Buddha's light illuminates NBA

Chapter 148 It's too loose, it's important
No one believed that a thug who could break Jordan's ribs had no strength to resist when the weak-looking Lu Ming gently leaned against his back.

Diving!It's totally flopping!This is a shameless act of deceiving fouls!
Besides, this is Madison Arena.

And judging from the replay, it seemed that Lu Ming gave a little force when hitting back, and then this guy bounced off on his own, as if he had been electrocuted.

It can be seen in slow motion that this acting is too blunt and unnatural at all.

"Hush!" The audience booed.

Until he got up angrily under the gaze of the referee, "Is he dead? If he is not dead, get up quickly", and after playing for a half round, he applied to leave the field, communicated with the team doctor, and walked back to the locker room.

People's thoughts still sneered with disdain, "I didn't expect this reckless man to know strategy. But it's much better than the excuse that he just lay down on the technical table and said he wanted to rest calmly."

Zen master received a reply from the team doctor, "the ribs may be cracked."

His first thought was, "What good did this guy do to the team doctor, to blatantly make him tell such absurd lies?"

The second thought was, "Isn't it because I feel that I can't defend against No. 8 on the opposite side, and I'm afraid I will lose face, so I took the initiative to apply to end?"

The third thought was, "It can't be, because of those fouls, are you afraid? Did the stabbing head who dared to make a big fuss at the Palace of Auburn Hills actually degenerate like this?"

The fourth thought was, "No way, after yesterday's game, I had too much fun, didn't I? That's right, there's nothing fun in Cleveland?"

The Zen master thought a lot for a moment.

But what he thinks can't change a fact.

That is, he took out his defensive big move and was killed by Lu Ming, so he could only send Luke Wharton, and then let Kobe continue to return to the position of defending Lu Ming.

It means that the previous arrangement was in vain, and another starting small forward wasted.

The result of letting Kobe defend Lu Ming is that it consumes more of Corvo's physical strength, forcing him to make a trade-off between offense and defense.

So Lu Ming let go of his hands and feet.

At the same time, Gallinari also surrendered in the face of Walton Jr., scoring three three-pointers in a single quarter in three quarters.

After three quarters, the Knicks have scored 12 points, a half-insured advantage.

During the intermission, the Lakers also got the results of Artest's inspection.

"How is it possible? Is the rib really broken?" Zen Master was shocked when he heard it.

Then subconsciously felt that this was a deep-seated conspiracy, but thought that the team doctor would definitely not be so smart, so he looked at the Knicks bench in disbelief.

"It's not broken, it's just a crack, and I have to rest for a few days." The team doctor saw that Zen Master had misheard, and quickly explained.

But this is already an exaggeration.

Thinking of Artest's brilliant record, he wouldn't believe it if he was killed, it would be folded in the hands of a rookie, and it was still an ordinary back-slap move no matter how you look at it.

"Is there an old injury to Ron's ribs?" Zen Master thought of a possibility.

"Well, a little." The team doctor's answer confirmed Zen Master's guess.

On the Knicks bench, during the intermission, D'Antoni said loudly, "Gase, the Lakers are dead! The [-]-game winning streak is coming soon. At this time, we must not relax, continue to chase them, use speed, and drag them to death as soon as possible!"

Everyone clenched their fists excitedly and defeated the Lakers. Just thinking about it makes people excited.

After setting up the tactics and feeling that there is nothing to say, the players are ready to play.

Then, the fourth quarter continued.

Zen Master asked Kobe to rest for a few minutes to see the situation, but he only played for 4 minutes. The Knicks' substitutes, like crazy, kept chasing the Lakers to play.

Seeing that the difference between the two teams was only 20 points.

During this period, the most outstanding performance was Chandler.

He took 4 shots in a row within 8 minutes of feeling hot, and hit 6 of them, scored 15 points, and disrupted the Lakers all at once.

In this way, the Zen master did not send Kobe again, so he gave up.

D'Antoni saw that Zen Master conceded, and he also did not send in a few more main players. So in a game that seemed to have a low winning rate, the Knicks beat the Lakers by 18 points after the game.

只打了三节的陆鸣，上半场拿到16分，第三节拿到14分，全场砍下30分11助攻8篮板3抢断2盖帽的全面数据。

In the face of Kobe's 31 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds, he did not fall behind at all.

"Lu, you hit too hard, right? You broke one of Ron's ribs." After the game, Kobe, who lost the game, didn't talk about the game, but talked about Artest.

