On January 17, 2016, U.S. time, the Lakers played back-to-back against the Houston Rockets.

The Rockets are completely scrapped this season, with a current record of 20 wins and 21 losses, which is less than a 50% win rate. This is in the Devil's West, which is equivalent to saying goodbye to the playoffs. In the East, there is still the possibility of making the playoffs. In the team, the conflict between Harden and Howard can be said to be getting worse and worse. The on-field communication between two people is also close to zero in one game. Compared with the "heat" of the past, this is now completely different. Coupled with the change of coach, the team system was in disarray, and the ball became an exhibition contest for the Lakers, because the Rockets did not defend much at all, and the Lakers scored a high 68 points in the half of the season. The offensive end of the Rockets is arranged with the outside offense as the main arrow, playing small cooperation first, and if it can't be opened, it is directly the player's single, and then "flying a kite" outside.

Don't say it, after Harden led the Rockets to start shooting three-pointers, he actually bit the score within 20 points. At 50-68, "only" trailed the Lakers by 18 points. At least then there was some hope in the second half. It's not garbage time. So the Lakers naturally put on a normal rotation lineup at the beginning of the second half, which laid the groundwork for the tragic start of the third quarter.

The Rockets are not a Warriors in the end, and there is no historic "Splash Brothers" on the outside, and it is impossible to maintain the stability of the outside for a long time by relying on this alone. Even if the league's first percentile is now on the Rockets, his three-point shot is not the kind that can shoot people to death just by shooting. This is the truth, the NBA league can really rely on three-point shooting to kill people now, only the Warriors, only splashes. It's hard to say what will happen to the future Rockets, anyway, it's impossible now.

Harden's three-point shooting is averaging about 35% per game this season, and with such a shooting rate, it is basically impossible to maintain the feeling of the first half for the entire game against Butler. Butler is a person who plays very seriously and hard, although there are some small contradictions with Tang Qian, but he is definitely an old-school player's thinking and style. Since he saw that the team boss was so strong, and the team training was also the first, he didn't say anything. Of course, he also challenged Tang Qian's defense from time to time, but the result was not good.

Such a person, seeing Harden play such good statistics in the first half, he directly took the responsibility in the locker room, thinking that it was his defensive mistake that made the team only 18 points ahead of a bad team like the Rockets. It sounds a little funny, but now, it seems that I don't know when it started, and the Lakers have thought that if they play an ordinary team and don't have a "three-quarter punch card", they will not play well. In fact, with an 18-point lead at halftime, what else are you going to do?

Alas, the strength of the team determines the height of thought. The underdogs will never feel it.

The Rockets' first half was clearly not particularly normal. It can't last.

But Butler said this, which made Tang Qiangao take a look, and he admired people with this kind of personality more. However, if you don't practice it, it's a fake trick, and it still depends on the actual action. In the second half, Butler defended Harden from the beginning, which was a good attitude. Not the kind of person who just talks about it. Harden's touch has come down, and he's not really the kind of sharpshooter who relies on a step-back three-point shot. Otherwise, he is not good at shooting. Otherwise, the playoffs wouldn't have dropped the chain every time.

Not only Harden, but the entire Rockets are experiencing a significant decline in three-point shooting, or this is normal. In this way, the score difference was rapidly widened. However, the head coach of the Rockets also made a "stupid move" at this time, and actually asked the players of the Rockets to attack more under the basket and shoot more from close range.

It's best to beat that Dongfang No. 29.

Well, it's so beautiful to think about, the result of this is that the Rockets' shooting percentage has dropped dramatically, to a point where it is miserable.

The Lakers didn't perform too well in this section, but you can't stand them and give Tang Qian in the low post. This game is the last game of "Heavenly Gods", coupled with the metaphysics of "eating, sleeping and fighting Warcraft", Tang Qian has never missed a ball so far. The ability and stability of this cutting score is terrifying. In the first half, the rest of the Lakers players felt okay, Tang Qian didn't attack too much by himself, and now everyone was a little cold, Tang Qian immediately stood up, took over the banner, and continued to attack.

This played, the Rockets' interior line seemed to be a void, and the Rockets' substitute No. 5 couldn't parry without playing a few balls, and repeatedly called the Rockets' starting center to play. Howard was reluctant to come so early, first of all, he saw that the state of the Eastern center in this game was extraordinary, and secondly, he had come to the Rockets so many times, how many times did he come to the Rockets and win? The last time the Rockets beat the Lakers, it was when he was out of the picture. Therefore, in the face of Tang Qian, he came to the Rocket team, and the truth is that he has not won a game.

