Bishop of the Devil

Clippers third young master? Many fans couldn't help but laugh when they heard the names Barkley gave to the three Clippers backcourt players.

What Barkley said is correct. These three people are actually qualified to be called "young".

Needless to say, Sun Yue won the Sixth Man of the Year last season, and when he was a starter, his per-game statistics were also quite good, and he was even selected as an All-Star.

Leonard and Klay Thompson were both selected to the All-Rookie First Team in their rookie seasons, and their personal statistics were also outstanding.

From the beginning, the Clippers launched a perfect defensive counterattack.

This is just the beginning, and the Lakers' nightmare is coming.

Based on the principle of whoever is weak on the offensive end, Nash has directly become the main breakthrough point for the Clippers.

Sun Yue holds the ball and beats Nash in singles...

When Klay Thompson is running without the ball, he hangs around Nash in various ways, and sometimes even uses Nash to help him pick and roll.

Leonard was even more straightforward and directly looked for Nash with the ball.

After the start of the game, the Clippers' three young players performed very well on the defensive end, and on the offensive end, due to various reasons of playing Nash in isolation, the offensive efficiency was also quite impressive.

On the other hand, the Lakers' side is a bit miserable.

Artest has little offensive firepower, and his main contribution to the Lakers is on the defensive end.

Nash was accurate, but under Sun Yue's follow-up defense and harassment from other Clippers players, he was unable to find a comfortable shooting space.

As for Kobe, under the care of Leonard, the 34-year-old Kobe is not so smooth on the offensive end, and each offensive round requires a lot of energy.

Mike Brown's face suddenly became ugly on the sidelines. He never expected to encounter such a difficult situation at the beginning.

Originally, he thought the Lakers could easily beat the Clippers and get a good start to the season.

As a result, the situation on the court was quite pessimistic. After half the game, the Lakers were already nine points behind...

Trailing by nine points at halftime, this is already a huge point difference, which is enough to show the difference in strength between the two sides.

Although Brother Bread is often criticized, if he can achieve the position of head coach in the league, he cannot be a fool.

He is also very clear that the main problem on the court right now lies with Nash. Nash's defensive black hole has become a point that the Clippers are clinging to.

In desperation, Brother Bread could only call a timeout and was about to replace Nash just halfway through the first quarter.

But if Nash is replaced, who will replace Nash?

Fisher is gone, and there is currently no decent defensive No. 1 player in the team. If he is replaced, the effect may not be much better than Nash.

After much thought, Bread Brother could only replace Farmar.

Speaking of which, Farmar's defense is actually quite poor, but it is definitely better compared to Nash right now.

"Good job, keep up the good work!"

"The opponent will definitely replace Jordan Farmar next. Our tactical strategy does not need to change, we will continue to play their number one position!" Richard said with certainty.

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The timeout ended and the players from both sides returned to the court. Breadboy's arrangement did not have any decent effect. The defensive end was still at a huge disadvantage, but there was some improvement on the offensive end. With the main focus on the inside, the Lakers finally managed to win. Tightened the point difference with the Clippers.

With three minutes left in the first quarter, Richard replaced Horford, Thompson and Sun Yue and replaced Ben, Thomas Jr. and Da Mahou.

The Lakers have many veterans, so they naturally have to make substitutions. In order to put together the Big Five lineup, the Lakers' bench suffered a lot. As a result, in the last three minutes of the first quarter, the Clippers scored another three points. Come.

By the end of the first quarter, the score difference between the two sides reached an astonishing 12 points.

Although the Clippers are playing at home tonight, there must be countless Lakers fans present.

Seeing the Lakers trailing by twelve points in the first quarter, everyone was stunned.

Who would have thought that the Lakers, who gathered the Big Five, would be so miserable in front of the Clippers? !

The reversal that Lakers fans expected did not happen. This Clippers team is quite stable. It is not the kind of team that starts with a fierce start and looks at the record of 0-5.

In the entire game, the Clippers won the defending champion at home by a 19-point margin.

