Guard With a Knife

More injured than the New York Knicks is undoubtedly the Oklahoma City Thunder.

After they experienced a four-game losing streak in last year's playoffs, and after a whole offseason of healing, Master Wei and Master Du finally regained some of their energy.

In addition... they won seven consecutive victories in the preseason, and the Miami media has been advocating that the Lakers' strength has declined, etc.

Ever since, before the opening game, the two young masters felt that they were good again.

It’s a little too floating again.

As a result, they ran into the Duke and the Black Mamba, who were fully firing.

Before the opening game, the Duke indoctrinated the players in the locker room: "We Chinese believe that a year's plan begins in the spring, and a day's plan begins in the morning. Today is our opening game, and we must make a good start. From now on. … We have no problem with paddling and practicing tactics, but tonight, everyone must release all their energy and win!”

The Duke roared.

The massacre of 142:108 was directly shouted out.

From the moment the game opened, it was completely in Lakers mode.

The lineup sent by the Lakers is quite strange, with Snoop Dou, Kobe Bryant, Giannis, Shawn Marion and Whiteside.

Up there were two veterans, two newcomers and one veteran general flying.

However, they flew quite beautifully.

The Duke opened the Thunder's throat with a three-pointer on his first goal. Shawn Marion and Kobe Bryant immediately penetrated with great fierceness.

Marion actually seamlessly connected with the Duke's tactical guidance. His off-the-ball ability and defense are bringing very positive help to the Lakers. He even said after the game: Snoopy is the best teammate I have ever played with.

This sentence did not make Stephen Nash feel depressed. Instead, he added with a smile: He is also the best teammate I have ever played with.

This shows the unity in the current Lakers camp.

Another point of unity is Giannis.

Rookie Giannis became the player who played the entire game. From the beginning, Shawn Marion flew with him, then Stephen Jackson came on to fly with him, and then Artest Jr. came on to teach him how to drive a tank.

Then Steve Nash and Baron Davis joined the luxurious sparring group.

The whole rhythm of the Lakers is that Snoopy and Kobe Bryant are attacking the city. After leading by double figures, immediately ask Giannis to make a surprise attack or play a single in the penalty area.

In addition, he is also given a heavy responsibility on the defensive end. Not only let him be a power forward, but also let him guard Durant.

Whenever Durant teaches him a lesson, his big brother, the Duke, will find it in Durant and tell him: It doesn't matter, keep on guard!

This gives Giannis great confidence and makes him more calm during the game. Whether it is defense or offense, he is quite confident.

And, there is always a big brother around to look after you. Although each Big Brother's method is different,... for a rookie who has not been exposed to professional training for a short time, it is beneficial to open the book. He is like a sponge absorbing water like crazy.

"I'm so jealous."

After the game, Nick Young couldn't help but said: "This is definitely the best rookie training in the history of the NBA. If someone had taken such good care of me when I was in Washington, I might have become the second Kobe Bryant." "

Nick Young said this frankly.

But then Kobe called him to a duel. He was tortured to death.

What second Kobe Bryant?

The aging Black Mamba has been distraught when hearing such words recently, which is even more harsh than the voice urging him to have a son.

After all, how many people can accept the fact that they are getting old calmly?

In the first game of his career, Giannis contributed 13 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 1 block and 7 turnovers, which also attracted heated discussion.

Many people are saying that Giannis can't play at all, why should he be given so much time.

In response, Kupchak responded: "No way, the family has this condition."

These words made the 2013 rookies vomit blood, while others were still struggling for playing time. The Lakers' No. 15 pick has been appointed by the Duke as His Royal Highness.

He's not playing ball. It's basically like a bunch of Lakers veterans taking turns to be babysitters. They don't scold him when he makes a wrong play, and encourage him to keep shooting when he misses. After being bullied, the Duke regained his place.

Did this guy come to the NBA to be an uncle?

There is no way, the family does have this condition.

Something that made the rookies vomit blood even more happened in the second game. In the second game against the Bobcats, Kobe Bryant was inexplicably rested, and then Duke also came on as a substitute.

