Chapter 387 The team that was destroyed by Lin Han
(I stayed up late last night, went to bed at around 8 o'clock this morning and got up at around 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and then took a shower and ate supper to write. When I sat in front of the computer, my head hurts. I almost had to rest for every paragraph. This chapter has been intermittently from 7 o'clock in the evening to now, which has made everyone wait for a long time)
When the Suns and the Rockets completed the transaction before the trading deadline and sent Barkley to the Rockets, although this transaction has little to do with the Lakers, the Lakers players still felt the huge pressure from the Rockets. Even a team like the Lakers that doesn't seem to be a popular champion can feel such a huge pressure, and other popular champions can be imagined.
So, after the transaction was completed, almost the entire league was caught in huge debates and discussions. The biggest discussion was of course Barkley ran to the Rockets, Olajuwon and Drexler to join forces. This is a bit shameless no matter how you look at it, right? After three superstars were thrown into a team, how could others play? Although this transaction is quite reasonable and legal, many people can't accept it in terms of emotions.
For example, some fans who are mentally obsessed with cleanliness do not like the practice of such superstars gathering. Although in the history of NBA, they just don’t like it anyway. Of course, besides these fans, the biggest debate group is of course the players. It’s okay to say that those role players or star players from weak teams have nothing to do with them. After all, the stars and superstars of strong teams were stunned by this deal and were quickly fired at the Rockets and Barkley. Obviously, the matter of Barkley going to the Rockets must have affected their interests.
Even when the master Jordan asked about Barkley's deal, he had no good expression on his friend. His tone of speaking was quite sour. Of course, if Barkley went to the Bulls, Jordan would never be sour.
So, under such a big situation, the whole United States was originally praising Lin Han's 94 points a few days ago, but now, Barkley's topic has completely covered up Lin Han's 94 points. I have to say that the former Suns' big butt is indeed quite huge in popularity and influence.
Although Jordan and others were constantly smearing Barkley and the Rockets in the media at this time, this kind of thing actually has nothing to do with the Lakers. If you insist on saying it has anything to do, then after the transaction is completed, as the Lakers general manager Jerry West finally returned to the team. Although the Lakers general manager finally insisted on leaving Lin Han under the pressure of Jerry Bass, from Jerry West's expression that was not very pleasant at this time, Lin Han could feel that the Lakers general manager was cheated by the team's boss Jerry Bass a bit miserable.
"Mr. West doesn't look very good today?"
"It's strange that it can be better. This deal not only brought great changes to the Lakers' future. Our own boss is actually the one who contributed to this deal, but for this, we also replaced our first-round pick in the 1995 draft year with the first-round pick in the 1997 draft Xiaonian. Although the draft pick in 1997 was not protected by lottery, with the strength of David Robinson and Jaylen Ross, and now a strong man like Cebaros is here. There is no difference between the first-round pick in the Spurs and the lack of protection. This is a big loss no matter how you look at it."
"Yes, if it weren't for the deal that Mr. Jerry West had completed, I'm afraid Lakers fans would have directly called the team's general manager a "Lake Raider" who specialized in providing benefits for the Suns, so this deal is definitely the most afflicting and loss-making deal in Mr. West's general manager's career."
"Hey, there is no way to do this. Who told our boss to do such a thing? And Colangelo is not an ordinary general manager. He is one of the most powerful people in the American basketball world. Will the NBA be in the 50th anniversary next year? If Colangelo is unhappy with the Lakers, I bet that many people in our team will be stuck in the top 50 superstars, Dominic, you said yes."
"Haha, now our team has hope, only Dominic, Magic and Boss, are they? Magic is certain. No matter what Colangelo does, it is impossible to stop it, but it is not necessarily the boss and Dominic. The boss is okay. This year, he won the MVP and scoring champion, plus the title of No. 1 in the All-Star All-Slam history. Basically, in addition to the qualifications that make people criticize, he is also considered stable, but Dominic is a bit dangerous, and the honor is not very enough."
"Yes, this is a last resort. Who asked our boss to dig such a big hole and jump if he doesn't jump. However, the loss is not very big anyway. For our team, there is actually no difference in the pick in the second half of the first round. However, we should be careful not to touch Mr. West's brow in the past two days."
