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On April 24, 2005, the second day of the playoffs, at 7 p.m. at Los Angeles Staples Arena, the first and eighth games of the first round of the Western Conference playoffs between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Clippers will be held.

Because it is a Los Angeles city derby, and the reason that the two teams share a stadium, this game is also the focus of almost all Los Angeles, and it can be said that many people are looking forward to this playoff Los Angeles derby, which appeared for the first time in NBA history, to play a wonderful series.

Of course, everyone knows that the Los Angeles Clippers and Lakers have a big rating difference, but even so, like many football teams, when facing derby, the rating difference is not the main factor in winning or losing, so these people want the NBA to watch something like that.

It's just that one thing that makes many people extremely regrettable is that when these people expect this game to be a battle of the dragon, but everywhere the TV broadcast camera goes, the surrounding stands are all Lakers fans, and there is not even a single Los Angeles Clippers fan, although this game is the home of the Los Angeles Lakers, but there is no doubt that as the Clippers in the same city and stadium, their fans want to be on the Lakers' home court, wearing the Clippers' jersey to buy tickets to enter the stadium is not too difficult, It's just clear that these Clippers fans don't seem to be doing that.

And this is also what makes the fans of the Los Angeles Lakers full of momentum in this game, and the pure momentum created by these Lakers fans before the game has even started is a bit amazing.

'Coach, that Raheem Sterling seems to be looking down on us lately. Do you think we should teach this clipper a lesson?"

Before the start of this game. I'm sorting out my gear. The Lakers players who are ready to go on the court for pre-game warm-up training are very relaxed at this time, and it can even be said that they are talking and laughing, at this time they are the time when the morale of the media is at its highest, plus the four games with the Clippers this season, almost every game can win the city opponent by an average of more than 30 points, such a performance makes these Lakers players have no reason to pay attention to this team, in the eyes of these Lakers players, this team they can knead at will. They can win any point on this team as long as they want, and there is no bargaining.

This is the momentum of the current Lakers, and this momentum is absolutely capable of beating the Clippers to the point of vomiting blood when facing a team like the Clippers. However, in the face of the expectations of these Lakers players, Zhuang Fei didn't have too many ideas.

"It's good to play normally, you can make yourself more excited, but don't exert too much force, understand" In the end, Zhuang Fei also said with a smile after glancing at the faces of these Lakers players, and when Zhuang Fei finished speaking. The other Lakers players also nodded their heads.

"Coach, don't worry. We know what to do" In the end, Kobe Bryant also patted his chest with a confident smile and said, he has been looking forward to this playoffs for a long time, for him, surpassing O'Neal in the regular season to prove his energy is only the first step, and a more important step is to surpass O'Neal in the playoffs, and even win the championship, when the big fat man will be completely trampled under his feet.

Of course, other Lakers players also understand Kobe's fighting spirit at this time, from now on, for these people, what they bear is not comparable to the regular season, at least at this time, they who have been named the strongest team in NBA history need to play the momentum of the strongest team, which is one of the reasons why they hope that this game can take the Clippers flag. And as the head coach of this team, Zhuang Fei naturally understands this, but he is not ready to interfere.

At this time, the Los Angeles Lakers players are very relaxed, although they want to teach the Clippers a lesson, but for these Lakers players, even if they teach these Clippers players some lessons, they can do it easily.

This is diametrically opposed to the situation of the Los Angeles team on the other side, at this time the players of the Los Angeles Clippers are a little nervous, especially at this time with the pressure of solving the series in five games behind their backs, they are extremely nervous, originally for them, they don't need to think too much about this series, as they themselves said, as long as they fight this Laker, no one cares if they win or lose, but now, it is obvious that they can't do this, what the team owner wants now is to win, In this case, the mentality of these Clippers players will naturally change.

Fight with that Laker? To let them play the Dead Lakers in five games of this series? How can this be done, but if it can't be done, what will happen, they all know very well, in this case, this is also what makes Dunleavy a little difficult at this time, the mentality of the team players has changed and is unbalanced, which is the last thing that the head coach wants to see.

"I still say that in this game, let's do our best, don't care about some people's opinions, I won't blame you for what you play" The last few helpless Dunleavy also sighed a little and said to the Clippers players who were a little nervous at this time, but it is unknown what the effect of his words is, after all, these Clippers players know, his head coach's weight in the team is very limited, he is not the Chinese opposite, his weight is far from comparable to the team's owner.

Especially Dunleavy was still extremely nervous when he saw the Clippers players on the court, and he sighed helplessly again, if the originally promising Clippers were disbanded again as they had been for more than ten years, then the culprit who hindered the rise of the Clippers this time was the owner of that team, Sterling.

