In addition to the excellent performance of the twin brothers in this game, Billups's table is also remarkable.

The 34-year-old Billups is two years older than Kobe, and today he is opposite the 31-year-old Byron, who should be in his prime. Davis. The Lakers brought in the bearded point guard to counter the neighbor's star guard, but it obviously backfired.

As the saying goes, "ginger is still old and spicy", and the older Billups not only succeeded in restricting Byron, who was younger than him, in the game. Davis, while also contributing good offensive firepower when the Clippers needed to score the most, helped the Clippers bite the Lakers in the second and third quarters, and successfully defended Davis in the rebound phase. The clash between the two, Billups can be described as a complete victory.

The number of these two can also explain this, Billups has 16 points, 4 assists and 2 steals in this game, which looks so-so, barely a quasi-All-Star number, but he successfully limited the opposite Davis to 8 points and 6 assists, which is rare. We all know that Billups isn't known for his defense, and his entire career has been above average in terms of defensive ability, but today he did more than just a little better.

The Clippers said a lot after the game, but they didn't mention how they dealt with Kobe's defense, which Barkley summed up for the Lakers.

After the game, the big ass was still analyzing the Clippers' defense against Kobe Bryant in the live broadcast.

"We all know that Afflalo, Barnes, and Garcia are all people who don't like to talk, and the Clippers have long studied Kobe Bryant, first of all, 1-on-1, and lateral movement makes Kobe Bryant unable to break through casually. Secondly. If you have a pick-and-roll. There is cover. The two big men who are not big men on the inside line will come over immediately. Today, the Clippers' most successful defense is to limit Kobe's movement space during the game, that is, to cover the 3-second zone, Kobe Bryant can't get in. But Kobe Bryant still scored 40+ today, which can only say that the league superstar can't be completely prevented, and the Clippers caught up with Kobe Bryant's outside hand, even if they defended well, but they didn't get the results they wanted. ”

Barkley finally smiled: "I'm starting to worry about the Lakers now, they felt so good today. None of them were able to win the game, and if they didn't have today's feel in the next game, but the Clippers recovered their touch, then who won and who lost, needless to say. ”

On May 5, Barkley's big mouth really came true, and the Clippers still put defense first in this game, resolutely not letting Kobe Bryant enter the three-second zone and letting him go outside for a difficult jumper.

Every time Ji Guoyan faced Kobe, his mouth was not idle. He provoked Kobe Bryant at a very fast speed: "Vote, don't you like this the most?" ”

Kobe Bryant in such a situation. finally lost the perverted accuracy of the last game. When you find that you don't feel good, Kobe's pass is also difficult to turn into an assist, the Lakers players feel average today, and the Clippers' defensive intensity is too strong, this game has become an ugly quagmire defensive battle, and the whole scene is like two people fighting in the quagmire, slow and ugly.

The Clippers' strategy for dealing with the Lakers is defense, if they compete offensively, the Lakers have Kobe, Odom, Gasol, Davis, not necessarily too much worse than the Clippers, and Kobe Bryant often has uncontrolled expressions in this rhythm. So the elder Dunleavy simply gave up his plan to compete with the Lakers on offense, and used his stronger field to fight a round of defensive battles with the Lakers. The Clippers, who have twin brothers, compete for defensive ability, not to mention the Lakers, even if there is no opponent in the entire history of the NBA, the probability of defeating the Lakers in this way is naturally higher.

In the second game of the Lakers, the triangle offense still couldn't be played, and the Zen master's Qiē arrangement turned into water in front of the twin brothers, and the Lakers' current triangle offense couldn't penetrate the defense of the two historic interior lines, and the Lakers could only be dragged into the quagmire and struggle.

The Clippers' offense didn't open up, Chandler, Gasol, and Moon's defenses weren't easy to break, and the two brothers also felt a bit of tricky on the offensive end, and their shooting percentage dropped significantly from the previous round.

Most fans don't like to watch such games, but some fans will be fascinated by them, and each round of the match is full of confrontations, and the intensity of the competition is far greater than that of the confrontation.

The Clippers ended the first half with a one-point advantage, and in the third quarter, Kobe Bryant opened an invincible single mode, although this unreasonable style of play caused a lot of trouble for the Clippers, but they knew better that such an offense meant that the Lakers had nothing to do, and could only rely on Kobe's personal ability.

Then the problem goes back to the same place as the last game, Kobe Bryant's hand is not small, and he can't take out the Clippers in a single game for the whole game. In fact, Kobe's touch only lasted half of the time today, and the Clippers played a series of offenses from the two brothers in the second half of the third quarter, directly hitting a wave of 19:4 to take away the Lakers.

