After the confession failed, I went to the NBA to play and lose weight

Chapter 397 Towards the record
The Lakers, who were used to being called "BEAT LA", suddenly became "the hope of the whole village", which is somewhat unfamiliar to them.

But the Magic have not actually become the league's public enemy like the Lakers. In fact, their style of play is not dirty, and their style of play is still very beautiful. People like Li Chengming and Howard are strong and have a pleasing personality. How do you look at it? All are welcome.

It is more because everyone likes to watch strong teams win streaks, but they also prefer to watch streaks be interrupted, and it is not interrupted by strong duels, but overturned by weak teams.

However, with Li Chengming on the Magic team, it is too difficult to overturn against a weak team. We can only hope that the strong team will put pressure on them.

This game did not live up to everyone's expectations. The Lakers did not live up to expectations like the Green Kai and Spurs. They showed a strong performance in the first half. They turned away at the Amway Center and led by 59 points at 49:10 at halftime.

Kobe Bryant returned to the state of the previous playoffs, scoring 17 points in the half, and the more important thing was Fisher's sudden outburst, as if transformed into Nash, shooting, breaking, and passing.

This is also the case of the Magic team, just catching up with the old fish in good condition, but there are also some problems with the defensive strategy.

At the same time, their offensive efficiency ranked first in the league, but this offense did not match it.

Howard will not return until the end of the game, and the effect of his absence will be revealed this time.

The current Lakers are not the Lakers in the finals. They did not make major adjustments during the offseason, but Bynum's return and Ariza's integration have strengthened their interior hardness and striker strength. Defensively, it can match the Magic.

If there is Howard, it may be a little more troublesome, but if there is only Li Chengming alone, then the defensive focus does not need to be too scattered, just pinch him and it will be over.

If the outside firepower of Lewis and Pietrus fails to respond, the Lakers will be more at ease to shrink the basket, and Li Chengming will have difficulty catching the ball. It is not unpredictable that the Magic will fall behind when the offense cannot start the situation.

In the first half, Li Chengming was followed by someone at any time, and then one or two people stared at him. Except for Nelson who used his restraint to score 15 points and continued his good form, the others did not give any help.

And Li Chengming didn't take many shots himself, and barely scored 6 points with only 10 free throws.

Van Gundy made an adjustment at halftime. He put Gortat in the starting lineup—because Howard was absent, Turkoglu would have automatically returned to the starting lineup. At the same time, Pietrus on the outside was replaced by Bogans. , This is to increase the confrontation ability of the defensive end and enhance the power of air cuts.

Pietrus' shooting ability is stronger, but if he is not allowed today, his threat is not as good as Bogans.

At the same time, Li Chengming also came to the free throw line more often to get the ball up and down, becoming a high-post supporter, while the Turks responded to him at the elbows on both sides, ready to catch the ball at any time, break through or pass the ball afterwards.

This set quickly achieved results. As soon as the third quarter came up, the Magic's offense and defense were all opened up, and they played a wave of 7:0 to force the opponent to stop.

Mr. KFC obviously also attaches great importance to this regular season. He made preparations before the game and adjusted in time according to the situation during the game.

If it's just being chased for points, it's fine, and it's obvious that the opponent's adjustment is working, so he can't just sit indifferent, then he's not a Zen master, he's a fool.

"The Magic have now won 26 consecutive victories, and they are still seven games away from the Lakers' longest 33-game winning streak. The most critical game is this game against the Lakers.

"If we can win this game, and if there are no accidents and no overturns, we will be able to create a new winning streak. However, the Lakers performed very well in the away game and once suppressed the Magic. But in the third quarter, the Magic seemed Also woke up.

"Today, in the absence of Howard, this is considered by the outside world to be a preview of the finals, who will win in the end?"

The Lakers came back from a timeout and adjusted. After the first attack was completed, the defensive end also changed significantly, and it changed back to man-to-man.

