Bishop of the Devil

Starting from the second quarter, the Eagles strictly defended Thompson. Naturally, it was impossible for it to have no effect at all.

However, although this kind of strict defense limited Thompson's explosion, it also gave other Clippers teams many open shots.

The current Hawks are completely demolishing the east wall to make up for the west wall. In order to limit Thompson's explosion, they don't care so much.

He scored 28 points in the first quarter. According to this momentum, if Thompson is not restricted tonight, Thompson is likely to get a scoring data of more than 60 points tonight...

This is definitely a situation the Eagles don't want to see.

The ball can be lost, but this person cannot be lost. Even if other Clippers players are left open, they do not want Thompson to score high points.

It’s not just a team like the Hawks that has this idea. Faced with this situation, any of the thirty teams in the league will definitely choose to focus on guarding Thompson and not let him score 60+ points. .

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After the second quarter, Thompson played for seven minutes in this quarter and only scored 5 points. Compared with the first quarter, there is absolutely no comparison, but his total score also reached 33 points.

On the Clippers side, Thompson was restricted, but Damascus and Sun Yue got a lot of comfortable shots.

Leonard actually has good shooting opportunities, but he still seems to have little interest in offense and mainly focuses on defense.

After the entire first half of the game, the Clippers were already leading by seven points.

Griffin's performance is undoubtedly quite explosive. He scored 19 points and 7 rebounds in the half. If nothing else, Griffin's statistics today will definitely be quite explosive.

However, there is currently a big point difference between the two sides. Maybe Griffin's data will eventually be reduced to nothing and he will not be able to lead the team to victory.

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At the beginning of the second half of the game, Thompson was still the target of the opponent's tight defense. Because of this, the big monkey actually opened up this point.

In the first half, Damascus scored 11 points, and in the second half, Damascus actually scored 19 points. As a substitute player, he only played for 24 minutes and scored 30 points.

Although Thompson was restricted, he still scored 10 points in the second half. In the end, he scored a total of 43 points, breaking 40 for the first time in his career!

Tang Shen and Damascus alone scored 73 points. You can imagine how efficient the Clippers' offensive end was in this game.

In the end, the Clippers defeated the Atlanta Hawks with a score of 127:104 at their home court and gained a home victory.

In this game, Thompson broke the historical first quarter scoring record, which is undoubtedly an amazing feat.

And Damascus scored 30 points as a substitute player, which was enough to make headlines.

Even Sun Yue's 14 points, 7 rebounds, 15 assists and 2 blocks tonight were perfect.

Leonard's offensive efficiency was not very high tonight. He took 11 shots, hit 3 goals, and scored only 7 points. However, the defensive end was still so strong, and the opponent's forwards and defenders collapsed. If it weren't for Gerry If Fenn scores 41 points tonight, the Hawks will lose more than just 23 points in this game...

41 points and 17 rebounds are the statistics Griffin contributed tonight, which is quite astonishing.

But it was useless. Such data ultimately failed to lead the Eagles to victory.

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In the next two games, the Clippers won the game against the Kings as expected. In the other game against the Utah Jazz, the Clippers lost unexpectedly.

However, this still does not prevent the Clippers from securing the first position in the Western Conference. Currently, the Trail Blazers, who are second in the Western Conference, are still at least three games behind the Clippers. At least before the start of the All-Star Weekend, they are unlikely to catch up.

Time has entered 2013, and it is still one year before Richard travels to this world for his twentieth year.

Sometimes Richard feels that time flies too fast. In the blink of an eye, twenty years have passed, and he is also an old man who is about to reach his fifties.

Richard has always had a plan, a retirement plan to be precise, which is to retire at the age of sixty.

Now Richard is forty-five years old, and there are still fifteen years left before the retirement plan he made.

Fifteen years seems to be a long time, but think about it, it has been nineteen years in the blink of an eye when Richard traveled through time. Maybe the next fifteen years will pass in the blink of an eye.

In the next fifteen years, Richard has two goals.

