Chapter 177: One Blow, One Thing Missing
With Rose's departure, the Bulls have also lost the core of this game, there is no time for the players to grieve, the game still has to continue, Rose's injury can only be left for after the game, and the Bulls still have to go all out to win this game.
CJ Watson replaced Rose after this, Watson's biggest characteristic is stability, which is the best quality as a backup point guard, but the lack of any outstanding points also allows him to play off the bench for most of his career, and this season due to Rose's several injuries, Watson is also used to supporting the team at such moments.
The strength of the Bulls is not only because of Rose, but also because the Bulls can still win when Rose misses nearly half of the games, which shows that the Bulls still have their bright spots in addition to Rose.
With Rose, the Bulls are the giants of the East and a championship team, without Rose, the Bulls are still a playoff-level powerhouse, and the lineup composed of Deng, Noah, Boozer, Hamilton, Gibson, Korver and others is also not something anyone can underestimate.
Under the leadership of Coach Thibodeau, the Bulls continue to defend their home court, without the super offensive explosion of Rose, the Bulls' strong defense is still online, but the offense is completely different from Rose's presence on the floor.
Without Rose, the Bulls still have the capital to face strong teams, but in this game, the Bulls have been playing around Rose for two and a half quarters, and it is obviously a little uncomfortable to lose Rose all of a sudden, coupled with Rose's sudden departure, the Bulls are permeated with a sad atmosphere, plus there is a scoring machine of Terrick on the opposite side, and many reasons make the Bulls seem a little powerless.
Although the Bulls still gave the Kings a lot of obstacles, under the leadership of Tyrek, the Kings gradually took the initiative, and in the fourth quarter, the Kings even played a wave of 10-0 attacks to completely end the suspense of the game.
In the end, the Kings defeated the league-leading Bulls 109-100 on the road to avoid a two-game losing streak, and Tyrek scored 33 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists in the game, bringing the Kings' record to 35-19.
The Kings then left for Los Angeles to face the Los Angeles Lakers for the last time this season, and the two teams have met three times before, with the Kings holding a slight advantage with 2 wins and 1 losses.
The 35-20 Lakers have won the same number of games as the Kings at this time, but they are still temporarily ranked 4th in the West due to one more defeat, as long as they win this game, they will overtake the Kings to occupy the 3rd position in the West, and this game is at home, the Lakers will naturally not give up this opportunity.
However, the Lakers failed to complete the overtake of the Kings in this game, although the Lakers' Kobe, Gasol, and Waldpease scored more than 20, but the Kings played a better performance in this game, especially the outside play in this game was extremely amazing, the team shot 10 of 17 outside the three-point line, and the shooting rate was as high as 58.8 percent, including Cousins 1 of 3, Garcia 2 of 3, Cosby 2 of 4, Morrow 4 of 4, Jimmy 1 of 1, and Tyrek of 2 and 0.
In the end, all 10 players on the team scored, and the Kings, who scored in double figures of 6, took away the victory on the road, and this season had a 3-1 record against the Lakers in the regular season, Tyrek scored 20 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists in the game, including a season high in rebounds.
The next two games will be on the road, against the Houston Rockets and the Portland Trail Blazers.
It just played against the Rockets half a month ago, when the Rockets ranked 8th in the West, and half a month later, the Rockets still ranked 8th in the West with a 30-25 record, and the Kings in the 3rd place in the West and the Rockets in the 8th place in the West only have a 6-win gap, and with about 10 games left in the regular season, it can be seen that the competition in the West is still quite fierce.
At the Toyota Center Arena in Houston, the united Kings did not give the Rockets any chance, and Tyrek once again staged a killing god, scoring 44 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists in the game, leading the team to a 116-103 victory over the Rockets, ushering in a three-game winning streak, at which time the Kings' record came to 37-19.
The final game of the four-game road game was played at the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, and the 27-30 Trail Blazers were in 11th place in the West at this time, although there was still a theoretical chance to enter the playoffs, but in the face of the complicated situation in the West, the Trail Blazers could be said to have little hope.
Jamal Jamal Lee, the sixth man of the Trail Blazers this season. Crawford started the game in this game, but the starting Crawford became the biggest loophole of the Trail Blazers, the defense could not be prevented, and the offense of the hand did not play, the more he shot, the more he did not score, the more he did not believe in evil, the more Crawford shot second only to the team's main player LaMarcus. Aldridge, whose performance was only 3 of 14 shots from the field, was really substandard, but it was normal, after all, Crawford's role was to score, and he couldn't do anything to affect the team except to continue to shoot.
In the end, the Kings defeated the Trail Blazers 96-86 on the road, and Tyrek inadvertently scored 27 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, and the Kings ended a four-game winning streak on the road and improved their record to 38-19.
The Kings will return to Sacramento for their next game, and their opponents are none other than the Utah Jazz, who are currently ranked 9th in the West.
At first glance, this game is just an ordinary regular season game, but at this time, the Kings have a record of 38 wins and 19 losses, and there are 9 games left to end the entire regular season schedule, and the Jazz, who are ranked 9th in the West, currently have a record of 30 wins and 27 losses, and they also have 9 games to play, if the Kings win at home, even if the Kings lose all the next 8 games, they will have 39 wins, and the Jazz, who are currently ranked 9th in the West, will only have 38 wins even if they have 8 games leftThis means that as long as the Kings win this game against the Jazz, they will become the third team in the West to qualify for the playoffs!
Although it is basically a certainty that the Kings will enter the playoffs this season, the Kings and even the whole of Sacramento are looking forward to this game and expecting the Kings to lock up the playoffs in advance!
After all, after failing to make the playoffs for five seasons and being shut out of the playoffs at the last minute last season, Sacramento is still eager to make the playoffs and rebuild its glory at the beginning of the 21st century. The Kings' No. 1 goal this season has always been to make the playoffs, and with Tyrek leading the way, the team is now just one game away from that goal! ()
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