Chapter 800: My face is swollen

On November 9, the Los Angeles Lakers traveled to Houston to challenge the Rockets on the road. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Before the game, this was seen as a Mars collision with the Earth, since the start of the regular season, two teams in the same hot form, what kind of sparks can they collide?

For Ding Hongxing, who has exploded in data, O'Neal and Kobe Bryant showed strong confidence before the game, O'Neal said, let him go to the inside line to break through, I will let him know what is called ironclad.

Bryant said that he played well in the first three games, but that was because he didn't meet a good defender, and he will definitely be able to kill Ding Hongxing in this game.

Kobe Bryant is indeed an excellent outside defensive player, and later in his career, he has been selected to the All-Defensive Team many times, of course, he said that he wants to prevent Ding Hongxing, and that is just his words to cheer himself up.

Ding Hongxing formed such a lineup, and his imaginary opponent is, of course, the Los Angeles Lakers with an OK combination, the reason why the Lakers are terrible is because the advantage of O'Neal on the inside is too terrible, and no matter which team he faces this season, the inside line is a crushing advantage.

If Olajuwon is still in his prime, he will naturally not be afraid of O'Neal, at most, the two sides will blow each other up, but Olajuwon is already quite old, and O'Neal is at his peak, and at this point, it is difficult for the Rockets to have an advantage.

So, Ding Hongxing selected a number of players with excellent three-point shots, plus himself, this Rockets team can theoretically compete with the Los Angeles Lakers, even if O'Neal scores two points, the Rockets will still have a three-pointer, in defense, focus on using two Wallace and O'Neal Jr. to fight O'Neal hand-to-hand, even if he can't prevent it, he can consume his physical strength as much as possible, with O'Neal's weight, in this high-intensity consumption, how many times can he shoot?

It's really not good, you can also use shark slashing tactics to send O'Neal to the free throw line, it should be said that the free throw line is O'Neal's biggest shortcoming.

In this game, the Rockets did not start to shoot a large number of three-pointers as soon as they came up, but focused on Olajuwon, although Olajuwon is old, but his experience and technology have reached the peak, and his physical strength supports him to play a good ball for more than ten minutes.

He couldn't help but remember the Finals in '94, when he was still very young, and his physical fitness was at its best, which made him confident, and he thought that he could easily bully Olajuwon, who was over thirty years old, but who would have thought that he was completely tricked by Olajuwon, and the Rockets also swept the Magic team and won the championship that year.

After the opening of this game, Olajuwon hit consecutive shots, which reminded O'Neal of the experience of that Finals, and he couldn't help but take the initiative to ask his teammates for the ball, and he must find face on the offensive end.

The Rockets didn't use Olajuwon to defend O'Neal alone, they let Wallace and Marion both come forward to wrap up, try to cut off the Lakers' passing route to O'Neal, O'Neal received the ball, and it was also a three-person bag to grab the ball in O'Neal's hand, so that O'Neal was very difficult to attack every time, and he played very uncomfortable, the game started half a quarter, he only scored one of his three shots, and the other two free throws were all missed, but there were two turnovers, the Rockets used several mistakes from the Lakers to push the fast break, and the success rate was very high, In an instant, the score advantage was extended to 18-8, and the lead was as much as 10.

On the outside, Ding Hongxing took the initiative to defend Kobe, at this time Kobe was still very young, far from his peak state, although his physical fitness was also very good, but compared with Ding Hongxing's physical fitness, it was still a lot worse, especially Ding Hongxing's long arms, covering him in the air, making it impossible for him to shoot comfortably, he wanted to dribble through, Ding Hongxing's reaction and speed put the ball in his hand in danger at any time, making him very uncomfortable, in fact, in this half of the game, Ding Hongxing has already broken off one of his dribbles and one pass.

The OK combination didn't open, and the Lakers only scored two goals with the empty Rice and Green, so it was impossible for them not to fall behind.

Lakers head coach Phil. Jackson called a timeout, and after the timeout, their offense improved a little, but at this time, the Rockets began to shoot from beyond the three-point line, especially Rashid. Wallace, he pulled out the three-point line and hit three three-pointers, O'Neal and Green are difficult to guard outside the three-point line, and the other people who make up for the defense are not tall enough, it is difficult to form an effective interference with Wallace's shooting, and it can be said that there is nothing to be done about such an offense.

And in the defense of O'Neal, Tomjanovic was soon replaced by Ben. Wallace, who is responsible for defending O'Neal, while Rashid. Wallace and Marion were cruising on the side, waiting for an opportunity to steal a pass to O'Neal, and when O'Neal was shooting, they waited for an opportunity to send a block next to him, so that the restriction of O'Neal was relatively successful.

In this way, the Lakers have been passive throughout the first half, and the point difference has been more than ten points behind the Rockets.

In the second half, the depressed O'Neill was ruthless, and he must score a few happy goals to wash away the shame of the first half. Wallace soon received his fourth personal foul and had to be substituted, O'Neal suddenly felt a little less pressure and scored a few goals in a row, but at this time Ding Hongxing began a personal breakthrough, and his inside impact made O'Neal also eat two fouls in a row and had to be substituted.

In this way, O'Neal felt uncomfortable throughout the game, and Kobe's performance dropped a lot compared to usual, although the two still scored more than 20 points each, but the efficiency was much lower than usual.

In this way, the Houston Rockets led all the way at home, and finally defeated the Lakers 105-91 without any danger, making it four consecutive wins since the start of the season, while the Lakers suffered their first defeat.

Ding Hongxing once again recorded 35 points, 12 rebounds, 14 assists, 6 steals and 2 blocks, and recorded a triple-double for the fourth consecutive game.

Although this victory is just an ordinary regular season game, it is also very informative, proving that the Rockets are in the right direction, and with such tactics, it is entirely possible to defeat the mighty Lakers.

Of course, by now, the faces of the media reporters who watched the Rockets were swollen, who would have thought that they would be able to go all the way up like this?