Li Hao defended the Western Conference Player of the Week. To be more precise, Li Hao and James defended the Player of the Week together.
Although Li Hao's statistics are not pretty, he averaged 23.7 points, 7.2 assists, 7.5 rebounds, 2.5 steals, and 1.7 blocks per game.
Well, Li Hao's bad statistics are compared to last season's triple-double. Normally, this data is already quite good, not to mention that this data is still handed over when he averages only 30 minutes per game.
Li Hao deserved the award of the Week, and Li Hao's performance was actually impeccable. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for the Lakers to win their only seven consecutive victories at the beginning of the season.
After seven consecutive victories, Jim Bass and Kupchak made an appointment with Li Hao, and this time they made an appointment at Li Hao's Chinese restaurant. The two came together to meet Li Hao.
There is no way, the Lakers have not enjoyed such a victory for too long, and after the performance of these few games, the whole world feels that the Lakers are about to usher in a renaissance.
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It will take time to verify that the Lakers have not ushered in a renaissance, but one result has already come out, that is, the Lakers are the only team to start this season with seven consecutive wins.
The Cavaliers still fell at the feet of the Hawks. Although there was no Howard, the Cavaliers' old player, the Russian center, stabbed the Cavaliers in the back. The Russian center scored 14 points and 14 rebounds in the whole game, helping the Hawks beat their former team.
However, just two hours after the Cavaliers fell at the feet of the Hawks and ended their winning streak, the Lakers failed to continue their winning streak and fell to their eighth opponent.
"Isn't this poisonous?" Lakers fans couldn't help but complain as they watched the losing game.
The Dallas Mavericks, the biggest sufferer of the Lakers in recent seasons. In the 10-11 season, the Lakers and Kobe Bryant fought for the second dynasty, but were eliminated by the Mavericks in the playoffs. After that, the Lakers rarely beat the Mavericks. The season was even better, without winning a single game.
Before the game, the entire Los Angeles was looking forward to the Lakers ending their crazy losing streak against the Mavericks, ending their 10-game losing streak and extending their wins to eight games. What a wonderful thing it would be.
But in fact, it was the other way around, and what made the Lakers even more uncomfortable was that the Mavericks' leader Nowitzki was still recovering from his injury and did not play at all.
One season has passed and the German tank has aged another year, but even so, no one underestimates Nowitzki. How can the fame he has gained in his nearly two decades of career dissipate so easily.
But even if the Mavericks gave up an old Nowitzki, the Lakers still weren't sure, what should I say? This game is very similar to the previous game with the Warriors, except this time the Lakers are playing like the Warriors.
On this night, the Staples Center was filled with the crazy sound of the Lakers, which almost shocked the fans' eardrums. In comparison, the Mavericks had nothing to lose no matter how much they shot.
Last season, Barnes, who was not even the fourth leader in the Warriors, had his strongest start to the season. He made 11 of 18 shots from the field and scored a Mavericks-high 31 points. In addition to Barnes, the Mavericks also had 4 He scored a triple-double, and all 8 players on the team scored.
Yes, due to serious injuries, only 8 players from the Mavericks came to Los Angeles for this game. In contrast, only two of the 12 players from the Lakers scored triple-doubles.
Li Hao played the most stubborn game of the season so far. He played 40 minutes in the game and took 30 crazy shots. He made 12 of 30 shots, 1 of 8 three-pointers, and 10 of 13 free throws. He scored a game-high 35 points.
In this game, Li Hao's three-point touch was on par with Curry and Thompson. It can even be said to be the game where Li Hao's three-point touch was the coldest since he entered the league.
In addition to three-pointers, Li Hao's touch can also be seen from free throws. Li Hao made all free throws in the previous six games, and from the number of free throws, we can also know how Li Hao scored most of his goals in this game.
With his hand feeling cold, Li Hao chose the safest way, which was to hit the basket. There is always an iron rule in basketball games, that is, the closer you are to the basket, the easier it is to score.
Before the rise of the small ball era, why centers were so popular was because of this iron rule.
The small ball era has indeed changed the way basketball is played, but in fact this iron rule still applies.
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"Lee, you didn't notice that your performance was particularly poor against the Mavericks." As he said this, the reporter actually took out a data sheet of the Lakers' game against the Mavericks.
"It's not bad." Li Hao looked at his data. Although there were some deficiencies, most of his performances were actually okay, and there were even some explosive games, but the Lakers just couldn't beat the Mavericks.
In some cases, the Mavericks themselves performed very well, and in other cases, other Lakers players performed poorly.
"How long do you think the Lakers' winless streak against the Mavericks will last?" another reporter asked.
After saying "Next game", Li Hao turned around and left.
Li Hao knew the habits of this group of people very well, not to mention it was such an obvious trap.
Regarding Li Hao's behavior of not respecting martial ethics, the media also looked helpless. Now it is different from the past. With the development of technology and the increasingly developed Internet, it is difficult for the media to control public opinion as it used to.
Otherwise, as for Li Hao, the media will portray him as a public enemy, just like Allen Iverson.
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Although the Lakers players were sorry for this defeat, they did not take it to heart. The players knew that no team can win all the time, and it is a matter of joy to achieve the longest seven-game winning streak in the beginning.
In contrast, Lakers fans are a little worried. The Lakers started off very well last season, with 5 wins and 1 loss. At that time, fans also thought that the team was ushering in a revival, but the result was that they received the third overall pick this season.
Therefore, the fans' worries are not unreasonable. They are really afraid of a recurrence of last season's situation. Although the Lakers introduced Wade and Howard this summer, they only introduced Wade and Howard.
Wade is 34 years old. Although he can still score, he is not at his peak. In the eyes of Lakers fans, Wade is similar to Kobe who is about to retire.
As for Howard, he had surgery after joining, and now he can only be in the stands. Besides, Lakers fans themselves are not optimistic about Howard, who has a criminal record.
However, the fans' worries seemed to be unnecessary, because two days later, the Lakers returned to the winning track and defeated the Kings led by Cousins with a big victory.
Six Lakers players scored in double figures in this game. Li Hao got his third triple-double of the season. He played 32 minutes, made 10 of 20 shots, 4 of 8 three-pointers, and 7 of 7 free throws, scoring 31 points. , 11 assists, 11 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 blocks.
Looking at the huge score on the scorer, a trace of regret flashed in Cousins' eyes. In the past summer, Kupchak actually contacted Cousins, but at that time, Cousins did not like the Lakers at all. .
In Cousins' view, there is no difference at all between the Lakers and the Kings. They are nothing more than jumping from one quagmire to another. Rather than going to a quagmire where you are unfamiliar with, it is better to stay in the familiar one, at least in this quagmire. He stayed for many years and had a deep relationship.
