Fan Reward System

Chapter 90 Owen's Ability to Lead a Team

"Which player in today's game scored the most points in the first quarter so far?" the system asked.

"James." He Pan said.

"Wait, no, it's Owen!" He Pan suddenly changed his tune.

The system didn't say it was the game between the Pistons and the Cavaliers, it just said "in today's game".

James scored 16 points in the first quarter of this game, helping the team quickly open the score as soon as it came up.

However, there is a more terrifying one in another game, and that is Irving.

In today's Celtics game against the Mavericks, Irving was in a hot state in the first quarter, shooting 6 of 6 shots, 3 of 3 three-pointers, and scored 18 points.

In the end, Irving played 39 minutes, 22 of 16, 7 of 5 three-pointers, 11 of 10 free throws, scored 47 points, 6 assists, 3 rebounds and 1 steal, including a season high in scoring.

The Celtics also won the Mavericks 110:102, winning 16 consecutive victories.

At the beginning of the season, many people were puzzled by Irving's departure from the Cavaliers.

Stay in the Cavaliers and guarantee the finals.

Leave the Cavaliers and lead the team alone, can you do it?
Irving has never proven his ability to lead a team alone.

Therefore, many fans expressed doubts about this.

In fact, the statement that Irving's ability to lead the team is not strong is itself a false proposition.

Because, Irving has not yet had the opportunity to prove that he can lead the team alone.

In the two years when Irving entered the league, James had just left, and the Cavaliers lineup was very poor. The team is not capable.

As for James returning to the Cavaliers later, James left the game or missed the rotation, Irving led the team alone and lost repeatedly, and he cannot be blamed entirely.

You know, after James returned to the Cavaliers, the introduction and sale of all the players of the Cavaliers, and even the departure and retention of the coaches, all revolved around James.

Since the team is built with James as the core, then Irving is not leading his team, so what about the ability to lead the team?

In the O'Neal Kobe era, the team was built with O'Neal as the core, and Kobe played as a support. If you have to match O'Neal with Howard, who will pass him the ball?Who can echo him on the outside to open up space for him?How can he lead the team to success?

Similarly, in the era of Kobe Gasol, the team was built with Kobe as the core. If you match him with a James or Jordan, wouldn't they have to fight for the ball on the outside?Without the possession of the ball, without a good inside line, how can he lead the team successfully?

Of course, Irving's ability to lead the team must have a certain gap with Jordan, Kobe, and James, but the gap should not be too big, at least not as unbearable as some people say.

Now the core of the Celtics is Irving, and the Celtics have also won a wave of 16 consecutive victories.

Now Irving must think that this step he took during the offseason is very correct.

If he is still in the Cavaliers and wins this game, Irving's credit is likely to be divided in half.

No way, that's not his team!

There, he was always a prince!

Of course, the biggest contributor to the Celtics' winning streak, his real leader should be coach Stevens. In addition, Horford's role in the team is not much worse than Irving's.

Irving just maximized his abilities in this system.

Some people say that even if James goes to the Celtics to lead the team, it is impossible to win 16 consecutive victories.

Because then, the Celtics would be James' team, not young coach Stevens' team.

Similarly, the current best candidate for the head coach of the Cavaliers is Tyronn Lue.

Irving's biggest feature is his strong scoring ability, especially his big heart at critical moments.

今天的一条新闻中报道：欧文关键时刻得分以场均5.9分高居联盟第一，11场比赛带队9胜2负，得到5.9分，命中率61.5%，领先No.2的维特斯整整一分，No.2维特斯到No.10杜兰特的差距也只有1.3分。

Irving, who is possessed by the Mamba spirit, is worthy of the title of king of critical moments.

Owen, who saw this news, probably thought: I am not the mvp, I am not the cornerstone, I am not the No. 1 in the league, but in the last 5 minutes, let me watch on my knees!
The same is true of Thomas Jr. last season. Every fourth quarter, he will start scoring mode, so that he has his own proprietary gesture: right hand pointing to left wrist, which means, this is my time!

