In the end, the Trail Blazers beat the Lakers by 18 points 120:102.
The bitter fruit of five consecutive losses will probably make them sad for a long time for Lakers fans. If this continues, it will only waste Kobe's final peak. It is better to rebuild early.
In fact, they were not the only ones who said this. Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak also had such thoughts after watching the entire game at home.
The Kobe Bryant here is not the same as in the original time and space. His strength has not directly declined from the league's super giant to a serious level that may not even be as good as an All-Star due to a ruptured Achilles tendon. Even if he is no longer the strongest player in the league, his strength can still rank among the best. In contention for the top 10.
At least based on his current performance, he averages 26 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 1.2 steals per game. His average per game is stable at 25+5+5. There are only a handful of players in the league who can achieve this.
Perhaps it's time for the team to make changes, and where will the bargaining chips come from?
Kupchak looked at the list of players on the table and finally settled on Lakers player No. 16.
Kobe is undoubtedly not for sale!
As long as the Buss family is still in charge of the Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe will never be put on the trade list. In terms of treating the stars they have cultivated, the head of the Buss family, Buss, is indeed powerful enough.
From Magic Johnson to the current Black Mamba Kobe, Buss has indeed given great respect and high treatment to these two NBA superstars who started playing for the Lakers during their rookie season and grew up in the future.
Take Magic Johnson.
As soon as the news came out that he was found to be HIV positive during the insurance company's physical examination during the 1991-92 season, it caused shock and huge panic throughout the United States.
At that time, the doctor told the magician face to face: You are infected with HIV and you are going to die.
Yes, according to the medical conditions at the time, being infected with HIV = receiving an invitation to death.
The magician's manager, Luo Sheng, was completely stunned because this was the most outrageous thing he had ever heard in his life.
Are you talking human language?
My employer, my friend, the strongest point guard in the basketball world, who was fighting against Jordan in the Finals a few months ago, and now looks like a lively magician in front of me...
dying?
Is today April Fool's Day?
At the same time, all the Lakers players who received the news were shocked. They all felt that the world was crazy?
Until November 7, 1991.
The Lakers' training was stopped, and the entire team was called to attend a sudden press conference, with league executives standing outside the venue. At this moment, the Lakers players finally panicked: Could such a ridiculous rumor be true?
Immediately afterwards, Magic appeared in front of the global media and glanced at his teammates who played alongside him last season: "Brothers, I am infected with HIV and I can't play with you anymore."
Before his teammates could recover from the shock, a few minutes later, Magic announced at a press conference in front of media from all over the world:
"Due to being infected with HIV, I had to announce my retirement from the Lakers!"
This was the most shocking news on the planet at the time.
Because this is not a certain star announcing his retirement at the end of his career, this is the face of the league and a generation of superstars who just saved the NBA in the last 10 years.
However, at the peak of his career, he suddenly announced to the world that he was going to die!
Everyone knows the last thing. When the whole world, including the sports doctor from the insurance company, believed that Magic would definitely die, Magic spent four years fighting hard against the disease and finally controlled the disease in his body. The HIV virus spread and officially came back in 1996.
To be honest, Magic's road to comeback in 1996 was destined to be bumpy, because no player in the league wanted to fight a terminally ill spreader of HIV, and no one could tell whether they would be infected through a simple contact. Get HIV.
At that time, not only the active players, but also many people at the top of the league strongly opposed the attitude. In the end, it was the old Buss who came forward and used his influence and credibility as a guarantee. With the help of Magic's former friends, he finally briefly played in the 1996 season. Returned for half a season.
In the first game back, the Magic scored a near-triple-double with 19 points, rebounds and 10 assists. He once again proved that he is still the strongest passer in human history.
The difference is that he has been taking cholesterol to treat his illness and has been training. In the end, his weight reached more than 230 kilograms. When you retired, you gained nearly 40 kilograms and became a power forward.
However, even the power forward version of Magic is still so cool.
As for Kobe, there is no need to say more.
From the Eagle County incident to later forcing O'Neal to leave, and then insisting on leaving in a Bulls jersey during a certain offseason...the years of difficult transition from Peter Pan to the Black Mamba were the darkest period of life.
It was Old Buss who called Kobe to his home, who was determined to run away at the time, and persuaded him to stay after being emotional and reasonable.
