Chapter 31 The Final Fate of the Clippers!
When the protagonists of the gossip began to keep their mouths shut, the gossip that attracted the United States gradually faded, and the Clippers continued their journey. Lin Fei met the mysterious boss in Los Angeles. He was really a Chinese. The two sides talked, and Lin Fei was very satisfied with his boss. The boss also promised a lot of things to him, but Lin Fei knew that these promises were undoubtedly under his own full display. After all, this is a business-oriented alliance. If he doesn't play well, these promises will become empty words, so his own strength is the most important thing.
Lin Fei, who still has ideas about the playoffs, will not give up his efforts. As soon as he enters the mid-March game period, it will be the sprint period of the league teams. Of course, many teams have entered the bad sprint period, such as the Timberwolves and Bobcats. There is no doubt that the Miami Heat was originally aimed at the west. The Clippers, who went to the bottom of the department, began to go crazy after getting Lin Fei. The Knicks' heart was bleeding, and the draft right, which they thought was of high value, was depreciating at a terrible speed.
Lin Fei led the Clippers to win five games in a row after leaving Dallas. Further improving the team's record has been far away from the rotten area and further improved his ranking in the West. Lin Fei was elected as the most valuable player of the Western Week for the second time with an average of 26.4 points and 5.6 assists and 4.0 rebounds per game.
At the beginning, people could explain that the Clippers could achieve a crazy seven-game winning streak by being unfamiliar with the Clippers with Lin Fei, but after the defeat in Houston, the Clippers surprised everyone again. They were surprised at how this seemingly weak-looking team produced such great combat effectiveness. Is it because of a forest? Fly?
When the six-game winning Clippers came to Detroit again, Prince, who had perfectly blocked Lin Fei at half-time, completely fell this time. Detroiters declined like a car city. Iverson, who was once majestic, sat on the bench at the O'Ben Hill Palace with empty eyes and watched the game. The once crazy Auburn Hills The palace fell.
110: 98, the difference is only 12 points, but it does not mean that the game is fierce, because the Clippers rely on substitutes in the whole fourth quarter to play on the field. In the first three quarters, the Clippers narrowed the score difference to 26 points, so the whole quarter of the fourth quarter is rubbish! The Clippers scored double points for seven people, and even coolie Powell scored 16 points, while Sean Livingston sent a career-high 16 assists.
Lin Fei only contributed 19 points. His number of shots in the whole game created a new career low of only five times, but he hit three of them. While creating a new low, Lin Fei created a new career free throw 11 out of 11. Prince was a tragic five criminal in the first three quarters, all of which were short. It was completed in a short time of more than 20 minutes.
Lin Fei also sent 10 assists by the way. In this game, Lin Fei repeatedly made a false shot and then cheated him into a foul or attracted the bag to pass the ball to the empty space.
Poor Prince was given high expectations by Sanders before the game, hoping to successfully defend against Lin Fei. It turned out that tragedy was ubiquitous, and passing and cheating fouls made Lin Fei find a new fun.
After the game, the whole world was laughing at Sanders for saying that he would win, and the result was humiliated. It is said that after this game, the Pistons owner met with Sanders. Rumors asked the Pistons to reach the Eastern Conference Finals in the playoffs, otherwise he would be fired. As for the rumors, it could not be true or false. And know, but everyone knows that Sanders's days in the Pistons are coming to an end.
What interests the gossip media more is that Scarlett Johansson accompanied Lin Fei all the way to Detroit and then to Milwaukee.
120: 101, this is the score displayed on the big screen. The Clippers are behind the former Bucks. The game known as the Derby is a one-sided massacre. Yi Jianlian's return from injury and the starting lineup no longer has his place. The hairless hero Vilannueva stands steadily at the starting line, while Yi Jianlian only got the bench. 6 points and 3 rebounds, Lin Fei got 30 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds. In the 6th minute and 40 seconds of the second quarter with the Bucks, Lin Fei caught the ball from the outside and hit three points, officially tying the rookie's three-pointer record in a single season. Just 30 seconds later, Lin Fei suddenly was more than a meter away from the three-point line. The cannon officially wrote his name on the rookie season's three-pointer record, instead of sharing this honor with others. This game is only the 64th game that Lin Fei participated in. Lin Fei has completed the record enough to see the fierceness of Lin Fei's three-point firepower.
The Clippers went to Conceco Arena in Indiana with a three-game winning streak to face the re-emerging Pacers, while the Atlanta Hawks, which ranked ninth and eighth in the East, are only a small half-time gap, while the Eagles need to face the Eastern boss Boston Celtic with the Big Three on the same day. People, and they are fighting against the Clippers, so the walkers went up and down with all their strength.
