After the Rockets defeated the Lakers, the Rockets did not leave Los Angeles, and their next opponent is also a Los Angeles team, the Los Angeles Clippers.

The course and outcome of the game were already predetermined, and the Clippers simply did not have the strength to resist the Rockets.

105:88 The Rockets won the opponent easily. After two Los Angeles away games, the Rockets are back on their home court, where they will face the Kings, Nets and Suns in a row on their home court.

What the Rockets don't know at this time is that now the living are also freely brewing a trade, they need an interior player who can provide a barrier for O'Neal on defense, AC Green is obviously no longer able to do so, and the Lakers must make up for such a shortcoming if they want to win the final victory.

In the previous life, they got the old goblin of Horry, but now Horry has been quite nourished in the Rockets, so he will not come to the Lakers, so the Lakers must make up for their shortcomings, they need a big forward who can defend and move quickly, so that they will not be blown up by the big forward army in the West in the playoffs.

However, such a player is not easy to know, for this Phil? Jackson directly found Old Bass, explained the cause of the incident, and after thinking about it for a long time, Old Bass couldn't make a final decision, and finally the two found General Manager Kubchak.

Kubchak listened to the question, thought for a while and said: "This problem, I don't think there is any problem, I think the contract of about 3 million can be done, now Truss?" Snyder's contract is 2.8 million, and with some cash, I think it can be done, or with a German in addition? George or Taryn? Lu, it's enough, if there are not enough personnel, just find someone and give a basic salary contract, it's completely fine. ”

Phil? Jackson said with some embarrassment: "Mickey, can you handle this one?" You know, it's hard to find a defensive interior like this now. ”

Kubchak nodded and said: "There should be no problem, first of all, there are a few candidates at hand now, one is the warrior's Adonal?" Foyer, this person has been playing the main team for a lot of time in the Warriors, with good footsteps and good speed, averaging 20 minutes per game, 6 points and 6 rebounds, and he is only 24 years old, his potential is also good, and his value is also very cheap, and now he is only about 2 million, he is a good young man. And the Ocella of the Grizzlies now? Harrington, who is now averaging 13 points and 47 rebounds per game, is in the prime of life at the age of 26, and has been in the Rockets for two years, I think he should have good experience in dealing with Garnett, and he is worth about 2 million. ”

Phil? After listening to Kubchak's introduction, Jackson was silent for a while and said: "Mitch, is there any player who is a little older, preferably around 30 years old, I think one needs some experience." ”

Kubchak as soon as he heard Phil? Jackson's opinion, involuntarily scratched his head and said, "About 30 years old, let me take a look." After speaking, he took out some materials in the large folder he carried. Then, I searched for it.

After a while, Kubchak said, "Irving of the Bucks? How about Johnson, 32 years old, averaging 5 points and 8 rebounds per game, he is definitely a defensive backbone, and now he has 25 minutes of playing time per game, and he is worth only 3 million, what do you think. ”

As he spoke, he handed the information to Old Bass, who took a look at it and transferred it to Phil? Jackson, the Zen master took a closer look at the results and said, "Is there a video of his game, I want to see it." ”

Kubchak nodded and said, "There is a video, Phil, you can take it back and take a look, but the video of this person's game is not very long, I hope it will help you." ”

Phil? Jackson said with a smile: "Then my good thank you, you must know that now the Lakers have strengthened in all positions, and now there is such a person, if this person can do it, then the Lakers have the ability and the Rockets to call the board." ”

Mickey? Kubuchak also said with a smile: "Yes, I am also a veteran player of the Lakers, and I also hope that the Lakers can rise again. ”

Kubchak's words are very intriguing, but where did old Bass just not hear it, but Phil? Jackson has also seen a lot of wind and waves, so these few words are obviously talking about Phil? Jackson listened, but Phil? Jackson just pretended that he didn't hear it, and he knew that now was not the time to get angry.

Phil? Jackson gets Irving? After Johnson's information, he went home to study it, and Kubchak was left behind by the old Bass.

Kubchak looked at his boss, the founder of the Lakers' glory in the 80s, and his heart was full of respect, Kubchak opened his mouth and said, "Mr. Bass, do you have anything to do with me?" ”

Old Buss didn't talk nonsense, so he said: "Mitch, I know you may have some thoughts about Phil, but I hope you can bear with it, you must know that there are really not many coaches who can control the current Lakers kids." And a lot of them are still in charge of the team, I hope you understand. ”

Kubchak stood up abruptly and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Bass, I'm not a person who doesn't know what is important. Looking at the general manager of the Lakers who was a little scared, he was naturally very happy in his heart, and he enjoyed this respect very much.

