The Lakers ended their five-game winning streak. Was last week just a bubble phenomenon? - Los Angeles Times.
Kobe Bryant's 40 points could not prevent the Lakers from losing. When will the Purple and Gold Army enter the top eight in the Western Conference? - Bleachers.
China ended its crazy rebounding journey with only 12 rebounds in this game. - Lakers Nation.
The Four Kings are not scary! We have the ability to defeat them! George Carl said this. - Denver Post.
Winning is just a superficial phenomenon! The Lakers are still a weak team! - ESPN.
Kobe scores too many points! He hurts the team's motivation! - Henry Abbott.
It is recommended that Howard hold the ball more and attack more. The Lakers' strength should be inside! - Jay Williams.
The Chinese perm is a data brush! Please follow my private Twitter for details! I will reveal why to everyone over the weekend! - ESPN reporter Mark Stern.
This is an inevitable thing about a team that focuses on teams. It is easy for people to look at problems with a magnifying glass. If they play well, they will be praised to the sky. If they play poorly, they will be blamed. Especially the Lakers, who are still in the huge city of Los Angeles.
Under the spotlight, small fluctuations can easily be magnified into "turbulent waves" by those who are interested.
After two days of rest, the Lakers faced the Portland Trail Blazers at home on December 28.
Although the Trail Blazers already have peak LaMarcus Aldridge and rookie Damian Lillard this season, the tacit understanding and chemical reaction between the two have not yet been developed, so they were severely punished by the Lakers.
Taught a lesson. In the end, 104-87, the Lakers took away the game with a 17-point lead. Kobe scored a game-high 27 points, and Howard recovered somewhat, scoring 21 points and 14 rebounds.
With Nash's 10+ assists, the Lakers successfully defeated the still-rebuilding Trail Blazers.
Tang Qian had 10 rebounds, 3 blocks and 1 assist in this game.
This game is also the Lakers' last game in 2012. Ending with a victory seems to be a good signal.
Fans think so too, but...
The Lakers are trapped in a strange circle.
What kind of weird circle? The winning rate is stuck in a weird circle.
The Lakers will play their 31st game of the season on New Year's Day, playing at home, and the recent schedule has been very easy. Logically speaking, it is natural to win the opponent. After all, the 76ers have been struggling since Allen Iverson left.
In a life-or-death situation, this season is no exception. So far, they have only 12 wins, which is worse than the Lakers. Moreover, Andre Iguodala left the team this season and transferred to Denver, which made the original
The Philadelphia 76ers, who lack star power, are even worse. Most of the starting players are ordinary goods, such as the aging former dunk champion Jason Richardson. This season, his points per game have hit a career low.
Around 10.6 points, which is more than double the 23+ in his peak period. Another example is Lavoy Allen. In Tang Qian's impression, this person has never scored more than 6 points in his career. Although his defense is not bad,
But he is far from being a good player, so he will be a solid substitute player in the future. But this season, he was in the starting lineup in Philadelphia.
This is evident from this.
The only one, Jrue Holiday, did a little better, but he was basically at the level between the team's sixth player and the main player.
And he is already the strongest player in Philadelphia.
With such a team, is it natural for the Lakers to win? However, the result will surprise you. In the first game of the new year, the Lakers lost by 4 points. In this game, the loss was very inexplicable. Although Kobe Bryant scored efficiently
36 points, but the team missed, was passed, and was beaten on the outside, leaving the Lakers in a stalemate from beginning to end. Jrue Holiday and Evan Turner, who were originally just ordinary players,
They broke out one after another, one scored 28 points and 10 assists, and the other scored 22 points and 15 rebounds. Yes, you read that right, 15 rebounds, and this Evan Turner is only 201cm tall.
guard players. In this case, the Lakers' perimeter defense is almost useless.
It seems like everyone can break through, shoot, and kill everyone.
Of course, there is another unavoidable problem. The Lakers' twin interior towers, Gasol and Howard, are all lost. And it's not just the ordinary kind of lost, it's the kind that's so lost that it can't be found. The former made 12 shots.
2 shots, 16.7% shooting rate, the latter is not much better, 1 of 7 shots, 14.3% shooting rate, 3 of 10 free throws, the free throw shooting rate is actually much higher than the field goal shooting rate, this is also
It’s a strange data landscape.
