Standing pretty old

Chapter 856 Defeat the Lakers and win ten consecutive victories
The league's arrangements have always been for ratings, and the Los Angeles Derby arrangement for the opening game is naturally aimed at topicality.

Ruan Erniu has now surpassed Kobe with 4 championship rings, and has become the well-deserved No. [-] basketball star in Los Angeles. In terms of personal ability alone, Kobe Bryant cannot be compared with Kraft Ruan no matter how you analyze it. .

It doesn't matter, the Lakers have F4, and the Clippers only have a combination of dual-core drive after all.Americans are also very clear about the fact that two fists are hard to beat with four hands.

More importantly, Ruan Erniu is now the richest man in the NBA, and his personal wealth is enough to buy the entire league.

According to the traditional values ​​of the United States, this guy's desire for victory may decline infinitely now. After a brilliant 11-12 season, how much enthusiasm he has for basketball is really a question.

The Lakers' poor performance in the preseason is nothing. In the regular season, it is time to test the true level of the team.

At the Staples Center, two Los Angeles teams will have their NBA opening game here, and the Clippers, as the champions of last season, will also present their championship rings before the start of the game.

The newcomers on the Clippers side naturally looked at the old members with eager eyes and smiled, and took over the rings one by one from Er Niu, who was in charge of the live host.

Suddenly, a player wearing a yellow and blue uniform appeared in the ring receiving team.

Hassan Whiteside obviously didn't react, and said in surprise: "What's the situation? There are guys from the Lakers making trouble on this occasion, should we do it?"

Drummond Green raised his neck mockingly, and said to the tall white man beside him: "Dude, that guy is Nick Young, one of the members of the Clippers who won the championship last season.

If you want to go back to the injured list so much, or go back to the Development League to report immediately, I agree with you. "

On the stage, where the lights converged, Ruan Erniu handed the ring gift box to Nick Yang, and said to Yang Shaoxia: "Thank you for everything you did last season, you will always be one of us."

Yang Shaoxia said: "Thank you, and thank the Clippers and you for giving me this opportunity."

Nick Young returned to the team with the ring, and was greeted by the congratulations and envy of his teammates, especially Dwight Howard, who didn't have a ring in his hand, said exaggeratedly: "Nick, let me see how it works later. ?”

Nick Yang hurriedly put away the ring and said, "NO! This is my trophy."

Sparks are not the only Lakers players with envious eyes, including Steve Nash who missed tonight's game due to injury, Pau Gasol who never won the championship because of the two bulls blocking, Metta World Peace, and The champion, Antoine Jamison and others who also have to hold their legs for a basic salary, are also envied in various ways.

After the opening ceremony, the two teams came to the field first.

The Clippers' lineup has not changed much from last season:
C DeAndre Jordan
PF Ruan Erniu

SF Kawhi Leonard

SG JJ* Reddick

PG Chris Paul
Although Jordan's performance in the finals last season was poor, he is after all a center signed by the Clippers with an annual salary of tens of millions.

What's more, in this era when the league's centers are gradually declining, Jordan's rottenness will not completely drag down the entire Clippers system.

As for Ray Allen, it's not surprising that he didn't make it into the starting lineup. After all, he is a 37-year-old veteran. It is unrealistic to expect him to average more than 35+ minutes per game like he did when he was young.

Even his physical condition is still very good.

Er Niu even suspects that with Ray Allen's playing style and self-control ability, as long as he wants to, he can even play until 40+ without retiring.

The Lakers' starting lineup is not too surprising:
C Dwight Howard

PF Pau Gasol

SF Metta World Peace

SG Kobe Bryant
PG Steve Blake

Nash's absence has reduced the Lakers' F4, but Lakers fans are still full of expectations for them.

In the jump ball session, Sparks beat Uncle Huang and put the ball into Kobe's hands. Kobe directly held the ball across half court, and then handed the ball to Gasol in the high post.

Er Niu's defense at the beginning of the game was not tight, but he clearly felt that Jia Sao on the opposite side was playing very uncomfortable.

He hesitated holding the ball for a long time, Er Niu exerted a little pressure, and Gasol had to distribute the ball.

This summer, two Lakers players have chosen to lose weight. One is Kobe. Although Mamba has lost a little weight, his appearance has not changed much, but the other has lost weight, but he looks like a newcomer.

Yes, he is Metta Shiping holding the ball on the outside. Leonard's defense is very tight. Shiping didn't have a chance to shoot directly, so he had to pass the ball to Sparks inside.

