671. That little thing during the ban
When there are things to do, a person will feel that time flies quickly because they feel fulfilling.
But time flies too fast, too fulfilling, and in fact it feels empty, because everything is so fast-paced, but the NBA is such a fast-paced place.
When everything slows down, it's different.
Just as many fans and pundit media expect some young people or celebrities to improve after each offseason, the offseason is the best time for each player to take stock of themselves, and this summary and self-perception and psychological changes are often more important than forcing themselves to train hard for a summer.
That's how Liu Ren feels now.
At the moment when he was just padded, the reason why Liu Ren was furious was not only the anger that finally let down his guard against a person and was yin, but also the association.
He associated the three of being cushioned with Dundee-Jones and Kobe, and his first reaction was that there might be a problem with his Achilles tendon, and then he beat Dundee-Jones violently, and then until the MRI results came out, he was still angry, because his first reaction was to scare Lao Zi so badly that he wanted to beat Dundee-Jones again......
After a few days of calming down, Liu Ren felt that he had really done something wrong that day...... It's time to throw a few more punches while you're still in the game......
But after a few days, the injury began to recover gradually, and after a happy year, after watching someone else's All-Star Weekend once, and spending the All-Star Weekend like a fan, Liu Ren also put this matter aside, Deng Tai Jones was cut this time, and there is basically no possibility of returning to the NBA, and the two may not even meet in the future.
Liu Ren's physical recovery ability is very strong, less than half a month after the injury, the ankle injury has been so good that it is not 7788, this kind of injury without structural damage, no bone problems and nerve problems is fine as long as it is recovered, Liu Ren's good recovery ability allows him to start confrontation training after the examination two weeks later.
The previous three bans and the ten days of the All-Star Weekend, Liu Ren had been allowed to train in the first game after the Lakers' All-Star break, but the Lakers management still let him rest, and he was not allowed to participate in the training for the time being, and he was not even allowed to accompany the team, and he must be completely healed before he can return to start training.
Speaking of All-Stars, this year's All-Star feels pretty good, mainly in the All-Star Game, another contest between Kobe Bryant and James.
Kobe Bryant still has the strength to fight and is good at heads-up, James is at his peak, and the two are fighting for their own MVP trophy, that is, the All-Star MVP trophy.
In the end, the overall strength of the West is stronger, and most of the players are better tacit understanding of one team, relying on the overall advantage and Westbrook's last-minute show-stealing, the West won this year's All-Star Game, and Kobe Bryant and Westbrook, who finally stole the show, shared this year's All-Star MVP, Kobe Bryant also broke the NBA record, refreshing the record of 4 All-Star MVPs held by himself.
The other rookie games and eventing competitions are quite boring, and the rookie games have become whoever is a big name and has not won the MVP of the rookie game, and everyone else supports it, and there is no feeling of competition at all, because everyone knows each other very well, and it is impossible to fight to the death for the victory of a rookie competition like in the nineties and early 2000s of the last century.
The slam dunk contest has been restructured to make people feel embarrassed, and Adam Silva wants to surpass David Stern in all aspects, just like David Stern overshadowed the influence of the previous NBA commissioner O'Brien decades ago, all aspects are changing, but sometimes they are really fooling.
Fortunately, this is only an event, and it doesn't hurt, and no one dares to move the All-Star Game.
That's it, after the All-Star Weekend is completely over, Liu Ren feels that he can play after his injury, even if he can't play a full 12 games because of the ban, but at least he can train with the team to maintain his condition, but the result is still not good.
So Liu Ren can only play at home by himself.,At this time, little Lori's elementary school also opened.,Liu Ren is really sad.,There's a hot big Lori hooking him at any time.,And there's no little Lori who calms him down.,It's very painful every day......
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Liu Ren is idle at home, and the Lakers' season continues.
It is true that the Lakers are also a strong team without Liu Ren, and may even be a strong team in the top four in the West, because this group of young people has gradually moved towards the road of superstars after more than two years of training.
The Lakers' lineup is great, Antetokounmpo, Green, Whiteside composed of frontcourt starters, plus the bench lineup has Korwall, Gasol, Monroe, this frontcourt lineup is the first in the league.
However, there is a very key problem, that is, it lacks a critical point of attack.
If the Lakers play smoothly at the beginning, there is naturally no problem, the Lakers have a strong talent to crush, except for a few teams that can be counted on one hand, the other teams Lakers can use talent to crush.
However, if some playoff teams survive and play with the Lakers, the Lakers will not be so easy to play.
Why did Kobe Bryant turn without the ball, isn't it because of the decline in strength, don't look at the fact that he can occasionally open up a world alone, just like when he played the Cavaliers.
But at that time, it was because the Lakers had another absolute strong point, Liu Ren, Kobe Bryant could be one-on-one without scruples, and the other party didn't dare to wrap Kobe, so Kobe Bryant played very smoothly, and Kobe Bryant singles were to pick the opponent, and the opponent had no height advantage before he played.
So in the absence of Liu Ren, although the Lakers are still playing well, they can only be said to be good.
In the 12 games since the All-Star Weekend, the Lakers have a poor record of 8-4 and a 67 percent win rate.
But this win or loss is sometimes completely different from what the expert media and even the players think, the theory is one thing, first and the other thing.
During this period, the Lakers lost the Grizzlies, Nuggets, Cavaliers, and Nets, except for the second time against the Cavaliers, Irving, who was rampant, and lost normally, and the other three games were lost inexplicably, so inexplicably they lost.
The first opponent to come back for All-Star weekend was the Spurs.
A very strong opponent, quite difficult to play against, for D'Antoni the Spurs are even placed ahead of the Warriors, the Lakers' number one opponent in the entire league.
However, Whiteside grabbed 36 rebounds, and Whiteside, who "only" grabbed 16 rebounds in the first three quarters, grabbed 20 rebounds in the final quarter...... The Lakers were stunned to shoot nine three-pointers in the fourth quarter by shooting 30 percent from three-point range, and shot the Spurs to death when they were still trailing by 8 points at the official timeout in the fourth quarter.
In this game, the Lakers shot 9 of 30 three-pointers in the final quarter, and they didn't take up many offensive rounds, basically in the last few minutes, they had to shoot three points into the offensive rounds on the Lakers' side to end, otherwise Whiteside has been ravaging Duncan and Aldridge's rebounds, and forcibly gave teammates the opportunity to shoot three-pointers, and Whiteside also got the second triple-double of his career, 10 points, 36 boards and 10 assists, which is economical.
In fact, Whiteside still has seven blocks, a proper quasi-quadruple-double.
The Spurs have won all the games, and the next trip to the Southwest Division will play the Grizzlies, and everyone thinks that the Lakers can continue to have a good "feel", and Whiteside can grab the board and easily defeat the Grizzlies.
However, Whiteside was lost in the black and white bears, when the Grizzlies beat the Lakers, they loved to resume the-stirring stick play, without Liu Ren, a critical player, the Lakers had recently rested for too long on the All-Star weekend, and most of them felt bad, under the Grizzlies' iron-blooded defense, the Lakers only scored 85 points in the whole game, and were upset by the Grizzlies who only scored 89 points......
Then the next Pelicans, Hawks, and Magic teams were simply to blood mold, and the crazy Lakers won by at least 20 points in a row, and they all expressed their despair, recruiting who to provoke!