The schedule between the Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers is as follows:

May 03, Los Angeles Clippers VS Los Angeles Lakers - Staples Arena, PM, 20:30.

May 05, Los Angeles Clippers VS Los Angeles Lakers - Staples Arena, PM, 20:00.

May 08, Los Angeles Clippers VS Los Angeles Lakers - Staples Arena, PM, 19:30.

May 10, Los Angeles Clippers VS Los Angeles Lakers - Staples Arena, PM, 20:00.

May 12, Los Angeles Clippers vs. Los Angeles Lakers - Staples Arena, PM, timeout.

May 14, Los Angeles Clippers VS Los Angeles Lakers - Staples Arena, PM, suspended.

May 16, Los Angeles Clippers VS Los Angeles Lakers - Staples Arena, PM, suspended.

The fans of the two teams looked at the schedule and secretly felt pain, and they couldn't tell which team was at home and which team was away. The rest of the team was secretly envious of the two Los Angeles teams, who didn't have to travel long distances to get to the road, and this round was a lot less troublesome.

Before the start of the game, let's take a look at the comparison of the lineups between the two sides as usual. If the Clippers do what people think, send out Chauncey. Billups, Aron. Afraro, Matt. If the starting lineup of Barnes, Ji Guoyi, and Ji Guoqiu is concerned, I'm afraid the Lakers won't be able to occupy too many advantages in any position. And Jamal. Crawford, Hill, Joel. Anthony and Garcia lead the bench, and it is also said that the Lakers' bench can experience a completely different feeling from the previous round.

The Clippers' roster, from starters to benches, is a step stronger than the Lakers' previous opponents, the Dallas Mavericks. Especially on the inside, all teams are helpless. What strategy will the Zen Master prepare to deal with the Clippers' invincible interior combination? This is not clear for the time being. However, before Ji Guosha started the war, he first made a routine mouth cannon and said unceremoniously: The Clippers have already mastered the way to defeat the Lakers.

"I'm not talking big, the Lakers' triangle offense is basically launched in the low post, and this is our brothers' territory, so as long as they play triangle offense, they will definitely lose. But if they don't play a triangle offense, what else will the Lakers do? Invincible singles? ”

Ji Guosha's taunt made the Lakers players and fans itch angrily. However, after careful analysis, although these words are arrogant, they have a certain amount of truth. The Lakers' triangle offense is mainly carried out by Kobe Bryant and Gasol. Davis' understanding of the triangle offense is not as good as that of the old fish, so his ability cannot be fully exploited in this system, and sometimes he is easier to defend with the ball.

But as the dead fox said, the Lakers' triangle offense is often to create opportunities for zào to attack in the low post, in addition to Gasol, Kobe Bryant is also very good at playing in the low post, but he can meet twin brothers with a large defensive range. Can the Lakers' triangle offense still work?

This is probably difficult, and the most pessimistic thing for Lakers fans is that the Clippers have three players who can defend Kobe Bryant alone. Afflalo, Barnes, Garcia, if Kobe Bryant can't attract the Clippers' package, then the Lakers' triangle offense will be difficult to fight, and it will really evolve into a heads-up between Kobe and the Clippers guard group. It's not that Kobe Bryant's heads-up efficiency is not high, if the two teams open up space for him to play one-on-one, Kobe Bryant can average 1.0 points per offense, ranking 24th in the league in efficiency.

This efficiency is already very high, equivalent to 50% of the shots, so why are Lakers fans still pessimistic?

Because the singles efficiency of the fox brother and the panda brother are above Kobe, the Lakers want to rely on Kobe's singles to play the Clippers like in the previous round, and the chances of success are really small, and the reverse is almost the same. Especially the dead fox, this guy can win the scoring title, it is inseparable from his outstanding singles ability, compared to the Faster Ships, there are three people who can slightly limit Kobe, but only Odom can slightly limit Ji Guosha among the Lakers players, isn't the gap between them widened?

Moreover, the lama's athletic ability has gradually deteriorated, and I am afraid it is still difficult to resist Ji Guosha, who is full of firepower. If you add the more stable Panda brother and Billups, who doesn't know when to go berserk, the Lakers want to rely on Kobe's singles to win, and the probability is extremely low.

To be honest, if you only talk about the player's individual ability, you can't say who is better than Kobe Bryant or Crawford, the sixth man of the Clippers.

