On the 2nd, before the start of the derby, someone on the Internet mentioned Yang Rui's sentence: "God closed a door, and then Kobe's head was caught by the door", saying that Kobe Bryant was the key to the Clippers' victory.

When Yang Rui was there, the Lakers had always been the strongest team in the league; After Yang Rui left, the Lakers never won the best record in the regular season, and no matter how many stars there were, they couldn't win the ball, and the changes were clear at a glance.

Kobe Bryant didn't give an interview to predict the outcome of the game, and he didn't dare to say anything cruel.

Before the game started, the Lakers suffered an embarrassing scene, today was their home court, but there were a large number of fans wearing Clippers players, and when the Clippers players played, the fans applauded significantly more enthusiastically.

It's clear that in Los Angeles, the Clippers already have more fans than the Lakers.

As the players warmed up, ESPN's Jeff Van Gundy said: "The suspense today is not who wins, but how many points the Clippers win. The Lakers can't even beat the Trail Blazers, and they can't beat the Clippers. ”

Partner McBrin agreed: "Lakers role players must stand up and score, otherwise they can't play in the second quarter at all, and it is said that the Lakers have Jamison and Hinrich, and they shouldn't play like this." They're slipping too fast. ”

Clippers starters: Paul, Danny Green, Gay, Griffin, Chandler.

Lakers starters: Hinrich, Kobe, Artest, Pau Gasol, Howard.

McBrown adjusted the lineup, bringing Sessions off the bench to maximize his breakthrough ability.

However, Hinrich is no longer the successor of Stockton during the Jazz period, he can only shoot, his speed slows down after a few injuries, the breakthrough is very poor, his 193CM height lateral movement speed is not good on the defensive end, and the defense of the No. 2 position is better than the defense of the No. 1 position, it is easy to be passed, and it is obvious that he can play against Paul.

Howard jumped the ball and the game began.

Ci Shiping received the ball and passed it to Kobe, and the Lakers player pulled away. When Sessions didn't play, Kobe Bryant changed from playing without the ball to having the ball, and no one on the court was suitable for attacking with the ball except him.

The Clippers are man-marking, and Green is the main defense of Kobe.

Since the beginning of last season, Tony Allen's playing time has been reduced, Yang Rui attaches importance to training newcomers, and the Clippers have multiple contracts expiring next summer, and if the contract renewal does not go well, young players need to play better. If they don't have enough time to exercise, they can't do it on their own.

Kobe Bryant forced a breakthrough after the outside line, Chandler and Green formed a local pinch near the penalty area, Kobe Bryant jumped up and passed the ball out of the gap, trying to pass to Howard under the basket, and there was a mistake in the first cooperation. The two were too close, and Howard's vision was blocked again, and he didn't catch the basketball steadily, and hit the bottom line.

Paul dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, Chandler drew Howard in the low post, Griffin gave Green off-ball cover on the right side to help him get rid of Kobe, and Paul immediately passed the ball through the middle.

Kobe Bryant's enthusiasm for chasing defense has become worse this season, and Gasol's speed is slow and now developing in the direction of center, shrinking near the penalty area and not coming out, Green makes an empty jumper, and the ball goes into the net hollow. 3 to 0.

The Lakers attacked, Kobe Bryant held the ball and Pau Gasol played in the middle to block and dismantle, Griffin changed defenses, Kobe Bryant forced a breakthrough, and was caught by Griffin and Chandler under the basket.

Bryant once again distributed the ball to Howard on the right side, who just wanted to force a dunk, but was grabbed by the retreating Guy and sent to the free throw line, Howard missed both free throws, and the rebound was grabbed by Chandler.

Howard's offensive ability is very controversial, some people think that he can only attack and dunk twice, and some people think that Howard's singles ability is top-notch, and the low-post offense can be ranked the best in history. In the 10-11 season, Howard was voted by the team's GM as the second player who could best change the team's defensive strategy, and this man also broke Chamberlain's free throw average record and blew up most of the league's interior powerhouses.

