Texas, whose full name is Texas, is also known as the Lone Star State. It is the largest state in the south of the United States and the second largest state in the United States, second only to Alaska. The climate in Texas changes greatly: there may be snowstorms in the state in winter.
, droughts, tornadoes, and hurricanes may occur in summer. The average winter and summer temperatures in northern Texas are 1.7 degrees Celsius and 26.1 degrees Celsius respectively; the average winter and summer temperatures in the south are 15.6 degrees Celsius respectively.
The temperature is 29.4 degrees. In Houston, located in the eastern plains, the average precipitation throughout the year is 114 centimeters; while in El Paso, located in the west, the average precipitation throughout the year is only 25 centimeters.
Well, who the hell cares about the geographical environment of Texas? The only thing the Lakers care about is the NBA team in Texas. There are a total of three NBA teams in Texas. This number is a bit high, but it is not the most.
California, the state with the most information, has four NBA teams.
The reason why the Texas trip is called the Death Trip is because these three teams are all Western Conference playoff-level teams!
San Antonio Spurs.
Dallas Mavericks.
Houston Rockets.
The three teams are at different strong team levels.
The San Antonio Spurs are a championship-level team.
The Dallas Mavericks are a championship contender.
The Houston Rockets are one level behind the above two, but they are still a playoff-level team.
But there is no doubt that these three teams are very difficult to beat. If you pick one at random, if you put it in the Eastern Conference, it will be easy to grab the top four in the Eastern Conference without breaking a sweat.
From a geographical point of view, San Antonio, Houston and Dallas form a very close to equilateral triangle, so it is also called the Iron Triangle of Texas or the Black Triangle.
Before the season expenses, after the league releases the schedule, if a team's coaching staff and players find that there are consecutive games on their schedule that challenge Texas' top three, they will probably curse in pain.
The Los Angeles Lakers are such an unlucky team.
On December 11th, they will sit at home to face the challenge of the San Antonio Spurs. On December 13th, one day later, they will fly to Houston to challenge the Houston Rockets. On December 14th, they will fly back to back.
They will go to Dallas to play the Mavericks. Then on December 16, they will fly back to Los Angeles from Dallas to face the Rockets again.
This is the Lakers’ next schedule!
If it is a weak team, this schedule can be called a 'death journey'. It will be difficult to snatch any victory from these four teams.
Fortunately, the league does not seem to have the intention to trap the Lakers into death. This time's death trip to Texas is not complete. First of all, the Spurs are undoubtedly the most difficult and strongest player in the Texas Iron Triangle.
It is indeed difficult for a team to beat the Spurs at the beginning of their death march, but the Lakers can welcome the Spurs at home.
At the same time, before welcoming this wave of trips to Texas, there is also good news from San Antonio. In the last home game against the Clippers, the Spurs' core general Tim Duncan made a sudden mistake in the third quarter.
After landing a layup, he sprained his ankle. He was immediately replaced by Nicolas Vic and never played again.
Subsequently, news came from the San Antonio media that Duncan had sprained his left ankle and may need to be sidelined for three days to a week.
If Duncan cannot play in the game against the Lakers, it would be really good news for the Lakers. The Spurs' GDP troika is now close to taking shape, and Tim Duncan is undoubtedly one of the troika.
The core, the one the Spurs cannot afford to lose.
It is no exaggeration to say that without Duncan, the Spurs will immediately drop two levels. From a championship-level team to an ordinary playoff team, the game will naturally be much easier to play.
But Phil Jackson will not let his guard down because of this.
Because he knows **Vicci too well!
As a league champion coach, **Vicci, a guy with a military background, is a leader who will do anything for victory and the championship. He can even directly transfer players to the core players in order to save their energy for the playoffs.
Suspended from the team.
It wasn't just once or twice that **Vitch asked Duncan to pretend to be injured. How could he know that this time wasn't **Vitch deliberately releasing a smoke bomb?
Phil Jackson thought about it for a long time and finally decided that regardless of whether Duncan was injured or not, his pre-game arrangements must be based on the fact that Duncan will definitely play. Even if Duncan really can't play by then, at least the Lakers will not lose anything.
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On the day of the game, it turned out that Duncan was really injured!
On the day of the game, Duncan was wearing a suit and sat neatly on the sidelines watching the game. It seemed that Duncan's injury was really not a smoke bomb set by Vicky. Duncan was not even included in the squad for this game, and he obviously would not play.
The Spurs are without Duncan, and the troika is missing the most crucial one, so the Lakers are naturally much easier to play.
In the end, the Lakers easily defeated the Spurs with a score of 117:93 at home, making a good start for the upcoming trip to Texas. After the game, the Lakers did not take a holiday, but quickly boarded a plane to Houston to prepare.
Next up are the Rockets and Mavericks' back-to-back away games.
Although the Spurs, the strongest and most difficult to beat in the Black Triangle of Texas, allowed the Lakers to easily win due to Duncan's absence. But the next few games should not be underestimated. Rockets, Mavericks, whoever wins
They are all tough opponents to beat, not to mention the Lakers have to go through back-to-back nightmares.
"Finally we are going to play the Rockets." Thinking of the Rockets, Adrian couldn't help but feel a little sad. No Chinese would be unfamiliar with the Rockets, because in the Rockets team, there is the big man who has placed the hope of the Chinese people.
He used his height, wisdom and hard work to open up a world in the NBA.
Adrian is also very familiar with the Rockets. Many years ago, he was a fan of the Rockets, to be precise, a fan of Yao Ming. Although Yao Ming's career was not considered successful, he had been dealing with injuries during the most successful years in the NBA.
Although his playing style is very ugly, although he often makes mistakes when holding the ball in the low post, although he has shortcomings of one kind or another.
But in Adrian's heart, Yao Ming is the most special one. He still vaguely remembers how excited he was when he saw Yao Ming on the TV as the No. 1 pick by the Houston Rockets that year.
When he saw Yao Ming enter the All-Star for the first time in his career, how was he with You Yanrong?
Now, is there finally a chance to meet face to face?
