Chu Xuan returned to coach the Lakers and announced his return with a perfect game, and he regained everyone's respect and trust, and his prestige was even greater than before.

It can be said that Chu Xuan now has a very high status in the Lakers.

Chu Xuan returned, the Lakers were back on track, and he also made a little change in the selection of players, that is, he continued to put Green on the bench and reduced Green's playing time.

At this point, there was no opposition within the Lakers, and everyone respected Chu Xuan's arrangement.

The media felt that Chu Xuan was looking for a new way to play. Of course, there are also some people who feel that Green's confrontation with Chu Xuan some time ago angered him, and he will finally be punished like this.

The outside world can't help but start speculating, will the Lakers give up on Green?

Under the frantic discussion, many people felt that Green would eventually be traded by the Lakers.

As a result, rumors began to emerge that some teams had expressed interest in Green and were expecting him in the offseason.

However, the Lakers did not make any response, and Chu Xuan said in an interview that he is still very optimistic about Green and hopes to see his improvement next season.

Chu Xuan sent a message to Green hoping that he would not be affected by rumors from the outside world and concentrate on playing. This made the turmoil caused by the Green incident temporarily weakened. And, even if Green is sent away, it's an offseason thing, and there's no need to start paying that attention at this time. In this way, the topic is much weaker.

Because it's March Madness, fans are much less interested in the NBA, and most teams have begun to take the opportunity to scout the rookies of '14 and then hope to pick a good seedling in the draft in a few months' time. And the Lakers general manager Kupchak's personal action has also caused a lot of focus and speculation, after all, the Lakers have no draft picks in this year's draft.

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On March 7, the Lakers defeated the Nuggets, and Bryant handed out five assists, surpassing Drexler's 6,125 and reaching 6,129 total assists, ranking 28th all-time. It is worth mentioning that in this game, Kobe Bryant was only 2 of 13, which was extremely inefficient.

After this game, the Lakers locked up a playoff spot and became the first team in the league to enter the playoffs, which immediately sparked a lot of heated discussions.

Obviously, the Lakers are so strong that many people are starting to wonder if they can make a difference in the playoffs.

The Lakers are back on the Finals stage? 23VS24？

Without a doubt, this is the most hoped-out scenario.

However, it is extremely difficult to achieve it in the end. After all, if you want to stand out from the thorny West, it is definitely no less difficult than winning the championship on the finals stage.

Obviously, the Lakers still have a lot to fall short of, and they need to stay focused and keep trying.

Then, on the 9th, the Lakers defeated the Thunder, who were both Durant and Westbrook, at home, and once again took a win into the bag. Knoll scored 30 points and 11 rebounds in this game to play the best game of the season, and through this game, he became the first rookie to score 30+10 this season.

You know, against the Thunder, Knoll faced a first-class power forward like Ibaka, and being able to play such a good performance is enough to show his excellence and progress this season.

In fact, really speaking, after the All-Star, Knoll's performance was indeed very good, and now it is common for him to win two doubles. And as the season comes to an end, some conclusions are completely conclusive, and Noll is undoubtedly the best interior player in the '13 draft.

In this way, the voices supporting Knoll to win the best rookie award are also extremely dense, and his support rating is constantly rising.

According to the predictions of many media, Knoll will beat Treyback to win the best rookie in the 13~14 season with the explosion after the All-Star and the Lakers' record bonus.

Clearly, Knoll has been extremely successful this season.

In fact, the reason why Noll was able to play so eye-catching after the All-Star was entirely because Chu Xuan increased his role in the team, and Chu Xuan hoped that Noll could win the best rookie.

And the results showed that Knoll was indeed very competitive, and his performance made him a rising star.

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The twin towers are powerful, and the future of the Lakers is bright. Considering that the Lakers have only lost 12 games, many people think that the Lakers can win 65 or more this season, and will beat the Heat to achieve the first record in the league.

And just when the outside world was expecting it, the Lakers began to suffer Waterloo.

When the time came to March 13, the Lakers challenged the Thunder away, Noll retired injured at the end of the second quarter, and the Lakers, who lost their interior support, finally lost to the Thunder under Dewey's second outbreak, and the three-game winning streak was terminated.

In this game, Kobe Bryant scored 27 points, bringing his career total to 33,000 points, becoming the third player in NBA history to score more than 33,000 points. It is worth mentioning that this ball is also the 1,300th regular season game of Kobe's career.

Without Noll, the Lakers have a lot of problems on interior defense and offense, especially in terms of help defense, and no one can make up for the role played by Noll.

In this case, the interior advantage that the Lakers have been relying on is gone, and with the team's few scorers, the Lakers' trouble finally came.

On March 14, the Lakers played the Spurs back-to-back. In this game, Chu Xuan's coaching was only one step away from being perfect, however, with Kobe's key three-point miss, the Lakers finally lost to the San Antonio Spurs by 3 points and swallowed the 14th loss of the season.

In this game, Kobe Bryant once again encountered a milestone.

Bryant contributed four assists to bring his career total to 6,139, surpassing Pippen's 6,135 and moving up to 27th all-time.

Such an achievement also silenced some guys who thought Kobe Bryant couldn't pass the ball.

If Kobe Bryant really doesn't pass, can he surpass the legendary small forward Scott Pippen, who is known as the best passer, in career total assists?

It is worth mentioning that in this game, Kobe's offense was still weak, only 6 of 18.

Obviously, the playoffs are slowly approaching, and the veterans are finally starting to get tired.

In response to this situation, considering that the playoff spot has been locked, Chu Xuan finally decided to let Kobe Bryant take a break, and Nash will also be suspended.

Bryant and Nash rested at the same time, and Noll was recovering from an injury, so that the Lakers' starting five Tigers were left with only two, and they were the two with the lowest tactical position.

There is no doubt that the Lakers in this situation are definitely very weak in terms of lineup.

For Chu Xuan, it is naturally extremely difficult to win. But he didn't pay much attention to it, his purpose was to develop the newcomers in the team. (To be continued.) )