After the Clippers got Paul and drafted Griffin, their strength was a visible improvement.

In the past, Los Angeles has always been a city for the Lakers, and the Clippers are like a tenant and a concubine.

With Paul's arrival, the Clippers have a core on the offensive end, and with his dominating ball, no team's offense will be messed up.

Griffin is a ticket-selling artifact, and after being reimbursed in his first year, his rookie season in the second year was an explosive and amazing.

The Clippers are starting to have more fans in Los Angeles.

In tonight's game, in addition to the fans wearing Lakers jerseys, many Angelenos wore Clippers jerseys.

Even some couples and friends, one wears Lakers No. 24 and the other wears Clippers No. 3.

Clippers fans are expecting Paul and Griffin to become another classic point-guard-power forward combination.

Just like Carl Malone and John Stockton.

However, Chris Paul already has Stockton's ability at this time, and even surpasses it.

And Griffin is clearly a long way from Karl Malone.

The Clippers are Chris Paul's team.

In the first half of the first quarter, the Clippers were in control of the game.

For Paul, Blake is the equivalent of being unguarded on the court.

After a timeout, Mike Brown brought on both Li Liang and Morris, replacing Blake and Tzu Shiping.

Morris was just called back from the Development League yesterday, and his height, defense, will help the Lakers.

When he appeared on the stage, Li Liang said to Morris: "If you can't deal with Paul, remember to call for help." ”

Morris nodded.

Morris must have been a little stunned about playing against Paul.

He played against the Clippers last season and knew Paul was a tough game to deal with.

This 183 little man is a thief who plays ball.

However, with Li Liang as his backing, Morris felt confident in his heart.

The Clippers have also made substitutions, with their head coach Negro preferring to rotate 10 players.

He replaced Willie Green with Jamal Crawford to further strengthen the Clippers' offensive firepower on the court.

Obviously, Negro feels that adding three-point points and ball possession points on the court will be a bigger blow to the Lakers.

The Lakers are a bit slow on the defensive end.

Five starts, none of them are sharp.

So Paul brought the rhythm very fast, and the reason why the score did not open was that the opening shooting rate was not enough, and the second was that Kobe Bryant was in good shape today, and he scored consecutive points to bite the score.

Now there's a Morris on the other side, and that No. 28, Bruce Lee?

Recently, this kid seems to be a bit popular in the Los Angeles media.

Open the web pages of newspapers and sports media, and see articles about this guy several times.

The 55th pick, who hasn't played much in the NCAA, and who has miraculously played well in the first two games of the summer league, preseason, and regular season after being selected, may become the next "Lee Crazy"?

Negro hadn't had time to study this Bruce Lee before the game.

At the beginning of the season, everyone was adjusting to their condition, and it was normal for a few little people to play impressively.

As the season deepens and there are more and more games, the brilliance will always fade.

Negro thought so, and the game on the field started again.

The Lakers, who came back from a timeout, immediately scored a goal on the offensive end.

It's Kobe Bryant again, and he's one-on-one on the right side with Caron Butler.

Skillful shoulder shaking feints, squeezing his back to a distance of about 15 feet, turning outside and throwing a backward jumper.

So smooth and beautiful.

The Lakers closed the score.

Switching offense and defense, Paul possessed the ball.

Morris keeps an eye on Paul, and of course, it doesn't make sense for Paul to press defense.

Not only is it difficult to disrupt his rhythm, but on the contrary, if you are not careful, you will be tricked by him.

Paul carefully watched the situation on the court and read the Lakers' defense.

The Lakers started with an ordinary one-on-one defense, and after returning from a timeout, they changed to a joint defense.

The joint defense tests the tacit understanding and mutual interaction between the players.

If the tacit understanding is not good, the result of joint defense is that no one can prevent it.

The Clippers players pulled out in all directions, and Griffin wanted to come up and make a wall for Paul.

Paul waved Griffin inside.

Griffin immediately ran back to drill inside, which was behind Gasol!

The problem with Gasol's defense of Griffin is that he can't keep up with this stunned boy.

Paul immediately made a lob into the interior and Howard came to help with the basket.

Griffin had gotten into the reasonable collision zone.

