Chapter 136 Won the Rookie of the Month(1/2)
After defeating the Kings, the Warriors ended their road trip with a record of 1 win and 3 losses.
Although it failed to achieve the expected goals, it received some good news.
One is that Curry broke the rookie wall and his condition improved.
The second is that Ellis gradually integrated into the new team system and changed his one-man style of play.
Third, the Warriors players have become more and more cooperative with each other, and the number of turnovers in each game has decreased.
To sum up, the overall strength of the Warriors is increasing in an orderly manner.
If enough time is given to the Warriors to solve some problems, then their overall strength will be further improved.
But the schedule is extremely tight, and there is basically no extra time for adjustments. We can only make adjustments while playing games.
No, all the members of the Warriors have just returned to Oakland and haven't had enough rest yet, so they have to prepare for the next game.
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November 29, Oakland, Oracle Arena.
The Warriors will host the Los Angeles Clippers tonight.
In this year's draft, the Clippers selected Blake Griffin with the No. 1 pick, and everyone thought they would rise in the new season.
However, the much-anticipated White Monster was retired for the season without playing a single official NBA game, allowing the Clippers to return to competing for the No. 1 pick.
In fact, the Clippers' lineup is not weak, but they just can't produce a good record.
The starting point guard "The Bearded" Baron Davis once led the Warriors to complete the Black Eight Miracle in 2007. Although his strength has declined, he is still the first-class point guard in the league.
Shooting guard Gordon, a second-year rookie, has made rapid progress, averaging close to 20 points per game and serving as the Clippers' main scoring point.
On the inside, there are twin towers like Kaman and Camby.
As a role model for the 1996 generation, Camby played some highlight moments and even won the honor of the best defensive player.
But this guy's data is largely based on brushing up.
In order to grab rebounds, he can not block people and not get stuck; in order to block shots, he can let go of his defender to gamble and block shots.
Camby could not get rid of these bad habits until the end of his career.
Of course, it's also possible that this guy is used to the data-brushing style of play and doesn't want to change.
Therefore, Camby can only be regarded as a qualified starting center.
Among the substitutes are Jordan, Novak, Ricky Davis, Al Thornton and other great players.
Even without No. 1 pick Griffin, this lineup is enough to make the playoffs.
But so far, the Clippers have only achieved a record of 4 wins and 12 losses, ranking third from the bottom in the Western Conference.
It seems that they really plan to continue to mess up this year to obtain high draft picks.
Facing such a weak team, the Warriors will definitely not be merciful and will seize this hard-won opportunity and go all out to win the game.
If you want to make the playoffs in the Western Conference, you must seize every game.
After the game started, the Warriors players quickly entered the state, accelerated the pace of the game through running and gunning, widened the point difference in one fell swoop and established the lead in the chaos.
Seeing that the score was stretched, the Clippers players did not show any tension. Instead, they played very relaxedly, without any pressure, and each worked on their own to collect statistics.
On the Clippers bench, head coach Mike Dunleavy looked at the scene on the court and shook his head helplessly.
It turns out that the bad habit of data brushing is contagious!
If he continues to play like this, Dunleavy already predicts that he won't be able to work with the Clippers for long.
Therefore, Dunleavy chose to just lie down and didn't bother to call a timeout. The most important thing was to let the players have fun.
The Clippers players are having fun brushing up statistics, and the Warriors players are also having a lot of fun playing.
Especially Randolph, who was almost exhausted from eating the cake.
In order to improve his statistics, Camby saw a Warriors player rushing into the penalty area, so he let Randolph go and stepped forward to help block the shot.
Sun Yi and others will definitely not let Camby get what he wants, and will naturally pass the ball to the basket to assist Randolph to score.
Except for Camby, the big colander, the other Clippers players also followed the ball but not others, and the overall defense was full of flaws.
The Warriors seized the opportunity and played very smoothly offensively. Every player scored and achieved full success.
Just like that, at the end of the third quarter, the Warriors had a lead of more than 20 points, and the fourth quarter became garbage time.
After the start of the fourth quarter, the head coaches of both sides made a tacit understanding not to send out the main players and replaced them with young players for training.
Of course, these young players naturally do not include Sun Yi, Curry and others.
If they play a game, they will definitely be criticized by the outside world for brushing up data in garbage time, and the gain outweighs the loss.
As time passed quickly, the game came to an end.
In the end, the Warriors defeated the Clippers 124-102 and won two consecutive games.
In terms of statistics, 5 Warriors players scored in double figures.
The best player of this game was won by Sun Yi. In 28 minutes on the court, he scored a near-triple-double with 16 points, 8 rebounds and 14 assists.
If the game hadn't turned into garbage time early in the fourth quarter, he would still have been able to get another triple-double.
Curry scored 21 points and 3 assists; Ellis scored 22 points and 2 assists; Maggette scored 14 points and 4 rebounds; Randolph scored a double-double with 20 points and 12 rebounds.
For the Clippers, Davis scored 15 points and 6 assists; Gordon scored 24 points and 2 rebounds; Kaman scored 18 points and 8 rebounds; Camby scored a double-double with 10 points and 14 rebounds.
After this game, all the Warriors' games in November are over, and the next game will be played in December.
After the game, media reporters began to hype Sun Yi as the Rookie of the Month.
At the same time, domestic fans also turned on the fanfare mode to congratulate Sun Yi for winning the Western Conference Rookie of the Month.
After seeing the praise from the outside world, Sun Yi put it behind him. He did not forget his original intention and continued to practice as planned.
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On December 1, the alliance announced the major awards for November.
There are three awards a month, namely Player of the Month, Rookie of the Month, and Coach of the Month.
Among them, the competition for the best player of the month is very fierce.
In the Eastern Conference, Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James averaged 29.2 points, 6.7 rebounds and 8.0 assists per game, leading the Cavaliers to a 12-5 record in November, and won the Eastern Conference Player of the Month.
In the Western Conference, Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony averaged 31.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game, leading the Nuggets to a 12-5 record in November, winning the Western Conference title of the month.
Best player.
The competition for the best player of the month is equivalent to a fight between gods and gods. With Sun Yi's data, there is no way he can be a candidate.
But Rookie of the Month is basically his bag.
In the November game, Sun Yi averaged 20.6 points, 9.1 rebounds, 10.2 assists and 2.0 blocks per game, and won the Western Conference Rookie of the Month.
It seems that Sun Yi won the Rookie of the Month easily, but it was not as easy as imagined.
If he does not hit 50 triple-doubles, he will compete with Evans, Curry and others, and it is not certain who will win.
Therefore, the Western Conference Rookie of the Month still has some gold content.
As for the Eastern Conference, Jennings won the Rookie of the Month award.
In the November game, this guy averaged 16.8 points, 3.1 rebounds and 6.9 assists per game.
Such data may not even make it into the top three in the Western Conference, but in the Eastern Conference, Jennings can be regarded as a standout, and it is difficult for rookies in the same class to surpass him.
When the alliance announced the awards, Sun Yi was rewarded by the system.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for winning Rookie of the Month for the first time."
"Reward: 4x training bonus card 1, advanced nutrient solution 20, 10,000 training points."
After Sun Yi received the reward, he opened the system panel and checked the basic information.
Host: Sun Yi
Age:19
Height: 2.03 meters
Wingspan: 2.23 meters
Weight: 105kg
System level: lv4 (training points required for upgrade: 1 million.)
Training bonus: 8 times
Training points: 720,000
Number of points added: 0 times
To be continued...