Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 208
It has to be said that the league's schedule is very artistic. Before the All-Star Game, the Lakers' schedule circled the United States clockwise for a week, but after the All-Star Game, it became a radial return run with Los Angeles as the center, alternating home and away games. .

On average, back-to-back once a week, the opponents in the second game are the Nets, Jazz, Supersonics and other teams that are desperate for the playoffs, and there are even strong enemies like the Sacramento Kings. A wave of low tide came, and the record fell all the way. It has been overtaken by the triumphant Spurs and Timberwolves, and fell to the third place in the West. Kobe and Billups also had a few games because of minor injuries.

Wade, whose performance has been unstable since February, has been questioned after Jim rejected the Heat's trade. As a rookie of the Los Angeles Lakers, his every move must be watched under a magnifying glass.

"Wade is too short as a shooting guard, too focused on personal offense as a point guard, lacks the ability to connect, and is not as stable as a traditional point guard, with many turnovers. The upper limit may be Kevin Johnson."

"Kevin Johnson? That's a fierce man who can score 38 points and 12 assists in two consecutive games on the head of the championship Rockets. Don't forget that Wade has a knee meniscus problem, which may limit his ceiling. , Coupled with his style of play, I think the upper limit may be Francis or Baron Davis, who can make one or two All-Stars at most, which is far from the level of Iverson."

"Look at Anthony, who averaged more than 20 points per game. Kupchak took the second pick and didn't know how to pick Anthony, but he exchanged it for the No. [-] pick and Nene? Why can't Nene even hit the ball now? gone?"

"I heard that Kupchak is a puppet, and the one who is really in power is that little Buss. I suspect that Kupchak is responsible for their Buss family."

Jim browsed the forum, losing is the original sin, and all kinds of ghosts and monsters have popped up. No matter which country or era, the essence of fans is the same.

"Rookies need time to grow. In the past few years, Reed, Arenas, and Boozer did not perform better than Wade in their rookie seasons, but why did no one scold them? And they all played out after leaving the team, which shows that we The vision of the uniform team is still good."

"It's played out, but it's a pity that it's on another team. Then I hope Wade will not play out. Anyway, he is training talents for other teams."

"You people, can't you give the rookies some time? Isn't it because they didn't use it for immediate combat power. During this period of time, the players were injured and the schedule was so bad, so the record dropped."

In the away game against the Denver Nuggets, Kobe Bryant and Billups were both absent, and the disabled Lakers started Wade, Battier, Artest, Garnett and Campbell.

The Nuggets, who have lost to the Lakers twice before, are now at a critical moment in the playoffs, and they are looking forward to a victory.The current Nuggets are strong and strong. Except for Skitishvili's pitfalls, the team has assists leader Andre Miller, three-point leader Voshan Leonard, and is attacking the rebounding and blocking champions. Marcus Camby.And Carmelo Anthony, who has performed poorly against the Lakers twice before, is also looking forward to proving himself in this game, so as to gain an advantage in the battle for the best rookie with LeBron James.

As soon as he came up, Anthony showed his determination, bravely went to the basket, and forced a layup with Artest.

There are not many people in the league who can rely on Artest to complete a layup, and Anthony, who is still a rookie, is not among them. This layup was seriously deformed and was blocked by the basket, but Anthony grabbed the offensive rebound immediately. Take a step to the other side of the basket and try to layup again with a backhand.

Campbell, who has returned to the basket, can't stand it anymore. As the last line of defense for the Lakers in the dark period of the 90s, Campbell contributed more than 1000 blocks in the eight years he played for the Lakers, and Anthony's big layup , In the end, it added an extra block to Campbell's statistics.

But Camby had been eyeing the ball a long time ago. Campbell went to defend Anthony. Artest, who was supposed to switch to Camby, didn't pay attention to the position.

It was the turn of the Lakers to attack, and the starting lineup changed 3 players, one of them was Artest, who was not very good at running. The Lakers also gave up the low-post starting style of the triangle offense, and directly played by Wade and Garnett. Pick and roll to start the offense.

Georgia forward Skitishvili, as the No. 15 rookie last year, averaged 5 points and 4 rebounds in [-] minutes per game. It can only be said that there is still huge potential to be tapped.

Kiki Vandeweghe aims to beat Kenyon Martin with a high salary next year, and regards this year as a training season. Skitishvili can train best, and it’s a pity if he can’t. Anyway, there are many lottery tickets scrapped every year. , so he didn't make any reinforcements at the power forward position.

After the pick-and-roll, Wade hit Skitishvili with a misplaced single, simply accelerated and changed direction and rushed in. Before Camby blocked the shot, he took off early and hit Camby with an awkward layup position. caught off guard.

Andre Miller attacks with the ball. His speed is not fast, but he has a good post-up ability, which is enough to deal with ordinary point guards.

But the Lakers had been prepared for a long time. Battier, who has a height advantage, guarded Andre Miller, while Wade marked the spot-up shooter Voshan Leonard.

It's not so easy to back up Battier, who is skilled in defense. Andre Miller quickly gave up the plan and waved Camby over to cover.

Camby came up, made a false screen and went down, ready to eat the cake and attack the basket. Andre Miller sighed secretly, all the actions of Camby on the court must have something to do with his own data.

Campbell is getting older and his footsteps are a bit slow, and he can't keep up with the young and strong Camby. Andre Miller's passing skills are good. The basketball hangs over Campbell's fingertips and flies near the ring. basket.

The Lakers' offense is still a pick-and-roll. This time Voshan Leonard chose to grab the screen, but Garnett took advantage of this gap and went straight down, keeping Skitishvili behind him. Wade sent a ghostly pass. Garnett responded with a dunk.

Camby, the patron saint of the basket, watched the whole process. Off the court, Nuggets coach Jeff Bzdelik yelled angrily, but Camby was indifferent and ran to the front line without caring about the baseline ball. field.

Poor Skitishvili had run half court, turned back, picked up the basketball and handed it to Andrei Miller.

The Nuggets' defense was useless, and Wade, who had been holding back for a long time, finally found a chance to release. He scored 7 points on 6 of 13 shots in the first quarter.

　Rose dreamed of returning to the top today, it was really wet...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)