The Houston Rockets started this year with a mediocre record, but they have won two consecutive games. Their local media also made it seem like the Big Four have successfully merged. But look at the team they played against, the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The team competing for the No. 1 pick this year, the Dallas Mavericks, is a completely rebuilt team for Doncic to train for, so it really can’t be said that the combination has been successful. Sometimes an easy schedule can create a winning streak.
, but this... is just an illusion of false prosperity. It's not that you really are that awesome.
However, the Rockets are still a team of the Big Four, and they still seem to be quite capable. At least they have many stars and a lot of momentum, right?
This game was the last of the Lakers' consecutive road trip. When they arrived at the Toyota Center, Tang Qian saw Harden, who was leading the scoring list this season. He hadn't spoken yet. The latter was like a primary school student who was anxious to perform.
He came over and said:
Tyrant~I am different this year~I am stronger!
Oh~
Tonight you will know how powerful I am!
Oh~
We are also the Big Four now! You can’t scare me!!!
Oh~
I didn't mean to scare you either.
…
But Tang Qian's "oh oh oh" seemed to Harden to mean contempt. He was immediately furious, thinking that in order to deal with you, he even gave up the Kardashian's big butt, and even the nightclub is now competing
I almost didn’t go there during this period, just to surprise that annoying face like you!
Isn't there an old saying in the East... You should look at each other with admiration after three days of separation! You look down on me so much, I really...
So angry!!!
Tang Qian seemed to see the inner emotions of Rockets No. 13. He lowered his head and smiled slightly: "Okay, okay, I will take a good look at it. Come on. I'm looking forward to it. But these words sound like... coaxing a child."
Harden's beard almost fluttered with anger. He was really very angry and resentful towards this No. 29.
You said you suppressed James, no problem, but why do you always bring me along?
You said you should bring it with you, but why does it always sound like scraps? I just made up the numbers?
You snatched my MVP, snatched my scoring title, and made me and James ridiculed on the Internet. You, you, I will fight you to the end tonight and this year. Tang Qian
If he could know what Harden was thinking, he would definitely give a comforting reply: Okay, okay, anyway, I haven't lost against James yet. Come and help me.
That would definitely make Harden even more angry and explode.
The Rockets have put together their classic lineup this season, Harden + Paul + Griffin + Anthony + Capela. The advantage of this lineup is that Anthony can finally return to his No. 3 position. He no longer has to play inside.
.But because the Rockets play run-and-gun and fast small ball, to be honest with this rhythm...it is still appropriate for you to let Carmelo, who is ten years younger, come.
He played Westbrook's blitz with the Thunder last year, but he was extremely unaccustomed to it. He went back and forth between offense and defense at high speed, which consumed a lot of energy in his bloated body. Therefore, he often struggled offensively, walked defensively, or even never came back at all. The title of "defensive black hole" was given to him last year.
It's completely stuck on him. And there are various data to support it. But...he signed a basic salary to come here and gave up all the dignity of a star, not to come as a substitute.
However, judging from the previous few games, he played well and badly, especially his shooting percentage, which was worrying. His original shooting skills also collapsed due to excessive physical energy consumption due to high-speed running.
Now all kinds of public opinions are very unfavorable to him. And Anthony can't let go of his arrogance at all. He likes to stop the ball and play in singles, and his rhythm is not in line with the Rockets. Therefore, there are voices on the Internet telling him to get out. Damn, labor and management
I signed a contract with Houston with a minimum salary. Shouldn't you be grateful? You actually want me to "get out"??? This makes Anthony really confused.
Especially Fatty Mo, who even vaguely suggested that he would like to be a substitute, which made him even more miserable!
But it's no use if he can't figure it out. What he has to do now is to use his performance and strength on the court as soon as possible to prove that he is still the star that everyone is afraid of. This game is a high-profile game, at least it is the Lakers' first game since the start of the game.
A strong opponent, the lineup on paper can live up to their tough rivalry. So if this is not a national live broadcast, it is absolutely impossible. These people in Midea still have normal minds.
It will be broadcast live on ESPN 1 tonight.
