Chapter 160: The Lakers and the Clippers
Playing against the Lakers, Wang Cannon is not the first time, when he was with the Heat, he also crossed paths with the Lakers twice, once in the Christmas War, the two favorites to win the championship, the Lakers and the Heat had a very fierce game.
In that game, Wang Cannon fought with the Lakers' center Bydam, and also defended Kobe Bryant because of Kobe's hot hand.
Now it's different, Wang Cannon is in the Clippers, the Clippers have players who are much worse than the Heat in terms of strength, even if there are players like Paul and Griffin, but compared with the Lakers' lineup, there is still a big gap.
This gap is not only reflected in the team's lineup, but also in the support of the fans on the field.
Although the Clippers and Lakers share a arena, whether it is the home court of the Clippers or the home court of the Lakers, the result is the same, that is, the court is almost full of Lakers fans, and there are few fans of the Clippers.
"There are really a lot of supporters of the Lakers" Wang Cannon looked at the Staples Arena, and did not feel the pressure, but had some fresh feelings, because this was the first time he played for a team other than the Heat, wearing the No. 1 red Clippers away jersey, this feeling was only experienced when he played the first game for the Heat.
"Overall, it's not bad." Wang Cannon thought secretly.
But soon, his feeling of being okay was gone, because he saw such a banner in the stands of the fans.
"The Clippers are proud of you? I'm sorry! You don't deserve it! Although the name is not written, there is a chubby anime character drawn under this banner, although it doesn't look very clear, but Wang Cannon can still feel it. This is herself! Because this guy is wearing the No. 38 Heat home team jersey.
"I'm rubbing! Haven't you forgotten this? Wang Dacang was dumbfounded, he really didn't expect that it had been so many days since he said this, and these fans had not forgotten about it.
Wang Cannon didn't know whether these fans were Clippers fans or Heat fans, but this banner made Wang Cannon feel unhappy.
"What? Dare to question my words? Very good, very good! Then I'll prove it with my actions, and I'm not qualified to make the Clippers proud! ”
The preseason is certainly much smaller than the regular season in terms of attention. But after all, due to the suspension, the league's schedule has shrunk significantly, so even if it is a preseason, the media attention received by this game is actually not small.
At least on the pitch, the crowd was almost 90 percent or more, which was a good result for a pre-season.
Soon, the game was about to begin, and the starting line-ups for both sides were handed in.
The Lakers' starting roster isn't particularly big, although the head coach was traded from Phil Jackson to McBrown and veteran point guard Fisher was traded. But apart from the fact that the starting point guard has become Blake, nothing else has changed.
The scoring guard is the thunderous Kobe, the small forward is the defensive titan Artest, and the big forward Paul Bryant. Gasol, in the center, is the growing little shark Bydam.
The entire lineup is luxurious enough in the league, although the point guard position is a little weak, but the other four positions are already the top configuration in the league.
Fortunately, the Clippers have strengthened the team after going through the previous trade. In terms of lineup, the gap is not so big compared to the Lakers.
The Clippers submitted the starting lineup for point guard Paul, and scoring guard Mo. Williams. Small forward Wang Cannon, big forward Griffin, center Jordan Jr.
The game is ready to start, and players from both sides wait for the jump ball in the middle line.
The Clippers are in charge of jumping the ball with Jordan Jr., which makes Wang Cannon somewhat uncomfortable because he is in the Heat. Under normal circumstances, it is Wang Cannon who comes to jump the ball, although he is less than two meters tall, but Wang Cannon can easily win the jump ball by using his perverted bounce and explosive power.
Although Jordan Jr.'s bounce is not as perverted as Wang Cannon, he is already one of the best in the league in the center position. And his height is much higher than Wang Cannon, and in terms of jumping ball, Little Jordan's advantage is not much smaller than that of Wang Cannon.
At least Bydam, a heavy-bodied center who is not good at jumping, can't jump to beat Jordan Jr.
Easily dialing the jump ball to Paul, to the boos of the Lakers fans in the audience, the Clippers started the first game of the new season, albeit only in the preseason.
As soon as the game began, the Clippers looked at the situation and Nigro frowned.
As he imagined, the Clippers were playing in a chaotic state due to lack of preparation, with several players struggling to adapt to the sudden change in style of play and position.
In just a few minutes, the Clippers fell to an absolute disadvantage on the field, although Paul is very active in wanting to cooperate with his teammates, but there are few people who can echo him, and he can only play some good tactics when he is doing blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation with Griffin.
Soon, the Clippers fell into passivity, the inside Griffin and Jordan Jr. were suppressed by Gasol and Bydam, and the outside line, Wang Dacang Ze has been closely watched by Artest.
Many times, Paul had no choice but to fight alone.
Although the Clippers have a Mo. Williams, but this guy is obviously out of shape, not only that, but he also repeatedly leaks people on the defensive end, and there is no difference between Kobe's defense and nothing.
This situation made Negro very helpless, and he also knew that the problem of suspension was too big for the Clippers, and so far, the Clippers' new roster has not had much chance and time.
The Clippers don't lack the right tactics, they just lack the time to be able to hone in on the tactics!
In a game like the preseason, Negro wants to try out more possibilities in order to accumulate enough experience before the regular season.
So, after a few minutes of the opening game, he called a timeout and would play an extremely average Mo. Williams made a decisive substitution.
"Listen to me! I know that you don't know each other very well, and you don't know how to play on the field, but you also know that we don't have that time for you to run in, so you need to find out on the field for a while! Negro looked at a few starters and said in a low voice: "You probably don't want to lose this game so easily, after all, this is a game against the Lakers, so in order to win this game, try your best!" ”
After that, Negro didn't focus on any tactics, but replaced Bledsoe on the court, and told Wang Cannon to defend Kobe Bryant, and then let the players play.
When Wang Cannon restarted, he was still a little depressed in his heart. Because in the beginning, I basically made soy sauce all the time.
In the first game, although it was only a preseason, Wang Dacang was still looking forward to having a good table, but after only a few minutes on the field, he felt that he wanted to have a wonderful table, and it was not as simple as he imagined.
Artest is indeed not an easy guy to deal with, compared to Marion who was simulated in the training space, Artest's defense is more troublesome, and it also makes it more difficult for Wang Cannon to find space to shoot, not only that, but in the Clippers, Wang Cannon also found that he can't grab rebounds as recklessly as he did when he was in the Heat!
Because in the interior line of the Clippers, there will always be two guys blocking in front of him, a Griffin and a little Jordan. These two guys made Wang Cannon look very awkward, but he was helpless.
These two guys almost completely blocked the inside, and even if Wang Cannon wanted to rush inside to grab a rebound or two, he would be blocked by Griffin and Jordan Jr.
This kind of thing Wang Cannon has never encountered when he was in the Heat, and in the previous training games, he didn't think about it carefully, but now after encountering it on the court, Wang Cannon thought about it carefully, it's really such a thing, so many people are crowded on the inside, can he still grab rebounds as easily as he did when he was in the Heat? (To be continued......)