209. "King of the Alliance"
Leonard protected the ball with a pair of big hands, Liu Ren did not rush to steal, but pressed Leonard to force him to go from the bottom road, Antetokounmpo made a palm from the inside to force Leonard to the basket and fanned away. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Liu Ren once again defended Leonard!
Kobe Bryant grabbed the ball, and the Spurs retreated so quickly that they didn't give the Lakers a chance to counterattack.
But apparently, the Lakers are once again taking the initiative back into their own hands!
The last attack before half-time! 19 seconds left!
Kobe Bryant advanced to the front court and took the initiative to give the ball to Liu Ren, and the last pass to press the whistle was unimaginable that Kobe would do this a year ago.
Liu Ren's dribbling consumes time, Leonard is not sticking up to defend now, and it is not a breakthrough at all when he retreats, and now he is very embarrassed, and his self-confidence is about to be lost by Liu Ren.
Leonard's confidence on the offensive end was shattered, and the defense began to doubt whether he could do it.
With 8 seconds left, Liu Ren started to attack, beckoning Antetokounmpo to come out and block the demolition.
Leonard hurriedly bypassed Antetokounmpo and wanted to block Liu Ren's breakthrough, but Liu Ren's call for Antetokounmpo to come out to block and dismantle was just a cover!
Liu Ren shot directly outside the three-point line!
Hit!
With Mills missing a three-point shot at halftime, the Lakers ended the half with an 11-point lead at 73-62!
Leonard looked at Liu Ren and his teammates with a blank look and high-fived in celebration, he now feels that he is too much inferior to Liu Ren! Liu Ren gave him a feeling that he couldn't surpass!
After the start of the second half, the Lakers took advantage of the victory to chase down, and D'Antoni directly sent Nash to take McCollum, Liu Ren, Antetokounmpo, and Whiteside to play and run.
Popovich pressed Leonard on the bench again, continued to rest the troika, and used the bench lineup to compete with the Lakers, the process of today's game was completely out of his plan, he was ready to think about what was wrong today, the most important thing is Leonard, he has to re-plan the plan, as for the outcome of today's game, it is no longer within his care, in his opinion, this game is just a regular season, and if you lose, you lose.
Without Leonard, without Duncan, no one on the Spurs' side could stop Liu Ren.
The third quarter became Liu Ren's show time, constantly using his running ability to impact the basket, Nash's pass always reached him when he was most comfortable, and he only needed to put the ball in the basket.
After the third quarter, the Lakers led by 20 points at 109-89!
In the final quarter, Popovich happily switched to a pure bench and gave up the game, apparently he was not interested in today's game, and in the end, the Lakers beat the Spurs 125-110 to avoid a three-game losing streak.
After the game, Popovich refused to be interviewed, urgently called a team meeting, and was about to go to the playoffs, and the most important point on his outside line went wrong, and he was not in the mood to care about what happened to the press.
With 25 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Liu Ren's statistics today were average, but the media began to brag about his beating of Leonard on both offensive and defensive ends, and his shooting percentage of 11 of 15 was quite good.
On the other hand, the highly anticipated Leonard scored 2 points on free throws with only 2 points on 0-of-11 shooting, and he made a quick decision!
Especially in today's game, the league specially arranged a large number of live broadcast resources, so that Liu Ren had a good show.
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NBA Headquarters.
NBA Vice President Mark Tatum was a little surprised when he took the new plan book that Adam Silva handed him.
"Adam, are you really going to do this? If Liu hadn't resisted the pressure, would it ruin him? NBA Vice President Mark Tatum was hesitant.
"The day will come when Liu will replace Kobe Bryant as the NBA's signature, and I was going to go over it slowly, but now I have to do it, the Clippers incident came so suddenly, we can only find a new topic to divert people's attention. Let's hope Liu can resist these pressures, he did well today. "Adam Silva is also helpless.
Mark Tatum, the new vice president of the NBA, who has one-eighth Chinese ancestry, has a special affection for Liu Ren, a Chinese player with a trace of the same blood, but now that the NBA is not in good shape, he can only do so.
Mark Tatum nodded: "I understand, but I think to divert the attention of the Sterling incident is to start with the Clippers themselves and solve this hidden danger as soon as possible." ”
"Don't worry, Mark, I don't think this kid is as fragile as you think, and that day is going to come sooner or later when he's going to become a Lakers signature or even an icon in the league......"
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On March 21, 2014, the NBA's official website headline reported the Lakers' victory over the Spurs, and the headline name was very eye-catching.
Defeat all the strong teams, the new king of the league! 》
Liu Ren was a little flattered to see his photo being put on the homepage of the official website, he didn't even notice that he had beaten all teams except the 76ers, and the other 28 teams except the 76ers this season have lost to Liu Ren this year, including the double defeat of last season's champion Heat!
At the same time, the latest official MVP ranking Liu Ren ranks first! It's unbelievably abrupt!
If Liu Ren knew that the new president Adam Silva was "killing" him, he would definitely compare this bald head with the previous Jewish president to see who was more "cheap".
For a while, all the fans' attention was attracted to Liu Ren, and all walks of life received mixed reviews.
Lakers fans are naturally singing praises, Kobe Bryant took the initiative to give up power to Liu Ren, and the fans he accumulated naturally would not go against his idol and supported Liu Ren one after another.
But other fans are different, in the eyes of other fans, the title of the king of the league can't fall on Liu Ren!
The superstars obviously won't run out to make a fuss because of this, it's too embarrassing to do so, and in an interview, they only said that Liu Ren is very powerful and can't wait to fight Liu Ren, which means that they are obviously unconvinced.
The league is now clearly trying to attract attention to Liu Ren, and if Liu Ren resists this wave of pressure, it is very likely that he will actually become a superstar. But no one wants to be Liu Ren's stepping stone, James and others don't say it, because they can't afford to lose that person, but they are ready to prove themselves with their strength.
"Beat the Spurs once and become the king of the league? Didn't the league remember that the Lakers had lost their previous two meetings with the Spurs? They only beat other teams once in the regular season, and the Magic did it in 2010. I'm not saying Liu is bad, but he's never proven himself in the playoffs, he's not good enough to be better than other superstars, he's just a rookie who has just stepped into the field. ”
"The King of the Alliance? LeBron is the best player in the league, whether it is scoring rebounds or assists, LeBron is better than Liu, is this MVP ranking a joke? ”
But the Heat's famously big-mouth point guard Mario Chalmers squirted.