The first goal is naturally to make the Clippers rise and become the most promising team in Los Angeles, surpassing the Lakers in all aspects.

As for the second goal, it is to be able to compete with his children one day, whether Libit and Li Jin play under him or become his opponents on the court.

Libit and the others are already eight years old now, and fifteen years from now they will be twenty-three years old. At that time, they will have entered the peak period of their careers...

In Richard's view, these two goals of his must be accomplished and can be accomplished.

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As the schedule progresses, the annual All-Star voting is about to begin.

Under normal circumstances, the 2013 All-Star Game is actually held in Houston, but this time Xiao Hua set the location in Los Angeles...

Xiao Hua naturally has a reason for doing this. The Clippers are currently in the limelight, and he thinks he can add fuel to the fire and let the Clippers attract more fans' attention during this All-Star Weekend.

If the Clippers can rise, it will directly increase the market value of the NBA. Xiao Hua has just taken office and needs good data on the NBA's books.

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Richard is quite supportive of Xiao Hua's approach. This matter has countless benefits for him.

Not to mention attracting fans' attention, the All-Star Weekend is played on the doorstep of the Clippers. As the host, the Clippers players themselves can enjoy some advantages and have a higher chance of winning the All-Star MVP.

But nowadays, the hottest topic in the entire NBA league is not that Xiao Hua will choose the All-Stars in Los Angeles, but what is happening in the NCAA.

Although the NBA season will not end for a long time, and the draft date is still more than half a year away, at this point in time, ESPN and other media have already predicted the draft picks of some outstanding NCAA players.

Among them, the three most dazzling players in this class are naturally Purdue University's Oladipo, Kentucky University's inside core Nerlens Noel and Kansas University's outside core Ben McLemore.

These three are all the top picks in this draft...

In some draft years, people such as Duncan, O'Neal, and Davis with thick eyebrows are called the favorites for the No. 1 pick, but this statement is quite inaccurate. To be precise, they should be called the only candidates for the No. 1 pick.

Because apart from these people, others have no chance to get involved in the No. 1 pick, so there is no question of whether it is hot or not.

In this draft, the three of Oladipo are the real favorites because no one knows who of the three will be the top pick.

There is no such talented big man in this new class. If there is, Noel can almost be considered one.

But Noel has no advantage over Oladipo or McLemore, unlike Duncan, O'Neal or Davis who overwhelm newcomers in the same class.

Ten years ago, Noel might have been quite sure of being the No. 1 pick, but now with the change in the league's style of play, Noel's chances of being the No. 1 pick are no different from the other two.

Some fans may be wondering, isn't Bennett the No. 1 pick in the 2013 draft? Isn't he the top pick?

He really isn't. Even Oladipo is not the top pick under normal circumstances.

The only real favorites for the No. 1 pick are Noel and McLemore.

Bennett's predicted pick before the start of the draft was actually just on the edge of the lottery. Who knows what the Cavaliers did to select him.

These are not the key to the problem. What is causing heated discussion in the league now is that Noel and Purdue University's Oladipo are injured.

Injuries are a common occurrence for players, but many star players in the NBA feel quite psychologically unbalanced when they think about their NCAA experiences.

Why does the NCAA make so much money but not distribute it to the players?

Why should the league stipulate that players cannot enter the league directly after graduating from high school? Do I have to play in the NCAA or other leagues for at least one year to be drafted?

If a player suffers a serious injury in the NCAA competition, causing his career to be directly scrapped, who should be blamed for such a loss in the end?

Originally, even if these popular players failed to play well after entering the league, they could at least get a hefty rookie contract with high picks, so that at least they would not have a problem supporting their families for the rest of their lives.

But if they are completely scrapped due to injuries in the NCAA and cannot even get a rookie contract, who will protect these players for the rest of their lives?

Because the two top pick players were injured, NBA stars were directly dissatisfied and began to criticize the NCAA and NBA systems.

Many of them came from the NCAA and are well aware of the cruelty of the NCAA. How many five-star high school students originally had a bright future, but their futures were completely ruined because of serious injuries in the NCAA.