Old Bas said very gently: "Mickey, don't be like this between you and me, you do things, I don't worry." After speaking, he waved his hand and asked Kubchak to go to work.

The next day, Phil? Jackson directly found Kubchak, and said with red eyes: "That's him, Mitch, I think Owen?" Johnson's transfer is not very difficult. ”

Kubchak laughed and let Phil? Jackson sat down and said, "Shouldn't it be difficult, Truss? Snyder's worth is about the same as him, less than 3 million, the salary is basically the same, there should be no problem, if it goes well, it will be basically 10 days. ”

Looking at an excited Phil? Jackson, Kubchak said the situation very calmly.

Listening to Kubchak's presentation, Phil? Jackson is also very happy, because the strength of the team increases, the greater the chance of winning their challenge to the Rockets.

After coming out of the general manager's office in Kubchak, Phil? Jackson rushed straight to the training ground. Waiting for good news from Kubchak.

Sure enough, less than ten days later, the Lakers have Truss? Snyder and a small amount of cash and the Bucks traded Irving? Johnson has strengthened himself at the power forward position.

It was a small deal that barely attracted much attention from the outside world, and even the Lakers' local media did not cover it in detail. But the rest of the league, especially the championship-aiming teams, are keeping a lot of eye on the deal.

After Lao Tang learned the news in training, he said loudly to Garnett, who was training on the court: "I said, Kevin, the next time I meet the Lakers, it won't be so easy to deal with, and I see that the inside line of others has begun to strengthen again." ”

Garnett, who was training on the court, smiled and said: "Coach, don't worry, we all know the way of the Lakers, and I have also learned Irving, and now they can't deal with me." ”

Lao Tang also said with a smile: "Don't be careless, people are coming to the big forward group in the entire West, and it's only been a few days since the game with the Lakers, and people have started to recruit troops." You can't be careless next time, if you are really careless and repaired by others, you will really lose face. This sentence was said to all the Rockets players, and the Rockets laughed loudly, although they remembered Lao Tang's words in their hearts, but they still maintained a relaxed demeanor on the surface.

They don't think about anything else right now, they're preparing for the home game against the Kings right now.

This is the fourth time that the Rockets have played against the Kings this season, and everyone is already old rivals, and when the game started, both sides didn't think about anything else, and directly took out their best skills and started fighting.

Today's game, the Rockets made Da Yao a starter for the first time, because Big Ben's leg muscles were a little strained and needed to rest for a game.

In this way, Da Yao became the Rocket's starter for the first time, and Da Yao, who was a little excited, won the opponent in the rare jump ball. Yes, a Divac who can't jump anymore, if Da Yao can't win in jumping, then don't mess up.

Da Yao, who has been in the United States for more than half a year, has undergone a huge change in his physical condition, the body muscle mechanism and leg bones, ankle joints, toes and other parts have undergone tremendous changes, compared to the fragile big man in the previous life, the current Da Yao has been much harder, which makes the human scientists in the rocket sports laboratory very happy, because they have successfully extended the sports life of a big man by at least 5 years, and now they can be called the best sports laboratory in the United StatesNow some athletes in other sports in the United States are also being examined and making training plans here, and the fame here has increased dramatically for a while.

However, the private hostage lab also allows them to serve the rocket more often, and athletes who want to come here to inspect and develop a training plan really can't get in if they don't have to do it.

In this way, the business volume of Dawson and Lao Tang has risen sharply, and many people in the sports world have found these two people to find a relationship to see if they can be checked.

After the start of the game, Da Yao showed a strong fighting spirit, and under Divac's close defense, Da Yao played quite well today.

Divac, who defended Yao, was quite depressed, because his defenders could not understand his Yugoslav English. So, his Yugoslav trash talk didn't work much.

Da Yao leaned his back against Divac, his back shook slightly, and he felt Divac's defensive strength, and felt that the defense behind him was not as strong as he imagined.

Da Yao secretly took a breath, stabilized his heart, when dribbling with his back, suddenly changed the rhythm of the dribble, a quick turn, directly flashed Divac behind him, facing Weber, who had already made up the defense, without hesitation was a one-handed violent buckle, Da Yao's huge body and Webber collided hard in the air, but Yao Ming's huge physical advantage prevailed, Weber was directly bounced back, and I have to admit that the group of people in the rocket sports laboratory are absolute geniuses. In just half a year, Da Yao's body has made such progress, which is really eye-catching.

With a bang, Da Yao's violent dunk spread throughout the Sky Arena along with the speaker on the rebound, and the Rockets fans in the audience began to cheer with this violent dunk, they have seen the bright future of this Chinese big man.

