Silver-level steel knees: After a player equips them, the durability of both knees is permanently fixed at 85. After the equipment is removed, it returns to its original state. Equipment time: one week.
After equipping Carter with Steel Knees, Carter's three physical attributes of speed, burst, and bounce skyrocketed instantly.
At the same time, attributes such as defensive stability, offensive stability, inside defense, outside defense, fadeaway jumpers, mid-range shots, three-point shots, and close range shots also increased to varying degrees.
This is easy to understand. The importance of knees to players is self-evident. If your knees are not good, you will not dare to exert force. Not only will you not dare to run, you will not dare to jump, shoot, defend, and do all kinds of actions on the court.
Therefore, after restoring Carter's knee to health, Carter's ability was directly adjusted from 86 to 90.
Among them, speed and burst all reached 85, bounce even reached 90, and even physical strength increased by 1 point, from 84 to 85.
Several attribute changes that Du Kang is most concerned about are: Carter's three-pointers increased from 88 to 90, Carter's offensive stability increased from 85 to 87, outside defense increased from 80 to 85, and defensive stability increased from 80 to 85.
Coupled with the 43 skills Carter now has. Carter is now undoubtedly the Lakers' strongest 3D player.
The Lakers finally have their first and only 3D player. In the past, the Lakers' strongest 3D was Artest.
Well, Artest is now the kind of defective 3D who can't guard against fast players, and his three-point shooting is the same as the Six Meridians Excalibur.
How could Carter's current attributes be so comfortable? What's more, Carter is more than just a 3D.
Just because the Lakers have Kobe and UAE in singles. The organization has Nash, Wheat, and Kobe. So Carter usually doesn't need him to play in singles with the Lakers.
As a super All-Star player with extremely comprehensive skills and an overall rating of 90, if Carter is really allowed to play in isolation, there will definitely be nothing wrong with him.
In short, now that Carter has recovered from his knees, the Lakers' wings are no longer something that Rudy Gay can just kill through.
"Coach, is my knee healed for good?"
"No." Du Kang's words made the excited Carter a little regretful, but not disappointed. It would be strange to be able to recover forever.
"However, as long as you stay with the Lakers, I will give you acupuncture after every game to ensure that your knees remain in this condition until you retire and there will be no problems at all."
"Coach, do you think you can keep it up until retirement?!" Du Kang saw Carter, who was getting excited again, and said with a smile: "Does Vince think I am a person who likes to brag?"
"Of course not, you are the most honest person in the world!" Look, this is not what I said.
Hearing Carter's unabashed praise of Du Kang at this time, all the surrounding Lakers players looked at him with genuine envy and jealousy.
They also want to praise Du Kang! However, in the Lakers, even Gasol and Artest are not qualified to praise Coach D now!
It can only be said that Du Kang's current MP and resources are indeed not enough, and it cannot benefit all players. This still makes Du Kang a little regretful.
The Lakers players have been so obedient this season, each and every one of them has clearly cut themselves off for his and Aunt Jenny's power.
He actually wanted to give every player a small gift. What's more, with the current 15 players on the Lakers, after Howard's favorability towards him reached 80, Du Kang also achieved the achievement of all Lakers' favorability reaching 80.
Leading the team to 30 consecutive victories, during which time they have been rotating. Every player on the Lakers has a chance to play, and everyone has a chance to show off.
As the head coach, Du Kang has a very high internal evaluation of the Lakers.
"Coach, you have even solved UFO's knee problem. When will you solve my shooting problem..." Howard looked at Du Kang resentfully.
By the way, it has become a daily routine for Howard to act coquettishly towards Du Kang from time to time in the training ground, and the Lakers players present have long been accustomed to it.
In fact, Howard himself doesn't have much hope every time he acts like a baby like this. His shooting is indeed not that easy to solve.
Free throws, mid-range shots, three-pointers, this is a bible to him. Therefore, Howard, who had finished acting coquettishly, was ready to accept Du Kang's "angry scolding" again.
