You'd better wrap me

Chapter 162 First in the Alliance
On the 27th, the Clippers flew to Minnesota to challenge the Timberwolves in the first game of their seven-game streak.

In the interview before the game at [-] o'clock, the reporter asked Su Yang: "Some people commented that you are a more successful version of Kevin Garnett. Like Garnett, you started your career from a bad team. You also have many statistics. Leading the team, but you can obviously reach higher heights than Garnett, Garnett spent nine seasons to achieve the MVP achievement, you only need one season..."

Su Yang interrupted: "That kind of comment is sinister!
I have a completely different career starting point than Kevin Garnett. I have the right to participate in management trades and drafts, and I also have better off-court support. It is the full cooperation of the Clippers management, coaching staff, scouts, trainers, security, chefs and other staff, as well as the players. "

After the interview, the game started.

The Timberwolves took the initiative to adjust the starting lineup. Troy Hudson replaced Cassell, who returned from injury, as the point guard. For some reason, Trenton Hassel replaced Wallis Zebiak as the starting small forward. The offensive and defensive strength of the entire starting lineup was greatly reduced. .

Su Yang and Maggette teamed up to defend casually, leaving Troy Hudson and Trenton Hassell at a loss. They intercepted their offensive cooperation four times in a row, and Garnett stomped beside him anxiously. I can't wait to conjure up four clones to play the game.

On the offensive end of the easy side, when Su Yang met Troy Hudson, he didn't need to accelerate at all, and he could complete the breakthrough just by moving.

After the first quarter, the Clippers led the Timberwolves by 11 points.

Garnett, who played the entire first quarter before, appeared on the field to lead the team against Malone just after the second quarter, while Su Yang, who only played 9 minutes in the first quarter, stayed on the court to rest. Watching the two teams' offense and defense switching back and forth, he suddenly felt emotional for Garnett. Special career is really TM difficult.

In the past few years, Garnett was penalized for draft picks due to the yin and yang contract manipulation of the Timberwolves management. He finally led the team out of the predicament. He had two old All-Star teammates who successfully reached the Western Conference Finals and met his teammate Spray. Weir asked for a big contract renewal after doing something, and the management was planning to send Szczerbiak away. It can only be said that once the years are unfavorable, drinking cold water can crack your teeth.

"For this Troy Hudson, DBPM has a defensive real plus-minus of -2.1, and he can also serve as the starting point guard. Everyone always laughs at Nash, who has a poor defense, and his DBPM is only -1.3. It can only be said that the Timberwolves management is not worried at all. Garnett was exhausted, or he hoped that Garnett would use help defense to brush up the high-level defensive data, but the reality is that Garnett will soon face the tragedy of being second in the WS league, but unable to make the playoffs. Garnett Belonging to the bully belongs to the bully, and the misery is really miserable..."

The game ended quickly. The Clippers beat the Timberwolves 105 to 89. Su Yang scored 28 points and 15 assists in three quarters, while Garnett played 41 minutes and made 24 of 8 shots, 20 points and 13 rebounds. Space rush basket.

ESPN commented after the game, and the well-known commentator Kevin Pelton said: "I respect Kevin Garnett's dedication in the Timberwolves, but we all know that he was dragged down by the management, which in turn proves that Su Yang is in the Timberwolves. How right it is to be involved in front-office drafts, trades and free-agent signings before the draft, and the front office really isn't necessarily more professional than the players..."

Such remarks quickly spread in major basketball forums.

Fan 'Sun of beach' wrote: "When Su Yang asked to participate in the management, almost everyone regarded him as a greedy selfish ghost. As a result, the current record of the Clippers and other teams in the quagmire fully prove his How correct the thinking is, it’s probably like the church trying to frame and burn Copernicus and Bruno to death, new things are always puzzling..."

Among the fans' discussions, the Clippers flew to Cleveland to get a day off before playing against the Cavaliers.

Su Yang woke up at noon, pulled Varejao to play World of Warcraft, played Grand Theft Auto, invited the whole team to dinner at night, and finally discussed how to deal with the Cavaliers who were injured and absent from Boozer. LeBron will do.

As for the rest of the Cavaliers, whatever.

At [-] pm the next day, pre-match interview.

The reporter asked LeBron: "When you were in high school, you were No.1 in the United States, but Su Yang surpassed you in just two seasons. Later, you entered the league early, and Su Yang went to college to win the March Madness Championship. Now He overtook you again..."

Before the words fell, even though LeBron yelled that it was okay, the security personnel still snatched the reporter's microphone and took it out of the player tunnel, bluntly saying that the reporter deliberately provoked the players to affect the emotions of the players, and would consider permanently revoking the reporter's interview permission at the Gund Center.

When Su Yang was warming up before the game, he heard the rumors that the reporter was being driven away. He thought that the new owner of the Cavaliers, Gilbert, was quite good at making troubles. He was really good at putting pressure on LeBron. Caught the knight taunting.

"With such a boss, the students are helpless..."

The game started at [-] o'clock. The Clippers followed the plan and took advantage of Boozer's injury to double-team LeBron. Shiwell, who was traded, didn't even make an appearance, and Big Z, who was selected as an All-Star, couldn't give more help. Fortunately, the referee gave more whistles, and LeBron made free throws.

After halftime, the Clippers had already led by as many as 21 points, and came back in the second half to play the strongest third quarter, leading by 34 points.

Su Yang originally wanted to clock in three quarters, but LeBron went down to earth, no matter how he played, he personally scored 28 points in a row, abruptly biting the suspense of the game, so he had to reappear, leading the team to play a 12-4 attack wave, and the final score was 112 97 big wins.

