Chapter 255: Words Must Be Cheap
Mike Brown is enjoying a great time in his coaching career.
After a lot of pressure at the beginning of the season and mid-season adjustment, at the end of the season, the Lakers finally reached a very good state.
This is still the situation that Gasol has not returned, and the personnel are not neat.
When Gasol returns, there are people on the bench, and there is a tactical point, so the Lakers won't take off?
Now Brown feels like he can get into "hosting" and he's always been in custody anyway.
The defense has been tuned for a season and there are basically no major problems.
Although it is not up to the level of a super defensive team, the Lakers are originally an offensive team, and the defense is acceptable as long as the holes are not too big.
After playing the Bulls, the Lakers traveled to play the Magic and Hawks.
In the game against the Magic, Howard was booed by a large number of people at the Amway Center.
This is to be expected, and Howard's farce with the Magic in the past two years has made him lose the hearts and minds of the people in Orlando.
Now in the Lakers, although the record is the best in the league, Howard's low position in the team is not comparable to the Magic.
There were audience members who greeted Howard with signs saying "How about being a little brother in Los Angeles".
Howard, of course, could only laugh it off.
has no state, can't play superstar performance, and can only be willing to be a little brother.
But it doesn't matter if you are Kobe's younger brother, some slogans directly write "Howard is Bruce's younger brother." ”
I can't bear it.
Although Bruce Lee is indeed a magical existence in the Lakers, he is still a rookie on the surface.
Could it be that the name of the rookie has spread all over the league and reached the ears of other fans?
This made Howard very embarrassed, and there was no smile on his face during the warm-up before the game began.
Li Liang saw that he didn't feel good in his heart.
Theoretically, Lao Tzu can indeed be the boss, but in away games, it is still necessary to give face to the veterans.
How can you mess up the relationship with your teammates because of the provocation of the away fans?
So, Li Liang walked up to Howard and said, "Come on tonight, I will pass you more balls and dunk them." ”
Howard glanced at Li Liang, and finally squeezed out a little smile on his face.
Howard has not had a very good season this season, although Li Liang is arrogant and indisputable, but he has nothing to say in the righteousness of his teammates.
So he scolded people and scolded people, and everyone had no opinion on him.
Scolding, if there is a change, then encouragement, you see how well Mike Brown is doing, he is about to become the best coach.
After the game started, Li Liang and Nash greeted each other and wanted to make the ball for Howard at the beginning.
In fact, there is no need for Li Liang to say, the whole Lakers team knows that they want Howard to play happily in this game.
Again, in an away game, tens of thousands of people have no one to support you, only teammates can support you.
If your teammates don't support each other, you won't be able to play the ball.
So as soon as the game started, Nash, Li Liang, and Kobe Bryant joined forces to feed Howard the ball.
Kobe Bryant broke through the ball, Nash blocked and passed the ball to the ground, and Li Liang responded with the arc.
Anyway, the Lakers have made up their minds tonight to let Howard play well and shut up all the fans at the Magic home court.
Howard was also competitive enough, and after taking the ball inside, the first two balls were dunked in fiercely.
After the fight, the two sides began to be a little vindictive.
Howard had to take the ball inside, and the Magic fouled and sent Howard to the free throw line.
To make it clear, I'd rather let Howard shoot free throws than let him shoot well, let alone dunk.
Howard continues to hover around 50 percent free throw percentage this season.
But tonight, amid the boos at the Amway Center, Howard's free throw shooting percentage was quite good, and he played at a super level.
He took 40 free throws! Hit 25 of them.
There were more than 20 fouls, which is enough to see how Howard was chased and intercepted by the Magic.
But even so, Howard scored a staggering 41 points in the game, scoring more than 40 points in a single game for the first time this season.
This is really not easy for Howard, whose personal offensive ability has deteriorated.
Howard went from being unsmiling at the beginning to laughing later.
Another result of Howard's opening was that Li Liang was very comfortable shooting three-pointers from the outside.
It's no wonder that NBA coaches in the past liked to play insid-out with super centers, which has become too easy.
If it doesn't work, pass it in, and shoot it when the outside is empty, simple and practical, and whether the effect is good depends on the player's own state, whether he can score singlely, whether he can score three points.
It's just a pity that Howard is just a flash in the pan.
The Lakers defeated the Orado Magic 106-95 on the road without much suspense and continued to move towards victory.
After the game, Howard looked very happy.
It was arguably the happiest game he played this season.
Not only did he win in front of his old club, but he also played the best performance of the season and made the fans shut up.
What could be more enjoyable?
When asked by a reporter how he thought of being a junior brother instead of a boss in the Lakers, Howard smiled and said: "As long as I can win the championship, let me carry my bag." ”
As a result of Howard's words, when he left the Amway Center and boarded the bus, everyone hung their bags on Howard's body.
Howard was like a moving luggage rack, and he regretted not doing it at the beginning.
But it can be seen from this incident that the fit between the Lakers players has been getting better and better.
Kobe Bryant has been at odds with Howard in personality since the beginning of the season, and it is still the same.
But after half a year of getting along, I finally found a way to cooperate.
It's that they cooperate seamlessly on the field, and they play their own off the field.
Anyway, the colleague relationship, just do the work together.
A day later, the Lakers left Orlando and arrived in Atlanta.
Phillips Center, March 13 against the Hawks.
The two sides had a battle not long ago, and the Lakers narrowly won at home.
But any team with a strong forward and point guard will have a hard time for the Lakers to play.
Before the start of the game at the Phillips Center, there was a hiccup.
When Bruce Lee was warming up, he picked up the microphone and said to the audience: "Dear Atlanta fans, I don't know if you still recognize me, Bruce Lee. I came to Atlanta almost a year ago and made a three-pointer in the midcourt three-point campaign here. Then I said I was going to be in the NBA. It's been a year, and I'm here today to tell you that I did it, thank you. "Choking and Strange Novels|w~w~w.
As soon as Li Liang's voice fell, the scene from a year ago was replayed on the big screen of the Phillips Center.
At that time, Li Liang and Wei Dazhi and others went on a graduation trip together and came to Atlanta to watch the Hawks and Celtics play.
During the break of the third and fourth quarters, Li Liang was drawn into the halfcourt shooting prize event, and hit the halfcourt three-pointer, getting tens of thousands of dollars in bonuses.
Then in his acceptance speech, he said that he would stand in the NBA in the future.
At that time, Hawks fans thought that this Chinese kid was in the middle of the court and his brain was confused.
Then he was quickly forgotten.
What I didn't expect was that almost a year later, he actually stood on the NBA court and became an amazing All-Star player.
The applause at the scene was thunderous, and it was given to this Chinese student who had created a miracle.
Since then, Li Liang has another nickname: Li Liang must be cheap when he says it.