Chapter 856: Steel Knee and Quest Rewards

"It's a pity to lose this game, we had a chance to win, but after taking the lead in the third quarter, the Lakers quickly overtook the score, Kobe's dunk was very beautiful, he was defended by Ragabel very hard throughout the game, but he was still able to score, the Lakers' other outside players are the same, in this game their offense basically does not go to the basket and all are projected on the perimeter, I can only say that their shooting percentage in this game is very good, but I think the next time we meet, They're not going to have that kind of luck."

Popovich is a little depressed, that's a must, it's a hard thing to be beaten by a team without a center, although the Spurs' current interior line is not known for tonnage, and even the whole team is playing small-ball tactics, and the team's interior hardness is only Duncan, but there is no doubt that even only Duncan is stronger than the Lakers, in this case, with the addition of their team's good outside strength, it can be said that the Spurs can beat the Lakers at home.

At least in his own opinion, this is completely possible, and they do have this opportunity during the game, although I don't know why Zhuang Fei has been suppressing the desire of Lakers players to impact the inside line in this game, but there is no doubt that the Lakers are indeed afraid of Duncan's ability, so in this case, the Spurs forced the Lakers to change their playing style, and even if they changed their playing style, the Lakers were able to score 120 points in this game, This level of offense also made Popovich a little frightened.

Of course, for him, the Lakers and Zhuang Fei all this he attributed to dribbling. The Lakers had a lot of luck in this game. Outside players have a high shooting percentage. Even under Ragabel's defense, Kobe's shooting rate is still over fifty percent, but luck is luck, the Lakers' ability to create opportunities is really strong, and they can create so many opportunities in such a small space on the periphery, and the strength of this team is not simple.

So although Popovich does not admit defeat in his mouth, he is already vigilant in his heart, and this Laker is likely to be the second threat to the Spurs in the West this season. For Popovich, who wants to return to the Finals and win the championship again, he must break through from the West, and the only team that can pose a threat to him in the West is the current Lakers, except for the Timberwolves.

Of course, in the face of Popovich's accusation that his team did not challenge Duncan inside in this game, Zhuang Fei listened and laughed on the side, letting the Lakers players break through to play Duncan? Zhuang Fei's brain is not stupid, he can't do this kind of thing to send people block data, in fact, judging from Kobe's dunk in the third quarter that changed the trend of the third quarter and even changed the trend of the game, Zhuang Fei's approach is extremely correct, and Duncan's defense in this game is simply invincible.

Able to be a man who can also fly one and two fans after being deceived by Paul and lost his position, Josh Smith. In this case, whether it is Kobe. Hardaway or Hill doesn't have much chance of winning on the inside, and the Lakers' offense will be a mess at that time, so isn't it better to float outside? And with the ability of players like the Lakers, even if they are floating outside, it will be difficult for the Spurs players to completely block them.

"Duncan only had one block in this game? It wasn't the key point of the game, he was the best player in the game, he scored 44 points, grabbed 20 rebounds, and had six assists, and for us, Duncan was perfect, and the defeat didn't have much to do with him, and of course, for us this game was just one of the 82 regular season games, so the win or loss of this game doesn't change much of anything, so you don't have to take it too seriously."

As the post-game press conference progressed, the Spurs head coach's face also became indifferent, which also made Zhuang Fei on the side a little surprised, but soon Zhuang Fei thought that this guy must have a backhand, just like Popovich knows Zhuang Fei very well, Zhuang Fei also knows the Spurs head coach very well, if this guy really admits defeat, he really thinks that this is a regular season game, the reason why he doesn't care about the outcome of this game now, That's because this guy is sure that he will be able to get it all back in the future games or playoffs, and Zhuang Fei also fell into deep thought when he thought of this.

"Mr. Zhuang, before this game, almost everyone didn't think that you could beat Spurs away, did you think that this would be the result before this game?"

And just when Zhuang Fei was in deep thought, the reporters in the audience also began to ask questions, which also made Zhuang Fei come back to his senses a little, and then looked at the audience with a smile again, looking like everything was expected by him.

"Of course, I've always said that my team is able to win all the games, and for me, it's normal for my team to win any game, because that's what we're looking for, we want to be able to win all the games, at any time, and of course, as for what you guys say other people's opinions it's not that important because it's never them, like there should be a lot of people among you who wrote the press release for this game in advance, Maybe we have a lot more influence on you than you have on us."

After Zhuang Fei finished speaking, the following reporters were also slightly stunned after hearing Zhuang Fei's words, and they were all a little embarrassed, and at this time, Popovich, who had been at odds with Zhuang Fei, also wanted to laugh in his heart, in fact, he didn't like these reporters either, but many times he couldn't be as outspoken as Zhuang Fei, in the NBA, even in the face of reporters, not everyone is qualified to be like Zhuang Fei, so the whole NBA can fight against reporters is only Zhuang Fei.

"Didn't defend Duncan in this game? Why should we defend Duncan? As long as the game is won't be enough, even if Duncan can score 100 points in this game, and the victory in this game is ours, I don't mind, and for us, Duncan's performance is expected, as you said, our team does have problems inside, and there are still big problems, but we can make up for it with other aspects. So that's it. I don't think Mr. Popovich had thought about letting our perimeter players add up to less than 50 points before this game."

