basketball purple front

Chapter 511
"You, why are you here to practice? You are not..." When Howard saw Tang Qian in the Toyota Sports Center, he was stunned, and he couldn't believe it.Tang Qian said with a smile: "Of course I have recovered and I will come to practice. This is the professionalism of professional players, understand?"

"Recovered? Not to say..."

"Oh, I heard from Gary that there was a problem with the inspection equipment. In fact, there is nothing wrong with me. What? Are you sorry?" After hearing Tang Qian's words, Howard did not answer, because if he answered such words, he would It's so stupid that it will completely cut you off from the whole team.

Office of the Lakers general manager.

"Recovered? Misdiagnosis? Equipment problem? shi.t!!!" Mitch Kupchak thought Tang Qian was injured and everything would be fine, but he didn't expect the plot to reverse so quickly, it was hard for him to accept it up.This means that he has to explain to Howard again, and he has to find a way to "fuck Tang Qian's ghost".

As a team general manager, he is very reluctant to do this kind of thing, but for the sake of his team status, he has to do it.

Because he could see that Dongfang Tang had already taken refuge with Jenny Bass, and it was impossible for him to have any good feelings for him.

However, what can I do?Is it really necessary to tear your skin apart completely and forcibly use the power of your position to make the opponent "suspend"?
Especially after he played a "milestone" game the day before yesterday on the 29th, it became extremely difficult for him to "recklessly suppress".If it is too blatant and outsiders can see it, then my position as the general manager may be unstable immediately.

What's more, the Lakers are in poor condition this season, just when they need a scapegoat. If such a big incident is revealed, the anger of the Los Angeles fans will definitely explode like a volcano, and they will all roar at him!

If this really happened, he would "steal the chicken and lose the rice", and the gain outweighs the loss!
Thinking of this, Mitch Kupchak forced himself to calm down. He began to sit on the general manager's office chair, thinking hard.

After some intense weighing, he made a call to Howard...

Inside a mansion somewhere in Los Angeles.

"It's all right? Gary Vitti has been working for decades, and this kind of thing is extremely rare." Jenny Buss was also a little surprised when she heard the news for the first time, but she soon calmed down. He opened his mouth and said: "Immediately publish an article, congratulations to China Tanglian for breaking the NBA block record, and at the same time point out our appreciation for him."

"Is it going to be made public so soon? Didn't you say that you have to wait for the next season..." Before Bonnie Laughlin finished speaking, Jenny Buss said: "Don't wait any longer, I admit to my father The vision is indeed extraordinary, if you are late, you will miss the opportunity, so do it immediately."

"Yes, I understand, Miss~" Bonnie Laughlin respectfully retreated after finishing speaking.

When Jenny Buss was alone in the room, she murmured in a low voice: "The blue-collar all-star? Did father really only see that? Is there something else that I didn't think of or guess?"

In bed at night, Tang Qian began to call back one by one:

"Oh, mom, I got it, I got it, I will pay attention to it next time I play~ yes yes yes, I won't work so hard, I will keep a hand, don't worry you just~ um, okay, okay, I got it , I will, I will~ Don’t worry~ My body is fine, really, the team has already done a comprehensive examination for me, if you don’t believe me, I can take a photo of the physical status report and send it to you~”

"I'm fine, Taylor, I just didn't feel well during that game, I'm fine now, really, don't worry~"

"I'm fine, Sestin, you don't need to come here to see me~"

"Sophia, that's just a rumor from the outside world. You know, they like to exaggerate and deliberately make the title catch attention~"

"Carly? Oh, I'm fine. Are you filming a commercial in the UK? That's good, work hard, I like you~"

"Well, I'm fine, it's just a misdiagnosis. Where are you? Are you helping me with the design of sneakers? Well, I'm sorry to trouble you. I'll treat you to a big meal when I come back. No, I'll give you a raise~"

After replying to these missed calls and text messages one by one, Tang Qian lay on the bed, ready to go to bed early, because tomorrow's home game against the Memphis Grizzlies will definitely be a fierce battle and should not be underestimated.As for your question about whether he is tired answering these calls and text messages, the answer is, not tired, not at all!Only when you are really alone in a foreign country, you will understand the importance of these cares and concerns.

