On the 18th, the King flew to Atlanta and started a five-game trip in the Eastern Conference, with the first match against the Hawks who had 8 wins and 5 losses.

The Hawks' main player Jeff Teager was missing due to a hip strain, and Su Yang arranged for LaVine to defend Dennis Schroder, who replaced Teager's starter, insisted on making a shot but not making a breakthrough. Hawk Schroder failed to score a point in half time and made three mistakes.

The Kings simultaneously established an absolute lead, winning 21 points in the third quarter, but just as Su Yang was about to remove all the main players, Cousins ​​broke through with the ball on the top of the arc, stopped and changed direction like a defender, and suddenly fell to the ground and gritted his teeth in pain.

Antetokounmpo and Covington followed the team doctor's guidance and carefully brought Cousins ​​back to the sidelines and left the stadium early.

The game was held. In order to seek insurance, Su Yang asked Jokic to lead the team to play for five more minutes and Thompson also played for more.

The king finally won 113 to 91.

Six players in the team scored in double digits, Jokic scored 15 points, 6 assists and 8 rebounds, and made 5 of 7 shots, with an amazing efficiency.

After the game, some fans accused Su Yang of not letting Jokic appear last season, but Jokic should be allowed to stay in Europe to play, so that Jokic would have the chance to compete for the best rookie. Now Jokic has no chance and it is difficult to trigger the Ross clause.

Someone criticized that before.

Su Yang didn't care at all, but Jokic tweeted and joked that he would lead the Kings to win the championship and get FMVP before the end of his four-year rookie contract. At that time, Su Yang would prepare a machine for unlimited Coca-Cola supply for him.

The fans' focus changed accordingly, and they began to discuss whether Coca-Cola is better or Pepsi is better. They are fascinated.

Cousins' injury test also came out.

A sprained left foot ankle and needs a 4-5 recess.

Su Yang looked at Cousins ​​who was wearing fixed protective boots and smiled and said, "Let you avoid using that kind of change direction. Now you know it hurts. Your physical condition is fast and powerful. Just rush up. Don't learn from Griffin to play tricks, as you are particularly prone to injury."

Cousins ​​nodded and admitted his mistake: "Sorry, coach, I have caused trouble to the team, and there will be no next time."

The whole team flew to Miami overnight to challenge the Heat.

During pre-match training, Su Yang adjusted the rotation and let David West serve as the starting power forward, but he was not prepared to take too much time for the real rotation. The main reason why West would suffer a loss when facing Bosh. At that time, Antetokounmpo had to be on the main defense and just show respect.

The game starts at 8 o'clock.

The Heat have only played 10 games in the new season and their physical strength reserves are quite good. Bosh caught West and slammed into the game, and Wade also rushed to Lavine. On the defensive end, the Heat still used local attacks and refused to give Curry too much easier to make a mobile phone.

Curry can only pass more, but Antetokounmpo and West, who are often shortened, have a bit of a hit rate.

Su Yang had to replace Covington in advance and let Antetokounmpo be the power forward, and finally curbing the offensive between Bosh and Wade.

But before, the gap was 9 points, and no matter how hard it was to catch up, the main reason was that Cousins ​​was absent, the Kings were relatively low in the inside line, Jokic's low-post technology has not been fully developed, and the Heat can unscrupulously use the three-and-two joint defense that they are good at.

With the three-and-two joint defense, Curry's shooting efficiency was lowered again, the Kings' easy shooting was greatly reduced, Heat head coach Spoul also adjusted the rotation in a targeted manner, giving the big center only ten minutes to play, and not giving the Kings the opportunity to use five small lineups to play fast breaks.

After the whole game, the Kings lost 112 to 116.

Curry scored 34 points in the game, while Jokic made 5 of 10 shots, scoring 12 points, 5 assists and 8 rebounds, maintaining efficiency.

Many discussions appeared on social media.

Bill Simmons tweeted: "The Kings are in a very embarrassing situation! On the one hand, when Cousins ​​and Jokic appear at the same time, they will be in a mess in the inside defense. On the other hand, if Cousins ​​is not available, they lack strong threats in the inside, which will lead to more defensive pressure on Curry. I personally guess that Su Yang must have thought of trading Cousins, because their salary space will reach a particularly tense state after the end of 2017, and it is difficult to retain the two superstars Cousins ​​and Curry, as well as Giannis, who has gradually shown the strength of the All-Star, as well as Laven and Jokic, two potential rookies, who must make a choice.

After the end of this season, if he chooses to keep Covington, he must send one of the superstars away. Turner's excellent performance will definitely be subject to a high-paying contract and he cannot stay. Therefore, there are very few teams that can achieve three consecutive championships..."

Simmons' inference caused heated discussion.

Many fans of other teams, especially Rockets and Lakers, began to imagine grabbing rookies from the Kings, thinking that Lavender and Jokic were good, and Grant also had certain potential. At the worst, they had to do Galloway, which would be bold enough to impact Cousins.

