The Lakers played very smoothly at the opening. Their active defensive strategies and resolute counterattack gave the Clippers a warning at the beginning.

Rivers called for a timeout and went to Collison to strengthen his assisted defense against Kobe during the timeout.

It is really inappropriate for a player like Kobe to make him score easily in a row at the beginning.

Li Liang could feel Kobe's playing style changed after returning from injury.

He has become more skilled in taking tricks, and is good at taking points in some easy ways when the opening match is not strong.

Kobe is good at fast attack, but he is not very greedy for fast attack.

He didn't want Drexler, and almost one-third of the chances in the offense were obtained in a quick counterattack.

Kobe likes difficulty, one-on-one, and likes to tear apart the opponent's already arranged defense lines in positional battles.

But he is old and his footsteps are significantly worse than in the past, coupled with the lack of explosive power caused by ruptured Achilles tendon.

So he also needs to use some simple and light methods to get scores.

His continuous quick counterattack at the beginning gave the Lakers a good start.

If they were behind from the beginning, the subsequent games would be extremely difficult.

The suspension ended soon and both sides returned to the stadium.

Li Liang said to Kobe: "You will also take advantage of your mistakes?"

Kobe said: "I'm just learning from you, living until I'm old."

"Yes, you're old."

"You can kill you when you are old."

The trash talk between the two has never stopped since the start of the game.

To be honest, Kobe no longer likes to say too much trash now.

On the one hand, when a person gets older, his temperament will become mild.

On the other hand, players who can talk to Kobe about trash and talk to each other are gradually dying.

You can imagine that many new generation players are watching Kobe grow up playing basketball and come to the stadium to talk to Kobe. Even if they are scolded, they may think, "Oh, Kobe actually scolded me, it's good."

Li Liang is different, he is not Kemi.

Moreover, with Kobe's petty mind, Li Liang's move to the Clippers is still worried about Li Liang's move to leave the Lakers and goes to the Clippers.

Although he didn't say it, Li Liang knew that he must care.

So the two of them got into each other at the beginning.

The Clippers quickly scored their first goal.

After Li Liang passed the ball to Griffin on the outside and passed it to Griffin on the ground, Griffin broke into the inside and passed it to Jordan Jr.

Jordan Jr. succeeded in dunking with his left hand!

This move can be said to be successful every time. It is the common cooperation between Li Liang and Griffin and Jordan Jr. without Paul.

Even though the opponent knew that the three of them would fight like this, there was still no way.

Griffin was quite threatening in the middle, and Gasol's pace was a little unable to keep up.

If Howard wants to come to help defend, then he will naturally miss Jordan Jr.

The Lakers are relatively simple in positional battles.

Continue to let Gasol hold the ball in the horn position, and then Kobe goes to the bottom corner.

This set of tactics is simply a replica of D'Antoni's offensive tactics when he was in the Suns.

The problem is that Gasol is not Xiao Si, he does not have the attack power of Xiao Si in front of the basket.

The Clippers were careless in defense for the first goal and gave Nash a gap.

I still fight like this the second time, and I won't give you another chance.

After several transmissions on the outside, the Lakers did not have any effect.

In the end, he gave the ball to Kobe on the side, who fought against Barnes one-on-one.

Missed a mid-range jump shot, Griffin grabbed the backcourt rebound and handed the ball to Collison.

Li Liang was already ahead of the frontcourt, and Collison immediately passed the ball to Li Liang.

Li Liang paused after receiving the ball, and Willis Johnson, who was chasing behind, rushed over.

Li Liang made a direct move outside the 45-degree three-point line on the left and counterattacked with three-pointers!

Hit!

9:5, the Clippers are very quick to catch up with points.

In addition to using an emergency stop jump shot in Li Liang's quick counterattack, he will also directly make three-pointers.

I can only say that the Lakers' two backcourt chasing and defense capabilities are really not good.

Nash and Kobe are both too old, and they will be very uncomfortable being hit by the Clippers' counterattack tonight.

To avoid this, the Lakers can do only two things - to suppress the pace and improve the success rate of positional warfare.

After Li Liang made a counterattack three-pointer, he passed by Kobe and said, "Old Ke, his three-point shooting percentage is higher than that of two points."

Li Liang was showing off in front of Kobe because he hit the league first with three-pointers last season, which was higher than Kobe's two-point shooting percentage.

Of course, if you think about it carefully, this simple comparison of hit rate is meaningless.

Each player has different tactical positions, shooting pressure and offensive tasks.

In the Lakers, it can even be said that if Kobe did not have the high pressure in the low post and the two-point area, there would be no Li Liang's easy three-point shooting environment, and there would be no Li Liang's high shooting percentage.

But now it's the game, and the two are opponents, Li Liang can't control that much.

Kobe pouted and didn't say anything, and then he began asking for the ball to Nash.

Nash saw Li Liang and Kobe compete and assisted to pass the ball to Kobe.

Kobe received the ball in the horn position and forced Barnes to take on the back.

Li Liang came to assist in defense, Kobe returned the ball to Wesley Johnson, hoping that he would take action outside the three-point line.

As a result, Johnson hesitated and returned the ball to Kobe again.

Kobe had to cut the ball out and put it in the basket, because Li Liang made up the ball again. If he still carried the basket, he would die.

Kobe changed his left hand to kill the basket from the middle, and under the interference of Jordan Jr., he passed the ball to Gasol who was inserted.

As a result, Gasol missed a layup.

Howard won the frontcourt rebound and wanted to dunk, but was held tightly by Li Liang and did not dunk successfully.

In the end, Li Liang committed a foul and went to the free throw line.

Li Liang looked at Griffin, who was standing not far away, and wanted to go up and scold him.

This ball should be switched to Griffin to defend, and finally he will wipe his butt.

But looking at Griffin's short hand, let's forget it. Don't make things difficult for him, let him attack well.

Howard made one of two free throws, 10:5, and the Lakers still lead.

Kobe was a little depressed about this ball.

His idea was to attract double teams, pass the ball to Johnson, and let Johnson make three-pointers.

This shows that as long as I, Kobe, are there, you can create opportunities for your teammates to shoot three-pointers.

Unfortunately, Wesley Johnson was just a basic salary player - well, Li Liang was actually a basic salary at that time.

He doesn't have that ability, and he throws the ball in a short time.

If this ball was replaced by Ci Shiping, he would probably dare to shoot, and it would be hard to say whether he dared to enter.

Clippers round.

Li Liang continued to hold the ball at the high position, and Griffin came over to pick-and-roll.

However, this time the two played a fake pick-and-roll trick.

Li Liang has been dribbling with his left hand, making people think he wants to take the left with the help of Griffin's cover.

But he didn't know that he didn't, but suddenly dribbled behind the back, changed to his right hand, and then broke through with the ball from the right!

The dribbling behind the hand was a little concealed, and it tore open the Lakers' defense line.

Kobe on the wing contracted his defense, and Li Liang passed the ball to Barnes on the wing.

Barnes took the ball and made a three-pointer.

10:8, it's only 2 points away from chasing.

"Lao Ke, my teammates dare to shoot because I pass the ball well!"

Li Liang was so arrogant that Kobe's anger suddenly burst out.
To be continued...