In addition to the twin brothers performing well in this game, Billups' performance is also remarkable.

The 34-year-old Billups is two years older than Kobe. Today he is 31 years old and should be at the peak of Byron Davis Lakers who got this bearded point guard in order to fight against the neighbor's star guard, but it obviously went against his wishes.

As the saying goes, "Ginger is still the hottest thing." The older Billups not only successfully restricted Byron Davis, who was younger than him in the game, but also contributed great offensive firepower when the Clippers needed to score the most, helping the Clippers bit the Lakers in the second and third quarters, and successfully defended Davis in the counterattack stage. The confrontation between these two people was a complete victory.

The data of these two people can also illustrate this point. Billups scored 16 points, 4 assists and 2 steals in this game. It looks careless and barely considered a quasi-All-Star data, but he successfully limited the opponent Davis to 8 points, 6 assists, which is very rare. We all know that Billups is not good at defense. His entire career, if it comes to defensive ability, is medium to the upper level, but today he has done more than just a little better.

The Clippers said a lot after the game, but they just didn't mention how they dealt with Kobe's defense. Barkley summarized this for the Lakers.

After the game, Big Butt was still analyzing the Clippers' defense against Kobe in the first game in the live broadcast.

"We all know that Avraro, Barnes, and Garcia are all untalking people. The Clippers have studied defense against Kobe. First, it is 1-on-1. The lateral movement prevents Kobe from breaking through casually. Secondly, if you have pick-and-roll and cover, two big men in the interior who are not big men will come over immediately. Today, the Clippers' most successful defense is to limit Kobe's sports space in the game, which means covering the 3-second zone. Kobe can't get in easily. But Kobe still won 40+ today, which can only say that the league superstars cannot be completely defended. The Clippers caught up with Kobe and felt a lot of touch on the outside. Even if they defended well, they did not get the result in their minds."

Barkley finally smiled and said, "I am starting to worry for the Lakers now that they feel so good today. They are not able to win the game. If they do not have the feel of today in the next game, the Clippers will regain their feel, so there is no need to say more if they win or lose."

On May 5, Barkley's big mouth was indeed fulfilled. The Clippers still put defense first in this game and refused to allow Kobe to easily enter the three-second zone, allowing him to make a difficult jump shot outside.

Every time Ji Guomeng faces Kobe, he doesn't have idle mouth. He provoked Kobe with extremely fast speaking speed: "Submission, don't you like this the most?"

In this situation, Kobe finally lost the abnormal accuracy of the previous game. When he found that he felt bad, Kobe's pass was difficult to become an assist. The Lakers players' feel today was average. In addition, the Clippers' defensive strength was too strong. This game became an ugly defensive battle. The whole scene was like two people fighting in the quagmire, slow and ugly.

The Clippers' strategy to deal with the Lakers is defense. If the Lakers compete in offense, they may not be too bad with Kobe, Odom, Gasol, and Davis. Moreover, Kobe often performs uncontrollable under this rhythm. So old Dunleavy simply gave up his plan to compete in offense with the Lakers and use his stronger field to play a round of defensive battle with the Lakers. The Clippers, who have twin brothers, compete in defensive ability, needless to mention the Lakers, even the entire NBA history may not necessarily have opponents, and the chance of defeating the Lakers in this way is naturally higher.

In the second game of the Lakers, the triangle offense still couldn't be played. All the Zen master's arrangements turned into flowing water in front of the twin brothers. The Lakers' current triangle offense could not penetrate the defense of the two historical inside lines, and the Lakers could only be dragged into the quagmire and struggled.

The Clippers' offense was not opened either, and Chandler, Gasol and Moon's defense was not easy to break. The two brothers also felt tricky on the offensive end, and their shooting percentages had a significant decline compared to the previous round.

Most fans don’t like to watch such games, but some fans will be fascinated by them. Every round of the game is full of confrontation, and the intensity is far greater than that of each other.

The Clippers ended the first half with a point advantage. In the third quarter, Kobe started an invincible singles mode. Although this unreasonable style of play caused great trouble for the Clippers, they knew more clearly that such an offense meant that the Lakers were helpless and could only rely on Kobe's personal abilities.

Then the question goes back to the same place in the last game. Kobe's hand feel is quite ups and downs. He can't beat the Clippers in a single game in the whole game. In fact, Kobe's hand feel only half of the time today. The Clippers directly scored a 19:4 wave through a series of offensives from the two brothers in the second half of the third quarter.

