-- "Championship Promise" -- The headline of the sports section of the Los Angeles Times, accompanied by a photo of Chen Hao's expression when he hit the whistle in the first quarter.

The article writes about the game vividly, and finally focuses on Lin Feizhi's role in the Clippers.

The Clippers, who won the Christmas War, officially improved their winning streak to 32 games, just one step away from the league's all-time record of 33 consecutive wins, and on December 27, they will usher in the 33rd game of the powerful city brother Los Angeles Lakers, and even if they defeat the Los Angeles Lakers, the Clippers must still accept a physical test, because they need to sit at home to face the equally powerful Boston Celtics back-to-back, Three games in a row against the league's top teams is undoubtedly tough for the Clippers, and David Stern himself didn't expect the Los Angeles Clippers to be the way they are now.

"How nice it would have been for me to put a few underdogs here at Christmas." New York NBA office inside David. Stern muttered to himself.

Thirty-three wins in a row? That's the headline on the NBA's website, and below is the subheadline Winning Streak, which features video clippings of the Los Angeles Clippers' 32 opponents they have won since the start of the season, and the next column is the record? , in this column are the highlights of the Los Angeles Lakers this season and the Celtics' performance this season.

Since the Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Rockets in Houston to claim the second-place streak in the league's all-time winning streak, their biggest challenge is the league's longest 33-game winning streak.

And now the Clippers are still singing all the way to the door of a 33-game winning streak, just one step to reach a 33-game winning streak, and one more step can create new history, although it seems that there is only a gap of one or two games, but everyone knows how difficult it is.

The Clippers' winning streak has been recognized by the media as far stronger than the Los Angeles Lakers back then, you must know that there were only 17 teams in the entire league at that time, and the Lakers also had the "Big Dipper" Wilt. Chamberlain, the prototype of the League logo Jerry. West and Goodrich are three superstars, future Hall of Famers, and on the bench there is now the god operator Pat Brown. Riley, among the 17 teams that can hinder the Lakers, is only with Skyhook Abdul-Jabbar and Big O Oscar. Robinson's defending champion Milwaukee Bucks, from November 5, 1971 to January 9, 1972 to the defending champion Bucks, the Lakers completed a terrifying 33-game winning streak, and the Lakers also set the best regular season record at that time - 69-13, until the 1995-1996 season when the Bulls set a new record with a 72-10 record, and finally the Los Angeles Lakers in 1972 won the championship without suspense.

Now that it's at the door of the record, the media has begun to interview the participants of the Los Angeles Lakers' 33-game winning streak that year.

At that time, he played as a substitute for the Lakers, and now he is the general manager of the Heat. Riley said: "I don't think records are meant to be broken. The Clippers are a strong team with a balanced offense and defense, they have a full lineup, a lot of key players and superstars, they have overcome too many people to come to the door of a 33-game winning streak, but despite this, it is still difficult to really break the record of 33 consecutive wins, the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston will not easily let themselves be the stepping stones for the Clippers to set the record, I believe that both teams will do their best. ”

Pat at the moment. Riley is more focused on the offseason, and the Miami Heat's salary space has put them in the summer trade market full of competition.

"The Clippers quickly got a 32-game winning streak, and the pace and start was a shock to everybody, and I was one of them, and I said last year when Houston was on a 22-game winning streak that the Rockets were as confident as we were back then, but now it's different from the past, there are too many strong teams, and the challenges they face are significantly stronger than we were back then, so I'm not optimistic about them breaking our record, and now the Clippers everyone knows that they are strong, although the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics are also strong. But if you're looking for a team that can break our record, I can't think of anything other than the Clippers, and while it feels a little bad to be broken, it's just as good to see a new record being made. Goodrich, who is now a commentator on NBA-TV and one of the Lakers' three superstars at the time, said to the media.

In addition, the Clippers' next two opponents, the Lakers and Celtics, have attracted attention, after all, they are the biggest obstacle on the way to whether the Clippers can win 33 in a row.

"Bryant, it is said that relevant sources have revealed that in order to meet certain needs and play with the Clippers, you will relax appropriately, is there such a thing?" Bryant had just finished training and a large group of reporters surrounded him.

Kobe Bryant wiped his sweat, his face full of displeasure, "My professional guard told me that I would never do such a thing, and that working hard to play the game wholeheartedly is to respect myself for them and even for basketball." ”

After saying that, Kobe Bryant pushed away the crowd and walked into the players' tunnel.

"We're still behind the Lakers, so we'll just have to wait and see for now, right? We don't necessarily have a chance to be the key to the Clippers' record-breaking. "Celtics head coach Doug Murphy. Rivers said in an interview with the media.

All eyes across the country are on the Los Angeles Clippers.

