ebonymovies Chapter 651
Chapter 651
Chapter 651
The team's confrontation is far from as simple as Liu Ren thought. He was lucky to seize the best opportunity to play in the weakest period in the entire history of the Lakers. The Lakers have a very complete team history inheritance and team attraction. Force, don't let him worry about anything.
The management has prepared the team's funds properly, and D'Antoni and Bickerstaff have resolved the team's tactics and the intrigue with the opponent's coach. He only needs to play well.
Many people think that Kobe is luckier than James. In fact, this is also true, because Kobe doesn’t have to worry about anything other than playing and complaining. Another helper, and James had to find a helper himself.
After Liu Ren won the game, he happily went to Portland with his teammates to prepare for back-to-back games, while D'Antoni's coaching staff was very entangled.
D'Antoni and Bickerstaff didn't expect Popovich to be so cruel, and Leonard was abused for three quarters, directly ruining the game.
Although it is really good to win the game, they did not get real information about the strength of the Spurs. The strength of the Spurs cannot be seen just by watching them play games. Watching the Spurs game only knows that they can keep getting open. Opportunities, easy wins, they play the same way against the Warriors, but the Warriors shoot more accurately.
But there is no way, D'Antoni's tricks are bad enough, but Popovich is ruthless enough to lose the game smoothly.
With 38 wins and 7 losses, there are still ten games before the All-Star Weekend, and the Lakers continue their season.
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The second back-to-back game after the Spurs was against the Trail Blazers. After the league's strongest starting lineup went four out of five, the Blazers instantly fell from the league's top team to the bottom.
Originally, the Blazers only relied on five starters to play, and they left four at once. The few players signed back were also ordinary role players, and some of them might not even be able to play for another team.
Only Leonard was left to lead the team to support.
The Lakers only sent a starting combination of Clarkson, McCollum, Nick Young, Antetokounmpo, and Gasol to beat the Blazers, and easily defeated the Blazers 109-95. It doesn't help that Ladd scored 42 points. The current lineup of the Blazers is worse than the years when Kobe won the scoring title. Kobe has Odom next to him, and Lillard...the four teammates don't have any discussion. Just leave.
Now the Blazers are hovering in the top ten, just as embarrassing as the Nuggets. There is basically no hope of making the playoffs, and there is no hope of winning the No. [-] pick...
After playing the Trail Blazers, the Lakers returned to Los Angeles to rest for two days, and the Mavericks and Bulls ushered in back-to-back games at home.
Liu Ren played in these two games. He usually has a rotation in three games. After all, the small forward position of the Lakers is the lowest among all positions. Liu Ren is the only star. His rotation also relies on the main shooting guard. Nick Young is on top, sometimes Kobe is on top.
The Mavericks have fallen on Chandler Parsons. He is currently receiving a maximum salary. Last season, he performed fairly well, but this year's average data has declined across the board. He only scored 13 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists. 40.00% two shooting percentage, 30.00% one three-point shooting percentage, the shooting fell to a career low...
Chandler Parsons' salary of up to 1600 million is a disaster for the Mavericks. For comparison, James Harden's salary this season is 1500 million, and his statistics are 29 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists per game...
Cuban felt that his head was caught by the threshold in 2014.
Originally, the Mavericks' salary space was tight, and Chandler Parsons' contract was blocked there. There were so many free agents last summer, but the Mavericks had no way to fight for any of them, and they couldn't give a big contract!Only one Matthews was caught, and Matthews came to the Mavericks and was injured and rested after playing a dozen games.
Last season, Chandler Parsons had a great influence on Liu Ren, but now the Mavericks can't find an outside line that can defend Liu Ren. The Mavericks' inside line is composed of David Lee and Nowitzki , From small forward to center, all are cash machines.
Liu Ren visiting Mavericks inside is like jogging in Beverly Hills in the morning, doing whatever he wants...
It has become a habit to clock out after three quarters. Liu Ren scored 24 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists in three quarters, leading the Lakers to crush the Mavericks 79 to 65 in three quarters, leaving the game in garbage time and leaving get off work early.
Playing the Bulls, Liu Ren met Jimmy Butler, an opponent who used him as an imaginary enemy.
Jimmy Butler is really a model of an inspirational player. He has good physical talent but average skills. He did not participate in the NBA draft until he was 22 years old after finishing his senior year. Unsurprisingly, he was selected at the end of the first round. He averaged only two per game in his rookie year. In the second grade, he only averaged 8 points per game.
But in the 13-14 season, after Luol Deng left the Bulls, Jimmy Butler seized the opportunity and averaged 13+5+3 per game to secure his starting position. With 20 rebounds and 6 assists, he has entered the ranks of first-line small forwards and has the ability and idea to compete with players of the same period.
However, unlike the others in Liu Ren's class, Thompson, Owen, and Leonard wanted to compete with Liu Ren. Apart from having certain strengths, they were all young and had a future.
Jimmy Butler is different. He is 27 years old and has reached the peak physically and technically, but he averaged only 20 points per game. This year he got the first five-year maximum salary in his career. The last maximum salary, after finishing this contract, he is already in his 5s, and he relies on his physical fitness to play, so it's hard to say what kind of performance he can have in his 30s.
Therefore, although Jimmy Butler is the one who caused Liu Ren the most trouble among the few players who wanted to challenge Liu Ren, from the perspective of the future, Liu Ren did not regard Jimmy Butler as an obstacle to the future. By the time he reaches his prime, Jimmy Butler will be old.
But Jimmy Butler is indeed the one who caused him the most trouble on the offensive end among the players of the same period. He is almost catching up with Tony Allen. Jimmy Butler is not as defensive as Leonard, but his style of play is very bad. Life!Liu Ren rushed to the basket and flew up for a layup. Jimmy Butler couldn't reach the cap, but he directly hit Liu Ren with his whole body, even hitting Liu Ren's shoulder with his head without fear.
Everyone said that he was afraid of death, and Liu Ren had seen it. Jimmy Butler used his blood and sweat to block Liu Ren's attack, and the Bulls' iron-blooded defense successfully operated.
Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg originally had no hope of winning the Lakers, but seeing Antetokounmpo, Green, Kobe, and Whiteside all truce today, the idea of wanting to win is just that It couldn't stop popping up, sacrificing the team's iron-blooded defense.
After Hoiberg came to the Bulls, he did not give up Thibodeau's iron-blooded style of play, but added the popular defensive counterattack to it, which is much stronger offensively than Thibodeau's slow-moving style of play. , Of course, the defensive effect is also a little worse.
If the Bulls want to play iron-blooded defense, there must be someone to restrain Liu Ren, and Liu Ren cannot be attracted to double-teams, otherwise everything will be useless. Nick Young and Korver, who are on the outside of the Lakers, are both capable of shooting. Very strong players, Gasol and Monroe also have shooting ability.
So Hoiberg's order to Jimmy Butler was to guard Liu Ren.
And Jimmy Butler worked hard, unexpectedly did it, and turned the Bulls' iron-blooded defense into operation.
D'Antoni was obviously careless in today's game, and directly let the main players of the four teams truce, giving the Bulls a chance to be upset.
The Lakers' 40th win of the season was postponed, and they were upset by the Bulls at home, losing 91 to 97 to the Bulls.
(End of this chapter)