Chapter 65: Back-to-back defeats, Chinese derby
The team's boss O'Neal is still recovering from an injury, and Malone, who averages nearly 20 points per game, has suffered another injury, and the hidden danger of the Lakers' internal lack of personnel has been magnified immediately, and the main Payton has a conflict with the head coach Zen Master.
When this happens, the Lakers will inevitably be panicked.
Even Doon had to worry secretly, not knowing how to resolve the conflict in the locker room next.
"Doon, what's wrong, don't you welcome me?"
Anthony followed the Knicks to Los Angeles and found Doon, who accompanied him, looking uninterested and absent-minded.
Doon briefly briefed Anthony about the Lakers' recent situation.
Anthony said with a smile when he heard this; "Brother, you're not a star! You're a first-year rookie, what's the concern? ”
The authorities were fascinated by bystanders, and Anthony's words directly woke up Doon.
Doon suddenly realized: "Yes! I'm only 1 million a year, what the hell?
O'Neal and Kobe Bryant are not worried about the team's record, and I am sad all day long, thinking about what to do?
I just want to be the boss of the Lakers, but I haven't been there yet.
Now I'm relaxed, I'm going to brush up on my own data, and I'm done with an All-Star score! ”
Unlike other NBA players who have fun in a timely manner, Doon usually thinks a lot, always thinking about his own commercial value and team influence.
It's easy to get yourself into the star of the house ahead of time, and it's actually all Doon thinking too much.
As Anthony said, Doon is still just a first-year rookie!
At this time, James is still carrying bags and tying shoelaces for Ricky Davis!
Even if Doon plotted to seize power early, it would be another year or two before he had a chance to take the position.
Ditching superfluous distractions and returning to being a first-year rookie, Doon no longer cares about the team's results.
That night, Anthony became the number one victim of Doon's complete release and recklessness.
"Brother, didn't you say that hand-to-hand combat is good? Why do you keep avoiding me? ”
Anthony is very strange, half a month ago, Doon was still fighting with him, why is he screaming to block and kill under the basket today?
Originally, Anthony was still looking forward to tonight's game.
Now I feel a little uncomfortable, probably just nausea and want to vomit.
"Melon, my teammates pass me the ball and just want me to score!
I have to admit that you have to defend better than everyone else, and I can only avoid you as much as possible in order to score more efficiently.
There was no way, Shaq and Karl couldn't play, and the team had to rely on me and Kobe.
And I have to help the team win games, and that's what the team drafted us for in the draft, isn't it? ”
Seeing that Doon was so honest, Anthony didn't know what to do.
In short, I think what Doon said makes sense, but I feel that something is not quite right, but Anthony doesn't know what the problem is......
While Anthony was confused, Doon was playing more and more.
"Doon is so smart, and his understanding of the triangle attack far exceeded my expectations."
The Zen master originally admired Doon, but he didn't expect that in the recent period, Doon has improved again!
Doon's progress is not a leap forward in his personal ability, but a very clever integration into the triangle attack, with the help of the triangle attack to play his ability characteristics.
The triangle offense can amplify the star's ability, and Doon undoubtedly uses that to help.
Doon has integrated both off-ball and ball-handling into the triangle offensive system, not only playing better himself, but also cooperating more closely with his teammates.
In addition, it just so happened that Karl Malone retired from injury, and the Lakers needed someone to digest Karl Malone's part of the ball.
Kobe Bryant digested part of it, and Doon also took over the rest of it, so Doon's data skyrocketed a lot.
90-95, the Lakers repelled the Knicks by 5.
Doon shot 13-of-24 from the field, 3-of-6 from three-point range and 5-of-7 from the free-throw line, finishing with 34 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.
Kobe Bryant shot 15-of-31, 1-of-4 from three-point range, 8-of-9 from the free-throw line, and slashed 39 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.
Although the Lakers won, the future prospects are still worrying.
Doon and Kobe Bryant can't be full of firepower in every game, opening up 30+ scoring performances.