The Staples ticket price on the 27th has been speculated to $2,000 on the Internet, which is still the worst seat, and the best seat has been fried to $30,000.

You can tell from the ticket price how much attention this game has.

On the afternoon of 27, when the Clippers' pre-game adaptation training was about to end, Dunleavy and Lin Fei walked to the sidelines, and Lin Fei clapped his palms, "Guys, please stop." ”

Everyone looked at Lin Fei beside Dunleavy curiously, they didn't know what Lin Fei was going to do.

"We've come all the way from the offseason to where we are now, an incredible result that none of us even dared to imagine in our lifetimes – 32 wins in a row! This glory belongs to us, it would never have been possible to achieve this result without the efforts of all of us, and now we have reached a critical moment, and I dare say that the other 29 teams in the league are expecting us to lose, expecting us to stop winning, and standing in front of a legendary record We only need to work hard two more games to kick their record and make ourselves number one, Bryant is a proud guy, the Lakers are a proud team, they never looked at the Clippers, And we use the facts to tell them that I exist, now we need to challenge them and what they want to protect is their pride, now what we have to do is to kick out their pride, Los Angeles is not only the Lakers but also the Clippers, I know that the high-intensity game makes everyone very tired, but now we finally stand in front of the record and we have no reason to retreat, let's fight together to the end, okay? ”

Lin Fei's voice hit everyone's eardrums.

"Good!" All the players shouted in unison, in unison and with great momentum, and the sound echoed through Staples Arena.

O'Neill and Wallace looked at each other, and they felt like they were back in the league more than a decade ago.

And last season, it was still a Lakers player who made great contributions to the Lakers winning the championship, Odom quietly looked at Lin Fei, Lin Fei had a good relationship with Lin Fei when he first entered the league, he had a good relationship with Lin Fei in the Lakers, at that time he felt that Lin Fei had the potential to become the next Kobe, and now he dispelled his thoughts, because Lin Fei is not Kobe but he will be the first himself.

"Lin, do you have anything you want to say about the night game? Bryant says he's going to beat you. A white reporter ran in front of Lin Fei with a microphone.

Lin Fei naturally knew what Kobe Bryant said, "Bryant's words are what I want to say, and playing the game as hard as we can is the greatest respect for them and basketball." After speaking, Lin Fei turned around and left.

The game was played at eight o'clock in the evening of Los Angeles time, and just after half past six, a large number of cars in Los Angeles drove towards Staples, and before seven o'clock Staples was already full.

Today's game is the home of the Lakers, and the Lakers fans on the scene also occupy the vast majority, the fans wearing the No. 24 Lakers jersey are undoubtedly the most eye-catching, and there are not a few fans wearing Lin Fei's No. 8 Clippers jersey, and there are even some fans wearing Lin Fei's No. 8 Lakers jersey.

"I'm not going to show mercy in the game." Kobe Bryant said in Lin Fei's ear.

Lin Fei smiled lightly, "It's not you who stay, isn't it?" ”

Kobe Bryant let go of Lin Fei still had a cold expression on his face, looking at Kobe's back, Lin Fei felt the momentum on Kobe's body, and Lin Fei could feel the difficulty of tonight's game.

Anzu. Bayram is the Lakers' biggest gain this season, with more playing time and continuous growth, this season Bayram is faintly approaching the position of the team's second leader, averaging 16 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks per game for the Lakers.

The referee blew the whistle, and Byram and Tyson Chandler jumped to their feet at the same time and headed straight for the basketball.

In the end, Chandler, who was slightly more physical, touched the basketball by a slight margin, and the basketball flew not to Andre Miller but to the backcourt.

Lin Fei was the player closest to the direction of the basketball's landing point, and he turned around and chased after the basketball.

When Lin Fei's palm just grabbed the basketball, a hand suddenly poked out, and in the face of the hand that suddenly poked out behind him, Lin Fei hurriedly pulled the ball in his hand back.

But he was still touched, the basketball was a little out of his control, Lin Fei didn't want the first data he gained in this game to be a mistake, and he accelerated to chase the basketball, and at this time Lin Fei saw that it was Kobe Bryant who was trying to break the ball from behind, and the speed advantage ensured that Lin Fei took the ball back that he almost missed.

Looking at Kobe's eyes, Lin Fei quickly advanced with the ball after stabilizing his rhythm, and Kobe Bryant did not rush to steal, but constantly used his body to interfere with Lin Fei on the side.

When Lin Fei came to the three-point line, the other players of the Clippers were already in place!

Instead of handing the ball to Miller, Lin Fei stretched out his left thumb and gestured to his teammates for the following tactics.