The four veterans of Milicic, Boozer, Shawn Marion and Baron Davis directly brought the Greek Monster to the field. This rookie who had just entered the league actually got unlimited firing rights.

Everyone knows how bad his offensive skills are.

But he actually got the chance.

The fans at the scene actually screamed loudly, applauding the rookie from the bottom of their hearts.

The reason why they applauded so much is that the Duke called the Greek Monster in an earlier interview: "He is the future of our Lakers. Look at his amazing physical condition. He will become the fourth active player." BUG players. The other three are LeBron James, Kevin Durant and me!”

When the Duke said such words, the fans immediately became excited. Originally, there were some voices criticizing Yangnis, but now, there is almost one-sided encouragement and support.

He also told the bad guys in the Lakers team to carefully cultivate the future of the Lakers.

In this regard, little Artest, Wu Sheng brother, the bearded captain and Mr. Marion are very interested. Whether it is a training camp or a competition venue, it is truly a teaching from the heart, with all kinds of details.

And when the Lakers are obsessed with cultivating rookies. The South Coast Miami Heat finally got off to an epic start after gathering the Big Four.

The collaboration of the four superstars seems to be the core team of the strongest American team, although Howard's strength has declined compared to the previous two years due to a back injury. But when he joined the ranks of the Big Three, the energy burst out by the entire team was amazing.

Their 22-game winning streak at the start pushed their myth to the extreme.

Before the San Antonio Spurs defeated them, the Miami media even shouted arrogant slogans of victory and championship.

But after all, they were still in St. Anthony and encountered sniping attacks from old men. Tim Duncan led Whiteside and other elite players to successfully kill the Big Four at ATT Arena. The most critical role was that the Spurs caused damage to the penalty area from the beginning. Dwight Howard, who was in foul trouble, was unable to play for at least 25 minutes.

At the last moment, Popovich once again used the obscene shark-cutting tactic. He continued to send Howard to the free throw line to consolidate the lead and finally won.

The victory broke the Miami Heat's undefeated streak.

But...more people still think that the Heat are invincible and the Spurs are just a fluke.

Many people began to ask whether this season is still meaningful? Does Miami's top four giants mean that the NBA finale is officially coming?

In this regard, the Los Angeles Lakers seemed indifferent.

They are still working tirelessly to cultivate the Greek monsters and don't care about the record at all. Always maintaining the sixth and seventh position in the Western Conference. This ranking makes the teams in the top half of the league on tenterhooks. No one wants to run into the Lakers in the first round.

Although the Lakers are very good now, who knows when they will perform normally?

Especially after the Duke scored 76 points at Madison Garden in mid-November.

In this game, the Duke took 41 crazy shots.

At the end of the game, Carmelo Anthony looked like he was about to cry after single-handedly defeating the New York Knicks' defense.

God knows what he was thinking before the game. He actually talked trash to Duke Snoop: "The whole world knows that your scoring level has improved. Are you interested in competing with me?"

Carmelo Anthony has always been very confident in his scoring ability. He always believes that apart from Kobe, he is the only one in the league with the most complete scoring skills and the strongest scoring ability.

In addition, he always believed that Snoopy, who organized a series of games, was more dangerous, so he simply encouraged Duke Snoopy to embark on the path of no return as the scoring champion.

As a result, he saw what is called an attack mode with no blind spots in the field.

Although Snoopy spent the past summer wandering around, he did not miss any of his work and was always practicing his skills.

Now that Carmelo Anthony is so excited, he simply confessed.

They are already 25 years old, and they don’t want to engage in any more things where they want to promote themselves but then suppress them.

Just push it all the way! What a big deal.

So, everyone scored 76 points and dedicated a song to his old club: The person I love the most hurts me the most!

In fact, the Duke has a chance to score higher in this game.

He came off the field to rest with 3 minutes left before the end of the game.

With the touch he had at the time, there was no problem breaking Kobe Bryant's scoring record.

"But, why is it necessary? I don't want to destroy the acid-base balance in Bryant's body. He is currently actively creating humans in Los Angeles. If a son is not born this time, Vanessa will kill me."