The intention of passing the ball was too obvious, Er Niu found the right position, easily cut the basketball, immediately turned on the offensive and defensive conversion mode, and while advancing with the ball, distributed the ball to JJ* Redick, who raised his hand and shot...

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Typical bull style, high-speed transitions, complete offense on the move!
For a strong team, both the players and the team need a regular offensive and defensive style.

After a season of running-in, the Los Angeles Clippers have formed a fairly tacit cooperation, but in contrast to the Lakers, there is no expected superstar cooperation at all.

It can be seen from the offensive end of the Lakers that Kobe also tried hard to cooperate with the sparks with the ball, but the two really couldn't cooperate.

Bryant is also getting older. With the decline in athletic ability, Kobe's biggest lack of offensive ability is undoubtedly breakthroughs. He always prefers to use three-pointers to pull out his hands and make jump shots after dribbling. Or lean back to end the attack.

Howard?

His biggest problem is that he can't pick and roll, or his pick and roll is completely one pick and roll, and he has no ability to be a wall at all, or he has no will to be a wall at all.

How to understand?
It can be analyzed from a certain Lakers offensive round.

Kobe held the ball from the outside, and Sparks went forward to pick and roll. As a result, Kobe was either suddenly double-teamed by two Clippers players and couldn't get the ball, or he chose to pull up directly and ended up shooting hard.

Here I have to mention a concept, that is, the two attack modes of pick-and-roll coordination:

[-]. The player who is responsible for blocking people is a wall, standing still, and providing enough breakthrough space for the player with the ball. This is also the most classic pick-and-roll method, such as Malone and Stockton, the ball-handler with strong breakthrough ability Go straight to the basket and score, if there is a double-team, there is a high-post player who shoots and scores.

Here comes the question, does the Spark have a stable mid-to-long-range shooting ability in the game? (There must be some in training. Warcraft shoots three-pointers very accurately in training, 9 of 8 shots, and there are still videos!)
Well, so Howard uses the second pick-and-roll.

90. After blocking, the player on the wall cuts directly to the basket. Stoudemire.

From this perspective, since Nash did not return from injury, Mike Brown is using Kobe as Nash.

But the pick-and-roll between Sparks and Bryant was hopeless.

Countless Lakers fans thought that everything would be different after Nash came back, but in fact, everything was still bad.

Until the middle of the season, Mike Brown was squashed, assistant coach Bernie Bickerstaff (not the same as the Rockets' *** Bickerstaff) took office temporarily, and after Mike D'Antoni took the lead...

Well, well, keep losing, even if there are occasional wins over the Thunder.

In the middle and late part of the season, Kobe came to the low post as the pivot, Nash became the shooting guard, and the Lakers' record improved slightly.

Back to this game, since Kobe and Howard can't cooperate in the pick-and-roll, why not return to the OK combination period, that kind of internal and external blooming mode, so that Mamba and Warcraft become the strong points on the field at the same time?
Quite simply, Warcraft's low-level ability is simply speechless.

As far as the opening game is concerned, the Sparks were locked up by Jordan.

It is true that Sparks' injury has objectively affected his game state, but this is not an excuse for Sparks not to develop top center offensive skills. Facing the more mature Jordan, Warcraft really can't score goals.

In this game, Ruan Erniu only played three quarters and clocked out early. Erniu, who scored 28 points and 16 rebounds, spent at most 5 points. It's a pity that the seemingly powerful Lakers fell down so vulnerable.

All the hype in the media before the game became a joke. After the game against the defending champion, the old background of the Lakers was exposed in front of all the teams in the league.

As a team leader, Kobe is not only declining in physical fitness, but also in his focus on the defensive end.

Last season, it was absolutely correct not to have Kobe on the defensive first team. To be honest, he shouldn't even have him on the second team.

Pau Gasol is currently the biggest victim of the Lakers, because he has been completely lost in the unfamiliar system, forgetting the triangle offensive system arranged by Phil Jackson, which is suitable for his survival.

Ci Shiping is playing hard like a rookie, but it is a pity that he is also old, and after losing weight, his condition has also declined significantly.

Weight loss is indeed good for players to prolong their career life, but it will also have a huge impact on their stable performance on the court.

In a good team, such as the Spurs, after Duncan loses weight, Popovich also needs to reduce playing time in various ways and rely on the system to support the team. This is the reason.

Unfortunately, the current Lakers team does not have a Popovich-style coach, nor has it developed an effective system.

