However, McHale's two-point guard lineup was ineffective. Ben expected Brooks Jr. to limit Blake, but Brooks made three turnovers in less than two minutes after Brooks came on the court, and the Lakers took the opportunity to counterattack, winning three consecutive fast breaks, and playing a wave of 12-3. Now the score between the two sides is 18-6, and in less than half a quarter, the Lakers have a 12-point lead over the Rockets. The Lakers' home fans rejoiced and cheered.

ESPN's commentator Haaland said with a smile: "It seems that McHale is in trouble, he didn't expect D'Antoni to change lineups, he was not prepared, and he gave the Lakers a 12-point lead as soon as he came up, and the Rockets started digging holes again." ”

Miller shook his head and said: "McHale's on-the-spot adaptability is indeed a little lacking, as soon as D'Antoni changes formation, McHale doesn't know how to deal with it in addition to the same dual point guards." If it goes on like this, Team Rocket is afraid to hang today. ”

Bigmouth Barkley showed his usual big-mouth style: "Although the Rockets and the Lakers are about the same strength on paper, judging from today's game, the Rockets can't win against the Lakers at all." ”

"The Rockets have always relied on shooting to win, and today they didn't feel good on the outside, and they suffered a big loss against the Lakers, and McHale had to come up with some strange tricks, otherwise it would be impossible to beat the Lakers."

"I'm wondering if McHale will let that unexpected No. 5 Wen Hao play. Judging from the recent Rockets games, every time the No. 5 plays, it will have an immediate effect, and I think it's time for McHale to play this timeout. ”

"It's hard to say, for disobedient players, many coaches will not use them unless they have to." Barkley said with deep understanding.

Sure enough, after the pause, McHale did not replace Wen Hao, but just told Harden to break in, at most let the inner monster chisel in, and other than that, he really didn't have any good way.

After the two sides returned to the court, the Rockets did what McHale said, Harden broke inside, and the Monsters sat and hit the basket. Although the success rate of the two of them is also good, reaching 50%, how can the Lakers feel hot today, thousands of arrows are flying, and the three points are thrown in one by one as if they don't want money. After just eight minutes of the first half, Bryant threw in three three-pointers, Nash two, Blake one, and even Gasol threw one.

McHale shook his head helplessly and asked for a timeout again. Today, the Lakers feel amazing, and in the face of such a Laker, even the Heat team can't withstand it.

In the live broadcast room, Ke Fan pushed his glasses, shook his head with a wry smile: "I thought that the Christmas War would be a game of equal competition, but I didn't expect the Lakers to feel so good, throwing in 8 three-pointers in just 8 minutes, who can stand it." What's even worse for the Rockets is that they don't feel very good, the outside three-point pot has not yet opened, and now they are 18 points behind the Lakers, you know, this is the first quarter. ”

The beautiful reporter Zhou Lingan also sighed and said: "If it goes on like this, this game will be nothing to watch." ”

Yang Yi could only smile bitterly: "From the perspective of commentary, what we want to see most is that the two sides are evenly matched, and it is really surprising that it is like this now." But although it was unexpected, it made sense. First of all, D'Antoni changed the formation today and offered two point guards, and the Rockets were caught off guard. Originally, in such a situation, the Rockets should have strengthened their defense and started with defense. But McHale didn't respond properly and also put on a double point guard, and Brooks' mistake made his double point guard a complete failure. Coupled with the fact that the Rockets don't feel good and the Lakers feel hot, this has led to the current situation. It's not just a matter of player form, it's also a question of the coach's ability. There is still a big gap between McHale and a great coach like the ** Zen master. ”

"So what do you think the Lakers are going to do next?" Zhou Ling'an asked Yang Yi with a smile.

Yang Yi thought for a moment and replied, "In my opinion, McHale should send Wen Hao next." Although Wen Hao's execution is not very good, since even McHale doesn't know what Wen Hao will do, D'Antoni naturally doesn't know. Next, let Wen Hao stir it up, it's best to mess up the scene, and the rocket will have a chance. ”

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At the Staples Center, ESPN's commentator Miller also gave McHale's advice at this time: "The best way for the Rockets now is to let their backup No. 5 go up, although this player is not very obedient, but apart from this, the Rockets have no choice." According to data analysis, this No. 5's pass is very weird, as long as he receives his ball, the hit rate is as high as seventy percent, which is also terrifying. So just let No. 5 go up and pass more balls to see if you can improve the Rockets' shooting percentage. If it works, it's easy to do. ”

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Although McHale was a little reluctant at this time, but in such a situation, he really had no choice but not to send Wen Hao on the field. He beckoned to Wen Hao: "Wen, you go on the court, pass as many as possible, it's best to let us hit a few three-pointers, and the opponent will expand the defense, so that we will have a chance inside." ”

Wen Hao said "um", but he was noncommittal.

McHale "chuckled" in his heart, not very steady.

In the Lakers' rest area, D'Antoni said to the Lakers: "Next, the Rockets are likely to send their No. 5, it is said that the No. 5 will shoot as high as 70% when he passes the ball to the assist, so McHale is likely to let the No. 5 pass to the Rockets outside and let the outside shoot three-pointers." What we have to do is cut him off from the rest of the people. ”

Although D'Antoni is not very good at defensively, there is nothing wrong with the current set-up, and everyone in the Lakers is ready.

The timeout ended and both sides returned to the game. On the Rockets' side, Wen Hao replaced Xiaobu, and Parsons replaced Jeremy Lin. The game resumes.

The Rockets naturally controlled the ball by Wen Hao and passed half time.

The Lakers took the coach's words to heart, and they rushed in front of the Rockets players one by one to prevent Wen Hao from passing. Blake, who was opposite Wen Hao, opened his arms and kept his eyes sweeping left and right at the same time, for fear that Wen Hao would pass the ball.

At this time, Wen Hao didn't say a word, he directly accelerated, and burst past Blake. Although he was not fast, Blake was only concerned with preventing him from passing, but he did not expect him to break through directly. It's too late to turn around and defend.

Like Blake, the rest of the Lakers players didn't expect Wen Hao to break through at all, so they didn't have time to make up for it.

Wen Hao faced the empty basket, flew up in three steps, and dunked to cut his first two points in the game.

At this moment, D'Antoni's expression was extremely exciting......

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