The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 242
The King is just like many young teams. When you think he is good, he is not good again!

When you think he can't do it, he often does it again.

After defeating the Nets, they worked hard and beat the Blazers by 26 points at home.

Li Pu once again achieved the achievement of clocking in three quarters.

But looking back, the two teams played another game in Portland.

In this game, apart from Li Pu, only Thomas Jr. scored in double figures for the Kings.

Everyone else felt cold and couldn't put the ball into the basket at all.

Even though Li Pu scored 32 points and 12 rebounds, the team still lost the game 85:96.

In the subsequent games, the Kings almost won and lost, and the team's performance was like a knives, unpredictable.

They can beat the Western Conference Clippers by 20 points, or they can lose to the Pistons at the bottom of the league. It's like opening a blind box. You can never predict what the Kings will do in the next game!

Watching the king's game, before the game started, it was like entering a superposition state of victory and defeat. Only after the game ended, the two results collapsed into one, would you know whether the game was a victory or a failure!

The abbreviation is Schrödinger's game!
On November 11, after the Kings beat the Clippers 29:118 after two overtime games at home, the Kings even started the game for a month and achieved a record of 114 wins and 7 losses.

It's a pity that although the winning percentage has reached 50%, the team is only ranked tenth in the West.

This is mainly due to the fact that this year's Western Conference teams have excellent records, each with an extremely high winning percentage. As far as the King's record is concerned, they can rank sixth in the Eastern Conference, but can only rank tenth in the Western Conference.

For a while, many media people analyzed that although the performance of the Kings was much better than people expected, the probability of the team making the playoffs was still less than 10%.

Of course, the probability of this has improved a lot. You must know that before the start of the regular season, it was only 1%.

On December 12, the Thunder played against the Lakers at home.

Today's Lakers are no longer the same as the former Zijin Dynasty.

During last year's offseason, the Lakers first acquired "Warcraft" Howard through a four-party trade, and then exchanged 4 draft picks plus a special case for "Son of the Wind" Nash. Together with Kobe and Gasol, they formed an amazing team. of the Big Four.

But even so, in the first round of that season, they were swept by the Spurs 4:0.

And this summer, Howard, who became a free agent, left the Lakers despite Kobe's repeated attempts to stay, and signed first and then joined the Rockets.

Immediately afterwards, Kobe was reimbursed for the season due to a knee injury after only playing 6 games at the start of the game.

Coupled with Nash who suffers from his back, the once vigorous Big Four can only rely on Gasol this season!
Even so, a lean camel is bigger than a horse.

The two teams had played against each other once in Los Angeles, and the Kings lost 86:100.

At that time, Kobe had already been reimbursed for the season, but the Kings still couldn't win.

In this game at home, the Kings broke out again.

At the beginning of the game, Bledsoe, Butler and Middleton scored 16 points together, stopping the Lakers at one point.

However, the Lakers tonight also broke out.

In addition to Gasol, Jody Meeks, Steve Blake, Wesley Johnson, and even the towel ruler and the "cornerstone" Thackeray of the Lakers have performed well.

After the first quarter, the Kings led by 30 points at 28:2.

Such a result is naturally unsatisfactory for the Kings.

It's really frustrating for one's own side to fight like this, even if all the members are healthy, and they are still fighting the opponent inextricably.

After entering the second quarter, I thought the Kings' bench would be able to open the score, but I didn't expect that the Lakers' bench also had a surprise player stand up, and it was Nick Young who "does what he wants to do"!
Yang Shaoxia, who entered the league through the draft in 07, is now 28 years old and at the peak of his career.

So far this season, he can get a career-high 18 points per game.

Tonight, he faced the Kings' substitute backcourt double guns alone.

Relying on Yang Shaoxia's outstanding performance, the Lakers still clenched the score in the title stage, preventing the Kings from widening the gap.

After the return of the main players of both sides, the score was still very anxious. At the end of the half, at 55:52, the Kings temporarily led by 3 points.

At the beginning of the second half, Meeks scored a three-pointer to tie the difference.

Afterwards, the Kings' offense was fruitless, and the Lakers seized the opportunity to counterattack and score, and finally overtook the score.

This is the first time the Lakers have taken the lead in tonight's game.

Seeing that the Lakers were about to take off, at the critical moment, Li Pu shot directly from beyond the three-point line and successfully helped the team re-establish the lead.

This is not over yet, then Li Pu blocked Nick Young's layup on the defensive end, and dunked with the ball!

So stabilized the situation.

And this is just the beginning.

"Shh!"

On the basketball court, the sound of the basketball rubbing against the net is the most pleasing to the ear, but to the defender, it is a harsh noise.

"He made it again! This is Prince's third and fourth quarter three-pointer! He turned into a marksman tonight, and no one can stop him outside the three-point line!"

The passionate explanation of the on-site commentary could not arouse the enthusiasm of the audience, because they were already too hot just watching Li Pu's three-pointer.

Who would have thought that Li Pu would use three-pointers to hit waves of offensive highs and quickly expand the score!

Under Li Pu's plug-in three-pointer, the point difference between the two teams expanded rapidly, and now it has reached 15 points.

The Lakers desperately need to score.

In such a situation, the Lakers gave the ball to Gasol, the team's most certain scorer.

After receiving the ball, Gasol chose to turn around and hook, but was blocked by Li Pu!

Not only did Li Pu support the team on the offensive end tonight, he was also the one who contributed the most on the defensive end!

After the block was completed, the Kings started another fast break. After Bledsoe hit the basket, he faced the defense and passed the ball back to Li Pu, who was outside the three-point line.

Seeing Li Pu catch the ball one step beyond the three-point line, Gasol and Meeks rushed over quickly.

But Li Pu didn't care about the attack of the two, and he didn't dribble. He just pulled up from outside the three-point line and shot!
Return!

To Li Pu, the basket tonight is as wide as the sea.

Relying on Li Pu scoring 5 three-pointers in a single quarter, the Kings scored 42 points in a single quarter, widening the point difference to 16 points.

Li Pu thought he could clock out in the fourth quarter, but unexpectedly, the Lakers once again brought the score within 10 points.

In desperation, Li Pu had no choice but to return to the field, relying on Li Pu to carry the second half. In the end, the Kings narrowly beat the Lakers 110:106 and won the game without any risk.

In this game, Li Pu scored 42 points and 16 rebounds, and hit 7 three-pointers. Almost by himself, he withstood the bursting Lakers!

(End of this chapter)