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Chapter 255 Another Chinese Derby
After the game with the Spurs, the Lakers returned to Los Angeles and are about to have a city derby with the Clippers.

Compared with the star-studded Lakers, the Clippers are more like a stepmother.

When it comes to Los Angeles, the first thing the outside world thinks of is always the Lakers, and then after careful consideration, they remember the existence of the Clippers.

The current star of the Clippers is "Captain" Elton Brand, the No. 99 pick in the [-] draft.

This guy is also a role at the peak of his debut. He averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds per game in his first year as a rookie, and he definitely deserves the title of No. [-] pick.

But it is a pity that Brandon's career can also be said to be a history of injuries. Injuries have been throughout his entire career. In addition, his height is slightly small for the power forward position, so he The position in the league seems a bit embarrassing.

In this year's draft, the Clippers have already selected Al Thornton, a talented player with NBA strength, with 14 picks.

In addition, Chris Kaman, who was selected by the team with the sixth overall pick in the 03 draft, gradually came out.

Just when the Clippers management was ambitious and ready to return to the playoffs, their team boss Brandon tore his Achilles tendon during training in the team training hall in August, basically canceling the season.

Although the Clippers got off to a good start with 6 wins and 2 losses, as the regular season progressed, their record dropped rapidly.

Now the Clippers management is simply looking away. Instead of doing some unnecessary struggles, it is better to bet on next year's No. [-] pick.

In the first few rounds of this game, the two sides played evenly. At 8 minutes and 30 seconds of this quarter, Kobe made a difficult fadeaway jumper and the Lakers led 8:6.

After that, the Clippers' offense fell into a slump. They only scored 9 points in the rest of this quarter. The Lakers blossomed more under the leadership of Kobe, and finally led the Clippers with a score of 33 to 18.

Among them, Kobe scored 11 points in the first quarter, which shows the gap between the two teams.

Because of the loss to the Spurs in the last game, the team's record of never having a two-game losing streak this season was broken. Now all the Lakers are simmering in their hearts.

During the intermission, head coach Phil Jackson and Kobe reached an agreement: "In the second quarter, we will take this game away, and everyone should stop playing it again!"

Therefore, this time the Lakers did not repeat the previous mistake that as long as they took the lead, they would definitely die.

After the start of the second quarter, Chris Kaman stepped up his offense in the interior according to coach Mike Dunleavy's strategy.

Obviously, many teams now know that this seemingly invincible Lakers team has a lot of flaws in their interior.

There is nothing wrong with Deng Liwei's idea, but it is a pity that Kaman is not Duncan!

Chris Kaman scored 2 points personally in the first 3 minutes of the second quarter, seeing the score approaching, but this is already the last flashback of the Clippers in this game.

With all the members of the Lakers united as one, the Clippers have nothing to fight back except for Kaman who can occasionally score a few goals in the interior.

At the end of the first half, the point difference between the two teams had reached 30 points, and the second half was basically reduced to garbage time.

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Kuaichuan team 113:92, and Jin Hao scored a game-high 35 points.

Ok……

After Kobe scored 19 points in the first half, he basically didn't play in the second half. After all, the Black Mamba still couldn't bear to play in garbage time.

But Jin Hao is different. With the sign of "rookie player", he can refresh his statistics in garbage time with peace of mind.

The result of this game was within everyone's expectations, and no one thought the Clippers could beat the Lakers.

Although there has always been a legend in the league that "there are no underdogs in the NBA!", but that is something that can be met but not sought after. Today's Clippers don't have that fate.

"Kim, do you have anything to say about your practice of playing in garbage time to score points?"

"Yes, Jin, we have statistics. So far this season, you have become the team's scoring leader for more than half of the games, and most of these times you surpassed Kobe by scoring points in garbage time. Don't you feel ashamed?"

At the post-match interview, Jin Hao once again became the focus of the audience.

And this time his reason for being on the list is a bit eye-catching: rubbish time to score points.

Although he had indeed done this, Jin Hao would not admit it even if he was beaten to death.

A famous writer in our country said: "If a person wants to succeed, he must first be ashamed, and even more so, he must know his mistakes and correct them without admitting them!"

Boss Cao, one of Jin Hao's many idols, has practiced the principle of "knowing mistakes and correcting them but not admitting mistakes!" throughout his life. As a loyal fan of Boss Cao, Jin Hao naturally wants to put this into practice.

"Score points in garbage time? This does not exist. I can assure everyone that every minute I am on the court is contributing to the team's victory!"

"I remember you, but don't forget, I'm still a rookie player! When the team takes a big lead, shouldn't I, as a rookie player, practice more on the court? I think I still have a lot to do. room for improvement."

"Besides, the reason why I was able to stay on the court was entirely because of the trust of the head coach Mr. Phil Jackson in me, and I did not live up to his trust in me. Just like your statistics, after I became a team player At the same time as the scoring champion, the Lakers basically won, don't you dare to say?"

Look at Jin Hao's submissive look, not only the reporter next to him, but even Kobe sitting next to him has black lines all over his head.

……

After the end of the city derby, the Lakers' opponent in the next game is of great significance to the entire league.

It's not about how they face such a powerful opponent, but because they will go to the Sleep Train Arena to challenge the Kings away.

That's right, the Kings with Yi Jianlian.

The main theme of this game is obviously "Chinese Derby", and it is also a live broadcast across the United States.

This is another competition between two Chinese players on the same stage after the Lakers challenged the Mosaic team's "Chinese Derby".

Jin Hao and Yao Ming have met twice this season. Even if the Mosaics and the Lakers belong to the West, the chances of meeting are relatively high, but the next time they meet again, it is estimated that they will be at the end of the regular season.

And this time is the first meeting between Jin Hao and Yi Jianlian after they both entered the NBA. No wonder this game is so meaningful.

It is worth mentioning that Yi Jianlian in the Kings also performed quite well.

凭借着场均13分7篮板2.7助攻的数据，19年成为了这一届新秀球员中得分第5，篮板第4的存在。

What's even more amazing is that as an insider, Yi Jianlian actually averaged nearly 3 assists per game, which is really impressive.

Yi Jianlian's high-level support ability reminded Kings fans of Chris Webber, the team's pride.

On the whole, although Yi Jianlian is inferior to Chris Webber in all aspects, he is already the second power forward with such great potential in the Kings since Dark Chocolate.

Coupled with Kevin Martin, who has the ability to average 20+ points per game, the Kings once again feel that the team's spring is coming.

(End of this chapter)