Chapter 477: Ushering in a winning streak
In the next few days, Ye Xuan finally had the opportunity to get his essential items in Los Angeles, because when he was traded by the Pacers to the Lakers, Ye Xuan was still recuperating from his injury, so many things were handled by Shen Wei, but there were some things that Ye Xuan still needed to solve by himself, such as Ye Xuan's Enzo, such as how the manor next to Lao Ke's house should be rebuilt. Since there was a three-day break next, Ye Xuan also invited a more reliable designer to help design the renovation of the manor.
First of all, he naturally wanted a fitness room, and since there was no such similar venue in the original manor, Ye Xuan planned to directly demolish the banquet hall in the original manor and transform it into a modern indoor fitness place. Next is a basketball court that Ye Xuan needs for his own training, this time Ye Xuan hit the abacus to the head of the garage that the original owner of the manor specially built to store his various luxury cars, anyway, Ye Xuan does not have the habit of collecting luxury cars now, and now there are only four cars in the house, and this luxury garage that can hold dozens of luxury cars is obviously a bit redundant.
In addition to these things, Ye Xuan is also going to redecorate the house, but the redecoration is estimated to be done in the offseason, the original owner knows from the design style that he is the kind of old rich man, so the style of home decoration is the kind of magnificent royal style, but this style is a bit too old-fashioned for people of Ye Xuan's age, if it wasn't for the original convenience, Ye Xuan would not have bought it directly.
After planning, it took a lot of time, but the effort was finally rewarded, at least after these renovations and renovations were completed, Ye Xuan would be able to accomplish a lot of things in his own home, such as now he is going to Lao Ke's house to train, although it feels good to train with idols, but it doesn't mean that Ye Xuan's visit from time to time will make Lao Ke always welcome.
Time flies quickly, and the Lakers immediately welcomed the Knicks at home, which is also strange to say, the Lakers have eight consecutive home games since the game when Ye Xuan returned, which gave Ye Xuan, who had just returned, enough time to adapt to life in Los Angeles. This game with the Knicks is another good opportunity for Ye Xuan to brush up on data, after all, the Knicks are now swooping all the way to the top pick after losing Anthony, if it weren't for the stunned young power forward they selected, he played quite well and helped the Knicks get 19 wins, maybe the Knicks should be a vice squad leader team at the same level as the Lakers now.
As soon as the game began, the Knicks showed their character, which was the legendary 'X** D' tactics, basically this team is in a state of no tactics, everyone's first reaction after getting the ball is to attack the basket, so this game is actually not too difficult for the Lakers, although the current players of the Knicks are actually relatively talented players, so they can rely on the talent style of play to achieve a better record than the Lakers, but now the Lakers have Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan's dominance and leadership on the offensive end is very amazing.
The pace of the game is very fast, and the Lakers have achieved a certain advantage under the leadership of Ye Xuan not long after the start, but due to the lack of the inside line, it still makes Porzingis, a stunned young man, score a lot of points on the inside and outside, so the score has not been pulled, this is actually the opportunity that Ye Xuan wants, because the situation has been in a stalemate stage, so Ye Xuan's side will not be in danger of being replaced in advance because of the big score lead, Ye Xuan is very happy, And the other players of the Lakers team were also very happy because they were able to get a lot of vacant opportunities after Ye Xuan tore through the opponent's defense, and they obviously enjoyed Ye Xuan's method of breaking the cake and feeding it to their mouths.
And New York's style of play is even simpler, whoever wants to attack with the ball, then who will come, although Trey Burke was decisive after seeing Ye Xuan, and he has been passing the ball to his teammates, basically he has not attacked with the ball, but under his passing, Porzingis and the parallel list of 11 years have also got a lot of good opportunities, which is why the Knicks can bite the score.
However, at halftime, Ye Xuan still found something wrong, that is, he brushed a little too high in the first half, so he didn't notice that Lao Ke was actually a little dissatisfied, in fact, yes, in this kind of game, if Ye Xuan goes all out, he can soon help the team open up the situation at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, instead of letting the situation stalemate like now, so Lao Ke estimates that Ye Xuan's way of brushing data is a bit too low-end.
Ye Xuan also discovered this, so shortly after the start of the second half, he decisively changed his style of play and strengthened his suppressive power on the defensive end, so soon after the start of the third quarter, the opponent really began to collapse because of the obstruction on the offensive end, and it took only 7 minutes in the third quarter of the game, Ye Xuan led the team to change the difference from the original lead of 8 points to a lead of 18 points, during this time, the Knicks only hit two three-pointers on the outside, and also hit two layups on the inside, only 10 points in total, On the Lakers' side, there were waves of offense, and the difference was completely widened in an instant.
After three quarters of the game, the suspense of this game was basically gone, and the Lakers also decisively replaced the benches. At the end of the game, the Lakers won the game again, Ye Xuan brushed the data in the first half very coolly, but unfortunately the rebounding in this game was not strong, and finally his data was fixed at 31 points, 13 assists and 4 rebounds, and he did not get a triple-double, but the data of scoring and assists are still relatively powerful, at least it also gave the media some direction to tout.
And the Lakers' recent record has finally made the rest of the league begin to look a little sideways, the last five games, the Lakers have won four games, this winning rate is simply terrible, although this season the Lakers have bid farewell to the ranks of the playoffs, but when they improve the lineup next season, their combat effectiveness will be very terrible, and the most frightening thing for these teams is that the Lakers have a lot of salary space to bring in reinforcements next season, Now the strength of the Lakers under the leadership of Ye Xuan, as well as the temptation of the metropolis of Los Angeles, I am afraid that many big-name stars will rush to it. Maybe the Lakers will be able to rise completely all of a sudden.
