On the afternoon of the 20th, after a morning rest, the Clippers began to prepare for the game.

Gentry's goal of preparing for the Lakers this time is very aggressive, and it is obviously different from the preparation when OK can play in the early season, and he almost wrote 'I want to finish OK' on his face.

At the same time, it has become more severe, and the players have managed to return to the cautious mentality of the early season, which he wants to perpetuate.

Dare to face Jordan, his image of the iron head baby has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the team, in the past two games he put Odom on the bench to reflect, Odom did not dare to say anything, now he has become more severe, the players have no objections, but because of the ambition he showed has become more motivated.

Li Ao also feels that this is very good, his goal has always been the championship, Jordan's side does not need to say much, and now the head coach has the same mentality as them.

Whether you can do it or not is one thing, whether you have that heart or not is more important!

However, with ambition, the game still has to be fought one game at a time.

On the 21st, the Clippers' away game day against the Lakers arrived.

At 7:40 p.m., the Clippers entered the Staples Center court first.

When Li Ao entered the court for the last time, the audience burst into cheers.

Lakers fans are very aggrieved, their home court, 20,000 seats, their people are only a third at most!

More than two-thirds of the fans wore the Clippers' red and white jerseys or T-shirts.

It's a bully!

Back in the last century, they played the Clippers every season with 4 home games, and now they have 4 away games!

Clippers fans rushed for tickets, and when the remaining tickets for the game went on sale, Clippers fans were crowded outside the major ticket outlets.

They curse with malice - Spider-Man's talent ends here.

On Li Ao's side, every time he plays the Lakers, he has a sense of freshness.

Playing 43 games in this stadium in a season, 41 times were at the back, and suddenly going to the front, which is quite special.

When he arrived at the home team's home court, watching Kobe, Fisher, Fox, Samaki Walker, and O'Neal enter the court one after another, Li Ao opened the report on the other side.

Season data, the Lakers are decent among the eight top teams.

But the last 10 games ......

Los Angeles Lakers, 46-20...... In the last 10 games, 9 wins and 1 loss, averaging 104.2 points per game and conceding 93.1 points per game......"

Before the All-Star weekend came back and O'Neal returned, the Lakers lost 1-3 and lost 3 games, one was a conflict between Kobe Bryant and Big Dog, both of whom were sent off, and the next two games were Kobe Bryant was banned for two games and suffered a three-game losing streak.

After O'Neal returned from injury and Kobe Bryant's suspension ended, the Lakers only lost 1 game against the Trail Blazers!

Shaq O'Neill, 30 years old, 216 cm, 152 kg, overall rating 101...... Averaged 26.2 points, 9.8 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.6 blocks per game...... In the last 10 games, he averaged 31.4 points, 12.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 2.4 blocks per game......"

Li Ao felt 10,000 alpacas running by.

After this comeback, O'Neal played an average of 42 minutes per game, eight minutes more than the 34 minutes per game before the All-Star weekend, and his stats soared, and for the first time this season, he played 10 games in a row without a single injury rumor.

It's really that as long as you lose weight, you will be strong and healthy!

If it goes on like this, I'm afraid I will rush to an average of 27+ per game in the last dozen games, and surpass Duncan at the last moment?

By the time it comes to the playoffs, O'Neal will revert to the tonnage of 147 kg in the 00 playoffs or 146 kg in last season's playoffs...... Li Ao couldn't think about it.

Kobe Bryant's side is interesting.

"Kobe Bryant...... 26.3 points per game...... In the last 10 games, he averaged 19.2 points, 5.4 rebounds and 7.1 assists per game......"

This score-to-assist ratio is very unsnech.

The average score per game is about to fall below 26+, hey!

If it weren't for the 54 points before the All-Star weekend, it would have definitely fallen after 10 games.

After the players of both teams entered, Li Ao found Snake.

Kobe Bryant moved in a serpentine position, but he couldn't get rid of it, and he glanced at the fat man who was talking and laughing with Jordan...... It's okay, the big shark is here, you can wave it tonight.

Kobe Bryant asked impatiently, "What are you looking for me for?" I have something to say to Jordan. ”

Li Ao put his arm on Kobe's shoulder and said, "Didn't you say that you were going to compete with O'Neal for the boss?" I didn't actually shoot to help O'Neal find a playoff feeling, tsk. ”

Kobe slapped away the hand hanging from his shoulder and gave the big spider a strange look.

The strongest teammate is injured and didn't perform well in the early stage, and he helps his teammates find the feeling of the game after they are healthy, isn't that what he should do?

The big fat man has done the same to him in the past two years...... Wait, is this thing sowing discord?

Big spider, you are still too young, and the relationship between Benhei Mamba and the big shark still needs to be provoked?

