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Chapter 406 The Kojo Controversy
Although "Traffic Jam. Door" did not cause any major problems, the league decided to add Tang Qian and Brooke Lopez's suspension punishment after a little thought.Both teams were suspended for one game each as punishment.But this is meaningless to Brook Lopez on the hospital bed, because he is lying on the hospital bed, and it is impossible for him to go into battle even if he is banned from the game.

So it can be regarded as the league's appeasement to Brook Lopez fans.

Because once this incident happened, it was impossible for Brook Lopez's All-Stars to catch up. Although he would not be disqualified after being selected, it was also a kind of feeling that he could not see his favorite star galloping on the All-Stars field. What a great pity.It is precisely based on this consideration that David Stern decided to add the penalty of suspension for both parties.

The art of balance, the Jewish old man has been playing very well.

So this made Tang Qian sidelined for Boston's away trip and stayed in Los Angeles to rest.

Speaking of rest, Tang Qian was not idle at all. He practiced the basics in the morning, practiced strength in the afternoon, and watched Amare Stoudemire's videos and game videos in the evening.So this day passed quickly. Early the next morning, Tang Qian took a plane to Charlotte, because on February 2, the Lakers will challenge the Charlotte Bobcats back to back.

To the disappointment of the Lakers fans, the Lakers lost the last game against the Celtics, only 2 points, and lost to the TD North Shore Garden Arena.Kobe, Nash, and Gasol all performed well in this game, scoring 27 points, 17 points, and 21 points respectively. It's a pity that the Lakers' substitutes misfired across the board, but what about the other side?Although the leading stars Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett performed mediocrely, their substitutes were extremely vigorous. Jeff Green and Jason Terry both scored 20+ points, which made the Lakers' substitutes, plus or minus The value cannot be seen at all.In the end, Kobe failed to shoot a three-pointer, and the Lakers could only accept the result of interrupting the winning streak.

On February 2, US time, Dwight Howard announced that he had recovered from a strained groin, and he returned to the team.

At this moment, Mike D'Antoni had a headache again, because Howard was strong, but he was unwilling to put down his body to cooperate with the whole team. Instead, he wanted the whole team to cooperate with him alone. , Let alone D'Antoni, even if it's a famous NBA coach, Qian Shengshuai, or a legendary coach, it's the same.After all, it is only the 2013-2013 season. After all, Howard is still a "happy beast".

In this time period, happy basketball surpassed victory basketball in Howard's mind.

But you put him on the bench?That's even more impossible!The "future successor" hired by the Lakers management at such a high price, you let him sit on the bench?Is a bench at close to $2000 million a bit too expensive?But when he was on the field, he was incompatible with his own tactical philosophy. For a while, Mike D'Antoni even had the mentality of "how did he recover so quickly".

It can be seen that, as the coach of the Lakers this season, Mike D'Antoni's heart is both contradictory and tangled.

He took this "League's No. [-] Center" as if he had nowhere to go.

After seeing Howard, Tang Qian didn't say anything, because Tang Qian had already consumed the last trace of his favorability towards the former because of the incident last time.Right now, completely, there is only disgust left.The atmosphere of the two being at odds with each other quickly spread to the whole team's training, which made Mike D'Antoni, who was watching, even more painful in his head.

With this team atmosphere, at 7 o'clock in the evening, the Lakers began to enter the Time Warner Center Arena to warm up.

The Lakers are currently 23 wins and 27 losses. It seems that they are still far from a 50% winning percentage and still far from the top eight in the Western Conference.

But tonight's opponent is the Charlotte Bobcats, the worst team in the league, so this ball, the Lakers' plan, must be in the pocket and must not be lost.Otherwise, the bottom team won't be able to win, so what's the competition for the top eight in the Western Conference?
Facing the game of the Nets, Tang Qian made a breakthrough in the block crystal brick, changing from 6 yuan to 7 yuan. As usual, he also received the promotion reward of "Different Space" and got a silver block card.Tang Qian had obtained this card before, and the effect was definitely leveraged, so it was considered a "strong support".

But in this game, he will definitely not use it, because facing the Bobcats with a dispirited army, relying on his own ability, it is enough to handle it and settle it enough.It depends on whether Dwight Howard will trip him up.After all, choosing such a weak team to come back, "Warcraft" must also want to perform well.

It became a scene of "struggling" between the two sides.

