stadium ambition

Chapter 344 All-Star Weekend

For West's compliment, Su Yang tweeted his thanks.

Then he called the Clippers management and suggested inviting West to serve as the team's special advisor. After all, West has extensive experience in how to run a dynasty team, and since he left the Grizzlies and stayed at home for a long time, it was a bit wasteful.

The Clippers management representative quickly responded, saying that they will discuss internally now before making a decision.

It was the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, and the Spring Festival was about to be celebrated. Su Yang took advantage of his rest to visit several Chinatowns in California.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye. On the night of the 29th, the Clippers played at home to the Charlotte Bobcats.

Because Larry Brown voluntarily resigned shortly after the start of the season, the Bobcats have completely given up competing for a playoff spot and are preparing to enter the rebuilding phase, so many players with combat effectiveness are in the midst of a storm of trading rumors.

There are the most rumors about Elvis Gerald Wallace, and his personal performance has also been greatly affected. After playing, he is completely in a state of not working hard. The basketball was passed to him several times, and he immediately passed it away and did not participate. .

Stephen Jackson's style of play is pure cancer. If he has a basketball in his hands, he will definitely shoot as long as he can shoot.

Diaw and Augustin are the only two Bobcats players who want to win, but they have enough energy to spare.

Facing such an unbearable opponent, Su Yang clocked out of get off work in three quarters, and the Clippers won 103 to 88.

After the game, Su Yang invited Jordan, who came to Los Angeles with the team, for dinner, and discussed matters such as sneaker dividends by the way.After the two chatted, Jordan said that AJ hoped to create a personal brand for Su Yang earlier, so as to further acquire female customers.

The plan was confirmed, and Su Yang returned to the villa to discuss with Schwartz to carry out the preparatory work.

After two days of rest, the Clippers played at home against the Milwaukee Bucks.

Before the game started, Su Yang, on behalf of the team, presented the championship ring to last season's teammate Drew Gooden.

Unfortunately, Gooden is almost in a state of reimbursement for the season due to injury, and cannot play this time.And many Clippers fans expressed their gratitude on Twitter and other social media, feeling that it would be a big loss if they chose to renew Gooden's contract.

Su Yang sternly refuted similar claims, saying that injuries are the public enemy of all athletes and cannot be discussed as a joke.

Gooden was very grateful for this, and retweeted that Su Yang was the best teammate he had ever met.And Iverson reposted Gooden's tweet, seconding the laughing and crying emoji, saying that he saw so many veterans praising Su Yang, which made him want to come back and join the Clippers.

Su Yang replied to Iverson to welcome him and promised to contact him as soon as possible.

In this way, with a cheerful atmosphere, the game between the Clippers and the Bucks started.

Su Yang showed his strongest state directly, and the veteran Kenyon Dooling who was facing him was completely unable to defend. He also misplaced to defend the old captain Corey Maggette, making Maggette only 7 of 1 shots in the first quarter. Among them, the Bucks only scored 16 points in the first quarter.

In the second quarter of the game, the two teams took the lead on the bench. The former genius Brandon Jennings and the African prince Mbah a Moute teamed up to blow up the Clippers' back line and successfully helped the Bucks narrow the point difference to only two points .

As Su Yang and other Clippers' main players returned to the game, the Bucks' momentum of chasing points was quickly suppressed.

In the second half of the game, the Clippers did not give the Bucks a chance to counterattack and finally won 105-98.

In the whole game, Su Yang scored 35 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds, and was elected as the best player of the day.

In the early morning of the next day, ESPN and other media began to discuss the topic of the MVP competition. The reason for the topic was that the Bulls were about to play away against the Clippers. Derrick Rose would face off against Su Yang, which would definitely affect the regular season MVP.

Several commentators believed that that game was Rose's only chance to defeat Su Yang head-on and win the MVP, because the Clippers were suffering from injuries, and as long as they dealt with it properly, they had a great chance of winning and thus getting more votes.

Several commentators also believe that Su Yang must go all out, because defeating the Bulls with a remnant team will fully demonstrate his ability to lead the team and at the same time weaken LeBron's threat. After all, the record of the Big Three does not meet the expectations of fans and the media.

But when reporters interviewed Rose with those comments, Rose said that he wanted to win the MVP, but he didn't insist.

LeBron did not accept a phone interview, but retweeted that now he just wants to lead the team to win.

Su Yang didn't respond in any way, and only focused on improving the team's combat effectiveness.

A day of rest passed in the blink of an eye, and on the night of February [-], the Clippers played against the Chicago Bulls at home.

Maybe it was because he said no, but his body was very honest, or maybe the Clippers did a good job of restricting the pass. Rose made 7 of 5 shots in the first quarter and scored 13 points without a single free throw. The rest of the Bulls A total of only 15 points.

