The preseason continued, and the Clippers quickly stole the limelight, with Bryant and the Lakers smug to survive the fans' saliva.

Because the Cavaliers also lost, and it was a two-game losing streak, which surprised the fans who blew them up for a summer and looked forward to a summer.

In the first game, the Cavaliers lost to the Spurs 73-90 away, and six people, including Wade, announced their injuries, and the Spurs did not do their best, and had the last laugh in this bench contest.

In the second game, Bosh and James played a little longer, and apart from them, the role players were almost scoreless, losing 78-90 to the rebuilding Hornets.

The preseason is a warm-up, and each team will have reservations, but people are not as optimistic about the Cavaliers as they used to be. Everyone thinks that an invincible strong team should be like the Lakers during the three-game winning streak, and the preseason can win even if they play casually, but the Cavaliers obviously can't do it.

The loss of the game did not have much impact on the Cavaliers players. Even, in the opinion of coach Adelman, there is a good side to losing.

Adelman said in an interview, "It's good to be able to handle the loss and get the players in the right mindset, because people gave the Cavaliers too much praise in the summer, and it's easy to lose yourself." We'll go back and watch the footage and try to play better next time." ”

Also in the spotlight are the Nets and Thunder, who played two games in China. Yao Ming represented the Nets, and Yi Jianlian represented the Thunder, which was a derby for Chinese players.

However, the protagonists of the game were the Thunder Sanshao, who relied on their outstanding individual ability to beat the rebuilding Nets.

The Nets are not bad inside, Yao Ming, Favors, Humphries can rank in the top ten in the league in terms of roster depth, but the outside players are too shabby, Jordan Farmar, Sasha Vujacic, Anthony Morrow, Courtney Lee, Trenton Hassel and others are important rotations, if they are on other teams, these people can only play on the bench.

Hassell single-handedly defended Durant and Famar against Westbrook, and the outcome can be imagined.

The Clippers played five more preseason games, and Chris Paul played about 30 minutes in each game, playing to his strengths in the limited time and doing everything Yang asked for.

Paul is one of the league's best point guards at blocking and pick-and-roll, and he can also run and shoot fast-breaks.

But the Clippers' strong offense is not because of Paul, but because of the individual ability of Griffin, Gay, and Curry, no matter who receives the ball, it will be difficult to defend the opponent with the ball.

Griffin's face frame is very similar to James, rushing up for a layup, a violent dunk, and it is difficult for opponents to defend.

Guy is like Maddy, who can break through big man defenses with speed, and can directly pull out jumpers in the face of guards.

In Yang Rui's previous life, Guy was an underrated scorer, averaging 18 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists per game in 12 seasons in his career, shooting 45.2% from the field, 34.5% from three-point range, and 79.6% from the free throw line.

Many people say that Guy has a problem with his personality, that he is not competitive enough, that he is not paranoid enough, and that he is not smart enough to play. Guy is indeed unqualified to be the core of the team, he does not combine points and shots well, and he can't lead the whole team. But Guy, who only got a full middle-class contract and could play alone like Kobe, was impeccable.

Curry's attacking power was also unleashed, and in the second quarter, he had unlimited fire, and when he played with Paul, the big man inside would give him off-ball cover on the side and take the ball.

After the preseason, the Clippers looked like they had the "Big Four", with all four averaging 72.2 points per game and playing about 30 minutes.

Not only the core of the team, but also the Clippers' role players are also impressive, with the defense of Tony Allen, Jordan Jr., Marcin Mi and others, Dunleavy and Korver's three-pointers, etc.

Fringe players such as Sheldon Williams, Gary Neil, Novak and others have also been given a lot of appearances and shown their strengths.

Yang Rui gave high praise to the role players. "I don't think every player needs to be very well-rounded, understand their talents, and do one aspect to the extreme, and it's easier to be a championship puzzle. For the team, it's a reinforcement with direction. For example, Rodman, Bruce Bowen, Boykins. At the Clippers, no player is superfluous. ”

The Clippers went 6-1 and double-defeated the Lakers, with the only loss being to the Magic.

Magic Batum, Redick, and Lewis performed well, and Howard on the inside beat Jordan Jr. and Masimmy.

Under the tutelage of Hollins, the Magic's defensive system is very solid, the defense is fast, the Clippers players are trapped in the joint defense, and the poor ability of the interior players to withdraw is their biggest flaw at present.

Yang Rui plans to spend the season pushing Griffin to shoot and increase his range, and if he can shoot three-pointers, the Clippers' playoff chances will be greatly improved. Yang Rui can only hope that Griffin will improve his strength, and in his previous life, he did make great strides in shooting.

Little Jordan has no hope, he has been a rough brother who can defend but attacks scum on his own all his life, except for the empty cut dunk and the second offense, there is no way to score on the offensive end.

This person has muscles in his head, and Yang Rui can only arrange the simplest tactics for him, cutting in a straight line after covering, and which person or position to stand with when defending.

As long as there are more than two instructions given to Jordan Jr., he is absolutely confused and doesn't know what to do on the court. This kind of person also has advantages, he resolutely relies on his body to play, he is extremely brave, and his opponent is not as physically good as him, and he can play an amazing performance in a certain period of time.

In the preseason, Jordan Jr. only played an average of 20 minutes per game, and under the tactics arranged by Yang Rui, he could score 10.4 points, 6.8 rebounds, 0.3 assists and 1.5 blocks, shooting 73.1% from the field, almost all of which were dunks.

All the teams rested for two days, watching the overwhelming news and praise about the Clippers, the Bucks owner was very depressed, and he began to regret that Wesley Johnson's offensive and defensive performances in the preseason were average, without any star appearance, and the swing man Darlington Hobson selected in the second round did not perform much.

At this time, Bucks fans stopped scolding Curry, but instead scolded Bucks management, and they all realized that the team may let go of an All-Star in exchange for a young player who has potential that is difficult to realize and needs to be cultivated for a long time.

The good news is that they can watch Ellis, the league's second-quarterback, score as much as they want next season.

What is even more regrettable is the Celtics management, they renewed Marquis Daniels with an annual salary of 2.5 million, but they are unwilling to give Tony Allen a three-year contract with an annual salary of 3 million, the two are not at the same level at all.

In the preseason, several stars of Tony Allen's defense were deflated, and Daniels was just an ordinary role player.

Cavaliers fans didn't talk too much about Rudy Gay, and they all knew very well that with James here, Gay's small forward position could not be reused, and it didn't matter if he left.

The first phase of the NBA's official power rankings was announced, the Mavericks who won all seven games in the preseason ranked first, the Cavaliers were still ranked second despite 4 wins and 3 losses, and the defending champion Spurs last season were ranked third, and the fourth place was the Magic.

The Clippers are fifth in the table, and pundits are unanimously optimistic that the Clippers will make the playoffs and gain first-round home-court advantage.

The Lakers, who finished 2-5 in the preseason, were only in 14th place, an embarrassing result, as teams in this position were predicted to barely make the playoffs and 80 percent of them were eliminated in the first round.

Before the regular season even started, basketball experts generally believed that the Clippers were stronger than the Lakers.