The Rockets have changed head coaches.

Before the start of the game with the Rockets, seeing the warm conversation between the head coach of the Rockets and his own head assistant coach, Liu Ren finally recognized that John Blair Bickerstaff, the head coach of the Rockets, is the son of Bernie Bickerstaff, the head assistant coach of the Lakers.

How miserable is Team Rocket this year?

After losing 5 in a row in the opening game, then 2-7, then 3-9, McHale, who pressed the treasure on the triumvirate combination of Lawson, Harden, and Howard, was directly fired.

This brings back a "giant" who has been shot down, and someone has to take the blame.

Lawson joined the NBA in 2009 and entered his sixth season of career last season, when he entered a period of maturity, that is, the peak of his career, averaging 15.3 points, 10.2 assists, 3.6 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game, in addition to averaging only 2.2 turnovers per game, almost close to a 5-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio, shooting a career-high 46.3 percent from the field and a career high of 35.7 percent from three-point range.

Lawson was once seen as the biggest missing jewel in the West for not making the All-Star list last season, and of course, Lillard is habitually ignored.

The first thing fans were looking forward to was coming to the side of having Harden and Howard, Lawson could run for the assist king, and then free Harden and sort out the Rockets' offense.

The management finally gave you such a good, such a good point guard, young, capable, and good stats, and the management and fans are waiting for the results.

However, after the start of the season, Lawson played 12 starts, averaging 6 points and 3 assists per game, shooting 35 from the field and 21 from three-point range......

What a giant, it's a huge pit! The Rockets also went 3-9 as a result.

When the Rockets only sent Papani Nicolaou, Prigioni, Joey Dorsey, Nick Johnson and a first-round pick to protect the draft next year, people thought the Rockets were crazy, and at the same time thought the Nuggets were crazy.

Morey completed the deal and was sent to the altar for a while.

But now it has been discovered that the Rockets have been pitted by the Nuggets.

Lawson has 13 million left on his contract, and the second-round rookie Monterey Harrell, who they drafted this year with a salary of 780,000, is not as good as Monterey Harrell......

The Rockets helped the Nuggets pick up the pot and sent four rotation players to the Nuggets, plus a first-round pick......

The management always has to find someone to take the blame, McHale became the backstabber, was fired, and then temporarily invited John Bickerstaff, commonly known as *** or little Bickerstaff, to serve as the interim head coach.

After Bickerstaff Jr. came, he did one thing very decisively, which was to kick Lawson directly out of the regular rotation, and the Rockets' record was slightly better.

But just when it was gradually improving, Howard was in a mood again, saying that he couldn't receive the ball, had no single opportunities, and was unwilling to block and be a role player.

Two years have passed, and everyone can see that Howard really has no ability to play singles, and he makes one mistake in singles, or he is iron.

The emotional Howard game is like this: only grabbing rebounds, not blocking people, defending and not looking at people, just waiting to grab rebounds, attacking and not blocking, just waiting for the rebound.

Even if Howard has slipped a lot, after all, his physical talent is there, and he can still grab a good-looking 13 points and 11 rebounds per game, but from his career-low 1.3 blocks, you can see what the situation really is.

Then the Rockets are half-dead, if they want to rot, they can't rot, after all, there is probably Harden, who is now the first scoring guard, and he barely maintains the opportunity to hit the eighth in the West, but if he really wants to hit the eighth in the West, it doesn't feel so likely, and now he is hovering in the top ten.

In fact, Howard is mainly a problem of mentality, in the early years, when he could replace James alone by relying on physical talent, he did not choose to hone his skills, now that he is older, his physical fitness has begun to decline, and he can't get the ball as before and directly hit the opponent and put the ball into the basket, and at this time it is too late to hone his skills, and he is unwilling to accept the style of play of role players, this mentality is actually very normal, three years ago he went to the Lakers before he was still in the league for a while, and he was also an All-Star starting center and the best team in the Lakers that year, Naturally, he refuses to accept the fact of decline, but he still has the strength to play excellent data, and he can get the top salary wherever he wants.

So Howard's ability to do so makes the Rockets management who has him feel a headache.

A good record can cover up any contradictions, which is the reason why the Lakers still enjoy a group of players who want to start in their hearts and want to belong to his position, because as long as they win, everything else is not so important.

