Basketball myth

Chapter 156 The Lakers Show Weakness
现在的湖人队以55胜14负的成绩名列全联盟第一！爵士队排在湖人队的后面以52胜17负的成绩排名西部第二！还有10几场的常规赛比赛里，双方还会碰到一次就是最后的一场常规赛的较量！
Many people believe that the goals of both sides are all prepared for the championship!However, only one team won in the end!This game is called the warm-up of the Western Conference Finals by some media!

The current Lakers have such good results that many people did not expect, especially when the Lakers are still a 12-man rotation team, everyone has time to play, and this is especially true when every player has a role to play!
奥尼尔现在平均上场34分钟，得到25分13个篮板的成绩，希尔现在平均上场35分钟，得到17分6板7次助攻的好成绩！科比在与托马斯的交谈以后，把三分作为了自己注意的得分手段！现在的他三分命中率有3成8以上！

But at the beginning of the game, no one imagined such a scene!The Lakers were beaten by the Jazz!It can even be said that the Lakers were suppressed by the Jazz from the beginning to the end of this game!
In this game, Barkley and Kevin did not play due to injuries!Um!Very official statement!The position of the injury is also an old injury in the past!But without the role of such two substitute pillars, the overall score of the Lakers has dropped by at least 15 points!
Maybe someone can replace these veterans in this situation, but this is not the most worrying thing, or in other words, it is not the most serious situation!Before the game, Grant Hill felt some discomfort in his knee and needed further observation!

This is very worrying for Lakers fans!Hill's knee injury?If this is the case, the Lakers' season will be over!Fortunately, the Lakers issued a statement later, saying it was nothing serious!Hill can still play!

But in this game with the Jazz, Hill was in no shape at all!Just cast blue 4 times!Scored 5 points and 4 assists!Not even a rebound!O'Neal was still so domineering, and he and Malone had an explosive exchange!Scored 31 points!Without Hill, Kobe has assumed all the obligations!However, facing the Jazz's targeted defense, they only scored 13 points. For the Lakers as a whole, it was a drop in the bucket!
Fortunately, the other players played normally. Horry and Fisher scored 28 points combined. Ratliff played the main game, rebounded and scored 13 points with the second attack!The substitutes fought tenaciously with the Jazz's famous substitutes to the end without leadership!
Unfortunately, the final Lakers still got a fiasco with a score of 98 to 106!Although the score did not show the gap in this game, everyone who watched this game knows that there is a big gap between the Lakers' main force and their substitutes and the Jazz!
This season's Western Conference must be dominated by the Jazz!

The media after the game made corresponding reports, "Western Championship Lakers?That's a joke! ", "Western Championship Utah Jazz"...

"In this game called a preview of the Western Conference Finals, at the home court of the Utah Jazz, the Lakers did not lead for more than a second. They were suppressed by the Jazz throughout the game, clearly revealing their young and unstable nature! The entire Lakers team was panicked! Hill, the core of the backcourt, was in no condition. I don’t know if it was affected by injuries. The whole performance was like sleepwalking! Kobe bravely shouldered the burden under such circumstances, but , that is, except for the timely passing of the ball to O'Neal, I didn't see any other advantages! He only scored 28 points in 13 shots in the game? Is this a player who is favored by the Lakers? The whole team does not have championship momentum!"

"The Jazz didn't try their best, they just made the shots they should have made steadily. The matchup between Malone and O'Neal was very exciting. This is the demeanor that inside players should have! Malone deserves to be an MVP The audience did not give the Lakers a single chance! Stockton was still the same, interfering with the opponent's pass, but his own pass was perfect and turned the Jazz into a collective. Except for Malone's singles, the Jazz's The entire outside line is under the leadership of Stockton and the Lakers are at a loss!"

"This season's Western Conference must be a solo dance! Maybe the former Big Three of the Rockets can cause a little trouble for the Jazz, but the stupid Sir Barkley actually chose the unreliable Lakers? This is the failure of his life." !"

"Kevin's choice didn't make a decision that suits him. The current Lakers don't give people a chance of success! However, Kevin's choice brought a 10+7 player to his team. Very remarkable! This is also his only gratifying thing!"

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Inside the Lakers team, which was at the forefront of the storm, Thomas just smiled when he saw such reports, and said to himself very confidently, "It seems that the media will help me unintentionally! Is this how the Lakers behaved?" Is it? Ridiculous!"

The one-season experience with the Nets told Thomas to play useful games in the regular season, play games that increase his strength, and don't force himself for his so-called good results when the quota and ranking are determined. Let the player's state play out!Such a result is very unfavorable to oneself!

The Lakers are the Zijin Dynasty, one of the two most impossible teams in the history of the NBA. Without the Lakers, the NBA is not a complete NBA. The Lakers have countless traditions that can be proud of!

However, the arrogance of such a team will be very serious!It was so serious that Thomas couldn't ignore it!O'Neal, Kobe, Fisher, and Horry who have become the purple and gold team all have more or less such troubles!
Although not that serious!However, if the Lakers win consecutive victories, what will happen to these young people's hearts, if they have the idea of ​​being proud and underestimating the enemy, no one can say!Therefore, at the end of the season, Thomas gave up a few games interestingly!
Even Thomas wants to turn the initial playoffs into a place for his training!
The Lakers' highest winning streak since Thomas took over is only 6 consecutive victories. When there is no more than 8 consecutive victories, of course, there are many such winning streaks!In the next game against the Jazz, among the 13 Lakers matchups, only the Suns and the final Jazz can pose a certain threat to the Lakers. The rest will be the Lakers' victory!

This is Thomas' confidence!However, such a situation also caused a certain amount of trouble!The Lakers would be very proud!So proud that I think I will be the final winner!

The main players of the current Lakers are O'Neal, Hill, and Horry who have experience in the finals. Of course, Hill dominates the NCAA!However, the indispensable Fisher and Kobe are only in their rookie period. With such an idea, they will cause Thomas a lot of trouble!

The Lakers are too old now to last more than 5 minutes in each of 6 or 36 games. The small ones are too young and they are still in their rookie period!Such an arrangement wasted too many cells of Thomas!

So, this game against the Jazz was intentionally given up by Thomas, eh!Except for Hill, Barkley and Kevin, everyone else didn't know that this game was given up by Thomas!Including coaching staff and managers!
Now Thomas is going all out for himself to win that championship!You must know that in such a game, such a result, and such an end, Thomas is under the greatest pressure!All the injury arrangements are arranged by Thomas alone!Then Thomas is responsible for the consequences of all failures!However, if the overall Lakers do not have any major fluctuations, they may even win the championship!Then Thomas will secure his position!

All in all, Thomas made the Lakers put their hearts on the playoffs with the Jazz!The battle between No. [-] and No. [-] in the West!The others are no longer taken seriously by the Lakers!
(End of this chapter)