The match between the two sides officially starts at 7 p.m.

The Staples Center has received a huge audience and national attention tonight.

Outside the arena, huge flags of the Lakers and Clippers were hung on the east and west sides.

On the open-air rooftop of the arena, Lakers fans and Clippers fans gathered and waited for the game to begin.

Because they can't buy tickets anymore, they can only watch the live broadcast of the game on the big screen on the rooftop.

In the square below the rooftop, a large number of fans who could not even buy tickets for the rooftop gathered to wait for the start of the game.

Such a scene usually occurs in the regional finals or finals.

And this Los Angeles derby has already brought such a situation to an early stage.

If it weren't for the fact that the time of the live TV broadcast had been arranged in advance, several major TV stations wanted to advance the live broadcast time to three or five o'clock.

That way, East Coast fans don't have to watch the game until the wee hours of the morning.

But it doesn't matter, even in the early hours of the morning, there are many fans across the United States waiting in front of the TV for the start of the Los Angeles Civil War.

It's rare to see such a grand occasion in the semi-finals.

Coupled with the various verbal cannons on both sides before the start of the series, fans and the media have long been hungry and thirsty to see a big battle between the two sides.

At this point, on the floor of the Staples Center, players from both sides were ready.

The Lakers are still a classic four-star shot.

Li Liang has an extra blue elbow pad on his body, which is still incompatible with his jersey.

The Clippers wore red jerseys tonight, and they were Paul, Jordan Jr., Griffin, Butler plus Billups.

It's a dual-control lineup that worked very well in the first round.

Billups shared the playmaking burden with Paul and hit key shots in key matches.

While Billups' overall form can't be compared to his prime, his experience can make a big difference.

Howard and Jordan Jr. jump the ball in the center circle and the game begins.

Tonight's guest speaker is Hubby Brown, a true living basketball fossil with a wealth of knowledge and ideas about basketball tactics, and has been tested in practice and has been the best coach ever.

Howard took the lead and the Lakers attacked for the first time.

At the beginning, the two sides must have tested each other with the most familiar tactics.

Li Liang mentioned receiving the ball in the high position, and after Kobe Bryant slipped the bottom line, he went to the right waist position to ask for the ball.

On the first ball, Kobe Bryant had to eat Billups with his back.

Although Billups is a point guard, he is physically strong and can guard against Kobe.

Li Liang hoisted the ball to Kobe, who forced Billups with his back and missed his turnover jumper.

Just opened, and the hands were not hot enough.

Jordan Jr. got the backcourt rebound, and Paul held the ball through the half.

It's still Nash who defends Paul.

Before there was a problem, both sides were engaged in a regular tactical matchup.

Paul handed the ball to Billups, who made a pick-and-roll with Griffin.

Then a ground-hitting pass tried to go down Billups, but was interfered with by Li Liang.

The ball went out of bounds, and the referee awarded the Lakers a throw-in.

Griffin hurriedly pointed to Li Liang and signaled to the referee that Li Liang had touched it.

Li Liang directly knocked Griffin's hand down and said, "Don't point fingers! Do you know how to be polite? ”

With that, he ran to the sideline to get the ball and took the throw-in.

At the beginning of the game, the referee does not count the change of decision.

It's still the Lakers' ball control.

However, Kobe Bryant still missed the jump shot in the high post!

"Corvo, you can't do it! No, let me come! ”

Li Liang was anxious, he boasted about Haikou before this game, and if he lost, he would be embarrassed.

Kobe really didn't give face, and he came to a 2-in-0 at the beginning, which scared Li Liang.

Li Liang thought that if Kobe Bryant didn't feel good today, he wouldn't pass the ball to him.

Just thinking about it, the Clippers have launched a quick counterattack.

Griffin rushed deep under the basket, received a pass from Paul, and after pushing Li Liang, he made a layup with his left hand.

After the goal, Griffin also hit a Li Liang with his shoulder.

Griffin really doesn't have a good impression of Li Liang.

Every time he plays the Clippers, he has to bully him, all kinds of chicken-stealing tactics, all kinds of three-point shooting from the outside, and robbing him of his All-Star.

If Griffin wants to choose the most hated player in the league, it must be Li Liang.

The Clippers started the game with great energy, and after scoring the first point, Jordan Jr. defended Howard's offense.

After a mess under the basket, the ball was touched out of bounds by Howard, and the Clippers possessed the ball.

The Clippers hit another quick counter-attack, and Caron Butler used his pace to get rid of Tzu Shiping and hit a step-back jumper from the bottom left corner.

