On the 23rd, the Kings ended the Phoenix Desert training, and the whole team flew to Los Angeles to challenge the Clippers away.

Because there was a Taylor Swift concert at Staps Center in the evening, the two teams will start at 3:30 in the afternoon, and the Kings will arrive at the venue at 2:00 to start training. Cousins ​​shot while complaining: "Why is the concert more important?"

Su Yang chuckled: "The level of money making for basketball is compared to music, it's just like a brother. Who can watch NBA with serious people?"

At the blink of an eye, the game started at 3:30. Paul learned from the lesson that he had not had enough time to exert his strength last time. He was full of his first attack. Griffin didn't save any effort. He was determined to prove at home that he could play against Cousins ​​without losing his advantage, and he had to keep his back on his back and ask for the ball.

The Kings and generals failed to adapt to the offensive and defensive intensity for a while, and they could run out of the empty space, but they kept hitting irons and fell into scoring drought at any time. Su Yang took advantage of the official suspension of adjustments twice and found that it was impossible to reverse for the time being, so he comforted the whole team and kept patience.

After the first quarter, the Kings fell behind 13 to 29.

The situation was quite awkward. Several big-bearded Clippers fans on the sidelines shouted at Su Yang: Your era in Los Angeles has passed!

As the game entered the second quarter, Thomas Jr. ran without the ball to cover it, such as Iverson cross-cutting, small zipper tactics, and chicago running. He played in turn, which made the Clippers' substitute point guard Collison and substitute center Hollins unable to do anything.

Guy has been using tactical running continuously to get a one-on-one chance, bullying rookie Reggie Brock, and he can play whatever he wants.

But every time the king was about to reach an offensive climax, the referee would inexplicably call for fouls and could only come one by one.

Especially Guy, he took three fouls in a short period of time.

Su Yang took advantage of the free throw and encouraged Guy: "Don't panic, don't be confused. How do you play normally, how do you still play, and don't be afraid of the referee."

Guy nodded and returned to the court, leading the King to chase and chase, and at the end of the half, he fell behind 48-57.

In the second quarter, the King suffered 10 fouls.

When the midfield was suspended, Su Yang arranged assistant coach Di Brown and Ryan Bowen to argue with the referee, hinting that the threat would be prosecuted.

Su Yang himself analyzed and summarized in the locker room: "We have no problem playing style, but the game started too early, which made us unable to enter the rhythm for a long time and failed to hit those open shots that had already run out. I will continue to persist and will definitely succeed!"

With four consecutive titles, the kings and generals believed Su Yang's words and returned to the court with full momentum to warm up in advance.

The third quarter started immediately, and Cousins ​​and Millsap found their form. The two of them had a full attack and defense. Not only did they make 8 of 14 shots, but they also sent 3 blocks and 2 steals, which made Griffin and Jordan Jr. quite uncomfortable, but they also suffered 3 fouls.

On the Clippers, Paul entered the non-attack mode again, and frequently handed the ball over Redick who ran to cover the cover, and Dududley, who was squatting at the bottom corner, but the two made 2 of 7 shots in total, which made the Clippers rely entirely on Crawford to hit the fairy ball in a row to stabilize the situation.

Whenever Crawford hit the fairy ball, Clippers coach Rivers applauded with a smile, concealing that there was no on-the-spot response.

Su Yang saw Rivers' appearance and thought to himself: Rivers' love for the super sixth man is comparable to Carlisle's favorite point guard.

The Kings entered the fourth quarter with 6 points behind. Thomas Jr. and Guy were on fire again. In addition, there was no foul trouble. The two led the team to fight Griffin, Jordan Jr. and Dudley, and scored a 10-4 climax, forcing the Clippers to replace Paul in advance.

Paul immediately responded strongly with a three-pointer, and the game entered an alternating lead and quickly hit the last 24 seconds.

With Thomas Jr. hitting a free throw, the Kings tied the Clippers 107. The Clippers requested a timeout and Paul came back to cause a foul.

When Paul made a move, there were only 3 seconds left before the end of the game. Before standing on the free throw line, he pulled the whole team to discuss: "I will deliberately lose the second goal next time. You must be ready to fight for rebounds, try to spend more time, and it is best to have all..."

Regarding Paul's decision, Griffin and others nodded silently to agree. Jordan Jordan glanced at his teammates and thought to himself: "This is actually quite risky. Why do you feel that Chris is a little scared? If you were in the Thunder before, Coach Su Yang would definitely ask for two free throws..."