The guests invited were Hakeem Olajuwon of the Rockets and Kobe Bryant of the Lakers.
These are really heavyweight celebrities from both teams. They both look very powerful and have great energy.
This is also a gimmick that ESPN has done in recent years. By using celebrities from these teams to come to the platform, at least natural camp divisions are formed. There is no need to conduct any fake camp selection at all. Such conflicts and viewpoints are undoubtedly
It will stop the declining subscriptions in recent years. In order to retain ESPN's subscribers, ESPN is now starting to rack its brains. There is no way. Capitalism, everything depends on economic efficiency. If you are not efficient,
, then don’t talk about anything, and no one will take you seriously. By then the authoritative media will no longer have their hats, and you will really cry to death.
Although I like Tyrant Don very much, the Rockets' lineup this season is not bad, and I think they still have a chance.
Hakeem, although you are my senior, I still want to say that your Rockets haven't won for an unknown amount of time since they were replaced by James. So do you think there is any point in saying this?
Everything on the basketball court still relies on strength.
Kobe, basketball is round, and the people on this year's Houston Rockets are also very good. Even if they couldn't win before, it doesn't mean they can't win now. You are too arbitrary. I still believe in Houston this year.
To be honest, although I signed a contract with the bearded man from your Rockets team and I admire his ability, I still have to say that his style of play is not the way to win. Especially when facing someone like a tyrant,
If you use this method, it will only make him more violent. If you want to defeat him, you still have to be upright.
Olajuwon did not refute this. After all, he also felt that... it was not a good thing to rely too much on rules.
Look at Harden's current free throw average of 15+ per game. Although it will drop in the future, if this trend continues, it will probably not be less than 11 per game. Some people will say that Jordan and Kobe are averaging more than 35 points per game.
More than 10 free throws? Well, there is a problem here, that is, the number of three-pointers made by Kobe and Jordan is much lower than Harden. There is a paradox here, you have to lose ten in a game.
Three or four three-pointers means that more than half of your shots are outside the three-point line. In this case, your number of free throws should be greatly reduced. Anyway, if Kobe and Jordan conceded so many three-pointers in one game
, with their technical style of play, they will definitely not be able to average 10+ free throws per game. After all, this is a rule. The closer to the basket, the more free throws, and the higher the probability of causing damage. If you lose three points, you will lose it.
There are many, and I have never heard of a free throw kill. Harden is an exception. Especially this season, he has completely developed a skill called... three-pointers.
Suddenly he became invincible.
This skill is really not something that ordinary people can learn. At the same time, coupled with the extraordinary breakthrough and porcelain collision rate, no one dares to defend him. No matter who it is, they can't stop him. They don't even dare to move with intensity mentally.
.Otherwise you will be hit by him and die.
Harden has a famous saying. A reporter asked him how to prevent him from getting to the free throw line. Harden said, just don't foul.
Simply... not ashamed but proud.
He is also the first person in history to violate the rule that the more three-pointers he takes, the fewer free throws he makes.
If you don’t believe me, check the data for yourself! Among those who averaged 7.5 three-pointers per game in a single season, only one person can average more than 10+ free throws per game. The rest of the three-point shooters are far behind. And the top five are all
He is alone. He is the only one. So if you think about it, in a sense, No. 13 of the Rockets is also a man who can break the rules of the league.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the magical skill of touching porcelain has reached its peak.
Hitting two goals is close to 30 points, hitting five or six goals is still more than 30 points, hitting eight or nine goals is 40 or 50 points... This kind of data is nothing new for Harden. To be honest.
A certain little blacksmith in Los Angeles was hacked for countless years in 1747. In fact, if you calculate carefully, the hit rate is more than 36%. And for the first point position of the new generation, he hit 9 out of 34 goals, with a hit rate of only
26%, but no one cares about it. Just like the Cavaliers, oh, and now the Clippers' No. 23, he shot 2 for 18, and no one wanted to speculate. It's true that people named James are different. Don't do anything
Artificial high-level data analysis, let’s talk about the basic data that exists objectively. If you want to shoot 9 out of 34 and exceed 17 goals, on the basis of 26%, do you know how many shots you need to take? It’s very simple, you need to take 68 shots.
times, so that we can score 18 goals with a shooting rate of 26%. But we don't need it because we take 20 free throws.
