February 12, U.S. time, the third day of the Chinese New Year. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The zodiac is a phase, from a dragon to a snake.

After a short day of rest, the Lakers finally returned to the Staples Center for their 53rd game of the season. After losing to the Miami Heat in the last overtime, the Lakers' record has become more and more dangerous, becoming 24-28, and even the outside world has begun to advocate that the Lakers are destined not to make the playoffs this season.

Some extremists have loudly "declared" that it is a big question whether the Lakers can tie the 50% win rate, let alone enter this year's playoffs. Bryant. Bryant is destined to become the Lakers' "historical sinner" and the biggest "broken word".

The entire public opinion of the outside world, for the Lakers, almost became one-sided.

It's uncomfortable and suffocating.

Howard seems to be a little more honest, and after the game, there was a small episode, that is, in order to avoid Tang Qian's "private chat after the game", "Warcraft" left the locker room early and flew back to Los Angeles early. So he didn't know about Tang Qian's injury at all, and only after getting off the plane did he see the news, and immediately shouted "mistake", he should have stayed in the locker room and didn't leave.

If you don't go, you can prove that you have courage all of a sudden; gone, that's an outright act of cowardice, up and down the Lakers, and the reputation is lost. So when he heard the news that Tang Qian needed to recuperate, Howard's face was not gloomy but joyful, and this scene made all the Lakers players dissatisfied and faintly cold.

Don't even want to do the scene work? If this kind of person becomes the boss of Los Angeles in the future, then the fate of the Purple and Gold Army can be imagined.

Being a boss and a leader is not just about ability.

It doesn't matter if ordinary teams don't aim to win championships, but in the Lakers, sooner or later, this will make fans run out of patience and turn against each other.

Los Angeles fans are the most impatient and unscrupulous representatives.

Unless you can do the same as No. 24 and stick to one city for the next 20 years, no matter who you are, including "Big Shark" O'Neal, who helped Los Angeles win three consecutive championships, will also boo, and you will still run on it. Now that something is wrong, there is Kobe Bryant in front, and when Kobe is gone, how long do you think the "joyful" mentality of "Warcraft" can last in the city of Los Angeles?

Escape, that's a matter of time, once he finds out he can't stand the spotlight of Los Angeles.

Therefore, after seeing Tang Qian's miraculous return, "Warcraft" Howard was also the only one who instantly turned into a bitter gourd face.

It can be seen how obvious and deep the contradiction between him and Tang Qian is now.

Coupled with the conflict with Kobe, Howard is indeed not "happy" enough and "happy" enough in Los Angeles now.

Tang Qian's average blocks per game have risen to 2.9 after the last game, only 0.1 blocks per game away from the first-place Ibaka. In fact, if Tang Qian's playing time in the first half of the season was too scarce, he would have surpassed Ibaka long ago, where would he still need to be second? But this is not what Tang Qian cares about now, tonight's battle with the sun is his focus.

Gotta win.

Because the time behind is really tight, it's really not enough.

Prior to this match, Alien Space released the "Today in History" challenge mission, which was conducted on February 12, 2004. Ratliff, with 14 points, 10 rebounds and 4 blocks. Don't feel this Theo. Ratliffe is an inconspicuous little man, in fact, he entered the All-Star team at his peak, and he has also won the league block king 3 times, and is a member of the "blue-collar All-Star family". Fans who like Iverson should be familiar with this person, who was later taken over by Uncle Mu, and then gradually faded out of people's field of vision. And his last stop, coincidentally, is Los Angeles, which is the Lakers.

This set of data is actually not difficult for Tang Qian, as long as the offense and Nash cooperate well, he can completely surpass this set of data.

Under the will of the Lakers, who were already "unable to lose", the Suns, who were at the bottom of the Western Conference, collapsed, and after only resisting less than half a game, they entered "garbage time". And Tang Qian also benefited from the "garbage time" to "brush" a good handful of data. In the end, 101-85, the Lakers won the 53rd game. Among them, Nash became the best of the game with 19 points, 17 assists, 2 rebounds and 2 steals. Bryant had 20 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists, Howard had 18 points, 18 rebounds and 3 blocks, Gasol had 10 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, and Tang Qian had 15 points, 15 rebounds, 5 blocks and 2 assists.