And the record is poor, and all the contradictions are intensified.

Liu Ren obviously felt that the atmosphere on the Rockets' side was very weird, and the happy basketball or something was long gone.

There was a very interesting thing about the Lakers' pregame event today, which was a benefit for the fans and a rather shameful thing.

The picture of the big screen on the scene is connected to the camera of the live broadcast screen, and the kissing game is played before the game starts, and then the malicious cameraman repeatedly points the camera at two men or two women, of course, most people choose to refuse to kiss, but there are still girls who think it's fun or simply base or like to grind tofu and gnaw directly, causing bursts of exclamation and laughter on the scene.

Finally, the DJ told the fans that the fans who were selected by the cameraman in the kissing game just now and then kissed gave two tickets to the Christmas game between the Lakers and Clippers this season......

The worst cameraman in history has been released, and Andrew Burstern, the main cameraman for the Lakers broadcast today, and has won many NBA Official Photography Awards, has successfully become the object of "hatred" of Lakers fans.

Finally, the game is about to begin.

The starting line-ups of both sides came to the pitch.

The Lakers' starters today are Clarkson, McCollum, Liu Ren, Green, and Whiteside.

Today, Kobe and Antetokounmpo actually did not take turns off, Antetokounmpo is here because the opponent on the point guard is Beverley, and he can't use his defense, but Beverley is short and savage, and Clarkson's more prodigal sixth-man play is more suitable for dealing with him.

Kobe Bryant is not necessarily on the court, the Rockets are now tenth in the West, and are in chaos, there are no special circumstances Kobe Bryant will not play.

The Rockets started with Beverley, Harden, Ariza, Josh Smith, Howard.

When the players on both sides came on the court, the Lakers side was five people on the court while discussing the run, and they got together and walked up, while the Rockets were obviously divided into two teams, Josh Smith and Howard, a pair of high school classmates, and the other three outside lines, there was a sense of distinction.

Speaking of the high school that Howard studied is really good, the 2004 draft actually produced two NBA first-round picks, Howard and Josh Smith are both high school students directly participating in the draft, and Howard is still the top pick, it's amazing.

Howard wanted to partner with Josh Smith a long time ago, but unfortunately Josh Smith was not for sale of the Hawks back then, both of them were good defensive interior lines, and they could form a super strong interior combination during the Magic period, but the Magic team did not have the chips to impress the Hawks, and later when the Hawks were ready to completely rebuild and send Josh Smith out for free, Howard had already gone to the Lakers......

Time is a pig-killing knife, Josh Smith was stunned from the all-powerful power forward version of James before 2013 to the current mid-range boy, and Howard is not as tough as he was back then.

Josh Smith fell really strangely, the 2012-2013 season was still all kinds of all-around, all kinds of inside raw food, with a 48 percent shooting rate averaging 18 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 1.7 blocks and 1.4 assists per game, properly the most versatile player at the time.

But in the 2013-2014 season, I went to the Pistons, I don't know if it was because the Hawks sent away in a second round and received the stimulus, or the Hawks found out that he was going to decline, and the instant shooting rate fell directly to 41 percent, and last season it fell to 39 percent, the breakthrough is gone, the rebounds are gone, the assists are gone, the steals, the blocks are gone.

At the end of last season, Pistons head coach and executive president Da Van Gundy did not choose to trade, but directly cut Josh Smith and was claimed back by the Rockets in an attempt to appease Howard.

But what the Rockets management didn't expect was that although Howard had a general relationship with other teammates, he was able to communicate more pleasantly, and after Josh Smith came, Howard immediately hugged Josh Smith together, both of them are delicate people, and they are easy to think too much, so they directly cut off normal communication with other teammates.

Players from both sides come to the pitch and take their positions according to the referee's instructions.

When Harden came out, the audience also cheered, after all, he was a player from Los Angeles, and he didn't have any hatred with the Lakers, Kobe Bryant also liked this young man, it seems that Harden is still a friend of Liu Ren, and Lakers fans are still very tolerant of Harden.

And Howard's side was miserable, he was booed as soon as he walked into the court, and when he reached the center circle, he was overwhelmed with boos.

And Josh Smith, who also chose to refuse to join the Lakers in the summer of 2013, was booed.

