Chapter 465: Beat you down first!

To be fair, the strength of the Jazz without Hayward is still slightly worse. The offense only relies on Hill and the substitute Derek Favors, not to mention that they can’t, but in the NBA, a team that pays attention to counterpoint, it lacks. Hayward, this Jazz is a pure civilian team, without core players, deterrence and aggressiveness are naturally insufficient.
The Jazz played well in the first three quarters, but when Xu Xuan came up in the fourth quarter, the Jazz was a bit weak.
The successor was weak, was directly stunned by Xu Xuan's consecutive three-pointers, and lost the game.
89 to 96, the Lakers won by 7 points.
Neither team scored too much. The Jazz side was purely because of the lack of Hayward and the offensive weakness.
The Lakers did not score more than 100 because of the Jazz's strong defense.
Xu Xuan scored a total of 14 points in the first half, 14 points, 2 assists, 1 rebound, and 1 steal. In the second half, the touch picked up slightly. In the fourth quarter alone, he hit three three-pointers, two mid-range and five. In one free throw, he scored 18 points, 2 assists, and 2 rebounds in a single quarter.
He scored 35 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds and 1 steal in the entire game.
Another 30+ score!
After two consecutive games with 30+, people can't help but sigh that Xu Xuan is strong again this season!
Last season has not been so sharp, this season seems to have been overwhelming.
Except for Xu Xuan, the Lakers were all defensively defensive in this game. England was 1 in 6 and only scored 2 points and missed two free throws.
Nick Young had 13 points, Russell had 9 points, 5 assists, and 5 rebounds. Yi Jian even had 10 points and 7 rebounds. However, Lu Wei performed well and got the second highest score in the Lakers team with 14 points.
The highest scorer on the Jazz side was Hill, shooting 7 of 14 from the field, 2 of 7 three-pointers, 7 of 9 free throws, and 23 points. In addition, Hood had 15 points and Gobert had 13 points and 13 rebounds.
The Lakers have been blasted by Gobert inside. Yi Jianlian has the strength, but he is still incapable of facing such a top ten major center in the league.
The Lakers won two consecutive victories at the start of the game, which surprised many media experts. The Lakers' opponents are not good at all. Mosaic and Jazz are all predicted playoff teams, but now they are one by one. The team is cut down, afraid that it is going to rise?
Single-core teams are no longer mainstream in the age of superstars. Most teams are now "dual-core drive configuration."
"The Lakers seem to be going to play the Thunder next game, right? Oh, two single-core teams, I don't know what kind of spark they can bring."
"You said that they are a single-core team, but they have two consecutive victories. The Lakers are the Lakers and so are the Thunder."
"In other words, one side of this game must be ended?
Just don't know if it is the Lakers or the Thunder. "
It's hard to guess!
Xu Xuan has two games with 30+ and a triple-double. Westbrook is even more outrageous.
In the opening game against the Philadelphia 76ers, Westbrook played 36 minutes, shot 11 of 21, 2 of three-pointers, 9 of 11 free throws, scoring 32 points, 9 assists, 12 rebounds and a semi-double.
The second game was even more outrageous. Against the Phoenix Suns at home, Westbrook played 45 minutes and made 44 crazy shots!
44 times!
The Thunder made a total of 96 shots, and Westbrook alone accounted for half!
44 shots, of which 34 two-pointers including the basket, hit 15 times, three-pointers shot 10 times, hit 2 times, in addition to the terrifying 20 free throws, hit 15 times, a total of 51 points!
Super super triple-double with 51 points, 10 assists and 13 rebounds! !
terror!
Everyone was wondering if Durant had lifted the seal on Westbrook after leaving, otherwise it would be too ridiculous.
Everyone is not optimistic about how far the single-core team can go in the playoffs, but it does not mean that they really deny Westbrook or Xu Xuan's personal ability.
Personal ability belongs to personal ability, and the team belongs to the team. The two are considered separately.
Now everyone wants to see who the Thunder and Lakers, the two most popular teams in the league, can maintain the unbeaten record.
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After the game, the Lakers felt very relaxed up and down. The players were delighted to beat the Jazz, and Xu Xuan surrounded many teammates.
Everyone laughed and walked back to the locker room.
