super small forward

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The Lakers' 19-game winning streak was ended.

The last ball still missed, hit the basket and flew out.

The hearts of the Cavaliers players and fans were almost in their throats. Liu Ren was too fierce in the last quarter. He scored 23 points in just over four minutes, which almost scared the Cavaliers to death.

Fighting to the last moment, the end is still lost, the Lakers can only smile wryly.

There is no way, I have tried my best and fought until the last moment.

Although the Cavaliers used some dirty tricks, they won and they won! The NBA is a place where winners and losers, Liu Ren also admitted that the Cavaliers won this game.

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The game between the Lakers and the Cavaliers sparked a lot of discussion.

"The Cavaliers are amazing! They are no worse than the Lakers after strengthening the shooting guard and center!"

"The game was really good, James, Irving, Kobe, boss, when will the next time we see them play against each other, in June or next season?"

"This is definitely a preview of the finals! And I personally think that the Lakers are actually better. After all, the Lakers felt really bad in the first half today."

"For the first half of the season, I thought this year would be the Lakers and the Warriors competing for hegemony, and then James told me that as long as he was in the team, they would be the favorites for the championship!"

"I didn't expect that giving James a Mozgov could make him feel like Bynum. You can imagine how sad he was when he saw Bosh playing center."

"Facts have proved that it's not that James can't partner with a center, but that his previous center was the 38-year-old O'Neal. In fact, if he is given a super center, he can also cooperate very well."

"The Cavaliers' signings from last year to the present are finally no longer cheating. After Mozgov came, he let Love liberate. Love doesn't have to fight against those big centers. Although Love is still out of touch with the team on the offensive end, but he I have a better chance for both singles ability and rebounding. This time they and the Lakers did not suffer from rebounds in the game, only 6 rebounds less than the Lakers. You must know that they lost to the Lakers before Mozgov came. Lost over 20 rebounds in that game."

"The flaws of the Lakers have also been exposed. I don't know how they will solve them, but there is still a lot of time for them. Except for the Warriors and Cavaliers, I can hardly imagine any team that can beat them."

"There are also the Wizards, oh, oh, I remembered, the Wizards and the Lakers have already lost the second game."

"Haha, if the Wizards knew where you were, they would definitely come and fight you hard..."

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The Lakers' 19-game winning streak was ended, and their record became 52 wins and 5 losses.

There are still two months left in the schedule, with a total of 25 games.

The Lakers players all feel Alexander!In other words, the rest of the regular season must have a record of at least 21 wins and 4 losses.

In the last two months of the regular season, it is basically the time for all teams to compete for playoff spots and rankings, and it will no longer be as easy as the previous games.

The sudden rise of the Cavaliers did put a lot of pressure on the Lakers, but they quickly looked away. After all, they are all young players. If there is a chance to play against each other next time, it will be a matter of the finals. Since the Lakers only have the Warriors as their opponent in the West, the Cavaliers still have to fight against the Celtics, Knicks, Eagles and even the Wizards in the East. Regardless of the overall weak strength of the East, the Cavaliers are no better than the Lakers in reaching the Finals. Team relaxed.

But losing to the Cavaliers, and losing so badly at one point, the Lakers players were suffocating fire in their hearts.

Then Westbrook was sad.

On March 3, the Lakers played against the Oklahoma City Thunder at home. Liu Ren stared at Westbrook's defense from the beginning, and the offensive end was also unambiguous.

Westbrook obviously didn't expect the Lakers to play so seriously. He was defended by Liu Ren and made 38 of 14 shots. Although he still scored a quasi-triple double of 41 points, 7 rebounds and 14 assists, his shooting percentage was less than four. Complete, just like a data brush.

而刘仁同样拿到41分9篮板和4次抢断，带领湖人以112比97大胜雷霆，避免了连败。

For Westbrook, Liu Ren admires his strength very much. Although Westbrook is recognized as a data brush, but he has that strength. The only problem is that he is too independent and always holds all the ball in his hands. In this way, it will give people the feeling of data brush.

But Westbrook is playing like that, because he is the best in the Thunder no matter in scoring, assists, or even rebounding. Even his scoring is not weaker than Durant, which makes him want to do everything by himself. , Taking too much possession of the ball will give people such an impression.

