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Chapter 209. 209. "The King of the Alliance"

Leonard protected the ball with a pair of big hands. Liu Ren did not rush to steal, but pressed Leonard to force him to go down the road. Antetokounmpo slapped Leonard from the inside and forced a layup. .

Liu Ren blocked Leonard again!
Kobe grabbed the ball, and the Spurs retreated so quickly, giving the Lakers no chance to counterattack.

But obviously, the Lakers once again took the initiative back into their own hands!
Last shot before halftime!19 seconds left!
Kobe advanced to the frontcourt and took the initiative to give the ball to Liu Ren, and made the last pass at the buzzer. It was unimaginable that Kobe would do this a year ago.

Liu Ren's dribbling consumes time. Leonard is now sticking up to defend, and it is not right to step back to defend against breakthroughs. Now he is very embarrassed, and his self-confidence is almost lost by Liu Ren.

Leonard's offensive confidence was shattered, and the defensive end began to doubt whether he could do it.

With 8 seconds left, Liu Ren started to attack, waving for Antetokounmpo to pick and roll.

Leonard quickly bypassed Antetokounmpo to block Liu Ren's breakthrough, but it was just a cover for Liu Ren to ask Antetokounmpo to come out for a pick-and-roll!

Liu Ren shot directly from beyond the three-point line!
hit!

With Mills missing a three-pointer in the half, the Lakers ended the half with a 73-62 lead of 11 points!
Leonard looked blankly at Liu Ren and his teammates to celebrate by high-fiving. Now he feels that he is far behind Liu Ren!Liu Ren gave him an insurmountable feeling!

After the start of the second half, the Lakers took advantage of the victory to pursue. D'Antoni directly sent Nash to take McCollum, Liu Ren, Antetokounmpo, and Whiteside to run away.

Popovich put Leonard on the bench again, continued to let the troika rest, and used the substitute lineup to compete with the Lakers. The progress of today's game was completely out of his plan. He was ready to think about what happened today No, the most important thing is that Leonard needs to re-plan the plan. As for the outcome of today's game, he is no longer concerned about it. In his opinion, this game is just a regular season. If you lose, you lose. .

Without Leonard, without Duncan, no one on the Spurs side can stop Liu Ren.

The third quarter became Liu Ren's performance time. He constantly used his running ability to hit the basket. Nash always passed the ball to him at the most comfortable time. He only needed to put the ball into the basket.

After three quarters, the Lakers led 109 to 89 by 20 points!
In the last quarter, Popovich happily replaced the pure substitute and gave up the game. Obviously, he was no longer interested in today's game. In the end, the Lakers beat the Spurs 125 to 110, avoiding a three-game losing streak.

After the game, Popovich refused to be interviewed and called an emergency team meeting. The playoffs were about to begin, and something went wrong with the most important point of his outside line. He was in no mood to care about what would happen to the reporters.

With 25 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Liu Ren's stats today are mediocre, but the media started to hype that he beat Leonard on both ends of the offense and defense. His shooting percentage of 15 of 11 is quite good.

On the other hand, the much-anticipated Leonard made 11 of 0 and only scored 2 points with free throws.

Especially for today's game, the league specially arranged a lot of live broadcast resources, allowing Liu Ren to shine.

……

NBA headquarters.

NBA vice president Mark Tatum was a little surprised when he held the new plan handed over to him by Adam Silva.

"Adam, are you really going to do this? If Liu doesn't resist the pressure, will it ruin him?" NBA Vice President Mark Tatum hesitated.

"Liu will replace Kobe Bryant and become the NBA's signature. The day will come. I originally planned to take it slowly, but now I have to do it. The Clippers incident came too suddenly. We can only find a new topic to divert. People's attention. I hope Liu can resist these pressures, he performed well today." Adam Silva is also helpless.

Mark Tatum, the new NBA vice president who has one-eighth of Chinese blood, has special feelings for Liu Ren, a Chinese player with the same blood, but now that the NBA is not in a good situation, he can only do this.

Mark Tatum nodded and said: "I understand, but I think that to divert attention from the Sterling incident, we must start with the Clippers themselves and solve this hidden danger as soon as possible."

"Don't worry Mark, I don't think this kid is as fragile as you imagined, and he will become the signature of the Lakers and even the iconic figure of the league. This day will come sooner or later..."

……

On March 2014, 3, the headline on the NBA official website reported the game where the Lakers beat the Spurs. The name of the headline was very eye-catching.

"Defeat all strong teams, the new king of the league! "

Liu Ren was a little flattered to see his photo being put on the homepage of the official website. He didn't even notice that he had already defeated all teams except the 76ers. This season, the other 76 teams except the 28ers all lost to Over Liu Ren, including double-kill last season's championship Heat!
At the same time, Liu Ren ranked first in the latest official MVP ranking!It's unbelievably abrupt!
If Liu Ren knew that the new president, Adam Silva, was "praising" him, he would definitely compare this bald head with the previous Jewish president to see who was more "cheap".

For a while, all the fans' attention was attracted to Liu Ren, and there were mixed opinions from all walks of life.

Naturally, the Lakers fans sang praises, and Kobe voluntarily gave up power to Liu Ren. The fans he had accumulated naturally would not oppose his idol and supported Liu Ren one after another.

But other fans are different. In the eyes of other fans, the title of league king will never fall on Liu Ren!

The superstars obviously wouldn't make a fuss because of this, it would be too embarrassing to do so. In the interview, they only said that Liu Ren is very capable and can't wait to fight Liu Ren, which means that he is obviously not convinced.

The alliance now obviously wants to praise Liu Ren to attract attention. If Liu Ren can withstand this wave of pressure, it is very likely that he will truly become a superstar.But no one is willing to be Liu Ren's stepping stone, James and others don't say anything, because they can't afford to lose that person, but they are ready to prove themselves with their strength.

"Beat the Spurs once and become the king of the league? Didn't the league remember that the Lakers lost the Spurs twice in the past? They just beat other teams once in the regular season. The Magic did it in 2010. I'm not saying Liu is not good, but he never proved himself in the playoffs, he is not good enough to be stronger than other superstars, he is just a rookie who has just stepped into this field."

"The king of the league? LeBron is the strongest player in the league. LeBron is better than Liu in scoring rebounds and assists. Is this MVP ranking a joke?"

But the Heat's well-known big-mouth point guard Mario Chalmers blew up.

(End of this chapter)