lakers championship

Chapter 360
In the first half of Barkley's sentence, he blew up the Rockets' offense to the sky, making everyone mistakenly think that he supported the Rockets, but in the end he chose the Lakers to win. The turning point was caught off guard, making everyone confused.

O'Neill pretended to be serious: "You'd better give us a reasonable explanation, or you'll be beaten."

Thomas and others nodded in agreement, and Barkley said with a mean smile: "The Rockets' running and bombing system is invincible, but the upper limit is relatively low, because they only have two stars, Paul and Harden. When they meet the Lakers, they are all soldiers." Once the team feels cold, it is very difficult to be taken away by a wave, not to mention that Harden often loses his mind on the defensive end."

"According to your point of view, the Rockets can't beat, the Warriors lost unexpectedly, the Celtics were completely suppressed, and the 76ers can't even beat the incomplete Lakers. The Lakers are already unstoppable and invincible?" Hill continued. Said.

"In my opinion, the Warriors and Cavaliers have a chance to win the Lakers, as well as the Rockets who feel overwhelming. Do you know what the common characteristics of these three teams are?" Webber asked.

As the person who correctly predicted how the Lakers would win the Warriors, Webber spoke, and no one interrupted.

Webber continued: "Beating the Lakers requires a strong singles player to tear apart the Lakers' defense, and then others can play steadily. The Cavaliers can do it with LeBron, and the Warriors can do it with Durant."

Thomas rolled his eyes, seemed to think of something, and hurriedly said, "According to your theory, the Thunder also have a high chance of beating the Lakers. They have Westbrook, George, and Anthony three singles masters."

Weber shook his head: "Thunder almost got embarrassed, their tactical system is too disassembled, and Anthony can hardly be called a singles master."

Several people discussed for a while, and the round table meeting came to an end, and Ernie made a concluding speech.

"Attention the coaches of each team. We have come up with a way to defeat the Lakers. That is to design tactics for players who are stronger in singles in your team. Of course, other players in your team must also be able to shoot and attack with the ball."

After the show was broadcast, netizens were full of complaints. Aren't there only a few teams that can meet this requirement? If other teams dare to play like that, the Lakers will definitely collapse at halftime.

But Rockets coach D'Antoni seemed to think of a good way after watching the show, saying that it was very good.

……

At 30 pm on the 3th, Los Angeles, the Lakers Training Center.

After the tactical running training was over, everyone rested for 15 minutes, and Walton and Brian Shaw sat on the sidelines.

"How's the rest plan going?" Wharton asked, crossing his legs.

"After playing the Rockets, we started to take a rest. Every time we go to the Eastern Conference, we will rest one of our main players. When we return to the home court to play against the weaker teams, we will rest the main players. Now we are struggling with how to arrange the three tough games in the Western Conference." Bryan Shaw said.

Walton heard the words, but did not answer immediately. He knew that the Lakers' schedule would be particularly difficult after entering December.

The Lakers need the No. 2 to go to the Denver Plateau to challenge the Nuggets, and the No. 3 to go to Houston to challenge the Rockets. These two games are definitely tough. First, back-to-back battles are extremely exhausting; second, the Rockets suffered a tragic 4-0 last season. Doing my best to prove myself, it happens to be the game that decides whether to win 23 consecutive games. The Lakers set the record and the Rockets defend the record. They must die to the end.

After these two games, the Lakers immediately started a wave of 4 consecutive visitors in the East. The opponents were the 76ers, Hornets, Knicks, and Cavaliers. There were two strong teams at the beginning and the end, and it was difficult to relax.

But this is not a big deal. After returning to the West after the end of the four-game streak in the East, the Lakers need to play the Warriors twice and the Rockets once within 5 days, which is the tough battle mentioned by Brian Shaw. If you want to compete for the number one in the Western Conference or even the number one in the league, then you will definitely have to grit your teeth and fight.

Even if these three battles are over, there are still two teams, the Trail Blazers and the Timberwolves, who want to secure a place in the playoffs, to challenge at the Staples Center. easy.

Wait until December 12, the Lakers will play the Rockets again!
Such a terrifying schedule, if there is no reasonable rotation, then 100% will suffer injuries.

If you are lucky, you can recuperate for a week with a minor injury. If you are unlucky, if you encounter a major injury, then GG.

"We played the Warriors and the Rockets twice in the middle, and also arranged for the main players to take turns." Walton made a decision after a long silence, "But there is no need to report to the league, and it is fine not to arrange them to play."

"Okay, then I'll rearrange it now." Brian Shaw got up and left.

……

At 30:8 p.m. on the 12th, in the Lakers training center, in the president's office, Jim and Kupchak were checking the work plan for December, and the two had already completed the last part.

"Have you seen the rest plan Wharton submitted?" Jim asked.

Kupchak nodded: "I've read it, and I just wanted to discuss this matter with you. The plan submitted by Wharton basically has a main player rest every game. This is very good, and it protects the players from injuries. It is the best choice to wait for the schedule to relax and then go for a wave of home court advantage."

Jim sighed: "I actually think that as long as we can beat the Rockets on the 2nd, we can hit a wave of 29 consecutive victories, so that the first and second consecutive victories in NBA history are the Lakers."

Kupchak shook his head: "Compared to the championship, the value of the winning streak is too low. The Warriors failed to win the championship with 73 wins. Everyone just mentioned it. We have to take a long-term goal..."

"I know, I'm just talking, it's hard to have both lobster and caviar." Jim interrupted with a wave of his hand, and drew a line on the work plan with a pen, "Then this winning streak celebration will be cancelled, and another What do you think of a discount for tickets in the name of one?"

"I totally agree, but you need to inform Jenny, she is the president of operations." Kupchak nodded, "Also, it's best to inform the coaching staff, tell them not to be pressured, take the initiative to unload the burden of winning streak, and go into battle with ease .”

……

On the afternoon of the 2nd, the entire Lakers team arrived in Colorado.

In the game against the Nuggets that night, Walton changed the starting lineup for the Nth time, and arranged for Kobe, Rondo, and Carter to start.

The three veterans have a wealth of experience, and they knew very clearly that they only played 15 minutes. They were very unceremonious and tried their best to fight the Nuggets and a bunch of boys, helping the Lakers draw with the Nuggets 9 minutes before the first quarter.

After returning from the timeout, Walton directly dispatched five young players to the Nuggets' substitute players, and directly played a wave of high-intensity full-court pressing and fast offense. In 3 minutes, they played a wave of 13 to 2.

In the second quarter, Walton still arranged for five young players to play first. When the head coach of the Nuggets woke up and switched back to the starting lineup, the Lakers had already played a wave of 7-0.

With an advantage of nearly 20 points, Walton never deployed the full lineup throughout the second half, but in the end the Lakers still defeated the Nuggets 115 to 110 and easily won 22 consecutive victories.

……

The opponent after the Lakers' 22-game winning streak happened to be the Rockets, which caused a lot of discussion.

On Twitter, many celebrities also expressed their opinions.

Pierce: "Attention young fans, I was the one who ended the Rockets' 22-game winning streak."

Jennings: "The Lakers are fighting back to back, and the Rockets still have 1 reasons to win the game. The level of investment is absolutely high enough to explode!"

Jerence Rose: "I heard that D'Antoni has found a way to restrain the Lakers!"

　I wrote it according to the real schedule. The Lakers were particularly difficult in December 17 and only won 12 games. . .

　　
　
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