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This scene made the Lakers stunned.

"This ...... What's going on? "Dwight. Howard was also confused. Forced, because it was just beginning, he was fouled by the Houston Rockets. But to send yourself to the free throw line, it's not so early, you must know that the NBA has rules of the game, there is no offensive action and offensive intention, and being fouled will only be counted as a team foul, and the team must foul more than 4 times to start the free throw calculation. Unless the opponent is ready to ......

When the Lakers serve, Dwight. Suddenly, Howard's whistle blew again.

If you foul someone without the ball twice in a row, you have to go straight to the free throw line.

This is a circumvention of the team's four-foul rule.

Howard made 0 of 2 free throws, and the Rockets took the opportunity to hit a three-pointer.

Then he repeated the old trick and continued to let Howard go to the free throw line, hitting 0 of 2 free throws again, and the Rockets continued to chase points.

In this case, all the players of the Lakers feel extremely helpless, because people are just finding the off-ball person to foul, what can you do? Do you want to replace him? That's what Mike. D'Antoni is stubborn, and he seems to be ready to make a fool of Howard and then solve the problem himself.

This is a good "spiritual education", but unfortunately, not everyone can drink this bowl of "chicken soup". At least in Tang Qian's impression, Howard, he can't do this.

Bang~

Failed to make another free throw, 1 of 8 free throws, and the opponent wantonly slashed him, which multiplied Howard's psychological pressure.

And our "Happy Beast" happens to have no mental power in this area, so the greater the pressure, the worse he plays.

Nowhere is this more evident than at the free-throw line.

That's not the most important thing, the morale damage of consecutive free throws is far less than the one below.

Anyone who plays basketball knows that there is a thing called the state of the game, why do you have to warm up before a professional game? It's not just about moving muscles and muscles to make them "sober", it's about a big purpose. That is to let your body gradually enter the state of competition.

Yes, it's the state of the game, it's very important for the players to perform in the evening.

And the Rockets are now frequently "chopping", and the entire Toyota Center has become a one-man show for "Warcraft" Howard, with nearly 20,000 eyes constantly focusing on the Lakers' No. 12. If you perform well, of course, you will enjoy this kind of gaze, but if you don't perform well, people's hearts will subconsciously have thoughts of resistance and avoidance.

Howard is like this at the moment, the more he wants to be punished, the more he can't be punished.

The Rockets' basket has already added a big lid to him.

Back to the question just now, the worst thing is that all the Lakers players, because of the long-term "watching the show", inactive for a long time, not to mention the cold body, the whole game state also slowly passed with time, until the rhythm of the competition was shattered. Why in the NBA, both players and fans instinctively resist this "tactic"? In addition to the fact that the game will become "ugly" and "ugly", there is also a double mental and physical destruction for the sport itself.

Needless to say, watching Howard "perform" alone for a long time will make everyone feel irritable, depressed, and lose their feelings.

Physically? Since you are not very active, your body will slowly "cool down", which will increase the risk of injury. So in fact, both athletes and fans feel instinctive disgust and dislike for this "tactic".

Unless it's a particularly important game, even if you win the regular season, tomorrow, you'll be a rotten egg, and the saliva of the fans will be enough to drown out ten Houston Rockets. This kind of thankless work is usually not brought up by the head coach, and few NBA players are willing to take the initiative to do it.

But I can't help but say that Kevin. McHale's "tactic" worked.

Because the entire rhythm of the game and the state of the game of the Lakers are all under the "chopping" and are torn apart.

Including Tang Qian, they all felt a burst of "irritability" and "cold hands and feet".

But on second thought, what can be done about this? Who told Howard to shoot his own free throws, and if he made free throws accurately, who would use such a "disgusting" "tactic" to cut him? So......

Under the Rockets' "chopping tactics", the Lakers are missing offensive rounds and only defensive rounds, so the Rockets' way of handling the game has become more comfortable. By the end of the entire third quarter, the Lakers had only scored a pitiful 4 points. Among them, Howard made 2 of 15 free throws, and laid a solid foundation for the Lakers to lose with an ultra-low shooting rate of 13%.

