Chapter 1077: Believe Him

On April 12, 2015, the Lakers hosted the Dallas Mavericks.

The Mavericks are really an immortal team, very resilient, anyway, you have to say that he is weak, and he is basically a playoff team every year. Although he has lost the strength to compete for the title since winning the championship in 2011, you say he is weak? The facts tell you that the Dallas Mavericks have a winning percentage of more than 6 to 1 this season, what is this concept? In the east, it is the third level.

Such a team, but in the West, I'm really sorry, they are not in a good position.

Because the west is not the east, the 6-in-1 win rate here is really nothing.

Nuo Tianwang is still old after all, and it is difficult for him to continue to make the magical performance in 2011, of course, he should be able to maintain 20+ scoring ability in the playoffs until next year. This is really not easy. Playing Tang Qian with the Mavericks is also relatively familiar, as long as the No. 4 position is not allowed to explode, and the whole team is connected after opening, there should be no pressure. Moreover, don't forget, even if it is the outbreak of King Nuo Tian, Tang Qian has the strength to suppress it. Because this game is the last of his seven regular season games. According to the effect of the gods descending to the earth to inherit the demigods, the schedule of 7 games in the regular season, one round in the playoffs, and 1 game in the offseason, this game against the Mavericks is exactly the seventh game of the regular season.

The Mavericks' lineup is Tyson. Chandler + Richard. Jefferson + Dirk. Nowitzki + Rajan. Rondo + Monta. Ellis's combo. The Lakers' lineup is Don Qian + Covington + Butler + Ariza + Jeremy Lin. Basically now except for Chris, who is about to make a comeback. Bosh, the starting lineup is all in lineup. As for the Mavericks, Rondo originally came, and Cuban should have the intention to do a big job this season, but it turned out that after a few months, the effect was not satisfactory. Rondo wasn't happy, and the rest of the Mavericks were playing awkwardly. Looking at the stats, Rondo seems to be a star who doesn't need to take any shots and doesn't possess the ball, averaging less than 10 shots per game. But the Mavericks don't need him as the No. 1 who dominates the ball all the time. Kidd has been reborn with the Mavericks, and that doesn't mean Rondo, who is also at the No. 1 position, can. Although the data looks like Rondo and Kidd are very similar, with defense, assists, and few offenses, and poor baskets, Kidd's basket has been practiced when he goes to the Mavericks, and Rondo is still "Lang Ermi". Furthermore, there are gaps in their defense, how many times has Kidd been in the All-Defensive Team? Finally, and most importantly, Kidd's No. 1 attribute is the type of field control, and the peak of his career is not the No. 1 position of Nash Stockton, and his average assists per game may not be outstanding in history, but his ability to control the field is ...... He is estimated to be at the super master level.

As for the bad team of the Nets, he was able to bring it to the Finals twice, even if it accounted for the light of the East, it was powerful enough.

Do you know that Stockton still has teammates of Malone's level, and Kidd was on the Nets at the time? Who is the number one helper by his side? It's rookie Martin. In a peak season, he can only get the No. 4 position with an average of 16+9 per game. Although the defense is also good, it is not as mysterious as it boasts, because the lack of a defensive formation in his career is evidence. And the highlight of his career happened to be the years when he partnered with Kidd. The rest of the time, it's a season performance that is sorry for his status as a champion. He and Carl. Malone's gap is estimated to be as big as the entire Queen's Road in New York. Kidd's ability to control the team's offense and defense, including the rhythm, is much better than his ability to directly assist and pass. And Rondo is not his type, and Rondo is somewhat similar to Steve in some ways. Nash. Of course, it's not that he can be compared with Nash, after all, Nash is a 2-time MVP figure, his shooting is stronger than Rondo's, and he also got a ring in this time and space and retired with honor. That is, the way the No. 1 is organized, he is similar to Nash, he needs a lot of possession in hand, otherwise he can't play his own rhythm.

After all, he still relies on this more than Nash, Nash at least doesn't control the ball and can be used as a super shooter, and Rondo doesn't control the ball, that's basically making him half-useless. Paul is more similar to Kidd in this regard, and his offensive and defensive control of the whole team has improved more evenly. Even if he doesn't have the ball in his hand, he can control the field by commanding. This is not to say that there is any superiority in the two aspects of the No. 1 position, for example, the "Magic" Johnson was also the former, and he still achieved the strongest peak position of the No. 1 position.

It's the Mavericks, and they don't need Rondo's type.

Nash actually performed in the Mavericks back then, the team's ceiling could not be raised, and his own strength was suppressed.

It can be described as a "lose-lose situation".

