On December 2, 2012, the Los Angeles Lakers challenged the Orlando Magic away from home.
This is the first time "Warcraft" Howard has faced his "old team" after joining the Los Angeles Lakers.
As soon as Howard entered the arena, the overwhelming boos immediately rose.
This is a very common thing in the NBA, especially Howard's "Huo Zhongcheng" renege, which aroused the anger of the people of Orlando. When James moved to the Heat, Howard once secretly ridiculed him, saying that he would stay with him for life.
He played for the Orlando Magic, and everyone knew the result. From then on, there was another legend of "Huo Zhongcheng" in the world.
Warcraft played very frustrated in this game, maybe because he wanted to perform too well, but his mentality was a bit unbalanced. Although he got 15 rebounds, his shooting rate was over 40% and he made 9 of 21 free throws.
This directly ruined the good situation of the Lakers. Even if Kobe scored 34 points, 7 assists and 7 rebounds in this game, it would not help.
In this game, the people of Orlando also reminded other teams that when they can't defeat Los Angeles, they can find Dwight Howard to take action. The tactic known as "killing Howard" has become extremely popular this season.
stand up.
Gasol only played 28 minutes in this game and scored 11 points and 7 rebounds. This gave Tang Qian on the bench a lot of playing time. Tang Qian played 30 minutes in this game and scored 13
Personal data of 2 rebounds, 4 blocks, 2 points and 1 assist.
There is an advantage to being on the same team as Howard, that is, most of the opponent's insiders focus on the former, which greatly reduces Tang Qian's offensive and defensive pressure. Otherwise, the Magic's insiders are still not very capable.
Yes, at least Nikola Vucevic is averaging a double-double in the post this season, and he has a "human shield" power forward Glenn Davis by his side to protect him, so he really has to call Tang Qian.
, Tang Qian will also find it very difficult.
But unfortunately, the Lakers have Dwight Howard, so Tang Qian's pressure is reduced by more than half?
So he can get such good personal data, half of the credit is due to "Warcraft".
But in the end, the Lakers still lost the game because the overall shooting percentage was so disappointing. They only shot 41.9% from the field. But what about their opponents? A full 50%! Nearly ten percentage points less. I think.
It was really too difficult to win. Besides, they had 34 assists in this game, 15 more than the Lakers. They had more success and left the Los Angeles "Starship Troopers" in ruins.
Moreover, the Lakers' 18 turnovers were also an act of digging their own graves.
Under a chorus of boos, Dwight Howard left the Amway Center in embarrassment.
Lost again! This feeling! It definitely makes people feel bad!
Kobe Bryant had a conversation with Howard on the plane. No one outside knows what the content was, but judging from Howard's expression, it was probably not a word of praise. This is Kobe Bryant's personality. If you play well, I
I can praise you and tell you that you played badly, but I won’t tell lies. At least before Kobe Bryant ruptured his Achilles tendon, he had such an “unlikeable” character.
On December 4, the Lakers moved to Houston and challenged the Rockets away from home at Toyota Center.
In this game, Pau Gasol was completely off the game because he felt a strong foot discomfort as soon as he got off the plane. For the Spaniard's health, Gary Vitti suggested that he not play tonight.
This is very bad news. The "Four Kings" of the Los Angeles Lakers, who were "vibrant" and "impressive" at the beginning of the season, in the blink of an eye, only Kobe and Howard were left.
Just cut in half.
This year, the Rockets have completely "changed the gun". They not only brought in Jeremy Lin, but also the "future No. 1 point guard" James Harden. When the Lakers played against the Rockets, Harden did not play because of a bad cold.
, it was the first time Tang Qian saw No. 13 wearing a Rockets uniform in the Toyota Center.
"Hi~hot~Long time no see~How are you lately~" Jeremy Lin, who also has yellow skin, greeted Tang Qian friendly.
"It's okay~ What about you?" Tang Qian saw it was Jeremy Lin and turned around and asked.
Jeremy Lin shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I don't know, I always feel that Houston is different from what I imagined. My mother told me that there is an old Chinese saying, a good horse never turns back to eat grass. I don't know if I am.
I made a wrong decision." Jeremy Lin came to the Rockets for a tryout before, but was soon waived by the team, so this should be what he meant by "a good horse never looks back."
Jeremy Lin was originally full of confidence and wanted to come to Houston to be the boss, but unexpectedly, Morey "unknowingly" introduced James Harden. It seemed to strengthen the team, but in fact he was stupid.
"Functional overlap" behavior. Because both Jeremy Lin and Harden need to have the ball in their hands. If you put them together and they are both starters, how do you distribute the ball?