At this time, when he thought of that guy, Dunleavy was also annoyed in his heart, it was indeed very helpless to have such a boss at the NBA booth.

Just when Dunleavy cursed Sterling in his heart, Sterling was very confident in the grandstand box watching the Clippers players on the court, he gave the team a death order to win this game, and he must win. And it's also a word in the media. The Lakers had to fall to their knees in front of the Clippers in this game. He is confident in this, after all, this year's Clippers is his biggest spending year, and if he still can't beat the Lakers in the most expensive year, then he himself doesn't know how to beat this team.

"Jerry, I said that the Clippers will be able to beat the Lakers in this game, do you believe it, and it will beat the Lakers by a big score" looked at the Clippers players who were preparing to warm up on the court with satisfaction, and the owner of the Clippers also said confidently to the Lakers owner on his side, Old Buss. At this time, Old Bass also wiped his cold sweat after hearing this strange remark, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, but at this time, the owner of the Clippers didn't pay attention to Old Buss's stunned look and continued: "You look at the players on both sides of the court, the Lakers look loose and unprepared for the game at all, while our Clippers are much better, everyone has no smile on their faces, just like facing their last game, this is the result I want"

The Lakers are loose and the Clippers are facing the last game? By this time, Jerebus had completely surrendered. He really didn't know how this strange man saw this, but when it came to Raheem Sterling. He didn't need to dwell too much, so the Lakers owner also smiled and said after a moment of stunnedness: "Yes, Mr. Sterling is right"

When Jerichbus didn't want to entangle with the Clippers and complimented the Clippers owner against his will, Sterling didn't have much self-knowledge and instead began to teach old Bass a lesson.

"Jerry, you are good at everything, but sometimes you are too kind, you are too relaxed with that Chinese, this is not good, you need to put pressure on them, give them some goals, so that they can work better for you, to be worthy of every penny you spend, don't forget our majesty as the boss" At this time, the owner of the Clippers did not consider that the old man next to him was an NBA dynasty owner who had created an NBA dynasty, and he was a man who had not even entered the second round, The last time he led a team to the playoffs was 14 years ago when he was the owner of the team.

It's just that at this time, the face of Sterling's 'advice' Old Bass was also a little unbearable, but in the end, I thought that it was Sterling who said this, and the Lakers boss suppressed his anger and did not get angry, but in his heart, the Lakers boss was thinking, wait for the game to see if you are still arrogant or not, and now I don't have the same knowledge as you.

However, at this time, Sterling did not notice the abnormality of Old Bass, but still preached to one of the greatest bosses in NBA history.

At this time, the Lakers owner Old Buss is regretting sitting with the Clippers owner, and at this time, the Clippers owner has some endless posture, but at this time, everyone on the scene will not notice the current situation of the Lakers owner, because the game has begun at this time.

"The Los Angeles Lakers' starters in this game are Webb, Hill and Szczebiak on the front line, and the players on the guard line are Kobe Bryant and Hardaway, which is the Lakers' regular strongest lineup, in the last period of the regular season, this lineup was split and rotated to play, and now in the first game of the playoffs, the Lakers have put this lineup together again, it seems that the Lakers Clippers still attach great importance to this game, and on the Clippers' side, the center is Chris Ver Cox, the power forward is Elton Brand, and the small forward Sean Battier, The two guards, Parker and Hinrich, are still a two-point guard lineup that worked well in the second half of the regular season."

Kenny Smith looked at the list of starters on both sides in his hand and said that in the NBA, all commentators will not use positional terms such as center, power forward, or small forward when talking about the Lakers' starters, but will use more general terms such as forward and guard, of course, except for the Lakers, the starting introduction of other teams is still such a one-to-one correspondence of the five positions.

"The strength of this Clippers is good, Brand and Wilcox are both very inside, Brand can contribute 20 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks per game this season, he is the only four players in the league who can contribute an average of 20+10+2 interior players per game, and Wilcox can contribute 14 points and 9 rebounds per game this season, and he is also a first-class interior in the league, for this team. The only thing they can entangle with the Lakers is to maximize their interior strengths. Otherwise, there will basically be no suspense in this series," after talking about the starting lists of both sides. Kenny Smith also said with some thought, the Lakers' interior line is a weakness, the whole world knows it, but this does not mean that the whole world has a way, the Clippers are likely to cause trouble for the Lakers' interior line, and how much trouble they can create for the Lakers' interior line determines what kind of series they will play in this round, if the interior line can't be opened, then there is nothing to say.

