I'm teammates with Kobe

Chapter 194

Nash, who had not participated in the game for a long time, felt a little sore in his calf after only playing 7 minutes in the first half. Out of careful consideration, he did not play in the second half.

After the start of the third quarter, the Lakers continued to show off their power on both ends of the offense and defense. Before the fourth quarter started, they beat the 76ers without a super giant to the north.

In the end, the Lakers celebrated their 8-game winning streak and beat their opponents 110-93.

科比22投14中，罚球10中7，砍下36分、6个篮板和1次抢断，0次助攻。楚晓14投8中，其中三分球7投4中，砍下22分、13个助攻、5个篮板和3次抢断，0失误。

If you are looking for an adjective to describe Kobe this season, then "rejuvenation" is probably the most appropriate choice.This season, the 34-year-old Kobe not only averaged 35.7 minutes per game, but averaged 30.1 points per game. 48.8%) hit a career high.Not only that, he also scored 0.2+ in 10 consecutive games before.

Although Nash only played 7 minutes, he made 1 of 1 three-pointers and scored 3 points, 4 assists and 1 rebound. When he was on the court, his plus-minus value was +12, the third highest in the team, second only to Chu Xiao with Kobe.So his debut was considered a success, and his performance won unanimous praise from experts from all walks of life after the game.

Although he is still sharp on the offensive end, he is somewhat weak on the defensive end, and his physical strength will not keep up after a long game.Judging from this game, Nash's role as Chu Xiao's substitute is indeed his best choice and the team's strongest lineup.

Starting lineup: Chu Xiao, Kobe, Artest, Gasol, Howard.

Substitutes: Nash, Meeks, McGrady, Odom, Jordan Hill.

Mobile players: Arenas, Duhon, Clark, Jamison, Thackeray.

The wounded return, the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong.Whether such a lineup is likely to compete for the championship, many people think that the Clippers in the same city are the touchstone for the Lakers.Because the two will meet for the first time this season at the Staples Center on January 1, the Clippers' record before the game was 4 wins and 25 losses, which was better than the Lakers' 8 wins and 22 losses.

As we all know, there are 30 teams in the NBA. Logically speaking, each team should occupy a city exclusively. However, in the international metropolis of Los Angeles, there are two teams coexisting. One is the traditional giants. One is the league's upstart Clippers.

The Los Angeles Clippers are a rising star, founded in Buffalo in 1970, and later moved to San Diego and Los Angeles.The team was not called the Clippers when it was founded, but the Buffalo Braves. It was relocated to San Diego in the 1977-78 season and was renamed the Clippers.

After Sterling became the team owner, he moved to Los Angeles in 1984 and shared the Staples Arena with the Lakers.

Since joining the NBA, the team's record is mostly negative, and the strength is very weak. The winning percentage is 0.395, which is basically the bottom of the league.The greatest star in its history is Bob McAdoo, who has won honors such as the best rookie, scoring champion and regular season most valuable player.

The team didn't make it to the playoffs for the first time until the 1991-92 season, but was eliminated by the Jazz in the first round. They made it to the playoffs in 1993 and 1997, but they were both eliminated in the first round, which was miserable.

After that, with the arrival of the new century, the team finally ushered in a new development.

In 2003, Chinese player Wang Zhizhi joined the Clippers, giving this unknown team a lot of exposure at once, but the team's record has always been only one step away from the playoffs.

In the 2009-10 season, the Clippers were lucky enough to draw the 2009 lottery pick and selected Blake Griffin, but Griffin became the second No. .In this season, the Clippers had a poor record, only 3 wins and 1 losses. However, under the leadership of Kobe, the Lakers in the same city defeated their old rival Celtics and won the 29th championship in team history.On the other hand, the Clippers, let alone winning the championship, even made the playoffs less than 53 times.

Starlight is very dim and humble.

In the 2010-11 season, the team started with only 1 win and 13 losses.When everyone thought that the Clippers were going to spend another season in a mediocre season, Blake Griffin activated the entire Clippers.Relying on his super physical fitness and terrible inside lethality, Griffin helped the Clippers win 17 of 12 games by defeating the Heat, Lakers and other strong teams.However, due to injury problems, the team was forced to only achieve 32 wins and 50 losses.

But Griffin averaged 22.5 points, 12.1 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game. He became the first rookie to be selected for the All-Star Game after Yao Ming in 2003. His beastly dunks have become the most beautiful scenery in the league. His slam dunk over the car in the season's slam dunk contest is even more recorded in the annals of history.

