Chapter 492 Reborn
Losing to the Rockets, the Lakers suffered a series of losses, and Paul Gasol missed the game against the Mavericks due to diarrhea.
According to the media, three consecutive losses are waving to the Lakers.
As a result, three consecutive losses did not come.
What the media saw was that the Lakers united and defeated the Mavericks, Kobe and Wei Xia regained their good form and beat the Dallas to the bottomless abyss.
"They are like another level of team." Mavericks coach Avery Johnson gave a very high evaluation.
In fact, the Mavericks lost 3 points.
While Kobe and Weisha scored 30 points at the same time, Vladimir Radmanovic scored 22 points, which is the key.
The sled man proved his worth, shooting three-pointers at the most critical moment, avoiding the Lakers' three-game losing streak.
Next, Gasol's condition seemed to escalate. He was not just diarrhea, but gastroenteritis.
The reason? He ate five-cent cooked steak and ruined his stomach.
It seems that many gourmets advocate steak with five-point cooked meat, but Wei Xia never likes uncooked food. When did eating raw meat and drinking blood become a reason to show off her superiority? Unless he is asked to die, he will never eat something uncooked.
Hearing that Gasol had gastroenteritis due to this, he even told the news to his brother, Wei Qiu, who especially likes to eat raw food.
"If even people like Paul Gasol get gastroenteritis because of raw food, you might die from raw food."
"Are you questioning me?"
Wei Xia overestimated his brother's IQ.
In order to prove that his physique was stronger than Gasol, Wei Qiu only ate life and death for three consecutive days.
Raw cold steak, sashimi, sterile eggs...it can be done as you grow, and it also comes with beer.
At that time, Wei Xia was playing away. When he returned to Los Angeles, Wei Qiu was missing at home. After asking, he found out that he was sent to the hospital for infusion because of a bad stomach.
Conservatively, I would have to lose more than ten pounds of weight for this.
Wei Xia was worried about her brother, but Wei Qiu's reaction was: "That's great! I didn't expect that eating raw food would have such benefits!"
There was a sense of expectation in his words that he wanted to get gastroenteritis.
Wei Xia could only use "living expenses" as a warning to dispel his mind.
Having said that, gastroenteritis does lose weight.
It is fair, fair and open. No matter how fat, thin, tall, and if you are stuck, it will be considered abnormal if you don’t lose ten kilograms of meat after finishing it. However, don’t treat it as a way to lose weight. Any disease is dangerous. Weight loss should be gradually improved. Losing weight too quickly is like a basic skill that cannot be solid, which may backfire yourself at any time.
As for the Lakers' away games, one against the Jazz and the other against the Warriors, they are not a good match.
For the Jazz, the Lakers rely on Kobe's performance and beat the Utahs to a scattered scattered by just one person's attack.
Wei Xia felt bad at the Warriors, but he grabbed a good rebound. He caught 24 rebounds in the whole game.
That night, I really don’t know why, but the rebound seemed to be chasing Wei Xia, and he couldn’t help but not want to.
Unfortunately, I felt bad and failed to make my first career game in 2020.
24 rebounds per game are Wei Xia's career rebounding record, and at the same time, this also makes Wei Xia's average rebounds per game in double digits.
After this game, Wei Xia's average number was 23.5 points, 10.1 rebounds and 5.8 assists.
His assists were declining, but his rebounds were rising, which was exactly the response from Gasol.
Gasol has the axial support ability required for a triangular offense, but his rebounding skills can only be considered qualified if he wants to rest easy on the penalty area, Wei Xia needs to go in and help.
The average rebounding doubles per game is the result of his help to the end.
Outstanding athleticism, predictions of rebounding trajectory, and experts in the top three in the league. For various reasons, Wei Xia's average rebound count is in double digits.
Gasol continued to quit, but the Lakers won consecutive victories. Not only did they not lose because of the former's quit, Wei Xia and Kobe also found their best form during the period.
On March 28, Kobe was like Goku who turned into a gorilla, with red eyes and destructive power. He made 19 of 37 shots in the game, 9 of 19 three-pointers, only 7 free throws, scoring 53 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.
The lonely assist was because Wei Xia's counterattack was too deep. The ball was in Kobe's hands, and he couldn't pass it, so he was forced to assist.
That kind of assist cannot reflect his overall awareness. Wei Xia is almost ready to go down, and there is no one around him, so the passing pressure is almost equal to 0, which is an operation that can be done with hands.
Kobe didn't give up because it was too easy to pass the ball to Wei Xia to score a fast break. He was considered to be a conscience.
Grizzlies' bad coach Marc Jaffaroni said self-deprecatingly: "We sent Kobe one of his biggest helpers, is he just repaying him?"
You can imagine the grizzly resentment, how can Kobe be expected?