Su Yang performed well. He made 12 of 6 in the first quarter and scored 1 points with only 14 free throw, helping the Clippers to a tie with the Bulls. The three-point advantage was tied.

In the second quarter of the game, Thibodeau chose the dead grass as the main force, while Van Gundy adopted a regular rotation and let the substitute play first.

But where the Bulls are on the bench, the Clippers are 6 points behind in just over three minutes.

Fortunately, after Su Yang reappeared, he quickly helped the Clippers stabilize the situation, but failed to narrow the point difference.

Returning to the locker room during the half-time break, Jr. Jordan suggested that Su Yang activate the unlimited firepower mode, with only one purpose, that is to defeat Derrick Rose in terms of statistics, so as to ensure that this game will not cause Su Yang's MVP ranking to drop again.

Su Yang said that the priority should be to win the game. As for whether it will affect the MVP award, it is not that important.

With such a principle, the Clippers treated the third quarter of the game normally, focusing on the Bulls' weaker shooting guard.However, the Bulls flanked in a large number of areas, so that strategy did not receive obvious results, and Rose scored consecutively in excellent condition.

In this way, the Clippers entered the fourth quarter with an 11-point disadvantage, and Van Gundy arranged to play around Su Yang.

Then I thought, the Bulls team aimed at Su Yang, double-teamed and delayed greetings one after another, intending to let go of other Clippers players.

But even then, the other Clippers players' shooting performance was not very satisfactory, and Su Yang had to rely on Su Yang to carry the others.

In the end, the Clippers lost to the Bulls 98 to 106 and suffered their sixth loss of the season.

苏阳全场拿到32分13助攻7篮板，罗斯则拿到32分11助攻。

Although the data is slightly superior, the major media are more willing to praise Rose's performance. Some media even claimed that even if the Clippers passed the ball to Rose, Rose got 11 assists, which shows that Rose is better at passing the ball.

In the locker room after the game, Jordan looked aggrieved at the media reports and took the initiative to review his mistakes.

Su Yang turned to comfort, emphasizing that many media just couldn't find the news content, and they deliberately attracted attention.

Afterwards, the two attended a press conference together, and Su Yang assisted and praised Rose as worthy of the MVP honor.

After finishing the press conference, he returned to the villa, packed a lot of luggage, and prepared to welcome the 11th company.

According to the schedule, the Clippers' 11-game streak is divided into two stages before and after the All-Star Game. There are 8 games before the All-Star Game, and the opponents are almost all Eastern teams. Fly more than 3 kilometers.

The Clippers set the goal of 11 consecutive trips in advance, the first is to avoid injuries, and the second is to keep the record.Because he won too many games before and his record is far superior to No.2, he can even sacrifice some uncritical games to get more rest time.

After a day off, the Clippers flew to Atlanta to challenge the Hawks away.

Due to Zaza Pachulia's malicious foul before, Su Yang's firepower was fully utilized after the start of the game. He relied on his speed advantage to overwhelm the aging guard Mike Bibby, and also repeatedly misplaced and singled out defensive deviation Josh Smith. He slashed in the first quarter. 23 points.

The tone of the game was so determined, Su Yang scored all the way, scoring 47 points, leading the Clippers to a big victory over the Eagles.

That night, the whole team set off southward and flew to Miami to prepare for the adjustment of the Heat.

At noon the next day, the league office updated the MVP rankings, and Su Yang's No.2 position was on a downward trend.

Most commentators believe that he failed to play the super dominance before Gordon and Davis were recovering from their injuries, so that the comparison before and after made everyone feel that he had borrowed too much team power before, not as much as imagined. powerful.

On the night of the sixth, the Clippers played against the Heat.

The defensive intensity of the two teams was full in the first quarter, the Clippers scored 19 points, and the Heat only scored 20 points.

After the start of the second quarter, the Heat directly sent Wade and Bosh to lead the team, but the Clippers could only let Randy Foye and Jermaine O'Neal lead the team, which led to an 11-point lead for the Heat in a few minutes, but Van Gundy still insisted on regular rotation .

In this way, the Clippers ended the half game with an 11-point disadvantage. They returned to the locker room, had a brief discussion, and decided that if the situation in the third quarter was not good, they could choose to give up early, and there was no need to fight hand-to-hand with the Heat for too long.

The main reason is that after the Heat, there will be back-to-back matches against the Magic immediately, so it is not easy to be too intense.

With that in mind, the Clippers treated the third quarter normally, but after the third quarter, they were still 11 points behind.

And those 11 points continued until the end of the fourth quarter, and Wade and LeBron showed no sign of relaxing.

Seeing this situation, the Clippers withdrew their main force with 2 minutes left and finally lost the game 79-91.

According to the data of the whole game, Su Yang only had 21 points and 9 assists, and the number of turnovers was as high as 7 times, which was the worst match.

