It was a strange game, the Lakers had to overtake the Jazz in terms of total rebounds and total assists, but in the end they lost inexplicably. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 It is not the first time that this situation has appeared with the Lakers, and this season has gradually changed from "strange" to "habitual", or "normal". That night, the Lakers had a team-wide summary meeting, because after losing to the Jazz, the Lakers felt a little forced off a cliff.

If you can't make the playoffs this season, then the "Four Kings" lineup will become one of the most ridiculous jokes in history.

No one wants to carry this pot, so it is natural to hold an emergency intra-team meeting.

The one-and-a-half-hour meeting passed quickly, and Mike. D'Antoni gathered the video footage of the game during this period and summed up three big problems that need to be solved urgently. First, the 117-110 defeat to the Jazz, including the losses in the previous games, is a common problem, and that is a defensive problem. There is nothing wrong with the Lakers' offense, offensive efficiency and total points are ranked at the forefront of the league, that is, on the defensive end, ranking last in the league, and they are bombarded with 100+105+ or even 110+ points every game, so it's strange to win. So the first thing to solve is the defensive problem. Mike. D'Antoni watched some videos and claimed that the control of the No. 1 position is the weakest link in the Lakers' outside defense, so he glanced at Kobe Bryant at the meeting and said that he hoped that the Lakers' No. 24 would take the initiative to lead the opposing team's ball handler. This is one of the best ways to control at the source.

This is indeed a temporary way to stop the bleeding, but in Tang Qian's view, it cannot solve the fact that the Lakers' outside defense is weak as a whole.

But at this time, if you want to ask him what "tricks" he has, he can only shake his head and smile bitterly.

Kobe, Du Hong, Ci Shiping, such a group of outside defenders, is basically a group of defensive lines that have lost athleticism, to put it mildly, the strongest, fastest and most agile person in the defense is not Ci Shiping or Du Hong, but the oldest Kobe. Bryant. Let's talk about the outside line, Antoine. Jamison + Jordy. Meeks + Darius. Morris, this is also a bluffing outside combination, there is no problem with offensive ability, and he can score 7~8 points out of ten, but in the same way, the defensive end is almost useless, and 10 points can be scored at most 2~3 points. The current Lakers outside line is such an outside defensive state, not to mention the "Warcraft" who has not recovered from a back injury, even if he is at the peak of his heyday, I am afraid it will be difficult to "be a pillar of optimus" and "a husband and wife".

Endless outside notches, enough to consume Dwight. Howard 200% game energy.

That's why the Lakers have a Gasol + Howard-level all-star twin-tower lineup, but they have been repeatedly deflated on the defensive end and have been blown up repeatedly. There is no defensive threat on the outside, and relying on the inside to fill the gap is simply a whimsical dream.

Why in the Thunder Sapo. Sovlosa's stats are average, but he is firmly in the main force? Why Sean. Can Battier get the weight of a manager no matter which team he is on? Why Bruce. Except for his final year with the Spurs, Bowen is a key player who can't be beaten? Why Andrey. Can Iguodala get FMVP at the end? The reason is the same, they are all outside defensive elites, and the value of the defensive end is far greater than the value of the offensive end and the data end. That's why they're popular no matter which team they're on.

Don't think that you can win the NBA championship by piling up stars, as strong as the Lakers' "old F4", 4 Hall of Famer members, won't they fall short in the end? What's more, what about the "so-called F4" in front of you? Without a reasonable lineup, no matter how strong the paper lineup is, it is meaningless talk. In other words, if this Lakers can make up for the lack of defensive ability of the wing players, then they will immediately "beat the league's invincible".

But unfortunately, this problem is an unsolvable shortcoming, and it is also a fate.

For the head coach's arrangement, Kobe nodded and agreed on the spot, and it can be seen that in order to win, in order not to become the laughing stock of history, the "Black Mamba" is also determined to let go.

With the support of Kobe, Mike. D'Antoni brings up a second question.

The problem of harmony and tacit understanding of the team.

