This is Tang Qian's third game, and it is also the most difficult one.
Why? Because the team rotates inside and Troy Murphy is back.
Compared with Tang Qian from the NBDL, this veteran who has played in the NBA for 11 years is undoubtedly more valued by Mike Brown. And despite his average statistics now, he was also a 10+10 player for many years in a row, and even more so during his peak period.
A ruthless player who averaged 15.4 points and 10.8 rebounds per game.
Therefore, in the first three quarters of this game, Tang Qian did not play.
However, in the fourth quarter, the Los Angeles Lakers were still trailing by 6 points.
The score is 67-73.
Why are the Raptors struggling so hard to beat the "Dragon King" without them? This is because a player named Jose Calderon suddenly became famous. Jose Calderon, a person who is familiar with European basketball, must be familiar with it.
You should know this name. The European Basketball Player of 2007 ranked third, beating Tony Parker, and only lost to "German Tank" Nowitzki and "AK47" Kirilenko. In the European basketball arena
He is extremely strong. However, in the NBA, his situation is not as good as in Europe. Due to physical limitations, he has almost transformed into a pure shooter. Some of the extraordinary skills and changes of direction in European basketball are similar to those in the NBA.
Never appeared.
But compared to Masjaske and Jaskovicius, he, a star guard from Europe, has done quite well in the NBA. Not to mention anything else, at least his salary this season has reached 9.78 million.
The U.S. knife level is only one step away from the tens of millions level. Generally speaking, Jose Calderon does not take many shots in a game. He is the type of defender who only takes action when he has the opportunity. Therefore, in his career
The score has been hovering around 10 points. But obviously tonight is an exception.
It's also the fault of the Los Angeles Lakers. Jose Calderon has never had a 30-point night in his entire life in the NBA.
The only time was on February 12, 2012, tonight against the Los Angeles Lakers.
Since landing in the NBA in the 2005-06 season, he has finally accumulated strength and his "small universe" has exploded.
And this kind of "explosion" thing happened sooner or later, and the Lakers made a mistake.
In the first three quarters of the game, this guy scored 20 points. You know, this was done without a single free throw.
The shooting percentage was as high as over 70%, and the three-pointers were even more exaggerated. He made 3 of 3 shots, none of which deviated from the Lakers' basket.
On the other hand, Kobe's excessive consumption some time ago has now begun to show some signs. In the first three quarters, his shooting percentage was less than 40%, including 0 for 4 three-pointers, which was terrible. Fortunately, the Lakers' inside double
Tower played normally, which prevented the Los Angeles Lakers from being pulled too far.
"Bryant, you need to adjust yourself. If the outside line lacks your offensive firepower, the opponent's inside line will shrink smaller and smaller, causing Paul and Andrew to lose their shooting space." Mike Brown asked Kobe Bryant after the third quarter.
.Bryant said.
Kobe said nothing, just nodded with a livid face.
"Troy, your performance is pretty good, keep up your three-point shooting percentage!"
"Don't worry, coach, my hand feels very good today!"
After Troy Murphy finished speaking, he deliberately glanced at Tang Qian and said.
Although he was absent due to injury some time ago, he has been paying attention to the information about the Lakers.
Tang Qian's two performances undoubtedly made him feel threatened, so as soon as he came back, he worked hard to suppress Tang Qian.
It’s strange to say that Troy Murphy is obviously a tall 211cm big man, but he likes to roam outside, shoot three-pointers, play mid-range shots, and steal the work of guards and forwards. It has to be said that from that time on the Golden State team
Everyone who comes out of the Warriors, no matter how tall or short, whether fat or thin, seems to have developed a good ability in outside shooting. This can be clearly seen from Murphy's career resume. When he first entered the league, his 3-point field goal
The average number of shots taken was only 0.1, but after staying in Golden State for 4 years, there was an immediate change. The average number of 3-point shots per game jumped from 0.1 at the beginning to 2.1 in an instant. If the number of shots only increased, then that would be the problem.
It's his three-point shooting percentage, which is very impressive. In his fourth year in Golden State, it has increased to 39.9%. At his peak, it even reached 45%! My God, what kind of three-point shooting percentage is this?
, is he completely among the best in the league? How many people can there be in the NBA who can hit 2.2 field goals in 4.9 shots? He is a high-post shooter! Even the "King of Nowitzki" who is famous for his shooting
, his career three-point shooting percentage has never exceeded 43%, and his best season was just over 42.1%.
However, this person does not have the ability to "fight a tough battle". Once he is targeted, he will immediately "reveal his true colors" and "fall apart."
