Chapter 579 Rockets Trading
On November 16, the Clippers played against the Thunder again away. This time Artest made a comeback, and the effect was immediate. The two teams played a full two overtimes before they decided to win.
The Thunder group of rookies in their home court were much better than the previous game, and they also played some tactics, and the process was quite dramatic.
Durant's final kill in regular time allowed the two teams to enter the first overtime; the Fox brother's final defeat allowed the two teams to enter the second overtime; the Panda brother's final kill in the second overtime allowed the Clippers to leave Oklahoma with victory, and double-kill this season.
This is the eighth game of the Clippers' new season. The start of the 8-game winning streak made Clippers fans happy. The Clippers also rose to second place in the Western Conference on this day. They and the Lakers and the Cavaliers are the only unbeaten team in the league, but two are nine consecutive victories and one is eight consecutive victories.
Ji Guoqiu scored 18 points, 16 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 blocks, Ji Guomiang scored 36 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, Billups scored 15 points, 5 assists, and Hill scored 10 points, 5 assists.
The league announced the second week's "Player of the Week Award" on the same day. Ji Guomeng won this honor without any surprise. He was the best player in the West this week. He had two consecutive 40+ and another 30+. The Clippers won all the record, and the Fox brother deserved this honor.
The Eastern Conference won this honor by Chris Bosh. Although he just lost to the Clippers a few days ago, Bosh averaged 32 points, 14 rebounds and 3 blocks per game this week. It is not surprising that he was able to win this award.
The Thunder team can't protest now. Ji Guomeng has obviously been in a row with Durant during this period. The Clippers support him in scoring points. You should know that the strength of the two teammates is very different. Brother Panda, Mr. Key, and Glass Man are superstars with excellent support skills. If these three people are determined to help Ji Guomeng score points, the effect can be as high as three or four floors better than Westbrook.
Ji Guomeng now averages 36 points, 10.8 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 3.0 blocks and 1.6 steals per game, leading the league scoring list, and averages 3 points above Xiao Shubao.
"Yes, my teammates are helping me compete for the throne of the scoring king. I am grateful to them and I am very grateful to be able to play in such a great team and play with them. Sometimes I don't want to go home because I love them so much."
After Ji Guomeng said this, he was kicked off the bed by the little singer at night.
However, this feeling is not the only one who has it. The atmosphere in the locker room of the Clippers is now very good. The satisfaction of the main players in the team is extremely high. The Clippers' chemistry this season has completely surpassed the previous two seasons, which is also one of the main factors for their eight consecutive wins in the game.
But some people are happy, and some are naturally worried. Crawford, Garcia, and Jeffries' playing time has been greatly reduced this season, and they are just the group of people who are dissatisfied. There is nothing we can do about it. Grant Hill averages 28 minutes per game. What occupies the playing time of these two people, so of course they will not be happy.
But NBA is so cruel. The coach does not target you. If you don’t get playing time, you can only blame yourself for not making a big contribution to the team and being incompetent.
Grant Hill said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times: "I am very happy with the Clippers. Here I am often let go by my opponents because my teammates have attracted most of the defensive forces, which allows me to get a free space for my phone." Hill was very satisfied with his role in the team and was very optimistic about the team's prospects this season. "This is the most relaxing season I feel. I firmly believe that the Clippers can defend their title because we have two inside players who cannot defend. Only as their opponents do you know what that means."
On November 18, the Clippers played against the Hornets away, and the two teams played in overtime before they decided to win.
Chris Paul has not been injured this season. I don’t know if it was a chain reaction caused by the two brothers. This year, the queen bee is not only injured, but her performance is more abnormal than last season. She is clearly aimed at MVP.
In this game, Chris Paul scored 32 points and 20 assists, and played the peak game of his career.
But the ending was still a tragedy. The Hornets still lost to the Clippers. The score was 124:120. Paul didn't even get a chance to win this time. After the Hornets were the Thunder, they became the second team to be double-killed by the Clippers.
Ji Guoqiu scored 16 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 blocks, Ji Guomiang scored 35 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block, Billups scored 18 points, 6 assists, and Hill scored 15 points and 3 assists.
On November 19, the Clippers played against the Grizzlies away again, which was back-to-back away. At this time, the Memphis had just experienced the team's internal strife. The morale of the army was extremely unstable. The Clippers retreated easily away and welcomed ten consecutive victories.
The senior management of the Memphis Grizzlies' team was significantly worse than that of the Thunder. Even the Clippers knew that one mountain could not accommodate two tigers. Once the team's core was established as the twin brothers, they would immediately send the old captain away. Sterling and Dunleavy did not hesitate at all on this matter. This is the courage and decisiveness that a team's management should have, and they should take action when it is time to take action.
