NBA: James wants to team up with me

Chapter 176 The Seventh Death Series and the Depressed Kobe Bryant

This wave of seven consecutive visitors has indeed placed a huge burden on the Bulls. The fatigue of traveling and traveling has pushed every player's physical fitness to the edge, including Wang Chong.

For the fourth consecutive away game on November 11, the Bulls went to Denver to challenge the Nuggets. It was another extremely difficult game.

The accumulation of fatigue and lack of physical fitness are still small problems. The Denver Nuggets are the famous home stadium of the league. Denver is 1600 meters above sea level. The air is much thinner than other cities. It is also easy to suffer from altitude sickness. Players from other teams come here. When the Nuggets play at home, the physical exertion is usually greater than usual.

The Bulls are certainly no exception.

In this game, all members of the Bulls team seemed listless and found it difficult to move. Even Wang Chong began to pant after a few minutes of playing in the first quarter and felt unsustainable.

In this case, it is naturally impossible for the Bulls to win.

At 109:113, the Bulls lost the game at the Nuggets' home court and suffered a three-game losing streak.

Nuggets star Anthony is happy.

In his fourth season in the league, he finally won a head-on confrontation with Wang Chong.

It really makes me cry when I talk about it. As a former pride of heaven, as famous as James and the most popular No. 03 pick in , Carmelo Anthony has never played against Wang Chong since he met him. Won even once.

He lost to Wang Chong in the NCAA Finals, who teamed up with Wade. After that, in the summer league, preseason and even the regular season, whenever Anthony met Wang Chong, he was basically defeated.

As time goes by, Wang Chong has gradually become the best among the rookies in the 03 class, even surpassing James in ability, and is known as the strongest player in the 03 class.

Even if Wade came down from heaven to win the championship + FMVP in the finals last season, he could only be at the same level as Wang Chong, who won the scoring title with 35.6 points. It is difficult to say that he has surpassed Wang Chong.

After all, Wang Chong won the championship two years earlier than Wade. The FMVP is certainly one of the highest honors, but Wang Chong’s performance as the scoring champion averaging 35.6 points per game was too explosive, while Wade only highlighted in the finals. In terms of performance, there is still a slight gap between Wang Chong and Wang Chong in both the regular season and the playoffs, so it is generally believed that the two are now evenly matched and are among the best players in the 03 class.

The two were far ahead, with James hot on his heels.

Although James cannot compare with Wang Chong and Wade in terms of honors, James' personal data is quite luxurious.

Last season's average of 31+7+6.6 per game was unparalleled in the league. The data performance alone was enough for James to receive high praise. Even in the eyes of some James, the players from the 03 class should now be Wang Chong, Wade and James are equally divided in the world.

Anthony, the former favorite of heaven, can only rank behind these three people, as the bottom among the four kings in 03.

Including last season, Anthony, who averaged 26.5 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists per game, the best performance of his career, is still the worst performer among the four.

In today's game, Anthony finally felt proud. He made 20 of 9 shots and 12 of 10 free throws. He scored 29 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. His performance was not inferior to Wang Chong, who scored 31 points and 5 rebounds.

However, for the Nuggets to win, Anthony's performance is not the key, the key lies in the performance of the shooting guard.

J.R. Smith, the famous sharpshooter in the league, exploded in this game.

Under the full defense of Raja Bell, J.R. Smith made 24 of 13 shots, 11 of 5 three-pointers, and 5 of 5 free throws. He scored 36 points in the game, and his scoring efficiency was higher than that of Wang Chong.

Wang Chong had personally experienced what a nerve knife was, and JR's convulsions were really exaggerated.

After the game, Anthony was high-spirited at the post-game press conference and stated in a high-profile manner that the Nuggets have more ambitious goals this season and want to make a breakthrough in the playoffs.

But after all, not many people took him seriously.

The strength of the Nuggets is really only average in the Western Conference. The main reason why they have entered the playoffs in recent years is that Denver’s Devils’ home bonus is really high. With their ridiculously high home record, the Nuggets can win every game. Can successfully reach the playoffs every season.

But in the playoffs, it is not a situation that the Nuggets can control.

