Chapter 267 - Wonderful Showdown
Kobe Bryant looked at Li Yao, who was pretending to be forced against him, and just smiled and didn't say much, he was used to this kid's arrogant character, he seemed to see himself when he was young in Li Yao, and he was also not afraid to face the first person in the league, and insisted on playing his own style.
It's just that he faced the basketball god Michael. Jordan, and at this time, Li Yao is facing himself.
"It was really exciting that the two Los Angeles teams had such a great matchup at the start of the game with their stars from both sides contributing to the fans watching today's game," said Kenny. After seeing the wonderful offensive and defensive duel between Li Yao and Kobe, Smith couldn't help but let out a sigh of admiration, knowing how fortunate it is to be able to see such a wonderful duel at the beginning of the opening game of the new season.
"That's right, Kenny, I really didn't expect that Lee not only didn't have the slightest stage fright when facing a superstar like Kobe, but played a wonderful attack beyond everyone's imagination, it seems that Lee is going to challenge Kobe's title of Staples King head-on." Barkley's big mouth didn't make a big deal at all, and said directly.
Barkley's words suddenly made the audience waiting in front of the TV fall into deep thought, not to mention whether the young Clippers team led by Li Yao can challenge the Lakers, the king led by Kobe, and successfully rise to become another emerging force in Los Angeles.
Although Li Yao's performance last season was eye-catching, coupled with the video of the training game after his return from injury, everyone is particularly looking forward to Li Yao's performance at his new club Clippers this year, but is it a bit exaggerated to say that Li Yao is more capable of challenging the title of Kobe Brystaples king?
But Barkley didn't think of these at all, maybe he thought of it, but he didn't care, after all, since Li Yao came to the Los Angeles Clippers, he was bound to compete with the Lakers and Kobe, so what he is doing now is just to advance the duel between the two, and he believes that neither Li Yao nor Kobe Bryant will be dissatisfied with him.
"Hey, it's really exciting, this offensive and defensive duel between Kobe and Li Yao is simply too exciting, I didn't expect our junior captain Li Yao to be in such a good state after his comeback, although everyone should have seen the leaked video on the Internet and the men's Asian Basketball Championship that just ended in August, we all know that Li Yao's competitive state is good after his comeback, but I didn't expect Li Yao to be able to show such an excellent competitive state for everyone when facing a superstar like Kobe." Yu Jia, the commentator of ccya5, couldn't help but let out a sigh of admiration after seeing the offensive and defensive exchange between Li Yao and Kobe Bryant this time.
"You can also see just now that Li Yao's offense is actually completely copying Kobe's attack just now, thinking that our junior captain is going to play an anser ball, but due to Kobe's veteran defensive experience, he suddenly stepped back, causing Li Yao's back body single to lose its focus, and even his body was unstable, but Li Yao relied on his strong strength later, changed the way of attack, and finally leaned on Paul. Gasol's defense scored the ball. "Teacher Zhang Lili, who is Kobe Bryant and Li Yao, is the happiest person at this time.
"Now that Li Yao has proven himself, the rest of us need to see how Da Yao performs in the current Clippers team." Yu Jia continued.
It was the Lakers' turn to attack again, although Kobe Bryant once again held the ball to face Li Yao's defense, but he was no longer the young man who competed at the beginning, although he also wanted to have a good showdown with Li Yao, but he still needed to take care of his teammates.
"What's wrong? Kobe, aren't you going to continue? Seeing that Kobe Bryant was no longer as full of fighting spirit as he was just now, Li Yao knew that Kobe didn't seem to plan to continue to fight against him, so he couldn't help but provoke.
"Since you kid is looking for death by himself, then I have no choice but to fulfill you." After hearing Li Yao's provocation, Kobe Bryant also changed his mind, and his eyes became cold again.
After Kobe finished speaking, he rushed towards Li Yao again.
Although Li Yao has tried his best to limit Kobe's offense, he is still eaten to death by Kobe's offensive kaleidoscope.
But Li Yao also caused a lot of trouble for Kobe Bryant on the offensive end.
Although Kobe Bryant's defensive strength is also among the top in the league, Li Yao was still caught off guard in the face of today's full burst of offensive firepower.
In the first 5 minutes, the two sides actually tied 17-17, and the 17 points of both sides were all won by Kobe Bryant and Li Yao, the two core of the team, which means that the remaining four starters were completely playing soy sauce on the court in these 5 minutes.
