In the locker room on this day, the Lakers players talked a lot, and the players had a variety of ideas with the addition of Cousins. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

There are worries, there are excitement, and there are those who remain neutral, the most notable of which is Kobe's attitude, perhaps because of Howard's previous relationship, he did not welcome Cousins to join.

"Hey guys, we've got a new partner. ”

As Scott spoke, a bear-sized white player approached from the locker room door.

The fierce look is not who Cousins is.

"Hey, everyone. Cousins greeted everyone with a straight face, and judging by his expression, he wasn't all that happy about being traded.

The players looked at each other, Tang Hao and Kobe Bryant did not get up to welcome, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.

Scott coughed dryly twice, and Anderson got up and said with a smile, "DeMarcus, welcome to Los Angeles, even though I only came a month before you." ”

"Hey. Cousins waved hello to Anderson and headed straight for his closet.

His closet was right next to Kobe, and when Kobe saw him coming, he got up and left the locker room.

Scott sensed the uneasiness in the air and said, "Everyone hurry up and tidy up, and the training will start immediately." ”

When the players heard this, most of them had already changed their clothes, so they all went straight out of the locker room.

Tang Hao is still changing his sneakers, and Cousins is changing his jersey.

After changing his sneakers, Tang Hao was also ready to go out, and when he saw Cousins changing his shoes, he said, "Welcome, DeMarcus." ”

Cousins glanced up at Tang Hao and was stunned for a moment.

Tang Hao didn't say anything, and then left the locker room.

In basic training, Cousins showed his strong ability, compared to the team's previous starting center Hill, he was not a star and a half, which also made the players less wary of him a lot.

When it comes to the full-court confrontation, this advantage is even more obvious, whether it is the back play of the inside line or the breakthrough of the outside line, Davis, who plays on the opposite side, has no temper.

In the NBA, strength is king, and after training, many players took the initiative to greet Cousins.

Seeing such a change, coach Scott's face softened a lot, Cousins can't fit into the team, he must be the first to take the blame.

The Lakers host the Atlanta Hawks the next day.

The Hawks, led by Spurs head coach Mike Budenholzer, have played team basketball and have a strong record this season, beating James' Cavaliers to top the Eastern Conference.

Against such a strong team, it is quite a test for the Lakers.

The Staples Center was still packed on this day, and the addition of Cousins made the enthusiasm for this team even more intense.

After completing the early warm-up, the battle of the spotlight officially kicked off at the Staples Center.

On the Lakers' side, the inside line is a combination of Cousins and Anderson, the front line is Nick Young, and the outside line is Tang Hao and Rondo, one inside and one outside, one pass and one shot, plus a scorer, such a lineup, but on paper, it is already a very reasonable and competitive configuration.

On the Hawks' side, Millsey Puga Horford's interior line, Tigga Korver's outside line, plus defender Carroll, don't have much starlight, but the current record has proven their team basketball success.

Cousins jumped possession for the Lakers, and the home team took the lead in attacking.

Rondo advanced to the front court and saw the opportunity to pass to Tang Hao in seconds, and Tang Hao took the lead in scoring two points for the home team with a pull-out jumper.

On the Hawks' side, Teague was in control, but the ball kept moving back and forth in the frontcourt, and finally Korver hit an outside three-pointer, and the successive runs were dazzling.

Looking back, Tang Hao passed to Cousins in seconds after receiving the ball, Cousins knocked Horford away and scored directly with both hands.

However, the Hawks deserve to be the "Eastern Spurs", continuous blocking and dismantling, so that the Lakers' defensive formation is full of holes, and Budenholzer obviously has a study of Tang Hao, the team deliberately avoided Tang Hao's side when attacking, after a burst of passing the ball, Teague borrowed Millsup's blocking and demolition into the interior line, avoiding Cousins to score on the board.

At the beginning of the game, the Lakers focused on Tang Hao and Cousins, while the Hawks' team basketball played impressively, and the offensive success rate of both sides was very high.

