"Although the Rockets are lagging behind, they can't be careless, because their ability to score points may be better than the Warriors to some extent. It is unreasonable to explode with magic ball three-pointers."
"Yes, I agree with you. Overflowing. The Lakers must continue to be steady and steady to have a chance to win. They must not be careless. In the last round, their opponents led by 17 points in G3. They were too careless and were defeated in one breath.
It turned around. The Lakers should learn from this."
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"The Rockets still haven't opened up the scoring, and Harden hasn't opened up either. It's normal to lose points. Their unlimited defense changes can't deal with the tyrants of the Lakers. So now they just need to sort out their offensive problems."
"Houston hasn't exerted its strength yet. Otherwise, the score difference could have given the Lakers a double-digit lead?"
Rockets fans online are also at odds with domestic Lakers fans. After all, before the Fatty Mo incident broke out, the Rockets were the "home team of China" for many years. At one time, they even turned their Rockets red into China red. It's a pity that all of a sudden
It was ruined by a fat white guy who wanted to transition into politics. The owner of the Rockets was also unlucky. Before the Rockets bought Paul, they only had about 1.67 billion U.S. dollars. Later, they bought it.
Paul feels that the opportunity has come, and the market value has soared to 2.2 billion U.S. dollars. This is simply compared to when Alexander bought the Rockets in 1993. You have to know that the owner of the Rockets was a poor man. The total net worth may be as much as
It was less than 100 million U.S. dollars, but as a result, they spent 85 million to win the Rockets. In the same year... the Rockets won the championship, and the following year they won the championship again. The market value soared. In 2002, Yao Ming arrived, and it soared again.
When the final move was made, it was already 2.2 billion. Unfortunately, the new owner's luck was not very good, so he was the only one among the many owners of the Rockets who took over and suffered a huge loss. Originally, he was ranked 1~2 from 394th on the rich list.
It plummeted to 459 within a month. Tell me, it’s unlucky.
But now, there are still a lot of Rockets fans in China. Even if the Lakers now have Tang Qian and Yi Jianlian, that doesn't mean there won't be any enemies on the opposite side. After all, people also say, we also have Chinese players, right?
What?
Some unscrupulous media also like to say, "Oh, China Derby".
Derby, do you mean the water fountain at the end of the Rockets bench?
Alian even greeted him at the beginning, but Tang Qian didn't say hello at all, because in his opinion, this guy was simply enough. He didn't make progress, and he kept complaining. Who can blame him? There is no shortage of geniuses in this world.
What's more, he is not a true genius in the field of basketball. In the whole world, he is nothing.
In the second quarter, the Lakers came on the bench, but No. 29 was still online. This was simply a "cheating". Because even in the playoffs, unless it was a life-and-death tiebreaker or something like that, there would be no such thing.
If the starting main force really plays the whole game, the playing time will be greatly increased compared to the regular season, but it will definitely not really stop. 40+ is considered very good. Therefore, there will be some substitute time.
. Not everyone is a four-star star in the Cosmos. They can always put two All-Stars or more on the court to lead the team. At least the Rockets do not have this ability. They are a dual-core system, and Harden’s playing time in the regular season is
35+, 36+ so far in the playoffs, Paul is 31+ in the regular season this season, and 34+ in the playoffs. These two people are not physical monsters in history. Paul was okay when he was young, but now
Now that he is at the end of his peak, Harden's complete physical fitness has always been an issue. Without considering defense, he did not have a 40+ appearance season in the regular season. In the playoffs, he even had two 40+ appearances.
It’s a shooting percentage of 30%, which is a mess. So D’Antoni has to take this into consideration. Most of the time, you will find that Harden and Paul are not actually playing together on the court at all.
Because they have to lead the team separately, otherwise the Rockets' offense will be chaotic and disorderly during the bench time.
This is also the second weakness in the matchup between the Rockets and the Lakers. There is no mid-range. The team's peak lineup is not online long enough and is far inferior to the cosmos. Therefore, the Lakers continue to work hard. As usual, the first one to go to rest is
Harden, after all, the Rockets are now said to be dual-core, but everyone with a discerning eye knows who is the real boss of the team. The Rockets are No. 13, and Paul can only be said to be a deputy core. After Harden left, Paul began to connect the team.
The offense is indeed much better than Harden's previous offensive efficiency on the court. After all, the Lakers' defense this season is also difficult to describe. It was once ranked the worst in the league, but later after running in, it was the mid-to-lower level in the league, which gave the Rockets
The team has a chance. It’s not that difficult to score.
During the substitute time, only Beverley was slightly better at defending on the outside. The rest were like that, and Josh Smith seemed to be just making up the numbers right now. I really don’t know why. It’s only been a year since he returned from injury.
He was completely out of form. It was as if he was an hallucination before the injury. There were a lot of mistakes. In addition, the Rockets' three-point shooters were too daring to shoot. After all, everyone still understood the German coach's system. They didn't dare to shoot.
Yes, they won’t come up at all now. Well, except for the mascots.
Then, after that, several three-pointers came in, and the Rockets seemed to be gaining momentum.
