I'm a boss in the NBA

Chapter 467 Beat you down first!

To be fair, the Jazz without Hayward is still a bit weaker. The offense only relies on Hill and the substitute Derrick Favors. Not to mention that they can't do it, but in the NBA, a team that pays attention to matchups, lacks Hayward, this Jazz is a pure civilian team. Without core players, deterrence and aggression are naturally insufficient.

The Jazz played well in the first three quarters, but when Xu Xuan started to exert his strength in the fourth quarter, the Jazz became a little weak.

The follow-up was weak, and he was directly stunned by Xu Xuan's consecutive three-pointers, and lost the game.

89 to 96, the Lakers won by 7 points.

Neither team scored many points. The Jazz's offense is purely due to the absence of Hayward.

The Lakers did not score more than 100 points because of the Jazz's high-intensity defense.

徐轩上半场一共拿了14分，14分、2助攻、1篮板、1抢断，下半场手感略有回升，光是第四节一节就命中了三记三分、两记中距离以及五次罚球，单人单节砍下了18分、2助攻、2篮板。

In the whole game, he scored 35 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds and 1 steal.

Another game with 30+ points!

30+ in two consecutive games, people can't help but sigh that Xu Xuan is strong again this season!

Last season was not so sharp, this season seems to be unstoppable.

Except for Xu Xuan, the Lakers were defended miserably in the other rounds. Brother Ying made 6 of 1 and only scored 2 points. He missed two free throws and two free throws.

Nick Young had 13 points, Russell had 9 points, 5 assists, and 5 rebounds, and Yi Jianlian had 10 points and 7 rebounds. However, Lu Wei performed well and scored the second highest score in the Lakers team with 14 points.

The highest scorer on the Jazz side was Hill, who made 14 of 7 shots, 7 of 2 three-pointers, 9 of 7 free throws, and scored 23 points. In addition, Hood had 15 points and Gobert had 13 points and 13 rebounds.

The Lakers were outflanked by Gobert on the inside. Yi Jianlian has strength, but he is still powerless against such a top ten big center in the league.

The Lakers won two consecutive victories at the start of the game, which surprised many media experts. The opponents of the Lakers are not good at it. Mosaic and Jazz are all predicted strong teams in the playoffs, but now they are one by one. The team fell from the horse, maybe they are going to rise up?

Single-core teams are no longer mainstream in today's age of superstars. Most teams are now "dual-core drive configuration".

"The Lakers seem to be going to play the Thunder in the next game, right? Oh, two single-core teams, I don't know what kind of sparks can be created."

"You say that they are a single-core team, but they have won two consecutive victories. The Lakers are, and so are the Thunder."

"That is to say, there will definitely be one side in this game that will be terminated?
I just don't know if it's the Lakers or the Thunder. "

It's a little hard to guess!
Xu Xuan has two 30+ games and a triple-double, and Westbrook's is even more outrageous.

揭幕战打费城76人，出场36分钟的威少，投篮21中11，三分2中，罚球11中9，砍下32分、9助攻、12篮板的准三双。

The second game was even more outrageous. Against the Phoenix Suns at home, Westbrook played for 45 minutes and made 44 crazy shots!
44 times!

The Thunder team took a total of 96 shots, and Westbrook alone accounted for half of them!
44 shots, including 34 two-pointers including the basket, hit 15 times, three-pointers 10 times, hit 2 times, in addition to the terrifying 20 free throws, hit 15 times, adding up to a total of 51 points!
A super triple-double of 51 points, 10 assists, and 13 rebounds! !
terror!
Everyone is guessing whether after Durant left, some seal on Westbrook was lifted, otherwise this would be too outrageous.

Everyone is not optimistic about how far the single-core team can go in the playoffs, but it does not mean that they really deny Westbrook or Xu Xuan's personal ability.

Personal ability belongs to individual ability, and the team belongs to the team. The two are treated separately.

Now everyone wants to see who can maintain the undefeated record, the Thunder and the Lakers, the two most popular teams in the league.

After the game, the Lakers felt very relaxed.The players were delighted with the victory over the Jazz, and Xu Xuan was surrounded by many teammates.

Everyone laughed and walked back to the locker room.

At the junction of the player tunnel and the mixed area, many reporters waved their hands in this direction, and some shouted Xu Xuan's name, "Can I accept the interview!"

