Chapter 115: The Second All-Star
Although two big players have been lost, the season continues, and the Suns are waiting for the arrival of the Kings in Phoenix in the next game.
After the game against the Trail Blazers, the Kings rushed to Phoenix overnight, and the game against the Suns was scheduled to be played the next day, leaving the Kings with no time to breathe.
Against the Suns, Whiteside started to replace Cousins, and Garcia was also replaced by Caron. Butler's absence got a chance to start. At the National Air Center arena in Phoenix, the Kings regrouped after two straight losses, and despite the absence of two key players, the Kings still played well.
This season thanks to Caron. Butler's arrival and Jimmy's arrival. Butler was reused, and Garcia, who played for the team in the '05-06 season, had his playing time reduced a lot, and this season and Garcia's seventh season with the Kings, Garcia had not been given a starting point before this game.
Garcia, who returned to the starting lineup, showed excellent form at the beginning, opening up the team with two consecutive bottom corner three-point points, and now at the age of 30, he is still in the last prime age of athletes. Butler's strength at his peak completely surpassed Garcia by several levels, and even if he is no longer at his peak now, he is better than Garcia in all aspects, but Garcia, who has returned to the start, is in excellent shape, which can be regarded as making up for Caron. Vacancy in Butler.
If Caron. Butler's absence can be compensated for by personnel changes, and the impact of Cousins' absence is immeasurable. As the team's interior core, Cousins has all the qualities of a super center, and with his current offensive range as far as the three-point line, many of the Kings' tactics revolve around Cousins. Whiteside, who started the game in place of Cousins, is just a rough man with excellent jumping skills, which is not the same as Cousins's tactical position, and his role on the court is very simple, protecting rebounds, not making mistakes on the defensive end, and waiting for the ball carrier to create opportunities.
At this time, only Tyrek was left with the original internal and external dual core, and the team's entire tactical system had changed, but in the face of the Suns, Cousins' interior partner West assumed Cousins' firepower output on the offensive end. When West played for the New Orleans Hornets, he was Chris. Paul's deputy, now after coming to the Kings, although he has also had a brilliant individual performance, but because the team has the two young team cornerstones of Tyrek and Cousins, who are focused on training, West has retreated more behind the two, but West's personal strength is still there, as long as he is given a chance to shoot, he will not disappoint.
In this game West faced Channing, who was not good at defense. Frye, who has repeatedly relied on his strong body as a cow to single Frye, but although West played smoothly on the offensive end, he faced Frye, who was good at three-point shooting and long-distance mid-range shooting after the arc top block, on the defensive end, coupled with Nash's tandem and cooperation, West, who moved slowly, did not have a very good way.
After the Kings are missing two main players, even if others can make up for the impact of their absence to a certain extent, the team needs Tyreek's play the most. In the face of the Suns' weak defense, Terrick, who has unlimited right to fire, burst out and killed all sides, and no one could stop Tyrek at all.
In the end, the Kings won the game in Phoenix, defeating the Suns 104-97, Frye scored a game-high 24 points on 5-of-9 three-point shooting, Tyrek scored a game-high 34 points, and contributed 7 rebounds and 7 assists, West and Frye formed a mutual explosion, contributing 27 points and 10 rebounds double-double data, and the Kings also followed the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Chicago Bulls as the third team in the league to achieve 20 wins.
Although they won against the Suns, everyone could see that the Kings had significantly reduced their strength after the absence of Cousins. Although West took over Cousins' offensive firepower to a certain extent in this game, there is still an essential difference between him and Cousins when he was on the court, and at the same time, in the future game, it is impossible to expect anyone to really replace Cousins, after all, it is a super interior with an average of 20+10 per game! How the Kings can stay competitive without Cousins is a top priority for the Kings today.
And the day after the game against the Suns, the NBA officially announced the East and West bench roster for the 2012 Orlando All-Star Game.
Paul. Pierce, Chris. Bosh, Delong. Williams, Joe. Johnson, Andre. Iguodala, Lore. Deng and Roy. Hibbert was named to the Eastern Conference All-Star lineup, with Andre Brown on the bench lineup. Iguodala, Lore. Deng, Roy. Hibbert was a first-time All-Star.
Tyrek. Evans, Russell. Westbrook, Tony. Parker, Kevin. Loew, Dirk. Nowitzki, LaMarcus. Aldridge and Pau Gasol were named to the Western Conference All-Star lineup. Aldridge and Marc Gasol are also first-time All-Stars.
Although he was not selected as an All-Star starter, with Tyreco's personal data and team record this season, coupled with Tyreco's popularity, as expected, Tyreco was successfully selected as an Orlando All-Star, and became an All-Star for the second time in the third year of his career!
In the history of the Kings, the two or more All-Stars in the first three years of their careers can be traced back to the Rochester Royals and the Cincinnati Royals, the predecessors of the Kings. Robertson, Jack. Twyman, Morris. Stokes did it!
In terms of individual performance in the first three years of his career, Terek has been arguably the standout since the Kings moved to Sacramento!
When the NBA officially announced the list of substitute lineups for the Orlando All-Star Game, the Kings officially congratulated Terek through various channels such as the official website and official tweet.
The entire interface of the homepage of the King's official website has been updated to a huge poster of Tyreco, which is Tyreco's frontal dunk picture, with black and gray as the main color, and the picture has added many special effects around Tyreck's body, showing the momentum of thunder, and behind Tyreco is an exaggerated and eye-catching purple text, echoing the purple number 13 on Tyreco's chest, which is a simple and straightforward text.
“ALL-STAR——TYREKE!”