The lineups on both sides were soon released.

On the Knicks, they put Love in the lineup. It seems that Love has been running in very well after he joined the Knicks.

On the Lakers side, Cousins ​​was not on the roster. Veteran Gasol was replaced by Noel, and I don’t know what abacus Billups is playing.

After the game started, the Knicks' offense was quite fierce, especially Love, who had just joined, seemed to be very unhappy when he was traded by the Cavaliers, and he was holding his encouragement in his heart to prove himself in the game.

After the Knight lost weight, Love's skills were still there and his movements were more flexible. He was like entering a no-man at a low position. It was difficult for him to be Yi Jianlian or Gasol.

In the Knicks' offense, Love played a low post and turned around and sent the ball into the basket.

After scoring this goal, the Knicks have led by 6 points 13-7, and Love contributed 9 of them alone.

Seeing this scene, Billups stood up and shouted Cousins, who had been eager to try it out from behind.

Seeing Cousins ​​put on the stage, the fans on the scene cheered.

Cousins ​​also seemed a little excited, rubbing his hands back and forth from time to time while waiting on the sidelines.

The Lakers' offense and Tang Shuai's layup caused Li's defensive foul to go to the free throw line, and the game entered the dead ball time. Cousins ​​went on the court to replace Gasol.

Tang Shuai made two free throws, helping the team close to the score.

After Rose held the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, he still signaled Love to ask for the ball at the low post, and Yi Jianlian held it tightly.

Love's several fake moves shook, taking advantage of Yi Jianlian's unstable center of gravity, he turned around and passed, and then made a small layup with a low hand.

This series of movements is skillful and smooth.

But as soon as he took action, a black shadow came over him.

"Bang!"

Cousins ​​strolled around in the courtyard and directly brought Love's layup out with one hand.

A burst of cheers suddenly broke out at the scene.

Although Cousins ​​is huge, he has long lower limbs and takes big steps.

The sideline ball was sent, and Love wanted to play again. This time, Cousins ​​directly switched positions with Yi Jianlian to defend. Love had several shots without any use. He was forced to turn around and take a step back jump shot.

Cousins ​​rushed up directly. Although his hand was short and he couldn't cover it, his huge body shape still shocked Love.

The goal was shorter and Yi Jianlian found the rebound.

The Lakers took advantage of the situation to launch a fast break, and Tang Shuai scored a quick stop and scored a throw-in, helping the home team to 11-13.

Seeing that the Lakers had a momentum to counterattack, Ross turned around and signaled his teammates to pull away, and directly chose to strongly challenge Tang Shuai.

Tang Shuai was pressed backwards to the inside line. Ross saw a chance and accelerated and squeezed through the pull-in cylinder with a change of direction to make a layup.

The movements are light and elegant, and it looks like you are going to enter.

But just as he was about to take action, Cousins ​​rushed out from the side and blocked it with another block.

Ross was about to avoid the block, and the air moved in a flash. He avoided the shooting angle and lost it. The ball that shot directly slid over the basket, and Cousins ​​turned around and grabbed the rebound.

The Knicks' offense returned in vain again.

The Lakers launched another fast break, and Westbrook made a beautiful attack to the earth and gave Tang Shuai a beautiful attack. Tang Shuai suddenly slowed down at the basket, and then shook his hand to give the ball to Cousins ​​who followed up. Cousins ​​held it in a hurry, holding the ball through Love's defense, and pressed the ball into the basket.

With a loud "bang", the audience's emotions were completely ignited.

After Cousins ​​came on the court, the Lakers' improvement on both offense and defense was quite obvious, especially to Tang Shuai's assisted defense, which was quite threatening.

The Knicks were forced to call for a timeout. Cousins ​​seemed very excited and turned around and hit Tang Shuai directly.

When Tang Shuai saw this scene, he breathed a sigh of relief. The calm Cousins ​​was definitely a top insider on both offense and defense.

With such an inside line, the team's firepower can be fully increased when the outside line feels down.

Ross also wanted to continue Snyder's method to defeat Tang Shuai on the offensive end, but his move after breaking through was still protected by Cousins ​​and once again went out of the basket. When he chose to make an emergency stop jump shot or a throw shot, Tang Shuai's presidential defense package still had a very large limit on him.

Cousins' joining represents many possibilities, but no one expected that Snyder's secret tactics would be cracked.

In fact, Tang Shuai himself did not expect that he had seen many of Cousins' games before, and was sent off at any time, thinking that he should be a talent with poor defensive habits.

But now after he really came into contact with it, he realized that this was actually very related to Cousins' attitude.

