Chapter 195: The First Battle in the Same City
It's normal for Kobe to be happy, he won the championship again, and he got it as the team boss. Pen ~ fun ~ www.biquge.info this proves that he can win the championship without O'Neal, and he is no worse than O'Neal.
O'Neal has four championship rings, and he now has four. The Lakers' roster is still very strong, and they can fight to defend the championship, or even go to a three-peat, and build a dynasty.
With such a bright prospect, Kobe Bryant certainly had to laugh.
Everyone in the Lakers is very happy, they got their own honor. Everyone brought their rings and then stretched out their fists for the media to take pictures and record the moment of honor.
In the end, everyone lined up and raised their fists together to show the rings to the fans.
The rings were all handed out, the display was over, and the others began to leave, leaving the court for the players. The Lakers' first game of the new season is about to be played, and they are all against the Clippers, who are rivals in the same city.
The city derby is one of the highlights of the day, and the competition in the sports world has always been very intense. Because two teams have to compete for fans, the conflict between them is far greater than that of other teams.
However, there is only one pair in the NBA so far, and the New York Knicks and the New Jersey Nets are more similar. The Nets are located just across the bridge from New York, and across the bridge is the territory of New York, but on that side is New Jersey.
As the only Lakers in the NBA with a city-wide rival, they need to compete with the Clippers for fans. However, the Lakers have always had the upper hand over the years, and they have pressed the Clippers until now, enveloping more than half of the Los Angeles fans.
This year, the Clippers chose a very popular champion to increase the team's popularity. But it's a pity that in September, Griffin, who was nicknamed "Feed Fen" by Chinese netizens, was injured, but he is not sure when he will get better, and it is likely that he will be reimbursed for the season.
This has to be reminiscent of Oden two years ago, who was also reimbursed for the season without playing. Last season's performance was underwhelming and well below expectations. If Griffin is like Oden, then the Clippers will be miserable, and they finally managed to get a first-round pick, which was completely ruined.
Because of Griffin's injury, the Clippers' roster hasn't changed much from last season. The starting lineup was Camby, Carman, Butler, Gordon and Davis.
At the start of the game, Camby jumped the ball and won. Davis attacked Fisher with the ball, and Fisher's defensive point guard is very good, but there are limits to that. Davis and Kidd are basically impossible to defend because their strength has exceeded Fisher's limit, and the defense is barely stronger than Loops, and it is difficult for the remaining point guards to beat him with strength.
Of course, it is debatable how much of the remaining point guards will rely on their strength to eat. After all, point guards mainly rely on speed, and Fisher's speed is a hard injury, and the old fish has begun to drag the Lakers back.
Davis burst into the interior to draw the Lakers' interior and split the ball. However, Gasol did not move, but Bynum moved, and Camby's offensive ability was much worse than that of Kaman, and the Zen master's tactic was to let Camby play more and limit Kaman. For the same number of offenses, Camby and Carman have at least half a point less, because Camby can't shoot.
The two centers on the field are not very peaceful, one is more than two. As the leader of the 96 golden generation, Camby's second is already well-known, and he was clamoring for a trade in the Raptors back then. Later, I went to the Knicks, but I didn't play, the Knicks have a lot of big-name players, and Camby's tactical position is not as good as in the Raptors.
Later, when he came to the Nuggets, he also thought very highly of himself, his draft ranking was high, and he was a player of the golden generation. So Camby regarded this as capital, and didn't even look down on Anthony, and finally broke up with the Nuggets last season because of salary issues and signed with the Clippers.
Bynum is also a second, probably because the draft pick is not as good as Camby's, and his second is not as serious as Camby. At least until he made a result, Bynum still knew to put up with it. It's like he thinks Gasol and Kobe steal the ball from him, that is, he complains, and he doesn't lose his temper on the court because of this, how to play or how to play.
The two two goods were aligned together, and the inside line was messed up, and the two began to fight for muscles under the basket. At first, it was just a normal collision, but after being entangled for a while, the two actually got angry.
Muscle-fighting Bynum is slightly inferior to Camby, who has great physicality and if he has more offensive ability, he would be a player like Howard.
Bynum didn't fight Camby, and he started to play black. There are a lot of tricks in the Lakers' defensive training, and the ones that are good at learning are Bynum and Vujasic. Bynum directly elbowed him to Camby's ribs, staggering him on his side, and almost brought tears down his eyes.
Canby was also anxious, and went up and pushed Bynum, who pretended to be innocent and looked at Camby. The referee then separated the two and blew Camby for a technical foul to give the Lakers a free throw.
Unconvinced, Camby yells at the referee, and Carman quickly stops him before the referee can say anything. Gasol also pulled Bynum aside, and he had just seen Bynum in action.
Slow-motion replay, Bynum's movements are also exposed. But the referee did not change the verdict, under the zero-tolerance policy, the referee's verdict is greater than everything, and if they do not change the verdict, even if the judgment is wrong, there is nowhere to plead.
Camby was replaced, and the Clippers' interior defense immediately showed holes, and Carman's footwork made it difficult for him to react quickly, whether it was Kobe Bryant or Wu Di who would inevitably score when he entered the interior.
And without Camby, Bynum is much easier to single DeAndre Jordan. Jordan Jr. was a rookie last season, but his defense was too rough, he often made simple mistakes, and was prone to fouls.
The Lakers' ability to make fouls is still very strong, Kobe Bryant and Wu Di don't talk about it, Bynum, an old bird, quickly taught Jordan Jr. a lesson in making fouls, and Jordan Jr. committed two fouls in five minutes.
After these five minutes, Camby also calmed down a lot, and did not fight Bynum again after being replaced.
At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led 35-29.
The second quarter is when the points are really pulled, and most of the Lakers' games last season were decided by the second quarter. Kobe Bryant led the team to play first, and then Wu Di was on the court. Just because the two took turns playing in the second quarter, the Lakers did not have a sixth man in the real sense, and Pekovic and Sun Yue were not the sixth man, so the Lakers were not competitive at all in this option, not to mention the votes, not even the rankings.