Chapter 467: The Most Heartless Revenge
At the beginning of the game between the Rockets and the Lakers, the anger of the Rockets players was quite big, not only all the Lakers players on the court could see it clearly, in fact, as long as they were not fools, everyone could feel the meaning of the three leading players of the Rockets against Lin Han after the game began.
However, although it is quite surprising that such a thing happened, it is very normal for the Rockets to have such a situation from the public opinion of various Rockets players before the start of this game, as well as the last round of the series between the Lakers and Spurs.
In the last round, the series between the Lakers and the Spurs, the final outcome of the game was decided by the Lakers' leading player Lin Han and the Spurs' leading player David Robinson.
As the opponent of the Lakers, even the preparation time of the Rockets is quite limited, but the Rockets have definitely watched the game between the Lakers and the Spurs, and they are absolutely no strangers to Lin Han's understanding, and they can even be said to be quite familiar, for an opponent like Lin Han, what kind of method to take to contain Lin Han, the best way is of course to use their own offense to suppress Lin Han's defense as the Spurs did in the end, so that Lin Han can focus all his energy on the team's defense, This is the ideal situation.
After all, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, as a team, generally speaking, a team boss is rarely really the first core of the team at both offensive and defensive ends, like Olajuwon is a super strong interior player, before last season, the people around him to escort him were Thorpe, an All-Star level power forward, and for example, the equally strong center Ewing, he is surrounded by a group of hitters, although they are known as the team's offensive and defensive core during the game, But most of the time their most energy is still on the offensive end, and they really work the defensive end, basically depending on their mood or what the situation the team is facing, generally speaking, even in the playoffs, their efforts on the defensive end are probably not as good as their team's interior partner, and the reason why they can have such a big reputation is that many times it comes from their deterrence, and their absolute strength, the so-called absolute strength is that as long as they want, they can be better than everyone, But just because they're absolutely strong doesn't mean they're playing their best defensively at all times.
After all, a person's energy is limited, it is impossible to play forty-eight minutes per game like Chamberlain, even Jordan can't do it, in recent years, except for some big battles, even Jordan has slowly appeared on the defensive end of the time to take some naps and laziness, and this season even let Grant Hill play a few times because of his napping and laziness.
Of course, this is the situation that most league superstars are in, that is, many times, there are people around them as superstars, whether they want to be on top at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, it depends on their own mood and whether the team really needs it, in general, the top and not on the top, the team has a backup plan.
As long as these bosses affect the offense because of their defense, then the team will definitely not continue to let them go all out on the defensive end, and the team has another plan.
But obviously, not all superstars in the league have such good treatment, such as David Robinson, after this guy entered the league, the team's offense and defense were almost single-handed, and the team was really an alternative to liberate him, why many people said that David Robinson flew up when facing a weak team, especially the offensive number jù simply made Olajuwon and Ewing and others look sideways, I'm afraid O'Neal can't brush him, so many people say that David Robinson is facing a weak team. In fact, the reason for this is definitely not David Robinson's own fault, but when facing a weak team, the opponent puts little pressure on David Robinson on the offensive end, David Robinson can put his most energy on the offensive end, plus he has that strength, there is no problem at all to brush out those terrifying numbers, and when facing a strong team, David Robinson is the first core of the Spurs' offense and defense, It's hard enough on the defensive end, it's strange how good the offensive end can be, and even because everyone knows that the Spurs have such a situation, and even some undisciplined teams deliberately attack David Robinson when they attack, which makes David Robinson quite wolf, and even because he was too tired last season, he hoped that Rodman could help him defend Olajuwon, and finally he was choked by Rodman, which made him find someone to reason, rely on himself for single defense, and rely on himself for help defense, and his outside teammates are not strong, and he even has to go out to defend the outside!
Before Lin Han came to the Lakers this season, the entire league couldn't find any player who was as tired as David Robinson, even in the regular season, Lin Han was not as tired as David Robinson.