Just like that, Howard was still "muttering" after the game, complaining about Mike. D'Antoni didn't give him more playing time.

In fact, this "complaining" is a bit unreasonable, because as an older team, the game has already been spent, and the head coach has replaced the main team, which is understandable, and it is really a normal thing. But Howard was "very unhappy" because he only played 29 minutes to get this set of stats, which shows that he is in hot form tonight and is very likely to break his personal record. But because of Mike. D'Antoni's reason, he didn't end up being able to "take that step" either.

So the "jolly beast" is no longer happy.

For this stupid complaint, Mike. Of course, D'Antoni chose to ignore it, what are you kidding, now that the Lakers are at a critical juncture, how can I have time to deal with your ""? Finding a way to keep winning is what he cares about most at the moment.

Otherwise, it's hard to say whether he will be able to stay in Los Angeles next season.

On February 14th, Western Valentine's Day, the Lakers have a game at home and will face the Los Angeles Clippers in the same city.

Now that the season has progressed, the gap between the Lakers and the Clippers has obviously appeared, the former is still thirteenth in the West, and the latter has already soared to the fourth place in the West. And barring an accident, they've already secured a spot in the Western Conference playoffs.

On this evening, the Staples Center was star-studded with celebrities.

Taylor, Sister Rose, Agary. Rana Dave, Carly. Klaus was all on the scene, but no one would pay much attention to them tonight, because the Staples Center is the most important thing to do, and celebrities and celebrities are the most important. What's more, tonight, in addition to them, there are many American singers, movie stars, and celebrities who came to the scene, so at most, it is just to occupy a few more halftime shots.

Regarding the invitation after the game, Tang Qian refused everything, not because he didn't understand people, but tonight, he really didn't want to be distracted. The Los Angeles Clippers are very strong, very strong, and in Tang Qian's memory, in the next few years, they will be the strongest teams in the West and the bookers of the playoffs. So this game will not be easy to win.

Kobe Bryant also attached great importance to this game, because the "city derby" is still at home, and he doesn't want to end in failure.

The mentality of competition suddenly got up.

But the Clippers didn't care, Blake. Griffin even said directly that the Clippers' current goal is only the playoffs.

On the surface, this sentence may sound like nothing special, but when you think about it, you can see the problem.

The only goal for the Clippers is the playoffs? What about teams that aren't playoff? Don't you need to be a goal? Don't you need to take it to heart? After hearing this, most of the Lakers secretly breathed a sigh of relief, because for Los Angeles, the Lakers are the king, and what are the Clippers? used to be the role of "accompanying the prince to study" all year round, but this year if you want to "turn over and be the master", the Lakers will certainly not easily agree.

This game has not yet started, and there are sparks in the open and in the dark.

There is some competition on both sides.

But the first quarter turned into the Clippers' "air show" time. Under Paul's instigation, the whole team played an aerial relay, and the Lakers, who suddenly beat the "old arms and legs", were in a mess and were stunned for a moment. Force. In particular, Blake, who was not selected for the All-Star starting lineup. Griffin worked hard and killed the team, because the Lakers were the "culprit" who caused him to lose the starting lineup.

Damn the Lakers, who are thirteenth in the West, why do they occupy three All-Star starters?

And the most unforgivable thing is...... You've taken my place!

Accept my wrath tonight!

Tang Qian sat on the court, Rao was like this, he also felt a vague "sense of brutality", 9 of 10 shots in a single quarter, Blake. Griffin shot 90 percent from the field and slashed for 18 points, five rebounds, one assist and one block in the first quarter. As an interior player, it is not unreasonable to get this kind of single-quarter data without free throws and three-pointers.