So the Mavericks are now gradually falling into a state of chaos, and the original intention of wanting Rondo to be the star No. 1 has not been achieved at all. Rondo's lack of shooting ability and a lot of possession also caused great damage to the Mavericks' system, so this combination and joining obviously did not play the role of 1+1>2. A very simple set of data, before Rondo came, the Mavericks' 28-game data averaged 113.3 points per game, second only to the Lakers and the Warriors, during that time their style of play was to quickly transfer the ball + a lot of coverage + break through the ball, but due to defense, the Mavericks need a strong perimeter defender. Rondo seems to be the right man, his defense, his iron will, all of which Dallas needs right now. But with Rondo's arrival, how has the Mavericks' defense become? There is an improvement in defense, but compared to the collapse on the offensive end, it is better not to have this improvement on the defensive end.

104.1 points, Rondo's average points per game plummeted by 9.2 points after he came! That's an average of 9.2 points per game! It is equivalent to changing from a top-level attack to a mid-to-lower level attack all of a sudden! The net value of offensive and defensive efficiency can well reflect the difference between attack and defense! After Rondo came, compared to before, the offensive and defensive efficiency net value decreased by +4! The most important thing is the decline in the record, while the team's turnover rate has climbed to almost 15%!

So, now that Rondo has become a very embarrassing person in the Mavericks, don't play, isn't it a waste to spend so much money to get a star? Let him fight, the data proves that it was not a little damage but a big injury to the Mavericks. This, head coach Rick. Carlisle has also complained to Mavericks owner Cuban countless times.

Rondo also became more and more disliked for this place.

But in this game, the Mavericks broke out, and it was about the same as the original time and space, and the three-point shooting rate of nearly 50% was not fake.

The Lakers also have just returned because Jeremy Lin has just returned, so they are still a little uncomfortable in the official game and need to run in and adjust. So the Lakers didn't play well in the first quarter, and the team had a total of 10 turnovers, of which Jeremy Lin alone accounted for 5 of them. He was a little scrambling by Rondo's high-pressure defense.

After all, he is the one who has been selected to the All-Defensive Team 4 times in his career, and Jeremy Lin, who has just returned from high-pressure defense and is still looking for a rhythm of the game, really worked wonders all of a sudden. Coupled with the Mavericks' extreme accuracy from the outside in this game, 35-19, they led the Los Angeles Lakers by as many as 16 points in the first quarter. This frustrated Jeremy Lin himself, and he was quite afraid that he would mess up in his first comeback, after all, he was not a star player, and the fans' tolerance for him was limited.

But D'Antoni and Tang Qian both stood up to encourage him, and the former asked him to continue to find the rhythm, as long as he could find it, it would be nothing if he lost a game. The latter is simpler, don't worry, if it doesn't work, I'll take care of them.

This is a domineering statement, and although Jeremy Lin sounds comforting, he still feels a lot better to be able to have the support of both the boss and the head coach. He was sprayed by Rondo's "trash talk" just now, and he almost got dizzy.

But Jeremy Lin's state was suppressed throughout the first half, and Rondo's physical and mental double attacks made Jeremy Lin, who had not found the game form in the first place, play poorly. In the first half, he had nine turnovers, and there weren't many points, rebounds, and assists. Rondo squirted before he left the first half: "If you're like this, I'll give you a milestone tonight." What are the milestones for the most personal mistakes in history? Oriental?

Kidd had a game that year to "slash" 4 doubles! It was November 17, 2000, and the Suns hosted the Knicks. Kidd alone had an "alternate quadruple-double" of 18 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists and 14 turnovers. And now, Jeremy Lin has played 9 times at halftime, and it is really not impossible to get this milestone of single-game error king.

Rondo has a vicious mouth, which many NBA players have said that Jeremy Lin, who is still looking for form, is so scolded that his mentality is somewhat unbalanced. As soon as the second half came up, Jeremy Lin made another mistake, which allowed the Mavericks to even directly play a 2+1 defensive counterattack, and the score difference was expanded to 19 points. There is only 1 point away from the 20-minute "garbage time".

This made the on-site commentators a little dissatisfied: "Jeremy didn't play well enough in his comeback tonight, and there were too many mistakes, which disrupted the rhythm of the Lakers' game, and if this game is lost, Jeremy will be responsible." ”

"That's right, although he has played well this season, playing a new career high this season, and his 18+2+8 stats have reached the quasi-All-Star level, but in terms of facts, he still played a little worse tonight. Let's hope he gets back to form and rhythm as soon as possible, otherwise D'Antoni will probably struggle to recover from 7 seconds or less. It's also a big threat to the upcoming playoffs. ”

"You can't! Oriental! You're too weak! You're not fit to play basketball!! Rondo shouted at Jeremy Lin, it looks like he's really learned a lot from Garnett, and this kind of crazy "trash talk" attack can be really fatal at times. Especially when the opponent's game is not in good shape, it is even worse, which makes the mentality more ups and downs.