The Duke is now singing the matter of "Kobe can't give birth to a son" as a pop song.

Now the whole world is waiting for Kobe Bryant's buzzer-beater.

When it comes to having children, Black Mamba can no longer forge iron!

And when the Duke returned to Los Angeles after easily scoring the highest score of the season in New York, he immediately announced his rest.

He has no interest in competing with Miami's Big Four for a youth without regrets.

He is now hanging on to LeBron James and others, giving them nowhere to vent their anger.

Anyway, it’s not you who is sad.

And he did it for no reason at all, just for fun.

In this focus battle, the Black Mamba led a group of veterans and Greek monsters to appear.

It has to be said that after nearly half a season of training by the four villains, the Greek Monsters have not developed much offensively. But the defense and body thickness have really improved a lot.

In this game, he was fully focused on LeBron James.

211 has a center body and he can play small forward, but he doesn't lose at all. The long arms and long legs coupled with the defensive details and cunning tricks he learned from the old martial arts master Artest made James very uncomfortable.

In this game, his performance was obviously abnormal.

And Kobe Bryant, who only played at home this season, was in pretty good shape that night. Not only did he dunk on Howard, he also hit him continuously outside the three-point line.

This group of old, weak and disabled Lakers actually took the lead in the first three quarters.

If not for the lack of physical fitness of the veterans after entering the fourth quarter, Kobe Bryant was double-teamed again.

It's really hard for the Miami Heat to escape unscathed.

In the end, the score was 121:113.

Miami's Big Four tried their best to win by 8 points.

After the game, Kupchak, a drama queen, ran to the media again. "Miami has made great progress. We will definitely keep this lesson in mind, train hard, and actively transform. We will try to lose less when we meet next time."

Forehead….

Why does this sound so sarcastic? You gave up Duke Snoop, who scored 76 points in a single game, and you actually said that Miami has improved too much?

This is naked ridicule!

But anyway, Kupchak doesn't care anyway.

With the Duke protecting him, he dared to pretend to be anything.

It was also stated a few days ago that the Lakers should get at least five All-Star berths.

This shocked the alliance. Originally, the league planned to give the Lakers four spots, but with that said, three voting options were directly given. Snoop Dou, Kobe Bryant and Whiteside.

This made Kupchak complain for a while: "Where does Adam Silver put our Greek monster? Doesn't a defensive warrior who averages 11.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.2 blocks per game not worthy of an All-Star voting spot?" Steve Nash and Ron Artest don’t deserve the nomination?”

Forehead….

Not unworthy.

Rather than being unworthy.

With the Duke's reputation, if one of his teammates is selected for voting, what's the difference between him and being an All-Star?

There are so many All-Star players in the Western Conference, so you have to give others a small chance, right?

Besides, the Greek Monster is still underqualified, and Steve Nash's level this year has dropped a bit compared to last year. As for young Mr. Artest, why would a guy who earns a basic salary of one million a year come out to join in the fun?

Dugger took the fact that there were only three voting places very lightly.

The All-Star thing was pretty boring for him.

What he is concerned about now is...the trading window will soon close with the All-Star Weekend. Should he find another veteran small forward to teach Giannis' offense?

The four villains do have a good defense. The Greek monster Antetokounmpo was taught by them for half a season and has made very good progress.

Dugger was quite surprised by the scene of him guarding LeBron James in the last game.

In time, it will definitely be no problem to become a defensive champion. After all, the masters teach well and their physical conditions are strong enough.

However, Dugger's expectations for the Greek Monsters are not just defensive warriors.

Kobe Bryant's declining condition has become an indisputable fact. The last game against the Heat also showed that the team must have two ball-holding attackers.

You can't pin your hopes on Nick Young, right?

Although Nick Young is strong in isolation, he is like a completely weakened Kobe Bryant with completely destroyed passing keys.

It's okay to let him play occasionally and fight randomly, but it is unrealistic to expect him to do big things within the tactical system.

Therefore, we still need to cultivate Greek monsters.

But where can he find a small forward who is proficient in offense?

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