Superstar Tyreke

Chapter 109
Losing to the Spurs is fine, but losing to the Timberwolves, who were last in the Western Conference last season, seems a bit undeserved, and it was overturned with a big lead. After the game, the outside world can see that the strength of this Kings team is indeed They have improved a lot compared to last season, but their experience is obviously lacking, and at the same time their mentality is also problematic at the moment
When winning 9 consecutive victories this season, the team's morale was high. However, due to the team's situation in the past two years, everyone did not overestimate their own strength and did not get carried away because of the winning streak. When the winning streak ended after losing to the Spurs, There was no burden.

However, when the team won 5 consecutive victories again, and has always occupied the top spot in the league since the start of the new season, they began to overestimate the strength of the team, thinking that the team should have a record beyond imagination. After all, he is number one in the league!After losing to the Spurs again, the whole team clearly showed a kind of conceit. We are currently the No. 1 team in the league. Losing to the same team in a row is obviously not our true strength. From the interview after the game, Tyreke In his speech, you can also get a glimpse of the team's internal atmosphere, which is the arrogance brought about by victory...

When facing the Timberwolves, under the exaggeration of the outside world, the Kings appeared in the Target Center arena with a condescending and strong attitude.

The start of the game was indeed as everyone expected. The Timberwolves were powerless against the overall strength of the Kings, and the Kings took a huge lead early on.However, when the Timberwolves counterattacked under the leadership of Love, the mentality gap of the Kings made them panic, which eventually led to the defeat...

The Kings, who have lost two games in a row, must adjust. They lack experience in the face of difficulties. This kind of experience needs time to accumulate. The most urgent task now is to face the next game with a correct attitude.

Back at home, the next opponent to face is the visiting Milwaukee Bucks. The current 6 wins and 10 losses of the Bucks are also average. The teams in the middle and lower reaches of the league, the Kings at home are supposed to be sure, but it is unexpected. still happened
Vivek Ranadive, the big boss of the Kings, also came to watch the game, but An Jiali did not come with her father.After all, An Jiali is still a college student. Although she usually has a lot of free time, she can't come to the scene to watch the games too frequently because of her studies.

An Jiali is now in frequent contact with Tyreek on weekdays, and the mutual affection between the two is already tacit, but Tyreke is still a Chinese college student with no emotions in his mind, and he is still a little shy in his heart. Find an opportunity to express.

Facing an ordinary team like the Bucks, and at their own home court, with the team's big boss watching the game, the Kings naturally went all out.Brandon Jennings, Carlos Delfino, Stephen Jackson, Eisen Ilyasova, and Andrew Bogut's starting lineup is solid, but still quite mediocre.The most outstanding player in the Bucks today is Brandon Jennings, who was in the middle of the 09 class and Tyreke was shining for a while.

Jennings is also in the third year of his career this season. Although he does not have such an eye-catching performance as Tyreke, he has steadily improved his level, and his scoring average has improved every year. The core of the offense, the average scoring is expected to reach 20+.

The Bucks have a well-balanced lineup, but they are not the opponents of the Kings at all. This game is the same as the last game against the Timberwolves. The Kings also took the initiative early on. Tyreke took the initiative at the beginning of the game. He made great efforts and won all-round victory in the matchup with Jennings. The two rookies had their own highlights in their rookie seasons, but after entering the third year of their careers, Tyreke's personal strength is obviously higher than that of Jennings.

However, although the Kings had an advantage on the scene, they failed to completely widen the score gap, which also gave the Bucks a chance
Also in the second half, the Bucks made a sudden effort. Under the leadership of Mike Dunleavy who came off the bench, they brought out a 15-3 spurt and reversed the score in one fell swoop.

From this turning point, the Kings gradually fell into blind self-confidence. Like the game with the Timberwolves, the players always believed that it was impossible for a team like the Bucks to defeat them.The Kings can beat strong teams such as the San Antonio Spurs, Oklahoma City Thunder, Los Angeles Lakers, and Los Angeles Clippers at the beginning of the season, can't they still deal with mediocre teams like the Bucks?
What if the score is behind, they can even reverse the 20 points behind the Clippers, what is behind the Bucks?
Confidence is a good thing, but it is not blind self-confidence, it is self-confidence based on one's own strength. At this time, the Kings have changed from when they won 9 consecutive victories at the beginning of the season. had a negative effect.When the team just won 9 consecutive victories, the team could still recognize themselves, but now with the loss, the psychological gap caused by the swelling feeling made the team lost.
After falling behind the Bucks, everyone thinks that the team is currently number one in the league, and that they must be superior. As long as they play well, they can solve small roles like the Bucks every minute.As a result, the Kings had more and more irrational singles, with no tactics at all, and the team's mistakes began to increase, while the Bucks played steadily, using the Kings' mistakes to continue to widen the score gap. The emotions of the Kings players It also gradually became irritable.

In a physical collision between Cousins ​​and Drew Gooden, Cousins ​​got angry and pushed and shoved Gooden. Both of them got a second-level malicious foul and were expelled. Cousins ​​was expelled for the second time this season. Received a second-level malicious foul!

In the end, the Kings were powerless and hated the home court. The Bucks scored in double figures with 6 players in the game. Tyreke scored 30 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, but also had 8 turnovers. The Kings' shooting percentage was only poor. 37 percent...

With 15 wins and 14 loss in the first 1 games, and the current 3-game losing streak, not only the mentality of the Kings has a huge gap, but also the fans.After the Kings lost the game at home, there were constant boos in the Sleep Train arena, and the team boss Vivek Ranadive, who was watching the game from the sidelines, could only shake his head when he saw the reaction of the fans.

At this moment, everyone seems to have forgotten that the Kings were only the second-to-last team in the Western Conference two years ago...

(End of this chapter)