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Chapter 84: 3 wins and 2 losses, there is no retreat, we must win!

In fact, not only Peja, but the Kings' overall defense is not particularly strong. The Princeton system attaches far more importance to offense than defense. This is one of the reasons why Wang Chong can easily score 30+ points.

Of course, the premise of all this is Wang Chong's own strength.

2004年1月17日，湖人队主场击败同城的洛杉矶快船，比分为91:89，仅以2分险胜。

这场比赛王崇的状态略有回落，19投9中，罚球2中2，得到20分6篮板。

Payton had a big double-double with 15 points, 6 rebounds and 15 assists.

Clippers All-Star power forward Elton Brand scored 35 points and 20 assists in this game.

Wang Chong's slight decline in performance in this game has something to do with Brand, because when many of the team's main players were absent, Wang Chong temporarily replaced the small forward to the power forward position, which happened to be the same as Brand. Counterpoint.

Facing a strong inside player like Brand, Wang Chong had a hard time defending. After all, although he was not as tall as Brand, he played entirely from the outside, and his strength and tonnage were completely incomparable to Brand.

Although the Lakers won this game, it also exposed one of Wang Chong's weaknesses, his weak inside defensive ability. At the same time, although Wang Chong's physical fitness is not bad, it is not top-notch. This game and Brand After the matchup, a lot of physical energy was consumed, which caused Wang Chong's scoring efficiency to drop sharply in the second half. He only scored 2 points in the fourth quarter. Thanks to the two guards Payton and Fisher working together to stabilize the situation, the Lakers won this game. A game won.

Of course, Wang Chong's 20 points are still the highest score of the Lakers team. Without his efficient scoring in the first half, it would be difficult for the Lakers to win this game.

Unconsciously, the Lakers have played three games since Kobe's absence. In these three games, the Lakers have a record of 2 wins and 1 loss, and their performance can be said to be quite eye-catching.

But Wang Chong felt some pressure.

This pressure came from the game against the Clippers. Although he won the game, at the last minute of the game, he was unable to help the team finalize the decision with his scoring at the last minute like Durant did.

Limited by his ability, Wang Chong will definitely not be able to do everything on the court. After all, in the final analysis, he is only a player with an overall rating of 84 so far, not a superstar who has reached 90 ability points. It is already very good to perform like this. .

But Wang Chong cannot have such low requirements for himself, especially since there are still three games left before the mission goal. He has to lead the Lakers to win at least two of these three games.

Suns, Grizzlies, Mavericks.

Except for the Suns, whose record is evenly matched with the Clippers, the Grizzlies and Mavericks are both strong teams that can win 50 games in the regular season. If Wang Chong wants to complete the task, he must win at least one of these two teams. .

Originally, Wang Chong was quite confident about this, but Brand of the Clippers gave him a head-on blow.

With his current strength, it's not even fun to compete with the higher-level All-Star players in the league.

The problem is that both the Grizzlies and the Mavericks have top All-Star players.

The Grizzlies have Pau Gasol, who will win two NBA championships with Kobe Bryant in the future, while the Mavericks have Dirk Nowitzki, who is better than Gasol.

How to defeat them and at least win one of them, Wang Chong felt tremendous pressure.

What he was most worried about was that he had already won three games and was only short of the last victory to complete the task but fell short. If that happened, Wang Chong was afraid that he would not be able to sleep for three days and three nights.

<divclass="contentadv">On the other hand, there is not much suspense in the game against the Suns.

On January 1, the Lakers defeated the Suns 19:95 at home and won the game.

In this game, the Suns' star Stoudemire was absent due to injury, and the team's main players were Joe Johnson, Shawn Marion and Leandro Barbosa.

Wang Chong faced off against Marion in the game.

Marion is a famous gibbon in the league. He is 2 meters tall, but has a pair of long arms up to 01 meters long. His athletic ability is also extremely outstanding. In the years when the Suns' run-and-gun tactics were at their most glorious, Marion was An important main player in the team's forward position.

However, when Wang Chong faced Marion, his height advantage was still quite obvious. After all, there was an 8 cm height difference between the two. Even if Marion's wingspan was close to Wang Chong, there was still no good way to face Wang Chong's shooting.

And facing the Suns' poor defense, the Lakers did not need to rely entirely on Wang Chong. A total of 6 players scored in double figures throughout the game, so it was not difficult to win the game.

The Clippers are already the bottom team in the Western Conference, so it's not surprising that the Lakers won the game.

But the next opponent is different.

On January 1, the Lakers challenged the Memphis Grizzlies away from home and were defeated by the Grizzlies 21:91.

What Wang Chong was worried about happened. Pau Gasol dominated the game, scoring 24 points and 20 rebounds. The Lakers team was short of inside players.

And during the game, Gasol was also responsible for defending Wang Chong.

Although Gasol's style is completely different from Garnett's, the two have many similarities. For example, they both have static talents that surpass Wang Chong. Gasol is 2 meters tall and has an exaggerated wingspan of 13 meters. , and at the same time, his mobility is not bad, and he can completely keep up with Wang Chong's speed.

Gasol was on guard throughout the game, which seriously interfered with Wang Chong's mid-range shot and greatly reduced his shooting percentage.

During the game, Wang Chong had a very strong desire to win. After all, as long as he won this game, Wang Chong, who had already won 4 games, would be able to complete the task ahead of schedule and receive system rewards.

But Gasol was suppressed in terms of style, or to be precise, in terms of blood, and Wang Chong had nothing to do.

Durant at his peak was certainly not afraid of Gasol, but the future Lakers did arrange Gasol to defend Durant more than once when facing the Thunder.

But now, Wang Chong, who is only equivalent to Durant as a rookie, still suffers a big loss against Gasol, who has passed the rookie stage and is in a period of rapid improvement.

This game with the Grizzlies was Wang Chong's worst performance since the Lakers vs. Timberwolves and Garnett. He made 14 of 5 shots and only scored 14 points and 5 rebounds.

Just like this, the progress of the system task has become 3 wins and 2 losses. In the last game, the away game against the Dallas Mavericks, Wang Chong will have no choice but to retreat. In order to get the generous reward for completing the system task, this He has to win this game no matter what!