15 wins in a row!! Kobe Bryant scored 41 points, and Dongfang hot scored 39 points to beat the Clippers!! Los Angeles Times.

The Thunder lost Miami by 5 points! The Lakers are just one game away from second place in the West! Bleachers.

The fiercest MVP battle in nearly two decades! Now all three of them are stretched in a straight line! Orange County Chronicle.

Las Vegas MVP odds have changed again, and Kobe's odds are starting to drop! Lakers Nation.

The Spaniard will be back in the next game! The Purple and Gold Army has added another heavy general to the inner line! Lakers Nation.

Oriental Perm and Kobe. Bryant contradictory spectrum! The harmony between the two that only exists on the surface? ESPN Specialist Hoggs.

I predict that the so-called "K.Q combination" will fall apart soon! Don't ask me why I say that! I have reliable sources! ESPN's well-known correspondent Chad Richard. Ford.

Bubble Happiness! Data analysis: The Lakers are just pseudo-powerful! If you meet a real strong team, you will be defeated at the first touch! ESPN columnist Strauss. Plum.

On March 7, US time, it was another back-to-back game, and the opponent was the already sinking Denver Nuggets. However, Rao is like this, and the style of the "Nuggets Track and Field Team" has not changed, and many experts believe that this will be a huge test for the Lakers. Before the game, Paul, who returned from injury. Gasol made his debut at the Staples Center, and the fans cheered for his return, after all, he was an "important veteran" during the two-game championship period, and the Los Angeles fans still maintained basic respect for him. However, Gasol was obviously away from the court for a little too long, starting the first quarter, not playing well, making mistakes, and playing a mess of offensive and defensive rhythms. As a result, the Lakers scored just 20 points in the first quarter and shot less than 31 percent from the field.

The second quarter was even worse, because Tang Qian went off the court to rest, Gasol was difficult to support on the inside, he was originally afraid of the Nuggets' extremely impactful offensive style, and now he has been out of battle for a long time, and he is even more timid. There were 3 individual defensive fouls in a single quarter, plus 1 in the first quarter, and he received 4 individual fouls in the first half of the year. D'Antoni came off on the bench. The Lakers' interior line has neither Gasol nor Tang Qian left in the quarter, only Jordan. Hill and Wren. Kelly went up to support. And they are all very ordinary defense, or very bad interior lines, which makes the Denver people's impact ball style smoother and smoother.

45-61 at halftime, trailing by 16 points, the Lakers went into the locker room.

As soon as he returned to the dressing room, the Spaniard was in a depressed mood, apparently he had planned to make a glamorous "comeback" tonight, but it backfired. At the moment, he's not much different from a water cooler, and it's terrible.

But Kobe Bryant didn't take this into account and was still forcibly putting pressure on the whole team, but the effect was not very good.

Especially for Gasol, it is a kind of "mental torture" that is not too small.

Tang Qian comforted the Spaniards a few words, but it didn't seem to be of much use, and Gasol had been unable to extricate himself from the "slump".

Alas, now is not the time to think about this either, you have to go all out to win, that's the key!

Tang Qian intended to let Gasol play a few more inside shots in the first half to find a feeling, but now, all of them have been lost, which makes the Lakers now a full 16 points behind. At this point, he had no choice but to step up again and start to shoot wildly on the Lakers' interior, crazy basket hard attack and secondary offense.

This effect is quite obvious, because of the effectiveness of the "silver scorecard", Tang Qian used a 100% shooting rate to help the Lakers gradually narrow the score gap. In addition, Bryant caused consecutive defensive fouls from the Nuggets, hitting 10 of 10 free throws in a single quarter, and finally chased the score to 72-77 before the end of the third quarter. The Nuggets weren't a particularly consistent three-point team, and they didn't have Chris. A point guard of Paul's level stabilizes the morale of the army and threads the needle, so after the perimeter feel declines, they can only rely on the most primitive impact inside line and impact the basket to steal points. And in this way, Tang Qian's defensive power was suddenly highlighted.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, he flew 4 big hats in a single quarter, which suddenly brought the Nuggets' under-the-basket impact to a halt.

Plus Brian. Xiao is just a "theoretician", his practical experience is not good, and the implementation of the "Zen Master" in the Nuggets team is even more messy. Because the triangle attack is not understandable and athletic for everyone, this is a set of tactics that are simple and simple, complex and complex. And the ability to create singles is the weakness of the Nuggets, and the overall lineup of the Nuggets this season has a maximum average of only one Thai. Lawson. And Thai. What level of scorer is Lawson? At the moment, the average game is only 17+! At most, he is a second-rate scorer, not a top level! This kind of guy you want him to do the triangle attack singles, that's a pipe dream.