The Rockets had already overtaken the score in the second half of the third quarter, so it was not a "cut" in the whole quarter. But he didn't move much for most of the quarter, and suddenly asked the Lakers players to attack, and his whole body state had long since disappeared, even Kobe Bryant only shot 1 of 4, shooting. Scored a 2-pointer. The final score became 64-74, but the Rockets overtook the Lakers by 10 points.

Can't say Kevin. McHale is "treacherous" and can only blame the "Warcraft" himself, and he is not angry.

Coming to the bench, the Lakers' expressions were terrifyingly silent, but Mike. D'Antoni still patted Dwight. Howard's shoulder, encouraging: "Dwight, believe in yourself, you will definitely be able to overcome this difficulty!" ”。 Perhaps in many cartoons and comics, this kind of "chicken soup for the soul" has an incomparably magical effect, but Howard, he is not the protagonist.

Not before, not now, and not in the future.

Since he chose to leave the Magic team, it has been difficult for him to really sit back in the position of "big boss".

Because he lacked the heart to be a leader.

In the fourth quarter, the Lakers had just caught up with the score. McHale immediately "repeated the old trick" and began to use "chopping tactics" to maintain the lead. In the end, the Lakers were "embarrassed and lost", and the Rockets won this victory against the Los Angeles people.

Full game Dwight. Howard made a total of 30 free throws, but only hit a pitiful 3 free throws, so that the 10% free throw shooting rate directly made the Lakers collapse and became an "inexplicable" loser.

In the post-game interview, Kobe Bryant expressed great dissatisfaction and anger, and he bluntly said that some people in the team did not work hard, causing the team to fall into defeat one after another. And the spearhead of this passage is, of course, oriented to Dwight. Howard. To be honest, Kobe Bryant is originally this kind of "straight", and he is the boss of the Los Angeles Lakers, and there is no problem at all in expressing this complaint. But Dwight. Howard was still the "big boss", "leader" and "boss" of the Magic team last season, so he himself has not yet gotten used to this change of identity and role, and was so "publicly accused" by Kobe Bryant, and the heart of "Warcraft" felt great "humiliation" and "indignation".

Old. Zi came to the Lakers to give you Kobe Bryant's face! Do you really think you're the boss of the team? What the hell! You don't look at what kind of virtue you are!! Old arms and legs, still pointing fingers at me here!!

Howard was not idle, and immediately said through reporters: "My back injury is actually not healed yet, I came back early for the sake of the Lakers fans and the Lakers' record!" But now some voices are accusing me, and it hurts my heart! When Tang Qian saw this interview news, he immediately shook his head slightly, because this is the consistent style of "Happy Beast", pretending to be pitiful and pretending to be injured, in the previous "2012", he was like this step by step, consuming the patience of Los Angeles fans.

Then I went to Houston, and it was a full reenactment, a full reproduction.

This kind of similar pretending to be pitiful, if you do it once or twice, it's fine, but if you do too much, the public will get tired of it, and not only will they no longer have any sympathy for you, but they will inspire greater disgust. But Dwight. Howard, including his team of agents, is happy about it.

As a superstar in the league, as a center insider, you always pretend to be injured and pretend to be pitiful, how can it make people feel awkward, feel girly, and lack the toughness and iron blood of an interior player. What's more, you are still the current "No. 1 center in the league", and doing this is really unstylish. This is Tang Qian's view on Howard's voice.

If you're not satisfied, you can solve it on the court, and then go out and slap your face, which is the most important thing for the center to do inside.

Besides, you're working against Kobe, hehe, don't forget, this is Los Angeles.

Do you think it's still Orlando?

It is said that early the next morning, Kobe Bryant and Howard had a heated argument in the general manager's office, but whether it was the truth or not, no one knew for the time being.

8-10 is the current record of the Los Angeles Lakers, ranking 12th in the West.

