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Chapter 774 Battle of MVP!Lakers VS Thunder! (The third update is over~Xiao Zi did it~)

15 consecutive victories! ! !Kobe Bryant scored 41 points and Dongfang Hot scored 39 points to beat the Clippers! ! ! —Los Angeles Times.

The Thunder lost to Miami by 5 points!The Lakers are only one game away from the second place in the West! — the bleachers.

The most intense MVP battle in the past [-] years!Now all three of them are stretched in a straight line! —Orange County Register.

Las Vegas MVP odds change again, Bryant's odds start to drop! — Lakers Nation.

The Spaniard will be back in the next game!The Zijin Army has added another major player inside! — Lakers Nation.

Dongfang Tang and Kobe Bryant's contradiction spectrum!The harmony between the two only exists on the surface? - ESPN expert Hogarth.

I predict that the so-called "KQ combination" will fall apart in a short time!Don't ask me why I say that!I have reliable sources! - ESPN famous reporter Chad. Ford.

Bubble happiness!Data Analysis The Lakers are just pseudo-strong!If you meet a real strong team, you will be defeated at the touch of a button! ——ESPN columnist Traus Lee.

On March 3, US time, it was another back-to-back game against the sinking Denver Nuggets.But even so, the style of the "Nuggets Track and Field Team" has not changed. Many experts believe that this will be a huge test for the Lakers.Before the game, Pau Gasol, who returned from injury, made his debut at the Staples Center. The fans cheered for his return. After all, he was an "important veteran" during the two consecutive championships. For him, Los Angeles fans Still maintain the basic respect.However, Gasol has obviously been away from the game for too long. He started the first quarter and played poorly. He made many mistakes and his offensive and defensive rhythm was a mess.Therefore, the Lakers only scored 7 points in the first quarter, shooting less than 2%.

The second quarter was even worse, because Tang Qian was off the court to rest, and Gasol was alone in the paint. He was originally afraid of the Nuggets' aggressive offensive style, but now he has been out of battle for a long time, and he is even more afraid of playing. , outstretched.There were 3 personal defensive fouls in a single quarter, plus 1 in the first quarter, and 4 personal fouls were received in the half at once, and he had to be replaced by Mike D'Antoni.For the remaining half of the quarter, the Lakers had neither Gasol nor Tang Qian, and only Jordan Hill and Ryan Kelly went up to support.And they all have mediocre defenses, or very bad insiders, which makes the Denver's offensive style smoother and smoother.

45-61 at halftime, trailing by 16 points, the Lakers entered the locker room.

As soon as he returned to the locker room, the Spaniard was depressed. Obviously, he originally planned to have a glamorous "comeback show" tonight, but things backfired.For now, his playing is not much different from that of a drinking fountain, which is terrible.

But Kobe didn't take this into consideration, and was still putting pressure on the whole team, but the effect was not very good.

Especially for Gasol, it is a kind of "mental torture".

Tang Qian comforted the Spaniard, but it didn't seem to be of much use. Gasol has been in a "sluggish state" and can't extricate himself.

Alas, now is not the time to think about this matter, we must do our best to win, this is the key!
In the first half, Tang Qian intentionally asked Gasol to take more inside shots to find out the feeling, but now, all of them are in vain, and instead the Lakers are now behind by a full 16 points.The matter has come to this point, he has no choice but to stand up again and start to make big shots in the inside of the Lakers, making crazy hard attacks and second offenses at the basket.

This effect is quite obvious, because of the effectiveness of the "Silver Score Card", Tang Qian used 100% shooting rate to help the Lakers gradually narrow the score difference.In addition, Kobe caused consecutive defensive fouls by the Nuggets, making 10 free throws and 10 free throws in a single quarter, and finally chased the score to 72-77 before the end of the third quarter.The Nuggets were not a team with particularly stable three-pointers, and they didn't have a point guard of Chris Paul's level to stabilize the army and go through the needles. Therefore, after the peripheral feel declined, they could only rely on the most primitive impact on the inside. Hit the basket to grab points.And in this way, Tang Qian's defensive power was immediately highlighted.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, he slapped big caps 4 times in a single quarter, which immediately stopped the Nuggets' impact at the basket.

In addition, Brian Shaw is only a "theoretician", and his practical experience is not good. As for the practice of promoting the "Zen Master" in the Nuggets, it is even more messy.Because the triangle offense is not something that everyone can understand and exercise. This is a set of simple and complex tactics that can be said to be simple and complex.Among them, the ability to create singles is the weakness of the Nuggets. The overall lineup of the Nuggets this season, the highest average score per game is only one Ty Lawson.And what kind of scorer is Ty Lawson?The current average is only 17+ per game!At most, he is a second-rate scorer, not a top-level scorer!This kind of person you want him to perform triangle offensive singles, it is a pipe dream.

