The Lakers continued to attack, Ron Harper broke through and missed, and O'Neal Jr. stuck Hores Grant for a defensive rebound.

Switching offense and defense, Li Ao continued to run according to tactics.

Bryant struggled to chase the defense, but Odom, on the same side, turned and shook off Hores-Grant to cut in to receive the ball, and he made up for it.

Odom didn't look at the pass, Li Ao withdrew to the right side of the free throw line, Hores Grant made up for Li Ao as soon as possible, it was still a little late, Li Ao had already lifted the ball!

Facing a 208-centimeter and fierce power forward, Li Ao decisively jumped and shot, and shot in the middle...... Again!

When the Lakers attacked, Kobe Bryant continued to play alone, burst to the basket, hit a pull-up layup in the front and back, and hit the board.

has running back and forth as a buffer, and Kobe, who is currently in good physical condition, plays more easily than with Li Ao heads-up.

It's the Clippers offense again, and this time Li Ao is being defended more tightly.

The Zen master had just whistled on the sidelines and made a pre-determined tactical gesture.

Odom was very focused tonight, instantly understood the opponent's defensive intentions, seized the opportunity, and distributed the ball to Piakowski, who hit a two-point shot from the baseline!

6 to 2!

The Clippers are off to a great start!

However, the Lakers are not far behind.

Kobe Bryant, who has spent four years of relegation, started with a fierce attack and supported the Lakers' offense alone.

Kobe Bryant's style of play, the standard nerve knife style of play, dare to shoot any ball, dare to score any ball.

But the difference between him and Nerve Knife is that he has a continuity in scoring!

In previous years, when encountering Kobe Bryant in this form, the Clippers may be scared of fighting.

On the other side is the Lakers, and the last time the Clippers beat the Lakers was five or six years ago.

In the '80s, the Clippers faced the Lakers with a 23-game losing streak, and every time they met, they were brought up.

But tonight, the Clippers players played very hard.

Because they're steady!

Although Kobe Bryant's indiscriminate bombardment looked scary, the offense around Li Ao's mid-range shooting on their side withstood Kobe's counterattack!

Kobe Bryant played half a quarter of the game, and when he entered the official timeout, he felt that he played well, and indeed they played very well, scoring 14 points in the first quarter, and he also got 8 points and 1 assist, but looked at the opposite side.

Vaco!

The opposite side scored 17 points!

Although Tanhualang scored 4 points in the opening game, he only scored 2 points in the next 5 minutes.

But there are still 2 assists and 2 blocks!

At the beginning, Kobe Bryant and Foster played together, and Foster was capped.

Later, Kobe Bryant mistook Chubby for being near the basket and passed it again, and Foster was capped again.

Kobe Bryant guessed that Li Ao's style of play would probably perform better in the regular season than in the preseason.

He has been playing all these years and has a lot of experience.

Preseason trial tactics, to the last game of the preseason, each team usually plays as a regular season, at this time the tactics have been tested in the training camp and preseason, the elimination of what should be eliminated, and the rest are carefully selected and highly purposeful tactics.

The Clippers finally got this Tanhualang, so naturally they chose tactics around him.

The Clippers' style of play has a simple tactical purpose - the first goal is to create shooting opportunities for Li Ao, if Li Ao shoots well, he will be defended by the focus, and then focus on Li Ao's containment to attack.

The tactics were simple, and Kobe Bryant saw through it at a glance.

But it is precisely because of the simplicity that there are few mistakes.

Defending such tactics is not troublesome, it doesn't require too much brains, but it is more of a test of strength.

But O'Neal, the most important defender of their team, was injured, and their defensive strength was said to be light.

Kobe himself is not particularly good at defending without the ball, he is a top arc defensive gate, and often goes to the wing to habitually make up for the middle and the bottom line, although there are Hores-Grant and Fox to make up for Li Ao's no ball, but the defense is also messed up.

The most important thing is that as long as Hores-Grant moves slowly and fails to stick to Li Ao before he makes a shooting move, Li Ao dares to shoot directly against the 208-centimeter Hores-Grant!

He was a little impressed by this......

The two sides made lineup changes.

The Lakers sent in a powerful new signing, Isaiah Ryder, to replace Fox.

For this teammate who averaged 19.3 points per game last season, Kobe Bryant is looking forward to it.

On the other side, Big Q replaced Piakowski.

After the timeout, the Lakers attacked, served in the frontcourt, and Ron Harper gave the ball to Ryder.

The Zen master asked Ryder to attack a few first, helping Kobi to take the scoring pressure.

Bryant walked on the flank, looking unhappy without the ball, but he was always in a position where he could receive passes well, forming a triangle with Ryder and Hores Grant, moving according to their positional movements.

He's not known for not playing the ball, but he's running pretty well, after all, O'Neal averaged 3.8 assists per game last season, 2.6 of which came from Bryant.

