Chapter 297 Don't Always Bully Honest People

After receiving the award in the "away game", the game between the Lakers and the Clippers will begin.

In addition to these awards, the selection of the regular season MVP has not yet been decided.

The most likely candidates were LeBron James and Kobe Bryant.

In terms of record, James' Heat has 65 wins and 17 losses, the best in the league.

And they played a record 27 consecutive victories in the regular season, arguably the most dazzling team in the league.

But the Lakers also won 60 wins in the regular season. Although the winning percentage is not as good as the Heat, it is not far behind.

Moreover, Kobe played a different performance in the game than in the past.

He scored wildly at the beginning of the season, and in the middle and late seasons, he turned into an organizer, allowing people to see a different Kobe from the impression.

You know, Kobe has developed a solitary and selfish playing style since he played in Italy since he was a child.

Because when he was in Italy, he was the only black player.

Compared with him, other young players in Europe have much worse skills.

So Kobe is not willing to pass the ball, he believes in himself even more.

This style of play has almost run through Kobe's career, from a small black player on the streets of Italy to a 34-year-old NBA superstar.

As a result, this season, Kobe actually made a change.

Bryant averaged 27 points per game during the regular season, ranking second in the league behind Anthony.

At the same time, he also sent 6.9 assists, creating a new career high.

Such a self-changing style of play, as well as the effects it brings, will undoubtedly leave a deep impression on the media.

Before Kobe was injured, the most articles published by the Los Angeles media were analyzes of Kobe's changes in play.

Anyway, it's just a few blows.

In this way, in the selection of MVP, Kobe will undoubtedly increase a lot of impression points.

Impression points are very important, and there is also the factor of MVP aesthetic fatigue.

Since the MVP is no longer selected by the players themselves, the subjective factors have increased a lot.

For example, if a player always wins the MVP, even if his performance next season deserves to be the strongest in the league, he may lose the election.

Because everyone is bored.

The typical ones are Michael Jordan in 1997 and Karl Malone in 1998. It is actually more appropriate to switch between the two.

In 1997, Jordan was well-deserved number one in terms of team record and field performance, but he lost to Malone in the selection.

One of the reasons is that the judges are tired of aesthetics and don't want to keep watching Jordan win the MVP.

As compensation, the MVP was awarded to Jordan in 1998. In fact, Malone performed better this year.

Another example is 2011, when LeBron James undisputedly won the regular season MVP in 2009 and 2010.

As a result, he switched to the Miami Heat in 2011, which caused his reputation among fans and the media to plummet.

In 2011, James still played at the MVP level, but lost to the fledgling Derek Rose in the MVP selection.

Rose's strength and the Bulls' record are undoubtedly worthy of an MVP, but James' loss was indeed affected by subjective factors.

So this time the MVP candidate has not been announced for a long time, and it may be delayed until the conference finals.

At this point, Kobe has put the MVP matter behind him.

Although he bragged in front of the whole team during the season that he wanted to win an MVP, it was bragging after all.

Who hasn't blown a few unfulfilled cowhide in this life?

Kobe used to say that he surpassed Jordan, but now he can't surpass him even if he thinks about it with his toes.

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The game started on time at 7:00 p.m., and the third game was a must for the Clippers.

Otherwise, Li Liang would be complacent if he was really going to be condemned.

The Clippers' starting lineup was as expected, and there was still no change. Negro was really stuck to the end.

Of course, the Lakers will remain unchanged and respond to all changes, and they will shoot four stars for a while.

Tonight's Staples Center has become a sea of ​​red. Although there are a lot of Lakers fans wearing purple jerseys, most of them still support the Clippers.

After so many years in Los Angeles, the Clippers have accumulated many loyal fans.

The world is like this, where there is mainstream, there must be non-mainstream.

When the base is large to a certain extent, a small number of non-mainstream also have a large absolute number.

The slogan on the sidelines of the game is "Now? Is Big", which is the promotional word of this year's NBA, "big scene".

Judging from the first two games, the scene of the Los Angeles Derby was not big at all, and the Clippers lost too brittlely.

The Clippers have to respond a bit.

Jordan succeeded in the scrimmage, the first goal of the game.

Chris Paul and Griffin pick and roll, one failed and another, the Lakers switched defenses.

Li Liang switched to defend Paul one-on-one. In the corner on the left, Paul singled Li Liang with the ball.

This is exactly what Paul wanted to see, and it was Li Liang who hit him.

After Paul's continuous cross-step dribbles, he made a mid-range shot with a dry back!

The ball went into the net hollow and scored the Clippers' first point!

The Staples Center was full of joy, and this ball showed Paul's determination.

In the first two games, he passed, assisted, and organized at the beginning, but this time he attacked by himself.

Li Liang took the ball from the baseline and served, thinking to himself, everyone said that Paul was very similar to Kobe in personality, and it seemed to be true.

I lost too much before and lost in a hurry, and when I returned to my own field, I went all out.

Where did the morning go? Will you lose more if you work hard earlier? Do you have to pretend to wait for the explosion?

Just like in the 2008 finals, the Celtics beat the Celtics 0:2. Back at Staples, Kobe tried his best to break through and make a foul to get to the free throw line.

After fighting for one game, they were reversed in the fourth game, and they were directly beaten.

In 10 years, Kobe came to his senses, and started to fight in the first game, and won the championship in the seventh game.

Start fighting from the first moment, or it will be too late.

On the Lakers side, Kobe immediately responded.