Plus Chauncey. Billups's two three-pointers scored 31 points in a single quarter, which caught the Lakers off guard. On the Lakers' side, except for Kobe Bryant, who shot 4 of 5, the rest of the shooting percentages were all miserable, Nash shot 1 of 3, Ci Shiping shot 0 of 3, Gasol shot 1 of 2, Howard shot 1 of 5, and Jamison shot 1 of 4...... The rest of the people even missed the Clippers' basket with all their shots.

17-31 in a single quarter, losing almost half of the points in the first quarter.

Seeing this score difference, Kobe Bryant was almost angry, because if he lost again, he would not be able to raise his head in Los Angeles.

As the king of Los Angeles, he was "spent" by others in the first quarter, which made Kobe Bryant angry in his heart.

Lose, lose, lose...... When is the head???

Kobe Bryant didn't wait to go back to the locker room this time, and said directly to Howard: "You pass the ball if you can't get in, ok?" Will the pass be? Do you understand? Howard was depressed in this game, and was almost blocked by Jordan Jr., a "pure blue collar" in his eyes, and was "irritable alone", as soon as Kobe's words came, he was also furious, and he turned his head and said: "What are you anxious about?" Isn't it normal for a section to feel bad? It's you, when you make the ball for me, can you be smarter and widen the range, otherwise I will be tied, and of course the hit rate will not be high! ”

"What?" Kobe Bryant was furious and said to Howard: "Do you want to fight?" If you don't want to fight, give me the end! Just fuck off! ”

"Bryant, what do you say? Who do you think you are? Jordan? What are you dragging??? Howard replied in a loud voice, his expression was very hard at this time. Silly x!! You repeat??? See if I don't tear your mouth apart!! "This time the situation is not good, because the anger on both sides has risen, and there is even a little bit of ignorance.

Mike. D'Antoni was about to stand up and dissuade him, but was stopped by Nash and said, "It's useless, we can't stop them." ”

It was Nash, Mike. D'Antoni's expression was stunned for a moment, and then he said hurriedly: "Then you can't let things develop, right?" If there is a real fight, the consequences will ......" "Don't worry, we can't do it, someone is good." Nash wasn't in a hurry, turned his head to Tang Qian on the bench, and said, "Hot, please, go and suppress Howard's anger." ”

Hearing this, Tang Qian nodded, and then stood up from the bench.

Nash's sentence is actually a bit "biased", because his original words were, "to suppress Howard's anger", not to "suppress the anger of the two of them". The difference between a few words, and by extension, the meaning, is completely different.

So Tang Qian walked straight to Howard, and then lowered his head and said, "Hey, can you be quiet, didn't you remember what I said last time?" Howard wanted to be angry, but as soon as he turned his head, he was stuck in anger, and after muttering a few words, he turned around and walked to the end of the bench on the right.

In fact, the more public he is, the more he dare not clash with Tang Qian, otherwise this "beaten" clip will definitely be circulated for decades, or even a hundred years. Thinking that he might live in this "video shadow" for the rest of his life, "Warcraft" Howard wisely chose to "temporarily retreat" and not to engage in a temporary "battle of will" with Dongfang 29.

In this sense, he is indeed better than Andrew. Bynum's brain, a little better.

Seeing Howard quiet for a while, Mike. D'Antoni immediately laid out the general tactics for the second quarter, with Jamison up, Ci Shiping down, Don dive up, and Howard down. As if he was not surprised by this result, Howard only glanced at Tang Qian, and then stopped looking at it.

But what he thinks in his heart, it is unknown.

The second quarter was the regular rotation time, compared to the Lakers' substitutions, the Clippers directly replaced 4 people, leaving only one veteran, Chauncey. Billups controls the scene. There is a saying Blake. Griffin is right, the main goal of the Clippers this season is to hit the Western Conference championship or even the championship, and it makes no sense to entangle with a team like the Lakers, the thirteenth in the West. In De Nagro's eyes, it was pure waste.

