From sparring to superstar

Chapter 310 308. Shocking 20 consecutive wins!

This season, before this, the lowest score scored by the Clippers, combined with their opponents, was more than 170 points in a game. Although it is low, it is relatively common these days.

Prior to this, the Clippers averaged 36 points in 100.1 games, ranking fifth in the league.

People thought they had changed their nature and no longer dominated the lowest-scoring list like they did last season.

Unexpectedly, they came out of the blue and hit hard, and even refreshed the lower score limit.

Many people are worried that the game between the Clippers and the Mavericks will set a wrong example for other teams.

In these two games, it was obvious that the Clippers stars were not as good as the Mavericks, but the Clippers relied on defense to wear down the Mavericks.

Being able to do this is one of the reasons why Nowitzki's comprehensive offensive flow route is not mature enough, but the main reason is that the rules are conducive to the Clippers playing this way.

The media expressed concern about this... In fact, it is guiding public opinion and making fans worry that other teams will follow the same example when the Clippers' operations in these two games are inferior to their opponents.

After more than half a year, that argument is back - the iron-blooded era has taken a further step, and it's all the Clippers' fault!

Last season, Li Ao would strongly refute this statement.

But this time, he responded in an interview with Buckley: "Yes, strengthening the Iron-Blooded Era is our purpose.

In this era, if you want to win the championship, you must defend like we did. Just look at our playoffs last season. We won every round by defense. "

Buckley took a breath when he heard this. It turned out that there was someone more shameless than him, and he actually admitted it!
After creating an era, winning the championship will inevitably be praised to the sky. For example, the fortune tellers and magicians in the 80s created the showtime era and won multiple championships.

But if you create an era, fail to win a championship, and become a wedding dress for others, you will become an object of ridicule. For example, the fortune teller in the 90s created the Iron-Blooded Era and ended up helping the Bulls complete the second dynasty. The team was able to accomplish the unique feat of three-one defense in a single season in history, which would have been completely impossible in the Iron-Blooded Era.

Now, if people recognize that the 'New Iron-Blooded Era' was created by the Clippers led by Li Ao, it will be like a mark, and it will be remembered by fans like the Showtime era!

Although Barkley helped TNT hype this topic, he knew very well that the Clippers were just following the trend, and the emergence of the 'New Iron-Blooded Era' was not necessarily related to the Clippers.

This guy clearly said this after winning the championship... 屮!

Can you do whatever you want if you have a champion?

...

Barkley was so upset, but still sent out the news.

According to Li Ao, the Clippers coaching staff and players did not take it seriously, and it indeed had little impact on them.

Even if other teams are playing defense, they are not afraid. On the contrary, they are even happier. After adding Yalic at the point guard position and Te'lon Hill at the power forward position, they have better conditions for defense. They wish that other teams would play defense. Confront them head-on in this aspect.

Even if the Pacers, who average the lowest points per game, really have to fight defensively in a series, Gentry is confident that they can win.

But some coaches became uneasy after seeing Li Ao's remarks - Nelson and Carlisle both cursed.

Their team can't stand the torment of those teams that work hard on defense!
Barkley believed that Li Ao wanted to usurp the fruits of the founder of the 'New Iron-Blooded Era', and Carlisle was purely worried about his own team.

The mad scientist felt that Li Ao was targeting them!
Normal people would not think in this direction, but the brain circuit of a mad scientist is not that of ordinary people.

Another reason is that the Mavericks and Pistons are in different stages.

The Pistons are in the rebuilding stage and their lineup is not yet complete. Their current record is mostly due to Carlisle's unexpected changes in his style of play. It is said that he was based on the Timberwolves' style of play in the early stages of last season.

At this stage, Carlisle is worried. If he is really beaten to death by defense in the playoffs, it doesn't matter. Ray Allen's contract expires in 05, and Ben Wallace has extended his contract to 06 in advance. Lupus' five-year mid-level contract will not expire until 5. Artest has just reached a six-year, $07 million contract extension with the Pistons... If nothing else, he has plenty of time.

The Mavericks are different. Finley and Nash are both at their peak ages of 29-30. The 24-year-old Nowitzki is already a top scoring insider averaging 25+ per game. It's time to perform.

Others don't know it, but Nelson knows his team's situation very well. In regular offensive and defensive battles, they are no weaker than any opponent. The Magic, Nets, Clippers... it's no problem.

But being stubborn on defense...Old Nelson doesn't even know if he can get past the Kings and Lakers, and it would be difficult to meet the Jazz and Trail Blazers.

On Li Ao's side, Old Nelson's cursing from morning to night had no effect on him at all. He had no idea that just by saying that, he actually let the mad scientist break his defense.

After playing back-to-back with the Mavericks, the Clippers got two days of rest. He took the time to practice three-pointers... On the morning of the 14th, after several months of hard training and actual combat, he finally improved his three-pointer from 85 to 86!

After two days of rest, the Clippers ushered in two easy home games.

On the 15th, the Clippers defeated the visiting Bulls 100-75.

Jordan played 29 minutes tonight, and he didn't take a break until his score increased to 23 points.

