NBA: I am the card dealer

Xue Liancheng scored 27 points, 20 assists and 11 rebounds in this game, reviving the madness of winning the MVP last year.

乔治30分6篮板5助攻，兰德尔则是26分13篮板的超级两双数据。

The performance of the three people is the main reason why the Lakers can produce the strongest firepower of the season.

of course.

The role players aren't bad either.

Courtney Lee scored 10 points, and Zubac did not play much time, only 7 points.

Bench.

James Johnson scored 13 points.

Clarkson had 10 points, Marvin Williams also had 10 points, and Glenn Robinson had 3 points.

They all contributed a lot, but except for James Johnson, who played more minutes on the entire bench, the others only played more than ten minutes. Such a performance is already worthy of praise.

Mike Brown slowly began to reduce the rotation personnel. Now it is usually a nine-man rotation, which is the nine players who played in this game.

If any of these nine people are injured, then others will have a chance.

And players like Joe Johnson, Blake, and Larry Nance will still step in to help when necessary.

For example, when Clarkson's performance is not good, Joe Johnson will come up to play point guard. When Xue Liancheng is resting, he will sort out the team's offense and coordinate with George.

Joe Johnson is still capable of these things.

In fact, this is also a helpless move.

If personnel are constantly changing, the running-in problem will be more obvious. They will have no time to make mistakes and no space to try and make mistakes.

Therefore, fixing the players and reducing the players are the best solutions.

Take two days off.

They rushed to the next stop, Portland, and faced the Trail Blazers again.

The record between the two teams is infinitely close.

The Blazers have performed well during this period, with a record of 18 wins and 28 losses.

But since Xue Liancheng's comeback, the Lakers have only lost to the Spurs, Clippers and Nuggets, and have achieved a good record of 6 wins and 3 losses. As of the game, they have 19 wins and 29 losses, which is exactly the same as the Trail Blazers' wins.

Therefore, no matter how criticized by the outside world, the Lakers' progress has never stopped.

If they win this game, they will be very close to the playoffs.

现在，横在他们面前的是18胜27负的国王，18胜27负的鹈鹕，19胜25负的掘金。

That's right.

The Nuggets are already ranked eighth in the Western Conference.

The Kings and Pelicans ranked ninth and tenth respectively.

The eleventh place is the Trail Blazers.

Then twelve are Lakers.

What is very coincidental is that, except for the Nuggets, these competitors have games today.

Lakers VS Trail Blazers, this is truly a battle to determine the ranking.

Pelicans VS Thunder, according to the strength of both sides, the Pelicans are in trouble.

King and VS Knight, according to the strength of both sides, the King also faces a test.

If the Lakers win and they all lose.

Then, they not only surpassed the Trail Blazers, but also surpassed the Kings and Pelicans together, reaching the ninth position in the Western Conference, and the distance to the playoffs is already visible to the naked eye.

Therefore, the importance of this game is self-evident.

Only by winning can they take that firm step.

If they fail, their heads that pop up will be severely beaten back into the mole hole. It is not that easy to raise their heads again.

What's more...

The defeat not only loses the ninth position, but also is a devastating blow to their morale, which is the most important thing.

Before the game started, it was George's turn to speak. He repeatedly stated the significance and importance of this game, constantly giving everyone psychological pressure.

Although Xue Liancheng felt that this was not good, it was not good to offend George directly.

The game begins.

really.

Teammates who were under psychological pressure were hammering away.

Xue Liancheng and George had to take turns to stand up and score. There was no problem with their personal abilities and the effect was not bad. They finally gave their teammates a shot in the arm.

Randall also gradually showed his performance under the guidance of Xue Liancheng.

But in the first quarter, the Lakers still trailed the Trail Blazers by 27 points, 30:3.

In the second quarter, all the generals finally came to their senses. They actively moved and covered, defended desperately, played a good rhythm of the game, and scored 31 points.

But the Trail Blazers obviously knew what the outcome of this game meant, and they took a desperate stance and fought hand-to-hand with the Lakers.

Coupled with some small help from the referee, they barely stabilized their position.

But despite this, they only scored 24 points. One can imagine how poor their performance in this quarter was.

At this point, the Lakers led the score 58:54 at halftime.

Everything is going in the right direction.

But Mike Brown specifically emphasized during the halftime break: "I don't know if you have discovered a problem. In many games, we only scored more than 10 points in the third quarter, which led to a wave of losses and then lost the game. , I would like to emphasize here that this phenomenon was very common before Xue’s comeback.”

Everyone's hearts trembled, but there was no trace of relaxation on their faces.

Mike Brown: "So, now is not the time to relax. In the third quarter, we have to attack harder and fight more fiercely. Only in this way can we ensure that the decisive moment comes in the fourth quarter. At that time, I believe the advantage lies with us. "

As he spoke, his eyes were already sweeping back and forth between Xue Liancheng and George.

Everyone naturally understands what the coach means.

In fact, after these few games, Xue Liancheng has indeed become everyone's confidence. As long as the game is dragged to the decisive moment, they will win the game without exception.

There is no doubt that they have found the key to victory.

So everyone still listened to these words.

As soon as the third quarter started, the Lakers launched a fierce attack, which once stunned the Trail Blazers.

By the time they reacted, the point difference had already reached 10+.

At this time, if the Blazers want to shrink, it will not be so easy.

The two sides were deadlocked on this score and entered the fourth quarter.

At this time, George stepped up and took over the game, scoring 8 points from inside and outside shots, widening the point difference again.

And Lillard once again committed suicide, and Xue Liancheng caught two consecutive mistakes, and made two beautiful defensive counterattacks.

The point difference is about to reach 20+.

Xue Liancheng didn't want to waste time there. Although the time limit had been gradually lifted, he naturally didn't want to delay the check-in time if he could end the battle early.

finally.

Under Xue Liancheng's three-pointer, the Blazers lay down in mourning.

finally.

The Lakers defeated the Trail Blazers 128:105 on the road and successfully moved forward by a large margin.

薛连城20中11，狂砍33分15助攻7篮板的顶级数据。

After these few games, he has faintly returned to the all-powerful state he had last season.