"Hello, friends in front of the TV, welcome everyone to the sports channel of zhong yang TV station. I am the host Sun Zhengping."
"I am Zhang Weiping."
"The game we are broadcasting today is the Houston Rockets' home game against the Los Angeles Lakers. Regarding this game, it can be said that it is a close fight. Teacher Zhang, what do you think?"
"I think what Teacher Sun just said is very good. This is indeed a battle between dragons and tigers with similar strengths. Because the Rockets have Yao Ming, they must be stronger inside. You can see the Lakers' insiders like Bynum and Turi.
Yaf and Kwame Brown have a hard time guarding Yao Ming. On the outside, the Lakers and Rockets can be said to be mutually exclusive. The Lakers have Kobe, a super scorer, but the Rockets also have Tracy McGrady, and Battier, a defensive guru.
, so in general, the Rockets are still stronger, and it should be reasonable for the Rockets to win today."
When it comes to the Rockets game, Zhang Weiping and Sun Zhengping are the two people who cannot be avoided. This game was also broadcast live in China.
Speaking of the Rockets' paper strength, they are indeed not bad. The main lineup has two-time scoring champion Tracy McGrady, and the main center Yao Ming has gradually become the first center in the Western Conference after the Sharks traveled east. Not to mention
In the draft this summer, they used Swift and Rudy Gay in a package deal to acquire Battier, a top defensive player, which immediately improved the team's perimeter defense.
There are also veterans like Juwan Howard and Dikembe Mutombo on the bench. Although they are not as good as the Spurs in terms of paper strength, they are still chasing the Mavericks. But paper strength is paper strength. Five
One Jordan looks very good and powerful, but there will never be a team composed of five Jordans in this world. Even if there is, it will be at the bottom of the league.
The game started with a jump ball. As for the jump ball, Yao Ming did not expect to win. When he first entered the league, although the slender Yao Ming's bounce was not good, he still had a little bounce. But now
, has been transformed into a low-post machine by Van Gundy, and Yao Ming, who has continued to gain weight at his request, no longer knows what bounce is.
During the regular season game between the Rockets and the Warriors last year, he and Derek Fisher, who was still with the Warriors at the time, jumped for the ball due to a fight, and Fisher actually knocked the basketball away over his head!
Bynum took the basketball away without any suspense, and the Rockets didn't care. They retreated without even looking at the result of the jump ball. They were completely used to Yao Ming's jump ball.
Kobe was the first to grab the ball, and after a quick glance, he found that there was no chance for a fast break. When he grabbed the ball, the Rockets players had basically retreated, and handed the ball to Adrian, while he walked all the way.
Ran to the frontcourt.
Before this game, Phil Jackson made some arrangements for the Rockets, mainly on how to defend Yao Ming and McGrady. For Yao Ming, the best way to defend him is to go around. This has long been confirmed, so today
During the team training before the game, Phil Jackson specifically told Bynum to move forward and defend if he couldn't defend Yao Ming.
As for Tracy McGrady, it's another arrangement.
As for the offense, Phil Jackson didn't make too many special arrangements. He just asked the Lakers to play according to the pattern of the previous games. So after arriving in the frontcourt, Adrian handed the ball directly to Kobe and moved to the low post on the right side.
The position was stuck. Alston was unable to cause any interference to Adrian in the blocking position, allowing Adrian to easily get stuck.
But instead of passing the ball, Kobe chose to break through.
The person in charge of guarding Kobe on the Lakers is Battier. This is the natural choice and the reason why the Rockets traded him.
Battier already enjoys the title of defensive expert in the league. Of course, this is only within the league. Not many fans know him because he does not have any eye-catching statistics. He does not steal many and blocks shots.
Not many, not many rebounds, average physical fitness, not fast, not strong. On the offensive end, you don't want to see his personal offense with the ball, but he can be a very good open three-pointer.
Battier is a guy who is easily ignored on the court. The only person who will pay attention to him is the person he is guarding. Because he always knows what to do to make his opponent feel when he attacks.
Uncomfortable.
His defense is not rough, or even dirty, and he commits few fouls, but he is always very efficient.
Kobe chose to break through. Battier did not choose to steal rashly. He would not do such a rash thing. Instead, he chose to follow closely without making a move. One hand was always dangling in front of Kobe's eyes, disturbing him.
In view of breakthroughs and passes, Kobe's emergency stop fake action did not dazzle Battier.
When Kobe suddenly stopped suddenly, Battier's slap was still placed in front of Kobe's eyes, disturbing him and having no intention of taking off in advance.
Kobe made a few more fake moves, and finally passed the ball instead of attacking. There was no wonderful move, but it was a solid and successful defense. Adrian received Kobe's pass and did not do anything.
A testing move, because we have tested enough just now, and there are only seven seconds left in the attack time.
Bang~~~
On the street court, Alston is the omnipotent street ball king, but on the NBA court, there is no doubt that he is too thin and a bit too short, especially when defending Adrian, who relies on his body to clear the way.
When attacking from behind, Alston was successfully pushed to the corner by Adrian after two collisions without using full force.
After directly squeezing Alston away, Adrian faced Yao Ming's defense. To be honest, the 226-centimeter Yao Ming was really intimidating when he stood under the basket with his hands open. Although he didn't have much bounce, his figure...
It's already like a high wall when standing under the basket.
Adrian had no intention of attacking Yao Ming's defense. He pushed the basketball in his hand hard, and the orange elf flew directly from Yao Ming's waist and just fell into Bynum's hands.
"Clang!"
He was under the basket and no one was guarding him. Of course, Bynum would not be polite in this situation. He immediately launched a powerful two-handed dunk, and after landing, he gave Adrian a thumbs up.
Although there is a bit of a special feeling, Adrian will never be vague when it comes to taking action on the court, and he will not hesitate when it is time to take advantage of weaknesses. Yao Ming's weight and height make him extremely powerful on the offensive end in the low post, one defense and one top.
Opponents who can defend can't find opportunities to attack, but the shortcomings of slow footsteps and slow turns cannot be changed no matter how much they are whitewashed.
"Oh my God, Alston's defense was really bad on this shot!" Sun Zhengping said with a heartbroken look in the center of the studio, "It was easy for the Lakers players to break through, and there was no defensive pressure at all.
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"Yes, Alston's defense is too bad." Zhang Weiping quickly agreed: "This is a complete loophole."
Under the premise of political correctness, no matter what Zhang Weiping and Sun Zhengping think in their hearts, reporting on the Rockets game will never place any responsibility on Yao Ming.
A defensive failure did not affect the Rockets. After slowly pushing to the frontcourt, the basketball was handed over to Tracy McGrady, the sleepy scoring champion. The person standing in front of him to defend him was
It's Adrian!
When Phil Jackson arranged for Adrian to defend McGrady during the pre-game training, Adrian was not surprised. This was not the first time that he had to defend the opponent's outside edge during the game. He had defended Nash.
, guarded against Baron Davis, guarded against Ray Allen, guarded against Deron Williams, guarded against Tony Parker.
