stadium ambition

Chapter 107 The Good Days Are Over
In the evening, the Clippers played against the Timberwolves at home.

Before the start of the game, the NBA officially announced that Su Yang won the best rookie of the week. At the same time, he averaged 37.2 points and 11.2 assists per game, overwhelming the Nuggets' Carmelo Anthony, and was elected the best player of the week in the Western Conference.

Such awards are very rare, and just in time for the drug testing turmoil, Su Yang received a lot of praise.

Many fans entered the arena holding anti-discrimination slogans. When they were interviewed by reporters, they bluntly stated that the NBA drug testing department had a stereotyped image of Asians, so seeing Su Yang's historic performance, he was always skeptical.

When Su Yang learned of this, he gave a special speech before the game to thank him, and vowed that he would never compromise with discrimination.

At the start of the game, he took the ball into the paint on his first attack, and scored a layup against two people.

Such a tough performance ignited the enthusiasm of the audience, more than 1 fans cheered in unison, and the scene was very spectacular.

Back on defense, he had a little trouble responding to Jonny Flynn's quick rush.

Unexpectedly, Flynn dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, passed the ball to the right wing without doing anything, then used the center forward to cover and cut in, and ran to the left with his head sullen. .

"No wonder they lost three games in a row..."

Su Yang realized that the Timberwolves invited Zen master's former assistant Kurt Rambis as the head coach this season, and they are vigorously promoting the triangle offensive system at the moment. A small guard like Flynn is probably only qualified to carry the ball across the half court.

The triangle offense requires outside superstars and inside superstars as the basic support, so the Lakers won three consecutive championships in the new century so fiercely, and the Lakers entered a sluggish stage after O'Neal left, and they did not regain their strength until they got Gasol in the trade.

The Timberwolves have neither Kobe nor Gasol, and playing the triangle offense is completely self-defeating.

While thinking about it, Al Jefferson took the ball on the left waist, raised his hands and waited.

But the other Timberwolves players stood still, and the space effect pursued by the triangle offense did not appear.Su Yang decisively directed his teammates to double-team, blocking Jefferson's space to go up the line in a blink of an eye, leaving only space to go to the bottom line.

In such a small place, it is difficult for even Olajuwon to perform dream dance steps.

Jefferson had to pass the ball outside the three-point line, but the Timberwolves are the kind of team building idea that pursues players who pay high attention to long-range shots. Ryan Gomez, who is 201 cm tall, did not shoot after receiving the ball. His first reaction was to go inside. breakthrough.

There's even less space!
Kurt Rambis stomped his feet and yelled angrily, and the basketball was passed to the center Orek Sepecherov. Unfortunately, the European center was a bit poor in confrontation, and he was squeezed out of the three-second zone by Jordan Jr., holding the basketball in both hands at a loss.

Seeing that the offense was about to time out, the company commander Brewer with a warm and innocent smile stepped forward, took three steps and two steps from the bottom corner to the top of the arc with the help of a cover, received a pass while moving, then stopped and jumped suddenly, drifting in the air to shoot .

That posture is picturesque, but the shot hits the basket and hits the iron.

Easy side Clippers attack, Su Yang stands still on the right side of the waist, back to the master Flynn to catch the ball, turned around and swiped low, successfully tricked Flynn to move laterally, and immediately scored with a solid backward mid-range shot, perfect Show true triangle offense.

The offensive and defensive situation of the two teams was thus established. The Timberwolves were extremely short of space inside and lacked stable shots from the outside. The Clippers took advantage of their speed and shifted in a wide range to easily resolve the Timberwolves' long-man defensive formation, leading by 8 points in the first quarter.

Back from the intermission, Timberwolves coach Rambis had a whim and boldly replaced Orek Sepecherov, who guaranteed defensive rebounds on the inside, with Ramon Sessions and Flynn playing point guard together. to Brewer.

DeAndre Jordan unceremoniously blasted the rebounds, Randolph ravaged Ryan Gomez, who was transferred to the position of power forward, and the two teamed up to dominate the inside, Su Yang and Davis blocked the outside line, and the Clippers won in a single quarter. 17 points.

