Chapter 1454 Winning Eight Consecutive Victories
After defeating the Rockets, the Lakers will return home to face another Texas team, the Grizzlies. This game will start on November 7.
And this game is also quite attractive. After all, it is a duel between Ji Feng and his old club. Moreover, the Grizzlies are also the place with the most potential newcomers in the league. This season, they also introduced the second pick Gortat, as well as Marc, Mayo and Conley. , Gay formed the rookie starting lineup, and they are also the only team in the league whose starting lineup is all rookies in the past three years.
However, Ji Feng is still calm. Judging from his performance in the past few games, Gortat is completely unsuited to the rhythm of the NBA. He is basically a person who is criticized by everyone. As for the others, except for Xiaojia and Conley, their potential is just that. Ji Feng Feng means no pressure.
The most intuitive proof is that Ji Feng did not return to Los Angeles with the team immediately after the game against the Rockets. Instead, he stayed alone in Houston to visit Dayao who was recovering at home. He did not take a flight back to Los Angeles until the day of the game.
Ji Feng's trip naturally cannot escape the eyes of the media. As soon as Ji Feng landed, many media followed up and reported on it. In addition to praising Ji Feng for his kindness and kindness, many media also implicitly criticized Ji Feng for not acting without authorization. Especially the local media in Memphis, they are basically giving Ji Feng eye drops in secret. .
"Returning to Los Angeles on the day of the game, especially after two consecutive games, Ji Feng seems quite confident in his condition, but I don't know how his performance will be at night." - Memphis Sports News.
"Ji Feng and Dayao have a very good relationship, but leaving the team privately before the game and taking a long-distance flight on the day of the game are not what a professional player should do." - Memphis Daily News.
"Ji Feng may have forgotten those examples. Even if you are strong, you cannot look down on your opponent." Memphis local commentator Jack Ma.
In short, the Memphis media finally caught a little bit of Ji Feng's problem and couldn't wait to ALL-IN.
However, the Zen master immediately stood up and answered for Ji Feng: "I approved Ji Feng's stay there, and he is in good condition. I am not worried about his condition at all."
Zen Master's support made the outside world a lot quieter, but many people are waiting for the situation of the game in the evening. If Ji Feng performs abnormally, there is no doubt that the media will follow up excitedly and criticize Ji Feng completely.
But they were disappointed. Originally, Ji Feng planned to fight to maintain his health. After such a long time, the previous grievances have long faded. The current Grizzlies have changed a lot from top to bottom. They are no longer the Gray Bears two years ago. Bear.
But the words of the Memphis media before the game made Ji Feng change his decision. He felt that some people still needed to be taught a lesson!
Ji Feng bullied Gay with his back at the beginning. Just over 2 seasons later, Gay is still the same Gay. He has no body, rough playing, poor defense, slow movement, and low shooting rate, but Ji Feng Feng is no longer the same Ji Feng as before.
Before, Guy still had a body to be proud of, but now, Ji Feng could use his body to easily hit Guy with his back. Guy had no choice but to watch Ji Feng take action.
Easily crushing Gay to help the Lakers open up the situation, Ji Feng did not give any face to his old friend Conley, and made a wonderful fast break after the steal.
The sound of a frame exploding sounded in the sky above Staples!
Winning 4 points in a row did not stop Ji Feng's enthusiasm for scoring. In the following games, Ji Feng continued to unleash his influence on the offensive end, and Gay was severely devastated.
On the inside, Gortat wanted to have a fight with Ji Feng, but although Gortat had a huge advantage in height and wingspan, Ji Feng's strength was too strong. Gortat was beaten by Ji Feng three times in a row and came back for 2 seconds. At the cost of a foul, I was taken off the court for a break in the middle of the quarter...
This game was also a somewhat funny game. The Lakers completely crushed the Grizzlies without any effort. The Grizzlies' talent was not worth mentioning in front of the Lakers led by Ji Feng.
115-90, the Lakers won 6 consecutive victories.
15 points in a single quarter, 28 points, 8 assists, 8 rebounds and 3 steals in the half. He scored 37 points, 10 assists, 13 rebounds and 5 steals in 32 minutes. He made 4 of 4 three-pointers, made all 8 free throws, and had 0 turnovers and fouls. , this is the answer Ji Feng handed over in this game.
Ji Feng's performance undoubtedly gave all the media who questioned him a hard slap. Even if Ji Feng was on the plane 12 hours before the start of the game, you would have no problem blasting him.
The world has finally become quiet, and the hymns for Ji Feng are ringing again. Ji Feng has recorded 4 triple-doubles in the first 6 games. Ji Feng’s performance has made many people think that Ji Feng may even get a triple-double this season, which will be unprecedented. Record!
After defeating the Grizzlies, the Lakers continued to face the Suns at home.
Today's Suns are no longer what they used to be. Marion left, Stoudemire was injured, O'Neal, Diaw, and Laga Bell also left soon after. Only old Nash was left. Only he can still remind people of the Phoenix Suns a few years ago. Ordinary sun.
But Nash couldn't save the Suns. Their five-game losing streak at the start of the season made the Suns completely fall to the bottom. And this time against the Lakers, the Suns lost without much resistance.
Nash scored 13 points and 5 assists in the entire game. 13 points was already the highest score for the Suns. Richardson and Grant Hill only scored 10 points, and everyone else was in single digits.
The Lakers were in full bloom, with 7 players scoring in double figures, including Ji Feng with 20 points, 10 assists and 6 rebounds, Kobe Bryant with 21 points, Gasol with 12 points, Bynum with 10 points and 10 rebounds, Artest with 11 points and Farmar with 10 points.
121-101, the Suns defeated the Lakers by 20 points, suffered a 6-game losing streak on the road, and the Western Conference continued to be at the bottom.
Ji Feng hugged Nash after the game, but he had nothing to say to comfort him. This is the league. Sometimes falling from the top is just an instant. But unfortunately for Nash, the distance between him and his chance to win the championship is getting closer and closer. not enough.
The Lakers, who have won 7 consecutive victories, finally face a relatively big challenge. They welcome the powerful Hornets at home!
This season, the Hornets dismantled their trident and traded Chandler, who had excellent defense, for Okafor, who had first-rate offense.
This is a big gamble, and it is considered by the outside world to be a gamble for the Hornets to win the championship.
I think that although Okafor has better scoring ability, his defense is average. The most important thing is that Okafor is a well-known glass man. His career has always been linked to injuries. He was injured in the season before coming to the Hornets. A total of 45 games.
But his arrival has brought the Hornets' scoring ability to a higher level, which is unquestionable.
However, in this matchup with the Lakers, it was obvious that Okafor did not find his touch, or in other words, Okafor and Paul did not work well together.
Okafor is the kind of insider who can hold the ball and open up singles, while Paul actually needs a pie-eating insider. The styles of the two are not consistent.
The most important thing is that Okafor can't pick and roll, which is the most fatal. It may be too young to change the coach, but the coach is Scott, then...
This game showed very clearly that Okafor was outside the Hornets system on the offensive end. He took 12 shots in the game and scored 5 goals and 10 points. Paul scored 14 points and only had 5 assists.
The Hornets also lost 88-110, and the Lakers won 8 consecutive games.