NBA bench saves national team

As the news of Kobe's injury detonated the world.

The odds of the Lakers winning the championship have also dropped significantly.

Many media and basketball experts are no longer optimistic that the Lakers can win the championship this season and cannot defend their title for two consecutive championships.

Their most well-founded point of view is to refer to the 2012 playoffs.

At that time, Qin Feng was in the Thunder, and he was also facing Durant's injury.

Although he led the team all the way to the finals, he still failed to resist the powerful strength of the Heat's Big Three and was defeated by the Heat in the tiebreaker and lost the championship.

At that time, the Thunder also had Westbrook, a scorer who averaged 20+ points per game.

And now the Lakers after Kobe was injured, the only thing they can count on is Paul Gasol, the All-Star insider.

As Gasol grows older, his competitive state is gradually declining.

How much strength can be exerted in the playoffs still needs to be questioned.

Among the remaining players, Antetokounmpo has great potential, but he is too young, just a rookie, and he can't count on the playoffs at all.

The remaining substitute players such as Markieff Morris and Jimmy Butler are also very young and have not played in the playoffs. It is hard to say how they will perform in the playoffs.

In short, the life of the Lakers is about to become difficult.

In this regard, ESPN's basketball experts also published a special report to analyze the Lakers and summarize Qin Feng's career.

After logging into the NBA in 08, Qin Feng won 5 championships in 3 seasons.

But there was no defending title, and he won the championship for two consecutive years.

After winning the championship in the 08-09 season, Qin Feng broke up with the league due to "black whistle" and directly chose to retire.

So in the 09~10 season, Qin Feng was no longer in the NBA.

That season, the Lakers finally eliminated the Celtics in the tiebreaker of the Finals and won the O'Brien Gold Cup.

Then in the 10-11 season, Qin Feng announced his comeback. After returning to the Thunder, he led his team to the finals and easily defeated the Heat, which had just assembled the Super Big Three that year, and won the championship again.

Then in the 2011~2012 season, Durant was injured and reimbursed for the season. Qin Feng and Westbrook led the team to the finals again.

However, Westbrook's performance in the finals stretched his hips, and Qin Feng could not support it alone.

The Thunder and the Heat entered the tiebreaker. In the end, the Thunder lost the game and the Heat won the championship that season.

Finally, in the 2012~2013 season, Qin Feng joined the Lakers as a free agent and formed a super duo with Kobe.

At the same time, the Lakers traded for Louis Williams, Holiday, and signed Lowry to form an extremely luxurious lineup.

The Lakers went all the way and easily won the championship.

Now coming to the 2013~2014 season, the Lakers originally had great hopes to complete the defense and win the second consecutive championship.

But now with Kobe's injury, the suspense of the championship has become confusing.

You must know that the three top teams, the Heat, the Spurs, and the Thunder, are all eyeing the championship this season.

The Spurs, in particular, have shown very strong competitiveness.

For a time, the whole world was looking down on the Lakers.

Only the Lakers fans are still unswervingly supporting the Lakers.

After Kobe was injured, the first game the Lakers will play is the top Western Spurs.

At present, the Spurs have achieved a proud record of 30 wins and 8 losses, ranking second in the league and second in the Western Conference, second only to the Lakers.

This game has also attracted worldwide attention.

Everyone wants to know how strong the Lakers can be after losing Kobe, and whether they can beat the powerful team of the Spurs.

undoubtedly.

This game is a great test for the Lakers.

If you lose this game, it can explain a lot of problems, at least the Lakers' championship is not as suspenseful as it seemed before.

Although Kobe's playing time has been greatly reduced this season, he still has an average of 21.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 0.9 steals per game.

Still very dominant on both ends of the offense and defense.

Now that Kobe is injured, who will fill the 20-point gap?

Many media have listed the Lakers' list of players who may be able to help Qin Feng during Kobe's injury, among which Lowry is ranked first.

Then came Morris, Butler, and then Antetokounmpo.

Obviously, no one is optimistic that Antetokounmpo, a rookie, will bring too much help to the team.

Maybe in two or three years, but not this season.

Before the game, various media and basketball experts around the world made predictions about the game, and 70% of them chose the Lakers to lose.

Qin Feng's number one "Qin Hei Mi Guo Yang Yi" even made a lot of nonsense on his social media, saying that Qin Feng's greatness is just an illusion. In terms of personal ability, he is indeed very good, but his ability to lead a team is not good enough. Superstars like Durant and Kobe are on his team, so he won't even be able to win a championship ring!

For such remarks, it also made many Qin Feng fans angry, and they left messages on their social media to refute.

Can Jordan win 6 championships without Pippen?

Can James win a championship without Wade and Bosh?

In this regard, Yang Yi of the United States is not expressing any opinions.

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Staples Center.

An hour before the game, the arena was already crowded with people, and there were no seats left.

What is different from usual is that there are many more media reporters who came to the scene today than in the past.

They all want to grab the first report of the game.

What is the strength of the Lakers without Kobe? This game may have an answer.

The pre-match interview session.

Lakers interview room.

The reporters were full, and everyone's attention was focused on Qin Feng.

"Qin, what impact do you think Kobe's injury has on the team?"

a reporter asked.

"A lot of influence! Kobe is the spiritual core of the Lakers, the leader, and his Mamba spirit inspires all our players all the time."

"Without him on the pitch with us right now, it always feels like something is missing."

"But I will try to show his Mamba spirit on the court."

Qin Feng said lightly.

"Now many people in the outside world look down on the Lakers and think that the team does not have the ability to win the championship. What do you think about this?"

a reporter asked.

"The mouth grows on them, whatever they say, I just want to say that the only goal of the Lakers this season is the championship!"

Qin Feng said, he was too lazy to argue.

These people just can't see you well, and then take advantage of you when you are down and down.

Of course sunspots are like this.

He can only prove it with actions.

This game is a great opportunity.

He wants the whole world to see that the Lakers are still so strong without Kobe.

The 20 points that Kobe missed, he Qin Feng came to make up!