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Chapter 174 The Winning Streak Ends
On November 2009, 11, in the locker room of the home team at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the Lakers, who just defeated the New Orleans Hornets at home, did not look excited at the moment, but all gathered in the locker room, watching intently Watching the TV, the ongoing game between the King and the Cavaliers.

As the defending champion, the Los Angeles Lakers, aiming to achieve consecutive championships, lost embarrassingly to the Sacramento Kings in the opening game of the new season. Although in the following games, the Lakers quickly recovered their form and defeated today. After visiting the Hornets, they took the second place in the league with a record of 15 wins and 3 losses, but they didn't feel any joy at the moment, because their competitor also defeated their Sacramento Kings in the opening game, They haven't lost a game until now. Before today's game started, they had an astonishing record of 18 wins. Such a brilliant record has brought great psychological pressure to the Lakers.

Therefore, after the game against the Hornets, the Lakers did not take a shower and change clothes and then went home to rest. Instead, they were in the locker room, waiting for the result of the King's away game against the Cavaliers, waiting for the King's loss to the Cavaliers in the away game. The gap between the two teams.

In fact, it is not only the Lakers who are behind the Kings who are under pressure now. In the entire league, there is a discussion about when the Kings will lose. From the head coach to the players, no one has experienced such a scene. Since the away victory over the Bulls, the Kings have been setting a record for winning streaks in team history. The excitement and excitement gradually turned into the current numbness.

And the 18-game winning streak at the beginning of the game also made the king feel physically and mentally exhausted. From the beginning of the opening game to the entire process of the winning streak, their mentality was always tense, for fear that they would lose the game if they relaxed. , and in these 18 games, except for Kevin Martin who missed two games due to injury, the rest of the main players played all 18 games without losing a game, 34 games in 18 days The game, such an intensive and high-intensity game, has basically exhausted the energy stored by the Kings during the offseason.

Finally, when the game ended, the Kings lost 89 to 93 to the Cavaliers in the away game, ending their 18-game winning streak, and cheers erupted in the locker room of the home team at the Staples Center. It means the start of a losing streak. The gap between 15 wins and 3 losses and 18 wins and 1 loss is not big. Maybe after three games, the Lakers will be able to overtake the Kings and ascend to the number one throne in the league.

The locker room of the home team at the Staples Center is now full of laughter and laughter, and the Quicken Loans Center arena in Cleveland, thousands of miles away, after the referee on duty blew the whistle for the end of the game, it also became In the ocean of joy, after defeating the Kings at home, the Cavaliers not only ended the Kings' 18-game winning streak, but also tied the Celtics, the second in the East, with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses. There is only one game left for the Magic.

"Yan, don't be discouraged. It's not your fault. Keep going. The future of this league will definitely belong to you." After the game ended, Shaq O'Neal, who was the winning side, walked directly to the king's bench Before the banquet, he and Yan Hua hugged each other and comforted Yan Hua. As a person who has experienced it, O'Neill knows very well how difficult it is for the King to persist until now before losing.

Although in this game, O'Neal was beaten enough by Yan Hua's dreamy footsteps, and he received 20 fouls in less than 5 minutes of playing. In the whole game, O'Neal only scored 6 points and 5 rebounds, but this was still unstoppable. Live O'Neal's appreciation for Yan Hua, because in O'Neal's heart, Yan Hua is the only young player who can take over their mantle among all the new generation insiders in this league.

"Thank you, Shaq." After patting O'Neal's solid back and thanking O'Neal very solemnly, Yan Hua separated from O'Neal. Taking Li as an example, in every confrontation between the two, O'Neal did not show any malice towards Yan Hua, and even when Yan Hua encountered problems on the court, O'Neal would point them out on the spot, and in the first match between the two sides In the first duel, Yan Hua also got the inheritance from O'Neal, and gained the explosive power of O'Neal's peak period, so in Yan Hua's heart, O'Neal, like Yao Ming, is his mentor and guide on the way forward.

The end of the winning streak is not a good thing for the Kings, because after losing to the Cavaliers in the away game, the Kings' winning streak was fixed at 18 games. The chance of a long winning streak, but the end of the winning streak is also a blessing for the king, because after experiencing such a crazy start, the king is very tired, so after the winning streak is ended, they are tight A tense mind can be relaxed, and a tired body can also be rested. At the same time, the king can also start to adjust the state of the game and accumulate physical energy for the next wave of sprints.

After the game against the Cavaliers, the Kings rushed to Atlanta non-stop, preparing to play back-to-back away games against the Atlanta Hawks, currently ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference, but in the game against the Eagles, Reggie Toyes took a break The three main players, Kevin Martin, Tony Allen, and John Salmons were all put on the injured list by Reggie Toyes, and they didn't even go to the match, while Yan Hua and Serge Ibaka, who only played less than 20 minutes, sat on the sidelines to rest. In the absence of three main players, the Kings also lost to the Eagles in the away game without any suspense. A wave of two-game losing streak came.

On the second day of back-to-back losses to the Eagles, Yan Hua ushered in good news. In the selection of the best player of the month in the East and West just announced by the NBA, Yan Hua was elected as the best player of the month in November with an absolute advantage. Player, this is also the second player of the month for Yan Hua in his career.

In the 11 games in November, the Kings achieved an impressive record of 17 wins and 15 losses. In these 2 games, Yan Hua averaged 17 points, 26.7 rebounds, 14.3 assists, and 3.7 blocks per game. With a data of 3.3 steals, he was not only elected as the player of the month in the Western Conference in November, but also ranked first in the MVP rankings.

　Thanks to the scholar CSW for the reward, thank you.

　　
　
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