Chapter 141 After Christmas
On December 28, the Clippers vs. Phoenix Suns at home, which was their first game since Christmas.
After Christmas, Taylor Swift and Kristen both came to the scene to support their boyfriends today. Even Emma Roberts came to watch the game on site to support their good neighbors who gave them Christmas gifts.
This time, three girls supported each other, probably because they were oversupported. Ji Guomeng made 5 of 18 shots today and turned into the No. 9 Blacksmith of Los Angeles, and his performance was no worse than his opponent No. 24 in the same city. Ji Guochuo performed normally, but unfortunately his offensive ability was limited. The whole team felt bad today. With his contribution of up to 20 points, it was difficult to change the outcome of the game, let alone the opponent was the third Suns in the West.
The two brothers played for 39 minutes today, breaking their career playing time records.
When Old Dunleavy saw these two guys full of energy, he began to increase their playing time bit by bit, test their limits, and occasionally let them play for 40 minutes. It didn't seem like a big deal. They were really two birds and beasts.
In this game, Ji Guochou scored 18 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks, while Ji Guomomiya scored 15 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks.
The three Clippers who were previously suspended, Cartino Mobley and James Percy's two suspensions have been lifted today. Unfortunately, due to injuries, Percy is still unable to play for the time being. Artest is still in the suspension period. The two Clippers' starting players will not return until the next game.
The final score was 92:102, and the Clippers were still inconsistent. They lost to their opponents in the same zone for the second time this season, and were defeated by the Phoenix Suns twice!
The young bully Stoudemire scored 28 points and 12 rebounds, Nash scored 18 points and 12 assists, Marion 20 points and 6 rebounds, and Barbosa scored 15 points.
On December 29, the Clippers went back to back to the away game and challenged the Phoenix Suns again. The two opponents in the same zone had to play two games in a row in two days. The Clippers' devil schedule reached a climax. They had already suffered three consecutive losses in the last game to the Suns at home. If they couldn't win this away game, they would lose four consecutive games!
Artest and Percy both returned in this game, and with the old cat Mobri and Garcia, the Clippers' second and third positions have returned. As for the No. 1 position, the Clippers' point guards can no longer be worse. No matter how Cassel, Brevennet or Black Parker are, they will be killed by someone.
Ji Guomeng's touch in this game has recovered, and the last slump was in this guy's mouth. It was called saving his character, so that he could save the main players in this game and let them go and kill the Suns together after they come back.
The two brothers played in this game for 38 minutes, Ji Guochou scored 16 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 blocks, Ji Guomo's 28 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 blocks, Artest scored 25 points, Mobley scored 16 points, Percy scored 12 points, and Garcia scored 10 points.
The Clippers were in excellent form in this game, not only the two brothers performed well, but the beasts held in three games, and today they were like beasts coming out of the cage, which beat Grant Hill on the offensive end. Artest's 25 points and Ji Guohun's 28 points decided the outcome of the game.
The final score was 115:110. After overtime, the Clippers struggled to defeat their opponents in the same zone and stopped their three consecutive losses.
The Suns' Stoudemire scored 28 points and 14 rebounds, Nash scored 22 points and 11 assists, Barbosa scored 20 points, and Marion scored 18 points.
This game was the last game of the Clippers in December and the last game of 2007. They encountered the Western Conference strong teams in four consecutive games, and the Clippers only achieved a record of 1 win and 3 losses. All this was unexpected and reasonable.
The Clippers' record has been affected by the previous three consecutive losses, and their ranking in the Western Conference has dropped to 7th, with a record of 19 wins and 9 losses.
Currently, the Western Conference rankings: 1 Hornets, 2 Spurs, 3 Suns, 4 Jazz, 5 Rockets, 6 Lakers, 7 Clippers, 8 Mavericks, 9 Nuggets, and 10 Warriors.
Except for the top three, the leading advantage is large, there will be no change for the time being. Starting from the fourth place, the Jazz have 21 wins and 8 losses, the Rockets have 20 wins and 8 losses, the Lakers have 20 wins and 9 losses, the Clippers have 19 wins and 9 losses, the Mavericks have 18 wins and 10 losses, and the Nuggets have 18 wins and 11 losses. The gap between these six teams is very small. It may take a few games in a blink of an eye, and this ranking will change drastically.
The stalemate ranking among Western Conference teams made most media dare not easily guess who will enter the playoffs in the end? This situation is impossible to predict at all. Maybe which team is unlucky and the star is injured unexpectedly, so it doesn’t have to be very serious. Just get injured for ten days and half a month, and this ranking may change.
On December 31, the NBA official website once again announced the "Player of the Month" and "Rookie of the Month".
The Eastern Conference Player of the Month in December was awarded to the Celtics Kevin Garnett. The Wolves averaged 36 minutes per game in December, scoring 22.5 points, 11.2 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 2.5 blocks. Just looking at Garnett's personal data, it seems that LeBron James is not outstanding, but the Wolves led the Celtics to an excellent record of 12 wins and 2 losses, and with the same excellent personal data, it becomes natural to get the Best of the Month immediately.
