Chapter 282: Injuries Strike

On January 1, the Lakers host the Nuggets. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info 2nd, away against the Nuggets. Five of the six races are back-to-back, which shows how tight the schedule is this year.

The tightness has made it a bit difficult for the Lakers to get through. Training camp started late before the start of the season, and very few players stayed in shape during the lockdown, so it was a bad thing.

On the 1st, the Lakers won, but at the cost of Sun Yue. On the 2nd, Daniel Gibson was injured in the second quarter. Without Gibson, D'Antoni would have relied on Fisher, and his tactics were out of order.

In the third quarter, Bryant also sprained his teaching. Within two days, three players were injured, which made the Lakers demoralized, and Wu Di's shooting percentage was inaccurate.

The Lakers lost the game.

The good news is still there, Sun Yue only needs a month to recover, Gibson needs a month and a half to recover, and Kobe Bryant only needs about half a month. The UAE will recover in a week's time, and as long as the Lakers can survive the week, things will be much better.

On the 4th, the Lakers hosted the Rockets, who strengthened slightly this season and signed Suns guard Dragic.

Odom has wanted to return to the Lakers for several years, and after he was traded to the Rockets, he missed out on three championship rings, which he regretted a lot. He is now proud of love and frustrated on the court.

His wife Khloe Kardashian was very good to him, the women of the Kardashian family were all famous ladies, and Khloe knew how to enjoy life before he married Odom. After marrying Odom, he was naturally able to serve Odom comfortably.

There are even rumors that Odom's good and bad performances on the court are due to Khloe Kardashian, and coincidentally, as long as Odom and Kohler are together on the first day, the next day will definitely not be good, giving strong support for this statement.

If it weren't for Odom's still tactical value, perhaps the Rockets would have traded him. The pick-and-roll combination he and Kyle Lowry is an important guarantee for the Rockets to still be a strong team, and the Rockets management can only turn a blind eye to his status.

But as long as Rockets management is determined to rebuild, Odom will definitely be traded.

Odom is now very envious of Wu Di, and after Wu Di arrived with the Lakers, the Lakers immediately established a dynasty with three consecutive championships. Although Wu Di is credited to this, it is undeniable that the strength of the rest of the Lakers is the key to the Lakers building a dynasty.

Kobe Bryant, Gasol, Bynum, Pekovic, Sun Yue, Fisher, Brad Miller, UAE, Vujasic, Ariza and others all play a crucial role.

The Rockets are ready to take advantage of the Lakers' incomplete roster to win the next game. There's nothing like a win over the defending champions to boost morale, and the Rockets need to use this win if they want to go far this season.

So at the beginning of the game, Kyle Lowry and Odom blocked strongly, and Gasol couldn't keep up with Kyle Lowry's speed at all. And Odom was also very good on the outside, shooting 4 of 6 from three-point range.

If it weren't for the fact that the others really couldn't stop Wu Di, they might really be able to win this game.

On the 6th, the Lakers played away against the Trail Blazers. On the 7th, they faced the Warriors back-to-back.

The Trail Blazers have a strong interior defense, with two strong interior lines, Aldridge and Camby, and the combination of the two makes it difficult for Wu Diqiang to play inside.

The rest of the Lakers also felt abnormal, the Lakers scored 96 points in total, and Wu Di himself scored 52 points, accounting for more than half.

But the Trail Blazers blossomed more, with Aldridge, Crawford, Gerard Wallace, Raymond Feldton, Wesley Matthews, and Nicholas Bartum scoring double-doubles, 11 more points than the Lakers to win the game.

The Warriors' roster has not changed much this year, with Montaelis and Curry still in the role, but two days ago, Curry suffered an injury and it will take a month or two to recover. Their interior David Lee is very strong offensively, but the defense is not good, and it is easy to be blown up by the Lakers.

The current team, if it doesn't have a strong defensive interior, will be easily blown up after encountering the Lakers. Unable to organize Wu Di to enter the interior line, why is it difficult to win against the Lakers.

On the 9th, the Lakers beat the Grizzlies. Because of Wu Di's containment, the Grizzlies' internal pressure is too great. And during the shutdown, Randolph's lazy personality exploded, and after his return, his form dropped badly, from an average of 20 points per game last season to an average of about 10 points per game, and the scoring statistics dropped to only half.

He was originally an offensive interior player, and the decline in scoring statistics has already proven that he has lost his value. So the Grizzlies asked him to take the bench, and if he can't play well, maybe the Grizzlies will trade him next season. If the trade doesn't go through, the Grizzlies won't renew his contract when his contract expires.

Playing the Suns on the 11th, the UAE will be able to play at this time. Wu Di no longer needs to make a cameo on the inside and start to lead the outside attack.

But the Lakers didn't have many people who could play, and Fisher was injured in this game. Jeremy Lin and Andrew are both overwhelmed.

Klay Thompson broke out in this game, and with Wu Di leading the defender away for him, he scored 24 points on 8-of-12 shooting, 4-of-6 three-pointers, and 4-of-4 free throws.

After Kobe Bryant's injury, Klay Thompson got a lot of opportunities. When the Lakers chose him, they were looking for a replacement for Kobe, and after Kobe Bryant retired, the Lakers' No. 2 position would not have no successor.

From now on, Klay Thompson is done with the task, and he is now fully capable of being the starter. Although the experience is a little immature, it is enough in terms of ability.

On the 12th, the Lakers played the Jazz back-to-back.

Last season, several of the Jazz's meritorious veterans were gone, DeLong and Oku left New Jersey, Kirilenko returned to Russia due to the suspension, plus Boozer who left before, and now the Jazz are a new team.

Millsap and Al Jefferson played the role to form an inside duo.

It's a really strong combination, and it's easy to win against a team that doesn't have a strong interior line. Millsap and Al Jefferson are both the top interior players in the league right now, supporting the Jazz as a whole.

On the 14th, the Lakers hosted the Cavaliers.

Bynum put down his rhetoric before the game, saying that the Lakers traded him was a bad decision, and he must lead the Cavaliers to a victory over the Lakers today to let the Lakers know how strong he is.

After Bynum went to the knights, he did not change his arrogant side. The cooperation between him and the champion Kelly Irving is quite pleasant, and he has more players in the Cavaliers, and his average points per game have soared to more than 20 all of a sudden, which is 7 or 8 points more than in the Lakers, and he has to reduce his arrogant nature.