Chapter 19: Changing the King
Barkley's cowhide is obviously blowing up.
But with his level, let him coach maybe he really did that.
Wang Shuang's shooting felt really good tonight.
He's a daring player.
And he has good shooting habits and talent.
The feeling is coming, how to vote and how to have.
And the Rockets were not prepared enough before the game.
I didn't expect such a person to emerge at all.
In terms of pre-game preparation, I didn't think about the three points against the Lakers at all.
This season, the Lakers have the league's lowest three-point shooting percentage.
Eighth-to-last in the league in three-point shooting.
No player on the team shot more than 40 percent from three-point range.
The best was Russell with a 35% shooting percentage.
But he could score less than two three-pointers per game.
Randle, who is in the same position as Wang Shuang, averages 0.1 three-pointers per game.
It takes 10 games to score one.
The one who shot the most and scored the most was Kobe.
Shoot 7 three-pointers per game and only score 2.
The hit rate fell below 30%.
Career lows since the 13-14 season.
It's no exaggeration to describe the Lakers' outside firepower as a mess.
For a long time, Kobe Bryant single-handedly supported the Lakers' outside offense and defense.
He's never worked with a decent, prime-time perimeter star.
Chris Paul used to be very, very close to him.
It's a pity that this perfect plan was murdered by Stern.
Tonight, he finally had a chance to pass the ball with pleasure.
Give the ball to Wang Shuang, give it to him who is vacant, and you will have it!
Playing in the middle of the fourth quarter, Wang Shuang made 7 of 9 three-point shots!
21 points have been scored!
It's all three-point earnings.
No two-pointers, no free throws.
The score between the two sides came to 100:95, and the Lakers led the Rockets by five points.
Bickerstaff called a timeout.
There is still half a quarter to go until the end of the game.
When Wang Shuang came off the break, he was cheered by the fans.
Tonight he was the hero on both ends of the floor.
In the NBA, miracles happen every night.
There are super performances of superstars.
There are also grassroots counterattacks by small people.
Wang Shuang sat on the bench amid cheers.
He gulped down his water.
But there is an indescribable sense of peace in my heart.
He knew he had the light of the system.
S-class props are really powerful.
But he also knows that being able to shoot 7 three-pointers is not the credit of the system.
It is the result of his perseverance and hard work.
In other ways, he was a little worse than the black players.
But shooting, Wang Shuang has never been bad.
His projection talent is quite good.
It's just that it's barely qualified in other respects.
In order to be able to play the NBA of his dreams, he decided to play to his strengths and avoid his weaknesses.
If you practice your shooting to the extreme, you might have a chance.
Crazy practice every day, even if you dream of shooting.
Later he learned that role players in the NBA can't have shortcomings.
Especially the shortcomings in defense.
Otherwise, no matter how accurate your shot is, no team will want you.
Only then did Wang Shuang improve himself in an all-round way.
Practice strength, practice defense, practice passing.
After graduating from college, he played in the Development League for two years.
Several times on the edge of the NBA arena.
After patient waiting, hard training, and persistent faith, finally-
He waited for the system to come.
At this moment, Wang Shuangti realized what success is.
Success is 99 percent perspiration, 1 percent talent, and 1,000 percent luck.
"Wang Shuang! You rest for a while, Randle, you're on the field! ”
Wang doubles played the third quarter, and then the fourth quarter did not rest.
Scott replaced Wang Shuang off the court for a break.
Wang Shuangdao: "Don't let me rest, I'm afraid the team will lose." ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at him.
I thought, Wang Shuang, what do you mean by this?
You look down on us too much, right?
Wang Shuang looked at their eyes and thought, I just look up to you, that's why I said that.
Wang Shuang's three points exploded like this.
The Lakers are still only five points ahead of the Rockets.
The inside line Hibbert was chiseled into a sieve by Howard.
In 16 years of Howard, the low-post offense has degraded badly.
But the lesson to Hibbert was still a dozen and a dozen.