In the 2011-12 season, Chris Paul, who was originally going to join the Lakers, joined the Clippers for "basketball reasons". Earned the nickname "Lob City," and the team entered the playoffs.In the first round, they eliminated the Grizzlies with 4 wins and 3 losses. However, they met the Spurs with four championships in the Western Conference semifinals and were swept in straight sets.

But this is the best record in team history.

This season, Paul made a comeback with Griffin, vowing to touch the floor of the Western Conference Finals in the playoffs.

The team is young and dynamic, starting with Chris Paul, Willie Green, Caron Butler, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan.

There are also bench gangsters like Matt Barnes and Ronnie Turiaf sitting on the bench. 1 win.

They will play at home against the third-ranked Lakers in the Western Conference. The two teams seem to be equally strong, but star-studded. This has greatly improved the ratings of "TNT" compared with usual, with the number of viewers reaching 510 million.

Therefore, many fans and celebrities paid close attention to this game before the game.And the Lakers star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar received the most likes and reposts on his tweets. He wrote: "Aite Lakers, win, stay focused, and bring back a wave of new era champions."

Abdul-Jabbar posted a picture of himself and Magic Johnson, with the image of Magic Johnson saying: "Hey Cap, our guys got a win last night!"

"It reminds us of the Showtime era," Kareem said.

It can be said that this game is highly anticipated, but the Lakers appeared at the Staples Center as an away game.This made Chu Xiao feel a little strange. It can be seen that the Staples Center has replaced the Clippers' floor and hoops, and their logos are plastered inside and outside the stadium, but the arena is full of people wearing clothes For fans of the Lakers uniform, what is more conspicuous is that there are still 16 championship banners belonging to the Lakers hanging above the arena, as well as the retired jerseys of Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and others.

"This...is completely our Lakers' home court." Chu Xiao couldn't help but said.

"No way, this is cultural repression belonging to the Lakers, as well as honor repression." Kobe replied.

Kobe is right, the Lakers have been suppressing the Clippers in every way.When people mention Staples, they first think of the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Clippers have always lived in the shadow of the Lakers.

Both teams are tenants in Staples, but for the Lakers they are the home team, and the Clippers are the tenants.The Lakers are a traditional giant, and have always been one of the teams with the most fans in the league. The attendance rate is very high in all Lakers games, but the Clippers are different. Although there are not many fans, every game day, There are Lakers elements everywhere in the arena, which is cultural suppression.

In terms of honors, the Lakers have a total of 31 Western Conference championships and 16 championships, and the Clippers have none.So in the Los Angeles Derby every season, when they see the championship flag and retired jerseys hanging over Staples, Clippers players and fans know that this place does not belong to them.

In addition, the Lakers have the most stars in the league, Baylor, West, Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magician, Worthy, O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, etc., the team history lineup, even the bench team is better than most teams in the league. The team history lineup is strong.On the contrary, the Clippers are so bleak. In the past, there were several players such as McAdoo and Brand, and now they finally have Paul and Griffin. It is hard to say how much they can achieve in the future.

In fact, looking at the entire sports world, there are not a few teams in a city that have two teams, but few of them share a home court like the Lakers and Clippers.

So the question is, how did the Lakers and Clippers complete the home switch?You must know that every time an NBA game is played, the home court will be covered with its own LOGO, and the sponsors of the two teams are different. Do these things need to be replaced?

This is the case.

Whenever the Lakers and Clippers want to switch home courts, there will be staff who will replace the LOGO, stickers on chairs, sponsor posters and other things in the venue in advance.

All the markers in the venue are newly replaced. It is said that these things are usually stored in the warehouse and taken out when they need to be switched.

Generally speaking, each replacement requires 30 workers to work at the same time.

But this time is different, because the Lakers had just finished playing the 76ers before, and then switched to the Clippers to play at home, so more than 100 staff members came to the scene, and they needed to finish overnight the night before, because the first The players will come to train the next morning, and the media will also enter the filming.

Of all the things to replace, replacing the floors is the hardest.In order to quickly replace the floor, the staff drove a forklift into the arena and removed all the floor at once.

However, there are some things that cannot be replaced, that is, the Lakers championship banner and retired jerseys. They have been hanging over the Staples Center for many years, and people can see West, Chamberlain, Magic as soon as they look up. Division, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and others' jerseys...

(End of this chapter)