The Lakers' defense was so bad that Li Ao was shocked.

He thought that the Lakers would be a role player this year who was too poor offensively and pitted the OK combination.

I didn't expect it to be a defensive collapse!

But now that I think about it, it's time for the defense to collapse.

Although Kobe Bryant is still outside the ranks of dominant players, his regular three-point ability has improved a lot, and his scoring skills have become more sophisticated, O'Neal will definitely be able to slim down and return to his peak state in the playoffs.

If you can maintain the defense of the first three years, you will not be killed by the Spurs 1-4, and in the 01 playoffs and the 02 playoffs, the Lakers played the Spurs with a score of 4-0 and 4-1.

The Lakers' defense tonight gave Li Ao the same feeling as playing the Timberwolves and SuperSonics last season, with super defensive points, but the overall defense was incrediblely poor.

Looking at the group of veteran role players who won the Lakers' two consecutive championships, Li Ao was very embarrassed.

Most of the veterans who have contributed to the Lakers' two-game winning streak have come to quit the league.

Horry shot 38% from the field in the 00-01 season and averaged 5.3 shots per game to score 5.2 points, but in the summer of 01, he was contested by the two major teams in Angel City, the Magic, the Nets, and the Pistons, and finally the Lakers kept him for 2 years and 10.6 million US dollars, but this is just an example, not everyone has Horry's incredible key ball ability.

The two teams made personnel changes, and the Clippers sent a combination of Yarich, Li Ao, Jordan, Odom, and Campbell.

The Lakers fielded a combination of Brian Shaw, Ronald Murray, Kobe, Mark Madsen and O'Neal.

The Zen master prepares to die and knock OK combinations.

In the opening game, you will definitely have to fight.

The Zen master is also bitter now, when he was in the training camp, he knew that their defense would drop sharply this year, but he didn't expect it to collapse directly! Jordan and Odom on the other side haven't been on yet, and they can't defend themselves.

But they are not without a chance to win, as long as they can play an advantage in this rotation period, they can give O'Neal a slow ...... Although the situation is unfavorable, the Zen master is very calm and slowly draws it out.

In the second half of the first quarter, Jordan was ferocious, pressing Ronald Murray and Rick Fox who was on the bench.

Jordan singled the game and Odom smoothly connected the team's offense.

Yaric showed his excellent tactical ability in his debut, and he always appeared at the right tactical contact point to complete the receiving shot or setter, making the Clippers' triangle offense more fluid!

The one who benefited the most was Li Ao, Li Ao never felt that the triangle offense could be played so easily, he didn't have to do anything troublesome on the offensive end, just take Kobe Bryant to find a receiving position and seize the opportunity.

Li Ao has pondered over the past month whether it is necessary to replace Yaric, a point guard who has just won the World Championship, with an experienced shooting veteran point guard, but now that idea has been extinguished.

Is this the tactical point guard in Europe?

Loved, loved!

The OK combination is also very fierce, pressing Li Ao and Campbell to play, the shark snake went berserk, and led the team to score 17 points again in half a quarter.

The Clippers scored 15 points and finished the first quarter with a two-point deficit of 32-34 behind the Lakers.

After the first quarter and into the intermission, Gentry hugged each of the players and praised the team's performance.

In the face of the OK combination with full firepower, they only lost by two points in a single quarter, and the goal has been exceeded.

On the other side, the Zen master is still calm, isn't this leading by 1 point, at the beginning of the second quarter, he will attack again, as long as he can play an advantage, the second half of the quarter can be slowed down, not in a hurry, step by step, slowly drawing......

In the first half of the second quarter, the firepower of the OK combination declined, and the Lakers only scored 11 points in the first half of the quarter, and the Clippers scored 16 points.

The Clippers went into an official timeout with a 3-point lead over the Lakers at 48-45.

The Clippers have taken the initiative, but the Zen master is still the same godly chatter - he didn't lose much, only 3 points, let the big sharks rest first, as long as they blow up the opponent in the third quarter, they can still win, Xu ...... Slowly!

