Standing pretty old

Chapter 820 Family Bonds, Scary Schedule

"Yes, that's right, I'll go directly to the airport with the team!" Ruan Erniu was sitting on the bus, talking to Dr. Han on the phone, "No way, the flight has been changed, so we can only go to Utah earlier. "

The Clippers didn't have any free time after the end of their January game. That's because the league has an amazing four-day and four-game regular season schedule.

The consequences of the suspension of the season not only caused economic losses to the league, but also caused great damage to the players' bodies.

In order to save profits, it is necessary to arrange games as soon as possible, and NBA players who have not trained well throughout the offseason will face such a dense schedule, which is a great test of their physical fitness, which will also cause huge injuries Hidden danger.

"Okay, I see. Have you brought a change of clothes?" Han Meimei asked.

"Don't worry, I have no problem here. Just take care of yourself. The due date is more than two months away, right? The work at the clinic can be stopped for a while, and the matter of picking up Eddie to and from school is left to Lao Gu. Now, you have to take care of your baby with peace of mind." Ruan Erniu, who will soon be a father, said.

"I'm not so fragile, Eddie is also very sensible, you just go to the game with peace of mind." Han Meimei said with a smile.

"Your girlfriend is about to give birth?" Paul suddenly said to Er Niu not far away.

"That's right, the due date is at the end of April!" Ruan Erniu said a little excitedly.

"Congratulations!" Paul said with a smile after thinking for a while, "I hope that when the child is born, it won't happen to be in the playoffs."

Er Niu smiled and said, "If I remember correctly, when CP4 was born, you were also playing in the playoffs?"

Paul spread his hands regretfully and said: "It's already been relieved. In the summer of 09, we were eliminated by Anthony's Nuggets 4:1. I quickly picked up my mood, because I welcomed my son the next month. "

Speaking of this, Paul recalled: "If you want to say that you can't stay with the mother because of the game, LeBron is like this."

Er Niu nodded and said: "Well, I almost forgot, you are the godfather of James' children, and LeBron is also the godfather of CP4.

That guy seems to have mentioned to me that you and Jada (Paul’s wife, who was still his girlfriend at the time) went to take care of Savannah (James’s girlfriend) who was about to give birth in 07. "

Paul smiled and said, "That's right, in 07, Jada and Savannah were also very good friends. I stayed at LeBron's home in Akron for more than 20 days, and that guy went all the way to the finals." .”

Er Niu broke the stage again: "It's a pity that the Spurs were swept away by the Spurs 4:0!"

Paul laughed again: "However, when he returned home, he saw Bryce (the second son of James), this is God's arrangement!"

Ruan Erniu pretended again: "I won't be as humble as LeBron. I want to let my child see the championship trophy and tell him how great his father is!"

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In the eyes of the outside world, the media generally believe that James' best friend is D. Wade, which is right or wrong.

From the point of view of friends, D. Wade is of course the best one of KING, but for James, Chris Paul undoubtedly has more important meaning.

In a media interview, he commented on CP3 like this: "For me, Cannon is my family."

If the Clippers can really stand out in the playoffs, then their opponent in the finals is very likely to be the Miami Heat led by James. This confrontation between good friends is undoubtedly a great attraction.

Well, no one can tell what will happen in the future, let's go back to the present.

After the Clippers slept half the night on the plane, they flew to Salt Lake City. They immediately rushed to the hotel where they stayed and slept. They didn't gather until noon the next day, had dinner, and began to resume training for the evening game.

For such a harsh schedule, daily training is basically useless. Most players are training with the game instead. It is really rare for a pervert like Er Niu to go to the gym to practice bench press.

On February 2012, 2, U.S. time, the Clippers arrived at the power plan. Their opponent was the Utah Jazz.

This is already the second time the two teams have played against each other this season. The difference is that tonight the Jazz put Gordon Hayward, the ninth pick of the season, in the starting position:

C Al Jefferson

PF Paul Millsap
SF Josh Howard

SG Gordon Hayward

PG Devin Harris

The Clippers' starting lineup hasn't changed in any way, and even though it's their third straight game, the Los Angeles people still hope to take a win away from Salt Lake City.

