Chapter 139 Los Angeles Night
Author: fading Titamo
On Tuesday, January 8th, the Magic team first came to Sacraono to challenge the Kings. This is also a game they must take.
In the past few seasons, the King of the King has always been strong in the West, but after Weber and Peja have been traded, the results of the king team have fallen year by year. Last season, it officially fell out of the playoffs.
No improvement.
At present, the king team can't tell which player who can be the leader of the team, and even can't even find an active All -Star.
The lineup configuration is not enough to compete for the playoff tickets at all, not to mention that they are still competing with extremely intense western parts, and they can only be rotten.
The King's team did not cause any obstacles to the magic. Li Chengming and Howard continued their good state. Howard even released all the grievances that yesterday received at home to Sacraono.
Howard 13 of 13, 7 of 8 of free throws scored 29 points and 15 rebounds, Li Chengming 11 of 9, 3 of 3 of free throws scored 21 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. The two people performed such an efficient performance, and they should also help the team win.
However, the first three quarters of this game are still a little anxious. The status of several major players in the king is good. The first four are scored in double, 20+, plus the factors of the home whistle.
The venue was troubled by a little foul.
Of course, the most affected is Lewis. Lewis, who made 5 three -pointers in this field, seemed to have finally regained a bit of state, but was blown to the field, and several foul balls were blown.
, Hardly pulled down the hit rate.
Fortunately, the rotation lineup of the Magic Team suddenly made a sudden force. At that time, Lewis, who was only fouled at the time, took a substitute for a substitute and almost one person scored a three -pointer to quickly open the score.
However, it played a key role, and it finally reflected the value of 100 million contracts.
After Li Chengming and Howard played again, they did not give the opponent anymore and kept their advantages to the end.
In the end, the Magic team won the final victory 111: 104. Tergru scored 10 points in 4 of 12. Lewis also scored 21 points, and the magic trio was 20+. No one scored double.
Nielson did not make much shots today, but the team did a good job in series. He scored 6 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, and had 4 fouls, 3 mistakes and 2 steals ...
Another highlight is that in less than 7 minutes, I got a 9 -point Reyk in less than two three -pointers and a three -pointer. Today, the magic team's rotation looks very abundant.
There is not much time to play, and this is obviously preparing for the back -to -back game.
Then I came to Los Angeles the next day, but not facing the Lakers, but the Clippers in the same city.
However, although it is a team of the same city, the situation of the two teams is very different. Not only is it incomparable in history, but now it is incomparable.
Although the Lakers are currently unsatisfactory, they are more from the lineup, and there are super -star Kobe sitting. The bottom line is still guaranteed.
It is not difficult, they do not say that the record takes off immediately, and the playoffs should not be a problem.
But the Clippers are really weak, and they can't stand up.
However, the Clippers also had a rookie in the same class, the 14th pick in the first round, who happened to be Al Thornton at the bottom of the lottery, and then they matched up with Li Chengming, who was at the end of the draft.
If it weren't for Li Chengming, Thornton would actually be another surprise among this year's rookies.
He is actually the same older rookie as Scola, but he participated in the draft after finishing his senior year, so his combat ability is naturally good.
Of course, in other words, the potential is exhausted and there is no value to cultivate.
Therefore, although the Clippers have given him a chance now, he is destined not to stay with the Clippers for a long time, nor will he be the future the Clippers need.
Although, they probably don't know what kind of future they want now.
If the competition in the East is now between Li Chengming and Horford, then the competition in the West is temporarily between Durant and Thornton. Scola is also slowly catching up, but the gap between these two and Durant is larger than that between Lee and Durant.
Fame and Horford look even bigger.
Thornton currently averages over 10 points per game. This is mainly due to the fact that he did not get many playing opportunities at the beginning of the season.
It was not until Tim Thomas, the team's starter, was injured at the beginning of this month that he started to make his debut, and his performance gradually became outstanding. In the previous game against the defending champion Spurs, he scored 25 points, and his playing time gradually increased.
Now he has secured his position as the starter and main force.
Anyway, the Clippers still have no hope this season, and there is actually no conflict between training rookies and performing badly. On the contrary, the more they practice, the worse their record will be, so they simply put Thornton into the main lineup.
Although I don't have much hope for him, if he can play well, he might be able to increase the box office.
The Clippers are indeed no match for the Lakers in Los Angeles, but they have never given up and still want to struggle.
However, when facing Li Chengming today, the gap between the two became apparent.
Thornton is 2.03 meters tall and weighs only 100kg. He has no advantage at all against Li Chengming in static matchups. His athletic talent is passable, but Li Chengming doesn't do this at all and has to face it all the time.
Naturally, I was afraid of Howard's help defense, and my hands were a little softer.
On the contrary, Tim Thomas, who came back in a circle and found that his starting position was no longer available, was able to use his experience to fight against Li Chengming.
But the offense is passable, but the defense is a sieve, not much better than Thornton.
But this game still exposed the Magic's old problem of weak frontline defense. Corey Maggette efficiently scored 27 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, performing at an All-Star level.
Fortunately, Turkoglu and Lewis were in good shape today and were able to compete with him. Both of them scored 20+.
Howard didn't feel good and made only 5 of 12 shots, but still got 15 points, 15 rebounds and 4 steals. Li Chengming didn't take many shots because the Clippers kept double-teaming him. He just happened to be a little tired after back-to-back away games.
He simply made more plays for his teammates and "only" scored 14 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists by shooting 4 of 8 from the field.
Nelson, who returned to the starting lineup, had a double-double of points and assists, continuing his good personal form.
This time, the back is perfectly cleared, but it can't explain any problems. After all, the Clippers are really bad. The main force in the team is mainly divided into division.
Then, then
The Magic team opened a wave of three consecutive wins again.
However, because this game started late, there were a lot of free throws in the two teams, which delayed for a long time, so that it was almost twelve o'clock at the end.
Then considering that everyone was exhausted, there was no game the next day. Fan Ganti simply asked everyone to take a holiday on the spot. You can stay in Los Angeles for one night and go back tomorrow.
There is no problem to go out to play at this point. After all, it is the capital of the world's entertainment.
Howard and they simply went to the nightclub. They could see that they were familiar with the light car. They had a premeditated conspiracy. No wonder when the game was in the locker room before the game, it seemed to be consciously fans Gandi to give them a holiday on the spot.
Li Chengming did not follow, because he was too tired, and now he wants to sleep, but he does not have the energy of these donkeys, not as easy to be stimulated as them.
Of course, because it is unconnected because it is unconnected, everyone is not surprised, and it is obtained.
In fact, Li Chengming did not refuse any invitation. When he was in Orando, the nightclub party organized by the general manager Osmis Mismis did not refuse. Later, he followed Redick once, but he did not like that environment very much.
Then, then
Although he was very lively in his heart, he was cheerful on the surface, which did not mean that he liked that noisy.
And how can these guys go not to be noisy? They are noisy in their locker rooms, but after Li Cheng's habit, he didn't feel much.
Chapter completed!