ATPnovel Chapter 228 Chapter 229
Chapter 228 Chapter 229
Chapter 228 Chapter 229
After Coach John hung up the phone, he ate the donut happily. His wife was a little curious and asked him what happy event he had.
John answered this way: If the super sports car you designed by yourself not only ran supersonic speed, but also could take off in the future, wouldn’t you be happy?
"What kind of nonsense are you talking about?" His wife gave him a blank look and turned to fry the steak. There was a sound of zirazla in the kitchen.
John came to a photo wall in the living room, looked at the group photos of players from Kentucky and smirked.
In 2015, Towns was undoubtedly the strongest player, but the one he looked forward to the most was Yuan Qingshan. This little guy has been surprising him since March Madness and has never stopped.
"I hope he can escape the turmoil of this transaction. No one can always go smoothly, right?" John thought so, took a cup of coffee and turned on the TV.
It is currently a rare blank period in the college league. Coach John is relatively free. What he has to do every day is to supervise Jamal Murray's training and watch the games of those former students.
John tuned the channel, TNT live tonight is the Kings vs. Pacers.
Kings head coach George Karl put out a brand new starting lineup: Cousins, Caulistan, Rudy Gay, Darren Collison and Rajon Rondo.
This lineup seems to be strong in every point, but its weakness is also prominent: poor three-point shooting.
Collison, the top shooter, can only guarantee one [-]-pointer per night, and Gay is about the same.
From position [-] to position [-], none of the five players can pose a threat to the Pacers from the outside. This is enough for Myers Turner, Mahinmi, and even Paul George to safely shrink the high inside line and take care of the restricted area at any time. Limit the King's three inside attack strengths to the greatest extent.
On the other hand, the Pacers are good shooters from the first position to the third position. Except for Monta Ellis who was a bit misfired by Rondo, both George Hill and Paul George got a lot of shooting opportunities.
By the third quarter, the Pacers' three-point shooting rate remained at 60%.
George Karl couldn't hold back his face and asked the Pacers to change the outside defense, but the Pacers broke into a sieve.
Paul George is that kind of weapon: you don't look very murderous, but once unsheathed, you can definitely kill your opponent without leaving any armor.
Don't forget, he is the man who has been fighting LeBron in the playoffs!
Coach John shook his head as he watched. Collison and Gay's defense was too poor, and they always raised their hands symbolically to prepare for a fast break.
It's a joke, people can easily throw the ball in every time, how can there be a chance for you to fast break?
Amidst coach John's constant complaints, the Kings suffered a disastrous defeat, and Paul George returned to Indianapolis with a hearty victory.
TNT gave the camera several times to Rajon Rondo, who joined the Kings this year.
Rondo's face was livid, and the veins on his forehead were erected. He was obviously very dissatisfied with the team's performance.
Cousins pouted like a little brother, and followed Rondo angrily.
John guessed: The Kings locker room will definitely explode in a while. Even if the trade does not come to Yuan Qingshan, they will make some adjustments before the trade deadline.
After the Warriors lost to the Lakers in an upset, they beat the Bucks away.
Curry made 15 of 11 three-pointers and scored 44 points.
Thompson made 8 of 6 three-pointers and scored 27 points.
The Splash Brothers teamed up to score 71 points, while the Bucks only scored 87 points.
The Warriors beat the Bucks on both offense and defense, and Kidd was hit on the head. Except for Antetokounmpo who played well and scored 20 points, the others struggled to even score 20 points under the care of the Warriors.
Middleton, who has been in the limelight recently, has been severely targeted.
Cole used surprise soldiers and used Iguodala to lead the defense against Middleton. The little AI defended him to 11 of 1 shots and almost swallowed a duck egg.
After tonight's round of competition, the pattern of east and west has changed slightly.
勇士24胜4负仍然处在第一位，马刺25胜5负排在第二，火箭21胜7负排名第三，东部第一的骑士队19胜9负排在第四，而湖人队18胜10负排在西部第四，联盟第五。
Seven of the top ten teams are from the west, and only three are from the east. The west is strong and the east is weak.
The Thunder's duo played their lives to get the team out of the quagmire, but it was only in the bottom half of the Western Conference playoffs.
The Spurs have aged for another year, but Shifu Duncan is still strong. GDP and Aldridge helped the Spurs firmly occupy the second position, leaving the Rockets behind by several wins.
The Mavericks have lost Tyson Chandler, Rajon Rondo and Monta Ellis one after another. In the eyes of the outside world, they will be completely reduced to fish belly this year, but after a quarter of the season, the Mavericks have a record of 14 wins and 12 losses, ranking fifth in the West.If this momentum can be maintained, it is estimated that this year can enter the playoffs.
After all, the reporter finally awarded the "Jaws Dropped" award to the Lakers.
In December, the Lakers were still in the top four and firmly stuck in the top half of the playoffs. This was something no one expected before the start of the season.
A few months ago, would you have imagined that the Lakers could play so well when Hibbert was waived and his 1500 salary was thrown away for nothing?
Lakers fans attribute this to the god-given trade and god-picking on draft night, and thank the boss and the general manager for including both the strongest insider and the strongest outsider combination among the rookies this year, and found the cornerstone of the future at once.
Downs seems to be not for sale. Although Jim Buss once clamored to use Downs to trade for the All-Stars, it was just a bargain, not the truth.
Trading Downs?Only a fool would do that!
Towns is currently averaging 21 points, 10 rebounds, and 1 block per game, which are all star insiders. More importantly, the Lakers only need to pay him a few million dollars a year, and there are still four years left on the cheap child labor contract. A fool would let go of such a cheap and useful star.
As for Yuan Qingshan, both Bass and Kupchak think that this kid is similar to McAway, who is at the peak of his debut, but will fall into a slump when he encounters the rookie wall, so he must make a move before the trade deadline.
The storm of transactions has gradually escalated, but it has not yet spread to the stadium.
The Lakers played against the Jazz at home, Kobe Bryant still has not come back, and Hibbert mysteriously disappeared from the roster again.
The players seem to have gotten used to this, and under Scott's encouragement, they started the home defense battle with howls.
The Jazz are very tenacious, and they attack slowly and methodically in positional battles, but their shortcomings are also obvious, that is, lack of explosive power. Although they can bite the score against the wind, they are always so weak that they can't turn it over.
Yuan Qingshan faced veteran Shervin Mark. They were about the same height. Yuan Qingshan was younger, more flexible and more aggressive than Mark.
Yuan Qingshan protruded from the first ball, and often only took two accelerations to throw Mark away, and then faced the Jazz basket with the middle goal wide open.
Yuan Qingshan easily used various methods to score layups. It was not too easy, so that he had no chance to experiment with three-point skills.
(End of this chapter)