Although the "Traffic Jam Gate" did not cause any major problems, the league thought for a moment and decided to impose additional suspensions on Tang Qian and Brook Lopez. Each side was suspended for one game as a punishment. However, this is not enough for those in the hospital bed.
Brook Lopez is meaningless because he is lying on the hospital bed and cannot play without being suspended.
So it can be regarded as the league's appeasement to Brook Lopez fans.
Because once this incident came out, it was impossible for Brook Lopez to catch up with the All-Stars. Although he would not be disqualified if he was selected, it was also a kind of failure to see his favorite star galloping in the All-Star game.
What a huge regret. It was based on this consideration that David Stern decided to impose an additional penalty of suspension for both parties.
This old Jewish man has always been very good at the art of balance.
Therefore, Tang Qian had no choice but to miss Boston's road trip and stay in Los Angeles to rest.
Speaking of rest, Tang Qian was not idle at all. He practiced basics in the morning, strength training in the afternoon, and watched Amare Stoudemire's videos and game videos in the evening. So this day passed quickly, and the next day was full of fun.
Early in the morning, Tang Qian took a plane and headed to Charlotte, because on February 8, the Lakers will challenge the Charlotte Bobcats back-to-back.
To the disappointment of Lakers fans, the Lakers lost their last game against the Celtics, with only 2 points, at the TD North Shore Garden Arena. Kobe, Nash and Gasol all performed well in this game and won 10 points respectively.
With scores of 27 points, 17 points, and 21 points, it is a pity that the Lakers' substitutes were misfired across the board. What about the opposite team? Although the stars Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett both performed mediocrely, their substitutes were extremely fierce, and Jeff.
Green and Jason Terry both scored 20+ points, which made the Lakers' substitutes' plus-minus impossible to judge. In the end, Kobe failed to shoot a three-pointer, and the Lakers could only accept the result of interrupting their winning streak.
On February 8th, US time, Dwight Howard announced that he had recovered from his groin strain and he had returned to the team.
At this moment, Mike D'Antoni had another headache, because Howard was strong, but he was unwilling to put down his body to cooperate with the whole team. Instead, he had to have the whole team cooperate with him alone. In terms of his worrying low-post singles efficiency,
, let alone D'Antoni, even if the famous NBA coach, Qian Shengshuai, or legendary coach comes, there will be nothing. After all, it is only the 2013-2013 season, after all, Howard is still a "happy beast" now.
At this time, happy basketball surpassed victorious basketball in Howard's heart.
But you ask him to sit on the bench? That is even more impossible! The Lakers management paid such a high price to recruit the "future successor", and you ask him to sit on the bench? Is a bench worth close to 20 million US dollars too expensive?
A little? But he was incompatible with his own tactical philosophy on the court. For a while, Mike D'Antoni even had a mentality of "How did he recover so quickly?"
It can be seen that as the coach of the Lakers this season, Mike D'Antoni is conflicted and entangled in his heart.
He feels like he has nowhere to go with this "league's number one center".
After seeing Howard, Tang Qian didn't say anything. Because of the last incident, Tang Qian had already consumed the last trace of his favorability towards the former. Now, completely, only disgust was left. The two were incompatible with each other.
The unpleasant atmosphere soon spread to the whole team training, causing Mike D'Antoni, who was watching, to have even more headaches.
With this team atmosphere, at 7 o'clock in the evening, the Lakers began to enter the Time Warner Center Arena to warm up.
The Lakers currently have 23 wins and 27 losses, and they still seem to be far away from the 50% winning rate and the top eight in the Western Conference.
But tonight's opponent is the Charlotte Bobcats, the worst team in the league, so the Lakers' plan for this game is to get it in without losing anything. Otherwise, if the bottom team can't win, then there is no competition.
Top eight in the West?
