super small forward

Chapter 630
"Little ghost, I think this hairstyle of yours suits you very well." Kobe said eccentrically, now he doesn't even call him Liu, let alone boss, he just calls him Liu Ren kid just like in the beginning.

"Of course, there's nothing I can do to be handsome. I can still control Mr. Beckham." Liu Ren said as he rubbed his butt.

After Liu Ren posted that tweet and Facebook, he was hunted down by the Lakers players whom he named.

The No. 24 is naturally Kobe, No. 16 Gasol, No. 21 Whiteside, No. 23 Green, No. 36 Antetokounmpo, No. 8 LaVine, and No. 2 Clarkson. Thackeray No. 50.

These are the main players of the Lakers. Except for Kobe and Gasol, Liu Ren let the team trade them back. They have the best relationship, so Liu Ren teased them all.

If you do bad things, you have to bear the consequences. In the end, Liu Ren was caught, and then the hair stylist Nick Yang personally shaved Liu Ren's hair on both sides, and shaved a Mohigan, and it was completely Mohigan. Xigan.

However, Liu Ren's face shape is really not bad, which made the Lakers players very upset that he didn't turn ugly, and then his ass was kicked countless times...

But after playing all the games and shaving their hair, the Lakers players could only forward Liu Ren's latest news with tears in their eyes.

There is no doubt that the Lakers are on fire again and have become the focus of discussion among fans.

Laughing, teasing, etc. came, some negatively felt that the Lakers were not doing business, and some positively felt that the Lakers were too happy...

Of course, the result was very good. When the Lakers came to the North Shore Garden, just five or six hours later, Gasol skyrocketed by 10,000+ votes, and it was still rising, surpassing Griffin by just It's a matter of time, because Griffin's votes are also rising, but Gasol is skyrocketing at an explosive speed.

Unexpectedly, instead of falling, Whiteside's votes rose with Gasol, and the votes of several Lakers players also rose slightly.

They thought it was normal after thinking about it. They all voted for Kobe and Gasol in the All-Star team. The first goal was naturally to vote for Gasol of the Lakers, and a few others also voted by the way. Anyway, it's free, just move your fingers.

In the game between the Celtics and the Lakers, if one side is weak, then the weaker side will definitely pay special attention to this game. No one wants to lose to the other party if they lose to anyone. No matter what, they must not lose face in front of this deadly rival.

Just like now, the Lakers, as the defending champions, actually don't care that much about the Celtics who have just re-entered the playoffs, but the Celtics are quite concerned about the game with the Lakers.

This is not just a grievance with the Lakers, but also the Celtics' ranking in the East.

To be honest, the current strength of the Celtics can only rise in the weak East, and if it is replaced by the Wild West...it will be difficult for them to rise.

And the competition in the Eastern Conference is actually very big, because except for the Cavaliers, Raptors, and Knicks, the other teams are almost... weak, and it is not easy to stand out. The Hornets, Eagles, Celtics, Wizards, Pistons, The strength of the 76ers and the Celtics is almost the same. If the Celtics lose one more game, the Celtics may fall to the bottom of the top eight in the Eastern Conference. Not a very good thing to say.

So whether it is out of reason or emotion, the Celtics don't want to lose the game with the Lakers.

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What are the characteristics of a real traditional strong team?
That is, they will always have a lot of opponents who make them emotional. The game between the Lakers and the Celtics is like this. Because the two teams have a long enough period of glory, there will be enough finals matches, which will produce enough hate.

Just like now, there is almost no communication between the players of the two teams, because this is the North Shore Garden Arena, and fans don't want to see Celtics players and Lakers players mix together.

The players of both teams were affected by the atmosphere of the fans, and unconsciously paid more attention to this game.

Now both the Lakers and the Celtics have won 17 championships, and they are back on the same starting line to fight for a new championship. This is why the Celtics are so anxious to pay Dragic 5 million in five years. The reason for the premium contract is that they want to rise quickly, and then just have a wave with the Lakers.

