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Chapter 107: Seven consecutive away games, first game against Clippers (25)

Although the All-Star voting has ended, the All-Star Game will not start until March.

Before that, the Thunder will first have to face the next seven consecutive away games.

And this time the first game will be in Los Angeles to start this away trip.

The Clippers, like the Lakers, are also located in Los Angeles, and even the two teams' home courts are in the same place.

They currently have 46 wins and 32 losses in 14 games, ranking third in the Western Conference, which is very impressive. They are 6 wins higher than the Los Angeles Lakers in the same city.

The Thunder flew to Los Angeles early this time.

Rest early and prepare for tomorrow's game.

the next day.

Staples Center.

Full today!

Although the Clippers don't have many die-hard fans.

But today's game against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The tickets were sold out immediately by enthusiastic fans.

Many fans beat their chests and stamped their feet, hating themselves for not being able to buy the tickets faster.

Early this morning, ticket prices on second-hand platforms more than doubled.

The reason for all this is Oklahoma's stars.

There are already many Chinese fans who have come from afar just for Lin Chuan.

There were even two very familiar-looking men sitting in the front row.

Shaquille O'Neal.

and Charles Barkley.

As TNT's main commentators, these two people rarely had any commentary tasks today.

In order to see Lin Chuan, the two chose to watch the game in person this time.

As a Lakers legend, it is normal for O'Neal to come to his home court.

You can see that even in the fan seats, almost half of the fans are Lakers fans.

At the Clippers' home games, the number of Clippers fans can only rank second.

It also seems a bit ironic.

It is only right for them that home court is like away court and away court is like graveyard.

If it weren't for Griffin's sudden emergence, and the reputation of "Ally-Ob City" formed together with Paul, with their gorgeous style of play and violent approach, they attracted a group of fans, not only the Lakers' fans, but even the away Thunder's fans would have more fans than theirs.

Barkley simply wanted to come and watch Lin Chuan's game on his day off.

By the way, come to Los Angeles with O'Neal to play for two days.

Barkley sat down next to O'Neal, and the space was suddenly compressed a lot.

He also squeezed O'Neal so hard that he couldn't help but frown and look at him.
"Barkley, pull your big ass in."

"Damn it, your butt has gotten bigger since you retired. Now that you're back, I guarantee no one will be able to defend you."

Barkley chuckled and moved his butt again, which made the space seem a little more open.

However, no matter how hard the two men, who weigh nearly 400 kilograms in total, move, there won't be much space.

"Do you think Lin Chuan will perform even more exaggeratedly than you did in this match?"

Barkley suddenly spoke, causing O'Neal to think deeply.

I recalled the game I played against the Clippers more than 20 years ago.

O'Neal is not only a Lakers legend, he also has some connections with the Clippers.

On April 2000, 3.

Los Angeles derby.

That day was also O'Neal's birthday.

He wanted to get some tickets for his relatives and friends to watch his game. At that time, the Clippers president was still a Lakers legend.

Elgin Baylor.

Also sitting in the Clippers' assistant coach's seat was the Lakers' historical star "Skyhook" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Normally, it wouldn't be excessive to give O'Neal a few tickets.

But I don’t know why, maybe the team owner hates the Lakers, or maybe it’s simply discrimination.

O'Neill's request was denied.

In that game, O'Neal held his breath and played an extremely brutal performance, scoring the highest points in his career.

他出战45分钟，35投24中，罚球22中13，以68.3%的真实命中率砍下了61分23篮板3个助攻。

In that game, he showed off all his skills except three-pointers.

Being double-teamed, he made a fadeaway jump shot and then a fast break dunk.

The Clippers were forced to foul out almost all of their inside players.

After the game, everyone knew O'Neal's temper.

We know the destructive power this giant beast will cause once it catches fire.

At least when he asked for tickets again, few teams dared to refuse him.

O'Neal looked at the Clippers' inside line, shook his head and smiled.
"It's hard to say. The Clippers I faced at the time were not as good inside as the Clippers now."

What kind of guy was he beating at that time!
The "great" center Keith Cross only spent three years in the NBA, averaging 3.9+2.9 per game.

Pete Chilkat, similar to the guy above.

Michael Olowokandi, a pure fake top draft pick.

Lamar Odom and Maurice Taylor, two players who are strong on offense but weak on defense.

For O'Neal, beating these guys is no different from playing.

No one can be my equal.

But today’s “Alley-Oop City” Clippers.

DeAndre Jordan, commonly known as "Little Jordan", is better at defense than those buddies combined.

Blake Griffin, the "White Beast" with extremely explosive physical fitness, although limited by his arm span, can also play a good defensive level in some occasions.

and Lamar Odom.

"Shit, there's still Odom on this team."

Seeing Odom warming up, O'Neal couldn't help but swear.

When he was playing against the Clippers, he met Odom. Today, when Lin Chuan plays against the Clippers, Odom is also there.

"You gave him five fouls back then, let's see if he will be fouled out today."

Buckley smiled and said,
"Although your playing styles are completely different, you both have one thing in common: you can both make the other team's inside players get into foul trouble."

"That's what all the great big men have in common, Charles."

Buckley laughed.
"I always feel that Lin Chuan's performance in this game will be better than your 60+20 performance."

O'Neill spread his hands and said with some dissatisfaction,
"Then we'll see."

O'Neal is a very petty person. Although he has won many honors and is one of the top ten superstars in the NBA, he is always stubborn about some things.

He didn't think Lin Chuan would perform better than he did against the Clippers with their big gate.

You know, he is the most dominant center!
But having said that, he became a little nervous.

After all, Lin Chuan's level is too high, and he has witnessed it all the way.

Maybe.

However, he was narrow-minded and secretly hoped that Lin Chuan would not play too well, at least not break his 60+20.

Barkley laughed, patted O'Neal on the shoulder, and thought to himself, you will be stopped by a foul, but Lin Chuan is different from you, his free throw percentage is much better than yours.

(End of this chapter)