"Played well" despite losing the game, in the player tunnel, Rockets assistant coach Sampson patted the tall and strong shoulder and said.

Gao Dazhuang inadvertently hit the first triple-double of his NBA career against the defending champion Heat, and his points, rebounds, and assists were all team-highs.

In today's victory over the Rockets, Dwyane Wade, one of the giants of the Heat, played 40 minutes and shot 8 of 18, and got 19 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 steal.

"I know a player who was a bit like he was three years ago and who is tall and strong now," Wade said, "He can organise the whole team on the court, play with his teammates and create chances for them, and he can score on his own, he's a very good player."

Wade smiled and pointed at himself as he spoke, which immediately caused a burst of snickering from the reporters interviewing, it turned out that Wade was hinting that the player he mentioned just now was himself.

Of course, as the number one star of the Heat team, James is naturally the focus of media interviews.

When asked James to list his favorite players in the league today, the Emperor Jr. gave the following names: "Kobe Bryant, Dwayne Wade, Kevin Durant, Derrick Rose and Kyrie Irving."

At this time, a Houston Rockets reporter seemed to deliberately remind the little emperor: "How is Harden of the Rockets?" ”

James frowned, thought for a moment and replied, "Oh, Harden, I think he's a great scorer, but there's another player on the Rockets who has a lot of potential, he's special."

"Who is it?" Journalists are unrelenting.

"He's from China," James responded with a smile.

"High's pull-up jump shot after blocking is reminiscent of Dwayne Wade," Heat head coach Spo also expressed his appreciation for the tall man, saying, "He can squeeze through tight gaps, tear through defenses, appear in the restricted area, and he's very confident in aggressiveness and pull-up jumpers."

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At the same time, there was also a lot of media in the Rockets' locker room.

The Rockets came close to handing the Heat their third loss of the season in the hands of the Knicks and Grizzlies, hitting 12 three-pointers in what looked like they were on the verge of beating the defending champions on their home turf.

However, LeBron's anti-sky play at the critical moment woke up Houston's dream early, and "Little Emperor" James scored 11 points in 6 minutes in the crucial fourth quarter to snatch the victory back from the Rockets by himself.

After the game, the Rockets were convinced by LeBron, and they were convinced.

In this game, Tall and Strong shouldered the heavy responsibility of defending LeBron on the defensive end of the defensive end, and when talking about the emperor's performance after the game, Tall and Strong was full of praise.

"We all did everything we could to limit his play, and I think we did okay for a while, but he came back at the crucial moment, and it was as simple as that" said the tall man helplessly, "I don't think anyone can stop him when he finds his senses"

Gao Dazhuang said that the Rockets' defensive strategy for LeBron in this game is to ensure that there is a special person to mark the defense, but also arrange players to assist in defense at any time, trying to prevent LeBron's breakthrough, and forcing him to make more difficult jump shots on the outside.

"We tried to make him unable to do what he does best, so he had to choose long-range jumpers and interfere with his shooting rhythm, and we did it very successfully," Gao Dazhuang continued, "but when it came to the critical moment, although I tried my best to stop him, LeBron still made some incredible shots, and that's the strength of a superstar."

As the top star of the Rockets, Harden scored 22 points in this game, but only shot 8-of-20 from the field under the Heat's key defense.

"It's very simple, LeBron dominated the game at the critical moment, and then they won" Harden said with a blank look on his face "At the critical moment, it was difficult for us to put the ball in the basket, and we couldn't stop LeBron from scoring on the defensive end, unfortunately we had a chance to get a good victory, but in the end we couldn't take the opportunity"

The Rockets lost 103-100 at home to the defending champion Heat, but the Rockets were not discouraged, and as far as the game was concerned, the Rockets gained more than just confidence, but more tactical attempts.

Although the game was lost, the team's rookie Gao Dazhuang scored 24 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in the game.

"I really thought we could win, even if we were behind, but the performance of the tall and strong gave us hope," said Jonathan Fagan, a reporter for the Houston Chronicle.

Writing in the Houston Chronicle, Jonathan Fagan pointed out that the Rockets' biggest problem is not on defense, but on offense, with the Rockets ranking 27th in the league in shooting percentage and 28th in three-point shooting percentage.

Harden, the starting point of the Rockets, has shot less than 40% of his last five games, while starting point guard Jeremy Lin has averaged only 9 points and 5 assists per game.

In the game, Houston had a lot of good chances, but the players couldn't get the ball into the basket, which is the main reason for Houston's recent back-to-back losses.

"In the previous losing streak, Harden's form has dropped a lot, but in the last few games, Harden has gradually regained his offensive feeling, but what about Jeremy Lin? He's been in a slump, but that's how he has squeezed this year's big man who averaged 20 points per game and shot over 50 percent of his game on the bench, and we have to make a change," Jonathan Fagan first questioned the Rockets' hiring in the Houston Chronicle.

