Chapter 847 When will he grow up
The 76ers need to leave Los Angeles happily and defeat the Clippers.
The Clippers' rise is perfect, just in the end of the Lakers. If they can win the championship at this time, they can greatly enhance their position in the hearts of Los Angeles.
Because for a long time, they gave people the impression of being a visiting team living in Los Angeles.
However, there are only one team that wins the championship every year. There are many players in history who deserve the championship but never the championship in their lifetime. The Clippers have been infected with Elgin Baylor's bad temper and suffered from the pain of former boss Sterling's refusal to spend money to build the team. Now that the rain is over, the unlucky and miser have left, and there are many difficulties in rising.
When Paul and Griffin saw Wei Xia, they both spoke harshly.
Paul is a student of Wei Xia, and is one of the few players in the 2005 draft, and is also at the All-Star level.
Wei Xia has a good relationship with him, while Griffin has been in the industry for many years and has been at its peak when he debuted, but his subsequent development is not as good as that of other people in the same class.
At the beginning of the game, Wei Xia scored three points and took the lead first, but the Clippers were not afraid. Paul's ability to call a pick-and-roll small and big big is well known to everyone. Griffin gradually stopped grabbing the headlines with a dunk. In recent seasons, he often made a splash of highlights for his amazing ball-holding skills.
At halftime, Cousins was not good at defending pick-and-roll, and once he was defended, he would become more and more obvious.
When Rondo failed to make a three-pointer, the 76ers did not have a suitable substitute to replace him, so a vicious cycle was formed, and the Clippers could double-team Cousins at will.
In the third quarter, Griffin showed his fangs at Farid.
Everyone knows that Griffin is in good health and can dunk. He has the explosive power of Sean Camp, and can dunk like a helicopter without stopping after a big turn; he also has the figure of a boxer like Larry Johnson, and the thick arms of Daryl Dawkins. He also has the agility and feel of a small forward, which is a perfect combination of strength, explosive power, speed and height.
But these are still not the top pick in the draft.
Then what? He has enough strength, his hands are very strong and stable, and his rebounding awareness is good; he can quickly dribble and advance into the frontcourt, be able to stand behind the basket, know how to use strength and speed to occupy a favorable position before receiving the ball, and then turn over and complete the dunk. He is also very capable of passing the ball.
The shooting that was not very good was gradually developed.
Now, this ability has hit Farid, but it has been a heavy blow.
The 76ers coaching staff hopes Cousins will play the feeling of other inside players in the West to match Griffin.
When Cousins first crushes Griffin, his offense can often affect his scoring skills. His scoring skills are mainly to reach a deep position in the inside, and then the signature lowers the center of gravity and turns around to attack the basket. If it is too far away from the basket, he will throw one with a look of world-weariness and despair.
But today Cousins was double-teamed in offense, and Paul was repeatedly stolen when defending.
Jay Wright tried to change the formation and play small balls several times, but he held back.
He finally began to understand Cousins's idea to protect his self-esteem, but his control was still insufficient.
Of course, it may also be that the current chairman of the Players Guild's tricks are too cunning.
Paul and Cousins were running together. Cousins, who was not on both sides of the offense and defense, was feeling frustrated. Paul was actually flirting with him. Don’t he make anger come from his heart? He just threw the other party’s arms.
Paul's reaction is classic, and all players who want to become a stadium performance artist should watch what he does repeatedly.
His face was tragic, his teeth were wide open, his screams were harsh, and his body was stumbled in the other direction under the rough and heavy blow. His hands were generously given a French military salute to the audience.
"Beep!"
"Beebee!"
“Beebeep!”
The referee came to preside over justice with a little beep. Cousins was so angry that he jumped up like he was defending himself. Because his behavior was too fierce, his tone was really tough, and his physical behavior was a bit unruly. In addition, others were tall and powerful, and there were many criminal records of conflict between referees. For his own safety and for Paul's safety, the referee would drive him out of the court, both reason and law.
Cousins immediately took two technical fouls at an imaginary speed and left the court in shame.
"Boss, don't get too close to that bastard!" Cousins also reminded Wei Xia before leaving the court, "He is not a good person!"
Wei Xia waved his hand to say goodbye to Cousins with regret, "I understand!"
Paul said sadly: "Demarcus misunderstood me, don't you explain it to me?"
"He is still a child, why are you used to him?" Wei Xia's words frightened Paul.
That's also called a child?
So it's a child?
Who has ever seen a child who is more than 250 pounds?
Cousins was hyped off the court, and Wright could finally boldly play five small teams, Farid played center, Wei Xia mentioned the third position, and Hayward played the fourth position.
Compared to the Warriors in the West, the 76ers' five-squad lineup does not have the ability to destroy everything.
Because the Warriors really use the five smalls as killer tricks, while the 76ers don't have many opportunities to take care of Cousins' feelings.
No matter how good things are, they will become unfamiliar if they don’t need them for too long, let alone a system that requires five people to develop a tacit understanding?
The 76ers who temporarily put out a small ball and tried to reverse the decline were beaten by the Clippers' big ball.
The Clippers are definitely one of the best teams in the league to play small balls.
Their inside line, Griffin at the fourth position and DeAndrew Jordan at the fifth position, are both modern inside lines with beastly athletic talent, good running and jumping, and can defend against small defenders.
