It's the end of the year again, and the Christmas Eve league has no games scheduled as usual, allowing players to go home and reunite with their loved ones. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 He is worried about the future of the team.

Sell Joe. Johnson's evil consequences are finally being revealed. Usually Maddie and Billups can both play more than 35 minutes, and the other players share the bench time very easily. And now Maddie can't play, his backup is only Reed, and the rotation lineup can only allow Jefferson to make a cameo to the No. 2 position to a certain extent. Tang Shuai is also considering increasing Parker's playing time, and even making him play at the same time as Billups, with Billups, who has better shooting ability, as the shooting guard.

On Christmas Day, the league had only three games scheduled, and the Pistons, the two strongest Pacers in the East, met again after the Auburn Hills incident; The traditional giants Lakers have encountered the upstart Heat, which is also the battle of the big sharks to go home; The final game is the defending champion Rockets' home game against the Clippers, a new force in the West.

In the first two games, the more well-aligned Pistons had five players score in double figures and beat the Pacers by five points on the road. One of the highlights of the Hot Lake battle is the revenge of the two veterans against their old owners, with Lakers veteran O'Neal contributing 24+11+3, and Heat veteran Odom playing 24+11+4. Of course, the game does not only belong to them, but also to the two star guards, Kobe Bryant slashed 42+3+6, and the Heat's second-year star guard Wade contributed 29+3+10 to his predecessors. With Kobe Bryant's final three-point miss, the Heat narrowly won by 2 points away and took away the victory.

Clippers coach Dunleavy saw this as a good sign for the previous two games on the road, and he used it to encourage his players to take the Rockets. The Clippers have a good record this year, currently 12-12 and slightly behind the 15-11 Rockets, 14-12 Lakers and 13-12 Trail Blazers, sitting ninth in the West and aiming to make the playoffs.

The Rockets did not have a complete lineup and did not dare to be careless, and the whole team attached great importance to this game. The coaching staff is also making various arrangements before the game.

"Corey. Margeti is a foul-making player who averages around 10 free throws per game, and defenders must be careful of his kills. Curry explained: "With Tracy out, we don't have a lot of depth in the backcourt, and if we take one off a guy, it's a big loss. ”

"Elton. Brand is a star we know very well, and every time we guard against this guy, it goes without saying that he is very good. It's always right to think of him as a star second only to Duncan Garnett. Tang Shuai told Bosh.

"Their No. 4 show Sean. Livingston has been out for a month due to a dislocated shoulder, but I think there's one more guy to watch out for besides Margetty and Brand. Yuanfei also reminded the players: "Bobby. Simmons, probably a lot of people didn't pay attention to him. This guy has played for 3 years and has only started 13 games in total, but he suddenly exploded after being promoted to the main team this season. He scored 30 points in a home game against the Hornets four days ago and is a scorer that cannot be underestimated. ”

"It's almost time to play, and the tactics are going to play the way I just arranged. If we don't have Tracy, we can play more tactics around Chauncy and Yao, and we can definitely win. Tang Shuai concluded.

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Chris. Carman is a high pick in the '03 Golden Generation and an excellent young center in the league. But compared with Yao Ming, who gradually showed the domineering spirit of a superstar, he looked a little immature.

Yao Ming jumped the ball to win, and the first attack was blocked by Bosh and Billups, and Chauncey missed a three-point shot. But Yao Ming pressed Carman to grab the rebound in the front court and took the lead in the rebound.

On the Clippers side, Margeti controlled the ball and broke through, Reed remembered Curry's advice, did not make easy moves to be deceived into a foul, he raised his hands high, and followed the opponent with both foot movements. Margeti made a clever pass to Simmons, who hit a two-point jumper.

The big two-pointer from 16 feet is Simmons' primary scoring tool, shooting more than one-third in this area in the first three years of his career, shooting about 40 percent from the field. But he can't take one more step back from the big shot. In the first three years of his career, he made a total of 31 three-point shots, and only made 6 shots, a shooting rate of less than 20%. Yuan Fei stared at the game while retrieving the computer, providing the data to Tang Shuai as a tactical reference for the next step.

Yao Ming singled Kaman to hit the iron, here Brand received a pass and made a strong jumper, Bosh failed to block in place, and the ball scored 4:2 Clippers overtake. Bosh raised his hand to apologize to his teammates as he ran, which roughly meant "I took the blame for this ball".

Yao Ming once again slid out of the basket alone, and this time Bosh resisted Brand and forced an offensive rebound for Jefferson. Jefferson broke through two steps and then passed to Reid on the outside, and scored an empty three-pointer!

Brand missed Bosh alone, and Billups blocked the ball and gave the ball to the empty Jefferson to score for the basketball, 4-7.

Clippers guard Bronson hit a jumper, Billups and Bosh broke through and hit a two-pointer from the three-point line. Dunleavy hurriedly called a timeout.

After the timeout, the Clippers' first offense was a passing error, Billups was not in a hurry to control the rhythm steadily, Yao Ming received Chauncey's wonderful pass after falling into position, and turned around and hit a hook shot, 4:11.

Bronson missed a three-point attempt, and Billups hit a three-pointer to shoot Bronson, and the margin widened to double digits.

The Rockets played very clearly with a very clear strategy, which was to make a fuss about Billups' blocking and Yao Ming's single-handedness, and the Clippers did not have much to do about it. Next, Yao Ming caused consecutive fouls on opponents and used solid free throws to maintain a double-digit point difference. At the end of the first quarter, Yao Ming scored 11 points on 7-of-8 free throws, and Billups scored 5 points and 4 assists, and the Rockets maintained the lead at 20:31.

What the Clippers didn't expect at all was that Bosh's efforts to gain weight in the summer were effective, and he didn't suffer much against Brand. The Clippers could only rely on Margety on the offensive end to constantly break through and kill Reid, but Margety's defense was mediocre, and Reed's off-ball running outside three-pointers also made him miserable. Although the Clippers adjusted their defense and were not beaten by the Rockets in the first quarter after three quarters, they were unable to catch up with the score. In the end, I had to swallow the bitter fruit of defeat.

At 80:100, the Rockets ushered in a 20-point win at home, which was the first time they won without Maddy this season. Reed, who started in place of Maddy, performed well, scoring 21 points on 5-of-11 three-point shooting, Yao Ming 20+11, and Billups also had 15+4+9. On the Clippers side, only Margety played with star style, and he got 23+7+8. The Clippers' interior line was completely blown up, Brand was disgraced in front of his junior Bosh, and only got 11+3, and Carman was even worse with only 4+2 scores. (To be continued.) )