Chapter 116: Full Men Leave the Battle, Returning with Remnants
Tyreco's selection as an All-Star was not a surprise, and since it wasn't the first time he had been selected as an All-Star, everyone only symbolically congratulated Tyreco. However, for Terek himself, he is still quite looking forward to this All-Star trip, after all, although he was also selected as an All-Star last season, but was absent due to injury, Tyreco is very much looking forward to the upcoming All-Star Game.
After finishing their game against the Suns, the Kings will face the Clippers in Los Angeles three days later.
Two days before the start of the game against the Golden State Warriors, the Kings arrived in Los Angeles, due to a series of injuries on the team, Coach Westphale did not choose to practice on days when not playing, and once again chose to give the players a day off.
At the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the Kings continued their starting lineup from the previous game, with the Clippers fielding Chris Brown. Paul, Randy. Foye, Marcus. Thornton, Blake. Griffin, DeAndrew. Jordan's starting lineup.
This season's Clippers got Chris. Paul then soared and became a Western Conference powerhouse, completely erasing the image of the third-to-last weak team in the West last season, and the Clippers also became the super winners of this year's Orlando All-Star Game, Paul and Griffin were both selected into the Western All-Star starting lineup at the same time!
Although the Clippers suffered a super comeback in their first meeting with the Kings at the beginning of the season, it did not show the strength of the Clippers in one game, and the Clippers are still in third place in the West with a 17-8 record.
Facing the Clippers again, compared to the last time, this time the Kings lacked two main players, and the reversal of the last competition made the Clippers hold a grudge, and now the Kings are not in order, which is even more painful to beat the water dogs!
Under the leadership of Paul, the Clippers were full of firepower, Foye on the outside and Thorton on the Kings abandoned Thorton, Griffin and Jordan Jr. were working in various air operations on the inside, and the fierce offense quickly opened up the score gap between the two teams.
The interior lost the containment of Cousins' strong offensive firepower, and Jordan Jr. completely turned the Clippers' interior into a no-fly zone, Whiteside's personal ability and Cousins are still far behind, basically no independent offensive ability He is just waiting for his teammates to feed him under the basket, unlike Cousins who can create offensive opportunities and attract defense through personal ability. Jordan Jr. didn't use much energy to keep an eye on Whiteside, which allowed him to focus more on blocking the outside breakout, and at the same time, Whiteside and Tyreck did not cooperate as tacit as Tyrek and Cousins, which made Tyreck's several breakthroughs into the interior in vain, and he also ate Jordan Jr.'s blood cap in a row!
Without the effective cooperation of teammates, relying solely on his own personal ability to kill the inside, in the face of elite interior defenders like Jordan Jr., Tyrek's breakthrough lethality is greatly reduced, and there is a strong blocker like Paul on the outside, Tyrek can only be regarded as a qualified projection and cannot score effectively at all. The Clippers had obscure defense waiting for Tyrick inside and out, and Tyrick struggled throughout the game.
The Kings couldn't play a continuous offense at all, so they relied on sporadic chisels little by little, and the Clippers played more and more open, and even after coming off the bench, they completely pressed the Kings to play. In the end, the Kings lost to the Clippers 88-112 on the road, and the huge margin of 24 points is also the biggest loss margin for the Kings this season, Tyrek shot only 6 of 23 in the whole game, scored 18 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, and the shooting rate was less than 30% and there were 6 turnovers......
The loss to the Clippers wasn't the end of the road trip, and the Kings had to travel to Memphis to face the Grizzlies before returning to their home court.
The Grizzlies now have a 14-14 record, which isn't particularly impressive, but the season is still long, and no one can deny the Grizzlies' strength.
In the first meeting between the two teams, the Kings relied on Cousins' wonderful performance to win the Grizzlies with difficulty, and this game was without Cousins and Culon. Butler, facing the Grizzlies again, the Kings are clearly in big trouble.
The Grizzlies are a typical team in the league that everyone fears, with a strong style of play and iron-blooded defense, no team can say that they can win against the Grizzlies. Last time they met, Terek was in Tony. Allen's defense struggled, and without Cousins' inside containment, Tyrek was more targeted than he was with the Clippers last time out.
However, Cousins' absence is more of a loss of the team's offensive ability, and on the defensive end, the Kings' Cousins' role can basically be replaced by Whiteside, and even in some ways Whiteside does a better job than Cousins.
Facing the Grizzlies who do not focus on offense, although the Kings are more completely restricted on the offensive end, and Tyrek is completely locked in by targeted defense, they still have the capital to play defensive battles with the Grizzlies. The pace of the game was slow, all kinds of confrontations, fouls, and the game was chopped into pieces, and although the Grizzlies led the Kings in the score, they were never able to really pull the score away until the end of the third quarter.
Just when people thought the two teams would fight until the end of the game, the Kings, who were unlucky enough to drink and stuff their teeth, suffered another heavy blow......
David. West accidentally stepped on Zach after landing in a scramble for rebounds. Randolph's instep, left ankle bent at a visible angle, and then fell heavily to the ground!
The moment West fell to the ground, a wave of despair surged into the hearts of all Kings members, how could God be so unfair, the Kings who amazed the whole league at the beginning of the season are preparing to show their strength this season, do they have to break another game in this 6 consecutive away games?!
Sure enough, as everyone expected, after the team doctor's examination, West was carried out of the court, the Kings players on the court, including everyone on the bench, hung their heads helplessly, and even some fans on the sidelines covered their heads in disbelief and watched all this on the court, everyone knew that the Kings had injured two main players in the previous two games, but they didn't expect to have another person injured today, which is really miserable......
After West's departure, the mood of the Kings team was hit hard, and the team was never able to adjust after entering the fourth quarter, and finally the Kings hated Memphis 92-97, but the players did not pay special attention to the loss of this game, and they were most concerned about West's injury at the moment......
West was diagnosed with a sprain on his left ankle after the game, but fortunately it is not particularly serious, but he will be out for at least three to five weeks......