This season¡¯s regular season Clippers mainly rotate 11 players, among which Mourning, Wang Dalin, Artest, Quentin and Yalic are of course the unbeatable starters.
In the substitute lineup, Wang Zhizhi, House, Korver, Simmons, Wilcox, and Drobiak can more or less get a certain amount of playing time, while Eli, Barnes, Dulin, and Fulin can all get a certain amount of playing time. Ram plays very little time and is considered a standard "bench player".
Considering that Barnes has good swing ability and Dulin can sometimes play at the second position, "Baylor" sought the advice of the old Dunleavy and rushed to meet the January 10th deadline. Cut Fram out.
Frum signed a non-guaranteed basic salary contract with the Clippers during last offseason. He performed well in last year's summer league, averaging 17.6 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game, and his three-point shooting percentage reached 43.7. %.
Fram also performed well in the preseason last October. He averaged 18 minutes per game, contributed 7.4 points, 1.8 rebounds and 0.6 assists, and shot 41.9% from three-point range.
However, in the regular season, his performance is a bit stretched So far, he has only played 7 games in total, averaging 9.6 minutes per game, scoring 2.2 points, 0.5 rebounds, and 0.3 assists, shooting 37.5% from the field, and three-pointers. Hit rate 30.6%.
It can be seen from the data that Frum is quite comfortable in low-intensity confrontations, but once it comes to high-intensity confrontations in the regular season this white pitcher's strength is still not up to the NBA level after all, so he can only Accept the fate of being abandoned by the team.
However, he did not bow to fate. He said that he would join a team in the NBA Development League to polish his skills and improve his ability to fight. Sooner or later, he would return to the NBA.
As the regular season approaches the halfway point, NBA teams are inevitably experiencing some injuries. For example, Lakers veteran Karl Malone announced an indefinite hiatus due to a recurrence of his knee injury. According to the Lakers team doctor, Malone will be out for at least 2- 3 months. If you want to come back, it is estimated that it will not be until the end of the regular season this season.
Injuries have also appeared in the Clippers, especially Drobiak from Montenegro The big center has been suffering from severe discomfort in his left knee recently. After examination, he was diagnosed with severe pain caused by meniscus injury and needs to rest. 2-4 weeks or even longer.
There is also Bobby Simmons, the main substitute at the small forward position. He strained his groin in the game against the Raptors on January 9 and also needs to rest for at least 2-4 weeks.
In addition, Alonzo Mourning himself has serious injury risks, so Dunleavy Sr. has always been cautious in using him and strictly controlled his playing time, which is about 25-28 minutes per game.
Even so, just after playing the Raptors, Mourning Sr. still expressed some discomfort in his legs and knees, so Sr. Dunleavy decided to let him take a truce for 2-3 games.
Mourning was unable to play, Wang Zhizhi was mentioned in the starting lineup, and because of Drobiak's truce, only Melvin Eli was left as the substitute center.
Even if Old Deng Levy hadn¡¯t said anything, Wang Dalin had already felt the seriousness of the situation.
Fortunately, the Clippers' schedule in January is not too intensive, otherwise they may not even be able to maintain their current seventh place in the Western Conference.
On the evening of January 11, the Clippers faced the Grizzlies at home.
The two sides experienced an extremely fierce fight. In the end, Bunchy Wells, who came off the bench for the Grizzlies, hit a fatal shot and narrowly defeated the Clippers 108:107.
Wang Dalin just killed the Lakers a week ago. I didn't expect that he would taste the feeling of being killed so quickly. It was really a mixed bag!
He made a total of 12 of 19 shots in this game, including 4 of 7 three-pointers and 7 of 8 free throws. He scored 35 points, 14 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 1 block In fact, his performance was already very good, but his opponent was helpless. The performance is obviously better.
Pau Gasol scored 32 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks, almost creating a rivalry with Wang Dalin.
In addition, five players on the Grizzlies team scored in double figures, namely Bunchy Wells with 17 points, Mike Miller with 16 points, James Posey with 14 points, and Jason "White Chocolate". Williams' 12 points and Shane Battier's 11 points.
In particular, Posey and Shane Battier, two forward defensive players, performed very well. Their defensive turns made Artest struggle on the offensive end although Artest's defense also made it difficult for them. It felt so good, but in the end, I was still outnumbered.
The Clippers lost, but the home fans did not blame them for this. After all, most of the people who came to the "Staples Center" that night were not just to watch the game, but to see Wang Dalin and Jessica. .Alba¡¯s.
Alba sitting in the front row seat is really eye-catching, and Wang Dalin always has something to do with her after every wonderful performance.At the press conference, he responded directly to reporters' questions. He said that he and Alba are just ordinary friends and asked the media not to make random guesses Of course, it is absolutely impossible for the media not to make random guesses!
These rhetorics were taught to him by Schwartz.
Schwartz can be said to be very familiar with the urinary behavior of media reporters. When such scandals arise, in short the more you don't admit it, the more the media wants you to admit it!
If you don¡¯t admit it, they will keep hyping up this topic and sending out ¡°heavy troops¡± to dig out more ¡°insider information¡± on you.
On January 19, the Clippers played against the Kings again, but they lost again After two consecutive victories, there was a wave of two consecutive losses, which is in line with the "personality" of the Clippers this season!
Wang Dalin had another wonderful performance in this game. He made 13 of 19 shots, including 4 of 7 three-pointers and 11 of 13 free throws. He scored 41 points, 14 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.
Since entering this season, people have discovered that Wang Dalin has scored less than 40+ triple-doubles in fewer games than last season. This is not because his strength has declined, but because he has been actively changing his style of play for the sake of the team.
Last season, he averaged 20.04 shots per game, but this season he only took 19.21, which is more than 0.8 times less;
Last season he averaged 8.26 three-point attempts per game, but so far this season he has only taken 7.25, which is one full time less;
It is true that he did score more 40+ triple-doubles last season, but there were as many as 35 games in which he scored less than 30 points in a single game. In 38 games so far this season, he has only failed to score in 12 games. Next 30+.
His scoring average has reached 32.97 points per game, which is slightly higher than his scoring average last season. What does this mean?
It means that he is playing more efficiently and more stably than before!
After two consecutive losses, the Clippers faced another strong opponent on the evening of January 21st - the Warriors, currently fifth in the Western Conference. Will they continue their losing streak?