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Chapter 175 175. Gao Yuanyuan!
The Thunder has really become Durant's team now. Winning or losing depends on Durant's performance.

In this game between the Lakers and the Thunder, Liu Ren had only one goal, to stalk Durant.

Durant is great, but when he meets Liu Ren, who just wants to guard him regardless of everything, he has incredible physical talent, a good defensive attitude, and almost a top-notch opponent in defensive skills. He really has nothing to do.

Liu Ren only scored 12 points and 9 rebounds in this game, but he prevented Durant from scoring only 21 points, far below the average level of this season, and at the same time exposed Durant's poor physical strength.

Liu Ren studied Durant when he was a fan before. Durant led the team alone and often scored 30 or so points in the first three quarters, but he still scored 30 or so points after the full game. It is obvious that Durant alone There is a lot of physical problems when leading the team.

Some people have always said that Westbrook took Durant's shot, but Durant himself never said this.

In this game, Liu Ren used Durant to stick to the defense, trying to consume the opponent's physical energy as much as possible. Once Durant's physical fitness declines, the Thunder will be over.

The result was as expected by Liu Ren. Now the Thunder team can't help Durant at all. Reggie Jackson has the heart to become the second Harden, but he is far worse than Harden back then. Lamb Sure enough, he is still so powerful in the game. In reality, he is just a potential outside shooter. It is not known when the potential will be realized. Anyway, before Liu Ren crossed, Lamb was still selling his potential.

Since they may be the opponents they will meet in the playoffs, D'Antoni played the Thunder with the most complete lineup this time. Farmer and Bazemore also officially returned to the team after a few days of joint practice. The Lakers' lineup has become very deep.

Coupled with the 28 points of Kobe, who is still at the tail end of his peak, the Lakers easily defeated the remnant Thunder 115 to 100.

The following back-to-back games against the Celtics were just for fun. Except for O'Neal's tricky jersey retirement ceremony, which was a little more fun, and Kobe and O'Neal shook hands and looked a little moved, everything else seemed boring.

The Celtics in the weak East can only be ranked fourth from the bottom, and they have only won 15 games so far. Fortunately, their worst record in team history is bad enough, and they have not fallen to such an embarrassing situation.

However, this also made Anji’s general manager unable to step down, the team spirit was sent away, the team’s record was bad, many fans have shouted for Anji to step down, and the Lakers fans are also bad, pretending to be Celtic fans holding Angie to step down It would be more convincing if he wasn't wearing a Kobe jersey.

The cruel schedule will not favor the Lakers. After two back-to-backs, the Lakers still back-to-back after a day of rest.

On the 25th and 26th, the Lakers ushered in the Nets and Grizzlies at home.

Playing the Grizzlies has always been a tough battle. The Lakers are the strongest spear in the league this season, and the Grizzlies are the strongest shield.

The scene of the game was not so ugly. The Lakers were desperately attacking and hitting the iron. The Grizzlies played against the opponent's temperament.

And the Grizzlies are different from the Pacers. Their return to defense is horribly fast. They are not like the Pacers before the All-Stars. In addition to relying on defense, they can also rely on a good offensive state to win. They only rely on defense. Once someone makes a shooting action The others quickly returned to defense.

The Grizzlies began to strengthen the team after the All-Star break, and the Lakers lost after a hard fight with them.

85 to 91, the Lakers lost to the Grizzlies.

This game sounded a wake-up call for Liu Ren. D'Antoni's tactics will be very difficult against a team like the Grizzlies that used to play like the Spurs!
The second back-to-back opponent, the Nets, has the same mentality as the Lakers. Ninety-nine out of [-] strong teams that they will not meet in the playoffs choose to give up. The reckless idea rested all the Big Four, and only allowed Brook Lopez, who had returned from injury, to practice.

The Lakers Kobe Bryant and Nash took turns, and they still easily beat the Nets. The Nets' team composition is too bad. The core is veterans. Very strong, but once the wind is not going well and there is no young player who can break through, it will be terrible.

The Lakers became the third team in the league with a record of over 40 wins this season, and the record became 40 wins and 15 losses to sit firmly in the second place in the Western Conference. During this period, O'Neal's jersey was retired, which was submerged in the Pacers. news of defeat.

Who would have thought that the Pacers would become the most watched team in the league as soon as they lost. Everyone is wondering when the Pacers will win a game?Can you slow down?
In just one week, the Pacers lost almost as many games as they lost in the previous half of the season.

Among them, the Pacers received the most attention, headed by big center Hibbert. Because Hibbert blasted Bosh to death in the playoffs last year, he left a psychological shadow on Bosh and is well known by the majority of fans.

Now that Hibbert is popular again, people with good things use Hibbert as a unit of measurement to discuss how many other players can get Hibbert in this state. The Greek currency overshadowed the limelight of Bitcoin for a while, becoming the most The "currency" of fire.

And the domestic fans have even bigger brains. Hibbert has 0 points in three games and 4 rebounds in 0 games in the last five games. In two of them, he didn't get any points or rebounds. In addition, he is the tallest player among active players. Domestic fans kindly gave him the nickname "Gao Yuanyuan".

Liu Ren saw the popularity of the word "Gao Yuanyuan" from domestic forums, and she was in tears. The goddess Gao Yuanyuan has finally made it to the NBA!
After three back-to-backs, Liu Ren originally thought that he would be relaxed after the last game on February 2, but when he was in the shooting training of the No. 28 team, that is, shooting casually, he saw March During the match schedule, he scolded the league for cheating!
The Lakers also have a game on March 3, that is, back-to-back across the moon!

"Even if you are not optimistic about us, you can't arrange four back-to-backs in a row, right? Look at these opponents, the Bulls, Thunder, Nets, Grizzlies, and the next Rockets and Pacers back-to-back, except for the Celtics and Jazz Which one is not a strong team in the playoffs?" Liu Ren wailed.

Kobe is much calmer. He probably has read the schedule long ago. After all, he will take a rotation back to back in all likelihood.

"The Rockets are okay, but for the Pacers..." Kobe said with contempt after drawing out his voice, "Are you afraid? If you are afraid that next season's schedule will be so bad, you should play well this season. When our record is good, it will naturally go down." The season schedule will be easy."

Liu Ren was pissed off by Kobe, and he said angrily, "I wonder if we have such a miserable schedule this season? I don't know who led the team last season!"

Liu Ren immediately replied to Kobe.

"Hmph, how dare someone who didn't win a game in the playoffs talk? If I led the team in the playoffs last year and wiped out the Spurs every minute, they might have won the championship. Will this year's schedule be so miserable?" Kobe Bryant The tone was even more contemptuous.

"Damn! It's shameless!" Liu Ren said that he had never seen such a brazen person!
The rest of the Lakers took the initiative to open up space with the two of them. If the gods were fighting this day, it would be a disaster if it hurt them.

(End of this chapter)