143: Abused
"That guy must have done it on purpose! Absolutely!"
After Griffin scored by Link, his face turned red immediately, as if he had drunk two drinks.
Griffin won the game against all rookies this year. Even against the Wizards in the last game, Griffin performed better than Wall, and in the end he helped the Clippers win the No. 1 vs No. 1 pick.
But today, Griffin felt a little tricky when facing Link. On the offensive end, the Clippers played bumpyly, and on the defensive end, they made the Grizzlies play extremely smoothly.
Griffin seemed to have forgotten that Wall is not a rookie MVP, Link is! He is more difficult to deal with than Wall. Isn’t it normal?
"Link's shooting is very beautiful, with some Anthony's charm. His sudden shot after the breakthrough made the situation, his control of the rhythm was really excellent." Kevin Harlan has started to swear at Link. In the past two rounds, Link's performance has indeed been much better than Griffin.
The Clippers started their third offense, but Griffin still couldn't find a chance. There was no way, Mo Williams' offensive threat was still not enough, and he could not effectively open up space for Griffin. Moreover, Mo's passing ability was naturally incomparable to Paul who joined the Clippers later.
This time, Griffin chose to take the ball from the low post, so he had to score a goal first to stabilize the morale of the Clippers. At the same time, he also saved his face for himself.
Mo Williams hangs the ball into the penalty area, and Griffin's road to self-salvation begins again.
"Come on, novices, I'll take a look like I did when I warm up!" As soon as Griffin received the ball, Randolph's broken mouth started to squirt.
Griffin was very angry and promised that he would make this fat man pay the price!
After holding the ball, Griffin felt Randolph's defense with his back, and then suddenly turned his back and cut into the basket!
Randolph had long expected Griffin to do this trick. Nonsense, this guy couldn't hook up and jump shot. Is there any way he could do other than turn around and break through?
Griffin's pace was indeed fast, but when Randolph had predicted his offensive style, Griffin still failed to get rid of the difficult big black bear.
Randolph has been fighting Griffin's body, and Griffin feels like he's almost pushed out of the bottom line!
Without completely getting rid of Randolph, the young and energetic dunk king decided to start directly, intending to stage another earth-shaking dunk!
But as soon as Griffin got up, he felt that his body had completely lost balance. Randolph's ability to confrontation was too strong, and he couldn't hold on to his center of gravity at all.
Griffin forced his short hand in the air and smashed the ball into the basket. But under the strong confrontation and unstable center of gravity, Griffin's dunk hit the basket and dunked it away!
"Dong!"
The basket made a loud noise, the rebound kept shaking, and everyone was scared and sweated. But the basketball bounced out of the bottom line, and Griffin fell to the ground in a mess. The dunk failed, and Randolph was able to defend himself!
The referee immediately blew the whistle, and the Clippers players thought they could finally break the scoring drought with free throws. However, the referee's whistle did not sound Randolph's foul, but Griffin went out of bounds
"This is a foul, a foul! Do you see how fierce he fell? Do you allow this to happen in the game where you yell??" Mo Williams immediately went to argue with the referee, but the referee had no idea of changing his mind at all.
"Zach's defensive movements are very clean, and I can see clearly next to them! So, stop pestering me, child." The referee waved his hand to disperse Xiao Mo and signaled the game to continue.
Griffin hammered the floor hard. It was indeed because he lost his center of gravity because of the unfavorable confrontation. The man fell but the basketball was not deducted, which made Griffin particularly anxious. After playing for so long, the Clippers have not scored yet!
The "big villain" Grizzlies, no matter how frustrated Griffin is now, Randolph sent a baseline ball after the referee signaled the game to continue, and the Grizzlies attacked.
This time, Conley's breakthrough attracted the Clippers' defense. He accurately found Randolph in the cracks, and the latter made a steady mid-range shot at the open space. The goal was simply easy and pleasant.
6-0, and this is the third time in a row for the Clippers to lose the ball. Griffin's "national idol" has also begun to collapse.
In Memphis, people think he's not that strong
After several attacks, the Clippers still had no choice but to defend the Grizzlies. Mo Williams failed to make a layup, and Gasol Jr.'s blockade made Mo Wang beyond the reach.
Randy Fery's shot was outrageously wrong, and Tony Allen threw all the anger after losing to Wade on the decent Fery.
Gomez also tried to play Link once, but was forced to end with a pass.
Jordan Jr. paddled throughout the offensive end, and no one fed the cake. Jordan Jr. couldn't dunk through Gasol Jr.
People suddenly discovered that the gap between the Clippers and the Grizzlies is all-round. The Grizzlies' recent four-game losing streak seems to have made the Clippers forget how terrible their tempering and strangling are.
After the five-minute game, Clippers coach Winnie Denagro shouted to stop the game in despair. The fans in the entire Federal Express Arena were dancing, because until now, the Clippers' score was still 0!
"13-0, the Grizzlies played the Clippers with a 13-0 start. Neither Mo Williams nor Blake Griffin posed a slight threat to the Grizzlies' basket. The script of this game deviated from the beginning. Griffin was lost in the defense of Randolph, but Link played like a fish in water."
"Yes, Link has scored 6 points, 1 rebound and 2 steals. To be honest, his scoring methods are more abundant than the No. 1 pick. If you want to break the Grizzlies' tight defense, Coach Denagro must come up with other strategies. In short, relying on Griffin's personal ability, it has been proved that the Clippers can't even get a point!"
Everyone was in a panic on the Clippers' bench. The Grizzlies' side was orderly. The comprehensive qualities of the two teams were completely different.
Even Hollins must admit that he overestimated the Clippers!
"Everyone did a good job. You have successfully made the guys in Los Angeles see the amazing things. 13 to 0, those bastards must have never thought about it!"
Hollins hugged all the players, and then patted Link on the shoulder. Judging from Link's current performance, the No. 1 pick was completely abused!
After returning from the timeout, Denagro replaced Bledsoe and Kaman with the goal of increasing the offensive diversity of the Clippers.
After Kaman came on the court, the Clippers' inside line was not so crowded. After all, Kaman has a certain ability to shoot Gal Jr.
But even so, Griffin's offense did not become much easier. After all, Griffin's failure to score just now had nothing to do with Gasol Jr.
Griffin, who was so stubborn, continued to look for Randolph. This time he did not choose to force a dunk, but turned over and hooked his hand on the right.
Griffin was very skilled back-turning hooking on both sides of the basket when he was in college, but his final finishing move was very strange. He always flew in the air and threw the ball out before he turned around.
The reason why Griffin did this is very simple. He was short and was afraid of being blocked, so he took action in advance and was difficult for him to remove him.
This move works well in college, but it is obviously not so useful in the NBA, which has a much higher defensive intensity. Griffin's weird hook move finally hit the box, and he missed the attack continuously!
Link rushed in and took the rebound and started to switch off the offense. This time, Griffin did not actively pursue defense like he was at the beginning, and the No. 1 pick's self-confidence has been greatly hit!
Now the Clippers have really weak ability to retreat. Gomez and Kaman are too slow to defend. Ferye and Xiao Mo are too short and are not good at defense, so they cannot form a threat at all.
Link easily crossed the crowd, and leisurely made a one-stop layup under the Clippers' unsystematic defensive formation.
8 points, Link scored much easier today than Griffin. So he said before the game, why should he feel nervous?
The 15-0 gap was heavily on the Clippers. As soon as the game started, the Clippers' engine seemed to have been blown up.
Chapter completed!