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After defeating the Sacramento Kings, the Clippers have achieved an impressive 11-game winning streak.

They have become hot in the league. In the past two seasons, although they are very strong, they always feel like a "pseudo-strong team".

Because in the playoffs, they were swept for two consecutive seasons and did not show too much competitiveness.

In the regular season, their fast and offensive style of play is considered unsuitable for fighting in the playoffs.

At the beginning of the season, the Clippers continued their style of play last season, and their scoring average soared all the way, firmly occupying the first position in the league.

After losing to the Magic and the Heat one after another, it was considered that it was still unable to wrestle with the strong teams because there was no defense.

In this wave of winning streak, the changes of the Clippers are obvious.

They averaged fewer points per game, and they no longer pushed and counterattacked desperately like before, regardless of the cost.

Paul began to control the rhythm consciously, and gave the ball to Li Liang to organize when needed.

With Li Liang's current organizational ability, he will not make long passes.

He only has basic short passes, ground passes and the ability to use his own space to open up, giving teammates better one-on-one offensive space.

In general, the Clippers' offensive end has become more layered, no longer blindly playing fast, and no longer relying too much on Paul.

As a master of chicken soup, Rivers began to consciously downplay the question of who is the leader of Li Liang-Paul in the team after coaching for a period of time.

It's simply a two-headed system. Whoever comes feels like it will fight, and the disputes between the two are becoming less and less.

As for Griffin, he has completely become the third master, and he is happy to lead the second team.

In addition to offense, the biggest change for the Clippers is defense, which must be thanks to Mike Brown.

After defeating the Kings and winning 11 consecutive victories, the Los Angeles media published articles in recognition of the changes Mike Brown brought to the Clippers after he came to the Clippers.

Mike Brown, who was about to be blackened into carbon in the Lakers before, suddenly became the darling of the Los Angeles media, and almost became synonymous with "Tianshichengjin".

In the face of such praise, Mike Brown was as steady as a rock and did not express anything.

After all, he has been in the league for many years, and he has seen a lot of boastful black people. Whether it is wearing a high hat or adding insult to injury, he can deal with it calmly.

Now as the assistant coach of the Clippers, he has another important job to deal with, which is about the team's signings.

At present, the Clippers' player signing power is mainly in the hands of Doug Rivers.

Like the previous head coach Negro, the Clippers like to add the positions of head coach, player director, and even general manager to one person.

From the perspective of management and talent selection, this is more efficient. Whoever the head coach wants, the main boss nods and agrees, and that player can be introduced to the team.

Unlike some teams, the general manager doesn't like the people the general manager wants, and the general manager can't get the people the head coach wants.

Of course, there must be disadvantages to too much power concentration, especially Rivers has no experience in player introduction before.

At present, everything is going well for the Clippers overall, with a good record and lineup, but Rivers must consider the long-term.

The NBA schedule is very long, and this is just the beginning.

Paul's injury sounded the alarm for the team, and we must pay attention to the injuries of the main players.

The good news for the Clippers is that Bledsoe is about to return, and Paul will have a solid backup.

The bad news, at least in Rivers' eyes, is that the Clippers still can't find a reliable substitute for Li Liang.

Although Griffin is now in the second team, he will take Li Liang's position and lead the team when Li Liang is off the court.

But there is indeed no player who is Li Liang's B pick.

If Li Liang is absent, the current Clippers' lineup system will not even find a spare tire.

Of course, Rivers didn't know that Li Liang was wearing so many ugly equipment. As long as he was not beaten, the chance of injury was very low.

Besides, he is only in the second grade, which is when a player is at his healthiest, so worrying about his injury is tantamount to worrying about it.

But there is no way, the Clippers have a fan owner who always wants to do something.

Ballmer thought that it would be impossible for the team not to have a substitute for Li Liang, and it was necessary to get a shadow warrior for Li Liang.

Coincidentally, during this period of time, the former Clippers player Lamar Odom expressed that he hopes to return to the Clippers.

In the summer, the Clippers were going to renew the contract with Odom, but two reasons caused Odom to miss the Clippers again.

One, of course, is that because of the arrival of Li Liang, the Clippers have no intention of negotiating with Odom.

The second is because Odom has been plagued by negative news during this period. He has been deeply involved in negative news such as divorce, drunk driving, and drugs.

