In the opening game of the Los Angeles derby, people didn't understand what it meant for Jordan to play off the bench.

Because the Lakers have a black mamba who averaged 46 minutes per game when the big sharks were absent last season, once the situation is unfavorable and he plays the whole court without saying a word, there has always been a single scorer on the court who is the strongest outside scorer in the game.

Tonight, the second game of the new season of the Clippers, fans have an intuitive feeling.

The starting lineup is strong enough, all of them are under the age of 25, with outstanding strength, tacit cooperation, high morale, and unlimited momentum.

The triangle offensive lineup of the second team has its own advantages compared to the starters, with the starters good at defense and the second team good at attacking.

In the third quarter, the Clippers fielded a starting lineup that won last season......

Billups and Ray Allen were able to support themselves at first, but Bibby + O'Neal Jr., Li Ao, and Jordan took turns to attack, not playing superfluous cooperation, and not giving the Pistons a chance to play defensive cooperation.

At the end of the third quarter, Li Ao seized the opportunity of Artest to defend Jordan, and singled Ray Allen in a row, shooting 3 of 4, plus 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 8 points and 1 assist, Bibby received the ball and scored three points, and the two worked together to play a wave of 11-5.

35-27 in the single quarter, after three quarters, the Clippers led the Pistons by 9 points at 107-98!

The Pistons' offensive performance in the third quarter declined sharply compared to the second quarter, after all, it was half a game, and the physical strength was consumed a lot, and the feeling was also consumed in the confrontation.

But the Clippers bucked the trend and played even better than in the second quarter!

In the final quarter, Carlisle sent a combination of Billups, Joan Barry, Ray Allen, Artest, and Ben Wallace, and the players who rotated on the court were also strong in offense, giving them a go, and scoring 32 points in a single quarter.

But this lineup did a mediocre defense, the height and intensity of the interior were not enough, and the Clippers scored 30 points in the final quarter.

Li Ao made 13 of 23 shots, including 2 of 4 three-pointers, plus 7 of 8 free throws, and scored 35 points, 6 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks!

Bibby had 20 points and 6 assists, and O'Neal Jr. had 15 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block.

Odom, who came off the bench, had 13 points, 7 boards, 5 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, and Jordan scored 24 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists on 9-of-14 shooting and 6-of-6 free throws......

Against such a firepower Clippers, Ray Allen scored 39 points tonight, Billups had 26 points and 8 assists, Artest and Joan Barry both scored 12 points, and Ben Wallace scored 20 points...... Still invincible!

137-130, the Clippers defeated the Pistons and won two in a row in the opening game!

After the final whistle blew, Ray Allen looked at the statistics on the big screen and couldn't close his mouth.

The five stars on the opposite side combined for 107 points!

Give me the ball, I'm going home!

…

After the results of this game came out, seeing the Clippers win by 137 points, the fans' first reaction - look, it's only 137 points, just think about how uncomfortable the game screen looks like...... Wait a minute!

The Clippers scored 137 points? Didn't the two teams combine to score 137 points?

The game between the Clippers and the Pistons was full and the atmosphere was frenetic.

But the live TV ratings were very poor, and at the beginning of the game, the ratings would break 3, less than 3 million paid ratings, and the ratings at the end of the game would not exceed 5.

Based on the situation of the two teams last season, except for the fanatical fans of the two teams, the die-hard fans of a certain player, and passers-by who do not know the truth, most fans choose to watch the battle report after the game.

Some games have a lot of attention, a lot of topics, and many people discuss them, but not many people watch the games, and this is the case with the iron-blooded battle in the regular season.

Last season, there were almost no fans regretting not watching the Clippers and Pistons game live, but this time it's different!

Who would have thought that the game between the Clippers and the Pistons would be a big point battle?

And judging from the several game clips edited in the news, the confrontation between the two teams is gorgeous!

Ben Wallace's solid wing screen, the Pistons' excellent interspersed running from the perimeter, Billups' sky-high singles, and Ray Allen's all-round and powerful scoring ability......