He feints with the ball and dodges, moves his position, and then splits the ball to the wing and inserts Jordan Jr.!

Little Jordan is going to have a violent dunk when he gets this ball!

I didn't expect to be hugged and dragged down all at once.

It's Li Liang.

He came up from behind and pulled Jordan Jr. down.

An inevitable goal was fouled by Li Liang and turned into two free throws.

Little Jordan's free throw level is really incomparable with Li Liang.

Two free throws missed, and Howard got the rebound.

Little Jordan was a little frustrated, and he also pinched his shoulder, Li Liang's foul just now was ruthless enough.

The Lakers' previous defense had never shown such ruthlessness.

In this way, the Lakers did not lose points despite losing defense.

When it was the Lakers' turn to fight back, Bryant passed the ball to Morris.

Morris advances with the ball.

Morris didn't play well on the court last season.

It was pure luck to be back on the Lakers this time.

No one expected Nash to get injured in the second game.

Coupled with Blake's flaws in his style of play, Morris had a chance.

When it came time to summer league, Morris was underwhelming.

He is the only point of possession for the Lakers, especially the cooperation between him and Li Liang, and he is one of the few bright spots for the Lakers who have no talent.

The two were on the same stage again, and Morris felt very relieved to see Li Liang not far from him.

Li Liang stepped forward to make a block and cover for Morris.

Paul squeezed directly past Morris, and kept making small movements in his hands.

Li Liang did not retreat, but chose to cut inward very rarely.

Morris made a hanging pass and passed the ball to Li Liang.

Opposite Li Liang is Jamal Crawford, and the two are a bit far apart in terms of size.

However, even if Crawford's defense is poor, it is still difficult for Li Liang's ball-holding ability to hit him.

Because there's little Jordan squatting in there.

After receiving the ball, Li Liang turned around and turned his back to Crawford, in the position of the ribs.

This is Bryant's favorite position to eat alone on his back.

At this time, Kobe Bryant, who was standing on the flank, was stunned and thought, this kid wants to imitate my back singles?

Even Mike Brown froze, thinking what this guy wants to do?

Just a second later, Li Liang gave the answer.

Of course he won't play singles with his back, he will just play with his back, not singles!

But he's going to hit the ball with his back!

Morris, who had just given him the ball, had already relied on a block from Gasol to cut into the basket.

Li Liang made a non-looking pass to the ground and went to Morris's hand.

Morris makes an easy layup!

A nice fit!

Many of the audience at the scene were stunned.

And this kind of operation?

This No. 28 kid can still pass the ball like this?

This pass can't help but remind people of Yao Ming.

Although Yao Ming is not a master of passing, he can occasionally pass such beautiful ground-hitting assists when he attacks with his back in the low post.

Maybe the Chinese players have such a reserved program.

After the goal, Li Liang and Morris high-fived.

The difference was chased to one point.

I haven't practiced this little tactic much, but Morris and Li Liang have played together and have a bit of a tacit understanding.

Gasol's understanding on the offensive end is not comparable to that of ordinary people, and he quickly knows how to cooperate.

When he was just traded to the Lakers in '08, he played the triangle offense in the first game.

With 24 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists, his wonderful performance amazed his basketball IQ and made Popovich jump to his feet angrily.

Mike Brown likes Li Liang more and more on the sidelines.

This kid has really trained his organizational skills?

Two months, is it really a buried genius?

The first quarter ended quickly.

After Li Liang came on the court, he helped the team smooth out the point difference.

The Lakers also overtook by one point.

Negro's substitution was a clear mistake.

He asked Crawford to play against Li Liang and gave Li Liang the opportunity to show his organizational skills.

Chris Paul feels that after the No. 28 came on the court, the Lakers' defense has improved significantly.

His fill-in is timely, although not fast enough, but in the Lakers who are led by a group of old men, it is already very good.

And he has strong communication skills, constantly directing on the field.

Not at all like a rookie.

This kid is kind of interesting.

Paul thought to himself that he would have to find a way to beat him later.

The old players in the NBA are like this, and when they see a good newcomer, they always have to hit him on the court.

After all, that's how everyone comes by.

However, Li Liang is still different from ordinary newcomers, very different.