When Tang Qian faced the Nets, his shot-blocking crystal brick breakthrough increased from 6 and a half yuan to 7 yuan. As usual, he also received the promotion reward of "different space" and received a silver shot-blocking card. This
Tang Qian had obtained this card before, and the effect was definitely powerful, so it was considered a "strong support".
However, he will definitely not use it in this game, because facing the disorganized Bobcats, he can handle it and settle the situation with his own ability. It depends on whether Dwight Howard will hinder himself. After all,
Choosing such a weak team to come back, "Warcraft" must also want to perform well.
It turned into a scene of "competition" between the two sides.
Due to Dwight Howard's reputation, Mike D'Antoni still arranged for him to be among the starting five. As expected, he made a big splash in the first quarter, scoring 8 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks.
The bobcats, whose fighting spirit was low, were no match for Howard in the paint. Byron Mullens was completely fucked and beaten until he became dizzy. To be honest, Byron Mullens is still tonnage, weighing 275 pounds.
With a height of 7 feet, the "Warcraft" will not suffer too much in terms of hardware. However, this guy's athletic ability is really not flattering. He is so bulky and is extremely obsessed with three-pointers. Yes, three-pointers, averaging three points per game this season.
He took about 10 shots, and the average three-point shot accounted for nearly 40%. According to Tang Qian, such a person has no idea how he entered the NBA. No wonder he accomplished nothing in the CBA in the end, and even became
He became the fastest player with NBA experience to be laid off in CBA history.
For a person like this to contend with the "Warcraft", it would undoubtedly be a very funny thing. Howard hit him in the low post and hit him almost accurately, giving people the illusion of becoming one of the "four major centers of the 1990s". As for helping
Defending Brandon Haywood doesn't help either, because he has declined too much compared to his peak, and he is about to suffer a devastating injury and a stress fracture in his left foot. So it's better to count on him than on him.
Howard's own skating is much more reliable.
Brandon Haywood is the standard muscle stick that is popular in the league recently. He is strong, can rebound and block shots, and does not occupy the right to take shots. In his peak period, he also had a performance close to 10+10+2. It is a pity.
He was injured too quickly, and after signing a big contract, he was a bit like "being a monk for a day and hitting the clock", so by the 2012-2013 season, he had already become a "duck around" player, basically a team with some ideas.
He will not be given priority to join the team.
Tang Qian only played for 30 seconds in the first quarter and got "poor" data of 1 rebound.
Howard looked at No. 29 with a mocking look, as if to say, boy, you know how powerful I am, right?
Tang Qian didn't talk nonsense because he believed that Dwight Howard, who insisted on "low singles", would always make mistakes.
When that time comes, it will be your time to turn around.
Howard is also seeking his own death. If he had maintained his playing style in Orlando, being a super blue-collar player and using pick-and-rolls and rolls as his main scoring methods, he would definitely not be what he is now with the Lakers. After all, he is still a good match for Nash and Nash.
Mike D'Antoni's tactical system.
But he just wants to be a "low-level beast", using his own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strong points.
In Tang Qian's opinion, this kind of behavior is even more stupid than Andrew Bynum.
At least the nunnery master will not give up his own strengths, and "Warcraft" did just that.
Sure enough, in the second quarter, someone from the Bobcats stepped up, and he was Bismack Biyombo. Don’t look at the average data per game this season, only 4.8+7.3+1.8. But you have to understand, this is just him.
The data of 27 minutes, converted into 36 minutes of "Warcraft", is close to 6+10+2.5. Moreover, after being stimulated by Tang Qian last time, this Congolese boy seemed to have an idea, and his rebounding status improved by leaps and bounds.
There have been several performances of 15+ rebounds in a single game.
So as soon as he came up, he made an agreement with Byron Mullens, and the latter would take the lead in defense, and he would assist in defense.
As for whether Pau Gasol will be missed because of this, they can't control that much. Anyway, the head coach of the Bobcats this season is just a puppet, just here to mess around, so there is no need to expect him to make any tactical analysis.