Since Anthony came to the Nuggets, he has been eliminated in the first round for three consecutive seasons.

In his rookie season, everyone could describe him as having a formidable future and a promising future. In his second season, it became a matter of persistent efforts.

Last season, the Nuggets were eliminated in the first round again, and there began to be more discussions about Anthony's ability to lead the team.

Although James' Cavaliers team in the East next door also made it out of the first round and was swept 4-0 by the Bulls, James still has the data to back it up, but Anthony is different.

Now he is entering the fourth season of his career, which is also a contract year. Although Anthony's performance is undoubtedly a proper maximum salary extension, he still wants to do more to get his maximum salary. More justified.

Winning against the Bulls, who are number one in the Eastern Conference, and Wang Chong, the hit-maker, gave Anthony a lot of confidence and gave him the confidence to say this, but this confidence was obviously false.

The Bulls were obviously in bad shape in this game. Whether it was Wang Chong or other players, they were exhausted by the continuous away games, and they were still fighting hard at the plateau home court in Denver.

If the scene were changed, or if the Bulls generals were given more rest time, the result might be completely different.

Of course, Anthony would not agree with this statement. He finally defeated Wang Chong once. Of course, he wanted to attribute it to his own efforts and the strength of the Nuggets, rather than off-court factors, but that is the fact.

For the Bulls, their seven-game away streak continues, but the good news is that this time they finally have two days of rest. The fifth away game will begin on November 11, against Wang Chong. His old club, the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Lakers have performed pretty well this season, with a current record of 6 wins and 3 losses, which is almost the same as the Bulls' 7 wins and 3 losses.

This is mainly due to Kobe's delegation of power in the new season. Facts have proved that Kobe's appropriately reduced shots can indeed bring stronger combat power to the team. Hinrich, Ben Gordon and other defenders can do so when they have the ball. Played well.

More than that, although the Lakers are completely different from their original historical development process, some key decisions are still surprisingly similar when the management is still the same team.

This summer, the Lakers successfully acquired Andrew Bynum through a trade. Although he did not spend his rookie season with the Lakers, Bynum played quite well in the Lakers' interior this season. At least it's better than the Lakers' starting center, Eddie Curry. If Bynum wasn't young and has a lot of room for improvement, the Lakers might have put Eddie Curry on the bench. , replaced by Bynum.

<divclass="contentadv">Wang Chong could also see the Lakers' thoughts and did not directly send Eddie Curry to the bench. Part of the reason was that the Lakers wanted to use Eddie Curry. The transaction value robs other teams in the league.

The Lakers have not done this kind of thing once or twice. As the biggest club in the league, the Lakers do have such capital and ability.

Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, O'Neal, and then Gasol, Howard, future James, Brother Big Eyebrow, and even Paul, who was urgently suspended by the league for being too exaggerated, are all manifestations of the Lakers' capital.

In 07, the Lakers didn't pay much, and they almost bought Gasol from the Grizzlies for free. If Gasol hadn't been used as a replacement at the time and played an All-Star level performance with the Grizzlies, It’s not much different from giving it away for free.

Now that the Lakers have given away several players and draft picks obtained by Wang Chong, they are all better bargaining chips. They will naturally have a good market in the league. At worst, they can get Gasol like they did in 07. Together with Odom, Bynum formed the well-known Lakers' three-high interior combination.

As for the game between the Bulls and the Lakers, the Bulls, who had two days of rest, paid special attention to the outcome of this game after recuperating, because after losing to the Nuggets, the Bulls had already suffered three consecutive losses. If they lose another four games in a row or even continue to lose in a row, the momentum they finally gained at the beginning of the new season will be gone.

Although the blame lies with the league's schedule arranging staff, and it's really a genius to design such a series of seven consecutive visitors, the Bulls themselves are still affected, so they must not let this happen.

All members of the Bulls worked hard, and the defensive end was full of intensity. They only scored 82 points for the Lakers. Especially Kobe, who was desperately entangled by Laga Bell, who would be known as Kobe's terminator in the future. , only 14 points, 5 rebounds and 18 assists on 4 of 5 shots.

