Chapter 399: Koho Controversy
"Traffic jams. Although there were no major problems, the alliance thought about it a little and decided to add Tang Qian and Brooke. López's ban punishment. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Both sides are banned for one match each as punishment. But this is not for Brooke in the hospital bed. López is meaningless, because he is lying in a hospital bed, and it is impossible for him to play without playing.
So it's kind of a league for Brooke. The appeasement of López fans.
Because as soon as this incident came out, Brooke. It's impossible for Lopez to catch up with the All-Star, and although he won't be disqualified after being selected, it's a great pity not to see his favorite star galloping on the All-Star field. David. It was based on this consideration that Stern decided to impose additional suspensions on both sides.
The art of balance, this old Jewish man has been playing very slippery.
So this made the away trip to Boston, Tang Qian could only be absent and stay in Los Angeles to rest.
Said to be resting, Tang Qian was not idle at all, practicing the basics in the morning, practicing strength in the afternoon, and watching Amare in the evening. Video and match footage from Stoudemire. So this day passed quickly, and early the next morning, Tang Qian took a plane and went to Charlotte, because on February 8, the Lakers will challenge the Charlotte Bobcats back-to-back.
To the disappointment of Lakers fans, the Lakers lost the last game against the Green Shirts, just 2 points, losing to TD North Shore Garden Arena. Kobe Nash Gasol all three performed well in this game, scoring 27 points, 17 points, and 21 points respectively, but unfortunately the Lakers' bench was dumb across the board, and what about the other side? Although the star of the house, Paul. Pierce and Kevin. Garnett's performances were mediocre, but the substitutes were extremely violent. Green and Jason. Terry scored 20+ points, which made the Lakers' bench, plus or minus not look at it at all. In the end, Bryant's three-point shot failed, and the Lakers had to accept the result of interrupting the winning streak.
And on February 8, U.S. time, Dwight. Howard announced recovery from a groin strain, and he was back on the team.
All of a sudden, Mike. D'Antoni has a headache again, because Howard is strong, but he is unwilling to put down his body and cooperate with the whole team, but wants the whole team to cooperate with him alone, in his worrying low-post singles efficiency, let alone D'Antoni, even if it is an NBA famous coach, a thousand miles of handsome, and a legendary handsome, it is no problem. After all, it's only the 2013-2013 season, and after all, Howard is still a "happy beast" now.
In this time period, happy basketball is beyond victory basketball in Howard's heart.
But you let him go to the bench? That's even more impossible! The "future successor" that the Lakers management poached at such a big cost, and you let him sit on the bench? Isn't a bench close to $20 million a little too expensive? But he was on the field, and he was incompatible with his own tactical philosophy. D'Antoni even had the mentality of "how did he heal so quickly".
It can be seen that as the coach of the Lakers this season, Mike. D'Antoni's heart is both contradictory and tangled.
He took this "No. 1 center in the league", as if he had nowhere to go.
After seeing Howard, Tang Qian didn't speak, because of the last incident, Tang Qian had already consumed the last trace of favorability towards the former. Right now, completely, only the bad feeling remains. The atmosphere of the two being incompatible and not looking at each other soon spread to the training of the whole team. D'Antoni's head hurt a little more.
With this team atmosphere, at 7 p.m., the Lakers began to warm up at the Time Warner Center arena.
The Lakers are currently 23-27, as if they are still far from a 50% win rate and still far from the top eight in the West.
But tonight's opponent is Charlotte Bobcats, the league's worst team, so this ball, the Lakers' plan, must be in the bag, not lost. Otherwise, the bottom team can't win it, so what's the point of competing for the top eight in the West?
Tang Qian's game against the Nets, the block crystal brick broke through, from 6 and a half to 7 whole, and he also got the promotion reward of "Different Space" as usual, and got a silver block card. Tang Qian has obtained this card before, and the effect is definitely leveraged, so it can be regarded as a "strong reinforcement".