Since Ballmer just bought the team, he doesn't want Odom to affect the team's new atmosphere.

After that, Odom considered re-signing with the Lakers, but the current situation of the Lakers is not much better than Odom.

In general, Odom still hopes to return to the Clippers.

After all, Odom has entered the league since 1998. Although he has traveled to many places, he has spent 12 of his 14 seasons in Los Angeles.

One of them was to Miami, and the stay in Miami was not bad, after all, it is also a seaside city, where you can eat and play.

Later, I went to Dallas once, and my word-of-mouth completely collapsed. I couldn't adapt to the environment of the Lone Ranger at all. In the end, I went to Los Angeles with a lot of infamy.

For Odom, Los Angeles is his real home.

After Odom expressed in the media that he hopes to come to the Clippers, the Clippers are of course also considering whether to re-sign Odom.

At present, there is still a spot available in the Clippers team, and it is not a problem to win Odom with a basic salary.

That's why Ballmer asked Li Liang if he wanted Odom to come to the team that day.

Now that Li Liang agrees, Ballmer believes that this signing can be considered.

After that, it is naturally the opinion of the coaching staff.

Rivers needs to consider comprehensively, among which Mike Brown's opinion is of course very important.

Mike Brown thought, damn Li Liang agrees, how can I disagree?

But as a professional NBA coach, the winner of the best coach still has to show a little professionalism.

For this reason, Mike Brown pretended to talk about some opinions in front of Rivers, but in the end it was the same as not saying anything.

In the end, it was up to Rivers to make up his mind.

Rivers decided to speak to Odom in person after the Pacers game.

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After playing the Kings away, the Clippers ended November and entered December.

Throughout November, the Clippers achieved an impressive record. It can be said that the best of the month in the Western Conference this month is about to be produced between Li Liang and Paul.

Of course, the Clippers have achieved such outstanding results, which also has a certain relationship with the schedule.

More than half of the games in November are home games, very few away games, and there are no consecutive away games.

The situation will be different in December, and the Clippers will usher in a long road trip in the East.

This will be the time to test the continuity and combat effectiveness of the Clippers players.

And the first game in December was extremely eye-catching, the Clippers VS Pacers, because this is the top battle between the East and the West!

The Clippers' record of 15 wins and 2 losses is good enough, but they are only number one in the Western Conference.

The No. 1 position in the East is firmly occupied by the Indiana Pacers. They have a proud record of 15 wins and 1 loss after the start of the season!

In the playoffs last season, the Pacers can be said to be a surprise.

They eliminated the Knicks, pushed the Heat into a desperate situation, and finally fell short.

This season, the Pacers have gone one step further and become stronger on the basis of last year.

Since the incident at the Palace of Auburn Hills caused the Pacers' championship career to be destroyed, in just a few years, the Pacers have risen again.

I have to say that people are dead compared to others, and goods are thrown away when compared with goods.

The Pacers are also a small club, except for the draft free market, they can hardly sign any big-name players.

In this case, since the 1990s, the Pacers have always maintained a strong competitiveness.

The first generation is dead, and it can be rebuilt quickly in a few years, which shows that this team has a strong hematopoietic regeneration ability.

Although they are always one breath away from the championship, it's not that they are not good enough, but that in a commercial league, it is really too difficult for a small ball to win the championship.

The momentum of the Pacers this year is quite fierce, and they feel like they are about to make a career.

Therefore, this battle for the top spot in the East and West has attracted widespread attention.

The game time is also scheduled at 3:30 pm Pacific time, so that fans in the East can watch the live broadcast of the game at night.

Before the start of the game, the Clippers announced the team's roster, and Paul entered the starting list, indicating that his hamstring strain is not a serious problem.

As for the battle for the top spot in the East and West with the Pacers, Paul will definitely participate.

This is the time to verify the team's combat effectiveness.

Fox Television broadcast the game live across the United States.

Rivers was interviewed before the game and mentioned Li Liang and Paul George.

"Paul George has improved very quickly. He has grown into one of the best small forwards in the league. His defense and his shooting are awesome. But we have Bruce Lee. Many people may have forgotten. He I'm only in second grade this year."

That's right, Li Liang is only in the second grade. Not to mention many people have forgotten, Rivers, you didn't remember either, did you?

Did you train Li Liang as a rookie?

Do you train rookies?

Li Liang is still a child in the NBA.