Chapter 202: Another Winning Streak
With the roster crushing, the Lakers started a winning streak from November 16. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
On December 5, the Lakers hosted the Heat. The Heat signed O'Neal Jr. at the end of last season, hoping to use O'Neal Jr. to challenge for the championship again.
However, in recent years, O'Neill Jr. has passed his peak, and he is also the 96 golden generation, and O'Neal Jr. declined earlier than others. His prime was with the Pacers, and when his form slumped, the Pacers immediately traded him.
The Heat also selected Michael Beasley last year with the No. 1 pick, and Beasley is a good player, averaging nearly 14 points per game last season, which is already a good starter.
And Beasley's defense is also good, and there is basically no problem against small forwards in general, as long as you don't play strong teams like the Lakers and Cavaliers, you can basically deal with it.
If he hadn't gotten into trouble off the field, Beasley would have been a good player. What a pity! This is a player who doesn't make people worry, and when he goes to a nightclub, he goes to a nightclub, so why fight?
Maybe he should learn from Wu Di, many NBA players have to learn from Wu Di. Wu Di may be the player who goes to nightclubs the most, but Wu Di has never fought a single fight, and there are some questions worth pondering.
Of course, this is not the point, the point is that not only is Beasley not as good as Wu Di when he goes to nightclubs, but he is not an opponent when he plays. On the court, Wu Di can easily squeeze through Beasley and successfully enter the inside.
Wu Di enters the inside line, which is a consistent routine, someone comes out to make up for the defense and passes the inside line, and shoots by himself if he doesn't come out. Beasley was weak against Wu Di, barely able to keep up, but his strength was relatively weak and he was easily pushed out.
The difference between Wade and Kobe can be said to be half a catty, and the difference is not very big. After Wu had the advantage, the Lakers began to play around Wu Di, and of course Kobe Bryant would also play around Kobe if he had an advantage.
In this game, Wade did not break out, and the Heat could not defeat the Lakers on the lineup alone, and surrendered six minutes early.
After the victory over the Heat, the Lakers won nine in a row.
On the 7th, the Lakers continued to play at home, facing the Suns. With the experience of playing against the Suns before, the Zen master reused Pekovic this time and let Pekovic start to defend Xiaosi.
This move had an immediate effect, the two belong to the same type of interior line, although Pekovic's attack distance is closer, but there is no problem defensively, his speed can keep up with Xiao Si, Xiao Si wants to cut the inside line much more difficult.
Without Xiao Si, the Sun's run is a bit difficult to fight. Smalls is not only a scorer, but also a rebounding guarantee for the Suns. Run-and-gun tactics are not only about being fast, but also about stable scoring ability and protection of rebounding, so it's useless not to hit fast.
Kobe Bryant personally defended Nash, and Nash didn't play very well in the face of Kobe's defense, so the Suns' running and bombing didn't fight, and the Lakers ended the battle in the third quarter.
With ten consecutive wins, the Lakers faced the Jazz with a big victory.
This is another underdog, and the Lakers are fighting high overall. After last year's 36-game winning streak, this 10-game winning streak didn't make them feel tired at all, and then can they be tired last year?
The Jazz's roster hasn't changed much in a few years, and they've gone a similar line with the Spurs in recent years, drafting their own drafts and rarely making trades.
The Jazz starters are still Oku, Boozer, Brewer, Kirilenko, and Delon. This season, Kirilenko did not simply come off the bench, but began to enter the starting line-up, starting one game with Matthews.
Kirilenko's form has also declined in the past two years, and these stars who have been famous for many years have begun to enter the end of their careers, although they can still rely on their will to be strong, but their physical feedback has been much slower.
Kirilenko defended Kobe, and Wu Di had no one to restrict, and the Jazz once again planted Wu Di's hands, adding another game to the Lakers' winning streak.
On the 12th, the Lakers hosted the Timberwolves. The Timberwolves are now completely a youth army. The new wolf king Al Jefferson is the '04 pick, the other four starters are not as big as Al Jefferson, Kevin Love was a rookie last year, Jonny Flynn is a rookie this year Corey Brewer '07 pick, and Ryan Gomez '05 is a rookie.
Such a lineup looks like the Timberwolves should be very dynamic, but I don't know why, the Timberwolves' record is much worse, and it is far from the other youth army bulls.
Ryan Gomez is a non-regular player with a good record, but his style of play is more on the inside. He came to defend Wu Di and played some unexpected roles.
Wu Di was not in a very good state this day, his hand felt cold, and he couldn't open the outside line, so he could only break through the inside line. As a result, Ryan Gomez forced Wu Di to stay outside the penalty area, and after Wu Di tried a few times, he handed the ball to Kobe Bryant to play.
This is the first time that Wu Di has been confined this season, which has surprised many people. Timberwolves fans immediately gave Ryan Gomez a round of applause and cheers, as if Ryan Gomez was already a superstar.
In fact, Ryan Gomez is just a role player, and his style of play is not destined for him to achieve much. As long as people get used to his style of play, his inconsistency will be embarrassing.
Wu Di was restricted, and Kobe Bryant took the ball back for the first time. He was so excited that he broke through Cory Brewer one after another.
Kobe Bryant has really been held back for a long time, he hasn't played as he wants for a month, and he is completely crazy in this game. Cory Brewer couldn't restrain him at all, and no one else dared to trap him.
Wu Di, who has the worst feel on the court, the Timberwolves dare not let go, even if the feel is not good, Wu Di still has a strong lethality.
The Timberwolves' youth army is not playing fast, and even the old fish can keep up with the Timberwolves' offensive speed, and the Lakers have no reason to lose at all.
On the 13th, the Lakers played the Jazz back-to-back and started a five-game trip.
In this game, Wu Di's magical feel recovered most of it, and Jazz once again fell into the hands of Wu Di alone, which further confirmed the nickname of Sir Wu Di's nemesis.
Although the nickname Jazz nemesis has been removed by the system, fans don't know that the next day the media reported reports such as "Jazz nemesis is back in power, and the Lakers beat the Jazz twice".
On the 16th, the Lakers visited the Bulls away, and the Bulls began to cultivate the Windy City Roses in an all-round way this season, and Rose was also very competitive, and he averaged more than 20 points per game, showing a star image.
However, the Bulls are still very immature, and Rose is also immature, and the veteran Kobe Bryant taught Rose a lesson, continuously preventing Rose's breakthroughs, and Rose scored half less than before.
Rose's shortcomings are too obvious, and as long as he prevents his breakthrough, he has no other means of scoring. Even if such a player becomes a superstar, the lineup will be very limited, and there needs to be an inside line to open up space for him.
And now the Bulls inside line, only Lore Deng meets this condition, and Joakin Noah's mid-range shot is relatively weak and can be properly released.