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Chapter 512 Are We Los Angeles?
The Los Angeles Clippers, because of the addition of Paul, suddenly changed from the end of the Wannian crane to a powerful Western Conference, but it is only a powerful.

There is still some distance from the real first-class team.

Because they have never touched the floor of the Western Conference Finals.

This also virtually dragged down the historical status of Chris Paul, a great efficiency god.

However, the Lakers are not qualified to say next door at all this season, because their record is so bad that it is hard to say whether they can even make it to the playoffs.But this game was still arranged by ESPN to broadcast live across the United States. After all, the "star flavor" of these two teams is still very good, which is enough to "improve the weight" of the ratings.

But it was only broadcast by ESPN [-], because ESPN [-] was going to broadcast the game between the Heat and the Thunder.

"Tonight's game is nothing for the Clippers, but for the Lakers, it is a matter of life and death." The host Jay Williams thought he was humorous: "Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot , For the next six or seven games, for the Los Angeles Lakers, every game should be a life-and-death battle, right? Two gentlemen?"

ESPN's guests tonight are Isiah Thomas and "Big Bird" Larry Bird.

The latter is a naked "lake black", so he opened his mouth and said: "Of course, the Lakers have played such a ghostly lineup this season. There is no one in the history of the league. But they always like superstars, don't they?" Is it?" Bird's ridicule of the Lakers was considered very normal by everyone, because he is a Celtic with "roots are red", and he even publicly stated that he hates yellow and purple, so the "lake black" factor, Absolutely deep into the bone marrow.

The "black and white battle" in the 80s was also the biggest gimmick in the NBA that year. He said so, and there is no problem at all.

Just like "Magic" Johnson can't see the green, tit for tat, this is a habit for many years.

Naturally, ESPN invited him to come and let him do this.

It's a pity that Larry Bird forgot. When it comes to stacking superstars and superstars together, Boston's history is not bad at all. It's almost the same as the Lakers. There is really nothing to be proud of.Isiah Thomas is not so obvious, just opened his mouth to analyze: "From the perspective of paper strength, the Lakers have the upper hand, but from the perspective of real record, the Clippers have the upper hand. I don't think the two teams have the advantage." With such a big gap, the Lakers have some disadvantages, but they still have hope of winning."

"Advantage? Their only advantage is the 2nd position? Right?" Jay Williams interjected.

"Not exactly." Isiah Thomas said: "Actually, the Lakers also have advantages inside, but Mike D'Antoni is not very good at using inside players. The Lakers rely too much on Dwight Howard's low-post singles. I think this is not a good thing." Idea! Because judging from the big data, Howard's low-post singles are efficient... well, not high. So I think it's better for Howard to play more pick-and-rolls, just like in Orlando. This strategy may It will be better."

"Not high? Is it the bottom one?" Larry Bird was a generation of "king of the king" in his player days, so he said mercilessly: "To be honest, I never thought he was the leader of the league. No. [-] center, the No. [-] center in the league since Shaq and Yao, has been disconnected, and the current No. [-] center is all forcibly misappropriated by the media, which is not a small number." Larry Bird, a proper top ten in history Players, so he has few scruples, but Thomas can't do it. The latter just smiled and changed the subject: "Anyway, I don't think Mike D'Antoni has found the right way to use Howard and Gasol, otherwise The power of these twin towers alone is enough to ensure that the Lakers are in the top eight in the Western Conference."

"Mike D'Antoni is good at playing small ball, but the Lakers definitely think too much if they really want him to win the championship. If I were the general manager of the Lakers, I would definitely choose Phil Jackson instead of Mike D'Antoni. Although you all know that I personally don’t like Phil.” Hearing this, Jay Williams, who had never had a sense of presence, suddenly forcibly interjected: “I don’t know how the two of you predict the outcome of tonight’s battle? It’s the Clippers Or the Clippers?"

He forced his lame humor again.