But Morey, the general manager of the Rockets, is a "numeric analyst". He once disclosed to the media that he relies on simulating 2k games to determine the future trend of the Rockets. For such a guy, although he does not have a bad contract in his hands,
But there is often no big deal, and even if he introduces stars, he cannot retain them. Moreover, he has also messed up the "jigsaw puzzle" of core players for a long time. He is not a particularly smart general manager of the team. He can only be said to be very competent.
That’s all.
The introduction of Harden is a problem.
Because he and Jeremy Lin can't coexist at all. Otherwise, don't bring in Jeremy Lin, or don't bring in Harden. Otherwise, one of them will be dissatisfied and need to change his style of play. Look at Miami's "three
"Giants" all need to distinguish who is in charge of the ball, and all need Wade to take the initiative to give in. This season's Harden and Jeremy Lin are even more so.
So Jeremy Lin later revealed that he was not happy at all during his time with the Rockets.
Because from the moment he saw Harden, Jeremy Lin felt "like being struck by lightning" and felt that he had been deceived by Morey.
Tang Qian looked at this yellow-skinned "little man" and sighed inwardly, because he knew that Jeremy Lin's "disaster" had just begun. After all, this season he was still one of the starting five, an iron-clad main force.
Next season, he will be directly demoted to the bench. At that time, Jeremy Lin will really "suffer".
However, he couldn't explain all this clearly. He could only vaguely remind you that maybe you are not suitable for Houston.
In this game, the Lakers' starting five are: Kobe Bryant, Ricks Duhong, Ci Shiping, Dwight Howard, and Tang Qian. Yes, because the Lakers suffered a large number of injuries
erosion, so many lineups have to be redistributed and adjusted. This is also the first major thing to test Mike D'Antoni, who has just taken office.
Not only Nash and Gasol, but also the chief backup point guard Steve Blake has entered the team's injury list due to a torn thumb ligament. In this case, Mike D'Antoni can only
This lineup was moved out urgently.
At least it seems that the strength is passable and not too bad.
For the Rockets, the starting lineup is: James Harden, Chandler Parsons, Omer Asik, Patrick Patterson, Jeremy Lin. This is not much different from Tang Qian's impression.
The contender for the ball, on the Lakers' side, is naturally Dwight Howard. Tang Qian looked at No. 12 and thought to himself:
A scrimmage player?
This position will be mine sooner or later!
Tang Qian's eyes flashed with lightning-like fighting spirit.
At the beginning of the first quarter, Tang Qian, who was named the starter, set a small goal for himself for this game.
That is to lock down the opponent, Patrick Patterson.
In this game, Kobe was on fire as soon as he started. Not only did he score 8 points in an instant, but he also defended the opponent's "future No. 1 point guard" in an extremely embarrassing manner, making 0 of 3 shots. I have to say that this season, haha
The ability gap between Denton and Kobe is still very obvious. Kobe has no problem at all if he wants to deal with his opponents.
Ci Shiping also defended his opponent Chandler Parsons so hard that he was in pain, yes, "he was in pain" because Ci Shiping's defense was extremely tough. Under this brutal defense method, the latter only felt that
All the muscles in his body ached. If the fast small forward could still rely on breakthroughs to tear apart Ci Shiping's defense, after all, Ci Shiping is already old and his legs and feet have long lost the flexibility they had in their prime. It's a pity that Chandler
Parsons, his breakthrough speed is not very good. Although his breakthrough ability is pretty good, it is a pity that his slower breakthrough pace is like child's play in front of the "beast" Ci Shiping. Ci Shiping only needs a little
In top defense, Chandler Parsons will inevitably have his steps scattered, and it is not impossible to even dribble and walk directly.
Who is it that Chandler Parsons, who is 208cm tall, only weighs 230 pounds? And Ci Shiping, who is opposite him, is much heavier than him. In boxing, this is almost the difference between heavyweight and super light. Again
In addition, Ci Shiping has a special skill of stealing, and Parsons trying to break through in front of him is simply seeking death.
"Get a rebound!" As soon as the shot was released, Parsons knew it was not there, so he immediately shouted loudly.
Omer Asik pushed Howard to get a rebound. The ball was caught by Rockets power forward Patrick Patterson. He took action instantly to make this second offense.
but……
Snap~
As soon as he shot the basketball, it was blocked by a big yellow palm.
PS: I have to pick someone up at the airport later, so I only have this update tonight. I will add more tomorrow when I have time~Thank you~
Thanks to the skeleton orc for the big reward~Thank you~