NBA: I just want to play soy sauce, you let me win the championship

Chapter 237 The stingy fire manager is unwilling to equalize his salary
The little sports car finally remembered the fear of being dominated by Lu Yuanzhi.

This guy is absolutely omnipresent on the defensive end.

In particular, the little sports car's favorite thing is to rush to the basket and finish. In the past, just a small floater could play with the opponent's inside.

But this comfortable scoring method, everything changed after Lu Yuanzhi assisted in defense.

"Tony, what did you hit?"

For almost half the game, Parker lost all rhythm and hesitated after rushing to the basket.

Popovich finally couldn't bear it anymore, called a timeout and started spraying.

Parker felt aggrieved, but he didn't know how to explain it.

In the past, after he broke into the paint with his speed advantage, he would bully the insiders for their poor footwork. Even if they were close at hand, it would be easy for him to sway away from the angle and shoot due to his changing rhythm.

But Lu Yuanzhi's assisting defense disrupted Parker's rhythm.

If you have to worry about Lu Yuanzhi popping up above your head at any time, it will be difficult to grasp the timing of taking action.

If you don't observe Lu Yuanzhi's position, it is very likely that the guy will suddenly appear behind you and mark the big pot for you.

But if you always observe Lu Yuanzhi's position, any chance you get from the inside will be fleeting, and the defensive players will quickly adjust back and resume their defensive position.

Sometimes it seems like Parker is hesitating, or the inside defensive position has been adjusted well, but in fact it is Parker who is worried about Lu Yuanzhi's assistance in defense.

But Parker couldn't say this.

You can't say that you are "fearful of the enemy like a tiger", you are just assisting in defense.

Popovich went against all odds and helped himself to the position, not because he wanted to see himself timid!

"I'll adjust, coach!"

Although Parker was emerging at this time, he did not dare to joke with Popovich like Duncan or Ginobili, who joined later, and respectfully apologized to Popovich.

If two months later, he saw that Argentinian rookie with luxuriant hair coming to the team and daring to make irrelevant jokes with the powerful head coach, his jaw would probably drop!
Because the little sports car misfired, the Spurs' offense in the first half also fell into a quagmire.

Parker has never been the kind of player to coordinate the team from the center. His organization of offense relies on personal breakthroughs to disrupt the opponent's defense, and then deliver the ball to teammates who have been missed in the melee.

But after Parker's offense failed to open up in the first half, the Kings also gave up shrinking the second line of defense and basically maintained the integrity of the defense.

The reaction on the court was that Parker burst in.

Parker was blocked inside.

Parker hesitated.

Parker wanted to pass the ball but found that his teammate was being marked.

Parker lost the ball!
At 50:40, the game was approaching the end of the first half. The Spurs were completely at a disadvantage and the score was 10 points behind.

If the Kings hadn't felt so average today, the point difference would have widened.

After Parker couldn't play, the Spurs had no choice but to hand the ball over to Duncan. Duncan lived up to expectations and hit several rebounds, narrowing the point difference to 6 points at the end of the second quarter.

However, at the beginning of the second half, the Kings, led by Webber, launched a 14:2 attack wave. Webber's "bald combination" played like a small forward, successfully disrupting the Spurs' defense.

This Spurs team does not have much explosive scoring power. After falling behind by 18 points, it is difficult to chase the score back.

Popovich tried to use all the main players at the beginning of the fourth quarter, but after failing to close the point difference, he simply took the initiative to replace all the main players and gave up the game.Here it comes, here it comes again.

The Popovich-style formation is deeply hated by the league. He will never overly consume the physical strength of his veterans in a regular season. When he sees that he can't beat him, he will quickly raise the French military salute. Even Parker, the Frenchman with a white flag, is a little uncomfortable with his coach. This coaching style.

The league has not thought of using fines to stop Popovich's practice that extremely affects the ratings, but it is useless. The Spurs management supports Popovich and does not want to pay the league's fines at all.

How much is the penalty?
1?
OK!The club pays it for you!
Dare next time!

104:80, the Kings easily won at the Spurs' home court.

The strong dialogue between the Kings and the Spurs was so anticlimactic again.

Apart from the neutral fans who paid in front of the TV, the most unhappy person in the audience was Lu Yuanzhi.

I originally thought that against the strong Spurs team, the two sides might have to fight until the last moment, and they would have enough time to produce outstanding statistics. However, I never expected that the Spurs surrendered so early, and he only played for 25 minutes!

In these limited 25 minutes, Lu Yuanzhi only scored 15 points, 2 rebounds and 3 blocks. Both of the two statistics he wanted to improve were lower than expected.

What made him even more angry was that he did not defeat Bowen on the offensive end and get free attribute rewards.

On the defensive end, Smith inexplicably threw in two three-pointers, scored 10 points, and did not receive any free attribute rewards.

In addition to the team's victory, Lu Yuanzhi personally suffered a disastrous defeat in San Antonio.

Lu Yuanzhi left San Antonio with a depressed look and continued their away trip with the team.

Between the two games, the Player of the Month for November was also announced.

In the east is O'Neal, and in the west is Garnett who has performed well.

Clark did not continue his magic and stole the best of the month from Garnett.

But this is also expected. With Clark's true strength, being able to help him win two Best of the Week awards before everyone is in the zone is already the limit of what everyone can do.

In 22 games, Clark played in 21 games, averaging 35 minutes per game, averaging 18.9 points and 11.2 rebounds per game, a figure close to a double-double. He is already the most dazzling star in the current trading market.

After several small teams learned that the Kings were interested in trading Clark, they were all gearing up, hoping to bring this rising star into the team.

Don't they wonder why the Kings traded Clark?

How could you doubt it!
The core of the Kings is Chris Webber, who is in the same position. You can tell whether Clark can succeed in the Kings.

Trading Clark is the only logical thing to do.

It's just that the Kings' offer is a bit high. The two first-round picks in 03 have exceeded the psychological bottom line of many teams.

In addition to the four teams of the Trail Blazers, Celtics, Jazz and SuperSonics, if other teams want to trade Clark, they must first trade draft picks from other places.

Everyone knows that the 03 draft picks are valuable, especially those weak teams who hope to make a comeback with this draft, so everyone is holding on to their picks.

However, it is not without good news.

The Timberwolves have made it clear that they only need a draft pick from a team that did not enter the playoffs last year and some cash, which is far lower than what the Kings expected.

The Rockets have shown greater interest, but the stingy Rockets management is unwilling to come up with a cash balance deal, and the two sides are still wrangling.

The Rockets want to get a good look at Clark at home.

Coincidentally, the Kings' next opponent is the Houston Rockets!
(End of this chapter)