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Chapter 169. Chapter 168. Build Momentum for Anthony VS Tang De in Advance
On the evening of January 1, the Lakers ushered in the fifth game of their seven-game streak, and the opponent was still the Eastern team: the Orlando Magic!

In the first four games, the Lakers maintained a record of unbeaten victories. Tonight's Magic game will not be difficult if there are no accidents.

Since Howard left, the Magic has basically been a weak team in the East every year, and there has been no hope of resurgence.

The same is true this season. So far, the Magic are ranked fourth from the bottom in the Eastern Conference. It seems that the playoffs are nowhere in sight.

Although they have Vucevic, Efflalo and other stars who have already made their way, and even potential newcomers such as Oladipo, they just can't achieve results.

In general, the current Magic is still a team that completely missed the playoffs.

Their goal is just to make it to the playoffs.

This game was not at his own home court anyway, so D'Antoni came directly to be ruthless and directly rested Kobe and Tang De.

Only Popovich can do this kind of resting of the main players. Unexpectedly, D'Antoni, who has always been the main player, would have such a move.

But D'Antoni has his reasons for doing so.

First of all, having played four consecutive away games, the main players have consumed a lot of energy, which poses a great threat to their health. Secondly, playing against the Magic, to be honest, D'Antoni didn't take it too seriously.

Comrade Old Germany is already a little swollen.

They have won four consecutive victories, and this fifth game is still playing the Magic.

D'Antoni looked up to the sky and screamed.

This is a game with dim stars, destined to not have much attention. Since there are no superstars, the Magic is not a team with high attention. Originally, they hoped to rely on the Lakers to gain a wave of enthusiasm. As a result, D'Antoni directly announced the rotation of Kobe and Don De before the game.

Such a whole, completely GG, even TNT did not broadcast the game live.

TNT went live to broadcast another Knicks vs Bobcats game!

Without Tang De and Kobe, the Lakers played very difficult at the beginning of tonight's game. After the first quarter, they even scored 15 points and fell behind the Magic by 9 points in a single quarter.

Leading by 9 points in a single quarter, the Magic saw the hope of winning. They were already afraid of losing, and they were eager to win.

Tonight, the Lakers rest two absolute core players. They must seize this opportunity, although even if they win, there is no gold content.

But this is completely unimportant to magic, okay?

As long as you can win, anything is fine!

With this belief, after halftime, the Magic directly led the Lakers by 18 points.

But all of this was expected by D'Antoni. Since he chose to rest Tang De and Kobe, he was prepared to lose.

Without Kobe and Tang De, it would be strange if the Lakers could win, right?
Although the Magic is a big team, but without Kobe and Tang De, the Lakers are not a big team?
From the original history, it can be seen that without Kobe and Tang De, the Lakers are a real weak team that anyone can bully.

However, the weather is unpredictable, and the Magic, which led by 18 points at halftime, is not completely stable.

Back in the second half of the game, Nick Young started to convulse from the outside again. With Bai Bian struggling to grab the rebounds, Nick Young hit 3 consecutive three-pointers from the outside, leading the Lakers to narrow the score to single digits.

After the third quarter, the Lakers narrowed the point difference to only 5 points.

In the third quarter, the Lakers won the Magic by 13 points in a single quarter.

That's what Nick Young is like, once you get him to surrender, he's a Teddy, there's nothing he can't do.

With a 5-point lead, the Magic played all the starting lineups in the last quarter and played steadily. Although the Lakers were still struggling to counterattack, they fell short in the end.

The Magic finally won the Lakers without Kobe and Downe at home with a 6-point advantage.

Winning this game played a big role in improving the morale of the Magic. They not only ended the Lakers' four-game winning streak, but also ended their own five-game losing streak.

After the game, the entire Magic team was in high spirits. After losing five games in a row, they finally won again.

Although they lost, the Lakers didn't have any emotional fluctuations, because this is a normal loss.

After the game, this game did not bring any big repercussions, but another game caused an uproar.

The entire league is amazed!
In the Knicks game against the Bobcats at home, Knicks star Anthony played 39 minutes, made 35 of 23 shots, and scored 62 points and 13 rebounds.

The 62 points not only created a new high in Anthony's career, but also the scoring record holder in Madison Square Garden.

It is worth mentioning that, except for 62 points and 13 rebounds, Anthony's other statistics are all zero.

Not a single turnover, not a single steal, not a single assist.

Everything else is okay, but while scoring 62 points in the game, there was not a single assist recorded.

Such wonderful data is really in line with Anthony's style of play.

Anthony, who is known as an offensive kaleidoscope, has countless ways to score, but if it comes to assists, I'm sorry, labor and management can't, really can't.

In this game, if Anthony's offense is divinely assisted, no matter how he shoots, the basket is wider than the sea.

Anthony's 62 points are also the second 60+ points in the entire league this season, and who is the first person to score 60+ points this season?

That's right.

It was Tang De.

Like Anthony, Tang De's efficiency in the game with 60+ was also astonishingly high, 33 of 23, even more accurate than Anthony!

After the game, all the limelight was taken away, and Anthony, as the protagonist of the matter, became the focus of attention.

In an interview after the game, Anthony once again uttered the universal phrase that is very popular in the NBA to answer reporters' questions: Well, I just play, and I just put all my training results on the court.

After the game, the major stars in the league went online again, expressing their congratulations to Anthony and... blowing wildly on their social media!
Especially the "Banana Boat Brothers", James, Paul, and Wade immediately expressed their praise and congratulations to Anthony.

Congratulations are all secondary. It's not clear where these four guys have a private meeting again...

The bromance between the "Banana Boat Brothers" is definitely...really.

Tang De and Kobe also expressed their congratulations to Anthony without hesitation. After all, it is indeed a great joy for the NBA to have a player who can score 60 points.

It is worth mentioning that NBA officials even put the 60-point highlights of Tang De and Anthony together for loop.

On one screen, there are Anthony's highlights on the left and Tang De's highlights on the right.

It's so picturesque, isn't it?
Of course, NBA officials have their purpose in doing this, and it is definitely not for pure flattery.

What for?
In order to build momentum in advance and maximize the production of gimmicks.

Because tomorrow night, the Lakers will go to Madison Square Garden to play a game with the Knicks.

At that time, Tang De VS Anthony is destined to ignite the audience!
(End of this chapter)