At the junction of the player channel and the mixed zone, many reporters waved their hands here, and some shouted Xu Xuan's name, "Can you accept an interview!"
"Here! I'm a reporter from The Cleveland Honest News, and I want to interview you!"
"Talk about your current mood?"
There were shouts from reporters everywhere. They kept shouting questions from a few meters away. Xu Xuan just smiled apologetically to the reporters and continued to move forward with his teammates.
"Cleveland Honest"?
spy!
The cliff is a spy!
Back in the dressing room, Xu Xuan immediately went into the bathroom, and after flushing with hot water, Xu Xuan felt more comfortable.
After taking a shower, the interview with Xu Xuan after the game was also pushed.
He was very tired in this game with the Jazz. There was nothing he could do. The opponent’s defense was really tough. Coach Quinn Schneider’s outdated style of play, not to mention how powerful it is, but whoever encounters them is probably uncomfortable. .
Especially in the playoffs, think about it if you meet the Jazz in the first round, your brains will be bigger. Even if they win in the end, they will be exhausted physically and mentally.
All in all, this is an absolutely difficult opponent, the kind that hurts the enemy a thousand and hurts 800.
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In this game against Oklahoma City, the Lakers are still away. In the first five games, except for the first, the rest are away.
The media quarreled fiercely for the next game. They were all talking about who the league's strongest single-core star is, Xu Xuan or Wei Shao.
From a statistical point of view, Westbrook has the advantage, but from the point of view of shooting percentage, Xu Xuan is far ahead, and from the point of view of the team's contribution rate, the two are indeed similar, it is difficult to distinguish one up and down.
After playing the jazz on the 28th, we took a rest in the hotel in Salt Lake City. The next day everyone packed up and rushed to Oklahoma.
On the plane, Xu Xuan was boringly flipping through the news on his mobile phone.
After the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Knicks in the opener, they defeated the Raptors 94-91 yesterday and also won the second straight game.
Irving's three-pointer in the last 20 seconds is very eye-catching, directly through the heart of the Raptors.
The Spurs also won two consecutive victories in defeating the Kings. Although the Warriors lost to the Spurs in the opening game, they found their feelings in the second game. They defeated the New Orleans Pelicans by 122 to 110, 12 points, with a record of one win. negative.
Their good neighbor in the same city, the Clippers have only played one game so far, with a record of 1 win and 0 losses. March Chinese
...
After flipping for a while, Xu Xuan found that the traditional strong teams such as the Spurs and Clippers are still very strong, especially the Spurs, it is really unexpected that the Warriors can be cut off in the opening game.
"The West is just a meat grinder."
Frank didn't know when he sat next to Xu Xuan, and he cracked his back.
Xu Xuan nodded, "The overall strength of the west is indeed better than that of the east."
The top two or the top three in the east should not be weaker than the west, but after the top three, the strength and competition of the east will be much worse than that of the west.
"How about it, are you confident in the Thunder? I heard that the guy Russell gave you a book."
"Who cares about him? It's purely a second-degree sick offender." Xu Xuan waved his hand.
Wei Shao really likes to do things, and he has gotten a war book. Xu Xuan is also speechless. If you go to the war book, give it to the second child Du. Why do you give it to me, speechless,
From Salt Lake City to Oklahoma, it took almost two hours before the plane landed.
After getting off the plane and heading straight to the hotel, the game will start tomorrow. This regular season has just begun, and Frank has no too many demanding players. He just put on this half-day holiday, and will have a tactical meeting tomorrow morning, then training, and the game at night.
But Oklahoma is really nothing fun, except for more nightclubs, the other Bick Villages are not much better.
...
The time came to October 30, which is the day of the game against the Thunder.
After the tactical meeting in the morning, the Lakers entered the training state. Xu Xuan was very satisfied with this. There are many young players in the Lakers, but they are still working hard. There is no such thing as sleeping until the sun and getting up late. People.
If there were, Xu Xuan would have been chased away long ago...
...
Looking at Xu Xuan, who was tirelessly running around on the training ground from left to right, Ci Shiping wiped the sweat from his head, walked to Matt Barnes, and beat his waist.
"How long has he been running like this?"
"Who knows," Matt Barnes shrugged. "I remember he ran here after dinner anyway."
"Is he not tired?" Ci Shiping said in surprise: "We still have games tonight."
