Basketball starts with breathing

Chapter 363 It seems that nothing can stop the sun from rising

On New Year's Day, the Suns defeated the Clippers 119-92 at home to achieve 10 consecutive victories.

Lu Yu didn't clock in for three quarters in this game because he already had a triple-double after halftime, so he went straight to rest and never played again.

The Clippers fans are suffering. Every time they meet Lu Yu, they feel like shit is about to be punched out.

That whoever, the guy who conflicted with Lu Yu during his rookie season, get out.

Since the revision of the Suns' tactics, the main force has played the tactics with Lu Yu as the core. The second team and the third team have been running and bombing, and they have turned a group of mediocre substitutes into bench gangsters.

In fact, to put it bluntly, isn't the role of the bench just to score?
The substitutes of the two teams are fighting together. What's the point of playing defense? Besides, the defense of the substitute lineup does not have a fixed defensive core. It is really better than defense, and no one is better than the other.

Haslem has been working hard recently, because last time D'Antoni let Barbosa play the shooting guard, and then the positions of all players have been adjusted. Marion played power forward. In this lineup, Lu Yu is not on the court. Sometimes he still has a chance to play. If Lu Yu is on the court, he can only be reduced to a substitute.

So he trained desperately, just to make this happen as rarely as possible.

Lu Yu finally found a teammate who loves training, so every time Haslem trains, Lu Yu will accompany him, which makes Haslem very moved.

And in the confrontation with Lu Yu, he gradually grew up.

On January 123, the Suns beat the Cavaliers 89 to 11 in an away game and won [-] consecutive victories.

James is in pain.

Seeing that the Heat's Wade and the Nuggets' Anthony have already touched the threshold of the playoffs, only I can't even see the shadow of the playoffs.

Are you ashamed to say that you are king?

Which king is so watery?
Of course, he has reasons to blame because the Cavaliers' lineup is too rubbish, but no matter how rubbish the lineup is, can it be more rubbish than the Suns before Lu Yu went?
Look at the Suns, they are now ranked fifth in the West.

James originally wanted to break out and prove himself in front of Lu Yu, but he found that Lu Yu was a ditch that he could never get over.

The cooperation between Lu Yu and Haslem directly killed the Cavaliers. Big Z moves so slowly, how can he defend against Lu Yu? Playing big Z is the same as playing.

If Lu Yu keeps playing like this, James feels that Chamberlain's record may not be kept.

But Lu Yu didn't seem to care much about this record.

It is more to let teammates increase their data, and teammates continue to score, which also greatly enhances the self-confidence of the Suns' role players.

They dared to vote.

The key is to make real progress.

Especially Haslem, 7 of 7 in the mid-range, there is no way, the Cavaliers can only let the players oppress the defense, and Haslem's air cut makes the Cavaliers have nothing to do.

Just for James' defense, he got three fouls on Haslem.

Haslem scored 33 points and 12 rebounds in the game, which belonged to the highlight moment of his life.

The Cavaliers wanted to use the zone defense to defend, but the result was even worse. The Suns' shooters all showed their strength from the outside. Even Nash, who usually doesn't score much, scored four three-pointers in this game.

In fact, Lu Yu's style of play is more like an enhanced version of Nash, because Nash is easier to be targeted, so every time he encounters a tough battle, he will be deflated. This is also Lu Yu's previous life, and the Suns will lose to the Spurs year after year s reason.

But Lu Yu is different. Who else in the alliance can target Lu Yu?
Lu Yu is confident that at least the Suns don't have to worry about their record in the regular season.

After the interview after the game, the Suns and his team flew to Minnesota to play back-to-back against the Timberwolves.

After the brilliance of the first two seasons, the Timberwolves are now a mess.

The new season has had problems early on, with Latrell Sprewell and Sam Cassell both expressing displeasure with the state of their contracts.They all brought this dissatisfaction to the court. They performed poorly throughout the season and both fell sharply from last season. The Timberwolves have never been able to move forward smoothly.

In Lu Yu's previous life, the Timberwolves, whose winning percentage hovered around 50% throughout the season, seemed to have encountered a fog that lasted the entire season. They lost 1 of their first 8 games in January, and struggled until February. Coach Philip Sander Sacks was fired, and general manager Kevin McHale took over to try to salvage the season.