Kobe Bryant said: "Aren't you also sacrificing your right to shoot to help Jordan find form? ”

"When did I sacrifice my hand to help Jordan find his form?"

"You averaged 22 shots per game last season, and you only have 18 this season."

"Uh...... It's not because of Jordan, it's because I averaged 25 points per game last season, and this season the opponent is tougher against me, and I have better veteran teammates, and younger teammates are better, and I've made better shooting choices, don't you see that I'm shooting less, but I'm scoring more points than last season? I have a 48% shooting rate, which is higher than you......

If you're going to ask me why my shooting percentage is getting higher and I don't shoot more? I don't have that ability, so I only vote so many times, and I'm not a rookie, so it's not okay to throw randomly. ”

Kobe Bryant was said to be 'willing to be O'Neal's younger brother', and he was not affected at all.

But the big spider's self-questioning and self-answering sentence in the back got his mentality.

Mock whom! Who doesn't have O'Neal's ability to shoot randomly?

…

Lakers starters: Fisher, Kobe, Rick Fox, Samaki Walker, O'Neal.

Clippers starters: Bibby, Ao Lee, Jordan, Matt Harprin, O'Neal Jr.

Odom looked at the five teammates on the field, he was a little confused now, why did he take root on the bench? Didn't his teammates speculate that it was just to educate him?

But thinking that the Microsoft tycoon is waving a check for 100 million US dollars, it seems that there is nothing unacceptable, and it is easier to play with a rotating lineup.

At 8 p.m., the game began.

O'Neill jumped up quickly as the ball reached its highest point and flicked it back.

The 150+ kg O'Neill can be seen visible to the naked eye, and the speed of bounce is faster than that of little O'Neal!

Little O'Neal's eyes widened in the air, but he was used to being ravaged by the big shark, and after landing on the ground, he turned around and ran under the basket.

Fisher pushed into the frontcourt, didn't give Kobe Bryant or Rick Fox, and plugged straight to the left of the three-second zone.

Jordan had already moved in advance, but the opponent was too fast to pinch the ball.

O'Neal received the ball and squeezed O'Neal Jr. to dribble the ball into the basket, jumped, and smashed the ball into the basket with one hand!

Seeing Jordan take it, O'Neal opened his arms and shouted "I'm back" and ran to the backcourt.

Li Ao + Jordan: Forked waist.

The big shark taunts both of them at once!

Li Ao glanced at little O'Neill, well, no problem, the gritted teeth look, obviously not frightened.

It is worthy of being a little shark, and its ability to resist pressure has been rattled strongly.

The offense and defense switched, and Li Ao went to the front court to meet Kobe Bryant's defense.

Li Ao opened his thoughts: "Yo, Snake, why don't you guard against the basketball god you want to beat the most?" ”

"You are a greater threat to us than Jordan."

Kobe Bryant's answer was so loud that Jordan on the other side of the three-second zone heard it.

An old charlatan like Jordan, such a clumsy trash talk from Snake, of course he ...... It was stimulated.

After receiving a pass from Bibby, Jordan shook his shoulders with his back and turned right to the free throw line and hit a turnaround jumper!

Rick Fox: Mambago, you're my brother! It also depends on the object to provoke the opponent!

I can't afford to mess with these two big guys and little brothers of the Clippers, okay!

When the Lakers attacked, Fisher made another sneak pass, O'Neal was also very irritable when receiving the ball, using his weight and explosiveness to force O'Neal Jr. to come to the receiving position, and after receiving the ball, he hit the basket and scored two points.

Jordan can't pinch this ball in advance, unless he comes over and directly clamps Jordan with O'Neal Jr., completely ignoring Samaki Walker.

Looking back, Jordan also continued to play singles, and God and Shark faced each other head-on.

Jordan turned left and brushed past the deadly Rick Fox and hit a shot from within one step from the free throw line.

After the goal, Jordan raised an eyebrow at O'Neal, and Rick Fox looked numb.

Completely treated as air, he doesn't have a temper yet.

It's better than Spider-Man, who is defenseless against all evil, and that guy is even more excessive, and likes to sneak around with him.

O'Neal was surprised by Jordan's current state, Jordan's performance at the beginning of the season already made him feel incredible, but he didn't expect that around the All-Star Weekend, Jordan played an average of 22+5+6 per game in more than ten games.

When it came to the Lakers' offense, O'Neal excitedly continued to play alone.

The shark and the god continue to fight each other, and O'Neal Jr. and Rick Fox are used to it, aren't they just being hammered.

This start was something that the head coaches of the two teams did not expect, but neither Zen Master nor Gentry stopped it, and the idea was similar - to consume the strongest player in the opponent's singles.

The years are not forgiving, Jordan played hard and was in good shape, but after a few more rounds, he still fell behind.