This question is indeed a big problem at hand, but Mike. D'Antoni's attempt to solve this problem with a simple summary meeting is a fool's dream. Facing the Lakers team in front of them, which is riddled with internal problems, let alone Mike. D'Antoni, even if the average NBA championship coach comes, it won't help. Even Tang Qian thinks that in addition to the "Zen Master" Phil, who is good at "cooking superstar lineup". Jackson, other famous coaches are coming, and the effect will not be too obvious in the same short period of time.

The third is to speed up the run-in and wait for Nash's return.

Mike. D'Antoni naively believes that the Lakers' uneven handling of the ball is due to the lack of a top No. 1 position, and as his "personal disciple", Steve, who has won the regular season MVP award for a second time, is in a position to win the regular season MVP award. Nash is the perfect person to solve this problem. For this, Tang Qian could only smile bitterly, because it was not Steve. Nash isn't strong enough, it's just that the problem with the current Lakers team is too big. It's so big that it can't be leveled by "two MVP1 positions".

However, it is still the same as the first point, Tang Qian can't stand up to refute it, the first is not appropriate, and some of his prophetic words are inconvenient to publish publicly. The second is that for the current Lakers team, Tang Qian has no good way to solve it. Even if you have seen countless solutions on the Internet, but when you are really immersed in the scene, you will find that those ideas are too naïve and too taken for granted. If it's really so easy to solve, if it's really so simple, you can imagine it, the Lakers' hundreds of professional uniform groups would not be able to think of it?

In this case, the Lakers lost one more game, No. 11 94-100, 6 points to the Cleveland Cavaliers without James.

Although Kobe Bryant taught Kyrie Irving, who had "called himself" in the Olympics, the offensive end, and scored 42 points with a 57.1% shooting rate, it is a pity that apart from him, no one in the Lakers team can exceed the 42% shooting rate. In this kind of one-man high-hitting situation, the Lakers can't beat each other. Even if the Lakers swiped another 54 rebounds and led their opponents by more than a dozen points, it would not help.

This season, Tang Qian understands that it is a season in which the traditional style of play has completely changed to the style of small-ball play, and from this season onwards, the famous theory of "dominating the rebounding ball is dominating the court" is no longer applicable in the NBA league. Because of the Lakers, he is a typical example, most of the time he rebounds more than his opponent, but he can't lead and can't win.

However, it can still be seen that Kobe Bryant took the initiative to lead the defense, which had a certain effect, at least in the No. 1 position, the opponent's team, passing in tandem, is no longer the same as the previous dozen games, easy and freehand. On the 13th, the Lakers lost another game, 107-116, and lost to Madison Square Garden away. Antoine. Jamison and Chris. Duhong was the biggest "criminal" in this game, they shot 1 of 3 and 1 of 6, which directly buried the possibility of ending the losing streak of the Los Angeles Lakers.

It was another 44-33 rebounding run, and the Lakers had a big lead, but they still lost in the end.

"To dominate the rebounding ball is to dominate the court", this traditional theory of winning inside is becoming more and more fragile in the NBA.

Due to the Lakers' losing streak, the Western Conference ranking fell another place, from 12th to 13th.

Under this kind of bullshit record, all the members of the Los Angeles Lakers have been pushed to the cusp.

Various sports channels have opened the Lakers' "real-time discussion", and without exception, they are all in decline. This is a very different from the optimism before the start of the season, and it is completely the opposite attitude.

Among them, ESPN has done the most "ruthless", directly ranking the Los Angeles Lakers in the last place in the latest edition of the NBA power list. The reason is concise, just two words, disappointment and its ridiculousness. After this power list was released, a large number of reporters began to "besiege" Kobe, and there was only one question, what did he think? Will the Lakers end up missing the Western Conference playoffs and going out of the tournament as predicted by the outside world?

Finally, under the stimulation of this huge pressure, "Black Mamba" was furious, and his face was immediately so cold that he almost froze and said: "I promise, the Lakers will enter the playoffs this season!" Do you all understand? I promise!!! ”

This is a very dangerous statement, and if it is not completed, it will be a lingering shadow and joke for Kobe's playing career. But he didn't bother with any of this at all, and announced loudly on the spot. However, there is also a good thing, that is, the Lakers are finally quieter, and the disturbances from the outside world are all named Kobe Bryant for the time being. Bryant's men, all sucked away.