Finally, the 3-point shooting rate is like shit, which is also a big problem that cannot be avoided. They only made 3 of 22 shots, with a shooting rate of 13.6%. When the league's style of play becomes more and more dependent on 3-pointers, the Lakers seem to be lagging behind.
For ten years, even Mike D'Antoni can't solve this problem.
Without three-pointers, his "small ball tactics" would not be able to advance at all, and his attack-for-attack approach would become a lame monk.
It’s not that the Lakers don’t have anyone who can shoot three-pointers. Kobe, Nash, and Ci Shiping can all shoot, but except for Nash, the other two are not real three-point shooters. Especially Ci Shiping, his shooting basically depends on the weather.
Fixed-point shooting actually has a worse hit rate than sports shooting. In this case, he is completely an unqualified three-point shooter. On the bench, there is only one Meeks who can be regarded as a 3-point shooting fort. Steve Blake
It would have been good, but unfortunately this season, he was always injured and could not guarantee his attendance.
Just like this, inexplicably, the Lakers lost. Even if Tang Qianqian performed well as a substitute, it was difficult to save the overall situation.
After all, without the support of ability cards, his personal ability is not enough to determine the trend of the entire game.
If he can now complete the tasks assigned by Mike D'Antoni, it will be considered a success.
On this day, the NBA announced the results of the second round of All-Star voting. Kobe Bryant continued to lead the Western Conference with 977,444 votes, Kevin Durant 924,898 votes, Tang Qian 799,890 votes, Dwight Howard 616,150 votes, and Chris Paul.
542,564 votes, Blake Griffin 489,795 votes. There is no doubt that the leader of the Eastern Conference, LeBron James, received 970,314 votes. In the first round of voting, he was originally the league's total vote leader, but in the second round, he
But Kobe has overtaken the past. It can be seen that Kobe's popularity is really terrifying. Even if the Lakers have a very poor record this season, it does not prevent the "Old Flying Man" from winning the championship in one fell swoop and surpassing James, who is at his peak.
Then came Carmelo Anthony with 891,759 votes, Wade with 645,875 votes, Rondo with 574,272 votes, and Garnett with 328,716 votes.
Judging from this trend, Tang Qian is likely to become an All-Star starter in the Western Conference.
It is extremely rare for a substitute player to become a starting All-Star.
As for Dwight Howard, he really has to thank NBA Vice President Stu Jackson. If he hadn't pushed for the reform of the All-Star voting position this season, then the former would most likely become Tang Qian's substitute. In this way,
But it was much more embarrassing than Shaq O'Neal back then. After all, O'Neal and Yao Ming were not members of the same team, but he and Tang Qian were teammates.
Moreover, he is the starting center for the Lakers, while the opponent is just a substitute player.
If this were reversed during the All-Star Game, Howard's face would definitely look uglier than a monkey's butt.
On January 4, 2013, the Lakers challenged the Clippers away from home. It was said to be an away game, but in fact it was a civil war in the same city inside the Staples Center. In the past, the Lakers VS Clippers were novices, and it was a breeze.
.But since Paul joined and Griffin rose, their strength has improved dramatically, ranking as high as fourth in the Western Conference this season. This is the best example. So the Clippers fans couldn't wait to shout inside the Staples Center.
Come on "WE.ARE.LA!"
Kobe wanted to win this game very much. He made 15 of 25 shots in the game and scored 38 points with a shooting percentage of 60%. However, the problem was still the one on the court. The Lakers as a whole could not make three-pointers.
Kobe Bryant made 1 of 6 3-pointers in this game. This means that if the three-pointers are deducted, his shooting percentage will be horribly high. Ci Shiping made 0 of 6 shots and Meeks made 2 of 9 shots.
, if Nash was not still stable and made 3 of 4 three-pointers, then the Lakers would have lost even more in this game.
He made 6 of 25 three-pointers in the game and almost missed nearly 20 three-pointers. With this kind of long-range shooting rate, he was blown away by the Clippers' 42.9% three-point shooting rate.
It has become a matter of course. As for the three-pointer, Tang Qian can only stare at it and cannot help in any way.
In the end, 102-107, the Lakers lost this city derby by 5 points.
After the game, the Lakers lost their second consecutive game. Kobe had a dark face at the post-game press conference, without even showing a smile.