Also confused were Clippers coach Doug Rivers, but he just looked from a distance and didn't know what Paul wanted to do.

On the King's side, Su Yang saw Paul leading the team to conspire and thought that there was a trajectory. He thought quickly for a moment, and was sure that he was most afraid of losing the rebound. He turned to the bench and shouted: "Gobert, go up and replace Millsap, this is your performance time..."

Upon hearing this, Gobert ran into the field with soft steps, holding his knees with both hands bent down, and waiting, his heart was up and down.

The free throw was followed by. Paul entered the net with the first free throw, and the second free throw hit the left basket, rebounding to the only Jordan and Cousins. It seemed that Jordan had a better chance to grab the rebound. Who would have thought that Gobert flew out and snatched it away.

Su Yang raised his hand at the same time and signaled that the referee blew a whistle and paused. The time was only 2.8 seconds left before the end of the game, and the King was 1 point behind.

The kings and generals automatically circled three times inside and outside, and Su Yang calmly picked up the tactical board: "Let's play a rip tactic..."

The whistle at the end of the pause was followed by a sound, and the Kings generals entered the position. The referee whistle sounded, Cousins ​​started from the 45-degree three-point line on the left and walked to the left elbow area. Together with Gobert, he used the cover to protect the oncoming Thomas little.

Just as Clippers power forward Griffin chose to replace Thomas Jr., Cousins ​​stepped back and moved away from the crowd, stood directly outside the three-point line, raised his hand to take over Guy's pass, ignored Dudley and Griffin's rush at the same time, and raised his hand and made a long shot.

The three-pointer was hollowed into the net, and the whistle at the end of the game was played simultaneously, and the Kings reversed the Clippers 110-108.

Seeing this, Su Yang raised his hands high and turned around and shouted at the Clippers bearded fans: "I will always be the king of Los Angeles!"

In the whole game, Cousins, Thomas Jr. and Guy scored 20 points at the same time, and Millsap scored 18 points. After the game, Su Yang caught Gobert and praised him: "His rebound is very critical, helping us win the game...

As for the final three-pointer, please don’t be surprised, he is an all-round talented player.”

Paul then attended a press conference and said whether the second free throw was deliberately missed, and replied awkwardly: "Yes, I wanted to take a shortcut at that time, but the facts proved that the Kings had considered it a long time ago. I respected Coach Su Yang, and he could always think comprehensively."

The news content was soon reported. Some fans complained that Su Yang was too nonsense and actually imitated Mike Brown to praise LeBron in a fancy way and praise Cousins ​​crazily. Sooner or later, Cousins ​​will be arrogant, but fortunately, Su Yang is the boss and absolutely dominant.

Paul's words were also interpreted as suggesting that head coach Rivers reacted too slowly, and many fans mocked: You chose it!

After one night off, the Kings continued to visit the Staples Center the next afternoon, challenging the defending champion Lakers back to back.

During the pre-match training interval, Cousins ​​complained: "The Lakers are still very good at face, and Taylor also took the Clippers' game day at the concert."

Su Yang casually echoed: "That's not the case. The Clippers ranked last among the major basketball teams in Los Angeles."

At 8:5 pm, the pre-match ceremony was over, and Kobe came forward to present Su Yang with the championship ring, and the two took a photo together.

The game started, and the Clippers were not tired at all. They fought hard for four quarters and finally lost 94 to 100. However, the Lakers won the game without much effort. Curry and Gasol did not perform much. It was all due to Kobe playing for 45 minutes before winning the game, which was really extreme.

Before the game, Su Yang read the report and found that the Lakers had relied heavily on Kobe in many games in the past, which made Kobe very tired. As the head coach, Byron Scott made the Lakers lack a tactical system. Most of them were routine attacks, easily predicted, and had slow reactions on the spot.

After the game, he shook hands and greeted him. Su Yang wanted to remind Kobe not to fight like that, but he did not do anything if he was not in his position and did not speak.

Bass took the initiative to find Su Yang: "Haha, do you see that we have changed from before? Without you, we can win..."

"Good luck!" Su Yang responded, leading the team to fly back to Sacramento, preparing to fight the Clippers again within a week.

The internal struggle in the Pacific Division is quite fierce.
Chapter completed!