"Here! I'm a reporter from the Cleveland Honest, and I want to interview you!"

"Tell me how you feel right now?"

There were shouts from reporters everywhere, and they kept shouting the content of the question a few meters away. Xu Xuan just smiled apologetically at the reporters, and continued to move forward with his teammates.

The Cleveland Honest?
spy!

Cliff is a spy!
Back in the locker room, Xu Xuan immediately went into the bathroom, and after flushing with hot water, Xu Xuan felt better.

He took a shower happily, and Xu Xuan also pushed the post-match interview.

He played very tired in the game against the Jazz. There was nothing he could do. The opponent's defense was really tough. Coach Quinn Schneider's outdated style of play is not to say how good it is, but anyone who encounters them will probably feel uncomfortable. .

Especially in the playoffs, if you think about it, if you meet the Jazz in the first round, you will have a big head. Even if you win them in the end, you will be physically and mentally exhausted.

All in all, this is an absolutely formidable opponent, the kind that hurts a thousand enemies and hurts oneself eight hundred.

In this game against the Thunder, the Lakers are still away. In the first five games, except for the first game, the rest are all away games.

For the next game, the media was very noisy. They were all talking about who the strongest single-core star in the league was, whether it was Xu Xuan or Westbrook.

From the data point of view, Westbrook has the advantage, but from the point of view of shooting percentage, Xu Xuan is far ahead, and from the point of view of the team's contribution rate, the two are indeed similar, and it is difficult to distinguish one from the other.

After playing the jazz on the 28th, they had a rest at the hotel in Salt Lake City for one night, and the next day everyone packed up and rushed to Oklahoma.

Xu Xuan was bored on the plane flipping through the news on his mobile phone.

After the Cleveland Cavaliers won the Knicks in the opening game, they defeated the Raptors 94 to 91 yesterday, and also won the second consecutive victory.

Irving's three-pointer in the last 20 seconds was very eye-catching, directly penetrating the Raptors' heart.

The Spurs defeated the Kings and also won two consecutive victories. Although the Warriors lost to the Spurs in the opening game, they still regained their feeling in the second game. They defeated the New Orleans Pelicans by 122 to 110 by 12 points. burden.

Their good neighbors in the same city, the Clippers have only played one game so far, with a record of 1 win and 0 losses.

After turning around for a while, Xu Xuan found that the traditional strong teams such as the Spurs and Clippers are still very strong, especially the Spurs, who were able to defeat the Warriors in the opening game was really unexpected.

"The West is a meat grinder."

Frank didn't know when he sat next to Xu Xuan, and he straightened up.

Xu Xuan nodded, "The overall strength of the western region is indeed stronger than that of the eastern region."

The top two or top three in the East should not be weaker than the West, but after the top three, the strength and competition of the East will be much worse than that of the West.

"How about it, are you confident in playing the Thunder? I heard that guy Russell gave you a challenge."

"Who cares about him, it's purely a second-year-old patient." Xu Xuan waved his hand.

This guy Westbrook really likes to make trouble, and he even made a gauntlet, Xu Xuan is also speechless, you give the gauntlet to Du Erer, why do you give it to me, speechless,

From Salt Lake City to Oklahoma, the plane landed in about two hours.

Get off the plane and go straight to the hotel. The game will start tomorrow. The regular season has just started, and Frank doesn't have too many demanding players. He directly takes half a day off. He will hold a tactical meeting tomorrow morning, then train, and play in the evening.

But there is really nothing interesting in Oklahoma. Except for a little more nightclubs, the other Bick villages are not much better.

The time came to October 10, which was the day of the game against the Thunder.

After the tactical meeting in the morning, the Lakers have entered the training state. Xu Xuan is quite satisfied with this. There are many young players in the Lakers team, but they are still working hard. There is no such thing as sleeping until the third hour of the sun, arriving late and leaving early every day. people.

If there was, they would have been kicked out by Xu Xuan long ago.
Looking at Xu Xuan who was tirelessly running back and forth on the training ground, Ci Shiping wiped the sweat from his brow, walked up to Matt Barnes, and kicked his waist.

"How long has he been running like this?"

"Who knows," Matt Barnes shrugged: "Anyway, I remember him running here after dinner."

"Isn't he tired?" Ci Shiping said in surprise, "We still have a game tonight."

