Chapter 258 Abused
“f?u?ck!!!?a? ? n?en? ???.? r?a?n?? e?n `n?e?t?” Annoyed, Durant threw the towel on the bench. He played very depressed in this game. Since Durant entered the league, his efficiency in the first year of the season has been very low, so he has received overwhelming criticism.
These criticisms may have cast a shadow over Durant. So, Durant plays particularly cautiously. He has a very high percentage of hits. Because when he has a low shooting percentage, he will never shoot those particularly difficult balls. That's what sets him apart from many superstars.
There is one thing that best proves this, and that is the old coach Vicky.
At the beginning, Kobe's Lakers were extremely rotten. But when Kupchak traded for Gasol from the Grizzlies, Vicky was furious and shouted that it was a robbery. In fact, at that time, the Grizzlies just wanted to rebuild. And the first element of rebuilding is generally to trade away the core of the original team. Then look for a new core and start moving forward again. Gasol was a star at the time, but he wasn't a superstar. can only be regarded as a first-class star in the league.
But James and Durant have all kinds of huddles, but Vicky doesn't say a word.
He knew very well that Kobe Bryant couldn't have good teammates. Because he has some good teammates, regardless of his previous performance, if his teammates can help bite the point difference until the last moment, Kobe Bryant can end the game. That's why Vicky is so angry. It's also why Paul's trip to the Lakers was truncated.
Let's not talk about that.
Curry walked out of the bathroom easily, and said while getting dressed: "The Cavaliers are still very strong this year. Last year, we consumed too much stamina in the early stage, so we were overturned by the knights at the last moment. Do you think they really won today's game on their own? ”
"Huh?" Durant looked at Curry suspiciously, "Is there something I don't know about this?" Durant's tone is getting a little bit worse.
Curry was stunned, realized his mistake just now, and smiled lightly: "It's nothing." At the last moment, Cole just let everyone save some energy. And there's one thing you may have forgotten. ”
"What?"
"Grizzlies. Two of the games we've lost this season have been won by the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies are the odd wreaks in this league. They have always maintained their most traditional style of play, but no team can say 100% that it can be won. Because even if the Grizzlies lose the game themselves, he will let you take off a layer of skin at the last moment. The Lakers, on the other hand, have the exact opposite style to the Grizzlies. Luke Wharton, we know him better. Young people are unstable and are best addressed. ”
"Very well, I must show that kid how good I am."
"Haha, what do you do as a superstar in the league as you compete with a young man."
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The two of them were chatting here, while Cole and Green were chatting on the other side.
"Now our first-round opponent is the Lakers. Luke Walton also lived up to expectations, helping the Lakers back to the playoffs in his first year. Cole laughed, "At the same time, as the tuition fee for the original training of him, he also helped us in the first round." ”
"That's not good." Although Green is a villain on the court, off the court, Green is a very affectionate person.
"What's so bad about that. Green, remember this is a business alliance. Now we have the four of you in our team. But if the boss's funds can't sign up for the four of you, he will trade for one of you. I won't pay the luxury tax for you. Cole said indifferently.
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The Lakers, everyone is excited to go to the sky. None of the players on this team, except for Ruhr Deng, have played in the playoffs. And this will be their first playoff game.
Time waits for no one.
The NBA playoffs are divided into 2:2:1:1:1. So the Lakers must leave for the Warriors' Oracle Arena immediately to prepare for their next game.
At the same time, there was good news from Lucy. Yao Ming was successfully elected as the new president of the Basketball Association.
This is the best option for one of the most successful Chinese players in the NBA to hold the position of chairman. Because he knows what it takes to help the domestic league grow.
The CBA is based on the NBA model, but they now have one of the biggest drawbacks. It's arguably the toughest thing in the basketball league. That's the referee.
One of the basketball leagues is the quality of the court, and another important factor is the quality of the referees. Now the domestic league is a professional league, and the referee is still an amateur referee. There are even some part-time jobs. This invisibly lowered the league to a notch. This creates an invisible resistance to the development of players.
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Zhao Wei took a day of rest in Los Angeles and immediately set off for the Warriors' home court. Although there are still two days to go, the team's arrangement is also to let Zhao Wei and other young people feel the atmosphere of the playoffs as soon as possible, so as not to be scared when they get the game.
The management was very happy to be in the playoffs, and they never thought that Zhao Wei would be able to beat the Warriors. They just want Zhao Wei to grow quickly through this playoff journey and prepare for next year and the future.
However, what made the management slap in the face was that when the Lakers arrived at the Golden State Warriors, they were faced with a large slogan that was not to defeat the Lakers, but to welcome the Lakers.
Insults, the biggest insults. Fans are saying that the Lakers entered the playoffs all about making it easier for the Warriors to enter the playoffs.
Everyone was holding back the fire in their stomachs, and the young man had a very strong desire to win, let alone being insulted like this.
However, when Zhao Wei and the others arrived at the competition site, they found that the momentum was completely different. The entire arena was packed with Warriors fans. The boundless yellow, don't get me wrong, this is not the yellow of the Lakers, but the yellow of the Warriors.
The deafening screams made a bunch of boys on the Lakers dumbfounded.
In the first game, Curry, Thompson and Green did not play, and they easily defeated Zhao Wei with just one Durant. Durant scored 40 points in that game. It was also his first 40 points since joining the Warriors. And it was in the playoffs, which is why the Warriors came to him in the first place.
Durant had laughed at James' cowardice when he went to the Heat huddle. But he's kind of learning from James now. James rarely signs a long-term contract with a team. His contract is usually two or three years, which gives him plenty of flexibility.
