Chapter 988: A Destined Opponent
Who can lead the team further?
This is the first time that the tyrant Tang and the emperor have led the PK head-on!
20 Wins in a Row VS 20 Wins in a Row! Who will be the first to be broken?
Tang Mi and Zhan Mi have already quarreled, and obviously, because of their local advantages, although Tang Qian's league foundation is not as good as James, he is catching up very quickly, and has become Zhan Mi, Kemi, Tang Mi, the three main fans in China. The most important point is that it is obvious that now the struggle between James and Comi has shifted, and it has become Tang Mi who has taken over Comi's position.
No wonder now some neutral fans claim that the post bar and the forum are occupied by James and Tang Mi, and it is fair to say that James is the strongest player in the league and no one is invincible? In all fairness, is Tang Qian really worthy of being compared with James? Don't blow it, don't blow it, don't black, Tang Qian and the Lakers' 20-game winning streak, is the schedule not as valuable as James and the Cavaliers' 20-game streak? James should win the MVP this game, he has done too much for the team, there is no more core player than him, being a father and a mother, who else?
There is no way to do this, the peak players and the players who are ready to hit the peak, it is inevitable that there will be a battle in the end.
If it's just Howard's No. 1 center in the league, but it doesn't threaten the strength of the No. 1 man in the league, it's just a comparison between the same positions. Keep in mind that the NBA generally doesn't compare players in different positions, especially outside and inside, and when there is such a huge gap, there are fewer direct comparisons. But...... It's a completely different story when you're competing for the top few players in the league, when you're competing for a place in history. Any position can be taken out of a misplaced melee.
At that time, Jordan was a quantile position, but he had to challenge the magic in the No. 1 position, Larry Bird in the No. 3-4 position, and after stabilizing them, he had to compare with the previous league's No. 1 "Sky Hook" Abdul-Jabbar. It's all a misplaced comparison, which is usually rare, but at a certain level, this one must be compared.
Therefore, when Tang Qian is only competing for the league's No. 1 center, he and James have no conflict of core interests. But when he began to overpower all the No. 5 positions, and even had signs of overpowering all the interior lines, he and James had a direct competitive relationship.
He began to challenge the first person in the alliance, or was about to launch a challenge.
Therefore, the conflict between Tang Mi and Zhan Mi is actually an inevitable thing.
Don't think it's so strange at all.
Or to put it more appropriately, this is not the climax of the conflict at all, but only the beginning.
Compared with the situation in the United States, domestic experts are obviously biased towards the Lakers, Zhang Weiping analyzed in the "NBA Chargeline" program: The Lakers' opponents during this period may not be strong, and occasionally some strong teams are also due to the absence of the main team, and the main force is resting, and the strength has declined, but what about the Cavaliers? In fact, it's about the same, look at the Cavaliers' last 10 games, most of them are weak teams in the East, and their lineup is a "Big Three lineup" that is far more luxurious than the Lakers on paper, so I think it's unfair to talk about the Lakers with the schedule.
Secondly, the Cavaliers' lineup is undoubtedly better, and once James' all-in-control style of play is turned on, then the team cohesion and chemistry can be improved in a short period of time, which is also a major advantage of the "James system". The Lakers need more time to grind in and increase the team's chemistry.
But...... He still thinks the Lakers will win! Because of Tang Qian, oh no, that's too straightforward. To put it another way, because the Lakers believe that there are several aspects that are significantly stronger than the Cavaliers:
For one, the Lakers are not afraid to run and shoot and small balls, and even that's what they do best. And this season's Cavaliers are also a relatively fast team, averaging 107+ points per game so far, but it is obviously still a little worse than the Lakers.
And this average score per game, Chi Guoguo is stronger than the Cavaliers of the original time and space, and it seems that there are still a lot of changes in some places.
At least Clarkson is a good match for James, and his finishing ability directly boosts the Cavaliers' bench scoring ability. In the original time and space, Smith, and his shooting percentage, and finishing ability, are no longer at the peak of the year, and his state fluctuates greatly, in fact, he is not as good as Jordan. Clarkson's. Even if it's stronger, it's limited. The three-point shot is a bright spot, but Clarkson is by James' side, and the fixed-point three-point shot has also become very powerful, and it is close to 4 percent this season! This was something Tang Qian didn't expect. Because he was under the impression that Jordan. Clarkson's three-point shot was very ordinary, and it was not enough to threaten, but he didn't expect it to become so powerful in this time and space.
