As Howard's favorability level exceeded the threshold, Du Kang decided to give Howard the silver potential card rewarded with 20 consecutive wins.
Well, it’s probably very difficult for Howard’s favorability to reach 90. But after breaking through 80 and rising to 85 or even 89, it shouldn’t be that difficult.
After the game against the Magic, it was Howard who attended the post-game press conference on behalf of the Lakers.
Facing his old club, Howard scored a career-high 51 points and scored 50+ points for the first time in his career. Howard was very excited.
“When I was younger, sometimes I didn’t realize that, but the loyalty you develop in the community is always discarded when you leave, and you don’t get the recognition you deserve from your last team. It's not a simple grudge, they want you to lose what you have, maybe you still love them, but they already want you to die, and I don't want the person I died to be happy, and this is the result."
"Dwight, are you telling me that you still have loyalty to the Magic?"
"Of course, the Magic made me shine, and I'll always love this team."
"Dwight, what you did in this game is how you love this team?"
"I said, I just want some people who want me to die to be sad. I am not targeting the Magic, which I still love deeply."
"Dwight, what about the Lakers?"
"Coach D and the Lakers taught me sacrifice and honesty." Howard said with a smile and stretched out his right hand, the golden words on the green wrist shining brightly.
honest! This is my quality! It is a quality recognized by Coach D. Howard enjoyed the pleasure of beating his old club in the face after such a game.
He hoped this moment would never end. But, the Lakers need to hurry. On March 13, the Lakers had a back-to-back game against the Hawks on the road.
The Hawks are now ranked fifth in the Eastern Conference. Because yesterday the Bulls lost 79-121 on the road to the Kings, a weak team in the Western Conference, by 42 points, so the Hawks were forced to move up from sixth to fifth.
The Bulls led by Thibodeau played a team like the Kings on the road and lost by 42 points. This is even more disgraceful than the Spurs losing to the Timberwolves by more than 20 points.
This also shows that Thibodeau still doesn't know how to reasonably lose a game he doesn't want to win. As for Du Kang, he may actually understand it even more than Thibodeau.
"Steve, whether it's Popovich or Thibodeau, why do they fight so hard when they play against strong teams? Why don't the Bulls open up when they play us? Why do the Spurs win against the Thunder? But they all choose to play Do you start acting when you have a fat belly?"
"Because when playing against a strong team, the attention is too high, and it is easy to be criticized for arrogance, and most of the dialogue between strong teams is broadcast live across the United States. Some NBA players and coaches only perform seriously during the live broadcast across the United States. It is not easy for players to cooperate in such a game." Rotten." That's it.
Du Kang suddenly realized. No wonder the bull hit them with all his might. When the Spurs play the Thunder, it's also an away game and they have to work hard to win.
"Also, when the Spurs play the Thunder, the two teams regard each other as strong rivals. The relationship between victory and defeat in the regular season is still very important for the confidence of the players, especially the confidence of young players."
"Steve, do you think the Eagles will compete with us in this game?" Du Kang smiled.
Seeing the smile on Du Kang's face, Clifford knew that this question was a test for him. Clifford frowned and thought.
Logically speaking, it won't be open. Beating the Lakers, beating coach D, the consequences of being open are too serious. However, the Bulls and Thibodeau are too disgusting.
Defeating the Kings and losing by 42 points is an arrogant display of face-saving output against the Eagles. Now the eagle will definitely be stimulated and unhappy.
Fifth in the Eastern Conference, we will play the Heat in the second round. Who the hell wants to play against the Heat? So the Hawks and Bulls have been entangled since the All-Stars.
No one dares to win one more game, and no one dares to lose one more game. Now the Bulls are deliberately losing like this because they feel that the Hawks dare not take action. They feel that the Lakers will rotate players in this back-to-back game and will not compete for victory. In the end, the Hawks will win with a high probability.
"It's all a calculation!" Clifford finally sighed.
"Du, I don't think the Eagles want to win this game." Du Kang smiled. This assistant of his is really half Zhuge Liang.
"Heroes see the same thing." On February 13, at 8 o'clock in the evening, the Lakers played an away game against the Hawks.
Before the game started, Du Kang saw Jeff Teague and Josh Smith sitting there in suits and ties.
The Hawks directly rested two of the three major players, leaving Al Horford to lead the team. This is probably due to the consideration of the home team. They dare not rest all the team's major players for fear of not being good to the home team. Fans explain.
