Anxi was really dumbfounded at this time, Tang Shuai hit three balls in a row, like a heavy punch one after another, and hit the same position, directly shattering his defensive confidence. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After all, he was just a rookie, and the changes in his heart had already surfaced uncontrollably.

D'Antoni noticed Anthy's mood change and immediately replaced him with McDaniels, then pulled him on the sidelines to preach.

After Anthy left the court, the game between the two sides immediately turned into an offensive battle, Harden, Gay and Anderson are all masters of grabbing points, and the Lakers have two shots, and the audience is addicted to the scoring of you and me.

However, the Rockets' lack on the defensive end quickly put them at the bottom of the game.

And Anthy's confidence in being beaten by Tang Shuai dropped greatly, and he hesitated in defensive actions, and he was replaced on the field again without the sharpness of his previous defense, and even Westbrook couldn't limit it much.

The Lakers slowly pulled the difference apart.

At 122-112, the Lakers maintained their lead until the end, and after winning the matchup, their winning streak also extended to 15 games.

With the continuous expansion of the winning streak, the Lakers have reached the extreme in running-in and playing, and no team can stop their winning streak, and even like the original Warriors, they have become the "public enemy" of the league.

However, this is obviously not an easy task, and the Lakers continued to win the Bulls and Thunder in the next games, extending the winning streak to 17 games, a winning streak that can go down in history.

The NBA's longest rush record is 33 straight wins, and the most recent and second-longest winning streak is the Heat's 27-game winning streak in 2013, followed by the 22-game winning streak known to Chinese fans as the Rockets, and the 17-game winning streak is already tied for seventh in history.

The Rockets players and fans are united, and they have plenty of confidence.

However, just before the start of Game 18 of the regular season, a bad news suddenly befell the Lakers.

The team's head coach, Billups, was in a serious car accident while driving back to his villa after the game, breaking five ribs in his chest and severely fractured his leg bone, and will have to lie in hospital for at least a month.

It was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue, and everyone who smashed it didn't react, and perhaps no one could have imagined that this flying disaster would befall Billups.

But when the results of the investigation of the car accident came out, everyone understood it but looked embarrassed.

The Lakers' continuous winning streak, in addition to the magical play with Tang Shuai and the efforts of the Lakers players, is also inseparable from Billups' coaching.

In fact, Billups, who seems to be as stable as Mount Tai, has worked hard beyond most coaches in the league.

Talent can determine a person's lower limit, but it can't determine a person's upper limit, Billups, who seems to be at the peak of his debut, in addition to talent, he spends most of his day soaking in this job, according to what he inadvertently said in a chat, when he was not ready to be a coach, he put all his energy on his family, and once he decided to be a coach, his this will naturally follow.

It is precisely because of this work attitude that he is still thinking about the next game against the Eagles when he is driving, and this distraction leads to the car accident.

Tang Shuai and the rest of the Lakers team visited Billups in the hospital, looking at the coach who was still alive the day before, and in a blink of an eye, he was like most of the mummies, and many players were a little uncontrollable, like Stephenson, who ran directly outside the ward and cried.

Tang Shuai's eyes were also red, he knew Billups's work status best, and now that he was like this, he also felt very sad in his heart.

Billups needed to recuperate, and the team didn't stay in the hospital for long, and after a brief conversation with Billups' wife, they left the hospital.

They didn't actually have much time to rest, and after a sad night, they boarded a plane to Atlanta the next day to take on the Hawks.

With Billups injured, it was only natural for the team's head assistant coach, Brian Shaw, to become acting coach for this time.

In fact, after coaching Billups with the Lakers for a season, Shaw's coaching ability has grown for all to see, at least from the coach who stood on the sidelines and roared at the beginning, to now a part-time team tactical coach.

For Xiao, the players are also convinced from the bottom of their hearts.

Sometimes, though, being an assistant and being boss are two completely different concepts, and this was evident on Shaw's first day as acting coach.

The Hawks' roster changes this season are not as big as before, and the biggest change is the exchange of Millsup for Favors.

However, this does not affect Budenholzer's speed system. Povich's direct disciple himself plays tactical basketball.

And when Xiao faced such an opponent, he also played the tactical card, wanting to drive the state of the whole team players.

The Lakers are strong in the backcourt with two guns, and the other points are a little worse in terms of offensive grasp, and the independent offensive ability is even a little weak, and the originally stable Gasol is also old, and he doesn't have much playing time, and the result can be imagined, which is equivalent to abandoning himself and using his own shortcomings to fight others' strengths.