The two sides started from 4-4 and played until 16-16, alternating the scoring line and rarely missed.

This kind of offensive battle made the audience addicted to watching.

By halftime, the score was 54-40, and the Hawks ended the first half with a narrow lead.

At half-time, both managers made changes to their existing tactics.

On the Lakers' side, Scott is ready to use Tang Hao's strong point to break through the interior line to create damage, so as to further expand Cousins' interior advantage.

At halftime, the sexy cheerleaders kept the emotions of the audience high, and the audience looked forward to the home team to continue their form in the second half and win the first place in the East.

Half time back for the Hawks' offense.

After passing the ball several times, Teague rushed into the inside, and in the case of being able to avoid Cousins, he chose to be strong head-on, but Cousins was directly knocked to the ground, and the Lakers launched a fast attack, Tang Hao advanced with the ball, and the ball was distributed to Nick Yang who followed up in the fast break, and Yang made a three-point shot.

"Huh~"

Young hit the first three-pointer of the game to help the Lakers tie the score to one point.

The cheers of the audience were deafening.

In terms of team tacit understanding alone, the Hawks beat the Lakers, but whether it is Rondo, Tang Hao, or Cousins, they all have an advantage in the position, and the strong style of play does not show a disadvantage in the game.

The Hawks' offense is still Teague, different combinations, but the end point is the same, but this time, Cousins' body is a little forward, and the referee on the sidelines blew the whistle when it can be blown or not.

Cousins' defensive foul.

Seeing the referee's gesture, Cousins instantly went berserk, pulling the referee to explain loudly and continuously.

Fortunately, Tang Hao and Rondo both had vaccinations, and they rushed up and quickly pulled Cousins back.

The referee didn't blow for a technical foul, but Cousins looked fierce and his anger was clearly full.

On the Lakers' offense, Tang Hao realized that Cousins was emotionally unstable, did not pass the ball to him, and broke through the basket and dunked to score 2 points.

Looking back, the Hawks even played Teague at this point!

At this time, anyone with a discerning eye knew what Budenholzer was going to do, and he was going to take advantage of Cousins' weakness to beat him directly.

Teague made a layup by Cousins, who was full of anger, and the two collided together, Cousins directly snatched the ball in his hand, and even Teague was thrown out of the court by him, and he turned over twice before stopping.

The scene was in an uproar.

Teague got up to find Cousins theory, Cousins said a few words, and then pushed Teague directly.

As soon as Teague got up, he pushed him off the field again.

"Toot, toot!"

A quick whistle from the referee came from the sidelines, and after stopping Cousins, who was already grumpy, a technical foul followed.

After changing teams, Cousins' temper has not changed at all.

Scott couldn't help but reach out and press his forehead, and turned his head to look at Budenholzer, this move was like hitting a snake on the seven inches, and it hit a little hard.

Cousins sat down on the sidelines, gasping for air.

Tang Hao frowned at this time.

When he played against the Kings before, he was just an outsider to Cousins' temper, but now that he is on the same team, he can't turn a blind eye anymore.

The game on the court continued, without Cousins, the Lakers' advantage on the interior was lost, and the team's original starting center Hill was traded away, and the team's interior strength dropped significantly, and at this time facing the All-Star combination of Horford and Millsap, they were at an absolute disadvantage.

Tang Hao still wanted it on the offensive end, but the absolute disadvantage of the interior line made the team unable to gain an advantage, and when he was out of the game, Budenholzer targeted Millsap, and the Hawks quickly opened the score.

What's worse is that in the fourth quarter, Cousins ate another technical foul and was directly sent off, and the Lakers completely lost the chance to turn defeat into victory.

In the end, although Tang Hao still scored 50 points efficiently, he couldn't stop the Hawks from blossoming more, and the Lakers finally lost 96-105.

After the game, Cousins was the first to leave the court, leaving the Lakers players to look at Cousins' back in disbelief.

