Chapter 98: Carter Shu, Do You Look at My Slam Dunk!
Silver Steel Knees: After the player is equipped, the durability of both knees is permanently fixed at 85, and when the equipment is removed, it will be restored to its original state, and the equipment time: one week.
After equipping Carter with a steel knee, Carter's speed, burst, and bounce three physical attributes skyrocketed in an instant.
At the same time, attributes such as defensive stability, offensive stability, interior defense, outside defense, step-back jumpers, mid-range shots, three-point shots, and close-range shots also have different amplitudes.
This is easy to understand. The importance of the knee to the player is self-evident, the knee is not good, dare not exert force, not only dare not run, dare not jump, shoot, defend, all kinds of actions on the court are not dared to do.
So, after restoring Carter's knee to health, Carter's ability was adjusted directly from 86 to 90.
Among them, the speed, the burst, all reached 85, the bounce even reached 90, and even the physical strength increased by 1 point, from 84 to 85.
Some of the attribute changes that Dukang paid the most attention to, Carter's three-point increase from 88 to 90, Carter's offensive stability from 85 to 87, outside defense from 80 to 85, and defensive stability from 80 to 85.
Combined with the 43 skills that Carter now has. Carter is now the undisputed best 3D player for the Lakers.
The Lakers also finally have their first and only 3D player. Previously, the strongest 3D for the Lakers was Artest.
Well, Artest is now the kind of defective 3D, which can't be fast, and the three points are the same as the six-vein divine sword.
How can Carter's current attributes be comfortable to look at. What's more, Carter is more than just a 3D.
It's just because the Lakers have Kobe Bryant in singles and have the UAE. The organization has Nash, there is Wheat, there is Kobe. So Carter doesn't usually need him to play alone with the Lakers.
As a super all-star superstar player with an extremely comprehensive technical rating of 90, if you really want Carter to play alone, there must be nothing wrong with it.
In short, now with such a recovered Carter, the Lakers' wing is finally no longer an existence that Rudy Guy can kill casually.
"Coach, has my knee recovered forever?"
"Not really." Du Kang's words made the excited Carter a little regretful, but not disappointed, it was strange to be able to recover forever.
"However, as long as you stay with the Lakers, I will give you acupuncture after every game to ensure that your knee remains in this state until you retire, and there is no problem at all."
"Coach, you say you can maintain it until you retire?!" Du Kang saw Carter, who was excited again, and said with a smile: "Does Vince think I'm a person who likes to brag?" ”
"Of course not, you are the most honest person in the world!" See, that's not what I said myself.
Hearing Carter's undisguised praise of Du Kang at this time, the Lakers players around him looked at it one by one with real envy and jealousy.
They also want to tout Du Kang! But what, in the Lakers, even Gasol and Artest are not qualified to tout D coach now!
It can only be said that Du Kang's current MP and resources are really insufficient, and he can't benefit all players. This still makes Du Kang a little regretful.
This season, the Lakers players are so obedient, and they cut it clearly for him and Aunt Jenny's forces.
In fact, he also wants to give every player a small gift. What's more, now the 15 players of the Lakers, after Howard's favorability of him reached 80, Du Kang also achieved the achievement of all Lakers favorability to 80.
led the team to 30 consecutive wins, and has been in a big rotation during the period, the players in the Lakers team, each has the opportunity to play, and everyone has the opportunity to show themselves.
As the head coach, Du Kang has a very high internal evaluation of the Lakers.
"Coach, you even solved the UFO's knee problem, my shooting problem, when will you solve it for me......" Howard looked at Du Kang resentfully.
In other words, Howard's coquettishness to Du Kang from time to time on the training ground has become a daily routine, and the Lakers players present have long been surprised.
In fact, Howard himself didn't have much hope every time he was like this, and his shooting was indeed not so easy to solve.
Free throws, mid-range shots, three-pointers, this is the book of heaven for him. Therefore, Howard, who has finished being coquettish, is ready to accept Du Kang's 'angry reprimand' again.
But this time......
"It's coming, it's a bit of an eyebrow, Dwight, do you want to prioritize free throws, close shots, mid-range shots, or three-point shots?" Free throws, close shots, mid-range shots, three-point shots?
Free throws, of course! Coach, do you know how badly I was tortured by free throws? Just as Howard was about to blurt out, Clifford, who was next to him, pulled Howard's sleeve.
Then he made a 3 gesture at Howard.
"Coach, I'm going to improve my 3-point shooting ability! Help me design a three-point shooting method! Du Kang smiled.
"The best option, yes." For Howard, it's hard to say which is better, free throws or three-pointers.
But for the Lakers, a Howard with 85 three-point shooting is definitely more useful than a Howard with 85 free throw ability.
Howard, who has a good three-point shooting ability, can open up offensive space for the Lakers, which is more tactical significance.