Moreover, Troy Murphy has very little playoff experience. Although he joined the NBA in 2001, in fact, it was not until the 10-11 season that he tasted the playoffs for the first time. He was still green.
Obtained from the thigh of the Army. In the playoffs, he averaged 3.0 minutes per game, 0 points, 0 assists, and 1 rebound. His skills were very different from those in the regular season.
Fortunately, his abilities have been "half-wasted" as early as the 10-11 season. Compared with the 14.6 points per game in the 2009-10 season, he has quickly dropped to 3.1 points in the 10-11 season, and even once failed to do so.
The rebounding skills that he was proud of have also shrunk significantly, from 10.2 rebounds per game to 3.2 rebounds per game. A large number of sports injuries have caused this New Jersey native to lose his former glory.
In fact, Troy Murphy also knows that his competitive status is not good, but in order to stay with the Lakers for a few more years and get a few more years of salary, he will not allow anyone to "step in" and replace his position on the team!
Therefore, even if he risks "unrecovered injuries", Troy Murphy must return to the team as soon as possible. The purpose is to suppress Tang Qian and preserve his "status"!
The NBA league is not that easy to mess with. The competition is fierce, the jungle is strong, and the law of the jungle applies here.
In the first 7 minutes of the fourth quarter, Tang Qian was still nailed to the bench.
But the Los Angeles Lakers are losing more and more.
Due to Kobe's touch, which has not yet recovered, what can Troy Murphy do alone? Neither he nor Fisher have the ability to create scoring opportunities on their own, so the Lakers' interior offense is becoming more and more difficult.
Mike Brown had no choice but to call another timeout.
"Andrew, didn't I tell you? Don't be afraid of physical confrontation and directly kill the basket. The Raptors' inside line is no match for you! Why don't you listen???" Mike Brown is not willing to endure 2 consecutive games. He had a losing record, so as soon as he came down, he caught Andrew Bynum and read.
The master of the nunnery is probably injured and scared, so now he is quite resistant to physical confrontation.
This game is a portrayal. Even Gasol, who has always been known as "soft", won 6 free throws. Andrew Bynum was 35 pounds heavier than "Gasol", but he did not win. A free throw, which undoubtedly made Mike Brown very angry.
As the team's main center, with a super weight of 285 pounds, he actually doesn't like interior confrontation? What's going on?
Moreover, I had just told him, telling him to kill more inside and find physical confrontation even if there was no physical confrontation. But the result? It was useless!!! The nunnery master still went his own way and still played "uncle ball".
"Coach Brown, why are you just staring at me? Paul's shooting percentage in this quarter is obviously very poor, why don't you talk to him?" The nunnery said "bite back".
Fortunately, Spaniards have a gentle temperament, otherwise they would not be happy to be spoken to like this.
"Paul's shooting percentage is poor? Why is he poor? It's not because of you!" Before Mike Brown could answer, Kobe jumped in and said.
"Me? He can't make a shot! It's none of my business!" the nunnery owner said with a blank look on his face.
"It's none of your business?" Kobe rolled his eyes and said, "If Paul hadn't given you all the inside space, would you have scored 14 points? If you had gone out to shoot mid-range jumpers, I'm afraid you wouldn't have been able to score even one of the 13 goals. !”
Who is Kobe? He has been in the NBA for a long time and has seen the whole story, so he has no intention of criticizing Gasol's low shooting rate. Because any tall insider, except for Nowitzki's first-rate , are willing to stand close to the basket to catch the ball and shoot. Gasol is of course no exception, but in order to take care of Anzhu's play style, he can only "sacrifice" himself. The reason is very simple, Anzhu has no mid-range offensive ability. And he does have some.
Kobe naturally took the Spaniard's "sacrifice" seriously, so he was very dissatisfied with the nunnery owner's "uncle ball" performance!
Little did they know that the nunnery owner had "nothing wrong". Instead, he looked at Kobe and said, "Bryant, don't talk about me tonight. Look at your own shooting percentage. It's simply appalling!"
Being exposed like this by his "little brother", Black Mamba was furious and said: "What did you say? Tell me again???"
"Wait, wait, Bryant, now is not the time for internal strife, let's deal with the people in Toronto first!" Mike Brown saw that Kobe was about to get angry and quickly stopped him.
"To deal with the Torontonians? Coach Brown, tell me how to deal with them? With such a pustule standing in the paint, it would be a shame not to lose!!!" Kobe's performance tonight was not good, but when he encountered the nunnery's bully again, he was furious. Medium burn.
