Bishop of the Devil

This kind of speculation directly excited some old fans. In their opinion, the current basketball style has gradually tended to be more perimeter-oriented, and the main attack points of most teams are perimeter players...

The offense of outside players is indeed extremely gorgeous and highly entertaining, but in the eyes of these old fans, it always feels a little less interesting. Without the physical combat of super strong men under the basket, it feels like basketball has become another game.

Now the intensity of Xiao Hua's punishment has raised hope in their hearts. Maybe in a few years, the league's style of play will become the style of the 1990s?

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The fight with the Knicks has finally settled. Once the league's penalty decision is made, even if the Knicks have any objections, they cannot express them outright.

Because once it is revealed, they may also be fined...

In the NBA league, excluding some special characters, such as Richard, others must not talk nonsense, because once you talk nonsense and are caught by the league, it will be a huge fine. Ben and McClendon are quite experienced...

After beating the Knicks, the Clippers won the next two games.

The game started with a 9-1 BUG-level record, which directly detonated the Los Angeles fan market.

Such a record is definitely the best start record in the history of the Clippers. Before this, the Clippers had never played such a luxurious start record...

The situation on the Lakers' side is quite unsatisfactory. Everyone thought that the Lakers would be the biggest favorites to win this season. As a result, they have only had a record of 5 wins and 5 losses since the start of the season...

The Clippers in the same city had a 90% winning rate, but the wealthy Lakers only had a 50% winning rate. This gap was unexpected by everyone.

For a time, some fans who were not die-hard Lakers fans changed their home team to the Clippers.

Looking at the momentum of the Clippers, they have a chance to win the championship this season. If they really win the championship, fans of the home team will also have something to talk about...

For example, "Look, I've known for a long time that the Clippers were going to be a championship-level team. I've loved the Clippers for a long time."

"When Richard came to run the Clippers, I became a die-hard Clippers fan, and now my wait has finally paid off."

"I'm an old Clippers fan..."

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Before this, if the entire Los Angeles fan base was divided into 10 parts, more than eight of them might be Lakers fans, and less than 20% of the remaining fans would be Clippers fans, and some of these less than 20% of fans would be fans. , not that I like the Clippers, just because I hate the Lakers...

And now, after more than two years of gradual cultivation, through daily ticket sales and peripheral sales, Richard feels that their current number of Clippers fans can account for about 30% of the Los Angeles fan base.

This is quite a remarkable improvement. It is equivalent to saying that after Richard came to the Clippers, the number of Clippers fans directly doubled.

Richard has full confidence that one day, sooner or later, the number of Clippers fans in Los Angeles will exceed that of the Lakers...

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The impressive record of nine wins and one loss at the beginning did not go to Richard's head.

On the contrary, Richard is now a little worried. The schedule has been extremely easy since the start of the season. They have achieved such an invincible record. What will happen in the second half of the season?

At that time, the Clippers' record will start to decline. Will anyone say that the Clippers start high and go low? Like the Clippers under normal circumstances, they start as fierce as a tiger and are like a space battleship. The results get worse as they go on. A small broken ship that could capsize at any time?

Under normal circumstances, the Clippers have players such as Paul, Griffin, DeAndre Jordan and Redick, and are quite strong.

But they always start off at the tail end, starting with the league's best record for three consecutive seasons, only to end in a hurry...

At the beginning of every year, countless people say that the Clippers have championship potential, but within half a season, these people all shut up and dare not mention it again.

Richard is really worried now that they will become that little broken ship. They start off as fierce as a tiger, but then their record plummets.

But the current record is also a good thing for Richard.

If he can remain at the top of the Western Conference record list, then Richard will be able to lead the All-Star team this season, and it is very likely that he will get the components of the ninth super-giant suit.

At present, Richard is also looking forward to the attributes of the super giant suit. Although he generally knows the function of the super giant suit, Richard does not know the more detailed attributes.

Nowadays, the only teams in the West that have the strength to compete with Richard for first place in the West are actually the Spurs and Trail Blazers.