Two hours later, the Consecco Arena was silent. Lin Fei held his head high and stood in front of the technical platform with his three-point celebration gesture. More than 20,000 people looked at Lin Fei like this. The walker, who was one point behind at the last moment of the game, still had 4 seconds to create a chance to kill, but he had just completed the anti-super jump shot. Lin Fei poked the ball out a second before the basketball reached Granger's palm, and threw away Granger, who tried to foul, with speed, and completed a three-pointer. 101:97, this is the final score, and Scarlett is still sitting on the sidelines in this game. When Lin Fei completed the shot that exceeded the score, she did not hide her love for Lin Fei at all and boldly sent a kiss. This scene murdered too much Philin.
The Clippers raised their record to 24 wins and 41 losses. At this time, the Clippers ranked 12th in the West, and the Golden State Warriors, which is eighth in the West, have a total of 36 wins and 29 losses. In the remaining 17 games, it is almost impossible to finish the miracle of advancing to the playoffs.
"Lin, what is the goal of the Clippers this season? Is it to devalue New York's draft rights? A white reporter stood up and asked.
"Is our goal just like this in your eyes?" Lin Fei looked at the white reporter under the press conference and raised his eyebrows and asked.
"Does the Clippers still want to advance to the playoffs???" There was obvious disdain and even sarcasm on the face of the white reporter.
"Is your goal to always be a reporter?" Lin Fei asked sharply again.
"Rookie Lin's Fantasy - Playoffs" - This is an article written by the white reporter after the game, which rudely satirizes Lin Fei's big words.
Such an article was quickly recognized by 95% of the people. Even the Clippers fans could not believe that their Clippers could advance to the playoffs. In a matter of doubts, the Clippers returned home and played Staples against the fourth Phoenix Suns in the West. This season, the Suns are in veteran Stevena. Under Shi's leadership, he still played his own run. Even if O'Neill joined, he did not change his playing style, and O'Neill also showed a high level. After joining the Suns, he still contributed 16 points and 8 rebounds per game.
Stadamar + O'Neill, such an inside combination is very powerful just by looking at the names of these two people, and this is the truth. Xiao Si contributed 33 points and 6 rebounds, O'Neal 24 points and 12 rebounds, while the Clippers' home forward Chris Kaman is much more pitiful, only 14 With 14 rebounds, the shooting rate is only poor 13 shots and 5 shots. In this case, even if Lin Fei beat all the Suns' defense players and gave 11 three points, Lin Fei lost the most important three-pointer at the last moment, but no one blamed Lin Fei because he had done enough. Excellent enough, he contributed 44 points in the game, and he couldn't save the team. The Staples Center was silent, with a gap of 3 points, and they were only 3 points away from victory. Everyone saw the weakness of the Clippers lineup.
There is only one Kaman inside. Although Josh Powell is diligent enough, he can't hide the gap in his strength, except for the Clippers' inside line, there is not even any substitute, even a cooly used for defense. The defender line is even more old. Young Livingston has also honed his talent after several major injuries. Lin Fei carried such a team on his own.
"Lin, will you see the reality clearly and adjust your season goals? For example, the best rookie?" The white reporter who asked questions in Indiana once again appeared at the post-match press conference of the game.
"No!" Lin Fei fell coldly and left the press conference. Soon after, Lin Fei received a $2,000 penalty notice from the alliance.
Facing reality, is it surrender or fighting? This is the news headline of ESPN's Irene Andrews: Everyone can see how good the performance of super rookie Lin is. Despite the failure, he will still choose to fight with his head held high instead of bowing his head to accept it. Almost everyone is laughing at his goal, but how many people see a young man's persistence? We need this kind of spirit, not to strangle it.
Andrews's article caused another wave of ridicule and gossip. In the eyes of several people in Dadu, this was just her defense for her little lover Lin Fei.
WHY? Irene is our friend. She knows what kind of person Lin is. I agree with her. Lin will not choose to give up. I will fight with him until the last minute!" This is what Scarlett said in an interview, and as she said, Scarlett sat on the sidelines to cheer for Lin Fei in every game in the next game.
And the Clippers also burst into great energy. When there were five games left in the regular season, the difference between them and the eighth game in the West narrowed to two games. At this time, many media shouted that this was the power of love, and Lin Fei still did not dare to relax. Although he was already exhausted, Lin Fei's average playing time in these eleven games was high. In 40 minutes, he averaged 30 points per game and scored a staggering 6%.
And the remaining five games will determine the ultimate fate of the Clippers!
(To be continued)