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Chapter 368 Discovery During Losing Streak
The Lakers ended their five-game winning streak, was it just a bubble last week? —Los Angeles Times.

Kobe Bryant's 40 points can hardly prevent the Lakers from losing. When will the Zijin Army enter the top eight in the West? — the bleachers.

China Hot finished the crazy journey of rebounding and only scored 12 rebounds in this game. — Lakers Nation.

The Four Heavenly Kings are not scary!We have the power to crush them!George Karl said so. -- The Denver Post.

Winning is just a superficial phenomenon!The Lakers are still an underdog! — ESPN.

Kobe scored too many points!He hurt the enthusiasm of the team! —Henry Abbott.

It is recommended that Howard attack with the ball more, the strength of the Lakers should have been inside! — Jay Williams.

China Hot is a data brush!Please follow my private twitter for details!I'll show you why this weekend! - ESPN reporter Mark Stern.

This is the unavoidable thing for the attention-grabbing team. It is easy for people to look at the problem with a magnifying glass. If you play well in a game, you will be blown to the sky, and if you play poorly in a game, you will be blacked out.Especially the Lakers, who are still under the huge spotlight of Los Angeles, a little bit of small fluctuations can easily be magnified into "turbulent waves" by interested people.

After 2 days of rest, the Lakers played against the Portland Trail Blazers at home on December 12.

Although the Trail Blazers already had the peak LaMarcus Aldridge and the rookie version of Damian Lillard this season, the tacit understanding and chemical reaction between the two have not yet been cultivated, so they were severely punished by the Lakers. Lesson learned.In the end 104-87, the Lakers took the game with a 17-point lead.Kobe scored a game-high 27 points, Howard recovered, scored 21 points and 14 rebounds, plus Nash's 10+ assists, the Lakers successfully killed the still-rebuilding Trail Blazers.

Tang Qian scored 10 rebounds, 3 blocks and 1 assist in this game.

This game, also the last game of the Lakers in 2012, ended with victory, which seems to be a good signal.

The fans thought so too, however...

The Lakers fell into a strange circle.

What strange circle?The winning rate hovered in a strange circle.

On New Year's Day, the No.30 game of the Lakers this season will be played at home, and the recent schedule is very easy. Logically speaking, it is only natural to win the opponent.After all, since Allen Iverson left, the 76ers have been in a state of life and death, and this season is no exception. So far, they have only won 12 games, which is worse than the Lakers.And this season Andre Iguodala left the team and moved to Denver, which made the Philadelphia 76ers, who were already lacking in stars, even worse.Most of the starting players are mediocre, such as the aging former slam dunk king Jason Richardson. This season, his scoring average hit a new low in his career, only around 10.6 points, which is 23+ in his peak period. More than doubled.Another example is Lavoy Allen. In Tang Qian's impression, this person has never scored more than 6 points in his career. Although his defense is good, it is far from being good, so he will be a solid substitute player in the future.But this season, he was in the starting lineup in Philadelphia.

This can be seen.

The only one, Zhu Holiday, is a little bit better, but he is basically at the level between the team's sixth man and the main force.

And he is already the strongest player in this Philadelphia team.

With such a team, do the Lakers take it for granted?However, the result surprised you. In the first game of the new year, the Lakers lost by 4 points.In this game, the loss was very inexplicable. Although Kobe scored 36 points efficiently, the team missed people outside, was passed, and was forced. The Lakers were in a stalemate from beginning to end.Jrue Holiday and Evan Turner, who were just ordinary players, broke out one after another. One scored 28 points and 10 assists, and the other scored 22 points and 15 rebounds.That's right, you read that right, 15 rebounds, and this Evan Turner is just a defender with a height of 201cm.In this case, the Lakers' perimeter defense is almost useless.

It seems that everyone can break through, shoot, and kill the Quartet.

Of course, there is still an unavoidable problem. The Lakers' inside twin towers, Gasol and Howard, are all lost.And it's not the ordinary kind of lost, it's the kind of lost who can't find the north.The former made 12 of 2 shots and a shooting percentage of 16.7%. The latter was not much better. He made 7 of 1 shots and made 14.3% of his field goals. He made 10 of 3 free throws. , This can be regarded as a wonderful data landscape.