This is not the key. The key is that he shot 20 three-pointers! Just like that, he still had 20 free throws. This is simply against the normal free throw rules of basketball. But Harden is such a fierce man. He is so different.
.In the world of free throws, he has almost reached the point where he can ignore the rules. Even if you don't accept it, you have to accept it.
After the Lakers kicked off, they attacked quickly and hit the ball directly inside. Capela and Griffin immediately double-teamed to help defend. Tang Qian missed the ball, and then the opponent grabbed the rebound and pushed it quickly. Harden sent the ball
Go in, Capela eats the cake and scores. The Rockets' style of play tonight is very clear. As I said before, it is to score points. Just defend as hard as you can. Don't worry too much if you can't defend. Their four stars are not
Just kidding. But when it comes to attacking, the opponent may not be able to take advantage now.
The magic ball offense + D'Antoni system has indeed comprehensively strengthened the entire team's offensive firepower.
Westbrook of the Lakers played one, and was also troubled by Paul. Paul was not injured last year, because he was eliminated by the Lakers in 4 games, so he escaped temporarily. Therefore, his athletic ability is not as good as the original time and space.
The same decline. Westbrook has never been too comfortable playing against Paul. Paul's defensive experience is too experienced, and it is very difficult for Westbrook, who is out of shape.
Running tactics, the Rockets' style of play tonight is to make infinite defense changes except for the inside. They are becoming more and more proficient in practicing this. It seems that D'Antoni still worked hard to deal with the Lakers. He knows how to play this
Instead of double-teaming and assisting in defense, which the Rockets are not very good at in the first place, the team might as well help in partial defense and double-teaming, and then prevent the rest of the Lakers from coordinating, and then use singles to determine the outcome.
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Well, the Rockets seem to be more and more like this in recent years. They are also the team that likes isolation the most in the league.
Playing in the playoffs is the same routine. As long as you encounter a strong team, you will always do the same thing, play mismatched singles, and then beat the opponent until they can't stand it anymore, and start to double-team and help defend, and then rely on the ball-playing ability of the light bulb to activate the whole team.
The three-point magic ball from the outside is the ultimate attack. If you are inside, you are looking for opportunities to eat cakes. This kind of defensive method will try to limit the tactical team performance, basically forcing the opponent to compete one-on-one with one of their own stars. Then D'Antoni will make substitutions tonight.
More frequently, Ariza and Capela are used interchangeably, so when the Lakers finally have some success on the outside, they immediately lock down the outside and block the opponent's singles efficiency.
Paul + Ariza are enough to suppress the Lakers' single points. Although the Lakers have a lot of single points, and all three outsiders have independent offensive capabilities. But except for Westbrook, the others are not the kind who can really kill people in singles.
And Westbrook was entangled by Paul again tonight, and he didn't have the three-point touch, so he played very anxiously. But Tang Qian was not anxious at all. He made the team start to attack in misplaced positions, basically
Anthony will hit whoever catches Carmelo. Because he knows that Anthony has now become an absolute defensive black hole for the Rockets.
Coupled with the reduction in offensive ball rights, Anthony's subjective initiative has become even worse.
This effect is indeed good, which makes the Rockets very depressed, because they are playing with all their strength against the Lakers. They finally scored, but Anthony missed it so easily and let others do it.
Come on? Especially after Tang Qian encountered a double team, he immediately took the initiative to support the screen, which made Anthony's defensive black hole attribute even more amplified. Once he delayed, Anthony basically wouldn't move anymore.
, just standing there watching the Lakers players attack the basket and score points.
This made D'Antoni really angry. However, Anthony still needs to hold the ball and play in isolation. When his physical strength is still good, he can still get in a few, so it is not easy to replace him directly. After all, he himself is attacking basketball.