"Broken rib? Impossible?" Lu Ming was stunned, thinking that Kobe was joking.

He made a somewhat retaliatory move, but Lu Ming would never believe it if he said that he would directly break Artest's ribs.

That's not a piece of paper.

"The inspection report came out, and it caused an old injury. Although it wasn't completely broken, it was broken. It's impossible not to rest for a few games." Kobe rolled his eyes.

He couldn't figure out how Artest could be so fragile.

Even if it was an old injury, it was basically fine before, right?
"That was really an accident. I didn't expect that Ron would be as ungrateful as you Lakers." Lu Ming said with a smile.

"Hmph! Next time we meet, I will kick your ass hard!" Kobe gave Lu Ming a hard look, and then said a harsh word.

Nothing new.

Not even Howard believed you would.

At the post-match media conference, the Lakers announced the news of Artest's broken ribs, and explained that it was because of physical contact with Lu Ming that caused the previously hidden old injuries.

In this regard, although the reporters were surprised, they didn't feel too surprised.

If there is an old injury, it is considered to be a piece of porcelain.

A reporter from Los Angeles asked Lu Ming, "You broke Artest's rib during the game. How do you explain this?"

How Lu Ming can explain it can only start from the moment when it happened, "You know, I was paying tribute to Kobe at the time. After all, he taught me the technique of post-up singles. I just didn't expect that Ron would have an old injury. I am very sorry for this. At the same time, I appeal to other players, don't take small and inconspicuous injuries as a serious matter. It is not worth advocating for injuries."

"But we all know that before that, he committed a physical foul on you. So I can't help but think about whether you were malicious revenge at that time!" The Los Angeles reporter continued to question.

Great, I guessed the truth of the matter all at once.

However, Master Zhiming, who has already returned to vulgarity, did not admit this, and said in a lie, "Revenge on him? It's ridiculous! Why should I retaliate against him? That foul, how should I put it, was I also a beneficiary? Without that free throw, I would not have scored 30+ points in this game. So, from this point, I have to thank him."

"..." The Los Angeles reporter was speechless.

This rookie is simply too impeccable.

Even more hypocritical than the one in Cleveland.

To put it bluntly or not, Lu Ming walked out of the arena, and he could still see New York fans celebrating wildly on the avenue late at night.

Fifteen consecutive victories that I didn't even dare to think about, so it's a matter of course?

But one day later, when the Knicks ended their losing streak by the Dallas Mavericks with a 128:103 defeat at home, the fans' celebrations for days finally came to an end.

In this game, the Knicks may have loosened the pressure of the [-]-game winning streak, and then tightened to look at the next [-]-game winning streak.

In the whole game, the team took 86 shots, but only hit 30 goals, and the hit rate was just over [-]%.

The three of the team scored in double figures.

Among them, Lu Ming was the strongest. Although he scored the last 20 points of the team, he only hit 21 of 7 shots in the game, and he produced 14 irons. He completely copied the number of irons Kobe hit in the last game to this one.

The team is strong, with only 5 assists and 13 rebounds, and David Lee's 14 times, forming a clever 1314.

David Lee scored 11 points, D'Antoni had no choice but to send Jared Jeffries scored 14 points, and all the others were in single digits.

On the opposite side, the Dallas Mavericks, the whole team is accurate, achieving a terrifying 58% shooting rate, and 55% shooting rate from three-pointers.

What's even more frightening is that Dallas' young year is in full bloom. In the starting lineup, the highest number of shots was only 12, and the lowest was 9 times, but 7 players scored in double figures.

最高的两个20分，杰森-特里12投8中，三分球6中4，20分。德克-诺维茨基12投6中，三分2中1，罚球7中7，20分。

However, the Knicks, whose losing streak ended, were not criticized.

After all, it was a back-to-back match, so it seemed to be a matter of physical strength.

However, in the media's justification for the Knicks, they used teasing words such as "their No. 15 wins were also won by the Lakers back-to-back?"

There was even a media report saying, "I said a long time ago that their winning streak cannot last forever! How is it? It really is as I expected, right?"

What a clever ghost!
If the winning streak continues, it will be 74 wins and 8 losses!

Then Jordan will not come back immediately with the Bulls?

So some newspaper headlines used "The Knicks' winning streak is finally over!" It seemed like a celebratory headline.

