Bryant made 13 of 29 shots, including 3 of 10 three-pointers, plus 8 of 10 free throws, and finished with 37 points, 7 boards, 4 assists, 3 steals and 1 block.

O'Neal shot 14-of-26 from the field, plus 5-of-11 from the free-throw line, to finish with 33 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks.

OK combination of this performance, the Clippers actually upset the Lakers!

And it's also missing Odom, the core of the interior attack!

The game was broadcast live across the United States, and the ratings were quite good, with more than 5 million pre-booked and paid ratings, and the final paid ratings will exceed 10 million, setting a new record for the highest ratings after Christmas this season.

After the game, the fans were enthusiastic about the discussion.

O'Neal Jr. faced O'Neal and scored 20 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks.

McGinnis had 19 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists.

Big Q's four three-pointers in a single game showed his talent for being a great shooter.

Boykins scored 11 points in the final half of the quarter to help the Clippers lay the groundwork for victory.

Li Ao got a double-double performance of 17 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists, and failed to play 20+ in 10 consecutive games like Big Dog, Iverson, and Duncan, which made fans a little regretful.

Whether you like him or not, fans like to watch 'records'.

However, the regular season is only in the middle of the season, and there are still more than 40 games, which can be 20+ games in a row for 9 games...... Instead, fans are looking forward to Li Ao's scoring performance in the following games.

Li Ao shot poorly tonight, and before the last two minutes, he only had a 4-of-14 performance.

But at the last moment, O'Neal Jr. cooperated with Li Ao's back-to-back turn to catch the ball and shoot, which made the fans' eyes shine.

It is rumored that Li Ao asked Jordan for advice on back playing, but Jordan didn't teach him, he broke Jordan's ribs, and in the end he relied on the threat of force, so that Lakers legend James Worthy had to teach him back play.

Less than 3 weeks after Jordan broke his ribs and went to the hospital, Li Ao was able to shoot the winning shot with his back under Kobe's defense!

Coupled with his back-to-back shot that was too big at the beginning, he accounted for two of the top five today!

Li Ao finally enjoyed the happiness of 'winner takes all', his back play performance was so bad before, but people only remember his opening and last two back hits.

However, the hottest topic of this game - Li Ao's name of 'bullying the old and abusing the weak' is even louder!

At the earliest, when most people ridiculed Li Ao for only capping the old man and the opponent's player with the worst scoring ability, many people stood up and reasoned with the facts, analyzing how he locked this type of score to help the team's defense.

Now, after his aspect is recognized, the style of painting is reversed when fans discuss it......

…

"What do you mean I can only hat the old man and bully the weak chicken, I defended Kobe Bryant in the first three and a half quarters with 9 of 24 shots!"

The next morning, after Li Ao saw the news of the assistant aunt's brush, he grabbed the keyboard, put on his schoolbag, turned on the trumpet, and brushed his first three and a half quarters to prevent Kobe Bryant from shooting 9 of 24, refuting would only 'bully the old and abuse the weak', but unfortunately it had little effect, and was ridiculed by the assistant aunt on the side.

After lunch, Vivien took Li Ao to see the house she had just bought.

After picking for half a month, Vivian finally chose a house that met Li Ao's various requirements and she liked it.

After Li Ao saw the house, he liked it at first sight, and the decoration style was simple and generous.

Newly built house in '95 and looks very new.

And the purchase price is lower than the price of the old house that was demolished by the seller in 94.

Except for the seller's request to pay all the money for the purchase of the house in cash within three months, Vivian was quite complaining, and this year, the sale of the house requires so much, and the rest, they are both very satisfied.

Li Ao walked around, 9 bedrooms, 12 bathrooms, with swimming pool, open-air court, yard...... The decoration company has entered the market and is undergoing maintenance and overhaul, and most of the rooms have not been changed significantly, mainly for the replacement of furniture, mainly beds, sofas, bathtubs, kitchen stoves, and household appliances...... and so on in terms of life furniture replacement.

There are two rooms that have been changed greatly, one is to rebuild a professional gym, and the other is the game room that Li Ao misses.

Li Ao is very satisfied with the house, and he also thinks it is very good after understanding the location environment, traffic conditions, property services, community security, etc.

He and his aunt tried driving from their new house to Memorial Stadium, which took 38 minutes in the normal traffic conditions of Los Angeles.

It's a little farther than the apartment to the Memorial Stadium, which took about 10 minutes longer, which is not bad, after all, for a better environment, you have to be further away from the city center.

There is no redecoration of wardrobes, floors, decorations and other things, to avoid air pollution, now only need to wait for the end of maintenance and overhaul, find a third party to test no problem, you can move in, there are a few days, dad and mom will come here after the New Year, do not worry about the place to live.

…

After the game against the Lakers, the Clippers got two rest days, and on the morning of the 15th, the Clippers left Los Angeles for Minneapolis.

On the plane, Li Ao looked at the schedule, worried, and after arriving in the city of Wanhu, he still pulled Da Q to train to play on his back and turn around without the ball.

