Chapter 199 Devil March (2)
The Clippers don’t have many home games in March, and they are all concentrated at the beginning of the month, so if they play in the first half of March, the Clippers won’t lose a lot! But in these home games at the beginning of the month, the first two encounters Western Conference strong teams, and they are the most difficult back-to-back games.
The old captain returned to the old place today. If he said that he didn't hate the Clippers in his heart, no one believed him!
In the NBA, players who are swept out of the door will have a small universe burst when they come back to face the old master, just like the two kings. It’s like seeing the Clippers is like getting bloody!
Elton Brand was interviewed by Los Angeles media before the game. He was calm when answering questions, so that people couldn't see his state of mind. He even felt that the old captain was in a good mood and even joked with a familiar reporter. However, in the game, everyone immediately knew what the old captain was thinking. Without words, his actions could prove it.
In the first quarter, at the beginning of the game, Brand came up and beat the Fox brother at the low post, using a two plus one announcement that Ji Guomo, a traitor, was not qualified to compete with him head-on.
The old captain beat the little fox just halfway through the first quarter, and the 12 points in a single quarter made the Clippers fans feel very uncomfortable.
However, the booings against Elton Brand did not appear. The Clippers fans are not clear about right and wrong. This transaction cannot be blamed on the Clippers; let alone Brand; Clippers fans know that their team's approach is not wrong, and everyone is not wrong, but sometimes things in the world are so helpless...
But the question is, Brand played so bravely in the first quarter that he still did not let the Pistons lead away. The answer is very simple, because the Clippers also have a Billups who faced the old master.
If the Clippers traded Brand because of a position conflict, then the Pistons traded Billups a bit unauthorized. The Key was already full of anger and was ready to give the Pistons a good look so that they knew that trading themselves was definitely an irreparable mistake!
Rodney Starkey has a good potential, but if you want to compare with Billups, I'm afraid that even if he fully releases his potential, he is not the opponent of Mr. Key, not to mention that Stucky has not yet realized his potential and has no power to fight back at all. He was beaten by Billups for a whole quarter.
It is true that Ji Guomo was beaten by the old captain. But no matter how much the little fox also fought back, it would not be as shameless as he did not have the power to fight back. And this Starki is completely, completely, and has no power to fight back. In the words of domestic fans, it would be: weak!
In the first quarter, Billups contributed 10 points and 3 assists in a single quarter, helping the team lead the Pistons with a one-point advantage.
Today's game is a clear battle between Chauncey Billups and Elton Brand. Except for these two, everyone is a supporting role.
The twins naturally supported Billups with all their strength, and the remaining Pistons on the other side also supported the old captain.
At the end of the first half, the Clippers led the Pistons by two points.
As a point guard, Billups not only scored by himself, but also assisted his teammates. Therefore, Billups scored 18 points and 7 assists in the first half, which is not an exaggeration to say that it was the best first half of his career.
In the second half, Billups restrained his game on the court and no longer played like the first half finals. Billups began to hand over the ball, which is also what he is best at. When the key player only has five to six assists per game, it is the best time for the team to run.
The final score was 105:102, Billups defeated the Pistons with a key three-pointer. In the past, Pistons fans had the most common goal like this, but now Billups shot into their basket.
The Clippers were back-to-back, and after just playing two overtimes with the Nuggets, they defeated the Pistons who had won consecutive victories after the trade at home. The voices of questioning Billups in the media immediately disappeared. The key man used his performance to eliminate the media's doubts about him.
In this game, Ji Guoqiu scored 15 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks, Ji Guomiang scored 15 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, Billups scored 30 points, 10 assists and 4 steals, and Artest scored 22 points and 5 rebounds.
In recent games, those who are interested have discovered an interesting thing: that is, as soon as Billups came, Artest's data immediately began to rise.
Originally, the average game data of the Beast had dropped to 17+4+3, and it was reported that Artest was dissatisfied with the increasing number of shots. Before the All-Star game, Artest's friend broke the news to the media that it was said that the Beast had privately complained that Ji Guomo was too independent in playing basketball; Ji Guochou only passed the ball to his younger brother, and both of them liked to swipe data, one scored and the other scored rebounds and assists, and the two of them took over the ball together.