Due to Dwight Howard's reputation, Mike D'Antoni still arranged for him to be the starting five. Sure enough, he made a big splash in the first quarter, scoring 8 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks.The Lynx team, whose fighting spirit was sluggish, was no match for Howard on the inside. Byron Mullens was completely fucked up, and he became dizzy from the beating.To be honest, Byron Mullens still has a tonnage, and his weight has reached 275 pounds. With a height of 7 feet, he will not suffer too much from "Warcraft" in terms of hardware.However, this guy's athletic ability is really unflattering. He is so bulky and obsessed with three-pointers. Yes, it is three-pointers. He averaged about 10 shots per game in the season, and the three-pointers accounted for nearly 40% of the field. ratio.Such a person, according to Tang Qian's words, does not know how to enter the NBA.No wonder he went to the CBA and achieved nothing in the end, and even became the fastest NBA player to be laid off in CBA history.

For this kind of person, it is undoubtedly a very funny thing if he wants to compete against "Warcraft". Howard singles him in the low position, almost hitting one hit, giving people the illusion of being transformed into the "Four Major Centers of the 90s".As for Brandon Haywood, who helped defend, it didn't help, because compared to his peak period, he had slipped too much, and soon, he was about to suffer a devastating injury and a stress fracture in his left foot.So counting on him is much more reliable than counting on Howard himself.

Brandon Haywood is the standard muscular stick popular in the league recently. He has a strong body, can grab rebounds, block shots, and doesn't take up shots.At its peak, it also performed close to 10+10+2.It's a pity that he was injured too quickly. After signing a big contract, he felt like "being a monk for a day and hitting the clock for a day", so by the 2012-2013 season, he had already become a player who "did his time", basically a team with some ideas , will not give priority to choosing him to join the team.

Tang Qian only played 30 seconds in the first quarter and scored a "poor" stat of 1 rebound.

Howard looked at No. 29 with a mocking look, as if to say, Xiao Mian, do you know how powerful I am?

Tang Qian didn't talk nonsense, because he believed that Dwight Howard, who insisted on "low-post singles", would always make trouble.

At that time, it's time to stand up on your own.

Howard is also self-defeating. If he keeps playing in Orlando, being a super blue-collar, with pick-and-rolls and rolls as the main scoring methods, he will definitely not be mixed up with the Lakers.After all, in essence, he still fits well with Nash and Mike D'Antoni's tactical system.

But he chose to be a "low-level monster", using his own weaknesses to attack the enemy's strengths.

This kind of behavior, in Tang Qian's view, is even more stupid than Andrew Bynum.

At least the Anzhu will not give up his strengths, and "Warcraft" did just that.

Sure enough, in the second quarter, someone from the Bobcats stood up. He was Bismarck Biyombo. Regardless of the average data per game this season, it was only 4.8+7.3+1.8.But to be clear, this is only his 27 minutes of data, converted to 36 minutes like "Warcraft", it is close to 6+10+2.5.Furthermore, after being stimulated by Tang Qian last time, this Congolese guy seemed to have a sense of enlightenment, and his rebounding status has improved by leaps and bounds. He has already performed 15+ rebounds in several single games.

So as soon as he came up, he discussed with Byron Mullens that the latter would defend and he would assist in the defense.

As for whether Pau Gasol will be missed because of this, then they can't control so much. Anyway, the head coach of the Bobcats this season is a puppet, purely here to dawdle, so there is no need to expect him to make any tactical analysis. , Here comes the tactical guidance.

Bobcats team name will be changed next season, this season is Jordan's "deliberately bad" plan.

But Biyombo didn't want to mess around like this. He knew that the Bobcats would hardly make it to the playoffs, so in the regular season, he was unwilling to let go of all the performance opportunities he could seize.Once he can get out of Africa, he doesn't want to go back.It’s not because of money. As I said before, although Bismarck Biyombo was born in Congo, Africa, his family is not poor. On the contrary, the conditions are quite good. He just doesn’t want to turn around without accomplishing anything.

He came to the United States to play basketball. Apart from American knife, he still has certain ideals.

And the "magical week" that Dongfang Hot had pointed out for him.

He also wants to "become famous overnight" and "become famous overnight", even if he can't reach the level of Dongfang Tang, he can do it at the next level or even a few levels."Warcraft" Howard, who is anxious about low offensive efficiency tonight, is his prey.He wants to "get ahead" with Dwight Howard.

In the second quarter, Howard took the initiative to ask to play. His purpose was obviously to occupy Tang Qian's appearance time. Due to the former's strong performance in the first quarter, Mike D'Antoni could only nod temporarily in agreement.Because the opponent's request is reasonable, and the hand feels good and the state is hot. If he doesn't play, who will play?There's nothing wrong with that.

Besides, Howard is also the No. [-] player of the Lakers, so the basic face is still to be given.

As long as the opponent doesn't continue to contradict him publicly, then D'Antoni won't be able to tear his skin apart with him. After all, the NBA is still a professional basketball game. It's okay to be impulsive for a while, but not for a long time.Tang Qian didn't speak, but quietly watched Dwight Howard come on stage and prepare to pretend.But God seemed to be strong, and only halfway through the second quarter, Mike D'Antoni was in a hurry and called a timeout.