Although Jerry West has not been on the team recently, as the general manager of the team, of course, he knows what happened to the team in recent times. However, even if he can hear a lot of things about the team from Kupchek on TV, he has not been to the team's training hall for a while, and his understanding of the team is actually not so comprehensive. At least, when he came to the training ground and saw that when the team was playing the Princeton system, Lin Han was able to suppress Magic Johnson in a low confrontation. Although Kupchek told him before that Lin Han seemed to be more evil than Magic Johnson in the ball business, he still didn't believe it very much. Now it seems that Lin Han is indeed worthy of Kupchek's praise for him.
You know, when Lin Han was dug up, he never expected Lin Han to play an excellent tactical system. For players like Jordan, Lin Han or Chamberlain, because their personal abilities are too strong, the difference between playing the tactical system and not playing the tactical system is actually not big. Isn’t the tactical system also to find opportunities to take action? In fact, even if these players don’t play tactical system, they can make every opportunity to take action. Therefore, the Lakers never play the tactical system for Lin Han, but for the rest of the Lakers. The Bulls are actually the same. In other words, they can better play the energy of Lin Han and Jordan. How can they better play the energy? That is, players must have enough ball quotations, because
Lin Han's ball quotient determines what kind of tactical system the Lakers play. If Lin Han doesn't have ball quotient, then the Lakers will play superstar tactics. The team's idea of building a team will be that Jerry West will find superstars for Lin Han in order to get Lin Han's championship. Just like Chamberlain played in the Lakers back then, that is superstar tactics. If Lin Han has ball quotient, then he can match the tactical system that the team needs to play based on Lin Han's ball quotient. The Princeton system is just a test. To be honest, Jerry West never thought that this system would be successful in the Lakers. After all, he just wanted to use Carrell's extreme team to slightly change Lin Han's extreme individual, and also test Lin Han's ball quotient slightly.
In the end, Jerry West still underestimated Lin Han. When Lin Han got the ball and even played the tactical system of Princeton, Lin Han could do it. Although Jerry West was not completely sure what kind of tactical system the team wanted to play, this was still a very lucky thing for a team rebuilder like Jerry West to have a core reconstruction of Lin Han. After all, when Lin Han showed his ability, Jerry West had more choices, and he had more choices!
Jerry West is not Colangelo. He has no obsessive-compulsive disorder for any tactical system. Don’t think that Shoe was created by him. As long as he can win the championship, Jerry West doesn’t care that the team must insist on attacking or what. In this regard, he is different from Colangelo. Colangelo almost has obsessive-compulsive disorder of running and shooting, which also leads to the fact that the Suns have not many choices. When a team has fewer roads to success and less choices, the possibility of success is naturally greatly reduced.
"Jerry, now that the team has the answer you want, can we restore the team to normal now?"
Although Hubby Brown, who was standing next to Jerry West at this time, as a good friend of Jerry West, Hubby Brown, who has always looked down on Princeton's tactics, certainly knows some of Jerry West's ideas. Although Jerry West did not say anything to him, when he invited Carell under his opposition, Jerry West also explained something to him. Jerry West even hinted that Carell was just a passerby of the team, which is also the reason why Hubby Brown has always been quite reserved for Carell and has always been very opposed to the team's overall Princetonization. The team cannot play Princeton's tactics, but it is obvious that Lin Han was completely beyond everyone's expectations. This kid's ball quotation made Princeton's tactics swell very quickly in the Lakers, which made Hubby Brown confused.
It would be fine if he didn't know that Carell was a passerby. It would be a good thing for the team to play a tactical system regardless of whether he supports it or not. However, after knowing that Carell was a passerby, if Carell left, the Lakers had such a fast system building ability, if the team finally established Princeton when he left, this is a big deal. Will the new consultant or new system coach need to be defeated and rebuilt again? It is normal for a group of players to rebuild once and twice, but after rebuilding one after another, the team is not a robot. Most teams will definitely have the shadow of this tactical system after playing a successful tactical system. That is to say, even if Carell leaves the new consultant, this group of players must be allowed to make this group of players.
