Chapter 657: [Landscape preseason game, championship puzzle]

The preseason continued, and the Clippers' limelight was quickly snatched away. Kobe and the Lakers were proud to survive the fans' saliva.
Because the Cavaliers also lost, and it was a two-game losing streak, which made them blow a summer, looking forward to a summer of fans shocked.
The Cavaliers lost to the Spurs 73 to 90 in the first game. Six people, including Wade, announced an injury stop. The Spurs did not do their best. They laughed last in the bench player contest.
In the second game, Bosh and James played a long time. Except for the two of them, the role players hardly scored. They lost 78 to 90 to the reconstructed Hornets.
The preseason is mainly about warming up, and each team will have reservations, but people are not as optimistic about the Cavaliers as before. Everyone thinks that the invincible strong team should be like the Lakers' three consecutive championships. Even if they play casually in the preseason, they can win. The Cavaliers obviously can't do it.
The loss of the game has little effect on the Cavaliers. Even in the opinion of coach Adelman, there is a good side to losing.
In an interview, Adelman said, "It's good to handle the loss well, and let the players put their minds right. In the summer, people give the Cavaliers too much praise, which is easy to get lost. We will go back and watch the game video. Then try to play a better game next time."
Also concerned are the Nets and Thunder, who played two Chinese games. Yao Ming played for the Nets and Yi Jianlian for the Thunder, which belongs to the Chinese derby.
However, the protagonist of the game is the Thunder three, they rely on superior personal ability to hang the rebuilt Nets.
The Nets are not bad inside, Yao Ming, Favors, Humphries can rank in the top ten in the league, but outside players are too cold, Jordan Farmar, Sasha Vujacic, Anthony Morrow, Courtney Lee, Trenton Hassel and others are important rotations. If they are on other teams, these people can only play off the bench.
Hassel's single defense against Durant and Farmar against Westbrook, the ending can be imagined.
The Clippers played another five preseason games. Chris Paul played about 30 minutes each. He played his special skills in a limited time and did everything Yang Rui asked.
Paul is one of the league's best point guards in pick-and-roll, and he can also run a quick break.
But the Clippers' strong offense is not because of Paul, but the personal abilities of Griffin, Guy, and Curry. These three people no matter who receives the ball, it is difficult to guard against the opponent with the ball.
Griffin face frame is very similar to James, rushed to the layup, dunk, opponent is difficult to prevent.
Guy is like McGrady, who can break through the big man defense with speed, and can directly pull the jumper against the defender.
In Yang Rui’s previous life, Guy was an underestimated scorer, averaging 18 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists in 12 seasons, shooting 45.2% from the field, 34.5% from three-point range, 79.6% from the free throw line, and a heads-up efficiency not worse than Kobe. It's just that there are fewer shots and the key ball ability is stronger. The opponent knows he wants to pull out and can't block it.
Many people say that Guy has a personality problem, that his competitiveness is not strong enough, he is not paranoid enough, and he is not smart enough to play. Guy, who is the core of the team, is indeed unqualified. His sudden combination of points and shots is not good, and he cannot drive the team. But Guy, who can only take a full-scale middle-class contract but can single out like Kobe, is impeccable.
Curry's attacking power was also liberated. In the second quarter, he had unlimited fire power. When playing with Paul, the big man inside would give him a ball-free cover on the side and catch the ball.
After the preseason game, the Clippers look like they have the "Big Four", the four can average 72.2 points per game, and the playing time is about 30 minutes, with reservations.
Not only the core of the team, the performance of the Clippers players is also impressive, the defense of Tony Allen, Jordan Jr., Masinmi and others, the three points of Dunleavy and Korver and so on.
The marginalists Shelton Williams, Gary Neal, Novak and others also got a lot of opportunities to show their own strengths.
Yang Rui highly praised the role players. "I think that not every player needs to be very comprehensive, understand their talents, achieve the ultimate in a single aspect, and it is easier to become a championship puzzle. For the team, this is a directional reinforcement. For example Rodman, Bruce Bowen, Boykins. In the Clippers, no player is redundant."
The Clippers 6 wins and 1 loss, double-killed the Lakers, the only loss is lost to the Magic.
Magic Batum, Redick, and Lewis performed well, and Howard hit Jordan and Masinmi.
Under Hollins’s training, the Magic’s defensive system is very stable, the retreat speed is fast, the Clippers players are trapped and joint defense, and the inside players’ poor evacuation ability is their biggest flaw at present. They sent Dunleavy guest number 4, The defense will become weak again.
Yang Rui intends to urge Griffin to practice shooting throughout the season and increase the range. If he can shoot a three-pointer, the Clippers playoff chances will increase greatly. Yang Rui can only hope that Griffin will improve his strength. In his previous life, he did make great progress in shooting.
Little Jordan didn't expect it. He was a rough man who could defend but on his own. He didn't get a good scoring method in the offense except for an empty-cut dunk and a second offense.
This person has muscles in his head. Yang Rui can only arrange the simplest tactics for him. After the cover, he cuts straight, who he is with or where he stands when defending.
As long as more than two instructions were given to Jordan, he was absolutely confused and didn't know what to do on the court. This kind of person is also good. He relies on his body to play ball. He is very brave. His opponent is not as good as him. He can play amazing performance in a certain period of time.
In the preseason, Jordan played only 20 minutes per game. He scored 10.4 points, 6.8 rebounds, 0.3 assists and 1.5 blocks under the tactics arranged by Yang Rui. He shot 73.1% from the UU reading www.uukanshu.com, almost all of them were dunks.
All teams rested for two days, looking at the overwhelming news and praises about the Clippers, the Bucks boss was very depressed, he began to regret, Wesley Johnson's preseason offensive and defensive performance is very general, there is no bit of star appearance, two Darlington Hobson, the swingman in the round, showed nothing.
At this time, the Bucks fans did not scold Curry, instead of scolding the Bucks management, they all realized that the team may have let go of an All-Star, in exchange for a young player with the potential to be difficult to realize, it takes a long time to train.
The good news is that they can watch the league's second-back Ellis score as much as possible next season.
What I regret more is the Celtic management. They renewed Marquis Daniels with an annual salary of 2.5 million, but they were reluctant to give Tony Allen a three-year contract with an annual salary of 3 million. The two are not a grade at all. .
In the preseason, Tony Allen defended several stars, and Daniels was just a regular role player.
The Cavaliers fans did not discuss Rudy Gay too much. They all knew that with James, the small forward position of Guy could not be reused, and it did not matter if he left.
The first round of the NBA's official strength list announced that the Mavericks who won 7 games in the preseason ranked first. Although the Cavaliers 4 wins and 3 losses, they still ranked second. Last season's defending champion Spurs ranked third and fourth. It's magic.
The Clippers ranked fifth, and the experts were unanimously optimistic that the Clippers entered the playoffs and gained the first round home advantage.
The Lakers ranked 2nd in the preseason with 2 wins and 5 losses. This is an embarrassing result. The team in this position is predicted to barely make the playoffs, 80% out of the first round.
Before the regular season started, basketball experts generally believed that the Clippers are better than the Lakers.