Chapter 66: Back to Back (2nd Update)
The main force was exhausted, and the bench naturally couldn't make any waves, and the Celtics simply lost the game, and the Rockets won two consecutive wins in the new season.
But even so, the outside world is still not very optimistic about the performance of the Rockets this season.
The first of these two games was against the big fish team Seattle SuperSonics, and the second was against the Boston Celtics, who had back-to-back problems with physical problems, which looked like the Rockets themselves took advantage of the schedule, and if the two teams played a real game, few people thought that the Rockets could beat the Green Shirts.
But no matter what, the Rockets are still very satisfied with a 1-2 record after a big trade.
But the Rockets just took advantage of the Celtics' back-to-back, but then they were going to change back, on November 6 they will play against the strong youth army Trail Blazers, and then on October 7 they will go to Los Angeles to challenge the Clippers, compared to those old men a home and an away back-to-back, the Rockets are two away back-to-back, Portland is a certain distance from Houston, and it is even more far away from Los Angeles, although the three cities belong to the same West, But they also had to deal with the dilemma of staying overnight on a plane.
The only good news for the Rockets is that although the Trail Blazers are in the top eight in the West, they are also at the bottom of the playoff list, while the Clippers are no different from the SuperSonics, both of whom are teams that will work hard to draw the top pick next year for the president and vice presidents.........
The strength of the Trail Blazers this year is very strong, Brandon Roy, known as the "Yellow Mamba", is a rising All-Star point guard in the league, he has the strength to win the superstar position without knee injury or illness, and Aldridge on the power forward and Oden at center also continue to maintain health, this year is the season with the most attendance of Oden the Great, in the rookie position, they selected the strength of the rookie Bartoum, and traded Blake from the Wizards and the Suns known as "Little Nash" and the Spanish monster Rudy. Fernandez, the team's originally weak strength has instantly improved a lot.
Some people may wonder how those weak teams rise to become the top teams in the league, in fact, the problem is very simple, there are only two NBA teams want to become stronger, either from the annual free market with high salaries to attract those famous stars to join, or to put a few years of bad draft picks to select potential rookie development, and the Trail Blazers obviously take the latter path.
However, the Trail Blazers were really unlucky, and the champion Oden was selected as a glass physique, while the core of the team, Brandon Roy, suffered an injury that directly made him retire.........
But that was all in the next few years, and this year's Trailblazers were their strongest in the first decade of the 20th century.
Bartom faced Totoro, who has been in great form in the last three games, and everyone is the same rookie, the small forward from the romantic country of France is very confident that he wants to make a name for himself, stepping on Totoro's shoulders to raise his popularity even more.
But My Neighbor Totoro used a close steal and a dunk to tell the French, you're called daydreaming!
Bartom is officially 2.03 meters tall, but his actual height is only a little over 2 meters, but his arm span and bounce are very good, but those are only relative to the average player.
What Totoro showed in this game was very simple, that is, to force the opponent to make mistakes with a pressing defense and then counterattack quickly, although doing so would make his foul count increase exponentially, but the effect was obvious.
The poor French rookie received a total of 5 balls in the first quarter, but 4 of the 5 balls were brutally cut off by Totoro, even though Totoro was saddled with two fouls in the first quarter, but Bartom was obviously blinded by Totoro's unwarning power on the defensive end, and the Trail Blazers were tantamount to self-destruction as soon as they came up to start.
Yao Ming continued to beat Oden on the inside, and I don't know if the little giant is playing this kind of black center who eats on his body, every time he plays against Howard, Oden's black and hard can always have a good performance, but there is no good way to deal with a white center like Gasol or a semi-black interior line like Duncan who relies on technology.
Aldridge is also very difficult against the big black bear, Ade said that he is the opposite of Yao Ming, he is not good at dealing with those players who rely on their bodies to eat, this time the rotten tofu changed the outside jumper in the last game, and turned into an inside hard chisel, which immediately made Aldridge miserable.
Battier, the defensive expert, confined Roy to a normal range, and the Rockets and Trail Blazers had two complete matchups, one dominating and the other playing normally, and Rose Garden could only think about it if they wanted to win.
The final score was 98:87, the Rockets players clocked out in the third quarter to prepare for tomorrow's back-to-back, and the fourth quarter was all bench lineups fighting on the court, Totoro scored 23 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals and 5 fouls in the third quarter, and Totoro continued to contribute to his rookie of the week.
After solving the Portland Trail Blazers, the Rockets rushed to Los Angeles to challenge the Clippers, which is the second time the Rockets have visited Staples Arena in a week, and because of the same Western team, the Rockets have to play four games with the Lakers and the Clippers, which plus one plus is 8 times, so it is good to have two teams in a city, at least the Lakers and Clippers have to run 2 fewer away games than other Western teams.........
The Clippers' main white center, Chris. Carman has always looked at the little giant a little unpleasantly, he has been disrespectful to Da Yao on many public occasions, and threatened that Yao Ming is not qualified to be the league's No. 1 center.
And the little giant also hates this arrogant German, in the parallel world, Yao Ming, who has always not spoken much in the game, once yelled at Kaman after a key goal in the fourth quarter, "You can't stop me!" This sentence was also selected as one of the top ten trash talk in the NBA, and it is conceivable that Da Yao does not want to see this German.