?? The Clippers' road trip continues.

Coincidentally, after leaving Boston, they traveled to Brooklyn, New York, to challenge the Brooklyn Nets, who had completed a trade with the Celtics in the summer.

Compared with the media in Boston, the media in New York and Brooklyn are notoriously tricky and vipers.

And New Yorkers don't have the kind of inexplicable love that Bostonians have for Li Liang.

On December 12, the New Yorker's pre-game preview pointed out, "Bruce Lee's megalomania after being promoted to the star ranks is inherited from the country and nation he came from, but he is still worth only $5 million." ”

There is no doubt that this assessment carries a vicious political metaphor, after all, this is New York, and everything is black, and everything is black.

Li Liang received the news from Wei Dazhi as soon as possible, and then asked Wei Dazhi to tweet and fight back.

Wei Dazhi sent a message: "To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the New Yorkers' championship." ”

The Knicks can be said to be lying guns, and the Clippers are obviously here to play the Nets, and they have pulled the rotten ones in.

That's right, the last time the Knicks won a championship was in 1973, 40 years ago.

After that, they reached the finals twice without success, and in recent years, they have no hope of competing for the championship, and they have not even reached the division finals.

The Knicks are being pressed by their neighbors, the Nets, on every front, especially when the Nets move from New Jersey to Brooklyn, just across the river from Manhattan.

This summer, the so-called "Big Five" was introduced, and the Knicks went head-to-head.

Even so, the Knicks still rank first in the league in terms of revenue, which makes people sigh that New York is New York.

Of course, although the two teams are in competition, when a strong opponent visits, New York and Brooklyn are still on the same side - not because New Yorkers like the Nets so much, but because the media wants to complain and show their poisonous tongue skills.

Wei Dazhi's counterattack tweet undoubtedly sounded the clarion call for a war of words.

"Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Clippers' championship."

A tweet was quickly concocted, suggesting that it would be 100 years before the Clippers won the championship.

"Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Clippers reaching the division finals."

Not to mention, the Clippers haven't even made it to the division finals.

"Honoring the Clippers' Greatest Achievement in History: Moving to Los Angeles, 30 Years."

Indeed, with the exception of the city of Los Angeles, the Clippers' attraction to free agents is almost zero.

In short, a unique "commemoration" battle unfolded on Twitter.

Gradually, not only the Clippers, Knicks, and Nets were involved, but the entire league was pulled in.

Because the United States is a country with a small history, as a modern, flat country, they have a special eye on some anniversaries.

Including in NBA games, there are often special jerseys worn for commemorative holidays, such as Veterans Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, etc.

As a result, this anniversary tradition was used as a joke, and teams began to commemorate "big" days in team history.

For example, the Timberwolves: "Commemorating the 10th anniversary of reaching the Western Conference Finals and entering the playoffs." ”

Bull: "Commemorating the forty-seventh year of not changing the avatar." (The Bulls haven't changed their team logo since they entered the league.) ）

King: "Commemorate 275 years of the team's championship!" (The Kings won the championship in 1951, so far away that it feels like hundreds of years have passed.) ）

In short, including Li Liang himself, he didn't expect that a casual counterattack on Twitter would evolve into a self-deprecating contest for fans of various teams.

By the time the game approached, people had forgotten about the verbal war between Li Liang and the New York media.

See you on the pitch!

Besides, the Clippers played the Nets.

New Yorkers are really going to make a fool of themselves.

……

Even if there is no verbal battle between the New York media and Li Liang, the matchup between the Clippers and the Nets is still full of highlights.

In the last game in Los Angeles, the two sides were star-studded because of the rest of the Nets veterans, and there was nothing to see.

This one was different, the Nets playing at home were all on the line, with Deron Williams, Kevin Garnett, Joe Johnson, Paul Pierce, and Brook Lopez all on the court.

It can be said that this is a high-profile matchup.

At the point guard position, the battle between two of his classmates, Chris Paul and Deron Williams, is an eternal topic.

