Chapter 1704 The Biggest Opponent of the Season Is Revealed?
"Man, you played well, but you still need to practice your three-pointers." After the game, Curry and Ji Feng hugged on the sidelines, and Ji Feng smiled and touched the cute baby's head.
"Well, you're right, man, maybe we need to continue training together in the summer. How about I stay at your house this time." Curry spread his hands and said with a smile.
Ji Feng is the only one in the entire league who won't be angry if he says he can't do three-pointers. Although he scored a season-high 34 points in this game, he only made 3 of 9 three-pointers. His performance was really mediocre. If it weren't for the Lakers inside If the defense is too loose, he may not be able to score so many points.
"Of course, work hard buddy, the future is really yours." Ji Feng patted Curry and then met his teammates. Curry, who was not optimistic at the beginning, is now becoming more and more like a star, especially three-pointers. With that unreasonable feeling, maybe it won't be long before Curry can really compete with Ji Feng on three-pointers.
This is also Ji Feng's purpose, to raise Gu, otherwise this alliance will be too boring.
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The loss to the Warriors did not have much impact on the Lakers. Instead, the Lakers gradually got back on track. The excitement of the 35-game winning streak has finally passed. Now the Lakers team can finally calm down and continue preparing for the next game.
On January 15th, the Lakers defeated the visiting Nets 110-88 at home, doubling their opponents for the fourth consecutive season. At the peak of the quarter, the 'artist' brother Vujacic, who transferred here in the summer, scored 28 points in the game. Points, 20 assists and 15 rebounds, becoming the first player to score 20+20+15 this season.
Vujacic's collapsed face after the game also became the cover of major websites, proving how brutal Ji Feng's performance was.
For the Blue Net, there may be no obstacles in the world that cannot be overcome, but there are Lakers that cannot overcome it... But for the Lakers, this game is really boring and just abusing people.
The Lakers' journey of abuse is not over yet. On the 17th and 18th, the Lakers will face the Clippers and Kings, the unlucky brothers in the West, back-to-back at Staples. The role of these two teams may be to increase the number of wins for the Lakers. Add a touch.
114-80, 117-90, the Lakers easily defeated their opponents and won three consecutive victories again. The record looked even more impeccable. The record of 41 wins and 2 losses made people feel that the Lakers had another chance to hit the best record of the season.
However, there is an end to the abuse. On the 20th, which is the day when the NBA announced the All-Star starting lineup for this season, the Lakers encountered the biggest difficulty of the season on the road.
The Dallas Mavericks, an old acquaintance of the Lakers, are also the best representatives of the league's regular season and playoff teams. They have been stealing the show in the past four or five years. They can reach the finals, or they can win 2-0. When they were reversed by the Heat, they could win 67 games in the season, or they could be beaten by the Warriors. They could beat the Spurs by seven when they were not favored in the playoffs, or they could return the favor after a season. Black Seven…
For the Mavericks, describing the past five years as "old wretched man" does not feel inappropriate at all. Their saucy operations every season combined with the various coquettish remarks of their boss Cuban can be regarded as a comedy. Came to see it.
This season, Cuban once again shouted the slogan of winning the championship, but like in previous seasons, no one believed they could do it...
The Mavericks were a low-key team in the summer. They only introduced the "Boxing Champion" who was not wanted by the Hornets. Tyson Chandler supplemented the inside, and Peja supplemented the outside. They also introduced Sasha Pavlovich, Bu Landon Haywood is the substitute, and the others are still the same players from last season.
So at the beginning of the season, no one thought the Mavericks would be the favorite to win the league, except themselves, oh, maybe just except their boss Cuban...
This seems to be confirmed after the start of the season. Their performance is quite satisfactory. They can beat the Spurs or lose to the Hornets. They can defeat the Magic or lose miserably to the Celtics. Their record is also 24 wins and 16 losses. They are average in the Western Conference and ranked in the Western Conference. The gap between fourth place and fifth place is only 1.5 games.
This was their first meeting with the Lakers this season. No one was optimistic about them before the game. After all, the Mavericks had only defeated the Lakers once in four seasons. Although they did not meet in the playoffs, everyone understood that that was the Mavericks. Proof of beef dishes.
The Lakers are not optimistic about the Mavericks either. Take a look at their lineup. Chandler and Peja are not wanted by the Hornets, Kidd was brought over by the Nets, and Marion was a wanderer from the Suns to the Heat and then to the Mavericks. It's just that he has the title of former All-Star. As for Terry, who is this, the guy who was dunked by Ji Feng?
Moreover, the average age of this team is very old, 38-year-old Kidd, 34-year-old Terry, 34-year-old Peja, 33-year-old Nowitzki, 33-year-old Marion, 32-year-old Haywood , Stevenson, 30, Chandler, 29…
How similar to the original Spurs.
Except for Dirk Nowitzki, none of them are on the Lakers' opponent list, but people who have experienced how badly Dirk has been hacked recently understand it, but it is also very reasonable. The veteran driver's playoff experience is Tragically, he was beaten eight times in his MVP year, led two games in the finals and was chased for four games in a row, was beaten seven, six, five... He had experienced all of them, so his ability to lead a team was ridiculed by everyone.
Before the game, the Lakers players were very relaxed. Their long-term victory naturally made them despise the Mavericks. After all, even in the two losses, the Lakers were not the main players. This means that in the 41 games the Lakers started, , maintaining an astonishing record of victory, ranking first in the league and first in history.
They certainly have reason to despise their opponents.
However, after the start, the Mavericks' performance was shocking. It was not that they were not strong, but that they were too strong!
The Mavericks sent center Chandler, veteran power forward, small forward Marion, point guard Stevens, and point guard Kidd.
Against Lakers center Bynum, power forward Gasol, small forward Ji Feng, point guard Kobe Bryant, and point guard Lao Yu, there is no advantage at all.
But at the beginning, they did not lose to the Lakers in the positional battle. At the end of the first quarter, with Dirk's three-pointer at the buzzer, the Mavericks actually went ahead by one point, entering the second quarter 28-27!
"Often scored, Dirk beat Gasol and scored 11 points in the first quarter. The buzzer at the last moment allowed the Mavericks to enter the second quarter with a 1-point advantage. This was the first time the Lakers played this season. Being so good and being ahead of others," Barkley said.
In the following two quarters of the game, the two sides were still inextricably tied. Except for the Death Five and the Death Five, the Lakers took out everything else at the bottom of the box. Ji Feng also entered the scoring mode early for the first time. In the middle of the third quarter, there was Scored 13 consecutive points.
But even so, the Lakers were still trailing by two points 78-80 in the third quarter!
In the crucial fourth quarter, the Lakers showed momentum in the first 5 minutes. Ji Feng and Kobe hit three-pointers one after another. Bynum scored in the frontcourt with a tip-in. Ji Feng also blocked Marion's weird shot. In 5 minutes, A wave of 19-5 attacks.
Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief, the Mavericks actually launched an incredible counterattack wave, defeating the Lakers for 6 consecutive rounds, and on the last ball, Dirk hit the game-winning mid-range shot!