190. Battle Clippers
On March 7, 2015, the Lakers took on the Clippers on the road at the Staples Center. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
It is said that it is an away game, but in fact, the two sides have changed the locker room, only the home and away team locker rooms at the Staples Center are exactly the same, both in terms of decoration and equipment.
Some teams have bad away teams, like the Celtics and Jazz who can't close the door to the away locker room, and the Bulls don't even have a stool in the away locker room.
Of course, there are also Mavericks-style luxury away team locker rooms, which are better than the home team, and even have free ice cream and barbecue, cold drinks to eat, and its "sinister" purpose is self-evident.
After entering the court, most of them are Lakers fans, just like the Lakers and Clippers in the past, but there are more Clippers fans today than when the two teams played each other before.
Clippers owner Donald Sterling is a complete money fan, every time they play the Lakers at home, he will set the ticket price to the highest of the whole season, which is more than three times the usual price, plus the US imperialist also has scalpers, resulting in most working-class Clippers fans are unwilling to pay that unjust money, so that Lakers fans who are more willing to spend money occupy most of their home court.
Raheem Sterling doesn't care about the loss of fans, he wants to make money more, anyway, in Los Angeles, he doesn't have to worry about the football market, and the tickets will always be sold out.
Rivers' ban on Clippers players has become stricter, not only covering the Lakers' championship flag with his own players' jerseys, but also prohibiting players from talking to Lakers players during games, feeling determined to fight against the Lakers.
"With player posters on the roof of the stadium, it seems that you don't have to live that long to see a lot of things." Liu Ren saw the Clippers' home court for the first time and felt very fresh.
"With these little tricks that can't be put on the table, the Celts come out with this virtue." Kobe snorted coldly, he is a standard Lakers supporter, with a hatred for the Celtics, and now it extends to the Clippers.
Regarding Rivers' use of posters to block the Lakers' championship flag and restrict his own players from talking to the Lakers, Liu Ren found it very annoying even if he knew it in advance, and he was a childish approach.
Maybe Rivers has the idea of building his own team culture in it, after all, the Clippers have been living in the shadow of the Lakers for many years, and they have to use some extreme means to get it done.
But Liu Ren still finds the Clippers' behavior very disgusting.
The Lakers had a difficult game today, and Nash and Whiteside and Green continued to be sidelined due to injuries, but fortunately, Kobe Bryant was able to make up for some of the loss of strength.
Lakers starters: McCollum, Kobe, Liu Ren, Gasol, Carman.
The Lakers put Thackeray on the bench to strengthen the bench at the center position, and Carman, who had not played for a long time, got a chance to play.
Clippers starters: Paul, Redick, Barnes, Griffin, Jordan Jr.
Carman and Jordan Jr. jump ball in the middle circle!
There was no suspense, Jordan Jr. won the jump ball by a huge margin, and Griffin quickly took the ball into his arms when Jordan Jr. tossed the ball over, not giving Liu Ren a chance to steal.
Liu Ren turned around and returned to defense, and his steal behavior after losing the jump ball had been vigilant by the teams.
The Clippers attack first.
Paul went to the frontcourt and blocked Griffin, and the moment he cut in, he passed to Griffin, and Paul cut into the basket.
Gasol can only chase inside, Liu Ren, who defends Paul, does not dare to let go of Griffin, who is one step inside the three-point line, Griffin's mid-range shooting has improved greatly in the past two years, and giving him an empty shot is looking for death!
Gasol chased Paul to the inside, but was blocked by Jordan Jr., Paul entered the three-second zone, Griffin passed the ball to the ball, Carman and Liu Ren immediately wrapped it up towards Paul, at which time Paul threw the ball to the basket seemingly very casually......
"Boom"
Jordan Jr. scored two points for the Clippers.
Little Jordan is too sensitive to the smell of the air catch, and immediately rushed to the basket after blocking Gasol, and before the ball arrived, Paul had already accelerated his jump, obviously very confident in his air catcher ability!
The biggest difference between the Clippers now and before is in terms of confidence, even Jordan Jr. is very confident in what he is good at, which is a confidence that can only be cultivated in winning.
When Jordan Jr. and Paul connected in the air, the other three of the Clippers had already returned to defense, and after the Lakers' lightning fast attack played so many games, the top teams have been very strict with this move, even if they can't grab offensive rebounds, they admit it, and the first priority of all strong teams on the defensive end when dealing with the Lakers is to beware of D'Anthony's almost extreme counterattack mentality.
The Lakers attacked, McCollum advanced to the front court and handed it to Kobe, Kobe Bryant saw that it was Paul who was defending him, and immediately chose to give the ball to Liu Ren, who was defending by Barnes.
D'Antoni's tactics are to attack and then attack, as for how to attack, his tactics have long been deeply rooted in the hearts of all players in the Lakers.
D'Antoni has a lot of freedom for the players, as long as they can put the ball in.
That's why Kobe Bryant and others will have so much freedom to discuss the style of play on their own.
After yesterday's discussions, the trio of think tanks came to a conclusion that targeted the only weakness of the Clippers' lineup - small forward!
Today, the Lakers focus on outside singles! The first hit was targeted at the Clippers small forward, and the second hit was targeted at the Clippers' shooting guard.
The weakest link of the Clippers is the small forward, and the only good small forward they have is Barnes, and if they get Barnes down first, the Clippers can only send a smaller lineup.
Take a closer look at Liu Ren's current singles style, fans who are familiar with the Rockets can see that his singles method is similar to Harden's!
Liu Ren cut to the three-point line, and then kept probing to provoke Barnes.
Barnes is an impulsive and grumpy master, eager to defend the other party in three or two, and Liu Ren's continuous tentative steps make him very frizzy and unhappy.
Liu Ren was stunned for five or six seconds, and when he heard Barnes's breathing getting shorter and shorter, he suddenly stepped back, picked up the ball and was about to shoot three points!
Barnes, as Liu Ren expected, pounced regardless of it, trying to fan Liu Ren's stepback three points.
But!
Liu Ren just dangled a shot and jumped after Barnes pounced!
Liu Ren's Harden-style porcelain! Hold the ball with both hands and hit it directly on Barnes, throwing the ball to the basket.
Decisively didn't shoot, but the referee's whistle blew and Barnes fouled defensively!
“NO! This guy hit me on purpose! Barnes yelled. (To be continued.) )