But the miracle did not happen. The Timberwolves continued their mediocre performance throughout the season, and finally ranked No.44 in the Northwest Division with a disappointing record of 38 wins and 3 losses. They missed the playoffs for the first time since 1996.

The situation is even worse now. Before February, rumors of Sanders' firing had already spread.

Before the game, Lu Yu analyzed the situation for his teammates. Now they are fifth in the Western Conference. If they want to continue to win and strive to enter the top four, it is best to be the first in the Western Conference in order to have home court advantage.

To be number one in the Western Conference, the winning percentage must be at least [-]%.

Lu Yu remembered that this season in his previous life, the Suns had the highest winning percentage, and the Spurs had the second highest winning percentage. Both of them had a winning percentage of over [-]%, and the fourth-ranked Mavericks also had a winning percentage of over [-]%.

The top six in the Western Conference all have a winning percentage of more than [-]%.

This is simply horrible.

You must know that in the entire Eastern Conference, only the Heat and Pistons have a winning percentage of more than [-]%.

The West is bad.

The winning rate of 25% means that after a season, the regular season cannot lose more than [-] games, and the Suns have lost nearly [-] games now, which means that in all the remaining games, the number of losses in the game cannot exceed five times.

It is best not to lose a game, so that there is a chance to reach the top of the Western Conference.

The reason why Lu Yu told his teammates in advance is that he hopes they will understand that the team's goal for this season is definitely not to end after entering the playoffs.

What they said before is to make the entire league tremble.

It didn't take much effort to beat a weak team like the Timberwolves, winning the game 117 to 96.

Looking at the difference in points, but seeing Lu Yu's data, it is a bit scary. Lu Yu scored 33 points + 21 rebounds. It seems that 30 + 20 is not uncommon for Lu Yu, but you must know that Lu Yu only played The game lasted more than 20 minutes.

Haslem broke out again in this game. Looking at the data of 37 points, 11 rebounds, 2 blocks and [-] assist, he also made two three-pointers from beyond the three-point line, proving that his hard training during this period was not in vain .

Garnett's performance was mediocre, and he was blown away by Haslem. Sometimes talent is one thing, and being with the right person is another.

No one would have imagined that a superstar like Garnett could be blown away by a blue-collar guy like Haslem.

However, how can Haslem, who can win such statistics in a row, still be a blue-collar?

The reason is simple, all his points come from Lu Yu's assists.

He just scored so many points while helping Lu Yu.

At the press conference, the Timberwolves were interviewed. Sanders knew that he was not far away from being driven, so when the reporter asked him to comment on Lu Yu, he simply praised him.

"Lu Yu is the best player I have ever seen, not one of them, even Michael Jordan does not have his ability to lead the team, I think other teams in the league can choose to play badly, because no team can beat the Suns of."

The reporter asked: "Did you praise Lu Yu like this because you lost the game?"

Sanders shook his head: "No, I admit from the bottom of my heart that Lu Yu is outstanding. If I were Lu Yu's head coach, I could choose to sit on the sidelines and eat donuts every game, and be a free audience. It's a great feeling."

The reporter asked again: "Could it be that the Suns' record is not due to D'Antoni?"

"You don't think D'Antoni's tactics at the beginning of the season can make the Suns like this?"

Sanders smiled: "It's a pity that we didn't chase Lu Yu in the summer. If it were me, I would give Lu Yu a lifetime contract. Think about the combination of Lu Yu and Garnett. No other team in the league will have to fight." Yes, but even without Garnett, Haslem is enough, didn't you see that Haslem has grown from a rookie to a superstar with Lu Yu's help?"

The reporter interviewed Garnett again.

Garnett was silent for a long time.

With a final sigh.

"My career may be a tragedy. In the early days of my career, when I met the Lakers to rule the roost, just as I was about to break through the blockade of the Lakers and win my championship, I met Lu Yu again. If this is still the case, I think I'll just have to go east and try my luck."

All the reporters were in an uproar.

Garnett is the symbol of the Timberwolves, but he didn't expect him to leave.

The reason for leaving was precisely because he could not see any hope in the west, and the dark cloud covering his head was precisely Lu Yu.

But if he goes to the east, can he win Lu Yu?
Everyone has a question mark in their hearts.