In the whole game, Su Yang played 36 minutes and scored 27 points and 16 assists, while LeBron scored 48 points.

Attending the press conference after the game, talking about the expulsion of reporters, Su Yang said solemnly: "Michael Jordan did not achieve much in the early stages of his career, but it does not prevent him from being the greatest NBA player at present. The rookie years of two players were meaningless, who knows what's going to happen in the future? So much has changed, even I don't know..."

During the conversation, the reporters were filled with emotion, why LeBron's two bosses were idiots, and Su Yang also met the lunatic Sterling, but Sterling didn't do any stupid operations. Luckier than LeBron.

After the press conference, the Clippers continued their away trip and took a day off to play against the New Jersey Nets.

Major basketball forums analyzed early. Fans believe that the Nets are the main opponents for the playoffs with the Cavaliers. The two teams have the same record for the time being. If Su Yang plays tricks and gives the Nets a victory, it will be difficult for the Cavaliers. In the playoffs, LeBron will no longer be able to compare with him, but the Clippers themselves have to hit the league's first place, and the chances of releasing water are relatively low. Kidd is finished.

The specific mention of Kidd is to ridicule his so-called omnipotence, but he is not very good at scoring, and his salary is the highest. Even in the case of getting Carter in the trade, he can only lead the Nets to the edge of the playoffs and want to leave the Nets. Already very obvious.

During the discussion among the fans, the topic became that traditional point guards cannot lead the team to win the championship, because the disadvantage of traditional point guards is that they have relatively poor scoring explosive power, but they also control a lot of ball power, and they are often the highest paid in the team. The level of players in other positions in the team is relatively poor, they are guarded to death at critical moments, and it is difficult for those teammates to stand up. Kidd is the most typical case.

While the fans were discussing, Su Yang held a meeting with his teammates to discuss how to play, and found that the Nets were still paying Mutombo's buyout salary. It's another precedent for that player not to play.

"It seems that the Nets like to trade veterans who have been successful, and then buy them out..." Su Yang couldn't understand why the Nets would trade for Mutombo in 02, when Mutombo was 36 years old and The three-year contract, without even getting any draft pick compensation, and then choosing to buy out Mutombo after only one season, is really a bit of a show operation.

"Kidd also has something to say..."

The game turned to play, Su Yang didn't show face, grabbed Kidd and Krstic to play, saw Kidd go around the screen and shot a three-pointer, saw Kidd squeezed through the screen, broke through and rushed to the basket, met Kidd and Kostic If Qi double-teams together, it will be assigned to Kaman for a mid-range shot or a rush to the basket.

The Nets didn't have any way to restrict it. The head coach Lawrence Frank screamed and screamed in a hurry, and it didn't help. He even asked Kidd to throw two "shut up" eyes, but Kidd only made one half-time shot and hit the iron, and didn't rush. Basket, scored 1 points.

Richard Jefferson was also absent due to injury, and the Nets' offensive burden all fell on Carter's head, with 20 points in the half.

Back from the halftime break, Su Yang led the team to play the strongest offense and defense as usual, and ended the break with a 19-point lead.

In the fourth quarter, the Nets showed no signs of narrowing the point difference, and Su Yang also kept resting.Kidd took the opportunity to show off his power, scoring 8 points in a single quarter, and finally finished the game with 8 points and 13 assists, while the Nets lost to the Clippers 87 to 107.

Su Yang scored 28 points and 15 assists in the game. Fans commented that after Su Yang beat Kidd, all stadium commanders are bullshit. Only those assists can be used as an example, but Kidd rarely plays pick-and-rolls and still has 13 assists. , can be considered something.

After the post-match press conference, the Clippers flew to Detroit overnight, rested all night, and challenged the Pistons back to back.

The media exaggerated that the two teams were rehearsing the finals, but the Clippers chose to rest Karl Malone and Payton in accordance with the load management system, and also let Maggette, whose knees were sore, truce. The reasons given to the public were all back muscles. nervous.

The game started at 5 o'clock, and Su Yang led the team to fight hard for four quarters. The result was a 52-point loss to the Pistons, scoring 9 points and [-] assists.

After playing against the Pistons, the Clippers' record became 62 wins and 11 losses, completely losing the possibility of tying the Bulls' record of 72 wins and 10 losses.

The whole team didn't care, and continued to embark on the road trip, flying to Atlanta to beat the Hawks by [-] points, and then to Charlotte to beat the Bobcats by [-] points. Unfortunately, the last game of the seventh consecutive game against the Spurs was back-to-back. Young eventually failed to lose the lore.

Fortunately, on the same night, the Suns, temporarily ranked second in the West, also unexpectedly regretted losing to the Rockets because of back-to-back battles.

With 6 games left in the regular season, the Clippers have a record of 64 wins and 12 losses, while the Suns have a record of 57 wins and 19 losses. Even if the Clippers lose all the last 6 games and the Suns win the last 6 games, the ranking of the Clippers will not change. , It can be regarded as the first place in the West in advance.

The Heat, with the most wins in the East, have no hope of overtaking. The Clippers are equivalent to locking in the league's first place in advance.

ESPN launched a roundtable discussion half an hour after the game.

"Why do other stars, like Garnett, LeBron, and Kidd, always meet more or less stupid management and garbage teammates, but Su Yang has always met top teams since Santa Monica High School, Go there and it will be better..."

(End of this chapter)