Chapter 1214 I want to eat more tonight, big chapter~
The Rockets have a very strange statistic this season, that is, the team is very strong in defending mid-range shots, allowing opponents to only have a shooting percentage of just over 30%. However, not to mention that there are very few mid-range shots in the NBA, and they are all small ball trends.
Many teams would rather lose three-pointers than shoot 2-pointers. Besides, even if they encounter slow-paced teams like the Lakers, Bulls, Grizzlies, etc., they will not have a hard time because the Rockets' interior defense is so bad.
!The opponent's shooting rate from the inside is as high as 66%! Yes, it is the overall team's shooting rate! This is so high that it is scary. It means that any guard can face the Houston Rockets and finish at the basket like a center.
The shooting percentage comes out. This is where Howard has been attacked the most this season. Except for a few blocks that occasionally shine, the overall defensive system bonus is in vain.
As for the three-pointers, their defense is also very poor, allowing their opponents to hit an average of 36% from three-pointers per game, which is much higher than the mid-range shooting. If they encounter a strong three-pointer, they will be beaten in one breath.
It's normal. For this Lakers team, Bosh plays more mid-range shots, and the rest of the mid-range shots are not very good. It doesn't matter if they are lowered.
When the inside is so easy to hit, who would bother to hit the mid-range shot?
Everyone goes inside to kill.
Damn it, these little bastards are addicted to playing again. Tang Qian didn't even throw a ball in the first quarter.
This is the "injury" of a big center. You can't hold the ball and attack from the outside. You have to rely on passing the ball from the outside. Otherwise, it will be such an embarrassing situation. Not many people have touched the ball. Now, you know
Why did Zhang Lili always say on TV before, "Give it to Yao Ming, give it to Yao Ming, give it to Yao Ming" and "Don't even give it to me. Oh, it's just a blind shot. What a good opportunity." Do you know why there are so many people in the domestic basketball world?
The biggest slogan of the year is "pass the ball to Yao Ming".
When Tang Qian came off the field, he looked at these teammates and said: If you don't give me a few balls to play with in the second quarter, I will make it look good for you.
When the time comes for training, I will make your scoring goals under the basket as uncomfortable as constipation!
When others say this, they think it is a joke, but Tang Qian says it differently. He is really capable of doing it. Butler had deep feelings during that time. He and Tang Qian had "conflicts", and as a result, Tang Qian was beaten every time.
He defends hard, making him feel like "winning the lottery" if he tries to score a goal in the paint during training games. This guy's rim protection is no joke.
Tang Qian continued to "threaten" deliberately: It's okay for you to attack first and open the hand, but you still won't vote for me after you open it. Ask yourself, are you doing this worthy of your own conscience? Doesn't your conscience hurt?
?ah???
Well, whether they really accepted Tang Qian's "threat" or just made a joke on the surface, everyone expressed their opinions during the break. Later, they will give Tang Qian more ball, so that he can also have fun in the Rockets' interior.
Nick Young said when he came down, the Rockets' inside line was really good tonight, and the goals were scored so smoothly, it was almost like eating a banana.
The Lakers led by 15 points in the first quarter. The Rockets' head coach actually used his main force to misplace the Lakers' substitutes. In this case, Howard beat several Thackerays, even if he replaced Yi Jian. Lian or Randall are of no use. Howard is indeed not as powerful as he was back then. He has lost weight again during the offseason this season, and the strength advantage of last season is no longer evident. However, the skinny camel is worse than the horse. Big, he can still play against the substitutes now.
It's not worthless, that's too exaggerated. In addition, Gordon took a few shots, and the Rockets kept the score difference from entering 20 points in the first quarter. But the facts proved that they were just hanging on.
This is true even if they have two players on the bench who average 10+ points per game, Thornton + Terrence Jones. The Lakers' defensive bench lineup is very tough, and the frequency of physical confrontations makes both sides' shooting percentages low.
They were all low and fell into more tough battles. Entering the tough battles, the players' advantage in singles came out. Pierce + last year's sixth man Nick Young were all good players, so they still had an advantage.
