On April 19, 2014, the third day after the end of the regular season, the first round of the 2013-2014 NBA playoffs will begin.

At this time, the Staples Arena was already full of people, and when the Lakers were in the second to last in the West and missed the playoffs, countless local fans in Los Angeles chose to support the Clippers, who were third in the West!

The Clippers moved several times, first joining the NBA in 1970 as the Buffalo Warriors, and in 1977-78, the Braves moved to San Diego, where they soon changed their name to the Clippers. Beginning in 1976-77, the Clippers failed to make the playoffs for 16 consecutive seasons. In 1981, the team changed hands, Sterling became the owner, moved the team to Los Angeles in 1984, and moved into the Staples Center with the Lakers in 1999.

It wasn't until the 2009-10 season that the Clippers luckily picked Blake Griffin in 2009, but Griffin became the second champion in the last three seasons to not play a minute in his entire rookie season. This season, the Clippers have a poor record of 29-53, and the season FIC (a method of ranking teams based on a combination of various data) ranks low: 25th, and low scoring efficiency: 28th.

In the 2010-11 season, the team started with just one win and 13 losses. Just when the audience thought the Clippers were going to spend another season in the ordinary, Blake Griffin activated the entire Clippers team. Griffin relied on super physical fitness and terrible interior lethality to help the Clippers win 12 out of 17 games by beating strong teams such as the Heat and Lakers. However, due to injury problems, the team ended up with only 32 wins and 50 losses. But in terms of players: Griffin averaged 22.5 points, 12.1 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, becoming the first rookie to be selected for the All-Star Game after Yao Ming in 2003.

In the 2011-12 season, Chris Paul joined, and the duo with first-round pick Blake Griffin brought excitement to fans, giving the Los Angeles Clippers the nickname of the empty city, and the team also entered the playoffs. In the first round, they eliminated the Grizzlies who staged the Black Eight Miracle in 2011 with 4 wins and 3 losses, but they met the Spurs with four championships in the Western Conference semifinals and were swept in four straight games.

In the 2012-2013 season, the Clippers won 57-25 and sat in third place in the West, but they once again met the hard-core Grizzlies in the West in the playoffs.

"In the first round of the 2014 playoffs, the Clippers, who are third in the West, will meet the Suns in a narrow way. Considering the four sparkling matchups between the two sides in the regular season this season, this series of future series is sure to be full of highlights. But in comparison, regardless of the external environment or the strength of the team, the Clippers have a slight upper hand. At this time, Mike Brin spoke eloquently on the ESPN commentary stage.

"This season, after Rivers took over the Clippers, the team's championship temperament began to shine. Throughout the season, the Clippers averaged the league's top points per game, and while maintaining their original style of play, they also improved their system defensively. At the moment, the Clippers have plenty of roster rotation, and although star Paul was injured in the middle of the season, the Clippers management and coaching staff worked together to get through that difficult period through continuous reinforcements and internal recruitment. So far, with the exception of Granger, there have been no serious injury numbers in the team. On the inside, Griffin and Jordan Jr. have improved significantly this season, with the former becoming an MVP-level player and the latter becoming the league's top rebounding monster; On the outside, the team has a lot of shots and an even distribution of offensive points; In addition, under Paul's leadership, the Clippers have become the new king of Los Angeles in the past two seasons, and they are currently in the prime of team history. Van Gundy nodded in agreement.

"That's right, it looks like the Clippers' strength on paper is indeed stronger, from the point of view of the position, Ramon Sessions vs Chris Paul, ** Redick vs Chris Middleton, Markieff Morris vs Griffin, Jordan Jr. vs Channing Fry, it seems that the Suns are behind the Clippers in these four positions, but the Suns' biggest reliance is the top pick they selected this year - Li Mojie, and Li Mojie is against the 36-year-old Matt Barnes, this is the Suns' chance!"

Surprisingly, the guest invited by ESPN today turned out to be Nash, a star of the Suns? That's right, the Lakers didn't make the playoffs this season, and they went home early to fish, there was a schedule, and the game was still played at Staples Arena, and the geographical location was convenient, so as soon as ESPN invited, Nash nodded and agreed.

"Well, yes, hey, the game is on!"

At this time, with a "beep" whistle, the game finally began.

The line-ups of both sides are as follows:

Clippers starting five: PG: Noris Cole (6'0"), SG: **Redick (6'4"), SF: Matt Barnes (6'7"), PF: Blake Nick (6'10"), C: DeAndre Jordan (6'11")

Suns starting five: PG: Ramon Sessions (6'3"), SG: Chris Middleton (6'7"), SF: Lee Mojie (6'8"), PF: Markieff Morris (6'10"), C: Channingfrye (6'11")

After all, it was the playoffs, and although Gobert had a good second half of the regular season, Hornacek chose to trust the veteran Channingflye.

Channingfrye and Jordan Jr. jumped the ball, Andrew Jordan, known as Little Jordan, had strong physical fitness and outstanding jumping ability, which was incomparable to Channingfrye, so the ball was dialed to the side of the Clippers by Jordan almost without any suspense.

Paul got the ball and dribbled steadily across the half.

After joining the Clippers, Paul is the unquestioned ball control and playmaker, which is what he is good at, and when Paul is on the court, most of the offense is initiated by him, and among them, the most common combination is the blocking and pick-and-roll with two interior players.

No, the game had just begun, and when Paul dribbled to the halfcourt, Griffin immediately fell to the three-point line and took a step to block for Paul.

As soon as Griffin blocked, Paul immediately slipped into the three-point line from the right side, Paul's speed was not fast, and after Parker followed, he even pressed the rhythm a little, attracting the attention of Parker and Duncan.

Griffin, who was on the side, quickly turned around and got rid of Markieff after the block and rushed to the basket.

"The White Monster detains him!"

"Kill these hillbillies!"

Seeing this scene, the Staples Arena fans suddenly began to cheer, Paul and Griffin blocked and dismantled, and after the block, Griffin went down to receive Paul's ball to complete the aerial relay, they have seen this scene too many times in the past games. When he first learned that Paul had traded to the Clippers, Griffin shouted the slogan "City of Empty Picks" directly on Facebook.

"Jump!"

Sure enough, Griffin rushed under the basket and it was a violent dunk, and Channing Fry was standing under the basket, which was a violent dunk between people! Hornacek on the sidelines frowned when he saw this.

"Beautiful, this is our team in Los Angeles!"

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