unfinished glory

Chapter 296 I'll talk about it next time
After the Christmas game, the Lakers won two more games.Entering 2017, their first game is the Mavericks.

When Li Chongxiao first entered the alliance, the battle between the bull and the horse was still fresh in his memory.The performance of comets hitting the earth in the playoffs every season is one of the biggest highlights of the league.Li Chongxiao's road to fame was also achieved in the playoffs with the Mavericks in those years.

In the next few years, the Mavericks could no longer be called Li Chongxiao's opponent. After being defeated in the 06 finals, their energy seemed to be taken away, so that they were defeated by the Warriors in the second year, "Black Seven" success.

Although they have been in the ranks of the playoffs in the next few years, they will never reach the peak of 06.It wasn't until this year, after the introduction of Durant and Gasol Jr., that there was hope for a resurgence.

Gasol wasted a few years with the Magic and returned to the West this season to regain the feeling of winning.He is familiar with the cooperation with teammates like Durant.

Durant has never enjoyed the benefits of a combination of inside and outside. The cooperation of top centers this season made him feel more comfortable, and he took the initiative to give up some shots.Although his score dropped to 27 points, the team made great progress all the way.

Neither team's defense is particularly good, relying on offense to win.In the opening stage, the Lakers had the advantage. The players took turns to attack, and the overall shooting percentage was very high.The Mavericks played a bit like a one-man team. Durant fired all his firepower and scored 18 points in a single quarter.

In the second quarter, the Lakers' shooting percentage dropped, and the Mavericks took the opportunity to overtake the score.By the third quarter, the state of the two teams was reversed. The Lakers' team feeling dropped collectively. They could only rely on Li Chongxiao's goal to maintain the point difference from being widened.But the Mavericks' offense has been opened up, in addition to Durant, Dirk Nowitzki and Deron hit three-pointers from the outside again and again, and Gasol also stole two.

By the end of this quarter, the Lakers were already behind by many points.This state continued in the last quarter, and Li Chongxiao was powerless and could only accept the ending of failure.

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After a few games, the Lakers lost to the Grizzlies on the road.With a group of players with extremely high defensive talents, Mike Brown finally showed the level of an excellent defensive coach and turned the team into an iron bucket.

Although he doesn't know how to attack, but the team has a coach like Paul on the field, and when he lowers the opponent's offense to the same level as his own, he can defeat them with rich experience.

The Lakers have suffered this kind of loss. When their offense is completely unable to play and they can only rely on Li Chongxiao, they have already lost half of their losses.In the end, the players had no sense of being defended, and the Grizzlies were able to boldly double-team Li Chongxiao.

Winning or losing like this, before the All-Star Game, the Lakers still maintained the number one position in the league, helping Scott win the position of head coach of the All-Star Game.

This year's All-Star Game, Li Chongxiao finally figured it out, and signed up for the Skills Challenge, with Thomas Jr., Big Eyebrow, Embiid, Hayward, Wall, Devin Booker and Porzingis. competition.

He originally thought that Thomas Jr. and Wall would be his worst enemies, but he didn't expect that it would be rookie Porzingis who competed with him for the championship in the end.Facing this big player, Li Chongxiao certainly couldn't let the inside line win the championship for two consecutive years. Amidst the cheers of many defenders, he won the trophy smoothly.

This championship made his All-Star Weekend complete, and he basically won all the individual awards he could get.In the main game, he didn't spend much time, and declined Scott's kindness to praise him as the All-Star MVP. He still dunked, shot three-pointers, and played soy sauce.

Anthony Davis played at home and successfully won the AMVP trophy with the help of his teammates.

After playing the all-star game, the impact stage of the regular season will come.The Lakers still maintain a good momentum and make great strides.

Since the start of the regular season, the Lakers' scoring average has been rising steadily, from 117 points at the beginning to 122 points now.The scoring of the players in the team has soared, and the starting players averaged 90 points per game. In addition to Li Chongxiao's 40 points, there are also Horford, David West and Jabari Parker who can score in double digits.The bench lineup also performed well. Joe Johnson is not old, averaging 13 points per game, becoming a sharp knife on the bench.

The reason why the Lakers scored so high is because they shot accurately.The hit rate seems to be contagious. At the beginning, Li Chongxiao led his teammates to shoot a higher hit rate. Later, the more accurate his teammates shot, the better opportunities Li Chongxiao got, and the hit rate further increased.

Driven by him, the Lakers' team average shooting percentage exceeded 50% this season.Of course, the price of offensive wildness is average defense, which is only ranked in the middle and lower reaches of the league.After all, in the team, only Li Chongxiao's defense is top-notch, and Horford is not up to the level of the second defense. The other players often play [-]-[-] with the opponent.

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The first game after the All-Star break is against the Cavaliers.Although Irving had an absolute advantage over Jennings and performed exceptionally bravely, under the 51 points easily scored by Li Chongxiao, the team lost completely.

Li Chongxiao got excited, and dunked Bogut, who was chattering nonsense, and let the opponent serve as the background to get on the top five goals of the day.

Australian Big Mouth became angry. After the game, he said that Li Chongxiao was not as great as everyone imagined. He was just following the path of Jordan and Kobe. Unlike Curry, he redefined modern basketball offense with three-pointers and led the trend of the times. .

The trend he mentioned is the small ball tactic popular in today's league. Everyone shoots three-pointers, including centers.And it was Morey of the Rockets who brought this to the extreme, and invited D'Antoni to come up with some "magic ball tactics".

Li Chongxiao thinks you can brag about others, why should you belittle yourself.Since Bogut said he was following the old way, he did not hesitate to go back to the old way once.

The second game happened to be an away game against the Warriors.The Lakers lost the last matchup between the two teams. Before this game, Li Chongxiao ran to the locker room of the home team and said to Curry: "Remember, 15 three-pointers."

When the Warriors believed it was true and strictly guarded against sticking to the three-point line, Li Chongxiao only made 6 three-pointers intermittently in the first half and made 4 of them.In the rest of the time, he used the Warriors' defensive center of gravity to shift, using mid-range shots and layups.

With 32 points in the half, Li Chongxiao was ready to fulfill his promise at the beginning of the second half, facing Thompson with 3 consecutive three-pointers.The Warriors' defense suddenly strengthened, but Li Chongxiao had no intention of stopping. He had to go up even if he had no chance to create a chance. He made 7 consecutive three-pointers and hit 4 of them.

At this time, the Lakers have led the Warriors by as many as 24 points.Li Chongxiao scored another 28 points in the third quarter, bringing his total score to 60 points.

In the last quarter, Li Chongxiao played a three-hit combo and scored 15 three-pointers.Originally, he was going to stop there and rest.But Cole was unwilling to surrender and replaced all the main players. Curry and Thompson also made three consecutive three-pointers, intending to recover the game.

This kind of provocation is really tolerable or unbearable. Li Chongxiao went crazy again in the next 3 minutes, making five shots, one three-pointer and one two-pointer, all of which were hit.Just halfway through the fourth quarter, he scored 22 points, turning the game into garbage time.

He made 23 of 18 three-pointers in the game, setting a new three-pointer record.But what is even more commendable is that he scored 82 points in the game. While setting a new personal high score, he also surpassed Kobe and jumped to the second place in the scoring list in a single game.

There is still half a quarter left in the game. According to this feeling, he has a great chance to score 100 points. Head coach Scott and his teammates tried their best to persuade him to play, and everyone helped him score points.

Li Chongxiao calmly refused: "Let's talk about it next time!"

(End of this chapter)