, tactical guidance comes.
The Bobcats' team name will be changed next season, and this season is Jordan's "deliberately messed up" plan.
But Biyombo doesn't want to go around like this. He knows that the Bobcats will almost never make the playoffs, so he is unwilling to let go of any performance opportunities he can seize in the regular season. Once he comes out of Africa, he doesn't want to go back.
Okay. It's not because of the money problem. As I said before, although Bismarck Biyombo was born in Congo, Africa, his family is not poor. On the contrary, the conditions are quite good. He just doesn't want to look back in embarrassment after accomplishing nothing.
When he came to the United States to play basketball, he had certain ideals besides playing basketball.
The "magical week" of Dongfang Fang was a bright light for him.
He also wants to "become famous instantly" and "become famous overnight". Even if he can't reach the level of Dongfang Perm, it can be one level or even a few levels below. Tonight, "Warcraft" Howard, who is struggling with low offensive efficiency in the low post, is his.
Prey. He wants to "get ahead" with Dwight Howard.
In the second quarter, Howard took the initiative to request to play. His purpose was obviously to occupy Tang Qian's playing time. Due to the former's strong performance in the first quarter, Mike D'Antoni could only temporarily nod in agreement. Because the other party's request was reasonable and reasonable.
Yeah, he feels good and is in good shape. If he doesn't play, who will? There's nothing wrong with that.
Besides, Howard is also the number two player on the Lakers, so he still has to give him basic respect.
As long as the other party doesn't continue to openly contradict him, D'Antoni won't be able to break up with him. After all, the NBA is still a professional basketball. You can be motivated for a while, but it can't last long, otherwise the head coach will definitely be unable to bear the consequences. Tang Qian didn't say anything.
I just watched quietly as Dwight Howard came on the court and prepared to show off. But God seemed to be very powerful. Only halfway through the second quarter, Mike D'Antoni became so impatient that he called a timeout.
The reason is that the team's offense, especially the low-post offense, encountered huge resistance. In half a quarter, only 3 points were scored, which made "offensive master" Mike D'Antoni look very ugly. Why is this? The main reason
That is, Dwight Howard's low post plays are too much and too frequent. If his low posts are powerful and extremely lethal, then forget it, he can play however he likes, and Mike D'Antoni has nothing to say.
After all, the essence of basketball is still a scoring game. So as long as you can score points, it doesn't matter who comes.
But the bad thing is that Dwight Howard made 1 of 6 shots in this quarter. Is that all? No, there are hidden shots that are not calculated, and that is the number of free throws. He made 6 free throws in half a quarter, and the damage was still there.
Yes, but the problem is that the "Warcraft" feels "terrible", and none of the 6 free throws can hit the Bobcats' basket. In this way, it is not difficult to understand that the Lakers fell into a scoring drought in the second quarter. Because
Excluding Howard, only Jamison made 1 of 2 free throws and scored 1 point. What about the rest? Either they had no chance to shoot, or they only shot a "test ball."
Even without Kobe, Nash is present, Howard + Gasol + Jamison + Meeks + Steve Blake, this lineup should still have good firepower. There are three people on the outside who can shoot 3-pointers.
With two towers inside, no matter what, he would not only score 3 points in half a quarter. Mike D'Antoni is not Mike Brown. He still has real talent and learning, so he quickly discovered the crux of the problem-Dwight Howard.
No. 12 of the Lakers played really "too viciously". Even if he didn't assist, he didn't even pass the ball a few times. It seemed that as long as the basketball was in his hands, he couldn't even think about passing it out. The whole incarnation became
The "black hole of ball rights" made the other Lakers players just stare and watch the show. How can this make Mike D'Antoni, who advocates the "7 seconds or less" concept, calm?
In "7 seconds or less", passing and transferring the ball are also crucial. If you don't pass or transfer the ball, where will the opportunity come from? Even Kobe Bryant agrees with the change, you know?
White Howard still wants to go the other way? Do you think you are Shaquille O'Neal? Do you think you are Yao Ming? If not, just pass the ball. Even basketball beginners understand this simple truth. As the "league's number one center"
Not sure?
Refreshing data for the sake of improving data. This guy's heart is probably no longer in Los Angeles or Staples.
After seeing what Howard did, Mike D'Antoni finally discovered some signs.
But he is only the head coach, and he only has coaching and management rights, which are things only the management has.
Unless you are a godfather-level coach at the level of "Cardinal" Arnold Auerbach, the head coach will never be able to get management rights. Even "Zen Master" Phil Jackson does not have this kind of treatment, because the NBA has more than 60 years of experience.
In history, the only ones who can be called godfathers are Auerbach and Jerry West. And throughout history, there is only one godfather-level coach, and that is Arnold Jacob Auerbach.
Therefore, Mike D'Antoni could only think of a way from his coaching authority and said: "Dwight, you will observe the position of your teammates more later. If you find that your teammates are open, immediately release the ball and strive for 3 points. Do you understand?"
Dwight Howard was vague when he heard the words, and nodded half-heartedly.
When he came on the court again, even though he was replaced by Steve Nash, Howard still had a low-post attitude. He stood in the paint and refused to move even half a step. In this case, no matter how good his passing skills were,
, there is nothing we can do, we can only lob the ball in and let Dwight Howard do what he wants.
With 1 of 3 shots and 1 of 2 free throws, Howard scored another 3-pointer. However, at the same time, he also made 2 personal errors. The Bobcats seized the opportunity and hit a 5-pointer. At the end of the half, only
With 58 seconds left, Kobe couldn't help it anymore. He stood up and shouted directly to the court: "Howard, pass the ball, pass the ball out, do you understand? Go pick-and-roll with Steve!"
But this was all in vain, because Howard still went his own way, "walking alone" in the Bobcats' interior, without caring about the movement of other Lakers players. At this time, Kobe's face became gloomy. It was not that he misunderstood that he was not
Passing the ball, it was not a misunderstanding that his playing style was too bad, it was just that No. 24 suddenly saw the clues.
There are signs of his gradual departure from the Lakers.
This is the most unacceptable thing for No. 24.
Because for the Lakers and the Purple and Gold Army, Kobe's feelings have long exceeded the normal level.
He regarded this place as his "home".
How comfortable can he be in the face of "house thieves"?
So for the first time, Kobe and Howard had a public dispute in the locker room.
Different from the previous "private disputes", this time, the two did not clear the court, but directly argued loudly in front of all the Lakers players. This was tantamount to breaking up, and there was no longer any fig leaf.
In the end, Mike D'Antoni learned from his previous experience and supported Kobe, so Howard was forced to the bench.
Of course "Warcraft" was not convinced, but during the game, only the head coach had the most power, and the latter was qualified to decide who would play and who would rest. After hearing Mike D'Antoni's decision, Howard became angry and shouted,
"Don't use me if you have the ability"! However, Mike D'Antoni is not threatened. Since he has decided to support Kobe, he cannot go both ways. Mike Brown's vacillating stupidity is a lesson learned from his past.
Seeing that the Lakers replaced the center in the third quarter, Bismack Biyombo was frightened for no reason, because the pain of the last game was still fresh in his mind. It was No. 29 in front of him, this was the East in front of him
A man, in front of himself, racked up 40+ rebounds in a single game. This clip, like a nightmare, made Biyombo's heart beat.
"Hi~buddy~We meet again~You performed very well tonight~" After Tang Qian walked on the court, he greeted Bismarck Biyombo. Unexpectedly, the latter's body froze and he murmured after a long while.
Said: "You, you won't want to..." Tang Qian was also stunned, and then said with a smile: "Ah~ then you can rest assured~ you have performed exceptionally during that time~ it is impossible tonight~"
Can't do it? Not in good shape? Then, that's good!
