Chapter 106: The Charm of Competitive Sports
As the starters of both sides came on the field, the scene immediately resounded with deafening cheers.
Amid the cheers, Yao Ming gave the Rockets a chance to attack first.
In Odom's absence, the Lakers' offense still relies more on Kobe, and his performance is also quite good, scoring consecutive single goals against Battier, which makes the Lakers fans present excited.
However, in contrast, the Rockets played more like a whole, Billups' absence did not affect the starting lineup too much, and Maddy, Battier and Millsap also scored one after another, firmly dominating the initiative on the court.
In an offense, Bryant scored a three-on-one brilliant goal, and the aerial super pull also caused Battier's thug to foul, which attracted full applause.
Although this kind of score is wonderful, the score on the field is getting more and more different.
51-35, by halftime, the Rockets had led the Lakers by as many as 16 points.
At halftime, Tang Tian was interviewed by CCTV reporters on the sidelines.
He was interviewed by Zhang Weiping, a well-known Sino-American basketball cultural ambassador.
Zhang Weiping usually interviews NBA coaches to show a pair of English, this time he finally wears a Chinese speaker, and his expression is quite relaxed.
After asking some regular questions, Zhang Weiping naturally asked about Sun Yue.
"Will Son get a chance to play in this game?"
Although Sun Yue has a guaranteed contract, he has performed poorly in the games he has played, and the guaranteed contract does not necessarily guarantee that he will stay in the final squad.
Tang Tian didn't seem too surprised by this question, in fact, he had expected such a question, so he was also prepared.
"All I can say is there a chance, but it depends on where the game goes, and even though it's a preseason, the Rockets' first goal is to win."
He's telling the truth, he won't try to curb the enthusiasm of the fans, but he also won't give up his principles for that passion.
Sun Yue has been given a chance, but from the current point of view, his strength is not enough in the NBA, and it is up to the coaching staff and management to decide whether to stay.
Coming back in the second half, the Lakers suddenly began to erupt, Radmanovic suddenly found his touch on the outside, received Fisher's assist from the outside line and hit two three-pointers, Kobe Bryant also scored 4 points in this wave of offense, and the Lakers played a wave of 10-2, and the difference was close to single digits.
The fans at the scene looked anxiously at the score on the court, on the one hand, because the Rockets were chased for points, and on the other hand, if the two sides played anxiously, Sun Yue would never have a chance to play.
Tang Tian called a timeout, and he also found out that Battier was a disadvantage when facing the top outside line, after all, he was born in the pure No. 3 position, and he suffered a lot in speed.
Radmanovic is a pure pitcher, and he simply played a small lineup, replacing Millsap with Petrus, letting him defend Kobe Bryant and Battier defending Rademanovic.
This move was immediate, Kobe Bryant faced the faster-moving Petrus, the offensive touch dropped significantly, and Radmanovic was also defended by Battier without the slightest space to receive the ball.
By the time the defensive end was solved, the Rockets' offense was also finding a feel.
Petrus, Maddy, and Battier fired one after another from the outside, and Barria also scored under the basket in a row.
The Rockets returned a wave of 13-0 to the Lakers, and the difference was stretched to 20 points in a flash.
Along with this wave of attacks, there were also some small frictions on the court, Kobe Bryant was a little impatient by Petrus's strict defense, pushing each other in the offense, and although they were separated by the referee, the two still chattered.
Phil Jackson saw this, and for the sake of protection, he replaced Kobe Bryant early off the court.
As soon as Kobe Bryant came off the court, it was announced that the suspense of the game was over early.
The Rockets eventually took advantage of the momentum and led the Lakers by a full 25 points at 97-72 at the end of the third quarter.
The fourth quarter was completely garbage time.
It was also from this time that Tang Tian felt one shout after another in his ears.
"Sun Yue! Sun Yue! ”
These fans are eager to see Sun Yue on the court at the beginning of the fourth quarter.
Tang Tian did not change the rotation order, there are many people who can play in the team this year, and if the arrangement is not good, it is easy to complain.
Anyone who has played 2K knows that this kind of complaint is contagious and ends up leading to poor team morale.
This is true of the game, not to mention the reality.
Gasol, Landry, Novak, Hyde and Francis were the first to be substituted.
This lineup is actually enough for the Lakers to drink.
It is true that although the Lakers' bench group played hard, Gasol and Novak fired inside and out, and played more than three minutes in the fourth quarter, and the difference had reached as many as 30 points.
Jackson choked on drinking water on the bench at this time, coughing vigorously, and his face was red with suffocation.
When he regained his strength, he waved to the assistant coach Kurt Rambis, called a timeout, and removed all the substitutes and replaced them with all the fringe people, which was an early disarming.
Seeing that the Lakers did this, Tang Tian also replaced the marginal people on the court.
Keith Butler, Mike Harris, John Lucas III, and Sun Yue all took the court, and Landry continued to stay on the court.
Sun Yue plays the position of small forward.
The Lakers are even more shabby, Larry Turner, Elton Brown, Ka Erxiu, Javaris Coritanton, Brian Cook, the only one on the court who knows is probably Cook, who scored 83 points with Kobe.
It's real preseason garbage time.
However, the fans at the scene were extremely excited, and Sun Yue finally appeared on the stage.
Tang Tian looked up at the surroundings at this time, to be honest, he didn't think this was a good thing, such pressure was too much.
The game continued, and the Lakers' Crispanton took the ball to the frontcourt, beckoned Cook to block and dismantle, and directly chose to break through to the basket.
Harris was a little out of position on defense and could only watch Critanton make a layup.
But at the moment of the shot, a long arm flew out from behind him.
"Bang!"
A pegboard hat directly lifted Critanton's layup to the rebound.
The cheers at the scene shook the sky, and it was Sun Yue who sent out the cover!
Tang Tian also nodded at this time, although the atmosphere on the scene was pressure, but it was also very good to be able to turn pressure into motivation.
Sun Yue was also very excited, and this excitement made his characteristics perfectly played.
Defensive blocks, passing vision brought by height in offense, rushing for frontcourt rebounds and fouls after adrenaline bursts, and even inconsistent shots were also made.
played most of the quarter, Sun Yue made 2 of 3 shots, 3 of 4 free throws, and got 7 points, 3 rebounds, 2 blocks, 2 assists and 1 steal, and the data is quite comprehensive.
Tang Tian also had to sigh at this time about the charm of competitive sports, in front of the home audience, Sun Yue played at a super level.