But of course he didn't know that Clarkson could shoot super high three-point shots when he stood next to James, and Smith was even more accurate. But he couldn't see any of that.
Second, the Lakers have Tang Qian on the defensive end, which is equivalent to a missile-level blow to the weak Cavaliers on the inside.
Zhang Weiping is not untargeted, the Lakers' rebounding and blocking data are the most basic data in the league. And the Cavaliers are not in a row. Let's take a look at the deeper ones, such as limiting the opponent's scoring under the basket and limiting the opposing team's overall shooting percentage on the inside, which is also the undisputed number one in the league. Coincidentally, the Cavaliers' ability to score points inside is one of the few in the league. Of course, this doesn't mean how strong their interior line is, it's simply that James and Irving's ability to break through and kill the basket on the outside is too explosive, so they force up the data. But no matter how strong you are, as long as it is the piece of killing and injuring the inside line, it will drop significantly because of Tang Qian's existence.
I believe James himself should be well aware of this.
Third, the Lakers also have Tang Qian on the offensive end, which is also where the Cavaliers will suffer a lot, because their interior defense is difficult to suppress Tang Qian, whose scoring ability has improved significantly this season.
Although there is no need to say it separately, it is not wrong, the Cavaliers can be used on the inside this season, except for Love, the rest are very inconspicuous players. Like what Timofe. Mozgov, like what Tristan. Thompson, like what thoroughly scum Kendrick. Perkins, as well as Sean, who is already in his final season. Marion. In this group, the best data is only Mozgov's 10+7, Thompson's 8+8, and the highest basket protection is 1.2 times. Such a group of people guards the interior line of the Cleveland Cavaliers. So if Tang Qian wants to fight, even if it is an ordinary state, it is not difficult.
Fourth, it is also the point where Zhang Li was scolded the worst by Zhan Mi. That is, he bluntly pointed out that Tang Qian restrained James's offensive ability. When the latter faced the former, the shooting rate dropped sharply, especially when shooting under the basket, the shooting rate was weakened by more than half. This is not an exaggeration. The previous seasons were James' peak season for the Heat, and his shooting percentage and shooting ratio under the basket were even stronger than some superstar insiders! For example, last year's highest finishing percentage under the basket was close to 8 percent!
What is this concept? What if he ran into Tang Qian? What is this number? In the past, when this data fell the most, it fell by more than 3% when it met Yao Ming. What about running into Tang Qian? Take last year, for example, the regular season fell 5 to 5! The playoffs also fell 4 to 9! Even if it's close to 8 percent, how much is left after that? Therefore, there is nothing wrong with Zhang Weiping's words. is to directly disclose the fact that James holds the ball and hits the basket and encounters a super defensive inside, a super center, and he is going to be deflated. It is necessary to have a significant drop in efficiency and hit rate. This has been the case since the beginning of the alliance, and it is now the same.
But these arguments "stung" the James, and many people who couldn't accept it began to refute them frantically, stirring up nonsense, and even "Waike Save Zhan" came out. Under Zhang Weiping's column, there are countless sunspots, what James is the greatest team player, what James is the most versatile player, what James works hard, and some players are only responsible for scoring or rebounding. Balabala's. This was bumped into by Tang Qian, who happened to be browsing the domestic web page and happened to click on this title.
Looking at this, he directly registered a XXX basketball forum account and said:
I'm Tang Qian, and I saw something very interesting today, but I also want to talk about my opinion, that is...... Director Zhang was absolutely right. Our Lakers are indeed better than the Cavaliers, and I do want to restrain James, or any way of playing under the basket. Well, that's how I see it, believe it or not, we're stronger.
At first, no one paid attention to it, but then it was said that it was a fake account, until the XXX basketball forum suddenly added a small V to the new account that was posted, which ignited the traffic and enthusiasm of the forum. However, Tang Qian has already gone offline, and he is not a person who can spend hours on the Internet every day, so he just replied like this, but unexpectedly caused very serious consequences.
On January 4, U.S. time, the Lakers faced the Indiana Pacers, who were already chaotic and without a leader, at home, in a game that was almost one-sided. Because when the Pacers' defense can't hold down their opponents, their offense is lackluster, and it will soon show. In this regard, they are somewhat similar to the Chicago Bulls. It's all about winning the game defensively, and if the defense fails, it's like the game is over early. Although the Lakers played average in the first quarter, only scoring 19 points, and still 1 point behind the opponent, but in the second quarter, after Tang Qian returned to the court, the situation changed a little, Tang Qian frequently killed Hibbert, causing Hibbert to be forced to rest early with 4 fouls, so that the door of the Pacers was suddenly blown open.
