Chapter 845 An upset loss to the Trail Blazers! The Christmas War is coming!
After the Lakers finished the game with the Clippers, they flew to Golden State in a plane.
They will be back-to-back against the Warriors the next day away.
Speaking of which, the Warriors are also miserable.
If it was Jiang Chen's previous life, the Warriors had actually risen this season.
Although he has not become the champion team, he can already make it to the playoffs and is one of the strong teams in the West.
But in this life, under the interference of Jiang Chen, the Lakers intercepted three young players, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Green, directly intercepting all the teams that established the Warriors' dynasty.
This leads to the Warriors still being a weak team in the league and are still in the reconstruction period...
Facing such a Warriors, there is no suspense in the game.
In the end, the Lakers defeated their opponents by 28 points.
All players performed very well, and even rookie Antetokounmpo also performed well, making 7 of 11 shots in the game, 0 of 2 free throws, and scored 14 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks.
Showing his talent on the defensive end.
After the game, everyone was reporting on the performance of Lakers players.
Many media have raised big questions.
Who said before the start of the season that the Lakers were not as strong as last season?
This is simply nonsense.
All media and basketball experts are starting to look forward to whether the Lakers can hit a great 82-game winning streak this season.
This imagination ended after only more than two weeks.
In the away game against the Trail Blazers, all the players felt bad, and even Jiang Chen's offensive efficiency was greatly reduced.
On the other hand, the young player Lillard exploded and made continuous difficult three-pointers from the outside, completely destroying the Lakers.
The whole game ends.
112:123.
The Lakers lost the game with an 11-point disadvantage and ushered in their first loss of the season.
No one in the world expected the Lakers to lose their first game so quickly.
This is earlier than the first defeat in previous seasons.
The main reason is that Lillard performed very well.
He played in 39 minutes in the whole game, made 16 of 24 shots, 7 of 10 three-pointers, and 4 of 4 free throws. With extremely high efficiency, he scored 43 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists and 1 steal.
A "Jiangchen-style" game was played.
After all, Jiang Chen often scored 7 or more three-pointers in the game, and then easily scored 40 points with extremely high hits.
In fact, Jiang Chen also performed very well in this game.
He made 15 of 28 shots in the game, 5 of 9 three-pointers, 5 of 6 free throws, and scored 40 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists.
It's comparable to Lillard, but his teammates' performance is really too bad.
Except for Jiang Chen, no player scored more than 20 points.
If you can win, you will be a ghost.
After the game.
All the rice is covering the game.
As obviously the most important hero of the Lakers, Lillard's name has also appeared on the hot searches for all the meters many times.
His career has so far.
This is the first time Lillard has been so concerned.
It can be said that it is a battle to become a god!
Many media have put forward similar titles such as "After Jiang Chen, the best three-point shooter after Curry?"
Faced with this sudden fame, Lillard did not lose himself, but acted very modestly. In the interview, he said that he would continue to work hard to improve and help the team achieve better results.
Regarding this.
The most exciting thing is the Trail Blazers fans.
Because after many years, they finally waited for the core players who could lead the rise of the Trail Blazers.
The last person who was so expectant was Brandon Roy, known as the "Yellow Mamba".
If Roy hadn't been injured, the Trail Blazers might have become the West long ago.
It’s just a pity that Roy suffered a fatal injury on his knee, which made him pass by like a meteor in the NBA. It once shined for a moment, but soon left the field in disgrace.
now.
Lillard became the new favorite of Trail Blazers fans.
With this reputation accumulation and the manifestation of super strength, Lillard gradually replaced Aldridge and became the well-deserved core player of the Trail Blazers.
The Trail Blazers also ranked fifth in the West under the leadership of Lillard.
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Back to the Lakers.
After losing to the Trail Blazers, the Lakers made a strong winning streak in the next period of time.
Until the Christmas game, I didn't lose another game.
The Lakers' Christmas match is still the Heat!
This is the fourth consecutive year that the two teams have played the Christmas battle. Just like playing the finals, it has become a must-see program for fans.
It's just a bit sad that the Heat have never beaten the Lakers in the Christmas game.
Countless Heat fans hope that the team can beat the Lakers once, so that they can relieve themselves a little.
However, according to pre-match predictions, the media and basketball experts chose the Lakers to win.
Because the Heat's strength continues to decline this season, the most intuitive manifestation is the record.
The Heat were able to maintain the record of No. 1 in the Eastern Conference in the previous two seasons, but the Heat frequently lost games this season and are currently only ranked second in the Eastern Conference.
The first place has been replaced by the young Pacers.
In this way, what will the Heat beat the Lakers?
Even if it is not favored, this Christmas battle has become the most popular game in the league.
For fans except Heat fans, the win or loss of the game is not important. What is important is that you can see the match between the two superstars Jiang Chen and James!
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Christmas day.
Staples Center.
An hour before the game, the stadium was filled with crowds.
Fans are eagerly waiting for the start of the game.
soon.
A whistle sounded.
The warm-up ended before the game.
Starting players from both sides appear.
The Heat's starting lineup is Bosh, James, Battier, Wade and Chanmos.
The Lakers' starting lineup is Gasol, Jiang Chen, Leonard, Kobe and Curry.
In order to deal with Jiang Chen's playing power forward, the Heat were forced to adjust the starting lineup.
Head coach Spo knew very well that if Bosh was asked to fight against Jiang Chen, he would definitely be beaten.
We can only send James so that the Heat will have a chance to win the game.
Bosh and Gasol jumped.
The former racquetted the basketball.
The Heat took the lead in attacking.
After halftime, Qian Mos passed the basketball to James in the penalty area. The latter singled Jiang Chen, and then turned around and jumped after shaking his shoulders continuously.
This season, James continued to make progress and developed low-post back-to-body singles technology, making himself more and more versatile on the offensive end.
It's just a pity that this technology is not very stable for James to use.
Bang.
Due to Jiang Chen's interference, the basketball bounced out of the basket.
Gasol protected the backcourt rebound and then passed the ball to Curry. The latter dribbled quickly and ran through the half, stopped outside the three-point line, and raised his hand and shot a three-pointer.
Even though Qian Moss and Wade rushed over, he was still one step late.
Chapter completed!