NBA: I was the No. 1 pick at the beginning

"Everyone is looking forward to this game!"

"But the process is still a bit disappointing. The Bucks have not yet found a chance to challenge God!"

"But there is still a good thing, that is, the Bucks' lineup is getting stronger and stronger!"

"As long as Giannis and the others find a way, they will have the possibility to challenge God."

O'Neal also made a post-match summary.

Barkley on the other side also said.

"Actually, in this game, the key is to see the gap between Holzer and Monty!"

"Actually, the coaching abilities of the two are similar!"

"But the Lakers have been the championship team for several years, so they fought more tough battles. Monty is no longer the Monty he used to be!"

"If you want to say that the Bucks' lineup, on paper, it is better and stronger than the Pelicans!"

"But the Pelicans were able to beat the Lakers, and the Bucks basically gave up in the fourth quarter!"

"So there are still some problems at the tactical level of the team."

As soon as Barkley said this, O'Neill and Kenny both nodded.

"I really didn't expect our Sir Charles to be able to analyze this level!"

"Yes, the Bucks still have a long way to go!"

"The Lakers won this game. After the whole game, Chen Tian scored 36 points and 8 rebounds!"

"Jokic also scored 27 points and 12 assists, which also proved that he can become the second leader of the Lakers!"

"In contrast to the Bucks, Antetokounmpo scored 31 points efficiently in the whole game, and Li Yu also scored 21 points!"

"It can be said that the core players of the two teams performed similarly!"

"Just like what Barkley said just now, the Bucks still have some problems at the tactical level!"

"So in mid-March, the Bucks will play against the Lakers at home. Let's look forward to the performance of the Bucks."

In fact, Chen Tian was very relieved, after all, Brother Antetokounmpo in this life did not habitually tiptoe like in his previous life.

Otherwise, Antetokounmpo's current reputation would be bad.

After defeating the Bucks, the Lakers will also go back to back to challenge the Suns away.

Against the Suns, Monty also rested Anthony and Rose, two vulnerable players, for safety reasons.

For the Lakers this season, because players often take turns, many people on the team can get playing time.

Especially Brunson, Caruso and Robinson, they have limited playing time to show their talents, which is definitely a good thing.

And like veteran Noah, he also knows his position.

Now he can make a little contribution on the defensive end, and the rest is useless.

But his role in the locker room is still great.

In fact, it's not just Noah who has this idea, just like Anthony already has this idea.

After the serious injury, he knew that his career had also reached the final stage.

If nothing else, his playing time will be reduced a lot next season.

This also includes Yi Jianlian, Ross and others.

They are gradually retreating to the second line.

But to their relief, the team's rookies have now stood up.

So even if their playing time decreases, the Lakers are still the same Lakers.

This is what Chen Tian brought to the Lakers.

The rookies of the team actually understand that now they have to perform well.

They won't get more playing time until next season.

After all, players who can be in the Lakers basically don't want to leave.

Here's what they want, why are they leaving.

The next day, the entire Lakers team also came to Phoenix with a tired face.

Who let it be a back-to-back game, the whole team came to the hotel with a sigh of relief.

Regarding the opponent Suns at night, the Lakers did not take it lightly.

After all, the Suns are now ranked seventh in the West, which already shows their strength.

Under the leadership of the Big Three of Green, Booker and Tatum, the team is getting stronger and stronger.

What's more, they still have an organizational brain like Rubio.

So facing such a young team, if you take it lightly, you may lose miserably.

At nine o'clock in the evening, the game between the Lakers and the Suns is about to start.

After the All-Star weekend, the Suns also completed a deal.

That's what brought Biyombo to Phoenix from the Hornets.

In this way, the sun's weak inside line has also been well supplemented.

After the All-Star weekend, the Suns also achieved a record of four wins and one loss.

Biyombo's defense on the inside is too important to support the Suns on the defensive end.

In the evening game, the starting players for the Lakers are the combination of Brunson, Tucker, Chen Tian, ​​Gibson and Jokic.

Rubio's offense wasn't very good, so Monty still arranged for Brunson to start.

When Matthew started, the opponent must be a player like Curry.

On the Suns side, Rubio, Booker, Tatum, Green and Biyombo started.

Chen Tian's eyelids twitched when he saw this starting lineup.

Give this lineup some time to grow, and they're definitely championship-level.

Soon the game between the two teams began.

The first to get the ball is the Suns.

Here, Green took the ball and passed it directly to the ground. Booker ran back and directly received the ball and scored an easy layup.

Conversely, Chen Tian hit Tatum with his back, then turned around and hit the basket.

With Green on defense, a back pass goes to Gibson.

Gibson also scored with two-handed dunks.

After that, the offense of the two teams was also unstoppable by anyone.

On the Suns side, Green and Rubio organize the offense.

It's up to Booker and Tatum to complete the finish.

On the Lakers side, Jokic's series connection and personal ability are not what Biyombo can defend.

Brunson's offensive ability reduced the pressure on Chen Tian and Jokic a lot.

