Chapter 891: The longest winning streak in team history
Who can beat them?
After the Los Angeles Lakers beat the San Antonio Spurs at home, it was a slogan in the national media, and it was clear that the Lakers had beaten one of their strongest opponents on the winning streak.
And the next two opponents, whether they are the Nuggets or the Cavaliers, are difficult to really compete with these two teams, although in order not to become a footnote on the Lakers' winning streak, these two teams will definitely work hard, but in the case of such a big difference between the two teams, it is difficult to directly estimate the Lakers.
In this case, the Lakers' winning streak is very likely to remain until 34 home games against the Grizzlies, and the Grizzlies will also be the strongest opponent on the Lakers' winning streak.
Of course, although these are all things in the future, it doesn't affect the fact that these media are saying it in an extremely exaggerated way now, especially after beating a team like the Spurs at home, you know, before the game, Spurs head coach Popovich was also repeatedly provoking the Lakers, and the failure of the Spurs in this game also gave them enough material to cover this game.
So after the game, for Popovich, who was on the losing side, the NBA coach was once again chased by the media, and this kind of thing about the team losing and asking him to talk about how he felt about losing was simply torture for him.
Of course, for Popovich, losing to the Lakers was torturous, but for the Lakers who won. Winning this game didn't make any fundamental difference to this team. It was supposed to be for the sake of the Lakers' winning streak. So a lot of the Los Angeles media has become very restrained in recent times, extremely afraid to disturb the Lakers.
But for the Lakers, this team is still very calm, even if the opportunity to tie the team's all-time winning streak is in front of them, but these Lakers players still don't have too many emotional ups and downs, and the psychological quality of this team makes Zhuang Fei feel incredible.
The Lakers' 32nd opponent after beating the Spurs was the Nuggets, who challenged the offensive powerhouse in the Northwest Division on the road, and the two teams recently staged a one-on-one battle on the Lakers' home court, and the Lakers also easily defeated this team in that game. However, this time it is an away game, so the game may be a little different.
January 9, 2005, this is the day when the Lakers challenge the Nuggets away, the Nuggets lost to the Lakers not long ago, the team's recent results are still not much better, in fact, the team's strength is very good after several trades and signings this season, but for this kind of team that plays alone, it is difficult to really play the full strength of their team.
You must know that Arenas's continuous shooting and scoring are absolutely fundamentally different from Kobe's continuous shooting and scoring, one is that he greatly suppresses his teammates. One is the constant creation of teammates, so in a sense. Or in some games, the higher Arenas scores, the worse the Nuggets are likely to lose.
Of course, many people understand this truth, for these professionals in the NBA, they naturally understand things at such a level, but it is useless to understand, the Nuggets finally came to a superstar, even if this superstar doesn't look like it can bring the team to the land of revival, but it can't throw this super obvious, which is even more tragic, and what this team needs to do is wait, waiting for this super player to be able to come to his senses, but the date of this enlightenment is difficult to grasp.
Especially when he met Kobe, the team's victory was completely worthless compared to his and Kobe's personal victory, if he would listen to Zhuang Fei when he was in the Boston Celtics, he put the interests of the team first, but when he came to the Nuggets, his style of play was too free, and no one in this team could restrain him anymore.
And after the start of this game, this is the scene, as Arenas and Kobe Bryant score higher and higher, and the difference between the two teams is getting bigger and bigger, and finally it is slowly developing in the direction of the two teams, and this is also making Zhuang Fei on the sidelines helpless.
"If this kid can't get out of Kobe's shadow, it will be difficult to do it in the future" Finally, Zhuang Fei looked at Arenas, who had been seeking a solo opportunity with Kobe Bryant, and said helplessly, and Green, the former assistant coach of the Boston Celtics who had been listening to it at this time, also nodded approvingly.
The individual ability of players in the NBA is very important, but more important is whether the player's personal ability can lead the team to a certain height, Arenas's personal ability has nothing to say, but such a personal grudge is difficult to lead the team, and his achievements and heights in the NBA are likely to be extremely limited, although he has now won the championship with the Boston Celtics.
Of course, no matter what happens to Arenas in the future, but in this game, this player with excellent personal ability has also created a lot of trouble for the Lakers, of course, this is more of a lot of trouble for Kobe, Kobe and Arenas's heads-up Kobe Bryant suffered a little bit in this game, because in this away game, the Lakers' leading guard shooting rate is not very high.
And when he was ready to go inside more to catch the ball and attack, the young rookie Howard had a big impact on him, and in this case, the scoring of the Lakers' leading players has been firmly suppressed by Arenas.
And it wasn't until the beginning of the fourth quarter of the game that the two teams entered garbage time again, Zhuang Fei replaced Kobe Bryant, who was extremely struggling in this game, in the previous game, Kobe Bryant needed to take the team to play the fourth quarter, but now Zhuang Fei directly replaced him, and at this time, Kobe Bryant, who was replaced by Zhuang Fei, was also very helpless, of course he knew what the head coach meant.
In a situation like the one he encountered today, even if he stayed on it, it was useless, but seeing Arenas' victorious attitude when he was off the court, the Lakers' leading guard was also a little speechless and a little helpless again, and he really lost to Arenas in this one-on-one game.
Although said in one-on-one between the players. Kobe, who felt extremely bad, lost to the Nuggets. However, in this game, the Lakers still defeated the Nuggets 119-96 on the road. And in this game, the Nuggets' leading player scored a game-high 49 points, completely suppressing Kobe's 26 points, but he won Kobe by 23 points, and his team also lost by 23 points.