On the other side, the Clippers have five young talents under the age of 25 with unlimited offensive and defensive play, a gorgeous triangle offense with Yaric, and a championship lineup......

The Clippers, who occupied six of the bottom 10 spots in the single-game total scoring list last season, played a game with a total of 267 points in the second game of the season! Almost surpassed the 271 points of the Timberwolves and Mavericks in the early part of last season!

The ratings of this game are not high, but the topic of conversation after the game is so hot that it is off the charts!

The Pistons' switch to offense and the Clippers' offensive and defensive dominance in the third quarter were hyped by the media.

The next morning, Li Ao got up early to read the newspaper, and when he saw a topic related to Jordan, he was a little sour.

He was the best performance of the team last night, and the results were all touting how terrible it was for Jordan to play off the bench and concentrate his energy into the third quarter.

Hum! (`へ*)ノ

No matter how good Jordan is on the bench, he is only a substitute!

However, in the third quarter, the effect of the strongest lineup was also shocked.

Playing against the Pistons, facing a terrible outside group like the Pistons, if they can't play an absolute advantage on the inside, any team will have a hard time.

Carlisle has taken advantage of the Pistons' current roster to the extreme.

Last night, in the first, second, and fourth quarters, the Clippers didn't take advantage.

But in the third quarter, they beat the Pistons and couldn't fight back, and the game was sealed in the first quarter.

Jordan took the initiative to play as a substitute, not to create such a style of play, he just wanted to play a few more games, and he didn't want to take turns to rest, which was a crooked hit.

Which is better, to use the strongest lineup directly in the first quarter, or to save the strongest lineup for the third quarter? This Li Ao analyzed it, it's really hard to say, each has its own benefits.

The biggest advantage of the current rotation is that even if they lose in the first half, they have the conditions to fight back in the third quarter.

Jordan went off the bench and the starting period also gave the young players a chance to try to carry the pressure, giving a sophomore like Gerard Wallace room to grow.

Playing those weak opponents does not require Jordan to exert his strength in the third quarter, which can give Jordan more opportunities to rest......

Jordan will always retire, and it's time for them, young players, to carry the team forward!

…

At 8 p.m., the Clippers faced the Cavaliers at home, and after two and a half hours, the Clippers easily defeated their opponents 98-81 to win the opening three straight games.

The Cavaliers only had two double-doubles, Big Z with 19 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks, and Ricky Davis, who shot 8-of-25 and added 9-of-10 free throws to finish with 25 points, 6 boards, 7 assists and 2 steals.

Ricky Davis' 7 assists are the most useless assists Li Ao has ever seen, and Ricky Davis has at least 40% of the ball tonight.

That is, in addition to the time on the way to the ball and the time to shoot, when the Cavaliers attack, the time that other teams touch the ball does not add up to Ricky Davis.

The Cavaliers don't want to win at all, and there may be an idea of letting Ricky Davis produce good numbers and sell them for a good price.

But the management of other teams is not stupid, Li Ao has an impression of this player who said, 'I thought the Cavaliers chose James to assist me', the Cavaliers didn't want to sell after getting the top pick, or the Celtics lacked a sixth man, and replaced Ricky Davis with two leftovers, so the face of the Cavaliers management was not so ugly.

In this game, Li Ao played 27 minutes, got 17 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, and clocked out in the third quarter.

Odom had the best performance tonight, with 13 points, 13 boards, 11 assists, 4 steals and 1 block.

Jordan played 18 minutes, scored 11 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, and the heart of the weak team was clearly revealed.

How can a sixth man play less than 20 minutes?

Li Ao thinks Odom will have a higher chance of winning the best sixth man than Jordan...... But it's hard to say, if both of them are substitutes and have more games than starters, those who vote will definitely choose to look at their faces.

After back-to-back games, the Clippers got two days off, with No. 4 having one day off, and No. 5 leaving Los Angeles for Philadelphia to start a four-game Eastern Conference team.

