Chapter 67: A Wave of Six Consecutive Victories
The Lakers have begun to gradually suppress the Rockets' offense, less than three minutes into the fourth quarter, the Rockets overtook the score, although the Lakers were still able to maintain a stable scoring efficiency, but in the face of the Rockets who lost Drexler and Barkley, they still gradually lost the ability to resist. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
As the Rockets pulled the score wider and wider, the game gradually lost its suspense.
110:98,
The Lakers lost by 12 points.
Tony angrily threw the towel on his head aside, he cut 31 points, 13 rebounds and 5 blocks today, suppressing Olajuwon's 23 points, 12 rebounds and 5 blocks, but this could not bring the team victory, and even the best statistics were in vain.
But Harris's anger paid off.
The Lakers won the next games against the New Jersey Nets, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers, and Toronto Raptors, playing a wave of four consecutive wins.
In the game with the Clippers, the Lakers almost fell behind, but in the last three minutes, Kobe Bryant scored consecutive points to help the Lakers complete the comeback, and Fisher assisted Toney's aerial relay to seal the victory.
The Lakers will usher in four consecutive road games next, and this wave of consecutive wins has boosted the morale of the whole team, which obviously has played a great positive role for the Lakers.
On March 17, the day after the Lakers defeated the Raptors at home, they flew to Denver to challenge the Nuggets back-to-back.
The Lakers' momentum is very good, even in a place like Denver, they still play an excellent state, Kobe Bryant played 34 minutes and scored 30 points on 11-of-18 shooting while also delivering 9 assists, setting a career-high record, and Tony played 31 minutes, 10 of 16 shots and also cut 21 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block, his presence is the patron saint of the Lakers under the basket, and the Lakers also beat the Nuggets 113-94.
Two days later, the Lakers challenged the Cleveland Cavaliers, who still easily beat the Cavaliers 89-76.
Bryant played 39 minutes, he scored 25 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist on 9-of-18 shooting, and Tony played 42 minutes with 10 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists, and although it looks mediocre, 7 of his 12 rebounds are offensive rebounds.
In this way, it is undoubtedly very scary.
It's also worth mentioning that the Lakers' other rookie this year also played a beautiful game in this game, with 10 points and 11 assists on 4-of-12 shooting, which was the first double-double of his career so far.
With this victory, the Lakers also extended their winning streak to six.
But their winning streak ended there.
The next day, the Lakers flew to Miami to challenge the Heat back-to-back.
The Miami Heat have a 49-17 record so far this season, and a win would put them on to a 50-win club. However, Alonzo Mourning's absence greatly reduced the strength of the Heat, but the team's second leader Tim Hardaway stepped up in this game, he played a full 48 minutes, 10-of-18 shooting, 25 points and 14 assists, with home court advantage, the Heat still played very bravely.
Although it was back-to-back away from home, the Lakers did not give up because of this, and the Heat basket without Mourning almost became Tony's world, he scored 24 points and 15 boards in the game, and the Lakers also relied on Tony's advantage to continue to bite the score. Kobe Bryant didn't play well in this game, he only scored 11 points on 5-of-17 shooting.
The Lakers fought to the end, and by the last seven seconds of the game, they were only one point behind.
Unfortunately, Bryant missed the last shot, and the Lakers missed a chance to win seven in a row. They lost to the Heat 97-98.
Although there are some regrets, the Lakers are also satisfied, and they don't have time to regret because they have a tricky opponent to deal with next.
On March 23, local time in the United States, the Lakers challenged the Orlando Magic away.
"Tony is a cute big guy, I love him, he's one of the best interior players in the league, and hopefully I won't be beaten by him in this game." O'Neal had a funny smile on his face to the reporters he was interviewing before the game, and his burgeoning personality made him a favorite of the media because he was good at creating buzz, a quality that a superstar must have.
"But Shaq, if I'm not mistaken, the last time you said Tony wasn't even qualified to be your opponent." The atmosphere of the scene was very relaxed under O'Neill's adjustment, and a reporter stood up and pretended to be serious.
"Aha, did I say that?" O'Neill scratched his massive head, feigning amnesia.
“......”
The game took place at 6 p.m. that night, and players from both sides entered the field early, and they warmed up on the field.
Tony saw O'Neal on the other side dancing with his teammates, which made him feel funny, such a huge fat man danced, and it was full of funny feelings everywhere.
O'Neill also saw Tony's eyes drifting here, and he grimaced at Tony.
What a fun guy! Tony resisted the urge to laugh and thought to himself.
"Hey! Tony! It's been a long time since I said goodbye to Los Angeles, how about the restaurant I left for you? O'Neal quickly threw off his teammates and walked over to Tony, who walked up to Tony and gave him a hard hug.
"Haha, Shaq, I forgot to thank you so much, the girl you introduced last time was just amazing, and now Kobe Bryant is not loving with her, and I don't have to worry about his life's events anymore." Tony said half-jokingly, half-seriously, "Speaking of that restaurant, I've been so busy with games lately that I really haven't paid much attention to it." ”
"It's okay, you just have to sit and wait for the money to be collected, the game matters!" Speaking of this, O'Neal suddenly showed a lewd smile, "Let's finally see each other, after the game is over, I'll take you to a fun place, I know Orlando well!" ”
Seeing O'Neill's expression, Tony couldn't help but laugh dumbly, of course he knew what O'Neill was talking about, it was nothing more than a nightclub or something.
"Okay Shaq, let's focus on the game later, play with women all day long or something, be careful that people are hollowed out." After Tony finished speaking, he caught the ball thrown by his teammate, trotted two steps to the three-point line, raised his hand and shot, and the basketball obediently hit.
Shaq's eyes lit up, and Toney's three-point shot made him envious.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Los Angeles Lakers and Orlando Magic game, the biggest attraction of the day is the matchup between Shaq and that Lakers star named Marles. The game is about to begin, so let's take a look at the lineups of both sides. ”