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Chapter 680 3 consecutive victories
"Good job! Keep up the good work in the second half!" Tang Qian said in the locker room.

He found out that since Kobe wanted to be a black face, he would be a red face himself, and he could kill two birds with one stone.

Kobe has no objection to Tang Qian's approach, because he was not a popular material in the first place. In the last year, it was because he completely gave up, so he smiled frequently and became "Harmony".But to be honest, Kobe himself, he is not willing to do this.

In the past with the Lakers, it was O'Neal who sang the red face, he was the black face, and he was still the same after the solo flight.But don't think that Tang Qian is that kind of good guy, it's just that there is already a Kobe in the team, and if the high pressure is applied, other ordinary players will easily be overwhelmed.

Especially now, the public opinion is very heavy, and these "mercenaries" do not have a strong sense of identity with the Lakers, so it is really not suitable to be too oppressive.

D'Antoni didn't say much, because the current team score is leading. In competitive sports, everything depends on results and results. Since the results are good now, there is no need for him to stand up and object.

As a head coach, deep down in his heart, he still yearns for the recognition of the team and fans, as well as for victory and record.

If you can win, everything is easy to say.

If he can't win, then he will definitely continue to maintain his tactical system.

This is just to give Kobe face.

In the second half, Kobe still focused on passing the ball. The super-peak Kobe is really a single-player missile type. You dare not defend him alone, otherwise he will be one-on-one. You didn't discuss it.The Nuggets' defense is not at the forefront of the league. After Kobe scored consecutively in the first quarter, the head coach could only compromise and go to the zone defense and help him.

In this way, as long as the Nuggets help defend and double-team No. 24, someone from the Lakers will definitely get an offensive opportunity. Maybe when they encounter a team with fast rotation and fast rotation, the small vacancy will be filled soon, but what about Denver? ... have no such ability.

So the Lakers got some good opportunities.

The score difference was gradually widening. At the end of the third quarter, the head coach of the Nuggets couldn't sit still. He knew that if this continued, he would definitely lose, so he decided to change his formation and fight.As a whole, they began to increase the gambling defense and strive for opportunities for defensive counterattacks and fast breaks, but the usefulness of this is not obvious. It is not a tactical problem, but the Nuggets do not have this kind of execution ability.

The same tactics, the same formula, you use it for different teams, it is completely different.

The Lakers' game is completely a positional battle. If they don't run with you at all, but if the Nuggets can't run, their offensive power will be invisible by a few percent.In addition, Tang Qian's defensive power in positional battles can also be maximized. The Nuggets lack players who can single-handedly play at the basket. Whether it is Timofey Mozgov or Kenneth Faried, they are all very capable of independent attack. Generally, the two of them don't have any medium and long-distance baskets, so under the shock of Tang Qian's inside line, the Nuggets' inside offense is completely paralyzed.

As for the remaining perimeter, after Kobe took the initiative to intercept Ty Lawson, the rest of Randy Foye and JJ Hickson are people with limited offensive firepower. Maybe they can score a few. After all, the Lakers' perimeter defense It sucks, but it is absolutely impossible to influence the overall situation of the entire game.

Think about it too, one averages 13+ per game and the other averages 11+ per game, how much can you score?Randy Foye is good for spot-up three-pointers, but his mid-range and basket are average. This kind of player only needs to focus on his spot-up three-pointers.As for sticking too tightly and being broken through by the former, that's okay.Even if he is fine with the emergency stop jump shot, Tang Qian will naturally have Tang Qian to defend when he enters the inside.

Besides, Randy Foye's mid-range shooting percentage is only 28% this season, and this is still an open situation. With such a hit, how many pull-up jumpers can he score in a game?

So in this way, the Nuggets' offense actually stagnated slowly, a little bit motionless.

Even if JJ Hickson scored 5 points in a row, it would still be too little, and with his scoring ability, it is impossible to do more.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be worth a few million dollars, and no one would care about him after the 15-16 season.

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers entered the final quarter with a 59-48 lead of 11 points.