The No. 6 Clippers came to the Wachovia Center to take on the 76ers on the road.

Iverson was the only superstar to promise to compete at this year's World Championships last summer, but he didn't make the trip for a reason that made his fans very happy - he underwent knee surgery in Cleveland in June, which worked so well that he recovered from a knee injury that plagued Iverson for most of last season.

In Iverson's words – "I felt like I was back in my rookie season." ”

Iverson's breakthrough performance at the start of the season also confirmed this, and the media commented that his breakthrough performance was like returning to the MVP season...... But things are not so good for the 76ers.

Last season, the 76ers averaged 91.6 points per game, the lowest in the league in offensive ability, but they only conceded 89.9 points per game, and their defense was not good.

This season, the 76ers have conceded more than 100 points in the first three games, starting with a three-game losing streak.

The reason, naturally, is that Larry Brown's defensive system collapsed because of the lack of a big center at the All-Defensive Team level.

However, the 76ers management was not scolded for sending away Mutombo, and even if their defense collapsed at the beginning, the deal was seen as a miracle operation.

Mutombo has had a cliff-like decline this season, not to mention compared to the 00-01 season, compared with last season, his state collapsed more than the 76ers' defense.

Trade Mutombo for Van Horn and earn blood!

At 7 p.m., the Clippers played the 76ers on the road.

After trying 3 games and making sure that Jordan would not be a demon when he came off the bench, Gentry began to adjust his playing style - adding Li Ao's ball-holding attack.

Gentry feels weird now, other teams have cultivated the ball-holding ability of talented rookies since their rookie season, and his beloved apprentice only started in the third grade.

And the lover is very strange, repeatedly emphasizing that when the opponent's single defense player is not so strong, he will increase the ball-holding attack, and when encountering an opponent with strong single defense, he will give priority to playing without the ball.

Gentry was speechless, but compared to doing it in one step, he would be much less stressed and less stressed about his performance than if he slowly adjusted and exercised slowly.

Tonight, when Iverson started to work on singles, Gentry chose to respond with Li Ao's singles.

Last season, Li Ao and Iverson went head-to-head, which was looking for abuse.

This season, normally speaking, Li Ao and Iverson are also looking for abuse, but the 76ers are not in a normal situation now.

In addition to the collapse of the defense, the 76ers' offense is also messy, and there is a Van Horn who averages 20 points per game for football power, which naturally needs to be reused, but Larry Brown will not use it.

Derrick Coleman, the 76ers' No. 2 scorer last season, seems to be on the verge of a collapse this season.

At the beginning of the season, not only did the two not help Iverson, but they also held the ball back, and Iverson also scored the ball to help Van Horn adapt and let Coleman find his form.

But one of these two has not yet integrated, and the other is in a declining state, not to mention that they can't grasp the ball well, and they shoot continuously and iron, which also increases the difficulty of scoring for Iverson.

Iverson was carrying a double debuff, and he didn't beat Li Ao tonight.

Li Ao shot 9 of 17, including 2 of 2 three-pointers, plus 7 of 7 free throws, and scored 27 points, 7 boards, 2 assists, 3 steals and 1 block.

Iverson shot 9-of-23, including 0-of-2 three-pointers, plus 6-of-8 free throws, to finish with 24 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals.

The Clippers beat the 76ers 106-90 and made a good start to the 4-game team!

…

The game was won, Li Ao was quite happy, but he was a little sad to look at the number of blocks, 4 games, and only got 7 blocks in total.

Jordan went to play as a substitute, and the work of the wing defense was vacated.

Gerald Wallace played a solid defensive foundation in his rookie year, but he just began to transform his talent and basic skills into combat effectiveness, pulling out a single defense is okay, and the change of defense is not bad, even if the defense is not good, at least he can show his iron blood, it doesn't matter if he has many fouls, anyway, there is a big Q on the bench, and the new Yaric is also doing a good job in defense at the second and third positions.