In this quarter, the Lakers played extremely well, Tang Qian + Kobe + Nash + Gasol, almost covering the first 30 points, and the shooting rate was amazingly high, reaching more than 75%. What about the Clippers? After Barnes and Crawford made layups and ate a few blocks, they also learned to be obedient, trying not to go inside, and the cat made a mid-to-long-range jumper outside. Barnes was actually fine, as if he had known Tang Qian's power for a long time, and didn't go to the side he was guarding at all, Jamal. Crawford is different, as the league's "super sixth man" has his own self-esteem and self-confidence. How can you say that my brother is also a man who averaged 20+ points per game at his peak, is he still afraid of a small substitute center for you? So at the beginning of the second quarter, he chose to provoke and attack the Lakers' basket head-on.

What Oriental Cap King? What tangyrant? What Emperor?

I don't believe that Asians can play basketball well.

So he attacked Tang Qian's direction 4 times in a row, 1 goal, 1 hat, and two unsuccessful hits.

At this moment, it annoyed Crawford a little, but when he was about to continue the offense, the head coach of the Clippers shouted from the sidelines, saying: "Jamal, if you play blindly, then roll me off and make a bench!" Suddenly, Crawford was honest, and silently said in his heart, Hmph, Oriental, count you lucky!

However, Tang Qian was not particularly satisfied with his defensive performance, because in his opinion, the opponent provoked him head-on and forced him, but only one hat was dropped? This kind of performance is undoubtedly a bit unsatisfactory, at least 2 or 3 of them must be capped, then it is right. Fortunately, these "heartfelt words" were not heard by Crawford, otherwise the latter would have been angry and would have to "fight" with Tang Qian.

In fact, it's not that Tang Qian's defense is not good, but Crawford is not a general, although this guy is only a substitute in name, but in essence, he belongs to the level of "half immortal and half ghost". The offense is strong, even as a bench, and in the future, it has the ability to close to an average of 19+ points per game, even this season, converted to 36 minutes of efficiency, then there is an average of 20+ points per game. Not to mention that he is a player with "convulsive attributes", and he has scored 50+ points in a single game 3 times in his career, which is the strongest proof.

Don't understand the meaning of 50+ 3 times? Then take a look at some great names, Vince. Carter's 50+ career is currently 2 times. Durant is currently 2 times (the third and fourth were both in 2014), Dwayne. Wade is currently three times, Shaq. O'Neal has three times in his career, and Russell. Westbrook currently has no (both times after 2015), Nowitzki has two current careers, Maddie four times, Duncan once in his career, and Chris Brown. Paul Zero, David. Robinson ...... three times in his career So this data sheet is Jamal. Crawford's Fire Guarantee Sheet. He is the kind of person who is afraid of himself once he becomes "crazy".

So just talk about offense, Jamal. Crawford's ability is already comparable to that of an All-Star player, and Tang Qian feels that it is difficult to defend, which is also a normal thing. As for the so-called "half-ghost", that is, his defensive end, which is almost ineffective, with poor confrontation, poor attitude, and poor ability, "three differences in one", which means "half-ghost". Therefore, if you want to make good use of his double-edged sword, a manager who has no courage and no Taoism, it can't be done.

However, after Tang Qian played 8 minutes and 37 seconds off the court, Howard came on the court, and suddenly, the Lakers entered stagnation mode again, and the overall basketball operation was difficult. For the full three and a half minutes, only three points were scored, and Howard made 1 of 3 shots and 1 of 6 free throws, which was the source of all the Lakers' scoring for the remaining three and a half minutes.

This scene, seeing all the Lakers players, almost became numb.

Howard has completely become a "black hole of ball possession", as long as the basketball is in his hands, then don't think about it again.

In fact, in the last 2012-2013 season, although he didn't like to block, dislike down and air cuts, he always had a degree. Now this season, that's what has intensified and become very prominent.

What is the reason?

A large part of it is because the Lakers have an extra Chinese center named Tang Qian on the same team.

He made "Warcraft" Howard have a huge "negative change".

ps: Said that the good plus more explosive, it won't change, Xiaozi continues to go to the code word~

Let's start with a big chapter ~ Book friends who can't wait, you can get up tomorrow and read it again~ (To be continued.) )