Chapter 397 Leading the way
After the Christmas game, all teams in the league got three days off. In addition to the four hard-working teams that have to play on Christmas, the remaining 26 actually have 4 days off.
What does 4 days mean? Basically, all bruises on players' bodies can be eliminated, which means that skin trauma can be recovered, but it is not so easy to recover if it is damaged.
In the game between Ji Guomo and the Cavaliers, many parts of his body were hit by the dead orangutans and had minor tissue damage, which means that they were blue and swollen. After returning home, Taylor Swift felt distressed and made him lucky to escape. Seeing that he was so miserable, the little star did not pursue Emma Watson's affairs again.
Of course, this guy Ji Guomeng is actually nothing big at all. He has no hemophilia. He will stop bleeding quickly after a little swollen. It is nothing serious at all. There is nothing wrong in a few days. You can happily go out to hook up with Little Hermione and do some shy things.
On December 30, the first game after Christmas in the Clippers was away to challenge the Dallas Mavericks, the eighth-ranked Eastern Conference. As a result, the Clippers failed to complete the task of killing the Cowboys three times. Terry and King No were both defeated in this game. The two teamed up to score 72 points to help the Mavericks defeat the Clippers 104:108.
Ji Guochou scored 20 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks, while Ji Guomori scored 30 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks.
This was the last game of the Clippers in December and the last game of 2008. The two brothers suffered a tragic defeat before their birthday.
The bad news is more than that. Garcia has strained her calf in this game and needs to rest for four weeks. This is the worst injury for the Clippers this year.
However, on January 1, 2009, the league gave Ji Guomo, one of the two brothers some comfort. Even the little fox himself did not expect that the league would actually award him the player of the month in December?
Ji Guomo originally thought that he would not get the best of the month with 64 points in November, so this season would probably be out of the way.
But I never expected that the league would give him one in December, and David Stern was really nice to him.
The Clippers played 13 games in December. Ji Guomeng averaged 25.3 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 3.1 blocks, 1.8 steals, 2.6 turnovers, 3.9 fouls, with a shooting percentage of 51.5%, 3-point shooting percentage of 42.9%. Free throw shooting percentage was 90.6%.
Although this data is excellent enough and is qualified to compete for the Best Player of the Month, considering that his brother won it last month and gave it to his younger brother this month, other players in the West should protest. In fact, there are many players complaining about the unfairness of the league and deliberately supporting the twin brothers. As long as two of them are shortlisted for the major awards, they will basically not be able to escape.
The media in the Oklahoma region are most dissatisfied. Their core Durant also reached 25+6+3 in December. It is not inferior to Ji Guohumiliation. At most, there is a gap in team performance...
OK. As he was talking, the Oklahoma media themselves felt embarrassed. Since the team's record was not as good as that, what's wrong with giving Ji Guohuo the best player of the month?
In fact, the dissatisfaction of these people is more because of the identity of the two brothers, Chinese, which makes these white people feel unacceptable. Ji Guohun won 25+10+3+3, why can't he be the best of the month? Not to mention that the Clippers only lost one game this month, with personal data and team record. No one in the Western Conference performed better this month than Ji Guohun this month. Even his brother Ji Guohun did not perform as well as this dead fox.
The Eastern Conference Best of the Month was awarded to Dwyane Wade. The Flash averaged 37.5 minutes per game in December, contributing 29.2 points, 5.3 rebounds, 6.3 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.4 blocks, shooting percentage of 46.2% and three-point shooting percentage of 34.1%. The team's record is 9 wins and 4 losses.
By comparison, we can see that from the personal data first, regardless of the different positions of the two, the Fox brother actually has a comprehensive contribution that exceeds Wade, especially in shooting percentage, which is best reflected. A higher shooting percentage means that he can get a score close to Wade without taking more than 20 shots.
Don't think that the little Fox is a rough guy who only takes action in the three-second zone. His attacks are like Nowitzki, most of them are on the outside rather than inside, so he performed well in the 180 club. Especially except for the fewer scores and assists, most of Ji Guomeng's data is above Wade.
If you compare the team's record, it will be more intuitive and clear. The difference between 12 wins and 1 losses and 9 wins and 4 losses is not a little bit.
Domestic fans criticized Americans for discriminating against Chinese people. Ji Guohuo was verbally irresponsible when he got the best of the month. Why didn’t James say that the league covered up the best of the month?
Chinese fans were serious about this to compare James' best-month data that year with Ji Guomo. The Gorilla averaged 26.3 points, 7.8 rebounds, 6.1 assists, 2.4 steals and 1.1 blocks, with a shooting percentage of 51.5%, a three-point shooting percentage of 32.5%, and the team's record was 9 wins and 5 losses.
Is this more intuitive? James' data is not much different from Ji Guomo. In terms of team record, the little fox won with an absolute advantage. If you look at it, the conclusion is that the Americans eat too much shit!