"Bryant, who do you think is a pustule?" Upon hearing this, the nunnery owner became unhappy and added another question.
"Shi.t!!! Little feet chicken!!! You have wings??? I tell you, this is the Los Angeles Lakers, it's not your turn to contradict me yet!!!" Kobe stretched out his hand and said Fortunately, Gasol and Metta Shiping stopped the nunnery owner from "taking action". Otherwise, the headline in tomorrow's newspaper would definitely be the phrase "Laker's internal strife."
"Coach Brown, I'm going to make a substitution. Let this idiot get out and rest. Don't get in my eyes!" Kobe said with a cold voice, looking at Mike Brown.
Mike Brown originally intended to refuse, but when faced with Kobe, a superstar who was even more senior than James, he instantly became timid. In desperation, he could only nod in agreement.
TMD!!! How did Phil Jackson suppress this giant Buddha??? It’s really unimaginable!!!
Mike Brown complained in his heart as he spoke.
"So Bryant, how are you going to replace him?" Mike Brown asked.
"Replace Bynum and Murphy, let the Chinese players play center, and Meta will guard Calderon!" Kobe seemed to have a plan in mind and blurted out without thinking.
"What?" Mike Brown was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Bryant, I'm not surprised that you want to replace Andrew, but why do you want to replace Murphy with him? With his outside three-point ability, we can still
…”
"Coach Brown, a big man who only floats outside, is he considered a big man? Does he think he is Nowitzki? Besides, I want to play Metta World Peace just to win! Because of this Troy Murphy.
, the movement is too slow, and he has no time to retreat many times. Who do you expect him to defend like this? Should you let him go inside?" Kobe said with a face full of irony.
In fact, when the team first recruited players, Kobe was more in favor of the deal, because in his opinion, Murphy still averaged 14.6 points per game in the 2009-10 season, and his rebounds were also good, averaging 10.2 per game.
This kind of person is perfect for filling up the Lakers' bench strength! Because this season, they lost Lamar Odom and signed Murphy to reinforce it. After all, the loss is not big.
Lamar Odom's statistics last season were only 14.4 points and 8.7 rebounds. The key is that Murphy was very cheap. Mitch Kupcher only spent 1.35 million US dollars to win it. You must know that in 10
In the -11 season, Troy Murphy was still the NBA's "Mr. Millionaire", needing 11.97 million U.S. dollars a season.
Therefore, no matter how you look at it, this deal is a great deal.
Kobe himself is also pleased with this signing. Otherwise, without the strength of Odom, it would be even more difficult for the Lakers to regain the championship this season.
But it turns out that God is not as good as God. Neither Kupchak nor Kobe expected that in just one season, Troy Murphy would become a "classic car that is about to be scrapped." Don't talk about replacing Lamar Odo.
Mu's position in the team has been eliminated. Even if he is put into a normal rotation lineup, it would be "barely". Moreover, once he arrived at the Lakers, he also developed "injury attributes", which made the Lakers'
The strength of the bench was instantly exhausted and dropped to freezing point. Of course, what annoyed the "Black Mamba" most was that he did not have a heart to pursue victory. Coming to the Lakers was like entering a nursing home. This kind of competition and training
His attitude made Kobe lose confidence in him long ago.
"Then inside..." Before Mike Brown could finish speaking, Kobe said bluntly: "Leave it to Paul to control."
"I believe he can handle everything."
PS: Regarding this Troy Murphy, I didn’t like him during the Yao Ming era because Tuyao always failed when facing him. There is no other reason. This guy always shoots from the outside, causing Tuyao to pounce. No, no.
It's not like throwing out, it's really annoying! Then later he came to the Lakers, Xiaozi thought he could fill Odom's vacancy, at least he could be a bench gangster on the bench, but he was better, he directly became "
"Half scrapped" state, not only 3.2 points, but also 3.2 rebounds, completely losing the desire to attack and take shots! That season, the Lakers needed people so much, this guy failed to live up to expectations!!!
Regarding the update issue, some book friends say that Xiao Zi updates too little, but look, the number of words in Xiao Zi’s latest update is close to 6000+, but Xiao Zi doesn’t like to cut chapters, so she usually publishes big chapters.
Yes, for example, this chapter can be divided into 2 chapters by Xiao Zi, right? Of course, everyone wants me to speed up the update because they think highly of me. Xiao Zi must spend all her time coding except during working hours. Please don’t worry about this!!!
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Let me tell you again, Calderon really scored a career-high 30 points that night, there is no doubt about it~~~