I didn't want to fly away

Chapter 70 Streak of victories, reaching the top eight in the Western Conference (for collection, for further reading)
Dunleavy didn't notice the situation was wrong at first, but no matter how poor the coaching level is, he also knew that a defensive player was singled successfully three times in a row, and there must be something wrong with it.

Even if the defensive attitude is fine, it's time to change someone to defend the opponent who is in excellent condition.

Dunleavy decisively called a timeout and immediately replaced Randolph.

Regardless of Randolph's sullenness, he replaced Camby.

Camby's basket has degenerated now, and his single-defense ability is not good, but he still has a hand in defense and support.

Although the maximum salary contract was just implemented last season, no one wants it this season, so he can only stay in the Clippers to get a middle-level contract, but Camby also wants to play better and strive to get a few more contracts with higher salaries in the future.

It's a completely different mentality when you're on a rotation than when you start playing.

After Camby came on the court, the help provided to the Clippers' overall defense is really visible to the naked eye.

Although Camby's DPOY is watery, the four-time block leader is very real.

There are also four defensive formations. Even though Camby's defensive quality has deteriorated as his physical fitness declines, when he plays seriously, his defense is still good.

At least, Nowitzki's fight against Camby is not so easy compared to his previous fight against Randolph.

The Mavericks' inside scoring ability has declined and they can only rely on outside scoring.

But Marion is not good at positional warfare, and now Kidd is already in a state of not attacking.

In the past in the Nets, it is not surprising that Kidd made 20 shots a game.

After arriving at the Mavericks, Kidd usually does not take more than 10 shots in a game.After all, the Mavericks need his organization and defense more, and Nowitzki can handle the offense.

With Kidd and Marion unable to give the team much help in outside shooting, the Mavericks can only rely on Terry's shooting to solve the problem.

But Terry, a small guard who is less than 1.9 meters, is very difficult to score efficiently against Lu Yi, a swingman who is close to two meters.

Although Lu Yi's assisted defense is average, it is still possible to defend alone. As long as he does not encounter a heavy guard, Lu Yi can defend first.

Terry is well within Lewy's defensive capabilities.

Duang, Duang, Duang...

Luigi guarded Terry several times in the third quarter and even blocked a shot.

As the point difference gradually approaches 20 points, the suspense of whether the Mavericks can reverse this game and whether Lu Yi can lead the Clippers to win has become smaller and smaller.

"Lu Yi, rest first!" Dunleavy patted Lu Yi's shoulder.

Just enjoying the preferential treatment of the rotation, this time Lu Yi felt the joy of clocking in three quarters again.

However, Lu Yi was not happy for long.

Randolph led the team to score points in the fourth quarter, but they couldn't figure it out.

The Clippers were a little slack here, but the Mavericks did not give up the game early.

After playing 4 minutes in the fourth quarter, the point difference was narrowed to 12 points. Dunleavy quickly called the penultimate timeout, and asked Lu Yi to come out of the bench to help again.

It was also garbage time to score points. Randolph's scoring destroyed the team's good playing atmosphere, but Lu Yi led the team to fight harder and harder.

Kaman, Beard, Thornton, and Camby all like to play with Lu Yi. After all, they can win points on the court, have a good plus-minus value, and improve their high-level statistics by the way. Who wouldn't want to hang out with them?

Lu Yi led the team to the last 2 minutes and kept the point difference at around 15 points.

Although no more leads were achieved, the victory of this game has been established.

In the last 2 minutes, Deng Levy said that he must be tolerant, and he must be forgiving and forgiving, so he took the initiative to call for a timeout to adjust the lineup.

Instead of replacing Randolph to continue scoring points, he just made up for Gordon's time and let Gordon lead the team to finish the remaining 2 minutes.

In fact, Lu Yi took the starting shooting guard, but Gordon's data did not fluctuate much.

The beard is really affected. Once Lu Yi feels good, Davis becomes a dribbling guard.

On the contrary, Gordon was able to ensure a certain number of shots in a fixed rotation lineup, playing as the opponent's substitute lineup, with less scoring pressure, and his scoring efficiency increased a little.

89 to 97, in the last 2 minutes, Gordon's scoring also hurt the team a bit, but fortunately, the Clippers have already won steadily, but it is not harmful.

Because the team won again, the Clippers players who returned to the locker room after the game did not care about Randolph, who scored bad points in this game.

More I admire Lu Yi's personal ability and how good his competitive state is.

However, it was a little uncomfortable that when Lu Yi was taking a shower, Sterling suddenly took his girlfriend into the locker room.

As early as in the NCAA, Lu Yi got used to being in the rain with a group of men.

However, Lu Yi has not yet adapted to being stared at by an old man and his flirtatious slut girlfriend out of the blue while walking with a group of men.

Lu Yi was so frightened that he almost didn't participate in the "Outline and Lead" campaign.

The last time Sterling didn't come to watch the game at home due to work delays, but he came today.

As for the unscrupulous breaking into the locker room directly after the game, although it doesn't happen every time, it has happened many times.

The Clippers players said that they were offended more than once, but everyone dared not speak out, after all, no one wanted to pack up and leave immediately.

Fortunately, Sterling didn't stay in the locker room for too long, and quickly left with his girlfriend.

In the player tunnel some distance from the locker room, Sterling couldn't help reminding his girlfriend: "See those strong bodies just now? I bought them with money."

Sterling is smug, like a southern plantation slave owner a hundred years ago.

However, in a certain respect, Sterling was quite restrained, at least he didn't say such things in person.

……

After defeating the Mavericks, the Clippers ended all regular season in October.

With two wins and two losses at the beginning, the record is not very good, but at least it is an improvement compared to the previous two seasons.

In the next November, the Clippers are almost running in, and it is time to officially work towards the playoffs.

On November 11, the Clippers continued to sit at home to meet the challenge of the Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves didn't play many games last month, only two games, and achieved a record of one win and one loss.

And just yesterday they played away against the Suns, and they lost another game in despair.

Today's back-to-back against the Clippers is good news for the Clippers.

With the help of the Timberwolves, the Clippers can officially increase the regular season victory to more than 50%, and officially squeeze into the Western Conference playoff sequence.

The fact is that it did not deviate from the Clippers' plan. Lu Yi played steadily, making 16 of 10 shots in three quarters, scoring 28 points, and leading the team to victory.

In the fourth quarter, Gordon also performed well in garbage time. He scored 20 points for the first time this season in five consecutive games.

In the end, the Clippers relied on Lu Yi and Gordon to score 20 points. Davis, Randolph, and Kaman scored in double figures in total. They won a 91-116 victory with a full 25-point lead.

In addition, because they played too many games in October, the Clippers led the Suns, Nuggets, and Jazz by 10 games, temporarily ranking sixth in the West.

(End of this chapter)