"Kenny. Did you say that Sterling's comments before the game had an impact on the game? When the two sides were about to jump the ball, Barkley also asked his partner with some curiosity, and Kenny Smith also nodded at this time.

"Of course there will be an impact, and the impact will not be small," Kenny Smith said, and the game was over, with Webber beating Vilcox to jump ball.

"Webber now feels like he's getting older and more demonic, and he still has this kind of jumping ability," Barkley said as he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead when he saw Webber almost overwhelmingly beat Vilcox on the jump ball.

"Maybe this also has something to do with Coach Z's use of him, Coach Z has kept the Lakers three old men healthy, and he is indeed better than other head coaches in the league in terms of player use, if he is in the Kings, I think Webb wants to jump up at this time, but he can't jump up because he is too tired. With the Lakers, he feels like he's full of energy in every game, and he is. That's true of Hill, and so is Hardaway, and these three have entered a different realm," Kenny Smith said to Barkley with some correction, and it seemed that the Lakers on the court were responding to Kenny Smith's praise, the Lakers who successfully jumped the ball launched a fast break, and the basketball just passed through Webb, and the hands of Hill and Hardaway were finally dunked into the basket by Hill.

"Beautiful offense, Webb jumped the ball successfully, Hardaway advanced quickly, Hill quickly hit the front court to receive Hardaway's air relay pass and directly shook off the defense of his Battier dunk successfully, this ball is so beautiful"

The Lakers set off a climax at the beginning of this game, and after Hill scored the goal, the Lakers fans on the scene were boiling, obviously this is the team's signal for this game, but the Clippers are a little helpless for the Lakers' signal.

Especially for Battier, who defends Hill, facing his Duke University senior, the greatest star in the history of Duke University, he is really a little constrained, it's not that he's afraid, but this veteran who is in his thirties is now showing abilities that are completely beyond his expectations and his ability, there is a feeling of wanting to kill the enemy, but powerless to return to the sky, just like the dunk just now, obviously he has blocked Hill's route under the basket, but Hill actually hung on the basket in the end, This also makes him very helpless.

"Sean, you're still a little too tender now" Hill looked at his junior from the basket and said jokingly, as Duke's former two captains, although they were not contemporaries, but they also knew each other, and this year Hill also gave the Clippers' three Duke college juniors NCAA finals tickets, of course, these tickets were given by Zhuang Fei.

It's just that at this time, in the face of Hill's constant trash talk provocation, Battier didn't know how to respond for a while, not at all on the same level, and finally looked at Hill's back, and the Clippers' small forward also shook his head helplessly.

"Sean, it's okay, I don't blame you for this ball, it's that our defense is too slow, and we all know Grant's ability, it's too strong" Just when Battier was in a daze, Brand also came up and patted his college classmate on the shoulder and said.

"Coach, if I'm not mistaken, three of the ten people on the court right now are Duke University, and the Clippers have one on the bench" After the first wave of the Los Angeles Lakers' offense, with the frenzy of the Los Angeles Lakers fans in the stands, Green, the assistant coach of the Los Angeles Lakers on the side, also found it a little interesting and said, if this game is watched live by Coach K, who just won the NCAA championship, then he will be very pleased.

"Yes, I'm looking forward to Grant now if he can teach these apprentices a lesson to him" After Green finished speaking, Zhuang Fei also replied with an interesting feeling.

Of course, it is naturally impossible for the players on both sides of the court to hear Zhuang Fei's words, but from the perspective of the situation on the court, the scene of this game is completely in the hands of the Lakers after the Lakers scored the first goal.

"Damn," Brand was a little depressed. The defensive intensity of the old man behind him on the inside was amazing in this game. He's always been very good, and he has always been very good at attacking with his back and back, but he can't find a chance. At this time, he glanced at Wilcox, who was already in the main position of Shilka, and then calculated the current offensive time, the Clippers' leading player also hesitated for a moment and still sneaked to lean on Webb's half-turned hook hand and threw the basketball in his hand, he was not sure if he could score this ball.

It's just that Brand, who was still maintaining the hook action after the hook shot was completed, was thinking about whether the ball could score, but suddenly found that when the ball was about to fall at the highest point, a huge palm suddenly appeared above the ball, and then under Brand's horrified eyes. His hook hand was slapped straight to the front, and when Brand's eyes looked down at the big hand, Grant Hill was looking at him in the air with a smile on his face.

"So high" At this time, even Vilcox, who had just been entangled with Hill, looked at Hill who had fallen from the sky with a sluggish look at him at this time, he thought he was also a spring man, but when he compared it with this guy in his heart, the Clippers' inside line also swallowed his own saliva, and for a while, he originally wanted to step on Vilcox, who was once the league's first popular king, in this game, but he didn't have this idea at this time.