Kobe, Iverson, Carter, Maddy, Nash, UAE, they will have more offensive space at that time.
"Coach, you're not going to lie to the most loyal person in the world, are you?"
"No, it won't." Du Kang finished.
"Ding, your player Dwight Howard's opinion of you has been adjusted to 85, please pay attention to check." it!
Are you so realistic? Du Kang smiled. The Silver potential card was used for Howard's three-point shooting attribute.
The next step is to use MP to improve Howard's three-point shooting attributes. Now Howard's three-point shot has potential, so the MP use is halved.
To increase Howard's three-point shot from 30 to 85, the MP required is 3000MP. Now Du Kang has gone through the first 8 games of crazy MP, and the MP on his body has 6155.
"Ding, your player Dwight Howard's three-point shooting ability attribute has been adjusted to 85, and the method of training to activate the attribute has been distributed, please pay attention to check." Training method: the person who is hated the most, the person who shoots the most, the more times you shoot and are shot, the more attributes you activate, reach 100,000 times at the same time and are shot at the same time, permanently fix 85, shoot and be shot more than times at the same time, temporarily reach 85, do not shoot each other for more than three days, and the attributes decrease a little bit every day until the true level.
"......" Seeing this training method, Du Kang was stunned. Shoot each other 100,000 times? 20 shots, let's say 2,000 shots a day, that's 100 days.
Isn't that that if Howard and Kobe don't shoot enough to each other, they will be separated, and Howard's three-point shooting will slowly return to the original point?
So...... How does this work?
"Coach, are you alright?" Howard, who had been beside Du Kang, thought that it was too difficult to teach himself to learn three points, so Du Kang couldn't do it, so he hurriedly asked with concern.
"The training method is impressive, but, Dwight, are you willing to try?" Howard found this question very strange for Du Kang.
Does this need to be asked? Of course I do! As long as you can learn three points, you can go up the knife mountain and down the sea of fire! It didn't take long for Howard to understand why the coach was asking the question.
"Bryant, Dwight, in the future, you will shoot each other with three-point shots every day, at least 500 times a day, and the upper limit is unlimited." After Dukang finished talking about Kobe Bryant and Howard together, the other Lakers players on the scene were stupid.
"Is the coach really trying to teach Dwight the three-point shot, or is it to improve the relationship between Bryant and Howard?"
"I don't know, if it was someone else, I would definitely think it was to improve the relationship, but this is the coach!"
"That's right." For a moment, the Lakers players began to whisper. Actually, Howard thinks the same way.
If it were any other head coach, he would definitely feel that he was trying to improve his relationship with Kobe.
But this is the coach! This is the coach who trained Nash's defense! Coach D who can convince him!
If it's another manager. He won't let Kobe shoot if he dies. But if it's a d coach.
"Kobe, don't be like a soft egg, pick up the ball, come, shoot me!"
"......" Farke?! Seeing Howard gritting his teeth and closing his eyes, looking like he couldn't resist and enjoyed, Kobe Bryant was stupid.
Why is this so familiar? Isn't that what I scolded him at the beginning? Thinking of this, Kobe Bryant casually picked up the basketball on the basketball stand next to him and shot at Howard.
Brush it up! Kobe Bryant felt that his three-point shot was a little stronger. Nima's Kobe, you wait for me!
Wait a minute, watch me shoot you! Bryant shot a hundred balls, and it was Howard's turn to shoot Bryant. And then...... Bang dang!
Bang dang! Bang dang! Looking at the smile on Kobe's face, Howard was stupid. The smile on Kobe's face at this time, in Howard's heart, was definitely a mocking smile.
Fack! Why is my three-point shot so bad? If my three-point shot is very good, I will definitely shoot Kobe Bryant!
After 100 shots, Howard had a lot more than he scored.
"Come on, shoot me!"
"......" Bryant was once again speechless. Looking at Kobe Bryant and Howard, who were going to train in a team at the request of Du Kang, some of the Lakers players next to him laughed like crazy.
Of course, I didn't dare to laugh directly, just laughed in my heart. After watching for a while that Howard and Kobe Bryant were indeed training seriously at their own requests, Du Kang was relieved.
Looking forward to the day when Howard's three-point shooting attribute reaches 85. As long as 10,000 mutual shots can temporarily reach 85, which is still very fast.
According to the situation of Howard and Kobe Bryant now treating each other as enemies, they shot so hard. It's about the same in a week.
"Du, can you really practice Dwight's three-point shot?"
"What does Steve think?"
"I'm really looking forward to the day when Du will take us to the top of the NBA championship." Clifford didn't answer positively, but the answer was self-evident.
"Du, before I became your assistant coach, I never thought that one day I would be the coach of a team with a 30-game winning streak in the NBA, do you know the difference between a 30-game winning streak and a 20-game winning streak?" Clifford looked at Du Kang respectfully.