Entering the last quarter, Kobe, who didn't score much in the third quarter, re-entered the offensive mode. At this time, the advantage of his "physical strength monster" in his peak period began to appear. As he got to the end, he became stronger and more violent in both offense and defense.This kind of absolute physical ability is basically not available in modern new stars.So as Kobe scored consecutive points and led the defense in the half, the Nuggets finally collapsed. After Faried's layup was blocked by Tang Qian, the Nuggets had lost the Lakers by as much as 24 points.

At this time, there is still more than half of the remaining time in the fourth quarter.

When the score difference reached 28 points, Mike D'Antoni replaced Kobe, leaving only Tang Qian on the field to protect the rebound and the basket. This is what every NBA head coach has learned since the Madison Square Garden fight. things.

After leading by a big score in the fourth quarter, it is best not to send the top star to play, otherwise it will easily arouse hatred from the opponent, and the defensive actions will become darker and rougher.Well, not to mention that the Lakers and the Nuggets originally had conflicts and grievances.

After Kobe left the field, the Lakers' scoring dropped. Only Nick Young was in the personal show, but their inside defense did not weaken in the slightest.Tang Qian grabbed 5 rebounds, 2 blocks and 1 assist in the garbage time. After seeing that the opponent was completely useless, Mike D'Antoni replaced him and replaced him with Thackeray to finish the remaining garbage time.

At the end of the game, the Lakers scored 88 points, of which Kobe scored 35 points alone. It seems to be Kobe's lowest score this season, but if you calculate the percentage of points, you will find that compared to many previous games, only High or low.This is the positional battle style of low offensive and defensive rounds. Kobe seems to "only" score 35 points, but the proportion of points is as high as 39.7%!Close to 40%!What is this concept?Comparing the 2017 NBA Finals, it is clear that the Cavaliers averaged 114.8 points per game, and James averaged 33.6 points per game. It seems that they are only 1.4 points less than Kobe in this game, but his percentage is only 29.2%, which is less than 30%!In the same way, the Warriors averaged 121.6 points per game in the finals, and Durant averaged 35.2 points per game. It looks scary, but the actual calculation is not as good as James's percentage, which is only 28.9%.Therefore, the scores of low offensive and defensive rounds and high offensive and defensive rounds are completely incomparable, and the difficulty is not at the same level.Just like calculating rebounds, sometimes it depends not only on rebounds per game, but also on rebound rate.

The more offensive and defensive rounds, the greater the data inflation. Kobe averaged 35+ points per game that year, and the Lakers averaged less than 100 points per game. His proportion was as high as 35.6%, and the number of offensive and defensive rounds was only 90. In the league that year The middle row is in the middle, about 15 people.And as of the 16-17 season, what is the number of rounds in the NBA? 97+ up and down! What does 7 rounds represent?To give an inappropriate example, if Kobe had 35+ scoring seasons, if he had 100 offensive and defensive rounds, how much would his scoring average be?
直接飚上天际！场均可以拿到45.6分！对，就是45.6分！所以你大概知道90个回合数和16-17赛季的平均97+回合数的区别了吧？NBA90年代末到21世纪初，号称最为华丽的萨克拉门托国王队也不过是95.6的场均回合数，而这已经是最高了。放到现在16-17赛季的NBA联盟里，纯属于慢节奏拖后腿，连联盟前20都排不上。

In the season when Qiao Shen averaged 37+ per game, the Bulls averaged 104.8 points per game. His percentage of points is actually not as good as Kobe's, "only" 35.4%.Of course, this comparison is just for reference. The NBA still has to pay attention to what you get if you get it, and if you don’t do it, you don’t do it. If it doesn’t make much sense.Besides, it is meaningless to measure the greatness of God Qiao with statistics, and his honor is firmly in the No.1 position.

No one can be shaken for the time being.

However, the higher the number of rounds and the higher the team's average points per game, then the data will definitely "overflow". There is no doubt about this.

The key is the opponent's score. The Lakers and garbage time only allowed the opponent to score 70 points!This is definitely a low score in an NBA level game!What's more, the Nuggets are a strong offensive team this season, averaging more than 104+ points per game!The Lakers can be called a complete victory in this game!
And this time the Lakers have found the most suitable rhythm of the game. In the game against the Grizzlies on the 15th, the team lost the opponent by 2 points in the first half with running and small balls.In the second half, the full-court play of the previous game was resumed, which immediately had a miraculous effect. The Lakers finally reversed the score and won 99-95.

