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Chapter 631 631. Thorough Rotation Mode

"Betty is still the cutest." Liu Ren resolutely ate the little loli's tofu.

"Betty is the cutest!" Little Lolita also silently enjoyed being tofu...

The Lakers returned to Los Angeles with a 28-5 record.

The management and coaching staff of the Lakers can basically determine that they cannot break the record of last season, and it is quite difficult to win 70 wins, so they do not pay so much attention to the regular season record, and maintain the second place in the West and the home field advantage over all teams in the East. That's what the Lakers are aiming for now.

After returning from Boston, the Lakers are about to usher in a relatively easy schedule, with four consecutive home games against the Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Clippers, Phoenix Suns, and Sacramento Kings.

During this period of time, Liu Ren is about to enter the ranks of the rotation. D'Antoni has no interest in maintaining the data of the players. The main purpose is to defend the title.

Almost all the players of the Lakers had paid off their worth last season, and D'Antoni is not afraid of delaying the development of players, and this rotation mode can give each player more opportunities to play when they play, because there is no need for Keeping one player's playing time at a certain position, allowing another player's performance opportunities to be intermittent.

The first game back from Boston was against the Philadelphia 76ers. Liu Ren took a break today.

I don't know why, when the 76ers won the last place in the league, it was hard for the Lakers to win against the 76ers, but after the 76ers became stronger and rose, they couldn't pose any threat to the Lakers. Killed the 76ers and wiped out all their psychological advantages over the Lakers.

In this game against the 76ers, Liu Ren, Kobe, and Antetokounmpo all took turns. Liu Ren and others were not even called to the arena by the team, but with Clarkson, McCollum, Kobe The starting lineup of Wall, Green, and Whiteside, and the bench lineup composed of LaVine, Nick Young, Metta World Peace, Gasol, Monroe, Nance Jr., Biyombo, Black, etc., still beat the 76ers. Whether it is necessary or not.

"Aren, I think you will basically not be able to get the MVP today." Xiao Niu said regretfully.

"Curry's performance is too good. I don't think there is any way to compete with Jordan for MVP even in his peak period." Liu Ren is also very helpless. This year D'Antoni's main focus is on the lineup advantage, and he is not trying to break the NBA historical record like last season. Use the main force ruthlessly, the team's goal is arranged in this way, there is no way around it.

"This will not affect our money. The boss already has his own brand. The new contract we signed with Nike has no incentive clauses. Whether we win those awards will not affect us." Pregnant with the second baby The cold-faced beauty said.

Liu Ren and Xiao Niu were very speechless. Since she had her second child, this cold-faced beauty seemed to be in the eyes of money, thinking about whether to make money or not.

But what the beauty said is really reasonable. Now that Liu Ren has his own brand, his biggest advantage as a Chinese player is that he is not afraid of being unpopular. During this important period of the Lakers defending their title, his statistics are not so valued by the Lakers. , because the Lakers management and coaching staff also know that he does not rely on these things to make money, so it is more important to consider that Antetokounmpo, McCollum, Clarkson, and LaVine have not been so valued by the team. mentality of players.

Kobe, Liu Ren, Green, and Whiteside have always been the main core of the Lakers. The team's resources and ball rights are all biased towards these people. Last season was mainly to let them play their worth. This year we must give them enough The opportunity to express themselves, otherwise it may affect their emotions. Even if Kobe changes his style of play to give up the ball, it is only temporary. What is more important is to maintain the fighting spirit of the players. Liu Ren must also make sacrifices, because The season was sacrificed for him by others, and now it's time to pay it back.

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The Lakers' rest lineup beat the 76ers, but it was not so easy when they played back-to-back against the Clippers. Liu Ren truceed two games in a row, which gave the Clippers a huge opportunity. The weakest part of the Clippers is the small forward , Liu Ren has always been the key to the Lakers crushing the Clippers, but Liu Ren is not in this game, only Korver and Ci Shiping, the two of them face Pierce, Lance Stephenson, Wesley Johnson The group of small forwards formed really doesn't have an advantage.

The other positions of the Clippers are actually not worse than the Lakers. The two positions of Paul and Griffin actually have a relatively large advantage against the Lakers. Green may be more suitable than Griffin to be the core of a strong team, but the strength is more important. Compared with Griffin, it's really worse.

The Lakers lost this game against the Clippers, which ended their nine-game winning streak against the Clippers in the regular season over the past two years. The Lakers' record became 29 wins and 6 losses.

In fact, this is still a little bit good for the Lakers. Let the substitutes understand the gap with several cores, which is all a surprise for D'Antoni.

In the subsequent games against the Suns and Kings, Liu Ren returned and led the Lakers to easily win two consecutive victories when Kobe, Green, and Whiteside were all truce.

Liu Ren's role in the Lakers is getting bigger and bigger. This is not reflected by Liu Ren's average of 21 points per game this season. With Liu Ren on the court, the Lakers players' psychological confidence is completely different, just like the OK during the three consecutive championships. Like Kobe during the championship, playing is the backbone of the Lakers.

This is not affected by personality or style of play. Just like Kobe’s stubborn and paranoid personality was criticized by many people. Liu Ren’s desire for the boss position is not strong, and he feels that Kobe is still there. Kobe retired and Green This mentality of not being willing to accept the boss position in... has caused ESPN to hack many times, but this does not prevent Kobe back then and Liu Ren now as the leaders of the Lakers.

It's an incredible thing, but that's it...

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"Kevin, Russell, you are welcome. This is my home. Zach, take them for a stroll. This is the garden... well, there are no flowers in winter. There is a swimming pool over there. If you are not afraid of the cold, you can go swimming. You can watch TV in the movie theater. In the training hall, you can train and play games. There is also a lot of wine, all brought from Kobe’s wine cellar, all of which are famous wines..." Liu Ren is still the same Liu Ren who is not good at entertaining others...

"..." Durant and Westbrook were speechless. Before Durant came to Liu Ren's house, he specifically consulted Curry, who came to Liu Ren's house the most times and who was also from the same company. It is a "wonderful place" that can only be visited by a very magical superstar in the NBA, and the answer I got is that it is very magical. I didn't expect to feel really amazing when I came here...

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