"Nice cap. Hill's bounce was amazing, and the Clippers needed to step back. Kobe and Hardaway have already played a fast break, Parker can't stop Hardaway and Kobe Bryant alone, beautiful ball, Hardaway splits the ball, Kobe Bryant slams the dunk with one hand, the Lakers hit a wave of 14-2 climax after the opening, the Clippers are blinded, and Hill's performance is by far the most impressive"

"Bastard!" Looking at Kobe Bryant hanging on the basket, Parker secretly clenched his fists and thought fiercely, as a player from the Spurs, he would never be intimidated in the face of Zhuang Fei, and he would be desperate.

But in this game, the performance of other Clippers players simply made him not know how to describe it, cowardly, cringing, completely suppressed by that Grant Hill, in this case, even if he tried harder, he couldn't turn the tide of the battle, and at this time he didn't have the ability to turn the whole game, at this time Parker hated for the first time that his ability was not strong enough.

"How can I leave Spurs if I'm strong enough? If I'm strong enough, how can I be replaced by Kidd? At this time, the French sports car looked at Kobe's back, and there was fire in his eyes.

"The Clippers have been defeated in this game, if they don't make adjustments, this team will be beaten by the Lakers in the half, the dominant inside line can't be opened, and the outside line is completely exploded, this kind of game is not easy to play, especially in the face of a team like the Lakers with strong scoring ability, as long as they have a low ebb of one or two minutes, the Lakers can widen the point difference to a gap that is difficult for them to reach" Kenny Smith looked at the Clippers players shrouded in a haze at this time and said helplessly.

And at this time, the TV broadcast camera is also very interesting, at this time the camera is aimed at the Clippers owner Sterling in the box, the Clippers owner who killed the Lakers before the game After watching the team's start, he is now staring at the Clippers players on the court with an iron face, at this time he completely lost the style of coaching the old Buss just now, and the old Buss on the side showed a smile at this time.

If the team is going to collapse, as the head coach of the team, this is the responsibility that must be borne, and at this time, the head coach of the Clippers, Dunleavy, has no idea how to stop the spread of such emotions, even after he called a timeout, in the face of the crazy Los Angeles Lakers players, this fast string is still full of tension after going on the court, perhaps for most of these first-time playoff rookies, the Lakers' opponent is too strong, even so strong that they don't have any courage to fight.

"Coach, Webber's defense doesn't like to jump anymore" Compared to the gloom on the Los Angeles Clippers bench, the situation on the Los Angeles Lakers' side is much better, at least the team's coaching staff is relaxed now.

"Well, Chris's defensive awareness has improved a little this season, but it's still not strong enough overall" Zhuang Fei also nodded after Green finished speaking, Webb's current single defense ability and awareness are indeed improving, just now that defensive Brand has no way to take him, he is not as easy to lose position in individual defense as before, but in terms of the whole team's defense or assistant defense, he is still a mess, in this regard, compared to Garnett and Duncan, the two who are tied with him as the two big four forwards, are too far behind, Even compared to Nowitzki, another big four, he is not much better. So this season, Webb's defense is different from before, the only difference is that he can withstand people.

However, for Webber, the opponent in this game is Brand, not Duncan, not Garnett or Yao Ming and O'Neal, this game is enough for him to just be able to withstand people, and Brand does not have the strong mobility ability of Duncan to mobilize the Clippers' offense or have a strong individual strong hitting ability like O'Neal and a strong range of movement like Garnett. So this game Brand was made very uncomfortable by Webber, just like the Clippers are also being made very difficult by the Lakers now.

As Kenny Smith said, the Clippers can't come out of the shadow and haze of the Lakers in this game, and as long as they have the slightest relaxation in the face of the strong Lakers, they will face an abyss from which they will never recover.

And when the game is half-time, when the Clippers lead the Clippers by 41 points at home 79-38, the game has lost any suspense, just like the angry Sterling in the stands at halftime left his seat and never came back, the Clippers have no possibility of turning the tables in this game, and the only thing they need to do is to hope to play with momentum.

It was only in garbage time that began in the third quarter, facing the Lakers' second lineup, the Clippers' second lineup did not play with any momentum, especially at the end of the game, the Lakers and Clippers had a score of 147-80, and the Los Angeles Clippers lost to the Lakers by 67 points.

In front of the crazy Lakers fans, the pre-game shouting to solve the Lakers' Clippers away defeat within five games.

"If the Clippers want to get rid of the Lakers in five games after this game, then they need to win four games in a row, and it's still possible," Kenny Smith joked at Sterling at the end of the game. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )