Chapter 770 Kobe Bryant's downturn can't be completed alone~
Gasol even felt a little resentful of Tang Qian.
Why? Because the latter's outstanding performance during this period has raised the Lakers' interior standards, so everyone's expectations for him have naturally been "raised." In fact, this is completely out of anger, because it is to blame
Gasol can only blame himself. He was under too much psychological pressure after his comeback and had too high expectations for himself, so he fell into this deadlock.
If he was willing to come back and start from the bench in the first few games, it might be much easier to find the feeling this way. But because of the so-called "self-esteem", the Spaniard insisted that he would start. He insisted that he had been prepared for it long ago. But the fact is that
Disagreed.
In fact, let alone him, even someone as strong as Kobe would still perform mediocrely after returning from a serious injury. You want to have a perfect performance as soon as you come back... This is not to abuse your opponent, but to abuse yourself.
Feasibility is too low.
But Gasol didn't want to blame himself, so he could only "direct his anger" on Tang Qian.
Tang Qian, who was shot innocently, didn't know that he had been "thought about" by Gasol. In his opinion, the latter was still a good teammate and senior who had helped him and supported him in his rookie season.
Of course, not only Tang Qian, but even Kobe, who played alongside Gasol for so many seasons, did not find anything "abnormal" about the Lakers' No. 16.
They all ignored one thing, human nature, especially people who are not originally so tough, are most prone to internal changes. Gasol is too eager to prove himself, and the increase in age and the sudden emergence of newcomers have given rise to
He added extra psychological burden, so gradually he developed this "anger-releasing" mentality.
Generally speaking, the Lakers No. 16 is actually not fully prepared to handle the intensity of NBA starting lineups.
He is too impatient.
Maybe it's to prove myself.
Maybe it's for...
Now D'Antoni really has a very low sense of presence in the locker room, and he has no "voice" in the tactical settings. He just lets the Lakers rely on instinct to operate. Really, if there is no Tang Qian, if there is no super peak
Kobe, if there is no silver score card + silver monthly card, then it is a luxury for the Lakers to win 30 games this season.
Up to now, he is third in the Western Conference, and may even be second in the Western Conference. This record has not allowed D'Antoni to "relax". It exceeded his expectations by too much. Therefore, he was a little lacking in preparation and extremely hasty.
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"Strengthen the defense in the second half! Strengthen the defense! If you can't play well in rotations, why can't you also play man-to-man? The Thunder are not the Spurs? We must win this game tonight! Did you all hear that???" Kobe said in
The locker room kept giving orders, but he was actually not in a good state tonight. This was a sign.
A sign before something collapses.
Kobe Bryant played too aggressively this season, and doing so in the regular season actually didn't do much good.
But we have to change our perspective. If he didn't play like this, the Lakers would definitely not have reached 50 wins! They would definitely not have reached the third position in the Western Conference! This is also dialectical.
Whether it's a gain or a loss depends on Kobe's own weighing and choices.
However, Tang Qian is still confident, because he still has the deadline for the silver score card. He should be able to win tonight's game. But the facts will prove everything. This game is not that simple a regular season game.
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The Lakers want to win, why don't the Thunder do the same?
Kobe has a strong desire, is Durant not good enough?
Everyone knows in this game that whoever wins the game and wins the data will have a watershed moment in the MVP showdown between the two sides. The loser may have to lose a lot of "impression flow votes."
This is fatal enough when the competition for MVP this season is so fierce.
So when Tang Qian also started to try to score, he suddenly found that the situation was a bit bad. Because he scored, the opponent also scored, which meant that he did not score and did not narrow the score gap. This is not good for the lagging team.
It's a big disadvantage. If it goes on, the Thunder will get closer and closer to victory.
"The hard hit under the basket was successful! It also caused a defensive foul on Ibaka! But the score difference is still very big, the boys have to work harder!!!" Bill MacDonald was right, Tang Qian
The ball finally hit 2+1, but before it stayed for a few seconds, the opponent scored a 3-pointer, and the scorer was Kevin Durant.
Durant didn't score much in the first half, and he didn't play much in the second quarter because the game went smoothly. Now his physical fitness and energy are extremely strong, and he will naturally show no mercy when he scores points. As for the
Tang Qian looked up and saw that there was still a 16-point difference. He worked hard in the paint and scored 15 points with a super high shooting rate, but he only helped the Lakers narrow the difference by a few points. This was obviously due to insufficient speed.