But this time...
"It's almost there. We have some ideas. Dwight, do you want to prioritize free throws, close shots, mid-range shots, or three-pointers?" Free throws, close shots, mid-range shots, and three-pointers?
Of course it’s a free throw! Coach, do you know how miserable I am from free throws? Just when Howard was about to blurt out, Clifford next to him pulled Howard's sleeve.
Then he made a 3 sign to Howard.
"Coach, I want to improve my three-point shooting ability! Please help me design a three-point shooting training method!" Du Kang smiled.
"The best choice, yes." For Howard, it's hard to say which one is better, free throws or three-pointers.
But for the Lakers, a Howard with 85 attributes for three-pointers is definitely more useful than a Howard with 85 attributes for free throw ability.
Howard, who has a good three-point shooting ability, can open up offensive space for the Lakers, which has greater tactical significance.
Kobe, Iverson, Carter, Tracy McGrady, Nash, and Alian will have greater offensive space by then.
"Coach, you will definitely not lie to the person who is most loyal to you in the world, right?"
"No." Du Kang finished.
"Ding, your player Dwight Howard's favorability towards you has been adjusted to 85, please check." Damn it!
Are you so realistic? Du Kang smiled. The silver-level potential card is used on Howard's three-point shooting attributes.
The next step is to use MP to improve Howard's three-point shooting attributes. Now Howard's three-pointer has potential, so the MP usage is halved.
To increase Howard's three-pointers from 30 to 85, the mp required is 3000mp. Now Du Kang has accumulated 6155 mp after frantically accumulating mp in the previous 8 games.
"Ding, your player Dwight Howard's three-point shooting ability attribute has been adjusted to 85. The training method to activate the attribute has been distributed. Please check it." Training method: The most hated person, shoot the most hated person, shoot and be The more times you shoot, the more attributes are activated. When shooting and being shot at the same time reaches 100,000 times, 85 will be permanently fixed. If you shoot and be shot at the same time more than once, it will temporarily reach 85. If you don't shoot each other for more than three days, the attributes will decrease a little every day. , up to the true level.
"..." Du Kang was stunned when he saw this training method. Cum each other 100,000 times? 20 shots, assuming 2,000 shots per day, it will also take 100 days.
Wouldn't it mean that if Howard and Kobe don't shoot enough shots at each other and they separate, Howard's three-pointers will slowly return to their original point?
So... what is the principle of this?
"Coach, are you okay?" Howard, who had been next to Du Kang, thought it was too difficult to teach him three-pointers because Du Kang couldn't do it anymore, so he quickly asked with concern.
"The training method is pretty obvious, but, Dwight, are you willing to try it?" Howard felt strange about Du Kang's question.
you still need to ask? Of course I am willing! As long as you can learn three-pointers, you can go up mountains of swords and seas of fire! Soon, Howard knew why the coach asked this question.
"Bryant, Dwight, from now on you will have three-point shooting contact with each other every day, at least 500 shots a day, no upper limit." Du Kang said after bringing Kobe and Howard together, the other Lakers players at the scene were dumbfounded. .
"Is the coach really trying to teach Dwight three-pointers, or is he trying to improve the relationship between Bryant and Howard?"
"I don't know. If it were anyone else, I would definitely think it was to improve the relationship, but this is the coach!"
"That's right." For a moment, the Lakers players began to whisper. In fact, Howard thinks the same way.
If it were another head coach, he would definitely feel that he was overestimating his ability to improve his relationship with Kobe.
But this is coaching! This is the coach who developed Nash's defense! Coach D who can make him sincerely convinced!
If it were another head coach. Even if he dies, he won't let Kobe shoot. But if it is Coach D.
"Kobe, don't act like a wimp, pick up the ball, come on, shoot me!"
