Nickname: Transformers

Chapter 169 Encountering the Influenza
On February 2, the Lakers played back-to-back away games against the Nuggets.

The Nuggets' current record is closely behind the Lakers. Although they are not as abnormal as the Lakers, they are also ranked No. 2 in the West.

It can be said that the Nuggets are now the most powerful team in the West except for the Lakers.Today the Lakers play the Nuggets back-to-back. It is difficult to guess the outcome, and it can only be a conservative number of five or five.

Moreover, the Lakers' starting center Bynum was also injured, which directly dropped the level of the lineup to the point where the Nuggets were almost the same.But the Lakers still played back-to-back games. Except for Wu Di and Kobe, two physical madmen who were not affected, everyone else was seriously affected.

For example, Ariza, Ariza contracted the flu just after getting off the plane today and was sent to the hospital.In the United States, influenza is a serious illness that can kill people if left untreated.

But for Wu Di and Sun Yue, a cold is completely a minor illness.Unless it was bird flu, the two of them could be more vigilant.I don't know what's going on, maybe there are more cold viruses in China, and Wu Di and Sun Yue didn't have a single flu after they arrived in the United States.

Although there is one less Ariza, Ariza is not a key figure. He averaged less than 10 minutes per game.Originally Ariza was a good defensive player, but his offensive ability made him lose playing time. If he can't improve his shooting next season, Ariza's playing time may be even shorter.Because the second and third positions are basically full, and there are already four players who can both attack and defend.

At the beginning of the game, the Lakers' back-to-back disadvantages were highlighted.Fisher was seriously out of shape and was constantly broken by Billups.

You must know that Billups' breakthrough ability is not very strong, and his three-pointers are good.In the past few seasons, Billups' outside shooting was not very high. After all, he is not an offensive point guard, but a defensive point guard like Jason Kidd.So it's difficult to count on Billups' offense. His three-pointers are only a little over 30%, and his free throws are only about 65%.

But after coming to the Nuggets this season, Billups seems to have suddenly opened up, and his scoring ability has greatly increased. It seems that his three-point shooting rate exceeds 40%, and his free throws have increased to more than 90%.

This is simply a miracle, and now Billups is averaging nearly 20 points per game, almost reaching the top of his career.

All right!This is all Wu Di's wishful thinking. In fact, when Billups was in the Pistons, he averaged 17 or 18 points per game for several seasons, but it was a little less than Hamilton.

However, Big Ben is the most famous of the Pistons. When people look at stars, those who average less than 20 points per game are often ignored. Compared with Kobe and James, Billups scored too few points.

But in fact, you can't look at it that way. Billups is a defensive point guard, just like Wu Di, he is a defensive small forward. Although he doesn't admit it, this is the truth.

In this game, he defended Anthony all the way, and his touch is not very good today.No, it should be that the entire Lakers team doesn't feel very good. Ariza's flu was caused by the hot and cold weather. The rest of the Lakers were also affected to some extent.

Wu Di and Kobe couldn't maintain their touch, so they could only try their best to push inward.Fortunately, Camby was traded away, otherwise the Lakers don't know how many blocks they will send today.

Anthony and Billups have a good touch. Although Anthony didn't have enough space to get shots when facing Wu Di, he was able to get rid of Wu Di many times today, and then catch and shoot.

Wu Di was also very helpless, he was in a trance, and he might have been affected by the flu.

The Lakers lost the game and only scored 79 points. This has already fallen below the bottom line for a scoring team like the Lakers, which shows how poor the Lakers' entire team is.

After the game, the Lakers only left the assistant coach to hold a press conference, and Zen Master and the players all went to the hospital for examination.Then under the arrangement of the doctor, all the patients were hospitalized for treatment. Although it was a slight disturbance, water suspension treatment was still required.

湖人队在医院当中看到NBA关于2月份的最佳球员的评选。东部最佳球员是韦德，韦德场均30.9分4.8篮板8.7助攻。西部最佳球员是加索尔，加索尔场均20.9分10.8篮板4.8助攻。

The reason why Gasol was able to become the latest in the West is because of his double-double per game. In terms of statistics, the NBA attaches great importance to the data of the double-double, otherwise there will be no honors of double-double, triple-double, quadruple-double or even five-double.

The Lakers' first game in March is on the 2nd, so they can rest for a day and recover a lot of energy.

On the 2nd, the Lakers flew to Phoenix and had to play after recovering from a serious illness.As a result, all the insiders became soft-legged shrimps, and O'Neal alone turned the world upside down.

Originally, if there were enough manpower, Jackson would use the shark-killing tactic, but Bynum was injured, and the management did not find a new insider before the trade deadline. This made Jackson unable to use the shark-killing tactic, so he used Bao Bao. After Jackson was cut off for a while, there were only three people left inside to rotate. Wu Di and Sun Yue had to temporarily play power forward to finish the game.

The Suns have found a tactic to use O'Neal, and they have stripped O'Neal from the Suns' tactical system.When playing fast break, still play as before. When the fast break encounters setbacks, immediately let O'Neal go in to attack.

Today's O'Neal broke out. The Lakers recovered from a serious illness, and most of their physical strength on the outside has recovered.

Losing the game again, the Lakers' original five-game limit is only three games left.It is almost impossible to lose only three games in more than a month, unless the Lakers can repeat their multi-game winning streak.

That night, the Lakers flew back to Los Angeles and rested for two days before fully recovering.

Megan returned to Los Angeles, and she came back to promote "Transformers 2", because "Transformers 2" has just finished filming and is in the post-production period of special effects.Because of the foreshadowing of "Transformers 1", the special effects of "Transformers 2" can shorten a lot of time, and it will probably be released this summer.

Megan found time to find Wu Di. She also saw the news that Wu Di had flu from the news.But when Meghan came, Nikki Hilton was there too.

Megan and Nikki know each other. After all, the entertainment industry is still a circle. No matter how many people there are, they may often meet each other.The relationship between the two was pretty good before, but now there is a feeling of tension.

Fortunately, the two were more restrained and did not fight directly.But when Megan came, the two women looked at each other deeply, and Wu Di was terrified when he saw it.

(End of this chapter)