Chapter 204: Comeback
According to Lakers Nation reporter Mark Medina, Lakers boss Lei Lei will miss today's game between the Lakers and the Spurs due to ankle soreness.
Lakers coach Scott said he hasn't decided who to start the game in place of Lei Lei.
So far this season, Lei Lei has averaged 31.5 points, 5.3 assists, 4.8 rebounds and 2.1 steals per game.
That's 7.8 fewer points than last season, but it's shooting 59.6 percent from 54.3 last season, 5.3 percent higher than last season.
The Lakers' home game against the Spurs is about to begin. Before today's game, Lei Lei revealed a secret that many people don't know, that is, his idol turned out to be Jordan!
Lei Lei said: "MJ may not be just an idol for me, if I talk about idols, Kobe Bryant and AI are my idols, but MJ is the object I want to imitate, his physical fitness is the best in the quartile, he can play very elegant and beautiful basketball, as a player with similar physical fitness to him, he is the goal I want to be." ”
Later, Kobe Bryant heard this interview and said: "That's normal, my idol is also an MJ, we are all scrambling to imitate him, but I am the closest to him, you may not understand why he is the idol of him as a young man in 96, I want to say that there must be my influence, after all, I am his teacher, and my idol is likely to be his idol." ”
Kobe can be said to be very shameless, only very shameless to Lei Lei.
The Lakers faced the Spurs at home, and due to the absence of the core player Lei Lei again, the Lakers finally lost to the hot Spurs and lost 106-117.
After the game, Lakers head coach Scott felt that although the team lost the game, it earned everyone's respect.
"I'm proud of the team's spirit of not giving up and fighting to the end, but it takes a lot of focus to beat the Spurs," Scott said. ”
At the same time, Scott said that Brown is very focused on defense in key moments, and if he works hard, he can become a defensive stalwart like Leonard.
Mr. Popovich also praised Scott, who said: "Scott has given the team a lot of confidence this season and I am very impressed with everything he has done for this team. ”
The entire Lakers did not give up their confidence in the Spurs to win, whether it was Williams, Yi Jianlian, Clarkson, and Young, and one of them had to be mentioned was Brown.
Some fans concluded: Today Brown is very strong, maybe he wants to perform himself too much, but he has played a lot of iron, in fact, the Lakers still have a good chance today, and even surpassed the Spurs in the third quarter, and after looking at the Spurs' offensive and defensive system, I have to say, it is really coordinated and played effortlessly, which does not mean that the Lakers will not defend, on the contrary, everyone is very active in defense, but the problem is that the Lakers have not formed a good defensive system when Lei Lei does not play.
The Spurs gave people the feeling of being four or two pounds today, making good use of ingenuity, so that the Lakers just didn't need much energy. However, I have to say that this season, the Lakers have indeed made leaps and bounds from last season, and even there has been a qualitative change, the offense is the top three in the league, and the defense has also changed and improved significantly, everything is inextricably linked with Scott, and it also shows that the Lakers are a talented and capable team.
Lei Lei didn't go on today, it's a pity, if it does, at least the Lakers will not have an unclear ball in the first quarter, falling into the embarrassing situation of going it alone, and there will be no small 20 pits, the second quarter is a draw, the third quarter is super Spurs, and the fourth quarter is a stop to the Spurs, such a Laker is really exciting, looking forward to the next game against the Bulls, looking forward to Lei Lei playing, looking forward to Lei Lei playing against the Spurs and the Bulls, the future of the Lakers is to need to play one game at a time, one by one withering, and more need to play in the playoffs, because, One playoff game to 10 or more regular season games,
The Lakers don't think about anything now, play every game, improve a little bit every day, maintain a championship heart, have the Mamba spirit, and don't give up every game, even if the opponent is the Spurs, the Warriors, what, maybe in the near future, you can also beat the whole league, Lei Lei, Brown, Murray is still young!
At the end of last season, almost everyone thought the Lakers would trade or cut Nick Young before the start of the new season, but head coach Scott didn't think he would keep Nick Young and make him the team's backup point guard. The result? We have it for all to see.
However, not just others, Nick Young himself also believes that he has no chance to play for the Lakers again. Recently, he said in an interview: "I don't think I'm going to be on the team this season, I'm probably going to play somewhere else, I feel like I'm going to be traded, buyout, or cut, I think I need to look for new opportunities in another team." ”
Last season, Nick Young played in just 54 games for the Lakers, averaging 7.3 points per game. This season, he came on as a substitute for the team.
This season, in addition to the fact that the Lakers have become different, Nick Young's continued good performances reflect how hard he has worked in the offseason, and head coach Scott said he is not surprised by Nick Young's second spring.
"I'm not surprised by that, I'm expecting him to bring that performance every night, he's one of the best helpers around Lei Lei," Scott said. ”
So far, Nick Young is averaging 12.1 points per game while shooting 46.2 percent from the field and 37.9 percent from three-point range.
The team ranks fourth on the team's scoring list after Lei Lei, Howard, and Brown.
Since the last game against the Spurs, the Lakers have started the devil's schedule. The opponents are: Spurs, Bulls, Thunder and back-to-back games against the Warriors.
Although the Lakers have shown more competitiveness than ever before this season, it is still a tough test for the Lakers.
And Lakers player Callacson said the team is not afraid. "The team is not scared against the upcoming opponents, we are not afraid," he said. ”
The Lakers will continue to sit on their home court, and today's opponent is Wade's Bulls.
In the last game against Spurs, Lei Lei was sidelined due to ankle soreness. Before today's game, the team doctor and the Lakers officially confirmed that Lei Lei can play in today's game.
According to official reports, Wade and Rondo will not play today, Wade will not be able to play due to rotation, Rondo will not be available due to injury, and several big generals will also not play.
Lei Lei was very happy when he learned the news, today is the first game of his comeback, and the opposite side is actually injured and disabled, and he is sorry for his heart if he doesn't brush points!
With an average of points per game in his early 30+ this season, he doesn't want to be told by others after the game that he has regressed and is obsessed with women!