NBA: James wants to team up with me

Chapter 81: The wave of injuries strikes, Wang Chong’s opportunity and temporary mission!

Wang Chong himself did not expect that he would perform so badly when facing Garnett at his peak.

Fortunately, there is only one Garnett in the league who is not inferior to him in static talent, and his dynamic talent is even better than him.

Wang Chong estimated that even if he reached the level of Durant at his peak, it would be very difficult to face Garnett. Those who understand the analysis of basketball players still make sense. Garnett's technical characteristics are indeed Tianke. Durant.

However, when you reach the level of a top superstar, no matter what kind of defense you face, it is impossible to be completely prevented.

Peak Garnett meets peak Durant, and when both sides go all out, Durant might not be able to score more than 30 points in front of Garnett.

It's just that at this stage, Wang Chong, whose overall ability score is only 84, meets Garnett who is at his peak, and it is natural for him to be hung up and blasted.

The 03-04 season was when Garnett won the only regular season MVP in his career.

This season, he averaged 24.2 points, 13.9 rebounds, 5 assists, 1.5 steals and 2.2 blocks per game in the regular season. He showed dominant performance on both offense and defense. He led the Timberwolves to defeat the F4 Lakers and GDP Spurs and win the first record in the Western Conference in the regular season. And in the playoffs, they made it all the way to the Western Conference Finals before losing to the Lakers.

During this period, Garnett was definitely at the peak of his career. When converted into 2K ability points, his overall rating was at least 97, or even higher.

Without O'Neal and Malone at the same time, the Lakers are certainly no match for the Timberwolves led by Garnett.

The loss to the Timberwolves was followed by back-to-back road losses to the Denver Nuggets on the second day.

In this game, three Lakers scored more than 20 points, namely Kobe Bryant with 27 points, Payton with 21 points, and Wang Chong with 24 points.

But no one from the Lakers scored in double figures except these three. On the other hand, the Nuggets also had three people who scored in double figures. Anthony and Andre Miller both scored 20 points, and the 1-meter guard came off the bench. Earl Boykins even scored 65 points with a super high shooting rate of 13% on 9 of 69.2 shots. In addition, two other Nuggets scored in double figures. Five players in the team scored in double figures, helping the team to 22: 113 wins the game.

The Lakers suffered two consecutive losses for the first time in the new season, but there was nothing they could do about it. Who made O'Neal and Malone both absent? The Lakers lineup is unprecedentedly weak?

Fortunately, after two consecutive losses, the Lakers quickly adjusted their state and ended the losing streak at their home court, beating the Atlanta Hawks 113:67.

It was a 46-point victory, and the whole game was exciting.

王崇全场21投13中，以接近62%的命中率得到28分，与得到26分的科比合砍54分。

It's just that the house leaked and it rained all night.

The Lakers, who had just ended their losing streak, then faced the Cleveland Cavaliers at home.

This is the second and final regular season meeting between the Lakers and Cavaliers this season.

Even in the absence of O'Neal and Malone, the overall strength of the Lakers is still slightly stronger than that of the Cavaliers. In the first two games, with the cooperation of three outside players, Kobe, Wang Chong and Payton, the Lakers easily suppressed the Cavaliers at halftime. Leading the Cavaliers by 45 points at 38:7.

The Cavaliers' offensive efficiency in the first half was extremely poor. James made 8 of 3 shots and only had 8 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. The Lakers were already sure of victory!

But in the second half of the game, after Kobe broke through for a layup with the ball, he fell to the ground when he landed.

"not good!"

Phil Jackson on the sidelines saw this scene, and his heart suddenly "thumped", knowing that he was about to suffer!

The injury wave is sometimes very mysterious, and injuries happen when they are mentioned, and multiple players on the team may suffer injuries at the same time in a short period of time.

The problem is that the Lakers have already injured O'Neal and Malone. If even Kobe is injured, there will really be no one available!

<divclass="contentadv">The game was paused. After Kobe calmed down, he stood up from the ground with difficulty, and then limped back to the locker room accompanied by his teammates.

The fans at the Lakers' home court were a little speechless.

Is the curse of injuries catching up with Los Angeles?

O'Neal, Kobe, and Malone were injured one after another. How can we still play in this game?

Wang Chong was not surprised by this.

Although he can't remember the specific situation of the Lakers in the 03-04 season.

Throughout the regular season, O'Neal played in 67 games, Kobe Bryant played in 65 games, and Malone played in 42 games. Among the four players in F4, only Gary Payton maintained full attendance in 82 games.

This is one of the reasons why the Lakers have such a luxurious lineup but only achieved a record of 56 wins and 26 losses in the regular season, which is lower than the Pacers, Timberwolves and Spurs.

Wang Chong, who knew this, was not surprised by the injuries to the above three people. He even felt that this was an opportunity, an opportunity to show off himself.

If nothing else, Kobe's injury will take about a month to recover, which is mid-February, and O'Neal will return at the end of January.

As for Malone... Malone will not be able to play again before the playoffs.

During this period, Wang Chong will become the team's first offensive core, mastering a large amount of ball rights and shots.

Just as he was thinking this, Wang Chong's conscious space suddenly heard the sound of the system.

"Ding - the temporary mission is activated!"

Task activated?

Wang Chong was stunned for a moment, feeling a little stupid.

Hasn’t the system already released a task? Why another mission?

But after calming down and thinking about it, this time seems to be slightly different from the previous one. There is an additional temporary task, which means that this task is a temporary and unexpected task. It was issued because of the Lakers' successive injuries. It is different from the previous one. Are the tasks different?

"Mission goal: lead the team to win this game, and win at least 6 games in the next 4 games when OK and OK will be absent at the same time."

"Complete the task and you will receive 1000 points as a reward!"

Wang Chong's eyes suddenly lit up!

1000 points!

The points reward is the same as the Rookie Challenge MVP. Although there is one less badge reward, the value is enough to make Wang Chong excited.

Of course, generous rewards often mean extremely high task difficulty.

It is not difficult to win the current game. Although Kobe cannot return in the second half of the game, the Lakers already hold a close to double-digit lead. James is also in poor condition. The victory is already certain.

But it will not be so easy to win at least four of the next six games!

The Lakers' next six games are against the Nuggets, Kings, Clippers, Suns, Grizzlies and Mavericks.

Among these six teams, the Nuggets, Kings, Grizzlies and Mavericks were all playoff teams in the 03-04 season. Among them, the Kings, Grizzlies and Mavericks all achieved 50 wins in the regular season. There is no doubt about the strength of the team.

If the Lakers are all healthy, it may not be difficult to defeat them, but with three of the five starting players injured, leaving only Wang Chong and Payton, they must win at least 6 out of 4 games. The difficulty can be imagined.