Chapter 149: Three fish belly, overturned

The first game of the Eastern Conference tour suffered a defeat, and the team also suffered two consecutive defeats, but this game against the Celtics will not discourage the supporters of the Kings, Cousins is starting to find his form, Terrick is as vigorous as ever, the team still has the fighting spirit to catch up after falling behind, winning and losing is a common thing, and the spirit of the team is the key.

In the next three games, the Kings will face the Toronto Raptors, New Jersey Nets and Cleveland Cavaliers on the road, all three of which are teams bottom of the Eastern Conference, and the Kings have already played the Raptors once this season, while the Nets and Cavaliers have not played each other.

After the game against the Celtics, the team flew to Toronto, where they will face the Raptors the next day at the Canadian Route Center Arena.

Coming to Toronto, the team is even more excited about the team's starting power forward David Brown. West will be back in this game!

West, who was expected to be out of action for three to five weeks, is recovering well, after all, it was only a minor sprain, and he was with the team about a week after the injury, plus an All-Star weekend in between, and now West will be back on the court.

At the Canadian Route Center Coliseum, the Kings fielded the starting lineup of Terek, Jimmy, Cosby, Farid, and Cousins.

The last time they played the Raptors was the first game since All-Star Weekend, and the Kings beat the Raptors at home without Cousins. Although this time it is at the home of the Raptors, the Kings without Cousins can easily beat the Raptors, and with Cousins, the Raptors are naturally even more powerless.

In this game, Cousins completely regained his pre-injury form, facing the Raptors' fragile interior line, Cousins was like an interior beast, Aaron . Gray, Jamal. Magloyer, Amir. Johnson, Ed. Davis, all the interior lines of the Raptors have no way to take Cousins, the body is stronger than you, the technique is better than you, the range is farther than you, and it is completely several levels worse, how to play? Cousins slashed a super double-double of 33 points and 23 rebounds in the game, and set a new career high in rebounds.

In the second quarter, in the applause of the Kings bench, West returned to the court, West only played 22 minutes in this game, but West's condition is obviously good, West has experienced too much in the league for 9 years, and small injuries like this have long been accustomed to it, and West quickly found his rhythm of playing when he returned to the court, and the famous mid-range shot is still sharp, and the low-post offense is also impressive, scoring 16 points and 7 boards in the limited playing time.

Tyrek played a very easy game, with Cousins' full play, the game lost suspense early, in such a game, Tyreck's offensive desire was not very strong, and he only played 2 minutes in the fourth quarter before going off the court, contributing 18 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists in the whole game.

In the end, the Kings walked away with a win in Toronto, ending a two-game losing streak.

After the win over the Raptors, the team was given two days off, and after a one-night stay in Toronto, the team moved on to the next game, Newark, New Jersey.

The Nets, who had a 14-27 record prior to this game and are currently in 11th place in the East, are definitely not a strong team. Williams missed the game due to injury, and the Nets' starting lineup was Jordan Farmar and Marchand. Brooks, DeSean. Stevenson, Sheldon. Williams, Chris. Humphries, without Deron, the Nets' staffing can be described as civilian to the extreme.

West also returned to the starting lineup in this game, and the only starting five commonly used by the Kings was Caron at the No. 3 position. Butler is still recovering from injury, and the Kings are more than a notch better than the Nets on paper.

However, in this game, the seemingly civilian Nets burst out with amazing energy at the Putenju Arena.

Marchand, who is also an 11-time rookie with Jimmy. Brooks is in great shape, this game feels surprisingly good, Farmar has a decent awareness on the court, but he is not a good playmaker, and the Nets can be said to play without discipline, but this is suitable for a good player like Brooks.

Brooks scored 23 points on 11-of-16 shooting in the game, and several unreasonable goals caused Coach Westfair to sigh helplessly on the sidelines, except for Brooks, the Nets' starting five all scored in double figures.

Two weeks ago, the Nets signed a 10-day contract and then signed a second contract. Green also performed well off the bench, and Green, who had not appeared in the NBA for two consecutive seasons, clearly had a feeling of rebirth, and he played extremely hard with nothing to lose, and he scored a game-high 26 points on 4-of-8 three-pointers.

Looking at the Kings team playing away, maybe it's a tired journey, maybe it's a little light, the Kings team plays quite loosely, the basket is like a cover, just can't throw it, and at the same time the mistakes continue, except for Tyrek who scored 21 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, no one on the team scored more than 13 points......

In the end, the Kings suffered an upset loss to the New Jersey Nets at Putianju Arena and have lost three of their last four games......

Fortunately, the Kings adjusted their form in time for the game against the Cleveland Cavaliers a day later, facing 11-time champion Kyrie. Owen with veteran Antoine. Jamison's Cavaliers, the Kings did not give them any chances, and led the Cavaliers by 12 points in the first quarter, and from the middle of the second quarter, the Kings always maintained a lead of more than 20 points. Irving was taken care of by Jimmy throughout the game, and the shadowy pressing made Irving, who had just entered the league, completely unable to exert himself, and Irving only had a shooting rate of less than 3 percent in the whole game, but fortunately, Jamison performed steadily, shooting 4 of 7 from beyond the three-point line, and scored 28 points in the game, otherwise the Cavaliers would inevitably lose even more ugly.

Tyreek, Cousins, and West all scored more than 20, Tyrek scored 26 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists in a quasi-triple-double, and the Kings defeated the Cavaliers 110-89 to end a four-game streak of Eastern Conference tours, the 2-2 record is not ideal, but it is not unacceptable, and the final game of the 5-game road is the real test for the Kings.

Because they're going to face the Oklahoma City Thunder again!