Chapter 16 The 08/09 regular season ended with the best record!
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Entering 2009, the Lakers' invincible talent is still unabated and going strong into the spring. It seems that there is no choice but to die, and there is no hope for life.
Bah! I'm too embarrassed to point you out. Do you look like you want to die? You're looking for a fight with Versailles, right?
In other words, the opponents are already very good at correcting the Lakers' mistakes, so they can only examine and innovate themselves. To be honest, in the world of academic masters, the key is not how many points you can score, but how many fewer points you lose than your opponents.
It’s not about your own strengths, it’s about strengthening your weaknesses.
Chris Mihm was waived, Radmanovic was traded out early and was not retained for the New Year. And because point guard is the Lakers' biggest weakness, Sun Yue came on the line.
It's just a pity that Sun Yue is not a reinforcement sent by the monkeys. He just appears and performs a 2 or 3-minute walk-on role, which is nothing.
In the entire January schedule, the Lakers only lost one game, and it was another defeat at the hands of the Magic. This team seems to be the Lakers' nemesis.
After all, the Lakers' two weakest positions, Fisher at point guard and Bynum at center, are no match for the Magic's All-Stars Nelson Jr. and Howard, so it's not surprising that they lost.
Well, apart from positional restraint, the only thing that can prevent the Lakers from being invincible is injuries.
On January 31, against the Grizzlies, God played another minor joke on the Lakers. Bynum played 5 minutes and injured his knee again.
Although the Grizzlies will never win if Bynum is allowed, what is the point of the Lakers really winning and losing two games now?
Just ask, is Bynum's injury serious? How many games will he need to rest before he can return? The Lakers can afford it. Anyway, they could still win the championship without Bynum last season.
The results of the examination are not good. Bynum will have to rest for at least 2 months, that is, April, before Bynum can return. What his condition will be is unknown.
Bynum's injury has cast a shadow over the entire Lakers team. You must know that in addition to the Lakers' invincibility, the Celtics in the East also have invincibility. The Lakers have now lost 4 games.
The Green Army has only lost 4 games. They are closely behind and can overtake at any time.
When the schedule started in February, Odom stopped pretending and didn't lie down. He returned to the roster. The Lakers are still as strong as ever.
The second game against the Celtics went into overtime, and the Lakers narrowly won by 1 point. Then, in the first game against the third-place Cavaliers, the same word came out: destroyed!
James can't stop him either! After consecutive battles with strong opponents, the Lakers have the potential to win the championship. However, the momentum of the winning streak is still lost to the dangerous schedule.
On February 5th and 8th, they had just defeated the Celtics and Cavaliers. On the 10th, it was okay to meet the two young players from the SuperSonics, but on the 11th, they had to go back-to-back to the Devil's home court of the Jazz. In addition, the All-Star Weekend was approaching, and the Lakers
The thoughts of the team generals are no longer on the game.
As a result, the winning streak ended at the hands of the Jazz, who lost Game 5. In 2009, O'Brien also came back and was re-elected to the All-Star lineup. After all, without O'Brien's All-Stars, there would be no vitality, and Howard could not support it at all.
Can't afford to show up.
In addition, it was held in Phoenix, and O'Neal was selected without hesitation. In the All-Star Game, the OK team returned and jointly led the Western Conference team to defeat the Eastern Conference team. Kobe and O'Neal both won the FMVP trophy.
After the All-Star Weekend, the Lakers took the lead, followed by the Celtics and Cavaliers, who continued to be involved in the regular season record of this season.
The Celtics were the first to fall behind. On February 19, during a game against the Jazz, Garnett suffered a knee injury from a mediocre mid-range shot.
I originally thought it was just a minor injury. After all, it didn't look as serious as when Pierce fell to the ground in the 2008 Finals. At least Garnett was still standing.
However, I didn't expect that Garnett's injury would be the closest death of a superstar.
The invincibility of the Celtics was lost to the wind when Garnett was dismissed for the season.
This is a reminder to the Lakers, a championship-winning team. Although the Lakers were injured first, Bynum and Garnett obviously have different impacts on their respective teams. They are not in the same weight class.
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Then, the Lakers learned to be patient. On February 26, after a 132-106 victory over the Suns, the next day they met back-to-back on the road. The Nuggets, the Lakers' favorite and most restrained team, surprisingly miraculously defeated the Suns by 79-79.
