champion heart

Chapter 161 160. First in the Alliance
After the game ended, Thibodeau was instantly pushed to the forefront.

All kinds of scolding from all walks of life washed over Thibodeau's head like a storm.

In the loss to the Lakers, Thibodeau's Bulls played more than 10 minutes per starter.

Noah even played 43 minutes.

A game is only 48 minutes in total, what is the concept of playing 43 minutes?it goes without saying.

This is tossing players like livestock.

Noah is an All-Star player with one team and one defense. The current Bulls, after Rose's injury, are based on Noah on both the offensive and defensive ends.

But no matter how the core is, it can't be so ruthless?
Shouldn't the more core it is, the better it should be protected?

Thibodeau oh Thibodeau.

You deserve to be sprayed, the Bulls management is kind enough not to let you dismiss get out of class.

There are people who are criticized, and naturally there are people who are infinitely praised.

Who is the man in stark contrast to Thibodeau?

Undoubtedly it was Tang De.

In this game against the Bulls, Tang De once again strongly scored a triple-double. This is the first time in Tang De's career that he has achieved a triple-double in two consecutive games.

More importantly, these two games are also away games.

The Lakers' two consecutive away games are not bad, and they have won two strong enemies in a row.

First won the third-ranked Raptors in the Eastern Conference, and then won the fourth-ranked Bulls in the Eastern Conference.

As the most important contributor to winning the game, Tang De couldn't be exaggerated.

The major media in the United States rushed to report on Tang De's performance in these two games, and the Lakers' official website was constantly scrolling and broadcasting various things about Tang De.

Of course, the Lakers official website has a purpose in doing so, everything is to create momentum for the first All-Star in Tang De's career.

This year's All-Star voting is basically over, and Tang De is still sitting firmly on the No.1 throne in the frontcourt of the Western Conference.

His total votes are currently firmly ranked first among all players in the Western Conference, not to mention Curry, and even the current number of votes for Tang De, who has returned from injury, is not as many as Tang De.

In the selection of the backcourt candidates in the West, Curry and Kobe currently have little difference in the number of votes.

But one thing is almost certain in advance, that is, whether it is Curry or Kobe, there is no problem in making the All-Star starter.

The All-Star voting has been going on until now, LeBron James is still the current All-Star vote leader, and Tang De is behind him.

Tang De is currently only tens of thousands of votes behind James. The NBA voting has not yet completely ended, and there are still a few days to vote.

But no matter from which aspect, Tang De still has a great hope of becoming the top voter.

If he can become the NBA's All-Star vote leader, it will be of great benefit to Tang De, at least he can get a bonus from Nike.

This is also one of the reasons why Durant hates Tang De so much. After all, who would have trouble with money.

Although Tang De is now a man with a family fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars, of course he will not refuse anyone who comes to him, the more the better.

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The Lakers' road trip this time can only be described in one word, that is, smelly and long.

Qilianke, no matter how long it is, it can only be like this.

The most important thing is that most of their opponents are strong teams, which have just finished third and fourth in the Eastern Conference.

Another back-to-back Indiana Pacers print tomorrow.

The Pacers are now the team that has left the Miami Heat with the "Big Three" behind.

That's right, they are currently the No. [-] team in the Eastern Conference and the No. [-] team in the league!
The Pacers have had a terrific start to the season. So far, they have only lost six games, and it feels like they are heading directly to break the Bulls' winning record during Jordan's era.

The Pacers currently rank third in the league in defensive efficiency, and they only allow their opponents to get 92 points per game on average.

This is a very scary defense.

The Lakers have averaged 109 points per game so far this season, and their offensive firepower also ranks third in the league.

The team with the third defense against the team with the third offense must be a spark.

More importantly, the Lakers' defense is not bad, but in terms of overall defense, the Lakers are still much worse than the Pacers.

After all, everyone in the Pacers can defend. They rely on the entire defensive system, just like the Spurs in the West.

Their defenses are both methodical and disciplined.

However, the Lakers are different. The reason why the Lakers defend well depends more on the two absolute defensive strengths of Tang De and Baibian, not on the entire defensive system.

Besides, it is impossible for D'Antoni's team to have any defensive system.

Because of Paul George, Tang De knows the Pacers team very well.

In Tang De's memory, the horror of the Pacers this season is limited to before the All-Star Game. According to the original history, they will suddenly collapse after the All-Star Game.

Collapsed to a heinous degree.

Because after the All-Star Game, such a strong team actually only played less than [-]% of the winning percentage.

But in any case, the Pacers are a strong team.

In general, the strength of the Pacers is due to their defense, which has Hibbert, a big center with the best defensive player level inside.

There is also a top defender like Paul George on the outside.

Coupled with George Hill, Stephens and others to build a perfect defensive system.

The combination of Hibbert and Paul George, one inside and one outside, is actually very similar to the current Lakers, and it can even be said to be exactly the same.

Paul George is a small forward with a strong defense.

Tang De is also a small forward, and his defense is comparable to George's, even stronger than George's in terms of defensive strength.

Hibbert corresponds to the white side, and they are both insiders with excellent defensive capabilities.

Although Tang De didn't know why Hibbert, the All-Star center, suddenly became "Gao Yuanyuan" after the All-Star Game, but at least for now, Hibbert is still an All-Star insider.

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In a hotel in Chicago, the entire Lakers team is gathering in one room.

Tang De: "Hassan, you know we are going to fight the Pacers tomorrow, what I want to say is, do you have confidence in Hibbert?"

Baibian: "Hibbert? Is that the stupid big guy who is especially good at defense?"

Tang De: "He is not an idiot, his defense is really good, and he also has a stable output of 14 points per game on the offensive end, so how to solve him tomorrow is very important to us."

Baibian: "Don, is my defense bad? My scoring average is even a little higher than his, and my blocks are the league's first, so what do you think I will do against him? Haha..."

Tang De: "That's true, haha~ I mean, don't be careless. In the game against the Rockets a few days ago, that guy beat Dwight Howard on both ends of the offense and defense. It's a good show that blocked Dwight three times in a row!"

Baibian: "I don't care about those. What I want to say is that when it comes to rebounding and blocking shots, I haven't been afraid of anyone yet!"

(End of this chapter)