Of course, the Lakers also took a rotation in this game. Howard, who played very happily in the last game, is also wearing a suit and tie in this game. Yi Jianlian and Nash, the two Lakers combination who have become more and more tacit in recent times, also took a rest.
However, Kobe and Maizi, who had been rested for three games by Du Kang, returned.
"Bryant, how do you feel now?"
"Full of fighting spirit!" Du Kang smiled and patted Kobe on the shoulder.
"You can attack whatever you want in this game." After Du Kang finished his instructions to Kobe, he sat back in his seat.
"Coach, what did you just say to that old guy Kobe?" Du Kang glanced at Howard, who was coming over to give him a pat on the back.
"I asked Kobe to attack as he pleased in this game and take a few more shots." After Du Kang said this, Howard looked confused.
Of course he would be happy if he could watch Kobe playing like crazy. But what if Kobe's touch comes?
But if you think about it carefully, the coach found a reason to ban Kobe for three games, allowing himself and Yi to show their strength in these three games. Now that Kobe has been lifted from the ban, he has to use the assists, right?
It's a pity that he and Yi are not there. It's a pity for Howard, otherwise he wouldn't be so crazy about the offensive rebounds in this game?
For America’s media and fan pundits. Du Kang developed the assist flow for the four major guards and Kobe.
But for Howard. Du Kang developed the assist flow in order to allow Kobe and the four major guards to help him and Yi, act as nannies, and develop their own offensive abilities.
This is much better than Van Gundy, who will only let him defend. Look at Coach D, even if I can't shoot, Coach D can develop an offensive tactical system for me!
Well, in order to create more assists for Master Beast, this old guy Kobe really should shoot more!
"What, Dwight has a problem?"
"No, coach, I have absolutely no objections. Whatever you say is what it is. Please believe in my loyalty to you!" After saying that, Howard grinned, revealing his two rows of simple white teeth.
Well, seeing Howard's smile like this, people who don't know Howard will definitely think that he is a simple good boy.
In the game between the Lakers and the Hawks, the Hawks rested two of their three main players. The Hawks definitely want to start this game.
However, the Lakers did not allow the Hawks to complete their setup. As soon as the game started in the first quarter, the Lakers led by Kobe Bryant were 19 to 26, trailing by 7 points. In the first quarter, Kobe shot 0 of 6 shots and did not score a single point.
Without Nash, without Howard, without Yi Jianlian, without Iverson, this game is indeed difficult for Corvo. The assist flow cannot be played, and the Hawks players on the court are staring at him to defend.
With Blake, Artest, Antawn Jamison and Gasol's starting lineup, it's really difficult for Corvo.
In the first quarter of the game, Corvo led the team 0-for-6 and did not score a single point. This made Howard next to Du Kang extremely happy.
"Coach, you are still smart, hahahaha..." Du Kang smiled and said nothing. He definitely did not cheat Corvo in this game.
Because he simulated it once. Du Kang performed a simulation mainly to see if the players would be injured during the game.
Simulating it twice or more is a scam. Simulate it once and that's the player's original state.
And this game is Corvo's original state. Anyone who has driven a car knows that classic cars cannot be used all the time, or even if they are not used for a long time.
Corvo should have been out of use for a long time now. Du Kang felt that his strange coaching knowledge had increased.
"Ding, your player inspection ability has been adjusted from c- to c-level, please check it carefully." Oh? Can!
"Ding, your player Howard's favorable opinion of you has been adjusted to 81, please check it!" At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers' score on the court was 61 to 75, trailing by 13 points.
Kobe shot 3 of 17 in the first three quarters and only scored 11 points. At this scene, the Eagles fans were stunned, and the Eagles players and the Eagles head coach were speechless. The system showed that Howard's favorability towards him increased by 1 point, reaching 81.
Okay, beast. As expected, this coach was not disappointed.
"The Eagles originally wanted to give up in this game, but Coach D insisted that the Eagles not give up. It is very reminiscent of the fact that Coach D's assistant coach is Steve Clifford, Thibodeau's senior brother. "Not only the three commentators of tnt for this game Lean Pianpian.
Even Eagles head coach Larry Drew is gritting his teeth now. I fucking want to lose a game, why is it so difficult?
Coach d, are you toxic? You just don’t accept the victory that others give you? Since you won't accept it, I won't be polite!
Coach D’s first defeat in his career, I accepted it!
"In the fourth quarter, beat the Lakers hard and don't give them any chance!" After Larry Drew said this, the Eagles players were shocked.
And on the other side.
"Aaron, are you done warming up?"