The Bulls defeated the Lakers 91:82, finally ending their losing streak.

It's just that the fans at the Lakers' home court are a little uncomfortable.

In this game, thousands of fans gathered the focus of the battle. The battle for No. 24 ended with Wang Chong's absolute advantage.

科比18分4篮板5助攻，王崇32分11篮板2助攻，光是得分数据方面的对比便是王崇的完胜。

Even Kobe himself didn't expect that he could play so poorly in this game. The main reason was that the Bulls' defensive intensity was beyond his expectation. Bell's defense was already difficult enough. When he struggled to get rid of Bell, He also had to face the help of Chandler or Wang Chong in defense. Without being able to figure out a way to deal with it immediately, Kobe could only hand the ball to other teammates to handle. As a result, he waited until he figured out a way to deal with it. At this time, the balance of victory and defeat has tilted.

After the game, Kobe just glanced at Wang Chong and then turned directly to the players' tunnel without any intention of actively greeting the opponent.

Looking at Kobe's eyes, Wang Chong estimated that the other party probably hated him to death.

This is not surprising.

In the past two seasons, Kobe has been criticized a lot because of Wang Chong. The problem of Wang Chong leaving the Lakers was entirely attributed to Kobe alone.

There was O'Neal before him and Wang Chong after him. They were all forced out by Kobe Bryant who wanted to ensure his status in the team.

But of the two people he forced away, O'Neal helped the Heat win the championship, while Wang Chong overpowered Kobe to win the scoring title in the 05-06 season and led the team to the Eastern Conference Finals.

On the contrary, Kobe, who stayed with the Lakers, only led the team to the second round of the Western Conference. How can this be justified?

In recent months, because of Kobe's choice of jersey No. 24, he was driven to Wang Chong's pace again, and he was almost annoyed to death.

Wang Chong really didn't expect that he just chose Kobe's No. 24 on a whim, but it would lead to such a big rhythm.

But to be honest, even without Wang Chong, Kobe caused quite a stir when he changed to wearing the No. 24 jersey. Many media speculated that Kobe was trying to show that he was better than Jordan, who was No. 23.

It can only be said that there are many popular fans, and Kobe's fan base is quite large, which will also breed a lot of anti-fans. If they can catch any fault, they will persevere and hold on to it.

Apart from sulking, the only thing Kobe can do is win and continue to perform strong personal performances. When he can lead his team to win the championship, he can truly stand out in the league.

But before Gasol came to the Lakers, it was unlikely.

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Defeating the Lakers ended their three-game losing streak and made the Bulls team breathe a sigh of relief. They really couldn't lose anymore.

The victory in this game was like a shot in the arm, regrouping the Bulls' momentum that was about to collapse.

On November 11, for the sixth consecutive away game, the Bulls narrowly defeated the Philadelphia 24ers by 117 points, 115:2. Iverson made 76 of 30 shots and 15 of 17 free throws. He still scored 16 points. Failed to lead the team to victory.

Two days later, Madison Square Garden in New York.

The full-time whistle sounded, and the score of the two teams was clearly marked on the scorer above the court, 106:95.

Facing the Knicks, a weak team at the bottom of the league, the Bulls still won the game despite being on the verge of reaching the limit of their physical fitness from continuous away games.

"It's finally over!"

Wang Chong let out a sigh of relief, feeling tired like a tide.

The stamina of 92 is still not that interesting.

Wang Chong has discovered that the physical ability value not only affects the players' physical reserves, but also affects various aspects such as the recovery speed of physical strength. Especially in such continuous away games, it is really difficult to recover physical strength.

When will he be able to enhance his physical ability value to the full value of 99 and transform into Kobe, a physical monster like James will not be bothered by these little things.

No matter what, with the final three-game winning streak, the Bulls' seven-game losing streak finally ended.

In this half-month long road trip, the Bulls finally achieved a record of 4 wins and 3 losses, bringing their regular season record to 10 wins and 3 losses.

Next, the Bulls finally returned to their home court for a long time, and immediately played against the Knicks again at home on November 11, beating their opponents 28:112 to complete a double play.

At this point, the Bulls' November schedule is all over.