Chapter 1916 Winning the Half-Distance Championship

With 90 points at halftime and a 45-point lead over their opponents, the Lakers set a new record for their opponents' halftime lead at Madison Square Garden. By the way, Madison Square Garden, the mecca of basketball and sports, once again lost to the Knicks. humiliated.

Within 15 minutes of halftime, most of the fans in the arena had already fled in panic.

But in fact, the worst was over. After all, the 45-point difference at halftime was too much, so the Lakers went up and down five times in the second half. The five starting players went to rest together and did not play for a minute in the second half.

Ji Feng's data also stopped at 30 points, 9 assists, 7 rebounds and 5 steals. He was unable to continue scoring a triple-double, but being able to get such data at halftime also proves how good the Knicks are. After all, Ji Feng only It took five points.

The full-time score was 140-100. At least the Knicks did not let their largest point difference in team history be refreshed again, but the huge point difference of 40 points has set a record for the largest point difference in a single game this season.

Of course, this time the Knicks finally found an excuse. After all, their two All-Star players could not play. This also gave them the opportunity to say bitterly after the game: Los Angeles people, you have no moral ethics!

But this is competitive sports. Although there is no lack of warmth, the way it is reflected is by no means benevolent to opponents.

"We go out, play, and win, that's it." Ji Feng didn't care about the condemnation from the Knicks or even New York fans after the game. In his opinion, this is all meaningless nonsense. The winner in competitive sports is the loser. If you don't play, It's your business. Do you still want to kidnap your opponent morally? We are our opponents, not your father.

But to be honest, although playing such a game is a bit boring, I feel refreshed after finishing the game. I feel that the fatigue of the past days of battle has been reduced a lot. Even Ji Feng wants to give the Knicks a thumbs up.

"No wonder so many people like to abuse food. It's really refreshing." Ji Feng feels that he can increase his efforts in the future, especially in this devilish season.

However, this is still difficult to achieve this season. After all, although the opponent's strength may be average, there are always artificial difficulties waiting for them.

For example, after defeating the Knicks, the Lakers immediately set off and flew to Canada overnight.

Yes, that's right, their next opponent is the Toronto Raptors. The game time is on the 13th. This is the eighth time in the season that they have been back-to-back, and it is a cross-country back-to-back.

"People who can come up with such a schedule must have something wrong with them." On the plane, although he had only played less than 2 quarters, he was still very tired and lay on the chair, complaining viciously, even though he never criticized him easily. Gasol felt like he couldn't bear it anymore. This schedule was something only a human could come up with. He wanted to ask the person who wrote the schedule if he knew how long it took to fly from New York to Toronto.

"Indeed, the most annoying thing is that you need a passport." Ji Feng also rolled his eyes. It is common for other teams to have this kind of schedule collapse. In the past, when watching the NBA, I would often see a certain team The team performed abnormally one night, and he knew from personal experience that sometimes the schedule was really inappropriate.

And this one is even more serious. Ji Feng's words are not without purpose, because before they even played the game, they lost one of their generals because of his passport. The core substitute Artest was unable to join the Lakers because his passport was thrown away at the previous hotel. Heading to Toronto, he'll head straight to his next game.

Artest also became another NBA player who was rejected by Canada because of his passport.

Losing a reliable substitute made the Lakers' road trip even more difficult, and the game against the Raptors was unexpectedly difficult.

The Raptors are a weak team in the Eastern Conference. After all, they have lost their core Bosh and need time to redefine the core. Now they are led by a group of veterans and a few rookies. Calderon is the last card, like DeRozan. The players have not yet grown up, so they are also one of the bottom teams in the Eastern Conference, and they have just won 6 wins.

However, playing at home and waiting for work, they still showed what it means that there are no underdogs in the NBA.

Calderon was very excited tonight. He scored 30 points from inside and outside shots. The Lakers rotated Blake. Farmar tried to defend him but failed to guard him. Under his leadership, the Raptors kept clinging to the score until the last 30 seconds. The two sides were still tied. At this time, Kobe ended the suspense of victory with a quasi-final kill at the last moment.

96-98, the Lakers narrowly defeated the Raptors by 2 points in an away game and continued their winning streak.

"Huh, if the schedule was like this, then I think we might have lost 7 or 8 games long ago." After the game, Ji Feng, who scored 26 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, his ninth triple-double of the season, told reporters, This can be considered a victory escape.

However, after this game, there was good news for the Lakers. Their Grammy tour was officially over, which meant that they could finally go home!

Their next game is on the 15th, against the Eagles at home.

Since it is the first game after returning to the home court, the Lakers will naturally go all out to win. However, this game will be on the bench for the first time in the peak season. Artest, who was ridiculed by many fans for not appearing in the last game, will serve as the starting small forward. .

Artest is holding back his anger. After all, many people are teasing him on his social network about entering old age early. After all, his passport can be left in the hotel. It was the hotel where he last played an away game. It has been so long that he can’t remember that he lost his passport. Those who are dead are also dead.

According to the Northeast dialect, this thing will soon be unable to read the watch, so why do you want a bicycle!

Artest was unable to refute, so he could only turn his grief and anger into strength and fight the opposite Josh Smith for 300 rounds.

In this game, Artest played a career masterpiece. Relying on his strong defense, excellent ability to eat cakes and pick up leaks from the outside, he scored 23 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists in 34 minutes. All three statistics were season highs, and the three-pointer was even more. He made 3 of 3 100% field goals. The most important thing is that he allowed Josh to score 14 points, 5 turnovers and 5 fouls, and he almost graduated.

He also let Ji Feng play the whole game. He only had to play 20 points in the game and only scored 14 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds. Although the statistics were average, Ji Feng was still very happy. After all, this proved that the depth of the Lakers' bench was really exaggerated. .

On the 18th, the Lakers swept the Suns 111-90. With the All-Star Game approaching, it was time for the Lakers to improve their performance. In this game, the Lakers scored a season peak of 32 points, 11 assists and 13 rebounds. They successfully broke the triple-double in the season and became the successor. Big O, the third man after Magic to break triple-doubles in three consecutive seasons.

Two days later, on the 20th, the Suns were once again easily defeated by the Lakers 102-0 at home, a home and away double win, and the season was swept 0-3. The once strong Suns team finally came to an end.

Ji Feng scored 21 points, 15 assists and 11 rebounds, scoring back-to-back triple-doubles.

Three days later, the Lakers defeated the Mavericks in an away game. Ji Feng scored 38 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, while Biao Deke had 35 points and 7 rebounds. The Lakers passed the game 111-107, and their winning streak in February could not be stopped.

But on the 24th, the Lakers finally lost. Defeating them was the emerging powerhouse in the Western Conference, the Thunder, which is currently third in the Western Conference.

Sitting at home, they played a classic masterpiece. Durant, Westbrook, and Harden scored 79 points together, and even suppressed the Lakers JK. Gasol did not appear due to knee discomfort, and the Thunder also defeated the Lakers 109-100. , ending the Lakers' winning streak in February.

The former youth army now finally has the qualifications to compete with the big devil.

Of course, this does not affect the Lakers becoming half-time champions. The Lakers have only lost 3 times before the All-Star break for 5 consecutive seasons.