Randolph is 36 years old after all. Since he only renewed his contract with the Grizzlies for one year last summer, it seems that he is ready to retire after playing this season. After two rounds of Cousins, his physical strength is obviously not up to date. He can only watch Cousins ​​get rid of himself and then give Gasol a big shot.

Cousins ​​seemed very excited after making a big fist, pressed his arms down with both hands, and roared at the audience.

It can be seen that he is also trying to use this method to vent his deep anger.

The audience also responded to him with excited cheers.

The Grizzlies' sideline ball, Allen sent the ball, Conley made a transition at the top of the circle, and then handed the ball to Gasol Jr.

With the lesson of the previous block, he turned around and leaned back after a few hits this time.

"Bang!"

With a dull sound, Gasol Jr.'s two-pointer hit, Yi Jianlian's defense still had a lot of interference at the free throw line.

The rebound was captured by Cousins, and the Lakers reorganized the offense.

The Lakers advanced to the frontcourt, and Cousins ​​kept pressing Randolph to the top at the low post. It was obvious that the two of them were going to be entangled in this game for the whole night.

When Tang Shuai saw this scene, he asked his teammates to open up the space, and then gave the ball in.

A few years ago, when Randolph was still at his peak, the Grizzlies often played the lobs like this. Now that Cousins ​​is so strong, it is really a feng shui that turns around.

Randolph was very powerful in the lower plate, but it was still very difficult to withstand Cousins. Moreover, Cousins ​​not only had strength but also skill. After playing, he turned left and threw Randolph away half of his body, and then followed the trend and dunked forward with one-handed one-handed dunk.

Randolph shook his head helplessly behind him. If he were to be at the peak of his life, Cousins ​​would not have squeezed in so easily.

In the Grizzlies' offensive round, Conley asked Randolph to get the position at the low post, and after feeding the ball, he let him play a ball and get the field back.

Randolph forced a few times after receiving the ball, but he almost fell back after turning around and Cousins ​​made a move. He finally jumped out of the basket and the rebound was also snatched by Cousins.

Looking back, Tang Shuai passed the ball Westbrook, who cut the basket and attracted double teams, and passed the ball to Cousins ​​on the side. Cousins ​​made a step forward, leaning against Randolph and shot another shot.

Take action and go in!

After these rounds, Cousins ​​directly dominated the inside line on both offense and defense.

This is also his strength. When he is not angry, he is a big weapon of killing in the inside.

Gasol Jr. returns from injury, and Randolph is already old. The "Black and White" insider, which was once a fierce insider, now he meets Cousins ​​at the peak again, and he can't take any advantage.

He was able to handle both inside players alone, and the audience was very excited to watch.

After O'Neal, the Lakers finally came another dominant inside player.

As the game was playing, Yi Jianlian simply ran outside the three-point line and went to be a fort.

Cousins ​​showed his strength by one against two inside, but the Lakers did not have much advantage on the court.

Although the Grizzlies had no advantage in the inside, Conley, who held the largest contract in history, played at a critical moment. He continued to fire on the outside and made two assists in the middle distance jump shots. Both sides fought to the right side in the situation.

After more than half of the first quarter, the battle between the two sides became 16 to 16. With a slow pace, no one could get the score wide.

The game entered rotation time, and the Lakers' advantages were reflected at this time.

The departure of Batum and Noel made the Lakers' main players change a lot, but the substitutes didn't move at all. The Grizzlies gave all the salary space to the main players, and the substitutes were naturally poor. Although they signed Avraro, who had just been cut by the Lakers, their overall strength was different, and the score on the field slowly left quickly.

Stephenson and Gasol, inside and outside, played the Grizzlies' substitutes with no resistance.

The Lakers' lineup configuration is balanced with the substitute strength, and from a certain perspective, it is already fully capable of winning the championship.

Of course, the premise is that Cousins ​​is not provoked and then suddenly goes crazy.

After the second quarter, the Lakers led the score 54-43.

The Grizzlies don't seem to have a sprint to chase points. If the game continues like this, it is a foregone conclusion that the Lakers will win this victory.

However, the Grizzlies obviously did not admit defeat so easily. After seeing that it was not a solution to continue playing like this, the team's down payment small forward Parsons took the lead.

The Lakers' offense, Cousins ​​received the ball deep under the basket, turned around and prepared to make a dunk.

Just then, Parsons flew out from the side and wanted to block the shot.

After detecting Parsons' approach, Cousins ​​accelerated the dunk speed, and the ball that was originally planned to be heavily dipped became a fast dunk.