The reason is that the team's offense, especially the low-post offense, encountered huge resistance. In the entire half of the quarter, only 3 points were scored, which made the "offensive master" Mike D'Antoni look very ugly.why?The main reason is that Dwight Howard's low post singles are too many and too frequent.If his low post is powerful and extremely lethal, then forget it, he can play as he likes, and Mike D'Antoni can't say anything. After all, the essence of basketball is still a scoring game.So as long as they can score points, it doesn't matter whoever comes.

But the bad part is Dwight Howard, who made 6 of 1 shots. Is this the end?No, there are hidden shots that are not counted, and that is the number of free throws.Six free throws were made within half a quarter, which is not bad, but the problem is that "Warcraft" feels "terrible", and none of the 6 free throws can hit the Bobcats' basket.In this way, it is not difficult to understand that the Lakers fell into a scoring drought in the second quarter.Because apart from Howard, only Jamison made 6 of 2 free throws and scored 1 point. What about the rest?Either he didn't have a chance to make a call, or he just shot a "water polo".

Even without Kobe and Nash on the court, Howard + Gasol + Jamison + Meeks + Steve Blake, this lineup should still have good firepower. Three outsiders who can shoot 3-pointers, The inside twin towers, no matter what, they won't only score 3 points in half a quarter.Mike D'Antoni is not Mike Brown, he still has real talents, so he quickly discovered the crux of the problem-Dwight Howard.

The Lakers played "too poisonous" on the 12th. It's fine if they don't have an assist, but they don't even pass the ball a few times. It seems that as long as the basketball is in his hands, then don't even think about turning it out.The whole incarnation has become a "ball black hole", so that the rest of the Lakers can only stare and watch the show.How does this calm down Mai D'Antoni, who advocates the concept of "7 seconds or less"?

In "7 seconds or less", passing and transferring the ball is also a crucial part. If you don't pass or transfer the ball, where do you get the opportunity?Even Kobe Bryant agreed to change, you Dwight Howard still want to go against it?You thought you were Shaquille O'Neal?Do you think you are Yao Ming?Pass the ball if you can’t, basketball beginners understand such a simple truth, but you, as the “League’s No. [-] Center” can’t figure it out?

Swiping data for the sake of swiping data, this guy's heart is probably no longer in Los Angeles, and he is no longer in Staples.

After seeing what Howard did, Mike D'Antoni finally noticed something.

But he is only the head coach, and only has the right to coach and manage, which is something only the management has.

Unless it is a godfather-level coach at the level of "Cardinal" Arnold Auerbach, the manager will never get his hands on the management rights.Even the "Zen Master" Phil Jackson doesn't have this kind of treatment, because in the NBA's more than 60 years of history, only Auerbach and Jerry West can be called godfathers.As for the godfather-level coach, throughout history, there is only one, and that is Arnold Jacob Auerbach.

So Mike D'Antoni can only think of a way from the coaching power: "Dwight, you will observe the positions of your teammates later. If you find that your teammates are open, immediately play the ball and strive for a 3-point strike. Do you understand?" Dwight Howard was vague when he heard the words, and seemed to nod his head.

Playing again, even though he was replaced by Steve Nash, Howard still had the attitude of a low-post single player. He stood dead inside, but remained motionless, unwilling to move half a step outside.In this case, no matter how good the passing skill is, there is nothing to do. He can only lob the ball in and let Dwight Howard play.

3 of 1 shots, 2 of 1 free throws, Howard got another 3-pointer, but at the same time, he also made 2 personal mistakes, and the Bobcats seized the opportunity and hit a 5-pointer.With only 58 seconds left at the end of the half, Kobe couldn't bear it anymore. He stood up and shouted directly to the court: "Howard, pass the ball, pass the ball, understand? Go pick and roll with Steve! "

But it was all in vain, because Howard still went his own way, "walking alone" inside the Bobcats, regardless of the running of other Lakers.All of a sudden, Kobe's face became gloomy. It wasn't because he misunderstood that he didn't pass the ball, nor because he misunderstood that his style of play was too poisonous. It's just that No. 24 suddenly saw the clue.

He gradually deviates from the Lakers.

This is the most unacceptable thing for the 24th.

Because for the Lakers, for the Purple and Gold Corps, Kobe's feelings have long exceeded the average level.

He regards this place as his "home".

Facing the "house thief", where can he be comfortable?

So for the first time, Kobe and Howard had a public spat in the locker room.

Unlike the previous "private disputes", this time, the two did not clear the field, and directly quarreled loudly in front of all the Lakers players.This is tantamount to tearing the skin off, and there is no more fig leaf.

In the end, Mike D'Antoni learned from the experience of his predecessor and supported Kobe, so Howard was forcibly pressed on the bench.

