164 Ambitious Clippers (2/5)

Chapter 164 Ambitious Clippers (25)

After Green left, Tang Tian went to the visiting team's training hall for extra practice.

After the two preseason games, although he played well, it was more because the opponent was not familiar with him.

Take the last game against the Pistons as an example. After the opponent focused on his open three-pointers, his scoring seemed a little weak.

He has to hurry up and improve the attribute of catching three-pointers.

This is also what he has been doing. Taking the most intuitive attribute, his "three-point catch" has been practiced from the previous 50 to about 57.

If it is raised to 60, including the bonus to 66, he can basically use it in the game.

When he arrived at the training hall, with the help of Procopio, Tang Tian began to train systematically, first in physical fitness, then in open three-pointers, then in catching three-pointers, and finally in dynamic vision training.

This is already a set of systematic training content.

When he started to practice three-point catch training, the door of the training hall was suddenly pushed open, and two uninvited guests came in.

Leonard and Ingold.

Ingold is the team's shooting assistant. The Spurs used George Hill to trade Leonard from the Pacers, and now let Ingold give him a small talk in private, and they attach great importance to him.

After the two sides greeted each other, they each practiced their own.

Leonard's personality is cold, and he doesn't even think about letting people approach him actively.

In the next day's training session, Popovich announced the team's activation list, and Tang Tian entered the list.

Moreover, it can be seen from the training match of the full-court confrontation that his order of appearance ranks ahead of Joseph, Neil and others, almost in the eighth and ninth position.

His training camp and preseason performances finally paid off.

That night, the game between the Spurs and the Clippers kicked off at the Staples Center.

This is the season opener for the Spurs, but not for the Clippers.

The Clippers had already played against the Nuggets on Christmas Day and got off to a good start with a 125-105 victory over their opponents.

The Nuggets were fifth in the West last season, and the Clippers were third from last in the West. This game also fully illustrates the changes in the Clippers.

In the past offseason, they traded the core Chris Paul from the Hornets managed by the league, coupled with the Griffin and DeAndre Jordan they selected and trained, their strength has improved significantly.

Paul's assists are top-notch in the league, Griffin and Jordan's physical fitness is top-notch, and they are therefore called "the city of lobs" by fans.

The Lakers in the same city have serious problems after their failure in the playoffs last season. They have great ambitions and have great ideas of replacing them as the master of Los Angeles.

Winning the Nuggets without Anthony is just a sacrificial flag, and winning the Spurs with all "GDP" is their real battle for rectification.

The attendance at the Staples Center was overwhelmed, and there were no seats left.

The Los Angeles ball market was originally second only to New York in the league. The Clippers formed a lineup of the Big Three, and fans were naturally willing to buy it.

In terms of the atmosphere of the scene, they have not lost to the Lakers in the same city.

After a brief warm-up before the game, the scene quickly entered the opening ceremony, and the Spurs, who were playing away, were quickly introduced.

Popovich followed the starting lineup when he played the Thunder in the preseason. Parker and Green were on the outside, Jefferson and Duncan were on the front line, and Blair was the center.

After the introduction of the starting players of the Spurs, the home team played immediately.

The lights on the scene were dimmed, accompanied by passionate background music, 3D lights began to flash on the court, and the gorgeous opening clips were projected onto the floor. The opening ceremony of the new season of the Clippers was magnificent.

Clippers coach Vinnie DeNagro has a two-point guard lineup.

On the outside are Chris Paul and veteran Chauncey Billups, on the front line are Caron Butler and Griffin, and center Jordan Jr.

After the opening ceremony, Paul called his teammates together, called them to put their hands together over their heads, and encouraged them loudly.

He came to the Clippers from the Hornets and came to Los Angeles from New Orleans, obviously wanting to make a big difference.

"Are you nervous?" Green turned to Tang Tian and asked, as the game was about to start.

Although Tang Tian played very well in the two preseason games, there is still a big difference between the regular season and the preseason.

The biggest difference is opponents and strength. If Tang Tian enters the rotation, his main opponents will not be Reggie Jackson and Singler.

"Danny, he's not nervous. He's played in a stadium with 70,000 people, two games." Ginobili came over to make a joke at this time.

Both Green and Tang Tian couldn't help laughing when they said this, but there was no tension on Tang Tian's face.

He is different from other rookies, whether it is competition or competition, he is enjoying the process.

A long whistle came from the sidelines, and the starting players of both sides appeared one after another.

Tang Tian was sitting in the fourth position from the left of the vacant seat at this time, to the left of Ginobili, Splitter and Leonard.

To his right are Bonner, Gary Neal and Joseph, which is basically the team's rotation order.

Duncan and Jordan's jump ball, Jordan jumped high and turned the ball back to the Clippers' half court, which attracted a burst of cheers from the fans.

Compared with the old Duncan on the opposite side, or even the Spurs, the upstart Clippers can be said to have infinite vitality.

After Paul controlled the ball to the frontcourt, the ball was given to Griffin inside.

In his rookie season, Griffin scored 22.5 points, 12.1 rebounds and 3.8 assists with a shooting percentage of more than 50%, and his performance was extremely explosive.

Although Paul is more famous and powerful, but when he first arrived, the team's offense always started with Griffin.

Griffin turned with his back to Duncan to catch the ball, his eyes full of murderous intent.

In the last game, he beat up the Nuggets' inside core Nene, and he is not going to show mercy to old Duncan at this moment.

The NBA is very cruel. Even if you are a historical super giant, if you continue to stay on the court when you are old, you will inevitably be ravaged by rising stars.

Dribbling the ball in one step, leaning on Duncan and then turning around to kill under the basket, Griffin's style of play is quite direct, wide open and close.

However, he somewhat overestimated his wingspan and underestimated Duncan's experience. After turning around, he would be caught by "Stone Buddha" and slapped him back.

There was an uproar at the scene.

"Stone Buddha" is a precious sword that never grows old!

Green turned around and grabbed the blocked ball, and he threw the ball to Parker.

Parker turned to face Paul's fast break, and the spinning top layup in the frontcourt caused Paul's thug foul.

Paul took off his braces and jumped up, indicating that he hadn't fouled, but the referee did not change the sentence.

There were boos at the scene.

Tang Tian frowned slightly at this time.

With the improvement of his dynamic vision, his ability to capture the details of the field has also improved. The small movements of Paul's thugs in the ball just now were obvious. It seems that he has to be careful after playing.