Chapter 220: A little cowardly
The Lakers played the last game of the Eastern Conference tour on the 10th, and the Hawks, who didn't get Mutombo in the summer, are not Lakers opponents at all in the interior confrontation, let alone the outside, a skinny Steve Smith, and an aging Tyrone Corbyn, as long as they touch Zhang Mao, they are either dead or injured. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
In this game, Dashuai was like no one to defend, easily got 31 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists in Atlanta, which was his first triple-double of the new season, and he was in amazing shape today.
After the game, it was worth mentioning that Zhang Yi gave his jersey to a lady with a slightly bulging belly after the win, although he thought it was too dangerous for pregnant women to come to the game, especially sitting in the front seat.
He also noticed that there were four cute Zhengtai sitting next to the couple, and Zhang Fu sighed "I can really give birth", and even gave away sneakers.
"But why are you so happy today?"
Zhang Qi felt very happy after the game, and it was the kind that had no reason.
Could it be because he got his first triple-double of the new season? Or is there another reason?
This question, until he inadvertently saw that the legendary mission was actually updated, and he still didn't understand why he had this emotion.
Legendary Quest (1): [Destiny of Three Lives], Status: 2/6.
"Nani, when did you find your second shitty marriage?"
Zhang Wei has always been strange about this task, but he didn't expect the progress to change, he didn't even know when the change occurred, maybe there was a change a few months ago, because he hadn't paid attention to this task.
Soon, though, he put the matter aside.
Now he doesn't bother to pay attention to this bullshit long-cherished marriage, and it is a serious matter to hurry back to Los Angeles to find the young lady to have a good time. And he learned from the system that the two young ladies, Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie, have been playing crazy recently, and "Flying with Wings" is getting closer and closer to him, isn't this much cooler than any "long-cherished marriage"?
On Monday, Zhang Fu, who had just flown to Houston and had a three-person dream in the air, got the news that he had won the first "Ball of the Week" player of the new season as soon as he got off the plane.
But what makes him happy is not the award itself, the "Player of the Week" award is not new to him, last season he won a total of three Weekly Awards, and once a many times heavier Monthly Awards, and there is not much excitement to win the Weekly Awards again, only "Flying with Wings" can make him excited.
He was really happy that he beat O'Neal to get the Weekly Awards, which made him very happy.
That dead fat man also has 30+15+3+3 data this week, but Zhang Qiu has a more unnatural performance of 36.6 points, 9 rebounds and 6.8 assists, and helps the Lakers maintain a 6-game winning streak, which is a little higher than the 5-1 Clippers, so it is reasonable to award this award to Zhang Fu.
Zhang Mo will also be very happy, "Red Alert" has been on sale for less than two weeks, and the global sales have exceeded 1.5 million units, although it is difficult to surpass the momentum of "Resident Evil", which has a console version and has sold 13 million copies worldwide, but for a game that is only released on PC, this sales volume is enough for the Dragonborn company to have a celebration party.
With less than two weeks to go on sale, Dragonborn predicts that Red Alert is likely to sell more than three million copies, which is enough to rank in the top 10 of PC game sales, based on the increasing orders from publishers around the world.
I don't know if this is a double happiness, anyway, the real double happiness in Zhang Mao's eyes is not this.
On Nov. 12, the day's game was the focus of the Lakers' preparation table against the Houston Rockets, who underwent a major summer makeover, and the highlight was of course the choices Barkley made in the summer.
Everyone knows that the Lakers wanted to bring in the interior combination of Jazz Ba and Mutombo last season, but the big ass chose to go to the Rockets at the last minute to form the Big Three, and the Lakers urgently activated the backup plan and flickered Anthony Mason from New York.
Needless to say, the Lakers certainly have to play better than the Rockets, preferably beating the Rockets to slap Barkley in the face.
This bastard chose to go to the Rockets, that is, he thinks that the Lakers are inferior to the other party.
This alliance has never been about fighting for steamed buns, and it is so despised by others, how can the Lakers swallow this breath, so it must be recovered from him and the Rockets.
Mason also has to prove that he's more than just a spare tire, and that he's going to have to play as good as Barkley in order to fight for himself.
