Chapter 1666 The Hope of the Whole Village

The hero dies.

This is clearly reflected in today's piston.

Although the starting five do not lag behind most teams in the league in terms of reputation, in terms of strength, they are still some way away from the Eastern Conference playoffs, let alone competing for the championship.

Losing 108-90 at home, they had a 6-game losing streak since the start of the season, while the Lakers easily won a 12-game winning streak since the start of the season.

"I wish you good luck." McGrady took the initiative to find Ji Feng after the game.

"Same for you." Ji Feng patted McGrady on the shoulder. Thinking back to when he first entered the league, McGrady was the first top small forward in the league he faced. At that time, Ji Feng used all his skills to barely be able to do it. After the battle with Tracy McGrady, however, times have changed, and just three years later, their status and strength have completely reversed.

Ji Feng scored a triple-double of 30 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds in this game. This was Ji Feng's fifth triple-double this season. He has scored more than 30 points in five consecutive games, dominating many lists.

McGrady only scored in single digits, and his performance was unsatisfactory. He was even abandoned by the Pistons head coach in the last quarter.

Comparing the two, Ji Feng can only lament that professional sports are so cruel, and McGrady has unknowingly reached the end of his career.

Perhaps as ESPN said after the game: "Ji Feng has opened a new era. Those who do not adapt to the era will eventually be abandoned."

However, ESPN's poisonous milk skills are still very strong. On November 20, the Lakers parachuted into Minnesota with the power of 12 consecutive victories to face the Timberwolves.

This is the second meeting between the two teams within a month. In the last game, the Timberwolves were beaten by the Huskies in Los Angeles, so this one is generally believed to be a match without any suspense.

But that night, the Lakers suffered a tough battle in Minnesota.

As soon as the first quarter started, the Timberwolves gave the Lakers a showdown, leading 27-20 in a single quarter. In the second quarter, the Timberwolves not only failed to allow the Lakers to widen the point difference, but instead won again by three points.

56-46, the Timberwolves held an incredible 10-point advantage at halftime.

Barkley couldn't close his mouth while watching this game, because you may not believe it. The person who led the Timberwolves to such an incredible performance was not Beasley, who had high hopes but has always been disappointing, nor was it the person who had just participated in the World Championships and was beaten by the Timberwolves. The highly praised Kevin Love is not this year's rookie Hayward, but what people call a parallel import, Ji Feng's old brother and old acquaintance Milicic!

Parallel import, this term is familiar to the public, it should start from Milicic. There is no way, who made him rank second in the 2003 golden generation with many talents. Now the backbone of the league, Anthony, Wade, and Bosh are all behind him. People's expectations for him were too high, and his performance was too poor. As a result, he was firmly stuck at the No. 2 spot in history.

It's unlucky to say that people always believe in results. No one knows what kind of life Milicic lived in the Pistons. It's so miserable to meet a coach who doesn't know how to use new players. Compared with James, Wei, Poe, and An, who are established as the core, his career path is really too bumpy. In his rookie season, he played less than one-third of the time compared to others. This is a big deal. In addition, His mentality was so bad that it was only natural that he would cause this situation.

However, Milicic still has some strength. His mid-range and finishing abilities at the basket are good, which is why he can still gain a foothold in the NBA.

Tonight the Lakers' Bynum was absent due to injury, and Powell was too short. This gave Milicic a chance to perform. He made 9 of 12 shots in the half, 3 of 4 free throws, and scored 21 points in the half!

This allowed the Lakers to double-team Milicic in the second half, which was still very effective. After missing several consecutive singles, the Lakers used Ji Feng's series to expand the point difference.

But at this time, Love stepped up and started to score points. Using the Lakers' inside double-team, Love hit consecutive mid-range shots and assisted Ridnour for a three-pointer.

After three quarters, the Timberwolves still led 89-83 by 6 points!

This makes Wolves fans extremely excited. After so long, are they finally going to rise? ?

This guy Beasley stood up!

Yes, that's the literal meaning.

Originally, according to the way they played in the first three quarters, the Timberwolves still had a good chance of creating a miracle. However, in the transition period of the fourth quarter, Beasley, who was given the important task, got sick again. He first hit someone with the ball on the offensive end, and then yelled at the referee because he refused to accept the penalty. Was whistled for a technical foul.

This made Beasley even more furious. After that, he became more and more chaotic and independent. When he got the ball, he just threw it without looking at where the person was.

This made the Timberwolves head coach angry and replaced him directly, but at this time the Lakers relied on Ji Feng's three-pointer and Kobe's free throws to overtake the score!

Then after the fourth quarter, the Lakers won on the road, winning a thrilling 13th consecutive victory. The score was fixed at 108-103, and the Lakers only had a 5-point advantage.

The Timberwolves coach regretted not being able to stop the Lakers' winning streak. After the game, he also lamented in front of the media that Ji Feng was a very troublesome player. "Many of the goals he scored were unreasonable. , especially from the outside, he scored too many fairy goals tonight.”

Ji Feng made 8 of 10 three-pointers tonight. He scored 34 points, 10 assists, 7 rebounds and 5 steals. His shooting percentage exceeded 70%. He was the biggest contributor to the Lakers' victory.

But when Ji Feng heard this, he really wanted to say that this was all due to Beasley. If he hadn't gotten sick halfway, he wouldn't have had so many opportunities to take action easily!

After the game, Ji Feng went to Hayward specifically and told him, brother, practice hard. With Beasley's rate of illness, you will soon be the main force.

Hayward thinks so...

After defeating the Timberwolves, the Lakers returned to their home court and recovered. Bynum, who had been out for many games, finally returned to the team. The Warriors became the old unlucky ones. They lost again by a score of 96-126.

Of course, for the Warriors, who sent away a lot of their main players in the offseason and are aiming to rebuild, this result couldn't be better. Anyway, their goal this season is to compete for the No. 1 pick. The more losses, the better.

It's just a pain for Curry. It will take more time before he can show off his talents.

However, no one cares about the Warriors now. The eyes of the whole world are focused on the Lakers. After winning 14 consecutive victories, a common topic has been brought up again, that is: Who can stop the Lakers' winning streak!

The Heat can't count on it. They will meet on Christmas Eve, which is still very early. The Celtics will not meet until next spring. As for the strong Western teams such as the Spurs and Mavericks, they will not meet each other until next spring. In December, according to the subsequent schedule, the Lakers will have a 20-game winning streak by then.

Therefore, people have turned their attention to the Lakers' next opponent, the Chicago Bulls!

They are now known as the hope of the whole village.