This probability, this winning rate, is simply amazing.

So Howard is now more and more reluctant to play against Tang Qian's offense and defense.

Ambition and the like, long since disappeared without a trace.

At least against the Lakers No. 29, that's what it looks like.

After discovering that such a play was not good at all, Harden began to enter singles mode, hoping to learn from Kobe Bryant back then and use his singles ability to save the team. But Harden is disappointed in his ability, and when Anthony does not have the singles mode of "infinite misplaced singles" for him, his singles are not as powerful as he imagined.

The so-called singles data is not so good-looking. It wasn't until he started playing "infinite misplaced singles" under D'Antoni's arrangement that his singles skyrocketed, and it looked like the stats were bluffing. In fact, this kind of data does not distinguish between misplaced singles and undifferentiated singles. So Joko is like this, the playoffs are as strong as ever, and Harden ...... The chain fell.

Singles Butler, takes a forward change of direction, stomps on the right foot, and can be followed by Butler. Harden still improved a lot, and immediately made a change, a broken step to stop and adjust, and suddenly broke through to the left. This ball has a good sense of rhythm, relying on Harden's strong body, many people will be pressed by him, force the defense to break through, and occupy the breakthrough position. But for Butler, that's not a problem. His tonnage is bigger than Harden, and his strength is also strong, the key is that the defense is very hard, very tough, when James was in the Bulls, he was tough on defense, not to mention this "James"?

Harden's position advantage did not expand more and more like in the past, but the position advantage became smaller and smaller in physical confrontations. Harden had no choice, so he had no choice but to make a forced retraction, jump on one leg, and throw a small throw with one hand with his left hand. He's a left-hander, which makes a lot of defenders unaccustomed, and Butler is a little bit too much, otherwise Harden wouldn't have a chance to shoot it.

But the basketball didn't hit, Butler's interference had an effect, the Lakers got the ball, and Tang sneaked down on the offensive end, causing Howard to foul and make 1 of 2 free throws. Turning Harden is a single again, this time he took a breakthrough on the left wing, a right-footed tentative step rushed out instantly, and suddenly made a cross step, the explosiveness is not particularly strong but the victory is in a good sense of rhythm, and ordinary defenders will be passed this time. But Butler is obviously not an ordinary defensive player, so a lateral move and a slight adjustment of the center of gravity blocked Harden's breakthrough.

Harden made a turn to reopen the space, dribbled under his crotch, then burst to the left, and then used a small jump. The ball allowed his leg strength and core strength to reach a very good state of power, and Harden took advantage of the situation. But the ball was jumped directly by a black figure, although the arm span was not long, and even a little short, but he still used his body to confront Harden, and then slapped it with a strong palm.

Caps! Harden was hatted off by Butler's frontal defense!

Harden was stunned, he didn't expect this person who didn't look very inconspicuous to be so tough and strong defensively. Himself, it is actually difficult to break him in singles. Harden hit another accelerated close-to-the-ground shot in the next round, but he still missed. Once his sense of rhythm is followed by the other party, he can't shake Butler naked just by relying on his physical fitness and explosiveness.

Butler received a pass from Tang Qian in the next ball and threw it into the net.

Harden is here again, and Butler is standing in front of him again, waiting for the former to make a move. Harden was very serious this time, after a tentative step, his center of gravity immediately shook twice, and after squeezing near the free throw line, his pace suddenly closed, and the whole person was like a piece of paper, and the defense was sideways into the paint area. This is, European step! One of Harden's great tricks. People who don't have an excellent sense of rhythm and body control on the court can't use it smoothly. Tang Qian was ready to come over to make up for the defense, but who knew that Butler was not shaken away, and as soon as he made a mistake, he followed closely with all his strength. In desperation, Harden could only stick to the defender to shoot, Butler reached out to block, and his arm span was not enough, but his attitude was first-class perfect.

Harden's ball missed again.

Harden wasn't an efficient player in the first place, shooting less than 44 percent from the field this season and just over 43 percent. If it weren't for the amazing power of his "porcelain touching Dafa", he would probably have become a "Houcheng poison". Everyone hates. As a result, Harden also often delivers spicy-eyed shooting percentages in games.

"Do you think you're Kobe or Jordan?" After blocking the ball, Butler directly hit Harden on the offensive end, Harden's defense is still at the eye level this season, after all, it is still "Nightclub Deng" who is still mixed with Kardashian's big ass, so once the offensive end is dumb, it is difficult to make achievements, and his defense is a disaster level. In the playoffs last season, it was because he couldn't defend Butler at all, so the Lakers blossomed inside and out, and the Rockets had no room to fight back. This season, Harden's scoring ability has improved again, but it seems that the defensive aspect is still similar to before, and he has not made any progress.