The opening is a 4:0.

This is not over, Li Liang missed the three-point shot from the outside position.

The Clippers countered quickly again, Griffin held the ball and went to the basket, and then passed the ball to Jordan Jr., who was following up.

Little Jordan catches the ball and relays it in the air!

6:0, the Clippers are mainly anti-guest, anyway, they are all in Stamps, home and away!

"The Clippers are playing at a pace, the Lakers don't look like they're in shape, they should be resting a little bit bigger." Hubie Brown said what he thought about the game, "The Lakers' positional offense has to be efficient, and if you compete with the Clippers for speed, the Lakers will be dangerous." ”

In the regular season, the Lakers won 1 loss against the Clippers, and the three games they won relied on the extremely high offensive success rate of positional battles.

The Clippers are still a team that relies heavily on quick counterattacks, and once dragged into positional warfare, the Clippers will suffer a lot.

Mike Brown saw that the team was not in good shape at the beginning and immediately called a timeout to make adjustments.

A short timeout of 20 seconds, there is nothing to arrange, just to give the players a buffer time.

Li Liang took a sip of water, sat on the bench and said nothing.

This fight, he is going to win no matter what.

Li Liang had already silently called out the [Golden Shield] in the system.

When necessary, he will let the Clippers forward experience what it means to suffocate defense.

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Back in the game, the Lakers did get out of shape after a week's rest.

Nash is very experienced, and he took advantage of the pick-and-roll of Li Liang and Howard to break through to the basket and cause Jordan Jr.'s foul.

Get to the free throw line.

When the team's offense was bad, Nash stepped up and made the transition with free throws.

After hitting both free throws, the Lakers finally scored.

After playing the first round, Nash is getting better and better.

As long as someone wipes his ass on the defensive end, he can use his imagination freely on the offensive end.

Paul then handed the ball to Billups.

Billups blocked Griffin in the same position, and Griffin went down.

This time, Bryant and Li Liang recovered together, leaving an open space for Billups at the top of the arc.

Billups hesitated, hit a mid-range jumper, missed.

Billups' shooting decline this season is quite serious, after all, he is older.

And his outside shooting options are not very good, although he is always called the big heart, but he sometimes gets up iron, which really tests the hearts of fans.

The Lakers got a chance to fight back.

Nash got the ball quickly across the halfcourt, and he shuttled between the Clippers players' gaps and quickly found Li Liang, who was keeping up.

Bryant dragged his feet and caught the attention of the Clippers.

Li Liang ran up on the flank to make a chance, and Nash gave the ball to Li Liang.

Li Liang received the ball and directly stopped and jumped to shoot!

A 45-degree hit on the board, Li Liang's fast break is now finished with a jump shot.

This does not give the opponent a chance to chase the hat on the inside.

Hubi Brown praised Li Liang for scoring like this, saying that there are really not many players like him who play law school and classical.

That's right, Li Liang is a representative of classical playing in the eyes of many academic leaders, and a wonderful flower in the NBA today.

In fact, Li Liang didn't want to, he had no choice, in order to improve his strength as quickly as possible, he chose the most concise basketball technique.

When he is more capable and skilled in the future, he will let you understand what it means to be fancy.

Dazzling you old men doubt life.

At 6:4, the difference came to two points.

Then, Caron Butler received a pass from Paul, smashed into the basket from the baseline, met Howard's block, and forced a layup.

It can be seen that Negro very much hopes that Butler can play this point.

If you want to lose in the regular season, the Clippers are losing at the forward position.

The defense can't be defended, the offense can't be scored, and there are a bunch of No. 3 positions under his hands, and I don't know how to use them.

If the front line can be opened, the Clippers' style of play will undoubtedly be more flexible and changeable, opening up more space for positional warfare.

Negro's thinking is not wrong, it depends on the execution and performance of the players.

On the Lakers' side, Kobe Bryant finally opened.

Running off the ball, receiving a pass at the top of the arc and hitting a jumper.

Then, Paul missed a three-point attempt in the corner.

The Lakers fought back quickly, this time Ci Shiping took the ball, pushed all the way from the middle to the basket, and scored a layup with his left hand.

Butler's defense was a null and void and didn't cause a bit of trouble for Tzu Shiping on the fast-break counter-attack route.

For the Lakers to play a quick counterattack like this, it is enough to see that the Clippers' defense has a big problem.

The two sides were tied, and this time it was Negro's turn to call a timeout.