So you can only play the old Winter version of the triangle with the Nuggets, and this is the one that Jordan scoffs at the most. "Equal opportunity" and "absolute egalitarianism" are the words Jordan used to summarize this original version of the triangle offensive tactics. And this set of triangle offensive tactics is completely different from that of "Zen Master" Jackson, and it has lost the essence of the latter's revised triangle offensive tactics, that is, the superstar's singles manufacturing ability. To put it mildly, this set of old Winter himself has not been completely successful at the University of Kansas, and you want to play in the NBA? What is that not death?

Of course, the most important point is that Brian. Xiao is not qualified enough, not enough prestige and incompetent, and he is at most an assistant coach of the team, head coach? It's really hard for him!

As a result, the Nuggets' record is higher than last season's George Brown. When Karl led the team, it plummeted, and it fell by almost half from last year's 57 wins. Brian. Shaw didn't spend two seasons in the plane, which is the best example.

He doesn't have the ability to do it alone! The so-called "Zen master disciple" is also a half-ass, and it is useless!

Under the leadership of this kind of coach, the fierce situation of the Nuggets is simply undisciplined and chaotic! It is really an extremely stupid thing to attack Tang Qian's basket guarding like this! In the fourth quarter, the Nuggets shot only a little over 2 percent, and most of the inside shots were out of the basket, which also allowed the Lakers to overturn their opponents in one fell swoop and capture their 50th victory in the regular season!

Now they are only half-time separated from the Thunder.

16 wins in a row! Everything seems to be turning in a positive direction!

But Gasol's slump is a "heart disease", and Tang Qian can no longer make this kind of offensive performance after March 9, so the Lakers need the Spaniard to go all out and get back on track. However, I don't know what Gasol was thinking, and the next day's team training turned out to be "deserted", which made Kobe unbearable and reprimanded the Spaniard in front of the whole team.

But this still did not arouse the spirit of the Spaniard, and he looked at this Lakers team with doubts and strangeness in his eyes.

Even for a moment, a trace of the thought of leaving flashed through his mind.

Honestly, Paul. Gasol had never had such a thought before this season. He often thinks that the Los Angeles Lakers are the last stop of his career, but ...... Is there room for me here?

Kobe Bryant has an Oriental perm, does he still need my help? Does the team still need my contribution?

He was a little lost.

He's not the kind of player who can accept himself on the bench, at least for now.

He thinks he still has the quality of an All-Star player! Therefore, he can accept himself as the "second" of the team, but he must not be the "third" or "fourth" anymore! Bynum had had enough of that during that time! Fed up with this kind of team positioning!

He wants more low-post shots, he wants more team status, he wants more respect, and the Lakers don't seem to be able to give him that now. So he's a little absent-minded, a little confused.

But the outside world doesn't know about this internal problem, but Gasol still needs time to adapt, whether he will return from injury, and he needs to adjust and adjust, which is normal.

……

With a day off on the 8th, the Lakers won their 64 regular-season games against the strong Oklahoma City Thunder.

And this match will undoubtedly be a high-profile full-time broadcast.

ESPN even put up a barrage of gimmicks and taglines directly on the eve of this game:

Bryant. Bryant vs Kevin. Durant, who is the best player this season? Who has the best team this season? Tonight at 7:30 p.m., the answer will be revealed!

As we all know, when the MVP competition is very tight, the direct team confrontation is the dividing line between the top and bottom of the high ground.

For example, Kobe Bryant in the 07-08 season directly overturned his rival Chris head-on at the end. Paul's Hornets team won both stats and records. The MVP suspense of such two people is equivalent to a direct end, and no one feels that the latter still has the slightest chance of victory. So this game, too, if anyone can win, it will be a huge grab for the source of votes for the impression stream! Especially if you win both the data and the win, then the MVP rankings will turn sharply! All at once lost its original balance!

Not to mention that if the Lakers win this game, they will directly surpass the Thunder's regular season qualification, replace it, become the second in the West, and will gain the right to challenge the Spurs for the first place in the West! In this way, it will be a devastating blow to both the Thunder and Durant! "Du Xuebao" wants to guarantee the MVP trophy this season and wants to become the Most Valuable Player in the regular season, then the Lakers, then Kobe, are all opponents he must beat tonight!

If you lose, it is very likely that all your efforts to reach the top this season will be in vain!

This is the first time in Durant's life that he is so close to the MVP trophy, and he is not willing to lose it easily!

So before the game, he was interviewed by local Oklahoma media:

We will defend ourselves in second place in the West! The Lakers aren't scary! Our goal is the overall championship!

Kobe Bryant also said:

No one can stop the Los Angeles Lakers' 17-game winning streak! The Thunder can't, and neither can the Heat! He's not going to let a single Oklahoma stand out of the Staples Center tonight!

