Chapter 669: Captain Brand's career turning point

[Who can stop the pirates? ! 】
The next day the Pirates' game made headlines on ESPN, because the game was so amazing.
Oden's first game was his start, and the result was such terrifying statistics.
And Paul's game was amazing enough. Although he failed to break Skiles' single assist record, he also tied with Stockton for the fifth position in single assist record.
Two shocking statistics appeared in a game, which is quite amazing.
ESPN directly wrote that this season the Pirates have a considerable chance to defend the title. Judging from the current situation, it is difficult for other teams to be the opponents of the Pirates.
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Richard sat on the sofa of the hotel, looked at the newspaper in his hand, and couldn't help himself.
This season defending, Richard is not worried at all. The most important thing he wants to do now is to play a perfect season.
What kind of season can be called perfect? That is naturally the more wins, the better, and the stronger the player's stats, the better.
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"Brandon, this season I need you to shoot more three-pointers in training and games." Roy sat in front of Richard, and Richard called him to himself, ready to talk about the task Things.
Roy was still a bit surprised. He didn't expect Richard to increase his three-point attempts.
"Coach, my three-point ability can only be said to be average, not very good..."
"If you increase the number of three-point attempts, this may affect the team's overall offensive firepower." Roy said worriedly.
Richard waved his hand, "This doesn't need you to worry about, the only thing you need to do is to train a three-pointer and then make more three-pointers in the game."
"As for the impact of the team's overall offensive firepower, you can think carefully about the strength of the Pirates now. There is not much offensive firepower. In fact, there is not much impact." Richard said with a smile.
Roy nodded. That's right. The Pirates are so strong. Even if the offensive efficiency is lower in the game, the impact will not be great. The Pirates should win or win.
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In this next away game, the opponent of the Pirates is the Los Angeles Clippers.
The Clippers, under the care of Stevens Jr., are still in full swing. However, with their lineup, they have reached the level of the second round of the playoffs. It is difficult to go further.
Little Stevens has outstanding coaching ability, but the clever woman is difficult to cook without rice. The Clippers lineup still has a big gap compared with the top strong.
Chris Kaman, Brand, Maggette, Mobley and alien Kassel.
These five are the starting lineup of Stevens Jr., it looks like the strongest one...
But the actual combat power is far from the reputation of these players.
Old, old, wounded...
The alien Kassel is only one year younger than Richard, and is now 38 years old. The real combat strength of this age may not be comparable to Payton who won the pirates last season.
The old cat Mobley, a member of West Lafayette, is not very big at the moment. The 32-year-old is on the tail of the peak period.
Mobley is already at its peak now, averaging about 13 points per game, completely losing the opportunity to return to the All-Star level.
And after Mageti played the peak season in 2005, Wang Erxiao is also the new year, not as good as a year.
The remaining two inside Brand and Kaman, Kaman's strength is good, but only that is good, it is unrealistic to expect him to block the killer in the inside.
As for Brand...
Richard remembers clearly that this season was a turning point in Brand's career!
Before this season, Brand said that although he did not lead well, he averaged a 20+10 per game, which was not difficult at all.
But after this season, Brand directly cooled, and the data in all aspects dropped sharply.
The reason why this happens is that Brand suffered a serious injury this season, which led to the reimbursement of the season.
Even more sadly, Brand was reimbursed after not playing a few games at the start of the game, resulting in the Clippers failing to make the playoffs this season.
After all, the big players are reimbursed, and there are some old and weak players who want to enter the Western Conference playoffs. How can it be so easy.
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The night before the game started, Stevens Jr. took Brand and Mobley together and invited Richard to dinner.
Stevens was proud, and in the first four games of the season, they had a record of three wins and one loss. The season started very well.
This is also a feature of the Clippers. Regardless of what kind of player they are and what kind of coach they are, they can start to surprise fans a lot...
But after the surprise, it is often accompanied by a huge shock.
