Chapter 1009: 31 Consecutive Wins! Lakers to the top! (Let's start with a big chapter~)
Congratulations to the big star, you are now completely popular in the United States, and your popularity has soared. This is a message from Taylor to Tang Qian.
Tang Qian replied: Don't dare, I still have a big gap in my ability in front of the rich woman, and I have to continue to work hard.
Do you want to compare with me? Then you have to work hard, your current alliance number one income is much inferior to mine. Taylor said with a smile.
Don't talk about James, Jordan Nike's side can't compare to you for so many points, I remember you have to get more this year, it's all worth 100 million US dollars, right? It's scary! After deducting taxes, there are more than 50 million! This is really more popular than people!
Tang Qian didn't know that this was still his miscalculation, the income in 2014 was summarized in 2015, and Taylor's income in 2014 was 64 million last year. And what about the income in 2015? That's right, it won't be counted until the end of the year and the beginning of 2016. And this number, Tang Qian has never seen it in his previous life, and his memory only ended in September 2015, so how much Taylor will earn this year can only be calculated based on the rise in previous years.
Who knows, this is a big mistake, because Taylor's income will skyrocket in a geometric way this year.
What's the skyrocketing method? Look, this is no joke, it has soared from 64 million last year to a full $317.8 million. Yes, you read that right, this is not the value of a soft sister coin, this is a serious American broadsword. How much did you flip? Although this is also her peak in recent years, it is also a little too scary.
This is close to 2 billion soft girl coins! People earned it in a year! So fortunately, Tang Qian didn't know, otherwise he would really be scared half to death. However, when the economic conditions have reached their point, they don't need to worry too much about the issue of value, anyway, they will never be able to use it up, and they will definitely spend enough to squander.
Alas, who called himself to find a strong woman with such a terrible ability to absorb money.
You can't live if you do your own evil.
After the victory over the Cavaliers, the Lakers traveled back-to-back to Salt Lake City the next day to take on the Utah Jazz. The Lakers played very poorly in this game, because the last game was too intense, so many people have not fully recovered from fatigue, plus Salt Lake City has always been the "devil's home field", playing on a terrain of about 1300 meters, it is relatively easy to consume physical energy, making people feel tired. In addition, the fans here are also extremely crazy, regardless of whether the team is strong or not, they will spare no effort to make high-decibel noise in order to affect the schedule of the away team.
Although Sloan has left, the Sloan style of this place has never left, and in terms of team discipline and one-size-fits-all, it is estimated that there is no one in the entire league except San Antonio. They're the type of team where no matter how many points you're ahead of me, no matter how many points I'm behind, I'm going to play at my own pace and with my own setup.
Even if this kind of team is not a strong team now, it is still in the rebuilding period, and it is not easy to gnaw it away.
Well, the traditional label that Mr. Sloan has given to Salt Lake City for more than 20 years is "hard bones", and it is normal to want to eat and break a few teeth. At the same time, the hotel where the away team stays is far away from the home court of the Jazz, so it is equivalent to invisibly increasing the fatigue of the journey, making the state of the human body not so easy to recover and rise.
If it weren't for the fact that Tang Qian blocked 2 Butler key steals and 1 key steal at the last moment, this game is estimated to be inexplicably kneeling. If the winning streak ends here, in the hands of a team that is difficult to make the playoffs, it will be too unwilling, too unlucky and aggrieved.
In the end, the Lakers narrowly defeated the Utah Jazz, who are currently ranked 12th in the West, by 2 points, extending the winning streak.
The current winning streak has reached 28 games, and with 2 more games, it will be another 30+ winning streak in a single season.
The Lakers have won three times, which is a remarkable record.
And Tang Qian, as the main participant in 2 single-season 30+ consecutive wins, his name will inevitably be mentioned constantly.
There are still some people in ESPN who have come out and say that the Jazz are another fish-belly team with a poor record, and the Lakers' luck and schedule are also one of the big opportunities for them to now go on to a 28-game winning streak this season. We're not saying they don't have the strength, we just want to say that there are some factors that play a role in addition to the strength.
This is really "skillful", not only to make a stand and say that it is fair, but also to admit that the Lakers still have strength and are also the strongest team in the league this season, but ...... It's just a little more "luck" than other strong teams. If you taste this in detail, you will find that it is actually very vaguely "black" the Lakers, and at the same time, it is also subtly instilling an idea to readers and outside fans, that is, the Lakers' 28-game winning streak is not so convincing.