Of course, after this game, although the team won the game, Kobe Bryant was always sullen on the plane back to Los Angeles, and in fact he was the same kind of person as Arenas. Otherwise, the two would not have together, if it weren't for Zhuang Fei, if it weren't for the fact that this Laker is not his own team, the Lakers' leading guard is likely to be like Arenas to win his own personal victory with the sacrifice of the whole team, and this possibility is extremely high.
However, for now, even if the Lakers' leading guard is not very happy about losing to Arenas, there is no way, just like his teammates said, as long as the team wins, other things are not important, and now Kobe Bryant needs to learn this sentence, but no one will know if he can learn it.
The Lakers are on their 32nd winning streak of the season after beating the Nuggets on the road. Back in Los Angeles, their next opponent is Hardaway's former club, the Cavaliers. The team is currently doing a terrible job since Hardaway's departure, and as they sit in 11th place in the East this season, they are struggling to compete for the playoffs right now.
In fact, the strength of this Cavaliers has always been very good, the team has a barely second-rate center Big Z at present, a barely second-rate big forward Carlos Boozer, and a second-rate small forward Michael Petrus and a barely first-class swingman Ricky Davis, and two absolutely first-class point guards Andre Miller and McBibby, such a team lineup can not only be said to be able to enter the top five or the top four, But whether it is placed in the East or the West, there should be no problem in making the playoffs, but what makes people speechless is that this very good Cavaliers team seems to have no soul in the game, and it is the team that has been reversed the most times in the league so far and has caught up with the score the least after being led, and this basically explains the essence of this team.
The quality is not bad, but there is no leader who can guide them. And that's what happened to this team after Hardaway left.
In fact, most of the current Cavaliers can only become the second or third leader of a team.
Of course, no matter what, the Cavaliers and the Lakers are still very related, this game is a back-to-back game for the Lakers, according to the back-to-back games designed by Zhuang Fei at the beginning of the season, the three veterans of the Lakers can only play in this game, but in this game Zhuang Fei is an exception, Hardaway and Webb will play, this game is a game between Hardaway and his old teammates and Webb will be with his old partner.
However, although it was a game with his former teammates, the two teams were extremely harmonious before this game, even when the two teams were warming up on the court, for example, the Cavaliers almost all of the team was around their former boss Hardaway, and Webb was Bibby hiding on the side chatting and practicing shooting, and Bibby fed Webb to shoot. And this also made Zhuang Fei on the sidelines feel a little surprised, he had never encountered such a scene on the basketball court in the past
"Perry, really congratulate you, your performance with the Lakers this year is awesome, I think you will be able to win the championship" Ricky Davis looked at his former boss Hardaway and said with some excitement, this year's Hardaway in the Lakers' second spring In addition to the Lakers fans will be happy, these Cavaliers players are also extremely happy, for them, this year they will be Hardaway' Although Hardaway has not won the championship yet, there is no doubt that this year's Lakers will go down in history, and Hardaway will also be a member of this history, and now the Lakers are the biggest favorites to win the championship this year, in their opinion, it is a matter of time.
So at this time, almost all the players of the Cavaliers were congratulating Hardaway, but at this time, Hardaway's heart was very complicated.
When a player has a group of teammates who are happy for his success, it is a very happy thing, but Hardaway has two groups of such teammates, one is the former teammates of these Cavaliers in front of him, and a group of teammates who are now these Lakers, but although they are happy, they are also very self-blaming, because because of his departure, the originally thriving Cavaliers have been reduced to a non-playoff team again, which is the last thing he wants to see.
"Boss, you don't have to worry about us, it's just the playoffs, instead of making the playoffs and being swept by the Grizzlies in the first round, we might as well not enter, and we have long been used to things that can't enter the playoffs, as long as you can win the championship in the Lakers, we will be happy for you as if we won the championship" Looking at Hardaway, whose face has been a little depressed, Boozer said with a smile on his face at this time, which also made the Cavaliers on the side stunned, if it weren't for Boozer's reminder, They really didn't know that their boss was thinking about this at this time, and his face was not good.
"Yes, boss, isn't it just that we can't get into the playoffs, we don't care at all, if we can't get into the playoffs, our vacation will be longer" After Boozer finished speaking, the Cavaliers players who woke up from their stunned thoughts also responded to Boozer's words one after another, and at this time, Hardaway, who had been surrounded by these people, felt even more uncomfortable, but his heart was also full of sweetness.
This is a group of the cutest and best teammates.
Of course, before the start of the game, the atmosphere between the Lakers and the Cavaliers was very harmonious, and this was completely different from the scene of the Jazz and the Lakers after the Jazz boss came to the Lakers, of course, although the atmosphere on both sides of the game was very harmonious, but after the game started, it was extremely intense, even to the point that Zhuang Fei did not expect.
The Cavaliers' results are very bad, but the strength of the players is good, this game in front of their former boss These people want to play their best side, which is understandable, but Zhuang Fei didn't expect them to be able to play so well, of course, although the Lakers defeated the almost depleted Cavaliers 128-110 at home in this game, but this game still sounded the alarm for the Lakers.
None of the NBA's teams can be underestimated.
Of course, after beating the Cavaliers at home, the Lakers won 33 in a row, tying the longest winning streak in Lakers history, and their next opponent is the Grizzlies, who are currently the league's No. 1 team, who also set the record for the longest winning streak in NBA history. (To be continued.) )