This speed change made Parsons lose the opportunity to block, but when he was sure that the block could not be blocked, he did not stop, but instead hit Cousins' head.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

While Cousins ​​succeeded in dunk, Parsons slapped on the back of his head.

The moment Cousins ​​landed, he became angry. The blood-red pair of people pushed Parsons angrily, and then he was about to do it.

Parsons also reacted quickly, raised his hands over his shoulders, and hurriedly signaled that he had done something unintentional.

Cousins ​​is still approaching, and the referee is ready to whistle.

When Tang Shuai saw this scene, he hurried over and held Cousins ​​back before he left, repeating: "You signed the contract, a technical foul of 500,000 yuan!"

He kept repeating, Cousins' emotions began to be completely unable to control himself, but he could not resist Tang Shuai, and he quickly heard what Tang Shuai said. The angry state gradually calmed down. Although his mouth was still mumbling, he had turned around and left the place where the conflict occurred.

Because it was home court and the conflict was quickly stopped by Tang Shuai, the home referee did not give a technical foul at the first time, but ran to the technical stand to watch the video.

After Cousins ​​calmed down, he couldn't help but feel ache on his face. If he was called a technical foul, he would not only have to play this game tonight, but he would also have to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars.

It hurts a lot when I think about it.

Before the referee's penalty came out, a burst of cheers suddenly came from the scene.

The team members on both sides looked up and the penalty came out immediately.

Parsons made a defensive foul and Cousins ​​was not given an additional penalty.

Seeing the punishment, Cousins ​​breathed a sigh of relief. Tang Shuai couldn't help but smile and shook his head.

Sure enough, Duffy's move is really effective. When anything is linked to what he cares about, even if he can't control it, he will try his best to do it.

Cousins, who stabilized his emotions, made 2 free throws at the free throw line, helping the Lakers further widen the gap.

However, a failure obviously could not stop the Grizzlies. After being defended on the offensive end, Cousins' back-attack was violated by Randolph and Parsons. In order to prevent him, the two of them almost pushed him to the ground.

Cousins' anger rushed to the top of his head in an instant, but when he thought that this anger was 500,000, the anger disappeared instantly.

When Tang Shuai sent the ball on the sidelines, he jumped up with a second pass, and smashed the ball into the basket through Parsons' defense in the air.

"Bang!"

Parsons was hit in the air and flew backwards out of the field. It took him a long time to stand up.

This also caused cheers from the audience to come.

After the dunk, Cousins ​​went crazy instantly, like an angry beast. He first pulled his clothes and kept roaring, but then he felt that he was not happy enough. He ran to Parsons, who had just gotten up from the ground, and roared again.

Parsons couldn't help but push Cousins, and the referee threw his hand and gave him a technical foul.

The audience suddenly burst into laughter. This is Los Angeles' home court after all, and the "tall, rich and handsome" communication skills are not yet good enough to make the referee treat them very well.

Cousins ​​himself was also happy and stopped yelling. He turned around and smiled and slapped Tang Shuai, and then walked to the free throw line.

Two intentional fouls failed to arouse Cousins' anger, and the Grizzlies had no choice. After all, their overall strength was far inferior. It was really difficult to win again when they met Cousins ​​who no longer messed up.

120-90, the Lakers beat the Grizzlies at home, which was their most exciting victory in the past month, suppressing them from the beginning to the end.

Moreover, compared to the victory of the game, what made the fans more excited and happy was that in this game, Cousins ​​was unprecedentedly calm at other times, and his performance also made him play the first three quarters. In the end, he contributed 16 points, 15 blue boards and 3 blocks, and he definitely got first-class inside data.

It was not until this time that the media and fans realized the purpose of Cousins ​​signing that contract, and they had to admire his courage.

Such a contract is known to be for the team and myself, but not everyone has the courage to sign.

In the next game between the Lakers and the Mavericks, Cousins' performance went further, contributing 26 points, 12 rebounds and 18 points and 20 rebounds respectively. The Lakers also ushered in a row of winning streaks.

At this time, there was only less than a month before the end of the regular season. The Lakers ended Cousins' biggest trouble before this. The whole team can be said to have completely entered the playoffs and are waiting for the day of the playoffs to arrive.

However, on this day, Shuai Tang did not prepare for the playoffs with his teammates. He and Billups asked for advice. He missed the training and just wanted to participate in a bicycle cycling event organized by Swift.

A cycling activity that advocates citizens' green travel will also bring warmth to the homeless people in the United States, killing both sides of the world.

However, for Tang Shuai, such activities were obviously not the reason for his interest. Leonard's participation was what he really cared about.

(To be continued.)
Chapter completed!