That's something that no one can say.
The Lakers continued to win in a row with Gasol absent, and the time came to the end of March.
The last game was Kobe Bryant's outbreak, and it was Wei Xia's turn this game.
Kobe sent 14 assists and Wei Xia scored 40 points. The Lakers overturned the Washington Wizards who lost Arenas and ended the March game with a winning streak.
Now, they have 54 wins and 18 losses, firmly occupying the top spot in the West, with only the Celtics ahead of them.
April
In the new January, Paul Gasol announced his comeback.
He lost a lot of weight, and after nearly half a month away from the field, he felt that he needed to find the game again, but his tacit understanding with the team seemed not to be affected.
Gasol seems to be born with triangular attacks. The ideal state of triangular attack is to support attacks at low positions, but a Wizard like Shark has never seen a century of experience. Not everyone can have the courage and invincible sensitivity like him. But in general, the classic tactical system has a very high tolerance, and triangular attack is no exception. In its concept, any player can go to any position, as long as you have the corresponding ability: the center can stand at the bottom corner, the defender can go to the low post, and the world is reversed and it is only considered ordinary.
The basic skills of passing and control that he has learned since childhood and his innate stadium vision have given him great convenience.
Some balls are usually not passed when they see them, but Gasol will.
That is exactly what his basketball philosophy and triangular offense are in common.
The Blazers were opened in early April, and Gasol returned to play. His personal offense was poor, with only 3 of 8 shots, but he gave 6 assists with the opponent's incomprehensible elegance.
The Lakers beat the Trail Blazers with 13 points.
Then, the last regular season match against the Mavericks. Kobe is here again.
That was a familiar situation for the Mavericks and also Kobe's earliest form.
Old fans will think of the Lakers in the ok era through this game.
Generally speaking, during the three consecutive championships of Ok, his style of play was mainly impact pressure and close jump shots, and lacked stability in the middle and long distances; at the same time, it was supplemented by a certain proportion of static singles. In his own words, the Sharks were the marshal who gave orders, and he was the general, and his task was to ensure smooth attacks. In other words, when the Sharks could not take over the offense, he used breakthroughs and jump shots to continue the Lakers' offensive firepower, and transferred defensive pressure to the Sharks and the shooter group.
Once he found the mid-range feel, he could play the 2001 playoff performance against the Spurs and the Kings; similarly, once he felt poorly at mid-range feel and could not hit a 16-23-foot jump shot (4-7 meters), his data would not be as good as those two series. This also limits his pace of replacing the Sharks, but it is the only obstacle. Until the second half of 2002, he perfected these things, and with the Sharks' absence at the beginning of the season, he grabbed the Lakers' first offensive position and never returned it. He was just over 24 years old.
Today, Kobe is controlling the game from 16 to 23 feet, shooting at will and entering at will.
The Mavericks had no choice but to see him score 44 points and lose the game.
In the next game, Weisha and Kobe joined Gasol's dance.
The new version of the triangle offense is finally formed.
The most elegant and wonderful shooting guard center combination in NBA history has appeared.
Wei Xia and Kobe can give up most of their favorite positions and go to the weak side to move a lot; quickly deal with the ball after receiving it, force it or break through, and make countless heart-breaking jump shots in the free throw area. But like Jordan, they also have the power to take over the offense at any position and time.
Of course, they also have different people from the Sharks: Kobe, Weisha, and Gasol are not purely low-post players, they also need to switch between high and low posts.
This further fits Kobe's comprehensive offensive skills. For Kobe, it is really hard not to make him moved by a center who can match him from his skills to temperament.
As for Wei Xia, his offensive skills are not as comprehensive as Kobe. After Gasol came, his chances of dominating the ball were greatly reduced, but during positional battles, the number of times he ran out but was ignored by his teammates was greatly reduced.
He must admit that it was Gasol, who changed all this.
In the remaining games of the regular season, the Lakers only made a comeback in Portland.
The reason why the Trail Blazers pulled the Lakers off the horse was very simple. Six players scored in double digits, three players scored 20 points, rebounds and assists, and shooting percentages were not the same.
The only data that the Lakers have advantage is the number of free throws, with a total of 29, but the Trail Blazers also scored 24 free throws.
The gap between 5 free throws can't change anything, let alone the Lakers lost the game with a gap of 9 points.
Except for the surprise loss to the Trail Blazers, the Lakers encountered almost no challenges in the other games.
122 to 94 to destroy the Clippers;
Kill the lynx 107 to 90;
112 to 91 to get supersonic speed;
A complete victory over the Spurs 106-85;
121 to 101 beat the Timberwolves;
...
They were reborn and completely transformed, and finally ended the regular season of the 2007-08 season with a record of 61 wins and 21 losses.
Chapter completed!