Time entered 2009, and the two brothers officially turned 20 years old, but they were still little kids. Even at the age of 20, even in the sports circle where youth is spent, most of them have just debuted. Gang Qiao was still working hard in NCAA at this time, but these two have almost won the honors that many players cannot get in their lifetime.
Basically, counting, the two brothers are just one short of the regular season MVP and the Grand Slam. Even if there is no hope this season, they will definitely become the most powerful contenders of the regular season MVP next season.
On January 1, the Clippers challenged the Philadelphia 76ers away. Ji Guomeng, who just won the Player of the Month, showed his might in the fourth quarter, scoring 15 points in a single quarter to help the team defeat the opponent, and also proved that if he wanted to score points, he would average 25 points per game, even if he wanted to average 35 points per game. For example, that 64 points was the best proof. No one in the 2003 generation has yet to get 60+, but he did it.
Ji Guochou scored 22 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 blocks. Ji Guomori scored 20 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks.
On January 3, the Clippers continued to play away. This time the opponent was the Phoenix Suns led by two Canadian teammates. As a result, O'Neal and the Little Bulls combined. Although the record was not very good, they beat the Clippers today. With Nash's two key three-pointers in the fourth quarter, the Clippers suffered a fifth loss of the season.
Ji Guochou scored 24 points, 15 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 blocks, while Ji Guomori scored 24 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks.
On January 5, the Clippers easily defeated the Pistons at 110:95 at home. Ji Guochou scored 25 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 blocks, while Ji Guomori scored 28 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 blocks.
On January 7, the Clippers played against the Mavericks at home again. This time, the Dallas were not so lucky. The score was 118:104, and the Clippers beat the Cowboys.
The two brothers scored an unprecedented 81 points in this game, becoming the strongest inside team in the inside team this season. If we talk about the scoring data of the main inside teams in the league, the two of them did make their way to the league this season.
Ji Guochou scored 34 points, 18 rebounds, 10 assists and 4 blocks, while Ji Guomori scored 48 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks. The latter's 48 points data made many fans sigh that Los Angeles has another guy who regards scores as if cutting melons and vegetables. He may be able to break the 81-point record set by his arch rival team in the future.
On January 9, the Clippers played against San Antonio Spurs again away. Ginobili had already made a comeback in this battle. As old Dunleavy expected, the Clippers could not gain any advantage in the inside, and the outside was the same. Originally, the two teams should have been evenly matched, but the Spurs were more disciplined and experienced, and made fewer mistakes in the game than the Clippers. This became the last straw that broke the camels.
The Clippers lost a little in each quarter, but failed to counterattack in the last quarter, and they successfully lost the game.
"This is the away game. Our two teams are evenly matched. We will naturally make more mistakes than them when we are young. But it doesn't matter. We will remember these lessons. We will definitely beat them next time we meet." Ji Guoxiong was hard at the press conference after the game and refused to give in again, but it made Ginobili, who scored 28 points, even more proud.
The bald Argentina had just recovered from injury. His condition had been rising and falling, but today he played a surprising game. Although he didn't score much, this was obtained by 15 shots in 28 minutes of playing time, which was very valuable.
The two teams scored 96:102, and the Clippers lost 6 points.
Ji Guochou scored 14 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks, while Ji Guomori scored 21 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks.
On January 10, the Clippers defeated the New Orleans Hornets away; on February 12, the Clippers revenge at home; on February 15, the Clippers defeated the Hawks again at home; on February 18, the Clippers easily defeated the Atlanta Hawks at home; on February 20, the Clippers defeated the Timberwolves to win five consecutive victories; on February 22, the Clippers killed the Lakers three times; on February 24, the Clippers broke the Thunder; on February 26, the Clippers beat the Warriors; on February 27, the Clippers finally lost to the Trail Blazers back-to-back, and the winning streak ended in single digits.
On January 29, the Clippers fought again against the Chicago Bulls and narrowly won in overtime.
On January 31, the Clippers played against the Cleveland Cavaliers away. The young emperor, who was waiting for it, led the team to break through the league leader this time. James scored 44 points in this game to help the Cavaliers defeat the Clippers.
At this point, the Clippers only lost 3 games in January, and the team with the best record in the league in that month, firmly holding on to the league's leader. Even if they lost to the second-place Cavaliers in the last game at the end of the month, their record still shook the lead, and the record of 36 wins and 9 losses gave them hope to create 65+ wins.
After all the competitions in January, the Western Conference rankings changed again -
1 Clippers (36 wins and 9 losses), 2 Spurs (32 wins and 12 losses), 3 Trail Blazers (30 wins and 15 losses), 4 Mavericks (27 wins and 18 losses), 5 Rockets (26 wins and 19 losses), 6 Lakers (25 wins and 20 losses), 7 Jazz (24 wins and 21 losses), 8 Thunder (23 wins and 22 losses).
Chapter completed!