Otherwise, there would not have been the joining of Pau Gasol and a group of strong players, let alone the subsequent two consecutive Lakers championships.
The word human touch is particularly precious in the league, but it was vividly reflected in Buss. This is an invisible wealth he left for the Lakers.
This is why, of the two giants in the NBA, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics, the former is always the one that rises faster. Even after experiencing a short downturn, it is still ready to attract current superstars to join and eventually return to the championship quickly. The ranks of favorable contenders.
It is not only due to the geographical location of Angel City, but also the impression left by the management of both parties on the players and fans in history.
Kupchak tapped his index finger on the portrait of Lakers player No. 16 for a while, and he slowly had a rough trading plan in his mind.
If the plan succeeds, the Lakers will have the strongest defensive line combination in the league in the near future.
But before that, he needs to discuss it with the Lakers' current new owner, Jim Buss.
This time, Kupchak is planning to bring in a few more teams to trade together, and he also wants to prove to the outside world that he is no worse than Green Army general manager Danny Ainge.
Wherever there are people, there is competition.
Not only the players on the court, but also the swords and swords behind the court, between coaches and organizations, and between managers.
Therefore, the successful rise of a team is inseparable from all aspects of planning.
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The Lakers are undergoing drastic changes, and Pau Gasol may become an important bargaining chip in this drastic change, just like Shaquille O'Neal, who was abandoned in 2004.
Of course, this is something to talk about later. At this time, Wang Zelin received a new surprise.
At 10 a.m. on December 14, 2013, the first round results of this year’s NBA All-Star voting were released!
In the East, LeBron James of the Heat led the Eastern Conference with 609,336 votes, narrowly beating Kevin Durant who received 607,407 votes.
But even though the first-round votes have exceeded 600,000, James is still not the top vote-getter in the first round.
Because there is another person who is the king of votes!
After the first round of voting, Wang Zelin undoubtedly occupied the top spot with 1,034,550 votes, a full 400,000 votes ahead of James and Durant in second and third place.
You must know that Kobe Bryant, who ranks fourth, currently has only 586,050 votes, which is not even half of Wang Zelin's.
As soon as this news came out, it immediately detonated the basketball world!
In fact, during the first round of voting, people could already predict that Wang Zelin would win the vote again.
After all, in his rookie season last year, he was able to steadily outperform all the league's superstars with his 20+10 performance, not to mention that his performance this year has gone up to a higher level, reaching 25 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 blocks, all-round. And scary!
No big man in the league can suppress this dragon from the east!
But predictions are predictions after all, and reality is reality!
Fans of other teams could not suppress their inner envy and hatred after seeing their favorite players lagging behind Wang Zelin in the All-Star votes. They turned into network warriors one by one and staged a "Top of Keys, I'm Here" There’s a fairy behind the keyboard!”
However, they seem to have forgotten that when it comes to combat capabilities in the online world, no country in the world can surpass the Chinese netizens on the other side of the ocean.
When the fans of the Chinese dynasty saw that the United States was trolling Wang Zelin, under the leadership of some big guys, countless netizens went over the wall overnight and began to explain to foreign netizens what it means to be a real "Chinese key immortal!"
Wang Zelin probably didn't expect that just because he won the first-round vote after his rookie season, it would trigger an online scolding war that spanned half of the world.
It seems wrong to say this. Since the advent of the Internet age, the concept of distance between time and space has been infinitely shorter than in ancient times. Nowadays, the term "global village" is popular.
However, when he hung up his trumpet and participated in the online scolding war, he saw some dirty words and the anger in his heart was ignited.
I won the most votes based on my strength, why are you dissatisfied?
Why, do you still want to overturn the world?
Therefore, that night, Wang Zelin pushed away his girlfriend Reina, who was coming up to her, and picked up the keyboard, becoming one of the thousands of keyboard immortals.
Not to mention, after venting his anger, Wang Zelin suddenly felt extremely relaxed, his fighting power was off the charts, and he added a few more hours.
At this moment, I finally experienced Du Xiaoshuai's behavior of using a trumpet and swearing at others, which fans would later criticize.
Some people just can’t stop complaining!
Of course, he is not as careless as Du Xiaoshuai. Things like forgetting to change his trumpet when trolling people will never happen to him, absolutely impossible!
