Basketball K God

Chapter 65

At the press conference after the game, Kings coach Reggie Tois said in an interview: "It was a decision made by me and other members of the coaching staff not to let Kane play in the second half because he suffered an injury in the second quarter. A bit of an injury. He's been doing really well on the field, it's not like the team is refrigerating him!"

The regular season started with a 3-game losing streak, becoming the first team in the league with a 3-game losing streak.For this Kings team, the outside world did not criticize them, on the contrary, everything was calm.In fact, it is not difficult to understand. Before the start of the season, the major media predicted them to be the bottom 5 in the league and the top 3 in the West.The current performance seems to be in line with this forecast positioning.

Originally, his strength was just like this, shouldn't his record be poor?Maybe except for some people who have a special preference for the Kings teammates, no one else thinks that such a team can make the playoffs in the West, right?

There are 82 games in the regular season, not the NCAA "March Madness", where the outcome is determined by one game, full of uncertainty and chance. In the 3 regular season games, if the strength is really not enough, there is no fig leaf to cover up.

The hotel where the Kings stayed.

Xie Kai was lying on the bed, and Zhou Jing was in the video.

"How are you today?" Zhou Jing came up and asked.

"What happened?" Xie Kai deliberately pretended not to know.

"Don't ask why you know it, your injury! I saw in the video that you were hit by Howard, and you didn't make an appearance afterwards. Does it matter?" Zhou Jing frowned, and the concern on her face was clear at a glance.

"I'm fine, the doctor has seen it!" Xie Kai felt Zhou Jing's concern, he couldn't tease her anymore, after all, she really meant well, and he couldn't hurt the little girl's heart!

"Is it really all right?" Zhou Jing was still a little worried.

"It's really all right!" Xie Kai lifted his shirt, and lightly thumped the place hit by the monster with his fist.

"That's good. Howard, a big fool, knows how to use brute force to curse him for not being able to find a girlfriend!" Zhou Jing let out a long breath, pouted and began to curse Howard.

Xie Kai is really about to laugh, Howard, you have caused trouble, you have offended our Miss Zhou, are you sneezing now?
Just after finishing the phone call with Zhou Jing, my mother Chen Guixiang called...

"Mom, what's the matter with you?"

"Akai, did you get injured in today's game? I heard the news from the customers in the shop!" Chen Guixiang asked with concern.

Xie Kai sighed inwardly, it seemed that he would be surrounded by these two women in the future, and he didn't know whether to be lucky or worried.

The next opponent of the Kings is the Philadelphia 76ers.

Philadelphia is located in the southeastern part of Pennsylvania, USA. It is one of the oldest and most historic cities in the United States. From 1790 to 1800, it was the capital of the United States before Washington was established. Therefore, it has a very important position in the history of the United States.

The Philadelphia 76ers, formerly known as the Syracuse Nationals, is one of the original members of the NBA and has a long team history.Today, the team has entered the "post-Iverson era", and its strength is in the middle of the league rankings. The team leader is Andre Iguodala, nicknamed "Little AI".

After the 3-game losing streak, Xie Kai was no longer as intoxicated with the beauty of the away city as before. He felt the discomfort brought by the loss.Some of his teammates would go out on the road to have a good time and be cool, and he never did.It's not that he doesn't want to get along with his teammates, it's entirely because he doesn't even have a stable playing time yet, and he doesn't have the capital to be chic.

On November 11th, the home of the Philadelphia 4ers - Wachovia Center Arena.

In recent seasons, the record of the Philadelphia 76ers has hovered around 8th in the East. Thinking about it, it lacks talent and is not bad. The team still has some capable players, so the record is not that bad.Last season, they entered the playoffs as No. 7 in the East, but stopped in the first round.

What hinders this team from going further is the lack of superstars.In the NBA, superstars increase the upper limit of the team. Even the Spurs, which are all soldiers, still have GDP!
As for the 76ers, the head star is "little AI" Iguodala, a player known as "the poor man's version of LeBron".But he is not LeBron after all, and he cannot lead this 76ers team to the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, the Eastern Conference finals, let alone the finals.

The uneven record brings that it is difficult to get a top-ranked pick in the draft.Without a high draft pick, it is too difficult to rely on Taobao to obtain the real cornerstone of the team. They are not attractive to the big fish in the free market, so it is extremely difficult for this team to achieve a breakthrough.

In this game, the starting lineup of the 76ers at home is: center - Samuel Dalembert, power forward - Elton Brand, small forward - Thaddeus Young, shooting guard - - Andre Iguodala, point guard - Andre Miller.

The starting lineup of the Kings in the away game is: center - Spencer Hawes, power forward - Mitch Moore, small forward - John Salmons, shooting guard - Kevin Martin, point guard - Benno Udry.

After the 3-game losing streak, the Kings still haven't changed the starting lineup. The data of this starting lineup is not good when they are on the court.Of course, they are also playing against the opponent's starting lineup, so when the strength on paper is not as good as that of the opponent, everything is normal.

The game was explained by Craig Sager and Mark Jackson.

After the game started, the two teams played inextricably.The offensive focus of the two sides is different. The Kings focus on outside attacks, while the 76ers focus on inside attacks.

"Philadelphia's starter lacks a consistent 3-point shooter!" Mark Jackson said.

"They had one, they just got traded!" Craig Sagel said with a laugh.

Mark Jackson smiled and remained silent.Of course he knew that his partner was talking about Kyle Korver.

The evenly matched situation was quickly broken. As the 76ers increased their defensive strength, once the Kings missed the outside line, the score began to be gradually opened.

In nearly 4 minutes, the Kings failed to score 1 point.During the period, the head coach Reggie Tois called a timeout, but it still didn't help.

The 76ers took the opportunity to play a 10:0 spurt and instantly opened up the score.

"Sacramento has a perimeter basket, but the defense and ball-handler talent are still too bad!" Mark Jackson pointed out the problem.

"What can we do? The only All-Star, Ron, was traded to Houston in the summer!" Craig Sagel shrugged helplessly.

With 3 minutes and 11 seconds left in the first quarter, Xie Kai replaced Kevin Martin when there was a dead ball.

(End of this chapter)