Chapter 445: Back to Back
Winning against the Bucks, it's not a big deal.
The happiest thing for the Kings is finally having three days off.
Coach Van Gundy is also very good, the first two days were off and rest, and only the third day was for team training.
It's a lot of discomfort to play away games in a row, and the frequency of this season is much higher than in previous seasons.
After a three-day break, the Kings welcomed the Magic at home.
Before the game, Qin Yang took his teammates to dinner with the Magic team.
Howard squeezed away the team's coach Van Gundy, but when he saw Qin Yang this time, Howard was not happy:
"Bruce, I'm leaving Orlando right now, and I feel like this isn't the place for me."
When Qin Yang heard this, he almost wanted to scold Howard.
It's really hard to guess what people are thinking.
"Why? Your coach doesn't like you, but now that Coach Van Gundy is in Sacramento, is there anything you can't be satisfied with with the Magic? ”
Qin Yang asked suspiciously.
Howard was frustrated:
"I don't know, I just want to play well, play happily and win, but now I'm not happy at all."
Qin Yang originally wanted to say something, but when he heard Howard say this, Qin Yang didn't know what to say.
Howard was completely unaware of his mistake.
Acting willfully.
It's no wonder that the league is now rumored that the Lakers want to trade for Howard, and the Magic are in no hurry to deny it.
The league's No. 1 forward, two years after just winning the Finals MVP, seems to have fallen undecently.
The race begins.
Qin Yang sensed something was wrong.
The core of the Magic team is now Turkoglou, and the former agent wanted a big contract, and the Magic team was unwilling to give it, and then traded Turkoglu away.
Now the Magic have traded Turkoglu back.
And the tactics of the Magic team are one big and four small, and the four outside shooters lead Howard and one big forward.
Such tactics are too extreme.
Qin Yang countered Tekoglu and crushed the opponent in an all-round way.
The gap between the core is large, and the game is easy to play.
After the break, the Kings played the rules, but there was no suspense in the absolute strength suppression.
Especially in the first quarter, when Howard played well, suppressing Cousins and Darko.
In the second quarter, Qin Yang attacked the basket four times in a row, causing Howard to commit three fouls, Howard was substituted, and the Magic team was helpless.
Without Howard, the Magic are a different team.
In the full-court game, Howard played 20 minutes, 21, and got 5 points, 5 rebounds and 5 fouls.
The efficiency value is not low, but it is useless.
Howard made 83 free throws, which simply disgraced the Magic.
Qin Yang knew Howard too well, and Coach Van Gundy was the same, so Howard couldn't play this game.
There was a good offensive opportunity, and the Kings were directly fouled.
Let Howard make free throws.
Fouls under the basket, as long as Howard is off the court, the Kings have an absolute advantage inside and outside, and there is no suspense about winning this game.
After the win against the Magic, Howard was sullen and distracted in his post-game press conference.
Qin Yang didn't have time to talk to Howard to understand the situation.
After a day of rest, the Kings traveled to Philadelphia to play the 76ers.
In the fourth year of the alliance, Qin Yang's friends were all over the alliance.
Before the game, Qin Yang greeted Iguodala, the boss of the 76ers. In addition, Qin Yang also chatted with the 76ers' fringe player Tony Barty.
Tony Barty, a former Magic locker room leader, is approaching retirement age and was signed by the 76ers.
The goal is to stabilize the 76ers' locker room.
In addition, the Kings' interior line Hawes this season is now in the 76ers, and Qin Yang chatted casually.
The race begins.
Iguodala is also not as talkative off the court.
The only core of the Kings team now is Qin Yang, and the 76ers sent Iguodala to defend Qin Yang with all his might.
Iguodala is fast, powerful, not inferior in height, has good defensive skills, and is one of the best defenders in the league.
It's hard to play against a player like that.
When he was with the Cavaliers, James played very aggrieved and panicked every time he met Iguodala, and his performance would always be worse.
With Iguodala to defend, Qin Yang didn't start to be lazy.
In the whole game, Qin Yang did not have a single strong attack, passing, assisting, covering, rebounding, Qin Yang did all the work of a supporting role.
The main offensive force, Qin Yang gave it to his teammates.
Cousins got his chance and played well.
Ray Allen had 23 points, 5 assists and 3 rebounds, and he felt like he was back at the top, Darko scored 22 points, Cass, Grant Hill, and David West all played at the level.
Only Liston met Etna and was taught a worse lesson.
Etna is an interesting striker, a bit like Iguodala.
But Iguodala plays smarter and shoots better three-pointers, while Etna is much worse, but it's enough as a starter.
The 76ers' top performers were Luis Williams and Vucevi.
Louis Williams has now become a benchmark for small guards in the league, with speed, poor defense, but plenty of strength on the offensive end.
As a bench bandit, Louis Williams is qualified.
As for this year's rookie Vuchevi, it was another surprise for the 76ers when they came off the bench.
After the game, the media praised Vučevi.
Qin Yang didn't have a good sense of Wu Qievy, because this thing was not defensive. An interior line that doesn't defend is simply unbearable.
After the win, the Kings traveled to the Toronto Pairs to play the Raptors.
Back-to-back races, difficult without.
This is the time to test the overall strength of the team.
Ray Allen and Grant Hill were short on the pitch, with Darko, Cass and Klay Thompson getting plenty of chances.
Klay Thompson, in particular, worked hard when he was training with the team.
But in these ten games, Klay Thompson played less than ten minutes per game, and he was very physical and mentally sufficient.
In this game, Klay Thompson got his chance, and the home game was 33 minutes.
However...... Klay Thompson was blown up.
Klay Thompson came off the bench against Barbossa, and the Brazilian Lightning was super fast when he was young, but now he is older and a little slower, but he is accurate in his shooting and still good at breaking through.
Klay Thompson was inexperienced and toyed with by Barbossa.
Barbosa shot 1,811, made 95 free throws, and scored 29 points with super high efficiency.
But the good thing is that Klay Thompson has a good mentality, shooting 84 and playing very well.
At this time, Klay Thompson can step up and share some of the pressure, which is a good thing for the Kings.
The only pity is that Rudy Gay still hasn't been given much of a chance to play.
The last few appearances have been in garbage time.