James Worthy also said that he is suitable for this practice, and reviewed that he only thinks about the offensive side of the ball, and the back play is not just about holding the ball.

Next, the Clippers first had a wave of 4 games in 5 days, all on the road, and then returned to the home court, and they had to meet the Celtics, SuperSonics, and Kings in a row......

He doesn't think about the schedule, just play one game at a time, actual combat + training, very exercised, his two basic skills that are focused on strengthening at this stage, the emergency stop has reached 79, and the turn has reached 77, and the two skills of receiving the ball and turning around and shooting and the emergency stop catching and shooting have both soared to 78.

Drawing his attention, Li Ao found that the group of people playing cards today were exceptionally harmonious, and asked the big Q next to him curiously, "Quentin, where is Jeff?" Why didn't he quarrel with going to the table today? ”

"Yes! Boss, you didn't even pay attention to me, why didn't you see him today? Boss, let me tell you, that guy is so annoying, after playing the starter, I feel that he can't look down on anyone except you, looking like the boss and his second, and even playing cards with a 'I'm a star' posture......"

Listening to Da Q's complaints, Li Ao listened and did not interject.

Big Q said that the back is all about 'black people have bad brains'.

It didn't take long for Li Ao to see the news and know why he didn't see McGinnis after staying at a hotel in Minneapolis.

While they were on the plane, the management had already closed the deal and the team informed McGinnis that he would not have to travel with the team!

They sent Jeff McGinnis and Cherokee Parks in exchange for the Cavaliers' Matt Harprin and Blevin Knight.

When he learned about the deal from Shelby Jordan, Li Ao's first reaction was - did the Cavaliers do charity?

Can McGinnis be traded for Matt Harprin?

This small forward, Li Ao has heard of it, and the media calls him a white defensive titan with the shadow of the powerful Predator Knights in the 90s, and the label is tenacious and diligent.

On the offensive end, he is good at cutting and long two points, has some breakthrough ability, and is very good defensively.

As for Breven Knight, if you look at the data, it is very top, he averaged 9 points and 8 assists per game in the 97-98 season in his rookie year, and at the beginning of the 99-year shrinking season, he got a 4-year 19.75 million dollar early contract extension, and the new contract just came into effect this season.

But after the Cavaliers drafted Andre Miller, who averaged 11 points and 5 assists per game last season, Blevin Knight, who averaged 9 points and 8 assists per game in the first two years of his career, began to be sold, but no team wanted it.

The Cavaliers gave up on Blevin Knight this season, playing 30 games in the regular season, and he only got six appearances, playing 15 minutes in each game, with 1.5 points and 4.5 assists.

He is 178 cm tall, his shooting is purely a matter of luck, his scoring is mostly based on counterattacks, his ball possession rate is high, and his defense is side effects.

Li Ao pondered, is this the Cavaliers selling Matt Halprin in order to send away Blevin Knight?

But what he saw on the Internet was that the comments of the media and fans were very different from his perception.

In the last 7 games, McGinnis has averaged 17.9 points and 6.1 assists per game?

Li Ao didn't notice that McGinnis performed so well during this time, and he had the impression that McGinnis was not bad, but most of the time it did not play a positive role for the team.

Before winning back-to-back games against the Nuggets and Lakers, McGinnis led the team as the main point of attack with the ball, 1-4.

Playing against the Nuggets against Van Exel, he did play well, but when he played the Lakers, he was instigated at a critical moment, and he still relied on Boykins to lead the team to 11 points in the first half of the quarter to lay the foundation for victory.

But the media and fans commented that McGinnis was the player who was delayed, and he seized the opportunity to rise after Odom's injury...... Their Clippers became the ones who did charity.

…

In another room of the hotel, Clippers management and the coaching staff gathered.

Clippers general manager Wally Walker, who just became a 'charity', said: "It would be nice to give McGinnis a little more time to 'rise', and if he can show continuity, we won't have to eat Knight's big four-year contract." ”

Gentry comforted: "This is something that can't be helped, we are about to play back-to-back games in five days and four games, and when we return to the home court, we have to play three teams with strong defense, and if it drags on, McGinnis's 'rise' will be revealed." ”

Wally-Walker said regretfully: "yes, it's a very unfriendly schedule. ”

"Actually, it's good, in the first 7 games we have, we just have the conditions to let McGinnis get good data, otherwise how can you trade to get Haplin, you finally stuffed Parks with the remaining 3 years and 6.3 million contracts to the Cavaliers, which is already very profitable."

Gentry felt that these management people were too greedy, and they actually thought that McGinnis would trade Matt Halprin alone.

However, he also thinks that it is good for the management to be greedy, otherwise he would not dare to think that he could exchange a data brush for a defensive giant.

And although Wally Walker is greedy, he is very calm, he takes it when he sees it, and he shoots when it is time to shoot.

He, the head coach, now doesn't have to worry about how to play around McGinnis!

(End of chapter)