Not to mention David Robinson, even if any superstar encounters a problem like him, it will be quite difficult, and now, Lin Han is a problem like David Robinson, because all the team's things need to be taken care of by themselves, which will be quite tiring, and everyone knows that he is tired, even if the Lakers themselves know that using Lin Han in this way will make Lin Han unbearable, but there is no way, Lin Han is not guarding under the basket now, so the entire Lakers team's interior line is really not good for offense and defense, Especially after the team played Princeton's tactical system, Magic started to play the inside line and also topped an inside starter position, so it was even more dependent on Lin Han, and he couldn't hide.
Therefore, it is not so common in the league to use their own offense to suppress the opponent's superstar, after all, as long as the opposing team is not stupid, after seeing this strategy, it is okay to let their superstar defend a player with a weaker offense.
In fact, 90% of the league's teams and superstars will do this, but Lin Han and the Lakers can't, because Lin Han is indispensable both offense and defense, and this naturally gives the Spurs and the current Rockets a huge breakthrough, although the Spurs finally failed, but it does not mean that their actions are completely wrong, in the eyes of the Rockets, the Spurs' actions are quite correct, but David Robinson did not execute well in the end, David Robinson did not execute well, It doesn't mean that the Rockets can't execute well, this doesn't mean that the Rockets are more confident in Olajuwon's strength, there are indeed reasons for this, but more importantly, Olajuwon's partner is more trustworthy, when attacking, although the Spurs are known as the three inside, but in the final analysis, the only player who can really play Lin Han one-on-one is David Robinson, and the Rockets can definitely be replaced, whether it is Olajuwon or Barkley, playing Lin Han on the offensive end, there is a little advantage, Although Barkley has always been miserable by Lin Han, he has not seen any time when Lin Han really defended Barkley, cooperated with Malone when he was with the Jazz, and cooperated with Rodman when the Lakers played the Suns. Lin Han's fierce offensive firepower caused him to suppress him is afraid that the opposite situation will appear.
Therefore, the Rockets are so eager to beat the Lakers or suppress Lin Han as soon as they come up in this game, it is definitely not only their desire for the championship has reached the point of impatience, but also definitely not only because they don't want to give the Lakers a chance to react, they want to come directly to the decisive battle, although there are two factors, but in the eyes of the Rockets, the biggest reason why they came up like this is the direct benefit, that is, their approach is tactically correct!
Just like last season's Jazz and Rockets series, the Jazz were very afraid of the Rockets in the regular season, but in the playoffs, the Jazz directly reversed the Rockets with extremely violent and active means to suppress the Rockets from the first game.
Why did the Rockets, who were able to suppress the Jazz in the regular season, get to the playoffs so badly? Obviously, in addition to the strength and run-in of the Jazz team, the most important thing is probably that the Nuggets have found the best way for the Jazz team when they played against the Rockets, and the Nuggets finally lost to the Rockets because of their lack of strength, but the Jazz team's strength is not enough, the strength is stronger than the Rockets, and there is a correct way to deal with the Rockets. Such a choice is still last season's Jazz team sued the Rockets!
There is no doubt that the role played by the Spurs this season is the role played by the Nuggets last season, although the team lost, but the shortcomings of Lin Han and the Lakers were completely exposed, or the secret of defeating the Lakers was directly exposed to the Rockets, the Rockets only need to use that secret, of course, this secret is not confidential, the Rockets know, the Lakers and others certainly know, just like the Jazz pressed the Rockets crazy at the beginning last season, This trick was sued by the Nuggets to Sir Sù, and the Rockets knew it, and even the Rockets knew the solution, and now, as soon as the Lakers came up, it was clear that they were going to suppress Lin Han, and the Lakers certainly knew the solution.
There are two solutions, one is to let Lin Han change the defense, no longer the inside line when defending, let the Magic and Rodman defend Olajuwon and Barkley, Lin Han and the Magic change positions when defending, although the Lakers' starting Magic is the inside, Rodman is just a small forward, but the Lakers don't dare to really use the Magic as an inside line when defending, but by the small forward Rodman and Lin Han partner, Magic is on the defense, In fact, in the small forward position, against Mario Aley, a slightly weaker player in the Rockets' starters and mainly projection-oriented, the magician can still keep up with the speed a little, and at the same time, he can also use his height to cover this crazy shooter.
