King of the Point Guard Era

Chapter 225 The Contest for the First Place in the Alliance

There is no impenetrable wall in the world, and soon, on the ESPN website, there was such a piece of news: According to the news of the king's high-level officials who did not want to be named: Martin had an unpleasant situation with the team for the first time. , almost punched Cousins.

This news quickly spread on the Kings forum, which aroused heated discussions among Kings fans.

"Is there any mistake, did he think he was an All-Star power forward and No. [-] pick? He is old!"

"If it's not easy to get injured, I really don't want the team to have such a thorn, which makes the atmosphere of our team's locker room worse."

Everyone expressed concern, and they didn't want to make the king's situation more difficult because of the temporary firefighting choice.

And immediately, the Kings will face the challenge of the No. 21 Bulls in the East at home. At this time, the Bulls have a record of 6 wins and [-] losses closely behind the Kings. Once they defeat the Kings, they will become the new No. [-] in the East.

This battle for the focus of the National Broadcasting League naturally exposed Kenyon Martin's debut to the national spotlight.

This focus game attracted tens of thousands of fans to the stadium. The Kings' bosses, the Maruf Brothers and executives, also came to watch the game in person. They attached great importance to this game that determined the number one in the league.

Bulls starting lineup is very strong, point guard Rose, shooting guard Ronnie Brewer, small forward Luol Deng, power forward Carlos Boozer, center Noah.

The Kings naturally maintain their main lineup. As the number one in the league, they have no intention of changing the main lineup as the opponent changes.

The referee tossed the ball up in the air, and the play was officially underway, as Cousins ​​hopped easily to the hoop in front of Noah.

He Yixiang pushed forward with the ball, and this pair of seniors from the University of Memphis faced off again. Last year, although Rose won the regular season MVP and the Bulls also won the first place in the league, in the face-to-face confrontation between the two, both the Kings and He Yixiang Gained the upper hand.

Rose lowered his body very low, and his defense was very serious. He rarely defended so seriously. He has already regarded this rising star as an opponent who can threaten himself or even be equal. He Yixiang's MVP ranking this season is even higher than him. .And because of his minor injuries and the opponent's targeting this season, his data has also declined slightly.

But he is not good at defense. After a pick-and-roll, he was thrown away by He Yixiang. He is not good at defending against pick-and-rolls, even though he is a player who is good at using pick-and-rolls.

He Yixiang easily broke through to the inside, but the target of his pass was not Cousins ​​who was running down, but Garcia who was ambushing outside the three-point line.

Out of the corner of his eye, he had already caught sight of Ronnie Brewer going to defend against Cousins, who was flanking down, but it was a pity that Garcia's three-pointer missed.

This miss of an open three-pointer is also the epitome of the first quarter of the King. I don’t know if it was affected by the media. The King’s overall performance tonight is extremely unstable, and the three-pointers leading the league are all missed. .

Instead, the Bulls put up good numbers. Rose started to drive his teammates. Noah, a big center who is not good at attacking, was assisted by Rose to dunk one after another.

They were directly beaten 10:4 at the beginning, which made the King's home fans extremely uncomfortable. Although their recent record is not good, their starting lineup is almost the combination with the most points in the league. Started to fall behind the scenes.

At this time, Barkley in the commentary seat did not speak, which made his old partner Kenny Smith extremely strange. At this time, shouldn't he stand up and criticize He Yixiang? He shouldn't be so serious about the commentary. .

"Hey, Charles, you know what? The king is behind now." Kenny Smith began to remind his partner that he needed to mobilize his emotions.

Who knows that Barkley just raised his eyelids and glanced at the field: "Oh, the Kings are behind, but it's only 3 minutes now, I know, as long as I said at the beginning that the Kings are not on the opposite side." opponent, then it is very simple, the next game will start to fall like a king, so I will not say."

Kenny Smith glanced at his partner in surprise. Has this guy learned his lesson?

The fans of the Kings lamented one by one. Now the test is the opposite of Barkley who died of a poisoned grandmother. It turned out that Barkley did not "support" our Kings.

In the first few minutes of the king's attack, He Yixiang was supporting him alone, but He Yixiang didn't dare to attack the opponent's inside line. Noah's ability to protect the frame is definitely among the top five in the league.

As the only player with a normal touch on the outside of the Kings, He Yixiang also received a lot of care from the opponent, because his teammates didn't feel good, and He Yixiang's passing threat was greatly reduced.

The score came to 9:19, and Westphal finally couldn't bear it and called a timeout first, and cursed: "What the hell is this fucking fight?"

"The king's touch today is really bad. It is true that this is a back-to-back game, and it was also affected by rumors, but the state of this game is indeed a bit bad, and the Bulls are also the top three defensive teams in the league. , but 7 of 1 three-pointers, and the total shooting percentage is only 34%, it really shouldn’t be the number one in the league.” Kenny Smith shook his head, even though he was very optimistic about the Kings team, But today the king is indeed out of shape.

8 points behind in 10 minutes, this score gap is not enough to reflect how weak the king's offense is today.

Because although the offense is not good, at least the Kings still guarantee a very good defensive quality.That's why the 10 points are only due to the defense.

"I didn't expect that one day we would rely on defense to make a living. With such a strong offensive lineup, there will be such a day." A Kings fan said a little self-deprecating.

"Well, this is the only good news right now. In the previous games, we always saw a destructive offense to win for us, but now facing the No. [-] in the Eastern Conference in a very good state, we still played very strong. It's a bit of a consolation."

The King's fans didn't blame them, but this kind of performance made the boss and management in the box dissatisfied, because there is a mysterious guest in the box now, and their arrival today is because of his exist.

(End of this chapter)