Li Ao covered Kidd, pure defensive habits.

O'Neal Jr. has gone to grab the board with Marion, and he habitually interferes with other opponents who are good at rebounding.

Li Ao came to the front court and continued to open up space.

The teammates completely used Li Ao as a pinned pitcher this time, Greg Anthony found O'Neal Jr. to block the pick-and-roll, and Odom pulled to the left baseline to the middle distance.

Chacharidis crouched in the three-second zone and didn't go out, and Kidd was blocked by O'Neal Jr. and immediately retreated, cutting off Odom's receiving lane or sticking to Odom's catch and shoot at the first time.

O'Neal Jr. took it apart and cut it to the basket, and Odom followed suit.

Clifford Robinson defended Greg Anthony with a three-pointer, O'Neal Jr. got the sprint distance and could hit the basket at full speed, and Kidd quickly blocked it, trusting Chacharidis and believing that he could cover Odom who cut in.

But instead of catching the ball to attack the frame, Odom went around the baseline to the middle distance on the right side of the three-second zone, and Greg Anthony's pass was also there!

Mario Elie had excellent awareness of the defense and contracted Odom from the bottom corner in time.

Odom catches the ball and doesn't stop passing the ball behind him, and this time he's the left devil, not the stupid Ao who passes to the bench.

No look pass！

Big Q catches the ball and hits a three-point shot!

Offensive and defensive switching, Li Ao, Odom, and Da Q defended the fast attack, and the two wings promoted by Kidd could not play the offensive and defensive conversion, so they had to fall into positional warfare.

Kidd broke through again in singles, and this time he burst in and ran out in a circle.

Little O'Neal has great trust in Spider-Man's punching the old man and kicking the rookie, and boldly expands his defense at close range.

Kidd grabbed the ball around the left side of the three-second zone, feinted and passed to Chacharidis, Li Ao collected it, Kidd hit the ball to Marion, and Marion caught the ball from the right side of the baseline from mid-distance and shot it...... This ball is iron!

Seeing that Li Ao blocked Chacharidis to help O'Neal Jr. win the defensive rebound, he immediately went down, and Kidd led his teammates to defend the fast break in frustration.

Li Ao just gave the 218 cm giant center a big hat, when the deterrent power was at its fullest, it was normal for Marion not to dare to rush in to meet Li Ao to attack the frame, and this ball was not sloppy for him.

If you make a hasty decision, you will have to bear the consequences.

O'Neal Jr. took the rebound and passed to Big Q, who advanced at full speed, and was followed by Kidd and passed to Odom, who advanced to the three-point line and played the ball......

Li Ao received the ball and rushed into the inside, jumped in three steps, and smashed the ball into the basket with one hand!

Marion who is chasing after is numb!

Rookie Spider-Man's physical strength is also too good.

He shot Li Ao before retreating, took a step to the three-point line, and was not surpassed by Li Ao.

By the time he reached the three-point line, his speed slipped from the fastest down, but Li Ao's speed dropped earlier, and he had already begun to decline before he reached the three-point line, and he thought he had blocked Li Ao's fast attack.

As a result, Li Ao actually accelerated again after receiving the ball at the three-point line!

Then Li Ao's sprint speed dropped after the middle circle, and he was accumulating strength for the ball catch!

Marion made a reasonable inference.

Li Ao's side, after dunking, rushed out to high-five Odom to celebrate, 'Marathon Level 2' is really easy to play fast attack!

It's a pity that the position of the fast break this time is too far back, and when you catch the ball, you have to dribble the ball and rush two steps to get to the distance of a three-step dunk, and you didn't add an assist to your teammates.

At this time, he missed the joke era a little, at that time, as long as the ball received to the shot to ensure the continuity of the action, even if it was to catch the ball from the three-point line to the basket to score, it was also an assist, not to mention dribbling, and the continuous dribble trotting into the interior European step layup was an assist.

The numbers are rattling up.

However, Odom didn't care whether the ball had an assist or not, he was so excited that he didn't want to.

Their Clippers scored 4 goals in a row at the beginning of the game, and all 4 goals were directly related to him!

Against the Suns, they actually played a 9-2 start!

The rest of the Clippers are also very excited, they have no pressure, they play well, and they are done!

Kidd ran back to receive the ball and saw the Clippers players all smiles on their faces, and he didn't get angry this time, but calmed down.

With 8 seconds to push through the half, Kidd reorganized his thoughts.

Odom's form tonight is a left devil, with a comprehensive attack and defense, and he shows stronger strength than Marion in the same class.