However, in this game, he will definitely not use it, because in the face of the disheartened Bobcats, with his own ability, it is enough to deal with it and settle it enough. Just look at Dwight. Howard is not going to stumble on himself. After all, choosing such a weak team to come back, "Warcraft" must also want to perform well.
It has become a scene of "competition" between the two sides.
Because of Dwight. Howard's fame, Mike. D'Antoni still arranged for him to be the starting five, and sure enough, in the first quarter, he brushed up and scored 8 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks. The Bobcats, who are not Howard's opponent at all, are not Howard's opponents at all. Mullens was completely and dazed. Honestly Byron. Mullens still has tonnage, and his weight has reached 275 pounds, and with a height of 7 feet, he will not suffer too far from "Warcraft" in terms of hardware. However, this guy's athleticism is really not flattering, so bulky and extremely obsessed with three-point shots, yes, three-point shots, the average total number of shots per game this season is up and down 10, and the average three-point court shot accounts for nearly 40%. Such a person, according to Tang Qian's words, doesn't know how he entered the NBA league. It's no wonder that he ended up going to the CBA and achieved nothing, and even became the fastest NBA player to be cut in CBA history.
This kind of person, if he wants to compete with "Warcraft", it is undoubtedly a very funny thing, Howard singled him in the low post, almost one hit a hit, giving people the illusion of becoming the "four major centers in the 90s". As for Brandon, who helped defend. Haywood couldn't help either, as he's slipped so much from his peak, and he's about to burst out with a devastating injury with a stress fracture in his left foot. So it's much more reliable to count on him than to expect Howard to slip on his own hands.
Brandon. Haywood, the standard muscle stick that has become popular in the league lately, is physically strong, can grab rebounds, can block, and will not take shots. At his peak, he also had a performance close to 10+10+2. It's a pity that he was injured too quickly, and after signing a big contract, he was a bit of a "monk for a day and hitting the clock for a day", so in the 2012-2013 season, he had become a "messy" player, and basically the team with a little idea would not give priority to him to join the team.
Tang Qian only played 30 seconds in the first quarter and got a "pitiful" statistic of 1 rebound.
Howard looked at No. 29 with a mocking look, as if to say, Xiaomi, you know how good my uncle is, right?
Tang Qian didn't talk much nonsense, because he believed that Dwight, who insisted on "low-post singles". Howard, there's always a time to get out of the basket.
When that time comes, it's time to turn over on your own.
Howard also died on his own, if he kept playing in Orlando, being a super blue-collar player, and using pick-and-roll and down-and-roll as the main scoring method, he would definitely not be mixed up with the Lakers as he is now. After all, in essence, he is still very good with Nash and Mike. D'Antoni's tactical system.
But he just wants to be a "low-level monster", using his own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strengths.
This kind of behavior, in Tang Qian's opinion, is simply better than Andrew. Bynum is still stupid.
At least the owner of the nunnery will not give up his strengths, and the "Warcraft" did just that.
Sure enough, in the second quarter, someone from the Bobcats stepped up, and he was Bismarck. Biyombo, don't look at the average data per game this season, it is only 4.8 + 7.3 + 1.8. But to figure it out, this is only his 27 minutes of data, converted into 36 minutes like "Warcraft", it is close to 6 + 10 + 2.5. Moreover, after being stimulated by Tang Qian last time, this Congolese guy seemed to have opened his mind, and his rebounding status has improved by leaps and bounds, and he has already had several single-game 15+ rebounding performances.
So as soon as he came up, he was with Byron. Mullens agreed, the latter would defend and he would assist.
As for whether Paul will be missed because of this. Gasol, then they can't manage so much, anyway, the head coach of the Bobcats this season is a puppet, purely here to mess around, so there is no need to expect him to make any tactical analysis and tactical guidance.
The Bobcats are going to change their names next season, and this season is Jordan's "deliberately rotten" plan.
