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Chapter 708 What a Miserable Team

The All-Star just happened to be in time for the Lunar New Year. Su Yang took Jiang Ruolan to the San Gabriel Chinese Residential Area to express his condolences. By the way, he mixed up Valentine's Day. He also went to the old Chinatown to attend a business conference and delivered a speech as an outstanding representative. No. 16 only participated All-Star.

The first performance was the Celebrity Game. Su Yang met Fanfan, who was very popular, and ignored the other party’s eyes wanting to chat in detail. He only chatted with the participating McGrady for a while on the ESPN commentator’s life after retirement, and then talked with Jass. Ding Bieber took a group photo.

The short video of the two taking a group photo and clapping their hands and bumping their shoulders quickly reached tens of millions of views on the MT platform, reaching the top of the hot list.

The next day, he attended the West Show Challenge to support the U.S. team represented by Tatum and Brogdon. As a result, the U.S. team Fella was unbearable and was brutally beaten by the World Team led by Embiid. Float outside to cast.

The slam dunk contest and three-point contest held the next day were nothing to watch. Su Yang invited Jordan and Kobe to a dinner party on the beach in Malibu. He originally invited LeBron, but LeBron said something was wrong, making the fans joke that the number of championships was too small. ,Excuse me.

After the NO.19 All-Star Game was over, Su Yang flew back to Saskatchewan with Curry and the others overnight in a private jet.

After two days of simple rest, on the morning of the 22nd, the Kings team resumed joint training, followed by defeating the visiting Thunder in the evening.

After the game, a message came out, saying that Westbrook had initiated a trade application with the Thunder, hoping to return to his hometown of Los Angeles to play after the end of the season. It would be best if he could join forces with George.

At the press conference, the reporter asked Su Yang what he thought of the rumor, implying that the rumor seemed too outrageous.

Su Yang said with a smile: "I don't like to comment on things that have not been determined, but I think everything is possible, just like O'Neal will actually wear the Celtics jersey..." Between the words, I thought about LeBron, Westbrook, Long Up to three people can be on the same team and on the field, anything is fine.

After playing the Thunder, the Kings fought the Lakers and Timberwolves one after another, winning all of them easily, winning a wave of 11 consecutive victories.

In the last game in February, the Kings flew to Portland to challenge the Trail Blazers back to back, and Su Yang arranged for Curry to truce.

Rose started the game and played very well with LaVine.

Substitute Payton Jr. and Brogdon also played very well. The game quickly reached the end of the third quarter. It was about to establish a 10+ lead. Brogdon suddenly slipped through and covered his left foot in pain. , CJ took the opportunity to steal and break into a fast break.

Su Yang then asked for a timeout and replaced LaVine, and asked his teammates to take Brogdon back to the locker room for inspection.

It didn't have much impact at first, but the Blazers took a breather. The King's lack of Brogdon's defense is not so good. Lillard and CJ are like gods. Germany, two ultra-long three-pointers.

The king's momentum was broken, perhaps due to the lack of back-to-back physical strength, and Su Yang's power adjustment was useless, and finally lost 17 points.

From a lead of nearly 10 points to a loss of 17 points in the end, the king was beaten by a horrible point difference. It can only be said that luck is really bad.

Su Yang hurried to the infirmary of the Moda Center. The main boss, Paul Allen, remembered the friendship that helped the Blazers reach the Western Conference Finals. He also had some humanitarian care, allowing the king's accompanying team doctor to use various equipment without going to other places for inspection .

The consultation soon came to the result that Brogdon's quadriceps tendon in his left leg was partially torn, and he is expected to be sidelined for 6-8 weeks.

"That requires the second round of the playoffs to play..."

Su Yang is a little irritated. The main king has been injured constantly this season. Curry is due to accidental bad luck, Cousins ​​is due to excessive consumption and mishandling, and Brogdon is relatively fragile. There are no major injuries and frequent minor injuries. , all very annoyed.

As a member of the 180 club, Brogdon has never been able to go further, the main reason is that he is not so durable.

Coming back from a two-month break just happened to be in the playoffs, so I definitely can’t play normally and have to get used to it for a while, but with the current situation of the Kings, they will probably face a strong team in the second round. If Brogdon wants to fully adapt, The possibility is relatively small.

Mike Brown, who was standing next to him, suggested: "We can arrange Tatum as a shooting guard, which will allow Jeff Green to get a full opportunity to perform, but LaVine and Tatum will serve as substitutes and need to re-run training."

Su Yang nodded in agreement. Fortunately, the king's lineup is deep enough. The only trouble is that it needs to be adjusted again.

For Tatum, playing shooting guard and small forward are two concepts, and things like tactical running are full of challenges.

Packed up the mood, the whole team flew back to Saskatchewan.

On the first day of March, when the Kings resumed training, Su Yang officially announced that Brogdon would be absent from the rest of the regular season. Antetokounmpo and others felt sorry for a while, and then all expressed that they would take the team to the second round and wait for Brogdon. Gordon is back in the game.

Corresponding training followed.

The Kings also ushered in five consecutive home games.

Against the Nets at 38:20 p.m., the Kings will have a victorious atmosphere, leading [-] to [-] in the first quarter.

The remaining three quarters of the game turned into show time, and finally beat the Nets by 26 points. Tatum, who served as a shooting guard, actually scored 7 three-pointers and scored 31 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, reaching a new career high. Basically lock the best rookie.

After playing the Nets, the Kings faced the Jazz, Knicks, Pelicans, and Magic one after another, winning a wave of five consecutive victories.

On the afternoon of the [-]th, Su Yang rushed to the airport and was about to lead the team to Denver. Halfway through, he received a call from his assistant, Taylor, and learned that the US Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice were planning to launch an investigation on MT about privacy theft and would launch an inquiry. .

"It's time to come..."

Hanging up the phone, Su Yang called Mike Brown again, asking him to prepare to take over the coaching for a while, then called Hinkie and Chris, arranged for the team to respond, and finally turned around and took a private jet to Los Angeles for preparations .

Various news spread quickly, and the media claimed that Su Yang's personal, company, and team were about to encounter their darkest moment.

Su Yang issued a statement as planned, refusing to admit all the allegations, and accepted investigation and questioning as required.

Fortunately, when they heard the news a year ago, they were prepared, and the counterattack was launched quickly, which quickly stabilized the morale of the company and the team.

But various investigations and inquiries took too much time. When the situation stabilized, it was already April [-]rd, and there were only three games left in the regular season.

Su Yang is ready to officially return to the team,

But I never expected that after the team doctor checked, it was confirmed that Curry had injured the medial collateral ligament of his right thigh and needed at least three weeks of rest. After the playoffs, he would definitely not be able to catch up in the first round. The foreground is gloomy.

The injury was due to consecutive back-to-back games against the Warriors and the Lakers. Curry was having too much fun at the Staples Center. Wounded for a while.

In the remaining three games, even if the Kings lose all, they will not fall to fifth in the West, but they may rank third in the West with a complete victory.

After thinking for a long time, Su Yang returned to the team and prepared to use the remaining three games to train with Antetokounmpo as the core, try to survive the first two rounds, wait for Curry and Brogdon to return, and hit the Western Conference Finals in the most difficult way. .

(End of this chapter)