Larry Brown's configuration of the substitute lineup is high-intensity defense + mainly singles. Nick Young + Pierce are enough guarantees, plus some simple coordination, the score of the substitute lineup can be supported. This is defensive willfulness
, it’s better to defend if you can’t score. If last year’s Lakers team couldn’t score, they would be in big trouble.
Besides, most of the substitute lineup is to buy time for the main lineup. If they can do this, they are excellent.
If you always think about using the substitute lineup to defeat your opponent, and you will succeed sometimes, you will definitely be unlucky more often. Larry Brown understands this problem very well, so he arranges the substitute lineup.
It's also clear and concise.
When the main force comes up, Rockets head coach Bickerstaff will still have to play a 1-2-2 zone defense, but the Lakers won't do so many tricks with you this time, they will just hit the inside hard. Tang Qian didn't do anything
Come on, he got a lot of opportunities to directly attack the basket through air cuts, screen pick-and-roll moves, and his score suddenly went up. As expected, it is one of the worst teams in the league in defensive interior this season.
First, the zone defense has been used, but in fact it is still just a showpiece and will be broken at the first touch.
No wonder this team's offensive firepower is okay, but its record so far this season is a mess. This defense.
Fatal injury.
It is said that this is the era of small ball, which emphasizes offense. However, if you really look at the strong teams during this period, how many of them are not very strong in offense but also strong in defense? Let’s not talk about the Warriors. A team that integrates offense and defense, offense
The efficiency and defensive efficiency are both in the top three levels in the league, absolutely awesome. In the original time and space, the Rockets and the Warriors reached the tiebreaker, relying solely on offense? Wrong, wrong, wrong. The Rockets' offensive efficiency and defensive efficiency in the postseason that year
They are also among the top three teams in the NBA. At one time, their offensive efficiency was even higher than that of the Warriors.
So, do you really think that in the small ball era, "offense buys tickets, offense wins"?
In fact, it is still "offense buys tickets, defense wins". Because their defense was among the top teams in the league that season.
A team like the Rockets that loses more points than they score this season will find it difficult to survive in the regular season.
It is normal to have a poor record. The Rockets did not adjust at this time. They just blocked the Lakers inside, but they could not guard the inside. After Tang Qian scored 10 points in one breath, he passed a few out. As a result,
Because there were so many open spaces on the outside, they continued to flourish. The game entered a 20-point garbage time. At this time, Harden still stepped forward. After all, he is the league's first point shooter this season, averaging 29+ points per game.
Continuous scoring, continuous shooting, and two personal steals helped the Rockets bring the score difference back to 11 points. The Lakers called a timeout, and Tang Qian and Harden looked at each other with a confrontational mood.
Rapidly heating up.
Although this is a "war" started by women, at this point, it is impossible not to fight.
Tang Qian also smiled, turned around and walked away. Naturally, this smile was not a smile like the morning breeze, but mostly mocking and sarcastic.
I mean, do you really think you can do it?
Harden also held his breath. Defeating his opponent and enjoying Kardashian's "extended meal" at night is still very tempting to him now. That big ass, uh, okay, don't digress, I'm thinking
It's good to know it well. Harden feels itchy just thinking about it.
As the old saying goes, under heavy desires, no, "under heavy rewards", there must be a brave man.
Harden was stimulated by Kardashian's "heavy reward", and his performance tonight started to shine.
Oh, Kardashian? I mean, Brother Deng, you’re not afraid of poisoning your private parts.
Be convinced, be convinced.
Back on the court, the Lakers played a high-position pick-and-roll. After Tang Qian and Rondo picked and rolled, Rondo and Tang Qian cut in both directions. This made Houston Rockets head coach Bickerstaff very happy. He just said loudly below
We need to continue to strengthen the team's zone defense. And the opponent did this to make his arrangement just right. But before he was happy for more than 2 seconds, the basketball was passed out by Rondo. It turned out that he and Tang Qian were in the pick-and-roll together.
It's all a pretense. This ball is designed to turn the Houston Rockets into an inside zone defense formation, and then pass it out to the blind area of the bottom corner for a three-point shot.