With a score of 90, we lost the game, inexplicably losing the 6th game of the season.
March 1st, American West Arena. The Lakers will continue to face the Suns. They are both in the Pacific Division and will play 4 games in a regular season.
Facing the absence of Nash due to injury, the Lakers never regarded the Suns as alive despite having slaughtered their opponents in the first two games.
However, O'Neal taught his old team the Lakers a lesson. He dominated the penalty area and beat Odom to six fouls in just 23 minutes.
Without Bynum, Odom is useless, and Gasol is useless, the Lakers' inside line has been given and taken away.
After 36 minutes of the game, he was hit with 6 fouls and left the game. O'Neal made 13 of 18 shots and 7 of 12 free throws. He scored 33 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, leading the Suns to defeat the Lakers with a score of 118-110.
Even Matt Barnes made 8 of 12 shots, 5 of 7 three-pointers, and 5 of 8 free throws. He scored 26 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists. He had a near triple-double. The Lakers did not lose unfairly.
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Although Kobe made 18 of 38 shots, 3 of 9 three-pointers, 10 of 10 free throws, and scored 49 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists, just looking at the statistics, his performance was superb, but he could not prevent the Lakers from losing Game 7.
Game 7 is here, is Game 8 far away? On March 9, the Trail Blazers handed the Lakers a defeat with a score of 111 to 104.
Although the great Oden of the Trail Blazers did not play, Aldridge and Przbili, the two interior towers together, grabbed 31 rebounds.
With just two players, they were close to the Lakers' team rebounds. If they lost, there was nothing they could do. Odom switched to the bench this season. It was not without reason that he was blown away.
On March 29, the Lakers lost to the Hawks with a score of 81 to 93. Kobe was 7 of 19, Odom was 3 of 14, Su Bei was 3 of 11, Ariza was 3 of 11, Vujacic was 0 of 4...
He is so tough that the Lakers failed him. Being tough is a disease. One person infects both of them. The eldest brother does not care about the second brother.
The Lakers suffered their ninth loss. With eight games left on the April schedule, the Lakers want to break their record of 72 wins and 10 losses without even a single chance to make a mistake.
Well, if you lose a game, you will have equal success, and if you don't lose a game, you will favor one person. However, the Lakers' best goal is to defend their title in the playoffs, not to have some decent records.
This requires a resurrected Bynum with full health, that is to say, Bynum needs to play to find the feeling of the game. But the Lakers' opponents include the Rockets, Bobcats and the Trail Blazers, who have a 50-50 score against the Lakers.
The Rockets were better off without McGrady. However, under the watchful eye of owner Jordan, the Bobcats completed their block against the Lakers.
Bynum came back, but his condition was very stretched, Odom seemed to have fallen flat, Jackson found that the records were all created or will be created by himself, and he did nothing, letting the players on the court face the difficulties and solve them on their own... So
, the Lakers suffered their 10th loss of the season.
When they met the Trail Blazers, the Lakers took on the attitude of playing in the Finals, taught the Trail Blazers how to behave, and defeated their opponents forcefully.
The only ones left were the Grizzlies and the Jazz. The Lakers could do just that. On April 15, the final game of the 08/09 regular season, the Lakers sat at the Staples Center Arena with a score of 125 to 112.
After defeating the Jazz, the 2008/09 regular season came to an end.
72 wins and 10 losses! The Lakers tied the best regular season record in league history, firmly took the first place in the regular season, and won the regular season championship trophy.
"Feeling?"
"Well, the Lakers were the same last season, and they were also the regular season champions. My mood was that I had to wait until all the games in the playoffs were over before I could break. I think Kobe at that time would tell you: I feel the same. The Lakers,
I will keep winning.”
"Su, congratulations on winning the regular season championship! Your data has dropped a lot, averaging only 11.1 points, 3.6 assists and 4.1 rebounds per game. Many fans say that you are just a cuckold and don't deserve the Lakers' regular season championship. What do you think?
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"Uh, am I proud?"
"What?"
"When I came here, were the Lakers the regular season champion?"
"It does not seem!"
"When I came here, were the Lakers a big team?"
"It doesn't seem like it is!"
"So, if you look at it separately, I'm worthy of it, but if you look at it together, I'm not worthy! When you talk about many fans, do you mean your friends? Did you have a friend who said this?"
"The interview is over, thank you. Please work hard in the playoffs and see you then!"