Before the Clippers went on this offensive run, the Lakers were four points ahead of the Clippers, but by the end of the third quarter, the Lakers had fallen behind by 11 points.

Ji Guoyi became a game-changing player in this round of offense, and in the second half of the third quarter, Dunleavy Sr. once again handed over the responsibility of marking Kobe Bryant to the little fox. Despite facing Kobe Bryant, who was in excellent form, Ji Guoyi still used his speed and height to complete the task assigned by the coach.

As for the task of attacking, the old Dunleavy handed over to Brother Panda very much, Ji Guoqiu has gradually found a way to deal with Chandler, and today he is obviously much better on the offensive end than the last game.

In the fourth quarter, Bryant took a break and Billups scored five points in a row to help the Clippers consolidate their lead. By the time the main players of both teams returned to the court, the Clippers had a 15-point lead over the Lakers, and the big picture was decided.

The "Clippers Rule" was actually set in motion at the end of the third quarter, and now that the Clippers have a 15-point lead, it will be difficult for the Lakers to turn the tables around.

Ji Guoqiu's performance on the offensive end in the fourth quarter was even more eye-catching, his footwork and feints in the low post made Chandler's bounce, height, and arm span advantage the most, and the strength was dominated by Brother Panda, so fans saw Ji Guoqiu use his low-post offense to support the whole team's offense on the stage of the playoffs, and in the two games against the Lakers, the offensive core of the Clippers was actually Brother Panda.

Chandler has height, arm span and excellent physical qualities, and it stands to reason that he should be the perfect interior defensive core, but when he encounters Ji Guoqiu, who is not inferior in physical qualities, his various strengths are suppressed and cannot be brought into play.

In the fourth quarter, Ji Guoqiu scored 10 points in the low post, which was what he did in 5 minutes of playing time, and in the last half of the game, the point difference had become 20+, and the Lakers took the initiative to give up the game.

After the game, the cheers of "MVP" and "MVP" at Staples Arena were endless!

As soon as the final whistle sounded, Kobe Bryant immediately lowered his head and walked into the player's tunnel, such a failure made Peter Pan intolerable, especially the core watch on the opposite side was not inferior to himself, which made Kobe, who was extremely eager to win, not want to stay for even a second.

Ji Guoqiu's performance today was better than the previous game, scoring a game-high 30 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 blocks. Chandler, who was forever a beat slower in front of his steps.

Ji Guoyi got 22 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks today, and his score was less than in the previous game, but no one will ignore the role he played in the game, and he limited the scores, rebounds, and assists of Gasol on the opposite side to himself, and suppressed Kobe's offense at the end of the third quarter, and his contribution was not inferior to that of his panda brother.

Barkley commented on the game again after the game, and he believes that today's Clippers' tactics are more targeted, the first is not to let Gasol shoot lightly, and the second is not to let Kobe break through, only let Peter Pan or Gasol shoot in the middle and long distance, once the two can't shoot accurately, the Lakers will die immediately.

The defense of the Clippers now requires the protection of the 3-second zone to be the first goal, as for one-on-one, what Afralo and Kobe, Barnes and Kobe, Ji Guoyi and Kobe, these are all in the category of individual skills, not in the category of the team, but the first layer of defense, any team with players with excellent defense can do it.

Where the Clippers really defend well, and where other teams can't learn, is actually the help defense, their help defense is particularly in place, and the scope is also perverted.

In the first round against the Grizzlies, the Clippers used this method to successfully contain Griffin and Mayo, and they used the method of assisting defense and supplementing the defense to limit Griffin and Grizzlies players outside the 3-second zone, forcing them to shoot in the position where they are least good at and have the lowest shooting percentage.

The same was true for Kobe Bryant's Game 1 and Game 2, when he shot right, and the Lakers were able to maintain a stalemate or a small lead with the Clippers. But once he can't shoot accurately, the Lakers will immediately be overtaken by the Clippers. At this time, the mentality of the Lakers players will be affected, and the shooting will only become more and more inaccurate, and the final result will be a sudden collapse.

The Zen master also thought about how to deal with it, but Kobe Bryant passed the basketball outside, Davis couldn't shoot, Moon couldn't shoot, none of these players could shoot 3-pointers, and Gasol couldn't shoot 3-pointers. Therefore, the entire outside Lakers shot 4 of 18 today, and no one on the team could help Kobe Bryant take on the scoring task when he was personally blocked.

The Clippers have achieved their defensive goals in the first two games, and it is predictable that this defensive approach will continue throughout the series, and no matter who wins, the Clippers' purpose will not change. (To be continued......)