1082 Chapter 14-15 The opening chapter of the playoffs~
In the first quarter, Howard put up a very impressive number, making 0 of 5 shots. Not a single free throw. He only scored 0 points in total. And looking at the back, well, 0 rebounds, 0 blocks, 0 steals, and 0 steals.
Assists. This data is a bit "eye-catching" for Rockets fans and Howard fans. After all, it is too bad. In the last 2 minutes of the first quarter, McHale replaced Howard. Seeing this, the Lakers
Tang Qian was also taken down.
"Good job, hot, good condition tonight." D'Antoni was very satisfied with Tang Qian's game tonight, so he smiled and said. Unexpectedly, the latter turned around and said: "It's okay, as long as it's playing World of Warcraft, I'll
Even if I'm dehydrated, you have to help me up." D'Antoni only thought that No. 29 was joking, so he didn't say anything else.
Tang Qian came off the court to rest, and the Rockets finally took the time to catch up with some points, but at this time, the difference between having Bosh and without Bosh was reflected. Without Bosh some time ago, without Tang Qian, the Lakers would easily be in trouble as a whole.
When the tactics cannot be opened and the tactics are not working well, it is in a state of panic. It lacks a truly stable independent offensive point. Now with Bosh, the situation has changed drastically. Even if Tang Qian is not there, there is still an offensive core, and there is no need to worry about scoring problems. This is Jimmy.
Butler is a bit worse. He is still adapting to the scoring pressure and rhythm of the playoffs. After all, he is also an offensive point from the outside. If he does not "boos", Tang Qian will treat him equally and give him what he deserves.
Number of shots taken.
As a result, it is difficult for the Rockets to catch up with the score difference. Although Harden is good, in the regular season and playoffs, his status is almost always worse than good. The more critical it is, the harder it is to open up. For example, the original time and space 14
-In the Rockets' first playoff game in the 2015 season, Harden's shooting percentage was very low, only over 30%. Tonight, his situation was similar, because Butler's main task in this series is to focus on
Damn Harden. The current Harden is not the Harden of the future. His singles ability is still far behind. And, again, no matter how good he is, it is still in the regular season. How about a try in singles in the playoffs?
Mismatched isolations haven't become popular this season, so Harden's isolations can't be that good.
If you are an old fan and have been following NBA games, then you must know the difference between the popular mismatched singles in the future and the previous indiscriminate singles. The representative of mismatched singles is Harden, and the representative of indiscriminate singles is Kobe Bryant, etc.
Boston, it seems that Harden is also very strong in terms of statistics, so why don't you think so when watching the game? That's the reason. Any data needs to be combined with the game to make sense. Indiscriminate singles is equivalent to a nuclear weapon, truly ignoring tactics, and
In fact, mismatched singles is still a type of tactic, and it has not completely become an unsolvable method. So once it comes to the playoffs, Harden will magically disappear immediately.
If you really can’t understand this, well, you might as well go and clarify it. (Is it a typo that was written like this on purpose?)
Let’s talk about Harden now. The current Rockets do not have a mismatched isolation system. This system was developed by D’Antoni based on Harden’s technical characteristics. Now that D’Antoni is in the Lakers, it is certainly impossible to give Harden such advice and help.
So, if Harden wants to beat Jimmy Butler, he really has no advantage. From height to his proudest strength, Butler has to surpass him. If he wants to beat someone like Butler,
, either you have super athletic ability and explosive power in one step, or you have super comprehensive skills and gorgeous connections to break the game. Harden does not have either of these. Most of his singles are based on using the rhythm of the body.
.It is really not easy for Butler, who was on the second defense last year and probably will be the second defense this year.
If the shooting percentage drops, it means there is no time to run. Harden is far from his peak, and Butler does not have such a good defensive lineup.
Since Bosh's return, the Lakers' defense has changed back to a very strong one-on-one defense. Even Jeremy Lin can't easily be beaten in one-on-one defense. Where is his huge tonnage, unless you rely on super explosive power?
Get rid of it in one step, otherwise Jeremy Lin will not be afraid of breakthroughs. He has now transformed into a heavy No. 1 position in order to solve the previous problem of poor confrontation.
