NBA: I just want to play soy sauce, you let me win the championship

Chapter 280 Two major problems facing the defending champion

The impact of Sterling's racist remarks continued to ferment. Stern was so disgusted by such nonsense that he urgently summoned all NBA owners and held a closed-door meeting for three days.

The specific result is unknown, but according to sources, it is very likely that Scott will be forced to sell the Clippers and a certain fine will be imposed.

Lu Yuanzhi didn't bother to care about the specific direction in which this matter would develop. It seemed that this mess had nothing to do with him.

The Kings continued their sweet schedule and ushered in consecutive home games that started before the All-Star Game.

7 consecutive home games!
On February 2, they defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 18:93 at home.

On February 2, they defeated the Boston Celtics 20:83 at home.

On February 2, they defeated the New York Knicks 23:92 at home.

Lu Yuanzhi defeated his opponents in every matchup and gained the free attributes he desperately needed.

Coupled with the free attributes accumulated in previous games against the SuperSonics and Spurs, Lu Yuanzhi's free attributes have reached 9 points.

After investing all these 9 points in confrontation dribbling, Lu Yuanzhi's confrontation dribbling has also reached 59 points. Combined with his strong physique, he is no longer likely to lose the ball due to physical confrontation when dribbling.

On February 2, the Kings sat at home and faced the challenge of the Detroit Pistons.

During pre-game training, Pistons head coach Rick Carlisle came over to say hello to Lu Yuanzhi, and left without a trace, "I think you can reach the heights of Bird," and then left.

Lu Yuanzhi called him a good guy. Has he made up his mind to abandon the Pistons next season and go to Indiana to find his good brother Larry Bird?

However, Carlisle didn't say anything illegal. He didn't recruit Lu Yuanzhi for anyone. He just said some words of praise. Even if the news spread, he would not be punished in any way.

Lu Yuanzhi looked thoughtfully at the Pistons players warming up.

Because the Lakers suddenly jumped out to compete for love, Billups did not go to the Motor City, so their starting point guard is still the undrafted Chucky Atkins, who is only 180 centimeters tall.

This kind of team strength is really not worth remembering Carlisle.

I don’t know if peach-picking master Larry Brown is still willing to join this obviously flawed team.

Or he can also use his magical powers to not only recruit Rasheed Wallace, but also recruit a reliable point guard for the Pistons.

The game was lackluster. Without Billups to threaten Bibby at the point guard position, the White Devils had everything they wanted throughout the game, making the Pistons miserable.

After the Pistons sent Stackhouse to the Wizards in exchange for Hamilton, their style changed drastically and they became the iron-blooded defensive team that everyone is familiar with, but now the point guard has obvious shortcomings. Management still hasn't found the right candidate.

What surprised Lu Yuanzhi was that Memet Okur, one of Yao's future opponents, made his debut as a first-year rookie. However, he tried to take shots from beyond the three-point line twice, but they were both blocked by Lu Yuanzhi. Come down.

The action speed is also too slow!

That is to say, the Rockets really don't have a good rim protector inside, so Dayao can only squat inside and not come out, giving Okur an opportunity to shoot easily.

Otherwise, even if Dayao gains weight again, as long as he is willing to guard against it, he will definitely not be able to reap the benefits of Oku.

And Lu Yuanzhi received another surprise. Not only did he defeat the Pistons' starting undrafted player Michael Curry on both offense and defense, but he also defeated the little prince Shaotian Prince who came on the bench.

The immature little prince had just landed in the NBA and had not yet adapted to the rhythm of the NBA game. He met Lu Yuanzhi, the god of death, and was almost beaten to the point of being heartbroken.

In the end, the sharpest spear pierced the defective shield. 75:96, the Kings defeated the Pistons at home.

Lu Yuanzhi also happily got 4 points of free attributes.

Lu Yuanzhi started adding points directly on the court this time. He added 1 point of free attribute to the counter-dribble. After raising the counter-dribble to 60 points, he followed the plan and added the remaining 3 points to the ball-holding three-pointer. superior.A three-pointer with the ball originally had 6 points, but after adding 3 points, it reached 9 points.

After beating the Pistons, the Kings have played 57 games this season and achieved a good record of 44 wins and 13 losses, ranking first in the league.

Lu Yuanzhi did the math again and found that there were still 25 games left, which required 61 free attribute points. The average was more than 2 points per game, which was quite difficult.

No, that’s not how it was calculated!

Lu Yuanzhi suddenly woke up. He was not averaging more than 2 points per game, but averaging more than 3 points per game!

Because as long as he loses the game, he will not get free attributes, and the Kings will have a lot of tough battles ahead, especially back-to-back games on the road, which will inevitably affect the team's condition and are very likely to lose.

This is even more urgent!
Therefore, only by beating the main players and substitutes more like today can we increase the three-point three-point score to 70 before the end of the season.

Come on!

While Lu Yuanzhi was settling accounts and encouraging himself, Carlisle had already finished shaking hands with Adelman. Seeing that Lu Yuanzhi had not left yet, he came up and hugged Lu Yuanzhi.

It was obvious now, and many reporters seemed to smell something.

Carlisle said haphazardly, "Go and see for yourself in two weeks."

two weeks?

personally?

what does it mean!

The Riddler is the most annoying!
But when Lu Yuanzhi returned to the locker room and saw the schedule in two weeks, he suddenly realized.

On March 3, the Indiana Pacers will challenge the Kings away from home.

So, when Carlisle said to see it in person in two weeks, was this what he meant?
Lu Yuanzhi has no time to worry about this. Next, the Kings will end their sweet home game and begin an away trip, and their first opponent will be the difficult Dallas Mavericks.

The regular season has entered the sprint stage, and every team is also tightening its gears. It is hoped that the playoffs will be entered, and the playoffs will be guaranteed to get a better ranking. In the playoffs, they can Get home field advantage.

As the defending champion, it is indeed not easy for the Kings to advance from the beginning of the season to this stage.

The championship team had to face two problems.

One is spiritual. After winning the championship, many old players' lifelong pursuits have been realized. They are in long-term contracts. After losing a goal, they are bound to slack off.

At the same time, some role players will gradually lose their momentum when they have honors. If they are in a team with abnormal salary, such as the Lakers last year, George, Fox, Fisher and others will come up with more ideas. , will also lose its spirit.

Fortunately, when the Kings won the championship, Lu Yuanzhi, Turkoglu and others were still very young and under their rookie contracts. They did not dare to slack off for the first big contract in their lives.

Divac and Stojakovic are guests in a foreign land, and their hometowns are threatened by war, so they will not have any thoughts of comfort.

Chris Webber, the team boss who is most likely to be slacking off, does not dare to be careless at all.

The incident of him illegally accepting gifts at the University of Michigan broke out, which made him anxious. At the same time, it also made him desperately hope that people would focus on his performance on the court, and he was more focused on the game than anyone else.

It's really a blessing in disguise.

Although the mental problems are solved, physical fatigue is inevitable.

　Sorry for being late today
　　
　
(End of this chapter)