Chapter 38: The Lakers who lost four in a row

The loss to the Bulls on the road was not the Lakers' final loss, as the Lakers faced the Grizzlies on January 24, and the Lakers ushered in their fourth loss, with Howard leaving the game early with a recurrence of a shoulder injury. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the beginning of the first quarter, Randolph was blocked by Artest, and then he was stealed, Ye Feng sent two assists in a row, and the visiting team started the game 6-0.

It was rumored that Guy of the Lakers could be traded to stabilize the army's heart, Kobe Bryant responded with a jumper, Randolph and Conley scored 4 points in a row to narrow the difference to 1 point, Randolph and Haddadi were whistled for offensive fouls, the Lakers offense was a little flustered, Arthur hit two shots in a row, and the Grizzlies used a 6-0 attack wave to overtake the score.

Kobe Bryant's jump shot stabilized the army's heart, Bayless and Arthur shot again, Kobe turned on the personal attack mode, and the Lakers regained the initiative, Guy made Kobe Bryant foul and hit both free throws, Rotten missed the whistle, and the Grizzlies led 24-23.

The two sides played evenly in the first quarter, at the beginning of the second quarter, Gasol assisted Artest to hit a three-point shot, and then made a layup himself, the Lakers overtook the score, Conley scored 4 points in a row, the Grizzlies were demoralized and played a 9-2 attack wave, Haddadi blocked Howard's layup, Rotten scored one after another, Gasol Jr. and Tony Allen were the icing on the cake, the Lakers made consecutive mistakes, and the Grizzlies took the opportunity to play a 9-0 attack wave to extend the advantage to 13 points.

Ye Feng struggled to shoot two points under the defense of defensive titan Tony Allen, Artest three-point shot hollow into the net, Clark and Kobe Bryant made contributions successively, the Lakers responded 7-0, narrowing the gap to 7 points, Gasol hit both free throws, Guy was blocked by Artay, but in the last 6.7 seconds hit a three-pointer, the Grizzlies led 59-50 in the first half, Howard took the initiative to call a timeout for treatment in this quarter because of shoulder pain, Kobe Bryant shot 7 of 9 in the first half.

In the rematch, Kobe Bryant scored 6 points in a row to narrow the gap to 3 points, Tony Allen responded with two shots in time, and the competition between the two sides entered a white heat, Kobe Bryant's difficult shot was hit again, and Atay hit another three points in 6 minutes and 28 seconds, 63-67.

The Grizzlies responded with a 6-0 offensive run and extended the advantage to double digits again, Artey hit a key three-pointer, Kobe Bryant made two foul shots, but then the difficult shot was blocked by Gay, Arthur scored 6 points in a row, the Grizzlies gradually extended the advantage to 12 points, Meeks received a three-point assist from Kobe Bryant at 32.1 seconds, Rotten was blocked on a jumper, and the Grizzlies led 83-73 into the final quarter.

In the fourth quarter, the Lakers scored only 5 points in the first 6 minutes, Kobe Bryant complained that the referee was whistled for a technical foul, Arthur scored 6 points in a row, Gasol Jr. hit a jumper, and then assisted Bayless to score a dunk, the home team led by 17 points, the Lakers were in danger, Kobe and Gasol made all 4 free throws, but the Grizzlies played an 8-2 attack wave under the leadership of Randolph to extend the advantage to 21 points, and the game lost suspense.

Howard's injury stance in this game was undoubtedly extremely fatal for the Lakers, and Pau Gasol on the inside was difficult to play an effective offense against the defense of Gasol Jr. and Randolph.

Kobe Bryant scored 29 points and 3 assists on 11-of-23 shooting, the Lakers scored 4 double-doubles, Artest had 15 points and 3 blocks, Clark had 11 points and 9 boards, Howard scored 2 points and 2 boards on 0-of-4 shooting, and Ye Feng had 7 points and 8 assists. Off the bench, Gasol had 13 points and eight rebounds, and Meeks had nine points.

Unexpectedly, the Lakers just ushered in a three-game winning streak followed by a painful four-game losing streak, losing to the Heat, Raptors, Bulls, and Grizzlies, which made Lakers fans no longer have expectations about whether the Lakers can reach the playoffs, and may have to wait until next year.

Although the Lakers have lost four in a row, Ye Feng's performance in these games is still remarkable, in the NBA stage, consecutive wins and consecutive defeats are inevitable, what the current Lakers need is to adjust their own state, ready for the next game, sooner or later will win!

Ye Feng, who returned home, felt tired physically and mentally, it turned out that the feeling of losing was so bad, I don't know why I desperately wanted to play to save the team but it still had no effect, and even his performance began to be poor, which made Ye Feng a little confused, Ye Feng took a cold shower, the cold water flowed through Ye Feng's streamlined body, what mermaid line eight-pack abs are all perfectly displayed on Ye Feng's body, it is simply a body that can only be possessed by a perfect fitness coach!

Ye Feng's mind kept thinking about his realization in these few games, Ye Feng judged his performance from an objective point of view, and found that in fact, his performance was okay, at least a qualified starter, as for the leader of the team, the current leader of the Lakers is Kobe Bryant, Ye Feng is still far away!

And the current Lakers not only have a bad record, but also have many contradictions within the team! Gasol and De D'Antoni quarreled over the starting bench, Kobe Bryant's confusion over whether to shoot or pass, and Howard began to complain about shooting problems in the last game.

Bryant is not without seeking a connection with his teammates, but the change is extremely subtle, and the use of Kobe Bryant has reached the limit and there are deviations, D'Antoni lets everyone pass the ball and everyone attack, but he has complained that "no one goes to defend and thinks about one-on-one", and he does not have a set of defensive tactics that work.

That is to say, D'Antoni completely severed the connection between Kobe and his teammates, Kobe even sometimes passed the ball just to prove that he passed, whether it was a chance or not is no longer important, so in the second half Kobe had to turn on the offensive mode, the embarrassing thing is that Kobe Bryant played well and his teammates played badly, incompatibility shows that the Lakers' current tactics, state and mentality have been unbalanced, Kobe Bryant, who scored 29 points, even sat with Gasol after getting off the court, looking detached.

It can be said that D'Antoni's departure is basically inevitable, D'Antoni has not been able to integrate the Lakers at all, the current Lakers team is simply a piece of loose sand, and D'Antoni will be cut by the Lakers at the latest by the end of the season.

ESPN news on January 23, Beijing time: Lakers general manager Kupchak just denied rumors that the Lakers are about to make a big trade in an interview. However, it is worth noting that he did not make a statement or promise in his speech that the team will not make a trade, which makes people still full of endless reverie about the future of the Purple and Gold.

This afternoon, ESPN was the first to report that the Lakers were considering trading "Warcraft", which caused an uproar in the industry. According to sources, the Lakers have not considered trading Howard because they firmly believe that the "Monster" will choose to renew his contract with the team after the contract expires this summer, but due to the Lakers' recent sluggish record and Howard's lack of experience in the offensive system, he is quite dissatisfied with D'Antoni's tactical arrangement, which has caused a lot of frustration, which makes the management very worried.

Against this backdrop, Lakers management is under pressure to change their minds and seriously consider the possibility of sending away "Warcraft", and the source also pointed out that Howard's delay in developing chemistry with Kobe Bryant on the offensive end is another important reason why the Purple and Gold are ready to trade him.

One of the more plausible theories is that the Lakers may trade Howard to the Mavericks and Hawks.