Chapter 1200 The Terrible Power of Texas

Unfortunately, they lost in the Rose Garden. The Young Guards gave the Lakers their fifth loss of the season, and their record reached 56 wins and 5 losses.

The moment the buzzer sounded at the end of the game, the Trail Blazers coach threw down the tactical board in his hand and hugged his assistant. The entire Trail Blazers bench exploded, including the Olympian who was still recovering from his injury. Dendu held Ade's shoulders and jumped with a smile on his face. Batum even hid the ball for this game in his jersey like a treasure, seemingly wanting to take it away for collection.

After winning the game, the Rose Garden seemed to be a championship celebration, with 20,000 fans celebrating wantonly. As the fifth team to defeat the Lakers this season, they certainly had reason to be excited. Victory did not come easily. The game lasted until The winner was decided in the last minute.

The Lakers were lost for the first time in a long time in the last few dozen seconds. Fisher was double-teamed by the Trail Blazers near the sideline. Ji Feng wanted to catch the ball, but it was too late. A 24-second violation occurred. The Lakers were the first and most deadly in the game. One, the Blazers won by a thrilling 2 points.

This does bring some luck, but this is basketball, and a mistake at any moment may determine the fate of the entire game.

After the loss, the Lakers generals couldn't hide their depression. Lao Yu also took the initiative to take responsibility for the mistake in front of everyone. They were once very close to victory in this game. Ji Feng's triple-double of 30 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds also appeared in the loss. It was boring. Ji Feng left in a hurry after the game without even mentioning his triple-double.

In fact, the Lakers performed well in this game. Kobe had 26 points and 8 assists, Gasol had 18 points and 9 rebounds, Bynum had 17 points, and Fisher had 11 points.

This kind of performance is not the best state of the Lakers, but it is definitely not bad, but they encountered the Trail Blazers who had all the players cheating.

The best performer in this game was Roy. With 35 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds and 3 steals, and planning a double-teaming tactic at the last moment, he was well-deserved to be the best player in the game. However, after the game, he was as low-key as ever. He will win. He placed all the credit on his teammates and coaches, saying that this was just a regular season game and no big deal.

"The Lakers are still on top." Roy said.

However, this still cannot conceal their bright future. This should be the most exciting thing for Trail Blazers fans. Indeed, although one game cannot represent everything, it is enough to reflect their bright future.

Six Blazers scored in double figures. In addition to Roy, Ade also scored a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Steve Blake also had 11 points, Batum had 10 points, Outlaw had 12 points, and Ferdinand had 11 points. points, plus Batum's 8 points, the Blazers' bench firepower is twice that of the Lakers. The bench gangsters are beginning to show their prowess. Development in this direction is definitely a bright future visible to the naked eye. How can we not let the Blazers The fans are excited.

But for the Lakers, losing will be uncomfortable for a while. As Roy said, this is just a regular season game, and they only lost the fifth game.

This is even more true for the fans. Fans who have not seen the Lakers lose for a long time are only slightly regretful, but they quickly accepted that losing one game after 12 consecutive victories is normal, and the Lakers' record is already very bad. No team in history has only lost 5 games at this stage.

Moreover, they also believe in the strength of the Lakers. Their ability to have never lost in a row in two seasons is not just a boast.

But the Lakers' next schedule is not easy. After beating the Trail Blazers, they will go to Texas to face the top three Texas Mavericks, Spurs and Rockets!

Playing against the top three teams in six days is undoubtedly a tough schedule for any team. After the Lakers beat the Trail Blazers, they left overnight and rushed to Dallas to start preparations. Fisher was complaining on the plane, why Mao had to go to Texas this season. ah!

When it comes to who is the strongest team in the past ten years, everyone may say anything, but when it comes to talking about the strongest state, Ji Feng personally believes that Texas must be on the list, and it is likely to be the first. .

There are five teams in Texas, namely the Spurs, Mavericks, and Rockets. These three are also known as the traditional top three in Texas, and the remaining two are the Grizzlies and Hornets!

Fans who are familiar with the NBA will know how tough the Texas team is when they see the names of these five teams.

Needless to say, the Spurs, Mavericks and Rockets are the traditional top three. Even the Hornets and the now-down-and-out Grizzlies also had their own glorious periods.

Take this season as an example, four of the eight playoff seats are occupied by Texas, namely the Spurs in third, the Rockets in fourth, the Hornets in sixth and the Mavericks in seventh.

This situation has been the norm in the Western Conference for the past ten years. You can imagine how difficult the trip to Texas is, and because of the geographical location, many teams will arrange their schedules this way.

Therefore, three consecutive visits to Texas have become a nightmare for many teams. Take this season as an example, the Magic also overturned here. Last month, they lost 3 games and won 1 here. Warcraft was even defeated by Yao. Duncan took turns bullying him and returned to Orlando in disgrace.

And James' Cavaliers only achieved a flat record of 2 wins and 2 losses here. The outside world also said that this is the watershed for the Cavaliers to fail to create the best record this season. You must know that the Cavaliers are the well-deserved Western Conference Dragons this season. The team has won more games than lost, but even so, it still lost two games in a row here, which shows the horror of Texas.

Therefore, Zen Master reminded everyone on the plane to leave the failure to yesterday and they must strive for victory in these three games.

On March 12, the Lakers ushered in their first opponent on this trip to Texas, the Dallas Mavericks!

The Mavericks this season are no longer as brave as they were two years ago, and young general Johnson has also dismissed get out of class. Although the team has Dirk in the lineup, Kidd as an assistant, and Terry as a scorer on the bench, their inside line Dan Peele is useless, and the strength of the third position has declined seriously after losing Howard, and they can only rely on Wright to support them. The lack of numbers 3-5 is the reason why they can only rank seventh in the Western Conference.

And it just so happens that the Lakers are most restrained by teams that cannot handle the third position!

Ji Feng directly defeated Wright in the first quarter, shooting inside and outside, and making all kinds of unreasonable three-pointers. Wright originally wanted to confront Ji Feng, but Ji Feng made two consecutive behind-the-back dribbles and crossovers to directly defeat him. Wright played a split shot on the wing and then hit two three-pointers in front of him.

Before the first quarter ended, Wright's eyes became circles, filled with confusion and vicissitudes...

At this time, the fans realized that without Howard's defense, they could not even support Ji Feng in the first round.

Although Dirk tried his best to output, Gasol was not bad at all. After the two got into a fight, no one in the Mavericks could stand up.

You mean Terry?

I almost gave up on life after being beaten by Kobe.

117-100, the Lakers defeated the Mavericks to get a good start in the Texas trip.