At present, the Lakers are in a backward state, and they have not been able to catch up with the point difference, and if they want to win, they have to take risks and take risks. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Slashing tactics" is a good choice.

However, as the head coach, Scott didn't come up with such a solution himself, but had to listen to the advice of a rookie rookie, which made him feel slightly unhappy.

After the timeout, players from both sides returned to the field.

The Lakers attacked, Yi Feng broke through with the ball, was trapped, and gave the ball to Clarkson, who broke through again, and the Rockets' defensive formation began to be chaotic. Making a pass feint to deceive the defender, Clarkson took advantage of the chaos to make a layup.

At 72:76, the Lakers narrowed the gap to four points.

The Rockets attacked, and as soon as Howard came out of the baseline, he found that Clarkson, who was following Beverley, suddenly lunged at him. Howard couldn't dodge and was pounced!

Looking at Clarkson hanging on his body, Howard couldn't help but "chuckle" in his heart-

What a familiar scene!

In the playoffs last season, Chris Paul once jumped on Howard from behind when he grabbed a rebound!

In the end, the referee only awarded Paul a normal foul, and Howard got two free throws. That's right, this is a "slashing tactic"!

Although Clarkson didn't make a fuss like Paul, he undoubtedly fouled Howard after wrapping his arms around his waist. This is also the "slashing tactic" that makes Howard's life worse than death!

These damn guys are actually going to "chop" themselves!

Howard felt a pang of bitterness in his heart......

Since the Lakers had not yet accumulated fouls in the third quarter, Clarkson's foul did not send Howard to the free throw line.

But how can this few fouls stop Clarkson from wanting to foul. Soon, after the Rockets sent the ball, Clarkson chased Howard and "hugged" him again. Now the Lakers have finally saved up enough fouls!

In the third quarter, the Lakers accumulated five fouls as a team, and Howard was finally sent to the free throw line.

Free throws are technical, but they are also very psychological.

The more critical the game gets, the lower the player's free throw percentage. Because although there is only one point difference between a penalty and a penalty, this point may be the last straw that crushes the camel's back. When taking free throws, in addition to the pressure on my own heart, there is also interference from outside fans. If it's an away game, the outside interference will be even more serious.

And Howard's situation is not quite the same as this. He's more of a pressure from within.

He is the one who knows best about his poor free throw ability, so as soon as he walks to the free throw line, he will have a lack of confidence. And as he misses the free throw, he will have more and more unconfidence in his heart, and as a result, the free throw will become more and more inaccurate. Since then, a vicious circle has been created.

At the end of the day, he may develop a psychological fear of free throws.

Those unscrupulous opponents greeted him with nasty tactics like "slashing tactics", maximizing the weakness of his free throws and putting them in the spotlight, which put Howard in a very embarrassing position.

Because he can't keep a high percentage of free throws, the opponent will gradually catch up with the difference, and eventually even overtake. As the defensive gate of the Rockets, if he is not on the court, the defensive intensity of the Rockets will definitely decrease. Perhaps it was in this dilemma that the embarrassed Howard quickly degenerated from a super center to a senior blue-collar worker.

Standing at the free throw line, Howard was cowardly before making free throws, and the strong tension made his body tense and muscles stiffer, and he missed both free throws in the end.

The Lakers protected the backcourt rebounds and continued to attack.

Like the Rockets, the Lakers' offense also has a lot of single-play tactics. And at this critical moment of chasing points, it is even more important to believe in the power of the stars.

The rest of the Lakers pulled away and let Bryant single-handedly with the ball.

Kobe Bryant's success rate in singleing Harden tonight is not small, and now he is eating Harden alone again, and it seems that he is also at ease.

Harden didn't defend with all his might, allowing Bryant to go to the next game, and at 74:76, the Lakers were only two points behind.

On the sidelines, on the Rockets bench, Kevin McHale couldn't help but be sad, Howard was targeted again, and the team's lead was about to be lost!

Why is there such a thing as "slashing tactics"?

