Chapter 274: Finally Easier
After the Rockets got rid of the Trail Blazers, the Rockets finally ushered in a relatively easy period of play, challenging the Grizzlies, Suns and Clippers on three consecutive road trips, and then returning to their home court to face the Suns and Grizzlies.
It's not that I know if the Grizzlies and the Suns are unlucky, or the Rockets are unlucky, anyway, they bump twice a week.
By the time Tiger grinned and took the title deed to a small island in the South Pacific, the Rockets had flown to Vancouver to challenge the Grizzlies.
I thought it would be a game with a disparity in strength, but what people didn't expect was that the Rockets encountered stubborn resistance from the Grizzlies on the road.
The Grizzlies' three major inside lines began to fight back tenaciously, Abdul? Rahim, Ocela? Harrington and Brand put up a stubborn thwart against the rockets.
The most fierce resistance is Brand, in Brand's opinion, it is entirely possible for him to join the Rockets, and he is the biggest candidate for the top prize.
Especially when Yao Ming was on the court, Brand, who had a height difference of more than 20 centimeters, resisted Da Yao with all his might, and did not allow Da Yao to exert his strength easily.
And when it is time for him to attack, he is attacking Da Yao with all his might, trying to prove in front of the world that he is the best player in the 99 draft.
However, this is not just Brand's idea, the weakness of the Grizzlies backcourt has greatly restricted the pace of the Grizzlies' progress, and the Grizzlies management at this time is already eager to find a few good backcourt players.
Due to the loss of control in the backcourt, the Rockets' backcourt players had a chance to perform, Bodi Loga's three-pointer, Ray? Allen's three-pointer, Horry's three-pointer, Saullius' three-pointer off the bench, Harplin's three-pointer, today's Rockets players have all turned into three-point machines, constantly hitting the Grizzlies' basket.
The Grizzlies collapsed in front of the Rockets' three-point rain, and after three quarters of stubborn resistance, the Rockets finally established a score advantage. Hill replaced the main team when the game entered garbage time, and Brand, who was substituted, returned to the court, looking very bad. Hill said softly: "Elton, you are still young, don't be so strong, you still have a lot of time, you will have a chance to prove yourself." ”
Brand just suppressed the anger in his heart and nodded, and put his eyes on the field from the new, watching the big Chinese man perform on the field.
Although the Grizzly Bear resisted very tenaciously, the Rocket, which had a clear advantage in strength, still relied on the rocket's outside artillery group to successfully defeat the opponent.
Took away a win away from home.
At 110:92, Brand looked at the Rockets who walked out of the arena with a smile, and his eyes showed unwillingness, and the pain after being defeated was tearing at his heart all the time.
After beating the Grizzlies on the road, the Rockets flew straight to Phoenix to challenge the Suns.
This year's Suns have brought in Penny Hardaway, although the power of Penny has dropped a lot after being plagued by injuries. However, 'pennies' are 'pennies' after all, and after stubbornly overcoming his injuries, Hardaway once again showed his fangs.
In the last 15 games of the Suns, Penny has started all of them, averaging 17 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists per game, making him an indispensable player for the Suns.
However, now the head coach of the Suns has made up his mind, because Danny? Angie's former parent club, Celtic, has called him back as the club's deputy general manager.
At a time when there is some confusion within the team, it is doubtful how much more fighting power the Suns can have.
In such a situation, the Rockets visited Phoenix, and the game against the Suns was considered a one-sided game.
The real situation of the game is also like this, after the injury Hardaway is more relying on his own experience and awareness to play, last year's 'penny' in the Magic played all 50 regular season games is a great damage to his body, although the spirit is commendable, but also aggravated his injury, after coming to the Suns, the Sun's excellent team doctor and injury treatment mode, greatly extended Hardaway's game time and athletic life, as long as there is no major injury, he has no problem playing for a few years.
The rocket didn't expect that the current sun would be in such a state, and after a careful test at the beginning, he found that the sun was always in a listless state, and the rocket began to start.
Big Ben and Bodi Loga's air relay, the 33-year-old Crawford is no longer able to stop such an offensive from the sky, at this time Big Ben is like a wild dog in foraging to see the bones flying in the air, old Crawford has become the background, Big Ben's violent dunk makes the Suns' basket tremble uncontrollably, and many Suns fans are praying that the basketball hoop at their home court will not be buckled.
Big Ben, who completed the dunk, roared wildly and made a toned move, showing off his biceps.
This dunk is just a fragment of this game, under the dispatch of Bodi Loga, the Rockets continue to wreak havoc on the opponent's interior, Gugliotta can't stop Garnett's turnover jumper at all, and can only watch the opponent keep shooting on his head and keep scoring.
