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Chapter 503 503. A Game of Confidence

Just now Liu Ren was really worried that McCollum shot too hastily, but in fact, when McCollum caught the ball just now, he just felt that it was coming, and he didn't think much about it, so he shot directly.

But the moment the shot was cast, a smile appeared on the corner of McCollum's mouth.

As a star, and a future All-Star-level star, and an offensive All-Star, it doesn't mean that he can do it with hard work. His natural sense of the ball tells him that this ball will definitely score!
"CJ...CJ...CJ..."

The fans at the scene chanted McCollum's name loudly, lore!

Although it is only a "Boston game", we must also look at the lineups of both sides, which are the core lineups of the league's first and league's second teams!
Curry and Nick Young are also helpless. The two of them have done their best and contributed their best on the offensive end.

But who made them all three pitchers in this combination? They couldn't defend Liu Ren, so they could only double-team, and McCollum's three-pointer was completely out of their expectation. Even Nick Young didn't expect McCollum to actually Will shoot and score so quickly, they are going to shoot two points and three points.

Lost by just one point, ten push-ups in a matter of seconds for all three NBA players to do it.

"It's your turn next! If you shoot a three-pointer, I'll beat your elder brother to the ground, and you will be next!" Liu Ren said to Thompson with a "crazy" face.

"Hmph, you're just lucky, and you won't be so lucky next time." Thompson snorted coldly.

Curry covered his face helplessly on the sidelines: You just accepted the title of "shooting three-pointers" like this?
Although Liu Ren and Thompson always hate each other when they meet each other, they recognize each other's strength. Otherwise, Liu Ren's personality and Thompson's arrogant personality would not put each other in the same place. in the eyes.

The Thompson team, to put it bluntly, is a team where Thompson attacks alone. Barnes' offensive ability is still a bit worse than Thompson's. However, if their team wants to compete with a team with Liu Ren, they must use the strongest attackers.

Therefore, Liu Ren and Thompson are very excited, this is the first time the two have competed in this way.

But they were doomed to be disappointed.

The manager of the UCLA Bruins ran in anxiously.

"Sorry, I have to interrupt your game this time. I didn't expect that so many people would want to watch your game. Thousands of outsiders have already entered the school, and the security has prohibited everyone from entering and leaving, but I think you guys have to leave quickly, our school doesn't have enough security personnel..."

Listening to the words of the manager uncle, Liu Ren and his party also understood that they couldn't continue playing today.

It’s no wonder that the manager was not well prepared. They didn’t think about it themselves. Now that they think about it, there are so many fans taking pictures with their mobile phones on the sidelines. Someone must have posted on Twitter, Facebook and other social media, maybe the video It's all uploaded, and there must be many nearby fans who want to watch it.

That being the case, this duel can only come to an end.

But Team Curry and Team Liu Ren both won a game, so there is no big complaint. Only Team Thompson, they didn't even touch the ball, and they passed the level directly...

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The two-day rest time passed quickly, and the street duel with the three warriors also passed for a day.

Yesterday the Lakers had a training session, but due to the poor record of the next opponent, it is impossible for the Lakers to really focus on it. It was a game of another team last night that attracted their attention even more. force.

The Clippers play the Warriors at home!
Needless to say, the Clippers are really strong. The overall strength is not that the Warriors are too far behind, and the winner is not determined until the last moment.

If they meet the Clippers in the second round, the Lakers feel that it is really a tough battle.

But it's not a big deal. The Clippers may win a game or two, but the overall strength of the Lakers is there, and the Clippers cannot compete.

After finishing the regular season with the Warriors, Cavaliers, Knicks, and Spurs, the four main opponents, the Lakers' remaining schedule is very easy.

The next Lakers opponent is the Philadelphia 76ers...

And in the remaining six games this month, he played the 76ers twice.

The 76ers, like the Lakers, are teams that have been plagued by Howard's trade.

The final winners in that transaction were the Warriors and Magic, which is really incredible.

The Warriors finally got Iguodala, and the Magic also got the talented center Ucevic. The Lakers and the 76ers, the two teams that seemed to get Howard and Bynum at the time, turned out to be two super centers. biggest loser.

To be honest, if it wasn't for Liu Ren's sudden birth, the Lakers and 76ers would have become difficult brothers in this trade over the years, leading the teams in their respective divisions to compete for the No. [-] pick.

However, since the 76ers got Isaiah Thomas this year, the situation that the 76ers couldn't do anything has changed a little bit. He has injected very different elements into the 76ers.

Although the 76ers are still so bad, they have improved. At least they are no longer deliberately bad, but want to win.

Of course, because they are really bad, there are not many chances of winning, but fortunately, they have already left the bottom of the East, and they can win occasionally.

Although the 76ers don't have much chance to go further this year, they seem to have their own core combination.