他刷分看起来没啥意义，但队友们、球迷们都觉得这得分很好……李敖打了20分钟，拿到14分3板2助攻1抢断1盖帽，下半场没打。

The Bulls are bursting with talent, but Li Ao feels that their performance is no better than that of the Heat and Cavaliers.

And it's obvious that the Bulls also want to mess up.

However, the Bulls played 39 games before tonight, with a record of 14 wins and 25 losses. They are completely unable to compete with the Cavaliers, Heat, and even the Bucks.

The reason is impossible - the competitors are too 'strong'.

Of the Bulls' 14 wins, 10 were contributed by the league's bottom four. They played against the Heat, Cavaliers, Bucks, and Nuggets 10 times and won them all.

Even if you want to show off, you can't make it worse. This is even worse than trying to show off but with no results.

On the 17th, the Clippers faced a fierce battle.

马布里拿到17分8助攻、狂人18分4板4助攻、马里昂15分8板、小霸王14分6板2盖帽、替补上场的乔-约翰逊16分……还是不敌快船队。

No one on the Clippers scored more than 15 points, but 6 people scored in double figures!
李敖14分9板2助攻3抢断3盖帽、乔丹14分5板2助攻、小奥尼尔12分10板、奥多姆10分4板2助攻、毕比8分10助攻、大Q13分、马特-哈普林12分6板2抢断……

98 to 93, the Clippers narrowly defeated the Suns by 5 points, extending their winning streak to 17 games!
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NFL President Russell felt that he owed money to Spider-Man in his previous life. It was about to be the playoff conference finals, and there was actually a team in the NBA that could grab attention!
Although this has little impact on the attention and ratings of their conference finals, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat!
There are always fans who don’t have enough money to watch the two games live...

He also watches NBA games, and Li Ao's games a lot.

Legend has it that Spider-Man had nowhere to vent his energy in college, fighting everywhere and almost being expelled. Finally, he was spotted by Trojans head coach Henry Bibby and dragged him to play basketball. Within half a year, he became famous in the college basketball world.

Russell has a lot of resentment towards the Trojans football team - why don't you bring this genius into football?Still the overlord of the pac10 alliance, bah!It deserves to start going downhill.

But what position should Spider-Man play in football?Judging from the style of basketball, you should play the four-point position...a two-meter-plus four-point position?

The president of the NFL was alarmed, which proves how much attention the Clippers are paying now.

The Cavaliers didn't have any national live broadcasts this season, yes, not even one. These days, there are no online live broadcasts, and TV live broadcast resources... It can't be said that they are budget-conscious. Teams with so many live broadcasts have so many stars that they are numb. This is true for the Bulls in the 90s and the Angel City duo in the new century.

But teams with poor records and no stars may not even get a live broadcast of their opening game or final game.

That's the case with the Cavaliers.

But this time the Cavaliers got an extra broadcast!
On January 1, the Clippers challenged the Cavaliers away from home. Everyone thought this was a game without any suspense, but the ratings were extremely high. The number of paid viewing reservations before the game started exceeded 19 million.

In fact, there was really no suspense in this game. The Clippers players caught the last-place Cavaliers and hammered them to death.

李敖打了29分钟爆砍34分3板2助攻2抢断，替补上场的大Q可劲儿投，进了7个三分，单场拿到33分。

Under the leadership of the two men, the Clippers slaughtered the Cavaliers with 125 points 75 to 50. The son of Akron, who had paid sponsor tickets to watch the game live, could not tell that he was a high school student. Opened his mouth...

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The Clippers won 18 consecutive victories and shocked the basketball world!
That night, the media began to hype the topic of 'Angel City's new dynasty team'.

So far, all teams that have won 18 consecutive victories in NBA history have won the championship, without exception.

The Clippers have played less than half of the regular season, 40 games, and the media has begun to think about them for next season...

With such public opinion, Li Ao felt that his teammates were drifting tomorrow, but he didn't care because he was also drifting now.

We have won 18 games in a row. What's wrong with Piao Yipiao? If we lose because of Piao Yipiao, then let's wait until we lose!

而且失利没有来得那么早，到了21号，快船队客场以88比81击败步行者队，报了上次失利的一箭之仇，李敖22投10中，其中三分球4中1，加上7中5的罚球，拿到26分7板2助攻4抢断2盖帽。

23号，快船队来到盐湖城，以96比88击败爵士队，李敖16投8中，其中三分3中2，加上6中5的罚球，拿到23分10板4助攻2抢断3盖帽。

On the 24th, the Clippers came to Minneapolis to challenge the Timberwolves back-to-back, but the defeat finally came.

Continuous fighting is not a problem, the players' high emotions are not a problem, and self-confidence is not a problem, but the physical decline in consecutive away games is affected, and they are still playing confidently and excitedly. The Clippers trailed the Timberwolves by 14 points after the first three quarters. Although the Clippers The team launched a counterattack in the final quarter, but ultimately failed to narrow the point difference to less than 5 points.

加内特拿到12分14板7助攻3抢断6盖帽，力压拿到20分12板3助攻4抢断4盖帽的李敖，森林狼队以88比82险胜快船队，终结快船队20连胜！

(End of this chapter)