O'Neal singles against Jordan!

9-6, O'Neal opened with 4 of 5 shots, plus 1 of 2 free throws, and scored 9 points!

Jordan scored 6 points on 3-of-5 shooting, but the opponent was completely out of the question.

In the current state, O'Neal is difficult to move and pinch in advance, unless he directly releases a player on the opposing side.

Jordan is not a person who disagrees with the old, he is decisive and changes the team style of play, and when the Clippers attack, Bibby finds O'Neal Jr. to block and dismantle, and distributes the ball to Li Ao, who borrowed Matt Harprin to cover without the ball.

Li Ao received the ball, Kobe Bryant and Samaki Walker sandwiched it, and Li Ao gave it to Matt Harprin, who pulled to the baseline for a long two-point shot!

Switching offense and defense, Fisher continued to pass the ball to O'Neal.

This time Jordan ignored Samaki Walker and went straight to O'Neal after Fisher got to the three-point line.

Don't dare to let O'Neal continue to play singles, it's too invincible, although Jordan hasn't seen that famous scene with his own eyes, but he has heard that the big sharks scored 61 points and 23 boards in a single.

Li Ao and Matt Halprin moved their positions to cut off O'Neal's direct pass to the empty Samaki Walker, O'Neal did not lift the ball up and hit it hard, but passed the ball to Kobe Bryant on the free throw line, and Bryant just received the ball and was stuck by Li Ao who moved back.

Kobe Bryant passed again, Fisher borrowed Samaki Walker to cover and then went to the left sideline to receive the ball, Matt Harprin chased the defense in place, Fisher passed again, Rick Fox received the ball at the top of the arc!

Samaki Walker blocks Li Ao who wants to make up for it, and Rick Fox hits a three-point shot from the top arc!

Gentry on the sidelines was surprised, was it a Philip Saunders cross-cutting combination? No!

Initiating from the inside, Kobe Bryant transferring, pitcher receiving the style of play, or a triangle offense.

Using Kobe as an axis, this operation, Gentry looked at Jordan......

If a Zen master knew Gentry's heart, he would praise him for his discernment.

Yes, it was the 39-year-old Jordan's new triangle offensive play that inspired him.

The Lakers' new variant of the triangle offense, as long as the OK combination is on the floor at the same time, it can greatly avoid Jordan, Li Ao, and Matt Halprin's mid-range cut defense.

Kobe Bryant catches the ball in the free throw line area, even if he knows that he will pass, Li Ao has to stick it.

The inside line attacks and both wings can pass the ball, reducing the risk of long-distance passing errors on both wings after the middle is cut off.

In fact, this tactic itself is not strong, there are not as many changes as the conventional triangle attack, and the biggest effect is to reduce mistakes.

But O'Neal, who scored 9 points in the first 6 rounds, let the Clippers defend 4 on the outside, and this tactic played a very powerful performance.

Halfway through the first quarter, the Lakers scored 20 points!

Not only are the Lakers defenseless but also defenseless.

With O'Neal under the basket, Kobe Bryant can stick to Li Ao with all his might, and he doesn't care about anything else, Jordan and Bibby want to play singles, and Matt Halprin shoots from afar, he doesn't care.

Rick Fox, Samaki Walker, and Fisher all blocked out, and it didn't matter what they cut into, O'Neal was alone under the basket.

The team-mates' trust in O'Neal is not brainless, O'Neal can be said to be two people compared to the middle of the season after O'Neal has lost weight, and Matt Harprin, who was called a 'rugby player' by other center forwards, has no chance to score when he cuts in.

The Clippers played hard, but still scored only 14 points in the first quarter, six points behind the Lakers going into the official timeout.

…

Back on the bench, the Clippers players fell silent.

Looking at the battle report of O'Neal's comeback, they knew that O'Neill was very strong after losing weight, but they didn't expect it to be so strong!

Little O'Neill was beaten to the point of complete temper.

Co-authored Sabonis, Tianzun, Schramf, Brian Grant, the big brothers just had 7 games with such a monster?

In the 00 West Finals, he only played the first 5 games, with a total playing time of 22 minutes, all of which were in the 6th year of his career, and it was the first time he played against this form of big shark, and this is still not the best state of the big shark.

He decided to call the big brothers and ask how they managed to keep the Peak Sharks averaging just 25.9 points, 12.4 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game in a series.

Li Ao, on his side, is hurting for Snake's extremely focused defense tonight.

Compared with last season, Kobe's off-ball defense is much stronger, focused, clingy, and rough.

In the face of such Kobe, Li Ao deeply felt that his ability was not comprehensive enough.

After the egg hurt for a while, he was no longer entangled, this was something that could not be solved, he still had teammates not.