At the end, Zhuang Fei also looked at Popovich on the side. This also made Popovich a little ugly, Duncan broke out again in this game, which is naturally related to the Lakers' lineup shortcomings, but Zhuang Fei didn't intend to deny anything, but these reporters still seized on this point to say that Zhuang Fei and the Lakers' victory was not convincing, or as Popovich said, the Lakers' victory in this game was luck, but obviously, Zhuang Fei did not agree with this view.

"Webb was outstanding. I've always said he's going to be one of our biggest players this season, he's got that quality, he scored 10 points in this game, that's not a lot of points, and in fact he's only averaged just over 12 points per game all season, and for us, he's not here for the Lakers, he's the rebounding champion of our team, he's 13 rebounds per game. He also grabbed 15 rebounds in this game, and he was also our team's assist leader. Although he only had 4 assists in this game, but before that, he averaged more than 10 assists per game, and he was the third-highest passer in the league, and his role is not what those scoring statistics can show, and our whole team doesn't care about his scores, as for whether you say that he can complete the feat of a triple-double in a single season, this is also not a very important thing, I think again he will not care about his personal data, as long as the team can get a good result this season, it doesn't matter if the triple-double or not"

Webb's performance in this game is a little inferior compared to the magic of the previous six games, and his average triple-double per game this game is also off the line, and now his average data per game is 12 points, 13 rebounds and 9.2 assists. Although his average data per game was dragged down by this game, especially the assist statistics, there is no doubt that the former Kings player's performance in this game still satisfied Zhuang Fei, and the same is true of this season's performance.

"Will it give Josh Smith more playing time? I will consider this, in fact, everyone on our team is extremely important, everyone has their own position in the team, since I found them to the Lakers, then they must have a role, so as long as the team needs, any of them will have the opportunity to perform, but the premise must be that they can always be ready, when the team needs them to really stand up, and this game Josh Smith did a good job, he stepped up at the most opportune time, He changed the situation in the third quarter and changed the outcome of this game and I'm happy with his performance."

After talking about those star players of the Lakers, it is clear that Josh Smith, who came off the bench to fan Duncan three times in this game, is naturally the focus of all media attention after the game, there is no doubt that the spring man of the Lakers will become famous in this game, you know, since Duncan entered the NBA, a game has never let any player block more than 2 times, and this game Josh Smith did it, and he is still a rookie, or a high school student, which is for the American media who like to make stars, This thing is a new continent.

Of course, as far as the performance of this game is concerned, Josh Smith is indeed worthy of the pursuit of these reporters, it is small to be able to give Duncan three blocks, and it is important to show his superhuman physical fitness and talent this season, this is an embryo that can become a star, as long as his ball quotient is not too low, he has no problem at all if he wants to become a star, but as a player from Oak Hill High School, the No. 1 high school in the United States, can the ball quotient be low? So, after this game, the high school student will quickly become a character in the general manager brochures of various NBA teams.

Regardless of whether the Los Angeles Lakers' win over the Spurs on the road was difficult or easy, there is no doubt that the impact of the game with 22% ratings on the second day was the most watched game in the NBA regular season for non-Christmas games, and the impact of this game was absolutely unimaginable, and almost all the important and general newspapers in the United States reported the game the most feature on the second day.

It is clear that in this game that can change the pattern of the NBA this season, the Chinese has once again disappointed most people, even despaired.

"This game is very exciting, the Lakers' performance is very targeted, they avoid the trouble they may encounter on the offensive end, of course, I have to say, Coach Z's approach is also quite bold, he changed the Lakers' usual rhythm of the game in this game, this team's offense in the game is almost all outside offense except for the fast break, especially the starting lineup, although in the third quarter Paul tried to change it, but in the end it was still unsuccessful, But fortunately, the Los Angeles Lakers still won this game."

"When the Lakers beat the Spurs in this game, I think everyone will really believe what Coach Z said that he can win the championship even if he doesn't need a center, but there is no doubt that we can expect his statement now, we don't need to look at this team with colored glasses that only brings us endless surprises, since they can beat the Spurs, then it can show that they have the strength to win the championship, maybe next June, this team can really do miracles for us."

This is the front page headline of Zhuang Fei's mouthpiece, the newspaper USA Today, the day after the game, and most of the media in the United States also chose to wait and see at this time, and did not directly criticize Zhuang Fei and the Lakers indiscriminately as before, even the New York Times, which hates Zhuang Fei the most, also threw down a sentence after this game, and did not say anything after the goodbye in New York, in fact, without a center, won seven games in a row, and defeated a team like the Spurs away, what else can be said?

Of course, after this game with the Spurs, the whole United States was hyping Zhuang Fei and the Lakers at this time, but at this time, Zhuang Fei didn't care about these things at all, because after winning this game, the task rewards given by the system also came out.

The minimum condition for the completion of the task in this game is that the Lakers cannot lose the Spurs by more than 5 points in the regular time of 48 minutes, and the Lakers won the Spurs by six points in this game, which is naturally a good completion of the task, originally Zhuang Fei thought that this task should be the completion of A-level, but in the end, what disappointed Zhuang Fei was that the completion of this task was only B+, of course, although the completion was only B+, but the reward for Zhuang Fei was good.

One is a B+ level item, the Iron Knees, and the other is a card that increases a player's strength by 5% in a match, but only for the regular season. (To be continued.) )