Speaking of which, James' dominance over the East is absolute now, and the Knicks and Celtics are the only teams that still think about breaking out in the East. The stars of other teams have long thought about going to the West.

It's not that the strong teams in the West are weaker than the Cavaliers, but that it's too difficult for the East to assemble a team composed of stars who overthrow the Cavaliers. It's not as easy as gathering a few superstars in the West to overthrow the Lakers.

However, there are still two teams that are confident. One is the Knicks, which also has many stars, and the other has enough chips after trading away Pierce and Garnett, and Rondo returned a bunch of draft picks. Celtic.

The Celtics are now actively selling various draft picks from the Nets that can be exchanged from 2014 to 2018. Although not many players are willing to trade with the Celtics, as long as they spend their chips Much more, the transaction can still be done, who will have trouble with a bunch of draft picks?
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Soon, the pre-match activities at the Celtics' home court ended, and the game between the Lakers and the Celtics began.

D'Antoni obviously doesn't pay much attention to an Eastern team that is not the top three in the Eastern Conference. Except for Kobe, who must play in the yellow-green battle, Gasol, Green, and Whiteside all truce and play for Monroe, Black and others. Chance.

The Lakers started with a small lineup of LaVine, Kobe, Liu Ren, Antetokounmpo, and Black.

The Celtics started Dragic, Jae Crowder, Avery Bradley, Jared Sullinger, Olynyk.

The referee blew his whistle and the game started. Olynyk won the jump ball.

Although Olynik can't bounce, he is really high!A true seven-footer, Blake is half a head shorter.

Although Olynik is not very good, he is not bad. After all, he was at the end of the lottery in the draft in 2013, and he is very balanced in both offense and defense. He has an advantage in size and good footwork. Poor, in today's era of poor big men, it is also a treasure. In the past offseason, he and the Celtics reached a 4-year contract extension of 4400 million. Although the data is only 9 points and 4 rebounds per game, It's about the same data as the Lakers' rookie power forward Ryan Kelly, but it's not bad in this era.

Dragic controlled the ball to the Lakers' half court, and immediately lobbed the ball to Olynyk inside. Olynyk obviously has a huge height advantage.

Olynik took the ball with both hands and Liu Ren dribbled against Black, suddenly turned towards the baseline, and easily wiped the ball into the Lakers' basket.

Although Olynik's skills are really good, he is a traditional big center who is completely delayed by his physical fitness. However, Kaihuang was unlucky. In his rookie year, he averaged 8 points and 4 rebounds per game...

The Celtics played so easily at the beginning, but it was difficult when it was the Lakers' turn to attack.

The height advantage of the Celtics inside is too great. The ball is called a long man's sport. This statement is correct, at least not wrong today.

Looking back at the Lakers offense, the Celtics directly let go of Black on the inside and started the 5-defense and 4-defense mode.

The Lakers' center today is Tarek Black, who D'Antoni is very optimistic about.

As a player who signed a two-way contract, D'Antoni mentioned Black to the starting lineup, even if it was just one game, the pressure was still very high.

And Black obviously didn't pay D'Antoni's attention today. It was difficult to defend against a big man like Olynyk on the defensive end, and he acted like an invisible man on the offensive end. Sometimes he didn't know what to do when he was playing against the main players. Run, because at this time, it is obviously impossible for the main players of the Lakers to create opportunities for him, a short center who can only dunk, as they did when they were playing in the second team. Black didn't even know how to run. Inexplicably fell into a 4 on 5 situation.

The Lakers were a little passive at the start, and were beaten by the Celtics in a 14-8 start.

The Celtics beat the Lakers to a timeout first.

D'Antoni really wants to train Black!