"..." Fake? ! Kobe was dumbfounded when he saw Howard gritting his teeth and closing his eyes, looking like he was just enjoying it if he couldn't resist.
Why do these words sound so familiar? Isn't this what I scolded him for back then? Thinking of this, Kobe picked up the basketball on the basketball stand next to him and shot it at Howard.
A swipe! Kobe felt that his three-pointers were even slightly stronger. Damn Kobe, just wait for me!
Wait a minute and watch me shoot you to death! After Kobe shot 100 shots, it was Howard's turn to shoot Kobe. Then... bang!
Bang! Bang! Seeing the smile on Kobe's face, Howard was stunned. The smile on Kobe's face at this time, in Howard's heart, was definitely a sarcastic smile.
Farke! Why is my three-point shot so bad? If my three-point shot is very good, I will definitely make Kobe cry!
After shooting 100 goals, Howard scored more goals than he scored.
"Come on, shoot me!"
"..." Kobe was speechless again. Seeing Kobe and Howard teaming up for training at Du Kang's request, some Lakers players nearby laughed like crazy.
Of course, I didn’t dare to laugh directly, I just laughed in my heart. After watching for a while, both Howard and Kobe were indeed training seriously at his request, Du Kang felt relieved.
Looking forward to the day when Howard's three-point shooting attributes reach 85. It only takes 10,000 mutual shots to temporarily reach 85, which is still very fast.
According to the current situation where Howard and Kobe regard each other as enemies, they shot so hard. A week or so should be enough.
"Du, can you really perfect Dwight's three-point shot?"
"What do you think Steve?"
"I'm very much looking forward to the day when Du leads us to the NBA championship." Clifford did not answer directly, but the answer is self-evident.
"Du, before I became your assistant coach, I never thought that one day I would become the coach of an NBA team with 30 consecutive wins. Do you know the difference between 30 consecutive wins and 20 consecutive wins?" Clifford He looked at Du Kang respectfully.
Du Kang nodded.
"I know that all NBA teams that have reached 30 consecutive wins in the regular season have finally won the championship." Yes, including the Lakers, there are two 30-win teams in NBA history.
The last one has already won the championship. Therefore, when the Lakers led by Du Kang achieved 30 consecutive wins in the regular season, public opinion across the United States changed.
Before the Lakers won three consecutive games, few teams would associate the Lakers with the championship. As long as they are not out of their minds, no one will believe that such a team of veterans can finally reach the finals and win the championship.
There is no theoretical support. But now, everything is different. No theoretical support is needed, 30 consecutive wins is the best support basis.
Just like a team becomes the second team to win more than 70 games in the regular season, if this team does not win the championship, it will be a failure.
Which one is more valuable, the second team with 30 consecutive wins or the second team with 70 wins?
Maybe 30 consecutive wins will be more than 70 wins. Therefore, after the Lakers achieved 30 consecutive victories, even those media who did not believe that the Lakers could win the championship would eventually bring up the possibility of the Lakers winning the championship for everyone to discuss.
You don't believe the Lakers can compete for a championship. But you can no longer avoid the possibility of the Lakers competing for the championship.
Therefore, now the Lakers have successfully joined the group of Heat, Thunder and Spurs, becoming the fourth NBA championship favorite.
At the same time, it is also the most ferocious team currently being discussed.
"At this moment, I am fortunate that most of my players are veterans over 30 years old." Faced with such turbulent public opinion, if the Lakers were a group of young people, they would be fooled, and they would definitely be fooled.
In fact, after he became the head coach of the Lakers this season, the public opinion surrounding the Lakers has been crazy.
If it weren't for the fact that the Lakers were filled with battle-hardened veterans, the Lakers would have collapsed amid such public opinion.
At this moment, Du Kang once again felt the fragrance of the veterans. This is so reassuring. If the Lakers were a young team.
The most important thing for Du Kang every day now is to give psychological massage to the Lakers players. This must have completely destroyed Du Kang?