After coming back to his senses, he observed the emotions of his teammates and found that it was okay, but he was beaten up by O'Neal's invincible brutality at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.

Small things, just get used to it.

Seeing that Gentry was still arguing with Doug Collins about something, Li Ao asked Jordan, "Michael, who was more powerful than the big shark when you were young?" ”

Jordan rarely didn't have a 'blank eye', and thought for a while and said: "Almost, he is more lethal in singles, and I have more ways to play in singles." ”

Li Ao was surprised to get Jordan to say the adjective 'almost'...... It is estimated that it is a big shark at its peak.

Li Ao and Jordan broke the awkward silence, and teammates began to discuss who was stronger in the prime of Jordan and O'Neal.

Jordan pouted and sat down.

In another person, his teammates compared him to his peak, he definitely jumped to his feet, but the big shark ...... It's also good to have a conversation point for your teammates to relieve the pressure.

Gentry argued with his advisors, made a decision, and began to adjust the lineup, replacing it with a combination of Bibby, Big Q, Li Ao, Matt Harplin, and Campbell.

The final decision of the two is to consume!

But after the timeout, the opposite lineup rotated, and King Terry was caught off guard.

The Lakers fielded a combination of Lynch Hunter, Fisher, Devin George, Horry, O'Neal.

It was Kobe Bryant who was replaced and rested!

After the game restarted, O'Neal, who had played a few rounds and the team's offense had slowed down, continued to score the ball alone, and the Lakers beat the Clippers on an 8-3 run.

Gentry brought in Odom in time to give the Clippers seven points for the rest of the first quarter, but the defense was still not up to scratch, and O'Neal gave it all to lead the team to another eight points.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led the Clippers by 12 points, 36-24!

…

Back on the bench, the Clippers players fell silent once again.

O'Neal played the full first quarter, shooting 7-of-9 from the field, plus 2-of-3 free throws, to score 16 points, and Bryant played 2 points and 2 assists in the half.

What exactly is the Lakers' path tonight? It's unreasonable!

Li Ao wanted to pull O'Neill's face to see if it was Kidd...... Oh no, this is the Eagle Sauce house, let's see if Belmode has disguised Snake.

Campbell's defense, the first quarter failed to do anything to O'Neal, at most O'Neal spent some more strength, although this is the role of Campbell's meat shield, but if you only play a regular season, it can only be said that it is better than nothing, or you have to continue to consume in a series to really work.

After the break, Gentry sent in Greg Anthony, Ao Lee, Jordan, Odom, O'Neal Jr.

On the Lakers' side, O'Neal continued to play, and Lynch Hunter, Devin George, Mark Madsen, and Kobe Bryant played 4 people.

After the start of the second quarter of the game, Li Ao finally knew what the opponent's path was tonight.

He felt honored......

The other party actually used the routine of playing the 76ers in the finals last year!

At the beginning, the big shark started directly, and after playing the advantage in the first quarter, he began to knock the defense in the second quarter!

In the second quarter, O'Neal played again, but in this quarter, O'Neal only singled out once after the official timeout, and the rest of the shots relied on Kobe Bryant to feed the ball directly to his mouth, otherwise he would stand at close range and use his weight to consume the Clippers center.

Although it is not as heavy as more than 160 kilograms in the early part of the season, it is more than 150 kilograms, and it can still be consumed standing still.

O'Neal squatted to defend the basket, Kobe Bryant led the defense on the outside, and the role players on the wing worked hard to defend the shooter against and complement the defense.

In the case of the Clippers stepping up their offense, the Lakers forced the Clippers to score lower than in the first quarter, and the Clippers only scored 23 points in a single quarter!

However, the Clippers defense was not given for nothing, and they also suppressed the Lakers' scoring to 22 points.

But the difference in the first quarter was as high as 12 points, and at halftime, the Clippers still trailed the Lakers by double digits, with a score of 47-58!

During halftime, the Clippers put their hopes of a comeback on the third quarter.

They didn't get nothing in the second quarter, O'Neal played the whole first half, and the rest of the time is estimated to be untenable.

The Lakers' role players rely purely on the OK combination to drive the score, and the OK combination has been absent in two games this season, and the Lakers have lost more than 30 points after two games.

After halftime, the Clippers sent a lineup of Bibby, Li Ao, Jordan, Odom, and Campbell.

On the Lakers' side, O'Neal continued to play in the past 10 games and continued to play, with Fisher, Kobe, Fox, and Horry on the court.

After the start of the third quarter of the game, the Clippers' style of play was very simple, Li Ao contained + responded, Campbell waited for the cake at close range, and the other three stars picked up.

This style of play, in addition to the high physical exertion and lack of continuity, has no other flaws, even if it is an OK combination to lead the team, it can't be prevented.