Then, in the second half of the second quarter, the two teams went on a 13-7 lead.

Li Ao finally matched Kobe Bryant on the defensive end, preventing Kobe from shooting 2 of 5 in the first half of the quarter, no free throws, and only scored 4 points, and the Lakers only scored 7 points as a team!

At halftime, the Clippers led the Lakers by 9 points, 61-52!

The Zen master scolded the street madly in his heart - the stinky and shameless Spider-Man!

Let Gerard Wallace and Yarich play with their lives to consume his black mamba, and after consuming the black mamba for half a quarter, the evil Spider-Man comes out to pick peaches! Don't have a face at all!

If you are not happy, you will not be happy, and the Zen master thinks that this defensive strategy is still very good, simple but effective.

And you have to have that ability to pick peaches, continue to let Yaric and Gerard Wallace defend Kobe, Kobe's performance can't decline so much in this half of the quarter, Li Ao is able to prevent Kobe Bryant in this half of the quarter.

Entering the halftime, after the Zen master returned to the locker room, he closed himself for more than ten minutes, and finally did not adjust his playing style.

The opposing side is too familiar with their style of play, the defense is also aimed at them, and their role players are old-fashioned.

Slowly...... Xu yarn!

He couldn't think of anything other than expecting the Black Mamba to break out on top of the big shark's steady performance.

He can only pretend to be calm, keep the pressure, and give the players confidence......

In the second half, Kobe Bryant did not break out, scoring 11 points in the half, plus 23 points in the first half, and played 45 minutes to get 34 points, 6 boards, 6 assists and 1 steal.

O'Neal played 38 minutes and finished with 30 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks.

When the game reached 9:11 in the fourth quarter, the Zen master gave up, and the difference had reached 15 points.

The Clippers retain the main roster from last season, with 11 players with a lot of experience playing the Lakers, well prepared tactically, players on the line, and young players getting braver......

Li Ao had 24 points, 6 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, Jordan 19 points, 4 boards and 1 assist, Bibby 17 points and 5 assists, O'Neal Jr. 9 points and 9 boards, Odom 10 points, 7 boards and 5 assists, Gerald Wallace 7 points, 3 boards, 1 steal and 1 block, Matt Harprin 12 points and 9 points in the big Q......

112-101, the Clippers defeated the Lakers in the opening game for the second year in a row!

…

"The Angel City battleship and the Purple Gold Legion have changed their attack and defense from this moment!"

The next morning, Li Ao looked at the picture on TV of him being interviewed by the imperial court station after the game last night, and the three rooms and one living room were about to be cut out, rolling around on the bed......

In fact, the English subtitles with which ESPN relayed the news were not so middle-two, so it simply translated the meaning - Los Angeles is the world of the Clippers.

But the original sound of his speech was put in the news......

But picking his feet is picking his feet, he has been thinking about this sentence for a long time, and he doesn't regret it at all this time in the second second.

In the season opener of the defending season, on the night of the championship ring, he defeated his next-door neighbor, and if he hadn't said that, he would have gotten up in the middle of the night and pounded his chest.

After the roll, Li Ao looked back on last night's game.

As a reference to the overall defense of the NBA last season, Li Ao feels that the Lakers' defense only looks at last night, and the Lakers' strength is less than 50 wins.

The dominance of the OK combination is very exaggerated, but it is also necessary to consider O'Neal's injury risks, Li Ao analyzed that the Lakers may hit 50 wins at most, and may not be able to get 50 wins.

Really-teammate CBA.

And the Lakers are immutable!

Two years ago, the Lakers had just won their first championship, and that group of role players was enough to get back a draft pick.

Now, this group of veterans, for other teams, is only left to make room for expiring contracts.

Other teams won't trade the Lakers if they want to create salary space.

Unless any team has a lifelong relationship with the Lakers, they will be willing to take over that pile of mid-level contracts to make room for the Lakers.

