Chapter 136: The Best of the Month for the First Time in Career
The All-Star Weekend is the equivalent of a vacation time for the players, and while Tyreco's All-Star Weekend is full and hectic, it is also a rare time of physical and mental relaxation compared to the high-intensity competition of the regular season.
After the All-Star break, Tyrek also returned to Sacramento, and the next day the Kings will return to the rhythm of the regular season, after five consecutive home games before the All-Star Weekend, the Kings will still be at home in the first regular season game after the All-Star Weekend, and will face the Toronto Raptors.
Tyrek, who had a brilliant All-Star Game, was greeted with enthusiastic cheers by the fans when he returned to his home stadium, and when he returned to the Sleep Train Arena, the fans greeted them like emperors, and the applause from the audience lasted for a long time.
participated in the All-Star Game for the first time, although he played off the bench, but he was really surprised by the fans who supported him with such a wonderful performance. It was the stage where the best stars of the season came together, and a few opportunities for the debutant Terrick were enough to keep the fans entertained, not to mention the performance that almost stole the All-Star MVP.
The Kings faced the Toronto Raptors for the first time this season. Casey took charge of the Raptors for the first time this season after serving as an assistant coach of the Mavericks last season and winning the championship with the team, but the Raptors now have a record of 10-23, the number of losses is the same as the number of wins of the Kings, which is really not a strong team, and due to the impact of injuries, the Raptors' top scorer, the 2006 champion Andrea. Banjani will also be sidelined for a long time, which further weakens the already weak Raptors.
Visiting Sacramento, the Raptors fielded a team led by Jose. Calderón, Demar. DeRozan, James. Johnson, Amir. Johnson, Aaron. Gray formed the starting five, while the Kings started the game with Tyreck, Jimmy, Cosby, Thompson, and Whiteside.
As soon as the Kings took the lead at the beginning, Tyrek assisted Cosby twice in a row to hit three points, and at the same time he broke through to make a layup and caused the defensive foul of Gray, the starting center of the Raptors, to make it 2+1, while the Raptors had a bad start, DeRozan and Calderon hit iron one after another, and the Kings sent the Raptors a wave of 12-0 at the beginning.
A smooth start also set the tone for the game, as Tyrek continued his hot form at the All-Star break, leading the Kings to an offensive frenzy at the Sleep Train Arena, and no one inside or outside the Raptors could stop him.
And the first of the Kings to have a good performance in the All-Star Rookie Challenge, Jimmy. Butler also continued to try his best to do his job, and the potential Raptors quarterback DeRozan, who came to the third year of his career, was miserable, DeRozan, who basically had no three-point ability, was selectively put three points by Jimmy, and the mid-range he was good at was completely locked by Jimmy, and DeRozan also made mistakes again and again in the grappling.
The Raptors, who had no offensive point, even the only DeRozan who could still be a stable output, fell into a defensive struggle, which made it difficult for the Raptors on the offensive end, and the Kings always maintained a lead of more than 15 points from the second quarter of the game, although the Raptors led the sixth man Leandro in the third quarter. Barbosa led the bench on a counter-attack to narrow the deficit to around 10 points, but soon Tyrek regained his strength and scored consecutive singles to reopen the score.
In the end, the Kings easily defeated the Toronto Raptors at home, and Tyrek played 30 minutes, cutting down 32 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, leading the Kings to an 18-point victory over the Raptors and their first victory since the All-Star weekend.
After the victory over the Raptors, the Kings will travel to Salt Lake City the next day to face the Utah Jazz.
The team only played the Jazz 10 days ago, when the Kings won by seven points at home to the Jazz, and this rematch against the Jazz will also be the Kings' last game in February.
Compared with the last meeting, the Jazz's main big man Millsap and outside defender Rajah in this game. Bale is out and sophomore Derrick is out. Favors and veteran Josh. Howard started the game in place of the duo.
The Jazz are obviously a lot stronger than the Raptors, with a strong style of play and good strength in all positions. Howard is no less powerful than Bell, and although Millsap is out, it doesn't have much impact on the Jazz's tactical framework.
The Kings, who are still missing three main players, are obviously facing the same challenge as they were last time they met, but luckily they have Terrick!
It was still Tyrek who stood up, facing the Jazz Harris, Hayward, Howard, and Burks' infinite rotation defense in the whole game.
In the end, relying on Terek's 40 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, the Kings beat the Utah Jazz again at the Energy Solutions Arena in Salt Lake City!
All of the Kings' games in February were over, and the day after the game against the Jazz, the NBA officially announced the Eastern and Western Player of the Month for February.
The East is dominated by Miami Heat's LeBron. James won the best of the month, and he led the Heat to an 11-2 record with 24.6 points, 7.8 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game.
Looking at the performance of Western Conference players in February, the standouts are Durant and Tyreck, who competed for All-Star MVP at the Orlando All-Star Game.
With an explosive performance of 29.5 points, 8.4 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game, Durant led the Thunder to a 12-3 record in the West.
However, Tyreck, who lost to Durant in the competition for All-Star MVP, beat Durant in the monthly best this time and successfully won the first monthly award in his career!
Tyrek led the Kings to a 9-6 record in 15 games in February, and although the team's record in February was not as good as Durant's Thunder, Tyrek averaged 34.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game in these 15 games! Highest points per game in the league!
In these 15 games, Terek scored 30+ points in 12 games, 40+ points in 4 games, and once broke the team record 60+! Tyreco's 61 points are also the highest single-game score of the season so far!
Tyreco rocks the league with his explosive scoring prowess!
This is also the case since the 03-04 season. Stojakovic averaged 23.2 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game to win the Western Conference of the Month award in November, the Kings won the award again for the first time! Terec's performance fully deserves this honor!
The long-standing gap in honor has now been filled by Terek little by little, from the best of the week to the All-Star, to the best team, and now the best of the month, all of which also reflects that the Kings are walking their own road of revival under the leadership of Tyreco!