stadium ambition

Chapter 357 Come Prepared
Staples Center, Clippers locker room.

The first game of the playoffs is about to start, the whole team is ready, talking and laughing waiting.

Snapped!Van Gundy clapped his hands lightly, "OK, everyone, I have something to say."

Su Yang and others turned their heads to watch, and the locker room quickly quieted down, as if the army assembled quickly before going out.

Van Gundy looked around, nodded slightly and said: "The regular season is over, and we have successfully tied the record of the Bulls, which was extremely difficult to achieve. During that period, we encountered serious potential injuries, and we overcame them perfectly."

Su Yang and others nodded in response, and Van Gundy continued: "I am proud of this achievement. It will be the glory of our lives. After 20 years, I will call each of you to recall this glorious time again."

"YEAH!" Little Jordan was the first to respond with cheers, and the whole team applauded and shouted, and the joyful atmosphere soared.

"Now!" Van Gundy put away his smile, "We want to move towards another goal, which is to defend the championship, and then continue to defend the title next year, like the Bulls and Lakers, to become a three-peat dynasty team, or even four-peat! "

"YES!" Kaman jumped up and punched, Su Yang stood up and applauded, and the others also stood up and cheered.

"But there is no team that can be underestimated in the NBA, and there is no team that can win a game by playing casually!" Van Gundy's expression became serious. "So, we need to take every step firmly and not let our guard down until the end."

Everyone nodded in agreement, Van Gundy looked up at Su Yang, his eyes reminded him to make a conclusion.

Su Yang understood, and quickly approached Van Gundy, raising his right hand to signal to surround him.

Everyone immediately stood in two circles, inside and outside, with their fists clasped together, and the photographer clicked to take pictures.

Su Yang bowed his head and said: "In my motherland, there is a saying that has been passed down for thousands of years, saying that it is difficult to achieve a certain achievement, and it is even more difficult to protect a certain achievement. This is the way to defend the title. We will experience different opponents. Different styles of play, they want to win the championship just like us, we have to work harder than them, even without reservation."

"We may have easy wins, we may have tough losses, but no matter what, we need to maintain the determination to win, and we will lift that O'Brien trophy sometime in June. "

"YEAH!" Everyone nodded in response, and the whole team shouted "123 LETS GO" in unison.

After the words fell, Su Yang took the lead to walk towards the gate, and the entire Clippers team headed for the court in a mighty manner.

The photographers followed the shots all the way, and the players' tunnel was full of staff led by Hinkie and others, applauding and cheering throughout the process.

The whole team walked to the entrance, stopped and waited according to the instructions, and the announcer Ralph Lawler spoke simultaneously.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Now, please get ready to scream and cheer. The championship team Los Angeles Clippers is coming up next. First up is the six-foot three-point guard Randy from Villaloa University. Foye..."

The cheers in the arena suddenly exploded, and Foye stepped out of the player tunnel and ran to the court following the lights.

Immediately afterwards, Brian Cook, Chris Kaman, Russell Butler and others ran out one after another.

"AND NOW!" The announcer raised his voice, "The last one to appear is, MVP, FMVP, All-Star vote leader, scoring leader this season, and countless record holders, Su from Stanford University..."

The cheers went straight to the ceiling, all the audience stood up and applauded, and Su Yang ran out of the player tunnel waving his hands.

The spotlight followed all the way, and Su Yang quickly ran into the court and stood among all his teammates.

The staff stepped forward to hand over the microphone, Su Yang took it and waved it high, cheers resounded through the audience again.

"Good evening, everybody!"

"Thank you for coming to watch the game, this is our greatest support, I love you!"

"I hope you have a pleasant experience watching the game tonight, and I promise you, you will win!"

After Su Yang finished speaking, cheers resounded throughout the arena, and all kinds of huge photos and signs were waved wantonly.

In the ESPN commentary booth, Mike Breen, Mark Jackson, and Walter Frey sat side by side.

"Mark, what prediction do you have for this series between the Clippers and the Grizzlies?" Brin asked, "The guys in the studio, 15 people predicted that the Clippers would play 6 games, and 4 people supported 7 games. Only 2 people think 5 games."

