Lakers news: Doncic welcomes glory milestones, James shows terrifying popularity, and the strongest trains hard

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Doncic welcomes the glory milestone

Today, the last day of the European Championship group stage officially started. In a highly-watched game in Group D, the Slovenian men's basketball team led by Lakers star Luka Doncic faced the strong Israeli men's basketball team. Finally, after four quarters of battle, the Slovenian men's basketball team defeated their opponents 106:96, and secured the third place in the group with three consecutive victories. They will face the Italian men's basketball team in the quarterfinals. The best star in this game is well deserved to be the Lakers star Doncic. He played in 33 minutes, made 12 of 21 shots, 4 of 11 three-pointers, 9 of 9 free throws, and scored 37 points, 11 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals and 1 block. If Slovenian teammates hadn't wasted several passes by Doncic, he would have become the first player in European Championship history to score a triple-double in multiple games.

It is worth mentioning that after this game, Doncic ushered in a glorious milestone, that is, the national team's total career score (1100 points) surpassed Slovenian legend Dragic (1095 points) and became the scoring leader in the history of the Slovenian men's basketball team. During this offseason, Doncic made up his mind to make changes and successfully lost more than ten pounds through strict diet management and high-intensity training, which made his physical condition peak. In this year's group stage, Doncic made 5 appearances, averaging 32.4 points, 8 rebounds, 8.4 assists and 3.2 steals per game. The average efficiency value reached a terrifying 35.4, among which the score, steal and efficiency value ranked first in the tournament, and the assists ranked second.

Authentic, it is unrealistic for Slovenia to rely on Doncic alone to go far in the European Championship. After all, basketball is a sport of five people. The lineup depth and tolerance rate of strong teams such as Germany, Serbia, and Turkey are much higher than Slovenia. However, with Doncic's excellent physical condition and competitive level, Lakers fans can fully imagine his return to the All-Star and the best team, and even compete for MVP.

Old James shows terrifying popularity

At present, Lakers star LeBron James is conducting a tour of China. He will go to Chengdu's second stop today, and arrive in Vientiane City in Chengdu in almost the afternoon to participate in the event and interact with the fans on site. Today, according to Chinese media reports, since last night, many fans wearing James jerseys have been waiting near Vientiane City. They carry stools and even sit on the ground, waiting all night just to get a closer opportunity to get in touch with their idols.

It is worth mentioning that when James left Jiaotong University yesterday, many fans rushed to come forward to see his idol's face, which caused a large-scale congestion. Many traffic police could not stop it, almost causing traffic paralysis. It is obvious that James' popularity is really terrifying, in sharp contrast to other stars who come to China this summer. Even the "popular king" Curry and Harden cannot compare with him. He is truly the most popular basketball idol in the world. Of course, it is understandable for fans to see James, but they also hope to pay attention to their own safety, chase stars within a reasonable range, and not affect other people's normal lives.

The strongest trained hard

Today, the Lakers officially updated social media and posted a group of photos of Lakers striker Vanderbilt training, and wrote: "New January, the same job." In the photo, Vanderbilt sweats heavily and performs dribbling, free throws, shooting and ending training under the basket. Although sweat has soaked Vanderbilt's coat, his eyes always reveal perseverance and seriousness, giving people a full of positive energy. Vanderbilt, 26, played 36 games for the Lakers last season, averaging 16.1 minutes per game to score 4.1 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1 steal.

It is worth mentioning that Vanderbilt is a typical example of life being greater than basketball. Whenever the offseason comes, he will put basketball aside, eat, drink, play and travel around the world, and often he will resume training shortly before the training camp begins. So why does Vanderbilt train in the training camp with one month left to start? The author believes that there are two reasons: 1. Vanderbilt has suffered from injuries in the past three seasons, low attendance rate and average performance on the court, which has made him criticized by fans; 2. Vanderbilt is qualified to renew his contract with the Lakers, and he needs an excellent season to increase his contract renewal capital.