When he was with the Kings, Cousins' teammates always missed defense, and even if he defended it, the next goal might still miss it. In a short while, his mentality collapsed and he gave up on himself. However, the Lakers are different. Billups has a mature defensive system. Although Tang Shuai's defense is weak, he is hard at defending after all, so his assist in defense will naturally work easily.

Cousins' appearance changed the game trend between the two sides. The Lakers led by 18 points 60-42 at the end of the half, which also made fans feel the terrifying level of this team.

The Big Three performed very well in the first half. Tang Shuai contributed 14 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Westbrook scored 10 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, especially Cousins. He contributed 12 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks in more than a quarter, like a dominant insider.

The one who is most excited at this time is home fans. After experiencing the long 18-game winning streak at the beginning of the season, they have not seen the home team's so exciting game for a long time, which is simply crushing.

When he came back in the second half, Billups directly put Cousins ​​in. Two minutes into the game, the Lakers played another 6-0 attack wave, and the score was directly widened beyond the 20th.

The fans at the scene were laughing constantly and they had already started watching the game while chatting.

But at this moment, the situation on the field suddenly changed.

The Knicks' center is Jockin Noah, a center who is good at taking advantage of the opponent's weaknesses. After seeing that the team can't catch up with the score no matter how hard the team works, he began to think badly.

In an attack by the Lakers, Cousins ​​received the ball under the basket, turned around and carried Noah to prepare for a powerful dunk. As a result, Noah was also cruel enough and hit his arm with an elbow.

The arm socket is a very fragile place in the human body. Cousins ​​grinned in pain when he was hit, and he was about to fight Noah at the beginning.

Noah raised his hands and signaled that he hadn't committed a foul. Cousins ​​went up and pushed several times, but ended up taking a technical foul.

There was a booing sound at the scene, and Noah seemed to have heard nothing and ran away early.

One penalty and one throw.

When the Knicks' offensive round was about to come, Noah received the ball from the inside and didn't know what he said when he turned around. Cousins ​​was frustrated and pushed Noah out directly. If Yi Jianlian on the side had not pulled it in time, the referee would have t.

After Noah got up, he still raised his hands and signaled that he had done nothing, which made Cousins ​​irritated.

Tang Shuai was also having a headache when he watched from the outside.

Noah's beating was a bit dirty, but it was very targeted. Cousins's temper was immediately aroused.

Noah made both free throws to help the Knicks recover some scores. Cousins ​​went to the frontcourt and asked Westbrook directly to pass the ball, and turned around and forced Noah to fight.

Noah pushed forward a few times and suddenly pulled the bench. Cousins ​​was unstable in the center of gravity and threw the ball out before losing the center of gravity. As a result, he didn't even touch the box directly.

After Love snatched the rebound, the Knicks took advantage of the situation to launch a fast break. Ross assisted Porzingis to hit a three-pointer from the outside, helping the Knicks to catch up with the score to less than 20 points.

That's not counting. On the other end of the court, Cousins ​​made another foul on Noah.

Tang Shuai frowned when he saw this. Cousins ​​was really a god and a ghost. He dominated the game in the first half and was offended by Noah in the second half, and directly broke the team's rhythm.

When he retreated to halftime, he hurried to him to calm down.

However, this did not work. Cousins ​​seemed to be unable to listen to anyone's words. After taking a small move on the offensive end, he threw his elbow into the face.

The result was no surprise, after another T, Cousins ​​was sent off directly with both T.

The fans on the scene, just like other Lakers players on the court, suddenly felt their heads getting bigger.

After Cousins ​​came to an end, Love started to ask for help from the inside again, and Ross continued to target Tang Shuai.

There is no way, the Lakers can only give up on defense and play against the attack.

Fortunately, the two double guns, Tang Shuai and Westbrook, had fierce firepower from the outside, and they won the game with a fierce attack.

When the final whistle sounded, the fans were not as excited as expected, but were unspeakable. They were originally led by 18 points in the first half, but in the end they only won 4 points 116-112.

It seems that Cousins' personality problem is not just a team problem, but also one of the reasons why the Kings chose to trade him before the trade deadline.

At the post-match press conference, Cousins ​​was directly absent. After taking a shower in the locker room, he carried a backpack and left, leaving behind a bunch of shocked Lakers.

When Tang Shuai came back and saw that Cousins ​​was not here, he asked the others again, and suddenly felt a big headache. He was really having a thorn. Kupchek's gambling this time, not to mention the results, it would be a great harm to the locker room.

What Tang Shuai and other players did not expect was that during the training session the next morning, Cousins ​​came to the stadium early and apologized for what he did in yesterday's game!

Tang Shuai couldn't help scratching his head when he saw it. He could no longer control his thoughts: Yes, this guy must be a Gemini! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!