If there's one team in the league that hates "slashing tactics" the most, the Rockets are definitely on the list. The Clippers with Jordan Jr. and the Pistons with Zhuangshen Drummond can't compare with the Rockets in their grudges about "slashing tactics".

Because the Rockets not only have Howard, who has been "cut" the most times in the league, but also Capela, who shot only 17.4% from the free throw line last season! If the opponent wants to "cut someone", they simply have nowhere to hide.

And Josh Smith, who has left this season, has a career free throw percentage of 63.3% and a career-high free throw percentage of 72.5% in a single season, and he never thought he would be cut. But in 55 regular-season games with the Rockets last season, the free-throw percentage dropped to 52.1 percent. Why did it fall so badly, of course, because he met Howard, a guy who pit his teammates, and Smith was also "cut" together.

McHale was hesitant to replace Howard.

But after seeing the Lakers foul Howard again without the ball, McHale strengthened his resolve to make a substitution. Capela can't play because his free throws are as bad as Howard's!

McHale swept around the bench and saw No. 6 Terrence Jones.

Jones, who was drafted by the Rockets with the 18th pick at the end of 2012, averaged 11.7 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.8 blocks in 26.9 minutes of playing time last season, and was an important player on the Rockets' bench.

Jones has the body, he has passion, he's a good lad, or at least he's better at free-throw shooting than Howard.

The decision is yours!

Howard played a little better at the free-throw line this time, throwing in the second free throw, and at 74-77, the Rockets' lead was very unstable.

Howard made 1 of 4 free throws during this period and was replaced by Jones after making this free throw.

Seeing that the Rockets replaced Howard, Scott also signaled the disciples not to "cut people" for the time being. Both teams returned to their normal rhythm in attack and defence.

But the Rockets replaced Howard, which was quite a bit of a self-defeating martial arts. Although Jones has defensive ability, he still has a gap compared to Howard. And Motai Yunas, who partnered Jones on the inside, is a slow-moving Lithuanian big man, and there is no good way for the Lakers to break through like a pack of wolves for a while.

Although the Lakers' own defense is not very good, without Howard's containment on the offensive end, the Rockets' offense is not easy.

The two teams were at a stalemate in the final minutes of the third quarter. The offense has won and lost each other, and the score has risen alternately. At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers finally struggled to tie the score at 83-83.

Seeing that the team's lead was wiped out, McHale said that it was a lie not to be angry. If the Lakers rely on dignified means to erase the point difference, then he has nothing to say. But the Lakers just used a despicable "slashing tactic"!

forced the Rockets to abandon their martial arts and put Howard on the bench!

McHale never hated this tactic so much as he does now. After tonight's game, he decided to appeal to the league and resolutely not let this harmful thing continue to exist in the NBA!

Some people say that free throws are one of the most basic and basic skills in basketball, and if you can't even master this basic skill, what qualifications do you have to enter the NBA?

But Duncan, who is known as the "big basic skill", is actually not good at free throws. He shot less than 70 percent of his career free throw shooting, and in his worst season, 2003-04, it was only 59 percent. Duncan, who has always played the world with basic skills, didn't master the basic skill of free throws?

In fact, free throws also depend on talent, and the average free throw shooting rate of more than 90% per game is not achieved by hard work. Anyway, if you point a gun at Howard, he can't do it.

This also proves God's fairness from another perspective. Players with explosive physical qualities like Howard, Jordan Jr., and Drummond still have a soft touch like Yao Ming, who else in the world can stop them?

Since it is impossible to force their free throw list to be good, the team with these players naturally wants to erase the existence of "slashing tactics" in the NBA. It's no surprise that McHale is in such a mood.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, McHale tried to put Howard on the court. He thinks that if the two teams were in a tie, the Lakers might not have made a move on Howard, right?

But unexpectedly, he still underestimated Scott's belly, or the Lakers' determination to win!

As soon as Howard appeared on the court, the Lakers instantly accumulated five fouls in the fourth quarter and sent Howard to the free throw line.

Although Howard took **** luck and hit both free throws, this did not affect the Lakers' determination to "cut" him.

Who doesn't eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year? Howard occasionally hit both free throws, which is understandable.