After hearing Tang Qian's answer, Bismarck Biyombo seemed to be relieved, because the former's performance last time was really shocking. As a rebounder, Biyombo almost lost his mind after the last game.
Self, if Tang Qian hadn't given him some help, he might still be wandering in the shadows now.
This is the case with human beings. The stronger one's strengths are, to a certain extent, the greater one's weaknesses are.
Because he is strong, he loses less. The less he loses, the more he is afraid of losing. Once he loses miserably, his previous self-confidence will be suddenly disillusioned or even directly reversed. It is very likely that Tang Qian does not want to be like this than Yongbo.
, so after the last game, he chose to offer comfort.
Tang Qian is still very friendly to legitimate competitors. He is not the kind of "perverted protagonist", so the stronger the opponent, the more he enjoys the confrontation. This is the real fun of basketball, not invincibility, but
It is confrontational. Otherwise, if you are in an invincible state for a long time, even Qiao Shen will feel tired and his enthusiasm for basketball will be greatly reduced.
You can say that Tang Qian is "being stupid" and "capitalizing the enemy", but for him, this is "acting as he pleases", which can not only cultivate powerful opponents, but also stimulate himself to keep moving forward without producing spontaneous consequences.
A big, complacent feeling of stagnation. After reaching a certain level and level, challenge is always an unavoidable topic. The same is true for competitive sports. The lack of challenge means the lack of passion and the lack of heartbeat. That kind of basketball is not Tang Dynasty.
He needs opponents and enemies. Without enemies, he can practice hard and bring out his maximum potential. This is definitely a lie, because human nature contains laziness, laziness and laziness.
, laziness, the greatest potential always needs stimulation before it can explode.
Winning too much, sometimes, is not necessarily a good thing.
And the most important thing is that Tang Qian is confident that he can defeat everyone in the end.
That's why he longs for challenges and strong men. That's not a masochistic tendency, it's just Tang Qian's basketball attitude.
However, as soon as the game started, Bismack Biyombo felt that he had been deceived by Tang Qian. After the rebound crystal tiles increased to 7 and a half yuan, in the current league, the latter has outstanding rebounding ability and is only a handful. Even now.
The "Warcraft" was slightly at a disadvantage in terms of rebounds alone. In this case, Tang Qian swept through the paint and got 7 rebounds in the third quarter alone. And his offensive end was completely different from Dwight's.
.Howard, who never sticks to the ball and doesn't show off, uses high pick-and-rolls, pass-and-cut screens, and cuts along the way. He plays in a precise and reasonable manner. Suddenly, the Lakers' offense is liberated and blossoms in all directions. Not just in one breath.
It surpassed the Bobcats and entered the final quarter with a 6-point advantage.
In the end, the Lakers defeated the Charlotte Bobcats 100-90, 10 points, maintaining a record sweep of their opponents this season.
Kobe once again scored 22+7+9 overall data, Nash also got 10 assists, Gasol 18 points, Tang Qian 11 points, 13 rebounds and 2 blocks. The Lakers rejected their 2-game losing streak and the record became
24 wins and 27 losses.
There still seems to be a big gap between the top eight in the Western Conference.
At the post-game press conference, Howard kept a dark face and said nothing. This also made keen reporters smell something unusual. Because compared to ordinary game victories, things outside the court are more eye-catching.
, a more popular point. Who doesn’t understand this professional journalist?
Be sure to dig around, there may be a story!
This is the inner voice of most of the reporters present.
But for all the Lakers players, the next game is the key.
Because this is the second time this season that we face the defending champions, Miami and the Heat.
PS: I came back late, something happened at the company that held me back, but now that I have promised to explode ten thousand words, Xiaozi will never break his promise and continue to code ~ But it is estimated that it will be very late, or very early~ Book friends who can’t wait