Finally, the 3-point shooting rate is like shit. It is also a big problem that cannot be avoided. It only made 22 of 3 shots, and the shooting percentage was 13.6%. When the league's style of play is increasingly dependent on 3-pointers, the Lakers seem to be behind After a whole decade, even Mike D'Antoni couldn't figure this out.

Without a three-pointer, his "small ball tactics" could not advance at all, and he became a lame monk with the method of attacking and attacking.

It's not that the Lakers have no three-point shooters. Kobe, Nash, and Metta Shiping can all shoot, but except for Nash, the other two are not real three-point shooters.Especially Ci Shiping, shooting basically depends on the sky, and the fixed-point shooting is even worse than the sports shooting. In this case, he is a completely unqualified three-point shooter.On the bench, there is only one Meeks who is considered a 3-pointer.Steve Blake was good at first, but unfortunately this season, he was always injured and couldn't guarantee his attendance.

In this way, inexplicably, the Lakers lost. Even if Tang Qian performed well on the bench, it would be difficult to save the overall situation.

After all, without the assistance of the ability card, his personal ability is not enough to determine the trend of the entire game.

If he can do the task assigned by Mike D'Antoni well now, he will be considered a success.

On this day, the NBA announced the results of the second round of the All-Star voting. Kobe Bryant continued to lead in the West with 977444 votes, Kevin Durant 924898 votes, Tang Qian 799890 votes, Dwight Howard 616150 votes, Chris Paul 542564 votes, Blake Griffin 489795 votes.There is no doubt about the leader of the Eastern Conference. LeBron James has 970314 votes. In the first round of voting, he was originally the leader of the league's total votes, but in the second round, Kobe overtook him.It can be seen from this that Kobe's popularity is really terrifying. Even if the Lakers' record this season is extremely poor, it does not prevent the "Old Pan" from winning the championship in one fell swoop and overtaking James, who is at the peak.Then came Carmelo Anthony with 891759 votes, Wade with 645875 votes, Rondo with 574272 votes, and Garnett with 328716 votes.

According to this trend, Tang Qian is likely to become the All-Star starter in the West.

It is extremely rare for a substitute player to become a starting All-Star.

As for Dwight Howard, I really want to thank NBA Vice President Stu Jackson. If he hadn't pushed for the reform of the voting positions of the All-Stars this season, then the former would most likely become Tang Qian's substitute.In this way, it will be much more embarrassing than Shaq O'Neal back then.After all, O'Neill and Yao Ming are not members of the same team, but he and Tang Qian are teammates.

And he is the starting center for the Lakers, and the opponent is just a substitute player.

If this was reversed in the All-Stars, Howard's face would definitely be uglier than a monkey's butt.

On January 2013, 1, the Lakers challenged the Clippers in an away game. It was said to be an away game, but it was actually a civil war in the same city in the Staples Center.In the past, the Lakers VS Clippers were all easy to play.But since Paul joined and Griffin rose, their strength has improved by leaps and bounds. This season's ranking as high as fourth in the Western Conference is the best example.So the fans of the Clippers couldn't wait to shout "WE.ARE.LA!" in the Staples Center.

Kobe wanted to win this game very much. He made 25 of 15 shots and scored 60 points with a 38% field goal percentage.Kobe made 3 of 6 1-pointers in this game, which means that if the 6-pointers are deducted, his shooting percentage will be terribly high.Metta Shiping made 0 of 9 shots and Meeks made 2 of 4 shots. If Nash was not still steady and made 3 of [-] three-pointers, then the Lakers would lose even more in this game.

The audience made 25 of 6 three-pointers and almost missed nearly 20 three-pointers. Under this long-range shooting percentage, the Clippers made 42.9% of their three-pointers. It became a matter of course.As for the three-pointer, Tang Qian could only stare blankly, unable to help.

In the end, 102-107, the Lakers lost the city derby by 5 points.

After the game, the Lakers ushered in a 2-game losing streak. Kobe's overall black face in the post-game press conference did not show a single smile.

At this time, Henry Abbott, a well-known "Kohei" expert, stepped forward. He directly posted on his Twitter:
Kobe, 3-pointers, 16.7%.