, the defense should not be too harsh. But at this time, the Lakers took the initiative to change their tactics. Since Anthony's offense is okay and his physical fitness is still sufficient at the beginning, then Tang Qian steps up to ask for the ball in the low post. This is a direct double-team.
, Tang Qian had a bad start tonight, shooting 1 of 4 from the field. However, no matter how strong a player is, his hand will fluctuate. For a real historical giant, the ability to self-adjust on the spot is also a top priority.
When the fight goes well, you can fight whatever you want, but when it doesn't go well, it's a test.
In the past, Tang Qian didn't have so many good teammates, so he didn't have many choices. It was easy to predict opponents' routines on the outside, but it's different now. He went directly up to perform continuous high pick-and-rolls, and then moved down to screen without the ball.
Finally, he cut in to grab the rebound. When his teammates opened up, he could easily take advantage of it. After all, it is not like last season. When opponents were forced to confront opponents, they would almost always choose to "turn over" and want a whistle. He had no intention of leaving the game easily, so he first took stock of his teammates.
team, otherwise the opponents will shrink more and more. Kobe praised in the live broadcast room: When he feels bad, he takes his time and takes the initiative to help the whole team attack, organize and provide offensive support. This is the tyrant's behavior.
With his strength, as long as he is on the court, he can bring indispensable energy to the team's offensive and defensive ends. Look at this ball, George can easily catch the ball and lick the basket to score, all thanks to his screen and delay.
He is the Tim Duncan of our team.
Are you right Hakim?
But the Rockets are also very fierce. They played very patiently at the beginning. The light bulb combination stood on the left and right, forming a V-shaped offensive organization. After the pick-and-roll, Paul sent the ball in, and then the pick-and-roller popped up and shot a three-pointer from the outside. It almost came to the Rockets, three-pointer
The ball must be able to be thrown, and it must be thrown far enough. This is because it can open up more space and make it more difficult for the opponent to defend and rotate in place. Here we have a series organization of light bulb combinations, which seems to work well, mainly because
This year's free movement rules have made off-ball defense extremely hairy, so two passing masters can easily get the ball in place and then let them run without the ball and tear apart the defense.
During this period, Tang Qian was outside and did not have time to go in. After all, the Griffin who was replaced is also an extremely stable three-point long-range shooter. He takes 7 three-pointers on average and his shooting rate is also very good.
This cannot be let go easily. Griffin has already made two three-pointers tonight, and it is impossible for Tang Qian to continue his three-point shooting.
This year, although I don’t want to say it, the three-pointer has indeed become the biggest symbol of victory or defeat.
The Rockets are big three-pointers, so we can't let them open easily, otherwise it will be very troublesome.
D'Antoni has no other skills, but he is very good at coaching the offense. With the Rockets in his hands, the offense is still running smoothly. However, the Lakers, under the leadership of Tang Qian, continued to have a stalemate with them.
Substitute rotation time, this is what these people have a headache for. Because generally speaking, No. 29... Sure enough, he does not come off the field to rest!
This is terrifying. Every time this happens, it is torture. If you can't survive it, you will be pulled away.
This is the advantage of having more stars. Different from the situation last year, now you only need to put two stars on the court to delay the score. After the Lakers made substitutions, their defense undoubtedly declined, but it didn't matter that Tang Qian led a pure
The substitutes also worked hard. And after the substitution, the Rockets also declined. Whether it is Faried or Nene, they are both people who will not be able to play. Nene is old, there is no way, Farid
He is completely out of touch with this era. He has no shooting range at all, and his defense has seriously declined. Especially now that there are more and more powerful inside players, the era when Jordan can dominate a team and a defense is gone forever.
A player like him, even if his statistics are okay, will no longer be favored by NBA teams.
Tang Qian didn't talk nonsense when he saw this. He knew how the team should play in the regular season. He could play the whole game, so there was no need to compete with other star teammates for time. He just started to use the substitute time. Continuous violent back-ups
In low-post singles, Nene has absolutely no footwork. If Farid came to help defend, if he hadn't double-teamed him in advance, once Nene couldn't stand up to anyone, he would have been killed by No. 29 and just raised his hand to dunk!!! He is too
He is short, 203cm tall, and has poor rim protection. It would be strange not to be ignored by Tang Qian.
