Chapter 19: Encounter the Rocket Again

It's just over the halfway point of November, and the Lakers have already gone through two back-to-back games, but their bad luck is not over, and there are still two back-to-back schedules waiting for them. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Throughout November, the Lakers had to go through a total of 4 back-to-back games, and this kind of devilish schedule is difficult for even old birds to adjust, let alone a few rookies who have just entered the NBA.

With such a busy schedule, injuries have undoubtedly become a concern for Harris, and he is considering whether to reduce the playing time of these lads until November is safe.

Yet his worst fears came true.

Fisher sprained his wrist in an inconsequential game on November 17 against the Suns, who are at the bottom of the West, and will miss four games against the Warriors, Jazz, Spurs and Rockets the following week.

Although the Lakers defeated the Suns 100-89 without blood, Harris's face was still a little gloomy.

Everyone knows that the Lakers have Kobe, Tony, and Jones, and often they overlook this year's other rookie, Derrick Fisher.

Harris he doesn't think Fisher's absence is irrelevant, on the contrary, Fisher's role is very critical, his speed is not fast, but he is also in the middle of the point guard, not tall, only 185cm, but his strong body can make up for this deficiency to a certain extent, he can defend the vast majority of point guard players, the most important thing is that he has a very good view of the overall situation, his mind is also extremely calm, although the passing is not bright but very accurate, and his open three-point is also stable enough, although he has no independent offensive ability, But the Lakers don't need him to attack, and in just this half-month game, he has gradually been able to play the role of an outside defensive guard and a stable battery.

It's also a talent to adapt quickly to the NBA.

While he's only averaging 5.3 points and 3.1 assists per game so far this season, Fisher is the kind of player whose role can't be explained by stats, and he's a perfect role player. It is also for this reason that Harris has always put him in the starting position.

And Fisher's injury and retirement, so Harris can only put Rumil Robinson in the starter, to be honest, Robinson does not have the ability to be a starter, but this is also Harris's helpless move, the current Lakers, he can only choose to be taller among the short.

Fisher's absence exposed the Lakers' shortcomings, and they lost the game against the Golden State Warriors.

Warriors Hall of Fame-level small forward Chris Mullin has lived up to his strength in the past two years, but he can still contribute a steady 15+5+5 output every night, but the Warriors also have a very ugly-looking guy, "Alien" Ratlier Sprewell.

He can't take on the responsibility of leading the team forward, but it can't be denied that he is strong, and he has averaged 26.7 points, 4.1 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game in nine games so far this season.

However, the team has only won three of these nine games.

The final score was 95-102. While Jones and Bryant scored 20 and 15 points, respectively, the Lakers' point guard proved to be a lethal point, with Robinson scoring just four points on 2-of-9 shooting and allowing veteran Mark Price to score 18 points and six assists across from him.

The Lakers are yet to come out of the shadow of the loss to the Warriors, and they will be hit again in the upcoming back-to-back road games against the Jazz.

91-113, the Jazz brutally dismembered the Lakers.

If the loss to the Jazz, who have the "black and white" of John Stockton and Karl Malone, is still within Harris's acceptable range, then Kobe's injury is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue.

In a very ordinary layup, Bryant hit his own foot.

Fortunately, Bryant's injury is not serious, but he will also miss the next game against the Spurs.

The team's senior players have been injured in a series of injuries that cast a shadow over everyone's face when the Lakers returned to Los Angeles.

After a day's rest, the Lakers finally defeated the Spurs 103-93 at home to end the losing streak.

The Lakers' next opponent is the Rockets, and this is the second time they have met the Rockets in less than half a month, but this time on the Lakers' home court.

Bryant's feet were almost better, but to be on the safe side, Harris decided to let him take a break for another game, and although Bryant strongly protested, he couldn't change the coach's decision.

The Lakers had a day off, Harris didn't have many training assignments, they had back-to-back games to play, and Harris didn't want any more injuries.

Since Tony's last matchup with Olajuwon, he has put away his frizz and started to work on his basket skills.

Bryant helped him find a lot of footage of Olajuwon's games, and whenever training was over, Tony would stay in front of the TV and study it over and over again.

He did have a realization.

For tomorrow's game, Tony is already vaguely looking forward to it.

The next night, the Forum Arena was packed, and although everyone knew that the Lakers were no match for the defending champion Rockets, fans spontaneously came to the scene to cheer on their team.

The game begins.

Toney won the jump ball, which gave him a bit more confidence.

Rumir Robinson was quick, and he took advantage of the Rockets' unstable footing to quickly blitz into the Rockets' box.

But what is surprising is that one of the fat men in the Rockets team rushed towards Robinson at a speed that was not in harmony with his size, and everyone looked at Flying Pig Barkley.

"Smack!"

Pegboard hat!

Barkley slapped Robinson's basketball directly on the rebound, and poor Robinson, like a boat in a stormy wave, was blown away by a big wave.

Barkley grabbed the rebound, and he quickly kicked off a fast-track break.

The Lakers didn't even have anyone who could stop him, the only Robinson and Jones who could keep up with Barkley's speed, one was lying on the ground and couldn't get up, and the other saw Barkley's fat body and silently gave up defense.

Just kidding, let this fat man who rushed up pretend, that's damn.

"Bang!"

Barkley dunked violently, and the basket couldn't help but buzz and tremble under his vigorous destruction.

Even after all this happened, Robinson didn't have time to get up.

This is the power of the four gods on the basketball court - the flexible fat man.

Tony reluctantly pulled Robinson up, otherwise he didn't know how long this Robin would have to lie on the ground.