And this call was immediately supported by many Houston fans, and two days later, in the Houston Rockets' home game against the New Orleans Hornets, at the beginning of the game, the Toyota Center sounded a shout of "substitution, substitution", and the spearhead was directed at Jeremy Lin, the starting point guard on the court.

In the face of the weak Hornets, Jeremy Lin is still decent on the court, which indirectly makes the "substitutions" on the sidelines louder and louder.

"Gao, sometimes there are many aspects to consider whether a player can play as a starter, and there are also benefits to coming off the bench" Today's game is still in charge of Rocket assistant coach Sampson, only to see Sampson suddenly appear next to the tall man and whisper.

"I can understand" Gao Dazhuang nodded in response, to be honest, assistant coach Sampson is a coach who values Gao Dazhuang very much, and he takes care of Gao Dazhuang in his usual training and life, especially recently formulated several blocking tactics for Gao Dazhuang, you must know that even if it is the main player, not all of them enjoy such treatment.

"That's good, watch the situation on the field carefully, and be ready to play at any time," Coach Sampson said, patting his tall and strong shoulder.

"Brush", Harden made a serpentine breakthrough, went straight to the Hornets basket, and then made a pick-and-roll and then made the next shot.

The first quarter played nearly halfway through the game, and the score on the court was 7:14, and the Rockets temporarily took the lead.

In the previous losing streak, Harden's form declined greatly, but as the Rockets' record gradually improved, Harden gradually regained his offensive feeling.

Harden's absolute speed is not very fast, but the pace of change is very good, and the Hornets' lineup configuration is also very interesting, Anthony Davis, who moves fast, likes to defend the restricted area on the defensive end, Robin Lopez, who moves more actively, is slower, and Austin Rivers, who is opposite Harden, is not fast, and the physical confrontation is also worse than Harden, which creates a lot of room for Harden to break through.

In today's game, although Harden missed the first two mid-to-long-range shots, but in the next four shots, Harden hit all of them, and halfway through the first quarter, Harden has scored 10 points, which seems to announce that the Harden who hit the scoring champion is back.

The Hornets also launched counterattacks from time to time, and point guard Grevis Vasquith pulled out his hand in the face of Jeremy Lin's block at the three-point line, and hit a three-point shot, and the Hornets chased the score to 10:14.

At this time, the Rockets, who were playing at home, took the lead in requesting substitutions, tall and strong, replacing Jeremy Lin, who was not in good shape.

At this time, the game had just played 6 minutes, Jeremy Lin shot 0 of 2, only scored 1 assist, and all other statistics were zero, and his departure also made the home fans on the sidelines erupt into a louder boo, in fact, when on the court, as soon as Jeremy Lin received the ball, the stadium would remember a burst of boos.

"Hey" Seeing Jeremy Lin, who is Chinese, being treated like this by fans, Gao Dazhuang suddenly felt pity in his heart and took the initiative to reach out to comfort his teammates.

But apparently Jeremy Lin was in a very bad mood at this time, and in the face of the kindness of the tall and strong, he chose to turn a blind eye.

"Heh" embarrassed tall and strong laughed at himself, and then ran to the field.

As soon as "Hi, Gao" came on the court, Davis, the new "champion" of the Hornets, took the initiative to greet Gao Dazhuang.

"Hey, AD" At the draft, Tall and Strong had an intersection with Davis, and he liked it when his friends called him.

"You've been playing well lately," Davis said with a smile, knowing he was referring to the last triple-double, when he was once again at the top of the rookie list.

"Hah, who told you to be in such a hurry to chase after you?" The tall man joked that Davis is currently ranked third on the rookie list, followed by Lillard of the Trail Blazers.

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As the same batch of draft players, there will always be different feelings, but on the court, as an opponent, they will not be soft.

With a "snap", Gao Dazhuang inserted the ball into the inside line at high speed from outside the three-point line, and Harden, who was controlling the ball, also passed the ball to Gao Dazhuang's hands in a timely manner.

After receiving the ball, the tall and strong continuous broken steps shook off the basket under the Hornets center Robin Lopez, jumped sideways, and chose to pick up the basket directly.

However, as soon as the tall and strong basket was shot, a black shadow came directly to him, it was Davis.

"Not good" Gao Dazhuang said secretly, in fact, Gao Dazhuang had predicted Davis before the layup, and even estimated Davis's blocking ability, but his super long arm span and excellent bounce ability still surprised Gao Dazhuang.

But fortunately, there was a false alarm, and the tall and strong layup bypassed Davis's block and fell straight to the basket.

"Brush" a crisp sound of falling into the net, Gao Dazhuang scored a goal in less than 10 seconds on the court, which also made the fans at the Toyota Center burst into warm applause.

The cheers of "high, high, high" also resounded throughout the audience, completely replacing the boos when Jeremy Lin, the starting point guard who had just started, was there.