"Coach, no problem."
"tmc, what about you?"
"Coach, I don't need to warm up." Maizi yawned and opened his eyes.
"Let's go." At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Kobe Bryant, the head player of the Lakers, continued to stay on the court. That's not the biggest shocker.
The most shocking thing is! During this game, Allen Iverson and Tracy McGrady, who had been standing next to Du Kang and were also wearing suits, seemed like assistant coaches, taking off their suits and taking the field!
"Damn it, the way ai and tmc took off their suits and exposed their jerseys were so cool, weren't they?"
"I have to say, Coach Xiao Du is so good at playing!" In fact, it was not just the Chinese netizens who were shocked when the Lakers fell behind by 14 points and Iverson and TMC took off their suits and came on the court.
Here in the United States, there are also heated discussions.
"If Coach D can make a huge comeback in this game, he will create a classic that NBA fans will remember forever!" This is too pretentious!
Even though the NBA plays thousands of games every year, they have never seen this before! Not to mention the fans, even the Eagles players on the court and Eagles head coach Larry Drew on the sidelines were dumbfounded.
30 minutes later. competition is over. Maizi, Kezi, and Aizi high-fived each other in the center of the court.
The golden, purple, and red wrist guards on the hands of the three people were shining brightly. A handsome one! A dashing one!
A beautiful one too! There were screams at the scene. Even many Eagles fans were screaming. Before the start of the fourth quarter, the Lakers, who were originally 14 points behind, beat the Eagles 38-21 in the fourth quarter. In the end, the Lakers reversed the Eagles 99-96 on the road and won the team's 24th game. winning streak.
In the fourth quarter of the game, Kobe, who shot 3 of 17 in the first three quarters, scored 20 points on 8 of 16 shots. Iverson scored 10 points on 4 of 4 shots. TMC shot 2 of 3 shots, with 5 points and 5 assists.
The appearance of Iverson and tmc directly changed the situation. Cormi, who made Cormi cry so hard in the first three quarters, simply lived.
Allen tore open the space. Wheat opens the tissue. Isn't it easy for Kezi? At the end of the game, three of the four major defender fans who came to watch the game were very happy, except for the Carter fans who were still resting during this game.
Carter fans looked at the other three fans with real envy.
"When can I play?"
"I heard that Carter has some knee problems recently, and Coach D has been helping with acupuncture."
"Oh, my knee is stuck!" After the game, the entire Internet once again started a discussion about the Lakers game.
Coach D waved his hand, and the scene of Iverson and TMC taking off their suits and taking the field became the hottest topic on the Internet.
After the game against the Eagles. The Lakers' road trip continues. Challenge the Pacers away from home on March 15.
The Pacers and Hawks are different. The Eagles don't want to win. The Pacers are crazy about winning. The Pacers and Nets are now competing for third place.
Neither the Hawks nor the Bulls want to be fifth. Neither the Pacers nor the Nets want fourth place. This is the deterrent power of the Heat's Big Three in the East now.
However, compared with the Hawks, the Pacers, who want to win more, are easier to play. Because the Lakers have the most powerful weapon against the Pacers.
Howard of Warcraft! Howard faced Roy Hibbert 16 times in his career, with a record of 13 wins and 3 losses.
There are many legends in the NBA. Yao Ming vs. Howard legend. Deron versus Paul legend. But few people know the Howard vs. Roy Hibbert legend.
The last time the Lakers and Pacers met this season, Hibbert played 18 minutes and was fouled out six times.
Hibbert is like the God of War in front of the Heat. But in front of Howard, I was miserable. Then Paul George met Kobe, and it was also miserable. This young player who obviously has a strong body but likes to play with skills explodes every time he meets the Heat.
But when they meet a skilled expert like Kobe, they will pay tribute to Kobe and hit the iron like crazy. This is another encounter between the Lakers and Pacers.
Hibbert played only 24 minutes and was fouled twice in the first quarter. The whole game was in foul crisis.
As for Paul George, he made 6 of 20 shots and scored 20 points. With the performance of the two cores inside and outside the Pacers, it will be very difficult for the Pacers to win.
This is one thing defeating one thing in the NBA. In the end, the Pacers lost to the Lakers 93-109 at home.
After the Lakers defeated the Pacers, who were third in the Eastern Conference, their record reached 43 wins and 25 losses. The team won three consecutive games on the road trip in the Eastern Conference, and the team won 25 consecutive games after Du Kang took over.