So you can only carry out the old Winter's version of the triangle tactics in the Nuggets, and this is also the triangle version that Jordan despises the most. "Equal opportunities" and "absolute egalitarianism" are the words Jordan used to summarize this original version of the triangle offensive tactic.And this set of triangle offensive tactics is completely different from "Zen Master" Jackson's, losing the essence of the latter's revised triangle offensive tactics, that is, the ability to create superstar singles.To put it bluntly, this old Winter hasn't completely succeeded at the University of Kansas himself. You want to play in the NBA?What is that if it's not death?
Of course, the most important point is that Brian Shaw lacks qualifications, prestige, lack of ability, and mediocrity. At most, he can serve as the assistant coach of the team, the head coach?This is really difficult for him!
Therefore, the Nuggets' record has plummeted compared to when George Karl led the team last season, and it has dropped by almost half from last year's 57 wins.Brian Shaw didn't stay for two full seasons in the original time and space, which is the best example.

He doesn't have the ability to stand alone!The so-called "disciples of Zen masters" are also half-baked, they are not useful!
Under the leadership of such a coach, the Nuggets are in such a fierce situation that they have no rules at all.It is really an extremely stupid thing to attack the basket guarded by Tang Qian so stupidly!In the fourth quarter, the Nuggets made only a little over 2% of their field goal attempts, and most of their inside shots went wide of the basket. This also allowed the Lakers to overthrow their opponents in one fell swoop and win their 50th regular season victory!
Now there is only a half-court gap between them and the Thunder.

16 consecutive victories!Everything seems to be turning in a positive direction!
But Gasol's downturn is a "heart disease", Tang Qian can no longer show this kind of offensive performance after March 3, so the Lakers really need the Spaniard to return to his position and get back on track.But I don't know what Gasol was thinking. The next day's team training turned out to be "absent", which made Kobe unbearable, and severely reprimanded the Spaniard in front of the whole team.

But this still didn't arouse the spirit of the Spaniard. He looked at the Lakers with doubts and strangeness in his eyes.

Even for a moment, the thought of leaving flashed through his mind.

To be honest, Paul Gasol never had this idea before this season.He often feels that the Los Angeles Lakers are the last stop of his career, but... now, is there room for me here?
Kobe has Dongfang Tang, does he still need my help?Does the team still need my contribution?

He was a little lost.

He is not the kind of player who can accept himself as a substitute, at least for now, he does not accept this kind of thing.

He thinks he still has the strength of an All-Star player!Therefore, he can accept being the "second child" of the team, but he can never be the "third child" or "fourth child" anymore!During Bynum's time, he had had enough of this!Enough of this team positioning!
He wants more low-post shots, he wants more team status, and he wants more respect, and it seems that the Lakers can't give him these now.So he was a little absent-minded and a little muddled.

But the outside world doesn't know about this internal problem. It's just that Gasol still needs time to adapt. It's normal to adjust and adjust when he comes back from injury.

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After a day off on the 8th, the Lakers won their 64 regular season games against the mighty Oklahoma City Thunder.

There is no doubt that this game will be a high-profile live broadcast.

ESPN even played a series of gimmicks and slogans directly on the eve of the game:
Kobe Bryant VS Kevin Durant, who is the best player this season?Who has the strongest team this season?At 7:30 tonight, the answer will be revealed!

As we all know, when the MVP competition is tight, the direct team confrontation is the dividing line between the upper and lower sides.

For example, in the 07-08 season, Kobe directly overthrew the Hornets where his competitor Chris Paul was at the end, winning both statistics and records.The MVP suspense between the two of them is like ending the curtain immediately, and no one thinks that the latter has the slightest chance of winning.So this game is also the same, if anyone can win, it will be a huge grab for the ticket source of Impression Stream!Especially if both the data and the victory are won, then the MVP ranking will change drastically!Suddenly lost the original balance!
Not to mention that if the Lakers win this game, they will directly surpass the Thunder's regular season rankings and replace them, becoming second in the Western Conference, and will have the right to challenge the Spurs for the first place in the Western Conference!In this way, it will be a devastating blow to the Thunder and Durant! "Du Shubao" wants to guarantee the MVP trophy this season and become the most valuable player in the regular season, so the Lakers and Kobe are all opponents he must beat tonight!

If you lose, it is very likely that all your efforts to climb to the top this season will be in vain!
This is the first time in Durant's life that he is so close to the MVP trophy, and he is not willing to lose it easily!
So before the game, he accepted an interview with local Oklahoma media:

We will defend our No. [-] spot in the Western Conference!The Lakers are not terrible!Our goal is the championship!
Kobe also said:

No one can stop the Los Angeles Lakers' 17-game winning streak!The Thunder can't, and neither can the Heat!He's not going to let an Oklahoman walk out of Staples Center tonight!

