678. Sad Harden

There are 5 games left until the end of the regular season.

Liu Ren had been in a state of panic and uneasiness before, because he didn't know when he would be able to fully recover.

But in fact, looking at the five games in the last week, especially the last three, his form has actually recovered more or less.

But it's mainly a psychological problem, after all, the first few games just after his comeback were simply miserable, which gave him a lot of psychological pressure.

This is why the Lakers are coming to an end of the season and give Liu Ren a physical test, just to soothe Liu Ren's psychological problems.

Sometimes it's so simple to solve a thing, Liu Ren saw his physical test data, as well as the data statistics of various trainings, and said that the data was cold, but Liu Ren saw these data that were slightly improved compared to before he was injured, and his mental state was different in an instant!

Especially the magician's words: You are our future......

Although Liu Ren would inexplicably think of Duncan's famous words to James, which James had waited for nearly ten years and still did not come true, Liu Ren still felt unspeakable.

However, Liu Ren looked at the opponents in the last five games of the season and felt that bald heads were annoying.

First at home against the Rockets, Celtics, then home and away back-to-back games against the Clippers, and finally against the Jazz.

I didn't feel anything special when I saw the Jazz team Liu Ren before, but on this day, April 16th......

These opponents have grievances between players - Kobe Bryant and Howard, grievances between teams - Lakers and Celtics, and struggles in the same city - Lakers and Clippers.

Although in the end, the Lakers were given a weak team, the Jazz, but 9 days and 5 games, and back-to-back, this season is enough.

Liu Ren understands, he understands, he knows that this is the league's warm-up for the playoffs, so the hot teams have to play a few games first, one is to tell the fans that the playoffs are about to start, and the other is to let the players of the popular teams play a few fierce games to adjust the state to the best.

But Liu Ren still wants to go bald......

As a result, Thackeray and Kobe, the only bald heads of the Lakers, always felt that Liu Ren's eyes were full of malice when they looked at them when they were training to prepare for the Rockets......

However, when Liu Ren saw the schedule of the Cavaliers, his heart was much more balanced, and sometimes he still had to find a comparison, if there was something worse, he would not feel that he was so miserable.

In the last four games, the Cavaliers first went to the Spurs on the road, then faced the Knicks and Celtics back-to-back at home, and finally played the Iron Bulls......

What a joy to hear!

Liu Ren is psychologically balanced, but he still wants to play bald, especially the team's two bald heads really look like they don't play, one is practicing that funny dance, and the other has an expression that I am a celebrity and I am messing around......

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Harden said that he is desperate this year, he has quit Kardashian this year, Khloe Kardashian has gone to the Eastern Conference to scourge the Cavaliers, he averaged 29 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists per game this year, and the league's No. 1 scoring guard position is firmly seated.

However, the Rockets are now 36-41, and theoretically, the Mavericks and Jazz lose the rest of their games, and they win the rest of their games, and they can enter the playoffs.

But that's obviously not possible! If the Rockets lose one more game, they will directly end the season early.

However, the Rockets were fourth in the West last season, and before the start of this season, they brought in Lawson and Josh Smith, who were regarded as the "Big Four" before the start of the season, and the league treated them as super championship favorites, after all, they have the first person in the league at the two positions of shooting guard and center, and they basically brought in Lawson, a top point guard who averaged a double-double per game last season, without paying any cost......

So in the last few games of the Rockets, they first played the Lakers and Clippers back-to-back away games, and then returned home to face several partners in the Southwest Division, the Grizzlies, Mavericks, and Spurs.

Grizzlies and Spurs don't talk about it first, even if the Rockets win both consecutive away games in Los Angeles, and then the Mavericks and Jazz lose other games, but the Rockets will play the Mavericks as a direct competitor in this playoff, and the Mavericks will probably swallow the Rockets alive, and it is estimated that even Chandler Parsons can be mad.

On April 8, 2016, the Lakers' home game against the Rockets started on time at Staples Center.

This year, the Rockets no longer have the vigor of the Howard era when they first got Howard two years ago, and the whole team reveals a breath called "mourning".

And the Rockets are clearly split into two groups, with Howard and his high school classmate Josh Smith not knowing what to talk about, but they are clearly cut off from the rest of the people around them anyway.

Harden and others also seemed to ignore Howard, and they didn't even make eye contact when they took a photo.

The Lakers feel inexplicably cool about this.

Yes, it's just a downhill, Nick Young was originally a man who dared to say anything, and in an interview before the game, he said that Harden was very pitiful, and he was unlucky to meet such a center who was not even happy to play with Nash, and Harden was a two-way guard who was very good at blocking and dismantling.

Nick Young decisively started a wave of ridicule before the game, but the Rockets have no heart this year, so how can they have the heart to fight back.

The starting lineup that the Lakers fielded today is LaVine, Clarkson, Liu Ren, Antetokounmpo, and Gasol.

The starting lineup sent by the Rockets is Beverley, Harden, Ariza, Capela, Howard.

The Lakers obviously don't look down on the Rockets, leaving only Liu Ren and Antetokounmpo as two stars, Gasol is counted, he is this year's All-Star starter, and opponents don't dare to despise him, Gasol's playing time and the players he has played well know that he is not worse than Whiteside in the first wave.

Of course, on the offensive end, rebounding and defense Gasol at his peak were not as good as the big white side who had just returned to the NBA two years ago.

The lineup on the Rockets' side...... Little Bickerstaff is also sad, Howard now does nothing but block the defense, and the top person is not top, and the assistant defense does not have the previous deterrent, so he can only send Capela to help together, and Capela can play the blocking and dismantling that Howard is not willing to play, and Capela can average 14 points and 8 boards per game during the period after playing the starter, which can be said to be not much worse than Howard, who has only averaged 13 points and 11 boards per game this season.

Of course, this is just the statistic, Howard's strength is definitely stronger than Capela when he is weakest, but Capela is more serious, more energetic and willing to do all the work that blue-collar workers should do, and Howard still wants to play as the core like in the Magic, and the help to the Rockets is undoubtedly stronger than Capela than Howard.