It's like Wharton broke away from Cole before, and had his own obsessions, but more often than not, he just learned a little bit.

Against the Hawks, the Lakers brought the aftermath of 17 consecutive wins, and the Hawks played on a par, and at the last moment, they relied on Tang Shuai's magical performance of 10 points in a row to win the game 108-106.

Although they won, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Lakers have a feeling of being at the end of a strong crossbow.

Sure enough, in the next game against the Cavaliers, the team ushered in a big defeat 98-110, and the team's winning streak was finally fixed at 18 games.

In this game, the Lakers players made very average shots, with Tang Shuai and Westbrook getting a team-high 20 and the next highest 18, although they were still the main attack points, but this was a big drop from the shooting statistics in previous games.

And this was just the beginning, and over the next month, Shaw continued to experiment with his tactical system, and the Lakers' record was up and down.

The Lakers' record this month is 9-5, which is not too bad, but it is obviously much worse than the previous 18-game winning streak, and they all lost against the Warriors and Celtics, and they are all big scores.

As a result, they relinquished the top spot in the league, and even in the West, with the same record as the Rockets, they barely managed to retain their second place in the West by relying on the win-loss relationship.

After experiencing Reeves and Wharton in a row, Tang Shuai has become a lot more low-key in terms of coaching, and Billups is still more than half a month away from returning to the team, and he almost turns a blind eye.

On December 20, U.S. time, Christmas is approaching, and citizens across the United States are already preparing for the new year's Christmas.

The citizens had a rest, but the league did not, and on this night, the Lakers sat at home and welcomed the challenge of the Timberwolves.

After last season's impressive performance, the Timberwolves' performance this season has dropped somewhat, but as of now they are still in fifth place in the West, and their strength should not be underestimated.

If you want to say that the Lakers team during the previous winning streak, against the Timberwolves, it will definitely appear full of confidence to win, but after Shaw coached, not to mention the fans, even the Lakers players, it is also a big discount in terms of confidence.

Thibodeau started out defensively, and at this time he still played the defensive card.

To be honest, the Lakers have made progress in this area after Shaw's tactics for a month, but this progress has not yet reached the level of qualitative change, and his tactical system is not enough to break Thibodeau's defensive formation.

As a result, the Lakers players worked the court, but often, they didn't get too good offensive opportunities.

After more than a quarter and a half of the game, the Lakers trailed by 12 points at 24-36, and it looked like it would be another big loss.

And the Timberwolves were eliminated by the Lakers in the playoffs last season, and after the lead gradually expanded, the Timberwolves players showed more and more fun on the court.

In one offense, Wiggins didn't fall immediately after the dunk, but swung back and forth on the basket twice, and after landing, he kept smiling at Batum, who was defending him.

The referee gave a warning, and Wiggins relented, but the smile was there all the time.

Tang Shuai looked at this scene, and his heart was indescribable.

This dunk stopped the Lakers, and Shaw shook his head with the tactical board, and then set it up again.

"Russell, you're going to be a little deeper in that position, Nicholas, your blocking is quicker, Don, you run back and forth, interspersed from here, break deeper, and this can compress the Timberwolves' defensive formation......"

The players listened and nodded intermittently, but many people looked back at the score from time to time, and they were already a full 14 points behind.

Tang Shuai was bored of listening to it at this time, and finally couldn't help it, and directly interrupted Xiao's words and said: "Coach, our tactics don't work against the Timberwolves, we have to speed up the pace." ”

Xiao was talking about tactics, and was obviously a little unhappy when Tang Shuai was suddenly interrupted, but Tang Shuai was the core of the team, and he couldn't say it too directly: "Tang, the game started soon, we still have time, don't worry, we still have a chance to counterattack." ”

"Coach, I don't think these complicated tactics really fit the current team." Tang Shuai endured it for so long, and finally couldn't hold it back.

Xiao was stunned.

The rest of the Lakers team was surprised by Tang Shuai's reaction, but they didn't say anything, in fact, Tang Shuai was telling the truth.

"Don, we've made a lot of progress in our tactics, and in a little while, we'll be able to really grow." Xiao said after coming back to his senses.

"Maybe you're right, but right now, we're 14 points behind, and the score is getting bigger, so ......," Tang Shuai said, looking straight at Xiao, "We need a new tactic, give me the ball, it's the best tactic." (To be continued.) )