Almighty Athlete Chapter 7: 2 consecutive wins

At present, the Chicago Bulls record is 24 wins and 25 losses, although the winning rate is not half, but in the Eastern team, it can enter the playoffs.

However, the Chicago Bulls are in a similar situation to the Lakers. Rose has confirmed that the season is reimbursed, another head player Ruhr Deng is also recovering, and Boozer, one of the two inside towers, was also injured in the last game, which is equivalent to five down three, leaving only Niona and Jimmy Butler.

Coach Thibodeau had to mention Dunleavy, Hinrich and Gibson. Although the ability of the three to play is a bit weak, but the game experience is richer than one, and compared to the Lakers, it is already much stronger.

For the Lakers, Nash recently returned and formed a backcourt with Zhang Guan; Wesley Johnson debuted as a striker; first-year rookie Ryan Kelly and second-year Sackley became the backbone of the Lakers’ inner line. . If you don't consider Zhang Guan, the Lakers are also among the "old, weak and sick" ranks in each team.

On the bench, Augustine is the only player the Bulls can count on, and the Lakers, Kaman and Jordan Hill, who have just recovered from injury, are barely available.

For the Bulls, this is the last of six consecutive away games, and all six away games are in the west, so the Bulls at this time have already entered a tired period. As can be seen from the opening performance, the Bulls are in poor condition, and the first four offenses have failed.

For the Lakers, this was their first game after returning to home, and the first stop after Zhang Guan joined, so the first three offenses were handed over to Zhang Guan. Zhang Guan also lived up to expectations. He broke through twice and made an emergency stop jumper with 6 points.

The game took two and a half minutes, and the Bulls scored two points with Gibson’s jumper, followed by Nash’s passing assists, allowing Zhang Guan to score a three-pointer, turning the score into 9 Than 2, Zhang Guan scored nine points in the opening game.

But everyone knows that the Lakers’ 9 points are all based on the Zhang Guan’s personal ability. Only Nash’s pass was barely a match.

Even the on-site commentary also said: "Although the Lakers' first four offensives have all scored, they can't see any shadow of tactical arrangements. All of them are Zhang Guan in singles. This singles may be temporary. It works, but if the Bulls strengthen their personal defense against Zhang Guan, the effect of singles will be greatly reduced."

Another commentator next to me said, "I think this is in line with the Lakers' style of play. In the previous Lakers, nearly a third of the offense was based on Kobe singles, but now it is just Just replace Kobe with Zhang Guan. And now it looks like Zhang Guan has a very good hit rate."

On the field, Dunleavy assisted Noah and scored two points. On the Lakers side, Nash passed again to Zhang Guan. This time Zhang Guan did not score, but he scored two free throws.

The Bulls coach Thibodeau finally couldn't sit still, he called a timeout, and then called Jimmy Butler to his side, carefully commanded.

After the game restarts, Butler’s defense against Zhang Guan has been upgraded by a grade. As long as Zhang Guan gets the ball, Butler will immediately post it, without giving Zhang Guan a chance to play.

The Bulls’ defensive efficiency did not decrease after Ruhr Deng was injured, mainly because Jimmy Butler has developed first-rate defensive skills. Coach Thibodeau was originally a defense-obsessed coach, and Jimi Butler, a comprehensive player, gradually became the top wing defender of the NBA under the training of Thibodeau. Being able to enter the nba defensive second team for two consecutive years is also enough to prove that Jimmy Butler's defensive ability is excellent.

In response to Butler’s defense, Zhang Guan began to add more off-ball runs.

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"Whoosh!" basketball flew directly to Zhang Guan's hand. Zhang Guan grabbed the ball and jumped directly. Butler came up to block, but it was too late, the ball had been shot, turned into an arc, and fell into the basket.

"Two points scored! Wonderful pass!" The commentator did not praise Zhang Guan, but first praised Nash's pass.

Zhang Guan is indeed running without stopping the ball, but this kind of running of Zhang Guan is not running in tactics. Zhang Guan has not practiced with the team since joining the Lakers, let alone adapting to tactics, so Zhang Guan can only run based on his own feeling, not under the arrangement of the tactical system.

