super small forward

Chapter 421 421. The Incredible Pioneer

Seeing the expressions of his teammates, Lillard was inexplicably angry.

But Aldridge is used to it. When he played against the Rockets in the playoffs last season, because the Rockets were not that strong, all the Blazers players felt as if they had been beaten.

But when they met the Spurs in the second round, the Spurs' dominance in the regular season last season was almost invincible, and even the Lakers couldn't challenge them. It wasn't the fourth game where Lillard and Aldridge scored wildly and were almost swept by the Spurs.

Of course, the Blazers only won that one game in that series.

This time, when they encountered the Lakers, who were as fierce as the Spurs last season, the Blazers players had their faces written all over them.

Aldridge now almost says that I want to leave. He doesn't care about the state of his teammates at all. He just wants to play well and be favored by his favorite teams.

Among them, the immediate opponent, the Lakers, is undoubtedly Aldridge's most fancy team.

Coincidentally, after the end of this season, due to Nash’s retirement, Jeremy Lin’s contract expired, Kobe’s and Gasol’s year-by-year declining contracts further cut their salaries, and most players had rookie contracts and basic salaries, the Lakers happened to have Sign Aldridge for space!

If Aldridge's next contract is not renewed with his home team, the starting salary will be 1890 million, and the Lakers will have a full 1950 million in space after vacating these spaces.

Lillard saw Aldridge's expression and used his butt to know what this teammate was thinking now. He said: "Lard, if you want to be favored by the Lakers, you have to play better than Gasol. Look at his statistics this year are not very good, but his efficiency is the first among power forwards in the league!"

First?Aldridge raised his eyebrows, and then returned to the look of not caring about anything: "Really?"

This season Aldridge has averaged 21.7 points per game, which is much lower than last season, but his rebounds and assists have skyrocketed. The rebounds have risen from 11.6 last season to 12.5, and he has averaged 4.1 career highs per game. In the past, he always showed his scoring ability. This season, he also began to show his passing ability. The Blazers once competed with the Warriors for the second place in the Western Conference under such a tragic situation in the Western Conference. Now they are still competing for the Western Conference. He contributed a lot to the third most favorable position.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the Lakers' home game against the Trail Blazers is about to begin.

Players from both sides enter the field.

Liu Ren was really surprised when he saw the average data of the Blazers players on the big screen.

"These two rampant guys are so crazy?"

No wonder Liu Ren was surprised, the Lakers fans were equally surprised.

The Blazers are now ranked third in the West with 25 wins and 9 losses, the Rockets are fourth, the Clippers are fifth, the Grizzlies are sixth, the Spurs are seventh, and the Pelicans are eighth.

In this ranking, the Rockets have a little advantage in the division. The Clippers have the same record as the Trail Blazers, but they are only fifth. The Rockets are 24 wins and 10 losses, but they are ranked fourth.

The reason is that the Rockets have the first record in the Southwest Division and automatically get a place in the top four.

战绩什么的倒不湖人队球迷惊讶的主要原因，自家球队今年已经32胜3负了，历史上除了95-96赛季的公牛和当年湖人队71-72赛季拿到69胜13负的时候，以及凯尔特人拿到68胜的时候可以相比，其他历史上的任何球队都比不上。

What surprised Lakers fans was the player statistics on the Blazers big screen.

The starting lineups for both teams are:
Lakers: Clarkson, Kobe, Liu Ren, Gasol, Green.

Trail Blazers: Lillard, Matthews, Batum, Aldridge, Lopez.

Who is the starter is not the point, the point is that the statistics of the Blazers players are too incredible.

Aldridge averaged 21.7 points, 12.5 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game, which is very good and strong. Except for Anthony Davis and Cousins, no one else in the league can play such data.

利拉德场均21.4分4.7板6.8助攻，差一丢丢就成为20+5+5俱乐部的球员了，妥妥的超级控卫。

Matthews averaged 16 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists per game. He is not bad as a three-headed shooting guard.

Then...the Blazers never had a player averaging double figures per game!
That's right, the Trail Blazers are so unique, they are a different kind of fireworks. As the team with the fourth record in the league and the third in the Western Conference, they only have three players averaging double figures per game!

What's the other team with only three players in double figures?

Well, no!
The Trail Blazers have the fewest players in double figures per game among all teams in the league!

Looking at other top players, 6 of the Lakers scored in double figures, 7 of the Warriors scored in double figures, 6 of the Eagles scored in double figures, and 8 of the Rockets scored in double figures...

The other two starters of the Blazers, Batum and Lopez, both averaged 8 points per game.

The Trail Blazers' bench lineup is also intoxicating, with the highest scoring average of 7 points and the lowest of 4 points per game, which means that everyone may score when Lillard and Aldridge are double-teamed, but no one can get much. In other words, this team does not have a strong point on the bench!
"Such a lineup is actually third in the Western Conference?" The fans felt like hell.

"Although these two guys are arrogant and disgusting, they are indeed capable!" Liu Ren recognized Lillard and Aldridge more in his heart.

Liu Ren didn't pay much attention to the Trail Blazers before. He knew that these two players were good, but he didn't expect them to be so strong, especially Aldridge. He played against the Lakers inside several times last season as if he was playing for fun. .

In view of some holidays of last season, the players of both sides did not communicate with each other at the beginning of the game. Soon, the pre-match activities were over, and the referee blew the whistle and threw the ball into the air.

jump ball!

Gasol really couldn't jump the black muscular man Lopez Jr., the Blazers went first, and Lillard dribbled forward.

It was Clarkson who defended Lillard.

Jeremy Lin is better than Clarkson in many ways, but in terms of physical fitness, he really cannot compare with Clarkson, a black speed player. After half a year of NBA-level training, Clarkson has grown muscles very quickly at the age of 22. Stronger and faster than Jeremy Lin, and the defensive effect is much better.

In order not to lose the wind when facing the No. [-] starter in the Trail Blazers in the starting stage, D'Antoni once again put Jeremy Lin on the bench and mentioned Clarkson to the starting lineup.

Clarkson's performance in the limited playing time in the last few games is indeed much better than that of Jeremy Lin. Jeremy Lin is the same player as he was in Linsanity. Described, but as the season progresses, it slowly declines inexplicably.

According to Bickerstaff's strategy, Liu Ren tried not to defend Lillard as the first defender in this game, but to defend Matthews. Therefore, Clarkson, who has a better defense, replaced Jeremy Lin as the starting lineup. Jeremy Lin's defense against Lillard can only be described as a disaster.

After halftime, Lillard was very upset when he saw that the player guarding him was a player he had never seen before.

"A rookie coming to defend me?" Lillard was so violent that he exploded in an instant!
(End of this chapter)