The God of Basketball

After the game, Randy Foye was as quiet as a crowing rooster. After being stripped of all the beautiful feathers from his body, he quietly left Los Angeles.

Honestly, he should thank Lindsay Lohan. If Lindsay Lohan hadn't suddenly ran to the underground parking lot like crazy, he would never have spent it so easily. The Los Angeles media will definitely use the most space to ridicule this ignorant 15th pick rookie.

On the second night of the official announcement of the Bruce shoes, Li Zhen returned to the Staples Arena again.

The Lakers' last preseason game of the season is against the Los Angeles Clippers.

The highlight of this game is that Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy declared before the game that Los Angeles has only one successor to the magician, and his name is Sean Livingston.

Livingston was a high school point guard selected fourth overall by the Clippers in 2004. He has a height of 201, a wingspan of 211, super fast speed, excellent passing vision and a defensive area that makes attackers new and terrifying.

Therefore, when he was 2 months away from his 19th birthday, he entered the NBA with great ambitions under the title of "Mr. Basketball in Illinois" and "First Team All-American".

Basketball experts also have high expectations for him, although he is as thin as Bruce, and his confrontation ability is almost the same. However, everyone predicts that he will become the next Penny Hardaway, or the new generation triple-double king Oscar Robertson. And because he is in Los Angeles, he is more regarded as the next magician, because their height and position are exactly the same, and they are all tall point guards.

But now, as Bruce played the classic Lakers show- in the last game, the media close to the Lakers began to call Li Zhen the new generation of magicians. Even Elvin Johnson himself made a 'compliment' voice in front of the media: "The times are different. Now it is the Internet age, and the thinking of young people is far more active than ours. I have watched many Bruce games, and many passes are indeed It's beyond my imagination. So, of course he is the new generation of Lakers magician. There is no doubt about it!"

The endorsement of the magician makes this title more justifiable.

But the Clippers were a little uncomfortable up and down.

After all, before this, Sean Livingston had always inherited the title. Moreover, after adapting in the first two seasons, Livingston's body has gradually thickened this season, and the increase in confrontation ability has allowed him to perform better and better on the court.

Therefore, the head coach Mike Dunleavy slammed Bruce in the media. One is to maintain the status of his favorite general. Second, it is also a shot at the Lakers' dominance in Los Angeles. Last season, the Clippers finally overwhelmed the Lakers in terms of record. This year, they are strong and strong, and they want to surpass the Lakers in one fell swoop.

However, Bruce didn't have any direct conversations with Shaun Livingston in this game.

When Dunleavy tried to put Livingston in the starting position, the Lakers started Smush Parker.

Facing Smush Parker, Sean Livingston really showed his amazing vision and beautiful and skilled mid-range shooting ability. Although his confrontation is not as good as Parker's, his height advantage allows him to almost get anything he wants on top of Parker.

Under the cover of Maggette and Brand. Livingston scored 9 points and 3 assists in a single quarter. There was also a beautiful pass behind the head, which assisted Captain Brand for a dunk in the penalty area.

This made a small group of Clippers fans in the Staples Arena quite happy, and they cheered harshly.

Lakers fans are relatively depressed.

Even if the Black Mamba went on a killing spree in the first quarter, leading the team to the lead. They still feel empty.

Just when some impatient fans were about to shout 'We-need-Bruce', Li Zhen went into battle in the second quarter.

But what makes Lakers fans regret is that at this time the Clippers replaced Sean Livingston and used veteran Sam Cassell to lead the second team for tactical training.

When Bruce stood with Sam Cassell,

The imagery is extremely strong: it's really... against harmony for such an ugly old man to stand together with such a handsome young man.

The playing styles of the two are also very different. Kassel is known for his sophistication and calmness. Moreover, he is very good at post-up singles. Although his strength and stature are not outstanding, his back-to-back singles skills make Li Zhen overwhelmed and difficult to parry.

Fortunately, Sam Cassell couldn't resist Bruce's nimble and quick attack.

Li Zhen led Radmanovic, Vujacic, Eddie Griffin and Kwame Brown to launch a fierce attack that overwhelmed the Clippers.

Moreover, Bruce made wonderful passes in the fast offense and defense, and all kinds of unimaginable passes made Staples' Lakers fans eye-opening and exclaimed. In an instant, the arrogance of a small group of Clippers fans was beaten down.