Of course, since this guy has the nickname of a madman, whether his shot is in or can't be shot, the influence of the Magic or other defensive players is actually not so great, so whoever is used to defend is almost the same, so this candidate is handed over to the Magician who is too slow to defend the outside and not enough to defend the inside.
It's just obvious that this plan will definitely not work, let the Magic replace the position of Lin Han's defensive core, or give the position of the defensive core to Rodman, this is not a wise choice, as for finding an inside line to replace Rodman, this can make the Lakers a little better on the defensive end, and it can indeed make Lin Han less tired on the defensive end, but what about the offense? Although the Magic's defense is now quite chicken, its role on the offensive end is still at the core of the team!
The first plan for the Lakers is impossible to do, since the first plan is not good, then the second plan, the second plan is also very simple, that is, Lin Han faced Barkley and Olajuwon's turn of attack on the defensive end, and while blocking these two, he was able to defeat these two on the offensive end, just like Lin Han blocked David Robinson on the defensive end in the last round, and by the way, he was able to slightly suppress David Robinson on the offensive end, which is the best.
It's just obvious that as long as you are not crazy, I am afraid that you will find the first plan more reliable.
In fact, last season, wasn't the Rockets also forced by the Jazz's conspiracy to be similar to the Lakers at this time?
At that time, the Rockets had two options, one was to make a substitution, to change a player in the starting lineup who could share the responsibility of Drexler, fortunately, the Spurs did not play Princeton or no one, so they did it, replacing Maxwell with Kassel, this change was successful, but it was still not enough to beat the Jazz, and in the end there was no way, Olajuwon finally chose the second plan, aren't you pressing, I don't care, I did it alone from outside the three-point line, and I blew you all up, Look at whether you are still pressing or not, Olajuwon's domineering at that time is the same as the Lakers and Lin Han's second choice at this time, if Lin Han really yells, brother doesn't care, don't you force me, then after abusing the two of you on the defensive end, I don't think you can force me, if Lin Han can really block Olajuwon and Barkley on the defensive end, in fact, it will also be very domineering!
As someone who experienced the Jazz and the Rockets Western Conference Finals last season, the start of the Rockets game is so similar, although the tactics of the Rockets and the Lakers are different from the Jazz and the Rockets last season, but they are almost exactly the same in style, so after the Lakers and the Rockets only played a few rounds in this game, many media experts and reporters on the sidelines, Most of these reporters and experts who experienced last season's Jazz and Rockets battles exclaimed!
Originally, they thought that the urgency of the Rockets in this game was just to win the championship as much as possible, plus they didn't look down on the strength of the Lakers, and they didn't want to waste time if they wanted to fight with the Lakers in advance, but it wasn't quite, the Rockets didn't seem to have the biggest ambition to win and not look down on the strength of the Lakers, the team's bigger ambition was to take revenge on Lin Han in this round of the series!
"Oops, this round of the series is for Lin Han, I'm afraid that just losing can solve all the problems!"
Watching the Rockets on the court when they were attacking, as the team's two interior superstars, Olajuwon and Barkley kept changing positions on the inside, and constantly took turns to face Lin Han's defense to attack Lin Han, when Larry Bird, who was sitting on the sidelines, saw his peers on the scene, and even many commentators from other parts of the world had already exclaimed, although Larry Bird was some distance away from them, but he still felt it clearly!
The Rockets want to take revenge on Lin Han in this series, and obviously this is not just his speculation, others have also felt it!
There is no doubt that in the past two seasons, the relationship between Lin Han and the three superstars of the Rockets is very bad, it is no secret, if it is other young people who offend such three superstars, they have long been * out of the league, but it is obvious that Lin Han is not an ordinary rookie, in the past, these three people had no way to recover those lost honors from Lin Han's body, whether they worked alone or in other ways, or in other ways, they did not treat Lin Han well, was even seized by Lin Han in the All-Star Game in the end!
