The game between the Lakers and Clippers started at 6 p.m. sharp.

The Lakers and the Clippers are old rivals, both teams have experienced ups and downs in recent years, and both have reached their peak, but the Clippers are too unlucky, the peak year, that is, the 13-14 season, they were like the Spurs once stronger than the rest of the league, but who knows what kind of discrimination their owners committed themselves, and then ruined their peak moments.

In the 13-14 season, the Clippers were at their peak, and there were no injuries, which was the most likely year to win the championship, but it was inexplicably planted on their own owners.

The Clippers haven't been back to their top since then, for many reasons, but none of them matter, because the heart is no longer aligned.

As it has been, it is basically impossible for the Clippers and Lakers players to have a harmonious conversation on the court, and both teams are in a posture of not getting along with each other on the court.

The first is the rivalry between the two teams, when both teams are the top teams in the West, the fans are naturally on the same page, and from the team side, the two teams will not have any positive communication in the game.

The second is the relationship between the players, Paul chose to renew his contract with the Clippers in advance in 2012, instead of waiting until 2013 to join the Lakers, so the relationship with Kobe Bryant has become average, Jordan Jr. and Liu Ren do not deal with each other, Griffin has had many conflicts with Gasol, mainly because of the problem of Griffin's style of play in the first two years of entering the NBA, which offended many people, and Gasol, a good old man, was offended, and it can be seen how brutal Griffin played at that time and did not give face to the opponent.

But now the relationship between the two teams has eased, the main reason is that there are a little more strong teams in California, the Lakers and Warriors have absorbed all the basketball fans in California, and the Clippers are destined to be unable to compete with the Lakers and Clippers for a seat in the top four in the West, even if they have a better record than the Thunder, they can only be relegated to second, the mentality of the fans of the two teams is completely different, and they don't regard each other as a level of opponents, the Lakers don't look down on the Clippers who dropped the chain in the playoffs, and the Clippers put their opponents down, has become a Grizzlies, Rockets, and other barely first-class teams.

In addition, the Clippers may move out next season, and the "least important" thing for former Microsoft owner Ballmer is money, a billion dollars smashed into it, and it is estimated that the new arena will be built in April and May, which also includes the time for demolition and evacuation of the purchase of land, so that the relationship between the players on both sides is actually a lot more harmonious.

"Hey, boss, it's been a long time, even if we both live in Los Angeles, it's rare to see each other once." Paul took the initiative to come up and greet Liu Ren.

Liu Ren was surprised by Paul's unexpected enthusiasm today, but he still replied honestly: "Yes, although we are both in Los Angeles, the schedule is completely different, no different from other opponents, we only play eight or nine games a year, and there are not many opportunities to play together." ”

Paul's face twitched, eight or nine times a year...... He resounded about being bloodied by the Lakers in the playoffs for the past two years.

But Paul endured! He wants to have a good relationship with Liu Ren because he has more than a year left on his contract before jumping out.

Paul renewed his contract with the Clippers in 2012, and now this contract is 5 years and 105 million starting in 2013, and he can jump out of the contract early in the summer of 2017, and he is indeed ready to jump out of the contract at that time, when he was just 32 years old, and he can sign another maximum salary, and the maximum can be close to 200 million for 5 years.

And the Clippers look very confused about the future, and Paul, whether it's for money or for championship considerations, jumping out of contract is a certainty.

"Yes, it would be nice if we were teammates, just like you and Kobe, we can go to each other's house and have a party at any time." Paul said meaningfully.

How could Liu Ren not hear what Paul meant? Not too many people have said these things to him these days.

Now the Lakers have a young roster, an excellent salary situation, and a lot of trade chips, and after this season, the Lakers have countless ways to get other superstars, and the Lakers have salary space, because several players are still on cheap contracts, and there are bargaining chips in trades, and the Lakers have too many talented young players.

