Double stars shine in Los Angeles

Chapter 196 The Civil War in the Same City Asks for Recommendation

Everyone in the Los Angeles Lakers never expected that their opponent in the Western Conference Finals would be the Los Angeles Clippers in the same city.But if you think about it carefully, this is actually not bad. At least I don’t have to fly away in this round of the series, which is still very good for the players. Anyway, apart from the stickers on the floor, the environment is not No change.This is much better than the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks.

Of course, everyone in the Los Angeles Clippers is also very happy that they don't have to travel away.They didn't have any psychological burden because their next opponent was the Los Angeles Lakers.This season, the Los Angeles Clippers not only achieved the longest seventeen-game winning streak in team history during the regular season, but also broke into the third round of the playoffs for the first time to compete for tickets to the finals.Although their opponents, the Lakers, swept their opponents strongly in the first two rounds to advance, but their Clippers are not bad.

At this time, the Los Angeles Clippers had a feeling that they wanted to unseat the emperor. Didn’t Napoleon also say that “a soldier who doesn’t want to be a general is not a good soldier?” Team jersey. (I really can't figure out what this sentence has to do with them. If you want to look for it, you should look for words like "Don't underestimate the heart of a championship", right?)
On the day of the Western Conference finals, the Staples Arena was full of spectators early on. Due to the particularity of this round of the series and the large number of spectators required to enter the stadium, the management of the Lakers and Clippers decided to temporarily increase the number of spectators after a meeting. Even so, it is still difficult to meet the demand for watching the game live. Even a temporary seat at the very back outside has been fired up by scalpers for a sky-high price of five hundred dollars.

Don't think that there are no scalpers in the United States, there will naturally be such a group of people if there is market demand.As for whether the promising profession of scalpers was passed on from China, this is not the topic we are going to discuss now.

Looking at the fans in the audience, the fans of the Lakers and the Clippers can be said to occupy half of the country. If you look carefully, you can still find that the fans of the Lakers are still a little bit more than the fans of the Clippers.After all, the Lakers have dominated Los Angeles for too long.If you really want to count, the Clippers are the real local team in Los Angeles, and the Lakers are outsiders, because the Lakers only moved to Los Angeles later.

The Los Angeles Derby in this round of the series can be said to have attracted the attention of all parties. In China, the TV media and major websites will broadcast the entire Los Angeles Derby series. It is not only the attraction of the topic of the Derby, but more importantly It is because the Lakers now have three Chinese players, and the rumor that the Lakers will not renew Andrew Bynum's contract and that Yao Ming will be the team's main inside substitute next season is even more attractive in advance. The eyes of a group of people.

The Lakers team is "tidy" and the goal is directly at the championship. Of course, they don't want to be blocked from defending their title. All those who stand in their way will be stumbled by their position and will crush them mercilessly.The Lakers have already polished their steel knives and are ready to end the Clippers at any time.It is said that the current lineup of the Lakers is neat, and everyone must have no opinion. As for you, isn't Andrew Bynum still injured?Well, who in the current Lakers cares about that guy with extremely low EQ?

The Clippers are also bent on overthrowing this city brother who has been pressing on their heads for many years, so that people know that the Lakers are not the only team that can represent the city of Los Angeles.Similarly, this year's Clippers don't want to keep their lineup intact in the playoffs like last year. Now they are also strong, and they can be regarded as a young team. Naturally, they want to kill the Lakers. This "old man" came to prove that he had grown up.

The advantage of the Los Angeles Lakers is first of all that they swept their opponents all the way to advance, and they are extremely powerful in momentum; secondly, the Lakers' playoff surprises are much richer than the Clippers; The team that won last season.In the end, Li Yifeng and Lin Fengzhe will definitely not allow a "small" Clippers team to organize themselves to win the championship ring.

For such a battle, the media will naturally not let go of the players and coaches of both sides before the game.

Mike Brown: "The Clippers have indeed made great progress in the past two seasons, especially in this season, they have created many records in their team history. But compared to the Lakers, their amazingness and background There are still some gaps. What? You said to consider the issue of winning or losing? There is no doubt about it, we will win, and we have only one goal! That is the O’Brien Cup!”

Kobe Bryant: "Victory will be ours, don't question me, the results of the game will prove what I said is true."

