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Chapter 397 Best of Three Months

In order to move the king from Sacramento to Seattle, the consortium headed by Chris Hansen would rather spend an extra [-] million US dollars. However, many local merchants in Sacramento, especially those near the Sleep Train Arena, jointly appealed to the city government to stop it.

"Those small merchants unite to operate with some of the shares in their hands. If we buy the king, it's best to get back that part of the shares to avoid being restrained in the future..." Jiang Ruolan simply told Su Yang about the composition of the king's shares.

The Marouf brothers own 65% of the shares, and the king has 10% of the shares in the hands of wealthy businessman Bob Heinrich from Colorado. The main owners of the remaining shares are local merchants in Saskatchewan. If the king moves, it will have the greatest impact on them.

The attitude of the NBA is rather ambiguous. President Stern supports the purchase by the Seattle consortium and also supports the Seattle consortium to remove the Kings. However, most members of the board of directors and the relocation committee voted against it. Even Bass, who is recovering from illness, also opposed it.

The reason for the opposition is simple. They are worried that the consortium headed by Chris Hansen will make a feint and instead of settling down in Seattle, they will go to Anaheim in Southern California to grab business. There are already many teams wanting to move there. Also thought about it.

If it weren't for Donald Sterling being too stingy and reluctant to spend money to repair the arena, the Clippers would have moved there long ago.

"100% holding is not necessary, we attract a group of people, and the related interests can do better..." Su Yang plans to only take 65% of the King's shares, as long as he can completely decide the team's affairs by himself, so that more people can make money. In order to make better money.

After three days of rest, the Lakers played against the Pacers at home.

The game was broadcast live by ESPN, and the warm-up began at noon. What Paul George hit 9 three-pointers against the Hornets, what Hibbert scored a crazy triple-double with 11 rebounds and 11 blocks against the Hornets, and what is the second-worst average in the league so far...

Anyway, focus on the Pacers' defense, averaging 93.5 points per game, while all teams in the league conceded 105.9 points per game.

The only team with a better defense than the Pacers is the Grizzlies.

It's a pity that they are so loud. The Pacers' current record is 6 wins and 8 losses. The average points per game ranks third in the league, only 94.7 points, which is only a little better than the Philadelphia 76ers who are the last. They shoot a lot of three-pointers. However, the hit rate is the lowest in the league.

"Familiar feeling, the team coached by Frank Vogel is difficult to score..." Taking advantage of the break in the pre-match meeting, Su Yang motioned to complain, and everyone chuckled. Most of them knew that after Vogel became the head coach, the Pacers Just wait for constipation.

"But we must pay attention to the Pacers' defensive ability..." Su Yang continued to explain the reasons. The main reason is that the Pacers' defense is indeed very strong. Compared with the Grizzlies, they pay more attention to rebounds and blocks. They can drag the strongest Heat in 12-13 to the seventh game. Its strength is evident.

Between the words, Su Yang arranged several offensive strategies, and the Lakers generals led them away, and ran several rounds of drills seriously.

As for the defensive tactics, nothing special, double-team when you meet Paul George looking for a cover, bully Paul George to miss the ball, there is no good way to find a cover when you meet George Hill, try to let Kobe defend, add inside delays, and force George Hill CIC.

There is also West's singles, Gasol is responsible for the main defense, and the others will give assistance depending on the situation, and it doesn't matter if he can't defend.

The game started at seven o'clock, and Dreaming Green started the game at home for the first time. The fans applauded enthusiastically when he entered the field.

The Lakers won the jump ball, and Delay started with a five-out formation. Curry and Kobe screened each other in the right corner area. The former circled out and cooperated with Green, who was holding the ball at the top of the arc, and the latter walked inside to make a gesture. To catch the ball with your back.

That kind of operation attracted almost all of the Pacers' defensive attention. Gasol on the left simultaneously set up the wall to position the cover. Ster shrinks from the top of the arc to make up defense.

Green suddenly got an open space, hesitated for a moment, then raised his hand and scored a three-pointer, and the basketball slammed into the net.

That three-pointer ignited the Lakers' offensive like a gust of wind. Kobe then made 7 of 5 shots, Curry made 6 of 4 shots, and the Lakers still blocked the Pacers' outside line on the defensive end. Double team, 1 turnovers.

After the first quarter, the Lakers lead the Pacers 36 to 25.

The two teams entered the bench stage, and the scene quickly turned into pecking at each other. The Lakers did not score for several rounds. The main reason was that Green became the starter and Hill became the substitute. Before the break-in was completed, even Jamison was affected and gave in. Walker's defense was confused.

The Pacers' bench lineup is very good offensively, Taylor Hansbrough with poor physical fitness, Sam Young who is about to retire...

Fortunately, the main players of the two teams returned to the game on time soon, but the Lakers still showed a tendency to crush the Pacers. The main players of the Lakers implemented a large number of five-out tactics, and the shooting percentage of every open space on the outside was quite high, allowing the Pacers to defend Hibbert. become a decoration.

Hibbert has become a decoration, and the Pacers have long been proud of the outside line alone, without the strong support behind them, just like the awesome Bowen, without Duncan as the backing, those fierce pressing and posting defenses can easily become excessive Defense is useless.

Bryant teamed up with Curry to make 9 of 8 shots. At halftime, the Lakers led the Pacers by as many as 25 points.