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The Lakers couldn't keep up in this quarter. Why? Mainly because of the state of No. 24, which suddenly suffered a big decline. Starting from the second quarter, his shooting percentage dropped sharply. This was the case in more than 60 games this season.
, something they had never encountered before. The entire Zijin Army team didn’t know what to do.
Because in previous games, Kobe has always been extremely strong, and this has never been the case.
It was so terrifying that it came so suddenly, and the entire Zijin Army was caught off guard.
And if the scoring points cannot keep up, it will be difficult to win with just one inside line, because inside scoring has always been known for its stability and high shooting rate. If you want to continuously break out and chase points, this is not what the inside line is good at.
Furthermore, even if you do it, so what? One person's score cannot be better than that of the entire opponent's team.
This is the same as some time ago when Kobe Bryant was scoring crazy points and always losing.
A single scoring point is too few and not enough.
Moreover, the Thunder team also pumped up their momentum, and everyone was very energetic, which made the entire Lakers team restrained.
Even the rookie Steven Adams completed two inside attacks. When Tang Qian went to block Russell Westbrook, Thackeray was beaten by the former. This also included a violent make-up dunk! This made
The Thunder are soaring!
Kobe's shooting percentage still hasn't improved. He wanted to explode, but...he found that he couldn't.
This is the reason why both physical and energy reserves are severely depleted.
The size 24 body makes it difficult for him to forcefully improve his condition.
In this way, Durant exploded, invisibly widening the gap.
Because originally Kobe was supposed to beat the Thunder's No. 2, Durant beat the Lakers' No. 3, and then see who scored more points in the end. But now Kobe is not good enough, which tilts the outside comparison balance. The Lakers
The team's outside firepower was completely suppressed.
After Durant scored another single, he shouted to Kobe: "How is it? Bryant? Is my scoring ability okay?"
Kobe wanted to retaliate on the offensive end, but he still missed. In fact, Caron Butler's defense was not that good. But starting from the second quarter, the Thunder's basket seemed to be an extra basket for Kobe.
It's like a "lid" that blocks almost all of his shots.
After Durant received the ball, he directly shot, brushed, and then scored.
"Hey, Black Mamba, is this your peak? I haven't gone all out yet!"
Kobe's face turned cold, but tonight he couldn't explode no matter what. It was as if his body had been hollowed out and his feet were tied with heavy lead weights, making him unable to break free.
We can't keep fighting like this! He is obviously tired! He is tired!
D'Antoni saw the problem. He was going to replace Kobe in the next timeout, but this did not succeed because the Lakers' No. 24 refused the order and refused to come off the court. And his reason was very good. Only if he is on the court can the Thunder be guaranteed.
If one of the two players is restrained, otherwise Durant and Westbrook are allowed to play smoothly, then the Lakers will basically lose this game.
Mike D'Antoni knows that Kobe is not talking nonsense. The Thunder's lineup is extremely capable of scoring and has a lot of scoring points. If Russell Westbrook is allowed to play again, the Lakers' season winning streak will be terminated.
Tonight, ending March 9th.
What troubles D'Antoni is that he still can't vent his anger.
Because once it leaks, the team morale that has been built up with great effort will collapse in an instant.
After all, the Lakers' lineup this season was not originally built to win the championship. Most of them are short-term contracts with basic salaries and temporary mercenaries. Such a lineup structure can play against the wind and against the wind, but its ability will be greatly reduced.
.This has been verified many times throughout the season.
So after a slight hesitation, he still didn't get past No. 24, and Kobe continued to appear.
After seeing that he was in good shape but his opponent's condition was getting worse and worse, Durant said with some revenge: "Bryant, Mr. Peak Black Mamba, I don't need you to win this year's MVP. That's mine too! You
The era of James has passed! The era of James has also passed! The future belongs to me! It belongs to our Thunder! It belongs to me, Kevin Durant!!!"
"Okay! Shut your mouth! I can see your disgusting gums!" Kobe replied angrily: "The game is not over yet, I won't let you win!"
"Haha~ Then tonight is not up to you!" Durant said with a smile: "I want to pay you back everything you said to me before the game!"
Tang Qian plays very actively in the post, and he also has good overwhelming power. Whether it is Ibaka or Steven Adams who plays against him, they are very embarrassed at the rebound end. It is difficult to get offensive low rebounds even if they fight for their lives.
How about a defensive rebound? You also need to be cautious and deal with it with all your strength to save it. Otherwise, if you are not careful, it will be grabbed by the former and become part of the statistics column.
