Superstar Tyreke

Chapter 142 Journey to the Eastern Expedition
The two chatted for a long time. Arenas's career is at the end stage. All of this is irreversible. Apart from his state, the impact of injuries is also huge. Arenas' physical condition can no longer support the style of play he is good at. Yes, Arenas was Tyreek's favorite superstar, and now he is Tyreek's best friend. Tyreke really wants to help Arenas, but now Tyreke can't do anything, he can only hope Ali Nurse can enjoy his last NBA time.

Two days later, the Kings ushered in their next opponent at home, the Los Angeles Clippers.

The two teams have played against each other twice this season, both at the home court of the Clippers, with one win and one loss, and the two sides are tied. Now the Kings are ranked second in the West, and the Clippers are ranked No. 2 in the West. It can be said that the season has come to this point , it can be said that the two teams are evenly matched.

In this game at the home court of the Kings, because Billups was reimbursed for the season due to injury, the Clippers still faced off with the main lineup of Paul, Foye, Thornton, Griffin, and Jordan.

No one can maintain a perfect state forever, and Tyreke is the same. Tyreke, who won a super triple-double in the last game, is in a sluggish state in this game. The hand feeling is not good, and several times he went inside and encountered fierce defense from Jordan.

Tyreke's poor state is partly due to his own reasons, and part of the reason is that he is under too much defensive pressure. At this time, someone else needs to stand up to share his pressure, so that Tyreke has the opportunity to adjust his state.However, no one can do this in this game. Cousins, the team's inside core, is still the starter, but his state is still as sluggish as the previous game, and other players have no ability to determine the trend of the game.

In the end, the Kings lost to the Los Angeles Clippers again at home. Tyreke played 35 minutes, made 19 of 7 shots, scored 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. The data alone is reasonable, but it is far from the performance of the previous games.Cousins ​​played sluggishly in two consecutive games, played 29 minutes, scored 9 points and 10 rebounds, made 4 of 0 shots from outside the three-point line, and changed from an all-around insider to an ordinary blue-collar.

On the other hand, the Clippers, except for Paul who scored 28 points and 10 assists, 6 players scored in double figures. It is not surprising that the Clippers, who have blossomed more points, won this victory.

After losing to the Clippers, the Kings' record came to 26 wins and 12 losses. The Spurs, who had one game less, squeezed the Kings to the third place in the West with a record of 26 wins and 11 losses. On the road trip, the next 3 games will be played away, and the first 5 games will be against Eastern teams. It can be said that the next week and a half will be another test for the Kings.

For the continuous and intensive away trip, Coach Westphal gave the players a day off before heading to the away game as before. However, due to his poor performance in the last game, Tyreke took the initiative to choose additional training. He did not Instead of going to his own Tyreke basketball training center, he came to the training hall of the Sleep Train Arena.

Entering the training hall, Tyreke looked a little surprised, a tall and strong figure wearing a headband was sweating in the training hall.

It turned out to be Cousins!
Seeing Tyreke, Cousins ​​threw the ball in his hand, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his arm, and walked towards Tyreke with a smile.

"Hey, Tyreke, isn't today a holiday, why are you here?"

"I should be the one asking you this, DeMarcus."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and Cousins ​​said: "Who made me play two consecutive games in a mess? There will be another wave of consecutive away games soon. I don't want to continue my bad state into the away trip. Idle is idle." So, why don’t you practice and find out how you feel.”

Tyreke walked to the field and picked up the fairway: "As I thought, it's good to come here and sweat, but I was not in the state last game. Although we are still ranked third in the West, we are still in the same position as the next few teams. The winning advantage between the two is not obvious, and this season is shrinking again, we cannot relax our vigilance at all, this season we must make the playoffs, and we have to go all out for the next road trip!"

"Come on, DeMarcus, I'll be your sparring partner, let's play a few balls." Tyreke threw the ball to Cousins ​​while speaking.

Cousins ​​caught the ball with both hands in front of his chest, the huge palms made the basketball look so small in his hands, "Okay! Come on!"

Cousins ​​yelled excitedly, and had a one-on-one with Tyreke.

There is nothing to explain this kind of matchup. After all, the positions of the two on the field are completely different. This kind of one-on-one can't explain the level of strength of the two, it's just a practice.

In the afternoon, the two were about to leave the training hall, "Hey, Tyreke, I feel that I practiced well today, do you want to hang out together tonight, I heard that there is a new nightclub that is good, I have an appointment with two or three friends Let's go together at night, will you come?"

Tyreke waved his hand, "Forget it, you go, I have to go to my Chinese restaurant tonight, Master Xu returned to Sacramento from Los Angeles today, I will go talk to him."

"Okay, I know you're not interested in nightclubs, the one that Cuaron took us to in Los Angeles last time lol"

"Okay, okay, let's go."

Tyreke shook his head, these Yankees really like to play nightclubs, Tyreke can't enjoy it as much as they do, it's really uncomfortable to go to nightclubs
The next day, the team set off for the first stop of the road trip, Boston.

This time against the Boston Celtics is the first time the Kings face them this season, and it is also the last time. Since this season is a shortened season, the Kings and the Celtics have only this one confrontation on the schedule.

Before this game, the Celtics had 19 wins and 17 losses, and they were still ranked fifth in the Eastern Conference, but there was a big gap with the top two Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls.

Since the 07-08 season, the Celtics have formed the Big Three combination of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen, and Rajon Rondo has grown into a first-line point guard in the league. Always playing the role of the absolute strong in the East.

Tyreke knew in his heart that the Big Three of the Celtics would disintegrate after this season in his memory. The combination of Garnett, Pierce and Allen can be said to be a model of successful star combination. Kyle The three giants of the special people won the championship in the first year of their integration, and the three complement each other in style. Even now that the three have entered the end of their careers, they still have unparalleled strength.

At the same time, this time against the Celtics, due to the disintegration of the Big Three after the season, the Celtics are in the East, and Tyreke will not have any impact on the situation in the East. Will be the same as Tyreke once remembered, losing to the Miami Heat in the division finals, so this game will also be the last time Tyreke will face the Celtics Big Three on the court!This made Tyreke cherish this opportunity very much, and at the same time look forward to this confrontation infinitely!

(End of this chapter)