With the help of Li Liang's screen, Nash entered the three-second zone, and then made a corner and passed the ball to Kobe in the corner.

Kobe catches the ball and hits a mid-range jumper.

This ball Billups' attention was on Nash, and even Kobe missed it.

If Nash found his form in the first round, then this round, Kobe is finding his offensive sense.

Then, the Clippers ran outside for a long time and didn't have a chance.

In the end, Paul could only pass the ball to Griffin, and Griffin forced a mid-range jumper and missed.

The rebound came out, Billups got the ball, but almost lost the ball under the interference of Li Liang.

In a hurry, Billups hit the ground and passed the ball to Jordan on the other side, but it hit Jordan's leg.

Out of bounds, mistake.

Paul was quite determined at the beginning, but he didn't shoot the second ball and let Griffin play.

Looking at Kobe again, the Lakers made a triangle offensive run, and Kobe has already got a singles opportunity at the waist.

Li Lianghang passed to Kobe, and Kobe caught the ball and turned around with a feint that shook Billups.

Then Kobe went straight to the basket from the bottom line, facing Jordan with a one-handed dunk!

Cheers at Staples Center!

Where are you?

Kobe scored two goals in a row in the opening game, and he also dunked.

Therefore, although Paul's personality is very similar to Kobe, he is not Kobe after all.

They used to work together and would be a perfect match, but no longer.

For the next ball, I don't know what the Clippers thought, but they chose to let Jordan squeeze to the basket, catch the ball and turn around to attack.

Although Jordan's ball position is very good, very deep, and completely blocked Howard.

But with Jordan's basket skills, how can he get in?

Li Liang came from the flank, and gave a big hat to Jordan in the air.

Little Jordan fell directly to the ground, but Li Liang did not foul the ball.

Ci Shiping picked up the ball and launched a counterattack.

However, during the counterattack, Howard accidentally touched Paul, and Paul fell to the ground in "pain".

The referee didn't call a foul when Jordan fell to the ground just now, so he's about to call it now.

As soon as he finished blowing, Paul stopped suffering and stood up from the ground.

Li Liang immediately turned on the hair dryer and said to the referee: "He's acting. Didn't you see what he was doing? This is a flop. He will fall if touched. Look at his butt is so big, the chassis is so stable, he will fall when touched ?"

Tonight's referee is Dan Crawford, and he understands Li Liang.

He reminded: "Bruce, play hard, don't stare at your opponent's ass."

Li Liang had nothing to say, and gave Dan a supercilious look.

If Paul acted like this, Li Liang would of course have to pay back one.

The Clippers attacked, Paul missed a throw, and when he was grabbing a rebound, Griffin bumped into Li Liang.

Li Liang grabbed the ball into his arms first, and then he jumped forward, feeling like he was knocked down by Griffin.

Griffin grabbed the rebound from behind and was a bit suspected of pushing someone with an elbow.

Seeing this, the referee fouled Griffin, and Griffin was stunned.

Damn, Paul is acting, why should it be returned to me?

It's Bruce Lee again, bullying honest people again.

The opening situation was very unfavorable for the Clippers. Ci Shiping received a pass from Nash during the offense and also hit a mid-range jumper.

Even Metta World Peace started hitting shots!

Then, Billups counterattacked with the ball, and finally missed a mid-range jumper.

The Clippers offense has lost its flow.

Then Howard grabbed the backcourt rebound, Billups stepped forward to grab the ball and fouled.

This is bad, I feel like I'm going to collapse.

The on-site commentary mentioned that Billups made 0 of 6 shots and failed to score 1 point in the last game, which caused a lot of damage to the team.

And Negro still trusts Billups.

The Lakers played very relaxed here, and Kobe missed a jumper outside.

But Li Liang grabbed the offensive rebound and gave the ball to Nash. Nash took the ball and started it. With the help of Li Liang's cover, he went to the basket and made a left-handed layup!

It's 8:2, and the Clippers said before the game that they will fight to the death.

This is the first time I put my feet in the water.

Negro did not call a timeout, and the Clippers launched a quick counterattack.

A quick serve directly from the backcourt, Paul received the ball from the center line, and made a long pass to the basket.

Griffinka is in a good position, catches the ball and makes a layup!

But after the goal, Griffin had a little physical contact with Li Liang who was defending him.

Griffin pushed Li Liang with his hand, and Li Liang tilted his body, feeling like he was about to fall.

The referee made a shot and gave Griffin a technical foul!

Griffin looked helpless, why did I foul again!

There was a lot of boos at the scene, the referee really went too far.

Li Liang just wanted to interfere with Griffin, but the referee called Griffin a technical foul in such a way.

Standing on the free throw line, Li Liang made a free throw for a technical foul.

He did not forget to tell the referee: "Dan, calling a technical foul is too much. In the playoffs, physical contact is normal."

The referee warned Li Liang: "No matter how wordy you are, I will also give you a technical foul."

Now Li Liang was not happy, and after making a free throw, he said to the referee: "Why are you unreasonable? If you have the ability, you blow it? You blow it!"

Well, the referee had never heard of such a request in his life, so he turned around and gave Li Liang a technical foul.

The entire audience was stunned, what happened?

Why Li Liang also received a technical foul.

Li Liang, who got the technical foul, had no objection. He walked up to Griffin and said, "I just want to compete fairly. Let me tell you, I will win you."

Griffin didn't speak, but his impression of Li Liang was inexplicably better.