If the 76ers can drive the speed up, they still can't keep up, but what they can do is not let the 76ers drive the speed up.
How to speed up the small ball lineup?
Three-pointers, rotation counterattack - three-pointers require a sense of touch, while defensive counterattack requires a defensive rebound.
The 76ers' defensive rebounds are dominated by the Clippers. When they enter the positional battle, they are not good at the small ball lineup. They can only rely on Wei Xia and Hayward to take turns to control the situation, which is already deviating from the original intention of the small ball lineup.
In an instant, the game situation was controlled by the Clippers.
116 to 104
The Clippers defeated the 76ers by 12 points, making it difficult for them to leave Los Angeles with a complete victory.
This is the second defeat of the 76ers this season.
The second defeat in the new season came much earlier than last season.
As can be seen from the naked eye, the dominance of 76 people has declined.
All teams that compete for three consecutive championships have this process. Their core lineup is still very young, but people's hearts are changing, their state is floating, and their opponents are also changing.
"Demarcus Cousins is 25 years old. We are always waiting for him to grow up, but looking at him tonight, I can't help but ask, can he really grow up? He is no longer the irrelevant novices, he is the right-hand man of wishes. If he can't make himself more mature, he will become a reef for the 76ers to compete for three consecutive championships." - The Philadelphia Investigator.
It is easy to avoid hidden arrows and is difficult to prevent, let alone back stabs from our media.
Investigators have always claimed to be fair. They like to take advantage of current affairs in other states. They often throw out their own negative information about Philadelphia, especially those insider stories that are catching up on the storm. They often create public opinion hype as soon as possible.
This trick for Cousins is just a routine operation.
There is a classic saying in an app where a certain person has a "just get off the plane" oral habit. First ask if it is right, then ask why.
Is Cousins really as immature as the investigator reported?
Not necessarily, Cousins had a good attitude towards admitting his mistake that night.
"It's my fault, I've delayed everyone." Cousins promised repeatedly, "We'll get better!"
The 76ers left Los Angeles, and they came to California to play three away games. California has four teams, both of which have played in Los Angeles, and now they will play the third team-the Sacramento Kings.
The Kings are also a team looking for opportunities on the way.
They have been playing badly for many years, but they have never met a true emperor who can revitalize the team.
They were unlucky and encountered 76 people who had just experienced failure, were full of flames, and Cousins was particularly angry.
This king, who looks all over the crowd, is the core player of his main promotion is Noah vonleh pf/sf of the 2014 draft. This name may make many people confused because he is really not famous. After a season of training, he was labeled as a paralyzer. The king refused to give up and still focused on him, hoping to open the door to potential in his body.
Feng Lai has standard power forward figure and small forward skills. He can shoot three-pointers from the outside to expand the defensive space. His low-post singles skills in the inside are also rapidly improving. He is less than 19 years old in the draft and has great potential. He is fierce when grabbing rebounds. Under his height conditions, his athletic ability and footwork are excellent, and there are no obvious shortcomings in height, weight and athleticity.
The reason why the 2014 draft was eye-catching was that the general expectation of scouts at that time was that there were 3 superstars, 7-8 All-Stars and a lot of main players to rotate.
The template for the draft at that time was the taller Jamal Mashburn.
According to the expectations given by the Kings scouting department, they believe that even if Von Leigh does not develop well, he can still reach the level of the All-Star edge.
Such expectations are for a player with only the ninth pick in the first round, which shows that the 2014 draft conference is mostly valued.
But as the saying goes, scouts are lying to others, which best shows that the side effects of scouts are present, right opposite the king.
Why wish fell to the sixth pick has become the most incomprehensible question for contemporary young fans.
Today, the largest talent show mystery in contemporary times plays more low-key than rookies, allowing Cousins to play.
Cousins stared at Feng Lei opposite him and rubbed the other person in various ways.
In the counterattack, you must turn over and eat hard;
After breaking through the basket, he shakes the opponent's body after shaking his body;
When you are in a position, one side pretends to move and then turn over and shoot at the other side;
Push away the crowd in front as if they were straw and then jumped and rebounded in the frontcourt rebound.
Feng Lai exhausted all the ways, stuck in the position, half-circle forward, go ahead, step away, blocked the bottom line, blocked the middle lane - there was no way, his opponent was so powerful.
Wei Xia finished working after two and a half hours of kung fu.
On the night when Cousins vented his emotions, he scored 40 points and 23 rebounds in anger, causing Sacramento to flow into a river of blood.
In this era of playing small balls, there is almost no inside player who can handle him one-on-one.
But the good times didn't last long. When the 76ers finished the away game and returned to home court and met the strong team of the Eastern Conference, Cousins performed well, with 39 points in the game. However, at the critical moment, he was called a pick-and-roll and scored 21 by his opponent, leaving the court with a full foul, and the 21 allowed the Pacers to lead by 4 points, he was extremely frustrated.
At this time, Wei Xia walked to his side and comforted him: "I did a good job, leave the rest to us."
Four seconds before the final game, Wei Xia singled out Paul George with the ball, and prayed to George to fly into the sky with one hand, retreated and stepped out of the three-point line, and raised a three-pointer.
"Swish!"
The perfect buzzer-beating kill allowed the 76ers to win the home defense battle.
Chapter completed!