Chapter 265, the first Yao shark battle
The Rockets defeated the Magic in a difficult way on their home court, and Rivers said very frustrated after the game: The Rockets are incredible, a group of young people took 5 minutes, and half a month of our efforts came to naught, I don't know what to say, I can only say that the Rocket's heritage is too deep, and the Rockets are really too difficult to deal with.
And the head coach of the Rockets, Lao Tang, said after the game: The Rockets did a very bad job today, a group of main players were suppressed, and finally relied on a group of substitute players to solve the battle, I don't know how the main players did it, but they must reflect, otherwise they will not be far from their failure.
The Rockets held an internal meeting of the Rockets on the second day of the game, and all the players sat around to discuss the specifics of the last few games.
The Rockets took turns to speak, trying to find out why the game had been so tough lately.
After everyone talked for a while, everyone turned their eyes to Lao Tang, and saw that Lao Tang was forced to close his eyes and not say a word, not knowing what he was thinking.
Lao Tang, who was silent for a while, slowly opened his eyes and said, "Brooks, you haven't already, you can also talk about it." ”
Lao Tang ordered the name of Brooks, who did not speak, and Brooks pondered for a while and said: "I think all the teams in the league are studying us now, our main players and main bench players are almost thoroughly studied by others, and the technical characteristics are basically in the hands of others, and our opponents will do their best to defeat us, because now the Rockets are already on the cusp, and we are now more noticeable than the original Bulls, but our threat is even greater, Because the overall age of the Rockets is too young, we can completely dominate the entire league in the next 5-8 years, and this strength is something that all teams are afraid of, so if they want to become the final winner, they can only continue to study the rocket, and only by stepping on the corpse of the rocket can they become the final winner, so our most difficult moment is coming. ”
Lao Tang is very satisfied with his entire assistant coach, in just one season, he can grow to such an extent, Lao Tang did not expect. Listening to Brooks' analysis, Lao Tang also nodded and said: "The current rocket is like a strong lion, everyone wants to defeat him, and the person who defeats the lion will definitely become the object of the most attention of this alliance, in that case, anyone will be worth a lot, and these people are really good at it." However, in that case, we also have a chance, we can show weakness, we have to choose to lose some games, so that we can develop our young players, but also reduce the loss of fitness and injuries to the main players, and we have to make a choice now in order to win. ”
Lao Tang's words gave the Rockets players a great shock, everyone is also a player, of course they know what the players are thinking, when the Rockets have not replaced the Bulls, all the Rockets players at that time are excited as long as they meet the Bulls.
It's very similar to how many teams now feel when they meet the Rockets, and everyone is silent at this time.
Just listen to Lao Tang continued: "The Rockets can choose to lose, but they must not lose those direct opponents in our playoffs, who are already strong contenders for the Eastern championship, I don't want the Rockets to lose to their opponents in the playoffs and even the final finals, psychologically and momentum, do you understand?" ”
All the players of the Rockets nodded very solemnly, indicating that they understood.
By this time in the meeting, all the players of the Rockets had understood what Lao Tang meant, and the Rockets would not ask for any regular season results this season, but the Rockets must have the confidence to defeat all opponents.
And after the meeting. The Rockets ushered in a heavyweight opponent, the Los Angeles Lakers.
This year's Lakers are very strong, are they looking for Phil? After Jackson, the Lakers' main lineup was fine-tuned.
Brian who was bought out by the Rockets? Shaw joined the Lakers, giving the Purple and Gold a fixed firepower point on the perimeter.
And the Lakers' main forces have definitely matured this year, O'Neal, a prehistoric monster in the league, has officially moved towards the peak of a center this season, and I don't know if this time the big book that has a certain ability to limit the Sharks in the past can be as effective as in previous years.
Kobe Bryant has become one of the league's hottest scoring guards this year, and his strong individual offense and physicality have allowed him to advance to the ranks of superstars.
Rice, the king of the Hornets that year, has gradually become a supporting role for the Sharks and Peter Pan after coming to lead the Lakers, but Rice, who is slowly getting older, has understood his current status in the Lakers, and his current idea is to get a championship ring.
Not to mention Harper, playing under his mentor, is there anything else to say?
The current Lakers still have Fisher, Tyronn? Lu, old ironman AC Green, Fox, such a staffing is more than capable of calling the Rockets.
The old Buzz Weiwei Lakers have made great efforts to reach the top again, and the arrival of the Zen master has injected the last strength into the Lakers.
The Lakers' championship puzzle has been completed, and I don't know if this away challenge to the Rockets is a subversive start.
Of course, the Rockets didn't want this wish to come true, and this game the Rockets sent their team's strongest lineup to the Lakers. And the Lakers are the same.
