lakers championship

Chapter 349 The Strongest Challenge

Kai fans wanted to counterattack quickly, but they couldn't find a suitable entry point for a while.

Finally, Kai fans said: Coach Stevens took over the Celtics in 13 and led the team back to the playoffs in the 14-15 season, which is much faster than the Lakers, so he is not limiting the player's upper limit, but raising it player cap.

Although the logic is a bit far-fetched, it is useless to talk about logic on social networks.

Hu Mi couldn't deny this, and could only blame Little Buss for being too stupid.

Kai fans can be regarded as moving back [-]%, and the focus of the debate is back to the "cornerstone player".

In this regard, with the existence of Tianyang, Humi won a big victory.

But Kai fans said that Stevens is the cornerstone of the Celtics.

Can the coach be the cornerstone of the team?
Therefore, Kaimi and Humi started a discussion on the definition of "cornerstone".

……

Because of the back-to-back schedule, on the night of the Lakers victory over the Celtics, the whole team boarded a plane non-stop and rushed to Washington, the capital. What awaited them was the fierce impact of the Wizards' double guns in the backcourt.

When the plane landed in Washington, it was already two o'clock in the morning on the 9th, and the airport was already extremely empty.

But as soon as Tianyang came out, a female reporter ran up and asked if he could do an interview.

If it was normal, Tianyang would most likely wave his hand and refuse, but it was very cold in Boston, and it was almost the same in Washington. Thinking that it would be difficult to make a living, Tianyang immediately nodded in agreement.

"Excuse me, what do you think of the huge number of fans saying 'Stevens limits the player cap'?"

The first question was so difficult, Tianyang couldn't help frowning, and after thinking for a while, he said:
"Fans often cite Milicic's experience in the Pistons, thinking that coach Larry Brown caused him to perform poorly, but he later came to the Timberwolves, didn't he not play well?"

"DeAndre Jordan has been used as a rebounding machine for the Clippers in the past few years, but after Coach Rivers took office, he became a double-double regular. What does this mean?"

"So, when we discuss this issue, it should not be specific to a certain person. What we should discuss is: whether the team's tactics may restrict players."

"I think it is possible. Tactics that are too reasonable or too unreasonable may cause problems in player development. Some players need a lot of playing time and shot rights, and some players need to minimize mistakes..."

Having said that, the female reporter interrupted and asked: "So, do you think Coach Stevens' tactics are too reasonable? Make it difficult for the Celtics to go further?"

This is obviously digging a hole, Tianyang immediately shook his head and said: "This is what you are talking about, I have nothing to say."

After speaking, Tianyang turned around and left. The female reporter caught up and asked, "Then what do you think is the cornerstone?"

Tianyang shrugged: "Just wait and see."

……

At 9 o'clock in the morning on the 10th, ESPN released a video, which was a conversation between a female reporter and Tianyang.

Half an hour later, the topic with the keyword "Sky Ocean criticizes Stevens' rigid tactics" aroused frantic discussions on Twitter, with a discussion volume of 117 million+ times, and many media professionals and NBA players also joined in.

Bill Simmons: "@天洋, I know there is an edited part of it, but your words still show contempt for Coach Stevens, cancel it, block it, goodbye!"

Kevin Hart: "Appearance is justice. A handsome man always receives more praise. Fans always call him 'young man', but Tyronn Lue is actually younger. Why no one calls him 'less man'? handsome'?"

Robert Parish: "Finally someone agrees with me. Of course Stevens is a good coach, but everyone praises him too much, and even Cole doesn't have that much praise. What's the 'single core' remarks? To be able to speak out, completely disregarding player contribution."

As a famous star of the Green Army, Parish's remarks seemed to press the nuclear bomb start button, and various discussions about crazy Stevens emerged on the social network in an instant.

"He just enjoys the benefits of the East being too bad. Let's see where the 9th in the West can be ranked in the East."

"The Celtics had a lot of good players last season. If he can lead the Magic or the Suns to the playoffs, then he is really capable, let alone they are the No. [-] pick this year."

"Did you win against LeBron? You haven't won for so many years. Please don't brag. If Rondo hadn't been injured last season, the Bulls would have been eliminated 4-0."

There were more and more discussions about Black Stevens, showing a blowout state. At this time, WOJ appeared.

WOJ updated Twitter and wrote: "The league imposed a fine of US$10 on Tianyang. The specific reason is: Tianyang should not discuss the behavior or results of other team coaches or players in terms of non-game data."

Seems very complicated, as incomprehensible as 'Why Basketball'.

……

Kindly do me a favor, but Zeng Xiang was actually tempted by malice, and it also made the following things completely out of control.