"It's not offensive and defensive, aren't you?" Butler himself is now playing the No. 2 position, so he feels in his heart that Harden is not that strong. As long as you defend yourself, perform better on the offensive end, break through the latter's defense a few more times, not to mention the first quartile position in the league, at least the top five and top three can be killed. Offensive and defensive integration, at least at the "quasi" level. It's not like the No. 13 of the Rockets, with two legs, not ordinarily long.

Harden was a little angry, he was also the first quartile of the name, and he was thrown "trash talk" like this, and his face was a little unbearable. Directly asked for the ball, made a gesture to pull the whole court away, and wanted to force Butler. The rest of the Lakers still wanted to help, but when they saw that Butler was also coming to the fight, they also made a gesture to ask the rest of the players not to come, and he wanted to just drop the opponent himself.

The first quartile? Give it a try.

Harden dribbled slowly, and when he got closer, he suddenly increased the intensity of the dribble in his hand. Butler said in his heart that it was coming. Sure enough, Harden killed, changed his right hand to his left, made a sharp stop, cut right with a big stride, and Butler moved sideways and was blocked. Immediately take a step back, regain the space to accelerate, take a second step, shake your body, and slam your left hand. This is grabbing the position, dealing with the defensive master, it is difficult to have an effect with a simple pass, and Harden is not the kind of person who is very good at the first step, so seizing the breakthrough position has become the top priority. Butler knew what he was thinking, stepped flat and quickly pulled to the right to block his opponent.

Butler's defense has always been this rigid defense, which has something to do with his basketball philosophy.

Therefore, he rarely uses the method of "touching porcelain" to fight the whistle, which Tang Qian likes quite much.

Although two people have had conflicts before, the relationship can be changed, especially if they are both so hard and love basketball, things can gradually turn into nothingness. Kerr also fought Jordan back then, did that affect anything? Odom and Kobe Bryant also moved in the locker room, and then, the two of them had a deep friendship. Jordan Pippen Rodman, the off-field relationship is not so harmonious, what does this affect? Chamberlain also had a conflict with the team's head coach when he won the first championship, but after winning the championship, he claimed that the coach he admired the most was Alex. Hannum. The almost hands-on joke in the training camp for two people turned into a beautiful conversation in the end.

Butler's tough on-court personality, Tang Qian is more and more appreciative, at least much better than the "good man", "good gentleman" and "mask face" in the league now. As long as there is no principled conflict between the two people, he is willing to help his teammates.

He's not the kind of person with a small amount of energy.

Capela of the Rockets wanted to go over to help from the bottom line, but was blocked by a tall figure and said, "It's a duel between the two of them, don't go over and get involved." Stay here honestly. Capela's body was too far behind Tang Qian, so he tried it and chose to give up struggling.

Harden Europe steps to change direction! The inertia was well controlled, and with a fluctuation of rhythm, he stepped into Butler's side, which was half a position. Harden still has a few brushes in the end, but he is very unlucky, tonight Butler is a little more and more courageous, and the state of the defensive end suddenly rises again, and then slides to make a step, and forcibly presses Harden's side.

This makes Harden's European step no longer available, although his European step layup is powerful, but it can continue in this situation, it is not him, it is a writhing snake, Ginobili can do it. Harden's body can't be twisted to that extent. If you are strong, you don't break the opponent, and you sprain it first.

Looking at the European step that he had already contained, and then looking at the attack time this time, there were only 3 seconds left, Harden suddenly gritted his teeth, and continued to increase his speed, and the whole person rushed up as if out of control. What the hell is this? Butler was only slightly stunned, he had already heard the referee's whistle a few seconds later, and when he looked down, the opponent's hand had been inserted into his left arm.

Hemp egg ~~~ touch the porcelain !!!!!!!!!

After Harden succeeded in this ball, he still had to take advantage of the situation and try to play a 2+1, but after the ball was thrown, it was slapped by a big yellow palm, which was possible.

"It's very good to prevent Jimmy, that is, some people have the magic of touching porcelain to protect their bodies, and it is inevitable that they can't prevent it, so don't take this to heart." After Tang sneaked to the ground, he patted Butler's shoulder, and then turned his face to the Rocket 13, who was a little annoyed that he was "nosy", and said: "You know, the gap between you and Kobe is not ordinarily big, let alone Michael." If you keep playing like this, you're destined to be just a regular season player. ”

"I'm not going to take you seriously."

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