lakers championship

Chapter 147 The strongest state

At 13:7 p.m. on the [-]th, the pre-match interview between the Lakers and the Kings began.

Tianyang was not present, but all questions from the media were related to him.

"Hello Coach Walton, the Lakers official Twitter just announced that Tianyang will come off the bench in this game. Is this a punishment for his poor performance in recent games and negative training attitude?"

"First of all, players are not as stable as robots, and there will inevitably be times when they perform poorly. In addition, they played back-to-back 5 days and 4 games against the Mavericks, Suns, and Pelicans before. Tianyang's performance is not as good as before. It is understandable. In addition , he did not train passively and asked me for leave beforehand, so this is not a punishment.”

"But TMZ photographed Tianyang asking for leave just to stay at home with his girlfriend, is that okay?"

"Of course. Is it possible that in your understanding, players should train 24 hours a day? Basketball is just a part of life. If someone close to you needs company, I support players asking for leave."

"But he has performed poorly recently due to emotional problems, which caused the Lakers' record to change from 5 wins and 1 loss to 5 wins and 4 losses. Has the Lakers management thought about intervening?"

"I repeat, his performance is not bad, it's just not as good as before. Besides, if it's because his one-man team can't win, then other people can retire directly. Losing must be because many people didn't win. Fight well. Lastly on the question of intervention, he is an adult and we have no right to interfere."

The video of Wharton's remarks appeared on the big screen in the TNT studio 1 hour later.

After the group of four finished watching, O'Neill applauded first, "Well said! Walton is indeed very suitable for the position of head coach."

Barkley nodded, "His words reminded me of U2 talking about Justin Bieber."

Kenny raised his eyebrows, "Oh? Tell me?"

Buckley turned his head to look at the host, and Ernie nodded in agreement.

"Bieber did a lot of bad things in the early years, recruiting prostitutes, spitting on fans, urinating in public, hiding drugs, etc., there are simply too many to count. Some reporters went to interview Bieber's mentor, the famous singer U2, and asked why he didn't care about it. , Guide Bieber. U2 told reporters that Bieber is an adult and should be responsible for his own choices. Intervention is useless, but it will limit Bieber’s genius-like creative ability. As a result, these years have passed, Bieber You have also seen the growth. I think what Wharton just said is the same as U2’s thinking. Besides, what Tianyang did is far less bad than Bieber. With his super leadership against Duke University in the NCAA period, I assert He'll be back on track in three games."

After Buckley finished speaking, Kenny blinked, "So you made another bet just now?"

O'Neill chuckled, "What's the standard for getting back on track?"

Ernie spread his hands, "Why do you bet every time the Lakers game is broadcast live across the United States? Where does the confidence come from?"

Barkley looked up to the sky and sighed, "What the hell are you focusing on?"

O'Neal slapped the table, "Don't change the subject!"

Barkley clasped his hands together, "I'm convinced. Didn't you see that Tianyang on the bench was smiling like a fool? It was obvious that he had just experienced something good and he was in a good mood. Even the substitute was not affected at all. Definitely in good shape.”

Kenny slapped the table again, "Seriously, how do you gamble?"

"Looks like it's okay not to gamble?" Barkley was also angry, "Okay, gamble is also okay, come and gamble with me."

"Shaq, you go!"

"No, Kenny, you go!"

"What do you think?" Under Barkley's contemptuous gaze, Ernie raised his hand, "I'll set a standard, Shaq and Kenny will be in a team, and Charles will be in a team with you. Whoever wins, I will Who will be the host of the remaining 5 live broadcast Lakers games across the United States in this game, and who has the host right to allow the other party to answer any questions, are you interested?"

Thinking of the embarrassing way the other party answered the embarrassing question, the three of Shaq nodded in unison.

Ernie pushed his glasses, "Okay, let's play a suspenseful game, betting whether the score difference between Tianyang and Cousins ​​can reach 7 or more. Note, it's the difference, not who scores higher. Charles, you alone In a group, you choose first!"

Barkley heard the words and pondered for a while, "I can't choose!"

Ernie nodded, "Then you two can choose automatically, why can't you choose?"

Barkley immediately raised his head and put on a haughty posture, "I won't!"

On the field, the match between the two teams had already started, and Tianyang sat on the bench and smirked.