There are indeed many teams in the NBA who have had a fateful relationship with the Lakers, but they hate them to death.

In terms of hatred against opponents, Jordan is nothing in front of the Lakers.

If the Clippers meet the Lakers again in the playoffs, the Clippers will be allies all over the world again.

In the eyes of other teams, the Lakers are like a hoopoe bird in the eyes of animals in the Middle East......

Li Ao swiped the forum on the Internet for a while, and many people were also analyzing the Lakers' defensive collapse, and there was a more hot topic - Jordan playing the sixth man.

Jordan actually wanted to talk about playing as a substitute as soon as possible and win the title of a 'good veteran' as soon as possible.

But a certain spider asked him and Gentry not to talk about it in advance, and when it came to the opener, they could be in the Lakers...... No, it could cause a bigger sensation.

Jordan, who has always been in the limelight, agreed.

It worked very well, caught the Lakers off guard, and made the opponent's starting lineup adjustments for Jordan useless...... Although it doesn't mean much.

Jordan suddenly came off the bench without warning, and the reaction from the fans was particularly strong.

Jordan scored 19 points on 7-of-13 shooting in 23 minutes, and just after the first game day of the new season, fans began to talk about the best sixth man......

There is also a hot news - Yao Ming, the champion of parallel trading.

The Knicks opened game against the Warriors, shooting 1-of-5 and 2-of-2 from the free throw line to score just four points and seven boards.

This performance, playing in New York, was booed by the home team fans without suspense, and was sprayed wildly after the game.

Li Ao felt that the big bamboo pole monster was unlucky, and he originally met the inside combination of Artest, Harrington, and Brad Miller in his career debut.

Here met the interior group composed of Dampier, Foyer, Troy Murphy, and Danny Fortson, the Warriors were very pulled, but their interior group, O'Neal shook his head when he saw it, and put a bunch of centers waiting for draft picks to continue to scratch the lottery.

After a morning rest, Li Ao came to the Memorial Stadium in the afternoon to participate in the team preparation meeting.

After the meeting, Li Ao looked at the next schedule and complained: "Aren't we the defending champions, can this schedule be a little more difficult?" ”

After the opener, two days off before back-to-back home games against the Pistons and Cavaliers.

After that, there was a four-game road trip in the East, playing the 76ers, Nets, Magic, and Heat.

The next 3 companies are the main players, playing the Magic team, the supersonic team, the Kings team......

The vast majority of matches in the first month were against strong teams, the top teams.

Gentry smiled: "It's a good schedule for us, we have a championship squad, we have a lot of time to prepare for the season with strong teams in a row, and the opponents are strong but the number of games is small, not counting yesterday's opener, there are only 13 games in 30 days on November 30, there are only one back-to-back, we have plenty of time to prepare." ”

Li Ao wondered: "Alvin, you analyze it like this, the schedule seems to be good, but the league is so kind to arrange such a schedule for us?" ”

Jordan on the side complained: "How can the old Jewish man be kind enough to consider this, he just took a fancy to your and me's popularity, arranged strong opponents for us, and competed with the NFL for ratings, last season's Magic team, last season's 76ers, also played such a role...... But Alvin is right, this kind of schedule is just right for us at the moment. ”

After chatting for a while, the three of them went to the training ground to prepare for the game against the Pistons the day after tomorrow.

As for the opponent Cavaliers in the second game of the back-to-back, they did not make preparations for the game, in Li Ao's words - they will not let us lose if we want to lose.

The Cavaliers' goal this season, like Sima Zhao's heart, is well known to passers-by, running for five-star high school student LeBron James.

The Clippers players are very active in preparing for the game, and they are eager to know how good the Pistons team is with qualitative reinforcements in the guard line.

At the end of an afternoon's training, when Li Ao was receiving Jack's physiotherapy massage, Da Q came to find him.

"Oh no, boss! That big bamboo pole of your flower grower hit someone! ”

…

At around two o'clock in the afternoon of October 31, 2002, at the home team's training ground in Madison Square Garden, the madman kept insulting Yao Ming during training.