"Isn't it? We just won [-] consecutive victories. Why do you want us to lose so much?" In the locker room after training, Milicic looked at the headlines in the newspaper and was a little angry.

Lu Ming glanced at it, but didn't speak.

If a tree is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it, this is the truth.

What's more, it was originally an inconspicuous grass in the forest, and anyone could step on it.

Unexpectedly, [-] consecutive victories, unexpectedly number one in the league!

I can't bear it!

"It's a pity." David Lee said with a sigh.

Yes, the losing streak is over. The Knicks still feel a bit of a pity. They almost equaled or even surpassed the [-]-game winning streak in team history.

After all, if you pass the Mavericks level, the next three games, Timberwolves, Raptors and Wizards, are vulnerable teams.

However, the end of the winning streak is not without its benefits.

At least from the training point of view, Lu Ming can feel that his mentality has relaxed a lot, as if the mountain that was pressing on him has been moved away.

And looking at the state of the teammates, it is almost the same.

Lu Ming said, "Losing is not without benefits. In this way, we can go into battle lightly, set off again, and chase the next wave of winning streak. Besides, do you want to continue winning streak?"

"Hey!" Milicic scratched his head and smiled, as if he really had this idea.

David Lee and the others who were sitting together to rest also smiled embarrassedly.

Good guy, if it wasn't for the Bulls' 72 wins, Lu Ming really wanted to say something like the coffin board can't hold it down.

This is floating.

After the winning streak ended, he didn't calm down.

So Lu Ming decided to cool down these people. The season has just passed halfway, so it's not good to just drift like this. "Yesterday's game, do you know where we lost?"

"It's not a back-to-back game. I'm exhausted. Doesn't the hand feel bad?" Milicic pointed to the words in the newspaper.

"That's just one reason. And, not the main reason!"

Lu Ming took a look at Milicic, and continued, under his curious eyes, who didn't even have basic reflection, "It is said that we got 103 points. Although it is not as good as the average score of last season, it is not too low, right?"

The Knicks currently average 109.1 points per game this season, second only to the Suns averaging 110.5 points per game, while the lowest team, the Nets led by Yi Jianlian and seniors, only averages 92.3 points per game!
Scoring 103 points in one game is definitely not low.

I don't know how envious the Bulls fans are at home.

"but!"

Lu Ming suddenly raised his voice and said, "But we actually let the Dallas Mavericks score 128 points! This is simply unacceptable!"

"However, their touch is so good that they don't know which one is better for the main defense." Gallinari explained.

Sean Marion, who he defended the whole game, made 10 of 6 shots although he didn't take many shots. He scored the team's second-highest 15 points, which was as high as Drew Gooden's.

Lu Ming looked at Gallinari and said, "It's not an excuse to have a bad touch. Similarly, a good touch is not an excuse for us not being able to defend! I was the first to take responsibility. When defending Jason Terry, I was not used to his height and speed, which allowed him to score the last 20 points in the game."

The other players were stunned when they heard this, but Lu Ming actually admitted his mistake.

From their point of view, Lu Ming's performance in the past half season has been perfect. If there is one point that is not perfect, it is that as a rookie, his performance is too perfect.

Milicic immediately wanted to excuse Lu Ming, "Boss, it's not your fault. The two guards of the Mavericks are too small, so it's hard to defend."

Lu Ming shook his head and looked at the others.

David Li Xin understood, and said, "I am also responsible. I didn't guard Dirk, and I was fouled 3 times by him, and I was beaten into 2+2. Moreover, I didn't grab the opponent's Drew Gooden on the rebound."

When Milicic heard it, he immediately disagreed, "I'm a center, and it's my defensive problem to let Drew Gooden get 18 rebounds!"

"I am also responsible for..."

"I have that too……"

Then, one by one, the whole team shared their problems on the defensive end in the last game.

Seeing this, Lu Ming smiled with satisfaction.

When the last person finished speaking, Lu Ming raised another serious question about the game, "The biggest problem in the last game was that we played too softly. In the whole game, we only got 15 fouls, which was not as many as the opponent. The highest foul was David's 3 fouls, and the others only got 2 at most. This is simply unbelievable! Are we playing basketball?"

When everyone heard this, they were a little ashamed.

Yes, this defense is too mild.

Lu Ming said, "I have problems, and we all have problems. Maybe it's because the body is too tired that it's a little slack when defending. But this kind of mentality is unacceptable! Too loose is no good, it is important, it must be tight!"

(End of this chapter)