overlooking the pitch

Chapter 372 The Golden Age of the Clippers

No overtime, one fatal blow, this is An Sheng's home gift to the Spurs in this game. An Sheng's second move at the last moment simply caught the eyes of many big shots. The timing of this move and the The angles are just right.The tactic after this timeout was simply Brad Stevens' last final victory over Gregg Popovich.

You can say that this time Gregg Popovich underestimated Brad Stevens for the first time, but this is also Brad Stevens' sixth game in the NBA.For him, it was also the first time he met Gregg Popovich.

In the last season, the Clippers' coach may be the weakest link in their entire team. The offensive system relies entirely on players, and the defensive system only relies on talent. After adjusting an offense, it can be seen how poor Del Negro's analysis of the scene and single offensive tactics are.

On the second day of the game, a large amount of space directly introduced An Sheng who scored 37 points in this game, but the first 30 points were all in one stroke, but the 7-point performance in the last minute and a half is what the whole game is. The essence of his personal ability in this game, and in these few rounds, he basically didn't have as many personal attacks as he did with the ball in the second quarter.

For the first goal, he ran the pick-and-roll without the ball. This pick-and-roll appeared in the bottom corner, which looked very beautiful.

And the second goal is An Sheng's personal ability steal. In fact, many commentators and basketball commentators sometimes feel very strange. Even if An Sheng is the steal king, he may be the best player ever in steals, but He can always find opportunities at critical moments of the game, just like the thief of the Celtics, who can always complete steals at critical moments of the game.

As for the third goal, it is not so much An Sheng's personal ability, but the team's teamwork ability is much stronger than that of the previous year. The last wonderful cooperation was almost impossible to see in the Clippers last year. Even if you see it, it is definitely not a tactic arranged by Del Negro.

After beating the Spurs, the Clippers continued their smooth journey. Their road trip started with the Bobcats. The first game was already extremely thrilling, and the second game against the Spurs was a comeback at the last second. But in the next away game, The Clippers team, which defeated the Spurs, was full of confidence. After An Sheng played the top performance in this game, he started to play evenly and steadily at the beginning.

Facing Jazz's old friend Gordon Hayward, Anson won this game a bit easily, knowing Gordon Hayward well.This made Anson very comfortable when defending him. As a rising star of the Jazz, being defended was a bit miserable, which made the entire offensive system of the Jazz team very uncomfortable, because my friend played better in the NBA. The reason, unknowingly, Gordon Hayward's own style of play began to align a little bit with Anson.

The Clippers continued their winning streak, and their state can be said to be the best in the entire West.After seven games, they are still the only undefeated team in the West.

And the Clippers' undefeated record is very convincing. Their opponents, the Lakers, Grizzlies, Nuggets, Spurs, and Jazz are all the top teams in the Western Conference. Except for the Thunder, they have almost defeated the strong teams in the Western Conference. all over.

And now it can be seen that the Clippers have played well against many strong teams, and in the allocation of the best of the week, the first best of the week was finally given to Kevin Durant after hesitation, but the second After the two-week undefeated golden body was broken, their state also declined rapidly, and they were directly dragged down in the game against the Nuggets.

"Who can stop the Clippers?" ESPN asked this question directly in their newspapers, because in the following games, in the first month, almost no team could stop the Clippers from their winning streak. , Even the Clippers fans themselves think so.

But in the No. 12 game of their road trip, the last game of their seven-game streak, they fell.

Also because of back-to-back reasons, this time the Clippers are facing the Mavericks, who have played with them in the playoffs for two years. In their eyes, it seems that the Mavericks are too weak. The team continued to age, and they did not add new players. In fact, before the game, even if it was back-to-back, the Clippers did not put the Mavericks in their eyes.

But this game in Dallas, this group of crazy Dallas fans, became Dirk Nowitzki's solo show.

Anthony Davis may be the most suitable player in this league to defend Dirk Nowitzki, especially after he has evolved, he is no longer afraid of smaller players to block him, the way the Warriors used to be black eight It no longer works.But Anthony Davis, whether it's height, wingspan or moving speed, will definitely not fall behind in the face of this old Nowitzki.

But in this game, he was still taught a deep lesson.At a distance of half a meter, Anthony Davis' defensive hand has almost reached Dirk Nowitzki's face. This kind of defense is no longer tight.

With a step back, the golden rooster's independent **, this move directly made him completely helpless. Dirk Nowitzki, who was full of touch, easily scored 12 points in the first quarter.And he who went close to the body was directly fouled two consecutive times and ended up directly.

It put a bitter face on Brad Stevens' face, and Dirk Nowitzki himself found his title-winning form, even in the second half, as Anthony Davis fouled After 4 times, it was replaced by Anson's defense, which didn't play a role. At this time, Dirk Nowitzki was unstoppable.

Dirk Nowitzki, who scored 26 points and 18 rebounds on 46 of 8 shots, has undoubtedly become today's MVP. Killed.

Clippers fans feel very sorry, but for the Clippers, this start has become the best start in their history, 12 wins and 1 loss, 7 wins and 6 loss with 1 consecutive aways, this record has been ignorant for many years The Clippers fans are very satisfied, plus they reached the Western Conference Finals and Finals for the first time in history last year, this is the golden age of the Clippers.

(End of this chapter)