For this game, ESPN made a special First.Take program, famous mouth Stephen. A. Smith and old opponent Skip Bayless launched a heated debate.It is mainly to debate the four issues of Kobe and Durant who has better scoring ability, who has better leadership ability, whose overall ability is stronger, and who is most likely to win this season's MVP.The former believes that it is undoubtedly Kobe. If the Lakers can beat the Thunder tonight, Kobe can overwhelm Durant in statistics, then at least the MVP battle between Kobe and Durant will come to an end. We only need to discuss the Lakers 24 The confrontation between No. 6 and Miami was over.The latter believes that Durant is more stable, younger and has more potential, and the Thunder has a more orderly and united lineup than the Lakers. If they win tonight's game, Kobe may also be directly eliminated from the MVP competition!

In general, it is still the same thing, the public is right, and the mother is right, but their purpose has been achieved. There are many fans on both sides, and they immediately tear up on the Internet.

For example, the sports sections of several famous forums in the United States are "restless", voting one by one, posting new posts one by one, and criticizing each other in popular posts. This is simply the rhythm of "old and dead". .

Among them, the most torn is the scoring ability. Durant has more scoring champions and is more efficient, but his explosive power and postseason success is insufficient, and the decline is relatively large.Kobe has fewer scoring champions, but his masterpieces are more explosive and more visually impactful.The fan groups on both sides fought fiercely. It seemed that there would be no result before the game came to an end.

Before the start of the game, Tang Qian asked Kobe what he thought, and the latter answered him like this:
If the competition is 5v5, I may only be better than him, but you said it is 1v1?I can beat him up!
There is no feeling of exaggeration or exaggeration. Seeing what Kobe means, he really thinks so.

Damn, what kind of self-confidence and desire is this!Being paranoid by nature means having a mental talent bonus in competitive events!I'm jealous!
But Tang Qian knew that Kobe was not joking. He had seen a data sheet about Kobe and Durant's "true heads-up matchup" in later generations. With the screenshots of each game, Kobe made 80 of 41 heads-ups in his career. , Sling Durant 36 of 17 head-to-head singles in his career.This still calculates all the head-up data in the season after Kobe's Achilles tendon rupture. Otherwise, after deducting the 12 of 13 shots after the 24-9 season, this heads-up hit rate will be even more breakthrough.

And Durant made 12 of 13 shots after deducting the 11-7 season, and his head-on heads-up shooting rate will be even more appalling.

This purely manual statistical data is really a masterpiece, and it is the best "head-up matchup" reference table.It's not just the match data.Because all fools know that Kobe and Durant are not players in the same position. After the whole court, there are hardly a few times when they face each other.So this comparison is just comparing the gap between Kobe and the Thunder at the 2nd position, and the gap between Durant and the Lakers at the 3rd position, that's all.

Only the matchup data of a position can be used as a reference, such as Kobe and Wade, otherwise it is equivalent to comparing James and O'Neal, too much bias.

So what Kobe said was not bragging at all!As a person whose singles ratio in the peak season exceeded 4% of the total shooting ratio!As the only scoring monster in the peak season whose singles hit rate is higher than the overall hit rate!The king of outside singles!No one would pay attention to him except Jordan!

Heh, outside players whose singles hit rate exceeds the basic overall hit rate in the season still have a huge proportion of shots. Can you find another person like this?not a single one!Not to mention that the current No. 24 is still in full peak condition!If you want to fight Durant offensively and defensively, historical data proves that unless there is a miracle, it will be a unilateral sling!

But basketball is not purely heads-up, so in the official game, the Lakers may not necessarily have the advantage.

Because Durant is also full of energy, and there will be no paddling at all.

Besides, what Skip Bayless said is right, the Thunder's team is much better than the Lakers'.This is also a big help for Durant to win!
The ESPN live broadcast room invited Chris Webber and data expert, super famous reporter, and senior columnist Henry Abbott to explain the game tonight.At a glance, it is the taste of "thick lake black".Because neither Webber nor Henry Abbott had the slightest affection for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Not before, not now, and probably not in the future.

Therefore, the predictions and analysis at the beginning were all one-sided, collectively pessimistic about Los Angeles, and collectively pessimistic about the Zijin Army.

Weber even said something very funny:

The skinny Lakers are waiting for the Oklahoma to tear it apart!I bet twenty donuts that the Thunder would win!Kevin will beat Kobe Bryant!

The era of the Lakers has long passed, and so has the era of Kobe. The future belongs to the Thunder and Kevin Durant!
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