At this time, the value of Nash has manifested.

Nash is undoubtedly one of the strongest assists in the history of NBA. Unlike other point guards, Nash’s pass is to find the ball, not to find the ball. For half of the point guards, they need teammates to follow the tactical arrangement and pass the ball after running out of position, but Nash can do it regardless of where his teammates are.

So even if Zhang Guan is not integrated into D'Antoni's tactical system, Nash's pass can still find Zhang Guan at the appropriate offensive time.

Nash needs a teammate with outstanding offensive ability, such as Stoudemire, whose offensive ability is more outstanding than defensive ability. This is the only player who is good at attacking and will not waste Nash's assists.

And this season, the Lakers have only a bunch of old and weak and sick. Nash’s pass is beautiful, and he can’t even make a shot. So Nash’s average assists per game have dropped by half compared to the sun.

Of course Zhang Guan will not waste Nash's assists. Nash passed four times, Zhang Guan scored three, and swept three assists for Nash. At this time, Nash also felt that Zhang Guan's offensive efficiency was much stronger than the Lakers' "old and weak", and he was more willing to pass the ball to Zhang Guan.

The Lakers' offense has completely become a matter of Zhang Guan and Nash. The other three players can hardly even touch the ball, and they all become coolies. However, they have no complaints. They were originally substitutes. When the team boss is on the court, they should be honest.

The Thibodeau coach of the Bulls is also a well-known coach in the NBA. He has already seen that the Zhang Guan's running position is more like looking at where it is empty and running towards it. There is no talk of tactical cooperation at all. The ball can always find Zhang Guan. Jimmy Butler's defense has been hard enough, but in the face of this kind of blind running of Zhang Guan, it has always been slower by half a beat.

With four minutes left in the first quarter, the two sides scored 29 to 16, and the Bulls were 13 points behind. If it weren’t for Noah to play well, maybe the Bulls will be far behind.

The rotation of the two teams began to appear one after another. The Bulls were understaffed, but they replaced Hinrich with dj-Augustin, and the Lakers replaced the new twin towers of Kaman and Jordan Hill, and then Blake and Marshall replaced Nash and Zhang Guan.

"The old fox, D'Antoni!" Coach Thibodeau scolded in the heart when he saw this substitution by the Lakers.

The lack of people inside the Bulls is something everyone knows. After Boozer was injured, there was only one Noah struggling to support. D'Antoni also recognized this weakness of the Bulls, first let Suckley this brute to fight Noah, and then replaced by experienced Kaman and strong Jordan Hill.

But Thibodeau didn't make any substitutions. Except for Hinrich, all the other four players filled the first quarter.

Unexpectedly, Kaman came off the bench in a very good state. In the last four minutes of the first quarter, he scored 8 points on 4 of 5 shots. He also sent an assist and became the Lakers’ first. Two points.

After the opening of the second quarter, Kaman continued to stay on the court. He still maintained his excellent form. He made three of five shots in six minutes and grabbed four rebounds.

The sudden outbreak of Kaman caught the Bulls by surprise. Shortly after the start of the second quarter, the score increased to more than 25 points.

"Kaman's condition is very good today, but today is the first game of Zhang Guan, Kaman is considered a successful play!" The commentator quipped.

The camera is aimed at the Lakers bench. Zhang Guan and Nash are talking and laughing, and they look very relaxed.

In the second quarter, the Lakers played again, the score was once pulled to 30, and Thibodeau replaced Gibson and Butler on the field, only to stop the blood for the Bulls.

Behind so much, the Bulls have no ambitions. After all, they have played five away teams in a row, and they are still full of wounded soldiers. You can’t ask them to be on the sixth away road. How high are they? Fighting spirit.

The second half became the time for the Lakers to fully play off the bench. Kaman, Jordan Hill and Marshall all played good personal data. Among them, Kaman not only got the double-double data, but also scored a new season high. , Jordan Hill also made a double-double. Of course, this also has a lot to do with no one inside the Bulls.

Substitute point guard Marshall is also a superb play today, playing double-double figures and 11 assists even surpassing Nash.

