On October 31, the Clippers hosted their home opener at Staples Center.

The shadow of the first-game loss did not hang over the Clippers' players, who had perhaps the best mentality in the league for winning and losing.

As a counterweight, they have a general manager who has probably the worst mentality in the league – and they just can't tell.

In the past, the Staples Center has always been a Lakers venue, and the Clippers are more of a tenant who comes here for a while.

In the 2009-2010 season, whenever there was a Lakers game, tickets were always sold out, the stadium was full, and the sidelines were star-studded.

For many fans, watching a Lakers game not only allows them to see stars such as Kobe Bryant and Gasol, but also to get close to those movie stars that can only be seen on the big screen.

At that time, the Clippers game was more like an appetizer, or a small dessert after a meal, and sometimes you couldn't buy a ticket to the Lakers, so you settled on the second best thing and bought a ticket to the Clippers.

Four seasons have passed, the tide has turned, and now the Clippers are star-studded on the sidelines, and not Jack Nicholson, who has been sitting on the sidelines for thirty or forty years, to be honest, Nicholson appears on the sidelines of the Lakers almost more often than he appears on the big screen.

Nowadays, the Clippers are supported by some emerging stars, singers, rap circles, football and baseball stars, all of whom love to join in the excitement of the Clippers games.

In Los Angeles right now, watching the Clippers is trendy and interesting.

Look at the Lakers? The Lakers don't have Kobe Bryant anymore, what else is there to see, watch the 183 man steal the floor.

Paul's performance in the opening game was impressive enough, but he is still a long, long way from replacing Kobe Bryant's place in the hearts of fans.

And it is quite possible that this is an endless road of no return.

Tonight's opponent for the Clippers is the Golden State Warriors, another rising star in the Bay Area.

In the preseason, the two teams played a big game in China, and in the end, the Clippers did not give their best and lost to the Warriors.

In the regular season, of course, the Clippers will not be polite anymore, tonight is their championship ring night, how can the Warriors steal the limelight?

And the Warriors, as a rising challenger, also want to take advantage of the decline of the Clippers' first game loss and step on it again, there is nothing more to show the team's strength than beating the defending champion.

In the preseason, Mark Jackson and the Warriors showed no mercy, and the Clippers were playing, they were fighting to the death, just to win.

The starting lineup of the two sides, the Clippers are still the five tigers, and the lineup of the Warriors Bogut, David Lee, Barnes, Thompson and Galillard is simply a copy of the Clippers' starters.

On the bench, the Warriors won the best sixth man JR-Smith in the summer, Smith only took $2.8 million a year in the Knicks, and the Knicks made a lot of money, but they didn't keep people very much - after all, New York fans came to see the game, not to see anyone, people just want to watch.

With JR-Smith, the strength of the Warriors has been greatly enhanced, and it can be said that they have the qualification to wrestle with the Western Conference leaders in the new season, and more importantly, their core roster is still very young, and there is a lot of room for improvement in the future.

All in all, it was a high-profile home opener, with fans, critics, TV presenters, and plenty of topics to comment on and follow before the game.

There is only one point that is rarely noticed, only the TV commentators in China have noticed this, and the famous football critic Yang Yi said in the broadcast room:

"Well, we noticed that the Clippers had a relatively unfamiliar name and face on the team's 12-man roster today, called Bruce Lee. Ha, it's the same English name as Bruce Lee, and this person is also Chinese... It can't be said that he is Chinese, and his nationality should be Chinese, but we won't say his Chinese name, and it is more inappropriate to broadcast it on TV stations. The Clippers just announced the signing of the player yesterday afternoon, becoming the team's 15th man, and then made the 12-man roster today. ”

"What's the origin of this Bruce Lee, he's been playing for the University of Kentucky, and in '12, when he was a senior, he won the NCAA championship with the University of Kentucky. Anthony Davis, the current champion of the Clippers, is his junior! Then John Wall of the Wizards, Cousins of the Kings, is also his junior! There are other Brandon Wright or something, either a junior or a senior, always, this is a player with a very strong background, but! ”

Yang Yi, a commentator, makes basketball comments, not so much commenting on basketball, but more like telling stories or cross talk.

When he is chattering alone, he is telling a story, and adding a hand next to him is cross talk, and it is a cross talk saying of "sinking his head".

In his mouth, the group of people in the NBA are the same as those civil and military generals in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, skills and tactics are secondary, and grievances and hatreds are the main thing.

And when talking, I like to pant heavily, keep buttons, lay a lot of foreshadowing in front of you, hang your appetite, and then give you a twist and shake the burden out for you.

"But what?" His partner caught the conversation at the right time and asked.

"But ah, this Bruce Lee, who played in the NCAA for four years, basically didn't get a chance to play except for garbage time. He also has stats, he has scores, where did he come from? Garbage time to take free throws. Then there's the foul. Not to mention, he was quite accurate in his free throws, if I remember correctly, in four years, it seems like he lost one. Of course, he didn't vote much. is such a capable player, who signed up for the draft in 12 years, his younger brother, Anthony Davis got the top pick, and others like McGee and Terrance Jones were all selected, and then he was unpopular and became a draft loser. ”

"Then how did the Clippers pick him and sign him?"

"This, this guy has to ask Mr. Min, hahaha, Mr. Min's operation has never been predictable, but once he makes a move, it will be shocking, and you will have to see the intention of this hand for a long time. We know that when we selected Curry in '09, everyone was scolding, what treachery, what blind selection of such a kindergarten student, what kind of little point guard champion you should be Iverson...... It turns out, ah, it's called the hand of God! ”

"Is signing Bruce Lee a god too?"

"We don't know about this, let's see, see what the Clippers are all about. The Clippers signed Jeremy Lin before, but Jeremy Lin came to a wave of Lin madness, which attracted a lot of traffic and attention to the Clippers. After the madness, there was no chicken feathers, and there was no Jeremy Lin. Of course, Jeremy Lin is now going to the Rockets, and he is playing pretty well, but it's really hard to recreate like crazy. It can only be said that the Clippers' system is indeed very suitable for point guards. As for whether Bruce Lee will have a Lee madness, we'll have to wait and see. ”

As he spoke, the game was about to begin.

Li Liang (Bruce Lee) sat on the Clippers bench and watched the two sides start the game to prepare for the game, but it felt like he was in a dream.

Originally, he was ready to go home to inherit the family business and sell tractors, but he didn't expect to really play in the NBA!

It's just that he doesn't know, is this a good thing or a bad thing?

(End of chapter)