The rise of the NBA superstar

Chapter 121, against the Clippers.

After Li Senlin followed Westbrook to participate in the afternoon activities, he returned to the hotel.

The event was to kick off a friendly match for them. Li Senlin used to help Westbrook gather the number of stars.

After all, they are also NBA stars.

Day and night have passed.

During this period of time, Li Senlin was in a bad mood. He didn't think about eating or drinking, and couldn't sleep well.

The image of the girl named Wei Wei always stayed in Li Senlin's mind, which made Li Senlin unable to let go of it for a long time.

In Li Senlin's opinion, Wei Wei is not considered a top-notch beauty, but Li Senlin has never thought of such a girl whom he has only met once. .

This is a feeling that has never been felt before, and there is no logic at all.

In this regard.

Li Senlin is going to use crazy training to paralyze himself and forbid himself to think about it.

Westbrook watched Li Senlin come to practice with dark circles under his eyes, and immediately asked, "Li, what did you do last night? There is a game tonight."

Seeing Westbrook, Li Senlin barely pulled himself together, looked at him and asked, "Russell, can you get all the photos of your UCLA students?"

Li Senlin felt that the two of them should be UCLA students.

"How is it possible, you don't know how strict the United States is about personal privacy protection. What's wrong?"

Hey, it seems that Westbrook can't help.

"Nothing! You can't help."

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Three hours before the game, the entire Thunder team came to the Staples Center.

At this time, Li Senlin was not interested in participating in the pre-match press conference at all.

He was in a bad mood and had no interest in teasing the media.

Li Senlin walked into the interview area wearing a mix and match style that is more coquettish than Westbrook.

Blue and white striped upper body long shirt, lower body cropped shorts, red sunglasses as standard, full of flamboyance.

His appearance shocked all the Los Angeles sports media.

They have photographed many Hollywood stars, but they have never seen a "fashionista" with such a strong aura.

But before they had time to mount their long guns and short cannons, Li Senlin walked into the dressing room in a hurry, and the photographers couldn't even catch his shadow.

Although the Clippers are also a Los Angeles team, their popularity is far less than that of the Lakers.

Compared with the Lakers' championship background, the Clippers, a millennium bad team, is undoubtedly much less attractive to fans in all aspects.

Therefore, when it comes to the Los Angeles team, everyone's first reaction is the Lakers.

The Clippers were the one team that was overlooked. .

Before Paul arrived, the Clippers were a bad ship.

At this time, the Clippers did not have any All-Stars, and their record since the start of the game was 8 wins and 18 losses, only slightly better than the Thunder.

None of their five starting players averaged over [-] points per game, but all of them were in double figures, with average scoring points.

A starting lineup of Al Thornton, Eric Gordon, Baron Davis, Chris Kaman, and Marcus Camby has the worst defense in the league...

They are one of the only teams worse than the Thunder.

The team's previous boss was Baron Davis. As a two-time All-Star, he can be regarded as the only big-name player in the Clippers.

The Clippers gave Baron Davis a five-year, $5 million contract.

But since the start of the game, Baron Davis has almost never integrated into this team. It is also difficult for him to communicate with the head coach Dunleavy, and then unfortunately suffered from injuries.

So far, Baron Davis has averaged 15 points and 7.7 assists per game with the Clippers. Compared with his previous seasons, the data has dropped sharply.

As for this year's No. 7 rookie Round Face Deng, he is an excellent scorer. Eric Gordon's performance in the team is not bad, averaging 16 points per game, ranking at the forefront of the rookie list.

This year's Clippers seem to be cursed. The players are plagued by various injuries, and the starting lineup has changed more than a dozen sets.

This also makes head coach Mike Dunleavy's formation quite difficult.

In today's game, Baron Davis still played with injuries.

This is the second time Li Senlin has returned to the Staples Center.

The last time he came here was when he just came back from time travel. At that time, he was facing the biggest crisis in his career.

In the end, he used Hardenka to turn the tide and come back.

The same stadium, different floors, and different teams played against each other, gave Li Senlin different feelings.