However, the Spurs have given their newcomers a lot of playing time this season, resulting in their current record not being outstanding, with only a record of 6 wins and 4 losses at the start...

Regarding Popovich's arrangement, Richard must also know the other party's plan.

Now that the GDP combination is old, Popovich naturally has to start planning for the future. Jimmy Butler, Khris Middleton and Kemba Walker will be Popovich's future backcourt trident lineup.

As for the frontcourt, Duncan still has the strength to fight at the moment, so he is not so anxious to bring in insiders.

Teams like the Spurs prefer to train new players in the regular season so that they can play a role in the playoffs, rather than trying hard to improve their regular season results. For this reason, Popovich would rather lose some regular season results.

As for the Trail Blazers, they have steadily risen over the years, and their strength has reached a level that cannot be underestimated!

The Clippers currently rank first in the Western Conference record list, while the Trail Blazers rank second with a record of 7 wins and 3 losses.

Richard is not worried about the Trail Blazers surpassing the Clippers before the All-Star Game. If they surpass, they will surpass them. Couldn't Richard still get an All-Star qualification from the Trail Blazers to lead the team?

Not to mention the relationship between Richard and Paul Allen, Trail Blazers head coach McMillan is actually very grateful to Richard.

If it weren't for Richard, how could their Trail Blazers achieve their current glory...

Therefore, judging from the current situation, it is almost a certainty that Richard will be qualified to lead the All-Star team this year.

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About a week after the previous brawl between the Clippers and the Knicks, another brawl occurred in the league.

The Toronto Raptors and the Memphis Grizzlies, two teams that are brothers, had a violent conflict on the court. Although it was not as bloody as Ben's beating of Stoudemire, it still involved fists and kicks...

This pair of brothers and sisters who entered the league at the same time have actually had a very difficult time in recent years.

The Raptors finally got Bosh, but he ran away.

The Grizzlies finally managed to get a big deal, but were sold cheaply by themselves.

Counting this season, these two teams have been in the league for eighteen years. However, in these eighteen years, the two teams have really failed to win any honors, not to mention the championship, not even a division championship. Have a taste of what it feels like.

This situation lasted until the 2019 playoffs. The Raptors, one of the brothers in trouble, finally broke the deadlock and entered the finals for the first time in team history...

At the same time, the Grizzlies started to rebuild. It is estimated that if they want to enter the finals, they will definitely be out of luck within ten years.

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In the previous brawl between the Clippers and the Knicks, the league's punishment was not very severe. Just when fans thought that the league would not impose too much punishment this time...

Lowry, the core of the Raptors' backcourt, was suspended for ten games!

The Grizzlies' perimeter defender, Tony Allen, was directly suspended for twelve games...

Three remaining players have been placed on the banned list.

The result of this penalty directly shocked the league. Regardless of the number of suspended games in this penalty, it was not as many as the Clippers' one.

But these two fights are not at the same level. According to normal circumstances, the conflict between the Raptors and the Grizzlies will only be suspended for three or four games...

And now the number of banned games has been directly increased to double digits!

For a time, countless fans said they couldn't understand. What the hell is Xiao Hua? What is his current attitude towards conflicts on the court?

No one can see it clearly. I'm afraid we can only know what Xiao Hua's attitude is by waiting for the next time there is a team conflict in the league and looking at the punishment plan given by Xiao Hua.

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In the blink of an eye, the time came to the end of December.

The Christmas game is over, and the Clippers are not qualified to play in the Christmas game, even though they are the team at the top of the Western Conference record list this season. They played a total of 20 games and achieved an impressive record of 17 wins and 3 losses.

The last game in December is also the last game in 2012. The Clippers will face the Atlanta Hawks at home.

This game is still anticipated by many fans, mainly because of Griffin.

When Griffin was sold by Richard, many Clippers fans actually had complaints in their hearts. It was only after seeing the Clippers' gradual rise that these complaints disappeared.

Griffin is also thriving in the Hawks, and his current record ranks fifth in the Eastern Conference, second only to the Knicks.

If we really want to play a series with the Knicks, the Knicks may not be able to beat the Hawks...