The Thunder did not do worse than the Clippers. After they determined that Durant was the core of the team, the rookies from recent years came to the team to report that the first thing they did was to buy drinks or burgers for Durant. Anyway, they had to buy something. This is telling them who is the boss of this team.
So, sometimes when the boss of the team asks you to carry your bag as soon as you meet, it does not necessarily mean to bully you, but to make you realize the reality. This team already has a master, so don’t have any unreasonable thoughts.
The Grizzlies did a bad job in this regard. They have not established the team's core for a long time. The team's senior management seems to want the players to fight for it themselves. From this perspective, it is indeed very free and fair, but the result is not that good. The team is in a mess, and no one is convinced. Everyone wants to compete. The Grizzlies have successfully become a mess and have lost six consecutive times.
This story once again tells us that sometimes being too democratic is not a good thing, and being too free is not a good thing. If you don’t master the standards well, you will have to die.
The Grizzlies' internal power struggle allowed the Clippers to find the third team they doubled. Now the team's goal has changed from ten consecutive victories to fifteen consecutive victories, and they want to set the best start and winning streak in team history.
On November 21, the Clippers returned to home to face the Denver Nuggets. Cameron Anthony is now having a stalemate with his team. This is another example of not mastering the standards. Looking back at the time, Kobe's forcing the Lakers was a textbook-like positive example. Pansy successfully made the team trade an excellent helper, but he did not really have a stale relationship with the team. This is the correct way to force the palace.
Not only did Anthony not force the team to find him a helper, but instead made the team decide to trade him and rebuild. Yes, the Nuggets are now selling melons everywhere, and as long as the conditions offered by the other party are suitable, they will accept the transaction request. Because the Nuggets know that the two sides have broken up and will not trade Anthony now. By next summer, they will not even get the root hair.
Of course, such a team will not have any combat effectiveness. The players in the team want to brush data from top to bottom, so as to be the next contract. In this case, opening one eye of the Clippers is enough to solve the problem.
The final score was 108:90, and the Clippers beat the Denver Nuggets at home and easily won eleven consecutive wins of the season.
Ji Guoqiu scored 25 points, 16 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks, Ji Guomiang scored 28 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, Billups scored 14 points, 5 assists, and Hill scored 10 points and 2 assists.
This is the last game of the Clippers this week. Ji Guohun's personal data is still qualified to win the Best of the Week, but if he wins it like this, more than Durant's fans in the West will be dissatisfied. So the next day, the league awarded Kobe Bryant the third week's "player of the Week" to Kobe Bryant. Poor Durant still wants to continue to work hard for the first best week in his career.
In another time and space, Durant won his first Best Player of the Week in January 2010. It's only 2009 now. I'll wait for my little schoolbag, and it's still a while. And maybe he still has no chance in January next year. Who made the league add a Panda and Fox? Many outstanding players in the West have not won Best Player of the Week awards, such as Aldridge and Guy. Of course, their Best Player of the Week has been occupied, but they don't know it yet.
On November 24, the Clippers beat the Milwaukee Timberwolves at home.
On November 26, the Clippers beat the Indiana Pacers away.
On November 28, the Clippers beat the Detroit Pistons again away.
On November 30, the Clippers' last game of the first month of the regular season, and the opponent was the unlucky Grizzlies again. After the start of the four consecutive victories in the early stage of the season, by the end of the month, the record had become 6 wins and 9 losses, ranking 11th in the West.
If the Grizzlies lose again this game and say something about the rise this season, it would be a dream.
The team's record is a bit bad. Griffin's personal performance this month is pretty good. His average of 19+9 per game is very good. There is basically no doubt that he won the Western Conference's Rookie of the Month. Although Evans scored 18+4+4 with the Kings, the two have a huge difference in styles. Griffin's popularity is incomparable to Evans.
The Grizzlies' current problem is still internal disagreement. Guy and Griffin are incompatible. The two rarely cooperate on the court. In addition, Mayo also wants to earn the position of the boss. It is impossible for this team to remain unlucky.
oj. Mayo is okay. His relationship with Griffin is quite decent, but Guy and Griffin must go one of them, otherwise the Griffin will continue to sink.
Now there are rumors about Guy's deals, and many teams are coveting this small forward with top athletic ability, among which the Rockets are willing to pay a big price to get this outstanding swinger.
On November 30, the Clippers defeated the Memphis Grizzlies at home without any surprise, and two hours later, a big deal was born.
Chapter completed!