But now it seems that the key to the Celtics in the fourth quarter should be Stevens.

After all, whether it is Thomas Jr. or Irving, as long as they are under the Celtics head coach Stevens, they can do this.

And neither of them has done this in other places.

The last chance to prove this point is to wait until Thomas Jr. comes back, let's see if he can still do the magic of the Celtics last season in the Cavaliers, especially the crucial fourth quarter game.

If it can be done, then he is really good, and Owen is also good.

If he can't do it, it means Stevens is amazing!
"The host scored one point in this game. The current total score is 57 points, and the life value is 24 days." The system said.

In another game today, the Pelicans ushered in a challenge from the Thunder at home. In the end, the Pelicans defeated the Thunder 114-107, ending their two-game losing streak.

As soon as the game came up, the Thunder felt hot and quickly opened the score. In the third quarter, Cousins ​​was sentenced to a second-degree malicious foul for hitting Westbrook in the face in the third quarter, but Davis stepped forward to lead the game. The Pelicans overtook the score and held the lead in the final quarter.

The Thunder just won a wave of three consecutive victories before, and now they have immediately reaped a two-game losing streak, ranking ninth in the Western Conference.

Some time ago, someone asked the difference between the Cavaliers' three-game winning streak and the Thunder's three-game winning streak. Now it seems that the difference is that one is getting better and the other is getting better.

The Cavaliers have won a wave of 6 consecutive victories, and their ranking has also risen to No. 4 in the Eastern Conference. They are also just around the corner from the second position in the Eastern Conference.

In these two games, the Thunder took the lead from the start, but ended in losses.

It is a bit similar to the Warriors to often come up and lead.

But the result is not the same.

It seems that Lei Ting did not have the life of the warrior, but got the illness of the warrior...

So much so that someone summed up the trend of each game of the Thunder this season: Super suppress the first quarter, maintain the lead in the second quarter, start to collapse in the third quarter, very anxious but will definitely lose in the fourth quarter.

To simplify it is: Lei Yiya, Lei Erling, Lei Sanjiao, Lei Sibeng.

Westbrook has also been criticized recently. His shooting percentage has been very low recently, and he always fights alone at critical moments in the fourth quarter, failing to integrate the team.

The start was fierce, and Westbrook hit five in the end. It feels like it can be used to sum up the Thunder's game for a season...

As for the Thunder, it used to be a team with one empty cut, but now a team with three empty cuts.

Looking at the Thunder now, He Pan just wants to say: How strong is Adu...

When Durant was still in the Thunder, Cuban once said that the Thunder only has one superstar!
What he means is that Westbrook is not a superstar.

Durant left last season, and Westbrook led the Thunder to the Finals alone and won his first MVP.

Many people said that Cuban is really good. He said in advance that the Thunder has only one superstar, and now the Thunder really only have one superstar.

However, looking at Cuban's words now, I find that he is still right. The Thunder really only have one superstar who can lead the team, but that person is Durant.

It seems that Cuban was the first to see through Westbrook!
Worse than the Thunder is the Clippers.

The Clippers lost to the Knicks 107:85 today, gaining a 9-game losing streak.

The Clippers once ranked No. 13 in the Western Conference at the beginning of the season, but now they have slipped to No. [-] in the Western Conference.

One sentence can describe the Clippers very well: No one can beat them at first, and no one can beat them later.

Clippers coach Rivers said some time ago that without Paul, the team played more smoothly.

Now it seems that there is nothing wrong with this statement, the Clippers have played 9 games in a row...

After watching several Thunder games, He Pan's only feeling is that Durant is too strong!After watching the Clippers game, He Pan also really felt how hard Paul worked!
Why did the Clippers let Paul go and keep Griffin?

He Pan thinks it might be like this——

Griffin: Trade away Paul, I will be the leader, I don't care if your son plays or not.

Rivers: Trade away Paul, my son has played more than 30 minutes, I don't care how you beat me.

Griffin: Deal!

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(End of this chapter)