"I also predict that we will play 6 games..." Mark replied, "Because the Grizzlies are a difficult team. Facing a strong enemy, they limit their offense through super defense, forcefully lower the opponent's score, and win the battle with hand-to-hand combat. victory."

Frazier nodded: "The Grizzlies averaged 93 points per game this season, only behind the Bulls and Celtics, but they averaged better rebounds per game than the Celtics, and better steals per game than the Bulls. Better results."

"They dropped more points, most of which were originally in the Western Conference..." Mark Jackson chuckled, "It needs to play against the Clippers, Lakers, Thunder teams, and offensive teams like the Warriors and Suns many times."

"So, Walter, what's your prediction for this round?" Brin asked.

"Considering the past few games between the two teams, the point difference is very small, and almost all of them played to the last moment." Fraser said, "I also think that the Clippers will need 6 games to win. If they have not recovered from the 72-win process, That…"

"Yes, they don't have a rotation at the end of the season, and the main players consume a lot of energy..." Mark said, "Byron Davis also reported muscle tension. They may be more passive in this game, but I believe in Su Yang."

"OK, let's take a look at the starting situation of the two teams..."

Inside the venue, the national anthem ended.

The long whistle sounded, and the starting players of the two teams made final preparations.

Su Yang ran to the technical stage, took turns interacting with the staff with high fives, and even took a photo with Jessica Alba.

The big central screen simultaneously displays the starting lineups of the two teams, point guard Su Yang vs Conley, shooting guard Gordon vs Tony Allen, small forward George vs Gay, power forward Randolph vs Griffin, center Jordan Jr. vs Pau Gaso you.

After taking the photo, Su Yang walked into the arena and gave high-fives to the five Grizzlies starters one by one.

After turning around in a circle, he walked to the left side of the middle circle and stood still, bowing down and waiting for the jump ball to start.

The short whistle sound followed, and the referee walked to the middle circle with the ball, and gestured left and right to explain the precautions.

The background music of the scene stopped, and more than 9000 spectators were watching. The referee threw the ball up with both hands.

Jordan and Gasol jumped up and stretched out their hands, and with a snap, the basketball flew towards the Grizzlies half court.

Conley raised his hand to catch the ball and moved forward quickly, and the audience chanted 'defend defense' in unison.

In a blink of an eye, Conley took the ball to the 45-degree periphery on the left, stopped, bowed, patted and waited.

Griffin stood firmly on the wall at the top of the arc and made a positioning screen to block George's path to the left.

Guy started and rushed to the 45-degree three-point line on the left, but instead of setting up a wall to block Su Yang, he ran to the bottom corner instead.At the same time, Griffin stepped down and set up a wall in the short corner on the right to block Jordan, while Tony Allen circled out from the bottom corner.

Gasol took the opportunity to lift up, rushed all the way to the left 45-degree three-point line, and really set up a wall to block Su Yang.

Conley immediately dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, Randolph rushed up and was delayed, and Gasol took the opportunity to open and cut inside.

Su Yang slapped his horse and rushed to Conley, stopped and turned sideways to block the passing route, Randolph hurried back to defend.

Seeing that he couldn't go straight into the paint, Conley turned to the right and passed the ball to Tony Allen who went around the right wing.

Allen took the ball and immediately passed it to the right waist. Griffin stepped forward to catch the ball and turned to face the basket.

Little Jordan split his feet in parallel, bowed and lowered his center of gravity, put his left hand on his waist, and raised his right hand high, in a defensive posture.

But Griffin's right foot was the axis, and his left foot stepped forward to test, then suddenly stepped back to take off, and leaned back to make a mid-range shot.

Little Jordan rushed forward in a hurry, but the speed of the bounce was a little bit slower, which failed to cause substantial interference, and the basketball was hollow into the net.

Su Yang walked to the bottom line to catch the ball, slowly pushed forward, and quickly ran through the general Grizzlies opening tactics in his mind.

"First, Gay made a false screen test, and then passed the off-ball screen to create a pick-and-roll opportunity for Gasol. Tony Allen stepped up simultaneously to prepare to catch the ball or pass the ball, preventing us from partial three defenses and two defenses. Finally, we did not have a chance to pass. Griffin singles…

This link is linked together, the design is ingenious, the division of labor is rigorous, and the execution is in place. Come prepared! "

(End of this chapter)