In fact, anyone who watches the game will find that Howard's weaknesses on the offensive end are too obvious, first of all, the offensive routine is relatively simple, and the traces of training are obvious, a bit like Guo Jing in the early days, who would only have one move and regret it. The second is that he can't shoot, which is very fatal and can't open up space, and the last is that his ability to respond can't meet the requirements of the offensive core.

When these three points are concentrated on one person, it is clear that Howard is a blue-collar worker. With the Lakers, he doesn't have many solo opportunities, and low-post opponents can also rely on fouls to prevent him from scoring.

The Clippers attacked, Paul slowly brought to the frontcourt, faced Hinrich in the middle and did not break through, protected the basketball to observe the movement of his teammates, Griffin covered Green on the side, and Gasol still shrank near the restricted area to let Kobe chase after him.

Many people found that McBrown's defensive tactics were too rigid. No matter what team he defends, he is a big man on the line of the penalty area. When you meet a three-point sharp guard and an interior partner who can shoot in the middle, playing like this is looking for death, and often has vacant positions, and that's how they are thrown to death by Jack and Calderon on the court.

Green catches the ball and jumpers, Kobe Bryant bypasses Griffin with only a slight interference, and Green hits another three-pointer at 70 degrees. 6 to 0.

The Lakers attacked, Hinrich took the ball to the front court and passed to Kobe, Green kept a distance to interfere, Kobe Bryant dribbled the ball on the left side, and he couldn't make a strong breakthrough, leaned on Green with his back, turned to the left side and threw a jumper.

The 34-year-old Kobe Bryant's body coordination is still very good, and he has a lot of beauty in his movements, shaking his shoulders, steps, and shots in one go, leaning back sharply to avoid the cover, and hollowing into the net. 6 to 2.

The Clippers attacked, Paul passed the ball to Green, this time Kobe Bryant caught up, Green gave the ball to the left side of Guy, who singled out Artest, a one-step pull-up jump shot, and missed under interference, Howard grabbed the rebound, and waited for Hinrich to respond, and landed in the battle.

The Lakers' starting five can't run at all, so they can only play positional battles, and the fastest person on the outside is Kobe Bryant. His body is still good, and when he trains in the Dream Team in the offseason, he can throw himself into the air to catch the big windmill and play the board to catch the back dunk!

Hinrich brought it to the front court and passed to Kobe, who played a block and a pick-and-roll, attracting Griffin to switch defenses and distribute the ball to the middle. Gasol missed the shot in the face of Green's height advantage, and dribbled to Howard, who asked for the ball in the low post on the left.

Howard singled Chandler with his back, squeezed twice and turned to the middle and couldn't get rid of it, passing the ball out again.

Bryant held the ball and then singled, failed to pass Green, turned and stepped back to shoot a jumper that missed the basket under interference. Howard failed to grab the rebound in the frontcourt, Chandler tossed the ball out, and Paul grabbed the rebound.

In this round, the Clippers launched a quick counterattack, Paul dribbled past Hinrich behind his back, and quickly advanced to the frontcourt to Gay. The latter received the ball and relied on his speed to burst Artest and forced a layup to miss.

Gasol retreated relatively quickly and got stuck in position, ready to win the backcourt rebound, but Griffin flew up from behind him, his head was flat, completely pressed Gasol, received the basketball with both hands, and dunked the ball into the basket fiercely. 8 to 2.

Gasol didn't expect Griffin to be so ferocious in grabbing the rebound in the front court, coupled with a slight jump with an unstable center of gravity, he was knocked to the ground by Griffin and lay down under the basket.

The fans stood up excitedly and cheered.

Van Gundy said: "Griffin's goal is so brutal that he will definitely be selected as one of the top 10 goals of his career, and Gasol will be in the highlights more often in the future." ”

"Howard likes to rush for rebounds, but the Lakers now need him to get back to the defense, otherwise it's hard to keep the Clippers from counterattacking," McBrin said. ”

The two were talking, Hinrich was stealed by Paul just after the half, Paul singled down a fast attack, attracted Artest to make up for the defense and split the ball, Guy received the ball on the left side and jumped up, and it was another one-handed dunk, 10-2.

The Lakers' defense is riddled with holes.