Guard With a Knife

More injured than the New York Knicks is undoubtedly the Oklahoma City Thunder.

After they experienced a four-game losing streak in last year's playoffs, and after a whole offseason of healing, Master Wei and Master Du finally recovered a little.

Coupled with...the super record of seven consecutive victories in the preseason, plus the Miami media has been advocating the decline of the Lakers' strength and so on.

So, before the opening match, the two young masters felt that they could do it again.

And it's a little drifting.

Thus, he bumped into the Duke and the Black Mamba who were fully fired.

Before the opening game, Lord Duke instilled the theory to the players in the locker room: We Chinese pay attention to the spring of the year, and the morning of the day. Today is our opening game, and we must make a good start. In the future …There is nothing wrong with us paddling and rehearsing tactics, but tonight, everyone must release all their energy and must win!

His Excellency the Duke roared.

The massacre of 142:108 was directly roared out.

From the moment the game opened, it completely entered the Lakers mode.

The lineup sent by the Lakers is quite weird, Snoopidoo, Kobe Bryant, Giannis, Sean Marion and Whiteside.

When they came up, the two veterans brought two newcomers and one veteran general to fly.

However, they fly beautifully.

The Duke's first goal opened the Thunder's throat with a three-pointer. Sean Marion and Kobe Bryant immediately infiltrated extremely fiercely.

Marion actually seamlessly followed the Duke's tactical guidance. His off-ball ability and defense are bringing very positive help to the Lakers. He even said after the game: Snoopy is the best teammate I have ever partnered with.

This sentence did not make Stephen Nash feel depressed. Instead, he added with a smile: He is also the best teammate I have ever partnered with.

This shows the unity in the current Lakers camp.

Another point of solidarity is Giannis.

Rookie Giannis became a full-court player. From the beginning, Sean Marion took him to fly, then Stephen Jackson came to accompany him, and then Artest Jr. came to teach him how to drive a tank.

Immediately afterwards, Steve Nash and Baron Davis joined the luxury sparring team.

The whole rhythm of the Lakers is that Snoopy and Kobe Bryant attacked the city. After leading in double figures, immediately let Giannis make a surprise attack, or play a singles in the penalty area.

In addition, on the defensive end, he is also given a heavy responsibility. Not only let him be a power forward, but also let him defend Durant.

Whenever Durant teaches him a lesson, his big brother, the Duke, will find it back on Durant and tell him: It doesn't matter, keep defending!

This gave Giannis great confidence and made him more calm in the game. Whether it is defense or offense, they are quite confident.

Moreover, there is always a big brother to take care of him. Although each big brother's method is different, but...for a rookie who has not been in professional training for a long time, it is a good thing to read. He absorbs water like a sponge.

I'm a little envious.

After the game, Nick Young couldn't help but said: This is definitely the best rookie training in the history of the NBA. If someone took care of me like this in Washington back then, I might have become the second Kobe Bryant.

Nick Young spoke frankly.

But then he was called to single-handedly by Kobe. He was tortured to death.

What second Kobe Bryant?

The aging Black Mamba was upset when he heard such words recently, more harsh than the voice urging him to give birth to a son.

After all, how many people can accept the fact that they are getting old?

And Giannis contributed 13 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 1 block and 7 turnovers in the first game of his career, which also attracted heated discussions.

Many people are saying that Giannis can't play at all, why should he be given so much time.

In this regard, Kupchak gave a response: No way, the family has this condition.

This is what the rookies of the 2013 class vomit blood, while others are still struggling for playing time. The No. 15 pick of the Lakers has been handpicked by the Duke as His Royal Highness.

Where is he playing? It's basically a group of Lakers veterans taking turns to be babysitters. They don't scold him for running wrong tactics, and encourage them to continue shooting if they miss. After being bullied, there is also the Duke to find his way back.

Is this the guy who came to the NBA to be an uncle?

No way, the family does have this condition.

What made the rookies spit blood even more happened in Game 2. In the second game against the Bobcats, Kobe Bryant was inexplicably rested, and then Lord Duke also came off the bench.

