The Legend of the Hungry Wolf in Basketball

Chapter 267 [The score is 2 to 0, luck and misfortune]

After playing 3 minutes in the fourth quarter, the Clippers led by as many as 26 points and entered garbage time.The main players of the Clippers were replaced one after another.Liu Barea, Thornton, Barnes, Hayes, and Gortat continued to play on the field.

The Lakers still have several main players present.Bynum, Gasol, Artest, Kobe, Farmar.

Thornton scored consecutively in Bryant's singles, and the Clippers did not call a timeout. Barea and Thornton could still guarantee the team's offensive firepower. The gap is too big, and it is not easy for the Lakers to chase points.

With 2 minutes left, the Lakers were still 16 points behind, and finally conceded and replaced with all substitutes.

The final score was 118 to 98, and the Lakers lost again.

叶锋只打了两节半，出场30分钟，得到24分6篮板2助攻1盖帽。

科比全场砍下了34分8篮板5助攻，末节14分，但28投只有13中，同时出现了5次失误。

The 37-year-old veteran Kidd did a very good job of restricting Kobe this time. He sent a total of 4 steals in the game, 2 of which were given to Kobe.On the offensive end, Kidd's main task is to organize and connect. In fact, he is the same as Fisher, and he can't attack directly. He only made 5 of 1 shots and scored 3 points, but he had 7 assists.

费舍尔全场7投1中，罚球2中2，得到5分5个篮板。

Six more Clippers scored in double figures, Love, Smith, Curry, Thornton, and McGee.Multi-point blooming has become the team's signature.

After the game, a reporter asked "Zen Master" about the low efficiency of the Lakers' bench, and Zen Master was very angry. "We had a bad bench! We shouldn't have played like this, but it turned out badly. Of course we are not playing the way we should be."

Odom, the "best sixth man" in the team, became the starter, making the Lakers' bench even worse.After recovering from injury, Bynum's performance has been poor, and his performance in this game was also very sluggish, scoring only 6 points and 5 rebounds.

Jackson said angrily: "We played very badly. Whether we started or came off the bench, the shooting percentage was very bad from the beginning to the end. What can I say? It is reasonable to lose so much in such a bad state."

In addition to expressing his dissatisfaction with the team's substitute, Jackson also missed O'Neal by the way.They once teamed up to bring the Lakers 3 championship trophies. In 2004, O'Neal broke down with the Lakers management and was traded to the Miami Heat, and Jackson left the team.In the 2005-2006 season, Jackson returned to the Lakers and has teamed up with Kobe so far.

In Jackson's heart, the years of fighting for the dynasty with O'Neal and Kobe are still very good.Even at that time, the "OK combination" had already produced moderate contradictions.

Jackson said: "That was really one of the best times of my life. I believe it is the same for both of them. How exciting to win the championship together."

Things are changing now, O'Neill is 38 years old, and he is no longer the big shark he once was.But Jackson thinks he's still a tough player.His strength is indeed not as terrible as before, but he is still full of strength. When he is in the penalty area, no one dares to take it lightly.

In the Cavaliers' second game against the Celtics, O'Neal scored 14 points and 7 rebounds to help the Cavaliers win the next game at home and tied the Celtics 1-1.

Bryant also expressed dissatisfaction with the bench players in an interview.However, based on the current salary situation of the Lakers, it is already difficult to introduce good role players.

Kobe's current contract was signed in 2004 and ends next season.Kobe's salary this season is 2300 million, ranking second in the league, second only to Tracy McGrady. Next season will be the last year of Kobe's current contract, and his salary will reach the highest in the league at 2480 million.

Playing for the Lakers for 12 seasons, he averaged 25.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.7 assists in his career.At present, Kobe has also become the scoring leader in the history of the Lakers. This is a good thing. The downside is that with this 2000 million super player and several role players with an annual salary of tens of millions, the Lakers have no salary to introduce good substitutes. ?In other words, their substitutes are actually not bad, but their playing time is too short to perform well.Stern would be happy to see the Lakers spend big money on signings.The more extravagant the Lakers are, the more luxury taxes the league can collect.

Buss, the Lakers owner, already had other ideas.At least he hasn't allowed Kupchak to renew Kobe's contract with a high salary close to 3 million in three years.In Ye Feng's previous life, Kobe's annual salary of 9000 million was because he won two championships, but now the Lakers executives don't think he is worth that much money.

Some people say that the strength of NBA stars can be reflected in their salary. Kobe has the highest salary, so he is No.1 in the league.The reason why the Lakers signed him with a high salary was more because of his commercial value. Even if Ye Feng's limelight overshadowed Kobe, he is still important to the Lakers. Compared with commercial value, few people in the league can match Kobe.

