Chapter 143: On the Importance of My Neighbor Totoro
Totoro is different from other potential new stars to the team, he doesn't need to fight with others for the core position of the team, when he was traded to the Rockets, he knew that the Rockets were the boss of the position, as long as he could hand over an average of 20+5+5 data per game, no one could snatch the core position in his hands.
However, until now, In his rookie season, he played 20.6 points, 7.3 rebounds, 6.4 assists, 2.1 blocks and 1.3 stealsThis is basically a growth process that all rookies will go through, only by trying to setbacks can they discover where their flaws are, and only when they understand their weaknesses can they consciously strengthen themselves and let themselves become and then dominate the league.
Of course, some super rookies don't have such things as rookie walls, because they are good enough before they come in, and they have characteristics that the other party can't solve, even if they are sluggish, they can self-adjust within a few games, such as O'Neal, Duncan, LeBron and the like, they belong to the king who is destined to dominate the league when they enter the league, and the current Totoro is not the same situation.
On January 1, the first day of Chinese New Year's Eve, the Rockets went to the icy Milwaukee to challenge the local Bucks, which was originally a game specially prepared by the NBA for Chinese, David Stern specially put the Bucks with Yi Jianlian and the Rockets with Yao Ming on this day of the game, in order to be a derby that all Chinese basketball fans can watch.
But helplessly, Green Arrow was packaged and sent to the Nets by the parent team, making this game that should have been full of Chinese flavor lose its redness.
However, without considering off-court factors, judging by the strength of the team, this is a super EZPZ game for the Rockets, the Bucks have not broken through double digits in the number of games they have won since the start of the game, Artest and Landorev are back in this game, according to the number of All-Stars, even if the Rockets let a chinchilla now, they should fully suppress each other, at least in theory.
But the Rockets walked at Bradley Arena and inexplicably overturned.
Mike Reid and Villanueva went on a rampage, the two combined to contribute 40 points in the half, and the whole team scored 76 points, the champion Bogut cut a big double-double of 15 points and 14 boards, and the Bucks smashed the Rocket Bear to death with a long two-point and three-point shot.
Can't Team Rocket's attack power offset the firepower of these two? It is impossible to reason, but today the Rockets players except Yao Ming are like they have not washed their hands on the tuba, or Milwaukee is too cold, and the air conditioning in Bradley Arena is deliberately not turned on, and the Rockets pitchers seem to be blinded by flashbangs, shooting 6 of 26 three-pointers and 19 of 56 two-pointers in the whole game.
These two games were missing Totoro, and both Rockets fans and Rockets players quickly discovered a lot of problems with the team itself.
The first is that Totoro is not there, the Rockets' defense is too bad, rebounds, blocks and steals are declining every game, this is not to refer to Artest, Battier These defensive giants are not good, but they are only good at single defense, but they are not good at assisting defense, supplementing the defensive ability of these teams, and these defensive experts are not defensive superstars who can provoke a team's defensive system like Duncan Garnay Big Ben.
Secondly, on the offensive end, the Rockets without Totoro are missing a firepower point that can usually attract packs and traps and explode to score points at critical moments.
Don't look at Totoro's average of only 20 points per game, which is only about the same as the lowest-level All-Star like David West, but Totoro can help the team on the offensive end is definitely more than these 20 points.......
He can use his strengths to revitalize his teammates, he can step up when the team needs him, and he can often play the kind of domineering offense that destroys the opponent's morale, which they can't do with beasts and rotten tofu, and with him, the Rockets are equivalent to 1.5 more people on the court than their opponents.
The Rockets lost these two games, whether it was the Bucks and the Wizards, they all consciously used the [Jordan Rule] against Yao Ming, and the Wizards used the [Jordan Rule] backwards, allowing the little giant to attack in the first three quarters, and then reversing the game in the fourth quarter when Da Yao had no physical strength, the Bucks were using it, and they did not hesitate to lock Yao Ming with 2-3 people at the beginning, so that the other teammates of the little giant began to wave and lose the game, and judging from the results, no matter how it was used, when the Rockets were unable to play against Yao Ming and were targeted, They can only be regarded as a third-rate team in the league, the kind that can't even pack up the first and second places in the East........
After the game, all the players of the Rockets were harassed and questioned by the media, even Yao Ming and Adelman were no exception.
When there is a chinchilla, the Rockets are a team, and when there is no chinchilla, the Rockets are a completely different team, and at this time of falling into the ground, the unscrupulous media will not care whether the chinchilla is a historic small forward, they just report on topics such as "the whole team of the Rockets is relying on a first-year rookie", "the importance of rookies to the Rockets", "all teammates of the Rockets are scum", which are explosive and easy to mislead readers. They don't care how much pressure and damage the Rockets players will suffer under their reports, anyway, as long as they give money, they can even say shameless words........