Chapter 367: Death
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With the situation in the first game, almost no one thinks the Rockets are a match for the Lakers, and all the questions are focused on how many games the Rockets can win in this series.
This answer is not easy to come to the conclusion, because judging from the first game, the Rockets were completely beaten. Such a Rockets team is obviously difficult to win. However, considering that the Rockets themselves are still quite a strong team, most of the voices are still in favor of the Rockets to win 2 games. In the end, the Lakers advanced 4-2.
However, the Lakers have long claimed that they want to sweep the Rockets, and it turns out that it is indeed possible. So, for most fans, they're still curious if the Lakers will be able to do it in the end.
As the playoffs progressed, the regular season awards began to be announced.
In the early morning of the 21st, the first regular season award, the Best Sixth Man Award, was officially announced by the NBA, and Jeremy Lin won this award for the first time in his career.
This season, Jeremy Lin, who plays for the Lakers, has primarily served as a backup for Kobe Bryant and LaVine, and his role is a two-way guard, while the team is positioned as the same sixth man as Gasol. Considering the Lakers' league-leading record this season, a bunch of people on the Lakers' bench are definitely indispensable, and the league's best sixth man seems to be born from the Lakers' bench. The competition for the Sixth Man of the Year was mainly focused on Jeremy Lin and Gasol, but in the end, Lin narrowly defeated Gasol and won the first major individual award of his NBA career.
Because of the fierce competition on the bench, Lin averaged only 17.5 minutes per game. However, in this limited time, Jeremy Lin played an extremely efficient individual performance. He averaged 10.1 points, 2.1 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 0.8 steals per game, shooting 47%, 42.3% and 88.3% from three. For an offensive defender, that's definitely a thumbs up for offensive efficiency.
With a team record of 66 wins, Jeremy Lin's award seems to be worthy of the name and natural.
As a yellow-skinned, dark-haired Asian player, it's absolutely amazing to be able to win an individual award on a stage of this caliber in the NBA. Although he is only the best sixth man, it is enough to make Jeremy Lin a star player in the world's attention. Jeremy Lin became a well-known figure in Los Angeles and was talked about. And for the Los Angeles media, Jeremy Lin has become the darling in their eyes.
In Asia, Jeremy Lin's popularity has soared as a result.
"It's unbelievable, as an undrafted pick, I never thought I'd be able to get to where I am now. Thank you to the Lakers for your attention and development, to my coach and teammates, and to the city of Los Angeles. It's a real pleasure to play here and I hope to be able to renew my contract with the team in the off-season. At the same time, I will do my best to help the team go far in this year's playoffs. ”
Jeremy Lin, who has always been silent in the face of the media, expressed his personal feelings, while he talked about the contract issue with the Lakers. At the end of the season, Jeremy Lin will be a full free agent. However, Kupchak did not offer Jeremy Lin an offer contract before the All-Star break. So, this also makes Lin's ownership this summer an unknown question.
It's not that Jeremy Lin isn't good enough, on the contrary, Jeremy Lin is very good, and he is definitely the biggest force on the Lakers' bench. And Kupchak did not renew Jeremy Lin's contract at the first time, obviously because he had his considerations. The biggest possibility is that Kupchak wants to see if the Lakers can defend their title this year before deciding how to run the offseason. After all, offering Jeremy Lin a contract too soon could constrain the Lakers' ability to operate in the summer.
When approached by the media about this, Kupchak said: "Signing Jeremy to a new contract is at the top of my summer schedule, and I want to be able to offer Jeremy a suitable contract as much as the team's salary space allows. ”
Kupchak's words make it clear what the Lakers are thinking about, and it's clear that Kupchak doesn't want to waste any salary space with an unknown outcome for defending his title. And Jeremy Lin's ending is also very easy to guess, and he may be abandoned. However, it's also possible that the Lakers will be able to get a big contract when there is plenty of salary space.
Regarding Jeremy Lin's incident, Chu Xuan then heard about it. He congratulated Jeremy Lin at the first time, but Chu Xuan didn't say a word about Jeremy Lin's contract. Renewing players is the job of Kupchak and owner Jim Bass, and he can't and doesn't want to interfere in these matters. Importantly, Jeremy Lin is not an indispensable piece of the puzzle in Chu Xuan's future planning. Therefore, he would not bargain with Kupchak about this matter, so as not to make the other party think that he had some other intentions.
While the playoffs were in full swing, Chu Xuan's energy was completely focused on the game, and he didn't care about anything outside of the game.
At noon that day, Chu Xuan arranged for the Lakers to conduct an in-team drill, mainly to practice the defense of the Rockets. In Chu Xuan's view, if the Lakers want to win, it is absolutely fundamental to do a good job of defending the Rockets.
The training worked well and in the afternoon, the players went back to rest and prepare for the evening's games.
As the head coach, Chu Xuan accompanied Adeline for lunch and a break for an hour or two, and then drove to the Staples Center.
It was still early before the game started, and the players didn't come, so Chu Xuan sat in the office and watched the news as usual.
To Chu Xuan's surprise, a piece of news about the NBA that was being broadcast by the media was related to the Rockets. The object of the news report was James Harden, it turned out that this guy was photographed by the paparazzi last night with three **** fat buttocks in a nightclub, and then in the early hours of the morning, Harden took the three women to a hotel. The three women left one after another the next morning, and James Harden didn't leave the hotel until after lunch. It's easy to imagine what happened to Harden and the three women in the hotel.
The incident was frantically reported by the media, and the outside world was criticizing Harden's approach. You know, the Rockets are at a critical moment in the playoffs with the Lakers, and James Harden, as the leader, still has the leisure to pick up girls? And the played 4p.。。。
After learning about this, Chu Xuan couldn't help shaking his head, Harden's character is undoubtedly irresponsible, and it will also become the biggest hidden danger in his future career.
"As the saying goes, if you don't die, you won't die, I'm afraid the bearded man is going to become a soft-footed shrimp tonight, and it seems that it will be another unchallenging game."
Saying this, Chu Xuan's heart was a little puzzled, even if Harden was amorous, he should never have indulged to such a degree when there was a game the next night.
Could it be that there is something else hidden here? (To be continued.) )