And as long as the public receives this point of view, then ESPN will not be so tossed in vain.
Before Tang Qian could say this, some of his teammates couldn't help but retort:
Luck? So why don't other teams have this kind of luck? We beat Cleveland in the last game, is that considered luck? Scalding down 49 points, 28 rebounds, 11 blocks, 3 assists and 1 steal, is it also luck?
It's complete, ESPN should fire the rookie who writes this article and review!
Tyrant is definitely the league's No. 1 center! The No. 5 position in the active league is unmatched! Yes, write clearly, that's me Chris. Bosh's exact words!
Lakers head coach D'Antoni also stepped forward and quipped:
It's true that he is not the No. 1 center, and he still has a lot of Hall of Fame legendary centers to surpass.
What this means is, come on, he has no opponents in the current team, and his opponents can only be found in the long history of the NBA.
Seeing so many teammates so powerful, Tang Qian couldn't help but say proudly:
I'm going to lead the team to the third 30+ winning streak in a single season in team history! I'm going to prove that in a single season, Boston is not as good as us in Los Angeles!
On January 19, U.S. time, the Cavaliers suffered a losing streak, and it seems that after their last loss to the Lakers, the morale of the whole team needs to adjust and recover. But this is also a very normal thing, because after a long winning streak, the team will fall into a short period of downturn, which is the law of everything, booming and falling, with ups and downs.
The Warriors also won tonight, holding on to their only half-court advantage.
Now the Lakers fans are like chickens, because no one thought that this team would have a chance to compete for the league's No. 1 regular season seed. You must know that at that time, after Kobe Nash announced his retirement one after another and Gasol left the Windy City, the hearts of fans in Los Angeles were broken.
It's hard to accept, last year it was the championship, and this year it's like this.
Rebuilding the team is a sure thing.
In this way, in general, the Lakers have no chance of becoming a Western powerhouse again in 2~3 years.
But who knows, happiness comes so quickly, and the Lakers have a chance to compete for the first place in the league in just the first rebuilding season, which would dare to think before the season starts? But the truth has emerged. Can it not surprise and surprise?
This contrast, stronger than expected, is even more exciting.
However, in order to prevent the Lakers from achieving a 30+ winning streak in a single season for 2 consecutive seasons, the following opponents all put on a "common hatred" appearance. A team like this is the most hated, and the Warriors' league-leading limelight has been overshadowed.
On January 19th, the Lakers also have a game, and they are playing away against the Phoenix Suns.
After a good start, the Suns are now starting to fall back and are now stuck in the eighth place in the West, and one more loss will put them on the verge of falling out of the top eight. So this game, too, the Phoenix people are bound to want to win it. A return to the playoffs is just one of their goals.
However, it will be difficult for them to win, because it is still the same sentence, and playing against a team that D'Antoni completely controls is simply "playing with the axe". What's more, the Suns' running and bombardment foundation was brought over by D'Antoni. As long as the plastic surgery is not too bad, basically the Suns have no chance of winning at all.
Is the Lakers roster bad? It's not bad, it's much better than the Suns, so you can lose, unless it's a collective ice hand.
The game was very good-looking, you went back and forth, and there was basically no feeling of stopping the ball, so it looked extraordinarily smooth. Fast-paced basketball will become more and more popular in the next few years, and that's why, the audience will be happy, the number of rounds will increase, and the overall stats of the players will also rise, so why not? It's really the best of both worlds, isn't it?
But the Suns were really able to play with the Lakers in the fourth quarter in this game, and they still relied on a bench wonder, who was Isaiah, who was known as the "strongest 175 on the surface" in the future. Thomas. That's right, this little guy is still a 4th grader and is currently playing off the bench with the Phoenix Suns. His firepower was amazing tonight, scoring 28 points in one go, which made the Lakers almost capsize in bench time.
Fortunately, in the end, Tang Qian continued to kill the Suns' interior line, so that he could barely stabilize the situation, and narrowly defeated the Suns by 3 points in the end, completing the 29th consecutive win of the season.
It's a pity that Tang Qian doesn't know about Isaiah. Thomas's outburst was beyond his "prophetic period", so he just felt that this little guy who was 175cm tall was another Nate. Robinson only. After all, back then, Nate. Robinson is also known for his scoring explosiveness, and it is common for him to break out and score 20~30 points. Otherwise, this height can be played like this, how can it be without a few brushes.