However, it is about the future of the team, Liu Ren will not make any promises to those players of other teams who take the initiative to make friends, otherwise it will definitely interfere with the decision-making of the team management, which is not good, he knows that as one of the shareholders of the team, he has already had an impact on all aspects of the Lakers' operations, and he does not want to have more adverse factors on the management.

"It doesn't matter, next time I or Kobe Bryant have a party, I will definitely call you along, of course, you have to give face." Liu Ren decisively ignored the true meaning of Paul's words.

Paul was a little depressed, Liu Ren's behavior of drawing a line was too obvious, but he still made an excited look: "Wow, of course, I will definitely participate......"

If it was Paul a few years ago, he would definitely not be as close to Liu Rentao as he is today, because he is also the kind of old-school basketball character, he disdains to join the opponent, he came to the Clippers not as he wanted it in his heart, but was forced to come, but after he came, he wanted to take the Clippers to win the championship, and in the summer of 2012, he could jump out of the contract, or go to the Lakers after the last year, and it is obviously easier to lead the Lakers to rise again than to lead the Clippers, because he went to the Lakers Howard will not leave nine times out of ten, directly form a new combination of giants, coupled with the attraction of the Lakers, there must be many powerful players to join, and they can directly become the biggest favorites to win the championship, maybe they have already won the championship.

Due to the addition of Liu Ren in this time and space, the Lakers have not experienced a low period, and the players' views of the Lakers are still the team with the most attraction.

But Paul still signed a contract extension with the Clippers at that time, because of the traditional psychology of old-school basketball in his heart.

But in recent years, giant combinations have been emerging, superstars have become commonplace to change teams, James has returned to Cleveland, the Trail Blazers invincible starters have gone directly to four, all of them have gone to pursue high salaries, Paul is in this era, and his mentality has begun to change, and the idea of leaving the Clippers has arisen.

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Or those boring hip-hop singers singing the lyrics of boring disease-free moaning, or the leaky thigh performances of those beauties who look hot but don't look like Liu Ren's aesthetics at all, Liu Ren said that these projects are really boring, and he has repeatedly proposed to the management to play something fresh.

The Lakers are stepping up their efforts, and occasionally invite some of the current well-known hosts to play some talk shows or something before the game, but there are some improvements, but the main thing is still based on the hot dance of beautiful women.

Because the fans are uncles, fans love to watch these ...... And today's home stadium is the Clippers, and their dance shows of hot beauties are almost the same as strippers' performances, and the Lakers don't care what kind of show they are going to make.

Finally, the pre-match event is over, the two starters are on the pitch, and the game is about to begin.

The Lakers sent out the strongest lineup today with Antetokounmpo, Kobe, Liu Ren, Green, and Whiteside.

Los Angeles derby, the Lakers still attach great importance to it, no one can lose to the Clippers, the Clippers stole a lot of the limelight from the Lakers in the past few years, and now the Lakers have to snatch it back.

Originally, because the opponent was a small man Paul who was not used to being fast, it was a little inappropriate for the Lakers to send Antetokounmpo, but look at the Lakers' point guard, Clarkson and LaVine, two sophomores, and let them face Paul's defense...... It's not as good as Antetokounmpo, at most the positional battle doesn't hold the ball, Liu Ren has a huge advantage in the face of all the small forwards of the Clippers, and the main control of this game is Liu Ren.

In fact, it should be said that all teams in the league have an advantage in the face of the Clippers' small forwards, and the Clippers are very special, no matter which small forward who played very well before comes to the Clippers, it is basically scrapped......

The starting lineup on the Clippers' side is Paul, Redick, Pierce, Griffin, Jordan Jr.

Whiteside and Jordan Jr. stand in the center circle and prepare to jump the ball.

Two super rebounders who are now competing for the second average rebounds per game stand together, it can be said that the enemy is very angry when they meet, and Jordan Jr. has been grabbing rebounds for a while and has broken through the average of 14 rebounds per game again, and Whiteside is 0.1 per game, and today the two are obviously ready to go shopping.