King of the Point Guard Era

Chapter 103 Returning to the Staples Center
On January 1st, the last game of the month for the Kings, he challenged the Lakers away. He Yixiang came to the Staples Center again. At this time, his heart was much calmer. Compared with the Clippers, the combat effectiveness of the Lakers Much stronger. They have defeated the Kings twice this season. Last time, taking advantage of the Kings' two-game losing streak, the Lakers have successfully squeezed the Kings to the third place in the Western Conference, and the Kings have dropped to fifth place in the Western Conference. In the legendary Wild West, the competition is really fierce.

Before the game, Kobe also said very seriously: "The Kings are very strong. You can't ignore them just because the core of their team is rookies. We only won four games more than them. I have played against them and know their strength, so we You must not take it lightly.” Prior to this, the Lakers had won three consecutive victories at Staples, and for today’s game, they are full of ambition to win the game.

The starting lineups of the two sides and the first two games are still unchanged. The Kings lost both games in the first two games. The Lakers have a great psychological advantage, but Westphal is not very worried today. He saw He Yixiang and Yixiang yesterday. After Godala's practice, he didn't bother them, but retreated silently. If the players can handle these things by themselves, then let them handle them by themselves, so that they can grow even more.

Before the start of the game, the players all entered the field. Westphal was explaining to Cousins ​​on the sidelines the issue of controlling fouls. Cousins ​​is especially important in this game. If Cousins ​​is not facing the top three of the Lakers, Cousins Then the inside line will simply let the opponent get whatever they want!Even if He Yixiang hit super god statistics, it would be difficult to save the game.

However, Westphal always seemed very relieved about He Yixiang. Before the start of the game, he was also a little idle. He looked up inadvertently, and found something in the Staples Center that he hadn't found in the Clippers last time. 11 championship banners (five of the 16 championship banners are in Minneapolis) and 5 retired jerseys.

He Yixiang was a little strange, and asked Iguodala next to him: "Andre, why didn't I see these honors for the Lakers in the last game against the Clippers! They seem to be using the same stadium!"

"No way! Except for the Celtics, no matter which team shares the same arena with the Lakers, it would be embarrassing. 16 championships, and the standard of the Lakers' retired jerseys is extremely high. The owner of those nine jerseys , the entire Clippers is probably only Bob McAdoo who can compare with the lowest level! It is ridiculous that in the end, McAdoo and the owners of three of the jerseys won two championships together in the twilight of his career. Champion. Therefore, every home game of the Clippers will use something to cover up the history of the Lakers, especially the games between the two teams." Iguodala on the side saw He Yixiang's surprised expression and joked He said, "He, you don't get scared after seeing the horrible history of the Lakers, do you?"

"No! I just want to think about when I can win the first championship banner for Sacramento and retire my jersey with the Kings." He Yixiang squinted his eyes a little longingly, as if he had already seen himself winning the championship and retiring his jersey .

"Don't worry! It will happen sooner or later, and even if you don't win the championship, you will retire your jersey. I'm not sure about it." Looking at the yearning face of the rookie in front of him, Iguodala couldn't bear it. Laughed.

"We're going to win the championship, Andre."

"Then let's start with the victory of this game!"

Kobe also came to defend He Yixiang himself, but He Yixiang was not interested in strengthening him. He used Casspi's pick-and-roll for the first ball and directly forced into the inside line against Fisher. , squeezed out Gasol and scored the ball, and caused Gasol's foul at the same time.The referee's whistle sounded decisively.

Gasol was very angry. A foul at the beginning would have a great impact on his playing time in the next game. He did not delay Fisher at all until He Yixiang's breakthrough made it impossible for him to make up for his position. Feeling very angry at this foul, after He Yixiang made the free throw, Gasol also slammed the floor heavily before serving.

Not only was Gasol dissatisfied, but the Lakers audience booed dissatisfiedly!But also helpless.After all, at the position of point guard, the Lakers really have no one available. Shannon Brown has to share playing time for Kobe who has done more on the field. The newly signed Blake is older than Fisher and completely unable to Filling in the void left by Jordan Farmar, the point guard is extremely lacking in athleticism.

Looking back, Gasol also found ground on Landry. After reaching the deep position in the interior, he made a soft hook shot and scored. Landry spread his hands helplessly. Saul's attack was helpless to him.

But even though Landry couldn't guard Gasol in the interior, the pick-and-rolls of He Yixiang and Landry also made Gasol suffer a lot. He was not fast enough to face the supplementary defense He Yixiang or Landry. It's tough.In addition to He Yixiang's 2+1 at the beginning, Gasol and Landry played the rhythm of each other, and the two sides scored three goals in a row with 100% shooting rate.

The old Zen master couldn't sit still, and he took the lead in making adjustments in just 3 minutes. He replaced Fisher, who was almost disastrous on the defensive end, and replaced him with Shannon Brown, a young and better athlete. Although his three-point ability Weaker than Fisher, but not desperate on the defensive end.

After coming back from the timeout, Kobe was also the first to go crazy. He singled Iguodala with the ball and hit his signature drifting back jumper. But it was helpless, the Lakers fans saw their MVP Kobe hit his first goal of the field and cheered with their hands raised.

But just as they were cheering, the point guard He Yixiang, who they had expected to have the opportunity to cooperate with Kobe, once again gave the Lakers a heavy knife, facing Kobe with a quick three-pointer, the basketball hit the net .Seeing this ball, Kobe also frowned, because He Yixiang played poorly in the last game and did not dare to shoot a three-pointer. The defensive strategy at the beginning of this game was to let He Yixiang's three-pointer, but why did this ball shoot so resolutely? , and the shooting speed is faster than when defending him before.

After half a quarter of the game, the Lakers called a timeout again. At 16:11, with the outstanding performance of He Yixiang and Landry, the Kings had already led by 5 points.The old Zen Master shook his head and looked at the Kings players on the opposite side. It seemed impossible for the Lakers to easily win a home game in today's game. The next step is to fight the bayonet.

(End of this chapter)