Yao Ming endured the first wave, and the second wave also endured, but there was no response.

When the madman opened his mouth to insult for the third time, Yao Ming directly fanned up with a big-ear scraper, slapped the madman over, and then pressed on the madman's body and several big-eared scrapers, Yao Ming's huge tonnage of more than 130 kilograms, the madman struggled hard but couldn't break free at all, and was slapped and begged for mercy again and again.

During this period, none of the other Knicks players stepped forward to stop them, and just watched like that.

Some were unwilling to help the madman at all, and some remembered that terrible memory......

In the end, it was Knicks head coach Don Cheney who went up to pull Yao Ming away with the determination to die.

This incident was quickly exposed by the New York media, and it caused a sensation in the sports circles of the two countries in just a few hours.

The next morning, Li Ao received a call from Yao Ming.

Yao Ming first expressed his chagrin, scolding himself for being too impulsive, and then diss the madman, saying that the madman has been targeting him after he reported to the Knicks, and he didn't perform well in the opener, and the madman seized the opportunity to keep insulting him, so he couldn't help but do it.

"So why do madmen only bully you, didn't you find your own reason?" Li Ao's tone on the phone was very unfriendly.

Li Weidong, who was watching Li Ao and Yao Ming on the phone, had a strange expression when he heard this, what kind of logic is this?

Yao Ming on the other end of the phone also had a question mark in his head, what kind of victim guilt theory?

But the seniors all said so, Yao Ming thought it was better to find it, he thought about it and said: "Maybe I talk too little and tolerate everywhere, he thinks I'm a bully?" ”

"Isn't this it, the more you let him be that kind of person, the more he bullies you, you deserve it."

Yao Ming was stunned and asked, "Spider-Man, are you in a bad mood?" ”

"Or else? If you get scolded when I fight, will you be in a good mood? ”

"Uh......"

Yao Ming on the other end of the phone was embarrassed.

After beating people yesterday, he returned to the hotel where he was staying, and after being frightened for a long time, Schwartz comforted him to relax, but he was still uneasy and felt that he had caused a big disaster.

But things didn't turn out the way he thought...... Sports media in both countries are attacking...... can't say attack, they are all making fun of Spider-Man.

Yao Ming brought himself into Li Ao's perspective, and immediately understood why the other party was so impulsive.

He also rushed when he replaced him, and he didn't scold him, he was already caring for him.

Li Ao first heard from Da Q that Yao Ming didn't care too much when he beat the madman, what a big deal, isn't it just a villain.

As a result, when he came home and saw the news, they all said that Yao Ming was learning from him!

He quit at the time.

At the beginning of the century, the Chinese men's basketball national player, fighting needs to learn from him Spider-Man?

The men's basketball players in this period may not necessarily win the game, but they have never lost in a fight, and every time there is a fight, the opponent will fall.

After venting his dissatisfaction with a few words, Li Ao's depression also disappeared, and said: "The madman is targeting you, this should be my problem, but you don't have to worry, you are the champion, perform well in the next game and prove yourself." ”

Hearing Li Ao's comfort, Yao Ming breathed a sigh of relief, he was really afraid that this matter would make Li Ao feel a pimple in his heart, and the legendary Spider-Man was open-minded...... Broad and has a very strong memory.

After breathing a sigh of relief, Yao Ming thought of one thing, and said in an aggrieved tone: "Just now Jeff called me to inform me that the team banned me for two games. ”

"You make such a big fuss, you will definitely be banned, it's nothing, you think better, and you can give the Blue Association two less games, isn't it a lot happier? If I were you, I would be ruthless and trouble Dolan every day and ask him to deduct the salary of your rookie contract. ”

“……”

Yao Ming was speechless for a moment, but don't say it, he was still a little excited!

No, that's not the point!

"Spider-Man, my first game after the ban ended was against the Lakers."

"Uh...... Peace be upon you...... It's a shame that I was playing away from home and couldn't watch how O'Neill abused you. ”

“……”

Yao Ming is now no longer anxious or depressed.