During this time, the Lakers themselves also felt a certain amount of fatigue and pressure, and after the victory over the Cavaliers, the team's enthusiasm for the game was slowly declining. This is also a normal fluctuation, even if it is as strong as the 72-win Bulls that year, there have been ups and downs and fluctuations throughout the long season. A team that doesn't fluctuate, that doesn't exist, robots can't be.
It's a pity that the Suns are still a very ordinary team, which makes ESPN's "luck theory" rise again, as if a Lakers win is a cheap victory. But it doesn't matter, when you get 30+ consecutive wins, and when the Lakers achieve 30+ consecutive wins in a single season for 2 consecutive years, even if ESPN says it, it's a bit of a "crime to add".
Tang Qian is waiting for this time, and the next game will be the moment when he will lead the team to a peak.
20+ streak and 30+ streak, situation, difficulty, eye-catching, are also two levels of things.
On January 21, U.S. time, the Lakers continued their back-to-back road trips against the New Orleans Pelicans.
This team is a typical "scoring team", that is, the player statistics are good, but the record is very poor, and it cannot be put on the table. Similar to the previous Warriors, it is not very competitive. Against this kind of team, the Lakers played very easily, and the absolute core of the opponent's team was eaten to death by the Lakers 29, and the team's cooperation was also very problematic, and most of them fought alone, which just made the Lakers' outside defense play a powerful role. Monty. Williams has no talent as a player, he has never earned 10 million US dollars in his life, and he became a head coach after retiring, which is still sparse. In Tang Qian's impression, he was going to be fired by the Pelicans after playing this season. With a regular season win rate of 43.9% and a playoff win rate of 20%, this kind of coach doesn't have to count on much of his level.
It turns out that Ariza + Butler may be tough to defend the Cavaliers' James + Irving, but it's not the same against the Pelicans' outside. The effect is excellent when it comes to single defense. Tyrek. Evans and Eric. Gordon was very badly defended, and the shooting percentage of the two men added up to 3 percent, plus the interior Anthony. Davis was also dominated by the Don Submarine defense, and the Pelicans only scored 80 points in the game. This is in the era of faster and faster game tempo, such a score, absolutely eye-catching.
Tang Qian's offensive end didn't play very well in this game. Davis had a hard time hitting him on the offensive end, but he was also choked by the latter on the offensive end. This season's Anthony. Davis' defense has improved significantly, as evidenced by his inclusion in the second defensive team in the original space. Besides, the Cap King of the original time and space was also his own. So in this game, Tang Qian scored only 14 points. Davis played poorly on the offensive end, and he also had to let Tang Qian play badly.
In this way, the mind is a little more balanced.
His arm span, speed, flexibility, explosiveness and bounce are indeed the top choices on the inside, his physical talent is very explosive, and the state of the defensive end exploded tonight, Tang Qian can be regarded as a heel. But fortunately, the Lakers' No. 29 rebounds have been stable, and the 28 rebounds in the game directly made the Pelicans feel a sense of fear inside. Coupled with 6 blocks per day and N effective defensive interferences, it still helped the Los Angeles Lakers win.
After the game, Anthony was hailed as the league's future interior star. Davis said at the Pelicans' press conference that the Lakers' No. 29 rebounder is too powerful, and the opponent is the strongest rebounder he has ever faced in his basketball career. He admired this ability, which made him see his great shortcomings. At the same time, Davis also said that he wants to go to Dennis in the offseason. Rodman underwent further training in order to dramatically improve his rebounding stats in the new season.
After hearing the news, Rodman immediately tweeted: Welcome, but my tuition is not cheap~ Are you ready to bleed?
Either way, the Lakers' 30+ winning streak of the season has been achieved.
At the press conference, Tang Qian proudly stretched out three fingers and said: "30 consecutive wins!" For the third time in team history! Who else? ”
There are basically no reporters to pick on tonight, because the impact of 30 consecutive wins in a single season is too great, and those who jump out and sing the opposite tune at this time are all brain problems. At least not in person. After I went back, I wrote a mockery behind my back, which was another matter. Tang Qian couldn't care about it.
D'Antoni said: I'm honored that I've been able to achieve 30+ consecutive wins for 2 seasons in a row! The City of Angels is my blessed land.
Nick. Yang laughed: I think we're almost forgetting what it's like to lose.
BOSH: I'm happy to play here, and I don't think we're any worse than last year's Heat.
