NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 141 Against the Clippers
After Liu Rui came back, he led the Bobcats to a 15-point victory over the Knicks in the away game.

Let the local fans in Charlotte fall into a state of excitement. After all, judging from this game, the Bobcats played very smoothly on the offensive end.

Although fans don't understand what big data is, this change is indeed visible to the naked eye.

So for the Bobcats next game, the fans are very much looking forward to.

April 12

Bobcats back home, will face the challenge of the Los Angeles Clippers at home.

The Bobcats are temporarily still ranked first in the bottom of the East with a record of 3 wins and 13 losses.

The record of the Clippers this season is not much better, currently 4 wins and 11 losses, and the Bobcats are evenly matched.

Of course, such a game will not attract too many people's attention.

But the fans at home in Charlotte are still very hot.

Since the fans watched the game against the Knicks, they found that the Bobcats had changed, and the fans who played the game were also very comfortable.

So of course it is unconditional support for the team at home.

In 2002, after the contract with the Mavericks expired, Chinese player Wang Zhizhi signed with the Clippers once.

Despite his experience as a starter here, Da Zhi didn't get enough chances to perform most of the time.

So he was waived by the team in the middle of last season, and then Dazhi joined the Miami Heat.

The owner of the Clippers, Sterling, is notoriously a "stinger".

Because he refused to pay a high salary, many players with good strength left the Clippers and switched to his team in recent seasons.

After Andrew Miller, Richardson, Lamar Odom and Olowokandi left Los Angeles, the Clippers' playoff dreams became even more out of reach.

Despite leaving Odom, Olowokandi and Andrew Miller last summer, the Clippers still have Richardson, Maggette and Brand, three powerful stars.

But it is such a team, they still could not avoid the bad luck of being at the bottom of the Western Conference last season.

The result of 28 wins and 54 losses is undoubtedly a nightmare for them, and it is hard to believe that this kind of result will come from a team with such a lineup.

In the past season, the Clippers had almost no bright spots. Except for a brief win rate above 50% at the beginning of the season, their winning rate has been wandering below 50%.

At the end of the season, when there was no hope of breaking into the playoffs, the Clippers even created a record of 13 consecutive losses.

Despite the famous coach Dunleavy at the helm, the Clippers' performance was still unsatisfactory. Their ups and downs caused the team to end up at the bottom of the Western Conference.

It stands to reason that the Clippers have the famous coach Dunleavy and a good team lineup, but if they can't play a good record, the team will lose.

Not to mention that the fans don't understand it, even Liu Rui, who has resurrected his life, still can't understand it...

The current state of the Clippers is that they can't win the ball, and the word "rotten".

Clippers starting lineup:
Kaman, Brand, Maggette, Kittles, Livingston.

Bobcats starting lineup:
Okafor, Wallace, Ariza, Kapono, Duhon.

After the opening game, Liu Rui saw that the Clippers' starting lineup was completely rotten and had nothing to do with it.

Needless to say, Brand is an All-Star insider.

Many commentators, including Cole and others, commented on Brand: a Hall of Fame player who has never made the playoffs.

It can be seen how excellent Brand's personal ability is.

As for Maggette, it goes without saying that he has strong scoring ability and first-class physical fitness.

Although Kaman and Livingston are still rookies, they all performed well.

Kittles has a precise mid-range and long-range shot.

But he just couldn't get rid of the bad luck of being at the bottom of the West, which made the famous coach Dunleavy difficult for a while.

After the first quarter, the Bobcats led the Clippers by 26 points at 19:7 at home.

Ariza was obviously at a disadvantage in the matchup with Maggette.

Because of the strength of Maggette's thigh, in terms of the guard line of the entire league, it is not the first but definitely the second.

So this gives him super explosive power and impact.

The current Ariza is still very thin, so he also suffered a bit in the matchup with Maggette.

He was beaten on the field and sighed, but Liu Rui didn't replace him.

Except for Ariza in the first quarter, everyone else Liu Rui made a rotation early.

But it was Maggette who played against Ariza and played the entire first quarter.

Possessing excellent defensive conditions and talents is of course the foundation of a player's success.

But the experience and growth on the defensive end are also very important, although Liu Rui brought Ariza to the Bobcats in advance, allowing him to enter the rotation several years in advance.

But even Ariza of the later generations took one step at a time, experienced many ups and downs in the game, and finally became that excellent 3D player.

So this game is rare against a bad team, although the Bobcats' current record is even worse than the Clippers.

But that's because of being held back early in the season.

With Liu Rui's training, these players have embarked on the path that suits them best in advance. Although this lineup is still difficult to be competitive in the Eastern Conference, it is still more than enough to play against the Clippers.

When he ran into a bad team, and it happened that this bad team had an excellent scorer on the front line, of course Liu Rui should cherish this opportunity.

The growth of every player should be tempered bit by bit in practice.

Instead of simply relying on talent, otherwise even if he was excellent in his previous life, it was just a previous life.

Except for Wiggins, of course...

"I played against Maggette for a whole quarter, how does it feel now?"

At the end of the first quarter, Liu Rui smiled and asked Ariza, who had been grimacing after the game.

"Strong, he's too powerful. Even if I keep up with him when he breaks through, I can't stop him. It's like a bulldozer sticking to you."

After taking the towel and wiping the water off his face, Ariza shook his head speechlessly.

I have been with the Bobcats for so long, and I have encountered some troubles in both offensive and defensive games.

Ariza has experienced all these open three-pointers on the offensive end and being teased on the defensive end.

But that's just normal rookie lack of consistency and inexperience.

In addition to Bickerstaff's constant enlightenment to him, on the whole, Ariza played smoothly.

Especially after Wallace and Brezek came back, the last scene against the former club Knicks made Ariza more confident.

I feel that I have completed my transformation and I am no longer that rookie.

Facing Maggette until today, Ariza felt:

After half a year of hard training, the World War I returned to before liberation...

(End of this chapter)