Chapter 157: Another Wave of Three Consecutive Defeats
After the battle with the Celtics, teams across the league seem to have found a way to deal with Wang Meng, cut off his passing route, let him fall into infinite singles, and then find a strong single defense player to consume his physical strength, which is the Jordan rule that Jordan used to deal with Jordan when Jordan was led by the Bulls alone, and is now used to deal with Wang Meng, which has shown that Wang Meng's status has been directly improved, from a situation that is regarded as a rookie by each team to Jordan in the eyes of every team.
The Hornets simply ushered in a wave of three consecutive defeats again, losing to the Pacers at home, Wang Meng scored 45 points and 6 assists, all of which were sent out after opening his eyes. Lost to the Hawks away, Wang Meng scored 41 points and 5 assists, Wang Meng scored 40+ in three consecutive games, but the number of assists was not double-doubled, and the team still lost.
The Hornets now have Jordan-style Wang Meng, but there is still a lack of an excellent Pippen, at least the 31-year-old Gasol is not Pippen, Gasol is one of the underrated superstars in the league, his excellent basketball IQ allows him to have good passing skills, excellent low-post single skills, but Gasol's only suitable tactics for players like Gasol are triangle tactics, and he did not prove himself when he was the boss of the Grizzlies, and he did not average 20+10 data per game for several seasons.
When King Wasp was targeted, it was difficult for Gasol to stand up and help Wang Meng, partly because he did it on purpose, in order to make a mess, and partly because Gasol couldn't do it.
In the three games he lost, Gasol averaged 18 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists per game, and his performance was decent.
As for the other players, Okafor's offensive ability is too poor, and he can only grab offensive rebounds and attack twice, and it is better after Gasol, and the interior offense is handed over to Gasol, and Okafor can obediently grab rebounds and defend.
And the point guard Belinelli is a very qualified point grabbing player, he can average 12 points per game when he starts this season, but this is all after the vacancy or Wang Meng's assist, his reading and scoring ability is not as strong as expected, and importantly, his defense is too bad, and when facing other teams' scoring guards, he can often be scored by the opponent.
Small forward Ariza is known to many Chinese fans, although the defense is okay and the physical fitness is good, but the offensive ability as a small forward is weak, a little unqualified, a little bit.
And the Hornets' benches are all players whose combat effectiveness is equal to scum, without a little level, and the substitutes are in a weak position most of the time against other teams.
Although the Hornets now have Wang Meng and Gasol two All-Stars, they are still not a strong team, and can only be compared with pseudo-strong teams such as the Trail Blazers, Nuggets, and 76ers who have lost Roy.
After playing the Hawks away, the Hornets immediately flew non-stop to the next game venue, Los Angeles.
That's right, the next game against the Hornets is the Los Angeles Lakers, who now have the most terrifying lineup in the league.
And this game is a revenge battle for the return of Wang Meng and Gasol, who were traded.
Flying to Los Angeles early, in order to give the players more time to breathe, Monty wants to win this game, and he also wants to win against Phil Jackson, the legendary coach, to show his strength, so he attaches great importance to this game and starts to set up tactics early.
Wang Meng's players took a day off and rested.
Wang Meng knows that Taylor is in Los Angeles now, and Taylor also knows that Wang Meng is in Los Angeles, since the last refusal, it can't be regarded as a refusal, I don't know how to describe Wang Meng, but since that time, Wang Meng has been very embarrassed, I don't know how to face Taylor, but Taylor is the same as usual, how to do or what. Not long after Wang Meng got off the plane, he received a call from Taylor.
"Where?" Taylor's voice on the phone was still sweet and moving.
"Just got off the plane." Wang Meng glanced at Gasol Okafor and the others who were gathered around, ran to a corner and said.
"It's been a long time since I've been back to Los Angeles, but the team here is yours." Taylor said.
Wang Meng shook his head, "It's not mine, it's Kobe's, I'm just a passerby, the Lakers will always have only one owner, Kobe, the Lakers will not give up Kobe, even if he is old." ”
"Say whatever you want, the game is the day after tomorrow, do you have any arrangements for tonight?" Taylor dropped the topic and asked.
"Not yet." Wang Meng thought about it, but it was really nothing, listening to Taylor's tone, it was obvious that he wanted to ask himself out, Wang Meng was not a fool, although he refused Taylor last time, but it didn't mean that he didn't like Taylor, he was just not ready to take care of her, if the beauty had an appointment Wang Meng would naturally not refuse.
As expected, hearing Wang Meng say that it was okay, Taylor's voice became obviously cheerful, "I'll go to you for a while, I'll take you out for a walk, and it can be regarded as repaying your favor for me as a tour guide in China." ”
Wang Meng told Taylor the name of the hotel where the team was staying, and then hung up the phone. Putting the phone in his bag, Wang Meng turned around and was taken aback, "What are you doing?" ”
Led by Gasol, most of the Hornets players secretly stood behind Wang Meng, stretching their ears at the waist, obviously eavesdropping.
Wang Meng is full of black lines, good guy, he has found out now that the NBA players are very boring, and even the paparazzi are tired of this kind of work, I remember that some time ago the NBA was suspended, and Howard and others invented a game of climbing the street when they had nothing to do, and posted photos of themselves lying in various places on Twitter, which was very boring.
"I heard you say the name of our hotel just now, will someone pick you up later? Who is it? Taylor? Gasol's eyebrows were curled, turning his Spanish appearance into a very obscene one.
"I'll go! Do you care about looking for it? What are you doing here? Haven't seen anyone call? Wang Meng pointed at the group of people and scolded, "And that guy on the right back!" Yes, yes, yes, just say you, what are you hiding? It's funny to wear a suit so formally and hide at the end, when I can't see you. ”
The Wasps followed Wang Meng's fingers to look at the back of them, only to see Monty poke his head out from behind, "Hehe, I'm passing by, just passing by." With that, he hurriedly ran away.
All the Hornets players are petrified.
Wang Meng wiped the sweat on his head, it turned out that the head coach also had a paparazzi heart