It's impossible for a short inside man to defend him. There's no possibility at all.
He stretches out his hand, and if his opponent doesn't jump up, he can't even touch the hair on the ball. What's there to worry about?
As for the traditional route of pushing the center of gravity and pushing the bottom plate, it is even more stupid, because Tang Qian can not only know the sky hook, but even if he can't, he can still forcefully break the game by relying on pure strength. He only needs to adapt to the current penalty scale.
After a relaxing wave, Tang Qian scored 9 points in a row. There was no other way. D'Antoni could only let the whole team focus on defense. But in this way, the Lakers players from the outside came up with another three-pointer. Yi Jianlian and Ingram each scored.
The shot made the Rockets tremble. Fortunately, Anthony returned the favor, and Gordon also scored strongly. The Lakers also did not defend well with this lineup. Tang Qian alone cannot guard everyone.
In this way, it dragged on until the second quarter, and the main force slowly came back.
At this time, the Lakers made a countermeasure, which was to slowly let go of Anthony. This was a test. At the same time, the whole team accelerated. After Westbrook came back, he pushed wildly to counterattack. It didn't matter if the turnover was high. It just wanted to... drag them to death.
Sure enough, Anthony didn't have high self-requirements, so he dragged his body with high body fat and soon became exhausted during the return run, and then his shooting percentage began to drop. The Lakers took the opportunity to make a move. At this time, D'Antoni
The more I look at Anthony, the less I like him, just like Pau Gasol who didn't suit his team's system back then. He doesn't have a good attitude towards players who can't play in his system.
He really wants to replace this big-headed melon directly, but at Anthony's level, you can't just replace him at normal times if you want. This will cause conflicts in the locker room. Pippen was because Jackson didn't show up at critical moments.
Let him fight, and he will not play out of anger, let alone Anthony. In terms of historical status, Anthony is far from the historical status of Pi Erye. So before the management has spoken, he cannot fall out with Anthony casually. It can only be
Quickly adjust the lineup. Unfortunately, the Lakers' defensive concentration has also improved this time. In addition, taking a step forward for Anthony has accelerated the overall defensive rotation of his team. D'Antoni changed after the opponent destroyed the basketball out of bounds.
Capela, Capela comes up just to take advantage of the situation. At the same time, if the effect is not good, then go up to pick and roll, and then... use stars to push through this period.
The defensive quality of the Lakers' main lineup is indeed high. In the past, when defense could affect the trend of the game more, D'Antoni ensured that it would be difficult for his team to beat the opponent. But now, it is different, the times are different.
.And our team has the strongest No. 2 scorer in this era.
Therefore, he will let you see his ability. Although Tang is the strongest insider I have ever seen, he is the strongest outside scorer and will definitely be created by me, D'Antoni, in the future. James Harden, he is now
He has energy that is comparable to the scoring ability of peak Choco. Don’t believe it? Give it a try.
The future will even be better! Become the number one scorer!
D'Antoni looked at Harden from the sidelines, and Harden also saw the former's look. Harden nodded, then called a pick-and-roll, and then stepped back against the Lakers... and hit a three-pointer. This is actually
Nothing, Harden would do this before, and there were even statistics. The Rockets' No. 13's step-back three-point shooting rate was extremely high, even higher than normal shots. However, everyone soon discovered that something was wrong.
Yeah, that's this guy, he actually started... a lot of step-backs and three-pointers.
Especially when it's accurate, people suddenly don't know how to defend.
The opponent Butler, who has short hands, is even more ambitious than capable.
Harden led the team to start a counterattack. With his personal scoring ability exploding this year, the Rockets are indeed much more powerful than before. This is something that cannot be denied. The sudden frequency of this move was something Tang Qian did not expect. Even
The entire league did not expect it. Of course, the most important thing is not just this, otherwise he would not be able to increase his scoring average this season.
That's his...
PS: It’s a big chapter~ So I wrote more than 10,000 words tonight, ok~ Please give me some support~~~~~