D'Antoni called a timeout and players from both sides were temporarily sidelined.

"Jeremy, you're not in a good shape tonight, why don't you come down and rest first." D'Antoni can't help it, because Jeremy Lin is the only point guard on the team who can run his "7 seconds or less" system. He has also been waiting for Jeremy Lin to return from injury, but tonight, it is clear that the former will not reach his goal. If this continues, Jeremy Lin estimates that he will be beaten by Rondo tonight, so it is likely that it will take longer for the recovery of his form later.

D'Antoni is now secretly annoyed, why did he choose this time to make Jeremy Lin's comeback, he should choose a slightly weaker No. 1 opponent. Alas, it was a mistake, too anxious, and not well thought out.

Jeremy Lin's expression on his face darkened when he heard this, but he didn't have anything to say, this statistic, this mistake, is not what a starting point guard should do. D'Antoni told him to go down and rest, there was nothing wrong with him, and it wasn't directed at him. It's just that fools know that if they go on this time, it is estimated that it will be difficult to have time to play again tonight.

The first comeback game was like this, which really made him hate himself.

But at this moment, someone stood up and said: "Mr. D'Antoni, I don't think he can overcome this situation and the predicament without letting Lin rest." "What? Not to mention D'Antoni, almost all the players, including Jeremy Lin, were stunned because they didn't know why the Lakers' No. 29 said that. Jeremy Lin was very grateful, he thought that this was Tang Qianqian taking care of his face, so he quickly shook his head and said: "Hot, I understand your kindness, but my state tonight is really a little ......" He didn't finish speaking, because the Lakers 29 looked down at him and said, "Don't understand it, I want you to come on the court and bring it over with practical actions." I believe you. ”

"But I ......"

"It's nothing good, I say I believe in you, I say you can, you can." Tang Qian's voice was extremely magnetic, as if he was really the overlord of the Lakers, and there was no doubt: "No, you can't." No, it's okay. Why, don't you yourself believe in yourself? ”

"No, it's just ......"

"It's not enough, go on the field and knock over that big mouth." Tang Qian didn't give Jeremy Lin room to refuse: "It's up to you to overturn him." This strong self-confidence and domineering decision made Jeremy Lin stunned for a while, he looked at D'Antoni, but saw that the latter did not object, which fully reflects the absolute position of the Lakers No. 29 in the entire team now.

Say yes.

In this way, the timeout was over, and the players on both sides were ready to play, and Tang Qian naturally took the lead on the Lakers' side.

Jeremy Lin followed him in a daze, when someone beside him said, "Jeremy, you have to believe in it, he won't let you down." ”

"Yes, Jeremy, trust me, perm has helped me like this." Nick. Yang thought of last season's finals, and with the help of Tang Qian, he shot LeBron in a row. James's scene, that scene made him feel sublimated all of a sudden, as if his self-confidence had increased a lot. "Nick is right, and he helped me with that." Thackeray said that he was going to be cut by the Lakers before, and it was Tang Qian who asked him to stay and guard the interior with him, which allowed him to successfully extend his NBA career during that time. "Jeremy, just on the last game, hot helped me overtake Chris in assists. Paul, so I believe in him, and you have to believe in him. "Jordan who said this. Famar.

Even Yi Jianlian, who is usually not good at words, walked to Jeremy Lin's side and said: "Lin, he is really strong, believe in him, he has helped a lot of people in our team, I believe, you are no exception." ”

"As long as you believe in him. He's not a casual talker. ”

In an instant, when he arrived here, Jeremy Lin felt that the Lakers No. 29 had done so much for the players of the entire Lakers team. No wonder he can do this in this team in his first year as the boss, this is not accidental.

In this team, he has become the "big guy Tang" recognized by most people.

Jeremy Lin took a deep breath and said, "I know, thank you, I'll work hard." ”

"I'll believe him too."

D'Antoni watched from the sidelines, and he suddenly felt that the Lakers' No. 29 young center was growing too fast. It's not just about skills, it's about other aspects like charisma, leadership skills, and the ability to be the heart of the team...... And when he came to the Lakers, this person was obviously still very immature.

This little oriental guy, in the future, may really explode.

If I can coach a historical star, I won't lose anything in my life.

It's a wonderful thing to witness the growth of a superstar.

It is......

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