Milicic, Boozer, Sean Marion, and Baron Davis brought the Greek monster directly to the field, and this rookie who had just entered the league actually got unlimited firepower.

Everyone knows how bad his offensive skills are.

But he actually got the chance.

The fans at the scene actually shouted loudly, applauding this rookie from the bottom of their hearts.

And the reason why they applauded so well is that Lord Duke called the Greek monster in an earlier interview: He is the future of our Lakers. Look at his amazing physical condition. He will become the fourth active player BUG players. The other three are LeBron James, Kevin Durant and me!

When Lord Duke said such words, the fans became excited immediately. Originally, he was a little critical of Yannis' voice, but now, he is almost overwhelmingly encouraging and supporting him.

And asked the villains of the Lakers to carefully cultivate the future of the Lakers.

Little Artest, brother Wu Sheng, the bearded captain and Mr. Marion were very concerned about this. Whether it is the training camp or the competition venue, it is indeed teaching from the heart, with various deduction details.

And when the Lakers are obsessed with cultivating rookies. After gathering the Big Four, the Miami Heat on the South Coast finally ushered in an epic start.

The cooperation of the four superstars seems to be the core team of the strongest US team, although Howard's strength has declined compared to the previous two years due to back injuries. But when he joined the ranks of the Big Three, the energy that the entire team exploded was amazing.

The opening 22 consecutive victories pushed their mythology to the extreme.

Before the San Antonio Spurs beat them, the Miami media even shouted arrogantly the slogan of winning the championship.

But in the end, they were still in San Antonio, where they were attacked by the old men. Tim Duncan led Whiteside and other elite soldiers to successfully kill the Big Four at the ATT Arena, and what played the most critical role was that the Spurs caused damage to the penalty area from the very beginning. Keep foul troubled Dwight Howard out for at least 25 minutes.

At the last moment, Popovich once again used the wretched shark-slashing tactic. He used the method of continuously sending Howard to the free throw line to consolidate the lead and finally won.

The win snapped the Miami Heat's undefeated streak.

But... More people still think that the Heat are invincible and the Spurs are just a fluke.

Many people began to ask whether this season is meaningful? Does Miami's top four mean that the NBA's finale is officially coming.

In this regard, the Los Angeles Lakers appear indifferent.

They are still tirelessly cultivating Greek monsters, and they don't care about the record at all. It has always maintained the sixth and seventh position in the West. This ranking made the teams in the upper half fearful, and no one really wanted to meet the Lakers in the first round.

Although the Lakers are very salty now, who knows when they will usher in a normal performance?

Especially when the Duke scored 76 points at Madison Garden in mid-November.

In this game, His Excellency Duke made 41 crazy shots.

At the end of the game, when the New York Knicks' defense was abruptly defeated by himself, Carmelo Anthony's expression was almost crying.

God knows what he was thinking before the game. He actually talked trash to Duke Snoopy: The whole world knows that your scoring level has improved. Are you interested in competing with me?

Carmelo Anthony has always been very confident in his scoring ability. He always believes that apart from Kobe, he is the only player in the league with the most complete scoring skills and the strongest scoring ability.

In addition, he has always believed that Snoopy who is organized in series is more dangerous, so he simply pushed Duke Snoopy on the road of no return to the scoring champion.

So, he saw what is called an attack mode with no dead ends.

Although Snoopy wandered around in the past summer, the work in his hands was not delayed at all, and he was always practicing his skills.

Now that Carmelo Anthony is so excited, he simply confessed.

They are already 25 years old, and they don't want to engage in any more pretentious stuff.

Just push it all the way! What a big deal.

So, the audience scored 76 points and dedicated a song to his old club: The person I love the most hurts me the most!

In fact, the Duke has a chance to get a higher score in this game.

He came off the court with 3 minutes to go before the end of the game.

With his touch at the time, there was no problem breaking Kobe Bryant's scoring record.

But, why is it necessary? I don't want to destroy the acid-base balance in Bryant's body. He is now actively creating a man in Los Angeles. If there is no son this time, Vanessa will kill me.