Bosh took a three-pointer and hit it~~~
The Lakers' lead once again reached 14 points.
Rockets head coach Bickerstaff arranged a wing interleaving play, but it was too rigid. This was the biggest problem with changing coaches midway. Without a complete pre-game training camp, just using the game gaps to practice was completely unsystematic.
Insufficient. The schedule of NBA games is too intensive. There is almost a game every other day, and there are even back-to-back games. At this time, even if you want to practice extra, you have to consider the physical condition of the whole team. If you mess around, the Lakers back then
That's the end of the "Santa Barbara Devil's Training".
No matter how hard-working a star is, he will be injured.
When Harden saw that it was not working, he immediately turned to work alone. He made a change of rhythm. He paused and raised his hand to shoot a three-pointer. James Harden's three-pointers began to increase significantly this season. In the past, the most he took was 6+ shots.
, this season has directly broken through to 8+. However, the shooting rate has dropped to a new low in recent years. It is more than 35%, which is the lowest in a season except 34% in the 10-11 season. It can be seen that it is completely
There is no system for him to hit randomly, which will also have a great impact on his shooting percentage.
In addition, Butler's defense still rushed to interfere, and the ball missed. However, the ball bounced very far and was caught by Beverley, the Rockets' most active player. Beverley protected the ball, and Harden asked for the ball, and continued to give it.
No. 13 James Harden. Because Harden didn't feel very good about three-pointers tonight, he no longer chose outside shooting and instead wanted to break through in isolation. But the person defending him was not a weakling. He was a continuous defense.
Jimmy Butler. In addition, Butler's tonnage is greater than him, and his tonnage and strength advantage are suppressed.
What Harden is good at is rhythm breakthrough, not rapid speed breakthrough. His first step and explosive power are not particularly outstanding, so rhythm + power are his breakthrough magic weapon. But this is not used to beat the defensive master Butler.
Great, in terms of pace and rhythm, Butler is a defensive strong point. In the past, Harden would show off his strength when encountering this situation. His tonnage of 220 pounds and his height are enough to make him a small truck among guards. There is no doubt that he is a heavy guard. But it is a pity.
Butler's tonnage is larger, not just a little bit, more than 10 pounds. Under such circumstances, Harden's advantage in strength confrontation is not of much advantage.
What should we do? If the three-pointer feels bad, continue to bet? Or... should we hit the mid-range shot?
No, not at all. Although Harden's mid-range and long-distance shooting has returned to 40% this season, which is far better than the 33% last season, what he trusts more is his breakthrough move. "Invincible". No,
Harden came right away, observed the position of the players for the first and second half, and then started to break through. Butler was still very quick to defend and the confrontation was full, but the moment the two collided, Harden immediately inserted his arm
underneath Butler's arm.
At this moment, our defensive master Jimmy Butler’s expression changed drastically!
Come on, it's only the 15-16 season. Who in the entire league still doesn't know Harden's name as "The Porcelain King".
His "starting action" clearly means that he wants to "touch the pot".
And unlike Durant's "Big Loop" which was banned, his shot was a breakthrough shot, which makes sense according to the rules. Even if you want to ban it, you can't. It can only be done after the standards of the playoffs are raised.
To be able to contain it, the regular season is very difficult.
As a master of outside defense, Butler has certainly studied Harden's offensive methods, so he felt something bad as soon as he saw this kind of ball, but it was too late to get away. After all, Harden is so good at "taking advantage of it"
There are still very few people who follow the rules. Everyone still wants to save face. He himself cannot do such a thing.
Butler couldn't help shouting "Damn", which showed how depressed he was now.
As a midfielder, Harden knew at a glance that the ball was ready. He immediately prepared to raise his body, then made a "Chang'e flying to the moon" posture, and matched his facial expressions, waiting for the referee to blow the whistle. In fact, you can't play this kind of ball.
Do you think the referee didn't know that Harden "deliberately bumped the ball"? No, of course not, it's just that it is within the rules, so you can't call it a blow.
In the regular season, this is the penalty scale.