Without the big center Hibbert, just a Scola who is about to be 35 years old, is really not enough for Tang Qian.
Besides, Scola's defense is also an ordinary level, at least his height disadvantage and weight disadvantage are obvious, his small movements and experience are okay to deal with technical players, and if you want to deal with Tang Qian, it is pure physical crushing, he has no rut at all. I can only watch the Lakers' No. 29 continue to fly and dunk again and again, ransacking the Pacers' basket.
In this game, Tang Qian played high, although the defensive end was reduced a lot of energy investment, but on the offensive end he scored 40 points for the first time this season! In the end, the Lakers led the Pacers by 11 points in this game, and Tang Qian cut 40 points, 15 rebounds and 3 blocks, and the shooting rate was as high as 7 percent! Therefore, the inside line of the Pacers team was completely blown up by Tang Qian!
At the press conference after the game, Tang Qian made a 21 gesture with his hand, which is self-evident, is it seen? The Lakers are on a 21-game winning streak! Master has won 21 in a row! You really don't treat me like a dish? The master used practical actions to prove that you are all second-class goods with no eyesight!!
D'Antoni advertised Tang Qian as the No. 5 position he had coached for his most suitable tactical system, and his interior combination with Bosh gave him hope of beating any team.
Regarding Tang Qian's strong season, the most gratifying thing is the management of the Lakers. Bonnie. Lovelin is now the nominal leader in the team's management. Pelinka also knows his place, and he's here to help "The Magic" run the whole team. As for the status of general manager, there is no need for him to compete with Laughlin, the deputy general manager.
This was clear to him when he signed the contract.
"Magician" is the face of the management, used to unite the fans, and the symbolism is actually greater than the actual meaning.
Bonnie. Laughlin is the de facto manipulator of management, at least moving forward in this direction.
And he himself is the overall coordination, solving some emergencies and Bonnie. Laughlin can't figure out the "panacea" of the situation.
After the Lakers won 21 consecutive seasons, "Magic" Johnson tweeted: Great Los Angeles! Great Oriental Perm! Let's move on!!!
ESPN is still that dead, in addition to reporting on the Lakers' victory, it still has to mention the fans from time to time, the Indiana Pacers' core George season is reimbursed, internal chaos, combat effectiveness compared with previous seasons, completely like two, the current 13-21 record, enough to prove that they are not a strong team this season.
The subtext is that the Lakers just picked up a "cheap" again, and they won the big weak team, with 21 consecutive wins, and there is not much gold content. As for the second opponent of the Cavaliers, it is a big hype about how powerful it is, how difficult it is to defeat and match. But in fact, tomorrow the Golden State Warriors will already let out the word, and their core player Curry will be out for a game because of the flu, so it is not as "golden" as ESPN advertises.
Ironically, ESPN didn't report more on this in detail, just brushing it up, as if it was blind and didn't see.
The Cavaliers really killed the Warriors, but James made a foul in the last period, making 2 free throws and 2 of 2, cutting off the Warriors' chance to win this game.
But this whistle, no matter how you look at it, has a little bias, although it is the home whistle, it is understandable, but at this critical moment, it is generally not blown. Lakers fans took the opportunity to lash out about it, but Cavaliers fans also have their own arguments, such as home games that will be taken care of more or less, which is an unspoken rule that exists on any team. Besides, you Los Angeles Lakers fans are the least qualified to say that! Why? Didn't Nash's 3+1 in last year's playoffs give you a whistle? If I don't give it to you, you can complete a 0-3 Jedi comeback? Don't have double standards!!
That said, but James's situation is different, Nash's is a complete hitter, and James's is a foul that caused an invasion foul under the basket, and according to the video slow play, this is basically a foul that is not considered a foul.
But a win is a win, and the Cavaliers have won the same 21-game winning streak as the Lakers!
Now the battle for the winning streak between the Cavaliers and the Lakers is intensifying, and fans all over the United States, all of the East, and all over the world are basically staring at these two teams, wanting to see who will be the first to hold back, lose the game, and end the winning streak.
Is it the Lakers? Or the Cavaliers?
PS: Although it is a business trip in the field, Xiao Zi is still striving for tonight 2 more, this is the first change, Xiao Zi continues to code words!!