Larry Bird replied very directly, saying: "Of course I support the Clippers, please, when did I support the Lakers? You ask 'Magic' when did he support Boston? The glorious tradition of the Walters." Isiah Thomas said: "I also support the Clippers. The Lakers' book lineup is very good. Unfortunately, from the head coach to the players, there is no chemistry and no cohesion. Such a ball Team, even if the book lineup is twice as strong, it will be difficult to be favored."

"Ha~ 2 to 0, the Lakers are probably on the verge of losing this game. This season, they have repeatedly lost to their rivals in the same city. Is this a kind of irony to Jerry Buss?" Jay Williams said : "I hope the Zijin Army can work harder so that the game will not enter the garbage time too early!"

ESPN is addicted to black Lakers this season. From the head coach to the stars, from the main force to the substitute, from tactics to chemical reactions, there is almost nothing that ESPN cannot black!In addition to the Liangzi formed with the old Buss and the Liangzi formed with Kobe, the Lakers are "traffic bulls" this season, so as long as it is a report about the Lakers, even if the content of the article does not make sense, the reading volume is good. How can this make the ESPN staff unhappy and excited?
Therefore, it got darker and worked harder.

The United States is different from the domestic media. Except for some major national events, almost everything can be subjective and personal. After all, this is also a way to reflect "freedom" and "human rights".

Needless to say, the Clippers overwhelmed the Los Angeles Lakers for the first time this season, so many players expressed their expectations for the playoffs and their yearning for the championship. As for the Lakers, very few people mentioned it. and.As if, deliberately indifferent, expressing a kind of contempt and contempt.

And the game slogan used by the Clippers this season also made Kobe very angry.

"What are we???"

"LAC!!!"

"What are we???"

"LAC!!!"

"What are we???"

"WE.ARE.LA!!!"

LAC is the abbreviation of the Clippers Los.Angeles.Clippers, and the Lakers are LAL, but the last sentence, WE.ARE.LA, means "We are Los Angeles".The C is directly omitted, and its ambition and meaning are beyond words.And the phrase WE.ARE.LA has always been the "special game slogan" of the Lakers before. The Clippers have never had the confidence to shout it out, but since some fans chanted it this season, gradually, the Clippers have also Being influenced by my ears and eyes, I started to use this cheering slogan.

However, it was the first time in decades that the Lakers publicly shouted before the game.

So all of a sudden, some Lakers fans at the scene exploded with anger, and finally a small-scale conflict between the two sides was brewing. Fortunately, the security measures at the Staples Center were very appropriate, so it was contained and eliminated in a short time. invisible.But also because of this small incident, the atmosphere of the whole Lakers team was depressed, including No. 24 of the "Lakers for Life", their complexions suddenly darkened and they were extremely gloomy.

Tang Qian doesn't quite understand how No. 24 feels now, but many years later, he will be able to empathize with him.

One person, one city, unchanged for 20 years, all the youth, all the green onions, all the blood, all remain in this team, the sense of honor and sacredness is by no means comparable to the "mercenaries" who happen overnight.

So in the first quarter, Kobe went all out and scored 15 points in a single quarter.But this score, in the eyes of the Clippers, is not terrible, because under the leadership of Paul, the Clippers scored 38 points in the first quarter, and more points bloomed, making the Lakers' defense completely miss.Howard's performance is also acceptable. He seems to have always had a lot of experience in dealing with Jordan, and he has a huge advantage in career matchups. "Warcraft" also scored 11 points in a single quarter, but the Lakers only scored 29 points in the end, because the shooting touch of others was not good.Including Steve Nash, who is known for his stability, he only made 4 of 1 shots in the first quarter and hit a three-pointer.

Gasol made 4 of 0 high-post jump shots. It seems that he took a lot of shots, but none of them are his good points. Coupled with his poor hand feeling tonight, his shooting percentage is quite ugly.

The Lakers have not had a good way to deal with teams with strong athletic ability this season. The Clippers are now known as the "City of Alleys", so naturally there is no need to say much about their athletic ability.Little Jordan's physical fitness alone is not necessarily worse than the peak Howard.Not to mention Griffin, Caron Butler, and Willie Green are all players with very good physical fitness.

In addition, there is also the point guard master Chris Paul who goes through the needles, so in terms of athletic ability, they are only stronger than the Denver people.

