NBA: James wants to team up with me

Chapter 130 Leading the team to eight consecutive victories! The single-core leader averages 30+8 per game!

When Kobe returned to the locker room, he did not return to the game. This made the Lakers players panic and unmotivated to compete.

Absently, the Lakers took the opportunity to launch a 12:2 attack wave by the Cavaliers. After the first quarter, the score between the two teams was 30:21, and the Lakers were 9 points behind at home.

During the break, head coach Phil Jackson had a solemn expression.

"I'm afraid Kobe will not be able to return to the court again. The specific injury can only be confirmed by an MRI after the game, but we cannot give up easily in this game. Wang Chong, in the next game, you will be the only offense for the team." Core, I want you to do everything you can to win this game."

Wang Chong nodded slightly when he heard this.

This is what he thinks.

So what if Kobe is injured? Since last season, James has been his defeat, and now it will be no exception.

The 9-point difference is not a huge gap. Moreover, there are still three quarters left in the game, so there are still many opportunities to win the game.

Soon, the second quarter began and players from both teams reappeared.

At this time, the Lakers' lineup has been adjusted.

When Kobe was unable to play, Caron Butler, who performed best on the Lakers bench, took his place.

The Lakers' lineup became Atkins, Butler, Wang Chong, Odom and Mihm.

The Cavaliers' lineup is Jeff McGinnis, Ira Newbell, James, Drew Gooden and Zarunas Ilgauskas, also known as Big Z.

Well, it must be admitted that the Cavaliers' lineup is indeed terrible. James cannot be entirely blamed for failing to enter the playoffs this season.

The only players in the Cavaliers' lineup that are reasonably strong are the two players on the inside, Big Z and Gooden.

Even if the Lakers have one less Kobe Bryant, they are still better than the other team in terms of lineup comparison.

As soon as the second quarter started, Wang Chong took over the ball and stood at the top of the arc facing James with the ball.

This is the first time the two have faced off on the field in the new season.

James has never experienced Wang Chong's butterfly step, which he learned from Allen Iverson. Although he has watched Wang Chong's games this season and knows that Wang Chong's breakthrough with the ball is very sharp, he still doesn't take it to heart.

Seeing that James' defensive position is relatively loose, how can Wang Chong let the opponent get used to him?

Iverson's signature butterfly step, a quick movement in front of his body, instantly passed James and then made a mid-range jump shot.

James obviously didn't react. He was knocked out of the way by Wang Chong, and it was too late to defend.

"Shh-!"

The basketball hit the net, sounding the clarion call for the Lakers to counterattack.

Cavaliers attack.

James was responsible for guarding Wang Chong on the defensive end, but when it was James' turn to attack, the defensive player in front of him was Caron Butler.

Wang Chong is not stupid. Although his defensive ability is not bad, it is almost impossible to guard James. Moreover, he will be required to attack and score in the next game. There is no need or reason to waste precious energy on James.

Even Durant in his later peak years often avoided marking James on the defensive end when playing against James, and would only go into battle personally in some particularly critical rounds.

No way, not everyone is as physical as Kobe, James and others, who can play a full game while taking care of both offense and defense.

This is also the reason why although Durant's defensive ability is not bad, he has never been selected to the best defensive team in his career. I am afraid this weakness will be improved when Wang Chong can break through the shackles of Durant's growth template card. .

Of course, Caron Butler couldn't guard James. The latter used his strength advantage to almost run over Butler all the way into the penalty area. Facing Lakers center Chris Mihm, who came up to defend, James' forced layup failed. Missed.

but……

"squeak--!"

The referee's whistle sounded immediately, indicating that Mim had committed a defensive foul.

Mim looked stunned. His defense just now was very clean and he didn't touch James at all.

But how could the referee pay attention to Mim's protest? If you say you make a foul, you are committing a foul.

James went to the free throw line and made 2 of 1 free throws.

This is not surprising. James's career free throw shooting percentage is only over 70%. If his free throw shooting can reach the level of Kobe and Curry, he may break Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's historical scoring record much faster.

The Lakers' offense was still Wang Chong. Facing James' defense, he chose to use his teammates' pick-and-roll cover to hit a mid-range jumper.

James has nothing to do with this style of play. The Cavaliers' lineup is poor and their defensive system is in a mess. No one can help defend him as soon as he is separated by the pick-and-roll.

After a few rounds, the Cavaliers, who wanted to take advantage of Kobe's absence to win the game, were shocked to find that the point difference between the two teams did not widen further, but instead continued to shrink.