Just when the baseline referee was about to blow the whistle, Harden's ball suddenly stopped in the air. It turned out to be a big hand that had been waiting for a long time. He grabbed it from the air and made a beautiful block. The basketball quickly flew several times.
Mi Yuan, Rondo had the most keen sense of smell for this kind of ball, and he rushed over like a sharp arrow. Well, you can also understand that if he picked up this ball, he could increase his defensive rebounding data, so he was so active
.Anyway, it works. The result is that Rondo got the ball and ran down quickly with the ball.
Beverley chased the ball desperately, but Rondo was very experienced and not only relied on his super wingspan to score the goal, but also earned an extra penalty. He was really happy and happy.
An opportunity to get +2+1 rebound data, is there anything more exciting than this?
Rondo stayed with Tang Qian for a long time and figured out a special way to rebound the ball.
Just pick up the floor ball that was blocked by No. 29, because the rule of the NBA is that a rebound is generated when the shot is taken.
If it directly covers the bottom line, there is nothing you can do about it. It is called a foul ball.
Well, so "Lang Guidance" has a flexible mind. This is called tacit cooperation and maximizing his own value on the court.
Brushing statistics? It doesn’t exist. This is an honest rebound.
Harden complained to the referee with a dissatisfied look on his face: Wasn't it a foul just now? Why didn't the whistle sound?
The referee did not explain, but he had the answer in his heart. The ball just now was indeed a foul, and it was a success according to the rules. However, the Lakers' No. 29's assist defense block was too beautiful and a wonderful move, so the standards can be relaxed appropriately. So.
, if he doesn’t brag, no one will say anything. This is the “unspoken rule of the alliance” that everyone knows.
Appreciation is very important.
It's a pity that Rondo missed the free throw and the Lakers led by 16 points. The Rockets wanted to hit a three-pointer and looked for opportunities to make long shots to narrow the score. However, it was similar to the problem just now. The cooperation was stiff and the game was not chemical.
The reaction was easily blocked by the Lakers' defense. In this way, there was no backup plan, and so much offensive time was consumed, Harden once again chose to do it himself.
Now in the Rockets, Howard basically cannot get the ball, and James Harden is the real team boss that everyone knows.
This ball, in fact, Howard still has a chance to proactively pick and roll, but "Warcraft" is not willing to do so.
Although he has woken up from the dream of being a "big killer in the low post", if he goes out to pick and roll, he still gives it to Harden, so forget it. This time and space has not reversed in 2018. Let alone now.
This ball is Harden's "breakthrough" again. Butler is cautious, but what is called "king of porcelain"? Even if you are careful, others can still find opportunities. This is called the realm of Dacheng. Otherwise, what is it called?
What about the "Porcelain King"?
Do you really think that this awesome nickname is "given for free"?
The No. 1 "Porcelain King" in NBA history is definitely not a name he deserves in vain.
I want a "big meal" tonight. This is Harden's heartfelt voice. With this thought...
Beep beep~ Sure enough, it was successful. This was the regular season and Houston's home court, and the referee had no choice but to blow the whistle.
Butler looked frustrated when the ball was called for a foul, but he did not complain to the referee, because it was obviously intentional by the opponent. Complaining had no effect. Harden walked past Butler with some pride, seeming to
It's like showing off how deep his "porcelain skills" are. This guy is also a man who takes advantage of "rule efficiency" to the extreme.
The first "Porcelain King" in history is also the first in history.
Don't keep saying that there are no historical giants born now. At least there is Curry, the number one marksman in history, and Harden, the number one "king of porcelain" in history. Just the two of them who are number one in history, the fans in the past can't do anything about it.
Enjoyable.
So, be content.
When Harder stepped to the free throw line, Tang Qian patted Butler on the shoulder and said: "Don't be discouraged Jimmy, don't be so defensive later, just block his change of direction. I'll take care of the rest."
This season, I am even more difficult to "touch" than before.
Don’t believe it? Try it.
PS: A big chapter. Thank you for being so handsome that it shocked Daniel Wu. The wall is big. The symbol is 7456 for the big monthly ticket. Thank you to Immortal Darkness 222 for the big reward. Thank you~~~