? 58 wins is like a budding girl. If you want to get it and eat it, you always have to go through a wave of ups and downs.
At the end of the season, there was no time to grieve or lament others. The day after beating the Spurs, the Lakers faced the challenge of the Hornets, who were eager for a playoff spot.
Unfortunately, the Lakers lost 103-109 at home and lost the opportunity to win 58 games immediately.
Furthermore, the number of losses that had just been tied with the Spurs was stretched by another game, and the record became 57 wins and 16 losses. It was also overtaken by the 58 wins and 16 losses of the Sonics, and fell to third place in the Western Conference.
The Lakers, a team that defeated the SuperSonics last season, were predicted by the league to be among the top four teams in the division when the league drew up its schedule in the offseason. However, they were not favorites to compete for the championship. Therefore, their team at the end of the season The schedule is miserable.
Teams like the Spurs, Bulls, Jazz, Magic and other teams mostly have only 10 games in April.
The Lakers are particularly miserable. Not to mention 11 games in April, they still start on the 3rd, and play 11 games in 19 days from the 3rd to the 21st. For a while, it felt as busy as February.
After playing back-to-back at home, the Lakers started a wave of three consecutive visits. First, it was to the far northeast out of Toronto in the United States.
At 8:22 pm on April 6, after two hours and 22 minutes of play, the Lakers defeated the Raptors 111-98. Finally, they won 58 games!
After playing the game against the Raptors, the Lakers came to Minneapolis in the north-central United States. After a night's rest, they challenged the Timberwolves away.
There is no need for Zhang Hao to complain this time. Most of the Lakers players have been talking about the unreasonable schedule in the past two days-how could they fly to the northeast to the United States to play the Raptors and then fly back half way to play the second team? An away game?
But the schedule drawn up by the NBA often causes situations like this.
As a player, there is nothing you can do against them.
Fortunately, the second opponent of such a flight is the Timberwolves. The Lakers really don't care about the Timberwolves. This team almost has "I'm messing" written on its face.
For Garnett, Zhang Hao doesn't care that much now. He is now paying attention to the stars in strong teams. Garnett is extremely talented, but he is still several years away from the Garnett who won the MVP.
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Finally, we fought that guy again!
Garnett looked at the other side with extremely complicated emotions.
After coming out, Garnett just looked at the opponent silently.
On the night of April 8th, the Timberwolves faced the challenge of the Lakers at home.
The fans in Minneapolis are very enthusiastic, and they are not the enthusiastic New York fans who cheer for their opponents when they encounter stronger opponents, but they are really enthusiastic about cheering for their own team, even if their record is so bad.
Hearing the cheers of the fans at the scene and so many people shouting "kg", Garnett was not so happy.
Compared with the No. 9 pick of the same class who stood silently next to his teammates after entering the game and waiting for the game to start, Garnett felt like he was nothing
Ostertag came to Garnett, patted Garnett on the shoulder and said: "Kevin, we can't compare with a player like that Of course, you are also very talented, but that guy is too special. ¡±
When he was selected by the Washington Bullets in a big year like 1992, he thought he was so special at first. He averaged 14.7+9.6+3.8+1.7 per game in his rookie season. He also thought he was compared with O'Neal and Mourning. Just bad luck.
As time went by, he discovered that he was too naive at the time. If he had not been so naive at the time, he would not have thought that he must be compared with such players, but would have followed the example of Wes, the coach of the Bullets at the time and the legendary star in the history of the Bullets. -As Unseld said, he should change his style of play towards the role of second leader. At this time, he may still be partnered with Webber and Howard.
But at the beginning of last season, he still wanted to compete with Juwan Howard, the talented forward just drafted by the Bullets. Then, the Bullets replaced George Mulesan, who was originally used to replace Webb, with him. After half a season, he was abandoned by the Warriors again, and finally came here.
Ostertag admired Garnett's talent very much. Seeing that Garnett seemed a little confused, Ostertag chose to persuade Garnett to avoid "detours."
Why do you always want to compare yourself with such a special guy?
&nbBeat the Philadelphia 76ers.
Jordan played only 21 minutes, making 10 of 13 shots and 3 of 4 free throws. The last free throw seemed to be deliberately missed, and he was replaced not long after.
After this game, the Bulls broke the best record in the history of the Bulls with a record of 68 wins and 10 losses.
¡°Then¡the Lakers stole the headlines with 60 wins.
By this time, there was no suspense about the regular season championship. When the Bulls reached 60 wins and 8 losses, there was actually no suspense anymore.
The focus of the media and fans is now on how many wins the Bulls can win, who will be ranked first in the Western Conference, and the competition for playoff seats and rankings in the last 3-5 games of each team.
And, on April 13th, registration for the NBA 1996 draft begins!
This is not an era in ten years when college basketball players will rush to participate in the draft after just one year of college. Most talented college students will generally choose to play for at least three years to hone their skills before entering the NBA.
Like Iverson, he announced his intention to participate in the draft after the Final Four in his sophomore season. In most cases, it was due to family conditions.
? But there are some differences this year.
Because of Zhang Hao¡¯s performance in his rookie season, many people are interested in whether high school students will participate in the draft in 1996.
There is no doubt that Zhang Hao is definitely the best high school rookie in his rookie season, not even one.
Therefore, high school students such as Kobe Bryant, Jermaine O'Neal, Lamar Odom, and Richard Hamilton have received more attention.
After the draft registration started, TV stations and newspapers hyped up the topic, predicting which high school students would participate in the draft and who would be selected in the end.
? Kobe Bryant, a talented high school student who was only 17 years old and had a high reputation in high school, was mentioned the most.
However, on the afternoon of April 13, before this topic became a hot topic, Duke University held a press conference with Kobe Bryant to announce that Kobe Bryant announced at the press conference that the new This season he will represent Duke University and compete for the NCAA championship!
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On the afternoon of April 13, Zhang Hao and his teammates went home from training to prepare for tomorrow's opponent, the Suns. When he turned on the TV in the living room and waited for April Clark to cook dinner, he saw the news that Kobe Bryant announced that he would join Duke University. , I was stunned on the spot.
In the field of basketball, the NBA is definitely more famous and concerned around the world, but in the United States, the NCAA is no less popular than the NBA.
A famous basketball school like Duke University introduced a talented high school student who was originally discussed by the media as to whether he would directly join the NBA. Moreover, he was a talented high school student who broke Chamberlain's four-year scoring record for high school students in Pennsylvania. Naturally, became hot news.
Duke University, which is already strong and will have many key players staying on the team next season, has been joined by Kobe Bryant and has directly overtaken North Carolina to become the top seed in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The media enthusiasm and fan discussion caused by Duke University are no less than Those topics at the end of the NBA regular season.
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