Espn then set up a roundtable meeting to discuss how the Kings can better achieve three consecutive championships and maintain competitiveness for a long time. Most of the teams will often fall into a trough for many years, whether once or twice, like the Bulls, six-push in ten years, Spurs have been playing for 20 consecutive years, and the Lakers have only been decadent for two seasons, which can be called a miracle in the league.

Experts have various operational ideas.

Except for Curry, all other players were mentioned.

After seeing the show, Su Yang forwarded it and thanked all the staff for their attention.

As for those trading ideas, I didn't look at any of them carefully. There was no one on the market, and George's rumors were gone. Since the crazy offseasons of 2014 and 2015, all kinds of big-name players have renewed contracts or changed teams, and the next wave will have to wait several years.

After resting for one night, the king took a bus to Orlando.

The Magic are still a group of new recruits, but they are no longer as aggressive as they were in the previous two seasons, because their head coach was replaced by Scott Skeles, who strictly required rigid running tactics. That guy relied on the record of the NBA's highest assist in a single game, and he had already won two youth teams, the Bulls and Bucks. This season it was the Magic's management's turn to get sick, and the team was full of vitality and collapsed directly.

It may be related to Scott Skeles's five seasons of playing for the Magic, after all, the old man in the O'Neal era.

The game started at 7 o'clock, and the Kings led by 24 points in the first half.

Jokic was extremely arrogant and commanded the defense, pointing out magic tactics five times in a row, making Scott Skeles' face turn blue. The TNT in charge of the live broadcast made a video highlight on the spot and posted it on Twitter and other social media, and soon became a hot chat list.

Many fans praised Jokic for having a superb football dealer, and perhaps he could really lead the Kings to win the championship and win the FMVP.

Some fans compared Jokic to another white star Larry Bird, who believed that the two of them played with their brains represents the slutty words.

After the whole game, the Kings won 117 to 91.

Jokic made 7 of 10 shots, scoring 18 points, 11 assists and 9 rebounds with a quasi-triple double, almost breaking the record.

On the plane to Charlotte, Su Yang praised Jokic for leading the team to win and encouraged him to continue to maintain it. However, he practiced more behind-the-scenes offense at low posts, avoiding the embarrassing situation of feeling deviation but unable to score at low posts, and also better respond.

Jokic smiled and said, "I don't need practice at all. Cousins ​​will go back to solve them, and I will pass the ball!"

Cousins ​​smiled when he heard those words.

His emotional intelligence is quite high.

Maybe it's an excuse to be lazy.

Su Yang didn't think much about it.

On the 23rd, the Kings challenged the Hornets away.

Because of Jeremy Lin's joining and Batum's joining, as well as the growth of Kemba Walker, Cody Zeller and others, Al Jefferson and Marvin Williams' stable performance, the Hornets won 7 wins and 6 losses in the new season, with a winning rate of more than 50%, and are expected to playoffs.

Jordan sat in the audience next to Su Yang and said directly that he wanted to learn how to communicate with the players during the game. He also said: "Su, I feel that this year is the beginning of our Charlotte's rise. In the future, we will continue to make the playoffs..."

When Su Yang heard this, he glanced at Batum and thought to himself that this was your last playoff journey in the next few years, so cherish it.

When the game started, Su Yang deliberately made bad things, and there was no complicated command throughout the whole process, so most of them were left to Mike Brown. At the end of the fourth quarter, the Kings firmly established a 13-point lead, which made the game lose its suspense. Jordan was so angry that he left early.

It’s not that I was really angry, but I went to the restaurant in advance to prepare and invited Su Yang to have a dinner, thanking for the help to the Wasp.

The King finally defeated the Hornets 127-112.

Jokic was replaced by Batum. Although he scored 19 points, 8 assists and 14 rebounds, his shooting percentage was only 31%.

In the last game of five consecutive away games in the Eastern Conference, the Kings flew to Milwaukee to challenge the Bucks, winning easily 129 to 118.

Curry scored 36 points and had 5 steals.

Jokic's performance recovered, scoring a quasi-triple double-double with 10 points, 13 assists and 9 rebounds, and never scored his 10th rebound. He said that he would sooner or later, and he would have to get a triple-double openly, and he was the fastest one. He would have to set an NBA record no matter how he was.

Su Yang personally advised him but he didn't accept it.

The two of them had a conversation, and were accidentally recorded by the audience on the back of the bench and posted on Twitter, gradually arousing discussions from many fans.

Fans praised Jokic's character and understood that Su Yang did not intend to suppress Jokic's performance on the court.

On the same night, the Pacers lost 111 to 123 to the Trail Blazers, Paul George made 4 of 17 shots, with 11 points and 5 mistakes.

The discussion about trading George appeared on Twitter again.
Chapter completed!