"The Rockets replaced Howard with Azubuuk. It seems that he wants to take special care of Kobe. Azubuuk's offense, although average, is tighter defensively than Wells. Drexler introduced.

"yes. Offensively, the Rockets need Wells, but now it's mostly defense. Matt Bullard laughed.

Both commentators are former players and have a good eye for it, and of course they noticed that Jeff Van Gundy often let Bunch Wells stay on the field in garbage time to brush up on the stats, but the person who focused on developing was Azubuuk, who took the game very seriously and spared no physical strength when defending, which made a great impression.

Many teams will inflate the value of a player who has been sent away by letting the player who has been sent away go through the stats before the trade. Some experts can see it, but they won't say it, this is an unspoken rule of the NBA.

The game started anew, and the Lakers also made substitutions, replacing Walton, replacing Turyaf, and also defending a joint defense.

The Rockets hit the ball to Hayes.

Turyaf is 208cm tall and weighs 112 kilograms, and has no other characteristics, but is strong. The Lakers replaced him in order to allow him to use his power to limit Hayes and put pressure on him.

Hayes took the ball from the outside, and against Turyaf, he had a speed advantage.

He stepped down twice to get past Turyaf and into the interior, where Radmanovic blocked his breakaway.

Radmanovic is also 208cm tall, his style of play is soft, his defense is not good, and his offense can only swing on the outside. Hayes can hit Radmanovic and stagger, but there is no time, as long as he uses a back shot, Turyaf will catch up and form a trap.

Hayes distributed the ball to the outside Battier, who wanted to pass it again, but the Lakers players were already in place, and Battier had to transfer the ball to Yao Ming.

Yao Ming turned around and made a jumper, and the ball was deflected.

Kwame Brown can't attack, but his tall, strong and fast defense is also a typical headache for Yao Ming. At this time, although there is a vacancy, it is difficult to pass the ball to the vacant position due to the distance from the Rocket's ball carrier and the person in the middle.

Yao Ming can only use a turnaround jumper, and the inside containment is greatly reduced. If Yao Ming can pass a good ball at this time, the rocket will play much better, because of the height advantage, Yao Ming does not have the situation of not being able to see his teammates, but unfortunately his passing awareness is not good enough.

The Lakers protected the backcourt rebound and passed it to Kobe. Battier and Azubuke stepped back together to trap Kobe.

Bryant dribbled the ball near the free throw line and made a pull-back jumper. Battier and Azubuike also failed to make a difference, and the ball went in again.

13 to 20.

The Rockets attacked, handed the ball to Hayes, and the Lakers were also on the board.

No way? Again? You should go and wrap Yao Ming. Hayes complained in his heart, he had not been caught before, but this was the first time in this way.

The Lakers' two big men did not want to completely block Hayes's shooting angle, but to prevent him from hitting the basket, forcing him to shoot only on the outside and in the high post when someone was defending.

"Looks like Hayes is in trouble. The Lakers' approach to defending him is exactly what the Rockets used against LeBron James when they played the Cavaliers last week. At that time, James's shooting percentage dropped dramatically, what would Hayes do? He passed. Drexler said.

Hayes was able to get past Turyaf without a pick-and-roll, but Demanovic would be able to follow him right away, making it impossible for him to make an easy move. His first step start speed is not bad, but when he has to dribble the ball continuously, his speed slows down, and he is easy to be caught up by those who catch up behind.

He opted to pass the ball and Alston shot a glorious shot.

Kwame Brown grabbed the rebound in the backcourt.

Battier and Azubuuk testered Bryant, who turned the ball to Radmanovic on the perimeter, who was transferred to Turyaf after attracting Hayes to make a backup. Turyaf has very few offensive means, only the basket, and he holds the ball with both hands and dunks vigorously.

13 to 22. The Rockets trailed by nine points.

Something has to be done at this time. How can you break the other party's bag? Hayes misses Maddy very much, if Maddie is here, the Lakers will definitely not be so easy on the outside, and they dare not take a bag against him unscrupulously.

Alston passed the ball to Yao Ming, and Kwame Brown defended Yao Ming in front of him. Yao Ming was in a difficult position, and finally received a pass, and Kobe Bryant stepped forward to take a trap on Yao Ming. Yao narrowly dodged the bag and handed it to Azubuike, who made a three-point jumper in the open position and didn't score.

The rebound was taken by the Lakers again. Turyaf used his wide body to keep Hayes out, allowing Smush Parker to pick up the rebound with ease.

The rockets continued to attack and did not score. Kobe Bryant received the ball in the backcourt and brought it to the frontcourt himself, Azubuuk retreated inside, and Battier followed. Bryant hit a jumper one step from beyond the three-point line. The ball went in again......

13 to 25.

The game went in a direction that no one expected, and without Odom, the Lakers had a big lead over the Rockets.

Next, the Lakers' shooting percentage finally dropped, but the Rockets' efficiency was lower, and after the Lakers adopted a wrap-and-hold defense against Hayes, the Rockets' offense was dumb, not because they couldn't pass the space, but after the pass was empty, the outside players couldn't shoot. In the end, he could only rely on Yao Ming's inside singles to catch up with the score.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led by 16 points, 18-34.

