181. The strongest trio

"The Pacers are completely hopeless, and it's boring to think that Kobe and Nash can fight if they don't fight. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Shaq, let's discuss how you lick the Lakers and let them help you erect a statue! Barkley looked at the one-sided situation on the court and began to make fun of O'Neal.

"yes, yes, I think the fans are more interested in your things than in this game." Kenny Smith is also a bad boy, a bad boy.

O'Neill was furious: "Damn! Does Uncle Ben need to lick anyone? Uncle Ben is a Laker celebrity, and it is normal to praise his own players! One without a ring and one with a thigh ring is not qualified to talk to Uncle Ben! ”

Suddenly, O'Neill's words changed: "You say, my honor should be able to erect a statue, right?" Will an MVP and a triple crown be a bit less? ”

Kenny Smith and Barkley continued to joke about O'Neal and had no interest in the game at all.

Like the funny commentary trio, fans who watch live TV also feel sorry for their white money, and all of them have to be charged to watch live broadcasts in the United States!

Not to mention the live fans at the Pacers' home court, this year's Pacers ticket price ranks second in the East, second only to the Heat, and although the price is expensive before the All-Star, it is worth the ticket price for every game! At that time, it was on the way to breaking the 72-win record.

But now, the Pacers have won a wave of 7 consecutive losses after the All-Star break, and Hibbert has scored no more than 5 points in 4 consecutive games, and he is as slow as an old man on the court.

David West averaged 19 points and 7 boards per game in 28 minutes of playing time before the All-Star, and plummeted to an average of 12 points and 5 boards per game after the All-Star.

It's the same with the substitutes who were originally called bench bandits, one by one, as if they had finished a season, and they looked tired as soon as they came on the court.

The Pacers averaged 102 points per game before the All-Star Games, and only 79 points per game in the seven games after the All-Star, a difference of more than 20 points!

When Liu Ren encountered such a pacer, he naturally beat the water dogs, frantically impacted the opponent's inside, could dunk and never made a layup, and scored 41 points at halftime to put the game into garbage time.

Liu Ren scored 41 points in the half, and the Pacers only scored 39 points in the half......

Originally, Liu Ren still had some doubts about whether the Pacers would fall to the bottom, but now he is sure that the whole Pacers team will automatically start the "offseason".

He expects the Pacers to regain some of the stamina and energy they used up for most of the previous season until April, as he remembers, to regain some of their form.

As for how many can be found, it's really hard to say, Liu Ren remembers that the Pacers still reached the Eastern Conference Finals this season and consumed a lot of heat, after all, other teams in the East are too bad.

In fact, Liu Ren now hopes that the Pacers will find their form as soon as possible and create more trouble for the Heat in the playoffs, he thinks that if his team reaches the Finals, although the Spurs are strong, they are not weak!

115-90, the Lakers did not give the Pacers a chance in the second half, or the whole team is in a slump and can't seize the opportunity at all, the Lakers easily won two consecutive wins, and the record became 42-15, second only to the Spurs at 46-11, and continue to rank second in the league!

The Lakers' schedule this season has been brutal and continued to be brutal in March, with 15 games left after the Pacers.

And this was followed by 4 consecutive back-to-backs, which was even worse than at the end of last month.

The Lakers flew straight to Portland the day after playing the Pacers to prepare for the next game on the road to take on the Trail Blazers.

Although No. 2 and No. 3 did not play, the Lakers decided to go straight to Portland to avoid injuries due to the tiredness of the players who flew for two days in a row.

Liu Ren wanted to kill every time he saw the schedule, No. 4 and No. 5 played the Trail Blazers and Pelicans back-to-back, No. 7 and No. 8 played the Clippers Nuggets back-to-back, No. 10 and No. 11 played the Thunder and Kings back-to-back, then No. 14 played the Thunder, and No. 15 played the Spurs.

Look at this schedule, all the teams are very optimistic about the league before the season, and the person who arranges the schedule is damn in Liu Ren's opinion!

Although the Lakers are very careful to arrange the playing time of players and the number of appearances of veterans, bad things still come one after another.

On the afternoon of the 2nd, the Lakers arrived at the Nettner Hotel in Portland, which is the hotel opened by the "Trump" family, which has become a popular choice for US presidents since 2016 in Liu Ren's memory.

Shortly after moving in, Whiteside approached the coaching staff and said he had some knee soreness, and Nash said he had stiff calf muscles.

After the examination, the team doctor preliminarily determined that Whiteside's slight knee sprain should be affected in these confrontations with Adams, Randolph, Gasol Jr., Howard, and Hibbert.

Although the Lakers have rested Nash for a lot of games, the Lakers' schedule in the past two months has been too dense, and a 40-year-old veteran has played too many games, but it is enough to rest a lot.

Whiteside's side is because of the increasingly heavy role in the team, playing more and more fierce games with strong teams, although he has never taken on such a heavy task in his career, although he is very careful to prevent injuries, he can not spend a little more effort, but he still can't avoid injury.

"The good thing is that our injured players are almost all back, and Steve and Hassan won't have much of a problem with a period of rest, but the rebounding side is tighter." Kobe Bryant was relieved to hear that the two important teammates were fine.

Gasol grinned when he heard Kobe's words: "It's okay Kobe, isn't there still me?" I've had most of the season off and it's time for me to perform and I'll make the management feel like my contract is worth it! Right, Liu, let's grab all the rebounds together! ”

Liu Ren paused for a moment, and then smiled as well: "Of course, everything is not a problem with me and Paul!" ”

Liu Ren has a lot of confidence in Gasol, who looks so-so now, but he knows that the veteran has the best stats of all the veterans after leaving the Lakers in two years, and he is more powerful than Duncan.

In the two years of the Bulls, Gasol became a super thigh, averaging almost 18 points and 12 rebounds per game, which is better than Howard, and he also became an All-Star starter for the first time!

In Liu Ren's opinion, Gasol is no worse than Duncan and Nowitzki! Although he can't lead the team personally, as long as he has a good partner, he is the best power forward in the league!

"Eh, Liu, and me! With me, the Black Mamba is the most important! We are the strongest trio! "Bryant struggled to assert his presence.

Liu Ren and Gasol looked at each other and smiled together, Kobe Bryant is still like that! (To be continued.) )