However, Biyombo doesn't want to mess around like this, he knows that the Bobcats will hardly make the playoffs, so in the regular season, he is unwilling to let go of all the performance opportunities he can seize. If he can come out of Africa, he doesn't want to go back. It's not because of money, as I've said before, Bismarck. Although Biyombo was born in the Congo, Africa, his family is not poor, but the conditions are quite good, he just doesn't want to turn back in embarrassment for nothing.
He came to the United States to play basketball, and in addition to American knives, he still has certain ideals.
And Dongfang Ran's "magical week" pointed out the light for him.
He also wants to "become an instant hit" and "become famous overnight", even if he can't reach the level of Dongfang Iron, he can be next level or even a few levels. Howard, the "monster" who caught the urgency of low-post offensive efficiency tonight, was his prey. He wanted to take Dwight. Howard "got ahead".
In the second quarter, Howard took the initiative to ask to play, and his purpose was obvious, which was to occupy Tang Qian's playing time. D'Antoni could only nod his head in agreement for the time being. Because the other party's request is reasonable, he feels good and is in hot condition, who will play if he doesn't play? There's nothing wrong with that.
Besides, Howard is also the No. 2 man on the Lakers, so the basic face still has to be given.
As long as the other party does not continue to openly contradict himself, then D'Antoni will not be able to tear his face with him, after all, the NBA is still professional basketball, and he can be angry for a while, but not for a long time, otherwise the head coach will definitely not be able to eat and walk around. Tang Qian didn't speak, just looked at Dwight quietly. Howard gets ready to load. Force. But God seemed to be very good, and only halfway through the second quarter, Mike. D'Antoni was furious and called a timeout.
The reason is that the team's offense, especially the low-post offense, has been met with huge resistance, and only 3 points have been scored in the whole half of the quarter. D'Antoni's face was very unsightly. Why is this happening? The main reason is that Dwight. Howard's low-post singles are too many and too frequent. If his low post is powerful and extremely lethal, then forget it, he can play as much as he likes, Mike. D'Antoni is also difficult to say, after all, the essence of basketball is still a scoring game. So as long as you can score points, whoever comes will be the same.
But the bad is the bad in Dwight. Howard shot 1 of 6 in this quarter, and that's it? No, there is a hidden shot that is not counted, and that is the number of free throws. 6 free throws in the half quarter, the damage was okay, but the problem was that the "Warcraft" felt "terrible", and none of the 6 free throws could hit the basket of the Mountain Cats. In this way, it is not difficult to understand that the Lakers fell into a scoring drought in the second quarter. Because of Howard, only Jamison made 1 of 2 free throws and scored 1 point, what about the rest? Either there was no chance to shoot, or there was only a "test of the waters".
Even if there is no Kobe Bryant and Nash on the floor, Howard + Gasol + Jamison + Meeks + Steve. Blake, the firepower of this lineup should still be good, three people who can shoot 3-pointers on the outside, and twin towers on the inside, how can they not score only 3 points in the half of the game. Mike. D'Antoni is not Mike. Brown, he still has real talent, so he quickly found the crux of the problem -- Dwight. Howard.
The Lakers' No. 12 played really "too poisonous", even if he didn't have an assist, he didn't even pass the ball a few times, it seems that as long as the basketball is in his hands, then don't think about turning it out again. The whole incarnation has become a "black hole of ball power", so that the rest of the Lakers players can only stare dryly and watch the show. This makes the advocate of the "7 seconds or less" philosophy. How is D'Antoni calm?
In "7 seconds or less", passing and transferring the ball is also a crucial part, and if you don't pass the ball or transfer the ball, where do you get the opportunity? Even Kobe Bryant agreed to change, you Dwight. Does Howard still want to do the opposite? You think you're Shaq. O'neill? Do you think you're Yao Ming? If you can't pass the ball, such a simple truth basketball beginners understand, as the "league's No. 1 center", you can't figure it out?