To say that the team that is most reluctant to see the rapid rise of the Lakers is, of course, the Pacers, they sold Ye Xuan to the Lakers, in order to ensure that in the past few years when they are going all out to win the championship, Ye Xuan will not pose much threat to them even if he is resurrected in full condition, but now it seems that it will not be long before Ye Xuan's Lakers team will become a powerhouse in the West. Of course, there is another team that is very reluctant to see the Lakers rise now, that is, the Magic team that participated in the big trade of four teams, the reason why they are willing to give Tobias Harris and Oladipo, a half-finished point guard, is to get a good pick in next year's draft, and then select their favorite players, so as to complete the rebuild, as a result, the Lakers' record is now slowly climbing up from the position of vice president of the league, and seeing the draft picks in their hands drop. The top management of the magic team is naturally scolding her mother in secret.
Not to mention that the Lakers' winning streak made the outside team feel a little threatened, in fact, even the Lakers themselves didn't expect that trading a Ye Xuan would directly help the team directly complete the rebuild. At the beginning, they traded Ye Xuan only because the market behind Ye Xuan could make the Lakers make a lot of money. At that time, they actually completely gave up the hope of rebuilding in the past two years, and then hoped to find enough value from Ye Xuan's body, so that the team could earn enough benefits, but they didn't expect Ye Xuan to be so powerful, not only did a wave break out directly after his comeback, so that the Lakers knew that the person they bought was not affected by injuries, and it was very likely that they could use their connections and the team's salary space to complete the rebuild in the offseason.
The Lakers have won four of their last five games before the conversation is completely over, and they have welcomed another team locked out of the playoffs, the Kings. The Kings last season was also a typical high and low walk, the team saw who won who won in the first period of time, all kinds of bull B, it seems to see that the King has risen! Then, after Cousins returned from meningitis, his record plummeted and he was reclassified into the lottery. Both Kings duo have improved a lot last season, and this is a competitive asset for the team for some time. After returning from the national team training, Kaoshen has greatly improved his offense and defense, and now he is firmly in the position of the league's No. 1 center. Guy began to improve his inefficient mid-range dry play, hitting the basket more and making the team's contribution positive for the first time. Cosby, who has returned to the king, continues to play well and is already a very good role player. In the offseason, the team also did a little better work, such as signing strong rotation players like Koufors and Belinelli at the normal price.
Then let's talk about the poor management of the team. Kao Shen is the absolute first core Don't do what he thinks, Carl is a good coach, but he is not yet an S-level coach, how can a conflict between a coach of this level and the core of the team be the core of the team. So reconciliation or dismissal was his only way out. Besides, the first person in the league with this position in a team must build a team around him, and he will not give up. And it's completely unnecessary for the team to use the lottery draft to take Stan in the draft! Stan is a pure rim-protecting center who can only play the No. 5 position, are you asking Kao Shen to play the rhythm of the No. 4 position? Then Kaoshen's speed advantage in the No. 5 position is not obvious, so the self-abandoning core is really a big husband? What's more, the team wants to win, and Stan's ability to protect the rim is definitely not as good as Coolfus's. Yes, he can only say that he has found a replacement for Kaoshen. But using the No. 6 pick to find a substitute with more potential than immediate combat power is a bit too stupid.
And the Kings were blocked in recruiting in the summer, so in fact, the team's strength on paper is also a bit insufficient, for example, they hooked up with Rondo who is now on the Pacers, but unfortunately the Kings are not as attractive as a championship team like the Pacers, so even if the Pacers' contract is lower than that of the Kings, Rondo still throws himself into the arms of the Pacers without hesitation. In fact, the addition of Rondo is also one of the important reasons why the Pacers' senior management decided to trade Ye Xuan, because they feel that Ye Xuan's biggest role on the court is to help other players on the team get offensive opportunities. Therefore, they can't wait to get rid of Ye Xuan completely, and as a result, Ye Xuan will be traded.
Of course, the current lineup of the Kings can't be said to be bad, at least they are also two big teams, but unfortunately their bench is a little too weak, Collison is actually more suitable to lead the bench, rather than to play soy sauce in the main lineup, but there is no way to hook up with the Kings team who have not hooked up with Rondo, and in the end they can only let Collison be the starter, resulting in the team's bench has no combat effectiveness, and the result is often that the team's main players and opponents are inseparable, and then come off the bench to dig holes, If the main force fills this hole, they can win, and if they can't fill it, they can only consider themselves unlucky. To sum up, the management of the team does not see any characteristics for the time being, except for the advantage that the owner's daughter is very drifting, so the king is estimated to continue to struggle.
The same is true of this game, although the Lakers won a full ten games less than the Kings, but they did not suffer a loss on the court, although Kao Shen alone wreaked havoc on the inside, and created a career-high rebound of 26 rebounds in one game, but in the end the Kings still lost the game, the reason is that the Lakers' outside firepower is also the same today, Ye Xuan 27 points and 15 assists, Lao Ke 28 points and 5 assists, even Clarkson has 15 points in the account, and Nick Young is also not far behind, 15 points, all three-pointers. As a result, Kao Shen could only usher in a mileage tragedy, and the super monster data of 48 points and 26 rebounds could only come to naught in the end.