If the Lakers want to stabilize the situation, they still have to make up for the shortcomings of the interior.
The time soon came to December 12, and the hidden dangers of the Lakers' interior line were finally completely exposed.
The Dallas Mavericks, who had just been defeated by the Lakers not long ago, easily defeated the Lakers with an absolute advantage of 110-93.
In this game, Doon and Kobe Bryant scored 29 and 41 points respectively, but they still couldn't prevent the loss of the game.
did not wait for the Los Angeles media to analyze the Lakers' internal and external troubles, and sang about the Lakers' next schedule.
The Lakers lost again in the next back-to-back games against the Trail Blazers.
The back-to-back game losses, as well as the outright detonation of public opinion, made the situation in the Lakers' locker room even worse.
This season, Kobe Bryant couldn't accept criticism from the outside world, and when Kobe Bryant was blamed for the team's declining performance, Kobe Bryant also had to transfer his pressure to the team.
Kobe Bryant began to take the initiative to communicate with O'Neal, hoping that O'Neal could come back as soon as possible.
But O'Neill insisted that his injury had not healed and that it would take at least another month.
Because of the poor record, there is really nothing Malone can do.
Moreover, there is no suitable underlined salary veteran on the market.
Lakers management had to put pressure on O'Neal, and even mobilized the media to force O'Neal to come back early.
But O'Neal had already been instructed by Doon and knew that this was the best chance for him to get an early contract extension and get the last big contract of his career.
As a result, O'Neill's dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, and resolutely did not change his words, saying that he would wait until January to make an official comeback according to the comeback plan made in advance.
In this case, everyone can only compete for patience, depending on who can't hold on first.
The Lakers can only continue to play against major Western teams with hidden dangers and locker room contradictions.
On December 19, the Lakers host last season's bottom-ranked team, the Nuggets.
97 to 102, also thanks to the warmth sent by the Nuggets, the Lakers who were about to detonate the bomb breathed a sigh of relief.
However, the good times did not last long, and then the Lakers lost to the Suns and Warriors one after another, and the original first place in the league also fell to third in the West.
Next, the Lakers will face the Houston Rockets with Yao Ming at the Staples Center.
It can only be said that the next scene is a bit cruel.
For the first Chinese derby, Doon was quite solemn.
Before the game began, Doon had a private meeting with Yao Ming.
Yao Ming was accompanied by members of Yao's team, and they came together in the hope of persuading Doon to change his mind and return to prepare for the Athens Olympics after playing in the NBA summer.
Doon still uses the same rhetoric as before, it is not mature now, and he still needs to improve his strength, and he will talk about it in 06.
Many people don't know that there are many prerequisites for the national team to be recruited, one of which is that it must be a domestic registered player.
Doon has not played in the domestic league and is neither a registered player in the country.
This means that as long as it is not for Doon to temporarily change the rules, there is no way to force Doon to play in the Athens Olympics.
And the Wang Zhizhi incident that happened not long ago had to make the men's basketball team scruple about international public opinion.
So, when it comes to Doon, whether to participate in the national team or not is not a call-up, but an invitation.
One thing to say, Athens '04 was a good opportunity for Doon to make a difference.
But Doon is worried that everyone's expectations are too high, and the opponents of the 08 Olympics are so strong, once the results decline, Doon must not take the blame?
Liu Xiang is undoubtedly the most representative of Chinese sports, but after being injured and unable to run, that public opinion can only be described as shocking.
It can only be said that for athletes of this generation, they can actually not participate in any Olympic Games, but they must do their best this time at home.
The more famous he is, the more afraid he is of cyberbullying, and Doon thought about it, but he still didn't change his plan.
The people of Yao's team got Doon's reply, and they didn't continue to pester, but just asked for contact information, and seemed to be thinking about persuading Doon after a while.
Doon didn't take these things to heart, immediately put them behind him, and immediately actively prepared for the next Chinese derby.