Brush data for the sake of data, this guy's heart is probably no longer in Los Angeles, no longer in Staples.
After seeing what Howard did, Mike. D'Antoni finally spotted some signs of it.
But he's just a head coach, he only has coaching, management, that's something that management has.
Unless it's "Cardinal" Arnold. Auerbach's godfather-level manager, otherwise the management will never be able to get his hands on the head coach. Even if it is the "Zen master" Phil. Jackson, that doesn't have this treatment, because in the NBA's more than 60-year history, the only ones who can be called godfathers are Auerbach and Jerry. West. And the godfather-level coach, throughout history, there is only one, and that is Arnold. Jacob. Auerbach.
So Mike. D'Antoni could only think of a way to say from the coaching authority: "Dwight, you will observe the position of your teammates later, and if you find that your teammates have vacant positions, you will immediately play the ball and strive for 3 points, understand?" "Dwight. Howard nodded vaguely when he heard this.
Playing again, even if it's replaced by Steve. Nash, Howard still has a low-post singles attitude, standing on the inside, just not moving, unwilling to move half a step outside. In this case, no matter how good the passing skill is, there is no way out, you can only drop the ball in, and let Dwight . Howard played.
1 of 3 shots, 1 of 2 free throws, Howard got another 3-pointer, but at the same time, he also had 2 personal turnovers, and the Bobcats seized the opportunity to hit a 5-pointer. With only 58 seconds left at halftime, Kobe Bryant couldn't help it, he stood up and shouted directly at the court: "Howard, pass the ball, pass the ball out, understand?" And Steve to block and dismantle! ”
But it was all in vain, because Howard still went his own way, "going alone" on the inside of the Bobcats, without any regard for the rest of the Lakers' running. At this moment, Kobe's face was gloomy, not because he misunderstood that he didn't pass the ball, nor because he misunderstood that his style of play was too poisonous, but No. 24 suddenly saw the clue.
The signs of his gradual departure from the Lakers.
This is the most unacceptable thing for the 24th.
Because for the Lakers and the Purple and Gold Army, Kobe's feelings have long exceeded the average level.
He regarded this place as his "home".
In the face of the "house thief", where can he be comfortable?
So for the first time, Kobe Bryant and Howard were in the locker room, and a public argument broke out.
Unlike the previous "private dispute", this time, the two did not clear the court, and directly quarreled loudly in front of all the Lakers players. This is equivalent to tearing the skin, and there is no longer any fig leaf.
Finally Mike. D'Antoni learned from his previous term and supported Bryant, so Howard was forced to the bench.
Of course, the "Warcraft" was not convinced, but in the middle of the game, only the head coach had the most power, and the latter was qualified to decide who played and who came down to rest. And to hear Mike. After D'Antoni's decision, Howard became angry and shouted, "Don't use me if you have the ability"! But Mike. D'Antoni is not threatened, and since he has decided to support Kobe, it is impossible to have both sides. Brown's wavering stupidity is a lesson for him.
Seeing that the Lakers replaced the center in the third quarter, Bismarck. Biyombo was stunned for no reason, because he still remembered the pain of the last game. is the No. 29 in front of him, this is the Oriental in front of him, in front of himself, he swiped 40+ rebounds in a single game. This kind of fragment, like a nightmare, makes Biyombo's heart beat a drum.
"Hi~buddy~ meet again~ your performance is very good tonight~" After Tang Qian walked on the field, he rushed to Bismarck. Biyombo greeted. How do you know that the latter's body stiffened, and it took a long time before he muttered: "You, you won't ...... again" Tang Qian was also stunned, and then said with a smile: "ah~ Then you can rest assured~ That time was considered to be extraordinary~ It was impossible tonight~"
Can't do it? No state? That's good!