Li Ao had 4 points, 2 assists and 2 blocks in a single quarter, Jordan scored 7 points, Bibby scored 8 points, Odom scored 6 points and 2 assists, plus Campbell's two points from eating cakes, and O'Neal Jr., who was rotated on the court, received the ball and made a layup 2+1 to score 3 points, and the Clippers scored 30 points in a single quarter.

The four big stars on the outside played the whole quarter, and the Lakers' defense was pierced by the Clippers!

However, Kobe Bryant, who only scored 6 points in the first half, scored 20 points after the third quarter...... 5 of 10 shots, including 1 of 3 three-pointers, plus 3 of 4 free throws, Kobe Bryant soared 14 points and 2 assists in a single quarter, leading the Lakers to 24 points in a single quarter!

At the end of the third quarter, the score was 82-77, and the Lakers still maintained a 5-point lead and withstood the Clippers' counterattack!

In the final quarter, the OK combination began to reap the game together, Kobe Bryant continued the attack in the third quarter in the first half of the quarter, and O'Neal also began to play singles after two quarters, and the two combined to score 14 points and play a half-quarter score of 14-10.

The Clippers played a 12-10 score in the second half of the quarter, and the OK combination was about to move C, and the Clippers were just about to gain the upper hand, and the game was over......

…

99 to 106, the Clippers lost to the Lakers by 7 points!

Watching Snake jump on the big shark, the two hugged each other to celebrate, Li Ao and Jordan stood together, and the two crossed their waists again.

"Jordan's successor? ：

Target: Kobe Bryant...... Failed. ”

"The real big shark: ...... Failed. ”

The mission at the beginning of the game, the mission at halftime, all failed.

Li Ao's shooting rate tonight was actually okay, but he didn't have many opportunities, 7 of 13 shots, including 1 of 1 three-pointers, plus 2 of 2 free throws, and got 17 points, 7 boards, 7 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks.

Jordan finished with 28 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists on 12-of-21 shooting, plus 4-of-6 free throws.

Bibby had 19 points and 4 assists, O'Neal Jr. had 12 points and 11 boards, and Odom came off the bench to get 16 points, 7 boards and 3 assists.

They didn't play badly, but the OK combo was too explosive.

O'Neal shot 15-of-26, plus 4-of-6 free throws, to finish with 34 points, 15 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 blocks; Bryant had 26 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists and 2 steals.

The OK duo combined for 60 points and 15 assists!

The most exaggerated thing is that the assists of the two are rarely won by passing each other, Kobe Bryant's scoring is mostly concentrated in the second half of the singles, Kobe Bryant's pass to O'Neal, few can be turned into assists, O'Neal will always use his body to get a better shooting position after receiving the ball.

In other words, the rest of the Lakers scored 46 points, at least 30 points, which are the points that the OK combination fed directly to the mouth.

In this game, Li Ao felt the importance of experience.

Looking back at this game, the adjustments made by the Zen master were very targeted.

The Zen master didn't want to defend everyone, only pinched two points - the basket score, his Spider-Man's score.

With the Big Sharks and the Black Mamba, the Lakers can accomplish both goals very well.

The rest of their Clippers scored, and the Lakers responded with OK combo.

This style of play is quite untechnical, but Li Ao analyzed his tactical thinking, and he really couldn't think of a better tactic than this.

There are big sharks at the peak of their peak, and there are black mambas that can be concentrated in one section of the outbreak, it can be so simple to fight, why not?

After crossing his waist for a while, Li Ao saw Kobe Bryant jumping down from O'Neal and walking towards him, and he quickly turned around and walked towards the players' tunnel.

Kobe Bryant chased wildly, and Li Ao accelerated into the player's tunnel......

After the game, the headlines of the major media reports were unified - "OK Combination No. 1 in the World".

The next morning, Li Ao saw the news headline and was heartbroken.

The slogan he shouted became him one day in the background.

He went online and looked at the Lakers fan forum...... Last night and today were the happiest days for Lakers fans since All-Star Weekend.

Defeating him Spider-Man, Lakers fans seem to have a bad breath.

It made him want to beat the Lakers even more.

The Lakers didn't choose him, he played so well that the Lakers regretted it, and blamed him?

Anything good has to fall on your Lakers, right?

Deserved, old Bas gave birth to an incompetent son and a daughter who had no 'traditional' notions and impersonal feelings.

After shopping around the forum for a while, Li Ao went downstairs to have breakfast, smacked his son, and went to the warehouse stadium to practice.

Strive to better practice the skills related to back singles before the playoffs.

Although it is difficult to produce qualitative changes in his singles in less than a month, it is difficult to score points under Kobe Bryant's focus on single defense, but it is always good to practice more, and the opponent is not only the Lakers.