Seeing Lin Fei's gesture, the entire Clippers immediately moved, Artest is now the easiest point for other teams to ignore, in today's Clippers Artest's offensive role has become very simple, basically a cold gun, at this time he cut to the Lakers from the right side at 45 degrees, and Rasheed Wallace and Tyson Chandler formed a good cover.

Ariza was obviously unprepared in the face of Artest's sudden acceleration, and when he reacted, he was blocked by Wallace and Chandler on the inside, Lin Fei directly shook his wrist and the basketball rebounded directly to the bottom left corner, and at the same time, Artest rushed to the ground, and Artest, who formed an empty space, did not waste this opportunity and sent the ball into the basket steadily.

"I didn't expect Lin to choose to pass, and I didn't expect Ron to be the Clippers' opener." Lei Jie. Miller said what was in his mind, and no one could have imagined that Artest would become a point of attack.

"Why don't you come by yourself, aren't you confident?" Kobe Bryant's cold tone drilled into Lin Fei's ears.

"You know trash talk doesn't work for me." Lin Fei shrugged his shoulders at Kobe Bryant, and his voice changed, "Of course I'll tell you that I can do it." ”

In the face of the menacing Kobe Bryant, Artest is very experienced to maintain a defensive distance first, Kobe wants to break through Artest directly, when the two people's bodies are in contact, Artest's proudest strength advantage is immediately revealed.

Under Artest's physical pressure, Bryant gave up a direct breakthrough and pulled it back out.

"That's what Ron does, it looks a little less like last season but it's actually better for the Clippers, and Ron's focus on defense is a good plus for the Clippers." Kenny Smith commented.

Kobe Bryant's offensive style is the best in the league, Kobe Bryant, who gave up physical contact, tested Artest's defense with continuous cross-step dribbling, and the combination of sudden change of direction and acceleration combined with Artest's inflexible shortcomings immediately became apparent, although Artest worked hard enough, but still allowed Kobe to break through.

Lin Fei, who was not far away, saw Kobe's movements and immediately prepared to pounce, and when he saw that Artest was about to be unable to stop Lin Fei, he immediately chose to drop Ariza, "Ron, I'll leave it to you over there." After speaking, Lin Fei accelerated and chased after him directly.

The speed advantage ensured that Lin Fei caught up with Kobe, but Lin Fei did not follow Kobe, but took half a step back and waited for Kobe's next move.

Kobe Bryant saw Lin Fei, who was making up for the defense, take half a step back, and immediately made his own moves, and the whole person braked suddenly, and all the momentum was stagnant with the harsh friction sound made by the sneakers, and then the whole person rose from the ground.

Pull-up jump shot!

Lin Fei was startled, and the whole person hurriedly rushed towards Kobe.

The pull-up jump shot is his regular offensive weapon for Kobe, and it is much stronger than Lin Fei's stop-up jump shot, Lin Fei relies on his arm span and height advantage to try to make up for his position disadvantage, and his hand does not want to block the ball in Kobe's hand but goes straight to Kobe's eyes.

Lin Fei knew that even if he defended to this point, Kobe Bryant would not stop shooting.

As Lin Fei believed, Kobe Bryant still shot, and the whole person threw the ball out without realizing it with obvious backwards.

Lin Fei has done the best he can, and the rest can only hope for Kobe's hand.

"Huh"

Lin Fei had just landed and turned around, and there was a crisp sound of wiping the net from the basket.

The cheers of the fans at the scene told Lin Fei that Kobe Bryant still scored, and Lin Fei shrugged helplessly.

"This is Bryant." Charles. Barkley's tone was a little helpless.

"Lin's defense has done his best, and scoring the ball is not Lin's defensive problem." Rejmüller said.

Andre. Miller dribbled to the frontcourt, and Lin Fei, who saw the 45-degree three-point line, immediately passed the ball over.

Receiving the ball steadily, Lin Fei didn't rush to attack, first looked at his teammates, so far Lin Fei felt that his attack was not strong, and he needed to adjust.

Lin Fei gestured again, Rashid. Wallace saw Lin Fei's gesture and immediately pulled the line outside, and when Wallace was about to stand firm, Lin Fei moved.

The speed is increased to the maximum in an instant, just like the Aston Martin, the top-of-the-line sports car, which can increase the speed to the maximum in the shortest possible time.

After a collision with Kobe Bryant knocked Kobe away slightly, Lin Fei took advantage of Wallace's cover to rush directly to the inside.

After Kobe bypassed Wallace, he chose to chase Lin Fei again, but Lin Fei came back with a rifle.

Like an eye in the back of his head, he passed the ball back to Rashid. Wallace in his hands.

That's one of the Clippers' offensive tactics for the new season, with Wallace covering and then catching back passes.