There's a reason for Bosh, who has hit a career-high stat high in the last five or six years this season and is currently averaging 23+4+1+1+1 per game. You know, his peak scoring average was only 24 points per game for the Raptors in the 09-10 season, and how old was he at that time? At the age of twenty-five or sixteen, he is now only 2 months old and 31 years old, and his physical condition has declined a lot.
So this 23-point average per game is not easy to come by, and compared to the 09-10 season, people accused him of deliberately scoring points and not being able to lead the team, this season is diametrically opposite. He averaged just 16+ shots per game to get to this point, hitting a career-high percentage from the field. You have to know that this is because he has made very few free throws this season, and he can rely on sports to score so many points, and the efficiency is to a point. Of course, it was mainly the development of the 3-point shot that made everyone look at him with admiration. With a 3-in-8 shot, he is already a very good big three-point shooter.
"Three-point wave" has gradually replaced "wave one board" and become his new nickname.
For this, Bosh himself naturally felt very happy.
After all, the previous "wave board" really sounded very bad, and the meaning of sarcasm and mockery was too strong.
Although some people also refer to him as "soft", more people praise him for his success in transforming and developing new scoring methods. It may seem like a simple nickname change on the surface, but for the players themselves, the feeling in their hearts is very different.
Many outside experts are now claiming that if he continues to do so, then he has a good chance of winning the league's first-team award this season. This is also a very attractive thing for Bosh, who has only one second team in his career.
Maybe James Kobe, a historical supergiant, has already gotten the best lineup, and this thing has a limited bonus to their historical status. But for Bosh, each extra one is a great improvement.
This is also why he feels more and more that his choice to come to Los Angeles is not a mistake, but a perfect one.
In the past, some small conflicts with the Lakers' No. 29 have almost disappeared now.
The atmosphere of the Lakers team is so harmonious, and everything seems to be developing for the better.
Except for tonight, there was an occasional little tingling and discomfort in his lungs.
The outside world has also opened the mode of "singing praise" for the Lakers, and even the four authoritative media in the United States have all opened the headlines of praise, and at this juncture, no one is stupid. As for China, it is even crazier, and blockbuster articles touting Tang Qian began to emerge in endlessly, so I feel that Tang Qian himself will be a little embarrassed to read it.
On January 23, U.S. time, the Lakers were still on an road trip, and they ushered in their 44th game of the regular season. This game is going to be against the San Antonio Spurs, which was supposed to be a difficult game to play, but because Popovich is out of action for the "GDP combination", it has become boring. Nonsense, it's an old Spurs tradition to start the half-season with a habitual rotation, and if you're a Spurs fan, you'll be familiar with it. Besides, now that the Lakers are gaining momentum, Popovich doesn't want the Spurs to be a city wall. You must know that their goal this season is still to reach the NBA Finals.
So it's key to preserve strength in the regular season, after all, their team core is also very old.
Without the "GDP combination", the Spurs are not weak, and they played well with the Lakers, but after all, they lacked confidence, and after being slashed by Tang Qianqian for 18 points in the fourth quarter, the game lost suspense. But there was a small episode in this game, and that was the starting No. 4 of the Los Angeles Lakers. Bosh had a short break due to sudden chest discomfort. However, he soon appeared again, and at the same time used two three-pointers to declare that he was still very vigorous and in good shape.
The 31-game winning streak in the season may really be the same as some of ESPN's brick beasts say, Lady Luck is on the side of the Lakers.
The bottom line is that the Warriors also had a game tonight, and they lost, which means that the winning Lakers have finally crossed the threshold of winning at halftime and completed the top for the first time this season. It has become the seeded team with the league's current record of the season. The Lakers received the news during their post-season press conference, when the Warriors lost to the Bulls in overtime and lost their winning half. After hearing the news, Lakers head coach Mike . D'Antoni couldn't help but smile and said: I didn't expect to be the first in the league by playing, and I'm ready to let the players refuel tomorrow and can't relax, after all, we still have the Warriors in front of us, alas, now it's okay, it looks like I can only give them a day off tomorrow, isn't it? There's no reason why you shouldn't be motivated.
This forced pretending is really enough, and many people at the scene couldn't help laughing.
The latest MVP list and the final results of the 2015 NBA All-Star Poll will be released tonight.
It can be said that countless Lakers fans are waiting for this moment to come.
It was as if a new era was coming.
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