Almighty legend life

Chapter 141 The Ups and Downs

The Lakers' bloody abuse of the Jazz in the first game did not surprise everyone. After all, the Jazz lacked Stockton, and this brand new Lakers is not familiar to everyone. The first contact will definitely suffer. Moreover, the presence of Liu Han on the Lakers means that the Jazz need to invest heavily in defense on the outside, which will inevitably cause loss of position in other positions.

After the first game, the performance of the Lakers was praised by most commentators. They said that the Lakers played a counter-trend offense, which was a common victory for young players and young coaches.However, the media and commentators in Chicago still look down on the Lakers. They reported that the counter-trend tactics of the Lakers are only suitable for use in the regular season. Once they enter the playoffs, the Lakers will definitely collapse.

The league supports the changes of the Lakers. After all, the league has encouraged offense in recent years, but the claim that defense won the championship still makes many teams in the league pay more attention to defense.

At the end of the first game, the strong teams won one after another, but the Bulls unexpectedly lost to the Celtics. Although Jordan scored 30 points, his shooting percentage of 23 of 7 was really not high.The Celtics star Anthony Walker also scored 30 points, shooting 26 of 13 shots and hitting 129%.The Timberwolves defeated the Golden State Warriors 113 to 45 in an offensive battle. The "madman" Sprewell of the Warriors scored 4 points, but the Timberwolves had no choice but to score 20 points, and Timberwolves point guard Marbury Also brushed down 14 assists.

After three days of rest, the Lakers went to Sacramento to challenge the Kings away.In this game, the Lakers still played an astonishing offensive efficiency, and there were only 7 turnovers in the game. Liu Han scored a game-high 27 points, O'Neal also scored 24 points, Nash scored a double-double again, and the points were still not many. But the data of 16 assists once again refreshed his career high.The Lakers beat the Kings 114-89 by 25 points.

Steve Nash scored 30 assists in two games, which shocked the league. This 96-year-old rookie with no outstanding physical talent has undergone earth-shaking changes after coming to the Lakers, which made the Phoenix Suns very regretful Originally, they had to trade for Jason Kidd from the Mavericks at a high price because of the point guard, but what they didn't expect was that there were such talented players in their team before.

After two victories, the Lakers showed a huge change. This kind of change made other teams in the league a little bit at a loss. I have never seen this kind of team. The four outsiders all have extremely strong shooting and Breakthrough ability, which makes the Lakers' outside line extremely difficult to defend, and the Lakers' inside line also has a big killer like O'Neal, everything makes the Lakers look invulnerable.

On November 11, local time, the Lakers returned home and beat the New York Knicks by 7 points 115-92. Seven Lakers scored in double figures, and Steve Nash scored 23 assists again.Liu Han also scored 7 points and 13 rebounds. O'Neal was a little weak against the seasoned Ewing and only scored 22 points and 8 rebounds, but this is also related to the Lakers' tactics.The New York Knicks in the hands of Jeff Van Gundy have always been known for their strong defense, but in this game the Lakers' outside offense tore up the Knicks' outside defense. Last season, they only allowed their opponents to score 17 points per game. The New York Knicks allowed the Lakers to score 8 points today.Jeff Van Gundy has nothing to do with the Lakers' volatile offense.

After three consecutive victories, the momentum of the Lakers has reached a certain level. Most of the players on the team are young players in their early 20s. Now they start to think that these teams are nothing more than that, they just win the game by playing casually.

The change of mentality threw the Lakers off their game in Game [-] against the Golden State Warriors.

The Golden State Warriors have been in a period of reconstruction after losing the legendary coach Nelson. The core players in the team are 95 No. [-] pick Joe Smith and "Madman" Sprewell.

Facing such an underdog, the Lakers played in chaos. Except for Liu Han and O'Neal who still played stably, the other players seemed to have changed.Steve Nash made only 7 of 1 shots, only got 6 assists, but had 8 turnovers.Ray Allen only scored 9 points on 3 of 8 shots.

On the opposite side, the Golden State Warriors played a surprising offensive climax. Sprewell made 30 of 19 shots and scored 48 points. Joe Smith also scored 29 points and 13 rebounds.

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Golden State Warriors by 97 points 132 to 35.

The loss of the game made the Lakers players a little silent, but Coach George did not show very angry, but always maintained a peaceful mind.George thinks such a disastrous defeat is not a bad thing. It can let players recognize their own situation, and at the same time let some proud and complacent players understand that in the NBA, no team can be considered a weak team. Teams can win.

Liu Han also met Tony Delk who deliberately injured himself in the NCAA finals in this game. Now he has been traded from the Pistons to the Warriors. Tony Delk, who used to be very well-known in the NCAA, has now disappeared. Everyone, played 24 minutes and only scored 7 points and 2 assists.

After a day off, the Lakers came to Dallas to challenge the Dallas Mavericks away.

In this game, the Lakers regained their form again. The team's sharp offense and quick offensive and defensive transitions made the Mavericks exhausted.Van Exel has regained his starting position since he came to the Mavericks. He is in good form today, scoring 28 points and 10 assists, but his 28-of-12 shooting rate is not high, but he scored a three-pointer today. Got 5.

Liu Han unexpectedly won a lot of applause and cheers from the audience in Dallas. This is actually because there are many dart lovers in Dallas, and Liu Han is now the god in the hearts of dart lovers.There are many cowboys in Dallas. The daily life of the cowboys is herding, going to bars, and playing darts.Liu Han scored 32 points amidst the cheers of the away fans, and Steve Nash recovered, scoring 14 points and 9 assists.

In the end, the Lakers won the game 120-98.

When all Lakers fans thought that the Lakers would continue to win, the Lakers lost again in the next game.

On November 11, the Lakers challenged the San Antonio Spurs in an away game. Facing the underdog Spurs, the Lakers once again made large-scale mistakes in this game. The team made 13 turnovers in total, which almost broke the NBA record. history record.

Tim Duncan, the No. [-] pick selected by the Spurs in this year's draft, played extremely steadily and outstandingly. Will be afraid.

In the whole game, the inside twin towers composed of David Robinson and Tim Duncan completely abused the inside of the Lakers. O'Neal only scored 16 points and 8 rebounds.

Liu Han started to take over the game in the second half of the game. He frequently shot three-pointers from the outside, but his teammates sleepwalked collectively today. The 39 points he scored in the game were useless.

In the end, the Lakers lost to the Spurs 109 to 101.

The Lakers had 6 wins and 4 losses in the first 2 games. This is not a qualified data. Such data also made George Crent, who had been optimistic before, once again the focus of criticism from commentators.

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