The Lakers' bench group offense was unsuccessful, and they went back and continued to foul Howard. Howard wasn't so lucky this time, and he was unlucky enough to lose both free throws!

The Lakers advanced with the ball, and finally Louis Williams hit a mid-range shot to tie the score at 85-85.

Now McHale had to take Howard down.

The Rockets fans in the Toyota Center Arena have already been booing, and now even the ABC commentators have begun to complain about the Lakers' shameless "slashing tactics".

The Rockets' smooth offense has long been gone, and every time the Rockets' offense arrives, they keep watching Howard's free throws, free throws, and free throws with a nervous face......

And fuck it, the special Howard hasn't been penalized!

What's the point of such a contest?!

Fans who watched live TV have changed their channels for a long time; But the fans who come to watch the game have no choice. After all, the tickets were bought for a lot of money, and when the game has not yet been concluded, they leave and don't watch it, is it too much of a loss?

But they were reluctant to leave, and they could only continue to enjoy Howard's free throws if they stayed......

Perhaps the only laugh at this time was the chase between Howard and the Lakers players. One hid, a group of people chased. Howard has the little flexibility of the big guys that allows him to move around the court and dodge pursuits, but that only ensures that he survives under the "machete" of Lakers players for two or three more seconds.

After all, there are many people and great strength, and two fists are hard to beat four hands.

Howard was replaced, and Capela couldn't play, so the Rockets' starting interior duo were pressed to the cold bench. Maybe they've never hated their free throws so much as they do now, but McHale doesn't have the heart to pay attention to their inner thoughts now.

Because McHale found that the Lakers didn't look like a team that played back-to-back games a few times in a short period of time, the players looked extremely energetic, and they were very accurate!

Especially Randle, after Howard went down, he turned into a "monster" on the field, suppressing the rocket interior group with one hand, which is really good.

Coupled with the occasional icing on the cake of Yi Feng and Kobe, the bearded Harden was unable to support himself, and soon the Rockets were left behind by the Lakers, and the point difference was getting bigger and bigger, and with 3 minutes left in the game, it had come to 15 points.

At 113:98, the Lakers seem to be on the safe side.

McHale finally couldn't take it anymore and replaced both Howard and Capela on the court.

The existing rule to curb "slashing tactics" is that in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter (or any overtime), a team that is deliberately fouled can get a free throw.

This is the only rule that can curb the despicable "slashing tactics", and McHale feels that now that the Lakers are so far ahead, and there is not much time left in the game, there should be no more "slashing".

But the Lakers once again exceeded his imagination, Howard and Capela were sent on the court by McHale, just like sending sheep into the mouth of a tiger, the Lakers can choose one of the two, squinting and brandishing a "machete", or they can "cut" one of them.

Seeing Howard being sent to the free-throw line again, McHale was really angry. He looked at Scott with fire-filled eyes-

I've never seen anyone so brazen!

Never!!

McHale naturally thinks that all of this is at Scott's behest, and as the head coach of the Lakers, this pot Scott has set his back.

Howard was "cut" until 2 minutes and 01 seconds left in the fourth quarter before finally getting rid of the fate of being "cut". Capela was in the same condition as him, and sometimes Howard ran faster, and Capela became the one who suffered.

Howard and Capela, who were "cut" on the offensive end and returned to the defensive end, were naturally very positive and successfully stopped many Lakers offenses. But because their performance at the free-throw line was too poor, the Rockets couldn't close the gap in the final two minutes of the game.

At 118:105, the Lakers still led by 13 points.

In the last two minutes, the game finally returned to the normal rhythm that fans wanted to watch the most. But the Lakers are starting to consume time at this time, and they are really doing everything to keep the fruits of victory.

Time flies, especially under the deliberate attrition of the Lakers, the Rockets are limited in what they can do, and in the end they have to admit defeat and swallow the bitter fruit.

At 123:116, Harden hit two consecutive three-pointers in the final minute, but it was too late. The Lakers came out on a pullaway at the Toyota Center, ending their Devil's "Eight-Straight Tour" in early December with a victory. (To be continued.) )