Old Dunleavy felt that Ji Guomeng's big mouth sometimes played some beneficial effects on the team at press conferences, and the biggest positive effect was to relieve the pressure on the team. After he made such a fuss before the game, the Lakers players on the opposite side would definitely not be much better, but the Clippers players invisibly reduced the pressure in their hearts. The little Fox's move is to harm others and do a good job.

In this game, even players like Billups who have seen big scenes are a little nervous before the game. This game is likely to set a record for league playoff ratings in recent years.

As early as the first round of playoffs, when the Clippers and Spurs fought, the ratings of the two teams frequently broke records, especially in the fifth game between the two teams, the ratings set the highest since the statistics were counted in 2000. The ratings of this game reached an astonishing 10.4, while the ratings of the Spurs and Cavaliers last season were only 6.2, and the MLB finals last year only had an average rating of 10.1.

The ratings of a mere first-round playoff game actually exceeded the ratings of the Major League Baseball finals, which surprised the whole United States afterwards. There were 15.5 million families watching a first-round playoff game, which was considered a ratings miracle by Wall Street.

The ratings in the Los Angeles area reached 20.5; in the fourth game of the Clippers' second round, the ratings in the Los Angeles area reached an astonishing 21.8, which has surpassed the ratings of the second round of the Lakers' matches in the same city. This shows that although the Lakers are more popular among Los Angeles residents, Los Angeles residents are also watching the Clippers' games.

With the advent of the Western Conference Finals, the NBA playoff ratings continued to perform well. ABC TV predicted that the Western Conference Finals would reach about 11. You should know that the ratings of the finals last year were only 6.2. It is said that David Stern's hair was so sad that he swears that the Spurs would never let the finals again.

This year, the two teams in Los Angeles, as well as the Celtics and the Cavaliers, were taken care of by the referees in the game. This is the chain reaction brought by the Spurs after they set the lowest ratings in history last season. In order to increase the ratings, the league had to do everything possible to get these favorite teams into the division finals and even the finals. After all, no one wants to watch the Spurs and the Pistons have only 70 to 80 in a single game in the finals. David Stern said that he can no longer stand this stimulation.

The ratings of the east and west are so popular this year, especially the Los Angeles Derby. It may create a very high rating that even the finals cannot reach. David Stern suddenly seemed to be several years younger. Maybe he would be happy to work for a few more years, although this is not good news for Xiao Hua.

This year's division final will implement the 232 game rules, which are not as beneficial to the home team as imagined. Once one of the first two home courts is lost, the opponent will likely take away the teams with home court advantages in three consecutive home games. Any team that can play to the division finals will definitely not be much different from each other, especially this year's West.

However... when the Clippers players entered the court, they looked at the familiar stadium that had turned purple and gold, and they immediately knew that home and away games were simply clouds for them. They might have to play seven away games!

"The Clippers' bad team...The Clippers' bad team..."

The Lakers fans shouted such slogans in unison, but no matter what, this place is much better than the racially discriminatory insults of fans in Salt Lake City. Although the two teams are mortal enemies, they are in the same city, and everyone looks down and look up. The atmosphere is still relatively civilized.

Lakers fans only have a naked "slight" of the Clippers. The nobles look down on the Clippers and are even more lazy to curse the Clippers!

The only good news for the two brothers today is that even when playing in Los Angeles, Taylor Swift, Kristen and Emma Roberts can come to watch the game, but the No. 6 and No. 9 jerseys on them look a little annoying in the purple and gold color of the whole game. But it doesn’t matter, they are not the only ones that are annoying. The Beckhams and the family are also wearing Clippers jerseys, which makes Lakers fans very upset; and the little Hermione is also wearing Ji Guomeng’s No. 9 jersey, which makes Taylor Swift furious, and his eyes flashing with electric arcs when he looks at the Dead Fox.

Yao Ming and Nash came to watch the game live. Jin Carrey, who is the title of "Hollywood Comedy King", also wore the Fox brother jersey; James Cameron, who photographed the Titanic, wore the Panda brother jersey; Celine Dion and Avril Lavigne are also supporters of the Clippers. These people are Canadian stars without exception. They naturally support the Clippers and the Twins when they came to the scene.

Phil Jackson looked at Billups in the ship formation lightly, but there was no big reaction. The Zen master had long guessed that Billups' injury should be no big problem. The Clippers had been resting for a week and a half, and Billups' injury should have recovered long ago.

The starting lineups of the Clippers today are: Chauncey Billups, James Posey, Ron Artest, Ji Guomo and Ji Guoqie.

Lakers starting lineup: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom, Paul Gasol, Andrew Bynum.

Before the game started, Kobe and Ji Guomo hugged each other, and the former joked: "Mr. Best Rookie, see if you can defend me."

Ji Guomo immediately smiled and said, "Do you dare to take more than 25 times? Everyone knows that the more you take, the greater the chance of losing the team. In other words, you are a cancer. Mr. MVP, do you dare to take 47 times tonight? Do you dare? Do you dare?."

Phil Jackson doesn't know how dangerous this guy Ji Guomeng is. What Zen masters fear most is that Kobe played too many singles. As long as Kobe's personal offense is too much, other Lakers players don't know how to play. This is basically the case when they lose. Kobe's real role should be to activate his teammates. Pan's attack is not scary, and his assists are the most scary. Kobe's attack must be exerted in the stalemate stage and the last quarter. This is the time when he uses his personal ability to break the stalemate.

Kobe was choked by the continuous provocation of the little fox. Peter Pan himself was not good at attacking his opponent with his tongue, so he couldn't speak.

"James, Ron. That guy is not good at trash talk. If we have the chance, we will interfere with him and force him to enter singles mode." Ji Guoxiong got together with Percy and Artest before the game and muttered secretly that the Clippers did not care about so much against Kobe. They must be doing everything they can. Trash talk is naturally indispensable.