He's put last night's defeat aside and put his energy back on the rest of the game.

A 2-2 draw with the Lakers in the regular season is not bad.

How to deal with the Lakers' 'brainless OK' style of play, he didn't have a headache, let the coaching staff think about it, and leave professional things to professional people, which is his consistent purpose.

Of course, if Gentry has a problem with him, he can think of relevant tactical coordination, and he will definitely give advice.

Many, he really can't do it.

…

After a day off, on March 23, the Clippers faced the challenge of the SuperSonics at home.

Jordan was solid tonight, and Payton was just as steady with his shots, but he just took fewer shots.

He shot 7-of-15 from the field and made 6-of-6 free throws to finish with 20 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals.

However, his main role is not to stabilize scoring, grab boards, and flank defense, but to scold Payton.

Jordan scolded badly tonight, venting all the unhappiness of the loss to the Lakers the night before on Payton's head.

Payton's scolding was no less ugly than Jordan's, but his shooting performance was not so consistent, shooting only 7-of-19, including 1-of-5 three-pointers, plus 8-of-10 free throws, to score 23 points and 9 assists.

The second-highest scoring on the SuperSonics was Desmond Mason, who scored 18 points.

The teammates of the 'Spider-Man team' made Li Ao very embarrassed.

The guy really listened to his advice, and after a month of not seeing him, Desmond Mason's running habits have improved a lot.

Use your physical advantage to get your position stuck early, use explosive power to push away opponents after your teammates attack, and use explosiveness to accelerate into the interior...... It's a simple style of play, with only two requirements: physical fitness and timing of the cut, and Desmond Mason just meets both.

Fortunately, the Clippers did a good job in the wing confrontation tonight, and although the three major pitchers of the SuperSonics were healthy, they shot poorly, and Lewis scored 15 points but made 15 shots, which was negative.

Barry and Radmanovic both have just six points.

Li Ao's side, when he played the Lakers, he didn't have much chance to shoot, and tonight he encountered the defense of Barry and Desmond Mason, and made 30 shots, 25 of which were successful, 12 of 25 shots, including 2 of 5 three-pointers, plus 4 of 4 free throws, and got 30 points, 8 boards, 4 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks.

Plus Jordan's 20 points, Bibby's 7 points and 6 assists, O'Neal Jr. and Odom combined for 20 points and 31 boards......

95-88, the Clippers defeated the SuperSonics to improve their record to 54-13!

The next day, on the 24th, the Clippers faced the Rockets back-to-back at home.

Jordan continued to take turns and was a bit addicted.

The feeling of being able to play as a superstar when he's rested and plays is fascinating to him.

The Clippers' outside shooting performance was poor tonight, and Bibby only scored two goals in eight shots tonight, but fortunately he did a good job defensively and scored well inside.

O'Neal Jr. killed all sides tonight, Kevin Cato and Jason Coral , these two centers were hammered by O'Neal Jr.

With 12-of-18 shooting and 4-of-7 free throws, the Sharks had 28 points, 11 boards, 1 assist, 2 steals and 2 blocks.

Li Ao didn't shoot much, shot 7 of 12, and didn't score two three-pointers, but he scored casually on the inside, as well as 6 of 7 free throws, and passed the ball well, getting 20 points, 7 boards, 8 assists, 1 steal and 6 blocks.

Coupled with Odom's 15 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, the Clippers defeated the Rockets 91-80 and became the first team to win 55 this season!

…

Li Ao was a little regretful that he could not continue to 'surpass' the Lakers, who had a 55-11 record when they won 55 in the 99-00 season.

But that was the first year of the OK franchise's prime, with a 67-win season, a record that hasn't been seen in the entire NBA history.

There are still opportunities in the future.

At noon on the 25th, the Clippers left Los Angeles and flew to Oakland, followed by a three-game tour against teams from the Pacific Division.

After a night's rest in Oakland, the Clippers came to Oakland Arena to challenge the Warriors.

The Clippers missed a lot of players tonight, with the iron-hitting Bibby being put on the inactive roster by Gentry due to wrist discomfort, Jordan resting, Campbell having a sore ankle, and Gerard Wallace straining his calf in a confrontation with Francis...... Four players were sidelined, Steve Kerr and Sean Lukes were both put on the activation list, and they also failed to make up the 12-man roster.

None of the injuries were major injuries, Gentry was just more cautious towards the end of the season.

Fortunately, it didn't have much impact on tonight's game, and Larry Hughes on the opposite side was also injured tonight.

Li Ao faced the defense of Jamison, Bob Sula, and Jason Richardson, shooting 17 of 30, including 3 of 6 three-pointers, plus 6 of 7 free throws, and soared 43 points, 8 boards, 2 assists and 4 blocks!