Seeing this, Larry Brown decisively called a timeout, and then said loudly:
Tang~Why don’t you go and continue fighting?
Tang Qian was stunned and said: I have played so much before, now I should show off to my teammates, right? I am not a solo player. Larry Brown suddenly became furious, simply glaring angrily, and said angrily
:35 points in a single quarter? Pressing alone? You must listen to me clearly. In the next game, you continue...Give! Me! Fight!
Do you understand? Keep doing the "big one" thing in the first verse!!! Did you hear that? Tyrant!!!
Tang Qian's eyes almost popped out when he saw that Larry Brown was so old. In line with the idea of respecting the old and loving the young, he chose to be a "well-behaved" good classmate. This might make Larry Brown better.
Be less angry and live a few more years.
After criticizing Tang Qian's "selflessness", Larry Brown criticized the Lakers' defense again, and at the same time immediately made the following substitution decision: a lineup that had not been used before. Tang Qian was replaced by a lineup that had not been used before.
Qian + Yi Jianlian + Covington + Beverley + Kuzma. This is a mixed lineup, and at the same time... all four of them are very good defensively. Except for Yi Jianlian, they are all very good single defenders. Before
So before, it was not necessary because we were injured in the regular season and couldn't use it against the Thunder, so we swept them. The lineup against the Warriors was too short, and it was easy for opponents to use their height to beat them, and five small players were not fast enough.
At the same time, the Warriors have a strong lineup in the playoffs, both in main time and substitute time. They also need to pay attention to the distribution of the lineup to prevent the substitute time from becoming a loophole.
But I don’t have this worry when playing against the Rockets. The Rockets only have dual cores, and usually only one superstar is on the court at a time during substitute time. In addition, tonight I have to defeat the opponent in one breath, so I adopted such a defensive method. Although we have not practiced together,
But at least Covington + Beverley + Rondo are veteran players who have won consecutive championships before. They have already learned Larry Brown's defensive system long ago. With the addition of Tang Qian, at least single-point defense is not a problem now.
As for Alian, just try your best. Fortunately, there are not as many muscles as before. Yi Jianlian himself has already reached 258 pounds. Compared with the NBA before, this is completely different. This is in the space age.
, enough. Look, Nene on the opposite side is not as heavy as him. It can be seen that although Alian has not played in the NBA before, he has not relaxed at all about his own ball.
This is also a guarantee that he can still dominate the world in 2019, and that he will also be able to do so in the international arena.
All of a sudden, the Lakers' defensive ability suddenly improved. The Rockets' current substitute lineup is really not big enough, unlike the Warriors who have a bunch of people who are about 2 meters tall. Paul on their side is only about 1.8 meters tall, and the main force is the third.
The six-man Gordon is only over 190 years old. Even if Harden is included, that's it. None of them are very tall. This gives this lineup room to play.
The lack of height gave them a chance to be stopped by the Lakers' sudden defensive lineup. When Tang Qian saw this, he basically beat Nene speechless. Nene really should retire, this is completely too old.
. Tang Qian didn't feel excited even after he scored. Because to be honest, if he couldn't score, that would be a problem. At this level, it's really okay to dare to defend himself alone. However, he didn't know that in the original
Space, this is how D'Antoni defended Durant of the Warriors in the first game. As a result, he was shot by Durant and scored nearly 40 points. Their interior defense was even worse, and they had to defend alone. That's really
I don’t know what to think. Do you really think that this year has a much greater advantage than last year?
What nonsense.
As soon as the Lakers' defensive ability improved, the Rockets were immediately hindered. Unless Paul played hard, this lineup would be crushed by the Lakers. And Paul, as you know, unless there is a big explosion, otherwise, the ability to attack tough situations is both desire and ability.
Not enough. He is a true traditional point guard, so the Lakers suddenly widened the score difference. There is no other way but to play James Harden again, otherwise they will not be able to open up the situation and cannot perform.
The team's three-point shooting advantage cannot lead to any open shots.
Harden really did it all by himself when he first came up. Now that his scoring ability has improved, his desire to pass the ball has been greatly reduced compared to last year. Don't look at the 8.8 assists in this year's regular season. In fact, in the playoffs, there are only 6.
+. Considering the Rockets' offensive and defensive speed in game rounds, and James Harden's all-inclusive style of play, this data is not very good at all. After all, under the dominance of the positional battle of the triangle offense, Kobe Bryant
The so-called little blacksmith's peak period was 5 to 6 assists in the playoffs. You have to know that the Lakers were mainly positional battles during the period, which was completely different from the Rockets who played run-and-gun. Therefore, Harden's playoff passes
His ability to connect assists, calculated by the number of rounds and rhythm, is not as magical as he claims. Especially now, he has completely entered the path of scoring evolution, and in everything, he takes the lead in singles.
This year, he is the most popular outsider in the league who likes to play in isolation, and the proportion will increase year by year in the future.
It is Beverley who is defending Harden. To be honest, this defensive matchup is not advantageous, because Beverley is the same as the injured Butler. It is basically a physical confrontation with the defensive flow. And this kind of defender, Harden
He is the most restrained. So to be honest, Beverly is very nervous now and has no confidence at all. For fear that he is sticking too closely, the bearded guy from the Rockets just let out an ecstatic "Ahhhhhh", and then
I sent him to the free throw line.
