On the 17th, the Kings faced the Trail Blazers at home.

The meeting was held before the game as usual. Because there were many wounded people, Su Yang first paid attention to his health. Trainer Phil Handy reported: "The team doctor has already had an examination. JR Larry Nance can come back to participate in the battle. It is also recommended not to play for too long..."

Su Yang nodded, "The Trail Blazers' offensive proportion in the inside is relatively low, so there should be no problem..." The scout report shows that the Trail Blazers are still the main attacker of two guns in the backcourt this season, and center Nurkic actually averages only 12 shots per game, and the shooting percentage is only 50%.

Thinking about Jordan's 70% shooting percentage, Nurkic can pose a low threat, while his substitutes Noah Fonley and Ed Davis are not real centers, and the real big center Meyers Leonard is difficult to get time to play.

At 8:00 pm, the two teams started.

Su Yang didn't care about the fact that "don't be so serious in the regular season". He instructed the whole team to double-team Lelede at the beginning, but Lelede seemed very dissatisfied. He just didn't pass the ball and tried hard, and played the logo position with a long three-pointer, and Bangbang made three consecutive shots.

The Kings grabbed the rebound and pushed the fast break, Antetokounmpo rushed around and led the Kings to a 8-2 start, detonating the whole game.

However, Lelede continued to make a long shot, and the key was that he really pretended to be successful. He scored three three-pointers and became Lillard.

However, Lillard made a lot of moves, making other Trail Blazers players become watchers, and the Kings easily led by 9 points in the first quarter.

The Trail Blazers didn't change any tricks, but CJ McCollum continued Lillard's firepower, and he kept a close eye on the score and did not collapse.

After the game, the Kings defeated the Trail Blazers 109-101, and Antetokounmpo scored a large double-double with 32 points and 16 rebounds.

After the game, the reporter asked if he would help Antetokounmpo to start the All-Star Game. Su Yang thought for a moment and replied seriously: "Of course, it's time for him to show himself more. He deserves to be the All-Star Game starter..."

Under Su Yang's guidance, Antetokounmpo's skills matured earlier, but because he was a teammate with a bunch of All-Stars, he was elected as the All-Star starter later. Strictly speaking, it is a good thing. Other teams did not target him so early, and he did not need to carry the team and get more opportunities for training. It would not be like the LeBron Cavaliers' 1.0 period, the pressure to lead the team was not allowed to take time to practice shooting.

After a night off, the team flew to Portland and challenged the Trail Blazers back to back. After a brief discussion, they decided to continue to double-team.

However, within a few minutes of the game, Ross and Lavine were fouled by Lillard backwards. As the double-team plan failed, Lillard became more and more smooth as the Kings played back to back, and Cousins ​​was also restricted by Nurkic in the interior and gradually lagged behind.

After the game, the Kings lost 90 to 102, Antetokounmpo returned to the world with only 18 points and 9 rebounds.

I didn't care about losing. The team flew back to Sa City to rest for a day, and played at home against the visiting Nuggets.

I don't know what happened, Jamal Murray suddenly exploded, and made four consecutive emergency stops and mid-range shots. The fifth time made Ross choose to pull people and foul, but he still failed to stop Murray from scoring the goal and accompanied him to a foul for nothing.

Under the leadership of Murray, the Nuggets team went crazy, and all the gods scored, Farid could hit a three-pointer with a long shot.

Su Yang tried to suppress the rhythm twice, but the Kings could not hit the team in the face of the joint defense. The problem of Ross' low three-point shooting percentage in the sports battle was magnified. The Nuggets always get a fast break opportunity. The first pass was fast and accurate, which was really difficult to defend.

After fighting hard until the last second, the Kings lost 114 to 118, and in three seasons, they have rarely suffered two consecutive losses.

Key post-match review analysis, there is no better way to improve the three-point shooting percentage, that is, the lack of Curry can make you stable and abuse the food. If you encounter a strong team, you will not be so stable. The Trail Blazers and the Nuggets are typical cases, which is a normal loss and can be accepted.

There is also something worthy of recognition, that is, Payton's performance is becoming more and more stable, and his defense and rebounding contributions are quite large.

As for the second substitute of shooting guard Javent Green, he did not get too many opportunities to play, and it is difficult to evaluate for the time being.

The next day, the Kings played against the Lakers at home.

Su Yang rushed to the stadium at 2:00 pm and found the team doctor Kaufman to ask Curry about his observations and obtained permission to come back. He then asked Curry about his opinion and finally decided to remove Curry from the injury list and officially return to participate in the battle.

The pre-match training followed. Su Yang thought about it and decided to make Curry easier to play, and temporarily arranged some fixed-point catch and shoot tactics to make Curry a simple restraining point, and not to play strong confrontation tactics that cover their teammates.

At 6:30 p.m., the game is about to start.

According to Su Yang's arrangement, the team canceled the pre-match ceremony and played a short video to pay tribute to George. Then Su Yang and Curry gave George the championship ring together, officially thanking George for his two seasons of hard work for the Kings, and Kobe happened to come to watch the game when he was free.