It's just that Black is temporarily sorry for D'Antoni's attention. There is no way, his physical fitness is good, his skills are really bad, and he can serve as a mini-bankrupt version of Whiteside during the rotation lineup, but in the regular lineup...he It's really not as good as Biyombo. Anyway, Biyombo's running position and defensive awareness are better.

But D'Antoni just wanted to give the arena mouse some chances. It can be seen that Black is working hard, but his strength is indeed not up to the standard of the NBA starter, and he should be honestly playing as a substitute.

In the first half of the first quarter, he was abused by the Celtics. D'Antoni couldn't stand it anymore, and reluctantly replaced Black with Monroe.

This changed back to the normal lineup, and the Lakers were completely different.

To be honest, Monroe and Olynyk have similar skills, and Olynyk may even be better.

At this time, the importance of physical fitness comes out. Although Monroe is not a center with a lot of physical fitness, he is at least a top-notch physical fitness. He is the same height as Olynik, so fast, so jumping, and so explosive. powerful……

Olynyk, who had just abused Black very happily, completely withered when he met Monroe. With a serious center, Antetokounmpo's defense also took off. The inside line was smooth, and the Lakers' outside line was also smooth. Kobe can run out of open opportunities, Liu Ren has a chance to play singles, and LaVine... can dunk.

Except for D'Antoni's inexplicable mention of Black in the starting lineup at the beginning, the Lakers had a small accident at the beginning, and then the Lakers got on the right track, quickly overtaking and then widening the score.

You don't need to show any sympathy when dealing with the Celtics, you can abuse them as much as you want...

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There are still some people who pay attention to the match between the Purple and Gold Corps and the Celtics. For example, there are two fat guys and a scheming guy from TNT, a celebrity commentary group mainly pro-Lakers, and ESPN commentary team, which is mainly based on Celtics celebrities. , the game was broadcast live.

However, the content of the game was really boring. After the Lakers replaced Monroe, they didn't give the Celtics a chance. Bradley was also scared by Liu Ren, for fear that Liu Ren would kill him.

For the sake of life safety, Bradley did not continue to perform those dirty actions on Liu Ren. It was just a regular season.

The commentary of the Celtics celebrities became very silent, and TNT was also bored, because the Lakers played the Celtics too seriously, and the Celtics were too serious to resist the ravages of the Lakers. The team didn't have too many scenes that made people complain, which made the two fat guys feel very bored.

The game was boring, so the two fat guys started looking for something interesting.

"Charles, have you noticed that the boss has changed his hairstyle." O'Neill finally found the topic.

"Boss' hairstyle? It's either a cut or a crew cut. I changed to a Mohawk today. I don't know what stimulated me. It's not as good-looking as a bald head." Barkley is obviously jealous of people with hair, such as Bill Wall. Dayton, Larry Bird, and have a good relationship with bald heads, such as O'Neal, Magician, Jordan...

"I heard that it was related to the tweet that the boss sent at noon today. Fortunately, I am not the teammate of the boss, otherwise he doesn't know what words he would use to arrange me." O'Neill said a little fortunately.

O'Neal's mentality is the mentality of some players on the Lakers. Those players are not so close to Liu Ren, such as Korver, Black, Monroe, Biyombo... and so on. The teammate who has been with the Lakers since the beginning and has been traded by Liu Ren from the management has been ridiculed.

However, this also made those who were not ridiculed rejoice, but some felt less happy, because it also meant that they were not valued so much.

Barkley's thinking is like this: "I think people who have not been teased by the boss are probably more sad, because the boss didn't even think of them when he teased..."

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In the end, the game between the Lakers and the Celtics did not have much of an accident. The Lakers easily defeated the Celtics 109-96. The main reason was that the Celtics paid too much attention to defense and the offense was too average. The organization ability of the Celtics is obviously not enough. They also need another outside and inside line with the ability to hold the ball, but this is quite a long way for the Celtics. Could it be that the Celtics are too big to poach people from the East? It's not that they don't have enough chips, but that everyone can poach...

(End of this chapter)