Players play other tactical systems, and these players may often subconsciously play Princeton in terms of their playing style. There are too many such things in the NBA. At that time, the Lakers will spend a lot of reconstruction time to correct these things. After all, Princeton’s tactical system is not a primary tactic like pick-and-roll. This advanced tactical system is not inclusive. Moreover, if the tactics of newly hired consultants conflict with Princeton, it will be even more tragic. In the end, it is very likely that players will be replaced. However, this group of Lakers players can be replaced just by saying that they can be replaced. This is a huge trouble, and this is also the reason why Huby Brown, who is obviously not so unforgiving, has always opposed Carell’s extreme promotion of Princeton in the team.
“It’s all right now”
But what surprised Mr. Huby Brown was that when he gave his advice, Jerry West frowned slightly and looked at the Lakers who were practicing in full swing at this time, and actually refused!
When Jerry West finished speaking and left the team's training hall with his assistant Kupchek, looking at the back of the team's general manager, Hubby Brown was a little surprised for a moment, and a very complicated look appeared on his face.
"Aren't Jerry going to let Carell work in the Lakers for a long time, right?"
When Huby Brown thought of this, his brows also frowned. Of course, if Carell continues to work with the Lakers for a long time, the Lakers, who have not yet finalized the tactical system, are going to officially determine Princeton as the team's next tactical system!
And this is definitely something that surprised Hubby Brown, you know. Jerry West didn't think so a few months ago!
"Is it all because of him?"
Finally, Huby Brown also looked at the Chinese defender who was training chief of the team. Obviously, Jerry West wanted to see what step Lin Han, a player from the golf club, could finally do in this claimed most difficult tactical system!
As the general manager of the Lakers, Jerry West generally does not directly participate in the team's daily training. Although Jerry West is extremely capable, he can do it and do it very well as a head coach or even an assistant coach, but he is now the general manager of the team. However, even if he does not participate in the team's daily training, the general manager of the Lakers has a huge impact on the team's tactical system. Isn't the Lakers' Princeton system almost facing a crisis this time?
Carell certainly didn't know all this, and as for Lin Han and the Lakers players, he didn't know even more!
February 26, 1995. The Los Angeles Lakers will challenge their city rivals, the Los Angeles Clippers away. There is almost no suspense before the game begins. After all, the strength of the Lakers and the Clippers is completely different. If it is just about strength, it is okay. Even if the Clippers are not strong, they are still at the NBA level. If the Lakers really underestimate the opponent, they have certain opportunities. After all, players who can enter the NBA are basically geniuses, and they are not bad.
But it is obvious that the Lakers and the Clippers are definitely not just that the Clippers are not as strong as the Lakers. This Clippers were almost ruined by Lin Han this season!
First, Lin Han made a "coin" at first, making the Clippers a laughing stock in the entire American professional sports world. Even the Clippers players were ashamed to say that they were a Clippers player under the sarcasm of the team's boss. This team almost completely lost the fighting spirit. If it were just like this, the Clippers could still play a stern ending this season. The laughing stock was also laughing stock. This team was not unhappy, but in the subsequent games, when Lin Han led the Lakers to kill the Clippers twice, and Lin Han had more data than the Clippers, when such a thing came out, the Clippers might not be able to collapse when facing other teams, but when facing the Lakers, it was really a big deal. This team probably had no mood to play in front of Lin Han or in front of the Lakers.
Even for this team, this game can end smoothly. Lin Han must not make the iron thug 62 times and still beat them. If such a thing is really done, these Clippers players will really cry!
Therefore, after the Lakers defeated the Spurs and won two consecutive games and came to a three-game winning streak, facing an opponent like the Clippers, almost the entire American public opinion did not take the Clippers seriously. After almost the entire American public opinion was released from the Barkley incident, they all focused on the battle between the Lakers and the Jazz on February 28. As long as the Lakers beat the Clippers in this game and the Jazz beat the Kings away, then on February 28, the Jazzes away game will become the third-match in the West! As long as the Lakers can defeat the Jazz on February 28, the Lakers will take the third-match throne in the West for the first time and completely get rid of the entanglement of the Supersonics!
And more importantly, if the Lakers can finally suppress the Jazz to the third place in the West, then the Jazz's management will probably be scolded to death by the fans of their team! In addition, if this happens recently, the Jazz will probably be killed by the impact of Lin Han's departure this season. Although the season is still long, the Jazz can't get rid of Lin Han's influence for most of the season. Is it possible to get rid of Lin Han's influence in the next two months and break out in the playoffs? Of course, it is impossible!