Isaiah Thomas, Tony Rotten, Luke Mbah a Moute, Robert Covington, Nerlens Noel, after this young lineup got together, it gave the fans a feeling similar to the first half of the season. a different feeling.

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Tonight's game is against the 76ers at home.

Very good, very strong, the Lakers players are about to face such an opponent, and they all look bored.

"Boss, what are you doing?" Lavin asked in question when he saw Liu Ren staring at the ceiling in a daze when he walked into the locker room humming a ditty.

LaVine is very happy today. Playing against an opponent like the 76ers shows that he is likely to have a longer chance to play.

Liu Ren glanced at Lavin, and said deeply: "I'm thinking."

"Thinking? Thinking about what?" LaVine is very interested. What young superstars are thinking about, he wants to know, and then he will think the same way after becoming a superstar.

"I'm thinking about whether the world has an end..."

"..."

LaVine wanted to hit his head to death, but he was so looking forward to it just now, so he was in a daze!

Yes, Liu Ren was indeed in a daze. Today he came to the Staples Center early to prepare for the game as usual, but after entering the stadium, he met D'Antoni. D'Antoni told him that he didn't need to play today...

Woke up so early in the morning to run, went to the Toyota Center to practice shooting so early in the afternoon, and came to the Staples Center to warm up so early just now, all for what?

Seeing Liu Ren continue to be in a daze, but this time it was replaced by a wall, Lavin's young heart began to wonder again: "Does it have to be so different to become a superstar?"

Yes, different!Clarkson has always been aloof and different, and even dared to date the younger sister of the Kardashian family, which is why he grew up so quickly.

Kobe was different when he was young, so he can become the best shooting guard in history...

Lavin's mind began to come alive, did he also want to find something different to do?

But he already had Diana, and Lavin felt that there was no way to be different in finding women. Diana was so beautiful.

How can it be different?Raven's not particularly adequate head is about to smoke...

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On March 3, the Lakers ushered in a game against the Philadelphia 22ers at home.

Before the game, the two teams were enjoying themselves, and the fans watched the game with great enthusiasm.

Obviously, there is no pressure on the Lakers side, and the 76ers don't think they will win. Even if Liu Ren, Kobe, Gasol, and Nash of the Lakers are not on the table, basically no one thinks that the 76ers will win. Have the opportunity to answer the Lakers.

Although the Lakers have three main truces, looking at the rest of the lineup will make many teams curse.

Clarkson, McCollum, Korver, Green, Whiteside...

Even if Green is replaced by Antetokounmpo, he can form the starting lineup of a playoff team...

At the end of the regular season, D'Antoni wanted Liu Ren, Kobe, and Gasol to rest more. As for Nash, he rested incidentally. There is only the championship, and the rest is not important. Instead of letting him risk getting injured in a deadlock with those teams competing for the playoffs and playoff rankings, it is better to put his remaining energy in the playoffs , and the rest of the games will be good once in a while.

Anyone who exercises regularly knows that there is a word called muscle fatigue.

It's said that professional sports are about the people who need the most exercise watching the people who need the most rest play, and there's a lot of truth in that.

The Lakers have played more than 5 games in 70 months in the preseason plus the regular season. Although they are all well-trained professional athletes, in this era where the average level of players is constantly rising , It is very different from the last century or even the beginning of this century. Superstars need to accept more confrontations. The gap between superstars is actually not big in every era, but the average strength of role players is constantly rising, so superstars data has been declining.Moreover, the stars are grouped together, and they often have to play some games that test physical fitness.

Liu Ren is fine. Kobe and Gasol have indeed experienced some muscle fatigue and need more rest.

Fortunately, the regular season is almost over, and there will be no back-to-back situations in the playoffs, so it is not a big problem.

But rest is always available, and now the Lakers have basically locked in the first place in the league. D'Antoni even wants to give Kobe and Gasol a vacation directly, and even Liu Ren wants to take a vacation.

Although D'Antoni knew that he could not sit as the head coach of the Lakers for a long time, he cared very much for Liu Ren, the young man who saved his coaching career.

It's not that players can squander their bodies wantonly when they are young. Taking good care of their bodies is the key to staying at the superstar level for a long time in the future!Many superstars who were once famous in their 20s fell off a building after the age of 30. This situation is too common.

But with the opportunity to break the regular season win record, D'Antoni would not dare to do such an outrageous thing. If the record is not broken because the players are given more rest to prepare for the playoffs, it is estimated that the Lakers fans will eat him raw.

And to become the head coach of a team that breaks historical records, D'Antoni is also very reluctant to give up, that will be famous in history!
But since the opponent is the 76ers, it doesn't matter, D'Antoni is very relieved to let the four of them rest.

(End of this chapter)