Coupled with Odom's 18 points, 7 rebounds and 13 assists, O'Neal Jr. got 11 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks under the wheel battle of Dampier, Foyer and others, Matt Harprin's 18 points, Big Q's 10 points, and Boykins' 8 points and 3 assists......

The Clippers easily defeated the Warriors 116-100 to help the Warriors continue to secure the league's bottom-to-bottom position.

Neither Bibby nor Jordan played, and there was nothing wrong with abusing the Warriors.

The Warriors are not good and the management doesn't want to win, and it seems that they are still unhappy with the talent of Jamison, Dampier, Larry Hughes, Troy Murphy, Jason Richardson and others.

But against the Suns, it won't work.

On March 28, the Suns defeated the Clippers 92-85 at home!

Marbury had 26 points and 11 assists, and Marion was fed a crazy performance of 13-of-20 shooting, including 2-of-4 three-pointers and 4-of-4 free throws, to finish with 32 points, 14 rebounds, 3 steals and 4 blocks.

Li Ao made 12 of 27 shots, including 3 of 7 three-pointers, plus 7 of 8 free throws and scored a game-high 34 points, 9 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks, Odom 16 points, 9 boards and 5 assists, O'Neal Jr. 10 points and 14 boards, and Boykins 10 points, and failed to save the defeat.

After 70 games, the Clippers have a 56-14 record.

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At noon on the second day after playing the Suns, the Clippers came to Sacramento.

Tonight they will play the Kings back-to-back.

Jordan didn't play last night, and Bibby, who didn't have a good wrist, continued to be absent because of today's game.

For this game, the team was upset by the double horses who scored 58 points in a brutal performance, and they also admitted it.

After all, although the Suns are ninth in the West, they have a record of only 31 wins and 39 losses, and they have the ability to counterattack strong teams, but they have nothing to do with the playoffs.

This year's top eight in the West is also dismal, because the top five records are too good, the Clippers, Kings, Trail Blazers, Mavericks, and Lakers are all still likely to get 60 wins.

This results in six teams outside of the Western Conference playoffs all winning less than 50 percent.

At the same time last season, except for the Kings, the other strong teams in the West had only the hope of winning 55 games.

This has something to do with the Lakers' two-game winning streak, with each of the championship contenders competing for players last summer, poaching quality role players from teams with low playoff hopes with premium chips or salaries, plus rule changes...... It is also caused by the Lakers, the really strong teams become stronger, and the generally strong teams have obviously dropped the stage.

The records of the strong teams are mostly 'brushed' by playing non-playoff teams, Li Ao thinks of last night's loss, his heart hurts, this shouldn't happen.

After an afternoon break, Li Ao came to the Arco Arena with the team to challenge the Kings away.

At 8:10, both teams entered the field.

"Sacramento Kings, 55-16, 105 points per game, 97.1 points conceded per game......"

Li Ao glanced at the other party's report, after the All-Star weekend, the other party also suffered a short period of record fluctuations, and has also lost 5 games so far in the second half, 3 of which were caused by Webber's injury, each team has its own reasons, and after Webber recovered from injury, the Kings returned to the terrible stable state in the middle of the season.

Their Clippers are 56-14, which is similar to the Kings' record, and the average point difference per game is also similar.

And it is difficult to say if you analyze objectively, and there is a big gap in style.

The Kings' defense is also top-notch, but the Kings don't stick to defense and don't limit the number of shots their opponents can take, making an average of 87 shots per game.

On their Clippers side, 70 games, averaging 99.1 points per game, the offense is not bad, and they are currently ranked 6th in the league, only the Mavericks, Kings, Lakers, Timberwolves, and Bucks are taller than them.

But they don't prioritize offense, but defense, conceding only 92.2 points per game, and after tasting the sweetness of playing the Mavericks, they also began to take the initiative to press the shots, averaging only 79.7 shots per game so far this season, and the past 17 games have been their defensive highlights, averaging only 89 points per game, and counting the three games that did not prevent the three musketeers, the OK combination, and the three games in which the Warriors did not knock the defense and lost more than 100 points.

The first two games against the Kings, 1-1, both failed to hold their respective home courts, can their Clippers win the road again tonight?

Li Ao turned off the system and hit it first!

This opponent is bound to be a strong opponent in the playoffs, and the last 12 regular-season games have met twice, so it's a good time to get to know this opponent.

At the end of the pre-match preparation time, both teams started the game.

The Kings started the same way, and on the Clippers' side, Gentry re-sent the starting lineup of Bibby, Li Ao, Jordan, Matt Halprin, and O'Neal Jr.

At 8:30 p.m., the game began.