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After playing the Lakers, the Trail Blazers had two home games in succession, playing the Grizzlies on the 15th and back-to-back games against the 75ers at home on the 16th.
In the next two games, the Trail Blazers only need to focus on the Lakers. As for the 75ers, let them continue to mess up.
Speaking of which, the 75-man management should really learn from the Jazz management. They ended up at the bottom of the Western Conference after a disagreement...
Look, this is called professional!
Ahem, let’s get down to business.
The Grizzlies have been a strong team in the Western Conference in the past few seasons. Although the upper limit is there and they have little hope of winning the championship, they have become a quality inspector for the league's strong teams.
If there are several current strong teams that are determined to compete for the championship, if they have not defeated the Grizzlies in the regular season, their fans may not be embarrassed to say that their home team is one of the favorites for the championship.
The above is a statement of high emotional intelligence.
That’s a term for low emotional intelligence!
The Grizzlies' role in the league can be summed up in one sentence - a troublemaker!
Teams that are more capable than them will make themselves dirty no matter what. The disgusting routines alone are enough to eat a pot. This is the best explanation for the current Grizzlies team.
The Grizzlies started the season in relatively average shape this year, winning only 3 of the first 8 games. Their performance was not as scary as the 1 loss and 9 consecutive wins at the beginning of last season.
But under the leadership of the Black and White Bears and a group of defensive heroes on the outside, the Grizzlies quickly regained their form and ushered in a wave of 4 consecutive victories. The current record is 10 wins and 12 losses, ranking tenth in the Western Conference.
But everyone knows that the resilience of this Grizzlies far exceeds that of ordinary teams. They can lose to the Nets and win the Clippers.
The reason why the current record is so poor is not only because Black Bear Zach Randolph, one of the black and white duo, can't control his mouth in the summer, and now his figure has become rounder, resulting in a decline in form, but also because of the severe schedule at the beginning of the season.
At the beginning of the season, we encountered the Spurs twice, the Lakers twice, the Clippers twice, the Mavericks once, the Mosaics once, and the Pacers once...
Good guy, in addition to the Heat and Trail Blazers, the strong playoff teams in the East and West almost put the Grizzlies on a collision course. There are also several teams that have back-to-back encounters. In addition, the star players are in average condition, and the record can only be good. There is a ghost.
Take the last game the Grizzlies played against the Pelicans. As the star player, Zach Randolph only contributed 13 points and 10 rebounds. That was the Pelicans without Anthony Davis!
As a result, the Grizzlies still lost 94:104 in the away game by 6 points.
Obviously, although Zach Randolph's figure is smaller than at the beginning of the game, his weight loss journey is not over yet, and the Bear King's condition is still slowly improving.
Unless he can explode in the Rose Garden tonight, it will still be very difficult for the Grizzlies to win. Therefore, it can be said that the Blazers currently value the Grizzlies, but they do not fully value them.
That night, the result of the game between the Trail Blazers and the Grizzlies did not exceed most people's expectations.
Zach Randolph made 11 of 22 shots and 1 of 1 free throws, finishing with a double-double of 23 points and 10 rebounds.
Sure enough, whenever he faces the Portland Trail Blazers, he is always as brave as ever.
Marc Gasol, who rested in the last game, also returned tonight. He scored 15 points and 8 rebounds on 7 of 13 shots tonight.
The two Bear Kings performed very well, and the inside duo of Diagnostic Pulse and the Trail Blazers performed even better.
Facing the big brother Zach, Aldridge showed no mercy at all. So what if he couldn't guard against the black bear, the black bear also couldn't guard against him.
At the end of the game, Aldridge played 39 minutes, making 11 of 23 shots and 5 of 7 free throws. He scored a double-double with 27 points and 16 rebounds, which was better than Zach's performance.
Wang Zelin didn't have much desire to take action tonight, and he didn't have many assists, so he only scored 20 points. However, his assists soared, and he gave out 8 assists in one game, 3 of which went to Aldridge.
20 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 blocks. Although the offensive end was a bit distasteful, for the sake of 8 assists, Coach Terry did not pursue it further.
That night, the Trail Blazers had a defensive battle with the Grizzlies at home. Although the overall shooting percentages of both sides were average, the Trail Blazers still had the last laugh, defeating the Grizzlies at 95:81 and ushering in a 6-game winning streak.