The Duke has now sung the matter of 'Kobe can't have a son' as a pop song.

Now the whole world is waiting for Kobe Bryant's buzzer-beater.

In the matter of having children, the Black Mamba can no longer strike iron!

And when the Duke easily scored the highest score of the season in New York and returned to Los Angeles, he immediately announced his rotation.

He is not interested in fighting for a no-regrets youth with the Big Four in Miami.

He is hanging on LeBron James and others now, so that they have nowhere to vent their anger.

Anyway, it's not me who is sad.

And he did it for no reason at all, just for fun.

In this battle of focus, Black Mamba led a group of veterans plus Greek monsters.

It has to be said that the Greek monsters have been trained by the four villains for nearly half a season, although the offense has not developed much. But the defense and body thickness have really improved a lot.

In this game, he fully man-marked LeBron James.

211 has the stature of a center. He played small forward, but he didn't lose at all. Long arms and long legs, plus the defensive details learned from Artest's old martial arts sage when he was a child, made James very uncomfortable.

In this game, his performance was obviously abnormal.

Kobe Bryant, who only played at home this season, was in a very brave state that night. Not only did he dunk Howard, but he also made repeated hands outside the three-point line.

The old, weak, sick and disabled Lakers even took the lead in the first three quarters.

If it wasn't for entering the fourth quarter, the veterans were in poor physical condition, and Kobe Bryant was double-teamed again.

It is really difficult for the Miami Heat to get out of the whole body.

In the end, the score was 121:113.

The Big Four in Miami tried their best to win by 8 points.

After the game, Kupchak, the playwright, ran in front of the media again. Miami has made great progress. We will definitely keep this lesson in mind in the future, train hard, and actively improve. We will strive to lose less in the next encounter.

Forehead….

Why does this sound so sarcastic? You let Duke Snoopy score 76 points in a single game, and you still say that Miami has improved too much?

This is a blatant ridicule!

But anyway, Kupchak doesn't care.

With His Excellency the Duke covering him, he dared to pretend to be anything.

He also said the other day that the Lakers deserve at least five All-Star spots.

This startled the league. Originally, the league planned to give the Lakers four places. In this way, three voting options were directly given. Snoopidoo, Kobe Bryant and Whiteside.

This made Kupchak complain for a while: Where did Adam Silver put our Greek monster? Isn't the defensive champion who averaged 11.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.2 blocks per game not worthy of an All-Star voting quota? Steve Nash, Ron Artest doesn't deserve the nomination?

Forehead….

Not unworthy.

Rather than being unworthy.

With Lord Duke's prestige, what is the difference between his teammates being selected for the voting list and entering the All-Stars?

There are so many players at the All-Star level in the Western Conference, you have to give others a little chance, right?

Besides, the qualifications of the Greek monster are still lacking, and Steve Nash's level this year has dropped a bit compared to last year. As for Mr. Artest, what kind of fun is he, a guy with a basic salary of one million a year, running out to join in the fun.

As for the fact that there were only three voting places, Duge took it lightly.

The All-Star thing has become pretty tedious for him.

What he cares about now is... the trading window will soon be closed with the All-Star weekend, whether to find another veteran small forward to teach Giannis' offense.

The four villains do have a good defense. The Greek monster Antetokounmpo was taught by them for half a season, and he has made very good progress.

The picture of him defending LeBron James in the last game surprised Doug quite a bit.

In time, it will definitely be no problem to become a defensive champion. After all, the masters taught well, and their physical conditions were strong enough.

But Doug's expectations for the Greek monster aren't just defensive titans.

It has become an indisputable fact that Kobe Bryant's state is declining day by day. The game against the Heat also showed that the team must have two attackers with the ball.

You can't pin your hopes on Nick Young, can you?

Although Nick Young has strong singles ability, he is like Kobe Bryant who is fully weakened and has completely destroyed the passing key.

It is okay to let him occasionally play chaotic battles, but it is an unrealistic fantasy to expect him to do great things within the tactical system.

Therefore, we still need to cultivate Greek monsters.

But where can I find him a small forward who is proficient in offense?

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