Therefore, for the Jazz, they must definitely beat the Lakers on February 28th. If the Lakers want to stabilize their position in the top four in the Western Conference, it is best to get rid of the entanglement of the Supersonics. The Supersonics have been exerting force in recent times. The feeling of being a team like Supersonics behind them is completely different. The same ranking is third and fourth. The feeling is also completely different when facing the threat of being overtaken by others. Of course, the Lakers hope to defeat the Jazz to reach third in the Western Conference in one fell swoop. This is just the team's interest, and this is not the reason for Lin Han. For Lin Han, beating the Jazz and having the chance to beat the Jazz in ranking is probably something Lin Han has been waiting for for a long time!
Therefore, although the Lakers had a game against the Clippers before the Jazz, for most people, there was no suspense in this game between the Lakers and the Clippers, so everyone has set their sights on the game between the Lakers and the Jazz. And more importantly, the Lakers have defeated the Jazz three times this season. If the Jazz loses again this time, it will be a four-kill. The Lakers are killed by the Lakers and the third in the West, and I am afraid that the Jazz will not be willing to accept such a shame.
Therefore, the excitement of this game is indeed worthy of so many people's attention.
"Will you have confidence in the game against the Jazz two days later? Sorry, we haven't considered that far. The game against the Jazz is important, but this is not our game today. However, I believe that our team is full of confidence in any game. No matter who the opponent is, our goal is to win, which is what we said at the beginning of the season."
"The offensive efficiency in the last two games is not very good. Is it because of that 94 points? Of course, I don't think there is nothing to do with this, but I don't think there is much relationship between this. For a player, the ups and downs of his condition are normal. Although my offensive efficiency in the last two games is not very high, I just promised that I am definitely not the worst in the top two scoring list. Do you think so?"
"Some comments from Malone and Stockton? I heard that as a former Jazz player, even though I have left the Jazz now, I have always been inertia. After all, this team has many fans and players who have a good relationship with me. Of course, Malone and Stockton are also one of them. I won't care whether they say I have many problems, nor do they care about their criticism of me, because we all know that this is the NBA. If we are not players of the same team, then we have to beat the other party."
When Lin Han was asked at the pre-match press conference before the Lakers and Clippers started, all the questions were about the game against the Jazz two days later, Lin Han was also speechless.
However, even though Lin Han was not willing to answer such questions, there was no way. Who made the Clippers ruined by him? Not to mention that these reporters ignored the Clippers, even the Clippers themselves were almost the same. Clippers player Poole Richardson, who attended the pre-match press conference with Lin Han, was stuck aside and didn't say a word. He even lowered his head throughout the whole process, as if telling the reporters, don't ask me questions, even if I ask, I won't answer.
Facing the Clippers who were made like this, even though Lin Han wanted to lead the problem to the Clippers, Lin Han felt that he should not do this. It was too cruel. After all, Lin Han had no grudges with the Clippers. He just had a grudge against the Clippers' boss Sterling. After the last game of defeating the Clippers 62 times, Sterling became completely honest, or the Clippers' boss completely lost interest in the Clippers. It seemed that he had not appeared in the eyes of the NBA media for a long time. Since Sterling has been hiding aside, Lin Han naturally has no need to chase this team and fight hard.
So in the end, of course, I can only answer some questions about the Jazz.
"Boss, these guys are so annoying, they are all asking some embarrassing questions. Finally, they even asked you what you think of the Rockets and Barkley, are you interested in joining a stronger team after the contract is over? These guys are simply sick."
"Also, the entire press conference asked Malone, Stockton and the Jazz what this meant? What is most annoying is that these guys actually agree with some of the statements of Malone and Stockton. Isn't this the two guys who clearly want to support the Jazz?"
Recently, the Lakers players who accompanied Lin Han to attend the post-match press conference have always been Eddie Jones. Although there are basically no ones asked Eddie Jones about the reporters at the scene, it does not mean that the young Lakers player is not angry.
"Okay, Eddie. These are all induced problems for these guys. If you are really angry, you will be fooled. They really hope that we will not calmly do some things, and you will get used to these things in the future."
