super small forward

Chapter 401 401. Contempt
The game between the Lakers and the Warriors will be played at Staples Center.

This game once again attracted a lot of attention.

No. 25 in the Western Conference and even No. 2 in the league. When the Lakers have played [-] wins and [-] losses, it seems that they cannot be shaken for the time being.

But it is not impossible, just like the Pacers last season, it seems that they are about to break the Bulls' record of 72 wins, who knows that they will suddenly collapse after the All-Star.

Therefore, there are so few teams in the West that are likely to counterattack the first team that are highly valued.

These teams are the Thunder, Rockets, Warriors, Trail Blazers, Grizzlies, and Clippers. The Grizzlies are the first to fall behind. The players are too old and cannot support the high-intensity defensive counterattack for too long.

The Blazers and the Clippers have poor substitutes. The Blazers have always had poor substitutes, while the Clippers seem to have a pretty good substitute, but I don’t know why they played poorly when they arrived in the Clippers. Some fans speculated that it might be the night view of Los Angeles. So attractive, it sucked the energy out of the Clippers' bench.

The rest are the Thunder, the Rockets, and the Warriors. The records of these three teams are not far apart. The Warriors and the Thunder were originally a little bit higher than the Rockets, but now the Thunder have lost three games in a row and fell to sixth. The Rockets have less than the Warriors. With two victories, the Warriors suddenly became the only team in the West other than the Lakers who could challenge the Lakers.

Therefore, in this game between the Lakers and the Warriors, everyone wants to see if any strong team can beat the Lakers.

Although the Lakers have lost to the Wizards and Pacers before, the fans don't care about the Lakers' losses to those teams, because it is impossible for the two teams to have a chance to play in the playoffs. There is only reference value between opponents in the playoffs.

For many reasons, this year's Warriors are more popular than Liu Ren's memories of the Warriors that rose in the 14-15 season, because there is already a precedent for the success of the Lakers last season, and the Warriors are gradually gaining a foothold in the Western Conference. After the second, fans have reason to believe that the Warriors are the seeded team in the Western Conference semifinals or even the Western Conference Finals.

Therefore, the last match between the Lakers and the Warriors in 2014 has attracted much attention. The last match between the two teams this season will not be until the end of March next year.

At noon, Liu Ren entertained Curry and others at home for lunch, and then came to the Staples Center early. Curry and his party also returned to the hotel early. The coaches of both teams had made pre-match arrangements.

D'Antoni didn't emphasize what to arrange, but instead further reduced the playing time of Kobe and Gasol, two veterans, allowing Nash to play a little more.

赛季开始已经打了27场，科比出场次数达到了22场，场均上场31分钟拿到22分4板3助攻，出场时间和出勤率比球队一开始预计的多了不少。

So this time D'Antoni's arrangement has no other arrangements except to increase the playing time of Nick Young, Korver and Antetokounmpo, and reduce the playing time of Kobe and Gasol.

"The next schedule will be very difficult, so in some unnecessary games, we have many players who need to take turns. Of course, this means that the players on the bench have more opportunities to show themselves. I hope the young players To be able to show your own strength, it is best to crush the starters, to be honest, I am tired of seeing those old faces, who of you can live up to it!" D'Antoni said with a helpless expression.

"Hahahaha, coach, I will work hard!" LaVine shouted.

"Fuck! Zach, you are trying to steal the starting position that I finally got! Steve gave it to me on purpose!" Jeremy Lin exaggeratedly exclaimed.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The rest of the Lakers couldn't help laughing.

The Lakers players are very relaxed. Because the Lakers won the first two games against the Warriors. Although the process was difficult, they won anyway. Therefore, the Lakers players don’t value the Warriors very much, because the Warriors are favored. Optimistic, after all, it is still a newly emerging team. The Lakers players have a much higher vision now, and they don't think much of the Warriors for a while.

Only Liu Ren understands what the Warriors should achieve this year. Although the Warriors lack Green, they have a talented Randall. Randall is very young. It is true that Green has no experience, but Talent is an unavoidable topic after all. Randall is indeed a great physical talent. If he develops well, he will never be worse than Randall in the future. It may be better than the Warriors in the 2015-2016 season in Liu Ren's memory. !
Seeing that his teammates regarded the Warriors as ordinary opponents, Liu Ren couldn't help but asked worriedly: "Coach, the opponent is the second strongest Warriors in the league. Don't we need some special arrangements?"

The second strongest in the league?D'Antoni was a little surprised to hear this title. Why is the Warriors the second strongest in the league?
Not only D'Antoni, but Nick Young also said: "Boss, the Warriors are not the second strongest in the league, right? Although they are now second in the league, I think the Clippers and Grizzlies are better."

Other Lakers players also echoed, apparently not paying much attention to the Warriors.

Liu Ren really has nothing to say this time. He can't say that this Warriors team will beat all the other teams in the West in the playoffs, and easily beat the Eastern Conference champion Cavaliers in the finals, right?
Only ghosts will believe it.

Let alone other teams, the Cavaliers alone have now become a major focus of the championship teams. After the Cavaliers started in December, the strength of the Big Three is too strong.

Of course, there seems to be no Love in the Big Three, but the rising Tristan Thompson. Thompson, who is only 8 meters tall, can beat Love in rebounds, and his defense is far superior to Love. At the tens of millions level, he can get 8+[-] data per game, and almost half of the rebounds are offensive rebounds. It also allows James to finally shoot as he wants, without being afraid that his teammates will not grab offensive rebounds.

After the tacit cooperation of James, Irving, and Thompson, the Cavaliers' record has soared, and they have surpassed the Raptors to become the third in the Western Conference, second only to the Hawks and Knicks, who have been very strong since the beginning.

And this is because Love has not really integrated into the Cavaliers, so he played so well and defeated strong teams one after another, making other teams worry that if Love is also integrated into the Cavaliers system, wouldn't it become the Big Four?

The teammates don't care, and the coach doesn't care, Liu Ren really has nothing to say.

The current situation of the Lakers is actually not as good as it looks. Kobe has begun to show a little fatigue in recent games. This is why the Lakers agreed without hesitation when the Eagles proposed to trade Korver for Bazemore, because This will give Kobe more opportunities to rest.

The real strength of the Lakers outside line is actually Kobe and Liu Ren. Other outside lines can perform so well only with these two players. Liu Ren knows this very well.

If Kobe's state declines due to too much playing time, it will definitely affect the overall performance of the Lakers' outside line.

But it is an inevitable trend that Kobe's state will decline, after all, he is so old.

Seeing that his teammates didn't care about the Warriors, Liu Ren could only cheer himself up: "Then I'm the only one who will work hard to overthrow the Warriors!"

(End of this chapter)