Watching Kobe Bryant play, he often encounters a bag that does not pass the ball and chooses to play strongly. Hayes had previously felt that this treatment was inappropriate.

Sometimes, the team needs someone to stand up and make a strong shot, even in the face of a bag, and when the team as a whole can't open, it needs individual ability to open the situation.

Bryant scored 20 points in a single quarter and single-handedly overwhelmed the Rockets. This is nothing short of a provocation to the modern style of team basketball. Kobe Bryant was too accurate and seemed unstoppable. This is only the first quarter, and if he can maintain this touch, Kobe Bryant will have to score at least 60 points.

Hayes began to admire Kobe. He found the gap between himself and Kobe, and that is personal ability. His individual ability is still not strong enough, although he can score in singles, but if the opponent is full of sandwich, he will feel difficult.

Kobe Bryant can calmly dribble the ball in the face of the bag, he dares to shoot, and he can throw. He jumped very high and shot high, and was able to dodge the block, and the opponent blocked his face with his hand, and he couldn't change his feel.

Hayes can't. He is not as flexible as Kobe Bryant and relies more on strength. One-on-one can squeeze away from the opponent, and when encountering a double bag, especially a person taller than him, his disadvantage in athleticism is undoubtedly revealed, if he is forced to shoot, not to mention whether he can guarantee the shooting rate, the opponent's big hat is likely to fall on his head.

It's a real tragedy of floor flow.

Hayes couldn't break the bag, and his teammates hit the iron frequently.

In the past, when Maddie was on the floor, he gave Hayes the illusion that as long as he attracted the bag and passed the ball, his teammates could easily score. Now that Maddie isn't on it, I realize that this is not the case at all. Without Maddie, the Rockets' outside offense was directly lowered by a notch. Alston's specialty is wave throwing, and Azubuike is not good, although his attitude on the court has been recognized by the coaching staff, but when it comes to offense, at this time in his previous life, he is still looking for a feeling in the NBDL......

In the second quarter of the game, Kobe Bryant took a 6-minute break, and the Rockets failed to recover the score. The Lakers consistently maintained a 15-plus point lead.

The Lakers' bench Farmar and Vujacic each hit three-pointers.

The Rockets' outside offense couldn't be opened at all.

Seeing that the game showed a one-sided trend, Drexler said helplessly: "I really didn't expect the Lakers to play the Rockets like this on the road, and they all said that the Lakers players did not support Kobe Bryant enough." The rest of the Lakers performed well today, and the Rockets' outside line was completely dumb. Alston was 1 of 6 and Battier was 1 of 5. The rocket really can't do without Maddie. ”

Matt Bullard said: "It's fine if it's just the outside linemen. Hayes was also completely disrupted by the pack. He missed six shots in a row, which is not his style, and in this game, we finally saw his shortcomings, which is that he is not very good at breaking bags......" said Matt Bullard. The commentary of the two commentators is obviously biased, and neither wants to see the Rockets lose.

Hayes didn't want to lose even more, so he mustered up his strength and beat a few.

However, during this time, he seemed to be possessed by the god of decay. Every professional player has had this experience, the feeling suddenly became cold, and he couldn't shoot.

When he needed to chase points the most, Hayes encountered this situation. He pushed past Radmanovic and missed the jumper; ran out of the three-point line, dodged the defense and turned around and missed the jumper; squeezed into the three-second zone and shook off the opponent with his feet in the sea, and the small hook hand under the basket did not enter; Grab a frontcourt rebound, dunk and dunk away!

Even a rookie shouldn't be like this, right? Am I cursed by Odom?

Hayes was substituted for a break and was a little frustrated.

I remember that before the game, he chatted with Thibodeau and said: "I will definitely not become the same as Kobe, it's not that I have low self-esteem, I don't think Kobe is the strongest." He's not a team player, and while he's impressive, it's certainly painful to be a team-mate. ”

Kobe Bryant's teammates are in pain? Hayes now really wishes he could be like Kobe Bryant, if only he could score consistently under the pack. He is indeed different from Kobe, because he is far worse than scoring ability.

"Don't worry, everyone has times when they don't play well, and I'm sure you'll get back in a while." Jeff Van Gundy said.

"I'm sorry, but I'm still not good enough to attack. But...... I'll improve. Hayes put a towel over his head and said to Thibodeau, who was beside him: "Tom, when I train again, I want to practice strong playing, you are right, you can't just rely on passing." ”

Thibodeau smiled and nodded. He often used defensive tactics to pack Hayes in team practice matches, and Hayes chose to pass the ball almost every time. For this reason, Thibodeau talked to him, hoping that he could solve the problem with a strong blow. Hayes' idea was that wouldn't it make more sense to find a way to get the ball into the open space? I'm a reasonable emperor.

Now, he's figured it out. How to play is reasonable, it depends on the state of teammates, knowing that they are inefficient and still passing, reasonable will become unreasonable.

At this point, the rocket asks for a timeout. Battier committed three crimes.

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