"Du, we have 10 games left. Do you think it is possible for us to become the first team in NBA history to win 40 consecutive games?"
"Who knows."
"No, I think you can!" Damn it! Ham next to him was shocked. Is this still the reserved guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes from before?
This flattery is absolutely amazing! The Lakers' current record is 47 wins and 25 losses, and they are currently ranked sixth in the Western Conference.
The current top five teams in the Western Conference, the Thunder are 51 wins and 19 losses, and the Spurs are 53 wins and 17 losses. The two teams are ranked second and first.
After that came the Grizzlies with 47 wins and 22 losses, the Nuggets with 48 wins and 23 losses, and the Clippers with 47 wins and 23 losses.
Behind the Lakers, the Warriors ranked seventh in the Western Conference with 41 wins and 30 losses. The Rockets ranked eighth in the Western Conference with 39 wins and 31 losses.
The Jazz, who are ninth in the Western Conference, have 34 wins and 36 losses and are now falling behind. The situation in the west is now very clear.
The Jazz basically have no chance of the playoffs. The Warriors and Rockets began competing for seventh place in the Western Conference.
Of course, the Warriors still have an advantage of two games, but the Warriors' schedule is also relatively difficult.
At the same time, in the third, fourth and fifth rankings in the Western Conference, there is indeed a plot for the Nuggets to start to overtake.
For a time, the situation in the Western Conference playoffs became a battle. On the contrary, the Lakers, sixth in the Western Conference, seem to have no desires and desires, looking at the sea.
There are still 10 games left. If the Lakers want to catch up with the Nuggets, Grizzlies, and Clippers, they need to ensure that they do not lose in the next games.
As long as they can do this, the Lakers can become a spoiler in the final Western Conference standings. But can the Lakers do it?
"Pop, you are looking at the Lakers' schedule. With 30 consecutive victories, the Lakers have already reached the top three in the Western Conference. Do you think the Lakers will become the final spoiler?" Can the Lakers become the final influence of the Spurs' strategy? Spoiler?
Popovich smiled.
"The Lakers' opponent in the last game of the regular season is us." Hearing this, Budenholzer also smiled.
Yes, the fate of the Lakers is ultimately in the hands of the Spurs.
"I hope that by then, the Lakers will have won 39 consecutive games. That way, the game will be more interesting." Because of the bombardment of national public opinion, Popovich is already paying attention to Du Kang and the Lakers.
At the same time, Du Kang is actually also concerned about the Spurs. After all, the Spurs were Du Kang's chosen opponent in the second round.
Du Kang is most concerned about the Spurs' dynamics right now. As for the Nuggets, he doesn't care that much about the tangle between the Grizzlies and Clippers.
After all, Du Kang is already certain that the Nuggets can rush to third place in the Western Conference.
"Steve, do you think it's possible that the fate of the Spurs will finally be in our hands?"
"Du, are you saying that Popovich is hesitating now?" It is indeed easy to talk to smart people.
Popovich does have some hesitation now. The Lakers rushed too hard. A 30-game winning streak is impossible if Popovich and the Spurs don't pay attention.
"If we have run out of gas, he will leave the Lakers to himself and lose to us. If the Lakers are still strong, he will leave our possible x factor to the Thunder. If they need to win, they can give us Thunder, he will definitely beat us hard in that game."
"You're right." Damn it! Hearing the conversation between Du Kang and Clifford, Ham next to him was really dumbfounded.
Why do you look so far ahead? Why can't I? Hamm has recently felt that the pressure on him as the chief assistant coach next to Du Kang and Clifford is increasing.
Obviously, he, the chief assistant coach, is just making up the numbers. Clifford is Du's chief adviser!
He, the chief assistant coach, couldn't even get into the conversation. This is too uncomfortable. March 25, 2013, 10:30 pm, Oracle Arena, Oakland.