2 straight wins!

Kobe scored 39 points in this game, and his shooting percentage was "only" 48.3%, but the Grizzlies are a strong defensive team. He can achieve such a shooting percentage in a large number of singles, which is really good enough.Grizzlies defensive champion Tony Allen is complaining that tonight's Lakers No. 24 is unstoppable, just like returning to the 05-06 season.

Tony Allen joined the league in 04, so he was fortunate to have seen the demeanor of the peak Kobe, and he is a defensive champion. In recent years, he has always been the master of the defensive team, so his words are very weighty and convincing.

ESPN is still using various data to black the Lakers to black Kobe. Due to the dazzling No. 24, Tang Qian's firepower has been greatly reduced this season.

On November 11th, the Lakers easily defeated the Pistons, which had been rebuilt for many years. This team has two strong blue-collars inside, one of which is Andre Drummond. Compared with last year, Drummond's data is almost He has turned over in all aspects, especially in rebounds. He currently ranks second in the league with 17+. If Tang Qian didn't overwhelm him, he would be the temporary rebounding leader now.Secondly, there is Greg Monroe. In this era when there is a shortage of big guys inside, his stats of 15+15 this season are not bad.If the two cooperate sincerely, it's not that there is no way to deal with Tang Qian at all, but this season is the "competition period" for the two, and they are both inferior, so I'm sorry, Tang Qian didn't discuss rebounding bloody abuse.

With 23 rebounds and 8 blocks in a single game, Tang Qian overwhelmed the opponent's 2 blue-collar insiders by himself.

Especially Andre Drummond, who is very confident in his progress this season, took the initiative to play against Tang Qian under the basket many times, but basically never won a few times.Even in order to protect the defensive rebound, he tried his best. In this case, when he was replaced, his eyes were obviously a little confused.

Alas, I'm sorry big brother, your future is still quite bright.

After Tang Qian's game, after the end of the rebound list, he averaged 21.5 rebounds per game, ranking first in the 13-14 rebound list.He currently has a 6+ distance away from the second-ranked "Zhuangshen" Drummond.This is almost an insurmountable gap in the rebounding list.Because basically, in the era when there were no super rebounders, the top few rebounders were usually within 1+.When was the last time you opened up a gap of more than 3+?The answer is the 96-97 season, and the creator was Dennis Rodman.With an average of 16+ rebounds per game, he lost 11+ to the second-ranked Mutombo, which is close to a 5+ gap.And this rebounding average gap shocked the entire league back then.

In the same 94-95 season, Mutombo was second with 12+, and Rodman averaged 16.8 rebounds per game to win the championship.

O'Neal is also a victim. He averaged 13+ rebounds on the field for two consecutive years, but he was firmly suppressed by Rodman's 18+ once and 17+ once. monopoly situation. In the 90s, strong insiders emerged in large numbers, but who dared to say that they were going to compete for the rebounding champion?not a single one.

None of the four major centers has this awareness.

Abby Hornacek of FOX Sports was the first to smell the unusualness. She "used" the relationship of her friends and conducted a brief personal interview with Tang Qian.

"Hot, congratulations that you are currently leading the rebounding and blocked shot rankings, can you talk about your feelings?"

"This is because everyone let me, thank you for your care. Haha, just kidding, the reason why I improve so fast, of course there is a secret."

"Oh? What's the secret? Can you share it with us? Although you were the rebounding leader last season, you can't compare with this season. I believe fans all over the United States are very interested."

"The secret is very simple. It is an old oriental saying, a famous teacher produces a good apprentice."

"Famous teachers make great apprentices? I can probably understand the meaning of this sentence, so did you worship a rebounder as a teacher during the offseason? Is that what you mean? Hot?"

"Yes."

"I'm curious if you can reveal the name of this person."

"Sure, he is Dennis Rodman."

"Oh? Really? Dennis Rodman? Is he really your teacher? Did he really teach you?"

"It's true! I think you've seen the effect of this!"