Do you think it’s a lie? Take a look at an analysis article in the New York Times in 2016. Even though Jeremy Lin often defended the No. 2 position, which is the shooting guard, in the Hornets, he still ranked DRPM, which is the comprehensive statistics of personal defensive data.
Ranked 20th among the 81 point guards on the list. Although he cannot be said to be a top-notch player, there is absolutely no problem in the middle or upper reaches.
Therefore, there is no need to hack his single defense. In fact, it is not bad at all. Of course, if you insist on using defensive formation to ask for it, there is no other way.
In this way, from position 1 to position 5, they basically have strong single defense capabilities. Bosh's worst fear of large-tonnage attackers has disappeared because of Tang Qian. Instead, it is his
The defense and mobility of the Lakers have greatly strengthened the overall defense of the Lakers, so that they will not be easily pulled out by the opponent team and blown up. In this way, the Rockets' offense is like constipation, and they do not show that they have the league at all.
The level of first point guard and first center.
Although this was blocked by ESPN.
The Rockets only scored 20 points in the first quarter, and the Lakers led by 9 points in the first quarter. Howard was substituted on the court 4 minutes after the second quarter, and when he saw Howard on the court, Tang Qian didn't have much time at all.
If he wanted to, he asked D'Antoni to play. D'Antoni also nodded in agreement, because he could see that his team's No. 29 would get excited when he hits that "Warcraft".
Of course he would not let it go in this state.
On the Rockets side, Harden made a pull-up, but he didn't hit it at all. Butler's defense was very successful. This kind of close-to-man defense expert who has better physical fitness than him gave him a headache. Without D'Antoni to give him guidance, he just did it on his own.
Playing, no. If he wants to take off, he must rely on mismatched singles behind the pick-and-roll screen. However, now, he doesn't know how to do this at all.
I have no idea at all.
I don’t even know how suitable I am for this singles style.
The basketball hit the iron and bounced high. Judging from the position, it should be a low rebound. Tang Qian jumped up and got the ball. When the Lakers attacked, Jeremy Lin passed a pass that looked good, but Butler failed.
The shot goes in and it's a low rebound.
"Get a rebound!!!"
"Protect the rebound!!!"
Howard was blocked, but he was suddenly blocked by a figure that was much larger than him. Then he stood up and blocked his position with his hands spread out, and our Mr. Warcraft was immediately suppressed behind him. This reaction
The blocking position is very beautiful. Bill McDonald, the Lakers' on-site commentator, said that this is a textbook reverse blocking position.
It is indeed a textbook anti-blocking position. The gap in rebounding ability between Howard and Tang Qian is no longer what it was in the 12-13 season. At that time, even if his strength was reduced due to back injuries, he could still compete with Tang Qian.
Between potential equals. If you look at Tang Qian's season rebounding title that year, you will know that he only surpassed Howard by a little bit, specifically the gap of 0.1. So Howard felt that he lost unjustly, but he lost to
As for the back injury, if his back recovered, it would definitely not be the case. But the facts proved that he thought too much.
As time went by, in the second season, there was a bulldozing gap between him and the Lakers' No. 29.
Averaged 21.3 rebounds per game! In an instant, everyone was a little bit concerned about the rebounding leader. It’s not that they don’t have a competitive mentality. Of course, they want to beat Tang Qian in a single game comparison. But in comparison to the entire season, forget it.
Right? Averaged 21+ rebounds per game? This super rebounder is here, and he has to kneel down. This guy has already begun to enter the realm of the "rebound god", okay?
Seeing this, Howard's heart dropped, because it was impossible for him to catch up with 21+ rebounds per game. Even at his peak, it was impossible. There was no hope at all. This was a real gap. At that time, he
I was cursing in my heart, how did that damn "flower bug" teach this Oriental guy and make him improve so much all of a sudden? Do you think he was riding a rocket? He improved from 12+ to nearly double all of a sudden.
!!!This is doubled from 12+!!! Not from 2+ to 4+!!! The difficulty is simply unimaginable, right?
And he thought that 21+ rebounds was the limit for Lakers No. 29, but in fact? No, wow, this season, they actually increased the average rebounds per game to 23+!!! This! Nah!
!Also! Let! No! Let! People! Live!??????? Once you reach this height, let alone improve it, it is even more difficult to maintain it. He also improved it by 2+ in one breath???