There is nothing wrong with losing to the Hawks, who are number one in the East, the point is that they lose in such a way.

The dressing room after the game was dreary, with the players sorting out each other's things and no one talking.

"DeMarcus, don't you have anything to say?" said Rondo as the dreary atmosphere reached its zenith, speaking in the direction of Cousins.

Cousins frowned at Rondo.

"We had a good chance of winning this game. Rondo said without hesitation.

"Are you saying that the loss was because of me?" Cousins said with the same upset.

"Isn't it?" said Rondo politely.

Cousins was already angry, but now he was angry, and said viciously: "You try it again?!"

This sudden burst of temper startled the rest of the dressing room, and they all turned their heads to look at the two of them.

"If you hadn't been sent off the court, would we have been so passive in the final quarter?" Rondo didn't back down.

Cousins let out of his nostrils, and without arguing, he walked briskly towards Rondo, raising his hands as he went.

"Oh, relax, relax~"

Seeing Cousins' actions, Anderson on the side immediately got up and pulled Cousins.

However, as soon as he pulled, he was thrown away by Cousins, who walked in front of Rondo and started directly.

Rondo didn't show weakness either, and he was about to fight with his hands up.

Kobe Bryant was just about to stand up at this time, but at this moment, a figure appeared between the two, one hand on the left and one hand, and directly stopped the two.

"Enough!"

After Tang Hao stopped the two, he scolded coldly.

"With this strength, why don't you go to the opponent?!" Tang Hao finished speaking, and as soon as he used his left and right hands to push the two of them back four or five steps back.

The other members of the Lakers team were all stunned, Tang Hao gave them the impression that they had always been relatively mild, but they didn't expect their attitude to be so tough at this time.

After Rondo was pushed away, he sat back in his position with a somewhat ashamed face, but Cousins on the other side was not so easy to speak, he looked at Tang Hao angrily, and felt that he was going to rush up in the next second.

"Demarcus, don't be unconvinced, with your current temper, it is impossible to win a championship anywhere, let alone your current strength, which is still far from the top inside. Tang Hao looked at the angry Cousins and said unceremoniously.

"What did you say?!" Cousins was a little confused by Tang Hao's words.

The Lakers players also looked at Tang Hao in surprise, Cousins is right to have a bad temper, but if his current strength is far from the top inside, it is a bit too much.

"Don't believe it, with your current crude technology, even I can't beat it. Tang Hao said lightly.

"That's what you said. Cousins looked fierce, "Do you dare to fight me?"

Call!

As soon as Cousins said this, all the Lakers players looked at Tang Hao.

It's a big game now.

Although Tang Hao is strong, no matter how strong he is, he is only an outside line, Cousins is a standard inside line, his height is more than 20 centimeters higher than Tang Hao, not to mention Cousins's weight, which is dozens of kilograms more than Tang Hao.

If these two people are confronted, the result can be imagined.

"Do you think I won't dare?" Tang Hao replied lightly.

"Good! good!" Cousins said twice, throwing the clothes he wanted to change into on the ground, and said directly, "Training Hall!"

Tang Hao also put down the clothes he wanted to change.

In the NBA, where strength is king, the best way to conquer a player is to beat him.

Tang Hao and Cousins arrived at the training hall, and the other players, including Kobe, came down, and the basketball court was solved by basketball, and they also wanted to know why Tang Hao had the confidence to say such things to a center.

Cousins is not Dorsey, and it will be really difficult to win in such a matchup.

A bullfight, three balls, whoever arrives first wins.

Tang Hao took out the ball from the frame, threw it directly to Cousins and said, "You come first, don't say that I take advantage of you." ”

The Lakers players on the sidelines were in an uproar, Tang Hao had a big heart to say such a thing, which was equivalent to throwing out a big red cloth in front of the Bulls!

Sure enough, after Cousins caught the ball, his eyes turned red, and if he hadn't played next, the basketball might have been pinched by him directly.

"You brought it on yourself!" Cousins said with a menacing look.