Chapter 1234 [Stay in History Forever, Dominate the Court]
On the media day of the new season, Guo Xu once said that he no longer aims for complete victory. However, after the start of the regular season, the Lakers' record is outstanding again, and any game is a victory.
One of Guo Xu and Durant can always stand up and score points, and other players also break out from time to time.
The role player with the most eye-catching performance is youngster Devin Booker. He has improved every season. This year, he averaged 29 minutes per game and scored 17.2 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists. Playing next to stars, Booker is becoming more and more confident, shooting 42.7% from three-point range.
In the starting lineup, Booker is always the one who is most likely to be left out. The three stars have outstanding strength. Center Adams moves near the penalty area and can attack the basket after receiving the ball. Booker is the least threatening in any case. He often gets easy shooting opportunities.
The Lakers' bench is also recognized as the strongest in the league. At least four people on the court can shoot three-pointers and one can attack with the ball.
P.J. Tucker has been the player with the most corner three-pointers in the league for two consecutive seasons. This season, he even has a chance to break the record for corner three-pointers in a single season. Since the beginning of the season, he has made at least two corner three-pointers in every game.
The Lakers' defense is not weak either. Tucker, Horford, and Adams are experts. Other teams can only rely on luck to win against the Lakers.
In November, the Lakers achieved another undefeated record, including defeating the Spurs and Warriors.
The Spurs' core player Kawhi Leonard has not returned. In order to enhance the offensive power in the second quarter, Popovich asked Rudy Gay to come off the bench, but the overall offensive power still seemed insufficient.
The Spurs' top scorer is Aldridge, who mainly plays two-pointers. This year's goal can only be to rely on tenacious defense to reach the playoffs, and the ranking will not be high.
Pau Gasol has some regrets. He feels that he should have jumped out of his contract in the summer and chosen to join the Lakers. As long as he is willing to join at a low salary, the Lakers will definitely welcome him.
Now Gasol's condition is obviously declining. He will be 38 years old next year. He cannot sign a big contract and it will be difficult for him to win a championship with the Spurs. If he wants to win the championship then, he still has to hug his leg, and he doesn’t know who to hug.
Entering December, the Lakers beat the Thunder by 56 points in an away game.
Westbrook played 30 minutes, making 6 of 21 shots, 0 of 8 three-pointers, 3 of 4 free throws, and scored 15 points, 9 rebounds and 10 assists. With Wei Shao's shooting percentage, the Lakers couldn't let it go even if they wanted to let it go for a while.
All Wei Shao could think about was getting a triple-double, not caring about the outcome of the game. In this game, he fought desperately with his teammates for backcourt rebounds, but in the end there was only one missing. Because the Lakers players’ shots are so accurate,
There aren’t that many rebounds to grab.
The Thunder were unable to complete their reconstruction in the summer, let alone form a Big Three lineup. Paul George and Carmelo Anthony are not here, Adams is with the Lakers, and the team's second outside scorer Dion Waiters is also gone. The Thunder's offense and defense this year are poor, starting with 6 wins and 15 losses, and they will definitely miss the playoffs.
If the management hadn't offered Taj Gibson a good contract in the summer, he wouldn't have wanted to stay on this broken team. He played with Tristan Thompson to help the Vishaoka rebound the ball.
Kanter and Thompson also wanted to leave the Thunder, but it was difficult to leave. Their personal abilities are all flawed, their salaries are still high, and no team is willing to send good chips to trade with the Thunder.
The change in the star whistle is also the reason why the Thunder have become weaker. Last season, Wei Shao broke through with the ball and was often called for a foul whenever his opponents touched him. This year, his free throws have been reduced by nearly half, averaging only 6.1 per game. After Guo Xu scored 102 points against the Thunder in the playoffs, president Xiao Hua completely gave up on praising Wei Shao.