But as the saying goes, one person cannot support a team.
No matter how strong Tang Qian's rebounding is, there is a limit. After all, it is not possible to miss every low-post rebound without using the rebounding ability card. So if the Lakers' offensive problems cannot be improved, the defensive problems... forget it.
This basically cannot be improved. We can only find a solution from the offensive end.
He didn't know, he was speechless, and so was his opponent. Originally, he thought that Kobe's condition was not good, so he could easily win this game. But now, the Thunder are still playing a bit "depressed" and not as thorough.
The feeling of oppression.
The reason is very simple: the score difference has not widened, but is gradually shrinking.
The amplitude is very slow, but it is shrinking! This is an unquestionable thing!
Thunder head coach Scott Brooks was surprised. He didn't understand why the Eastern center was in such good offensive form during this period and his shooting percentage was so exaggerated! He was a center, the closest to the basket among the five positions on the basketball court.
Yes, it is natural that he has the highest field goal percentage. After all, the highest field goal percentage in NBA history was set by the center. But what happened to these consecutive key goals? Can he withstand the pressure like this? Can he continue to feel like this?
This guy really didn't take medicine, did he?
Of course, I’m just thinking about it, because the league’s urine tests for the Lakers are now the most stringent and frequent, and there have been no suspicious reports or problems. So everyone can only attribute all this to the state and feel.
At least, after a game, the shooting rate is not 100% or 90%, right?
70% to 80% of the hits are still obtained by high scores, which is incredible, but it is still within the acceptable range.
If Tang Qian scored 50 points in a row with a 100% shooting rate, it would be unrealistic for even a fool.
It must be done for "experimentation".
Tang Qian is not stupid at this point. He has already thought out all the steps in his mind before using this combined ability card. In some competitive novels, the protagonist uses an impossible hit rate to score invincible statistics, four pairs or even
Five pairs, the alliance was just "surprised". Tang Qian would not be stupid for something that went against common sense and rules.
And after owning the "different space" for so long, Tang Qian slowly realized a problem. The "different space" is not omnipotent. It should ultimately be just a "special space" that "accelerates growth". There are fewer and fewer
Missions and ability cards becoming increasingly difficult to obtain all illustrate one aspect: Those who want to become "Long Aotian" solely relying on ability cards from "different spaces" will definitely die miserably in the end.
He didn't want his career to end hastily like that, what he wanted was a great ambition.
Well, I heard that his contract is not long, it is a 1+1 contract. Then it will be operable after this season, right? If the Thunder fails to win the championship again this season and does not even break out of the Western Conference, then it is necessary for him
Discuss with the management and try to recruit people after the season. If we can form a core lineup of Durant + Westbrook + Dongfang Fang, then Oklahoma City will be unbeatable in the Western Conference in the next five years.
The presence!
The Thunder coach thinks this way, Tang Qian now is not the Tang Qian before the end of last season. With super strong statistics, super rebounding ability and rim protection ability, the latter has already impressed countless people with his strong season process.
Impressed.
If we talk about Tang Qian after the 2012-13 season, he was a problematic player who was caught in all kinds of negative news and various "gates".
Then after the 2013-14 season, he will be recognized as a super blue-collar player.
Kobe Bryant has a point of view that is gradually being accepted by everyone in the league. That is... No. 29 of the Lakers, he is the first blue-collar player in the league and the first blue-collar person.
Game after game, more and more teams will offer him an "olive branch".
As for how old Tang Qian is now? Who.cares? Who else cares about this kind of thing?
Powerful ability is the best response to make all doubts disappear.
Mutombo was also troubled by this problem back then, but when his data got better and better, people would only make good-natured ridicule of his true age, instead of the malicious ridicule before.
Tang Qian is now a blue-collar worker and has already produced better season data than the previous one this season. Even if people don't know whether he can continue to maintain it in the future. But in this season alone, countless people will dare to place bets. Because of this kind of data
, dropped by half, and is still at an excellent level for the league’s blue-collar workers.
So apart from busybodies and the media, which management team is responsible for this kind of "gossip"?
You say you don’t want it? In this era when giants are generally in decline, then you must be a fool and a 250-year-old.
The pressure on Kupchak now is the best example.
As the Jenny Bass faction continues to advance and make successful decisions, his position as general manager has long been on the verge of collapse.
PS: Here comes the second update, Xiao Zi is very hardworking, right~ Huhu~ Go to sleep~