Chapter Seventy-Five: The Lakers are strong
Of course, the Rockets have been able to win consecutive games in recent years, although it has a 1 dollar relationship with the addition of Totoro, but it still relies more on the play of old players and a little bit of luck in it.
The little giant in '09 is the kind of person who can take advantage of the center of that team no matter what he encounters, even if some teams use a Hall of Fame-level big forward to defend the little giant in a misplaced position, such as Garnett, Duncan, Gasol, etc., Yao Ming can also do it without suffering, which is crucial.
And Zach Randolph, who came to Houston, I don't know whether he left the nightclub in New York or was influenced by Yao Ming's red revolutionary ideas, and the spiritual outlook of the whole person has also changed, history does not seem to have changed with the crossing of Totoro, and the rotten tofu now has a little shadow of the frightened black bear in later generations, although he is not yet an all-star opponent, but at least he can meet without suffering, but if he meets the type that he just restrains himself, Randolph is about to explode.
In the end, there is a substitute lineup that is not worse than the main team, they can fill the hole if the main team can't beat them, and the main team can beat them to continue to widen the point difference, and they are also the main contributors to the team's winning streak.
With such a strong configuration to rely on, the pressure on Totoro as a rookie will naturally be much less, and if Ross or Durant replaces Totoro, these two potential superstars will not do worse than Totoro.
The Rockets can now maintain a stable winning rate when they encounter weak teams, they can do 64 in the face of ordinary teams, and they can fight when they encounter a stronger team, but they are still in a weak position when they encounter the top strong teams.
Yao Ming was limited by Gasol, Bynum and Randolph blew each other up, Totoro was sharply reduced under the team's restrictions, but Kobe Bryant still killed all sides under Battier's close defense.
If it weren't for Brooks' rare rise and throwing two three-pointers in a row on the head of the old fish with miserable moving speed, the Rockets would have fallen behind by double-digit points in the first quarter........
At 21:28, the Rockets were rarely limited on the offensive end, My Neighbor Totoro had 7 points and 3 boards, Yao Ming had 4 points and 4 boards, Brooks had 6 points, Randolph had 2 points, Artest had 2 points, and David Lee had 1 point.
On the Lakers' side, because of the big Gasol and the little giant, he only got a dismal 3 points and 4 boards, Bynum 4 points, Ariza 3 points, and Fisher 2 points, but Kobe Bryant was amazing, scoring 13 points in the first quarter, and directly broke down the Rockets' defense by himself.
In the second half, Adelman let the main team rest off the court again, ready to chase points with the Rockets' slightly cheaper bench lineup, but the Zen master seemed to have expected this, and at the beginning of the second quarter, he didn't let Peter Pan rest, and directly asked him and Odom to form a mixed lineup of half main and half substitutes against the pure bench lineup of the Rockets, and the old coach's face suddenly turned black.
However, Adelman did not immediately call a timeout to adjust the lineup, the Rockets' bench lineup is not a real bench lineup, but more like two similar sets of lineups used by each other, today through the Maddie trade and the transaction between Scola and Landry, the Rockets traded a group of unknown powerful players and potential rookies, and also traded to the first round pick of New York in 09 and the first round pick of the Grizzlies, plus the two draft picks in their hands, Houston can pick a total of 4 players in 09, It can be said that it not only strengthens the present, but also invests in the future...........
Ah Shuai made a gesture on the sidelines, and Artest immediately switched defenders with Lowry to switch Kobe.
The beast never thought he was worse than Kobe, so in the first round, Artest met him with his teeth and claws, trying to block Kobe with his body.
"Hey, I've heard that people outside call you Black Mamba, but you can't bite me, you don't want to score on my head."
The boss laughed directly when he heard this, he originally wanted to make a ball for Odom to let the lama solo Lori to find confidence, but seeing Artest actually talking trash with him, Kobe Bryant immediately changed his decision.
"Hey, buddy, who are you? You know, I've never been in the habit of talking to nameless characters. ”
"I'm a nameless little character, are you kidding me?"
"Aren't you a nobody? Aren't you a substitute? ”
Volute's words directly made Artest speechless, what people are saying is not trash talk but the truth, the only one who can enter the eyes of the Rockets is Yao Ming, Totoro, a rookie, is half, and the other Kobe Bryant usually doesn't pay much attention to it...........
Enraged, Artest increased his body movements, but this didn't work for the volute at all, and for a player like Kobe Bryant, who was very good at ball skills, his brutal defensive skills only made it easier for him to score.
The boss held the ball with his back, and when he saw Artest step forward, he instantly turned around with a spiritual back, and the beast lost its position in an instant.
Kobe, who entered the inside line, waited for Artest, who was chasing behind him, and then deliberately used a body contact with the opponent to put the ball into the basket from the other side, and cleverly played a 2+1 out.
"Why, do you still feel like you're not a small character?"
After the goal, Peter Pan gave the beast a cold look and trash talk, which directly ignited Atai's hot temper.
"Hey, what do you bastard say?"
The beast scolded and pushed Kobe, but Kobe raised his hands, turned his head and walked to the side without paying attention.
"Don't go, boy!"
Seeing the other party's expression of ignorance to him, Artest naturally wanted to continue to catch up with the theory, but David Lee, Gasol Jr. and the three referees on the field stopped the beast.
"Toot!"
A whistle blew, in addition to the shooting foul on Kobe Bryant just now, the referee Jaway added Artest a first-class malicious foul, if Artest just scolded at the beginning, the referee would not have punished so much, but everyone has retreated and you still want to chase after it, this is a bit excessive, really when they don't exist a few referees?
Adelman directly angrily replaced Artest with Novak, who had been abandoned by the team, and the beast didn't play any role in this round, and let the opponent make three free throws, plus the 2 points that have been scored plus a ball possession, they simply lost to their grandmother's house, if the volute hits a three-point after hitting all three free throws, it is a direct 8 points in two offensive rounds, which is a bit too powerful........