Marshall's assist ability is very strong, but he only has assists, and his assists are the kind of assists that lack organizational ability, and they are assisted only for assists. At the same time, Marshall's offense and defense were also criticized by people.

Today's Marshall is still anxious on defense, but his shooting percentage is surprisingly high, especially the three-pointer made three-pointers, which greatly exceeded his usual level. Scoring made up for the lack of defense, Marshall also got more time in the second half.

The game entered the fourth quarter. Zhang Guan and Nash did not play at all. After insisting for a while, Coach Thibodeau found that there was no hope of chasing points and changed the main force. This game finally ended in garbage time.

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Bulls 103-88, and Zhang Guan debuted on the nba stage. Although they only played 20 minutes, they contributed 26 points. But this score is not the highest in the Lakers. Carman played well and scored 27 points, one point higher than Zhang Guan.

In addition to the previous two consecutive victories, the Lakers actually achieved a rare three-game winning streak.

For the performance of Zhang Guan, the Lakers fans are quite satisfied. 26 points is not a very amazing score, but considering that Zhang Guan only played 20 minutes, this score is definitely a very good performance. More importantly, the Lakers have won the game. For the Lakers with a scum record, winning is more important than anything.

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After the press conference, Zhang Guan has undoubtedly become the focus of media attention.

"Zhang Guan, you won a game after entering nba, what do you think?" The reporter asked.

"Of course I am very happy. For me, this is a good start. We are one step closer to the playoffs!" Zhang Guan said with a smile.

"Zhang Guan, some experts have calculated that if you want to enter the playoffs, the Lakers must win all the regular season games!" A reporter reminded immediately.

"Yeah, I also heard that I won 32 games, you see, I won the first game now, won't it be enough to win 31 games! We can do it, please everyone Wait and see." Zhang Guan said with a smile.

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On February 11, the Lakers welcomed their next opponent at home, with his Jazz.

Jazz's record is worse than the Lakers, only 17 wins and 33 losses. In the West, the Lakers ranked second to last, and the penultimate is the Utah Jazz.

Last season, Al Jefferson, Paul Millsap and Mo Williams all left the Jazz, and the Jazz officially entered the reconstruction period. At present, the Jazz team's head player is Hayward. The reason why it is called "head player" instead of "head player" is because now Hayward is really not even a star.

If a team loses too much, it will forget the feeling of winning and slowly won’t win. The current jazz team is in this state. From the beginning of the game, the jazz team has been falling behind, and there is nothing that wants to catch up with the score, until the end of the game.

Zhang Guan only hit the third and a half quarters, then punched out of work, and returned to the lineup. Kaman continued the previous game with 25 points and 14 rebounds, plus 4 assists and 3 blocks. It's almost like playing Yao.

However, Nash said after the game that his back was uncomfortable. If he needs treatment, he may not be able to play in the next game. This is also bad news for the Lakers.

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After the game, Zhang Guan appeared at the press conference.

"We won another game, one step further from the playoffs!" Zhang Guan smiled, and then said: "I know that when I joined the Lakers, many people didn't like me. Not optimistic about the future record of the Lakers, but the facts show that those who are not optimistic about us are wrong. Under my leadership, the Lakers have achieved two consecutive victories!"

The reporters were speechless for a while, and everyone said that this Zhang Guan's face was too thick.

In the last two games, the Lakers won, but don’t look at what their opponents are? The Bulls' injuries are similar to that of the Lakers. Only eight players can play, and they have played five away games in a row; the Jazz have a worse record than the Lakers, and the worst team in the Upper West. I pinched the two softest persimmons, what can I show off!

"Look at the smug look of Zhang Guan~IndoMTL.com~ He really regards himself as the savior of the Lakers!" a reporter murmured.

"Won two bad teams, look at him? Seen! In the nba, any team with an All-Star team can kill the current Bulls and Jazz!" The other whispered.

Afterwards, a reporter put his head over and said, "We will not speak first, let him be proud, let him? Se, let him be arrogant! After the next game is over! We will come to see him again Bitter melon face!"

"The next game? Who are the opponents of the Lakers?" the reporter in front asked immediately.

"The Lakers will play against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the next game! This time, the Lakers will definitely lose!"

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