In terms of ability to resist pressure, this man is definitely the top in history.

And in doing so, he also rekindled the confidence of Lakers fans.

Tang Qian used to always wonder, why can a person's power affect a city, a province, or even a country? During the war years, he can still understand, after all, it is a special period and a special year, but in the era of peace, why do you do this? Bryant gave him the answer, it was the spirit, the will, and the merit and majesty that had been left behind for many years.

Taken together, it takes a paragraph of your words to be able to produce this kind of power.

to be able to convince people temporarily.

But for Kobe Bryant himself, it is tantamount to putting on an indelible cruel shackle.

If it is not done, more than half of the prestige that has been in Los Angeles for more than ten years will be weakened.

Trust is a thing that's hard to build and destroy, but it's incredibly simple.

On the afternoon of the 14th, the Lakers practiced before the game.

"I don't want to talk nonsense to everyone! Suffice it to say that this game has to be won, it has to be won! Do you understand everything? Kobe's voice echoed the training hall: "If you can't win, I'll take the lead, and practice for 2 hours after each game until you win!! ”

The players of the Lakers team understand that the man in front of him is by no means just talking, and if he loses, he will definitely put it into practice. In order not to carry out such cruel self-punishment, the entire Lakers team temporarily cheered up.

But during the training process, an extremely unpleasant thing happened.

Howard and Tang Qian got together again.

After the last "five embarrassment incidents", the contradiction between the two people has become public and clear, so there is nothing to hide, once a problem occurs, it is a direct conflict.

"Stinky boy! You're shameless, aren't you? Do you have this kind of rebounding like that? Can you move a little bigger? Yes??? "Dwight. Howard lost because of a rebounding ball protection, and he hit Tang Qian's elbow in the process of landing, so he was angry and walked towards Tang Qiandao angrily. "Are you an idiot? As long as the referee doesn't blow the whistle on the basketball court, it's a legal action, didn't your elementary school coach teach you? Besides, am I moving big or are you moving big? You give me a clear idea before answering! As an All-Star center, you don't protect your defensive rebounds, do you have to blame your opponents? It's one of the funniest jokes I've ever heard this year! "Tang Qian, how could he and Dwight. Howard is polite, anyway, the No. 5 position of the Lakers, he is bound to win in the future, and being polite to him is also polite, it is better to be tougher and confrontational, so that he can receive the respect of the whole team.

"What ???" Howard was furious, pointed at Tang Qian and shouted, "Are you laughing at me? How dare you, a small $4 million character, come and laugh at me? What are you??? "You're close to 20 million a season, remarkable? Didn't I just steal the rebound? In this way, you are just a high-paid and incompetent guy! If you can't bring victory to the team, what kind of superstar player are you? Tang Qian immediately retorted, and in this way, the contradiction became irreconcilable. Dwight. Howard immediately quit, if it weren't for his teammates stopping him, he would have to desperately stage a "full martial arts" with Tang Qian. But even when it was stopped, the "Happy Beast" still relentlessly shouted: "The Chinese Yankees! Aren't you dragging? If you have the ability, you can compare rebounds with me! The loser lifts the opponent's shoes in the team, do you dare??? Yes!!! ”

When Tang Qian heard this, a cruel smile appeared on his mouth and said, "Okay, what don't I dare?" As long as you dare to play, I will accompany you to the end! ”

Dwight. Howard?

Since you're going to dig a hole for yourself, then I won't stop you!

Anyway, you're here for the Lakers to travel and vacation, aren't you?

Then I don't need to be polite to you!

Just wait!

Tang Qian looked at this "happy beast" and said very coldly in his heart.

PS: The climax is coming, let's smash the tickets~hoohoo~

Xiao Zi will find time to add more, and strive to make everyone watch it more refreshingly, by the way, a book friend said ten more a day, Xiao Zi can only say, the concubine can't do it!! (To be continued.) )