After Billups came to the Clippers, Artest's scoring data began to rise, and these negative rumors disappeared immediately. This is the role of Billups. Not only did he not occupy the ball, he could also reasonably allocate the ball. Otherwise, although the Pistons Five Tigers did not have a superstar, there would be no conflict, and no point guard who was good at distributing the ball like Billups would never be able to do it.
On March 4, the Clippers defeated the Philadelphia 76ers at home with 98:90. Ji Guoqiu scored 17 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 blocks. Ji Guomiang scored 19 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks. Billups scored 14 points, 7 assists, and Artest scored 20 points.
On March 6, the Clippers defeated the Sacramento Kings at 101:95. Ji Guoqiu scored 18 points, 16 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 blocks, Ji Guomiang scored 23 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 blocks, Billups scored 12 points, 5 assists, Artest scored 18 points.
On March 8, the Clippers lost to the Lakers at 96:99 away. Ji Guoqiu scored 13 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 blocks, Ji Guomiang scored 25 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 blocks, Billups scored 19 points, 7 assists, Artest scored 24 points.
On March 9, the Clippers defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves away. Ji Guoqiu scored 16 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists and 3 blocks, Ji Guoqiu scored 20 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, Billups scored 10 points and 6 assists, Artest scored 20 points. Ji Guoqiu scored a triple-double for the fifth time in the regular season, and now Panda brother has become a real triple-double king.
On March 11, the Clippers beat Miami Heat away. Ji Guoqiu scored 25 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 blocks, Ji Guomi was 21 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 blocks, Billups scored 14 points, 6 assists, and Artest scored 18 points.
On March 13, the Clippers defeated the Orlando Magic away. Ji Guoqiu scored 12 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 blocks, Ji Guomiang scored 28 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 blocks, Billups scored 16 points, 4 assists, Artest scored 20 points
On March 15, the Clippers lost to the Atlanta Hawks away. Ji Guoqiu scored 22 points, 14 rebounds, 6 assists and 6 blocks, Ji Guomiang scored 16 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, Billups scored 11 points, 4 assists, and Artest scored 26 points.
On March 16, the Clippers beat Washington Wizards away. Ji Guoqiu scored 20 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks, Ji Guomiang scored 18 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block, Billups scored 19 points, 5 assists, and Artest scored 21 points.
As of March 16, the Clippers' Devils schedule in March had completed 10 games, with a record of 6 wins and 4 losses. With such a Devils schedule, the Clippers have no black spots, and they are still ranked seventh in the West. Not only did they not give the Nuggets, but the Mavericks had an opportunity to take advantage of, but instead expanded the eighth-ranked Mavericks to two games, leading the ninth-ranked Nuggets and temporarily held the seventh-ranked position in the West.
The Western Conference rankings have changed a lot compared to the end of February, with 1 Rockets, 2 Spurs, 3 Lakers, 4 Jazz, 5 Hornets, 6 Suns, 7 Clippers, 8 Mavericks, 9 Nuggets.
The Rockets have already led the Spurs by one win by a winning streak. This is the first time the Houstonians have been ranked first in the Western Conference this season, but it is still unknown how long they can sit. Anyway, the media is not optimistic about how old the Rockets' current lineup can maintain. The Houstonians can temporarily sit first in the Western Conference due to their amazing 26 consecutive victories in the mid-season.
But the sad news that made Rockets fans sad again appeared. Yao Ming was injured again in the last game, and the diagnosis was a seasonal reimbursement!
The accurate news from the Rockets official is to rest for 6 to 8 weeks. It is hard to say whether Yao Ming can catch up with the playoffs in April, so the Rockets' tone has been cut off now. The Houstonian may not be able to sit in that position for a few days before falling off.
The Clippers' games have been difficult in the past half month, and the two brothers have fun in their hardships. They have received many endorsements during this period, which are equivalent to US dollars, and it is worthy of being happy...