Du Kang nodded.
"I know that all the teams in the NBA that have reached 30 consecutive wins in the regular season have won the championship in the end." Yes, including this Lakers, there are two teams with 30 wins in NBA history.
The last one has already won the championship. Therefore, when the Lakers led by Du Kang achieved a 30-game winning streak in the regular season, public opinion across the United States changed.
Before the Lakers' three-game winning streak, few teams would have linked the Lakers to the championship. As long as the head is not dizzy, no one will believe that such a group of veteran teams can finally reach the finals and win the championship.
There is no theoretical backing up. But now, everything is different. There is no need for theoretical support, and 30 consecutive wins is the best support basis.
Just like a team that becomes the second team to win more than 70 wins in the regular season, this team, if it doesn't win the championship, it is a failure.
Which is more valuable, the second team with 30 consecutive wins or the second team with 70 wins?
Maybe a 30-game winning streak will be on top of 70. Therefore, after the Lakers have won 30 consecutive victories, even those media who do not believe that the Lakers can win the championship will finally bring out the possibility of the Lakers winning the championship for everyone to discuss.
You don't believe the Lakers can compete for a championship. But it's impossible to shy away from the possibility of the Lakers competing for a championship right now.
Therefore, now the Lakers have successfully joined the group of the Heat, Thunder and Spurs, and have become the fourth favorite to win the NBA.
At the same time, it is also the most ferocious team discussed now.
"At this moment, I'm glad that most of my players are veterans over the age of 30." In the face of such a surging public opinion, if the Lakers were a group of young people, they would have been blinded, and they would definitely have been.
In fact, after he became the head coach of the Lakers this season, the public opinion around the Lakers has been crazy.
If it weren't for the fact that the Lakers are all battle-hardened veterans, the Lakers would have collapsed in such public opinion.
At this moment, Du Kang once again felt the fragrance of the veterans. It's also so reassuring. If the Lakers are a young team.
The most important thing Du Kang does every day now is to give the Lakers players a mental massage. This can't make Du Kang collapse?
"Du, we have 10 games left, do you think we could be the first team in NBA history to win 40 in a row?"
"Who knows."
"No, I think, you can!" it! Hamm next to him was stunned. Is this still the same guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes that he used to have?
This sycophant is simply amazing! The Lakers now have a 47-25 record and currently sit in sixth place in the West.
The top five teams in the West are 51-19 and the Spurs are 53-17, with the two teams sitting high in second and first place.
This was followed by the Grizzlies at 47-22, the Nuggets at 48-23, and the Clippers at 47-23.
The Warriors, who are behind the Lakers, are 41-30 and in seventh place in the West. The Rockets are 39-31 and in eighth place in the West.
The Jazz, who are ninth in the West, are 34-36 and have now fallen behind. Now the situation in the west is very clear.
The Jazz are basically out of playoff chances. The Warriors and Rockets are starting to compete for the seventh spot in the West.
Of course, the Warriors still have an advantage of 2 games, but the Warriors' schedule is also relatively more difficult.
At the same time, the third, fourth and fifth rankings in the West are indeed a plot where the Nuggets began to overtake.
For a time, the situation in the Western Conference playoffs was a battle. On the contrary, the Lakers, who are sixth in the West, are a little desireless and looking at the sea.
With 10 games to go, the Lakers need to make sure they don't lose in the next three games if they want to catch up with the Nuggets, Grizzlies, and Clippers.
As long as they can do that, the Lakers can be the spoilers in the final Western Conference standings. But can the Lakers do it?
"Bobo, you're looking at the Lakers' schedule, the Lakers, who have won 30 in a row, have touched the possibility of the top three in the West, do you say, will the Lakers be the last spoiler?" Can the Lakers be the spoilers of the final Spurs strategy?
Popovich smiled.
"The Lakers' last game of the regular season was against us." Hearing this, Budenholzer also smiled.
Yes, the fate of the Lakers is ultimately in the hands of the Spurs.
"I hope that by then, the Lakers will have won 39 in a row, and that will be more interesting." Because of the bombardment of public opinion in the United States, Popovich is already paying attention to Dukang and the Lakers.
At the same time, Du Kang is actually concerned about the Spurs. After all, the Spurs are the second-round opponents that Dukang has chosen.
Dukang is most concerned about the dynamics of the Spurs right now. As for the Nuggets, he didn't care that much about the Grizzlies and Clippers' entanglement.
After all, Du Kang is already sure that the Nuggets can rush to third place in the West.
"Steve, do you think it's possible that the fate of the Spurs will finally be in our hands?"
"Du, you're saying that Popovich is hesitating now?" Sure enough, it's easy to talk to smart people.
Popovich is indeed hesitant right now. The Lakers rushed too hard. 30 consecutive wins, Popovich and Spurs don't pay attention at all, that's impossible.