But the flank complement defense and defense rely on ability, experience, and tacit understanding, and you can't count on Gerard Wallace, even Matt Harprin is not doing well, and the bench lineup has Jordan and Teylon Hill, don't worry about this, the starting lineup has to be Li Ao.

Li Ao is also quick to get started, and has recently been studying Jordan's defensive video clips in the middle and late stages of last season, although he can't do it as well as Jordan for the time being, and it's enough to play most opponents.

But this defensive style is destined to greatly reduce the number of shrinking blocks, and he has changed from the one who enjoys the fruits of his teammates' defense to complete the last shot interference, to the one who creates interference shooting opportunities for his teammates on the inside and on the wing.

Although he was a little upset about the fact that the number of blocks had dropped by half, Li Ao still did this job firmly.

If he wants to play when he is in his thirties and close to forty, not to mention Jordan's age of singles, he can get a contract on this flank defense ability.

On the 8th, the Clippers came to Rutherford Town Road Arena to challenge the Nets away.

At 7:10 p.m., the Clippers and Nets entered the court.

Li Ao looked at Kidd, whose expression had been stinky since he entered, and thought of a word - big injustice.

The Nets have been a pure injustice this summer.

The whole world knows that Mutombo's four-year, $60 million, 11-year veteran version of the contract with a maximum salary is absolutely rubbish, and when the 76ers extended Mutombo's contract with Mutombo at that price last summer, 76ers fans went crazy.

As a result, the Nets swallowed the garbage contract.

In the eyes of 76ers fans, the Nets have become philanthropists.

After a while, the pre-game preparation time was almost over, and Kidd came to the technical table to wipe magnesium powder with a blank face, and Li Ao leaned in.

The fun of other teams, of course, has to be watched up close.

Kidd looked at Li Ao with disgust in his eyes and asked, "What's the matter with you?" ”

Li Ao said: "You have introduced a veteran with the highest salary? Coincidentally, we also have a veteran who received the top salary last season. ”

Kidd couldn't hold back before he could say the second sentence, grabbed a handful of magnesium powder and scolded while rubbing his hands and leaving, afraid that he couldn't help but jump up and raise the other party's hand...... Then it was the other party's turn to raise his ashes.

However, looking at Jordan chatting with Steve Kerr on the bench opposite, Kidd was genuinely envious.

They are all veterans, why is the gap so big?

In fact, when Mutombo was just traded back, Kidd was happy.

This means that the team values him and takes a big risk in order to replenish his strength immediately.

If Mutombo can have the strength of last season's best defensive team, it will definitely be earned for the time being, as Richard Jefferson grows up and Corey Kittels enters his prime, Van Horn will inevitably be marginalized this year, and the Nets can add a center at the level of the best defensive team, and they will not be afraid of Duncan in the playoffs, and they have the possibility of fighting for a championship this year.

If you can win the championship, it will be worth it in the next two years.

But Mutombo started 4 games, playing an average of 27 minutes per game with 5 points, 5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks, and it was better to play Jason Collins as a substitute for him.

Jason Collins averaged 6.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.25 assists in the first four games of 20 minutes per game.

In terms of strength, Mutombo's performance has little impact on the Nets, just put Jason Collins back in the starting lineup, Mutombo can't bear the burden when he plays the starter, and it's okay to play more than ten minutes per game as a substitute.

Mutombo didn't start tonight.

However, the backup center, who averages 5 points and 5 rebounds per game, can be won for 6 million in 3 years, and the Nets' offer to Magic backup center Andrew De Klerk in the offseason is this salary, but the other party chose to stay with the Magic team at the same salary.

Mutombo's salary this season is 16.11 million US dollars, and the salary in the next two years is 17.89 million and 19.44 million respectively...... De Klerk's total salary for three years is less than a fraction of Mutombo's salary in one year.

It was the 76ers who were originally blocked in space and couldn't move for the next three years, but now it's the Nets.

