On March 17, the lights inside and outside the "staples center" in Los Angeles were brightly lit.
The arena was packed, but looking around, more than 80% of the fans were wearing the purple and gold jerseys of the Lakers, and there were very few fans wearing the white jerseys of the Clippers.
??If someone who doesn¡¯t know much about it comes to take a look, most of them would think this is the home court of the Lakers. In fact, this game is the home court of the Clippers.
Wang Dalin was quite pleased. He still remembered that during the first city battle this season, more than 90% of the Lakers fans were present. Now the situation is much better.
There¡¯s nothing you can do about it, it doesn¡¯t matter who the Clippers face at home, but as long as they face the Lakers, there is no difference at all between home and away.
After the appearance ceremony, the players from both sides began to warm up.
Wang Dalin noticed that Kobe's three-pointers have become more and more accurate, and his shooting percentage when unguarded is quite good, at least more accurate than when he was a rookie.
This can be seen from his average three-point shooting percentage per game this season39.1%. This number is absolutely impossible in his original time and space!
Friends who know Kobe must know that his three-point shooting percentage throughout his career is actually not high, it is almost the same as the league average.
???????????????? However, friends who are familiar with the game may not know that Kobe has also been very accurate at times. For example, in the 2002-2003 season, his three-point shooting percentage reached 38.3%.
In this life, he has already begun to strengthen his three-point shooting training, so his three-point shooting percentage last season was slightly higher than in the original history, reaching 38.9%.
His three-point attempts this season are higher than last season, but his shooting percentage has increased instead of falling, which shows that he is indeed becoming more and more accurate.
Kobe was already very good in the beginning, and now he has strengthened his three-point shooting, which is like adding more power to a tiger.
Therefore, even if Malone was plagued by injuries in the middle of the season, O'Neal was in and out due to a toe injury, and Payton's "glove" condition had obviously declined a lot, the Lakers were already very good relying only on Kobe's strong performance. , currently still ranks second in the Western Conference.
There is a sayingif O'Neal, Malone and Payton were a little better, the Lakers would not be second in the Western Conference. At the beginning of the season, they had been ranked first in the Western Conference, and were later overtaken by the Timberwolves.
During the warm-up before the game, Wang Dalin was about to go over to say hello to Kobe and the others, when he saw Kobe and O'Neal walking over on their own initiative.
"Hey, brother, how are you doing lately?" O'Neal and Wang Dalin bumped their fists and said with a big smile.
"Not bad, we just took care of the Suns yesterday!" Wang Dalin said with a smile, "If we take care of you tonight, it will be perfect!"
Kobe sneered: "Take care of us? It's not that I look down on you. Even if your team has a complete lineup, it's still far behind, not to mention that it's still full of injured soldiers!"
Wang Dalin smiled and said: "So what if the battalion is full of injured soldiers? When we beat the Spurs a few days ago, Ron was still suspended!"
Kobe smiled and said, "Do you think Ron can guard me? Or maybe you can guard Shaq?"
Wang Dalin glanced at O'Neal and saw the guy grinning again: "Darling, if you want to guard against me, you need to grow more muscles!"
Wang Dalin said tit for tat: "Both each other If you want to guard against me, practice walking faster first!"
The "greeting session" between the two sides before the game was as usual, full of "harmonious and friendly" atmosphere For example, O'Neal "cordially" hugged Wang Dalin before returning home at halftime, and almost choked him. Get angry.
Fortunately, Wang Dalin has never been one to be willing to suffer losses. He also gave Kobe such a blow, and "Nagging" almost died on the spot In terms of strength, besides O'Neal, who else was Wang Dalin afraid of?
In the tnt live broadcast room, Barkley and Smith are already in place.
As long as these two guys get together, they can't avoid the fixed link of betting, so they discussed the bet about this game.
"Charles, what are we betting on today?"
"Kenny, why didn't you ask me whether I favored the Clippers or the Lakers? Instead, you asked me what to bet on?"
"Do you still need to ask this? You must be optimistic about the Clippers again!"
"Haha, it's true! Well, let me think about it, what should we bet on today"
"It doesn't matter what you gamble on, don't gamble anymore money I've lost a lot during this period, and my wife doesn't care about me anymore!"
"Really? Well, let's not bet todayhow about a slap in the face? If you lose, I'll slap you, if I lose, you'll slap me!"
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All in all, Kobe's offensive skills have reached the point of perfection, and his combination of man and ball is almost perfect. Artest really can't guard him Whether he wants to admit it or not, this is a fact!
Artest was beaten quite embarrassingly by Kobe on the defensive end. I am afraid this is the worst time he has been beaten this season. Fortunately, Wang Dalin gave him 3 assists in the first quarter. It's too embarrassing for him.
After playing for a little more than 8 minutes, both sides began the first round of deployment, especially the Lakers. Phil Jackson directly took O'Neal, Malone and Payton off the court and replaced him with Staniskov. Medvedenko, Derek Fisher and Devin George.
In this lineup, Medvedenko is naturally the big center at the fifth position, George, who is physically fit, moves to the fourth position, "Little Fish" Fisher plays the first position, and Kobe and Fox continue to be responsible for the second and third positions.
The Clippers replaced Artest, Wang Zhizhi, Korver and Yaric, and replaced them with Eddie House, Bobby Simmons, Chris Wilcox and Matt Ba Enns.
Wang Dalin directly moved to the fifth position, Wilcox was responsible for the power forward position, Simmons was the small forward, and Barnes swung to the second position. House was still the best candidate to replace the point guard.
Although they can¡¯t guard Kobe, in Dunleavy¡¯s opinion, Barnes¡¯ lateral speed is slightly better than Simmons¡¯s, so if he plays against Kobe, the effect should be slightly better.
Behind Jackson¡¯s thick glasses, his eyes had already narrowed, and his eyes would glance over Wang Dalin from time to time.
In his opinion, this Clippers team does not have many bright spots, but Wang Dalin is a super combat power that he cannot ignore. If O'Neal can be exchanged for Wang Dalin, he will probably make a decision without hesitation.
Although O'Neal is powerful, he is still old after all, and will get older and older in the future, while Wang Dalin is frighteningly young He is only 22 years old!
Now he has made the entire league feel fear. In two years, the word "fear" will probably be replaced by "despair", right?
Seeing that Wang Dalin was still on the court, Jackson estimated that Old Dunleavy would let him play the entire first quarterI'm going to cross you, there are still 15 games before the end of the regular season, shouldn't you be appropriate? Arrange a rotation?
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? After you "fucked" Darling King so hard, do you still have any professionalism as an NBA head coach?
And youDarling-King, why are you working so hard?
Don¡¯t you want to try ¡°healthy basketball¡±?
If Wang Dalin could hear his voice, he might answer him politely - "Basketball for health? I don't know how!" (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com