That's right, Crouching Tiger (the Lakers fans call themselves, that is, my lake) has always played superstar basketball, and the system is just a combination of superstars.

Finding players according to the system is not Crouching Tiger's style at all.

The game was lackluster, but the Lakers' substitutes played brilliantly in garbage time, including Nick Young and Jamison, who both performed well, but unfortunately this did not make up for the huge point difference.

95:125，快船在揭幕战中狂胜对手30分，以极为强势的姿态开始了他们的12-13赛季。

Ruan Erniu said after the game: "The Lakers are not as strong as imagined, maybe because Nash has not returned yet, I am still looking forward to the next game, but this game should not be their true level."

The Bulls still saved face for their rivals in the same city. After all, it is meaningless to play in the same city if the relationship is too rigid.

According to a Two-dimensional work, the lines of Manniu should be like this: "Your offense is weak! You are not good at pick-and-rolls! Your defense is loose! You are unresponsive! None of your moves is decent! Just you still want to compete with me?"

Well, Er Niu is not Kong Wenge, and he will not make a mockery like this, to set up the FLAG of the small boss, as the active No.1, and the big boss in the eyes of countless people, Er Niu must lead the Clippers to continue to play Dominating performances and winning along the way.

In fact, the Clippers did exactly that.

After killing the Lakers with a big score in the opening game and making a good start for the new season, the Clippers did not stop their pace.

On November 11, the Clippers defeated the Grizzlies at home. The two sides fought endlessly in the first half. However, in the third quarter, the Clippers suddenly exerted force on the offensive end, opened up the score gap in one fell swoop, and firmly maintained the advantage until the game Finish.

On November 11, the Clippers continued to sit at home and ushered in back-to-back challenges from the Warriors. Since Bogut was absent due to injury, rookies Azeri and Harrison Barnes both got the chance to start.

The two sides fought against each other, and the result was that the Clippers won the opponent by 5 points and won the three-game winning streak after the start of the game.

On November 11th, the Clippers ushered in their fourth opponent after the start of the game in Los Angeles - the Cleveland Cavaliers. Irving and Waiters showed off with both guns, but the Clippers still had the last laugh in the final quarter. With Paul's 5-foot hit Vote and kill the game.

On November 11, the Clippers ushered in the San Antonio Spurs, the last opponent of the five-game home game at home.

The seasoned Popovich had no intention of competing with the Clippers for a while. After a little resistance, he took the initiative to admit defeat, and the Clippers won the first five consecutive victories.

After five consecutive home games, the Clippers headed to Portland for their first away game of the new season.

Er Niu continued his causal-level performance that can beat his opponent every time he meets Aldridge. Rookie Damian Lillard performed well and scored 16 points efficiently in front of Paul, but that's all.

Speaking of it, the Clippers' schedule at the beginning of the new season is really easy.After the end of this away game, they returned to the home court in Los Angeles again. They will welcome another three consecutive home games, and their opponents are the Eagles, Heat, and Bulls.

The Eagles are no longer what they used to be. The team is rebuilding around Griffin. The Eclipse is at odds with the Griffin. It seems that after the contract expires, the Eclipse is doomed to leave.

Erniu and the Clippers were not polite, and took away this team that had no will to fight.

The battle against the Heat was hailed as a preview of the championship. After a thrilling full-meter live broadcast, the Clippers had the last laugh again. With the brave performance of the two bulls and Ray Allen's deadly three-pointer, they finally defended the title The champion had the last laugh and won eight consecutive victories.

As for the last opponent of the three-game home game-the Chicago Bulls, there is no difficulty for the Clippers.

Rose continues to be on the injured list, and the Bulls are used to the days without a boss.

But no matter how good the defense is, it's impossible to beat the Clippers without offense.

80:111, the Clippers won 9 consecutive victories.

After this game, the Clippers will start four consecutive away, and their first away opponent is the San Antonio Spurs.

This time, Popovich showed his true skills. The two sides fought fiercely at the playoff level. The game continued until the last minute of the final quarter, and the score still did not tell the winner.

At the critical moment, Leonard stood up. He first blocked Ginobili's layup on the defensive end, and then used a deadly fast break dunk to seal the victory for the Clippers.

The Spurs were forced to foul and sent the Clippers to the free throw line, but missed a subsequent rush shot.

At 91:87, the Clippers narrowly beat their opponents away and won the first 10 consecutive victories of the new season.

　Thank you book friends for being indifferent, zxclemo for your reward!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)