The Clippers also made defensive adjustments, with Gentry letting Li Ao defend Ryder and the big Q who came off the bench to defend Kobe Bryant.

In the face of Li Ao's defense, Ryder was very disdainful, and he broke through and threw ...... brainlessly...... Li Ao nailed board hat!

Li Ao deliberately released the space to go offline, but he didn't expect this thing to think that it was easy to pass him, as if he didn't see him chasing behind, and shot directly.

Even with the cover grabbing, Li Ao grabbed the ball directly.

Looking back, O'Neal Jr. singled from close range, and after the feint tricked Foster into moving to the line, O'Neal Jr. took the initiative to press it up, leaning on the opponent's wipe board and hitting a layup.

When the Lakers attacked, Ryder continued to play singles, changing direction and breaking through to make a pull-up jumper...... was so disturbed by Li Ao that he was forced to throw the ball sideways, three don't stick!

O'Neal Jr. protects the defensive rebound!

Li Ao muttered, "Why is it so slow" and ran forward.

These two balls, he felt that the defense was too easy, how could the opponent look like a 29-year-old man with physical fitness at his peak?

Switching offense and defense, Li Ao signaled to Da Q to find an opportunity, and Da Q listened to his orders.

When Li Ao received the ball on the right baseline in the three-second zone, the big Q on the left sideline ran back and cut in, easily threw off Ryder and entered the basket.

Hores-Grant couldn't block it, and Ryder couldn't even make physical contact when Big Q was running back.

But it can be seen that regardless of offense or defense, Ryder, who has a base salary to hug his thighs, is very hard.

Why is this movement so slow?

Where is the original Wolf King who broke through the frame of attack like a spring installed on the sole of his foot, accelerated his stop-and-go jump shot like lightning, stopped like pressing the pause button, and took Christine Leitner's boss position when he entered the NBA?

Kobe Bryant was expecting a surprise, but he didn't expect it to come.

This product, I'm afraid it's not a drug addiction and alcohol that will ruin the body!

On the other side, Li Ao also guessed that there is a limit to everything, last year's Ryder was not abolished, but he had not yet emptied his body to that critical point, and this year it just happened.

He thought of a similar example in the future – Ty Lawson.

It's time for the Lakers to attack again.

Kobe hesitated, but still didn't ask for the ball, and continued to follow the tactics.

He didn't want to believe it, but because Ryder was coming, they decided to tear up last season's main championship team and trade Glen Rice for Hores Grant.

They don't need to use their main forces, but it's all because of this original wolf king!

Ryder continued to play singles, his expression was a lot more hideous, Li Ao no longer used strategy this time, directly hard steel, confrontation, pressure defense!

Ryder began to break through one step from inside the three-point line, but he burst out of the three-point line and was suppressed by Li Ao and retreated.

Why is this rookie so powerful!

And this long arm...... Ryder was almost tackled, and quickly grabbed the ball and held it with both hands.

Li Ao didn't stretch out his hand, but the whole person shrouded Rydell, but Ryder was not so calm, and when he aimed at a teammate, he threw it out in a panic...... Big Q completes the steal!

Big Q rushed all the way to the opposite side and scored two points with a one-handed split.

The Clippers played a 6-0, 23-14 run to bring the lead to nine points!

Being hatted, three non-sticky, three mistakes, and being ridiculed, Rydell was extremely annoyed, scolded and squeezed towards Li Ao, and made small movements in his hands.

Li Ao immediately raised his elbow and hit Rydell's chest, Ryder was so pushed that he almost held his breath, and as soon as he stepped back a little, he saw an elbow appear in front of him, magnifying ...... Stopped, right in front of his nose!

"Beep beep ......"

The referee hurriedly came up and pulled the two apart.

Although Li Ao stopped in time, the referee still gave him a technical foul and warned him not to mess around.

However, Li Ao's previous arm against Ryddle's chest was missed.

In this conflict, the referee's impression of Li Ao was not bad, he saw the small action of Rydell's entanglement, a rookie, he couldn't help but fight back normally, and it was good to stop.

The main reason is that Li Ao's sunny and positive appearance is good-looking......

On the contrary, Ryder, who has always had a bad record, the referee stared at the opponent, for fear that the other party would be angry and do something.

The players on both sides also surrounded him, and at this time, the Zen master called a timeout, and Ryder didn't let go of face, ran back to the bench as if fleeing, and sat down directly.

He felt like that rookie was trying to kill him!

Although it didn't hit him in the face, he estimated that he was already bruised in his chest.

He is very good at bullying those rookies, but when he encounters hard people, he becomes a coward.

The Zen master was a little devastated, and he was now in a similar mood to Kobe.

What the hell is this!

Earlier, he felt that Ryder was not in a good state, but Ryder had done too many evil deeds before, and he was known for his loose training attitude and late absences, so he didn't particularly care about it.

