King of the Point Guard Era

Chapter 196 Paul's Diving

"The Clippers are really not weak. They were at a disadvantage against us at the beginning, but in the end they forced them to come back." At the end of halftime, Kings fans also left in twos and threes to buy some snacks. It is also inevitable to discuss this game.

"That's for sure! The exchange for Paul alone is already a big deal, not to mention, there is a trade to claim Billups and sign Butler for 3 million in three years. It doesn't show their ambition. Is it?"

"But I don't think they are our opponents now. Griffin is far from as strong as his statistics show. Last season's 22+12 is just a product of the Clippers' poor performance."

Although the Clippers tied the score, the Kings fans are still full of confidence.At the beginning of the second half, the king's top five starters all played except for Casspi who was replaced by Garcia.The Clippers also returned to the full main lineup.

Since the Clippers jumped to the basketball in the first half, the Kings kicked off the ball first in the second half. In the second half, they played a bit resolutely inside. He Yixiang directly passed the basketball to Cousins ​​with a ground pass after halftime.

Indeed, in terms of jumping and wingspan, Cousins ​​is not as good as a jumping man like Jordan, but similarly, Cousins ​​also has his own extremely powerful upper body strength. Just throw Jordan away and pick the basket cleanly.Cousins, who played mediocre in the first half, ushered in an explosion at the beginning of the second half, suppressing Jordan to score points one after another.

Seeing that the score was about to widen, Paul also became a little impatient. He didn't want to lose to He Yixiang in such an opener and Christmas match. This is a very important game, and it is the two of them The prelude to the battle between point guards, who can win this game means that they have seized the opportunity.

Paul chose to break through with a low body, and at the moment of the breakthrough, he secretly pushed He Yixiang's waist with his arm, which made He Yixiang's pursuit pause for a while, and then broke through into the inside line. However, this time the king's defensive rotation Very good, Cousins ​​made up for the first time. Under Cousins' interference, Paul's layup finally slid out of the frame.

Cousins ​​jumped up and grabbed the rebound. It would be irrational for Paul's height and Cousins ​​to compete for this rebound, but he didn't intend to give up the ball this time. In an instant, he also touched the past and wanted to steal when Cousins ​​got the rebound. The two-time steals leader, he would never miss the opportunity to steal at any time.

But He Yixiang of the Kings is also a player who is extremely good at steals, and he was also the steals leader last year.Cousins, who had already been cut off during the training match, was miserable.So Cousins ​​immediately lifted the ball to prevent the little man from stealing.

This approach is very sensible, but Paul suddenly staggered backwards as if he had been hit. The referee hesitated for a second and then called Cousins' offensive foul.This made the Arco Arena booed everywhere, and such a penalty made them unacceptable at all, because Cousins ​​​​was just protecting his possession of the ball.However, the scene of returning to defense on the big screen immediately made the boos in this arena even louder.Because during the replay, Cousins' arm didn't touch Paul at all, which was a flop.

"Expell this flop guy from the field, this is our home court." Angry Kings fans have lost their minds at this time. In the opening game of their home court, at the moment of the Christmas game, they actually flopped so blatantly. I don't even take myself seriously.

At the same time, there is another person who is extremely angry, and that is Cousins. This straightforward guy is a person who can't control his temper. Cousins ​​has been reminded by the coach and He Yixiang to control fouls when he was on the team. This season averaged 4.1 fouls per game, and the total number of fouls was 332, which is far ahead of the league.Except for him, no one has averaged 4 fouls per game, and no one has more than 300 total fouls.It can be said that Cousins ​​is unique in terms of fouling ability, which also makes his playing time easy to be compressed.

In today's game, he had already got two fouls in the first half, so he naturally paid great attention to controlling fouls, but now he was flopped by Paul, and he got another foul not long after the start of the second half, which also made his The anger value was full in an instant.Furious, he pointed at the big screen and yelled at the referee: "Did you see that? I didn't touch that dirty guy at all. He's a repeat offender."

The referee naturally discovered this, but the penalty could no longer be changed, so he rationally did not whistle Cousins ​​for a technical foul. This was ignoring his roar, but Cousins ​​still insisted Ask the referee to change the sentence.After this scene was seen by He Yixiang, he couldn't help but suddenly became worried. Appropriate pressure may gain a certain penalty advantage in the next game, but if you keep asking, it will be considered as provoking the coercion of the referee. ,In this case?

Sure enough, the bored referee directly gave the guy who was chattering in front of his eyes a T, and Cousins ​​got his first T of the season.Of course, such a penalty will only make Cousins ​​even more angry. Just when he was about to step up to argue, Iguodala and He Yixiang behind him had already grabbed him, and He Yixiang said to him very seriously: " Do you want to be sent off now in the Christmas game? As long as you stay on the court, there are plenty of opportunities for revenge."

He Yixiang's persuasion finally calmed Cousins, and Paul, who went to execute a technical foul free throw, was a little disappointed. If He Yixiang and Iguodala hadn't held that guy back, he would have been stuck in the locker room now. Watching a game out.If Cousins ​​is sent off, the winning percentage of this game will definitely increase greatly.

"Oh, it's okay, at least he was caught, or Cousins ​​is probably off now?" Barkley looked at the situation on the field with a face of sarcasm, "Of course, winning is so boring, but I hope to see In the current situation, I hope that the king can win this game. No one likes flopping." The fiery Barkley naturally changed his course when he saw this scene.

"However, although the Kings score is still a little ahead, they are at a disadvantage! After all, Cousins ​​has committed three fouls, and he must control his fouls." Smith is not very optimistic about the current situation of the Kings.

(End of this chapter)