O'Neill Jr.'s close-range defense ability is excellent, and the frame protection is not as good as Chacaridis, but with Li Ao's help, mutual trust and tacit cooperation are tacit.

Although the rookie Spider-Man is not comprehensive enough and is a partial student, he has outstanding ability on the defensive end, and his mid-range and close-range defensive role is stronger than Clifford Robinson, and may be better than Marion.

The big Q defense on the outside is also positive enough and has good awareness, and Greg Anthony is older but not holding back......

The Clippers also played well on the offensive end with the twin towers of Odom and O'Neal Jr., and Li Ao pinned Marion in a long two-point distance, which had a huge impact on their Suns' defensive coordination......

The key is that the opposite four young players between the ages of 19 and 22 are now playing with momentum!

Calm down and clear his thoughts, after Kidd arrived in the frontcourt, he found Clifford Robinson and began to attack with blocking and pick-and-roll, no longer showing breakthroughs, saving physical strength, and playing a war of attrition with the opponent.

Clifford Robinson cut in to receive the ball from close range and was tapped by Greg Anthony, who took advantage of his height to shoot a jumper...... No.

Kidd is a little sore, and Clifford Robinson doesn't get affected by a point guard if he has a little back-to-back ability.

However, this is a good way for a small man to defend a forward line that does not have the ability to carry his back at close range, and he remembered that he may have the opportunity to use it in the future.

Li Ao grabbed the rebound and passed it to the receiving big Q, and wanted to start a fast attack again.

But Kidd's egg hurt and his egg hurt, he didn't stop, always paying attention to Big Q, blocking the big Q advance line.

Under his leadership, the Suns managed to prevent the Clippers from continuing to launch a fast break, creating time for Chacharidis to step back and get in place.

The Clippers fell into positional offense, with Suns players making defensive adjustments under Kidd's command and Marion and Clifford-Robinson switching defenses.

Li Ao pulled away with Clifford Robinson and let his teammates continue to attack.

Of course, the effective style of play must be continued.

But this time it didn't work!

Kidd and Marion did an excellent job of blocking and pick-and-rolling, as well as cutting off Odom's receiving line around the baseline.

Greg Anthony couldn't get the ball out and could only burst into the free throw line and jump out of the box...... Iron!

Kidd guards the defensive rebound!

Marion was very focused on defending off the ball and it worked well.

But he is like a power forward who picks and dismantles and makes up for mid-range and close-range defenses, which really shows his talent on the defensive end.

The most important thing is that he cooperates more tacitly with Kidd and Chacharidis!

Clifford Robinson has his advantages over Marion – defensive core awareness, initiative, experience.

However, with Kidd as the commander, Clifford Robinson's awareness of the 'defensive core' is somewhat redundant, and his defensive thinking with Kidd is sometimes not on the same page.

Marion and Chacharidis are different, both are played with Kidd, and the three have the same way of thinking on the defensive end.

When it came to the Suns' offense, Chacharidis took the initiative to squeeze into the interior line more actively, sparing no effort to increase the containment of O'Neal Jr. and Li Ao.

Under Kidd's command, Clifford Robinson first blocked Kidd, and after Kidd broke through the three-point line, Marion came up from the right side to block Clifford Robinson, and the Suns' two major forwards pinned down Odom and Li Ao in the top arc area.

Kidd passes to Mario Elie, who singles Greg Anthony and makes a pull-up jump shot from the right baseline...... Hit!

Kidd has finally found a decent way to score!

Mario Eli, who won three championships with the Rockets and Spurs in the 90s, is good at wing singles and help defense, has a wide range of shots, from the basket to outside the three-point line, and at the age of 35, he still firmly occupies the position of the Spurs' starting point guard.

Although Mario Elie is now older and no longer the wing top soldier he used to be, it is enough for Kidd to free up the wing and find a way to score.

What he wants is not to overtake the score immediately, but to stabilize the situation.

When the Clippers attacked, Kidd pursed his lips, which was really unexpected.

Li Ao began to run to participate in the offense, and the teamwork of the Clippers also became the first goal around Li Ao receiving the ball.

Clifford Robinson is quick and can keep up with most small forwards, but he is still a little short of keeping up with Li Ao.

Li Ao made a sharp stop and ran from the baseline, came to the left side of the three-second zone to receive a pass from Greg Anthony, and shot against Marion, who was passing from the top arc...... Hit!

11-4, the Clippers still lead by 7 points!