This broker is well signed! Schwartz saw that he had been haunted, and asked him to call and talk to Spider-Man to adjust his emotions, which is true!

Now he just wants to follow the phone line to find a real Spider-Man fight!

…

All the years are quiet and good, someone is carrying the weight forward, and Li Ao has become the one who carries the weight this time.

The main reason is that Yao Ming's operation is too similar to Li Ao, he was provoked by the villain with a bad record, beat the other party in anger, and established his authority in the team.

Not only domestic media and fans think that Yao Ming is imitating Li Ao's start, but American fans also think so.

What else can Li Ao do, admit it.

During the day's training, he was unexpectedly ridiculed by his teammates, and he could only look up to the sky and sigh "My reputation stinks a little again".

In the evening, Li Ao came to the Staples Center to watch the game between the Lakers and the Pistons.

From today to the day after tomorrow, the 4 teams that played here for 3 nights were all back-to-back.

The Lakers are now playing back-to-back games at home against the Pistons and Cavaliers tonight and tomorrow night.

Tomorrow night and the night after, the Clippers play the Pistons and Cavaliers at home.

Although they are all back-to-back, it looks like the Pistons and Cavaliers are a little worse......

At 7:40, the Pistons and Lakers entered the court one after another.

Looking at the outside combination of Billups, Ray Allen, and Artest, Li Ao couldn't help but be speechless.

In this outside combination, Li Ao mourned for Snake.

However, Artest's defensive style has always been mediocre against Kobe, who loves hand-to-hand combat.

It has to be Prince's height and arm span and movement ability are all top small forwards, and the defense of Kobe is better, but now Prince is still a rookie, with a body size of 206 cm + 90 kg, he looks like a thin monkey.

looked thinner at the draft meeting, and Li Ao remembered that the information posted on TV at that time seemed to be only 86 kilograms.

Li Ao's point of silence for Kobe Bryant was the Lakers' perimeter defense.

The Pistons started the buddy, plus Atkins, Collis Williams, Joan Barry, Michael Curry off the bench...... Snake is really going to play a seven-to-seven tonight.

The Lakers have a big advantage on the inside, and Ben Wallace's interior partners are rookie Memet Oku, not much excellent meat shield Serk Rebraxia, and the old-fashioned Danny Manning.

In order to bring in Ray Allen, the Pistons' strongest defensive interior combination in the league was torn down to Ben Wallace.

After the game started, as Li Ao thought, the Pistons pressed Kobe Bryant on the outside.

The Pistons' slow-paced style of play, Billups is too comfortable to play, and although his ball possession rate is not low, it does not prevent Ray Allen and Artest from playing their individual ability, and after Joan Barry, who is good at running, catching and shooting, comes off the bench, he can break through and organize the offense well.

Li Ao felt Carlisle's courage, and in the case of the team's fast-rising Artest and the long-established Ray Allen, Carlisle chose to let Billups dominate the attack, which is not a choice that ordinary coaches dare to make.

However, Kobe Bryant is Kobe, and the Pistons' Kobe nemesis Prince is still in his formative years, although he can't lead his outside teammates to defend the Pistons outside group, but he can still rely on offensive firepower to make the disadvantage not so big.

And on the inside, the Lakers ...... No, it was O'Neal who took the advantage and beat the Pistons insider.

Ben Wallace as the best defensive player, there is no doubt about his defensive ability, but he is not a low-post defensive player, he is too short, and he only dares to brag that he has 206 cm, although the shorter man with a weight of 109 kilograms, the actual tonnage is okay, but it is not similar to O'Neal in front of him.

Oku is talented but still very good-looking, Reblaxia is just a good-looking meat shield with a tonnage of 125 kilograms, and Joe Dumas still regrets the contract he gave in the summer of '01.

Ben Wallace's 99-point defensive ability, plus these two, can almost play 80 points on interior defense.