After all, he was a first-line scorer last season.

It turned out to be a real collapse!

No, it must not be so cruel, maybe it was just a two-day rest day that was weakened by a woman, maybe it will be fine in a few days.

The Zen master adjusted his mentality, his expression was tight, and he replaced Ryder with Brian Shaw.

On the other side, Li Ao was also replaced by Gentry, first, there was a conflict, Gentry asked Li Ao to calm down, he thought Tanhualang was too violent, and he had played for more than 7 minutes, it was time to slow down.

After a timeout, Bryant walked to the free throw line and hit a technical free throw.

Li Ao sat on the sidelines and regretted a little, he knew that he didn't scare this guy, it was not a problem to lose a technical foul, but such a useful defensive colander and offensive black hole, and he was scared down.

If he endures it, the guy will be able to drag the other side for a few more rounds...... Bear with me! I can't bear it!

They are ahead, directly opposite the side!

The game continued, and the wave of Ryder just now was a big blow to the morale of the Lakers.

Ryder was hammered for three consecutive rounds, annoyed and angry, and provoked the opponent with small actions, and was almost beaten, which was unreasonable, but if he was a little tougher at this time, he could still ask his teammates to do him a favor.

But after this thing played a trick, it was instigated, and the loser lost again!

And the Clippers who played a wave of 6-0, morale rose again!

In the next time, the combination of McGinnis, Big Q, Margety, Odom, and O'Neal Jr. played a wave of 9-4 according to the Lakers.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers narrowed the gap to 10 points by relying on Kobe Bryant's defensive three-point shot against Big Q's defense.

32-22, the Clippers led the Lakers by 10 points to end the first quarter!

At the end of the first quarter, the whistle blew, and Li Ao got up and high-fived his teammates.

He said to Da Q: "You can defend it, in the end, there are three attacks here, and that guy can't get rid of you." ”

"Hehe, although I am not as good as you who were selected as the best defensive team in the United States, I am also the second defense of the American Athletic League!"

The second defense of the American Athletic League, which has the highest gold content in the six top league awards?

A question mark flashed in Li Ao's mind.

His impression of Big Q is that of the brainless prodigal man and defensive colander during the Suns period.

As a result, this thing said that he was an outside defensive gate in college?

is the second defense in the division, at least the top six defensive masters in the forward line in the division.

By the second quarter, the Lakers fielded a combination of Tyronn Lue, Kobe, Fox, Horry, and Horace Grant.

The Zen master stopped playing tactics, the pitcher swung away, and let Kobe Bryant!

The Clippers re-fielded Li Ao with McGinnis, Big Q, Odom, and Chris Meem.

Odom was very focused tonight, had a chance to win Kobe, and played hard.

Under Odom's leadership, the Clippers' offensive firepower is still ferocious.

But Kobe Bryant also played very well under the control of the Zen master, with a bunch of pitchers, and played back and forth with the Clippers.

Li Ao played 5 minutes in the first quarter and 3 minutes before halftime, during which the Clippers had the upper hand.

When he was replaced, although the Clippers players played very actively and hard, they were still narrowed by the pitchers led by Kobe.

At halftime, the score was 66-58, with the Clippers leading the Lakers by eight points.

The score difference has reached single digits, and the Zen master feels that there is a possibility of turning the tables!

Kobe Bryant had 24 points, 3 boards, 5 assists and 2 steals in the half, and in this state, he had a chance to turn the tables!

Although it was only a pre-season game, the Zen master played this as a regular season game to get the players into the rhythm of the season.

However, during halftime, Bryant felt more tired than usual!

Thinking of the past two days, that bastard Tanhualang pulled him to practice until he was exhausted...... He regretted it so much that he wanted to vomit blood!

Coming back from halftime, Bryant continued to play.

He played the full first half, but that was fine, and he averaged 40.9 minutes per game last season.

The four main scorers who won their championship last season, O'Neal, Glenn Rice, and Fisher are all gone tonight, and they are all missing, and they are behind by single digits, and he is normal to play full.

Feeling that his physical condition was not as good as before, the first attack after the start of the second half, Kobe Bryant wanted to take advantage of his threat of 24 points in the half to connect the team's offense first.

The triangle offensive idea started up, and after sudden, he attracted the pinch shot from close range, and he habitually split the ball to the basket...... As soon as the ball was passed, he regretted it!

Rookie Medvidenko catches the ball and throws it, Li Ao rushes into the basket from close range and slaps on the basket with one palm!

5th block in a single game!

Odom protected the defensive rebound, although the fast break did not come out, but after falling into the positional battle, Li Ao seized the opportunity to cut in, received the ball and hit the hook in the face of Horry's defensive hook!

Kobe Bryant was glad that he didn't have a fat man who got in the way, but when it came time to play together...... Give me a fat man! I'm absolutely hammering the big spider to death!

(End of chapter)