At this time, Henry Abbott, a well-known "black science" expert, stood up and posted directly on his Twitter:
Kobe Bryant, 3-pointers, 16.7%.
A few simple words express all the irony, because in this game and the previous game, Kobe shot 1 of 6 three-pointers, a field goal percentage of exactly 16.7. So what Henry Abbott meant
, it goes without saying.
As for Tang Qian, he was originally a small role player, so the trend some time ago will eventually pass, and now few ESPN experts have come out to criticize him. Because his concentration and popularity are not worthy of this group of ESPN
Experts write articles specifically about black and white.
On January 6, 2013, US time, the Lakers played against the Denver Nuggets at home again. The result? They still lost.
It’s strange to say that this season the Nuggets played the Lakers as if they were on a drug. Everyone was energetic and the whole team performed exceptionally well. But what about the Lakers? In addition to the old problems on the defensive end, they still have too many outside shots.
Poor, he took 30 3-pointers in the game, but only hit 6. Kobe's three-pointers recovered somewhat, and he made 3 of 8 3-pointers in the game. But except for him and Nash, all the other outside shots felt cold.
, the sound of hammering makes people’s hearts tremble.
Howard scored 20+ rebounds in this game, but just like the last time he played against the Nuggets, he got into foul trouble again. And this time, at the beginning of the fourth quarter alone, he ended the game with 6 fouls.
Gasol and Tang Qian were not much better. One committed 5 fouls and the other committed 4 fouls. The Nuggets, under the targeted arrangement of George Karl, directly caused the Lakers' internal and external defenses to become completely unbalanced.
Tang Qian blocked 7 big shots in this game, but... he just failed.
Three consecutive losses immediately hung over the Lakers' head.
This time, with a record of 15 wins and 18 losses, it fell back to 12th place in the Western Conference.
All Los Angeles fans and media could not sit still and began to riot. They bombarded the home team on the Internet and TV. As the face of the Lakers during the season, the "Four Kings" were bombarded.
The worst off group.
On January 8th, US time, the Lakers moved to the Toyota Center. Facing the Rockets, who had a new core, they played extremely miserably.
I don’t know if there was a subtle change in the mentality of the whole team. Everyone was eager for quick success and impetuous in this game. The last statistics showed that there were as many as 28 turnovers in the game! In this ultra-high turnover rate
Next, it is reasonable for the Lakers to be defeated by their opponents. 125 points is the number of points scored by the Rockets in this game under the defense of the Lakers. This number can only explain one problem, that is tonight
The Lakers' defense is like paper.
Tang Qian has tried his best, but unfortunately his ability is limited and he cannot save the Los Angeles Lakers tonight.
For the first time, he officially saw the transformed James Harden. With his extremely strong scoring ability, he has firmly occupied the second position in the league. Even Kobe is no longer like him when facing him.
It’s the same as every season, and it’s so easy.
Four consecutive losses.
The Lakers' misery is far from over.
After this game, Rockets striker Chandler Parsons said publicly: Why should he, Kobe Bryant, guarantee the Lakers' playoff spot? Obviously, he was being sarcastic.
What Kobe Bryant said more than a month ago, the Lakers will definitely make the playoffs.
On January 9, the Lakers visited the Holy City in back-to-back games, 105-108. Kobe finally missed the three-pointer to equalize the score. The Lakers lost to the Holy City and the Spurs, winning their fifth consecutive defeat this season.
In this game, Tang Qian completed the "Today in History" challenge and received a silver ability card fragment. In this game, Tang Qian was considered an X factor because he contributed an astonishing 22 points on the bench.
After scoring, the final statistics were 22 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks.
13 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks, it doesn't matter, it's still within the normal range, but 22 points? This is definitely a very strange statistic. At least for Tang Qian this season, this is the case.
9 of 12 shots were taken, the field goal percentage was as high as 75%, and he also made 3 free throws. It can be said that if Tang Qian did not suddenly stand up, the Lakers would not have been able to survive the final decisive moment. And these statistics are all
Steve Nash helped him get it, because "Son of the Wind" played almost the entire game in this game.
It was precisely in this way that Steve Nash discovered some things that he had not observed too carefully before.
The Lakers’ No. 29?
After this game, Nash found Mike D'Antoni and said:
"Mike, I have made a new discovery, do you want to hear it?"
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