After the tribute, Kobe's pre-match interview was played again on the central screen. Kobe said seriously: "Last season, the Lakers had gathered a group of talented players, but they lacked some experience at the critical moment, so they often lost at the last moment, but now after getting Paul George, they can choose to trust George at the critical moment and achieve better results..."

After the interview, the Lakers' record of 8 wins and 10 servers since the start of the game was revealed, and they only won 26 games in total last season.

Amid cheers throughout the court, the Lakers won the jump ball. With Kuzma hitting a three-pointer, the Lakers led the Kings by 5 points, and then remained in a stalemate with the Kings, but with five minutes left, Clarkson came on the court to replace Russell, and the Lakers began to collapse.

Although Walton mainly plays mobile offense, someone still has to decide what tactics to play on the court. Clarkson really has no organizational ability. The Lakers attacked in a mess. The Kings took the opportunity to play an 11-0 attack wave and ended the first quarter 31-19.

Entering the second quarter substitute stage, the Kings even killed randomly. The Lakers didn't know why Randle was arranged to play as a substitute. He didn't even miss Cory, Brewer and Josh Hart, rushed to the ball and did it when they got the ball, allowing Covington and Green to easily control it.

After the second quarter, the Kings led back to the locker room with 24 points, and Kobe left the stadium in a slightly embarrassed manner.

There is no need to wait until the critical moment.

The Lakers collapsed early.

Su Yang finished the summary with a smile, and heard Curry report that there seemed to be some problems with his left ankle. He quickly called the team doctor over for examination. He didn't see any problems at the moment, but for the sake of safety, he respected Curry and decided to rest in the second half and not play again.

"I originally planned to take two extra games, but because of the pressure of a sudden two-game losing streak, I returned in the least amount of time..." Su Yang felt regretful. Fortunately, before the game, he decided to temporarily treat Curry as a fixed-point pitcher, otherwise there might be greater trouble.

The second half of the game started immediately.

Curry's truce did not affect much. Ross played well. Cousins ​​also bullied Mozgov in the inside line. While Su Yang observed, he suddenly thought about whether he could get a bargain in the offseason and chose the less-than-low Lopez?

Daluo has not been traded to the Lakers this season, and he still received his last high salary with the Nets, with the lowest data career.

If Cousins ​​cannot be kept, signing Lopez will be an excellent choice, whether it is a starting player or a substitute.

As he thought about it, after the whole game, the Kings beat the Lakers 113 to 102, but they were not happy.

In response to the locker room, team doctor Kaufman gave a diagnosis conclusion: "Curry's ankle has not yet been found. He felt discomfort before because he had not participated in the competition for a long time, but it is still recommended to take two more games to observe to avoid accidents..."

Su Yang decisively agreed that the next two games will be the Clippers and the Bucks, two weak teams, who can win without Curry.

On the blink of an eye, the Kings faced the Clippers at home.

Without Paul, the Clippers, 6 wins and 11 losses in the new season, mainly composed of Rivers Louway Jr.'s defense is too weak, and Griffin, who is completely concentrated in the ball, has no intention of defending, and Jordan Jr., who is preparing to leave, has no intention of defending.

The scout report shows that the Clippers lost 113.3 points per game, ranking second in the league, and their rebounding protection is also relatively poor.

The Kings won the game without bloodshed, with Antetokounmpo and Cousins ​​scoring 54 points, 24 rebounds and 11 assists.

The game against the Bucks No. 27 was also easy to win. The main Bucks trade was too bad for Bledsoe to perform, which made Middleton's efficient performance with 11 of 16 shots silence, and also made Ross perform with 25 points, 14 assists and 1 turnover.

The whole team flew to Oakland for one night to challenge the Warriors back to back. Curry tried to make a comeback, but he also had no high confrontation tactics.

During the four-quarter battle, the Kings lost 106 to 110, Curry performed poorly and only made 5 of 14 shots, so that Cousins' awesome 12 of 18 shots, but he failed to resist the more awesome performance of 15 of 19 shots, let alone Clay's 11 of 14 shots.

After the game, ESPN summarized it and pointed out that since the new season, the Kings have lost to the Wizards, Celtics, Trail Blazers, Nuggets and Warriors. Although it has injuries, their dominance is not as good as the previous three seasons, similar to the Lakers back then.

After the Lakers won three consecutive championships at the beginning of the century, they ranked fifth in the West in the regular season in the fourth year. They failed to be the worst record in the West as they did in the previous three consecutive seasons, so they met the top Spurs, the No. 1 in the West in the second round, and stopped in the Western Conference's semi-finals.

When Su Yang saw the report, he thought to himself: "This is why I want to win the No. 1 in the West. It's so difficult now..." After losing to the Warriors, the Kings lost 5 games, one level behind the Warriors, Spurs and Rockets, and the pressure to catch up is very high.

Unfortunately, I had no time to think too much. The Kings had to play four away games in a row, and the last away opponent was the strong opponent of the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Bulls seem to be a strong rival. After leaving the Cavaliers, they worked out crazy in the summer. They are in good shape at present. The average game data returns to the level of the Timberwolves that year. In addition, Wiggins, whose ball rights are released, is enough to give the Kings a pot.

Su Yang did not dare to hope to return to Sa City with Quan win, but only hoped that Curry would not be injured again and avoid other players from playing more time.
Chapter completed!