This means that if the playoff spots are counted now, the Lakers will not be able to enter the Western Conference playoff zone.

But not all teams do this, for example, the New Orleans Hornets, who basically have no hope of making the playoffs, they have nothing to resist, and the Lakers go straight up and down, and the result is a big rout. It can be seen that this game, and even this season, the Hornets are working hard for attendance, so what they want is spectacle and box office, as for what wins and what goes into the playoffs, that is not something that the Hornets should consider this season.

And next season anyway, the New Orleans Hornets will disappear from the league and be replaced by a new team, the New Orleans Pelicans. So from the management to the players, it's all an attitude of indifference, as long as everyone is happy, it's done.

The Lakers have won this kind of team, and there is nothing to be happy about at all.

Because this season, there are few teams that can't win against them.

It's a complete.

On December 7, 2012, the Lakers challenged the Oklahoma City Thunder away, and today is also the opening day of the All-Star Draft. Surprisingly, the Lakers had three players who made it to the All-Star voting zone. They are Kobe Bryant. Bryant, Dwight. Howard, and his Tang Qian.

That's right, it's Tang Qian, not Paul. Gasol and Steve. Nash.

As for the reason, the NBA official also gave a simple explanation, the two have been absent too many times this season, so after comprehensive consideration, they will not enter the voting area. But in this sentence, there is another factor that is not clear, that is, the data of the two people this season is really not good-looking, but in order to maintain the face of the players, the NBA office is also very humane.

At this moment, in the NBA office, one of the NBA's vice presidents, Stu. Jackson said, "Mr. Stern, is this really appropriate?" In case he can't get out, then the face of the alliance ...... "stand on Stu. The person in front of Jackson is none other than the current helm of the NBA league, David Brown. Stern, David. Stern looked at Stu. Jackson laughed and said: "He is Asian, and he is Chinese, which can play a great role in promoting the NBA, the league has not had an Asian all-star face for some years." "But Mr. Stern, you can't just decide because of the Chinese market, then Yi and Sun were both Chinese before, why don't you do this?"

David. Stern didn't get angry, just opened his mouth lightly and said: "Because I'm optimistic about him, I think his potential is stronger than Yi Hesun, maybe ...... can reach the level of Yao back then, that maybe. "Yao? How is that possible!! "Stu. Jackson retorted with some disbelief: "It's not that I don't believe in your vision, Mr. Stern, it's just that Yao was the champion back then, and what about this hot?" It's just a non-draft player, how can he be comparable to Yao back then? ”

"It's okay, it's okay if it's not as good as it." David. Stern said: "As long as he can reach half of Yao's level, it will be enough for me to push." Don't you know how much the Chinese contribute to overseas ratings? occupies more than half, and even at its peak, it is as high as about 80%, such a big cake, I can't help but swallow it. "Then you choose to be hot, it's too risky, he doesn't have the potential to be an All-Star player at the moment, look at his scoring last season, he only averaged 2.9 points per game in the regular season, such a statistic, it's not as easy as winning it back then!" Listened to the words of the vice president, David. Stern smiled again: "Stu, you sometimes look at the problem is too one-sided and too narrow-minded, although you have a strong work ability, but as the president of the alliance, sometimes you pay more attention to the vision than the ability to work." At this point, you are not as good as Adam. ”

"You don't think you have to score to be an All-Star, look at Mutombo back then, wasn't he an eight-time All-Star? So, it's not good to score, there's defense, as long as you do one of the two in basketball, it's enough~ You're right? ”

Stu. Jackson was stunned for a moment, then nodded silently and said, "Yes, Mr. Stern, I remember." ”

PS: Xiaozi inexplicably had a high fever today, soared directly to 39 degrees, and wrote for one night, only to squeeze out such a little thing, I'm really sorry, take a pill tonight, get an injection tomorrow, no matter whether it's good or not, it will break out tomorrow~ Otherwise, I'm so sorry for everyone~

Let Xiao Zi slow down today, dizzy, I can't code words at all~~~ (To be continued.) )