Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 288 The Death of the Georgian Boxer

"Mike D'Antoni puts too much emphasis on the regular season record. He doesn't have to let the main players play 45 minutes every game. Their lineup is enough to play a good rotation. Joe Johnson is underestimated. He can lead the first team alone. In the second team, although Smush Parker is not a good passer, his singles and defense are still trustworthy. If he overuses players like this, he may cause potential injuries. Yes, I am not Mike A loyal fan of D'Antoni, but I hope to see Steve Nash and Sean Marion can play healthy for a few more years, instead of being overdrawn early in their careers." After the game, Jim accepted During the interview, he mercilessly criticized D'Antoni's employment strategy.

D'Antoni was a little depressed, why did he chase after me after winning the ball?Where did such a big resentment come from?

But being named and pointed at his face, of course D'Antoni could not remain indifferent.

"I've been in my career for 30 years. When I was drafted by the NBA, Jim Buss was still memorizing the periodic table in school. I don't need a guy who has only a month's career to teach me how to coach. It's ridiculous, he doesn't understand what it means to be a manager at all."

Charles Barkley agrees.

"As an employee, Mike D'Antoni needs a record to make his job stable. Once he loses, he may be fired, but Jim Buss is different. In a sense, he coaches his own team. Of course, I want to play how I want to play. In fact, many teams do not aim to compete for the championship. Maybe for them, if they win a few more games in the regular season, enter the playoffs, and earn enough tickets, this season is a success. Yes. I am not disrespectful to my old club, but the sun has been rotten for so many years, and it is undoubtedly exciting to achieve such a good result at the start of the game this year. There is no big problem with D'Antoni's approach. When I played, I can’t wait to play the full 48 minutes in every game.”

Obviously, it will take some time for Jim, an "outsider" and "evil capitalist", to gain recognition in the basketball circle.

Just after defeating the Suns, the Lakers returned to the home court back to back to face their old rival Kings.

This season, the king lost Bobby Jackson, one of the bench bandits, and Divac, the main insider. The main candidates for the bench were undrafted Maurice Evans, nerve knife Eddie House and rookie Kevin Martin. The firepower has declined compared with the previous season, and the main center is served by the old Lakers Mehmet Okur.

In the first 10 games, Okur averaged 37 points and 13 rebounds per game with a 8% three-point shooting rate, showing a stable performance.

Maybe it was because they played too much against the Suns in the last game. The Lakers felt cold after the start. They were beaten by the Kings in a 12-0 start. Jim even called two timeouts to no avail.

Throughout the first quarter, Kobe made 5 of 1 shots, Billups made 4 of 1 shots, Wade made 3 of 0 shots, and David West, Nocioni and Battier were all ineffective. Garnett and Artest crosshairs are online.

On the contrary, it is the Kings, more blooming. Although Okur's coping ability is average, his shooting is better than that of Divac. Garnett had to be pulled outside by him, so that Webber could only eat the Lakers power forward in the low post.In the first quarter, Webber took whatever he wanted and scored 9 points and 7 rebounds. The Lakers trailed 19 to 31.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Lakers rushed to catch up. Kobe and Wade gradually regained their touch. The two teamed up to contribute 20 points in the second quarter. Three-point foul, went to the free throw line and made 8 free throws.

Why are all 8 free throws made?The reason is that Jim and Artest each received a technical foul for protesting against the referee.

In the second half, the Lakers tried several times to chase points, but they all failed, 102 to 109, and the home court was bitter.

Webber performed bravely with 32 points, 17 rebounds and 8 assists. Stojakovic made 17 of 4 shots and 16 free throws, scoring 29 points.

"Can I say dirty words about this game?"

"No, you are a public figure and you have to maintain your image in front of fans all over the world."

"Then I have nothing to say."

The entire Lakers team held their breath.

It's just pity for the New Orleans Hornets who will come to Staples next. Baron Davis is absent due to injury, and Jamal Marsh is reimbursed for this season. They can only fight with a broken team.

The Hornets' resistance lasted only 5 minutes. The Lakers scored 29-13 in a single quarter, turning the rest of the game into training time. Korver, Nocioni, Varejao, Haslem, Ariza and others all debut.

108 to 76, the Lakers won by a big score.

Then the Lakers embarked on a consecutive road trip, first against the Milwaukee Bucks.

The game itself is nothing worth mentioning. It entered the garbage time early. The Bucks have a bad lineup this season, and they are rushing to the No. [-] pick next season.

The only eye-catching scene appeared in the third quarter. The Bucks' substitute center, Georgian Zaza Pachulia, made a fighting move similar to the iron mountain when the Lakers rookie Trevor Ariza made a layup. It flew out of the bottom line sideways.

Ariza didn't stand up for a long time. The Lakers' teammates on the field had quit long ago. Led by Artest and Nene, they directly punched Pachulia. Among them, Nene was the bravest. Under the double-teaming of the Bucks players, they forced out of the siege, swung their sandbag-sized fists, and slammed Pachulia on the nose.

The Bucks players immediately went into battle, and Nene and Artest rolled with them and fell to the ground.

Here Haslem and Billups are still working with the team doctor to check the injury of Ariza who fell to the ground. Seeing that there is already a mess over there, they can't just watch their teammates suffer, so they rushed over and fought with the Bucks. Players shoved and pulled.

Seeing that the situation is not good, Anton Battier and Divac are optimistic about the Lakers players on the bench, and they will not rush into the field to help. The most important thing is to worry about players being injured, and it's not worth it to trade with the tank team.

The game was interrupted for ten minutes.Bucks' Pachulia, Desmond Mason, Gadzuric, Mo Williams and Marcus Fizer, Lakers' Nene, Artest, Haslem and Beau Lupus was expelled.

Nene clearly attracted the most fire, with his jersey torn to shreds and a gashed brow bone.

But what was even more tragic was Pachulia, with blood all over her face and one black eye, she was in a very distressed state.

Fortunately, Ariza was fine, the blow was just a blunt injury, and it was very painful when he pressed against his soft ribs. After lying on the ground for a while, he was fine.

But for the sake of insurance, Jim did not continue to send Ariza, the game ended hastily, the Lakers won 97 to 69 away.

(End of this chapter)