Li Yifeng and Lin Fengzhe have the same meaning - no one can stop us from defending the title, no one can prevent Yao Ming from winning his first championship.

Yao Ming: "This is the first time I have entered the Western Conference finals, and I will not let anyone stop me from getting my first championship ring in my career!" Yao Ming said this very seriously.

Vinny Nigro: "The Lakers are a team with a fine tradition and many honors, but the past is the past, and what we have to look at is the present and the future. We are not weaker than our opponents, as long as we play our own Our own basketball, to ensure our own competitive state, we are not afraid of any opponent."

Chris Paul: "This is the first time I have entered the Western Conference Finals. This feeling is really amazing. I am eager to stand on the stage of the Finals and look forward to the moment when I lift the O'Brien Cup."

Blake Griffin: "We are a championship-level team, and we need a championship trophy to prove it. We will not limit our sights to the Western Conference Finals, we will show ourselves on a bigger stage , and bring joy to the fans."

Matt Barnes, who was once a member of the Lakers, also accepted an interview with reporters: "The Lakers are a very good team. I used to be a member of them. I know it well. But soon The fleet is also great, there is no doubt about it. No matter which team I am in, I will do my best to help the team win."

Both sides have shown their determination to win the game, which has greatly improved the momentum of their respective fans.

The game was broadcast live across the United States by ESPN TV, with a trio of Jeff Van Gundy, Mark Jackson and Mike Breen in the commentary.

"Today's game was really lively. Seeing that the fans on both sides of the field are almost evenly divided, this is the first time I have seen the same city derby in the Western Conference Finals." Mike Breen said with emotion.

"Man, you don't have to be surprised by this. Maybe next season we can see the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets in the same city. Los Angeles is not the only city with two NBA teams now." Jeff Van Gundy said.

"Although the Oklahoma City Thunder missed this year's Western Conference finals, the Clippers, as a newly promoted team, cannot be underestimated. Moreover, the competition between the Clippers and the Lakers for the Western Conference championship is full of topics. For example, can the Clippers overthrow the Lakers that have been on their heads for so many years." Mark Jackson said.

"Indeed, the peak duel between Steve Nash and Chris Paul's old and new generation of point guards is also a highlight." Mike Brin said, "Among the old generation of point guards, Jason Kidd and Steve Nash is the kind of player who can make his teammates good, and among the new generation of point guards, only Chris Paul and Lin Fengzhe can do this, but it is a pity that Lin Fengzhe actually changed to small forward gone."

The Lakers' starting lineup for this game is center Li Yifeng, power forward Pau Gasol, small forward Lin Fengzhe, shooting guard Kobe Bryant, point guard Steve Nash, and the Lakers once again dispatched their regular starting lineup. hair lineup.

The Clippers' starting lineup for this game is center DeAndre Jordan, power forward Blake Griffin, small forward Lamar Odom, shooting guard Caron Butler, point guard Chris Paul .

Lamar Odom, who had a bad season with the Dallas Mavericks, returned to the place where his career began this season. Here comes my new life.In the last month and a half of the regular season, Lamar Odom averaged 31 minutes per game and could contribute [-] points, [-] rebound and [-] assists for the team.

When the players come out, both home players and away players are greeted with cheers.Of course, this cheering is only the ordinary fans among them, but even this is the only one in the history of the league.Since they are all Los Angeles' own teams, even if the opponent supports the team from time to time, they will not boo the players who played.

There are also special cases, when Yao Ming, Li Yifeng and Lin Fengzhe played the three players, the cheers were the loudest.This is easy to explain, because there is no shortage of Chinese fans in the Clippers. For overseas Chinese, as long as they are Chinese, they are a family. Overseas Chinese are still very united.

ESPN is also very interesting. It first pointed the camera at the Lakers bench, then zoomed in and walked one by one, as if looking for something, and then played a photo of Andrew Bynum.That's right, Andrew Bynum did not appear on the sidelines. Although his departure has become inevitable, his failure to appear on the court has caused dissatisfaction among many diehard Lakers fans. Anyway, the Lakers have cultivated him Team for many years.

Fortunately, as the game is about to start, people have turned their attention to the game again, the Western Conference finals are about to start!
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