It can be said that Lin Han almost gave these three the biggest shame in their careers, in this case, in the face of a playoff opponent like Lin Han, these three just want to qualify as much as possible? Is it just the strength of Lin Han and the Lakers? Is it really that simple? Obviously, Team Rocket used its own table to tell everyone that the result they wanted was definitely not that simple!
"The Rockets repaid Lin Han with the way they lost to Lin Han in the playoffs last season, Olajuwon and Barker used the complete suppression of Lin Han on both offensive and defensive ends to avenge Drexler's suppression by Lin Han on both offensive and defensive ends last season, and finally, Barkley and Olajuwon teamed up to take revenge on the history of being alone on the inside when they were in the Suns, by Lin Han and Rodman and Malone, it is clear that these three Rockets players want to let Lin Han understand the shame they faced in this series!"
After Larry Bird finished speaking, Collins also stood up and shouted with some excitement at this time.
As the former head coach of the Bulls and a famous coach, Collins certainly saw the Rockets' extremely visual tactical play, so to speak, this team's extremely vindictive style of play deceived the world before the game started!
Not to mention that these experts were a little overwhelmed by the real purpose of the Rockets at this time, although it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, this is not a fault in any place, especially in a place like the NBA, which pays attention to 'answer' is also 'response', revenge is almost an eternal theme.
Olajuwon and Barkley or Drexler want to seek revenge on Lin Han, that's for sure, but in the eyes of most people, as long as the Rockets can eliminate Lin Han in the playoffs and sweep Lin Han in the playoffs, they will already have a short revenge, after all, killing people is not enough, revenge is the same, and killing the other party is over.
It's just that no one thought that the revenge of the three superstars of the Rocket team was so peculiar, not only to take revenge on Lin Han, but also to use the way that Lin Han had been made by Lin Han before.
"I'm afraid there hasn't been such a scene in the history of the NBA"
In the end, looking at the Lakers players who were almost completely suppressed by the Rockets on the court and were also a little flustered, Larry Bird also shook his head with a wry smile.
But soon, on a little thought, it became clear to Larry Bird why such a situation had not occurred in NBA history.
In the history of the NBA, there is a grudge between two superstars, which is a normal thing, all the superstars are going for the championship, but there is only one championship, in this case, the friction is certain.
But obviously, in history, there has been a lot of friction between NBA players, but one of the reasons why most of them have not reached this level is that the conflict between everyone is not so violent, or that the NBA is still orderly, for example, aren't Chamberlain and Russell friends? He himself has been fighting against the Magic for so many years, and even in the game, he has commanded his teammates to intimidate the Magic and the Lakers with hints of abolishing the Magic on the court more than once, such a grudge is big enough, right? But they are also friends!
In the history of the NBA, many superstars, everyone is an opponent, which is true, but in the same way, everyone is also clear when competing, in fact, everyone is in one camp, in other words, everyone used to be quite simple, even if it is a conflict, it is only an orderly conflict, there are not so many messy things off the court, so everyone has a grudge, in fact, it is only a game that can be decided, Magic wants to avenge Larry Bird's intimidation, it is very simple, just beat each other in the Finals, And Larry Bird wants to fight back.
And now this NBA is the most intense conflict in NBA history, which is also inevitable, at that time, the media attention was low, the salary was low, everyone played basketball was even considered a humble profession, and the salary of a superstar was not as good as driving a taxi, and now it is different, all the conflicts have been magnified, this is not the main thing, the most important thing is that because of the salary, the superstar and the superstar are no longer on the same camp, but are divided into two camps, When there is no bottom line between the players, everyone will not take revenge, of course, they will not treat each other as their friends.
If the Rockets really succeeded in retaliating against Lin Han in this way, completely replicating what Lin Han did to them at the beginning, then what qualifications do the young players represented by Lin Han this summer have to compete with those veterans?
"I'm afraid the NBA will become more and more utilitarian from now on, I don't know if it's good or not, I hope that the new and old players can reach a new order this summer."