The Cavaliers had to call a timeout to adjust.

James, who was sitting off the court, took a big gulp of Gatorade, but the gloomy expression on his face couldn't go away.

In fact, he has already discovered a problem, that is, he cannot limit Wang Chong's scoring.

Although the opponent also has no way to limit his own scoring, it must be admitted that in terms of scoring alone, Wang Chong is better than himself. His accurate mid-to-long-range shooting is really difficult to deal with.

"Is it possible that without Kobe, I still can't beat him? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

After the timeout, James continued to launch fierce attacks on the Lakers' penalty area with the ball, but every time he successfully scored, Wang Chong always responded immediately, and the scoring method was just an ordinary shot from the mid-range. Compared with James' various This kind of explosive dunk with the ball and driving to the basket is much simpler and easier.

Moreover, Wang Chong is not the only one who can score for the Lakers, including Odom and Caron Butler. Whenever there is a chance, they will attack and score through their personal abilities.

With the score difference in the first quarter, the Lakers successfully caught up to only 2 points in the second quarter, and achieved a lead in the third quarter.

第一节比赛只得到4分的王崇，在第二节比赛全程面对詹姆斯的情况下8投5中得到13分，第三节再度7投4中砍下10分。

In the fourth quarter, limited by physical exertion, Wang Chong could no longer score high points. He only made 4 of 2 shots and scored 6 points including free throws.

The Lakers finally defeated the Cavaliers 98:94 and won the game.

Wang Chong scored 33 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists in the entire game, with a shooting percentage of 58%. He was the biggest contributor to the Lakers' ability to win the game without Kobe.

James' performance in this game was not bad. He made 26 of 12 shots from the field and scored 28 points, 13 rebounds and 9 assists, a near-triple-double. The team lost, and no matter how beautiful his personal data was, it would not help.

The moment the game ended, James immediately went straight to the tunnel with a livid face without looking back.

<divclass="contentadv">Last year, the two teams met twice in the regular season. James fans had good reasons. The Lakers have the strongest Super F4 lineup in history. The Cavaliers lost because their overall strength was not as good as their opponents. , although the Cavaliers lost, James did not lose.

But in today's game, they couldn't find any excuse.

Kobe was injured and left the game after only 5 minutes of playing. The Lakers also only had Wang Chong leading the team, but the Cavaliers still couldn't win the game. What other excuse could there be for this?

James' fans came home defeated and in a very bad mood.

But the Lakers fans were not in a better mood.

Although the team won, Kobe's injury is still unresolved.

Fortunately, the Lakers didn't keep everyone waiting too long.

A few hours later, the team officially announced through official channels that Kobe's injury was only a serious ankle sprain and did not require surgical treatment. The recovery time would take about three to four weeks.

This news made Lakers fans breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, although he has to rest for three to four weeks and miss at least 10 games, it is not serious enough to require surgical treatment, which is a blessing among misfortunes.

You must know that in this league, countless talented players have been destroyed by injuries.

If Kobe's injury is serious and requires a major surgical treatment, it will be reimbursed for the season. The Kobe-King team, which has finally achieved some results, will have nothing to gain this season.

However, Kobe will be out for three to four weeks. The next game will undoubtedly be a severe challenge for the Lakers led by Wang Chong's single core.

Although Wang Chong had the experience of being a single-core leader last season, when Kobe, O'Neal and Malone were all injured and absent, the only person on the team who could help Wang Chong was Stockton. In that case, , Wang Chong led the team to a record of 4 wins and 2 losses. His personal performance was impeccable and his skills were astonishing.

This time, Wang Chong has helpers such as Odom and Caron Butler around him, and his own strength is also much stronger than last season.

At least Lakers fans believe that Wang Chong is fully capable of supporting the Lakers' winning rate until Kobe returns.

Wang Chong did not disappoint the public.

1月15日，客场104:92轻松击败金州勇士，王崇全场砍下30分10篮板两双数据。

1月17日，湖人主场101：94战胜犹他爵士，王崇再砍33分全场最高分。

On January 1, the Lakers narrowly defeated the Timberwolves 19:93 at home.

In this game, Wang Chong faced off against Kevin Garnett, who is known as the strongest defensive player on the front line.

The two had played against each other last season. At that time, Wang Chong was completely outplayed by Garnett. He was completely unable to defend him and his shooting percentage was less than 40%.