ESPN didn't show any shame at all, Tianyang was very angry, but the Lakers' public relations department asked to be silenced, and he was busy preparing how to deal with the Wizards, so he didn't make any statement.

Last time at home, Wall had a great impact on the Lakers with his speed, and also delayed the Lakers' fast-break rhythm. He relied on Tianyang and Kobe to score points steadily and win the game.

This time, because it was a back-to-back game, Walton arranged for Kobe, Carter, Rose, and Rondo to rest in rotation.

After much deliberation, Tianyang and Wharton decided to directly send five young players to kill the Wizards.

It seems that there is no problem. The five players are too strong offensively and defensively. The Jazz and Trail Blazers can't stand it. They can play against the Wizards casually.

But when the actual fight started, the trend of the game was completely different.

The back-to-back schedule and a lot of physical exertion caused the two rookies Kuzma and Tatum to hit the rookie wall. Otto Porter and Markieff Morris played against them and scored 10 goals in the first half. +Score, helping the Wizards lead the Lakers 56 to 48.

After the start of the second half, Tianyang helped the two find their rhythm and kept feeding the ball, but the two still couldn't find the touch. They also made various defensive mistakes or were slow to react, which caused the Lakers to fall behind more and more.

In the fourth quarter of the game, Tianyang decided to temporarily stop helping the two, and changed to chasing points with Randall and Ingram. Defending Wall for a layup caused a waist sprain and left the field early for diagnosis.

Fortunately, Tianyang also turned on the super scoring mode, and in the last minute, he stole Wall twice in a row, using a three-plus-one and a three-point lore to kill the Wizards, and won 1 consecutive victories for the Lakers.

After defeating the Wizards, the Lakers boarded the plane again and headed to Milwaukee to challenge the Bucks.

In this game, Walton arranged for Lopez to rest and arranged for Rondo and Rose to play.

With two more point guards, the game suddenly became easier, and the Lakers always maintained the lead.

But in the last quarter of the game, Carter sprained his ankle during a breakthrough, and the team doctor said he needed to rest for a week.

But even if there were dangers, the Lakers beat the Bucks 102 to 90, and Tianyang scored 32 points.

After the game against the Bucks, the Lakers' road trip to the Eastern Conference is also over, but before they return to Staples, they will go to Arizona to play the Suns.

The 23-point defeat at the beginning of the game, as well as the painful memory of SkyOcean scoring 74 points in the Stock King Resort Arena, allowed the Suns to fight the Lakers with all their strength.

Since Watson was fired, the Suns only had an interim head coach. Booker, Josh Jackson and others didn't talk about tactics at all, but they scrambled and bumped into each other. With a lot of vigor, they actually maintained the lead for a full 42 minutes.

But in the last 6 minutes, Tianyang and Kobe stood up, and the two scored consecutively, narrowing the gap.

Seeing that the point difference is getting smaller and smaller, and Marquis' actions are getting bigger and bigger, Tianyang deliberately fouled and failed to catch him, but in a defense, he pushed Kobe to the ground, causing Kobe's elbow to be suspected. Departure processing.

Although Marquis was also sent off, the offensive burden of the Lakers fell on Tianyang alone.

It's not that they won't play against Ingram and others, but they don't have that much confidence. Wharton doesn't want to take the risk of winning 14 consecutive victories.

Just like playing against the Wizards, Tianyang came down to earth at the last moment. Every time the Lakers counterattacked after a successful defense, he made catches and shots, killing the Suns in one wave.

After defeating the Suns, the Lakers won 14 consecutive victories, and Sports Illustrated published a feature article-"What is the cornerstone".

The article wrote: "In the past 4 consecutive away games of the Lakers, Tianyang averaged 30 points and 7 assists per game when his teammates were troubled by injuries, vividly showing what a cornerstone player is, and the Lakers have nothing special at all Tactics, which shows that in basketball games, the role of players is far greater than that of coaches."

Originally, this kind of argument was nothing. Basically, it was discussed once a month, but the extreme Lakers fans with good things used this to attack Kai fans and brought up the argument of 'Stevens restricting the upper limit of players' again.

Kai fans did not respond positively, but said: "The Lakers are currently three important rotation injuries, if Tianyang can still lead the team to a big victory in the game against the 3ers without any special tactics, then it will be really awesome. "

This can be regarded as a trap for Lakers fans. The 76ers' lineup is not so strong.

Embiid, Simmons, Fultz, Covington, Saric, both offensive and defensive, balanced inside and outside.

It can be said that the Lakers are about to face the strongest challenge.

(End of this chapter)