Looking at Eddie Jones who was a little angry at this time, Lin Han also said with a smile. When the reporters asked questions, they deliberately used the words of other players to despise Lin Han. This is a very low-level provocation or provocation. In fact, it is not just about asking Lin Han. Most reporters are almost the same when asking other players.
However, this time, Lin Han could feel that these reporters were not just provoking. After Lin Han's 94-point incident ended, the entire American media and fans had a considerable enthusiasm for the players' scoring, and there was no way. Who made Lin Han start and scored 96 points. Then in recent times, Olajuwon scored 61 points in the game against the Bucks. Needless to say, David Robinson almost scored 70 points in the game of losing to the Lakers. Just the day before, the team was extremely weak in the inside line when they were against the Timberwolves.
The Timberwolves, the Spurs player still scored a terrifying 62 points. After David Robinson's 62 points, the Spurs player almost 40+ in all the games after the All-Star game, and even averaged 50+. The excellent condition is simply terrifying. Although everyone knows that David Robinson's style is to show off after the All-Star game. Last season, this guy made a four-double and a single game of 70% after the All-Star game, which is quite domineering, but even so, David Robinson's madness still makes people feel a little incredible.
And it's not just David Robinson, even the Jazz's Karl Malone, a power forward who was already very strong in offense, also scored 65 points in the game against the Mavericks and created the highest single-game score in his career. This is just these superstar players who are scoring points. This is not about the All-Star players who scored the highest 55 points in his career against the Jazz when Mashburn faced Stephen Smith's defense.
After Lin Han's ninety-four points, the entire league fell into a scoring frenzy, but as the two strongest scoring madmen in the league, Lin Han and Jordan were silent. Jordan was a little too excited by Lin Han, and his playing style had some problems. He did not grasp the scale of his attack and teammates' offense. He was humiliated by the Heat a few days ago. As for Lin Han, although Lin Han's performance was much better than Jordan, after Lin Han's 96 points, everyone was waiting for Lin Han to continue the crazy scoring momentum. Even if Lin Han could no longer score ** ten, sixty or seventy or fifty or sixty, right? What about the final result? Lin Han only scored more than 40 points. Although more than 40 points is no longer low, in the scoring frenzy of the entire league, Lin Han's scores can be said to have no presence!
Under such circumstances, not only Lin Han has been ridiculed by some people, but even Jordan is the case. Especially Jordan, who has been almost hacked by media experts in recent times.
It was just because of Jordan that Lin Han was under little pressure, but after all, after 94 points, many people hoped that Lin Han could directly turn on the scoring mode, but in the end it became like this. There were still some disappointments from fans, and there were also some disappointments from the media. Even some media that did not dislike Lin Han, when Lin Han failed to meet their expectations, they were also a little disappointed and a little dissatisfied with Lin Han.
In this case, these guys are on the side of the Jazz. By the way, it is understandable to stimulate Lin Han. As for what Malone said recently, Lin Han scored 94 points in the game, which is a desperate situation and is facing collapse. This is not a nonsense. After all, when a player scored 94 points in a game, the opponent would probably be even more crazy when defending!
The Lakers have played in weak teams in recent games, and it is not obvious that they can't be seen. Lin Han can only enjoy the treatment of a 94-pointer when the Lakers play against a strong team. So Malone and Stockton said that after Lin Han scored 94, it is impossible to score more than 60 points, because no one is willing to give Lin Han such a chance!
For most teams in the league, this statement is indeed true. Not to mention in the future, even in the last minute of the game against the Spurs, the Spurs gave up chasing points in order not to allow Lin Han to continue scoring. The first priority is not how to score, but how to prevent Lin Han from scoring. If Lin Han scored 100 points in the game, it would be really a tragic death.
Even a championship-level team like the Spurs can give up the regular season victory in order to curb Lin Han's score. Why can't other teams do it?
So, in recent times, Lin Han and Jordan’s scoring problems, many people are saying that Lin Han and Jordan are too high-profile. They compete for the scoring king, so why are they shouting so loudly? Especially Jordan. After Lin Han scored 94 points, the Bulls player directly stated that he would challenge 80 points this season. Damn, once these words came out, isn’t this going to make other teams fight to the death? This is also the reason why Jordan was hacked out in recent times. Although Lin Han didn’t say anything, it was also considered a disaster for the fish.
“Is it never possible to get over sixty again?”