But after a season, the situation has changed.

Although Wang Chong's overall ability score of 91 is at his peak compared to this time, Garnett, who started with an overall ability score of at least 97, is completely at a disadvantage.

But offense has more advantages than defense. Moreover, during the Olympics, Wang Chong successfully copied Iverson's butterfly step and Odom's left-hand ball control. His offensive ability with the ball has been greatly improved. Even if Garnet Te couldn't completely guard against him.

In this game, Wang Chong proved this with facts.

Under Garnett's defense, his offensive efficiency did suffer slightly.

但依旧17投8中，以47%的投篮命中率当着加内特的面砍下24分6篮板，表现并不比27分9篮板4助攻3抢断的加内特逊色多少。

As we all know, the three seasons of 04-05, 05-06, and 06-07 can be regarded as the three darkest seasons of Garnett's career, because these three seasons were the peak seasons of his career, but the team missed them all. Playoffs.

This sounds like a fantasy story. Garnett has averaged 22+13+4 per game in the past three years, which is no different from the season when he won the MVP in the 03-04 season, but the team just didn't. The Western Conference misses the playoffs every year.

As a top-five superstar in the league, Garnett's performance is not far behind that of Towns, the famous future number one pick of the Timberwolves.

Thanks to Garnett's cleverness, seeing that the situation was not right, he quickly packed up and ran away, and went to the Celtics to team up with the Big Three to win a championship. Otherwise, if he had stayed with the Timberwolves for the rest of his life, he might not be ranked in the history of the league at all when he retired. Number.

The Lakers' victory in this game is the best reflection.

Wang Chong and Garnett basically clashed with each other in the game. Garnett could not completely prevent Wang Chong from death, and Wang Chong had no way to defeat Garnett. Garnett had a slight advantage in the competition, but in the game The situation of other players is completely incomparable.

For the Lakers, Odom, Caron Butler, Jumaine Jones and Chris Mihm all scored in double figures. On the other hand, the Timberwolves, except for Garnett, the only one who can play is the crazy La La. Trill Sprewell.

Sprewell did score 23 points in this game, but he only made 28 of 9 shots. His 32.1% shooting rate was a serious hindrance to Garnett.

Garnett was very depressed, but there was nothing he could do, that was the fact.

After Kobe Bryant was injured, the Lakers' record was not affected. Instead, they made great progress and won seven consecutive victories.

On January 1, the Lakers defeated the Golden State Warriors 21:105 at home, marking their eighth consecutive victory.

The entire league was shocked.

Are the Lakers going to heaven? Obviously one of the generals, Kobe Bryant, was injured, but his record did not drop but went up. What the hell is this?

Moreover, in the five games that Kobe missed, Wang Chong averaged 30.4 points, 8.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game, and his shooting percentage was as high as 50%.

Looking at the entire league, only Iverson of the 76ers can match Wang Chong in terms of scoring, and is inferior to Wang Chong in terms of efficiency value.

The entire league was amazed by Wang Chong's performance.

You must know that Wang Chong is only a second-year rookie now.

On January 1, the Lakers finally suffered a defeat.

Lost to the Seattle SuperSonics 93:104 at home.

The SuperSonics are very strong this season, especially under the leadership of Ray Allen, Sharad Lewis and Luke Ridnour, three three-point shooters commonly known as the Three Musketeers in the league. The number of three-point attempts ranks second in the league, second only to the Phoenix Suns who completely let themselves go under the run and gun tactics.

The Lakers' previous winning streak was mainly related to the generally weak strength of their opponents. Whether they were the Cavaliers, Warriors, Jazz or Timberwolves, they were all teams outside the playoffs and had limited strength.

The SuperSonics are different. As expected this season, they will achieve a record of 52 wins and 30 losses, ranking third in the Western Conference, and will enter the second round of the playoffs, losing 4:2 to the eventual champion team, the San Antonio Spurs.

Facing such a team, even though Wang Chong scored a game-high 34 points, he failed to lead the team to win the game.

However, not many Lakers fans at home cared about this defeat, because there was a more interesting thing on the court that distracted their attention.

American sweetheart Jessica Alba, who was previously involved in a scandal with Wang Chong, appeared in this game and stood up to applaud Wang Chong every time he scored. After the game, the paparazzi photographed the two leaving together. Photos of the stadium.

This situation is a bit intriguing. Is it possible that Wang Chong has really caught up with the goddess of Staples Center?