Chapter 219: Opening Battle Cassel Retires

On October 30, the Clippers' opener game began, and the league arranged the opening drama, the same city derby. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Before the game, the Clippers held a ceremony to present the championship ring, and after Kassel got the ring, he announced his retirement on the spot. And after Webb got the ring, he rushed to Golden State and retired with the Warriors.

Cassel is retired, and he is 39 years old, which is an advanced age for any basketball player. As the first player to retire after the Clippers changed owners, the Clippers gave him a considerable amount of courtesy. Of course, he will not be given a retired jersey, it is a matter of principle.

Kassel encouraged the rest of the Clippers team as a senior and warned them to be aware of injuries and not let them ruin their careers.

After the farewell ceremony, the opening match officially began.

The Lakers are very envious of the Clippers' championship ring, and they want to get it. Last year's roster was good, but it was still no match for the Clippers, and today they want to beat the Clippers.

Sun Yue also appeared on the Lakers' roster, and he didn't adapt to the rhythm of the NBA during the preseason. The Lakers still want to give him some time to see if he can make a standout performance.

Lakers starters Bynum, Gasol, Ariza, Kobe, Fisher. The Clippers started Carman, Kevin Love, Artest, Liu Su, and Rajon Rondo.

Bynum jumped the ball to beat Carman, Fisher dribbled the ball across the half court and handed it to Kobe, who Artest defended Kobe. Kobe Bryant didn't play hard, he knows Kobe Bryant, the defender of the Clippers, Artest and Liu Su are not good people, so he didn't play a block with Gasol, and went inside to face Kevin Love, and it was very simple for Kobe to play rookie Kobe.

Although Kevin Love defended well, he had too little game experience, and was passed by Kobe Bryant and scored a layup.

Liu Su raised his eyebrows, Kobe Bryant is not authentic! As soon as I came up, I ran to my rookie. He took the ball from Rajan Rondo's hand and also attracted Kevin Lefu to block and dismantle, but Liu Su did not hit the inside, but handed the ball to Kevin Lefou, who went down, and Kevin Lefu hit the shot.

Many people are worried that after David Lee is gone, the Clippers' interior attack power will not be enough. But after Kevin Love showed the same strong mid-range shot, no one was worried. Kevin Love's mid-range shooting is certainly not as strong as David Lee's, but Kevin Love's attack range is larger than David Lee's, and Kevin Love's three-point shooting rate has reached about 60% in training.

The Lakers' starting lineup is really good in terms of offensive power, and as long as Kobe Bryant and Gasol are on the floor, the Lakers are one of the most offensive teams in the league. But if the two are not on the court, or if only one person is present, the Lakers' attack power will be greatly reduced.

In the first quarter, the scores of the two teams were very close, and at 36:35, the Lakers led by one point. But in the second quarter, things were different, with Dunleavy Sr. still playing a simple five-up, five-down configuration, with Noah, Milicic, Grant Hill, Capono and Gary Payton.

Grant Hill has been plagued by injuries for the first two years and didn't return to action until last season. Hill's skills are very strong, and after coming back, he still has some ability, and it is still easy to average more than 10 points per game.

Gary Payton was here to hug his thighs, and he still hadn't gotten a championship ring, which made him very unwilling, and as soon as the elder Dunleavy extended an olive branch, he immediately rushed over. Gary Payton is also old, and the first game Dunleavy Sr. asked him to play in the first game to give him some face, and he will also go into the rotation in the future, unless a player is injured, he will be activated.

The Lakers also entered the rotation, Kobe Bryant led the team to play first, and Kobe's attack power in the Lakers can still be guaranteed. But Gary Payton is very experienced, and with Hill's old Jianghu, Kobe Bryant didn't pull the score away.

After Kobe Bryant went down, the Lakers replaced Gasol, hoping that Gasol would lead the Lakers to score. However, the Lakers' bench is really not strong, Vujasic's scoring ability is not very strong, Gasol himself is entangled by Noah, Radmanovic and Hill are completely at a disadvantage, only Farmar can Gary Payton find some breakthroughs here and use speed to pass Payton. But more often than not, he is still entangled by Payton, the nickname of the glove is not called in vain, and after playing for many years, the defensive ability of the caretaker is still there.

The Clippers began to overtake the lead, with Hill taking on the sixth-man blame, Milicic helping Capono get off the defense, and Capono also fired from the outside.

By the second half, the Clippers had a five-point lead.

The elder Dunleavy once again changed to the starting lineup, and this time the Lakers were not as good as in the first quarter. The physical recovery of the half of the rest and the rest of the first quarter is not the same, and the Clippers starters obviously have a physical advantage.

Liu Su defended Kobe Bryant by himself, let Artest assist in the defense of the interior, Ariza's scoring was even more inconsistent than Artest, and the threat was far less than that of Kobe and Gasol.

Gasol was unable to play the role of the tactical core under the bag of Kevin Love and Artest, and Ariza did not have much accuracy in several shots, completely living up to the nickname "Tieza" given to him by Chinese fans. Lafayette had no choice but to replace Ariza with Luke Wharton. Luke Walton's mid-range shooting is still guaranteed, and the Lakers are not too far behind.

After Ariza left the court, Kobe Bryant could only defend Liu Su in person, and the two were completely opposite at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. However, Liu Su can not participate in the offense, and even help Rajon Rondo get rid of Fisher, after Rajon Rondo enters the inside, he can create enough lethality, plus his passing is also very good, and the inside line also gets a lot of opportunities to score in the open position.

Compared to Luke Walton, Carman and Kevin Love have much stronger scoring ability, so the score is pulled apart little by little. Kobe Bryant began to block and dismantle with Gasol, but there was Artest on the side to make up for it at any time, Kobe did not have many scoring opportunities, and Gasol's mid-range shot also faced Liu Su's interference at any time. Liu Su can't cover Gasol, but he can cover Gasol's eyes, and if he loses the role of his eyes, Gasol's mid-range shot is not so deadly, he is not Kobe, and he can ignore the trick of covering his eyes.

By the end of the third quarter, the Clippers had a 13-point lead. In the fourth quarter, the Lakers still did not replace Kobe Bryant and Gasol, hoping to steal points and catch up with some points.

The Clippers did not let Liu Su and Artest go down, the two of them still had enough physical strength, so they played for seven more minutes and dragged the Lakers to replace the starters and admit defeat before leaving.

Both sides have changed role players, but the Clippers' role players are not simple, Noah, Milicic, Rose, Kapono, Dragic. With the exception of Dragic, who is a rookie this year, everyone else is a member of last season's championship and has done well.