"If we're already running out of gas, he'll keep the Lakers to himself and lose to us, and if the Lakers are still in a strong position, he'll leave our possible x-factor to the Thunder, and if he needs to win to give us to the Thunder, he'll definitely beat us down in that game."
"You're right." it! Hearing the conversation between Du Kang and Clifford, Hamm next to him was really dumbfounded.
Why are you looking so far? Why can't I? Ham has been feeling like he's been under pressure to be the head assistant coach next to Dukang and Clifford lately.
Obviously, he's the chief assistant coach who makes up the numbers. Clifford is Du's chief staff officer!
He, the chief teaching assistant, couldn't even get into the topic at all. It's also so uncomfortable. March 25, 2013, 10:30 p.m., Oracle Arena, Auckland.
The Lakers, who are sixth in the West, and the Warriors, who are seventh in the West, are about to play. Because the Lakers have achieved a 30-game winning streak, this game, which should not have had so much attention, was instantly full.
Let's just put it this way, as long as the Lakers don't lose, every next game will be the most watched game!
This is uncomfortable for James in front of the TV. The MVP battle between him and Durant has reached a fever pitch.
It is in need of a media buzz. Now that the media is building momentum for the Lakers, the MVP battle between him and Durant has greatly decreased attention, and in the end, if you vote directly, it may be extremely difficult to win the MVP based on his performance this season.
Alas...... When is Coach D going to lose? When will the Lakers lose? For James, he really expects the Lakers to lose every day.
This is looking forward to the Lakers' 30-game winning streak. It's also so uncomfortable. On TV, looking at the camera reporters around the stadium, James was really envious.
Just in terms of the scale of the on-site camera reporters, I am afraid that it has already surpassed the finals of previous years. It's also incredible.
The site of the Oracle Center. Because the Lakers and the Warriors have a lot of connections, it was very harmonious before the game.
Before the game began, Du Kang took the initiative to find the Warriors' senior advisor, Jerry West.
"Jerry, let's make a bet, if I can bring the Lakers to break your winning streak that year, will you go back to the Lakers?"
"Mitch and Jim did a great job with the Lakers and didn't need my help." Jerry West said with a smile that it is impossible for a good horse to eat back grass.
"Jerry, you misunderstood, I mean, you're back, when I'm a player."
"......" Jerry West, such an elegant and wise person, is blinded at this time. The magician next to him couldn't help laughing.
Sure enough, it's you, Coach D who always likes to invite celebrities to make a comeback! The Lakers celebrities have been invited by Coach D all over again.
"Coach D, you're too good at kidding."
"Don't Jerry think this joke is funny?"
"It's a lot of fun." Jerry West smiled and nodded. Looking at Du Kang, who was talking and laughing with Jerry West and Magic at this time, Mark Jackson, the head coach of the Warriors next to him, was too envious.
I don't know why, he always felt that Jerry West looked down on him, and let him be the coach of the Warriors, and he should tremble.
On the side of the players on both sides. Carter was undoubtedly the pre-match favorite. The Warriors' North Carolina Flying Eagles Harrison Barnes is his North Carolina junior.
Curry, the boss of the Warriors, is Carter's big nephew.
"Carter, how about you look at my dunk? Mighty is not mighty! "Curry, who liked to play mid-circle shooting before the game, didn't play mid-circle shooting before the game and switched to dunking.
After blowing in front of Carter, Curry received a pass from Dream Green's hand, hit the basket, and was about to dunk with one hand, poof, and slipped.
For a while, there was ha laughter from the entire Oracle Arena, most of the Warriors fans were laughing, and a small number of old Warriors fans were crying, our boss, how could he be such a living treasure!
Then, the Warriors' second-in-command, Klay Thompson, pulled Curry up after laughing, and he was ready to pay tribute to Carter in front of Carter with a signature dunk.
Let's just put it this way, in the NBA, as long as you like dunks, no one doesn't like Carter, and no one can resist the temptation to show off dunks in front of Carter.
"Stephen, yours won't work, UFO, look at me." Klay Thompson smiled and slowly dribbled to the three-point line, stepped on the free throw line, began to accelerate, jump, turn 360 degrees, and dunk!
Bang! It wasn't a dunk, but it smashed directly in front of the basket, and Klay Thompson's whole body was bounced off by the rebound of the basket.
Seeing this scene, Curry, who failed to dunk just now, was already laughing and leaning back. Even Carter was amused by these two living treasures at this time.
This is the result of your slam dunk after half a year of hard work? Carter didn't know whether to cry or laugh. Anyway, Du Kang, who was not far away, must have laughed.
And Mark Jackson, the head coach of the Warriors next to Dukang, is not very good-looking.
"I really want to trade these two living treasures!" ………… This is the second shift today, and there should be another one today, almost 11 o'clock.