Superstar Tyreke

Chapter 122 Defending the home field
Ibaka made two free throws, the Kings served in the backcourt, Isaiah Thomas dribbled the ball halfway, made a two-pointer with an emergency stop jumper, and the game ended!
最终国王队主场以104比109惜败于俄克拉荷马雷霆，遭遇3连败，战绩来到了20胜10负。

However, although the game was lost, after the game, the home fans still gave their home team applause for a long time. In the absence of 3 main players, the team still competed with the Thunder team with the league's first record. At the last moment, this performance was enough to earn people's respect.

Thunder Durant scored 42 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists. Westbrook also contributed 23 points, 9 rebounds and 14 assists. Harden also performed well off the bench, scoring 21 points. All three of the Thunder played perfectly. Under such circumstances, the Kings can still hold the score. In addition to the team's iron-blooded defense today, the most important thing is Tyreke's superb performance.

Tyreke played almost the whole game and scored 61 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. The 61 points are not only the highest score in Tyreke's career, but also the highest individual score in a single game in the entire league this season. It is the highest individual score in a single game in the history of the Kings!

Looking at the entire history of the NBA, there are only a handful of players who can score more than 60 points in a game, which one is not a famous name!Just today Tyreke also became one of them, entering the 60+ club!
After the game, all the media praised Tyreke, but in the post-match press conference, Tyreke didn't pay too much attention to the great deeds he created. Tyreke kept emphasizing that the team has encountered three With a losing streak, the team is still in difficulty, and any record without a victory is not worth mentioning.

But from this game, the outside world has seen the potential of the Kings. In the absence of Cousins, West, and Caron Butler, the Thunder team, which relies on Tyreke to lead a group of role players to overflow talent Almost capsized, no one dared to underestimate the Kings team, which is short of major generals. If they can push the Thunder to such a situation, who can say that they can win against them?
However, the Kings will not be satisfied with being able to fight the Thunder until the last moment. Losing is losing. At this time, their record has been overtaken by the Spurs and Clippers, and they have suddenly fallen to No. 4 in the Western Conference. What is most needed is a victory.

The game against the Thunder proved that the team's main defensive and counterattack tactics are feasible in the absence of three main players. Contestable.

The next five games are still held in Sacramento, against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers, Philadelphia 5ers and Toronto Raptors.

Two days later, the last regular-season match between the Kings and the Timberwolves of the season started at the Sleep Train Arena.

In the previous 3 matches, the Kings achieved a record of 2 wins and 1 loss. This season's Timberwolves are now 14 wins and 16 losses, which is a great improvement from the previous season's record of 17 wins and 65 losses. They won 3 more games Just caught up with the number of wins last season, and this season is still a shrinking season.

Timberwolves star Kevin Love was selected to the All-Star lineup for the second time this season. The Spanish golden boy Ricky Rubio, who landed in the NBA this season, also showed good organizational skills and was put on the starting lineup. The insider Nikola Pekovic has also become Love's ideal inside partner. The draft conference selected Derek Williams at the second place. Although Tyreke knew that he would eventually become a parallel importer, but at this time he was in the outside world. In his eyes, he is a future star with great potential.

After the absence of Cousins, West, and Caron Butler, the king's book strength is not necessarily much higher than that of the Timberwolves. From the perspective of staffing, the two teams can be said to be evenly matched at this time.

Facing the Timberwolves, the starting lineup of the Kings was the same as when they played against the Thunder. Evans, Jimmy, Garcia, Faried, and Whiteside started the game. The Timberwolves sent Ricky Rubio, Lu C. Ridnour, Wesley Johnson, Kevin Love, and Nikola Pekovic started the five-man team.

After the last game against the Thunder, the No. [-] team in the league, facing the Timberwolves in this game, the Kings felt a lot of pressure, and the Kings, who continued to insist on iron-blooded defense, caused a lot of damage to the Timberwolves. trouble.

Wesley Johnson, who was selected to the second team of the All-Rookie Team last season, is still highly valued this season, but his unremarkable statistics have also declined in all directions. Wesley Johnson's performance on the court is gradually being verified Tyreke's remarks about him being a parallel importer last season.

In this game, Wesley Johnson was overwhelmed by Garcia, whose playing time has been greatly reduced this season, on both ends of the offense and defense. The backcourt of the Timberwolves made frequent mistakes under the defense of Jimmy. Under the defense of Whiteside, the inside line of the meat shield performed mediocrely.

唯一保持着高水准发挥的就是他们的全明星内线凯文.乐福，能里能外的凯文.乐福全场比赛22投12中，三分线外4投2中，拿下33分15板的大号两双。

However, no matter how well a person plays, it is impossible to be worth a team. Just like in the last game, even though Tyreke scored 61 points, which created a record in team history, it was still a hair's breadth away from the Thunder's three players who all played well. What's more, Love is facing the Kings and Tyreke.

In this game, Tyreke played with the determination to end the losing streak for the team, continued the firepower output of the previous game, and scored 48 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists again!Fully demonstrated the strength of a super all-around scorer!

In the end, the Kings beat the visiting Timberwolves 113-102 at home, avoiding a 4-game losing streak and defending their home court. All 4 matches between the Kings and the Timberwolves in the regular season this season are over, and the Kings have 3 wins and 1 loss. Advantage.

The victory over the Timberwolves made the Kings more confident. At this time, there is still some time before the return of the injured, and there are still many challenges in the future.However, although the team is now moving forward in difficulties, it has given young players in the team who had few opportunities to play more time. In this kind of adversity, people can be trained, their potentials are stimulated, and the team The young players in the development.At the same time, Tyreke, the absolute core of the team, also realized his responsibility as a leader more deeply during this difficult time, and he is slowly moving towards a better self...

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