"Elton, be careful on the court and pay attention to your health." Richard reminded Brand.
Although he also knows that this reminder may not have much effect, he must still do what he should do.
Brand didn't seem to care, any player valued his health, after all, without health, everything is empty talk.
But the situation on the field is unpredictable. Who can know which action of his own caused his injury?
If you really don't want to be injured, the best way is to always sit on the bench.
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Mobley sighed, he won the championship with the pinnacle Trail Blazers, so there is no regrets in the championship ring.
It's just that he played in a team like the Peak Trail Blazers, and later wandered through several teams. He felt the terrible of the Peak Trail Blazers more and more.
In his opinion, the Pistons team that Richard later formed may not be as strong as the Blazers.
This is not the idea of ​​Mobley alone. Many people think so, even Richard himself feels that the Peak Trailblazers are stronger.
"Coach, you said your Pirate team, is there a peak pioneer?" Mobley asked curiously.
Although his real coach Stevens was by his side, he still shouted Richard coach respectfully.
Stevens didn't take it seriously either. He was well aware of Richard's position in the minds of the players of West Lafayette.
"It's unclear, how can I know who is stronger without playing, but I think it should not be much worse." Richard nodded.
The Pinnacle Trail Blazers are very strong, but this pirate team is also not bad, and he also devoted countless efforts.
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At eight o'clock in the evening, players from both sides started to enter.
The Clippers' strength is okay, but it is clearly impossible for the Pirates' opponents.
The old shark taught the white center Kaman fiercely inside...
The player Kaman is actually quite well-known in Lao Mei.
This goods is a treason...
He was born in Michigan, the United States, and is an authentic American. Speaking of Richard, he is also a half fellow.
But this product is now naturalized in Germany, joined the German men's basketball national team, and represented the German team in the 2008 Beijing Olympics next year.
Even in the United States, this kind of thing is not acceptable to any fan.
At least O'Neal on the field is not very acceptable, all kinds of in his mouth sprayed Kaman.
Although Kaman said that the fight is still more active in the game, but he does not like to find physical confrontation like other centers, the result of this game was very miserable.
O'Neal's current strength is still tough, even if he is playing in the Suns, O'Neal can also play a 40+ performance in a single game.
This is really not a joke. In February 2009, O'Neill, at the age of 37, also scored 45 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and 1 block of horror data.
This may be why O'Neill is called the most dominant center in history.
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Roy made a crazy three-pointer on the court. In just half a game, he had already made 11 three-pointers.
In these 11 three-point attempts, Roy hit 4 and his shooting percentage was less than 40%, which is regarded as Roy's current three-point normal level.
Low is a bit low, but relying on a large number of three-point shots, hitting four three-pointers at halftime, Richard is still quite satisfied.
In the second half of the game, Richard replaced Oden, the other main lineup remained unchanged.
In the third quarter, I had just played for less than two minutes. I only heard a painful cry on the field, and Brand fell to the ground in pain.
When Brand struggled for a rebound, he landed unsteadily and twisted to his ankle...
Richard looks startled, is it still time to come?
Brand reimbursed the season shortly after the start of this season~EbookFREE.me~ As a result, his entire career began to decline. Richard did not expect Brand to be injured in this game.
Brand's injury makes little Stevens look ugly. Brand's role in the Clippers is basically equal to Duncan's role in the Spurs.
With the Spurs gone, is Duncan still a Western powerhouse? Certainly not.
And the Clippers are missing Brand, and the inside counts on a Kaman, which is basically cool...
Now Stevens is praying that Brand's injury will not hurt, and that the truce will not last too long.
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"Beep beep!" The referee blew the whistle at the end of the game. Without Brand's Clippers, how could it be an opponent of the Pirates.
In the end, the Pirates scored 17 points away from home, continuing to maintain their undefeated record in the regular season.
If it wasn't for Richard Yue who replaced Sun Yue and Ingram in the last half of the game, I'm afraid the Clippers lost more than 17 points...