Bill Simmons appeared on the commentary stage of the Staples Center as an espn special guest. Today, he was invited to participate in the commentary of the competition.

There is no doubt that this has something to do with his conflict with Link.

When Simmons appeared, he was sought after by many Clippers fans and received a lot of cheers. This group of Clippers fans seemed to have forgotten that Simmons had no time to blacklist the Clippers last season.

But, the enemy's enemy is a friend. Now that Simmons turns his gun at the Grizzlies, the Clippers fans are very willing to ignore past grudges and applaud Bill Simmons.

"Hello, Jeff." Bill Simmons sat in the commentary seat and greeted today's partner Jeff Van Gundy.

"Don't be fine, Bill. Today, you seem to have become the protagonist." Van Gundy smiled. Van Gundy had long been used to Bill Simmons's vicious tongue.

When he was a coach, Van Gundy's team was often blackened by Simmons.

"I'm just telling the truth. Link just doesn't dare to participate in the dunk contest. If you don't dare, you dare not, and you answer in an ambiguous way, I can't stand it. You know, I always say whatever I say. So I don't like those who don't say anything."

Bill Simmons spread his hands open, still maintaining that confident expression.

"But can the Clippers really win today? You watched the playoffs last season, and the gap between the Clippers and the Grizzlies is all-round."

"That was last season, Jeff Grizzlies have actually made a slight regression this season. Randolph is not in such a good state, and Gasol can't keep up with the pace more and more times. On the bench, they don't even have a reliable No. 1 position. On the contrary, the Clippers have made great progress. Besides, Paul wants revenge more than anyone else, and he will definitely do his best."

Just when Van Gundy and Simmons were having a hot chat, players from both sides appeared to warm up.

On the Grizzlies, the players looked relatively relaxed. After all, this was just a regular season game. They had won 10 games before, and for them, this game was nothing special.

But on the Clippers, the players just appeared to warm up and became gritted! They seemed to be eager to rush over and tear the Grizzlies to pieces now.

After all, the Grizzlies were shaved with their heads last season, and the Clippers players were full of hatred.

After waiting for so long, they wanted this day. Now that the enemy is right in front of them, the Clippers players will naturally not relax.

So when the warm-up was warming up, no one greeted each other. Before the game started, the smell of gunpowder had become very strong.

"By the way, have you heard all the things Link said in an interview this morning?"

A few minutes before the game started, Jeff Van Gundy suddenly remembered Link's speech in an interview at the airport in the morning.

"What do you mean?" Bill Simmons looked confused. He rushed to Los Angeles all the way today, so he didn't pay much attention to the news.

Jeff Van Gundy laughed, looking expectantly waiting for the show to be performed, "He said, you shouldn't just put the word "soft" on others, otherwise the consequences will be serious."

"Hahahaha, what are the consequences? Can he still come up and bite off my ear?"

Simmons laughed confidently, and his every move revealed his confidence.

Serious consequences? Let me see what consequences can be!

On the court, the starting players of both sides were already in place. The coaches of both teams were also standing on the sidelines and were ready.

In fact, Bill Simmons doesn't need to say that Dave Joggel also knows that the Clippers have improved a lot this season. Champion coach Rivers and on-court coach Paul have already destined that this team will not be much worse.

The Clippers' offense this season is quite gorgeous and the pace is fast. The dunks in various counterattacks have made fans excited, which has also made the Clippers' popularity soar.

The Clippers can run in five positions, even Jordan Jr. has good movement ability. After Rivers took the lead, he brought the Clippers' fast-paced offense to the extreme.

That's why they beat the game a few days ago against the Thunder.

People say that Rivers is just a "chicken soup coach", but the changes that Rivers brought to this team after joining the Clippers are still very obvious.

Maybe Rivers is not a tactical master, but he is indeed not going to be the only one bowl of chicken soup to drive the world.

Link looked at the players of the Clippers, and his expressions were scary. Even Redick and Dudley, who had newly joined the Clippers, were particularly jealous of the Grizzlies under the influence of the atmosphere of the whole team.

The Clippers' starting lineup is similar to last season, which is to replace Green and Butler with Dudley and Redick. The axis is still Paul, Griffin and Jordan Jr.

Link turned his head and looked at the commentary station again, and found that Bill Simmons was showing a smile of "Let's go and see."

The Staples Center is full of malice everywhere.

Amid the cheers of fans, Jordan Jr. won the first shot for the Clippers.

Jordan has matured a lot this season. In addition to his still vigorous physical fitness, his various consciousnesses on the court allow him to make accurate judgments than before.

