After playing the supersonics, the Rockets went to the away side to challenge another strong team, the Miami Heat, as a result, after the big win over the superSonics, the Rockets once again exposed the young and unstable characteristics of the players, in the case of Olajuwon and Mobley have not been able to come back, they once again played the whole team, lost to the Heat team led by Mourning, to say an aside, in history due to the refusal to report to Vancouver, this season's star Francis was exchanged to the Houston Rockets, but due to the appearance of Ding Hongxing, Instead of coming to the Rockets as he has done historically, Francis was traded to the Heat, and this season, he has been in a stellar manner, helping the Heat stay at the top of the Eastern Conference. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Ding Hongxing's individual performance in this game is still relatively stable, he scored 48 points, but it is still not enough to help the team win, even if he does, the shooting rate will be reduced when the Heat trap him throughout the game.

This is basically the case in the four games that the Rockets have lost this season, and the opponent is heavily stationed in the restricted area, and the whole process is double against Ding Hongxing, trying to reduce his individual attack efficiency, which is of course risky, at least to empty one of the Rockets' outside three-pointers, but if the rest of the Rockets are not allowed, their opponents have a chance to win.

Of course, it is more likely to be shot into a sieve by the Rockets' three-point rain, because the Rockets have too many pitchers, but the lesser of two evils, if you don't include Ding Hongxing, they will also die, so why not bet on the rest of the Rockets to have a bad collective hand?

In the next few games, the Rockets' opponents adopted such a defensive strategy, but it was obviously unrealistic to make the Rockets' pitchers collectively cold every game, so the Rockets won several big games in a row, and they waited for Olajuwon and Mobley to return.

Although Olajuwon is old, as long as he doesn't play for too long per game, his interior singles are still a good supplement to the Rockets' offense, and sometimes when the whole team can't shoot three-pointers, his one or two solid interior singles can solve a lot of problems and alleviate the Rockets' dilemma of not being able to score, so his presence is still very meaningful to the Rockets.

Olajuwon is different from Barkley, his ability to play singles with his back is no less than Barkley, but he is not obsessed with back-to-back singles, his mid-range shot is also very accurate, he is not even obsessed with the ball now, in fact, his average playing time per game this season has dropped to about 20 minutes, and his average points per game have just doubled, but he has no complaints, he is the champion selected by the Rockets, he has a special sense of belonging to the Rockets, he hopes that the Rockets will get better and better, with players like Ding Hongxing, He'd rather play as a role player.

It is precisely because of Olajuwon's personality that the atmosphere within the Rockets is very harmonious, which is a must-have atmosphere for a strong team.

In such a good atmosphere, the Rockets won a wave of nine consecutive wins, until the away game against the Nuggets ended their winning streak, in fact, for all teams, it is a difficult challenge on the Nuggets' home court, because the Nuggets are located in the Denver Plateau, and the northwest border of the United States, which makes it difficult for many players to adapt, and the Rockets are no exception, and the vitality of the Rockets in this game is obvious

Not as strong as the Nuggets, it makes sense to suffer a defeat.

Thankfully, after a tough road game, the Rockets returned home to face the Los Angeles Lakers.

Of course, this game is not easy to play, the Lakers lost to the Rockets twice at the beginning of the season, their run-in is also getting better, and now their record ranks second in the league, second only to the Rockets, O'Neal can average 30 points per game, also second only to Ding Hongxing, ranked second in the scoring list, he and rebounds are also second only to Mutombo and Ding Hongxing, ranked third in the rebounding list, and they have recently achieved a wave of eleven consecutive wins, the momentum is flourishing, they are very eager to beat them on the Rockets' home court, complete revenge, And psychologically to regain some disadvantages, after all, they are aiming to win the championship this season, if they meet the Rockets and lose one game, then what else will they win? Forget it about direct surrender.

The Lakers are hungry for victory, but the Rockets' pursuit of victory is not weak at all, their excellent record in the first half of the season has made them aware of the possibility of winning the championship, and one of their biggest opponents to win the championship is of course the Lakers, since they regard the Lakers as an imaginary enemy, they will naturally go all out in this game.

In this game, O'Neal and Kobe Bryant were very active, especially O'Neal, he was full of spirit, turned over the river under the basket, and dunked frequently, his physical fitness is really good, as long as he has to get to a reasonable position under the basket and get a pass, it is difficult for anyone to stop him from scoring.

Kobe Bryant was defended by Ding Hongxing, although the shooting percentage was not high, but he also hit several difficult jump shots.

Of course, the Lakers also can't prevent the Rockets' offense, today's Rockets' outside feel is relatively normal, Ding Hongxing's personal attack is also relatively strong, and by the end of the first half of the game, Ding Hongxing has cut down 25 points, seven rebounds and six assists, helping the Rockets lead by eight points to 61-53.

After the start of the second half, the Rockets took the lead in changing their defensive strategy. Wallace came to defend O'Neal with Rashid. Wallace was cruising around, ready to help defend at any time, and on the outside, Ding Hongxing was staring at Kobe.

Root. Wallace is arguably the best player in the league today to defend O'Neal, his power is very strong, and his top defense makes O'Neal feel very uncomfortable. Wallace's agility and bounce made his help defense also very threatening, so that O'Neal could not concentrate on the offense, at the beginning of the second half, O'Neal made three consecutive turnovers, the Rockets took advantage of these three turnovers, all scored, and the score gap went to 20 points at once. Jackson called a timeout in desperation.

After the pause, the situation was a little better, but the Lakers always couldn't prevent the Rockets from scoring, and the score gap was never lower than ten points.

In the end, Ding Hongxing cut down the luxurious statistics of 51 points, 15 rebounds, 13 assists, 5 steals and 3 blocks, helping the Rockets defeat the Lakers again 112-101.