With a score of 109:90, the Lakers lost quite miserably tonight.

Thompson scored 29 points tonight under Artest's defense, surprising the Clippers fans at the scene.

It is not easy to get such a scoring data under DPOY Artest's defense.

But in fact, Artest's defense is far from what he was at his peak. His ability to defend against breakthroughs is still very strong, but his ability to defend against off-ball has declined a lot. This is why Thompson scored so high tonight.

Because Leonard focused more on defending Kobe, he didn't take many shots tonight. He only took 12 shots and scored 16 points.

As for Sun Yue, the last of the Clippers' three young players, tonight he recorded 18 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists.

The three teamed up to score 63 points, accounting for more than half of the Clippers' total points.

Green, the newcomer in the starting lineup, did not get many shooting opportunities tonight. He played for 25 minutes and only took four shots. He scored 4 points, but he only had 9 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals and 1 block.

Obviously, Richard made a very correct choice by putting Chasing Green in the starting lineup.

The Clippers do not lack offensive firepower, such as Chasing Green. If Richard really wants to improve the team's starting firepower, he can completely replace Chasing Green with Damascus Monkey, but is this really necessary?

The Clippers' third young man has already done a good enough job on the offensive end, so why not let the fourth position take more responsibility for rebounding and defense.

Obviously, in terms of rebounding and defense, Da Ma Monkey can't keep up with Chasing Green.

Horford's performance tonight was not outstanding. After all, he was facing Warcraft Howard. He was completely outplayed by Warcraft on the rebound end...

However, this did not affect the outcome of the final game. The Clippers easily defeated the Lakers in the end and got a good start to the season.

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After the game, fans and experts from all sides felt it was a bit unrealistic. The Lakers' Big Five lineup actually lost? And the key is to lose so miserably...

Many die-hard Lakers fans began to make excuses for the Lakers. For example, the Lakers' lineup has just been formed and needs a period of running-in. After the running-in is completed, they will definitely be able to beat a new team like the Clippers when they meet the Clippers again.

Of course, there are also many Clippers fans who are rejoicing. Richard has built a championship team before, and the longest one started in the third season.

And now it happens to be Richard's third season in charge of the Clippers. Could it be said that this is the season when the Clippers win the championship? !

Judging from the performance in this opening game, it seems that the Clippers really have the strength to win the championship.

The Lakers have a lineup of the Big Five and are regarded as the most promising team to win this year. However, they are completely vulnerable to the Clippers. In this case, the Clippers undoubtedly have a super high probability of winning.

To be honest, both of these fan ideas are incorrect.

First of all, the Lakers team does not have any problem of running in or not. Their current strength is just weak...

They definitely have no chance of entering the top half of the Western Conference this season, and are expected to become a goalie-level team in the Western Conference playoffs.

It's roughly the same level as the Clippers last season.

And are the Clippers really the team with the highest probability of winning this season? Obviously not, at least in Richard's view, the Spurs' strength in the West must definitely overpower their Clippers.

Lakers fans obviously overestimate the Lakers, and Clippers fans also overestimate the Clippers...

In fact, this game doesn't explain much at all.

After defeating the Lakers at the beginning, the Clippers' next three games are all at home, and the schedule is relatively easy. Their opponents are all the teams at the bottom of the Eastern Conference.

I have to say that Xiao Hua really takes care of Richard. The Clippers' schedule in the first half of the season is quite easy, giving Richard a lot of buffer time.

If you play against various strong teams right from the start, the winning rate will definitely not be much higher. If the winning rate is low, it will affect the confidence of the players, especially since the Clippers have so many new players, this impact may be even greater.

If the schedule is easy, the newcomers will be able to play more comfortably. Once they gain confidence, they will be able to handle the difficult schedule in the second half of the season with ease.

Richard is a little lucky now that the relationship with Xiao Hua was going well back then. Otherwise, Xiao Hua would be free to do whatever he wanted on the schedule. Richard set up some difficulties, which was enough to make Richard uncomfortable.