The Lakers, who have won 25 consecutive games, have also become the team with the second consecutive winning streak in NBA history.
The team with the longest winning streak in the NBA is also the Lakers, led by Jerry West Chamberlain and the Lakers after Baylor retired.
By the way, in this game against the Pacers, Corvo allowed George to make 6 of 20 shots and hit the ball 14 times. Corvo himself was also defended by George, making 7 of 20 shots and hitting the ball 13 times.
After the game, Howard's favorability towards Du Kang increased by 1 point to 82 points. So, beast beast.
Do you mean to suffer from Corvo? After beating the Pacers, the Lakers won 25 consecutive games. The whole team is very happy.
However, Carter was a little sad. Since playing against the Thunder, he has been frozen by the head coach.
In the game against the Thunder, he did use a lot of force. That's why Maizi, Kobe and Iverson are too curly.
One by one, they showed off their skills, showing off Ibaka. How could he be content to lag behind? So in this game with the Thunder, he went crazy many times and took off many times.
The last big four guard teased Ibaka for a dunk. He jumped. It is indeed difficult to keep taking off in front of these two beasts, Ibaka and Durant.
So, there was something wrong with his knee. Du Kang didn't mean to freeze Carter. Carter kept getting injured in the games he simulated, and there was nothing he could do about it.
After playing against the Thunder and the Mavericks, Carter was injured in the simulation. Playing against the Bulls and Hawks, Carter was still injured in his simulated game.
This shows that Carter's knee needs to rest now and is no longer able to compete. If he continues to compete, he will be injured.
Of course he wouldn't let Carter take another chance.
"Coach, there's nothing wrong with my knee, right?" On the plane flying back to Los Angeles. Du Kang took off his white gloves and handed them to Iverson, who was holding the plate next to him.
Shaked his head.
"The situation is not very optimistic. I am still looking for a way to treat it." Carter sighed.
"Coach, I..."
"Ding, your player Carter's favorable opinion of you has been adjusted to 90, please check it." Huh? Du Kang was stunned for a moment.
What's going on with this inexplicable rise in favor?
"Coach, you are the most special head coach I have ever seen. Not many head coaches would force players to rest just because key players are at risk of injury." Seeing the expression on Carter's face at this time, Du Kang understood. .
In today's NBA, even if a player is injured, he still falls on the court. Even the team's doctor recommends that players play as long as they are able to play. Is there any risk of injury?
This basically doesn't exist. Especially key players like Carter, who is the Lakers' most reliable three-point shooter now.
It's important for him to be on the court. Even standing on the court is a threat. In situations like Carter's, coaches, team doctors, and even teammates will urge him and put pressure on him to play.
But here in Du Kang...well, the situation is very different.
"I need to be responsible for every one of my players. Vince himself said it. You are my key player and I can't bear to have you injured."
"..."
"Have a good rest." Du Kang patted Carter's shoulder and prepared to leave with Iverson and Nash.
"Coach...thank you..."
"What's wrong?" Looking at the young coach with a smile on his face, Carter couldn't say anything in such an atmosphere.
"Well, coach, when will my knee get better?"
"Well, maybe after the next game, maybe after six games, maybe after 11 games, maybe, beyond."
"..." Looking at Du Kang's back when he left, Carter was completely stupid. 1, 6, 11...does this have any special meaning?
Carter couldn't figure out why. Finally, I could only lie down and rest. Carter gently touched the blue wristband on his wrist.
"Coach, it's really mysterious..." In front of Carter in the first-class cabin, Arab League was still dreaming.
Ah Lian, who turned into Wang Zhizhi in his dream, is already in his fourth season with the Mavericks. In the first season, he, Nash and Nowitzki lost to OK in the first round.
In the second season, he, Nash, and Nowitzki defeated the Jazz 3-1 in the first round and lost to the Spurs 2-4 in the second round.
In the third season, they swept the Timberwolves led by Garnett in the first round, but lost to the powerful Princeton Kings 2-4 in the second round.
In the fourth season, the 2002-03 season, in the playoffs, they defeated the Trail Blazers 4-3 in the first round, and then defeated the Kings 4-3 in the second round, finally reaching the Western Conference Finals. This time The opponent is still the old opponent, the Spurs.
This time, can you take revenge on the Spurs and reach the finals? After three games, the Mavericks were trailing 1-2. In the fourth game, Nowitzki was injured. The team doctor said he could play. The boss said he must play, but the coach was determined not to.
