Coach Westfaal's words woke everyone up like a dream, the praise of the outside world, the pride of the league's No. 1 record, and the intoxication of their own strength made this Kings team domineering, complacent, and empty-eyed, and the hearts of the players have elevated the team to the status of the league's first group, James, Wade, Bosh's Miami Heat, Durant, Westbrook, Harden's Oklahoma City Thunder, Duncan, Parker, Ginobili's San Antonio Spurs, Rose, Noah, Boozer's Chicago Bulls, In the hearts of the Kings players, the Kings are now on the same level as these strong teams.

However, there must be a gap between this Kings team and these strong teams, but the continuous winning streak has blinded the hearts of the players, and now the three consecutive defeats and the words of coach Westphall have finally touched the nerves of the players......

The Kings will play their next three games at home, against the Washington Wizards, New York Knicks, and Minnesota Timberwolves.

The current winning rate of the three teams is below 50%, the Washington Wizards and the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Kings have already played each other this season, defeated the Washington Wizards, and were reversed by the Minnesota Timberwolves, both teams are weak teams in the league, a big win and a reversal, two diametrically opposed endings, but also illustrate the change in the state of the Kings team.

A day later, the Kings were challenged by the Washington Wizards, who at this time had a 3-15 record and were indeed the underdogs of the underdogs.

Before the start of the game, in the home locker room of the Sleep Train Arena, Terrick gathered his teammates together, before every game last season, Tyreco would gather his teammates together for pre-game mobilization, and this season with the increase in the winning streak, Tyreco's own thinking has also been relaxed, as the leader of the team, sometimes no longer mobilize before the game, to mobilize the competitiveness and enthusiasm of his teammates, because Tyrick also believes that the strength of the Kings has completely exceeded the league average.

Everyone gathered around Tyreco, Tyrek clenched his fist in the air with one hand, and everyone reached out to put their hands on Tyreco's hand. Tyrek looked around at his teammates, his eyes were like torches, and he whispered: "Brothers, it's been three consecutive defeats, listen to the boos of the home fans after the last game, what do you think??!! ”

"Coach he was right, the results at the beginning of the season were fantastic! Okay, let's get carried away! Are we really already strong enough for the Spurs and the Thunder? I think there must be a gap between us and them! After this three-game losing streak, I have a new understanding, and we can't forget the original intention of this season! Still play like last season! Treat every opponent positively, whether it's the top teams in the league like the Spurs and Thunder, or the bottom-ranked teams like the Wizards and Timberwolves! ”

"It's a good team this season, but we still have to remember that this is the NBA, and no one is really weaker than us!"

"Kings! Come on!!! ”

The team's leading stars have already made a statement, and with Tyrek's appeal in the locker room, everyone has a clear goal of what they want to do, and the team needs to get their posture in the league right and everyone on the team needs to get their mindset right.

The starting lineup for this game for the Wizards is John. Wall, Nick. Yang, Yang. Weselli, Rashad. Lewis, Javier. McGee, the Kings' starting lineup is no different from before, although it is against the Wizards with a sparse lineup, but from the beginning of the game, it is obvious that the Kings' mental outlook on the court is very different from the previous losses to the Timberwolves and Bucks.

In this game, the Kings offense was decisive, they did not hesitate when they had the opportunity, they did not shoot easily when they did not have the opportunity, and they also played their duties on the defensive end. As the core of the team, Tyrek is doing his best, he needs to be the first to stand up when the team is confused and guide the team to move forward! Last year's champion John. After being blown up by Tyreco at both ends of the last game, Wall has once again become the target of Tyreco's ravages in this game! In an offensive and defensive transition, Tyrek, who was traveling at high speed, even shook the retreating Wall directly to the ground!

Like the previous two defeats, the Kings took an early lead in this game, but when the Kings took the lead, the team still played well on the court and did not take the lead lightly. The gap between the hard power of the two teams is quite obvious, and the Kings did not give the opponent any respite in this game, and when the third quarter ended, the Kings actually led the Wizards by 40 points!

The 40-point difference turned the fourth quarter of the game into garbage time, and finally the Kings defeated the Washington Wizards 111-87 at home, ending a three-game losing streak with the Wizards this season, and Tyrek scored 31 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in only three quarters of the game, completely dominating the game with high efficiency!

When the game ended, a faint smile appeared on the corner of the mouth of Coach Westphal on the sidelines, and he saw the change in the mentality of the players in this game, everyone was thinking about how to win, instead of needlessly contemptuous of the opponent, free and casual.

When you're on the pitch, you're thinking about how to beat the opponent in front of you, rather than dwelling on the past and taking victory for granted. And in the end, it's just a few wins against strong teams, a taste of a winning streak, and it doesn't really win any honors, and it's not a glory......

The Kings got back into their own rhythm of the game, and in the next game with the New York Knicks, the Kings' Tyrek and Cousins, and the Knicks' Cameron. Anthony & Amare. Stoudemire have shown excellent competitive form, Tyrek and Cousins both scored 30+, Anthony scored a game-high 44 points, relying on his inexplicable offensive skills to kill all sides, Stoudemire, who has declined this season, also played well in this game, and also scored a double-double of 28 points and 12 boards.

However, the rest of the Kings did not have enough support for Tyrek and Cousins, and on the other hand, the Knicks, in addition to the two star players who were in full form, the interior gate Tyson. Chandler grabbed 18 boards, including 6 offensive rebounds, and contributed 4 blocks, dominating the defensive end! Landry. Fields and Steve. Novak made 7 of 9 three-pointers in total, and the Knicks had unlimited firepower from the outside throughout the game!

In the case of the Knicks' full team blowout, the Kings still fought hard with the Knicks until the last minute, and finally the Kings lost 107-120 to the visiting Knicks. Although this game was lost, unlike the previous losses to the Timberwolves and Bucks, the team has always tried their best to win the opponent, and has always faced the opponent squarely......

The Kings are one win and one loss at home after three straight losses, and while the record is not satisfactory to fans and media who are used to winning this season, Coach Westafar has already felt the change in his team, and the Kings have a very different mentality at this time than they did when they lost to the Timberwolves and Bucks......