In the second half of the first quarter, the two teams also began to rotate players.

But after the Lakers replaced jr and others, they suddenly encountered problems.

The team's defense and offense were out of shape, and they were directly hit by the Suns with an [-]-to-[-] shock wave.

This sudden situation made Monty a little puzzled.

Because the team generally has problems with the offense, but it is too rare for the defense to be able to do this.

Originally, Monty was planning to call a timeout, but looking at the time, the first quarter of the game was about to end.

Monty didn't call a timeout either.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers trailed the Suns by [-] points.

Jr and others who returned to the bench also lowered their heads.

And Monty's anger naturally burned up.

In fact, even jr and the others don't know what happened just now.

There are always distractions when defending.

In fact, when Monty saw the situation after JR and the others came down, he knew that it was caused by exhaustion.

The fatigue on the defending champions is different.

They are already under a lot of pressure, and they are basically exhausted from the regular season.

Still catching up with back-to-back games, the degree of natural fatigue is even more intense.

After playing, one person's state can easily infect others.

But the game was still going on, he couldn't let Chen Tian directly go up and play the whole game.

So Monty had no choice but to motivate everyone.

Thankfully, Monty's rage did the trick.

When the two teams came back from the second quarter, jr came up and scored a three-pointer.

Monty also breathed a sigh of relief seeing this scene.

In fact, it doesn't matter whether you win or lose.

For the Lakers, this period of time needs to adjust everyone to the state of the playoffs.

Because the playoffs are not far away.

Adjusting the state is something every playoff team has to do.

On the court, the Lakers' role players have improved a lot offensively, but they still haven't made good achievements in defense.

Monty didn't care when he saw this scene.

As long as this game can be played down, it will be fine.

Afterwards, Chen Tian and the others were replaced on the field, and they also recovered the score.

At the end of halftime, the Suns still took the lead.

After returning to the locker room, neither Monty nor Chen Tian actually wanted to say anything.

Because of this situation, there will definitely be one or two games.

So there is no need to push everyone so hard.

From the fatigue on the faces of jr and Yi Jianlian, it can be seen that they are indeed very tired.

So in this game, Monty planned to give up.

In the second half, the Lakers didn't have much intention to recover the score.

So the game between the two teams fell into a dull one.

In the end, the Suns defeated the Lakers 110:99.

After the Lakers lost this game, the ranking also fell to third place.

Losing this game is nothing to the Lakers.

But there are still some problems within the team.

Because after returning to Los Angeles, everyone in the team was still a little lazy in the training the next day.

Chen Tian couldn't bear it anymore. If he was in this state, he would be eliminated in the playoffs before he could be the first.

Immediately, Chen Tian's furious roar rang out.

Chen Tian got angry, and the whole team finally woke up.

Under Chen Tian's icy eyes, the pace of everyone's training also accelerated.

Chen Tian also accepted it, it's really a tiger that doesn't show its power, you treat me as a sick cat.

All are itchy.

Then the team's training ended with Chen Tian glaring at him.

After the training of the whole team, everyone finally recovered the tense state before.

Chen Tian actually didn't want to do this either.

But once the tense state is suddenly relaxed, it will be difficult to tighten up again.

So Chen Tian must urge everyone, after all, the playoffs are not far away.

When Chen Tian returned to the manor, he still had an angry expression on his face.

This made the children very puzzled.

Li Xirui on the other side also asked.

"What's the matter? When I came back, I didn't look very good-looking. I scared the child."

Chen Tian was also taken aback when he heard Li Xirui's words.

Then I saw the children sitting on the side obediently, and they didn't dare to come forward.

When Chen Tian saw this scene, he didn't expect it either.

"It's okay, it's still about training!"

"I'm a little slack, so I lost my temper today!"

"The fire may not be over yet."

When Li Xirui heard Chen Tian's words, she also gave Chen Tian a blank look.

"Okay, look at scaring the children."

Chen Tian also scratched his head and smiled.

Then he looked at the children and waved to them.

Several children also ran over.

Chen Tian picked up Yirui and Yiyu and said in a low voice.

"Isn't Dad's expression scary just now? It scared you."

Both children shook their heads.

But from the expressions on their faces, Chen Tian could tell that they were really scared.

On the contrary, Yijie and his group of boys were not so afraid.

"I'm really sorry, Dad will never do this again."

When Yirui and Yiyu heard what their father said, their fear disappeared immediately.

Then Chen Tian also touched the little heads of his sons.

Chen Tian is still very satisfied with the performance of these brats.

The next day the Lakers also played against the Clippers in the same city Derby at home.

From the first minute of this match, Chen Tian had a cold face.

Even though the team had already led by [-] points, Chen Tian still didn't have any smiles.

This made the entire locker room of the Lakers very quiet.

Under Chen Tian's cold eyes, the team did not relax in the second half.

At the end of the game, the Lakers also beat the Clippers 127:90.

After returning to the locker room, Chen Tian looked at everyone and shouted.

"I want you to remember what you're doing now!"

"We'll have moments of relaxation, but don't forget what team we are."

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