This, this, this, is this a rebounding genius??? The bottleneck limit is so high???
Tang Qian's regular season data this season is 28 points, 23 rebounds, 6.5 blocks, 3.5 assists and 0.2 steals per game, all of which are only taken to one digit after the decimal point. This is also the basic algorithm of the NBA league's average data. It seems that through the recent
During this "7 consecutive explosions", Tang Qian's scoring average increased to 28 points per game. Even with the bonus of D'Antoni's system, there is a lot of water, but after all, he is still averaging 28+ points per game, which is considered very good.
A top scorer, okay?
However, Tang Qian knew his own weight. After squeezing out these weights, he would not be able to be a first-class scorer.
But it is safe to be a first-class scorer. The range between 20+ points and 25+ points is the range of quasi-first-class scorers. Even with a little effort, it is possible to step on the threshold of a first-class scorer. This has been done in the entire league.
These are very strong inside statistics. Among the insiders, how many people dare to say that their scoring ability can stabilize Tang Qian? Look at Howard's statistics this season, how much is the difference? What's more, he has only returned to the front line now, and his condition and body have not been found yet.
, it is completely normal to be beaten up by Tang Qian.
After getting the rebound, Tang Qian got up twice, causing Howard to get a defensive foul and made 2 of 2 free throws.
Well, that’s right, there is no “playoff demon” affecting him anymore, it’s just his grandma’s coolness.
Otherwise, he would be so depressed that he could vomit blood when he saw that his free throw shooting rate was still about to be slashed.
But all these disappeared after last year's championship, and this problem will no longer bother him.
"Your rebounding really hasn't improved at all. Did you go to Houston and hang out in nightclubs every day?" Tang Qian's "trash talk" ridicule made Howard blush, but he did not protect the defensive rebound.
Ah, what else can I say? I can only protect a few first and then attack the opponent. But he never thought that he would not have this opportunity tonight.
No, there is no such opportunity in the entire series.
After halftime, the Lakers led the opponent by 14 points. It was Jason Terry of the Rockets who contributed three key three-pointers in this quarter, which allowed the Houstonians to hold on and avoid being pulled in. "
"Garbage time". But this kind of scoring cannot solve the real scoring problem of the Houston Rockets. No matter how stupid Kevin McHale is, he is still an NBA head coach, let alone an NBA playoff game.
In an NBA regular season, without core players showing their strength and regular output, it is impossible to rely on role players alone for a long time. Role players can shine at a certain key point, but they are definitely just "points" and cannot be "lines." So.
What really worries McHale is the team's core "modern combination."
Howard has only had 2 points, 1 rebound and 1 block in this game so far, which is simply insane. This data output is already comparable to that of the bench players. On the other hand, what about No. 29, No. 5 on the opposite side? I don’t know that the data is better than the former.
How much. Forget it, the problem is that another "hard core" of the team also played very poorly in this game. So far, he has made 2 of 8 shots and 3 of 3 free throws. He has 4 points, 4 assists and 2 rebounds.
Statistics, apart from assists, are basically unqualified performances.
So, do you think McHale can take it easy?
During the halftime break, Tang Qian's fans were also frantically swiping their screens, sarcastically mocking Howard fans and asking, "Where is the best center in the league?"
And Howard's statistics left his fans speechless.
The second half came, and the Lakers scored consecutive three-pointers from the outside as soon as they started. The score gap widened instantly. At this time, Terry also failed. Role players are role players, and their "energy tank" only has so much and so long. So,
A superstar is still needed to step up. Howard took a shot, but was interfered by Tang Qian and missed. The Lakers tried to score another three-pointer, but it missed.
High rebound, protected by the Rockets.
At this time, Rockets head coach McHale shouted loudly from the sidelines: "James, it's up to you, don't hesitate, come on!"
Indeed, at this time, the only thing they can rely on is James Harden, the league's number one shooting guard who is said to have succeeded Kobe Bryant. Since you are the league's number one shooting point, then scoring is what you should do. Your position is
Shooting guard. Harden nodded and started to hold the ball by himself, but Butler kept causing trouble for him in the first half tonight. He had to admit that the fourth-year student from Texas in front of him was very defensive. He is now
It feels like it can't open even if I hit hard.
