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Chapter 854 The Terrible Ninth Away Game

Finished the first game day.

The new season is officially on the right track, but it's just the beginning of the season... There are too many unknown variables in a season, so no matter which team it is, it is impossible to predict the playoff opponent that everyone cares about most. A beautiful team report card.

The same goes for the Lakers.

Compared with the changes last season, the main power forward has become Samaki.

Although Samaki's offense is a little bit worse, the problem is not big. The Lakers do not lack offensive points. The key is that Samaki's rebounding ability is stronger and more active than Grant, who is aging and frail, and his endurance is poor. It's okay, the Lakers still have Mark Madsen in the paint to make up time, and before Crotty left the team, he was obviously educated enough, and Madsen's defense in the paint was quite passionate.

As for Crotty leaving the team.

Li Shengli is very happy to see this situation, because Crotty finally got a big contract, and from the perspective of West's lineup... Fisher is already the starting guard who scored in double figures, and the guard added a 300 Wan's players are too strenuous, so they can only make trade-offs, but in any case, there are enough personnel on the back line.

If we really want to talk about the overall strength, there is not much fluctuation when the core is not moved.

What West is really worried about is that the Lakers are staying put, and a very few teams in the West and maybe even the entire league are strengthening. After the Lakers won the first game and won a wave of five consecutive victories... immediately ushered in a nine-game winning streak. away.

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Nine games away?

To be honest, the fifth company is still watchable, and the sixth company is long enough.

But the problem is that this is the schedule of the nine consecutive away games, and this stupid arrangement has driven West almost crazy. You know... the game is no problem, but the consumption of consecutive away games is a bit too much.

Flying back and forth across the United States for half a month?

Especially when there is only one day between the two games, the time is basically spent on the road. Even if there is a day to buffer the time, it is not enough. When there is no way to rest well, it is necessary to train and then play high-intensity games. I'm physically and mentally exhausted after five consecutive games, let alone nine consecutive games.

For this matter, West complained a lot, and even publicly protested against the rubbish schedule, but it was obviously useless. The Lakers still had to play, and after the five-game winning streak, the nine away games... Li Shengli and Kobe were faster. Vomited.

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The first five games were played against the Eagles, Bulls, Cavaliers, Magic, and Heat.

There is no problem in these five games. The first four games were won and the last game was lost, but then the 76ers, Celtics, Kings, and Mavericks played harder and harder. Not only these teams are strong, but the key is the Lakers I was too tired from playing, flying back and forth in the sky during the period, and before I landed, I didn't sleep well, and training and competitions followed one after another.

Although both home and away games are quantitative, no one can stand too concentrated.

In this situation, Phil Jackson has nothing to do. He can only decide according to the situation of the game. If he plays well, he will play. As tired as Kobe is, so are everyone else.

As a result, the next four games directly stretched the hips, and after nine consecutive victories, it was five consecutive losses.

Compared with the defeat, what makes the Lakers unacceptable is... this wave of horrible nine consecutive away games included all major and minor injuries, and three of them were injured.

In the fifth game, the main power forward Samaki injured his right ankle and needed to recuperate.

In the seventh game, Artest dislocated his shoulder joint and was unable to move for several days due to pain, so he could not play for the time being.

Although the injuries of the two are not serious, the problem is that the pressure of the Lakers' game is more concentrated, and Kobe also injured his right ankle in the eighth game. The base is more serious.

Are the three starting players all off?

I don't know how many games will be affected, but it is preliminary judged that Kobe, who has the longest injury period, will definitely need ten days and a half months, and the ninth game, the last game of the nine consecutive games... The Lakers suffered tragic news. After breaking down three teams, only Li Shengli and Fisher were left. However, Fisher couldn't support the outside line alone, so the pressure of the game was even more concentrated, which made Phil Jackson panic.

The more tired you are, the easier it is to get injured, especially the physical and mental exhaustion after so many away game combinations!

In this situation, Phil Jackson would not let Li Shengli play more. In fact, he did not let Kobe play more in the front, but no one would have thought that Kobe sprained his ankle before the end of the first half. One game was played against the Mavericks... Li Shengli only played two quarters, and Nowitzki maxed out the Lakers' inside line alone.

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Finally, the Lakers, who have been battling so far and have basically lost their fortunes, returned to the court, and returned with a five-game losing streak.

Los Angeles fans can't watch the current situation. Although every team can't avoid injuries, just like the dense away games, the injuries are also particularly concentrated. In the upcoming schedule... Li Shengli may It will take ten days to half a month to wait for the return of the main force.

This is a five-game losing streak!

Just returned to the Los Angeles base camp, the morale was low, and the Lakers, who hadn't recovered from their strength, lost another game. This time, they were beaten by the Golden State Warriors. The key is that the Warriors' current record is at the bottom of the Western Conference. The Lakers are gone, this ending is really touching, and the Celtics, the old opponent and the seventh opponent in the nine-game streak, came to Staples immediately.

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With the current situation of the Lakers, O'Neal, Garnett and Pierce all laughed.

Because three of the Lakers' starters are temporarily hibernating, only Li Shengli is pulling Fisher, and the rest is a group of substitutes, and the water dispenser is naturally the water dispenser for the substitutes. The lineup is extremely miserable.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and O'Neal and the others couldn't be more excited about it. You must know that with the state of the Lakers, they can lose against the Warriors. Isn't the Celtics who are in full condition and healthy ... dying?

Until the warm-up before the game.

The Celtics' starting Big Three will definitely not move, with two soy-sauce teammates on the outside, and the Lakers' starting lineup... everyone in Staples is shaking their heads, because some faces even the Lakers' own fans I don't look familiar.

Li Shengli and Fisher did not move.

But Fisher averaged just over two quarters per game before, and he had to be on the bench for the rest.

As for other positions...

The starting small forward is okay, and Fox can still play.

The starting power forward, Robert Horry, has too many old injuries and illnesses, and it is difficult to last for too long. Madsen can only play behind him, but Madsen can't play for too long, and then he has to be an iron bench who averages five towels per game Laney McCoy.

Finally, it was Bryan Shaw who replaced Kobe.

The problem here is that Bryant can’t compare with Kobe, regardless of offense and defense, so almost all the pressure is on Li Shengli, and Li Shengli glanced at O’Neal and the others when the game started... Damn, the opening is like a mascot. Hot dance, early celebration.

(End of this chapter)