After the halftime break, the Pacers added a defensive strategy: if they can use fouls to limit scoring, they will never give up fouls.

Just like that, when Kobe and Curry held the ball, the referee's whistle blew frequently, and the two combined to make 11 of 10 free throws.

"We don't have Howard, I really don't know what the other side is thinking..." Taking advantage of the free throw gap, assistant coach Mike Brown complained presumptuously, "If it weren't for Kobe's missed free throw, we might be able to tie some records related to free throws in a single game, unfortunately ah."

Su Yang nodded when he heard the words, thinking about Curry's free throw percentage. In his previous life, he made 19 consecutive free throws in Game 8 of the Western Conference Finals in [-] years.

After three quarters, the Lakers led by 32 points. The Pacers chose to give up early in the fourth quarter, and Su Yang came on the bench.

JaMychal Green and Bazemore led the Lakers through the last 12 minutes of the game, beating the Pacers 117-89.

The whole game, Kobe Bryant 35 points, Curry 31 points, Green sent 10 assists, Gasol also had 21 points.

ESPN commentator Stephen Smith tweeted and commented: "The Lakers have got the fourth giant. Stephen Curry and Draymond Green will be the future of the Lakers. I support the Lakers to renew Stephen Curry. He deserves everything..."

Stephen's speech received many retweets and approvals, but the Lakers did not respond, and Su Yang didn't know what his attitude was.

After another three days of rest, the Lakers focused on rehearsing the tactical coordination of the bench lineup, and then sat at the Staples Center to face the Nuggets.

In the off-season, the Nuggets participated in a four-team trade, and got the boss Iguodala from the 76ers, but the running-in effect was not ideal, resulting in a mediocre record. Most among playoff teams.

Anyway, the style of the Nuggets is to rush and beat the opponent, either to kill the opponent, or to be killed by the opponent. It is very good to bully the rookie team. When encountering a team with high toughness and tactics, it is difficult to push the fast break and lose the position. The battle routine is single, and it is easy to score shortages.

In view of the characteristics of the Nuggets, Su Yang focused on retreating and defending, just like playing Thunder, and took the initiative to play offensive rebounds.

The game started at 10 o'clock in the evening, and the two teams were back and forth. Su Yang saw the opportunity to change in advance, and a wave of 4 to 34 helped the Lakers to end the first quarter 27 to 7. The second quarter won another 14 points in the same way. At the end of the game, the Lakers led by [-] points.

No way, George Karl is a tactical lunatic, free and undisciplined, but his rotation is extremely regular.

Thunder coach Brooks is learning from George Karl, and unless there are extremely special circumstances, he will make a substitution.

Back in the locker room during the intermission, Su Yang casually browsed the statistics and found that Jamison and Mick played very well. They scored 14 points and 15 points respectively in the first half. People improvised some tactics.

Back from the halftime break, George Karl changed the Nuggets' defensive strategy and chose to focus on taking care of Kobe and Curry. With the price of 10 fouls, he forcibly reduced the scoring efficiency of the two. However, Su Yang continued to change formations ahead of schedule, and Jamison scored 9 points in a row. .

The Lakers entered the fourth quarter with a 17-point advantage. Su Yang fulfilled his promise and temporarily designed tactics for Jamison.

One of Jamison's tricks is to take the ball with his back from the waist, turn around and face the basket and rush two steps, and score against the half-hook off the jump. Considering that the Nuggets' substitute is facing Jamison with Captain Brewer, Su Yang confidently Design two through tactics for Jamison.

The fourth quarter started immediately. In less than 5 minutes, Jamison led the team to defeat the Nuggets with 8 points, 2 assists and 2 rebounds.

It was useless for the Nuggets to advance to the main force. The Lakers finally beat the Nuggets 122 to 103, with Jamison scoring 33 points.

Su Yang took the lead in pouring water on Jamison's head during an interview. Green and the others excitedly participated, and even Kobe played with it.

In the joyous atmosphere, Garivetti found Su Yang in the locker room with a serious face: "Stephen's ankle is a little tense..."

Su Yang nodded after hearing this, and decided to let Curry take a truce for two games to observe temporarily. There should be no major problems, just to be on the safe side.

After two days of rest, on December [-]nd, the Lakers played against the Magic at home, and Su Yang won the title of best coach in the Western Conference in November.

Kobe also won the best player of the month in the Western Conference and ranked second in the MVP rankings, but bluntly said that he no longer cares about the MVP.

Green won the best rookie of the month in the Western Conference, defeating the relatively strong Lillard, and cried when receiving the award.

Curry did not play, the Lakers led the Magic by 9 points after the first three quarters, but the Magic exploded in the fourth quarter, Nelson and Afflalo hit consecutive three-pointers, and the Lakers almost always defended in place. , Scored 40 points in a single quarter.

Kobe's offensive and defensive ends were full, and at the last moment he hit the iron with the lore, and lost to the Magic 111 to 113, which is quite regrettable.

After the game, fans and the media did not pay too much attention to the Lakers' loss, but paid more attention to Curry's injury.

Su Yang simply stated at the post-match press conference that he had no comment on whether it would affect the contract renewal.

After the press conference was over, the Lakers flew to Houston overnight, preparing to challenge the Rockets, which have been relatively strong recently, back to back.

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