When the Suns' inner line was unbalanced, the Suns' outside line also lost its original power, and the new trident in the Suns' backcourt was scattered. Rogers was restrained by Horry, although Horry was still so silent, but the defensive gate on the outside of the Rockets was so easy to deal with, and under Horry's secret blockade, Rogers had basically disappeared.
Hardaway was thundered? Aaron is eyeing Ray, now? Allen has become one of the league's last defenders, after being tweaked by Drexler and Michael? After Jordan's wreathing, Ray? Allen has completely become the best defender. Dragging a wounded leg, Hardaway could no longer play his best role.
Kidd was targeted, looking at Bodi Loga in front of him, Kidd felt a deep powerlessness in his heart, this guy in front of him, although his defense was very average, he couldn't prevent himself at all, but he couldn't prevent him.
Kidd cursed secretly in his heart: What do you say you are doing when you are so tall, I can't let go at all, if you change guards with Penny, Hardaway will not be able to keep up with his leg with a jump, so he can only grit his teeth and fight.
The Rocket's offense was like a raging storm, and the Rockets only took half a time to completely defeat the opponent.
The Rockets' strong offensive power was at a glance in this half of the game, and after halftime, the Rockets were replaced by the substitutes, and slowly wore away the last trace of the Suns' fighting spirit with their own half-court offense.
At 109:93 at the end of the game, the Rockets won easily again on the road.
The Rockets, who are riding a four-game winning streak, are coming to Los Angeles, but this time they are not going to challenge the Lakers, but to challenge another team in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Clippers.
Seriously, I don't know if the Clippers who got the bearded were lucky or unlucky.
The current Clippers have this group of very good young people, like Taylor, like Derrick? Anderson, in addition to a barang? Davis, if they use a good coach, then maybe they'll be a playoff team in a season.
However, it's a pity that their current head coach, Chris? Ford is not such a figure, he simply can't put such a group of good young people together to form a real powerhouse.
Such a team can't have any impact on the Rockets at all, a plate of loose sand against an iron plate, a very stark contrast.
The Rockets won easily on the road, the main players of the Rockets did not exert their strength at all, and after two quarters, the Rockets began to practice.
Da Yao, Nazr? Muhammad, Haplin, Mobley plus Daniels, the Rockets' benches used their determined performances to make the final game a complete garbage time.
Da Yao played for 22 minutes, and scored 16 points, an amazing efficiency, especially when Da Yao faced the champion in 98 and Olawokandi, a very wonderful dream spin won a 2+1 to let everyone know, the champion in 98 is a parallel import, but the hungry champion in 99 is not a parallel import.
And Muhammad knows very well what he has to do, which is to defend and control the rebound, although the pace is a little slow, but Muhammad's judgment of position is still very good.
After controlling his own rebounds, the Rockets' offense has become more and more violent, and Halplin has now shown the essence of a villain, waving two big elbows on the court, making his defenders very helpless.
Now Mobley has the agility of the future, although the assists are relatively poor, but the pull-up jump shot, the three-point shot is still very sharp, and the Clippers players can only watch him hit his basket again and again.
Daniels not to mention, he gave Barang a good treat? Davis took a defensive lesson, although Daniels's offense is very bad, but this kid's defense and passing are still very sharp, and Daniels also knows his strengths and weaknesses, knows what he can do and what he wants to do.
By the end of the game, the giant scoreboard showed a score of 107-88, and the Rockets had won by 19 points on the road.
The rocket had quietly taken down 5 consecutive sounds at this time.
After the end of the trip to Los Angeles, the Rockets are finally home, well, the temptation to go home is great for you to admit. After finishing the game with the Clippers, the Rockets quickly got on their own plane and went home. The rocket, which had been flying outside for a week, shouted long live after hearing the day of vacation given by Lao Tang.
Looking at the stinky boys of the rockets, the monkeys jumped home one by one, looking at the empty airport hall, looking at the time, Lao Tang wailed and said in a low voice: "Why am I so stupid, why didn't I catch a person who sent me home, it seems that I still have to take a taxi." ”
Just when Lao Tang was about to take a taxi, a second-hand Chevrolet sedan stopped in front of him, a dark face appeared in front of him, and said to Lao Tang with a smile: "Get in the car, coach, I'll take you home." ”
Lao Tang looked at this kid who kept struggling for his dream, smiled involuntarily, didn't say anything, opened the car door and sat in the co-pilot's seat, fastened his seat belt, and said, "Bruce, you should know where my home is." ”
Bowen smiled and said, "I know, you've done a good job of coaching, and we'll be there soon." ”
After speaking, with one foot on the accelerator, the second-hand Chevrolet smoked green smoke and disappeared.
(To be continued)