When it was the Clippers' turn to attack again, Li Yao slowed down the offensive tempo, he was about to start tandem with his teammates, but he was very aware of the shortcomings of the current Clippers team, that is, after he left the court, the offensive rhythm of the entire Clippers team would become very messy, which was also a problem for all the Young Praetorian Guards.
And put Da Yao, the league's No. 1 center, on the field to run, Li Yao thought that he still couldn't do it, so after dribbling to the front court, he directly beckoned Da Yao to start playing their starting tactics.
Da Yao was obviously stunned after receiving the pass, he didn't expect that Li Yao, who had been scoring against Kobe Bryant, would be the first to stop against Biao and pass the ball to himself to play tactics.
However, Da Yao, who reacted, stood directly above the free throw line as the offensive pivot point and began to connect the team's offense.
"What's wrong? Lee, are you scared? Kobe Bryant also didn't expect Li Yao to be the first to give up scoring against Biao, after being stunned for a while. opened his mouth to provoke Li Yao.
"Kobe, it's not that I'm afraid, it's that I'm not so alone, I just want my teammates to be involved in the offense." In the face of Kobe's provocation, where would Li Yao take it to heart, but instead opened his mouth to tease.
After Kobe Bryant heard Li Yao's words, his face suddenly darkened, Nima, he was tricked by this kid, and it was Li Yao who asked for a duel, especially now, he was still said by this kid that he was a lone wolf, and he let Li Yao say everything.
Kobe Bryant found that he couldn't deal with Li Yao anymore, otherwise he felt that he would be angry with this Li Yao.
With basketball handed over to Da Yao as the offensive starting point, the entire starting lineup of the Clippers was fully operational, and the Clippers' offense caught the Lakers a little off guard for a while.
The Clippers' outside trio led by Lee Ya caused huge problems for the Lakers' defense. Gasol moves slowly, Sergi. Ibaka's excellent mobility also created a lot of offensive opportunities for the Clippers.
Under the sudden change of formation of the Clippers, the Lakers were unable to think of a reasonable solution for a while, so the Clippers pulled the score between the two sides apart.
When the time came to about 6 minutes, the two sides entered the rotation lineup, and after thinking about it for a while, Li Yao also chose to go off the field to recover his strength. Livingston served as a point guard and led the Clippers' bench lineup against the Lakers' bench lineup.
And Da Yao stayed on the court, after all, in the period after the opening, the league's No. 1 center just followed Li Yao's legs, so when Li Yao chose to rest, Da Yao's point had to stay on the court as the offensive core strong point and lead the Clippers' benches to fight.
The Lakers also kept Paul. Gasol as the central point.
The bench lineups of the two sides are far from looking as good as before, especially the two interior core points stay on the court to attack, although Da Yao also continued the previous tactics at the beginning to stand above the free throw line to connect teammates, but the benches of the Clippers are not good today, and after a few anti-run tactics come out, the basket is always a little bit worse.
In desperation, Da Yao once again assumed the responsibility of the original team in the Rockets and began to play inside.
Then the game between the two sides became Paul. Gasol and Da Yao are in a contest between the two inside lines.
Although this kind of hand-to-hand combat on the inside line can also stimulate the hormones of fans, it is far less enjoyable to watch than the duel between Li Yao and Kobe Bryant after the opening, and even some excessive fans even let out a burst of boos.
When it was about 10 minutes or so, Li Yao went directly to the battle again, and the Clippers side also put DeAndrew. Jordan and Serge. Ibaka, Jackson, Eric. Gordon sent him on the field and cooperated with Li Yao to play a defensive counterattack.
This set of changes of the Clippers directly played an unexpected effect after the two sides reappeared, and the offensive and defensive ends completely relied on excellent maneuvering ability to suppress the Lakers' side, which further widened the gap between the two sides.
Kobe Bryant, who was sitting on the sidelines, couldn't help it, and took the initiative to ask Zen master Phil. Jackson applied to play, but after looking up at the timer, the Zen master rejected Kobe's proposal, after all, there was not much time left in the first quarter, and there was no need to send Kobe Bryant on the court for this more than a minute.
After missing Kobe's offensive strength, the Lakers couldn't get any benefit under the Clippers' lineup, and the score was further pulled away by the Clippers.
By the end of the first quarter, the Clippers had a seven-point lead over the Lakers at 31-24.
This also made Kobe Bryant, who was sitting on the bench, frown.