With the experience of the last meeting, Gentry sought to integrate offense and defense tonight, knocking defense + knocking star singles at the beginning, wanting to play the advantage first.

The ideal is very plump, but the reality is very skinny, and the blind cat also has a time when he encounters a dead mouse, and he met Peja, who has been playing very sluggish before Li Ao, and tonight he shot 4 of 6 in the first quarter, including 2 of 3 three-pointers, and scored 10 points in 8 minutes!

Li Ao used to defend Peja, all of them were to give a wave of confrontation, and scare him with a pounce action, the new three-point king is almost useless, he can still complete the wing contraction and blocking, and against Webb, this defense will be invalid tonight.

Relying on Peja's interference with Li Ao's tandem defense, the 8-man rotation of the Kings continued to output in the first quarter, scoring 28 points in a single quarter!

The defense was not well defended, and the offense was also having problems.

After testing, Bibby's wrist injury is no longer a problem, and he himself has no discomfort, but it may be that he didn't play in two games, and his hand was rusty, and he shot 5 times in the first quarter and didn't score 1 time.

Jordan's side was guarded by the Kings around + pinching, especially after finding that Bibby was not feeling good, the Kings were more strict with Jordan's defense.

In the last meeting, Jordan shot the Kings to death with one single shot after another in the final quarter, and the Kings were fully prepared for his defense tonight and no longer let Doug Christie suffer alone.

Li Ao's offense flew up, shooting 5 of 8, plus 2 of 2 free throws, all of which were mid-range and cut into the frame, scoring 12 points.

But except for Li Ao, the rest of the Clippers combined for only 9 points in the first quarter.

At 21-28, the Clippers trailed by seven points heading into the second quarter.

This score percentage, Li Ao faintly felt bad.

It's always been easy for him to score against the Kings, but when he plays the Kings, the team is often not doing very well.

In the second quarter, Jordan began to adjust his playing style, and if he didn't give him a single, he wouldn't play single, but cooperate with Odom and Li Ao to play a strategy.

Li Ao scored 8 points in the second quarter, Bibi adjusted quickly, and shot 2 of 4 in the second half of the game, getting out of the slump in time and scoring 6 points in the first quarter.

Jordan and Odom organized the offense, Li Ao and Bibby scored, and the Clippers' offense picked up in the second quarter, scoring 24 points.

However, the Kings also followed suit, scoring 24 points under the Clippers' rough defense.

In the third quarter, the Clippers scored 27 points, and the Kings also scored 27 points.

The opponent's steady performance made Gentry feel fried, this opponent, except for the key ball ability, is not worse than the Lakers at all at other times!

This time, once again, the Kings didn't give the Clippers a chance to make a key shot.

The Clippers struggled with defense in the final quarter.

The Kings also defended stubbornly, playing without panic when they had a 7-point lead, and it didn't matter if they scored low, just calm down and just guard the Clippers.

Although the Kings only scored 18 points in the final quarter, they also defended the Clippers to only 20 points.

97-92, the Kings narrowly defeated the Clippers at home, giving the Clippers their 15th loss of the season and narrowing the win gap to 0.5 games!

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"Gorgeous King: ...... 1 win, 2 losses. ”

Once upon a time, Li Ao also thought about sweeping and getting high-level attribute points and adding another wave of speed, but now, he can only point to the last game to see if he can win the basic reward of a tie.

White Chocolate had 11 points and 11 assists on 4-of-10 shooting, with just two turnovers.

Webb shot 14-of-25 from the field, plus 5-of-6 from the free-throw line, to finish with 33 points, nine rebounds and six assists.

The coquettish performance of these two people is inseparable from Peja's rampage tonight, shooting 13 of 21, including 5 of 8 three-pointers, plus 4 of 4 free throws, and scored 35 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Peja's explosive performance made Adelman temporarily adjust his play.

This also affected the defense of the Clippers, who failed to defend well in the first three quarters, and defended in the fourth quarter, which has a lot to do with the opponent starting to seek stability.

If you lose the game, you will lose, and it is normal to win and lose against such an opponent, and you will come back next time.

But...... Li Ao looked at his stats, 12 points in the first quarter, 8 points in the second quarter, 14 points in the third quarter, and 9 points in the fourth quarter, shooting 16 of 29, including 1 of 3 three-pointers, plus 10 of 12 free throws, and scored 43 points.

The opponent really put him in the middle of the shot, it's not that he doesn't defend, but uses Peja, Tegkru and other people to defend, and it's not much different from putting, there is a supplementary defense, but it's not the kind that moves in advance, that is, the main defense of others, even if the other party is in place, he only needs to shake a shot to break into the inside line to make kills......

Looking at the 5th 40+ and 3rd air slash of the season...... It seems that 29 throws against the Kings is still not enough!

(End of chapter)