ESPN did a special episode of this match, Smith and his old rival Skipp. Bayless ensued a heated debate. It is mainly debated over the four issues of Kobe Bryant and Durant who has stronger scoring ability, who has stronger ability to lead the team, who has stronger comprehensive ability, and who is most likely to win this season's MVP. The former believes that there is no doubt that Kobe Bryant, if the Lakers can beat the Thunder tonight, Kobe can overtake Durant in statistics, then at least the MVP battle between Kobe and Durant will come to an end, and only the confrontation between the Lakers No. 24 and Miami No. 6 will need to be discussed later. The latter believes that Durant is more stable, younger and more potential, and the Thunder team is also more neat and united than the Lakers, and if he wins tonight's game, Kobe Bryant may also be directly out of the MVP battle!

In general, it is still the same set, the public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable, but their purpose has been played, and there are many fans on both sides, and they immediately tore up on the Internet.

For example, the sports section of several famous forums in the United States is "restless", voting one by one, new posts one by one, and scolding each other in hot posts, which is simply the rhythm of "old and dead do not get along".

Among them, the most fierce thing is the scoring ability, Durant scoring champion is more efficient but the explosiveness and playoff follow-up are insufficient, and the decline is relatively large. Kobe Bryant has fewer scoring titles, but there are more masterpieces, more explosive, and more visually impactful. The fan groups on both sides fought fiercely, and it seemed that there would be no result until the curtain came down on this game.

Tang Qian asked Kobe Bryant before the game what he thought, and the latter replied to him like this:

If I were to play 5 against 5, I might only be better than him, but you said it was 1 against 1? I can beat him!

There is no exaggeration and exaggeration, looking at Kobe's meaning, he really thinks so.

Damn, what kind of confidence and desire is this! Born paranoid is to have a mental talent bonus in competitive events! Envy!

However, Tang Qian knew that Kobe Bryant was not joking, he had seen a data sheet about Kobe and Durant's "real heads-up matchup" in later life, and with the screenshots of each GIF, Kobe Bryant finally beat 41 of 80 heads-up shots in his career, and beat Durant 17 of his 36 heads-up heads-up in his career. This is still counting all the heads-up data of the season after Kobe Bryant's Achilles tendon rupture, otherwise deducting the 9-of-24 shooting in the back of the 12-13 season, this heads-up shooting percentage will break through the sky.

And Durant, minus 7-of-11 shooting for the rest of the 12-13 season, will have an even more dismal head-to-head shooting percentage.

This kind of hand-counted data is really a masterpiece of gods, and it is the best "heads-up counterpoint" reference table. It's not just match-up stats. Because fools know that Kobe and Durant are not players in the same position, and there are almost no times when they face each other head-to-head all over the court. So this comparison is just a comparison of the gap between Kobe Bryant and the Thunder's No. 2 position, and the gap between Durant and the Lakers' No. 3 position, that's all.

The alignment data of a position is only referenced, such as Kobe and Wade, otherwise it is equivalent to comparing James and O'Neal, too many biases.

So Kobe Bryant's words are not bragging at all! As a person who once had a peak season singles ratio exceeding the total shot ratio by 4 to 4! As the only scoring monster in his peak season with a singles shooting percentage higher than his overall shooting percentage! The king of outside singles! Except for Jordan, he will not be in anyone's eyes!

Oh, the outside player's singles shooting percentage in the season exceeds the basic comprehensive shooting percentage, or is it a super large shooting weight, you can find another one of this kind of people? Not a single one! Not to mention that the current 24th is still in full peak condition! To go head-to-head with Durant's offense and defense, historical data testifies, unless there is a miracle, it is a one-sided hanging!

But basketball is not pure heads-up, so in the official game, the Lakers do not necessarily have an advantage.

Because Durant, on his side, is also full of energy, and there will be no strokes at all.

And there's a little bit of Skipp. Bayless is right, the Thunder's team is much more than the Lakers. This is also a big win for Durant!

ESPN Live Room Tonight Invited Chris. Webb and data expert, super-celebrity, and veteran columnist Henry Brown. Abbott commentates on the game. This glance is a "strong lake black" taste. Because it doesn't matter if it's Webb or Henry. Abbott doesn't have the slightest affection for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Not before, not now, and probably not in the future.

Therefore, the prediction and analysis at the beginning are all one-sided, collectively looking at Los Angeles and collectively looking at the Purple and Gold Army.

Weber even said something very sturdy:

The Lakers' skinny bones are just waiting for the Oklahomians to tear apart! I'll bet on twenty donuts and the Thunder will prevail! Kevin will beat Kobe. Bryant!

The era of the Lakers is long gone, and the era of Kobe Bryant is also over, and the future belongs to the Thunder and Kevin. Durant!

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