Judging from Harden's free throw shooting percentage, that's just giving away points.
But contrary to expectations, Harden seemed to be locked in with the three-pointer tonight. He didn't hit the ball, but just shot it.
The result was a "dang" sound~iron was struck~~~
The Lakers immediately grabbed the rebound, pushed Tang Qian over and quickly fell into position. It needs to be explained that the Rockets' defensive transition between offense and defense is actually not good. They are defensive now, and that is all because of unlimited defense changes. And the team configuration
It's strange that Harden, a defender, can rely on his strength and large tonnage to withstand the low post. He is the last guard-level low post defender in the league. At the same time, their small man also has Tucker, who is 198cm, who is also a large tonnage guy, so he can do it.
Support people. Then change defense quickly, so that you can't break through and suffer physical confrontation. But the Lakers didn't pay attention to these tonight at all. In the past, Tang Qian was in position... To be honest, D'Antoni didn't know that this was the case.
What happened to my disciple that he is so physically fit???
This is not tiring at all. He follows the team a lot and is still a seven-foot monster center? It does not hinder the team's rhythm at all, so a new play style this year is derived called "quick counterattack position attack". Listen
It sounds a bit awkward and convoluted, but, hey, don’t mention it, it’s just such a description. And it’s very appropriate. It’s obviously a positional attack, but the speed of advancement is the speed of quick defense and counterattack. Think about it
Look...such a weird situation almost does not exist in NBA history. At least since there is a lot of video data, it has not happened. Before that, there was no systematic positioning method and play style, let alone one. So.
The Lakers suddenly used this move in this year's playoffs, which caught the Warriors a little off guard. It was four small guards advancing at a high speed + Tang Qian following up. Either a quick counterattack or a quick drop shot.
Positional attack. There is no conflict at all.
After Tang Qian came over with the ball, he landed in position and hit it directly. The Rockets' Nene was forcibly knocked over, and then he could only watch as the Lakers' No. 29 lifted up and dunked in the air. There was a bang and he scored two more points.
Tang Qian felt a little embarrassed when he saw this. No, this was still the playoffs? He was about to score fifty points.
This is the first half, okay? If the Rockets can keep up with the rhythm today, then they will have the confidence to have a super scoring feast tonight. Unfortunately... Harden on the opposite side is not up to expectations, haha
Den came up with another three-pointer... Ouch, I tried, but it still didn't go in!!! Harden's three-point shot tonight was really amazing. It was his seventh three-pointer in the first half, but none of them went in. This is
It's really eye-opening.
To be honest, although Harden has been promoted to a super scorer this year, he has had a lot of ups and downs all the way to the playoffs. There are times when he scored 40+ points, but, well, there are also times when he scored more than ten or twenty points.
times. And there are quite a few. There were a total of 17 playoff games in the original space, and 7 games were below 25 points. This is a big loss for a super scorer. Not to mention that he still has several more games.
More than ten points per game. Especially three-pointers. If Durant is half a god and half a ghost in three-pointers this year, then Harden is a lot of super ghosts. More than 50% to 60% of three-pointers are 20%.
Compared to Durant, his eldest brother's shooting percentage is even more incredible. Looking at Westbrook this year, it is his second brother who has the highest three-pointers this year.
What? You said it’s impossible? How could it be Westbrook??? But unfortunately, this is the real answer.
So tonight, the Lakers really prepared for a long time, and also carefully guarded against the opponent's magic ball attack. The three-point shot from the outside was especially the top priority. However, tonight... Harden couldn't open it up, and the others also had opportunities.
There aren't many left, they're all in shambles.
When Harden missed another three-pointer, Tang Qian was confused. He was going to score 60 points tonight at halftime.
What's going on?
Are you really crazy? Tang Qian felt a little embarrassed while playing, and started to play the ball from the outside. However, he was immediately "scolded" by Larry Brown on the sidelines: What are you doing? Tang Qian
!!!Attack, attack, attack for me!!! Your success rate at this point is so high, and your opponent won’t double-team you, what kind of pass are you going to pass!!! Let me do it myself!!!
Ugh...
And the head coach who dislikes my passing the ball and supporting the whole team, okay, okay, let’s keep playing.
Tang Qian made a false move without the ball, and Nene was immediately deceived. Then Tang Qian easily turned around and went in to catch an alley-oop from Rajon Rondo. I'm going, boom~~~ I'm going to play tonight
The Rockets' basket was bombed countless times by him.
If the basket has something to say, it must be said: What can you do!!! I will be dunked!!!
Can't you feel sorry for me?
Of course, this is not that Larry Brown wants the Lakers to use cancer tactics. It’s just that tonight’s tactics are to defeat the opponent in the first half. Now that he sees the opportunity, he naturally can’t let it go easily. Then, Tang Qian made a mistake in the first half.
He scored 62 points and only missed two sports goals. This is really... Tang Qian himself is a little embarrassed.
This score... is just playing a game.
The Rockets lost by 30 points in the first half because of Harden's three-point shooting performance.