In the face of the strongest guards in the current service, in the face of the top teams, the four young players of the Clippers team who played with momentum showed their talents to the fullest!

…

The Clippers had the upper hand for a long time, pressing the Suns to play.

But as the game progressed, the Clippers were slower and slower to pull away from the gap, leading by as many as 13 points, and the margin began to shrink.

After entering the rotation phase, the Suns advantage began to show!

After playing for more than a month, the core lineup is solid, the fit feels better and better, and the veterans have passed the stage of finding form, and the Suns have played a 9-3 performance after a 4-4 opening game.

The Clippers, as a weak team for many years, spent more than a month, and although the team's situation is getting better and better, it is only just activating the enthusiasm of the players and initially clarifying how to play.

In the starting lineup stage, the momentum was played, and the Clippers once overwhelmed the Suns, but when they entered the rotation stage, the bench did not perform so well.

There is a big difference in defensive understanding and strength alone.

After all, we've just just clarified the direction, and it's not even on the right track.

The starting four young talents are talented, and Greg Anthony also has years of experience with the New York team in the Pat Riley era and the Trail Blazers at the end of the last century, and has a lot of experience defensively, has good command skills, and can play well defensively.

But when it comes to the rotation stage, facing a strong team like the Suns, there is only positivity and attitude.

The Clippers led the Suns by 11 points 30-19 in the first quarter, but it was only 24-28 in the second quarter.

The Clippers had a dismal third quarter, leaving the lead by three points at 14-18.

In the final quarter, the Suns returned the Clippers with 30 points in a single quarter, and the Clippers struggled but only scored 23 points.

At 10:26 p.m., Kidd led the Suns to a 95-91 reversal of the Clippers with a performance of 12 points, 14 boards, 13 assists and 2 steals.

Kidd, who played for 47 minutes, was so tired that he didn't want it!

He marveled at the talent of the Clippers' forward core and was lucky with the difficult comeback.

If the Clippers are given a few more months to get used to the run-in and play like this kind of start, Kidd will feel choked enough.

Of course, this is only based on the fact that the Clippers started with a wave of 4 in 4 and went on a 9-2 run.

If the Clippers really complete the defensive run-in, with Li Ao, a popular rookie, the Clippers' defensive reputation will definitely be played.

At that time, when Kidd faced the Clippers, he would not be as casual as at the beginning of this game, he would get into the groove from the beginning, and the situation would naturally develop differently.

Looking at the frontcourt trio of Li Ao, Odom, and O'Neal Jr., Kidd's scalp was a little numb, and at the same time, he had a little more expectation.

The future of these three people, as long as Odom's mind is bright, the future is bright!

Odom had 15 points, 11 boards and 5 assists, Li Ao had 20 points, 6 boards, 5 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks, and O'Neal Jr. had 11 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks although he only scored 8 points.

Offense, Defense, Passing, Shooting...... What do you want?

What impressed Kidd the most was the learning ability of Li Ao and O'Neal Jr.

O'Neal Jr.'s defense at the beginning was to rely on and believe in Li Ao, and actively expand to the outside.

But then when there was a need for his personal rim protection, he began to take advantage of the small forward's ability to move and switch defenses like Chacharidis, and stick to the basket.

This is something Kidd hadn't seen when he was researching O'Neill Jr. before, that is, learning and using it now!

However, O'Neal Jr. is a center forward, and Chacharidis is not difficult, and he can only be said to have a high ball quotient and confidence in his teammates' defense.

Li Ao is different, Kidd sees that this rookie Spider-Man is learning his way of organizing attacks!

Li Ao organized the attack in the early part of the game in response to the transfer, and the same was true in the back, but there were several more passes to pass the ball to the second transfer point.

This is his way of organizing the attack, he does not aim to get assists, his teammates have the conditions to pass the ball to teammates who have better scoring opportunities, and he will pass it, which is a great test of anticipation, as well as the passing vision of the teammate and the control of receiving habits.

Kidd has a feeling of being stolen, or stealing a teacher in person!

Is...... Talented!

Not inferior to Marion's physical gifts, defensive awareness like Clifford Robinson who can serve as the core of the defense, and mid-range shooting ability that has never been seen before in his age...... And such a talent for organizing offenses!

It's just that although Kidd is amazed by Li Ao's talent, although he won, now he is unhappy again.

Penny! Hack! Get the hell out of here!

That's the opponent, he loses, what do you do to comfort him?

It's a dozen or seven court thugs!

(End of chapter)