ATPnovel Chapter 287 Do Elementary School Students Have No Homework?
Chapter 287 Do Elementary School Students Have No Homework?
Chapter 287 Do Elementary School Students Have No Homework?
Entering March in a blink of an eye, the Lakers have a total of 3 games to play this month.Plus the 15 games in April, that is to say, before the first round of the playoffs on April 4, there are only 7 games left.
According to the previous winning percentage, the Lakers' record should be above 70 to have a chance to rush to the second position.
And the horror is that even if all the games in the next month and a half are won, they will not be able to catch up with the Warriors.
The Warriors this season are so horrible that people have begun to call it the strongest team in NBA history.
Yuan Qingshan flipped through the schedule, and the rest of the opponents were equally strong and weak. Except for a few consecutive visitors in the middle of this month, the schedule was not bad. As long as he paid attention to the rhythm, he should be able to start the playoffs in a good state.
On March 3, the Lakers played an away game against the Nets. This is a weak Eastern team. It has only won more than 2 wins, ranking second to last in the Eastern Conference, just surpassing the Philadelphia 10ers who wrote the word "bad" on their foreheads.
Big center Brook Lopez scored the most points on the Nets team. He was the only one who averaged 20 points per game, and the others failed to record even in bad teams.
What is even more surprising is that they recently bought out Joe Johnson, who averaged 11 points and 5 assists per game, and it seems that they are determined to become the champion.
The Lakers won this game very smoothly, Whiteside was responsible for holding Lopez, and the Nets lost their backbone.
The Nets, the Lakers' strengths, can't defend against any of them. Besides, the players don't seem to have any intention of defending. It is estimated that the team's atmosphere has already become a problem, and people's hearts have been scattered.
Kobe only played for 19 minutes and left the game at the end of the third quarter. Yuan Qingshan estimated that his shoulder injury was more serious than expected. This is completely bad news for the Lakers.
On March 3, the Lakers challenged the Nuggets away.
Before the start of the game, coach Scott received a rare call from Kupchak. The general manager's meaning was very clear, even if he died, he wanted to win the Nuggets, because the Lakers held the Nuggets' first-round pick. The worse the Nuggets' record, the higher the pick.
In fact, Scott didn't need him to talk about it at all. He had already studied the next schedule several times.
The Nuggets are currently ranked 12th in the Western Conference and will definitely miss the playoffs. Like the Nets, they are labeled as a weak team.
If the Lakers don't increase their winning percentage on these weak teams, they will be overtaken by the Spurs, Thunder and other teams who are eyeing behind them in the blink of an eye. Everyone is holding back their energy.
One Warriors team has muddied the waters of the entire West.
We must go all out to reach the second position in the Western Conference, because no one wants to touch the Warriors before the Western Conference Finals.
Yuan Qingshan has no special impression of the Nuggets team. He only knows that they selected point guard Mudiay with the No. 7 pick last year, and then there is a rookie selected the year before last, a Serbian center who just landed in the NBA this year, called Jokic, the 41st pick in the second round.
Then there is Will Barton, who was short-lived in the slam dunk contest. Apart from his better jumping, this player is relatively average in other aspects.
It's a pity that the performance of these three people has been mediocre in one season. In a big and weak team like the Nuggets, they can only average 10 points per game, which is a bit unreasonable.
The Lakers won the game easily, and Kobe didn't play in this away game at all, nor did he go to Denver with the team. Yuan Qingshan couldn't help but have a bad feeling in his heart.
After the whole game, the only thing that the Nuggets could surprise Yuan Qingshan was the big man Jokic.
The Serbian center was taken care of badly by Whiteside. He only scored 8 points and 6 rebounds, but he sent 6 assists.
After the game, Yuan Qingshan asked Whiteside and Jokic how he felt about the matchup. Whiteside's evaluation was simple: defending this kid is not tiring, tiring, this guy is too thief, he doesn't look like a center at all.
Yuan Qingshan nodded. It was the same as what he observed. Jokic has a high golf quotient. There are not many big men who are willing to play with their brains.
Towns is good at offense, Whiteside is good at defense, and the Lakers still lack a big man who can support and pass the ball.
On the way back to Los Angeles, Yuan Qingshan summoned the system menu, studied Jokic's information again, and wanted to ask Gakki to follow up on his economic contract, only to realize that Gakki was still missing.
The system administrator had no idea, but guessed that she should have left after she concretized.
With the continuous improvement of Yuanqingshan's level, gakki is no longer limited by the time of realization. In other words, she can always exist as a "human" entity.
Knowing this, Yuan Qingshan felt a dull pain in his heart, ordered the system to follow up on the brokerage company's business, and prepared to go to sleep.
The system administrator asked him if he wanted to simulate another assistant to take the place of gakki, but Yuan Qingshan refused, because no one can take the place of gakki.
Entering March, Rachel began to get busy. In March Madness, she was sent out to follow up and interview the NCAA tournament, focusing on Brandon Ingram, Jaylen Brown and Jamal Murray.
Yuan Qingshan had a few phone calls with Coach John, and learned that the team's record this year was far from ideal, and they would be eliminated in early March.
Only guard Jamal Murray performed well on the team, but he can't support himself alone. I'm afraid he won't even be able to get Duke's face this year.
Yuan Qingshan comforted the coach, but John acted very relaxed, saying that he won the championship last year and sent all the starting five tigers to the NBA.
Hearing what the coach said, Yuan Qingshan was relieved.
Coach John asked about his condition in turn, and Yuan Qingshan told the truth.
The coach told him that he should go all out this season, but he must not get injured.
For the vast majority of NBA players, the summer trading period is a terrifying existence.
At that time, even if he is traded away, he must not be unacceptable. Every NBA player needs to figure out: This is a business.
Yuan Qingshan knew that Coach John must have heard some messy rumors to say this. It is no wonder that the Lakers management has such a bad reputation this season, especially the boss Jim Buss, who is completely like today and no tomorrow.
In the 3 games in early March, the Lakers only lost to the Warriors and Grizzlies.
The game against the Warriors on the 17th made Yuan Qingshan a little depressed. He had tried his best to defend against Curry, but he was still covered by the pupils. The closer the playoffs were, the crazier the pupils became.
What's going on, elementary school doesn't leave homework now, but let the elementary school students run out and act wild!
106 to 92, the Lakers lost to the Warriors by 14 points, and Curry scored 41 points personally, which made Yuan Qingshan, who is good at defense, very embarrassed.
At the press conference after the game, the reporters from all walks of life did not save him face. They kept mentioning "Curry, Curry". If Downs was not there to help smooth things over, Yuan Qingshan might really leave the meeting angrily in the end.
The structure of the Oracle Arena is a bit special. After the press conference, the players can leave through the side door without having to huddle with the reporters.
Yuan Qingshan and Downs walked out of the conference room and saw Curry waiting in the corridor.
(End of this chapter)