As soon as you put pressure on the boss, you don't build the team according to my intentions, then I can leave at any time. You can't regret it.
The second is to maintain enough flexibility for myself. If this team can't win the championship, then he can always pat his ass and walk away to find the next one, and not waste his career on one team.
They can make their careers look more brilliant in this way, but they are shaping other people's lives because of their talents. There are a lot of players in this league, and everyone has their own lives. And this decision of theirs is to trade the lives of other players for their own glory.
The Heat and Wade are the best proof of this. Because of James' joining, Wade chose to take repeated salary cuts in order to maintain the so-called Big Three. However, after James won two championships in a row, he thought it was impossible for the Heat to continue to win championships. On the contrary, his old club, the Cavaliers, has young stocks such as Irving. They can help themselves continue their championship dream. So James can quickly reconcile with the Cavaliers boss and establish another Big Three.
And what about the Heat's remaining two giants. Bosh is now facing a forced retirement. And the Heat, which lost James and Bosh, was completely lonely. But this last season is still a day, and this season is a change of land, which even people like Riley find it difficult to accept. So they need to be quicker.
And what is urgently needed for reinforcements is money. Because people know how desperate you want to be a good player. Therefore, people will deliberately lower prices.
Lower the price, what should the team do if they have no money, so they can only find their old players. Those role players are already poorly paid. Even if you cut him by 50 percent, can you add two or three million more? So in the end there was only Wade.
Wade's pay cut contributed to the Big Three. Wade's pay cut cleaned up the mess of the Big Three. In the end, Wade left the Bulls alone.
Hovering outside the door of the playoffs at the end of his career, how similar he was to Kobe Bryant. However, Kobe Bryant was because of the incompetence of the management, while Wade was because of the betrayal of the management.
Now Durant is learning from this hand. He's great, everybody knows that. That's why they all want him. So when he chose the Warriors, he signed a two-year contract. 1+1!
One plus one means that the second year is the player option. If the Warriors win a championship this season or satisfy Durant, it's fine. Durant is slightly dissatisfied, and he can choose to jump out of his contract this season, not the next year. He went back and looked for a new contract. And the Warriors will take a heavy hit. Because they have given up several of their players for Durant.
The first game. Zhao Wei: They were not defeated by the strength of the warriors. They were beaten by the fans. The shock came from the bottom of my heart. Zhao Wei felt that his whole body was trembling, from beginning to end.
The hands of the shot are shaking, how can you still play.
This phenomenon until the second scene. In the second game, Zhao Wei and Porzingis improved slightly. But the others have not improved too significantly.
In order to make everyone adapt to the game more quickly, Zhao Wei increased the passing.
Having more teammates catch the ball and attack will allow them to find the confidence to adapt to this intensity of play.
In the second game, the Warriors still won by a big margin. In the two games, they won by an average of 20 points against Zhao Wei. In other words, the two games combined, Zhao Wei and they lost forty points. What a horrible thing to do. The only thing worth saying is that Zhao Wei got 10 assists in both games. This is a new high for Zhao Wei's assists. However, Zhao Wei's score did not open. The average of 10 points per game is indeed a bit lower. After all, he is the boss of the current Lakers.
"We're not going back to home." That's a quote before heading to Los Angeles.
Kobe turned off the video.
That's what Durant said to the media before he came to Los Angeles. Do you know what that means? ”
The crowd shook their heads.
"That means they're going to knock you out on our home turf. You will be eliminated 4:0. What was your purpose in the playoffs? Kobe Bryant glared at Zhao Wei with cold eyes.
"It's to improve myself even more." Zhao Wei said weakly.
"Nope. Now that we're in the playoffs, our goal is to win the championship. If you don't have that goal, you might as well take a vacation. Kobe yelled.
It scared everyone into a thrill. That's Kobe Bryant's momentum.
"Zhao Wei, I want you to kick Durant's ass hard in the next game."
After the start of the third game, because of Kobe's scolding, the Lakers' performance really went up a notch, and everyone was no longer timid. Finally showed the original strength. But the Warriors' roster is too strong.
They move very fast. Zhao Wei can break through, but before Zhao Wei can enter the three-point line, the bag will arrive.
Their goal is very clear, that is, not to let Zhao Wei attack the basket.
Johnson's mentorship of Zhao Wei has been very successful. Even in the face of the Warriors' bag, Zhao Wei still controlled his mistakes very well. Zhao Wei can always pass the ball well.
In the third game, in just half time, Zhao Wei had already got ten assists.
1 point, 7 boards, 10 assists, such a strange data is the first time Zhao Wei has played it. But the Lakers were already trailing by as much as fifteen points at halftime.
At the beginning of the second half, Zhao Wei's performance was as good as ever. He is always able to give the best teammates in the best position at the right time. The Lakers' shooting percentage has also improved.
In particular, Nick Young and Porzingis have excellent three-point shots from the outside. The Lakers managed to close the deficit to within 10 points in the third quarter.
But not waiting for the Lakers to be happy. The Warriors suddenly ramped up their defense in the second half of the third quarter. There's someone in front of every member of the Lakers.
Every time Zhao Wei passes the ball out in the face of the bag defense, the person who is vacated is the most inaccurate player on the Lakers.
It's not a threat to the basket at all. And as the defensive pressure increased, the shooting percentages of Porzingis and Nick Young also dropped rapidly.
The Lakers were swept away by the Warriors in the second half of the third quarter.
In the end, they lost another twenty points.
This time, the twenty points were lost in front of Kobe, and it became the fuse for Kobe's complete outburst. (To be continued.) )