super small forward

Chapter 56 56. The winning streak in progress 2
However, he can grab a lot of rebounds, and his shooting touch is really good, and he has so many shots. With the Lakers having Whiteside as a rebound collector, Love still got 20 rebounds.

In addition to rebounding, Love's scoring ability is second to none among current inside players. He has averaged 28 points per game since the beginning of the season, not including today's 33 points.

As the season progresses, Love's scoring average will definitely decline, but Liu Ren knows that Love's scoring average seems to exceed 25 points per game this year.

The Lakers' 2K evaluation score maniac Whiteside is not to be outdone, playing 33 minutes to set a career record in a single game, there is no way, the Lakers are a bit disadvantaged in rebounding today, Liu Ren and Gasol are both good rebounders, but If you can't hold back, the opponent is a rebounding idiot-han!

Gasol relied on his long arms to grab rebounds, and Liu Ren relied on bouncing. The ball didn't bounce toward them. It wasn't the kind of ball that bounced into the sky and fell down.But Love is different. He has a special rebounding ability, like Rodman who stole his teacher. He can predict the rebounding point and then act in advance. He doesn't care about defense or retreat. Just grab a rebound.

The Lakers suffered a disadvantage in rebounding, and they replaced Whiteside and the opposite side to suppress the opponent's overall rebounds.

Why is it said that the overall rebounds suppress the opponent? It is because although the Lakers grab the opponent's rebounds except Love, it is difficult for the opponent to grab rebounds, but the opponent has Love!Love's rebounding is almost nothing, except for shooting and rebounding, everything else has nothing to do with him.

So even if Love grabs a lot of rebounds, the Timberwolves' defense is still terrible.

Today Love faced the Lakers, the 5 wins and 2 losses ranked third in the Western Conference. He was treated like Yao Ming by Adelman, and he was beaten to death. He was allowed to play in garbage time. He played 42 minutes and made 26 of 10 shots. Scored 33 points and 20 rebounds.

Not to be outdone, Whiteside scored 11 points and 17 rebounds.

Liu Ren, who was robbed of all the rebounds by these two rebounders, had less than 5 rebounds for the first time this season, but scored 39 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. Unfortunately, he missed the last quarter and did not score the first 40 points of his career.

The day after the Timberwolves, the Lakers officially announced that they would renew their contract with Kobe with a two-year maximum salary, a total of $4850 million in two years, with a no-trade clause.

What should come will always come. Liu Ren already knew that the Lakers would definitely renew Kobe's contract, and guaranteed that Kobe's salary in the next two seasons would be the highest in the league, so as to give back to the man who dedicated his entire life to the Lakers. career hero.

At the same time, the Lakers revealed a message to other players: We will never treat our team's players badly, and we will not trade the team's star just because he is old, but will give him a big contract so that he can retire with peace of mind.

Obviously this is the Lakers striking while the iron is hot, taking advantage of the heat of the Celtics trading away Pierce this summer.

For this contract extension, the outside world has mixed opinions, but even those who are derogatory will not belittle the fact that the Lakers gave Kobe a big contract, but said that Kobe’s salary in the next two years is too much, which will occupy the Lakers’ salary space. , or it is almost impossible for Kobe to be in his previous state. After all, he is 35 years old and not worth such a big contract.

When he saw the news on TV, Liu Ren felt that a team should treat meritorious players like this. To make players loyal, the team's loyal ministers are also indispensable, even if they are only loyal to the star.

Kobe's contract has increased the impression points of many stars on the Lakers. Liu Ren has always felt that if the Lakers did not perform poorly in the next few years, the team's strength would be too bad, and they would be able to attract many stars.

"But since I'm here, I won't let the Lakers go down!" Liu Ren said silently in his heart.

Speaking of which, except for the time when the Lakers traded O'Neal away, in the entire history of the Lakers, all the superstars basically died in the Lakers, Mikan, West, Baylor, Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magician, Worthy , These people all retired with the Lakers, the only one in the entire NBA history.

Kobe's contract extension was just a small episode for the Lakers, and then the Lakers played against the Pelicans again. Only Anthony Davis, a strong Pelicans, was brutally abused by the Lakers who returned to their home court.

Gasol and Whiteside took turns to serve him, and the Pelicans' outside defense made Liu Ren feel one word-cool!

Whether it is Holiday or Evans, they are the ones whose defense is equal to the air. In this game, Liu Ren hit 6 three-pointers, refreshing his personal number of three-pointers in a single game. He scored 27 points and 9 rebounds in three quarters, and then clocked in get off work.

For this, Liu Ren looked at D'Antoni again with resentful eyes, thinking: If I play for a few more minutes and get a double-double, I will die.

D'Antoni chose to ignore Liu Ren's thoughts, what was he thinking, there was back to back the next day.

In the end, the Lakers beat the Pelicans 113 to 89 and won 5 consecutive victories.

After playing the Pelicans, the Lakers flew to Denver that night to challenge the Nuggets away.

If it is the Nuggets last season, it may cause a lot of trouble for the Lakers.

The unexpected rise of the Nuggets last season, under the leadership of the famous coach George Karl, played wonderful running and bombing, coupled with a group of players who have above-average defense, all of them are men with physical fitness, and they are nicknamed the track and field team .

In Carl's offensive system, the Nuggets played the top three offenses in the league, and their defense was unambiguous, ranking ninth in the league. With a balanced offense and defense, they had an excellent record of 57 wins and ranked third in the West, almost surpassing the Spurs. Shock the league.

George Karl also won the best coach award.

But after being eliminated by the Warriors in the playoffs, the Nuggets fired George Karl, hired former Lakers assistant Brian Shaw as a coach, and started playing the triangle offense.

I don't know what the boss of the Tunneling team thinks, can anyone use the triangle offense?As for the Nuggets' group of players who will be above average, this group of track and field athletes to play the triangle offense?
Facts have proved that the Nuggets can play such a good record last year because they are suitable for George Karl's tactics. They are too suitable for running and bombing and defensive counterattacks. The triangle offense cannot be played without superstars.

This year's Tunneling team has lost all 7 games since the start of the year. The smooth offense of last season is gone.Brian Shaw used Lawson as Kobe and Faried as Shaquille O'Neal, and the Nuggets' offense eventually became pulpy.

If last season's Nuggets played against this year's Lakers, it would definitely be a beautiful match, but unfortunately it became a one-man show for the Lakers. Antetokounmpo, who played him, began to exercise the responsibility of organizing the inside line, making long passes, advancing the counterattack with the ball to attract the defense and passing the ball.

After Green started holding the ball to promote the organization, Liu Ren benefited the most. Liu Ren ran too actively, just like the description of a small forward in a textbook: catching the ball for a layup, scoring a catch and shooting, grabbing a rebound and then Score.

Facing the Nuggets who were still confused and didn't know how to play, the Lakers won another big victory, 110 to 95, easily winning the victory.

(End of this chapter)