A few simple words express all the irony, because Kobe made 6 of 1 three-pointers in this game and the previous game, which is exactly 16.7 shooting percentage.So the meaning of Henry Abbott is self-evident.

As for Tang Qian, he was originally a small role player, so the turmoil some time ago will always pass. Up to now, few ESPN experts have come out to hack him.Because of his concentration and popularity, it is not worthy of this group of ESPN experts to write articles specifically to black and white.

On January 2013, 1, US time, the Lakers played against the Denver Nuggets at home. What happened?Still lost.

Strange to say, this season when the Nuggets played against the Lakers, it was like taking a drug.And what about the Lakers?In addition to the old problems on the defensive end, the outside shooting is still too poor. Of the 30 3-pointers shot in the game, only 6 were hit.Kobe's three-pointers recovered a bit, and he made 3 of 8 three-pointers in the game, but except for him and Nash, the rest of the perimeter felt cold, and the sound of iron hammering made people tremble.

Howard scored 20+ rebounds in this game, but like the last game against the Nuggets, he was in foul trouble again, and this time, just at the beginning of the fourth quarter, he was honored because of 6 fouls up.Gasol and Tang Qian were not much better. One made 5 fouls and the other made 4 fouls. Under the targeted arrangement of George Karl, the Nuggets directly made the Lakers' internal and external defenses all unbalanced.

Tang Qian blocked 7 big hats in this game, but...but it was nothing more than an egg.

The three-game losing streak immediately hung over the Lakers' heads.

This time, with a record of 15 wins and 18 losses, they fell back to No. 12 in the Western Conference.

All the Los Angeles fans and the media couldn't sit still, and started rioting. On the Internet and on TV, they bombarded the home team indiscriminately.And as the face of the Lakers this season, the "Four Heavenly Kings" are the worst-hit group.

On January 1, US time, the Lakers moved to the Toyota Center, facing the Rockets with a new core, they played extremely miserable.

I don't know if it's because of the mentality of the whole team, there has been a subtle change. Everyone played this game eager for quick success and quick success, impetuous. Looking at the statistics at the end, there were as many as 28 turnovers in the game!With such a high turnover rate, it is reasonable for the Lakers to be beaten by their opponents. 125 points is the number of points scored by the Rockets under the defense of the Lakers in this game. This number can only explain one problem, that is, the defense of the Lakers tonight is like paper.

Tang Qian has tried his best, but unfortunately his ability is limited and he cannot save the Los Angeles Lakers tonight.

For the first time, he officially saw the transformed James Harden, with his extremely strong ability to score points, he has already secured the second place in the league.Even Kobe, facing him, is no longer as comfortable as last season.

Four-game losing streak.

And the misery of the Lakers is far from over.

After the game, Rockets striker Chandler Parsons said publicly: He, Kobe Bryant, why should he guarantee the Lakers' place in the playoffs?Obviously, he was satirizing Kobe's words more than a month ago that the Lakers must enter the playoffs.

On January 1th, the Lakers visited the Holy City back to back, 9-105. Kobe finally missed the three-pointer to tie the score. The Lakers lost to the Holy City and lost to the Spurs, winning a 108-game losing streak this season.In this game, Tang Qian completed the "Today in History" challenge task and obtained a silver ability card fragment.In this game, Tang Qian can be regarded as an X factor.Because he contributed an astonishing 5 points off the bench, the final data was 22 points, 22 rebounds, 13 assists and 3 blocks.

13 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks, it doesn't matter, it's still within the normal range, but 22 points?This is definitely a rather rare statistic.At least for Tang Qian this season, this is the case.

He made 12 of 9 shots, shot 75% from the field, and made 3 free throws. It can be said that if Tang Qian didn't stand up suddenly, the Lakers would not have survived the final decisive moment.And these statistics were all obtained for him by Steve Nash, because "Zonda" played almost the entire game in this game.

It was just like this that Steve Nash discovered some things that he hadn't observed carefully before.

29 for the Lakers?

After this game, Nash found Mike D'Antoni and said:
"Mike, I have a new discovery, do you want to hear it?"

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