After hearing Tang Qian's answer, Bismarck. Biyongbo seemed to be relieved, because the former performance last time was too shocking. As a rebounding master, after the last game, Biyombo almost lost himself, if it wasn't for Tang Qian's help to dial a sentence, he might still be hovering in the shadows now.
Human beings are like this, the more their strengths, to some extent, the more their weaknesses.
Because it is strong, it loses less, and the less you lose, the more you are afraid of losing, and once you lose miserably, the self-confidence in front of you will be suddenly disillusioned, or even directly reversed, which is very likely. Tang Qian didn't want Biyongbo to be like this, so after the last game, he chose to open his mouth to comfort.
Tang Qian is still very friendly to legitimate competitors, he is not the kind of "perverted protagonist who tramples on people", so the stronger the opponent, the more he enjoys the fun of confrontation. That's the real fun of basketball, not invincibility, but confrontation. Otherwise, if you are invincible for a long time, even if you are Qiao Shen, you will be burned out, and your enthusiasm for basketball will be greatly reduced.
You can say that Tang Qian is "making stupid mistakes" and "making enemies", but for himself, this is "acting as he pleases", which can not only cultivate strong opponents, but also stimulate himself to keep moving forward, without a sense of arrogance and complacency. After reaching a level and level, challenge is always an unavoidable topic, and the same is true of competitive sports, the lack of challenge is equivalent to the lack of passion and heartbeat, and that kind of basketball is not what Tang Qian wants. Therefore, he needs an opponent and an enemy, and without an enemy, he can work hard and give full play to his maximum potential, which is definitely a deceptive lie, because in human nature, there is laziness, laziness, slackness, and slackness, and the greatest potential always needs stimulation before it can explode.
Winning too much, sometimes, isn't necessarily a good thing.
And the most important thing is that Tang Qian is confident that he can finally defeat everyone.
That's why he is eager for challenges, eager for the strong, and that's not acceptable. Sadistic tendencies are just Tang Qian's basketball attitude.
However, at the beginning of the game, Bismarck. Biyombo felt that he had been deceived by Tang Qianyu, after the rebounding crystal brick rose to 7 and a half, in the current league, the latter has outstanding rebounding ability, and there are only a handful. Even the current "Warcraft", which is lighter than rebounds, is slightly at a disadvantage. In this case, Tang Qian swept the interior and got a beautiful statistic of 7 rebounds in the third quarter alone. And he's completely different from Dwight on the offensive end. Howard, no sticking to the ball, no posing, high blocking, passing and covering, air cutting and going down, playing well, very reasonable, suddenly the Lakers' offense was liberated, blooming in all directions, not only surpassing the Bobcats in one breath, but also entering the final quarter with a 6-point advantage.
In the end, the Lakers defeated Charlotte Bobcats by 100-90, 10 points, and maintained their record against their opponents this season.
Kobe Bryant once again scored 22+7+9 comprehensive data, Nash also got 10 assists, Gasol 18 points, Tang Qian 11 points, 13 rebounds and 2 blocks. The Lakers rejected a two-game losing streak and their record became 24-27.
It seems that there is still a considerable distance from the top eight in the west.
At the post-game press conference, Howard blackfaced and didn't say a word throughout the whole process, which also made keen reporters smell a little unusual. Because compared to ordinary game wins, things outside the stadium are more eye-catching and more popular. Who doesn't understand this professional journalist in their hearts?
Be sure to dig in, there's likely to be a story!
This is the inner sentiment of the vast majority of the reporters present.
But for all the players of the Lakers, the next game is the key.
Because this is the second time this season to face the defending champions, Miami, the Heat.
ps: It's late to come back, and the company has something to drag on, but since it is said that the 10,000-word explosion, Xiaozi will never break her promise and continue to code words~ But it is estimated that it will be very late, or very early~ Book friends who can't wait, you can read it tomorrow after getting up~
Xiao Zi continued to code words~ (To be continued.) )