The two nodded, especially Artest. Before the game started, Dunleavy also hinted that the beasts often used trash talk against Kobe on the defensive end, and depending on the situation, they could make some provocative fouls against Kobe. For example, elbow strikes, etc., to arouse the Pansy's anger. Their ultimate goal is of course to lure Kobe into a single fight.

Before the game started, Magic Johnson, who was the guest commentator of espn, smiled and said: "Phil Jackson brought Odom to the starting position today. This is a very smart choice. We all know that Artest's moving footsteps are very slow in the third position. Although Odom is not fast, he still has to be faster than Artest, and he has a height advantage."

Bill Walton did not give face to the magician. He said, "If you say so, Brother Fox can adjust to the third position. His steps are also faster than Odom, and he is higher."

Jeff Van Gundy quickly changed the topic: "The Zen master is always improving. In the process of guiding the Lakers to transform, he told them that it is not just a triangular offense. He is like all great coaches, with open thinking and accepting a variety of autumn winds. There is no doubt that the triangular offense is the Lakers' trademark and their foundation, but this Lakers team has shown changing styles this season, and I think this is also a sign of the maturity of some players."

Magic Johnson became even more energetic when he heard Van Gundy say this: "The maturity of players is shown through the performance of bench players on the court. I think the Lakers have stored the power of the Second Legion that is sufficient to take on heavy responsibilities and win victory this season, and will not change in the future. This is why the Lakers can continue to maintain competitiveness and compete for the championship in the West District."

Jumping the ball at the opening game, Ji Guoqiu vs Bynum.

The little shark's injury has recovered by 80%, but not to mention 80%. Even if he has extraordinary success in 12, he is not a match for Brother Panda in terms of bounce.

Ji Guoqiu jumped seven times in the playoffs, with a record of winning all and no defeat. Ji Guomo took away two chances of jumping, and the little Fox had never lost.

Clippers fans think about it carefully. The number of times they lost to their opponents on jump ball this season seems to be counting with their fingers.

Billups received the pass and advanced to the frontcourt, and the key's injury also recovered by 80%. In fact, the injury problem was in the division finals of the playoffs, and there were not many main players who had no injuries at all. Even the twin brothers had some minor injuries, such as Panda's left index finger, which was injured while fighting for rebounds, but it did not affect his game.

It seems that among the ten players on the court, the only one who is not injured at all is Ji Guomeng. This can only be understood as the villains are generally not easily injured.

The Lakers' defensive end strengthened the defense of the inside, which can also be seen from Phil Jackson's personnel use that his double-ath forward Odom was sent to the starter not only to defend Artest, but also to support the defense of the inside. The Lakers' lineup can be barely regarded as a three-tower lineup, using three inside lines to limit the performance of the twins.

However, Ji Guomomiya didn't care how many people came to defend him. For the first time, he ran around the bottom line, one round left and one round right, and took Gasol to run around the field.

This style of play is to disrupt the Lakers' defensive system and consume Gasol's physical strength by the way. His sister-in-law's staying power is not as strong as him. As long as she runs like this in three quarters, she will basically exhaust Gasol and anger the Lakers. After all, he runs around on the court, so it is impossible for Lakers players to not focus on him. Otherwise, once he gets an open shooting opportunity, this guy's shooting percentage is higher than the regular season's regular season shooting rate. Any blow to the Lakers with more than 50% of the shooting will be a blow to the Lakers, a fool can think of it.

Old Dunleavy watched Ji Guomo running wildly on the court and smiled proudly. They rested for ten days, but the Lakers only rested for three days. The Clippers undoubtedly had a huge advantage in physical strength. At this time, their advantages must be used to increase their chances of winning.

"Bang!"

The loud ironclad sound made Old Dunleavy's face froze, and his proud smile disappeared.

The Clippers have been resting for a long time and are physically better, but their condition has been cleared accordingly. Billups' emergency stop and jump shot after the pick-and-roll was pissed!

"Paul, I have a question, who is the boss of you or Kobe?" Of course, this kind of question that deserves a beating was asked by Ji Guomo.

Gasol's face turned cold, and Espanyol ignored the little fox at all. After being eliminated, Boozer has been criticizing Ji Guomeng for harassing him with trash words in the game, and said bluntly that Ji Guomeng is his most hated player, no doubt about it.

Phil Jackson emphasized this before the game. If the fox on the opposite side makes a provocation in the game, ignore him.

When the Lakers attacked, Fisher honestly brought the ball to the frontcourt and handed it over to Kobe.

James Percy is facing a big enemy. Kobe averaged nearly 30 points per game in the playoffs. The superstar with the strongest attack power in NBA is no joke. No one can defend him one-on-one. The Clippers use mixed defense against Kobe. James Percy is responsible for close-up control, and the main defense of his shot is given to Kobe. The other four players form a block. From Kobe's perspective, it was a 122 defensive formation. After passing Percy, there were two people, and after passing these two people, there were two people behind.

The Clippers' defense is based on a high degree of collectiveness, high execution ability, and high scalability. Not all teams can defend this formation if they want to defend. This mixed defense has very high requirements for the inside. Your two inside lines must have extremely high scalability. Simply put, it can stick out and quickly retract. Only inside lines like the twins with abnormal movement speed can be used.

If Kobe breaks through this defensive formation, the Clippers' inside line is equivalent to four people forming a small hole. Unless you, Pan, can shoot from the outside honestly and want to enter within fifteen feet of the range. The Clippers' answer is: No way.

However, the Clippers' arrangement was in vain as soon as they started. Kobe had no intention of breaking through or shooting. He gestured casually with the ball and passed the basketball to Gasol, who was about to be in place inside.
Chapter completed!