They can make your lonely soul get nourished like sunshine.

Back in the general manager's office of the Lakers, Dwight Howard's answer made Kupchak happy, saying:

"Really? Dwight? You really don't care about this?"

"Well, I figured it out sir, I don't care about it, you are also for the good of the Lakers, I can understand."

"That's great, Dwight, you are really more tolerant than I imagined! I'm thinking about it myself! But don't worry, I will send him away once this season is over, This is my faithful promise to you!"

"Well, okay, I see sir, I have to rest early, there is still a game to play tomorrow."

"Okay~ go to bed early~ I won't bother you~ good night, Dwight~"

"Good night, Mr. Mitch Kupchak."

After Kupchak hung up the phone with a sigh of relief, Howard stood in the room with a distorted expression on his face, and said, "Mitch Kupchak, you have played tricks on me over and over again, do you really think I'm easy to bully?" ? When the time comes, I will definitely play you to death and make you lose face in the entire league and the United States!!!”

"Just wait, you all just wait for me!!! I, Dwight Howard, will make you all pay a terrible price!!!"

On April 4, US time, the Los Angeles Lakers played against the Memphis Grizzlies at home. This was the Lakers' seventh-to-last game of the season.And compared to the previous Timberwolves, Bucks, Kings, Mavericks and the like, this is a truly strong team.

Regardless of the fact that the Grizzlies are only fifth in the Western Conference, they are still ahead of the fourth-ranked Clippers in terms of record.Therefore, the Grizzlies this season are an absolutely difficult team.

Although the offense only averaged about 93 points per game, the defense was the top in the league, allowing the opponent team to score only 89 points per game.Looking at the entire league, it is also the only team that can suppress the opponent's scoring average below 90 points per game.It's very much like last year's Chicago Bulls.Moreover, in the simulated voting list of the best defensive player this season, Marc Gasol of the Grizzlies has dominated for many periods. If there is no accident, he should have secured this award.

Although Tang Qian currently ranks first in blocked shots and second in rebounding, he still hasn't won the favor of many experts and reporters. In general, he didn't even make it into the top ten, and his vote rate was only 1.02%.The first-choice vote is even more miserable, 0%, that is to say, not a single first-choice vote was obtained.Not as good as Boston Celtics guard Avery Bradley, who still has 1.65% of the first-choice votes.

It can also be seen from this that sports people across the United States have a lot of prejudice against people of the yellow race.

However, this season's Marc Gasol is indeed extraordinary, and he deserves this award, despite his mediocre statistics, or even a little bit of incompetence.But there are many things that are not shown by the basic data, and the high-level data are exemplified. For example, among the players who have defended at least 800 rounds this season, Marc Gasol's defensive efficiency ranks first in the league. Scored 0.759 points, and the suppression hit rate was close to 39%.If you continue to dig deeper, you can see some more powerful statistics. In terms of defending low post-ups, Marc Gasol is even more terrifying. He only allows attackers to score 0.665 points per round, and his suppression hit rate is close to 35%.

Now I know why Howard will be finished when he meets the Grizzlies this season, and he will change from "Warcraft" to "Milk Beast". The reason is here.The starting center of the Grizzlies, Marc Gasol, has an amazing defensive efficiency against post-ups. Even if some post-up masters come across him this season, they will be embarrassed and embarrassed. What's more, the post-up efficiency ranks first in the league. One of the "first center"?That night, in the first quarter, Marc Gasol made Howard, who was trying to avenge himself, feel ashamed and almost lost his mind.

7 of 1 shots, 4 of 0 free throws, 2 points in a single quarter, is Howard's report card.

It can be seen that this season, Gasol Jr. is really a back-to-back nemesis. It is no wonder that Howard, who is the last one, hits him.

After the next game, Howard threw the towel, but not many people on the Lakers team were willing to pay attention to him.