You must know that during the two years when Lu Yu was in the East, the teams in the West also complained a lot.

After going through untold hardships, he reached the finals, but was repeatedly defeated by the Bulls led by Lu Yu.

Garnett sighed after finishing speaking: "There is no way, who wants to be a loser all the time when playing basketball, I also want to win the championship, but I can't get it, I can't let my youth be consumed like this, I have to fight once, I think there must be many players in the league, especially in the West, who have the same thoughts as me, but some choose to stay in the West for salary, while others want to fight for the championship trophy. "

Lu Yu just wanted to spit on Garnett, what the hell are you talking about.

He had just shifted from Stern's sight, and Garnett said that he might be targeted again.

How can I be so unlucky.

If you want to go to the east, you can go to the east, what does it have to do with me.

When the reporter interviewed the Suns.

When D'Antoni heard the reporter repeat Sanders' words, he laughed: "He's right, but it's a pity that the Timberwolves don't have donuts at home, and I have to spend my own money to buy them. I can't bear it."

"Coaching Lu Yu is a very easy thing, but it also makes me feel that I may not get the best coach because of this. This is a sad story."

During Lu Yu's two years with the Bulls, Cartwright still won the best coach when his reputation was not obvious.

But now the entire league knows that Lu Yu is really good, and the coach is just a decoration.

In fact, Lu Yu doesn't have much time to play a game, and D'Antoni still needs to control the team for the rest of the time.

D'Antoni has contributed a lot to the team's win until now.

It's just that D'Antoni is very smart. He knows that only by holding Lu Yu's thigh tightly can he get that salary steadily. As for the false honor of the best coach, there is no real money.

Reporters were also not interested in asking D'Antoni.

When Lu Yu came out, all their firepower was aimed at Lu Yu.

The reporter asked him to talk about his feelings about Sanders' words.

Lu Yu just smiled and said: "I don't have any thoughts, what he said is not true, D'Antoni is still very important, at least he didn't play games on the sidelines... Haha, just kidding, everyone can see, I don't play much time , most of the time it's the teammates and the coach."

The reporter asked: "Lu Yu, do you have confidence in winning the regular season MVP this year?"

This year's regular season MVP ranked first is Duncan, because the Spurs' current record is ridiculously good, and Nowitzki is ranked second. Don't look at the Mavericks being ridiculed as the stupidest team in the league. They gave up Lu Yu just to stay. Down Nowitzki.

But this moved Nowitzki badly.

I worked my ass off.

I can't wait to shout out that a scholar will die for his confidant, and he will die after he has done his best, and then he will recite the list of teachers on his neck.

Lu Yu ranked third, but everyone knew that it was only a matter of time before Lu Yu rushed up.

The current ranking is not high because the Suns have an average record.

When the record of the Suns improves, Lu Yu is likely to rush to the first place directly.

Lu Yu smiled: "Of course I have confidence. I want to win a Grand Slam this season. What regular season MVP, scoring champion, triple-double champion, assist champion, rebounding champion, finals MVP, championship, all of them. once."

The reporters were stunned.

They didn't know whether Lu Yu was joking or telling the truth.

If someone else said this, the reporters would probably take it as a joke, but the one who said this was Lu Yu, No. 1 in the league. If he really had this ambition, what if he really did it?

the next day.

Lu Yu wants to spread the news of the grand slam overwhelmingly.

Some people say that Lu Yu is bragging.

Some people also said what if I really got it?
But when Lu Yu said this, no one paid attention to Garnett's going to the East. It can only be said that Lu Yu did it on purpose. In order not to be targeted by the league, he deliberately said such big words.

It's really not Lu Yu's fault, but Garnett's big mouth.

You are going to the East, you just need to secretly prepare yourself.

Why do you have to say it.

To make it difficult for Lu Yu, Lu Yu can only push himself out to block the gun, making himself the public enemy of other players in the league.

He'd rather be the player's enemy than David Stern's.

After all, Lu Yu was meant to be an opponent of players from all over the league, so it didn't matter whether he wanted to hate or not.

But David Stern, that's an old fox.

In one word, the referee will not brag about himself to death in the future.

Either way, it seems like nothing can stop the sun from rising.

(End of this chapter)