In the penultimate game of the Rockets, they challenged the Los Angeles Lakers away at the Stamp Center.

Because of the lack of worries about the results, both sides took turns to rest a number of main players. At the beginning of the season, Yang Yiming once played three Lakers heroes: Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, and Kyle Kuzma, all of whom were rested today.

On the Rockets' side, the person who took the truce became Chris Paul, and he was replaced by the starting point guard? It was the "Lu Bu" at that time, Yang Yiming, who was 2.08 meters tall!

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The opening jump ball, the first attack by the Rockets. James Harden got the ball, but he immediately handed it to Yang Yiming, who was responsible for promoting.

On the court of the Purple and Gold Army today, Harden is still Harden, and Yang Yiming has to play the role of Paul.

Paul once galloped in the arena for five seasons, and today he became a stand-in - no, his height of 208 centimeters in this position is not like Queen Bee Paul, but more like a legend in the history of the opponent Lakers, the No. 32 jersey retired over the arena, "Magic" Johnson!

Yang Yiming actually understands head coach Mike D'Antoni's tactical arrangement today. He used to play the role of point guard in individual offensive rounds when he was at home, and with the Rockets now locked up the first place in the West ahead of schedule, trying different tactical options for the playoffs and future practice is the first priority for the remaining two games. Coupled with the triple-double performance of Nicolas Jokic in the previous matchday, D'Antoni may have been further inspired, and it felt logical to push Yang Yiming, who has a similar body and style of play, to the No. 1 position.

But it's one thing to understand the tactical intent, really standing on the field, especially the field that the magician once conquered, Yang Yiming felt the difference!

This is not the Stamps of the All-Star Game, the atmosphere is relaxed and full of laughter.

This is the Stamp Arena where the regular season ended.

And the most important thing is that Yang Yiming is the first attack with the ball on the field, and the remaining nine people are watching the Staples Arena waiting for his next move!

The yellow jersey that hung high, the names of every retired superstar: Abdul-Jabbar, Magic, West, O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, every championship year: 16; The dazzling advertisements surrounding the arena, the deafening cheers and boos for the home team, and the celebrities from all walks of life within a stone's throw away: Nicholson, a die-hard Lakers actor who has been a ticket holder all year round, the Beckhams, oh my! Beside them, today there is also the new "God" Zlatan Ibrahimovic!

Yang Yiming couldn't help but feel dizzy!

He dribbled across half court, parrying the ball with his left hand and observing the situation on the court. He's taller than a defender and sees the situation clearly at the top of the arc: Harden runs at Yang Yiming with Clint Capela's off-ball cover, he can do a hand-to-hand pass to Harden, and by the way, he can do an off-ball block to create a shooting opportunity for Harden; And under the basket, Ariza and Bamot crossed the running position, standing in the left and right corners respectively, and he can pass to them in the same way!

Which passing route to choose?

In an instant, these changes on the court, the psychedelic home atmosphere, and the strangeness of being a point guard for the first time were mixed together in Yang Yiming's mind. Yang Yiming was going to give Ariza a three points at the first time, but when he raised the ball above his head, he suddenly found that the defenders who were still a few meters away just now had quickly approached and pounced on the passing route. He hesitated, then took the ball down and hurriedly handed it to the oncoming Harden. Unexpectedly, Harden had given up receiving the ball and was not ready, the basketball hit his chest and popped up, and was intercepted by Randle, who was inserted later by the Lakers, and scored on a fast counterattack!

A mistake by Yang Yiming!

He patted his chest repeatedly, signaling that he had made a mistake. Harden walked up, received the baseline ball from Yang Yiming, and passed the ball back to him, while saying, "It's okay Yang, come again." Again! ”

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So Yang Yiming came again.

Adapting to the atmosphere of the home stadium, Yang Yiming was much calmer in the second round. Unlike the first round, which was passively looking for opportunities, he made a gesture this time and took the initiative to call a tactic. The teammates understood and ran according to the preset tactics. On the side of Harden and Bamotra, Capela mentioned the line, Ariza met the ball and did a block, but Yang Yiming didn't wait for Ariza to settle down, and he shot a shot and killed the inside!

No one expected that Yang Yiming, a big man of 2.08 meters, would hit the inside line like a small point guard!

And on his preset rush line, it happened to be Capela in the card position!

With Capela's blocking, Yang Yiming's two European steps have stepped into a reasonable collision zone. Da Lopez, who was opposite Capela, retreated to make up for the defense. Da Lopez is taller than Yang Yiming and Capela, although his feet are a step slower, but his arms are outstretched, still covering the sky and the sun, preventing him from shooting in the upper three lanes and passing the ball in the lower three lanes. But fortunately, Yang Yiming reacted very quickly, and he jumped back in the third step of the European step, widening the distance between him and Lopez, and at the same time throwing the ball high. The ball went over Lopez's fingertips, and Capella, who was plugged in the back, just in time for the empty dunk!

The good play of feeding the cake card king, which is usually done by Harden and Paul, was easily handed over to the "stand-in point guard" Yang Yiming today!

With a successful organization, Yang Yiming's point guard played more freely.

He can be like Jokic, using his body to open the way, and look up while dribbling in position. Yang Yiming was not in a hurry to attack, he pressed the rhythm again and again, slow and slow. When the whole Lakers team was confused by this delaying tactic, he pretended to look at the bottom left corner, flicked his wrist, and stuffed the ball in the opposite direction to Ariza who slipped to the baseline for a layup, and Ariza easily hit a backhand.

Yang Yiming can also play like the owner of his stand-in, CP3, the former helmsman and leader of the Lakers' sworn rivals in the same city. After Ariza and Capela blocked and dismantled for "point guard" Yang Yiming in a row, he and Da Lopez formed a small dislocation. Although the height difference is not large, Yang Yiming, who was born in the No. 3 position, is still much more flexible than the traditional center Da Lopez, with his crotch, acceleration, emergency stop, and retreat. This ** work has shaken Lopez to the point of losing his center of gravity, and Yang Yiming accelerated again and again, carrying the opponent to pick the ball in.

In the end, Yang Yiming can still be like the famous man of this arena, the highest-ranking point guard in history, the operator of "show time", and Magic Johnson, to present the Rockets show time to Stamps fans.

Playing to the upswing, he dribbled on the counter-attack and did a backhand crotch dribble. Julian Randle stumbled, and the fans exclaimed. Just when everyone didn't know where the ball was going next, Gerald Green, who had just been replaced on the court, plugged in along the sideline at high speed like a fullback in a football game, Yang Yiming looked at the angle of 45 degrees, the ball was 0 degrees at the bottom corner, and Green flew and drifted to convert the ball into a three-point assist!

Yang Yiming finally scored 16 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists, almost achieving the first triple-double of his career!

And the most exciting shot of the whole game came at the end of the second quarter of the first half, when he saw himself and his teammate Bamot have a two-on-one opportunity, the two of them went straight to the basket with one left and one right, and Randle was in a dilemma on defense. Yang Yiming had an idea, he took a step slowly, threw the basketball to the rebound, and after the rebound, it fell right into the hands of the jumping Bamot!

This time, the audience didn't have time to exclaim!

Bamot catches the ball in the air, uses Randle as a backdrop, and dunks in a one-armed tomahawk style!

Syllable!

There was a loud bang that shook the bowels.

With a loud noise, all the Lakers fans in the audience, including the heartthrob Becky and "God" Zlatan on the sidelines, also stood up. They were stunned and had cardiac arrest!

Not only because of this amazing button, but also because of the "magician" time that I haven't seen for many years!

In an inconsequential regular season, a stand-in played cadenza!