Thinking of Malone and Stockton's words, Lin Han also smiled. For other players in the league, this sentence is undoubtedly correct, but for Lin Han, it may not be, because Lin Han has never been an ordinary NBA player!
"Okay, Eddie, don't think so much, remember, we can only change others by doing our own things first, especially in NBA."
Finally, after smiling and patting himself, who was a little bit complaining, Lin Han also left the press conference directly.
On February 26, 1995, the home court of the Clippers in the Los Angeles Toyota Center. Although this game is recognized as a game without any suspense, the entire stadium is still full of spectators. Of course, these spectators are definitely not fans of the Clippers. After being ruined by Lin Han this season, it is hard to say how many fans the Clippers can still watch the team's game.
But in this game, most of the fans on the scene were definitely Lakers fans, because almost all of them were Lakers fans wearing Lin Han and Magic jerseys!
Moreover, because the Lakers' record has recovered recently, Lakers fans are in a very good mood. In addition, there is no suspense in this game, so everyone did not take it seriously, just take it as a vacation and rest before the game against the Jazz.
But no matter what, Lin Han still doesn't mind making a little beat in this game, especially in such a game that can guarantee victory.
Therefore, the Lakers could definitely solve the battle in three quarters, but they were beaten by both sides for four quarters. In the end, the Lakers defeated the Clippers 88-80 away!
After this game, Collins, who was the commentator of this game, was speechless when he saw that the Lakers' player actually showed a happy expression in the moment after the game ended.
"Did this kid not notice the data of his game? Should I congratulate Lin Han on setting the NBA record and throwing 35 three-pointers in one game?"
Looking at Lin Han's data of 41 points and 28 rebounds at this time, Collins was speechless in his mind that in this game, Lin Han threw 35 three-pointers and only hit 8, while in two-pointers, Lin Han made 22 shots and 7, and 15 shots in 55 shots in the whole game.
This performance is comparable to the game between Jordan and the Heat not long ago, but the difference is that this game is the same as that of Lin Han's 62 strikes. Lin Han's Lakers won again, and the opponent is the Clippers!
When she thought of this, Collins looked at the Clippers players who were depressed and were full of sympathy. It seemed that the Clippers had become the team that Lin Han had to beat the frontcourt rebounds. Lin Han saw that his rebounding position was about to be out of stock, and he became stable after the game.
In Collins's opinion, Lin Han suddenly showed ecstasy after this game because he did not notice his poor scoring data, but in Lin Han's own opinion, it was not the case!
"Ding, congratulations to the host for successfully hitting 40+ in the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers. Congratulations to the host for obtaining a large number of character, with a character of +10%"
"Ding, there was no intentional missed all the irons in the host's competition. The quality of the irons is S, and the character level is 50% bonus."
"Ding, the host completed a match with a quality of s and a number of 40+ in a match, and gained a character value of 15%"
15% bonus! In Lin Han's memory, in the 60+ iron score, Lin Han obtained 30% of his basic character, and finally gained 45% of his character because of a 50% bonus. This time, although the number of iron scores did not keep up, there was 15%, which was already good!
After all, Lin Han used the lament of the Goddess of Luck this time instead of the blessing of the Goddess of Doom. Lin Han's character value is fixed at 50%, which is the normal character value of a player, rather than the -100 nightmare mode. In this case, being able to make so many irons is considered a huge gain.
And more importantly, Lin Han's character value in this game is not just this 15%, but the big one is still behind!
"Ding, because the host used the lament of the goddess of luck, he made 40 irons and hit 15 times in the game, so he gained a character value of 25%, and the cumulative character value of 32% in three games."
"Ding, because the host has no official competition during the use of the goddess of luck, the card usage time expires. Ding, the host's existing character value is settled as: 50+15+32=97"
"Ding, congratulations to the host's current character value is 97%"
97%! When Lin Han heard this number, he almost fell into ecstasy. In Lin Han's memory, this character is definitely the highest after he got this system. Damn, when did he have such a lot of character?
"It's indeed a special golden-level card. Not only did it help me escape the period of huge decline in character, but it also helped me improve my character to nearly 100%! This is indeed a magic card."
"Ding, because the host's character is less than 50% before using the card, and it is forcibly locked at 50%, so the highest character value of the host after using the card is 75% of the normal character value."
Chapter completed!