champion heart

Chapter 118 118. After the Thunder Game
After the game, Durant's mentality completely collapsed. Although this is just a regular season, it has a very different meaning to Durant, because he is facing the Lakers led by Tang De!
In Durant's heart, Tang De is one of his great competitors, and all this is because of the damn All-Star vote.

Adu is still too young, so it doesn't make any sense to compare him. On the one hand, the fan base in China is much larger than that in the United States. He is bad!

And if you can make it to the All-Stars, it doesn't matter how many votes you get or how many votes you get.

When Durant was about to go back to the locker room after the game, an American reporter stopped him!
"Hey, Kevin, can I ask you a few simple questions?" the female reporter asked tentatively.

Durant: "As soon as possible, I have other things to do!" Obviously Durant's interest is not high.

"Tonight you scored crazy data of 36 points and 12 rebounds. First of all, I would like to congratulate you, especially your two consecutive three-pointers in the final stage!"

Durant: "WTF, what are you talking about? We lost, okay? You congratulate me? I really don't know what you're thinking!"

Female reporter: "It can only be said that the Lakers have better luck tonight. All of them have a good shooting touch tonight."

Durant: "I don't want to find a reason, and I don't want you to help me find a reason. The loss of this game is all my responsibility. It was my two consecutive mistakes at the last moment that caused the team to lose. I I will continue training when I go back, and next time I meet the Lakers, I promise we will win!"

Before the female reporter could react, Durant went straight to the locker room.

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Durant, who scored 36 points and 12 rebounds in the game, failed to lead his team to win the seventh-placed Lakers in the Western Conference. This moment became the focus of news.

In the last minute of the game, Durant first faced Tang De, was directly intercepted by Tang De to complete a counterattack and scored, and then broke through the basket for a layup and was capped off by a white cap!

Just like what Durant himself said, he is fully responsible for the Thunder's loss in this game.

But the problem is that many experts are now thinking about a question: as strong as Durant, why did he make such a low-level mistake at the last moment of the game?Why are you so impulsive?And what exactly was he communicating with Tang De on the field?
The experts are far more interested in these questions than in the outcome of the game!
Of course, it is impossible for them to know.

It was impossible for Durant to tell them, because it would be too embarrassing, and Tang De would not tell them, because it was completely unnecessary.

But this is not certain, maybe one day, Tang De will put all the words he said to Durant on the court on the big screen intact...

This depends on Tang De's mood.

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After winning the Thunder, the entire Lakers team did not stay in Oklahoma City. They flew to Atlanta again early the next morning!

The main reason is that Oklahoma City is really just a "small village". Compared with Los Angeles, here is a heaven and an underground.

On the night of December 12, the Lakers ended their three-game streak in Memphis. The Lakers successfully won the first two games, but the Lakers still lost to the Grizzlies in the third game.

In this game, the "Black and White Bears" of the Grizzlies teamed up to show their power, scoring 56 points and 26 rebounds!

On the other hand, the Lakers, the white side inside the game suddenly "failed" and was restricted by Gasol Jr. and Randolph. How can they still have the prestige when they played against the Thunder?

But it's no wonder that the Grizzlies' two insiders are far from what the Thunder's insiders can compare.

Tang De played well in the whole game. He made 17 of 8 shots and scored 23 points and 8 rebounds.

But looking back, Tang De's assists in the game were only 4. This is definitely not a normal data for Tang De, and it can even be said that this is a particularly abnormal data!

4 assists in total.

Why is that?
Is Tang De playing selfishly and not passing the ball?

of course not.

As usual, Tang De spent a lot of energy on linking up his teammates, but in this game, his teammates were stronger than each other, and Tang De had nowhere to use his strength!
全场比赛尼克杨10中2只拿到6分，加索尔14中5拿到14分，白边9中2拿到6分！
Several main players made 33 of 9 shots in total. It is no wonder that this game can be won!
If the substitutes hadn't played well, the Lakers would have lost even worse.

So the current Lakers team has a very fatal problem, that is, the entire team, except Tang De, cannot perform stably all the time!
When the game feels good and the shooting feels good, the Lakers are number one in the world, and they can even beat the top Western Conference teams like the Thunder.

When the game feels bad and the shooting feels bad, the Lakers dare to kneel and lose when they see anyone.

This problem does not seem to be a big problem, because as a team, there will definitely be times when the state is good, and there will be times when the state is not good.

But in fact, this problem is actually very serious, because the Lakers are unstable and often have convulsions.

You must know that the stronger the team, the more stable it is. When did you see the Spurs convulse?When did you ever see a Jordan-era Bull convulse?
However, there are exceptions. The future "cosmos brave" will often have convulsions, but they are more likely to lose because they are too rough, not because of instability.

On the plane back to LA, D'Antoni gave a death order to everyone on the team: Immediately practice extra shooting, especially three-pointers!
Each person's training volume and training effect must be approved by him every day to pass the test.

If you don't pass the test, you will practice until you pass, or you will be punished to run laps.

In short, at all costs, seize all the time to practice shooting!

This is actually a decision made by Tang De after discussing with D'Antoni. Comrade Old De was already extremely obsessed with three-pointers. In the original history, when Comrade Old De was coaching the Rockets, those three-pointers almost accounted for more than half of the team!

Coupled with Tang De's "stirring the flames" a little bit on the side, D'Antoni directly made the decision to practice extra three-pointers and extra shooting!
There are two reasons why Tang De wants the team to practice shooting more. One: It helps the stability of the team. Practice makes perfect in everything, especially in terms of shooting ability. The more you practice, the more accurate you will be. , It will naturally be stable when it is accurate. This is a virtuous circle.

Second: The more shooters there are, the happier Tang De is!Because the more shooters, the more he can "swipe" assists!
Tang De's style of play, if you match him with four defensive shooters, he will really be able to win the O'Brien Cup...

Just like the Orlando Magic back then, isn't it just Howard with four shooters alone?

Another example is the "one star four shots" tactic of the Cleveland Cavaliers!
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