So far this season, Jordan Jr. has averaged 12.4 points and 13.2 rebounds per game. As a blue-collar player, his results are quite outstanding. If this data can be maintained, it will be the first time Jordan Jr. has averaged double digits in his career.

Paul accelerated immediately after receiving the ball. From the beginning, the Clippers wanted to pull the pace to the fastest!

In the fourth year of playing professional basketball, Link can clearly feel that every year, the overall offense and defense rhythm of the league is constantly accelerating.

Once upon a time, the Black and White Two Bears took Link and the Lakers' champion double towers to face off. At that time, the double tower tactics were still very mainstream, and everyone was fighting in a straightforward manner. Link and Kobe fought each other when they saw the moves, and the two teams' double towers also showed their style at low posts.

But now, few teams are willing to send a double tower lineup. More and more teams are starting to pursue speed. Sometimes the attack ends before the two sides can match up. Against this backdrop, the power of the black and white two bears is constantly weakening.

Once the rhythm is brought up, the black and white bears are undoubtedly the most uncomfortable to fight.

Perhaps, this is why grizzly bears gradually lost their dominance in original history.

Conley went to block Paul, but Paul pushed Conley away directly and roughly. Today, Paul's movements were very big, more rude than usual. Bill Simmons was right, Paul would indeed do his best.

Without letting Conley touch him, Paul took the opportunity to play a pick-and-roll with Jordan Jr.

In this block, Gasol had to delay Paul. If Paul was given a central bank shot, it would be no different from giving away points.

Bill Simmons clenched his fists and prepared to celebrate the goal! This is a very classic pick-and-roll tactic for the Clippers. Once the opponent's center is delayed, Paul only needs to hit the ground and pass the ball, or even throw the ball into the air, Jordan Jr. can score!

I don't know how many such balls will be scored in one game. A defender like Paul and a center like Jordan Jr. are a perfect match.

Paul did indeed do this. The moment Gasol clamped up, Paul threw the ball into the air. He turned around in advance to retreat. Is this ball still worth watching? Jordan Jr. can definitely bomb the basket! He has never missed this kind of cooperation until now this season.

However, after a long time, Paul did not hear the sound of smashing the frame. Paul couldn't help but turn his head and look, but finds Link moving with the ball!

"What!?" Paul was confused. What happened just now? How did the ball fall into Link's hands!

Jeff Van Gundy in the commentary seat saw the whole process of the goal just now.

"It's incredible. Link actually cut off this pass from the air before Jordan Jr.! As we all know, Jordan Jr.'s athletic ability is very terrible, so Paul's all-received pass also passes very high, just to ensure that no one can get it except Jordan Jr. But Link... As a striker, he got a high-altitude ball on the center with explosive athletic ability, which is simply terrible!"

Van Gundy felt his tongue was a little knotted. This time, Link was simply showing off his athletic ability!

Bill Simmons also swallowed. What did he just see? Now there is only one word in his mind that can describe everything that just happened - vertical takeoff.

Paul originally wanted to turn around in advance to celebrate pretending, but in the end he looked even more embarrassed.

Link advances quickly, and Paul has to delay Link. If he doesn't care, Link will just go in and dunk.

Paul rushed up and slammed Link. Paul played very roughly today. Moreover, the referees at Staples Center also turned a blind eye with a "tactic understanding". They didn't want to break the fluency of this fierce game.

However, Paul's rough collision did not stop Link, but instead resulted in Link's more rough and proactive confrontation!

Link hit Paul suddenly, and Paul felt his chest was so stuffy.

After pushing Paul out and gaining a little space, Link took off directly, and he wanted to attack the box directly!

Jordan Jr. came up from behind. Thanks to Paul's delay, Jordan Jr. fought for his life.

He danced with Link, and he wanted to take revenge with a chase!

However, Link seemed to have eyes behind him. When Jordan Jr. was about to touch the basketball, Link suddenly switched the ball from his right hand to his left hand, and Jordan Jr. made a waste.

Trolley layup?

No, it's a hand-changing dunk!

"Bang!"

Staples Center finally received a dunk, but unfortunately, it was not the Clippers players who completed the dunk.

Link roared on the basket, which scared all the fans in Staples Center.

This beast is more bloodthirsty than last season!

"The air hand-changing dunk is another fancy dunk in actual combat. God, Link should not participate in the dunk contest, leave a way out for the young people!" Jeff Van Gundy was shown to his scalp numbness.

Bill Simmons beside Van Gundy had goose bumps all over his body. He was about to celebrate the Clippers' goal, but Link turned everything around.

In the fearful eyes of Staples fans, Link turned around and retreated. Of course, he did not forget to look at Simmons, who was scared to the point of pale face and said, "Who is the softie now?"
Chapter completed!