Watching the Rockets' crazy revenge on the Lakers or Lin Han, Larry Bird even thought about the changes and future of the NBA, of course, at this time, Larry Bird had such thoughts, but on the court, Lin Han and the Lakers players really didn't have such thoughts.
If it weren't for the Lakers' offense playing well after the start of this game, I'm afraid the team would have to call a timeout directly at the beginning of the game, because they want to completely suppress Lin Han at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, the Rockets' defense is very simple, that is, to pinch Lin Han's personal score, in order to be able to pinch Lin Han's personal score, the Rockets, like the Spurs in the last round, used their team's strongest defensive player Olajuwon to directly follow Lin Han one-on-one, not only Olajuwon stuck to Lin Han, Even Drexler will cruise around Lin Han and Rodman from time to time, especially when Lin Han is on the outside, almost all of Drexler has been pressing closely, until Lin Han came to the three-point line, Drexler and Olajuwon changed defenses!
It can be said that the Rockets are using two almost defensive cores inside and outside the team to directly defend Lin Han, according to the meaning of the Rockets, that is, isn't your Princeton very powerful, so if you have the ability, you can use Princeton tactics to defeat us.
The Spurs were not as domineering as the Rockets, that was because the Spurs' offense was not as good as Princeton, but the Rockets were different, if the offensive efficiency was compared, the Rockets really didn't scare the Lakers' B+-level Princeton tactical system, at least, since the beginning of this game, the Rockets have maintained a certain score advantage!
It's just that even if there is no timeout, the players on the court of the Lakers still slowly begin to understand what the Rockets mean by this game as the game progresses, after all, after the start of this game, there are many people who have a sense of vision and are definitely not just those expert media on the sidelines, as players on the court, in fact, they are the people with the most sense of vision, especially after the start of the Rockets game, the traces of deliberate carving are too obvious, and many times, this team even has a better chance, They just didn't need it, they just went to wait for Lin Han, deliberately trying to artificially achieve some kind of ulterior purpose.
Although some Lakers players on the court did not watch the game between the Jazz and the Rockets last season, and they didn't know about Lin Han's bullying of Barkley or the suppression of Drexler at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, it is obvious that the ulterior purpose that the Rockets want to achieve is directed at Lin Han!
Not to mention what these Rockets players want to do to Lin Han, in a playoff Western Conference Finals-level game, the Rockets actually want to manipulate a certain result they want in the game, just such an approach may be a huge humiliation for the Lakers.
What does this mean, it means that the Rockets can knead them at will, and such a shame is more difficult to accept than the defeat or even the big defeat in this game.
Therefore, although the scores of the two teams so far in this game are still close, the Rockets seem to be deliberately controlling a point difference, not very big, not very small, in short, within the range of chase, but the Rockets players on the court, except for Lin Han and Magic, everyone else is almost a little anxious, there is no doubt that just from this aspect, the Rockets' preparation for this game has achieved its goal, and Tomjanovic's tactical arrangement is successful!
"Do you even have to deliberately imitate the pattern of winning every game?"
Looking at Olajuwon who stood in front of him to receive the ball, he had obviously misplaced his Olajuwon again, this time after Olajuwon held the ball and prevailed, Lin Han still had no way to defend him, as long as he directly received the ball and went to the basket, he could only stand there straight, but Olajuwon did not go to the basket, as if after the layup was successful, after the number of points difference reached a certain number, it would hit the Lakers' confidence in chasing points, this guy actually put the ball down after giving up the opportunity to fly to the basket, In front of Lin Han, he deliberately did a lot of actions that were extremely redundant in Lin Han's opinion.
Even looking at Olajuwon, who was doing these redundant actions in front of him, Lin Han directly maintained the posture of standing straight just now, and didn't even do defensive moves, just like watching a play, watching Olajuwon perform in front of him.
False, extremely false, when the whistle sounded in twenty-four seconds, Olajuwon pretended to sigh and threw the basketball in his hand into Lin Han's hand, although Olajuwon had some regretful sighs on his face, but the fierce light and pleasure exposed in the corners of his eyes could not escape Lin Han's eyes.