Garnett went up and said loudly to Da Yao, who was standing under the basket, "Hey, man, you're amazing, just do it, practice these bunch of crumbs." ”

Da Yao's dunk is quite morale-boosting, while Divac and Webb are quite faceless, being defeated by a first-grader like this, even if he is the champion, they can't afford such a blow.

The two of them, whose eyes were already on fire, exchanged glances with each other, and the revenge of the two began.

Looking back, the Rockets started to defend, and Da Yao was even more energetic because of a dunk just now, and when he was facing Divac, he was even more proactive in defense.

And the old fritter Divac took the initiative to make a cooperation with Weber, and after getting stuck in the position, he took the initiative to ask Williams for the ball, Williams's pass is still very good, even if he is in the Heat in the future, his pass is quite in place.

The ball was handed over to Divac, and Divac also felt Da Yao's defense, which was also a half-turned feint, directly jamming Da Yao's position, and Webb came in from a high position with a big stride at this time, and Garnett was Colis? Williams blocked and couldn't catch up.

Watching Weber shake off Garnett, Divac passed the ball, and Webber, who received the ball, dribbled the ball with both hands, and jumped up with his legs to meet Da Yao, who had been stuck in Divac's position, had no way to jump, he could only helplessly open his hands to meet Weber's face buckle, Webber wanted to avenge the ball that had just been knocked off.

The idea is very good, and the cooperation is very good, but the things of life are not as good as expected, just like this time. Everything is perfect, this player is scoring so this goal is definitely the top 10 goals of the day, Da Yao will be the background.

But there is one person who quits, that person is Garnett, Garnett, who was just blocked, saw that he was blocked, and he was chuckling in his heart, he knew that Weber was going to change Da Yao.

Watching his teammates being deducted by the opponent, this is not Garnett's style, the moment he was blocked, Garnett made a beautiful turn and threw off Corliss at once? Williams, two big strides chased after him from the other side.

When he saw Webb receive the ball, Garnett had already run to Da Yao's side, and Garnett, who jumped up from the side, looked at Webb flying in the sky, aimed at the basketball in his hand, a standard volleyball smash action, and pulled the basketball out directly with a 'snap'.

Webb, who watched the basketball being pumped out in the air, was already stupid, he didn't know when Garnett was catching up, Garnett's ultra-light athleticism gave Webb a heavy blow.

Garnett, who successfully defended it, began to roar loudly while hammering his fist into his chest after landing on the ground, watching all the Kings players around him feel a burst of heart palpitations.

On the Rockets, on the other hand, they are very excited, and they know that such a block can definitely reduce the morale of their opponents to freezing points.

As expected by the other players of the Rockets, the Rockets dominated the court in the following games, and Da Yao and Garnett were like a big net, covering all the players who wanted to work inside the Rockets.

On the offensive end, the cooperation between Garnett and Da Yao has become more and more tacit, Da Yao's super high basketball IQ has been fully played, and the 2.26-meter height has become a beacon on the Rocket court, illuminating all the Rocket players who are ready to enter the restricted area.

At halftime, the Rockets had a 14-point lead, and lost by 14 points at halftime, and Adelman could only explain the tactics and precautions to the Kings players in the locker room.

When the bell rang for the players to come on the pitch, Adelman said very seriously: "Guys, I know what you are thinking now, but you must know that a strong team must have a strong heart, and without this strong heart, you have no hope of success." So, I want to see a fighting king in the second half, not a decadent king. ”

Listening to Adelman's words, everyone in the king was silent, everyone was silently reflecting on themselves, and everyone was also thinking about what the heart of a strong man is.

Just when the Kings players were thinking, the referee had already personally urged the Kings to play, and with their own thoughts, the second half of the game between the Kings and the Rockets continued.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, the Kings' players on the court still thought about Adelman's words, and did not react for a while, and after being beaten a few quick counterattacks, Webb forced himself to calm down, and then said loudly to his players: "Guys, cheer up, I don't want to lose at the end of the game, then we really have no face to go home, do you want to become a castrated rooster and go home in ashes?" ”

Listening to the language of his team leader, the first to reply was Nick? Anderson, just listen to him say loudly, "Okay, guys, even if we're going to hell right away, we're going to bite off a piece of Rocket's flesh." ”

The other players were also loudly echoing, and in the games that followed, the Rockets clearly felt that the opponent had changed dramatically mentally.

Although the Rockets still have a huge advantage on the field, the opponent's resistance has been significantly strengthened. The whole second half of the game can be described as a good game between the two sides, until the end of the game, the score of the two sides is still 14 points apart.

105:91 Although the king lost the game, at least he kept his dignity, and they also knew how to be strong, that is, never give up.

(To be continued)