The Clippers, have long had enough of the Lakers...

In the winter, let's talk about NBA cold knowledge today.

Yesterday's Lakers vs. Trail Blazers, Clippers vs. Rockets game, was the first time in 25 years that the Lakers and Clippers played a home game in Los Angeles on the same day at the same time, and the last time that happened was back in May 1999.

It was from that year that the two teams began to share Staples as their home stadium.

This year, the Clippers' new arena, the Intuit Dome, went into use.

The ability to rewrite the history of the past 25 years is all due to the determination and vision of the boss Ballmer, no, the wallet.

This "egg" was created by him at a cost of $2 billion.

Since the establishment of the team, the Clippers have gone through five arenas and four cities...

Ballmer's money didn't come from the wind, so why was he so willing to spend a lot of money to build a stadium?

One of the core reasons is that he has had enough.

Fed up with his own team, living in the shadow of his fellow city team, the Los Angeles Lakers.

Sharing the home court, one is the home time of your own team, and you can't have the final say, so many of the Clippers' home games in the past had to be played at noon.

What's more embarrassing? The ceiling of the Staples Center is covered with Lakers' championship flags and retired jerseys.

So, in 2013, the team's head coach Lao Li ordered the Lakers flags to be covered during the game, so what fans saw was a giant poster of Clippers players.

At that time, O'Neill squirted:

"You can't start changing the rules until you've won 16 championships. Don't cover my jersey. This is the Lakers' arena, and don't forget, you're only on loan, this is our arena. ”

This feeling of being under the fence, everyone understands...

So George would say that the Clippers are like little Lakers henchmen.

"At first I felt like I was back in my hometown to play, but the Los Angeles fans were saying to me, 'Dude, you should go to the Lakers, we're glad you're in Los Angeles, but we want you to be a Lakers player.'" It's like you're playing in the second team. ”

What is it? Fan base.

From the emotional identity of Los Angeles fans, their home team is the Lakers.

This kind of accumulation is incomparable to the Clippers.

To put it bluntly, the Lakers have won as many championships as the Clippers have made the playoffs, and the gap is so huge.

As for how luxurious the Clippers' new home court is, Brother Di won't go into details.

To put it simply: At the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Los Angeles, with 1,160 toilets and urinals three times the NBA average, Ballmer didn't want to take up toilet time.

In the center of the arena is a high-tech glasses-free 3D giant screen, with a total area of 3,565 square meters, which is also the largest and most luxurious display in the NBA.

That's the power of money...

However, if the Clippers want to completely get rid of the shadow of the big brother in the same city, they can't change it by changing their home court.

The jersey and championship flag can be covered, but what can't be covered is the inferiority complex in your heart.

Where does that confidence come from?

First, achievements, second, historical accumulation.

If the Clippers can win a championship or even build a dynasty, it will attract more Los Angeles fans.

However, the lineup has always been okay over the years, but there are always moths.

As for the historical accumulation, this is the most incomparable.

The Clippers only moved to Los Angeles in 1984, while the Lakers settled in the city back in 1960 and has a sparkling history.

The number and level of stars in the history of the team, how does this compare...