In the summer of 2013, Josh Smith was a player option, he executed his contract with the Hawks, and then signed and traded to the Pistons, when he could choose to come to the Lakers, but no, and now he seems to have a very good relationship with Howard, and the decisive brain supplement of Lakers fans is that Howard asked him not to come to the Lakers, and then he agreed.

Both Howard and Josh Smith have black faces......

Liu Ren and Harden happened to be standing next to each other when they jumped the ball in the opening game.

"James, the atmosphere in your team is really good! It feels so fresh and refined, unlike me and Kobe Bryant who fight almost every day. Liu Ren couldn't help but say, whenever he met a strong opponent, his heart was ready to move.

“…… Thank you for the compliment, boss....... "Harden wants to hit someone! But I can't beat it! Liu Ren clashed in the 2013-2014 season before, and he almost didn't beat the other party to death that time!

And Harden knows that Liu Ren loves to stimulate his opponent when he arrives on the court, and if he listens to it, he will really fall into a trap.

Harden directly blocked Liu Ren's voice and began to think back to last night's hot girl with big buttocks......

Howard and Whiteside came to the center of the court.

Howard looked at Liu Ren, who seemed to have a good relationship with Harden, and the feeling in his heart was indescribably complicated, and he had that feeling again: If he hadn't left the Lakers at the beginning, the current position of the big guy opposite would be his......

Howard is extremely unhappy every time he sees Whiteside, Whiteside's face is so stinky, and because the Lakers are very strong, Whiteside's expression is like looking down on the other side, which makes Howard even more unhappy, even more unhappy than seeing Whiteside before the Lakers won the championship last year.

Whiteside was completely unaware because he had such a face......

The game is finally on, and Whiteside and Howard jump balls!

Although Howard was shorter than Whiteside, he was already engrossed in jumping the ball, and relying on the advantage of bounce and explosive speed, Howard got the ball first.

Harden drives with the ball.

In the Rockets, the actual playmaker is Harden, who has to be the first offensive point and the nurse who delivers assists......

When Harden got the ball, he suppressed the rhythm, which was not like entering the Lakers' fast-playing whirlwind, but also to stabilize his emotions, he was sure that Liu Ren was talking trash to him just now, Liu Ren poked the opponent's most painful point every time he played the game, Harden already knew very well, it was not the first time he was hurt, such as Liu Ren's backhand defense when the two faced each other head-to-head as starters for the first time......

Judging from the current record, the Lakers are indeed far superior to the Rockets, and the Rockets are formally at an absolute disadvantage, but this cannot stop Harden from wanting to win.

Harden came over with the ball, and in the face of the oncoming Clarkson, Harden dribbled and suddenly broke through to the left.

The left-handed breakthrough is the most difficult to defend, Harden is very easy to pass Clarkson half a step, at this time the average guard is thinking about either rushing to the basket, or deliberately slowing down the action and waiting for the bag and then passing.

But...... Harden is such a fan-like man with a strange painting style......

Instead of continuing to break through, he didn't choose to attract the bag, and Harden stuck it directly on Clarkson when he caught up with him......

"Ah......h

"Beep"

"Huh"

Clarkson looked confused, the referee gave a 2+1 gesture, and Harden not only successfully caused Clarkson to foul, but also threw in.

Clarkson glared at Harden and couldn't believe it, today because the opponent is the Rockets, the Lakers have thought that maybe Harden will continue to play the big loop or touch porcelain, in order to avoid Liu Ren from fouling too much, so Bickerstaff's suggestion is to use Clarkson to defend Harden, maybe Harden will not use such a humiliating style of play because the opponent is not a superstar.

And Clarkson believed Bickerstaff's words, so he came to defend, and then directly opened the game and was beaten a 2+1......

Liu Ren was also stunned, Harden's foul-making skills ...... Looks like it's more than 6! has gone from smashing into someone else's hand from suddenly smashing under the basket to a sudden attack on the move!

Harden used to make fouls when he was shaking, or when the opponent jumped up or reached out to interfere with the depths, he took the ball to hit the opponent from the bottom up, both of which actually have good defensive methods, as long as he refrained from reaching out, which is why Harden has repeatedly performed poorly in the playoffs.

Now Harden has evolved! During the breakthrough process, you can change the porcelain mode at any time!

Hardena hit a free throw to give the Rockets a 3-0 lead.