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Chapter 101 Sharp turn down
"Tyrone, what's the status of Kevin's injury?" On March 2009, 3, after the Kings at home defeated the Thunder without Durant, Reggie Troyes, the head coach, returned to the locker immediately. room to ask assistant coach Tyrone Corbin about star Kevin Martin's injury.

After the end of the All-Star Weekend, the competition for the rankings in the playoffs has become more intense, especially the competition for the last few places in the Western Conference. Although the Mavericks, Hornets, and Kings currently occupy the No. Sixth, seventh, and eighth positions, but the gap between them and the Jazz and Suns behind them is also very small, especially the Hornets and Kings, who are ranked seventh and eighth in the Western Conference, their The lead is only two games, and they will fall behind if they relax a little, so for them, every game cannot be given up.

In this game against the Thunder at home, although the head of the Thunder star Kevin Durant was absent due to injury, the Thunder still played very tenaciously under the leadership of the second head Jeff Green and Russell Westbrook. Even at the end of the third quarter, they once led the Kings by 8 points.

Unwilling to fail, the Kings also launched a counterattack after the start of the fourth quarter. They beat the Thunder 30-19 in a single quarter and finally reversed and won. Thunder insider Nenad Krstic bumped into each other and was carried off the field.

So even if they defeated the Thunder at home and tied the Hornets again in the record rankings, but as the head coach, Reggie Toyes did not show any excitement and joy. He returned to the locker room anxiously, eager to understand Kevin Martin's injury.

Kevin Martin, who averaged 25 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game this season, is undoubtedly very important to the Kings. The Kings want to make the playoffs this season, and in the playoffs To make a difference, Kevin Martin is absolutely indispensable, so before entering the locker room, Reggie Toyce kept praying in his heart, hoping that Kevin Martin's health would be fine.

However, things are often developing in the worst direction. The more you don’t want to see something, the more it will happen. After Reggie Toyce asked the assistant coach Tyrone Corbin anxiously , followed Kevin Martin back to the locker room, and sent him to the ambulance. Tyrone Corbin also shook his head helplessly.

"How long do you need to rest?" Seeing Tyrone Corbin shaking his head, Reggie Troyce knew something was wrong, but Reggie Troyce still asked Tyrone Corbin with the last hope, wanting to see Kevin - Martin can not come back before the end of the regular season.

"The specific test results have not yet come out, but according to the team doctor's estimate, at least three months of rest will be required."

"Three months?" After listening to Tyrone Corbin's answer, Reggie Toyce found a seat and sat down. Now it is less than a month before the end of the season, missing at least three month, it means that Kevin Martin has been completely reimbursed for this season, not to mention the rest of the regular season, even if the Kings make the playoffs, Kevin Martin can't keep up, and Kevin Martin is injured. Reimbursement, whether the Kings can make the playoffs is still uncertain, so this news is definitely a very heavy blow to Reggie Toyce.

The current record of the Kings is 44 wins and 28 losses. If it was in the East, the Kings would have been able to ensure that they will enter the playoffs, but now in the West, there is no way to 48% enter the playoffs with 10 wins. In just one game, the King has to win at least 5 games to ensure that he can enter the playoffs. If he wants to go further in the leaderboard and surpass the Hornets ranked seventh in the Western Conference, he must win at least two more games. The game is over. If the king has a well-organized lineup and all members are healthy, it is very likely to achieve this small goal, but Kevin Martin, who is the core of the king, is now reimbursed due to injury, let alone win 6 games, I am afraid 5 games are suspended.

"What should we do? What should we do?" Thinking of the possible impact of Kevin Martin's absence on the Kings, Reggie Toyes felt a headache. The Kings are now in the stage of sprinting for the playoffs , Kevin Martin's reimbursement is undoubtedly a very heavy blow to the king, and then thinking that the king may even fall behind because of this, and be caught up by the Jazz and the sun behind him, Reggie Toyes at this moment, I even felt like crying.

Two seasons, two seasons, two seasons of hard work, and it seems that they are about to lead the Kings back to the playoffs, but Kevin Martin, who is the core of the team, is reimbursed, which makes Reggie Tho How could Yisi accept it for a while.

Looking at the head coach sitting there alone in a daze, Tyrone Corbin swallowed the words that were already on his lips. Kevin Martin is the kind of guy who stays silent on the court and doesn't seem to contribute much to the team. , but at the end of the game, his scoring data is always among the top two players in the team. The absence of Kevin Martin is not just the loss of the team's first scorer for the Kings. It's as simple as that.

In the king's current tactical system, Kevin Martin, John Salmons, and Yan Hua form a very stable and effective offensive triangle, although their cooperation is far from being comparable to the Lakers' triangle offense The tactics are on the same level, but the cooperation and connection between the three of them also made the king break away from the lowest-level tactics of star singles, and as long as there is a stable scoring point like Kevin Martin, no matter which team it is against. Neither of them can put too much effort into John Salmons and Yan Hua on the defensive end.

After Kevin Martin was reimbursed, the problem facing the Kings is first of all, who will fill the vacancy where Kevin Martin averaged 25 points per game, and then who can stand up for Kevin without Kevin Martin? -Martin's role in the king's tactical system?These are things that the king urgently needs to deal with and deal with.

Originally, Tyrone Kobe wanted to follow Reggie Toyes's suggestion, and simply use Yan Hua as the core, like the Magic in the East, and play one big and four small tactics. White Howard is at the level, and the Kings don't have a power forward like Rashard Lewis, so Tyrone Corbin gave up this idea after thinking twice.

On March 3th, the Kings visited Phoenix and lost to the Suns, who are currently ranked 25th in the Western Conference and are also direct competitors of the Kings. On March 3th, the Kings visited Denver and lost to the Nuggets again, suffering a two-game losing streak. After the King's two-game losing streak, the eighth position in the Western Conference was already in jeopardy. On March 27, the King lost an away game to the Jazz and fell out of the top eight in the Western Conference.

(End of this chapter)