O'Neal, who entered the second phase at the beginning, dragged the game to the last moment, creating a stage for Kobe Bryant to compete with the opponent's outside stars.

Billups and Ray Allen both have good key ball ability, but they have too little experience in games like this.

Bryant scored two goals in the final minute to help the Lakers win.

O'Neal had 38 points, 14 boards, 3 assists and 4 blocks, and Kobe Bryant had 32 points, 6 boards, 6 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, and the Lakers narrowly beat the Pistons 106-103.

Although the Pistons lost, Li Ao watched Billups score 21 points, Artest 18 points, Ray Allen 34 points, and Joan Barry 12 points...... The pressure is coming tomorrow night.

If it weren't for the Pistons' combined interior two positions for only 13 points, only one-third of O'Neal, the Lakers wouldn't have won at all.

If there is a center with a good rim and an interior line that can help Ben Wallace defend in tandem...... Well, isn't that Clifford Robinson and Brad Miller?

If you leave the two inside lines, you won't get Ray Allen, and if you change back to Ray Allen, you have to dismantle the inside line and replace Li Aolai, and he will also choose Ray Allen.

If you miss such a top-level outside line, you really miss it, and the inside puzzle is obviously better to find.

I just don't know if I can see the double Wallace combination, the original time and space Pistons can get Tianzun because Paul Allen dismantled the team and sent people away, and Price, the owner of the Hawks as a middleman, didn't look down on Tianzun, Joe Dumas went to brush his face, and the Pistons got Tianzun back with two expiring big contracts.

Now that the Trail Blazers have the twin towers of Tianzun and Sugar Man, Li Ao is curious if Paul Allen will break up the team, and where should Randolph go......

…

The next day, November 2, the Clippers arrived on Game 2 of the new season.

Between 5:30 p.m. and 7:55 p.m., the Staples Center played a game first, and the Lakers beat the Cavaliers 102-95 back-to-back.

By 9:10 p.m., the Pistons and Clippers entered the court, and the scene had changed to the Clippers' red and white color scheme.

Ray Allen looked at the group of people opposite, and cursed the league's schedule in his heart.

The Pistons and Cavaliers were the lucky ones to taste the 'Angel City Duo Package', and they were back-to-back!

Seeing the Clippers beating the Lakers in the opening game, Ray Allen thought that it would be easy to play against the Lakers, but after playing with the Lakers, he knew that it was only the Clippers who would play the Lakers very well.

When I played the 76ers in the opening game, I didn't feel how weak the interior line was, and I met O'Neal......

Tonight, there is also O'Neill on the other side.

Ray Allen looked at O'Neal Jr., a fellow high school student across from him, and turned to look at Ben Wallace.

Sure enough, the big guy who lost the same year is now angry!

Ben Wallace is cold, he is the best defensive player, and the same high school student actually uses the interior line he leads as a weakness!

The Clippers fielded a starting lineup of Bibby, Ao Lee, Gerard Wallace, Matt Harprin and O'Neal Jr.

The Pistons fielded starting lineups from Billups, Ray Allen, Artest, Ben Wallace and Oku.

At half past nine in the evening, the game begins!

The height and reach advantage is still very important, O'Neal Jr. narrowly beat Ben Wallace to win the jump ball, and the Clippers attacked first!

As the Pistons expected, Bibby and O'Neal Jr. blocked and attacked.

O'Neal Jr. broke through Billups and cut in, Artest on the flank contracted to block O'Neal Jr., but Billups found something wrong and rushed to Li Ao to prevent Li Ao from catching the ball around the pile, but he didn't stop it.

After Li Ao wrapped around the pile, Bibi Gao hoisted the ball and sent it to Li Ao accurately.

Li Ao turned around and threw a shot in front of Billups...... Knocked to the ground by Billups.

With the referee's whistle, the ball falls into the box.

2+1！

Li Ao jumped up and high-fived little O'Neal who ran out of his fart.

The inside advantage must be used well, but it doesn't have to be the inside score!

(End of chapter)