There's not much the Lakers can do.
Fortunately, Harden fouled too much and couldn't touch the porcelain.
Coupled with Wang Shuang's outstanding performance, he suppressed the opponent.
Wang Shuang, it's really hard to say.
But Scott still replaced Wang Shuang.
It's not that he wants to change, but Bass, who is sitting on the sidelines, gestures.
Wang Shuang's performance is outstanding.
But no matter how good it is, what can it do if you win the rockets?
The Lakers aren't the bottom of the West yet.
If you win a few more games, you will be the second and third from the bottom.
Won't the chances of next season's top pick become smaller?
So, little Bas secretly motioned to Scott to let Wang Shuang come down and rest.
The timeout ends and the game continues.
As soon as Wang Shuang got off the court, the Rocket players immediately felt comfortable.
When you're defending, you don't feel like there's something sucking you.
When I attacked, I always wanted to lean on someone.
The Rockets' offense and defense were smooth all at once.
"Howard takes the ball in the low post and turns around with a little hook! Hit! Howard's left hook is very smooth, Hibbert looks high, and his defensive ability has really dropped a lot. Since the league changed the rules, Hibbert's interior defense power has greatly decreased...... The point difference has become three points, we see that the Lakers are so hot from the outside, Wang's hands are hot and smoking, and the Lakers still haven't opened up the difference. The main thing is that the Lakers' own defense is not good...... We see, the Lakers made a mistake on their side, and Randle, ouch, rushed in with his head and was stealed. Rocket strikes back! ”
The rocket's counterattack was ferocious.
Three-line fast attack.
Terry holds the ball and Brewer leads the way to the defence.
Finally, the ball goes to Harden in the middle.
Harden faked past Russell, who blocked behind.
Then shoot directly from beyond the three-point line!
Three-point hit!
100:100 flat!
When the timeout ended, it didn't take a minute.
The Rockets equalized the score!
It is equivalent to Wang Shuang's offensive and defensive efforts at the beginning of the third and fourth quarters in vain.
No, it's not in vain.
If there is no Wang Shuang, this Lakers will be a big defeat.
The Lakers fans who were still elated just now covered their faces in pain.
What is this called?
In the live broadcast room of the domestic game, the fans broke out.
"There's something wrong, why change Wang Shuangxia!"
"King Shuang, King Shuang!"
"The Lakers are too lazy, Wang Shuang, what are you fighting?"
"Wang Shuang should have rested, how long has it been."
"Those who can work harder, besides, Wang Shuang didn't play much in the first half, and what happened in the second half."
"Yes, don't look at Wang Shuang's feel today, such a hot feel will be replaced, Scott's rotation is really speechless."
"I didn't use it in the first half, I used it all the time in the second half, and when it came to the critical moment, I didn't use it, it's really NC."
The fans didn't care about the scolding.
And the Lakers fans at the scene also began to be dissatisfied.
Because in the next round, the Lakers still missed the offense.
Russell's three-point shot from the outside was a three-pointer.
Howard grabbed the rebound and made a long pass to the frontcourt.
Ariza made an easy layup.
The Lakers didn't defend at all.
They squandered that little advantage they had before.
Some fans sitting behind the Lakers bench finally couldn't help it and shouted: "Let Wang Shuang play, let Wang Shuang play!" ”
Some fans started shouting the name of "Wang Shuang".
Even the Lakers' old friend Jack Nicholson stood up.
shouted at Scott, "Why don't you replace Wang Shuang!" You're all going to lose! Are you waiting for overtime? ”
As the head coach, Scott still has the psychological quality to carry the scolding.
However, when the audience began to shout, "Change Wang Shuang!" ”
Scott finally couldn't hold back.
He looked at Little Bass, who was sitting not far away.
Little Buzz covered his face with a cap and didn't look at Scott.
Scott thought to himself, you know you have no face.
Finally, while the Rockets didn't pull the score, Scott gestured to the referee.
"Pause, I want a timeout!"