quarters, they still failed to widen the point difference.

Fortunately, in the fourth quarter of the game, Thibodeau's dead grass main force made Rose and others crazily hit the iron on the offensive end, causing the Clippers to involuntarily widen the point difference, and finally won 101 to 92 and continued to sit firmly in the league. top of the list.

After the Bulls, the Clippers flew back to Los Angeles and got two days off.

Subsequently, they took the Rockets who had entered the reconstruction at home, and they defeated the Timberwolves who had not practiced the triangle offense.

During this period, the Lakers also made great strides, returning to the second place in the Western Conference with five consecutive victories.

Some fans proposed to adjust the schedule, hoping that the Christmas game in Los Angeles would be changed to the Clippers against the Lakers instead of the Clippers against the Heat. They quickly received a lot of approval, and then went to the NBA official Twitter to leave a message and petition, more than 2 people.

The league office responded to this, categorically rejecting it, while emphasizing that the Heat are also a super strong team.

When the reply was released, Su Yang was in the Clippers base, discussing with the coach how to face the Heat.

Everyone expressed their opinions, and Van Gundy suddenly asked: "Why do you think the Heat are more difficult to deal with than the Lakers?"

Su Yang said with a smile: "Because the Heat controlled by LeBron, there is no fixed routine, it is difficult to target, the upper limit is too high, and the upper limit of the Lakers depends on how well Kobe plays, there are routines to follow, easy to target..."

"So how do you think we're going to beat the Heat?" Van Gundy asked.

"Find a way to let Wade take control..."

(End of this chapter)