Superstar Tyreke

Chapter 111
Coach Westphal’s words made everyone wake up like a dream. The admiration from the outside world, the pride of the league’s first record, and the intoxication of self-strength made this Kings team become domineering, complacent, and supercilious. The team has risen to the top of the league, the Miami Heat of James, Wade, and Bosh, the Oklahoma City Thunder of Durant, Westbrook, and Harden, and the San Antonio Spurs of Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili. , Rose, Noah, Boozer's Chicago Bulls, in the hearts of the Kings players, the current Kings are at the same level as these strong teams.

However, there must be a gap between this Kings team and these strong teams, but the continuous victories blinded the hearts of the players. Today's three-game losing streak and coach Westphal's words finally touched the players. the nerves
The next three games of the Kings are at home against the Washington Wizards, New York Knicks and Minnesota Timberwolves.

The current winning percentages of the three teams are all below [-]%. The Washington Wizards and the Minnesota Timberwolves are two teams. The Kings have played against each other this season. They defeated the Washington Wizards and were reversed by the Minnesota Timberwolves. These two teams They are all underdogs in the league, a big victory and a reversal, two diametrically opposite endings, which also illustrate the state changes of the Kings team.

A day later, the Kings ushered in the challenge of the Washington Wizards. At this time, the Wizards had a record of 3 wins and 15 losses, and they were indeed the underdogs among the underdogs.

Before the start of the game, Tyreke gathered his teammates together in the home locker room of the Sleep Train Arena. Before every game last season, Tyreke would gather his teammates together for pre-match mobilization, and this As the season's winning streak increased, Tyreke's own thinking also appeared to be lax. As the leader of the team, sometimes he stopped mobilizing before the game to mobilize the competitiveness and enthusiasm of his teammates, because Tyreke Ke also believes that the strength of the Kings has completely exceeded the average level of the league.

At this time, everyone surrounded Tyreke. Tyreke clenched his fist with one hand and held it high in the air. Everyone put their hands on Tyreke's hand.Tyreke looked around at his teammates, his eyes were burning, and he shouted in a low voice: "Brothers, we have lost three games in a row. Listen to the boos from the home fans after the last game. What do you think??!"

"The coach is right. The record at the beginning of the season is great! Well, let us get carried away! Have we really reached the strength of the Spurs and Thunder? I think there must be a gap between us and them! After going through this The second three-game losing streak, I have a new understanding, we must not forget the original intention of this season! We still have to play like last season! Treat every opponent positively, whether it is the top teams in the league like the Spurs or the Thunder , or a low-ranking team like the Wizards and Timberwolves!"

"The team is indeed very strong this season, but we still have to always remember that this is the NBA, and no one is really weaker than us!"

"Kings! Come on!!!"

The team's leading stars have already expressed their views, and with Tyreke's appeal in the locker room, everyone has also clarified their goals. The team needs to correct its posture in the league and needs every member of the team People adjust their mentality.

The starting lineup of the Wizards for this game is John Wall, Nick Young, Jan Veseli, Rashad Lewis, and JaVale McGee. The Wizards, but from the beginning of the game, it is obvious that the mental outlook of the Kings on the court is very different from the previous losses to the Timberwolves and Bucks.

In this game, the Kings attacked decisively, did not hesitate when they had an opportunity, and did not take easily if they had no opportunity. The defensive end also performed their duties.As the core of the team, Tyreke is doing his best. He needs to be the first to stand up when the team is confused and guide the team to move forward!Last year's No. [-] pick, John Wall, was once again the target of Tyreke's ravages in this game after he was blown away by Tyreke on both offense and defense in the last game!In an offensive and defensive transition, Tyreke, who was advancing at high speed, even shook the retreating Wall directly to the ground!

Like the previous two defeats, the Kings took the lead early in this game, but when the Kings took the lead, the team still played vigorously on the court and did not take it lightly because of the lead.The difference in hard power between the two teams is quite obvious. In addition, the Kings did not give their opponents any chance to breathe in this game. When the third quarter ended, the Kings actually led the Wizards by 40 points!
The 40-point difference turned the fourth quarter of the game into garbage time. In the end, the Kings beat the Washington Wizards 111-87 at home. This season, the double-kill Wizards ended their three-game losing streak. Tyreke played only three quarters He scored 31 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, completely dominating the game with extremely high efficiency!

When the game ended, coach Westphal showed a slight smile on the sidelines. He saw the change in the mentality of the players in this game. Everyone was thinking about how to win the game instead of contemptuously. , free and undisciplined, free shot.

When you step on the court, what you think about is how to beat the opponent in front of you, instead of being complacent and complacent in the glory of the past, taking victory for granted.And in the final analysis, it was just a few wins against strong teams and a taste of winning streak, but it didn't really win any honors, and it wasn't any glory.
The Kings, who have put their minds right, have returned to their own game rhythm. In the next game against the New York Knicks, the Kings' Tyreke and Cousins, the Knicks' Carmelo Anthony and Amare S. Tadamier all showed excellent competitive status. Tyreke and Cousins ​​both scored 30+ points, and Anthony scored a game-high 44 points. Relying on his incomprehensible offensive skills, he Killing the Quartet, Stoudemire, who has declined in form this season, also played smoothly in this game, and also scored a double-double of 28 points and 12 rebounds.

However, the rest of the Kings did not provide enough support for Tyreke and Cousins. On the other hand, the Knicks, in addition to the two star players who are in high form, the inside gate Tyson Chandler grabbed 18 rebounds, of which He also had 6 offensive rebounds and contributed 4 blocks at the same time, dominating the defensive end!Landry Fields and Steve Novak made a total of 9 of 7 three-pointers. The Knicks had unlimited outside firepower throughout the game!

In the case of the blowout of the Knicks team, the Kings still fought against the Knicks until the last moment. In the end, the Kings lost 107 to 120 to the visiting Knicks.Although this game was lost, it was different from the previous losses to the Timberwolves and Bucks. The team was always doing their best to win the opponent, and always faced the opponent squarely. The helpless team except Tyreke and Cousins Other than that, the game didn't go well, and the Knicks felt really good in this game.
After a three-game losing streak, the Kings had one win and one loss at home. Although the record did not satisfy the fans and media who were used to winning this season, Coach Westphal had already felt the changes in the team. The Kings lost to Timberwolves at this time The overall mentality of the team and the Bucks is quite different.
(End of this chapter)