The Clippers' offensive launch point in the first quarter was once again unexpected, not JJ* Redick, not Kraft Nguyen, nor CP3.

Facing the "ugly county horse" who has been hollowed out by drugs-Josh Howard, the rookie Kawaii played consecutive singles with the ball and hit a few balls against the strong defense, instantly changing the balance of power on the field.

Al Jefferson then reacted, and he easily knocked Jordan out of the high position.

Ruan Erniu, who didn't come forward to help defend, knew very well that this was DeAndre's current limit.

Under the daily abuse of Er Niu, he can now defend most players who rely on his body for food, but if he really wants to deal with a strong and skilled insider like Al Jefferson, Jordan still needs to continue to improve.

Most people expected Jefferson to blow up Jordan, so no one would be surprised by Ruan Erniu's blow to Millsap.

The inside line exploded, and the Clippers overwhelmingly defeated the Jazz on the outside line. Harris was suppressed by Paul in various ways, and his speed advantage could not be used at all.

As for the future Eunuch Hai, judging by his current physical strength, he is only at the level of Xiaoguizi. It is not a matter of a day or two to become the director of Shangshan.

The Clippers remained suppressed at halftime, but the tenacious Jazz gradually caught up with the score in the third quarter, especially Al Jefferson's brave performance tonight. He used his solid low-post footsteps and stable mid-range shots to educate Jordan well.

Of course, the biggest contributors to helping the Jazz catch up to the score were CJ Mills and the little-known Derek Favors on the bench. They scored 30 points together to help the team cling to the score.

As for the third pick on the bench-Enes Kanter?

He also bullied the rebounding idiot Reggie Evans during the rotation time. He moved so slowly under the basket. As soon as Er Niu returned to the court, he immediately rewarded the Turk with two big caps, so that the rookie immediately understood The perils of the NBA.

In fact, in Er Niu's view, the reason why the Clippers will be caught up is that the biggest enemy is always physical problems.

In the final quarter of the game, Paul stood up. He scored 12 points in a single quarter alone, helping the team to slightly open the score at the last moment. Then the two bulls completed the final mutual explosion with Jefferson in the next few rounds. and stabilized its lead.

110:105, the Clippers won by 5 points in the away game and successfully won the second victory of the season between each other.

As a result, as soon as they returned to Los Angeles, they ushered in a miserable loss. This time their opponent was the Nuggets who had just defeated not so long ago.

As Erniu had expected, after winning three consecutive games, the Clippers finally suffered physical exhaustion in the fourth consecutive game.

Ruan Erniu only played 26 minutes, and he scored 20+10 efficiently. However, due to the large gap between the two teams, he could only sit on the sidelines in the last quarter of the game. And finally took a victory.

While the Nuggets defeated the Clippers, they also ended their opponent's six-game winning streak and gave the Clippers their third defeat of the season.

But the ranking of the Los Angeles Clippers has not changed. They still rank first in the Western Conference with a record of 17 wins and 3 losses, and they are also the first in the Pacific Division.

Ruan Erniu can finally go home and spend time with his family.

But in just one day, he had to set foot on the next round of flights for the next away expedition.The Los Angeles opponent is the Washington Wizards, and this is just an appetizer for the Clippers' terrifying six-game streak.

The Wizards' starters continue to be incomprehensible. Everyone knows that this is a rebuilding team, but they don't seem to be prepared to give the 10-year No. [-] pick John Wall continuous growth space, because they send so:

C JaVale McGee
PF Rashad Lewis

SF Trevor Booker
SG Nick Young

PG John Wall
As the saying goes - he can let him do what he can, I, Nick Young!
It was agreed to train the No. [-] pick, but Nick Young became the starting shooting guard. The ball was in the hands of Yang Shaoxia.
Well, I don't know if this is the idea of ​​the newly appointed head coach, Randy Whitman, or the arrangement of the Wizards management. Anyway, if it continues like this, the wall will definitely not have a bright future.

The first quarter of the game showed a one-sided situation. Ruan Erniu forced Lewis to lose his temper. Even if he switched positions to fight against McGee, he would use all kinds of fake moves to blow his opponent away. Tonight's basket is as wide as the sea in Erniu's eyes.