In the end, under the leadership of him and Nash, the Mavericks lost to the Spurs 3-4. If Nowitzki plays with an injury, the Mavericks can definitely defeat the Spurs, enter the Finals, and finally defeat the Nets and win the championship, right?
The season is over. The boss Cuban, who missed out on the championship, hated the coach and refused a four-year, $44 million contract extension from Nash, the coach's favorite player.
"ang, Dirk...goodbye."
"Steve... we will definitely meet again!" Yi Jianlian looked at Nowitzki and Nash hugging each other, gritting his teeth and saying nothing.
They meet again this time. Also, on that night when we never saw each other again, all three of them cried. Yi Jianlian woke up and sat up in the first-class cabin.
Wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.
"What a real dream..." Huh? Du Kang just passed by with his two male nurses, Nash and Iverson.
Nash, who was walking at the end, was stunned for a moment when he saw the tears on Yi Jianlian's face.
"Yi, are you okay?" Looking at Nash, who was wearing a white coat, Yi Jianlian had a smile on his face.
"It's okay, it's just..."
"that is?"
"It's just, it's really nice to see you again."
"..." March 17th. The Los Angeles Lakers returned to their home court in Los Angeles and faced the challenge of the Fish Belly King, easily defeating them 117 to 105.
This is the Los Angeles Lakers' 26th consecutive victory. At the same time, Du Kang also led the team to 25 consecutive victories after becoming the official head coach of the Lakers.
"Ding, congratulations on leading the team to 25 consecutive victories and completing the achievement.
"Win 5 in a row" will reward you with a silver-level lottery card. "
"Ding, congratulations on winning the item, the silver-grade steel knee." Damn it! Props are out! Auckland.
"Michael, Coach D is awesome, right?" in the office of Golden State Warriors head coach Mark Jackson.
"We played against the Kings at home and away, defeated the Suns, Bucks, and Timberwolves on the road, and led the Lakers to 30 consecutive victories, which is incredible!"
"It's really incredible." After assistant Michael Malone finished speaking, Mark Jackson smiled and nodded.
As a rookie head coach, the Lakers still have such a black hole as a head coach. To actually achieve such a result is really incredible.
The Lakers, who have now won 30 consecutive games, have become the focus of sports circles around the world. This is no exaggeration at all.
Because the longest winning streak in NBA history is already around the corner. Let's put it this way, not only the Warriors are in the audience, but other NBA coaches, players, and fans are also in the audience.
"Every game the Lakers win from now on will create history, and the next game will be us." 20-plus consecutive wins and 30-game winning streak give people completely different perceptions.
"Mark, are you confident?"
"Yes." Mark Jackson smiled. The Warrior is currently sitting comfortably at seventh, unable to move up or down. However, he can feel that this Warrior is very strong!
They have big center Bogut. There are North Carolina Eagles on the flanks. There are two outside shooters who are three-point shooters. Against the Lakers, his defense can shrink.
But the Lakers can't shrink, they can only expand. Can the Lakers' group of veterans be expanded?
If it can't be expanded, Curry and Thompson can shoot like crazy. Expanding on that, it was the performance moment of the North Carolina Flying Eagles and David Lee.
Really, it's not him, Mark Jackson, who's bragging. He really felt that this warrior was really strong.
This Warriors team that no one is paying attention to yet is really strong! He even felt...that he, the head coach, was preventing them from bringing out their strength.
Could it be that I did something wrong? Mark Jackson has always been a little confused. His warrior shouldn't be so unknown.
"Karl, do you think I'm a bit useless as a head coach and can't bring out the strength of the boys?"
"..." Karl Malone looked at Mark Jackson in surprise.
"Mark, how could you have such an idea?"
"No, it's nothing." Mark Jackson smiled. Sigh... I hope Mr. Jerry West doesn't find out.
But, is this possible?
"Coach, is my knee really healed?"
"Try it." Carter jumped up continuously, the expression on his face becoming more and more shocked and surprised.
Finally, Carter even picked up a basketball and rushed towards the basket. 360 degree turn dunk!
Bang! For a moment, all the players in the Lakers training hall were dumbfounded.
"Is this Carter?"
"ufo is back!"
"Coach got UFO back!!!"
"Ding, your player Vince Carter's ability has been adjusted to 90, please check it."
"Ding, your player Vince Carter's opinion of you has been adjusted to 99. Please check it carefully." The Lakers' wing thigh is finally in place!
"Coach, thank you!" This time, Carter finally said it. Maizi breathed a sigh of relief. Thank you... Yao, when will you come over?