"Maybe he's really not tired. You see, Coach Frank didn't intend to stop him."

"By the way, we will have two back-to-back games next, right? I heard that the opponent is still Indiana, back-to-back away games and returning to his old club. Xu must be under a lot of psychological pressure."

"Uh, anyway, I don't see any psychological pressure on him." Barnes shook his head. Will Xu Xuan feel the pressure?
Probably not, besides, it is their physical strength that is tested back to back, not Xu Xuan's animal, Xu Xuan's physical strength is too perverted!
"Indeed, Kobe has never experienced this level of training intensity, not to mention there will be a game in the evening, it's awesome!" Ci Shiping exclaimed. "I'm really not afraid of back-to-back games, are I?"

In one season, there are 82 games in the regular season, all kinds of back-to-back, but also to ensure high-quality game level and intensity, it is really difficult, without strong strength and perseverance, it is impossible to become a super giant...

Back to back, for the team, is synonymous with thorns everywhere.

For the players, there is no doubt that they face sinister repeated challenges.

There are more than 400 NBA players in Nuoda, with different emotions, sorrows, sorrows, and joys, but what is certain is that no player will like to play "back-to-back" games, let alone consecutive "back-to-back" away games. It's a test of luck.

As an important type of competitive sports, the physical factors of basketball will play an important role in winning or losing.

Although no one can say that stamina is everything for a decisive victory, even if it is a first-class team, once it falls into a stamina trap, its combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced, let alone a mid-tier team or an underdog.

"Back to back", this terrible term, just tortured the players' physical strength and even their psychological endurance. .

in the afternoon.

There are still two and a half hours before the game.

Ross, the head of equipment management of the Lakers, came to ask Xu Xuan if there was any problem with his equipment.

Rose is the head of equipment management for the Lakers. He is responsible for placing orders, organizing, preparing, cleaning and maintaining all equipment for all 15 players on the Lakers team, as well as equipment worn by coaches and surrounding support personnel.The most important point in the whole season is to arrange orderly.

Rose has been with the Lakers since 1986, so of course he knows every bit of Kobe Bryant's 20 years with the Lakers.He knew what Kobe wanted.He knew how many pairs of shoes Kobe Bryant used to carry with him, what he liked to wear to pregame practices, how often he liked to change his tights, what kind of wrist guard he liked to wear, and so on.

But now he needs to get acquainted with and understand Xu Xuan's needs.

"How about it, do you want chewing gum?"

Ross took out a box of chewing gum from his pocket and handed it to Xu Xuan.

Many NBA players have the habit of chewing gum, whether it is during training or during games.

When Ross packs his luggage in advance, he usually brings as many as 43 bags, one of which is chewing gum specially for the players to chew during training and games! !

Xu Xuan had no interest in chewing this thing, so he asked him for two pairs of socks.

The pair of feet were wet from the long run.

Before the game in the evening, there is also a meal, which is arranged by strength and conditioning trainer Tim DiFrancesco, who is also the head of healthy food for the Lakers.

Appetizers, three main courses, and two desserts. Players are usually big eaters, even Xu Xuan himself can eat super.

The recipes arranged by Tim DiFrancesco were not bad, at least Xu Xuan didn't dislike them. The canteens in Indiana were not so good before, with no special features.

After eating and resting for a while, the game is about to start.

The game attracted a lot of attention, and Xu Xuan felt a strong atmosphere of war as soon as he stepped into the Chesapeake Energy Arena.

OKC fans are loyal and crazy, the only team in the league with a tradition of "the fans don't sit when the home team scores."

At around 6:45 p.m., the two teams began to warm up. Westbrook hasn’t contacted Xu Xuan since Durant left. The relationship between the two of them was very good before. Not much to go.

But this time, Xu Xuan came to Oklahoma for the first time this season, and this guy didn't come to find Xu Xuan except for some inexplicable gauntlet.

Xu Xuan knew very well in his heart that Westbrook was holding back his anger. Although Xu Xuan was not responsible for this anger, it also made Westbrook not in the mood to reminisce about the past at all.

The only thing he thinks about now is how to bring the team to the playoffs or even the division finals and finals to prove himself. He urgently needs these things to prove himself.

reminisce?

Wait a minute!

Let me beat you to the ground first, then let's catch up on the old days!

(End of this chapter)