After careful consideration, Chu Xuan let Kobe Bryant take a rest. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Because judging from the games in the first half of March, Kobe Bryant is obviously starting to get tired, and his energy and physical fitness are not as good as young people after all. The important thing is that he has suffered a major injury and although he is now fully recovered, it is absolutely necessary to protect him.

The significance of Kobe's existence in the Lakers is not simply that he can play for the Lakers, more often, Kobe is the symbol of the Lakers in this era and the soul of this team. And his presence is undoubtedly an important element that can make this Lakers more cohesive.

Chu Xuan can clearly understand this, because he can vaguely remember the terrible situation of the Lakers after Kobe Bryant retired in his previous life. Therefore, keeping Kobe Bryant playing with the Lakers is more important than anything else.

In the first game of Kobe Bryant's rest, the Lakers' opponent was the Portland Trail Blazers.

Not only did Chu Xuan not have much affection for the pioneers, on the contrary, he hated the pioneers a little. The reason for this is from 5 years ago. In March 2010, Portland Mayor Sam Adams designated March 10 as the so-called "Tibet Awareness Day," despite strong opposition from China. He also said that this was in response to "the increasingly loud international call for Tibet's independence from China." Municipal Councilor Leonardo strongly supported Adams, claiming that all of this was his own credit, and that "in dealing with China, the principles of freedom of speech and religion cannot be abandoned."

At that time, the Chinese embassy in San Francisco immediately sent people to negotiate and ask for the reversal of this erroneous decision, but it was refused.

Five years ago, the Chinese side recognized the seriousness of anti-Chinese sentiment in Portland, so it banned all Trail Blazers games in China. Such an incident also led to the fact that the fans at that time had almost no good impression of the Trail Blazers. So, this is also the reason why the Trail Blazers have been almost unknown in China.

There is even a reason why the star players who play for the Trail Blazers today are ignored by the All-Star vote. After all, the weight of Chinese fans in the All-Star voting is just too great.

Chu Xuan has been an avid fan of the NBA since 05, so he has experienced the incident of Portland's anti-China forces, and as a fan who has come over in that era, Chu Xuan really can't have a good impression of the Trailblazers. Because at that time, the home court of the Trail Blazers also supported Tibet Consciousness Day......

The two teams played each other, and Chu Xuan naturally attached more importance to this ball, and he made targeted arrangements in terms of tactics.

In this game, Chu Xuan promoted Elfried Payton to the starting position, while Jeremy Lin still played as a substitute. This arrangement is mainly due to Payton's passing ability, and the Lakers bench needs a point guard like Jeremy Lin who can score.

The duo of Lillard and McCollum is really sharp. The two showed the same offensive firepower as usual in the game, which caused the Lakers a lot of trouble for a while. And, Aldridge, Batum, Matthews, Thomas Robinson and others all played very well, and the Trail Blazers played a very good team performance.

In fact, it's not that the Trail Blazers are good, it can only be said that this team is very balanced in all positions and can exceed the league average. Moreover, the Lakers players played a little inadequately in this game, so they gave the Trail Blazers a chance to break out...... After four quarters of stalemate, the two sides were tied. Then, in overtime, the two teams combined to score 40 points, breaking the 38 points held by the Lakers and Knicks in 1970 and setting a new NBA historical record. At the same time, the Trail Blazers scored 22 points in this overtime, tying the all-time record.

With such a performance, the Lakers unfortunately lost to the Trail Blazers.

This made Chu Xuan a little angry, but he quickly adjusted his mentality. After all, there are always winners and losers in games, and the opponent plays to this point, and it is acceptable for the Lakers to lose.

Of course, Chu Xuan was also determined to re-examine the Lakers' defensive system, and he decided to further improve the defense and make final preparations for the upcoming playoffs.

Payton Jr., who started in place of Kobe, contributed 15 points, 10 assists and 5 boards in this game, which attracted great media attention. Many people suddenly discovered that there was such an excellent pure point guard on the Lakers' bench. Some teams are also starting to look at him.

Of course, Payton Jr. is only a rookie after all, and has barely attracted much attention this season. Therefore, the curiosity of the outside world about him only lasted for a short time, and the heat fell. For all followers, though, they've got the name in their minds, Elfrid Payton.

And the biggest star of the game was CJ McCollum of the Trail Blazers, who was only 6 feet 4 inches small guard scored 12 points in overtime and contributed 31 points in the game.

You know, the Trail Blazers' opponent in this game is the Los Angeles Lakers, not a team like a cat or a puppy. And as the biggest contributor to the victory, Macklem's popularity exploded and his fame soared. ESPN spoke highly of him, saying that he and Lillard would become the second pair of splash brothers.

This evaluation is not an exaggeration, and the data proves that the two do have shooting ability that is not weaker than Curry Thompson.

McCollum, who averaged only 7.9 points per game last season, surprised everyone with his progress this season. He averaged 19.3 points per game and shot 43.7 percent from three-point range, the second consecutive season in which he averaged more than 40 percent from three-point range per game. Oh, by the way, this guy is a 2nd grader!

McCollum's backcourt partner Lillard can average 21.6 points and 8.2 assists per game this season, shooting 45.5% from three-point range, and shooting nearly 50% from the field and more than 9% from the free throw line, which means that Lillard is very likely to enter the "180 Club" this season. Considering this is only his third season, Lillard's future is clearly immeasurable.

Lillard and Curry are completely carved out of the same mold, and both are known for their big hearts. And McCollum is no weaker than Thompson at the same time. Obviously, describing Lillard and McCollum as the new Splash Brothers is not an exaggeration at all, but a fact......

The Trail Blazers' double guard may not be as mature as the Splash Brothers, but the depth of the Trail Blazers' roster seems to be superior to that of the Warriors...... And through this game, Chu Xuan suddenly woke up, it turned out that he ignored a very terrible team, and the Portland Trail Blazers fully possessed all the qualities to become a dark horse in the playoffs.

Chu Xuan immediately made a decision to conduct more in-depth research on the Trail Blazers in preparation for the playoffs. (To be continued.) )