NBA: Starting with Jokic template

Chapter 119 Predicting Triple Doubles (45)

Howard's sudden change of character also caught the reporters off guard.

What's going on? The arrogant former No. 1 pick and former top center got beaten up in a game. Shouldn't he fight back to save his face?

How come this big boy suddenly matured overnight and could say such responsible and team-oriented words?

This made it difficult for reporters who were originally preparing to find a good breaking news point to write a press release.

Not far away, the Lakers' new head coach "Mustache" D'Antoni was naturally caught by reporters.

The reporter asked D'Antoni if ​​he had any tactics against the Thunder, the league's top team.

D'Antoni smiled, touched his chin, and replied,
"The Thunder have Lin Chuan, Durant and Westbrook, and are a team with strong offensive firepower."

"It's not easy to limit them through defensive tactics."

"We can also see in the past half season that every team has tried to use defensive strategies to impose targeted restrictions."

"But I haven't seen any team actually do that so far."

"So, this time we didn't impose any special restrictions on the Thunder, but prepared to fight against them!"

"hiss!"

I heard D'Antoni speak so loudly, actually saying that he wanted to fight against the Thunder!
Even the reporters couldn't help but gasp!
You know, at present, the average score of the entire league is only 102 points.

The Thunder average 122.6 points per game!
Even 16 points higher than the second-placed Nuggets who focused on offense!
It is the well-deserved first in the fault!

And the Lakers!

So far, his average points per game is only 103 points. Where does he get the confidence to compete against the Thunder!

Lin Chuan, who is not famous for his scoring, has scored 50+ points more than once this season, and even 60 or 70 points.

Not to mention that the team also has Kevin Durant, who currently ranks second in the league with an average of 28.2 points per game!

However, when the reporter glanced at Kobe and Nash who were sitting not far away and tying their shoelaces, he no longer had any doubts.

Who is Kobe?

The highest scorer in the current NBA.

81 points, 62 points in three quarters, a man who took on an entire team.

In the last game, he said he would score 50 points against the Thunder, and he did what he said.

He is one of the top scorers in NBA history.

Nash is also not to be underestimated. As a two-time NBA MVP, he set a trend for a generation and led the Suns to play a run-and-gun tactic. If the Spurs had not used despicable tactics in those years, he would have advanced to the finals and even had a chance to win the championship.

D'Antoni is also a coach who is good at developing point guards. He was Nash's head coach at the time.

D'Antoni thinks so.

With him and Nash in the team, although the team's positional warfare level is a little weaker, on the contrary, the fast break level will be greatly improved.

They might be able to fight a big offensive battle with the Thunder!

And Howard, after just maturing, was able to put aside his arrogance. As a former DPOY and best defensive player, he was able to limit Lin Chuan.

A top wing defender like Metta World Peace can also limit Durant.

With such a Lakers team that has both offense and defense, why can't they fight against the Thunder! ——
"The Thunder players have already appeared on the court, but compared to yesterday's game, they did not receive much welcome in the court today."

In a certain broadcasting studio of Channel 5, veteran commentator Zhang Weiping sat at the table and gave everyone the commentary of the game.

"Yeah, after all, the Lakers are not the Clippers. Although the two teams share the same home court, the atmosphere is far different. Their glorious history and Kobe have earned them a lot of die-hard fans."

"They won't welcome their opponents casually." His partner is Yu Jia.

After that, he told everyone about the current situation.

"This is the second match between the two teams this season. In the last match, although Kobe scored high points for the Lakers, it still couldn't stop the team from losing."

"And Lin Chuan carried the team on his shoulders when his teammates were cold, scored 30 points, a near triple-double, and led the team to defeat the Lakers."

"However, in the last game, the Lakers were not fully assembled, and the team's starting point guard Nash was absent due to injury."

"I wonder if Lin Chuan can give us a more exciting performance in this game against the aggressive Lakers!"

Speaking of the current Lakers, fans in front of the TV couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

After all, although Lin Chuan played tricks on Howard last time, this kind of best defensive player is not so easy to deal with.

Moreover, this game is back-to-back. Lin Chuan played for such a long time yesterday and put in such a performance, so it is inevitable that he will be tired for a while.

He will most likely be restricted by Howard in this game.

The names of several others are also well-known.

I don’t know if the Thunder will fail here today.

However, compared to the concerns of many fans, the two commentators who watched Lin Chuan's game all the way seemed quite confident.

"It's a little difficult to get a 60-point triple-double like yesterday, but getting a 20+ triple-double shouldn't be a problem."

Yu Jia was confident.

Because he guessed that Lin Chuan, the player, actually didn't have a strong desire to score points, but preferred to motivate his teammates.

I guess I can get a triple-double in this game.

Many fans watching on TV were also happy.

You really don't take the Lakers seriously.

If I say triple-double, it means triple-double.

But this is not surprising.

After all, Lin Chuan has been playing so far, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is easy for him to get a triple-double.

In most games it all depends on whether he wants to get it, not whether he can get it!

Compared to the previous super triple-doubles, a triple-double of only 20 points is already a goal that can only be achieved by paying great attention to the Lakers' offense and defense.

"I think so too. Although it is a back-to-back game, the Thunder is still much stronger than the Lakers. They should be able to win this game by about 10 points."

Although Zhang Weiping also made his own judgment on the outcome of this game.

"Teacher Zhang, do you want to predict Kobe's performance?"

Yu Jia couldn't help but ask Zhang Weiping, wanting to see how he would answer.

"Well... Kobe, as for everyone who knows him, he will explode when facing a strong opponent. So I'm afraid he will score high points again in this game, but he probably still won't win."

Zhang Weiping thought for a while before slowly giving his answer.

A smile appeared on Yu Jia's lips, thinking that Zhang Weiping was indeed a Kobe fan, as even at this moment he couldn't help but praise Kobe.

But on one side there is China's strongest player, and on the other side there is his favorite player.

Zhang Weiping had no choice but to make his own difficult choice and support the Thunder team which has Chinese players.

(End of this chapter)