All the Lakers fans looked proud, with the attitude of 'this is the orthodox magician' on their faces.

Bruce led the team to play for 5 minutes, within these 5 minutes. Although he had Cassel get seven points on him. However, he led the team to score a total of 19 points, and the efficiency surprised the coaching staff of both sides: because after a comprehensive conversion, the points per 100 rounds even surpassed the Phoenix Suns and the Golden State Warriors.

Li Zhen has made great contributions. His 2 points and 6 assists let everyone see his organizational talent.

At least in Los Angeles, no one doubts his legitimacy as the third pick anymore.

In the hearts of many fans, Bruce has even begun to regard Bruce as the future of the Lakers alongside Andrew Bynum.

Five minutes later, Phil Jackson decisively replaced Li Zhen.

He doesn't really want Li Zhen to stay on the court for too long, he has enough patience to wait for Bruce to grow.

At this time, Clippers coach Dunleavy replaced Livingston.

Unlike Phil Jackson, Dunleavy now desperately needs Livingston to take over the flag at the Clippers' No. 1 position. He believes that Livingston is enough to cope with the intensity of the NBA level after two years of NBA professional training, and even encourages Livingston to kill more inside. Because both Mobley and Cassel are too old, and neither has the ability to break into the penalty area and tear the defense.

To be honest, he has a tendency to "backfire".

Livingston played the second quarter and then the third quarter.

His playing time has skyrocketed compared to last season.

The entire Clippers uniform team can't wait to praise him as the star of the team's perimeter, especially when the Lakers have dug another gorgeous point guard this season.

They deeply know that only a top defender can be cultivated. In order to compete with the Lakers in terms of influence and box office.

The Lakers have Kobe, and now Bruce is showing this ability.

They didn't want to be marginalized, so they thought of bringing Livingston to the top.

Livingston is indeed a rookie with great potential. He performed very well and even showed the temperament of a star.

Compared with Bruce, he currently has an advantage. Although Bruce's speed is faster, his style of play is more gorgeous, and his passing is more agile. But height is an insurmountable gap after all, and Livingston has a stable mid-range jumper, has a good ability to penetrate the penalty area, and is more than Bruce in the protection of backcourt rebounds. Even the physical fitness and physical confrontation that both of them lack, Livingston has the advantage.

Therefore, the commentator of Time Warner TV said firmly on TV: "Five years later, Bruce may become a better box office star, but the player who controls the game must be Sean Livingston."

But what's interesting is that it was the Lakers who won the game in the end.

Bruce played another four minutes in the fourth quarter, when Shawn Livingston sat on the sideline with tired feet and cramp. Although his physical fitness has improved a lot after two seasons, it is still below the NBA average. He has played this game for so long, and he has already exceeded his limit.

Therefore, he failed to compete with Li Zhen again.

At this time, Bruce is perfectly matched with Kobe Bryant. He assisted the Black Mamba to play a more efficient attack, which destroyed the last resistance of the Clippers in one fell swoop.

The final game ended with 123:109.

Livingston scored 21 points, 7 assists, 6 rebounds and 1 block in the whole game. He was extremely comprehensive and fully displayed his characteristics. He was completely at the level of a top guard.

Li Zhen contributed 5 points, 8 assists, 1 steal and 1 rebound in this game.

Although not as good as Livingston in terms of statistics, he only played 9 minutes and his efficiency is quite astonishing. Lakers fans are already very satisfied with this.

In a sense, this is a happy game for everyone.

Clippers fans saw everything they wanted to see.

Lakers fans also saw what they wanted to see.

Although the two magician successors did not really meet one-on-one, they both believe that the person they support will definitely prevail the next time they meet.

The confrontation between the two magicians is far from over, this is just a prelude.

Interestingly, Bruce ran over to talk to Livingston after the game.

He told Livingston: "You don't need to overdraw your physical fitness every game. You still have a long career. Rest and training are the most important things you should do now."

Li Zhen definitely came out of good intentions.

Because during the game, Zhengli muttered a sentence in his mind: This guy is easy to get injured when he fights like this.

So, he purposely ran over to talk to Livingston.

Li Zhen is a very upright person, he hopes every player is well.

Livingston nodded, but didn't know if he really understood.

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