Chapter 202 Set sail again
Wang Dapao, who was trained in the Celestial Empire for many years, has always had this wrong understanding, that is, if you have any relationship with a woman, you must be responsible.
It is completely different in the United States. After all, the United States is a free and open country. Whether it is a man or a woman, the views on this aspect are very open.
In fact, even in the current Celestial Empire, this concept has been greatly diluted. It can only be said that Wang Dapao is too inexperienced and too outdated.
Sha Xia did not ask herself for an explanation, and she didn't even mention this matter, and just passed by in a hurry.
Wang Dapao, who breathed a sigh of relief, couldn't help but regret it again.
Because I don't know what I did at night.
Griffin's guys made me feel like I didn't even have any impression of this. It was my first time at least, but I just lost it so unknown!
"Uh..." Wang Dapao thought about it carefully, and then said hesitantly: "It should be the first time in the United States...probably, maybe."
Let's put this matter aside for now. After Wang Dapao's abnormal cut of 60+20+5+5, it does not mean that he has passed the level and won the championship. The Clippers still have a long way to go before passing the level. So far, they have just completed the entire schedule for January.
The schedules for February, March and April are still full. After all, it is a shrinking season, so nothing can be forced.
Even if Paul returns and the Clippers' overall strength has once again increased, the situation in front of him may not be very clear.
At this time, the Western Conference seemed very nervous in the competition for playoffs.
The Spurs are still far ahead. No matter how many years, the Spurs are still the most stable team in the league, which has a very important relationship with Duncan.
Under the Spurs, the Thunder and the Lakers are also constantly competing for the second place. In addition, the Nuggets, which have recently had poor record and have fallen into fourth place, are not easy to mess with.
The Clippers, which currently rank only in fifth place, still have a lot to do.
During the second day of training, Negro had already set the Clippers' goal for the next February.
"Catch up with the Nuggets! Upgrade to fourth or even third!"
When Negro said this, he seemed full of confidence. Wang Dapao's strong rise and Paul's return will definitely make the Clippers stronger and stronger. He has the confidence to lead the Clippers to compete for a more satisfying position.
In the playoffs, we have always attached great importance to home and second games, and the teams with high record rankings have absolute advantages in this regard, but Nigro attaches great importance to it.
With an outstanding player like Wang Dapao, Paul and Jordan Jr., even if Negro has a small ambition, it is impossible to be limited to ordinary regular seasons.
For the Clippers today, the playoffs are where they really play out their strength.
If you want to achieve satisfactory results in the playoffs, the final ranking of the regular season will be quite important.
Negro also knew that the Clippers now had missed the best period of the regular season due to the previous turbulence. All the Clippers can do is to play the next game steadily and steadily and slowly catch up with the top teams.
Paul's return did bring considerable firepower to the Clippers. Especially after Wang Dapao proved how terrifying his firepower was like the whole world, Paul's effect in connecting the teams was even better. Because no team could ignore the ability to score 50+ in two consecutive games. And he got 3 50+ times in less than half a season.
Once Wang Dapao encounters the attention of the opponent's defensive end in the game, it will inevitably be a double-team.
In this way, players in other positions in the Clippers have good opportunities. Griffin, Matthews and even Jordan Jr. have very good offensive abilities when receiving the right pass.
The Clippers' three games started in February, namely away against the Jazz on the 2nd, home against the Nuggets on the 3rd, and away against the Wizards on the 5th.
In these three games, Wang Dapao's score was not as high as expected, and the average average was only about 28 points. However, when Wang Dapao was targeted and double-teamed, other Clippers players all got good opportunities to play.
In the three games, Paul averaged more than 14 assists per game, and Griffin averaged more than 25 points per game. Even Matthews and Jordan Jr., who have few offensive attack power, averaged more than 15 points per game.
The excellent performance of the entire team also allowed the Clippers to win these three games very smoothly.
In addition to Wang Dapao's two super performances of 50+20, the Clippers once again won five consecutive victories.
At this time, the comments from major media about the Clippers became praised.
"The Clippers are very difficult to deal with now, and they are really very difficult to deal with. Although most of their tactics on the court are based on ordinary pick-and-roll tactics, in specific circumstances, this ordinary tactic seems extremely troublesome!"
"There is no reason! Just relying on the three iron triangles of King Dapao Paulo Griffin! Wang Dapao has successfully grown into the most powerful offensive player in the entire league. He represents a deterrent force on the court. Other teams have to pay a considerable price to limit King Dapao, and this price may not necessarily limit King Dapao completely. This can be seen from the fact that Wang Dapao has been able to score 28 points and 15 rebounds per game in the last three games and has a shooting percentage of up to 57%.
"In addition to Wang Dapao, Paul and Griffin's performance is also remarkable. Let's talk about Paul first. The title of the first point guard in the league is not boasting about him. Paul does have the strength to take on this title now, especially in the era when there is a lack of point guards in the true sense. Paul can persist in playing the role of offensive organizer rather than an offensive finisher. It is really commendable. If the Clippers do not have Paul's passing, the entire level will drop a lot."
"Finally, although Wang Dapao and Paul Griffin's performance is much dimmer, no one can ignore the emerging super power forward in the league. Griffin's inside offense is quite aggressive. From this point of view, he is much better than Wang Dapao, who only knows how to shoot inside and break through the offensive basket. If he can slightly improve his free throw shooting percentage, then his score will be higher."
"In short, the current state of the Clippers once again confirms the importance of the Big Three mode. There are Celtics in front, Heat in the middle, and Clippers in the back. All three teams have proved that the benefits of having Big Three as the core theme arrangement tactics of the team."