Barkley quickly gave the little fox a slap in the face, and the big ass said: "Kobe Bryant's singles can score 1.0 points per round, but if he passes in addition to his own offense, then Kobe Bryant can score an average of 1.02 points per such offense, because teammates can get open shooting opportunities in such opportunities." Then Barkley gave the Lakers another slap in the face, and the big ass voice changed, and he added very poorly: "Unfortunately, it is difficult for the Lakers to get open opportunities against the Clippers, so it is still 1.0 points per round." ”

ESPN's view is much more professional, they believe that the Lakers' flaw on the offensive end is the lack of scoring without the ball, although the Lakers use more pick-and-roll cooperation in the offense, constantly looking for opportunities for triangle offense, but they actually don't work well when it comes to covering. Especially when Kobe Bryant dribbles, when a player covers him and he is ready to create a chance, it actually attracts more people to defend the "flying man". Because of Kobe Bryant's dribbling, his best offense is to break through to the bottom of the basket and attack, which in this case disrupts his offensive routine.

And the Lakers are one of the most favorite teams to play outside singles, especially when they have a superstar like Kobe Bryant on the team, and this offensive desire is even more obvious. But against the Clippers, if they still play like this, it will be a disaster.

Conversely, if Fox attacks from the screen, he's the most efficient offensive player in the NBA. In the Clippers' cover strategy, the fox brother executed as much as 40% of the team, and the average score of each such offense is 1.1, ranking second in the NBA, second only to the Cavaliers' James.

The Lakers have bigger troubles, the Clippers' cover offense is just Plan A, and they also have Plan B that is no less lethal, that is, the air cut of the covering players, to be precise, Ji Guoqiu's air cut after the cover. The Clippers are ranked No. 1 in the league if they score points from open cuts to the inside, and the reason for this is that the efficiency of the Panda Brother's cut-to-play offense after covering is the highest in the league, reaching the efficiency of Stoudemire at his peak.

Therefore, the twin brothers' covering offense will spawn countless offensive possibilities every time, and the weak-side players will also have opportunities to cut, and it is basically unrealistic to try to prevent them all. As Lakers fans say, it's impossible to limit the twin brothers unless you put peak Duncan and peak Garnett together.

Fast forward to May 3, the game between the Clippers and the Lakers, this time it was scheduled for the second day of the semifinals, and after their game was the game between the Magic and the Hawks, the world was watching this battle in the spotlight.

Charles. Barkley's pre-game comments yesterday were ridiculed as unprofessional, and the big ass did his job today, analyzing before the game: "I bet the winner of this series must be the Clippers, they have a natural weapon in pick-and-roll, the height and speed of the twin brothers can form a natural barrier on the inside, and the Clippers rank first in the league in pick-and-roll, with an average of only 0.69 points per offense." Especially in the pick-and-roll, the ability of the players who limit the split is more prominent, and the speed and agility of the two make it difficult for those who break to receive the ball. Even the mid-range shooting after dismantling that ordinary teams can't take into account, the Clippers can also take care of it, in short, any blocking and dismantling cooperation can't pose a threat to the Clippers, so what should the Lakers do? ”

Kenny. Smith also said: "The Clippers have an A+ defensive pick-and-roll ability, an A+ joint defensive ability, a low post defensive ability, an outside single defense ability, and a back-to-back single defensive ability. I think it's not so much about how strong the Clippers' offense is, it's about how flawless their defense is, and how can the Lakers break through the Clippers' defense? I'm really looking forward to it. ”

In the Clippers' locker room, Dunleavy Sr. also emphasizes defense.

"In this game, let's use defense to tell them whose turf is here."

"Los Angeles is ours!"

Ji Guosha raised his fist and gave everyone a head, and the Clippers players followed suit.

The elder Dunleavy waited for the players to vent for a while, and then began to make specific arrangements, defense is not just shouting slogans, they have rested for so many days, and the practice is how to deal with the Lakers' triangle offense.

Lakers locker room, Phil. Jackson looked at the tired players and scolded the league officials who arranged the schedule.

Who arranged the schedule? I don't know if they only finished the tie-break with the Mavericks the day before yesterday?

These experts and celebrities have commented so much, in fact, the physical problem is the biggest crisis facing the Lakers. Compared with the Clippers, who rested for almost a week, the Lakers played seven games in the first round, two of which were played in overtime to determine the winners, and when they finally grabbed the seven battles to advance, they only had one day off in the middle, and they had to face the Clippers.

The Lakers are not an OK combination now, Kobe Bryant is now 32 years old, Gasol's body is not top-notch, and the playoffs are in the fourth quarter, and the sister-in-law will definitely be affected by the body, plus Byron. Davis and Odom are both 30-year-old veterans, and if the Clippers were to make a fuss about their fitness today, Phil. Jackson really doesn't have a good way to make the Lakers players full of energy out of thin air. (To be continued......)