Kobe Bryant hurriedly turned around to defend Wallace when it was too late, and could only watch Wallace calmly glance at the three-point line and shoot the basketball in his hand.

Wallace, who came to the Clippers, has improved significantly in his three-point shooting percentage, which has increased to 43.4%, and has even become one of the favorites to participate in this year's Dallas All-Star Three-Point Contest.

Swish!

The basketball ended up neatly in the hoop.

"Lin, are you going to do my job today?" Miller said with a smile at Lin Fei.

"Wow, what's the situation today, Lin chose to pass twice in a row, if it was before, he would definitely choose to impact the inside, Anzu Although this season's performance is very good, I believe Lin will definitely not be afraid, such a choice is probably due to the coach's tactical arrangement." Kenny. Smith said, if he knew that Lin Fei chose to pass the ball because his attack was not strong, I don't know what he would think.

Byram picked up the basketball and immediately sent the ball to Fisher, Fisher handed the ball to Kobe Bryant just after half court, Lin Fei did not wait for Kobe to come up but forced it directly, and Artest forced it from the other side, and soon the two formed a pinch attack on Kobe.

Under the interference of four arms, Kobe Bryant finally chose to pass the ball and passed the ball to the hands of Bayram, who was pulled to the high post and ready to help Kobe as a cover.

If Gasol receives the ball at this moment, the Clippers will never dare to put Gasol in the high position, but the person at this moment is Bayram, and one of the biggest offensive ranges is the mid-range guy.

Unable to attack, Lem handed the ball to Paul. Gasol, who used his nimble footwork to shake off space and send the ball to the basket.

Phil. Jackson was satisfied when he saw Gasol's footsteps and goals, such a big man is only available to the Lakers.

In the next game, Kobe Bryant often fell into the double bag of the Clippers, and occasionally found an opportunity to make a shot, in this case, the Lakers' ball was more in the hands of Gasol, and Gasol did not disappoint the fans who supported him, and when Kobe Bryant was targeted by the Clippers, he almost relied on Gasol's own strength to bite the difference.

Lin Fei, on the other hand, still seems to be silent, looking more like an excellent organization, and has delivered 5 assists so far in the first quarter.

After Lin Fei ran to the front court, Andre was not far behind him. Miller steadily dribbled to the Lakers' half, and saw Lin Fei fall into place, and Miller passed the ball again.

Lin Fei did not choose to impact directly, but moved sideways with the ball, and Kobe Bryant cautiously followed Lin Fei.

Coming to the free throw line, Lin Fei stopped moving, and his eyes swept from the inside.

Kobe Bryant's afterglow saw Artest who was about to move, and the first time he thought of Lin Fei preparing to pass the ball again, "Trevol!" Kobe reminded him, and Lin Fei pushed the ball to the left with both hands, and the speed was so fast that Kobe subconsciously stretched out his right hand to intercept.

"Damn it!" Kobe Bryant scolded in a low voice, and immediately retracted his center of gravity and pounced on Lin Fei, but it was too late, Lin Fei had already thrown the ball.

"Lin is a brilliant liar! Fake fax shots, Lin's five assists played a role in confusing. "Ray Jay. Miller said with a smile.

Barkley on the side felt extremely proud, and he immediately opened the conversation box, "This is a performance of continuous maturity, well done, I said that Lin is absolutely impossible not to make a move, he is laying a big trap, it is obvious that Bryant fell in!" ”

Lin Fei raised his eyebrows at Kobe Bryant, turned around and ran to the backcourt.

Kobe Bryant glared at Lin Fei's figure, paused, and immediately took a step and ran to the front court.

Under Artest's greeting, although Lin Fei's bag was a little late, Kobe's luck this time was not as good as the opening time, and he smashed the basket with an almost identical stop.

Rashid stuck Gasol behind him in a card position, and Tyson Chandler did not fight hard with Bayram and chose the card position, Gasol and Bayram watched the basketball fly over their heads but could not do anything.

Lin Fei, who was quick with his eyes, jumped up and took off the defensive rebound after judging the landing point.

"Lin is running for a triple-double today, although the expression on Phil's face is very stable, I can guarantee that he is in a hurry, his strongest twin towers can't even pass the rebounding protection in the first quarter of the game." Barkley said smugly.

"There's a lot of moisture in such rebounds, and Tyson and Rashid entangle Paul and Anzu and then Lin picks it up." Kenny Smith subconsciously raised the bar, and after discovering his raise, Smith immediately changed his words, "Of course, this is also an ability." ”

"Humph!" Barkley snorted dissatisfiedly.

Lin Fei handed the rebound to Miller and immediately ran to the front court.

The battle for Los Angeles has just begun.

(To be continued)