Chapter 25: Winning streak
Aside from five turnovers, Oden's scoring wasn't so ugly, scoring 12 points on free throws and leaks and a couple of small hooks, but that averaged one turnover per 2.4 points, which is still a miserable percentage.
He only has 4 rebounds, and there is no rebound in the front court, don't look at his height and strength, but grabbing rebounds is not just about looking at these, which also includes the awareness of grabbing rebounds, card skills, a keen sense of smell for basketball and some other factors.
For a monster like him, the first half was a bit of a shame.
My Neighbor Totoro faced the Trail Blazers' rookie small forward Bartom on the offensive end, and on the offensive end, he was as powerful as ever, scoring 12 points, 8 boards, 4 assists and 1 turnover on the outside by catching the ball and jumpers and mid-range, which is not very amazing, but the rebounds are exactly twice as many as Oden.
In the past, Totoro would never have made this kind of catch-and-shoot offensive option, because then his shooting rate was less than 30%, but now after a year of training in the NCAA and the Rockets' internal training, he has now improved this grasp to 40%.
14 shots of 6, isn't it a little higher than 40 shooting percentage, although this number is not accurate, but it is definitely not iron for outside players, and it is also playing under the opponent's key defense, at least Adelman can accept Totoro's shooting rate.
Oden was very angry in his heart, he was always caught by that Chinese with his feet and flexibility, but he had nothing to do with Totoro who had been floating on the outside to shoot, this TM is not a fair duel at all, are you a man? It's a man who has come to fight me inside!
My Neighbor Totoro said that he is not so stupid, although Oden is one of the top parallel imports in history, but his strength is still a little bit, don't look at his bounce speed is better than the other party, but he really wants to be so straight and straight to attack inside, and being taught to be a man is a matter of minutes.
The basket is only 3.05 meters high, not to mention that he can touch the height close to 4 meters, even if he can fly 8 meters, it is useless, the other party is waiting for him under the basket by virtue of his height and arm span, anyway, Totoro feels that he will not be able to pay for the benefits.
So he learned how to use his strengths and avoid weaknesses, what is not a man, and the master still wants to ask you if you are a man? It's a guy who will go out of the three-second zone to clamp me!
In the second half, Totoro continued his sneak attack obscenity plan.
Yao Ming has no good way to face this kind of defense, I think the Utah Jazz used this trick to deal with the little giant in the playoffs that year, Oku has a hard top in the front, Kirilenko has a side block, and Totoro's physical fitness is better than the Russians, but Oden is a few points worse than Da Yao, and it will be unreasonable for him to have a good performance in this situation.
My Neighbor Totoro also continued to exert his power on the offensive end, after running the open position and making three consecutive 3-pointers, the fourth time Totoro made a dry jump shot directly in front of Bartom, and the basketball smashed into the basket like a cannonball after the shot, and the basketball hit the rebound and bounced into the basket.
Trail Blazers head coach McMillan looked at Totoro with a look of surprise, he didn't believe that a rookie with a sixth pick could show such a strong offensive ability when he was so good on the defensive end, surely not the top three?
This Chinese American said something in the previous games, he felt that he and Rose were not much different, and now from the facts, it seems that the other party did not say big things.
These four three-pointers directly turned Totoro's score into 24 points, and also widened the gap between the two teams to more than 15 points.
My Neighbor Totoro couldn't help but shake hands and celebrate after scoring the fourth three-pointer, he must not have such a good control ability when he was just reborn, but with the hard training every day, his ability to control the body is getting stronger and stronger, and he still needs to develop when he dribbles through something, but the grasp of shooting has become bigger and bigger.
And most importantly, although he changed the data to the top that the yellow race can achieve in the game, but with this period of training, he found that his strength, speed, and bounce are still improving slightly, which is a bit powerful.
Looks like he's got an amazing body!
At the end of the third quarter, Oden, who was embarrassed and angry, because he couldn't get Totoro on the defensive end, finally found an opportunity on the offensive end, and deliberately raised his iron elbow to wave it in the face of Totoro who came over to make up for the defense, but was dodged by Totoro who reacted quickly and failed to hurt himself.
This made Adelman, who was watching the game from the sidelines, frightened, he had just taken over as the coach of the Rockets, and he also traded Maddie under pressure from fans and general manager Morey, and now is the time to produce results, if Totoro, a good seedling, was injured if he didn't make it to the regular season, then he really had no place to cry.
At the end of the third quarter, the old coach replaced Totoro off the court, and by this time the Rockets had a 20-point lead over the Trail Blazers.
However, before he could get off the field, Oden was carried down by his teammates.
My neighbor totoro is not a person who is bullied, not being publicized does not mean weakness, as soon as he sees the opposite side and makes the first move, how can he be polite to others,
Or in a defense, Totoro didn't know if it was intentional or unintentional, a slap in the block hit Oden's fragile nose, the emperor suddenly splashed blood on the spot, the head coach of the Trail Blazers McMillan suddenly panicked, his champion Lang has been injured for a season, if there is another good injury for another season, then the Trail Blazers are really going to cry to grandma's house.
The emperor went down, the Trail Blazers had no desire to resist, and the Rockets easily won the second victory.
The fourth game was against the Memphis Grizzlies, the team's main player Pau Gasol was robbed by the Lakers just half a year ago, and now the poor Grizzlies are still in the throes.
And the most important thing is that Randolph, one of the black and white heroes in the future Grizzlies, is now traded to his own team, and I don't know if I can go to the Grizzlies to show my strength in this life, and it is estimated that they may have a long time before this painful period.
The team's current boss Rudy Gay is still on vacation, and this time the Grizzlies only have Tanhua Mayo, second-round picks Marc Gasol, Conley, and Milicic are more famous in the summer league, and the others are two big and small cats in the development league.
My Neighbor Totoro once again had the disadvantage of no strong small forward, and performed a scene called "There is no tiger in the mountains, and the monkey is called the king", three bloody caps Mayo, 32 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, 4 caps and 2 steals, and took his first triple-double in the summer league to help the team win three consecutive victories.