Before the Clippers made this wave of offensive, the Lakers were still four points ahead of the Clippers, but after the end of the third quarter, the Lakers had become the side behind 11 points.

Ji Guomeng became a player who changed the game in this round of offensive. In the second half of the third quarter, Old Dunleavy once again handed over the heavy responsibility of guarding Kobe to the little fox. Although he was facing Kobe in excellent condition, Ji Guomeng still used his speed and height to complete the task assigned by the coach.

As for the offensive task, Old Dunleavy handed over to Panda Brother to a large extent. Ji Guoqiu has gradually found a way to deal with Chandler. Today, he is obviously much better on the offensive end than in the previous game.

In the fourth quarter, Kobe fell off the court for a while, and Billups got angry and scored 5 points in a row, helping the Clippers consolidate their lead. By the time the main players of both teams returned to the court, the Clippers had already led the Lakers by 15 points and the overall situation was decided.

The "Clippers' Law" actually started at the end of the third quarter. Now that the Clippers have a 15-point lead, it is difficult for the Lakers to turn the tables again.

Ji Guochou's performance on the offensive end in the fourth quarter was even more eye-catching. His low-post footsteps and fake moves allowed Chandler's bounce, height and wingspan advantages to the greatest extent. In terms of strength, Panda Brother has the advantage. So fans saw Ji Guochou using his low-post offense to support the team's offense on the stage of the playoffs. In the two games against the Lakers, the Clippers' offensive core was actually Panda Brother.

Chandler is tall, wingspan and excellent physical fitness. It should be the perfect inside defense core, but when he meets Ji Guocho, who is not inferior in physical fitness, his various strengths are suppressed and unable to play. He can often see Ji Guocho flashing out of the gap with his fast back foot, easily hitting the basketball with a hook, or turning directly to the basket and dunk to create greater damage.

In the fourth quarter, Ji Guoqiu scored 10 points at a low post, which was what he did in 5 minutes of playing time. In the last half of the game, the score difference had become 20+, and the Lakers voluntarily gave up the game.

After the game, the cheers of "mvp" and "mvp" in Staples Arena were heard!

As soon as the final whistle sounded, Kobe immediately lowered his head and walked into the player channel. Such a failure made Pan unbearable, especially the core performance on the opposite side was not inferior to him, which made Kobe, who had a strong desire to win, not wanting to stay for a second.

Ji Guoqiu's performance today was better than the previous game, scoring a game-high 30 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 blocks. He completely beat the defensive champion Tyson Chandler at a low post, who was always slowing down in front of his footsteps.

Ji Guomeng scored 22 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks today. His score was less than the previous game, but no one would ignore the role he played in the game. Moreover, he limited the score, rebounds and assists against Gasol to himself, and suppressed Kobe's offense at the end of the third quarter, and his contribution was no less than that of the Panda brother.

Barkley commented on this game again after the game. He believed that the Clippers' tactics today were more targeted. First, it was to prevent Gasol from taking action easily, and secondly, it was to prevent Kobe from breaking through easily, and only let Pan or Gasol shoot from mid- and long distances. Once the two of them were not accurate in shooting, the Lakers would die immediately.

The Clippers' defense now requires protection of the 3-second zone as the first goal. As for one-on-one, Avraro and Kobe, Barnes and Kobe, Ji Guomeng and Kobe, these are all within the category of personal technology and not in the category of teams. They are just the first level of defense. Any team with excellent defense can do it.

The Clippers' real defense is something that other teams can't learn, but actually the auxiliary defense is assisting. Their assisting defense is particularly good and the scope is also abnormal.

In the first round against the Grizzlies, the Clippers used this method to successfully curb Griffin and Mayo. They used the method of assisting defense and supplementing defense to limit Griffin and the Grizzlies players to the 3-second zone, forcing them to shoot at the position where they are the least good at and have the lowest shooting rate. Once the shooting is not accurate, they will immediately take it away.

The same is true for Kobe's first and second games. When he shoots accurately, the Lakers can maintain a stalemate with the Clippers or lead slightly. But once he shoots inaccurately, the Lakers will immediately be overtaken by the Clippers. At this time, the mentality of Lakers players will be affected, and the shooting will only become less accurate, and the final result will be a sudden collapse.

The Zen master also thought about a way to deal with it, but Kobe passed the basketball outside, Davis couldn't make a shot, Moon couldn't make a shot, none of these players could make 3 points, and Gasol wouldn't make 3 points. Therefore, the entire outside Lakers made 4 of 18 shots today, and no one in the team could help Kobe take on the scoring task when he was personally blocked.
Chapter completed!