At the first NBA Awards Ceremony, the league did not nominate an award for Wei Shao, who averaged a triple-double per game. Officials realized that this kind of person who only brushes up statistics and doesn't even work hard on defense cannot be praised at all, and will only be criticized by fans.
Wei Shao, who has gone crazy this season, wants to average a triple-double again and surpass "Big O" Robertson. Xiao Hua knew that his decision was right as soon as he saw Wei Shao's play style. Unfortunately for Robertson, averaging a triple-double per game was about to become worthless data.
Guo Xu has won the Western Conference Player of the Month award for two consecutive months. By averaging a double-double per game, he has always been rated higher than his teammate Durant. Last season, Guo Xu won the 10th regular season assists title in his career, tying Stockton, and will surpass him this season.
After defeating the Nuggets and Rockets, the Lakers defeated the Grizzlies by 51 points 139-88 at home.
The Grizzlies are at the bottom of the league with 5 wins and 19 losses. In his retirement season, Kobe is likely to complete his fifth consecutive season in the rankings!
Grizzlies core point guard Mike Conley only played 12 games before suffering a season-ending injury. He was troubled by a left heel injury last season, and he decided to undergo surgery if it happened again this year.
All five of their wins were won when Conley was there, and now they have suffered a 14-game losing streak, with both offense and defense having problems. Gasol and Kobe are the main scorers inside and outside. It would be strange if they can win the game.
The Grizzlies have been playing casually this season, and the only highlight is how Kobe will perform in the last season of his career. Originally, the Grizzlies management wanted him to be a substitute and Chandler Parsons to start. Unexpectedly, Parsons was terrible this season.
In order to ensure home attendance, the Grizzlies management had to increase their promotion of Kobe and gave him unlimited shooting rights.
The 39-year-old Kobe still averages 17.1 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game, shooting 36.2% from the field and 29.4% from the three-point range. As long as he stays healthy this season, he will definitely surpass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to top the regular season scoring list and stay in history forever.
Kobe also continues to consolidate his position on the historical list and can never be surpassed. According to this trend, he is expected to surpass the second-ranked Havlicek by 3000+ irons and 4000+ irons more than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar when he retires.
Without Guo Xu, there should be many people applauding Kobe. He can still play more than 30 minutes at this age, and scoring 17+ is very impressive. If he hadn't been very disciplined in his life and practiced hard during holidays, he wouldn't have been able to maintain such good condition.
But with the first player in NBA history retiring in the same year, it is difficult for the media and fans to pay attention to Kobe. He can only make news when the two teams compete, and he loses miserably...
This year's Christmas game, the Lakers face the Timberwolves at home.
Silver's idea is to give the Timberwolves' young stars a chance to perform and make them famous. He hopes that the Timberwolves can reach the playoffs this year and center Towns can be selected as a Western Conference All-Star.
The Timberwolves' lineup is much stronger than last season. Towns and Oladipo are star figures, and they also dug up Jeff Teague and Jamal Crawford.
As a result, the Lakers won 131 to 121. Guo Xu defeated Teague and scored 60 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, including 4 offensive rebounds. Not only is Teague not as good as Guo Xu in scoring and organization, he is even worse in rebounding.
When Guo Xu wants to grab rebounds, he is no worse than Rondo and Beverley, and his physical fitness is better than those two.
On December 30, the Lakers and Bucks played overtime and won 138-132, winning 35 consecutive games and raising the NBA's historical winning streak to 133 games.
When commentating on the game, Barkley said that this record is too terrifying. American female star Maya Moore's college record is not so exaggerated. Guo Xu truly dominated the court.
However, Guo Xu has become as paralyzed as the Affleck brothers this month, and he feels that winning is meaningless. He feels that even if he doesn't play, there aren't many teams in the league that can beat the Lakers.
He was also troubled by one thing. Megan was about to give birth again. The family was already in a mess with two children, and there would be three in the future.
It's best to be a girl. If it's a boy, it will be troublesome. Meghan will definitely want to have another baby. Just like Vanessa and Kobe insist on having a boy...