This situation is like Brother Chun and Jane Zhang in China. Anyone with long ears knows that Jane Zhang sings better, but her commercial value cannot compare with Brother Chun, so Brother Chun is more famous and makes more money.There are many reasons for the high commercial value. Sometimes it only needs to be handsome and have personality, and people will like it. Sometimes it only needs 81 points in a game, and people will like it. The reason is the same.

The Lakers lost two games in a row. Unfortunately, the third game will continue to be played at the "home court" of the Clippers...

Kobe is very depressed now. If there are four swingmen who are good at defense in a team, and they take turns to play around one person for the whole game, all the star scorers in the league will feel depressed.At this time, Kobe was also very conflicted. He knew that something would happen if he continued to play like this. It would be difficult for him to score alone to win, and it was very difficult for him to score.Teammates have to open up and step up and score.

In the team, the Lakers held a short mobilization meeting. In the next game, Kobe was also going to listen to Jackson's arrangement. He would focus on the inside at the beginning of the game, and he would run around without the ball looking for opportunities.In order to enhance the strength of the bench lineup, Jackson is also preparing to let Bynum return to the starting lineup, and Odom will play as a substitute, which can be used as the core of the second lineup.

No matter how it changes, the situation is not good for the Lakers, and the Clippers can also change the lineup and arrange for them.If you lose another game, you are basically sure to go home and fish. No team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit.The next game is the key battle.

The most depressing thing is not the players, but the restless Lakers general manager Kupchak who doesn't even want to read the newspaper.There have been many news outlets calling him an idiot.

Among them is an article "The person the Lakers most need to replace is the general manager". The article points out that Bynum, the potential center that the Lakers value, has not helped the Lakers in the playoffs in the past two years, and the regular season data is also very average. Ten million contract extensions are pure rubbish contracts, and the future second center in the league is just a wonderful idea, which is difficult to become a reality.But Kupchak believed it.Bynum is like a spoiled big kid who disappears at critical moments.Odom has been playing as a substitute since Gasol came, his data has dropped, and he is hardly worth tens of millions.Artest is the most failed signing, and the top ten worst contracts in the league this season are also on the list.Kupchak is so depressed now that he is considering resigning.Bass trusted him, but he felt like he had betrayed Bass' trust.

It doesn't matter if the salary is high and the luxury tax is high. If you can use the money to pile up a championship, no one will care.Like Ye Feng's previous life, the Lakers won two championships. No matter how idiotic the trade is, people can forgive it. Records determine everything.But now the situation has changed, the fans blamed Kupchak, the team boss kept complaining, dissatisfied with the lineup.Kupchak couldn't think of any other way to satisfy people.

The Lakers are in a bad situation now. The only good news is that the Los Angeles fans have a deep relationship with them. They didn't hold up signs and shout "sweep" like they did in the previous two rounds. This is very face-saving.Some people hope that the Clippers can play 7 games with the Lakers like last season, so that they can watch a few more games.

If the strength is superior, no team will do this. Playing a few more games is just to sell more tickets and earn some broadcast rights, that's all.

The Clippers are not all smooth sailing.During the break, the NBA lottery draft lottery ended.

In the just-concluded 2010 draft lottery lottery ceremony, the New Jersey Nets with the highest probability won the No. 76 pick, the [-]ers won the No. Not very lucky.But for the Clippers, this is bad luck.

Ye Feng watched the lottery ceremony with Ariel at home, when the host said that the Pistons won the No. [-] lottery, the good mood of the two wins over the Lakers disappeared immediately.The Pistons' pick is the top three protections, and the traded first-round pick will be automatically moved to next season, which means that the Clippers, Cousins ​​and Monroe are two inside "monsters" who miss out.

There's no point trying to trade them over, that would require changing the current lineup.Ye Feng immediately called Thibodeau, and Thibodeau also watched TV, and comforted Ye Feng, saying don't worry, it's not a big deal.There are already many potential new stars in the team. If you want to make the lineup stronger, you should focus on the free market. It may not be a good thing to introduce too many inexperienced rookies. People, even if they are selected, how much playing time can they get?If it is not cultivated well, it will be useless.

Ye Feng thought about it, it was indeed the same reason, and he soon felt relieved.

Judging from the current market situation, the Nets will choose a No. 99.9 candidate between John Wall and Turner. The possibility of the Nets choosing Wall is as high as [-]%.Harris is not a qualified organizer, and the Nets need a good backcourt player to partner with Brook Lopez.This is good news for Yi Jianlian, if he can stay in the Nets after the season.

After losing the draft pick, even if the Clippers trade for another one, the pick will not be high.The Clippers are going to vent their anger on the Lakers, and Thibodeau has set a firm goal, which is to sweep the Lakers!
(End of this chapter)