Of course, Olajuwon's performance that he knew so clearly was obviously communicating with his teammates before the game, so he could do this, but it was obvious that he definitely did not communicate with the Lakers, so when the Lakers players on the court saw Olajuwon treating Lin Han like this, almost everyone was gritting their teeth at this time.
"Damn, what does this bastard want to do? What does Team Rocket want to do?! ”
"It's too arrogant, Team Rocket is too arrogant, even if they are stronger, what if they have the least respect for their opponents?!"
In the face of Olajuwon, after finally reaching the point of almost undisguised, the Lakers players couldn't stand it, and even many media reporters and experts on the sidelines had begun to discuss something in a low voice at this time, except for the Rockets fans on the scene, almost everyone could see what Olajuwon wanted to do, of course, the Rockets fans were also clear, but they didn't want to admit that their boss did it on purpose, after all, this is not a glorious thing.
Therefore, it is best for Rockets fans to pretend that they can't see it.
Of course, although the Lakers players on the court and many experts on the sidelines saw that Olajuwon was performing this time, they didn't know why he was performing like this, but Lin Han was very clear.
Last season, when the Jazz and the Rockets were in the playoffs, because full-court pressing was a very physically demanding thing, the Jazz's strategy was to rest for a period of time after pressing for a while, as long as the point difference remained at a point, so that it could be more durable.
Although there is nothing wrong with the Jazz's choice, after all, this is the team's own needs, but obviously, for Olajuwon and the Rockets at that time, it was definitely a humiliation, after all, because the strength was not as good as the other party, it was directly crushed by the opponent at once, and it was admitted, but what does it mean to stop and stop, and the difference between points and closer? Flirting [playing] or deliberately humiliating.
However, how many reasons did Lin Han and the Jazz team have at that time, for Olajuwon, it was a shame and humiliation, and even such a shame and humiliation was even greater than when the Jazz eliminated his team!
Obviously, at this time, the Rockets deliberately maintained a point difference with the Lakers, so that the Lakers continued to find hope and then continued to despair, which is to imitate the Jazz's performance against the Rockets last season, and this is Olajuwon's own revenge!
It is precisely because he knows very well what it means for Olajuwon to do such a thing at this time, so in the face of the provocation of the Rockets and Olajuwon, Lin Han still can't see what kind of anger on his face, in this game, the Lakers did not expect such a thing, not to mention that the Magic did not expect it, and Lin Han also did not expect it, I am afraid that the whole world does not know that the Rockets will treat them like this in this game.
Of course, it can be seen from the Rockets' deliberate imitation of the Jazz that the gap between the Lakers and the Rockets this season is much larger than the gap between the Jazz and the Rockets last season.
"What a tough series, Lin, I'm really sorry"
After Olajuwon glanced at Lin Han sharply and left, although most of the Lakers players were cursing Olajuwon at this time, as the head coach of the team, the Magic was similar to Lin Han at this time, but the difference was that the head coach of the Lakers who walked in front of Lin Han was full of apologies when he looked at Lin Han.
Although he doesn't fully know what happened between the Jazz and Lakers last season, and he doesn't know what the biggest humiliation Lin Han gave to Drexler and Barkley, but for the head coach of the team, the leading players of his team are now facing such huge difficulties and pressures, and the team is facing such a huge humiliation, as the head coach of the team, he has no way at this time, which makes the Magic quite powerless.
After all, the strength of the team is like this, the team's hole cards are like this, this really can't be blamed on him, but before the start of the game, and even after the start of the game for a long time, he didn't notice what the Rockets wanted to do, this is indeed his responsibility as a head coach, if he knew the purpose of the Rockets, I am afraid that he should have arranged or called a timeout to rearrange the team's defensive arrangements, even if the team was defeated by the Rockets, he could not let the boss of his team be humiliated in front of them like this.
"Okay, magic, it has nothing to do with you, besides, this game is like this, there is no need to change any tactics to disrupt our rhythm for this kind of thing, we just play at our own pace"
After the official timeout, when he looked at Magic Johnson who came down from the court with a face full of self-blame at this time, Lin Han also said with a smile.