This year, the Nets' salary situation looks okay, only need to pay more than 2 million dollars in luxury tax, Kidd's 9-year rookie contract is still in the last 1 year, and the salary is not more than 10 million, but next season will ...... Explode on the spot!

…

At 7:30 p.m., the game began.

In the opening stage, the Nets led by Kidd pressed the five young stars of the Clippers.

The Nets started the game with a 3-1 record, and although the introduction of Mutombo was a failed deal, it only wasted Van Houen's trade value and failed to make substantial reinforcements on the inside, and the strength did not decline compared to last season...... By the way, he also cut off the future himself.

With the progress of Kidd, Richard Jefferson, Kenyon Martin, Corey Kittels, Jason Collins and others, the Nets are even stronger than last season.

The biggest improvement is - Kidd, who averaged 20.7 points, 8.3 rebounds, 9.3 assists and 2.6 steals per game in the first three games, shooting 42% from the field and 37% from three-point range.

In the starting stage, Bibby, Li Ao, and O'Neill Jr. did not stand up.

However, when it came to the rotation stage, the Clippers had the advantage.

Jordan scored 24 points in 23 minutes against the Pistons, and has already shown opponents how scary he is off the bench.

But even if the Nets were mentally prepared, they didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

Has there ever been a bench in NBA history that averaged 20+ strength per game? Yes! Eddie Johnson of the Suns averaged 21.5 points per game in the '88-89 season and Ricky Pierce of the Bucks averaged 23 points per game in the '89-90 season.

But the teams that these two were on the fringes of the playoffs at the time, and these two players were forced to play on the bench, and their style of play did not match the style of play of their team that season, and they couldn't blend in, so their head coach put them on the bench to give them more room to play...... Similar to Billups during last season's Timberwolves.

Jordan is completely different from these two, and the two strongest of the Clippers' three main lineups are when Jordan is on the floor.

If Jordan starts and the Nets respond with a starter, Jordan isn't so scary, but the Nets rotate their lineup to face Jordan......

Let the Nets use the rotation lineup to deal with the Clippers starters when they play the Clippers, and then replace the main team when Jordan plays? Byron Scott didn't dare, and neither did Kidd.

Bibby, Li Ao, Gerard Wallace, Matt Harplin, and O'Neal Jr., these five young players, these five people are very powerful, and the Nets must suppress them.

The Nets led 13-10 in the first half of the first quarter and spit out the lead 11-14 in the second half, and the two teams tied the first quarter at 24.

In the second quarter, Kidd commanded his teammates to start knocking defense, and the Eastern team was indecisive to go on defense.

The Clippers try to break through with individual ability...... The Nets' defense is stronger than last season, and Mutombo just didn't let the Nets complete their plan to raise the ceiling, and after he played off the bench, the defensive improvement of the Nets' bench lineup was still obvious.

The Nets outscored the Clippers by three points 22-19 in the second quarter and led the Clippers 46-43 at halftime.

But in the third quarter, the Clippers went on a 30-21 lead...... The Nets players felt the same way as the Pistons players that night.

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In the final quarter, the Nets played a 21-17 score, the defense was strong, and the offense also played a basic performance under the leadership of Kidd, but still failed to complete the comeback.

With Kidd's blocking, the three points were slapped by Li Ao, and the game ended.

Li Ao 19 points, Big Q 19 points, Jordan 16 points, Bibby 12 points and 5 assists, O'Neal Jr. 11 points and 11 boards, Odom 8 points, 10 boards and 3 assists...... The Clippers narrowly defeated the Nets 90-88, opening a five-game winning streak!

Kidd had 16 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists and 2 steals, but he could only eat his second loss of the new season.

…

The day after playing the Nets, the Clippers traveled to Orlando, southeast of the Hawks.

After staying at the hotel, Li Ao watched the video of last night's game and analyzed the lack of good defense in the second and fourth quarters.

