The Trail Blazers had not been played before the press release, so the number of games and the victory and defeat in the translation had changed slightly
George has said that he is ready to lead the team forward, and now in a 1-4 situation, George's leadership will be more critical.
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A few days before the NBA's preseason games, weeks before the regular season, media interview days followed, and many promises were made for many related tasks within the league, even if they were difficult to fulfill. Dwyane Casey , pistons head coach , promised the Pistons would rise quickly , however , the Pistons were in a 1-4 situation , with the league at the worst. Suns general manager James Jones believes the Suns' focus is on preseason training, and Bridges and Ayton's contract extension can be slightly further back. However, bridges won a big contract of 4 years and 90 million US dollars that month, and to this day, Ayton has not renewed his contract, and Ayton must be very frustrated.
These hard-to-deliver promises are unavoidable, but it would be unfair not to ask these important matters, just to simply feed readers the causes and consequences in general: at the beginning of the new season, the Clippers have lost four games. In the first four games of the season, the Pistons won the first four games with the champion Kanningan did not play, and Motorcycle City believes That Cunningham will be their savior, while Ayton and the Suns may reach a deal later. So, Paul George's promise to become the Clippers' new season leader has been fulfilled and made him "feel comfortable being the team's number one star," and in a way, the Clippers' bland start to the season is acceptable.
The fact is: By the end of October, the Clippers' record was 1-4, losing to the mighty Warriors and the Grizzlies, both of which had the strength to reach the Western Conference Finals. In addition, he won a victory against the Blazers, but lost to the Blazers on October 30 (Beijing time), (the translator added, October 29 before the original text), and only scored 79 points in the game against the Cavaliers, which was humiliating. No one knows how long Leonard, who is watching from the sidelines, will be absent. The Clippers' offensive rhythm is intermittent, and even if the defensive end is sixth in the league, it is difficult to make up for the lack of offense. Many believe the Time is ripe for the Clippers to take over the new season, however, they didn't get off to a good start.
Photo caption: Paul George is sometimes supernatural and sometimes confused, which is not the quality of a good team leader.
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Despite a lot of jokes and nicknames about George, the Clippers lack Leonard, who is the only All-Star player on the team and the most prolific and reliable talent on the team. This season, George is the only player on the Clippers to average more than 15.5 points per game, and he currently averages 27.6 points per game. Within the Clippers, George led the team with a plus-minus of 6.9, followed by Harden with a plus-minus of 3.1. All the data suggests that things should be on the move, but these figures are hard to tell the whole story, especially when your home team is struggling like the current Clippers.
The numbers certainly don't reasonably represent George's entirety, and at the start of the season, the Clippers suffered two straight losses, and after those two games, George averaged 35 points, 10.5 rebounds and 5 assists per game, shooting 46 percent from three-point range, and shooting 100 percent from the free throw line. Next, the Clippers won one more game and lost two games, and the situation changed somewhat. On October 26, Beijing time, the Clippers played against the Blazers, George scored 16 points and 5 assists on 6-of-16 shooting, scored no rebounds, but set a career high of 8 steals. Against the Cavaliers, George scored 12 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist and four steals on 6-of-20 shooting, losing all eight shots from outside the three-point line. Needless to say, his defense is blameless, but on the offensive end, George's average is extremely misleading.
If there's one trend or factor that organizes George to reach the career (or break through) cap, it's that he insists on creating opportunities for himself when faced with layers of enemy defense, and worse, when he has the chance to pass to his point guard teammates. He has a tendency to look for a shot and thus make a rush, rarely considering whether the shot is wise or not, and even preparing to shoot when he just got the ball. In the game against the Blazers and Cavaliers, those bad shooting decisions confirmed the above.
In his first meeting with the Blazers this season, he forced passes, shot shots, and sped forward on offense instead of running for an empty spot. Frankly, the Clippers should be thankful that Kenard and Mann stepped up that game, taking on some of the offensive firepower, and that no one on the Trail Blazers side scored more than 20 points except CJ McCollum. If Lillard had not been slow to find the form, the situation of this 116-86 match would have been very different. Looking at George's data, I almost thought the Clippers were about to be reversed.
Against the Cavaliers, with three big men guarding the inside like Tarzan, George opted for a farther three-point shot as if he knew the consequences of hitting Evan Mobley on the inside (as everyone says: it was a smart "business decision") George also had some unwise, physically unbalanced jump shots instead of sharing offensive responsibility with his teammates. For the Clippers' main offensive organizers, facing a weaker team whose assist turnover rate is 1-4, I can't find a better word to describe it, which is unacceptable.
A lot of times, George wants to improve his slump by shooting. While people don't realize it, George is a quality shooter, an efficient, near-elite scorer, albeit less stable. Labeling George a "Playoff P" is foolish, but it's equally foolish to ignore george's importance on the field. In addition, it would be foolish to say that George's shortcomings did not have a direct impact, and that he overreacted [to George's performance] to affect the Clippers' early record.
I must stress what I just mentioned: the new season has only just begun. I had a discussion with some colleagues recently, and one of them mentioned the Boston Celtics, and he wondered, "Do we know anything about this team?" The same question can be asked of every NBA team, and the answer is the same: we have just played five games in the new season, how can we know what this team will be like?
We're starting to understand what teams like the Timberwolves, Hornets, and Knicks are in, but it will take time to really understand what a team will look like. The Clippers' current roster isn't complete, with the best players on the team recovering to health, almost a year or so; two key players in the rotation are also recovering from injuries. But the causes of such problems and anxieties, like the fact that "everything is uncertain" so far, are both inevitable and justified.
Photo: The Clippers need help, and the burden remains on George's shoulders.
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George recently said that he was comfortable with all the shots, except that his legs were a little heavy. "As the race progresses, my body gets used to this load," he continues. "About 35 minutes... This fatigue will go away. ”
George's fatigue will worry fans, but now is not the time. George was right that this fatigue would disappear over time. Let's not forget that this is George's third season with the Clippers, at least last year. George has played hard in the team of two stars, and he has contributed more and more in every game he has played in the past. For him, some fatigue is also an inevitable result.
But the new season has only just begun, which does not mean that "time" will not soon become a key factor. For the Clippers, going up isn't that easy. After playing against the Blazers, the record was 1-4. Look at the Clippers' next schedule: Beijing time on November 2 against the Thunder (the Thunder just completed a 26-point reversal, a big victory over the Lakers), and then have to play with the Timberwolves twice in a row, and then play with the Hornets, Blazers, and Heat once, and then with the Timberwolves and Bulls, and the schedule in the first half of November is like this. It's not a benevolent schedule, but the Clippers aren't without a chance to win most of the games. That being the case, based on the Clippers' current performance, they definitely need to improve themselves.
The current first point in the team is also easy for everyone to say - promotion. The Clippers need to rely on George, which falls on his shoulders alone and needs to make the game a little easier.