The reason why Tang Qian said this is actually because he has made too many breakthroughs during the offseason, and if he doesn't find a proper excuse, it will easily make people suspicious.And there is no doubt that the theory that a famous teacher produces a good apprentice is extremely applicable and convincing no matter where it is.

"It turned out to be Rodman, so it's no wonder you grew up so fast. Did you and him train together this offseason?"

"No, Mr. Dennis Rodman and I have been training for several offseasons. I have full respect for him. I think he is one of the strongest super rebounders in NBA history!"

This sentence Tang Qian is not a scene. If it weren't for Rodman, he would indeed not be able to improve so much, and the foundation would not be so solid.

Although the breakthrough is in the tower, the accumulation process is the days of special training with Rodman. The breakthrough is just a transformation from quantitative change to qualitative change.Without the sweat and crazy training during the offseason, it is impossible to successfully break through the crystal brick in the tower.

Therefore, although Tang Qian often hates Rodman in his mouth, he definitely regards him as a real teacher in his heart.

"What about blocking shots? Did Rodman teach you too?"

"Haha, this is my own personal talent." Tang Qian came to boast, half-truth and half-truth: "I was born with a beast-like intuition for blocking shots, which Mr. Rodman told me the first time he saw me. I'm dead, he can't teach me this aspect."

"Really? It looks like this season will be your take-off season. Do you have any wishes and goals for this season?"

"Of course the biggest goal is the Larry O'Brien Cup. Apart from that, I also want to get all the awards I can get. It doesn't matter how some people or some media smear me. I will use Performance and stats shut them up."

"How far do you think the Lakers can go this season? Can they really enter the finals as Kobe said?"

"No, no, Abby, you remember wrongly. Kobe's original words were to win the championship and win the NBA championship, not just enter the NBA Finals."

"Haha~ well~ it's my fault~ do you think so too?"

"Why not?" Tang Qian said with a smile: "Where there is a will, there is a way! And didn't Kobe say it too, the tradition of our Los Angeles Lakers is to win the championship. If we don't win the championship, it is a failure! Well, that's it!"

……

Kobe beat the Pistons with 37 points!Scored 23 rebounds and 8 blocks to dominate the rim! —Los Angeles Times.

3 consecutive victories!The Lakers are out of a losing streak!Continue to hit the top half of the Western Conference! — the bleachers.

In them, I seem to see the combination of peak Kobe + peak Howard!You know, the tacit teamwork of the twins! — Lakers Nation.

Third in the West!We are not underdogs this season! — Lakers Nation.

The opponents of the Lakers' 3-game winning streak are not rich enough!The Nuggets and Pistons are the bottom teams in the East and West!The Grizzlies are also missing a main player!If they really want to enter the playoffs, the Lakers still have a long way to go! — ESPN.

Kobe took too many shots!It's okay to run into a weak team!When encountering a playoff-level team, the Lakers will definitely be implicated! -- ESPN expert Henry Abbott.

Kobe is still immature!He still puts the individual above the team!He is not a qualified leader! -- ESPN host Jay Williams.

Facing this kind of public opinion that there is nothing to do, Kobe sneered. On the eve of the game against the Warriors, he found Tang Qian and said:

"Tan, I will increase my shooting volume in this game, is there a problem with rebounding?"

In the past, this kind of "selfish talk" was said to Ci Shiping Gasol on the 24th, but now he has said it to Tang Qian, which already shows the latter's status and weight in the Los Angeles Lakers this season.

Today is not what it used to be.

Tang Qian was taken aback, he thought of something, and said: "Okay, I'm also very upset with the ESPN group. It's good to slap them in the face, so as not to save them from jumping out and screaming every day."

"Okay, then it's settled." Kobe said concisely, then turned around and continued to train, but the process of this game was far more difficult than the two imagined.

It can even be said to be extremely difficult.

It's completely different from the first victory of the season.

Because compared to the previous game, all the members of the Warriors are here. After leading the team alone for a season, Curry has also learned how to be the core and how to be the boss.

This battle is destined to be fierce.

It's also a microcosm for seasons to come.

PS: I came back late today, so the update is a bit late, but it is still a big chapter, full of sincerity~
(End of this chapter)