Paul is often considered the better one, but Deron Williams has always been able to gain the upper hand against Paul.

Will Williams still have the upper hand this time?

There are also Celtic veterans like Garnett and Pierce, will Rivers make targeted arrangements based on his knowledge of them?

Griffin's arm or Garnett's arm, who is bigger?

And so on, and a series of questions will be answered in the competition.

The game was scheduled for 8 p.m. Eastern Time, and the Nets' new arena, Barclays Center, was packed.

This match is a comeback fight for Deron Williams.

After missing the early season game due to injury, Williams is finally able to play.

Although the Nets are known as the Big Five, Garnett and Pierce are already in the late years of their careers, and there is not much left in their careers, and it is unknown how much gas is left in the tank, and there will definitely not be much anyway.

Joe Johnson has a lot of quality, but he has never been a superstar-caliber player.

Brook Lopez is just an All-Star.

Therefore, the only one who can really carry the title of Nets superstar is Deron Williams.

He also longed to do something bigger outside of Salt Lake City.

It's just that after leaving Salt Lake City, Delong's road has not been smooth.

Injuries and a suspension to overseas leagues have all made him lack a bright performance in the NBA.

And because of the contradiction between the Jazz and the old coach Sloan, he has a bad reputation.

All of this requires him to justify himself with a wonderful performance on the court.

It's a coincidence, this fight Paul!

Is there anything more enjoyable for Williams than against Paul?

The two were both rookies in '05, with Williams with the third pick and Paul with the fourth.

As players in the same position, it is inevitable that people will compare the two.

And the result of the comparison is often "Paul is better than Williams." ”

Especially after Williams decided to leave Salt Lake City, more and more people began to talk about what would have happened if the Jazz had chosen Paul back then.

This "what if" has been discussed since the end of the draft, during which the Jazz and Sloan have both supported Williams, saying that choosing Williams is definitely the right choice.

Williams later proved himself with his playoff performances, helping the Jazz reach the division finals — a realm that Paul never reached.

Later, DeLong had a bad relationship with Jazz and Sloan, and at the same time, Paul's form was thriving, and he continued to play well, and people would bring up the old things again.

Tonight's comeback game against Paul couldn't have been more perfect for Williams.

The premise is that he beats Paul and the Nets.

The Clippers made a slight change to their starting lineup tonight, with Barnes continuing to be sidelined with injury and Caron Butler returning.

However, Butler did not start and continued to serve as a substitute, and the starting point guard became Willie Green.

When Li Liang appeared on the DJ introduction, he was booed by Brooklyn fans.

It's not that the fans hate Li Liang much, it's just that the fans need such a "villain" to make the game itself more exciting and interesting.

Li Liang received a little bit of anger one after another, and lamented in his heart that modern fans no longer have the blood and passion of the fans of the past.

After all, basketball is getting more and more entertaining.

No matter what the project is, film and television, drama, sports competitions, everyone has begun to pursue "lightheartedness".

Regional hatred, feuds, like those of the 70s and 80s, are becoming more and more like gimmicks rather than beliefs that really exist in people's hearts.

The same is true for the players, it looks like you are dead on the field, hello me off the field, hello everyone.

I can't help it, I want to have just the right meal.

The commentary for this game has Reggie Miller, and Miller mentioned the bond and connection between Rivers, Paul, Deron Williams, and the Boston two elders in this game.

But he finally stressed: "But of all the factors, I think the decisive one is Bruce Lee, and I have a feeling that his ability to influence the game, the level of control, is beyond a lot of people's imagination. And I bet it's not the best of him, far from it, and I only have one word for him to describe what I think, and that's 'wait and see'. “

Reggie Miller's evaluation of Li Liang is not insignificant, and the series of changes and influences brought by Li Liang after coming to the Clippers are making people more and more interested in him.

But Li Liang's mind was still thinking about one thing, including thinking about it before jumping the ball.

"What the hell am I supposed to do to make people not like me that much? How can it be so hard? Don't like me being so hard? “