The media's praise is not groundless, nor is it simply flattery. Because the Clippers quickly continued to prove the Clippers' real situation with their continuous victory.
On February 7, the Clippers played against the Magic away. The Magic was a strong team in the East. Howard led a ticket to the shooter to play the tactic of one big and four small. When the shooters collectively made a three-pointer, it was also quite terrifying.
But they were very unlucky to meet the Clippers.
Let alone let Wang Dapao take action himself. Just Jordan made Howard feel very uncomfortable.
I have to say that although Howard is awesome, the offensive methods developed over the years are quite lacking. It relies more on physical fitness to force dunks and secondary attacks to grab offensive rebounds.
Although Jordan Jr.'s offense is poor and his free throws are bad, he can still make a little defense. Although he is not Howard's opponent in terms of strength, he is capable of confronting a little.
Howard, who doesn't have many inside offense methods, basically spends most of his time playing wrestling with Jordan Jr. in the inside.
His other unique skill is to grab offensive rebounds and play a second offensive. With Wang Dapao's almost abnormal rebound protection ability, he also becomes optional.
Although Howard is often at the basket, and Wang Dapao needs to pull to the outside line at all times to defend the shooter, when the basketball is shot and Wang Dapao rushed back to the inside line, Howard, who was entangled by Jordan at all times, could only helplessly watch Wang Dapao take the lead in grabbing the rebound.
Howard, who was restrained everywhere, could only put his hope on his team's outside shooter group. Unfortunately, these shooters did not get any blood today, so the Magic just resisted a little and surrendered.
Winning Magic is not a big deal, but what makes Wang Dapao happy is that his score finally broke through 30 again in this game.
39 points, 1 point away is 40 points! Since Wang Dapao exploded and scored 50+ consecutively, although his shooting rate has not dropped much, his shooting rate has obviously decreased a lot in terms of shooting, and his score has not exceeded 30 points in three consecutive games, which makes him a little depressed.
Although Kobe, Durant and others are still slightly inferior to themselves in terms of scoring, the gap is not far behind. What if their scoring gradually drops and is surpassed by them?
Fortunately, Wang Dapao scored 39 points again in this game. While breathing a sigh of relief, Wang Dapao became proud again. It seems that the league is really unable to completely curb its attack!
On February 9, the Clippers played against the Cavaliers away. Faced with the team at the bottom of the league, the Clippers had no mercy and scored a score of 125:100 like chopping melons and vegetables, ending the game with a huge advantage of 25 points. In this game, Wang Dapao scored another 35 points and made 6 of 6 three-pointers, with a total shooting percentage of 73%, which was so efficient.
After another, the 76ers who played against the 11th, the Bobcats who played against the 12th, and the Clippers won the game with great ease and no suspense.
In this way, the Clippers ushered in a heart-wrenching ten consecutive victories.
Despite this, the Clippers still failed to achieve the goal of surpassing the Nuggets. Although the Nuggets have not had a good time during this period, they won six straight games in the same ten games, and their winning rate is just over half. However, due to their previous advantages, they are still ranked fourth in the West.
However, because the Clippers' record is too unsolvable, the gap between the two teams is also narrowing sharply, especially after the Clippers won ten consecutive victories and the Nuggets just suffered two consecutive losses, the gap between the two teams seems to be optional.
One game is just a game difference. As long as the Clippers win another game and the Nuggets lose one game at the same time, the record of the two teams will remain the same. Due to the victory or defeat relationship between the two teams, the Clippers will also surpass the Nuggets and officially become the fourth in the West.
The idea is pretty good, but it is not that easy to complete.
On February 14, the Clippers encountered a blockade from the Mavericks away. Nowitzki showed off his might in the duel with Wang Dapao, scoring 34 points while also leading the Mavericks to win the game in overtime.
Although Wang Dapao also scored 32 points, his shooting percentage was not as high as before in this game under the Mavericks' targeted defense. Although no one would say that Wang Dapao was not powerful or something, after all, this hit percentage did not help the Clippers win this game.
The Clippers' ten consecutive victories came to an abrupt end, but no one cared about these ten consecutive victories. What they cared more about was the score difference between the Clippers and the Nuggets.
What makes people feel relieved is that although the Clippers lost the game, the corresponding Nuggets also lost. Not only that, the Nuggets who lost this game have already kneeled for three consecutive times. Not only is the overall momentum of the team extremely poor, but the team's tactical style has gradually been labeled as suspicious.
In this case, it is impossible for the Clippers to pursue the victory.
On the 16th, the Clippers played against the Wizards at home. Although King Dapao did not explode in this game, Griffin broke out a little, with a score of 48 points breaking Griffin's personal single-game scoring record in his career.
Many people can understand Griffin's outbreak. The All-Star vote has stopped. What makes Griffin's fans depressed is that Griffin, who was likely to be elected as the All-Star starter this year, regretfully lost.
What is even more depressing is that the reason why Griffin lost to the All-Star starter was mainly because he lost to his team's player Wang Dapao.
After running to the West, Wang Dapao, Wang Dapao, successfully squeezed Durant to the power forward. Not only that, the number of votes at the beginning was not as good as that of this year's host Howard's Wang Dapao suddenly made a move, and the number of votes exceeded Howard in one fell swoop and began to take the lead.
In the end, Wang Dapao was elected as the All-Star Poll Network for 12 years, while host Howard could only rank second.
Even Durant was squeezed into the power forward by Wang Dapao. Although Griffin was very unhappy, he had no choice but to accept this arrangement. Who made him inferior to Durant and even worse than Wang Dapao?
Chapter completed!