"Perhaps it's really not tired, you see Coach Frank didn't mean to stop him..."
"By the way, are we going to have two back-to-back matches next? I heard that the opponent is still Indiana, back-to-back away to add back to his old club... Xu must be under a lot of psychological pressure."
"...Uh, I didn't see any psychological pressure on him anyway." Barnes shook his head, Xu Xuan would feel the pressure?
Probably not, besides, it is their physical strength that is tested back to back, not Xu Xuan's... Xu Xuan's animal is too abnormal in physical strength!
"Indeed, Kobe has never had this training intensity, not to mention that there will be a game in the evening, really awesome!" Ci Shiping exclaimed. "I'm really not afraid of back-to-back matches, right."
There are 82 regular season games in one season, all kinds of back-to-backs, and high-quality competition level and intensity. It’s really difficult. Without strong strength and perseverance, it is impossible to become a super giant...
Back to back, for the team, is synonymous with thorns everywhere.
For the players, they are undoubtedly facing a series of sinister challenges.
The more than 400 players in the NBA with different joys, angers, sorrows and joys, but it is certain that no player will like to play "back-to-back" games, let alone consecutive away "back-to-back" games. This is not a test of victory. , Is simply a test of luck.
As an important type of competitive sports, the physical factors of basketball will play an important role in winning or losing.
Although no one can say that physical strength is all that determines the victory, even a first-class team, once caught in a physical trap, it is easy to lose their combat power, let alone mid-tier teams or underdogs.
"Back to back", this terrible term, is precisely torturing the players' physical strength and even their psychological endurance. .
in the afternoon.
There are two and a half hours to leave the game.
Loss, the head of equipment management of the Lakers, came to ask Xu Xuan's equipment if there were any problems.
Los is the head of equipment management for the Lakers. He is responsible for placing orders, organizing, preparing, cleaning and maintaining all the equipment of all 15 players in the Lakers team, including of course the equipment worn by the coaches and surrounding support staff. The most important thing throughout the season is the orderly arrangement.
Loss has joined the Lakers since 1986, so of course he knows every bit of Kobe Bryant's 20 years of playing for the Lakers. He knows Kobe's needs well. He knows how many pairs of shoes Kobe is used to carrying, knows what he likes to wear in pre-match training, knows how often he likes to change tights, knows which kind of braces he likes to wear and so on.
And now he needs to get familiar with and understand Xu Xuan's needs.
"How about, do you want gum?"
Ross took out a box of chewing gum from his pocket and handed it to Xu Xuan.
Many NBA players have the habit of eating gum, whether it is during training or during games.
When Loos packs up his luggage in advance, he usually brings up to 43 bags, including a pack of chewing gum for players to chew during training and competitions! !
Xu Xuan has no interest in chewing this thing~EbookFREE.me~ asked him for two pairs of socks.
The pair of feet got wet from the long run.
Before the night game, there is another meal, which is arranged by the strength and condition trainer, who is also the head of healthy food for the Lakers.
Appetizers, three main courses, two desserts.... Generally, the players who play ball are the big appetizers, and even Xu Xuan can eat it himself.
The recipes arranged are not bad, at least Xu Xuan doesn't hate it. The canteen in Indiana was not so good before, and it didn't have any special features.
After eating, take a break, the game will begin.
The attention of this game was very high. Xu Xuan felt a strong atmosphere of war as soon as he stepped into the Chesapeake Energy Arena.
OKC fans are loyal and crazy. They are the only team in the league with a tradition of "the home team does not score, the fans do not sit down".
Around 6:45 in the evening, the two teams began to warm up. Westbrook hasn’t contacted Xu Xuan since Durant left. The relationship between the two of them was very good, even if it was not as good as Xu Xuan and Curry’s. Not much difference.
But this time, Xu Xuan came to Oklahoma as a guest for the first time this season, and this guy didn't even come to see Xu Xuan except for an inexplicable book.
Xu Xuan knew very well that Wei Shao was suffocating in his heart. Although this anger was not caused by Xu Xuan, it also made Wei Shao not in any mood to talk about the past.
The only thing he thinks about now is how to bring the team to the playoffs and even the conference finals and finals to prove himself. He desperately needs these things to prove himself.
Reminiscence?
Wait a minute!
Let me beat you down first, let's relive the past!