After his research was dizzy, he turned on his computer and scrolled through the forums and saw a hot topic - Barkley wanted to kiss Kenny Smith's ass.

Last night, the Knicks played the Lakers away, and Barkley said that Yao Ming couldn't score 20 points, otherwise he would kiss Kenny Smith's ass.

Yao Ming shot 10 of 10, plus 3 of 3 free throws, and slashed 23 points, 10 rebounds and 3 blocks on 100% shooting, and the Knicks narrowly defeated the Lakers 104-99, making Kobe's 40 points in a single game a background.

It is worth mentioning that O'Neill did not play due to injury.

Now fans are very much looking forward to seeing Barkley rip off Kenny Anderson's pants for a soulful kiss.

Li Ao gave a thumbs up, it is not a golden combination, there is a hot topic to rub, it is really good to talk...... I don't know if Kenny Smith didn't buy it.

But when it comes to the whole work, it still has to look at ESPN.

Barkley has the conditions to live and work.

ESPN, if there is no road, they create a road out.

ESPN has 'integrated' another term into the NBA — error correction ability.

In the morning, ESPN found a few experts and celebrities to do a live broadcast of the morning news to analyze the performance and playing style of the Clippers at the beginning of the game.

This group of people analyzed that the Clippers let Jordan play as a bench in order to start the 'de-Jordanization'.

Listening to this adjective, it seems that there is a contradiction between the Clippers and Jordan, but in fact, the unified opinion of experts and celebrities is that the Clippers are preparing for Jordan's retirement.

They even felt that Jordan did not choose to retire as a champion immediately after winning the championship in order to give the Clippers a year of buffer time to accompany the young players to grow.

Jordan went off the bench, no matter what the reason, but the actual effect was to give the young players more room to play and grow in the strongest team against the opponent.

'De-Jordanization' is the title given by ESPN in the later stage, and no expert or celebrity has said this.

After Jordan played off the bench, the young players of the Clippers played again in the first half, and in the third quarter, the Clippers had the ability to turn the situation back, which was described by experts and celebrities as 'the Clippers' ability to correct mistakes.

Li Ao used to watch ESPN's news and liked to read those sensational headlines, but now when he looks at the content, he finds that people still have something, and most of the content is analyzed correctly.

But this is also normal, ESPN has to be professional if it wants to create topics.

Li Ao brushed up on other news, and the two players who have performed best so far in the opening game are...... Big Dog and Lewis won the first week of the week.

Lewis, who averaged 16 points per game last season, got a five-year, $40 million dollar contract extension, which was sprayed by the media and fans.

Many fans still stuck in the 90s for the concept of salary, when those superstars may not be able to get such a contract, Lewis, like Bibby, began to be sprayed after completing the contract extension.

If the Magic team feels that Duncan lacks a shooting power forward as a helper in the future and gives Lewis a 100 million yuan contract, it will not be too late to spray at that time.

Lewis started to prove himself, shot like crazy, and shot accurately, averaging 31 points per game in the first four games of the opening game, leading the SuperSonics to a 3-1 performance.

A pitcher like Lewis can't stop it and win the best of the week, Li Ao can understand.

But what's the case with big dogs?

After searching for related news, Li Ao understood the reason - the Miami Times broke the news that the 10-year 68 million US knife rookie contract signed by Big Dog in 94 is in the penultimate year, and unlike Kidd's contract, Big Dog has a player option in this last year, and he wants to jump out of the contract, and he has to play well this season.

I want a big contract, so I work hard...... Li Ao felt panicked when he thought of this.

But the big dog has this talent and strength!

People are more popular than people, and he Spider-Man is still honestly trying to defend his title.

After a day of rest, on the 10th, the Clippers came to the TD Water House Center Gymnasium to challenge the Magic.

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

The enemies were very angry when they met, and the Magic fans booed the Clippers violently.

A Finals that made Magic fans regard the Clippers as mortal enemies in the TT combination era!

(End of chapter)