Chapter 11: Fighting Jones
Clippers starter in this game, Clippers point guard: Chris. Paul, shooting guard Jamal, Crawford, small forward Matt. Barnes, power forward Blake. Griffin, center forward Deandre. Jordan.
Rockets starter, point guard Patrick Brown. Beverley, shooting guard James. Harden, small forward Chandler. Parsons, power forward Terrence. Jones, center Dwight. Howard.
Jordan Jr. and Howard jumped the ball, Howard's superman name didn't know if it was a bonus, a strong slap was the first to touch the ball and hook the ball to his own camp, and Beverley easily took the ball over the Rockets to take the lead in attacking.
To say that both teams are used to using rhythm to control the game, neither team is a positional type of player, and both like to play fast, after all, the bodies of both sides are enough to withstand such an offensive routine.
Beverley didn't get any advantage from Paul, so he handed the ball to Harden, who held the ball to his waist in both hands and stood outside the three-point line to look at the situation.
"Come on, man, what are you hesitating about?" This action lasted for five or six seconds, and Crawford, who was defending him, couldn't help but wonder, why was he still staring here when the time was almost over?
The corners of Harden's mouth slightly hooked up a slight arc under his thick beard, and his body suddenly pulled up outside the three-point line to make a three-point shot, Crawford immediately jumped and did not have a defensive effect, and Harden had already completed the shooting action.
The basketball rolled straight to the basket, smashed into the inner edge of the basket and spun around the basket rapidly, and after three or four turns, it was thrown out of the blue basket like a naughty child who was tired of playing.
"Bang dang~" Howard on the side jumped into the air and grabbed the basketball with both hands, and smashed the ball into the basket with the fall of his body.
The Rockets scored first, and Howard took the ball when Jordan Jr. and Griffin jumped up to grab the rebound at the same time, highlighting that his name as the No. 1 center above his head was not just on his head.
"This guy is so savage, but I feel like little Jordan is savage enough!" Howard Chen Lei, who looked at the defense, said that the name of Warcraft is really not for fun, it is really a guy like Warcraft.
"Of course, but compared to Jordan Jr., Howard's offensive means are more sufficient, Jordan Jr. is like Howard who has just entered the league, and he relies more on dunks to score, and the current Howard breakup is more than this." Davis nodded, having been teammates with Howard and Jordan Jr., he still has more say in analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the two.
Thinking about Jordan Jr.'s rebounding ability and ferocious dunks, if he also had more offensive means, the Clippers would definitely have no one to stop inside.
The Rockets started with an inside shot, but after a few shots, the outside shooting obviously didn't have much touch, except for Howard's dunk in the first three minutes and only relied on Parsons' free throws to score another 2 points, while the Clippers scored 10 points inside and out, and McHale had to apply for a timeout.
McHale did not make any changes to the personnel, but changed the tactics to play inside, and Howard shouldered the main offensive output to become the core of the subsequent offense, trying to open a gap from the interior to drive the breakthrough and momentum of the outside players.
The idea is good, and the implementation is also effective, Howard hit Jordan Jr. in the basket for the first time, hit the same position for the second time, causing Jordan Jr.'s foul, God's favor made Howard, who has always been a weakness of free throws, hit both free throws, and the Rockets relied on Howard to chase the score to 8:10, and the difference between the two sides was 2 points.
"Don't be in a hurry, steady the rhythm!" Rivers got up and shouted at Paul on the court, and Paul understood that the coach was afraid that Griffin and Jordan Jr. under the basket would get angry and the opponent because of Howard's eating inside, so he controlled the ball and slowly dribbled the ball outside the three-point line.
Beverley posted Paul in his own half, and his defense is absolutely passionate, which is the main reason why he can take the Rockets' starter, the Rockets have no shortage of offensive players, what they lack is players who are committed to defense, and he is more suitable for this than Jeremy Lin.
"Is it because my defense is so impregnable that you can't take a step beyond the thunder pool? Do you want me to relax and step back three or four meters? Beverley said but his hands did not relax at all, still looking intently at Paul who was in possession of the ball.
"I dare to say that you are better than the right side to break through from the left, because today I have a stomach upset and keep wiping my ass with my left hand, and I am so tired that I can't move my left hand smoothly, it's really tiring." Beverley said again, this time as he reached out to try to steal the ball, and Paul took a step back and moved.
Paul's speed was fast, at least facing Beverley, he had a yellow shoulder on the left side and an acceleration on the right side of the turn to get him out of the way, and Paul's threat into the box was enough for the Rockets to take seriously, Parsons immediately made up for Paul, and Beverley also rushed to Barnes when he saw this.
"Whoosh!" Paul flicked his wrist and the basketball was thrown to the outside by him, but Beverley was still a step too late because Barnes had already taken the basketball smoothly and Barnes threw the ball before Beverley could get close.
"Huh!" The crisp sound of the net sounded, and the three-point shot was hit.