After the game, all kinds of ridicule emerged one after another. The words "Su Yang relies on his teammates" quickly became a hot topic, and the news that Jerry West praised Su Yang for completing the foundation of the dynasty was also turned up as a joke object.

Seeing all kinds of comments, Su Yang decided that as long as he had the opportunity, he must slap those doubters in the face, not because of lack of self-confidence, but because of some way to show his personal attitude to his teammates, fans, and management.

That night, the whole team took the bus to Orlando and checked into the hotel at two o'clock in the morning. All members felt tired.

The coaching staff could only postpone the joint training time, but Su Yang got up at noon and started warming up at two o'clock in the afternoon.

After the game started, he grabbed Nelson relentlessly and beat him violently. He succeeded five times in a row. Usually, the Magic used double-teams and big delays, but the defensive pressure of the Magic players was far behind that of the Heat and the Bulls, and did not form too much. How threatening.

Jordan and others were also happy to let him play more because they were tired, passing the ball to him in various ways.

After halftime, Su Yang scored 34 points, but the Clippers only led by 2 points and suffered from rebounds.

After returning from the halftime break, Su Yang continued to show off his operations, and the Magic's overall shooting percentage also increased significantly.

In this way, the two teams played in the last ten seconds, and Su Yang singled out Howard in a misplaced position, winning the quasi-lore.

In the whole game, Su Yang scored 59 points and made only 3 turnovers, which can be regarded as a complete response to the question.

But new doubts followed one after another. The Magic's perimeter defense was criticized for being too poor, and any player's score would be discounted by [-]%.

Su Yang forwarded the questioning tweet and replied with a smiley expression, saying that he would have a chance to satisfy them soon.

After playing the Magic, the Clippers rested for two days and flew to Charlotte by special plane to challenge the Bobcats.

Perhaps because Elvis Presley Gerald Wallace was sent away, and the cancerous Stephen Jackson was injured and unable to play, the Bobcats finally took it a bit seriously on both offensive and defensive ends. They once caused a lot of trouble for the Clippers, but they still lost in the end.

In the whole game, Su Yang scored 17 points, 15 assists and 11 rebounds, playing only three quarters.

In the same night, LeBron also got a triple-double. Compared with the two, Su Yang's high efficiency is clear at a glance.

But a large number of media seemed to turn a blind eye to this, and various posters were produced to promote LeBron's triple-double.

Su Yang liked ESPN's praise of LeBron's tweet, which was also considered to be deliberately attracting attention.

For such accusations, he didn't take it seriously at all, and set off for Cleveland that night.

After a day off, the Clippers challenged a shattered, defenseless Cavaliers at the Quicken Loans Center.

The Cavaliers had no desire to resist, and there were no waves throughout the game. Su Yang achieved a 18+10+10 triple-double in just 10 minutes, and clocked out of get off work in less than three quarters. The Clippers finally defeated the Cavaliers 126-109.

After the game, many media praised Su Yang for getting a triple-double at a record-breaking speed, but they basically took it all away.

For such a phenomenon, Schwartz suspects that someone bribed the media and wanted to reduce Su Yang's personal influence. After all, Su Yang used to be the favorite of the media. Any topic that can be discussed, they all want to go over the heat, which is very abnormal now.

But doubting that there is no evidence, Su Yang said that it is enough to play more representative games, so there is no need to worry.

After two days of rest, the Clippers flew to Toronto, Canada, for an away game against the Raptors.

It was the Lantern Festival, and in order to cheer for Su Yang, local Chinese and overseas Chinese organized a group to watch the game in the arena. The number of people was as high as 1000, and they also carried a super-large flag with Su Yang's head on it. Men, women, old and young, beat gongs and drums, and the atmosphere was quite intense. .

Su Yang was very moved, and instead caught Calderon and beat him wildly, he scored 21 points in the first quarter.

The Raptors resisted fiercely, and they chose to admit defeat until the last 2 minutes of the fierce battle, which made Su Yang dare not rest early.

In the end, Su Yang scored 55 points and led the team to victory. He took a photo with the overseas Chinese immediately after the game.

After beating the Raptors, the Clippers flew south again to face the Bucks and Timberwolves respectively.

Winning both games, Su Yang scored 51 and 53 points respectively, achieving 3 consecutive 50+ games.

Such data will naturally trigger a lot of discussions among fans, and there is no need for the media to help spread it.

Various compliments followed, and Su Yang's MVP ranking returned to No. [-], and he dropped Ross by a large margin.

After playing the Timberwolves, because some people were going on vacation and some people wanted to go home to visit relatives, the Clippers left Minnesota. Su Yang returned to Los Angeles by private car, preparing to participate in the All-Star Weekend held at the Staples Center.

On the plane, Su Yang received a call from the team doctor and learned that Gordon and Davis were about to return.

(End of this chapter)