A spokesperson that Ji Guochou received came again. Microsoft hopes that Panda Hero can endorse their xbox360. This is what I heard that giant panda likes to play console games. Microsoft thinks that this kind of gimmick can be used and takes the opportunity to hype up its own game console. It just happens to sign Ji Guochou against Sony**, otherwise they will have to use their own cracks to deal with the aggressive ps3.
Microsoft has issued a four-year endorsement fee of US$5 million for Ji Guochou. The endorsement price is not high, but there are very few restrictions on him in the contract. During the contract, only Ji Guochou can shoot two advertisements, and Panda brother has the right to veto. If he thinks that the advertising creativity is not good or does not conform to his image, he can choose to refuse.
Another company is "Haifeisi" owned by Procter & Gamble. The contract they issued for Ji Guochou was 6 million US dollars for 4 years. For a shampoo advertisement, the endorsement fee was very high.
Ji Guomo is the endorsement of "Piaorou" under Procter & Gamble. The endorsement contracts of the two are exactly the same, both of which are 4 years and 6 million US dollars. In addition to signing the contract with Piaorou, the little fox also signed a three-year and 6 million US dollars contract with Thailand's Red Bull Functional Drinks, which is his first drink endorsement.
The two brothers now have four or five large contracts with endorsement fees of over one million a year. As for the complicated small contracts, there are countless. They don’t remember what those small endorsements are. They probably have to have at least twenty or thirty items in total. All of them are left to their business team to take charge. They only remember a few of their own big contracts.
So far, Ji Guoqiu has endorsed: Nike (45 million US dollars in 5 years), BMW (12 million US dollars in 4 years), Nokia (10 million US dollars in 4 years), Hippodrome (6 million US dollars in 4 years), xbox360 (5 million US dollars in 4 years)
So far, Ji Guomeng has endorsed: Adidas (45 million US dollars in 5 years), Huawei (5 million US dollars in 2 years), Aston Martin (6 million US dollars in 3 years), Piaorou (6 million US dollars in 4 years), Red Bull (6 million US dollars in 3 years)
These big endorsements, coupled with a bunch of small endorsements that have accumulated a lot, have earned more than US$20 million before tax, and have earned about 10 million after tax.
Ji Guochou has also poached many people through his business team in the past half month. His "Giant Panda Studio" can be officially established at the end of the month. He is planning to create "Angry Birds", followed by popular mobile games such as "Plant vs. Zombies" and "Fruit Ninja". Anyway, the mobile games that will be popular in the next few years will be copied and copied...
These mobile games are difficult to develop and have high returns. Panda Hero feels that he will be able to save money to develop 3A masterpieces soon. That's right, he and Xiaoboli really plan to accumulate funds through mobile games, and then go back to develop large productions like "Hao", "gta4", and "Biochemical Shock". Ji Guoqiu is very willful in investing in this area, not to make money, but only for interest!
Ji Guomeng's "Quick Broadcast Plan" was implemented but it was not smooth. It was difficult to dig up talents in this area now. In addition, their business team was limited and they were still in the preparation stage. So maybe this season was over and his video website had not yet been completed. Ji Guomeng now wants to take advantage of the fact that Da Youku and Da Tudou are still in the financing stage and go to participate.
As a result, when he was depressed, his future father-in-law helped him solve the problem and recommended him several talents in this area. Although Ji Guomo did not know where his future father-in-law was a stock broker, he could only be classified as: the stock broker had a wide connection.
Ji Guohun's "Fox Video" and "Fox Player" start-up capital of 20 million US dollars, which is much more than Ji Guochu's "Giant Panda Studio". He invested 10 million of these 20 million, accounting for 50% of the shares, while Ji Guochu invested 5 million, accounting for 25%. Taylor Swift and his future father-in-law also invested 5 million to obtain the last 25% of the shares.
On March 18, the companies they invested and formed were established in "Los Angeles" and "Caeman Islands". Ji Guomomori brought his pornographic company to the Cayman Islands, of course, to pay attention to tax evasion. The two of them will play away against the Minnesota Timberwolves on the same day.
After the game, the Timberwolves became the first victim of the Clippers, and they gloriously became the first team to be killed by the Clippers three times in the season.
Chapter completed!