The Rockets' offense is still dominated by the interior, although the Rockets have their own interior advantages, but the Clippers are not bad inside, and even the Clippers' interior combination is also the best in the league.
Howard's subsequent offense didn't go well after the Clippers understood the Rockets' offensive intentions, and Harden had to start controlling the game on the outside again, but the outside shooter found some touch in the late stages to prevent the Clippers from establishing an advantage.
At the end of the first quarter, the Clippers 33:29 Rockets, the score did not increase due to the fact that Parsons hit two three-pointers in the second half of the Rockets, and Chen Lei sat down to watch the visitors, and did nothing except hand over the towel.
"It's so boring......" looked at Davis and Collison in the second quarter and sighed, and the people sitting next to him were replaced by Paul and Griffin.
"Chen, don't worry, I'm sure you'll get a chance to play." Griffin patted Chen Lei's shoulder and comforted, but it was only comfort.
"That's right, you are such a flexible fat man, you must be useful!" Paul interjected.
Chen Lei smiled, and was affirmed by the two bosses that it was definitely worth smiling happily, and his smile quickly dissipated after Davis hit a mid-range shot on the left side of the free throw line.
"Middle-distance ......" Chen Lei looked at Davis with some envy, this guy's mid-range shot is really accurate, and he seems to have the opportunity to enhance his mid-range shot.
It's no coincidence that Big Baby can become the offensive core of the Magic, at the beginning of the second quarter, when Jordan Jr. and Griffin were all out of the game, he didn't let the Clippers' interior line fall, and he played 3 minutes and 53 seconds in the second quarter to score 8 points and 3 rebounds, and Rivers looked at him with a look in his eyes that was not satisfied but satisfied.
"Sure enough, it's still the old general!" Chen Lei sighed again and continued to sit on his small bench.
Today's game is not broadcast live on the domestic sports channel, but there is a live broadcast platform on the Internet, many fans who followed Chen Lei's first game are sitting in front of the computer looking forward to Chen Lei's play, but the second quarter has played more than half, but Chen Lei has not yet got the opportunity to play.
Of course, they weren't Rivers, they were anxious Rivers didn't care at all, looked at the timer and looked at the score to see that the Clippers had an 8-point advantage, so they called a timeout at 7:23 in the second quarter and made lineup adjustments.
At this moment, Chen Lei got the opportunity to play, just like the first game, in the second half of the second quarter.
While tucking his clothes into his shorts, he looked at the timer, and there was not much time left in the second quarter, and it seemed that this was his playing time in the future.
To say that before coming to the NBA, he was looking forward to entering the NBA battlefield, but here he is looking forward to getting more opportunities to play, but Griffin and Jordan Jr. have to play more than 35 minutes a game, and he doesn't get much more time.
High-fived Chen Lei ran into the court, and it was Paul who controlled the ball in the field at the moment, which was the first time Chen Lei partnered with Paul in the game.
"There was an empty pick in the last game, this time, is it okay?" Paul hasn't seen a fat man who can fly yet, so he looked at Chen Lei's eyes with some anticipation, this guy's footsteps are flexible among fat people, and the bounce power seems to be good, so he hasn't fed this type of fat man to remember the empty catch.
"It's okay once or twice, if it's too much, I guess I won't be able to bear it!" There are two critical hits on the body, which shouldn't be difficult, but at most it's only two chances.
Paul nodded and threw the basketball to Chen Lei, who served again to Paul, and the Clippers attacked.
At this moment, the No. 4 position in the Rockets is still the starting power forward Jones, this guy is also a rookie, he was speculated to be one of the candidates for the championship when he was drafted, and his strength is naturally undoubted.
Unlike last year, this year's Jones can be described as a big makeover, this season Xiàn not only averaged 12+6 per game but also delivered 1.1 blocks, such a result is a qualified starter for any team, not to mention that this guy is also a passionate stream among young players.
The two did not communicate, and meeting was a confrontation between flesh and flesh, of course, this was just a competition for position, and there was no other deep relationship between flesh and meat.
The two people of similar height but the weight difference was about 20 pounds, Chen Lei had a certain advantage in body, and soon blocked Jones behind him, and Paul passed the ball to Chen Lei when he saw this.
"Oops!" Chen Lei only cared about the card position, but forgot that this was not the best area for his shot, glanced back, the basket was about five meters away, and looked at the other teammates who were not in a good position, and the ** who attacked in his heart slowly gained the upper hand.
It's not that he can't attack in this position, and the shooting percentage is not very high, but as long as he advances a few meters to the basket, what awaits him is the score in hand.
Slowly dribbling towards the basket began to advance, and pushed back three times to advance a distance of about one meter, the basket at the moment was three or four meters away from him, Chen Lei turned around and took a step forward with his waist, and the soles of his feet on the ground stepped hard and rose into the air, holding the ball with his left hand to pick the ball to the basket.
(more than 3,000 words...... Is it a big chapter or a general chapter? )