It is very likely that the pressure of the four-game losing streak at the start of the game made Kurt Rambis extremely flustered. After returning from the halftime break, he actually used Damien Wilkins, who had not played for 1 minute in the first half, and completely froze. Jonny Flynn.

Su Yang turned to Ramon Sessions, who lacked lateral movement speed, and scored through pick-and-rolls one after another. He was able to score in the singles, which directly helped the Clippers expand their lead to 33 points and went off the field early to rest.

Throughout the fourth quarter, Su Yang sat on the bench to watch the game. Watching Johnny Flynn, who was on the stage during garbage time and was trained by Kurt Rambis in various ways, he felt that the garbage management and garbage coaches really delayed the players' careers.

In the end, the Clippers defeated the Timberwolves 113 to 82, winning five consecutive victories in the new season.

ESPN tweeted after the game, saying that Su Yang scored 31 points against the Timberwolves, accumulating 180 points in the first five games of his career, surpassing O'Neal's previous record of 129 points, and has his own historical record.

In addition, Su Yang also created a rookie record of 5+ points in 30 consecutive games. If it weren't for the fact that he had only 8 assists in the Mavericks game, he could also create a double-double record of 5+30 in 10 consecutive games, and he would be eligible for the MVP selection.

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After beating the Timberwolves, the Clippers get four days off.

Considering that the next opponent, the Warriors, will be at home and relatively close to Stanford University, Su Yang rushed there early, kept training during the day, accompanied Lu Rulan at night, and had dinner with college teammate Landry Fields to catch up.

On the day of the game, Su Yang arrived at the Oracle Center early, only to find that Curry had warmed up and was sweating profusely.

The two chatted for a long time, and met each other soaring three points.

What's interesting is that the Warriors arranged Curry, Ellis and Azubuike as three guards to start. The offensive firepower is still passable, but the defense is basically free. Veteran Micky Moore as the center has no rebounds or frame protection. .

Su Yang and Jordan played pick-and-roll easily many times, sending out 9 assists in the first quarter.

However, the Warriors have Anthony Morrow, Anthony Randolph, and Corey Maggette as substitutes. In the first half of the second quarter, they played an 2-11 attack wave in just 0 minutes. Fortunately, with Su Yang playing again, The Clippers stabilized the situation.

After halftime, the Clippers only led by 2 points, and Su Yang found that Curry had only 3 shots.

When he came back from the break, Curry was replaced after not playing for a few minutes, and the Warriors started the chaotic mode again.

But the Clippers had already responded. They used a three-two defense to make the Warriors 21 of 6 shots. In addition, Su Yang and Davis scored 28 points to blow up the Warriors' backcourt. The Clippers scored 34 points in a single quarter. 16 leads.

Old Nelson did not have the incomprehensible persistence of Sloan. He replaced Jackson and other main players to admit defeat after only 2 minutes in the fourth quarter.Van Gundy then replaced Su Yang and other main players, and the game entered garbage time early, and the Clippers won by 28 points.

In an interview after the game, Su Yang specifically mentioned that Curry is very good and should play more shots.

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Leaving Oakland, the Clippers boarded a special plane and prepared to fly overnight to New Orleans.

Su Yang sat in his exclusive seat, holding his mobile phone to reply to the thank you text from Curry. Davis sat next to him and said cursingly: "Fuck him, we have less than two weeks, and we have to play three back-to-back games .”

Su Yang smiled and said: "You can face off against Chris Paul, the old and new queens will fight!"

"That's your job."

Davis shook his head and waved his hands, suddenly seemed to think of something, and continued: "I just saw that guy named Bunty questioning your results in the previous few games on Twitter, saying that you have an advantage in the schedule, and the best days are over." up.

He believes that against the Lakers, Gasol is absent and Fisher is aging; against the Suns, Nash has no defense; against the Jazz is a serious mistake in Sloan's tactical arrangement;

In short, he thinks you are not that strong, and against the Hornets tomorrow night, Chris Paul will blow you up.

There are a lot of people who support his point of view. I can see that the repost is as high as 4K, and there are several famous commentators among them. "

Su Yang didn't want to refute the idea of ​​taking advantage of the schedule at all, but just nodded silently.

"Chris Paul is really difficult..."

(End of this chapter)