Since Durant was reimbursed for the season, Westbrook has scored 15 triple-doubles in the past two months. After the game against the Lakers, his scoring average exceeded 29 points and he secured the second place in the scoring list. .

And after Liu Ren's two consecutive 40+ performances against the Cavaliers and the Thunder, his scoring average will remain at 35 points per game.

The game between the Lakers and the Thunder was originally the highlight of the league's arrangement. Who knew that the Thunder was so unlucky that Durant was injured, which made the game a crushing game.

Moreover, the March schedule arranged by the league for the Lakers is actually relatively easy. The opponents are not too weak, most of them are on the edge of the playoffs, but most of them are not very strong teams. The feeling of the playoffs, without having to play too hard.

This is the benefit of the popular strong teams. Liu Ren knows very well that once the Lakers he is in collapses and does not play well in one year, the league will give them a bloody schedule like last season.

After playing the Thunder, the Lakers ushered in a wave of "honeymoon" schedule.

First, they challenged the Hornets, Heat, and Grizzlies away.

In the three games without pressure, the Hornets were beaten by the Lakers. With D'Antoni intentionally controlling Kobe's playing time, Liu Ren had a lot of shots and easily scored 44 points. The Lakers also won 102-90 wasp.

When playing the Heat, Liu Ren still felt a little sorry for others. He snatched Whiteside, the core of the Heat's original reconstruction, and Pat Riley, the Heat's general manager who did not get Whiteside, had no reinforcements. Heart, simply wanted to be bad, did not go for Dragic, Bosh still suffered from blood disease, which is basically considered a career reimbursement, even if he came back, he did not dare to play more, leaving Wade alone. Team.

Wade is no longer the scoring champion in the 08-09 season. Under the method of the Heat's squeeze use of stars, Wade has declined rapidly since two years ago, just like Tracy McGrady, Carter, Howard and other superstars who rely on their bodies for food. He fell from the superstar position as soon as he passed the age of thirty.

Fortunately for Wade, he is not as unlucky as Tracy McGrady. Like Carter, he started to rely on skills to play, and his efficiency is still good. He may get a big contract next season, of course, the premise is that he does not play for the Heat.

The third away opponent is the Grizzlies. The Lakers are playing very focused in this game.

But this time the Grizzlies didn't struggle too much. They lost the magical touch they had when they played against each other last time, and returned to the ranks of mediocre playoff teams. But was defeated by the Lakers with a fierce attack.

In the end, the Lakers won three consecutive away games and easily won four consecutive victories in the game against the Thunder.

After three consecutive away trips, the Lakers ushered in three consecutive home games.

The first opponent is the Mavericks. This year, the Mavericks are very tough!

Ninth in the West, stuck in the ninth in the West, it seems not far from the top eight, but the top eight is too stable, the Lakers, Warriors, Trail Blazers, Rockets, Clippers, Grizzlies, Spurs, Pelicans, this The eight teams didn't give the Mavericks a chance at all. Seeing that the Mavericks' record in the top four in the East is now in the eighth place, they can't move.

The Mavericks still look very good. Nowitzki, Parsons, and Ellis are three first-class or quasi-first-class players. The score is still good, and the overall strength of the Mavericks is not bad.

But this is not bad, and there is still a difference from a real strong team. Otherwise, why is the top eight firmly in the top eight, but the Mavericks can only be ninth in ninth?
The Lakers easily won the game 100-88 without much effort.

In the subsequent games against the Pistons on the 10th and the Jazz on the 12th, these two opponents were beaten up by the Lakers like children.

In 6 games in ten days, the Lakers won all six games. With the previous Thunder, the Lakers won seven consecutive victories!

After the relaxed schedule, the Lakers will once again usher in a focus battle.

Will challenge the Warriors away in three days!
59 wins and 5 losses, one game away, the Lakers will become the fastest team in NBA history to win 60 wins!

Curry and Thompson looked at the schedule, three days later the opponent was the Lakers.

The two checked the recent situation of the Lakers, and then they had a headache: "Why is this guy Boss winning seven consecutive victories?"

(End of this chapter)