And tonight, he felt that his hand was not very good either.
Strong hitting and strong shooting have never been his strong point.
However, Harden still thought of another way, and that is to start using his unique skill, "Porcelain Touching Technique".
This is the only data that can save him now. Otherwise, the league's first-place ranking would be like this. After this game, he probably won't be able to read the post-game comments or his personal Twitter. This trick is
It had a certain effect, and Butler started to get hit one after another. Although there were not as many whistles as at home, he could still get a lot of whistles by relying on his already perfect "touching skills". But just as Harden breathed a sigh of relief,
When he saw his scores starting to rise, Tang Qian pulled Jimmy Butler and whispered a few words to him. The latter was stunned at first, and then nodded to express his understanding.
Tang Qian forced his way to the basket and succeeded in facing the basket. Howard was beaten again tonight. From defense to offense, it all ended badly. On the offensive end, Harden of the Rockets repeated his old tricks. He was 14-14 in the original time and space.
Why did you score more than 20 points in the first game of the 2015 playoffs with such a poor shooting percentage? Didn't it rely on 17 free throws in the game?
So when you watch Harden's games, you can often see a situation where the shooting percentage is obviously more than 30% or lower, but when you look at the data at the end of the game, hey, there are still more than 20 points. This situation is also unique.
There is a "Harden phenomenon". However, it is not the regular season but the playoffs now, isn't it? The standards are changing. You can also "insert your arm" to deliberately seek fouls when you break through, and directly collide with the inside, but it is not easy to get
The whistle was blown. Tang Qian also took advantage of this, so what he just said to Jimmy Butler was: If he wants to break through the defense, just stop suddenly, don't stick to him, let him pass, let him come in.
After he comes in, I'll take care of it.
Butler has learned a lot since the last time and started executing without any objection. Harden obviously broke through the ball with ease. Huh? Did it pass so easily? Was he distracted on defense? Or was he out of physical fitness? Haha
Deng was thinking about it, and he entered the paint to prepare for a layup, but as soon as he threw the ball, he was slapped by a big hand and flew out.
Harden looked at it and knew what was going on. Was it the Lakers' No. 29?
snort.
I hummed in my heart. The Rockets sent Harden the baseline ball in the frontcourt, and Harden easily passed Butler again, because it was obvious that Butler was worried about his "touching skills" and deliberately opened the ball.
There was a lot of distance and he didn't dare to get too close. Once again, Harden successfully entered the inside. This time he hit the ball directly towards the Lakers' basket, and he obviously wanted to find physical contact and continue to cheat the whistle.
But he didn't have this chance at all. Tang Qian was completely non-contact, stretched out his long arms, and the block fell off his shot. At the same time, the Lakers counterattacked defensively, and Jeremy Lin broke through and succeeded in a layup.
"You want to trick my whistle? You can keep coming? Anyway, that's all you have to offer now, right?"
"Don't you try to influence me! Dongfang Fang! This is how I play!"
"Okay, if you think this method can help you win, please continue."
Harden waited for the ball to pass half court with a cold face. After giving it to him, he passed Butler without saying a word. Then, unlike the previous two balls, he had no intention of slowing down, but accelerated towards the Lakers.
The ball rushed towards the team's basket. To use a favorite saying of fans on the Internet to tease Harden, the ball was not heading towards the basket, but towards the person.
I'm going to throw this ball at you and see why you don't make any physical contact!
When Tang Qian saw Harden, he didn't retreat at all. He stood under the basket, jumped vertically, and then directly collided with Harden.
The ball failed to score, but no whistle sounded.
Harden looked at the referee in disbelief. He didn't even retreat, but directly asked the referee: "This ball is a foul, why didn't you give me a whistle?"
The referee ignored him and directly announced that Ariza of the Lakers had hit the basket and caused a defensive foul on the Rockets.
2 free throws.
Tang Qian walked slowly past Harden and said: "This is the playoffs, and this is also the Staples Center. You want a whistle like this? Do you think this is the regular season? You play like this, it's really...
Sorry for the title of No. 1 in the league."
In this game, the Lakers basically won the game in just over three quarters. They made a good start to the playoffs and were sure of winning the game.
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