Obviously, he can see what the Magic wants to do at this time, just like Olajuwon couldn't stand the Jazz last season's hope and despair, of course, the Magic can't stand the Rockets' approach, in fact, in the NBA, no player can stand such a thing, if the two teams are really strong and catch up is also a classic, but fools know that the actual situation is not like this, If the Jazz and the Rockets were a little similar in strength to catch up at the beginning, then judging from Olajuwon's deliberately flawed performance this time, everyone can see that the Rockets are deliberate, and I'm afraid Olajuwon also deliberately exposed such a clearly known loophole, that is, to sue the world, they are beating the Lakers and humiliating Lin Han!
Therefore, whether it is for the sake of this series or for Lin Han's career not to be insulted like this, Magic, as the head coach of the team, has the obligation to treat this matter conservatively when he has not found a way to deal with it, so that Lin Han's defense will no longer play inside, and he will no longer be the team's first defensive core to stagger Olajuwon and Barkley, which is a relatively good choice.
It's just that Lin Han's reaction made the magician helpless, obviously, Lin Han didn't want to change like this, in fact, if he could, the magician didn't want to change.
You know, the Rockets are playing with the Lakers like this, although the Lakers are indeed inferior to the Rockets, and the Rockets also have a huge advantage in the face of the Lakers, but this is the NBA playoffs, and this is the Western Conference Finals.
If the Rockets can really beat them on their home court with a play from the Rockets, then it is a pretty good option for the Lakers, not only to get a valuable road victory, but also to discourage the Rockets, make this team fall in the blue, or blame themselves, which is the best outcome.
And if you want to achieve such a result, you need Lin Han to be played by the three superstars of the Rockets all the time, if the three superstars of the Rockets find that they can't play with Lin Han and really win seriously, the Lakers may not have much chance in this game!
In other words, for the Lakers, although it is very unpleasant for Olajuwon to play with Lin Han, the Rockets playing with Lin Han is one of the most likely chances for the Lakers to win!
I have to say that this is quite an embarrassing thing for the Magic, and similarly, the head coach of the Lakers is still very moved by Lin Han's decision to sacrifice himself for the victory of the team.
As soon as the game came up, the Lakers didn't expect the Rockets to play like this in this game, so they were caught off guard by the Rockets as soon as they came up, and they were completely held down by the opponent, and after the pause, the Lakers did not change their tactical play, which also surprised many experts and reporters on the scene, after all, compared to the less likely victory, protecting the core players of their team is the most important, obviously Lin Han has such an influence, and in the end, The Lakers didn't do that.
Obviously, this is definitely Lin Han's own choice!
"For the sake of a possible victory in this game, Lin Han actually made such a choice?!"
Although many people have a lot of questions about Lin Han's choice, such as Larry Bird and Collins, they don't want Lin Han to do this, but there is no doubt that although they have quite doubts about Lin Han's choice, Lin Han is quite pleased to make such a decision for the team's possible victory opportunities, and Lin Han's decision is definitely a decision worthy of respect.
It's just obvious that since the Rockets want to retaliate and humiliate Lin Han like this in this series, in the first game, such an extremely important game that is related to whether their humiliation and revenge can continue, of course they are quite attentive.
At the very least, whether it is Olajuwon or Barkley or Drexler, the attention of these three Rockets superstars in the game is simply terrifying, the Lakers originally wanted to take advantage of the Rockets' nap in this game to steal them, but from the beginning to the end of the game, the Rockets did not give the Lakers such a chance.
Even in the second half, the Rockets did not have any real scoring panic, which made Lin Han, who had been looking for opportunities, quite helpless.
Especially when the game ended at the end, when the Rockets defeated the Lakers 126-110 on their home court, looking at the score on the sidelines, Lin Han also sighed and shook his head.
"It's still a little bit off."
For Lin Han, he really has the ability to punish the Rockets, but such a point difference, such a score, but did not give Lin Han a chance to end the game at the end, which made Lin Han a little pity. R1152