However, Tang Qian played in the second quarter, which made them suffer a little bit, especially this season Griffin has not yet practiced mid-range shooting, and is still a "jump boy". Their sports tactics were greatly curbed by the former.As for Jordan?Please, can he single out Tang Qian?That's purely looking for abuse, isn't it?
So with 5 rebounds and 3 blocks in a single quarter, plus countless strong interference from the basket, the Clippers' offense in this quarter was a mess.It wasn't that there was a problem with Chris Paul's pass. Paul's pass was as accurate and timely as ever. It was because the Clippers were interfered too much by the Lakers' No. 29 at the end of the inside line, so the score couldn't go up.

The Lakers were 28-20 in a single quarter, narrowing the score difference by 8 points.

57-58 at halftime, only one point behind and entered the Staples locker room.

In the second half, Howard was a little "knowing the shame and then being brave". He started to attack frequently in the low post. When he scored the 8th point in a row, Chris Paul made the move.A vicious foul sent Howard directly to the free throw line.

In the past few seasons, the head coach of the Clippers is not so much Vinnie DeNagro, it is better to say that the head coach is Chris Paul, because LeBron James "achieved" Mike Brown and David Brown. After Rattle, there is another person who also made the head coach the "Chris Paul's chief assistant" in the media. He is the Clippers head coach Pooh DeNagello in recent seasons.

In fact, we can see some clues from his playing career. Pooh Denagro is not tall, only 193CM, but he has always been a scoring-oriented guard in his career.This seems to be a bit incompatible with Paul's "assists first" and "pass first".So when the Clippers were eliminated in the first round again this season, Pooh De Nagro's position as head coach also sat at the end. At least five years later, there was no rumor of returning to NBA coaching.

Howard was very competitive with his free throws this time. He made 2 of 2 free throws, but after Paul explained, he made the second foul on the inside and Howard only made 2 of 1 free throws.Then Howard became more and more angry, and more and more angry, the Clippers fouled fiercely inside anyway, preventing you from scoring goals smoothly.

Want to score, okay, I'll send you to a more comfortable and wider free throw line, if you can make free throws.

It is said that the "shark hacking" tactic, but this tactic does not seem to have been greatly affected in O'Neal's career, because as O'Neal himself said, even if he is usually poor in free throws, the more critical the more important the time , he will make free throws more accurate and prevent the opponent's tricks from succeeding.In fact, looking at O'Neal's free throws at critical moments in key games, it is indeed often very competitive, so the "shark-cutting" tactic has never had a strong effect on O'Neal.

But it's different when it comes to Howard. Howard is said to practice free throws, and his hit rate is as high as 80%, which is much better than O'Neal.And the most terrible thing is that the more critical he is, the more free throws he misses, which also makes the "shark hacking tactic" truly shine with infinite brilliance on him.

This was the case in the last 2012-2013 season, and it is also the case in this 2012-2013 season. There are always many Lakers players watching the shots of "Warcraft" free throws in offensive rounds.This will undoubtedly have a huge negative impact on the rhythm of the game and the smooth physical performance of the game.After the opponent stops "cutting Huo", the feel and competitive state of the Lakers players often cool down, and it is difficult to focus on the game in an instant.

Not everyone can maintain Kobe's perverted concentration. This is a talent. Even if you look at the history of the NBA, only Chicago's No. 23 can match him.The rest are one or even several grades behind.

Sure enough, under Howard's free throws in the third quarter, the Lakers' offensive state was fragmented, with 13 points in a single quarter, which is the best evidence.You must know that the Lakers are a team that can average 102 points per game this season. 13 points in a single quarter is indeed too little.The Clippers took the opportunity to play a "wave", scored another 35 points in a single quarter, and finally entered the fourth quarter with a 93-70, 23-point lead.

This huge lead also made the fans of the Clippers at the Staples Center excited. The "WE.ARE.LA" repeatedly echoed in this stadium full of retired Lakers jerseys.

PS: There is one more chapter, you can read it tomorrow when you get up~ Huhu~
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