Because of Howard's poor performance, the Lakers scored only 15 points, far less than the Grizzlies' 28 points.

He fell behind by as much as 13 points as soon as he came up, and he was obviously 13 points behind the Grizzlies, which is completely different from being 13 points behind other teams. The difficulty of chasing points is completely different.Could it be that the top defensive team in the league this season is covered?

In the second quarter, Tang Qian came on the court and scored a lot of rebounds and blocks. They were 6 rebounds and 3 blocks respectively, but in terms of scoring, he could not provide much help, only 2 points.Because the overall defense of the Grizzlies is extremely good, even if Tang Qian wanted to score points, it would be very difficult.What's more, he is not the first offensive point of the Lakers. After a quarter, he can take at most 2 or 3 shots.

This is also a very normal thing. Generally speaking, centers don't average too many shots per game, which is far less abundant than outside players.

Howard has only taken 13+ shots this season. Although it is much higher than the previous 2012-2013 season, it still cannot compare with the number of shots taken by outside players.At the end of the single quarter, the Lakers scored 22 points, while the Grizzlies only scored 18 points, but because of the score advantage in the first quarter, halftime statistics showed that the latter still led the Lakers.

37-46, Memphis entered the locker room with a 9-point lead away.

In the third quarter, even though D'Antoni gave thousands of instructions in the locker room to ask Howard to play more pick-and-rolls, play more runs, and share the ball more, but as soon as he played, "Warcraft" resumed its own way and continued the infinite low position of the first quarter. Singles play.Obviously, what he did was exactly in the hands of the Grizzlies. With Marc Gasol, the league's "best low-post defender" this season, even if Howard wanted to play low-posts all over the court, the Grizzlies would beat the drums. Greet each other with a smile.

There was no need to "cut Huo" at all, and relying on Gasol's single defense, the "League's No. 6 Center" Dwight Howard made 2 of 4 shots in a single quarter, and finally scored only [-] points.This made Howard very angry. At one point, he was about to blow his hair because of a little reasonable move by Gasol, and roared loudly at the latter.

But this didn't scare the opponent. Instead, because of this stupid behavior and behavior, "Warcraft" ate a T, causing the Lakers to immediately send an extra point.

The Grizzlies had a good offense in this quarter, scoring 30 points, 30 points in a single quarter, which is indeed excellent for a team that can only score 93 points per game.However, the Lakers are not bad either. With consecutive scoring on the 24th, they also scored 25 points.He didn't lose too much in a single quarter because of Howard's stupidity.

76-62, when Tang Qian played again, the Lakers had fallen behind by a full 14 points.

The Grizzlies are not the Mavericks, so far behind, basically in this game, it will be difficult to come back.

What Tang Qianneng can do well is the defensive aspect. Facing the league's top defensive team, his offensive ability is not enough to support continuous explosive energy.Just when Tang Qian had no choice but to continue using the ability card, someone from the Lakers stepped forward. He was No. 24, "Black Mamba" Kobe Bryant.

For the first time, Tang Qian realized what real "scoring explosive power" is. With 25 points in a single quarter, he overtook the score almost by himself.The Lakers scored 31 points in a single quarter. Except for Nash's 1-pointer and Gasol's 3-pointer, No. 24 took almost all of the Lakers' points.This state is really unimaginable. He will soon be 35 years old.

If this is the peak period, what's the deal? ? ?

However, under the cover of victory, no one noticed that the Lakers No. 24 was breathing heavily.

The game was 93-91, and the Lakers narrowly beat the Memphis Grizzlies by 2 points. Kobe Bryant played 45 minutes and scored 44 points, almost half of the Lakers' points in this game.Therefore, he deservedly crowned the best player of the game, because if it weren't for Kobe's outburst, the Lakers' game would have been a disaster.

But the entire Lakers team did not expect that a bigger crisis would come quietly in the next game.

On April 4th, the same city derby, the Los Angeles Lakers faced the Los Angeles Clippers for the last time this season.

PS: The following plot needs to be sorted out again, because there are too many things involved~ so I will temporarily update it today, and pay it back tomorrow~
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