The Rockets also have to prove that Barkley's choice is not wrong, and the big ass has to prove that his choice is correct.
Therefore, this is a game where all parties have to fight for themselves, and there are not many grievances between the two parties, but "face" must be earned, and you can't lose face if you lose anything!
The issue of "face" is indeed a very serious topic in the NBA, and it is easy for a team to have problems if it has too many stars, and in the final analysis, it is still impossible to solve the problem of face for all parties.
Everyone wants to be the protagonist, and no one is willing to give in, because how do you get by as a supporting role?
This doesn't have that problem on the Rockets' side, because it's Olajuwon's team. Although the "glider" came two years earlier than the big ass, it also joined the hugging thigh after the Rockets won the championship, which can only be the second male lead.
These guys who leave their own teams to hug their thighs are still qualified to be bosses again?
Barkley is the same, he can only play a supporting role when he goes to the Rockets and the Lakers, the difference is that he can only be a third-in-command when he goes to the Rockets, but he can play with the Lakers. But here's the problem, to hug a high school student's thigh, even if he wins the championship, he still can't get over his face, and it's too ugly to say.
Therefore, this is the reason why Barkley finally went to the Rockets, not that Zhang Mao is too young and the Lakers are not strong enough, but that he is too young.
But going to the Rockets is different, the big ass doesn't care about being sarcastically hugging Olajuwon's thighs, but he doesn't want to be complained about hugging the thighs of an 18 or 9-year-old kid, even if he can only be a three-in-command in the Rockets, it's much better than going to the Lakers and then being ridiculed for "winning the championship by high school students".
Now what makes him happy is that the Rockets' starting record is not inferior to the Lakers, and the Houstonians also have a 6-0 record, but the goal difference is not as good as the Lakers, so they are second in the West, but after this game, they will be divided who is the real big brother in the West.
The competition in the Western Conference this year is unprecedentedly fierce, the Lakers, SuperSonics, and the Rockets are three top teams, needless to say, the rise of the Clippers is also difficult to suppress, the Spurs, Jazz and Trail Blazers also have the opportunity to disrupt the situation, the competition for the top four in the West this year will be really white-hot, if the Lakers fall out of the top four at the end of the season, it is not an upset, who calls this year's West There are too many top teams, and it is normal for anyone to lose and win.
At this moment, there is this trend in the western rankings, and the supersound, which was originally pinned on hope, cannot enter the top four. The Spurs are even more tragic, due to David Robinson's foot injury, this season's "Admiral" is likely to be reimbursed for the season, which will not be found in the top 10 Spurs, San Antonio's 1-5 record at the beginning of the game has surprised countless people!
Western Division Rankings –
1. Los Angeles Lakers (6-0).
2. Houston Rockets (6-0).
3. Los Angeles Clippers (5-1).
4. Utah Jazz (5-1).
5. Seattle SuperSonics (4-2).
6. Portland Trail Blazers (3-3).
7. Minnesota Timberwolves (3-3).
8. Phoenix Suns (2-3).
Zhang Qian now regrets that he chose the difficulty of 70 wins, because according to the current situation, this year the Lakers have to play 20 games with the five top teams of the Rockets, Clippers, Jazz, SuperSonics, and Trail Blazers, and then play 8 games with top teams such as the Bulls, Knicks, Magic, and Heat, adding up to 28 games of almost the same grade, and the Lakers can only lose 6 of these 28 games at most, otherwise they will have to find a way to play a 48-6 record with those inferior teams, Otherwise, 70 wins are not guaranteed, but this is impossible no matter how you look at it.
To put it simply, the Lakers have only been able to lose 12 games this season, including 54 against the weaker teams, and the fewer they lose, the better, and more than 6 games basically means GG, because they have to leave room for those 28 games against the top teams.
"Damn, those panties hurt me!" Zhang Qi is a little cowardly now, he feels that it is impossible to lose only 12 games this season. Especially the Lakers are still in the West where the competitiveness is exploding, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to get 68 wins this year, which is no worse than last year's Bulls won 71 wins.
On Tuesday, the Lakers came to the "Compaq Center", which was another road game, and it was bad news.