In fact, Nick Yang's singles efficiency is really not bad, but once he holds the ball too much, the fellow starter, Jon Wall, immediately becomes at a loss. The same can't be used.

At halftime, the visiting team's lead was close to 30 points.

In the third quarter of the game, the embarrassing wall that played the entire third quarter completely disappeared. Except for the two assists in statistics, in this quarter, the new leader of the Wizards did not have the slightest sense of presence at all.

The Clippers, which led by 40+, dragged the game into garbage time ahead of time. Erniu and Paul even clocked in and rested in three quarters. Unlike losing to the Nuggets in the game, this time the Clippers' recuperation was based on a huge lead.

The final quarter became a performance stage for the two teams' substitutes. With most of the Wizards' home audience leaving early, the Wizards' substitutes finally performed unsatisfactorily. In the final quarter, they finally beat the visiting team in a single quarter.

At 117:81, after a massacre, the Clippers ushered in their 18th victory of the season. While maintaining the top spot in the Western Conference, they continued to pursue the Chicago Bulls and launched an impact on the top spot in the league.

After the game, Ruan Erniu was asked by a reporter from Washington about his views on the embarrassing wall.

Er Niu thought about it for a while, and said more safely: "Jon will have a bright future, but at this stage, he still needs to learn how to become a qualified leader."

The subtext of these words should be understood in this way: Is the current boss of the Wizards his meow Nick Young or Jiong Wall?
For the bad-ass Washington Wizards, they have no hope for results at all.

That being the case, it is better to give Jon Wall enough room to develop and lay the foundation for the future of the Wizards.

What Er Niu didn't expect at this time was that the change of the Wizards' painstaking determination has brought incalculable benefits to the Clippers this season.

The Clippers won their first opponent in six consecutive games - the Washington Wizards. Two days later, they will fly to the next away game in Orlando to play against the Magic led by the Sparks.

For the first time in Ruan Erniu's career, there was no direct spark confrontation in a game, which is also quite interesting.

After a summer of transfer drama, Sparks is having a rough time with the Magic.

The whole world guessed that he was leaving, and even most people guessed that he was going to the Los Angeles Lakers. It seemed that everything was only a matter of time.

Sparks has already had a falling out with the local media in Orlando, so much so that Ruan Erniu actually heard such a request before the game: "Blow up Howard, the Chinese people blow him up!"

That's right, it wasn't the Los Angeles media who said this, but a local news reporter in Orlando. Er Niu himself found it incredible that this relationship would have to be so tense that it would lead to the current situation.

After many transactions, the current Orlando Magic and the Eastern Conference Finals team have undergone tremendous changes:

C Dwight Howard

PF Ryan Anderson

SF Hedo Turkoglu
SG Jason Richardson
PG Jameel Nelson

On the surface, at least three members of the main lineup have not changed, but in fact, anyone who has watched the game knows that the combat effectiveness of this team has declined seriously.

Turkoglu, the Turk, is no longer as brave as he used to be. Since the injury, Tori Mori has never been able to return to his peak period. Jason Richardson is also not the former slam dunk champion during the Warriors' black eight period.

Ryan Anderson?
His three-pointers are indeed very efficient, but this is certainly not a player who can stop Kraft Nguyen.

In the face of Jordan, Sparks still played the momentum of the current No. 21 center in the league except for the second bull. He made 15 of 8 shots, 3 of 33 free throws, and scored a double-double of 14 points and [-] rebounds.

However, Ruan Erniu, who was facing Anderson, was even more fierce. He scored 51 points and a large double-double with 20 rebounds, completely defeating Anderson who had only scored 10 points and 4 rebounds.

JJ* Redick and Maurice Williams met for the first time after switching clubs, but the topic between the two was not much, so that they each hit 5 three-pointers, but still did not cause too much trouble. Many gazes.

At 117:102, the Clippers should have been happy with their victory in this game, because they successfully won the first two games of the six-game streak, which undoubtedly opened a good start for a difficult schedule.

But the current situation is that the Clippers will not be happy at all, because their most important substitute player was injured in this game.

　Thanks to the book friends for the belated report!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)