Chapter 34, Harden's rivalry.

Actually, Adelmando thought about it.

Because there are several professional teams in Houston, the popularity of the Rockets in Houston is average, and the Toyota Center is dissatisfied in the playoffs.

Rockets fans are mostly in China.

And Xue Ding is Chinese, and Chinese fans can't wait for this goods to continue to get three doubles, and fans still fantasize about rockets cooperating with Xue Ding to break the record.

The old rules.

After the start of the game, Xue Ding sat firmly on the bench.

McMillan didn't have a lot to say about this game.

As for the matters that Team Rocket should pay attention to, everyone has already discussed it when they are on the plane.

This game is just going to be as good as the previous game.

Rockets starters: Ariza, Brooks, Scola, Hayes, Battier

Trail Blazers starters: Roy, Aldridge, Oden, Miller, Batum.

Oden started the season much smoother than the previous two seasons, and he returned to fitness, averaging 12 points, 3 rebounds and 3.2 blocks in 24 minutes per game.

Except for more blocks than rebounds, which is more eye-catching and fouls, everything else is fine.

No one expects Oden to have O'Neal's level as soon as he comes on the stage, and the gradual improvement is already a very good sign.

Fans are expecting Oden to play O'Neal's level one day.

Oden is very talented and often wins on the jump, but this time Oden lost to Scola.

Xue Ding saw that Auden seemed to be a little wrong.

Going to too many nightclubs?

Although there was a certain element of luck in the jump ball, it was still rare for Oden to lose to Scola.

The Rockets, who lost to the Trail Blazers before, also went to play the Lakers.

There is no doubt that they have lost two in a row.

The third game is back at home, and they want to end the losing streak.

Adelman is a pedantic coach, only in terms of the ability to build a system, the league's current coaches are unsurpassed, so for some teams that are in the bottleneck seeking a breakthrough, he can quickly solve the team's problems, he can find a reasonable rotation, arrange the lineup with the method, adjust the appropriate style of play, and he did a very good job in this regard, so the Trail Blazers can reach the finals, the Kings can develop from being by the Lakers to playing 7 games with the Lakers, and the Rockets can pass the first round last season.

But once the team system is built, Adelman's problems will start to appear, and every time the team system is built, Adelman's progressive spirit stops, and this is where the tragedy of Petrovic and Gerard Wallace comes from.

Reflecting on the field, the embodiment of this temperament is to delegate the power to deal with problems on the field to the players in the system, which leads to a decrease in his direct command and reaction speed, so the reaction on the court is slow, which is one of the reasons why he has been repeatedly defeated by Zen masters in the playoffs with various unbelievable means and luck.

In addition, just as professors don't care about the private lives of their students, Adelman is reluctant to ask questions about the locker room and is more tolerant of the main players, but the problem is that looking at the championship experience of Riley, Zen Master, and Brown, if there is no victory paranoid or natural leader like Garnett, Jordan, and Billups, then exerting a similar or religiously coercive influence on the players of the championship team is almost necessary for the championship team.

So when the team is in a situation of excellence but not top for a long time, various reasons will make the Adelman team fall apart, after all, the team's championship window is only a few years.

In general, if you give him 1 million players, he can give you 10 million and you give him 20 million players, or 10 million at the level, and he is such a coach.

Today's Adelman is more than 10 million.

Compared to the last game, the whole Rockets team felt hot today.

In the whole game, Little Black Bean Brooks scored 33 points in a convulsive style and shot 58% from the field.

Ariza was also on point, scoring 26 points on 10-of-20 shooting from the field, shooting 50 percent from the field.

It's not that the Trail Blazers weren't good enough defensively today, it's that many of the two men's goals are unreasonable.

Shoot in all kinds of interference, and they can throw it in.

Although the lineup is not as good as the Trail Blazers, the Rockets are not considered a weak team, and today they are all soldiers!

107 to 110.

Rockets are behind.

The Trail Blazers suffered a loss on the road in their first game.

It was also the first loss of the season for the Trail Blazers.

Xue Ding's statistics today are far less shocking than the previous two games, with 10 points, 6 assists and 10 rebounds.

His scoring and rebounding look good, but he made a whopping 15 shots in exchange for Oden's slots, and his shooting percentage was low.

This gave the media and some trolls who were unfriendly to Xue Ding some room to survive.

Xue Ding didn't have some criticism in the accident world, because he didn't have time, he continued to hurry.

The next day, the Trail Blazers averted a losing streak with back-to-back road wins over the Hawks.

Xue Ding got 11 points, 6 assists, 6 rebounds and 8 turnovers, and although he delivered key assists, he still let the media get the handle.

"High Shot"

"Multiple mistakes"

"Inefficient"

"No shooting ability!"

Some fans and reporters began to find fault with Xue Ding.

In fact, in these two games, Xue Ding's performance was not bad.

But his stats are not good-looking, mainly because the eyes of the fans have been raised by him, and the opponent has also been a little wary of him.

Then Xue Ding didn't care so much about the statistics, he became more concerned about his own rhythm and his contribution to the team's victory.

But those reporters and fans who are not optimistic about Xue Ding don't care about these factors.

In their eyes, Xue Ding's current performance is not worthy of the No. 1 Rookie of the Year ranking given to him by ESPN, but is more compatible with his No. 22 pick.

…………

Ohrahoma City.

Thunder's training gym.

Harden and Willis are engaged in a one-on-one bullfight.

"Harden, that Chinese is ranked behind you, if you are at this level in the next game, I believe you will be blown up by him."

"Hey, you want to make a foul? There are no referees here. ”

"Are you really the No. 3 show? Why is it so weak. ”

Westbrook trash talked at Harden again and again.

But Harden is obviously unmoved, and now he really can't beat Wei Shao.

After a while, the game ended, and Harden looked at the staff at the record score of 11-5

"Harden, you lost, but don't be discouraged, work hard, and have a chance to catch up with me in the future, haha." Westbrook said with a big grin on Harden's shoulder.

"Well, I lost." Harden doesn't really care about this bullfight, Westbrook has more than a year of professional training than him, and the two still have some distance.

However, tomorrow Harden will meet that Xue Ding, who is very similar to Westbrook.

Xue Ding entered the NBA in the same year as Harden, and the two also knew each other.

Harden allowed himself to lose to Wei Shao, but he didn't allow himself to lose to Xue Ding!

Because that means that you are weaker than the other person.

There are no excuses.