A classic showdown is about to begin.
As he jumped the ball, O'Neal got the upper hand on Big Ben, and the Rockets started their first offense.
After the game started, the Rocket's attack power was fully released by the basketball. Allen's two three-pointers, the Rockets' header attack started from the outside.
In the opening 5 minutes, Ray? Allen has hit five shots in a row, which makes the Lakers and Ray Brown? Allen's defense against Kobe Bryant was very uncomfortable, and Kobe Bryant thought in his heart: Am I really not as good as Ray? Aaron? I don't believe I can't beat him.
Thinking of this, the pass that had been decided became a solo one, only to see Kobe Bryant holding the ball, a very beautiful change of direction in advance, and then leaning against Ray? Aaron burst in.
Obviously, Kobe underestimated the Rockets' interior players, Shan Ben and Garnett began to shrink inward, Kobe didn't care about them anymore, and he hit the Rockets' restricted area with one step, and then rose up and dodged Garnett's block, but Big Ben's block is not so easy to deal with. I only heard a 'pop', and the basketball in Kobe's hand was covered all of a sudden.
Looking at the basketball that had flown out of the sideline, Big Ben couldn't help but start roaring, and the shark stepped forward to look at Rocket Kobe, said nothing, and walked back inside, waiting for the next opportunity to attack.
And this offense is that Rice made an attempt to shoot in the middle, the shot did not go in, and the rebound was controlled by Big Ben, and this time it was the Rockets' turn to attack.
The double reversal was entangled and squeezed like this, waiting for the end of the first quarter of the game.
However, with 2 minutes left in the first quarter, the happiest time for all Chinese fans came, and Da Yao played.
The game continued, but when Da Yao took the position, Da Yao's community could only be pushed out constantly.
Seeing O'Neal's active defense, he was ready to pass the ball, but he wanted to crook the corner of his eye, just look at the vacancy behind the shark, Da Yao didn't think about it, just turned around, left the opponent behind, and strode in.
With a "boom", the basketball was pressed into the basket, and the 2.26-meter height was hung on the rebound like that, and the rocket at this time was already the strongest noise according to the cheers of the fans.
In addition to the home commentator Kenny? Smith and his partner Drexler are recklessly commenting on the Rockets' opponents, the Los Angeles Lakers.
Watching Da Yao do this, O'Neill almost couldn't help it, he really didn't expect that a rookie would have such an ability.
O'Neill decided to take revenge on his opponent by smashing one on his opponent's head.
Thinking of this, O'Neal went deep into the inner line and began to ask frequently, and Harper could only pass the request over when he saw it.
I saw O'Neal's body slam into it, and then he turned around and was about to go to the basket.
It's a pity that O'Neill directly attracted a whistle this time, and when he looked back, Da Yao was already sitting on the ground and had committed a foul.
At the end of the first quarter of the game, the Rockets were already leading their opponents, and although it was only 3 points, it was already the result of the efforts of the Rockets players.
After the start of the second quarter of the game, Da Yao did not play, and O'Neal could only vent his resentment against Da Yao on Da Yao.
But is Big Ben that easy to deal with? Obviously not, Big Ben's muscles are not so easy to deal with.
O'Neal was still waiting for Da Yao to play, and the strange thing is that in the second quarter, Da Yao didn't play, but sent Olajuwon. After playing the big dream, he proved that he was indeed not old, and the continuous shaking was just like the competition between the two sides when the shark was still in magic in 95.
The Sharks are defeated.
Olajuwon won the victory.
At halftime, Lao Tang said to the Rockets' players: "Now the Rockets are in great difficulty, that shark has hit our heads, let's play, guys, let us beat our opponents." ”
By the end of the day, the Rockets still didn't let Da Yao play until the end of the game.
After the start of the second half, the Lakers' offensive power was more powerful, and O'Neal and Kobe Bryant took turns to wreak havoc on the Rockets' interior line.
However, when defending, O'Neal was teased by the Rocket's interior combination, often Big Ben came out to block people, and then begged to hand it over to Garnett, under Garnett's dispatch and command, the other players of the Rockets were taking advantage of O'Neal's absence to attack on the inside, but O'Neal did not come to each other, so the other shots were quite powerful The Rockets led all the way at the end of the game and ended the game.
107:99 The Lakers lost, and the most depressed was O'Neal, who was teased by a rookie of the Rockets, but he had no way to take revenge, O'Neal, who was extremely unhappy, walked to Da Yao and said: "Boy, the NBA is not so easy to mix, next time see how I entertain you at the Lakers' home court." ”
Da Yao just smiled faintly and said, "I will accompany you to the end." ”
(To be continued)