Of course "Warcraft" is not convinced, but during the game, only the head coach has the most power, and the latter has the right to decide who will play and who will rest.After hearing Mike D'Antoni's decision, Howard became furious and shouted, "Don't use me if you have the ability"!But Mike D'Antoni is not threatened. Since he has decided to support Kobe, it is impossible to fall on two sides. Mike Brown's vacillating stupidity is his lesson.

Seeing the Lakers replace the starting center in the third quarter, Bismarck Biyombo was startled for no reason, because he still remembered the pain of the last game.It is the number 29 in front of him, this is the oriental guy in front of him, who scored 40+ rebounds in a single game in front of him.This kind of clip, like a nightmare, made Biyombo's heart beat.

"Hi~buddy~ We met again~You performed very well tonight~" Tang Qian greeted Bismarck Biyombo after walking onto the stage.Unexpectedly, the latter's body froze, and after a long while, he murmured: "You, you won't want to..." Tang Qian was also taken aback for a moment, and then said with a smile: "ah~ you can rest assured~ that period of time was regarded as You performed supernormally~Impossible tonight~"

Can't do it?No status?That, that's good!
After hearing Tang Qian's answer, Bismarck Biyombo seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, because the former's performance last time was really shocking.As a rebounding expert, Biyombo almost lost himself after the last game. If Tang Qian hadn't helped out with a word of advice, he might still be lingering in the shadows.

Human beings are like this, the more one's own strength is, to some extent, the more one's own weakness.

Because I am strong, I lose less, and the less I lose, the more I am afraid of losing. Once I lose miserably, my previous self-confidence will suddenly be disillusioned, or even reversed directly, which is very likely.Tang Qian didn't want Biyombo to become like this, so after the last game, he chose to comfort him.

Tang Qian is still very friendly to legitimate competitors. He is not the kind of "perverted trampling protagonist", so the stronger the opponent is, the more he enjoys the fun of confrontation.This is where the real fun of basketball lies, not invincibility, but confrontation.Otherwise, if you are in a state of invincibility for a long time, even Qiao Shen will feel burnt out, and your enthusiasm for basketball will be greatly reduced.

You can say that Tang Qian is "being stupid" and "relying on the enemy", but for him, this is "acting as he pleases", which can not only cultivate strong opponents, but also stimulate himself to keep moving forward, without generating self-importance. Big, complacent stagnation.After reaching a certain level and level, challenge is always an unavoidable topic, and the same is true for competitive sports. The lack of challenge means the lack of passion and heartbeat. That kind of basketball is not what Tang Qian wants.So he needs opponents as well as enemies. He can practice hard without enemies and bring out his best potential. Potential always needs stimulation before it can explode.

Winning too much, sometimes, is not necessarily a good thing.

And the most important point is that Tang Qian is confident that he can defeat everyone in the end.

That's why he yearns for challenges and strong players. That's not masochism, it's just Tang Qian's basketball attitude.

However, as soon as the game started, Bismack Biyombo felt that he was cheated by Tang Qian. After the rebounding crystal brick rose to 7 and a half yuan, in the current league, the latter's rebounding ability is outstanding, and there are only a handful of them.Even the current "Warcraft" is at a slight disadvantage in terms of rebounds.In this case, Tang Qian swept the inside and got 7 rebounds in the third quarter alone.And his offensive end is completely different from that of Dwight Howard. He never sticks to the ball, does not show off, high pick-and-roll, pass-cut screen, air-cut down-down, and he plays well-organized and very reasonable. Immediately, the Lakers' offense is liberated Came out, blooming in all directions, not only overtook the Bobcats in one breath, but also entered the last quarter with a 6-point advantage.

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Charlotte Bobcats 100-90 with 10 points, maintaining their sweeping record against opponents this season.

科比再次拿下22+7+9的全面数据，纳什也得到了10个助攻，加索尔18分，唐潜11分13个篮板球2次盖帽。湖人队拒绝了2连败，战绩变成了24胜27负。

It seems that there is still a long way to go before the top eight in the West.

At the post-match press conference, Howard kept a black face all the way and said nothing, which also made the keen reporters smell a little unusual.Because compared to ordinary game victories, things outside the stadium are more eye-catching and more popular.Who doesn't understand this professional reporter?
Be sure to dig a bit, there may well be a story!

This is the inner voice of most of the reporters present.

But for all Lakers players, the next game is the key.

Because this is the second time this season, facing the defending champion, Miami, the Heat.

PS: I came back late, and the company has something to hold me back, but now that I have agreed to explode, Xiaozi will never break her word and continue to code~ But it is estimated that it will be very late, or very early~ Book friends who can’t wait Guys, you can watch after you wake up tomorrow~
Xiao Zi continues to code words~
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