Yao Ming, the West's player of the month, averaged 35 minutes per game in December, scoring 26.5 points, 10.8 rebounds and 2.1 blocks.
Yao Ming's reason for winning the award is the same as Garnett. The little giants are excellent enough to look at their personal data, but they are not good enough compared to Kobe. However, the Rockets scored 11 wins and 3 losses in December and have set a record of 9 consecutive victories, which is the highest winning streak in the NBA this season except for the Clippers. The most important thing is that the Houstonians can continue to expand their winning streak. As long as they win another game, they will tie the 10 consecutive victories just set by the Clippers.
The Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month is Al Thorton of the Celtics, a forward guard who should have been selected by the Clippers in 14, and was traded by the Clippers to the Philadelphia 76ers. Later, they were traded by the 76ers to the Celtics and became a rookie in the Celtics.
Al Thorton averaged 25 minutes per game in December, scoring 12.1 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists, ranking fifth in the rookie rankings.
The Western Conference Rookie of the Month is still the twin brothers of the Clippers. The league continues to play the trick of tie-up. As long as the two of them perform too far, everyone has almost guessed that the Rookie of the Month will still tie-up in the future, and the final Rookie of the Year will still tie-up in 80% of the year.
Ji Guochou averaged 34 minutes per game in December, scoring 15.3 points, 11.6 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 3.1 blocks, 2.5 turnovers, with a shooting percentage of 55.6% and a free throw percentage of 89.8%.
Ji Guomeng averaged 34 minutes per game in December, scoring 19.1 points, 8.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 2.4 blocks, 2.8 turnovers, with a shooting percentage of 48.5%, a three-point shooting percentage of 42.1%, and a free throw shooting percentage of 90.2%.
After the two major awards were released, Da Sabi of the New York Times used a divisive move against the two brothers for a long time. In the report, he believed that Ji Guoqiu's performance this month was obviously stronger than his younger brother. The alliance continued to make the two tied up too deliberately and unfairly, which also made the award mixed with too many publicity and business factors.
The two brothers were too lazy to pay attention to him, and only such disagreement and deceit would be fooled.
New York media are using a plan to disagree, while Seattle media is reporting unfairness for their new core Durant. They believe that Tiedu's performance in December is no worse than the two brothers and deserves a Rookie of the Month award.
For the shameless remarks of Seattle media, even the Los Angeles Times, who has always been unfamiliar with the Clippers, has written an article criticizing the Seattle media for lying. Even if Durant is similar to the twins in his personal data, the team's record is simply a mess. The Supersonics' record of 6 wins and 22 losses is still embarrassed to ask the league for the best rookie of the month? It's almost the same to give you a big mouth!
On January 1, 2008, the Clippers' first game in 2008, against the Western Conference Bad Team, the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The Timberwolves now have no Wolf King Garnett. Their new core is Al Jefferson, who traded from the Celtics. He is also an excellent All-Star inside player. This season, the Timberwolves can contribute personal data per game of 20+11 per game. Al Jefferson can afford the title of low-post killer.
However, compared with Garnett, the New Wolf King lacks dominance. His talent can make him an excellent All-Star, but that's limited to this. Al Jefferson does not have the talent to become a superstar.
All-stars can contribute steady scores every night, but superstars can dominate every night, and that's the difference between the two!
Al Jefferson's large tonnage and solid low-post skills are very restrained by Ji Guoqiu now. The power of Panda Hero is difficult to affect the new wolf king who is 208cm tall and 265 pounds.
Ji Guoqiu was ravaged and trampled by Al Jefferson at a low post today. This is not like facing Duncan in the previous few games. Today, the Panda Hero is even more depressed. He often makes very correct judgments and defenses on the defensive end, but when he encounters the opponent's unreasonable power-based playing style, he can't defend his opponent in the end. This is the real depression.
In this game, Ji Guochou scored 16 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks, while Ji Guomomiya scored 23 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks.
The final score was 95:92, and the Clippers narrowly defeated the Timberwolves by three points and won the first game in 2008, which was a good start for the new year.
Al Jefferson scored 28 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks. The new Wolf King also felt uncomfortable facing Ji Guochou. The opponent always wandered on the outside. Al Jefferson realized what it felt like when Yao Ming met Oku.
The Clippers defeated the Timberwolves and once again surpassed the Lakers in the city, ranking sixth in the West.
The Lakers don't care about such trivial matters for the time being. They have been focusing on team trading for a while. In recent days, the turmoil in the world has started again. The transactions between the Lakers and the Grizzlies have been rampant for a while, and the focus has been on Spanish inside Paul Gasol for a while.
Now there are all kinds of rumors in the media, and for a moment there are all kinds of news. Paul Gasol also took the initiative to show kindness to the Lakers when facing the media. It seems that both sides have secretly communicated with the songs and have already done something shameful in private.
Gasol naturally denied this matter, but while refuting the rumors, he kept expressing his admiration for Kobe in the media without any concealment, and then kept saying that he was innocent and pure. Please don’t wrongly accuse others...
Chapter completed!