Counting up, it has been more than a week since the Lakers left Los Angeles, and a group of people first flew around four cities in the East, including back-to-back, if it weren't for Zhang Zhu's exhaustion of the power of the wilderness, the Lakers would have already knelt down. Today they were back in the West, but they flew from Atlanta to Houston with only one day off in between, and the schedule couldn't have been worse.
"It's been a long time since we've trained, and even I'm tired from flying to a city for a game!"
Zhang Qi also feels very bad, the Lakers have been running around for more than a week, and they have no time to train at all, and they have been in a state of training by game.
But even if you don't train, such a schedule makes everyone very tired, before the game, Zhang Zhu took a special look at the state of the team, and found that most of the players' state is -2, -3 state, even he is also in the state of -1, whether the overall combat power is eighty percent is a problem.
The Rockets are the opposite, they last played on the 9th, they have had two days of rest in between, they are completely fine physically, and they are playing at home again, and almost all the players are in a state of +1 and +2.
"We're tired, but we're in good shape, we've made it back-to-back, and today's game was not good for us, but we're just going to take it as an experience."
Of course, Zhang Qi can't be as pessimistic as he is in his heart before the game, he wants to let his teammates feel his confidence, even if it is pretended, but as the leading brother must also make an appearance, even if it is really "nine deaths and one life", he has to say that it is "desperate to survive", although the meaning is similar, but it sounds good.
"The Lakers are a young, scrappy team, we don't take it lightly, they have a lot of resilience than our old guys, and tonight is a tough challenge but we're confident we can beat them at home."
The three old guys almost all said that before the game, and Barkley had to be a little more tactful.
In fact, it is really difficult for him to choose between the Lakers and the Rockets, and now seeing the Lakers' excellent results and the amazing state shown by Zhang Zhu, he can't talk about regrets, but there are definitely "regrets", he does feel that the Lakers are very champions, and the lineup is more balanced.
But when I think of his own performance, Olajuwon and Drexler's performance has also improved from last season, which shows that his addition has reduced the pressure on the two, and the chemistry of the Rockets' Big Three is very good, the only deficiency now is that the role players are not strong enough, and the Rockets have paid too much price to trade him, otherwise the Rockets are really a team that is destined to return this year.
Rockets fans don't think that role players can't win the championship if they don't give their best, they think that having the Big Three is enough, which team in the NBA can have a star-studded roster like theirs? Think about it, three superstars who haven't been in their prime, which is a feat that the Lakers and Celtics also failed to achieve.
Zhang Zhu didn't think that these three people were still at their peak, because his system showed that two of the three giants opposite had dropped to 90, and Olajuwon barely maintained it at 90, which was also 3 points lower than last year.
Harris and Magic took turns cheering up the players before the game, and Zhang Mao began to play a similar role this season, but today he did not choose to continue to talk in the locker room, and it is not good to drink too much chicken soup.
"I know you're tired today, but don't worry, leave it all to me."
After Zhang Qi came to the court, he found that he didn't need to say anything sassy, as long as he could stand up in the game for a while, lead the team to play the rhythm that everyone likes, and play a few beautiful attacks to improve morale at the beginning, then there would be no problem.
Lakers starters: Van Exel (83↓), Finlay (83↓), Zhang Mao (92↓), Mason (84↓), Mutombo (84↓).
Rockets starters: Matt Maloney (73↑), Mario Elli (72↑), Clyde Drexler (87↑), Charles Barkley (89↑), Hakim Olajuwon (90↑).
Judging from the ability value of the two teams' starters, the Lakers obviously have some disadvantages on the inside, but they will not be too far behind, after all, the Lakers' interior line is mainly defense-oriented, and the outside line is really the Lakers crushing the Rockets.
Still from the perspective of ability value, Zhang Zhu is now almost a notch stronger than the "glider", and the two guards can crush the opponent in the case of poor physical strength, and the substitute also has a big advantage.
Looking at it this way, the Lakers are not without a chance to defeat the Rockets today, the key is Zhang Mao, the most awesome existence in the game, whether they can play the firepower that the Rockets can't parry for a while, which is very important!