However, the defense against Li Chengming still did not relax in the slightest, but in this case, Li Cheng was more sure of playing one-on-one in the list, as long as he got rid of the defender in front of him, and shot when the opponent had no time to defend.

With his shooting speed, this is naturally not difficult for him.

And he can see that the Lakers deliberately set up a trap under the basket to let him drill in, but he doesn't go to the basket, and the mid-range is enough.

In fact, this season, in order to coordinate with the adjustment of the starting lineup, Li Chengming’s shot ratio under the basket has become less and less, unless it is a direct dribble breakthrough, and more outside three-point shots, with an average of 4.5 three-point shots per game, which can be hit. 1.92, 42.7% hit rate, ranking in the forefront of the league.

At the same time, the mid-range has always been a lethal weapon for him, but the opponent's defense is always easy to miss this part, it depends on whether he is in good condition and efficient enough on the spot.

For the Lakers, there is still a problem, whether they can prevent Li Chengming while ensuring their offense is successful.

As it turned out, they failed to accomplish either of these two things.

The Lakers' defense, especially the interior defense, has definitely improved compared to last season.

On the one hand, this is due to Bynum's return to the team, and on the other hand, it is the integration of Dajia and Ariza.

But Li Chengming has also improved compared to last season. The most important point is that his game experience is getting richer and his ability to read the game is getting stronger and stronger.

This is all accumulated during the Olympics. The feeling that one person carries the team and the hope of the whole people on his shoulders in the later period makes him sublimate and becomes different from before.

At the same time, the improvement in defense also prevents him from becoming the team's shortcoming. Even after the offense is successful, he immediately invests in defense, and can often achieve good results by relying on enthusiasm.

Li Chengming's movement speed has also increased a bit, which should be due to the accumulation and superposition of skills.

Now he has indeed become comprehensive and strong, and he has no particularly obvious shortcomings. If the opponent wants to target him, he always has a way to deal with it. At worst, he will hand the ball to his teammates.

If the teammates can't score the ball when he is drawing defensive attention, then either they are not in good shape, or the opponent is in too good shape.

No matter what, it's just a game, and there's nothing you can't lose.

Compared with Howard and the others, Li Chengming himself is not so keen on the so-called winning streak and record.

Records are important, and they can be remembered by history, but on the other hand, records are always surpassed by future generations, and only the champion is the ultimate winner.

Of course, it is impossible not to fight for a game that can be won.

In this game, neither Li Chengming nor his teammates were in such a state that they couldn't afford it. The Lakers paid a price when they over-teamed Li Chengming in the third quarter.

What is a great advantage?
For the Magic, it can be easily smoothed out.

It's just that the Lakers are not easy to deal with, they can also fight back, but until the fourth quarter, the two sides have been seeing each other, and in the end the Lakers were the first to lose.

At 2 minutes, Li Chengming popped out of the three-point line after the pick-and-roll and made a direct hit, leading by 1 point.

At 1 minute and 43 seconds, the Magic team successfully defended and scored a fast break, leading by 3 points.

At 1 minute and 02 seconds, the Magic scored two consecutive corner three-pointers from Pietrus and Turkoglu respectively. The Magic opened up a 2-point lead and the Lakers called a timeout.

But at this time, the momentum is completely on the Magic's side, they are still at home, the Lakers have little hope of a comeback, and in the end they did not create a miracle.

After the final game, the Magic beat the Lakers 107:102, achieving the team's 27-game winning streak.

This is the first winning streak in team history, the longest opening streak in the NBA and the second longest regular season winning streak.

With the victory of this battle, it can almost be said that the Magic will hope to surpass the 33-game winning streak in the history of the Lakers.

Because among their next opponents, until the record-breaking 34th game against the Raptors, except for the Pistons, there was basically no threat to them, so the away game against the Pistons on the 29th was also appears to be crucial.

As long as you pick the Pistons and Raptors and beat the weak team without overturning, you can successfully break and create a new record, which will be engraved in NBA history.

(End of this chapter)