Only because at the end of the afternoon training, Farage, who had been sleeping late to recover his strength, sent him a text message, which said: "Everything was very good last night, and I am already looking forward to the next time."

What could be happier than this?

He just smirked like this from the afternoon to the start of the game. The live cameras captured his smile countless times, but he didn't realize it until Wharton shouted: "Tianyang, you go up and fight."

Hearing this, he raised his head and glanced at the timer. The game had come to the last 2 minutes of the first quarter. The Lakers and the Kings tied at 20-20. Both teams didn't feel good.

As soon as he got up and walked to the technical stage, the Staples Center booed everywhere, and the fans gathered on the court from all directions.

"Remember! Although you are extremely proficient, you can't score with the basketball on your feet!"

"Please don't shoot the basketball, you smashed the rim, and it will cost a lot of money to replace it!"

"I'm so disappointed in you, please slap me in the face!"

Tianyang really didn't expect that the fans' trash talk was quite innovative...

When he got to the court, he looked up and saw that the Kings had also put on a substitute, and Garrett Temple was facing him.

The height of the two is almost the same, and the figure is stronger than Temple.

The referee blew the whistle and Tariq served from the baseline.

Calderon led the ball forward, crossed the center line, handed it over to Thomas Robinson at the top of the arc, and then ran to the short left corner to cover for Tianyang.

Tianyang immediately went around the sideline, received the pass, and made a shot.Waiting for Darren Collison, who was switching defenses, to take off, he lowered the basketball and pounced forward, directly into the inside line, then took a European step and moved laterally to the right, easily dodging Willie Cauley-Stein who was blocking him, and finally Mid-range shot from the free-throw line.

The basketball bounced into the net with bang, bang, bang, and scored 2 points.

Tianyang landed and returned to defense, thinking while running: "In order to take care of Farage, I have let the fans down for several games, now I should show my strongest form."

He rushed to the front court in a blink of an eye, and the Kings players also settled down.

Collison lingered in possession of the ball at the top of the arc, failed to find breakthrough opportunities several times, and had no choice but to split the ball.

Garrett received the ball and went directly to Tianyang, and then forced his way inside, making it clear that he wanted to use his physical advantage to force him.

But Tianyang took a deep breath, stepped into a horse stance, exerted strength with his feet and waist at the same time, and resisted the strong head abruptly.

Temple's breakthrough was frustrated, and he immediately received the ball and wanted to pass.

Unexpectedly, Tianyang had quick eyes and quick hands, he directly slapped the ball to steal it, and then took a step forward, picked up the basketball and rushed to the frontcourt.

Temple reflexively wanted to chase, but when he started, he found that Tianyang had already crossed the center line two or three steps away, and when he rushed to the three-point line in the front court, Tianyang had already flown into the air.

Folding his hands for a dunk, Staples finally got a little applause from the center line.

The Kings attacked again, Curry waited for the ball on the right wing, Willie Cauley-Stein stepped forward to make a pick-and-roll, and Temple also suddenly ran from the right corner to the basket.

As a defender, Tianyang could only run up, but he glanced at Willy from the corner of his eye as he ran.

why?During the months when he was unable to move because of the injury, he learned about the tactics of every head coach in the league.Kings coach David Joerger likes to attack from the elbow area very much, and Willie also has a mid-range shot. In this attack, it is very likely that Collison broke through to attract double-teams, and then passed back to Willy's elbow area for a mid-range shot.

Sure enough, after Collison rushed to the free throw line with the help of the pick-and-roll, he was supposed to make a layup, but his eyes looked to the right.

Tianyang made a decisive decision and gave up chasing Temple. The moment Collison passed the ball, he slammed straight to the elbow from the right basket.

Willie immediately raised his hand to shoot after receiving the basketball, completely oblivious to other movements.

"BANG!!!", Tianyang slapped the big hat head on and shot.

After he landed, he quickly grabbed the basketball, and a quarterback made a long pass, which assisted Nick Young, who was about to go down, for a layup.

TNT studio, Barkley laughed, "Am I right?"

Although it is a little uncomfortable to see Barkley laughing so wildly, O'Neal must also admit that the European step, tough defense, fast steals, fast break dunks, and predictive blocks, these actions have fully demonstrated Tianyang's skills and strength , speed, bounce, and consciousness have all returned to their strongest state.

(End of this chapter)