The game between the sixth-ranked Lakers in the Western Conference and the seventh-ranked Warriors in the Western Conference is about to begin. Because the Lakers achieved their 30th consecutive victory, this game, which should not have received so much attention in the first place, instantly attracted a lot of attention.
Let's put it this way, as long as the Lakers don't lose, every next game will be the most watched game!
This made James in front of the TV extremely uncomfortable. The MVP battle between him and Durant has reached fever pitch.
Media momentum is needed. Now that the media is building momentum for the Lakers, the MVP battle between him and Durant has received a lot less attention. In the end, if there is a direct vote, based on his performance this season, it will be extremely difficult to win the MVP again.
Sigh... When will Coach D lose the game? When will the Lakers lose? For James, he really looks forward to the Lakers losing every day.
I've been looking forward to it until the Lakers' 30th consecutive victory. This is too uncomfortable. On TV, looking at the camera reporters surrounding the stadium, James was really envious.
Just the size of the camera reporters on site may have exceeded that of previous finals. This is incredible.
The scene at Oracle Center. Because the Lakers and Warriors have many connections, they were very harmonious before the game.
Before the game started, Du Kang took the initiative to chat with Jerry West, the Warriors' senior advisor.
"Jerry, let's make a bet. If I can bring the Lakers to break your winning streak that year, can you return to the Lakers?"
"Mitch and Jim are doing a good job with the Lakers and don't need my help." Jerry West said with a smile. It is impossible for a good horse to turn around.
"Jerry, you misunderstood, I mean, you come back and be my player."
"..." Jerry West, such an elegant and wise man, was confused at this time. The magician next to him couldn't laugh or cry.
Sure enough, it's you, Coach D who always likes to invite famous celebrities to come back! All the famous Lakers players have been invited by Coach D.
"Coach D, you are so good at joking."
"Didn't Jerry think the joke was funny?"
"Very interesting." Jerry West smiled and nodded. Seeing Du Kang chatting and laughing so happily with Jerry West and Magic, the Warriors head coach Mark Jackson next to him was so envious.
For some reason, he always felt that Jerry West looked down on him, and he was trembling when he was asked to be the coach of the Warriors.
On both sides of the players. Carter was undoubtedly the pregame favorite. The Warriors' North Carolina Flying Eagle Harrison Barnes is his North Carolina junior.
Curry, the boss of the Warriors, is Carter’s eldest nephew.
"Carter, what do you think of my dunk? Mighty or not!" Curry, who likes to shoot from the center circle before the game, actually stopped shooting from the center circle before the game and switched to dunking.
After blowing the whistle in front of Carter, Curry received the pass from Dream Green and went to the basket. He was about to dunk with one hand when he slipped with a pop.
For a moment, the entire Oracle Arena burst into laughter. Most of the Warriors fans were laughing, and a small number of old Warriors fans were about to cry. How could our boss be such a living treasure!
Then, the second in command of the Warriors, Klay Thompson, after laughing loudly, pulled Curry up and prepared to salute Carter with a signature dunk in front of Carter.
Let's put it this way, in the NBA, as long as you like dunking, no one dislikes Carter, and no one can resist the temptation to show off dunking in front of Carter.
"Stephen, yours is not good, ufo, look at mine." Klay Thompson smiled and slowly dribbled to the three-point line, stepped over the free throw line, started to accelerate, took off, turned 360 degrees, and dunked!
Bang! It wasn't a dunk, but it hit the front of the basket directly. Klay Thompson's whole body was bounced away by the rebound of the basket.
Seeing this scene, Curry, who just failed to dunk, was already laughing. Even Carter was amused by these two living treasures at this time.
Is this the dunk result you have been practicing for half a year? Carter didn't know whether to cry or laugh. Anyway, Du Kang, who was not far away, must have smiled.
Mark Jackson, the head coach of the Warriors next to Du Kang, didn't look very good.
"I really want to trade these two living treasures!"... This is the second update today, and there should be another update today, around 11 o'clock.
