Chapter 235: Upset

Since Li Kaiming and Arenas clashed in team training, Sanders has never put these two people in the same lineup, which has led to the fact that Li Kaiming and Arenas seem to be on the same team, but the playing time is completely staggered, and there is no difference between the two teams.

After the home win over the Rockets on November 10, there was no game for the next day, and the Wizards will continue to play at home on the 12th, against the Charlotte Bobcats, who are currently ranked 12th in the East with a 2-6 record.

So Sanders and the Wizards players didn't do anything special to deal with, especially after the game with the Bobcats, the Wizards had to rush to Chicago overnight, and played back-to-back games against the Bulls on the night of the 13th, who were 3-3 and ranked 5th in the East, although the record looked average, but Sanders didn't dare to underestimate the Bulls.

So on this rare day, Sanders simply gave the players a day off to rest and recharge their energy to prepare for the next back-to-back games.

Li Kaiming stayed at home for a long time, had a rare lazy sleep, recovered from the injury deep in the muscles of his body, and took Jiang Shan to play in Washington for an afternoon in the afternoon.

I have to say that the city of Washington is still more in line with Li Kaiming's appetite, probably because of the capital, the atmosphere of the whole city is not as noisy as New York or Chicago, but shows a trace of solemnity and peace.

Coupled with a very high rate of greenery, Washington looks like a garden and is perfect for living.

If Li Kaiming is allowed to retire now and find a place to live, Washington will be a very good choice.

During the day, he mainly went sightseeing, drove a few nearby parks and scenic spots, took Jiang Shan to eat Western food at night, and accompanied the latter to go shopping after eating.

With the net worth of the two of them, shopping is naturally not short of money, for Li Kaiming, the biggest obstacle is his physical strength, he didn't expect that he, a professional athlete, actually didn't walk a little girl in the mall......

I have to say that once this woman goes shopping, her legs and feet don't seem to be her own, and she is not tired at all.

After an intense shopping trip, Li Kaiming not only gained a body with increased fatigue, but also the relationship with Jiang Shan became visibly more intimate, although it has not yet reached the point where he can directly hold hands, but at least he can "inadvertently" create some contact......

The next day, the Wizards resumed team training as usual, Li Kaiming was still one of the first few people to the arena, and Sanders' face was very good today, because the Wizards had won 6 consecutive wins since the start of the game, and many media reporters began to discuss the possibility of Sanders winning the best coach of the season.

Sanders has been the head coach of the All-Star Game twice in his years of coaching, meaning that twice in his career he has finished first in the division before the All-Star break, but he has not won the Coach of the Year award once so far.

Now that the media is starting to put him in the discussion of the best coach, and he is currently the most likely candidate, how can this not make Sanders feel excited?

Maybe this season is the season for him to make his dream come true......

Due to the dominance shown by the Wizards in the first 6 games, many basketball commentators or the media have begun to look at the curiosity, especially if the opponent in this game is the Bobcats, who are at the bottom of the same division.

But what everyone didn't expect was that the Wizards had a big upset at the mcI center in front of Washington's old folks!

At the end of the game, the Wizards lost 103-115 to the Charlotte Bobcats, ending the winning streak since the start of the season, and since then, the Los Angeles Lakers are the only team left in the entire league that has not tasted defeat.

This game poured cold water on Sanders and all the Wizards players!

It can be said that the loss of this game was predictable before the game, from the coach to the players, everyone floated because of the previous winning streak, plus the day before the game, many people went to the nightclub for a night, so the next day in the game, there were few people who felt good.

Even Li Kaiming's own state is not very good, although his offensive attributes have been improved to the top level, but this does not mean that he is invincible, the average performance of 35+ per game is not sustainable, statistically speaking, this is called mean reversion.

It's not that his offensive level can't reach the level that the stats reflect, but his points per game average is indeed a bit ridiculously high.

Before this game, he averaged 36 points per game to rank first on the scoring list, and the second in the scoring list was his good brother Derrick Rose, who averaged 28.9 points per game, a full 7 points worse than him!

This 7-point gap is larger than the gap between second and 10th, which shows how terrifying Li Kaiming's average points per game are!

In the game against the Charlotte Bobcats, Li Kaiming's hand finally began to decline, and in the previous game, he averaged 58 percent three-point shooting per game, far ahead of the second-place 39 percent, and was able to shoot 2+ three-pointers per game.

In this game, he only made 1 of 4 three-point shots, which directly lowered his three-point shooting rate by 10 points, but Li Kaiming was also very shrewd in the game, and he didn't keep throwing outside the three-point line because he didn't feel good about the three-point shot, but killed as much as possible inside when he felt bad.

But there are also two problems with killing the inside line, one is that he needs his teammates to feel good enough to open up space for him, and the other is that he needs the referee to give face, if the opposite foul is not blown, the power of the breakthrough will be greatly reduced.

And tonight, for the first time, these two points were not met at the same time.

First of all, the Wizards' outside shooting, tonight can be said to be extremely bad, Hinrich, Nick Young, Alsolton and even Yi Jianlian, none of them feel normal, Li Kaiming stabbed into the Bobcats' penalty area, and the opposite side was wrapped, Li Kaiming passed the ball out, and these people faced a large vacancy of two or three meters, and few were stunned to throw it in.

What's even more laughable is that the only person on the Wizards team who has a normal outside feel is Arenas, who can't play with Li Kaiming, who scored 24 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists on 9-of-16 and 3-of-6 three-pointers in this game, and his score is the highest on the team.

In addition to the poor feeling of teammates and the inability to open up the space, tonight's referee is also a factor that cannot be ignored, after Li Kaiming broke through, in the face of the Bobcats' even dragged defense, tonight's referee only gave the former 8 free throws.

I don't know if Li Kaiming complained in the game, the referee also grabbed him and blew fouls frantically on the defensive end, which led to him being blown 6 fouls when there were 8 minutes left in the fourth quarter......

So in tonight's game, Li Kaiming only played 24 minutes in the whole game, shooting 5 of 14, including 1 of 4 three-pointers, 7 of 8 free throws, and got 18 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

At the press conference after the game, a reporter with good things asked Li Kaiming why he didn't score 30 tonight, to which Li Kaiming replied, "No one can always guarantee that their shots will hit, sometimes it's like this, the basket looks like it's covered, but you know, I will try my best to do my best, as for the score you said was 30, then let's take a look at the next game!" ”

Li Kaiming's answer immediately attracted the attention of some guys, from Li Kaiming's selection by NbA, to the summer league, preseason and even the first few regular season games, they have endured for a long time and finally found the material to attack the former, how can they give up easily?

cbS basketball reporter Koslov, who has been shrinking in a turtle shell for months, retweeted Li Kaiming's interview and tweeted:

No, no, what excuse are you making? The garbage of this fight can be played in the next game? If I were Thibodeau, I would definitely make my players look good for you in the next game! Let you know what level you really are!

The sunspots who have been diving for a long time also showed up.

"I really can't get used to this guy's arrogant appearance, which of those All-Star players hasn't maintained a whole season of form, played six or seven good games and thought they were a character?"

"I just want to say, look at this game, if you encounter a tough battle, you still have to come to Arenas, this so-called historical champion is not reliable at all!"

"That's it, and you look at this guy's defense, it's a mess, and the passing dogs can break through his defense......"