Compared with the Lakers in the same city, the Clippers' home atmosphere is obviously much weaker, and the pressure on the Thunder players is not so strong.

So after the start of the game, the Thunder firmly controlled the situation.

Durant and Westbrook vented their anger at the loss to the Lakers on the Clippers.

At the beginning of the game, both Thunder and Junior went into a rage.

The two of Dewey scored the Thunder's first 18 points.

In the opening game, they beat the Clippers 18 to 6.

The rookie with a round face and the injury-ridden Baron Davis simply couldn't restrain the Thunder Double Hammer who needed someone to vent.

After the Thunder team lost to the Lakers, because the chicken blood was in place in time, there was no low morale caused by the loss.

On the contrary, the Thunder became more courageous as they fought. Everyone regarded the Los Angeles Clippers as the Los Angeles Lakers.

Collective efforts to limit the Clippers, who were already blooming more, so that no one dared to shoot.

With 1 minute and 56 seconds left in the first quarter, it was the Thunder's turn to bring the second team up. At this time, the Thunder had already achieved a 22-14 lead.

Although Li Senlin didn't sleep well last night, it didn't affect his performance.

Gordon of the Clippers was also shocked when he saw Li Senlin playing.

As the No. 7 pick, he has nothing to do with No. 4 pick Westbrook, and the matchup is basically blown up.

He is convinced of Westbrook, but what about Li Senlin?

Eric Gordon expressed dissatisfaction with Li Senlin's reputation today.

As soon as he played, Li Senlin took control of the ball and advanced with the ball.

Today Li Senlin has no desire to attack first.

Li Senlin wants to make a few balls for his teammates first.

Come to the top of the arc to observe.

At this time, the Clippers are also rotating their lineup on the court.

The lineup on the court is Eric Gordon, DeAndre Jordan, Paul Davis, Jason Hart, Steve Novak

The Thunder's lineup is Watson, Li Senlin, Johan Pedro, Collison, and Jeff Green.

In fact, the Clippers management has a good draft vision.

They chose Gordon at No. 7 this year and Jordan at No. 35.

Gordon is not considered water, Gordon is an offensive shooting guard, but because of injuries affecting his explosive power, he can break through and make fouls or shoot, pass the ball in general, the defensive end is willing to fight, and lacks height and wingspan.An average of 16 points per game is also in line with the status of the 7th position.

And the second-round pick Jordan will play at the level of a center for a while in the future, although he has always been very rough.

DeAndre Jordan is a talented player with rare explosiveness and physical condition among players who are nearly seven feet tall.

His advantages in height, weight and explosive power are enough to make him a shot-blocking master who makes opposing players fear.

But Jordan's skills are very primitive, and his offense is limited to dunks and fast break follow-ups.

When you have Paul, you can call him Jordan, and when there is no Paul, please call him DeAndre.

Li Senlin knew these two people during the Clippers' rotation, and Li Senlin didn't have much impression of the others.

Judging from the performance just now, that Novak has a thin body and close to nothingness in defense, but he has an excellent shooting touch and is a large three-point shooter.

Now it is Yuanlian Deng who is defending Li Senlin.

Li Senlin called Qiao Han to come out and cover.

Qiao Han's muscular body blocked his round face.

Li Senlin made a smooth breakthrough to the free throw line.

Jordan is still on the bench now. When he was studying the video, he found that after Li Senlin and Qiao Han's split, Li Senlin especially liked to shoot directly.

So, Jordan quickly covered up to guard against Li Senlin's mid-range shot.

However, Jordan gave up the inside line, and the inside line was vacuumed.

Jeff Green cuts inside quickly.

Li Senlin's eyes were very sharp, and he was not prepared to attack by himself at all.

A ground pass that goes between Novak and Paul Davis.

Jeff Green caught the ball and it was a dunk.

24:14.

The Thunder gained a 10-point lead.

Ask for a recommendation ticket.

　Come on, this time.

　　Just enough poison.

　　If you want to fight, you can fight yourself, but don't take the rhythm.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)