At this moment, the general trend of the NBA series has basically been determined. The Lakers lead the Rockets 3-0, the Spurs lead the Thunder 2-1, the Pacers lead the Wizards 2-1, and the Heat lead the Nets 2-1. FOX Sports predicted the East and West divisions.
Conference finals against opponents.
The East is Indiana Pacers VS Miami Heat, and the West is Los Angeles Lakers VS San Antonio Spurs.
Although the Thunder's Durant expressed his disdain for this prediction, it is obvious that the Thunder cannot stop the Spurs. He can't stop it if he wants to, or change it if he wants to.
The Spurs' stamina and team motor have begun to exert full force, turning faster and faster.
The ultimate in true team basketball, teach the Thunder team, which relies too much on two young players, how to play basketball.
Because basically you can see that when the Spurs win, they are all big wins, and the team's playing time is extremely average. The highest is Leonard, but it is only 31+ minutes. In addition to him, there are
Duncan played 30+ minutes, and then the Spurs didn't even have a player who averaged more than 30+ minutes per game.
The time allocated for this is simply an artistic level.
It means that everyone on the Spurs team is ready to fight, and there is not much distinction between starters and substitutes.
This is extremely rare even in NBA history.
The Spurs in the 2014 playoffs were the pinnacle of team basketball, no joke.
Even in the finals, teams could beat the Heat by an average of 14 to 15 points. They were worthy of the ultimate honor of the championship that year.
This year, no basketball superstar can stop them.
Even though their core is already old.
But now the Lakers have to deal with the Rockets' last game first. From the first quarter of this game, the Los Angeles Lakers have turned away and are full of offensive energy. It seems that all the grievances in the previous game are about to burst out. Kobe Bryant
There is no problem in my estimation. The league does not plan to "guarantee" the Rockets to advance. They are just a means to extend the series. Since the Rockets are completely "unable to support", there is no need to continue.
The whistle restored balance and returned to a normal playoff level.
In fact, the whistle has become a normal playoff level, which is equivalent to "invisibly" weakening the Rockets.
Especially James Harden, who is still the "king of porcelain".
Kobe Bryant had suppressed a lot of anger in the last game, so he focused on guarding Harden and attacking and defending Harden with all his strength from the beginning. This vindictive style of play completely destroyed Harden's energy.
, 0 for 4 shots in the first quarter, not a single breakthrough, and all of them were three-pointers. Kobe scored 14 points in a single quarter, which can be called a complete offensive and defensive suppression. This is not counted, the rest of the Lakers also scored
I took a breath and wanted to "vent" in this game. Meeks and Farmar both contributed three points. And because the Lakers' outside perimeter was fully blossomed, they forced the Rockets' defensive line to move outward, which gave the Lakers'
There are many opportunities inside. Tang Qian frequently picks and rolls from high positions and then attacks down the line. He scored 9 points in this quarter. The Lakers scored a full 41 points in a single quarter. This is definitely a great score.
The score ratio in a single quarter is very strong, especially in the playoffs.
What about the Rockets? They completely lost their consciousness as a playoff team, and their resistance was weak. This was no different from the Rockets in the original time and space that Tang Qian knew. In critical battles, life and death battles, they must be weak.
Defeat. Originally there was only one James Harden, but now the monster Howard has been added to the mix. The Rockets' "modern combination" is completely lost. Coupled with the historical despair, there is not much at Toyota Center from the beginning to the end of the first quarter.
Been excited.
No matter how angry and shouting McHale is, it's all useless. The Rockets' morale has collapsed.
The core is not in good condition. Do you want to rely on a few roles to win? Or the playoffs? This situation is too rare, let alone a team like the Rockets this season that focuses on "superstar basketball". Without the performance of superstars, it is almost impossible to lose.
It's ironclad.
In the second quarter, the Lakers were even more brutal. All the players, including the substitutes, had excellent touch. Nick Young made 3 of 3 three-pointers when he replaced him. Kobe continued to bombard James Harden indiscriminately. Under his offense and defense,
, the Rockets' No. 13, has completely become "invisible". Apart from flying a few kites on the outside, even the desire to break through has gradually disappeared. Originally, Harden was not good at key battles and elimination battles, but now his opponents are still at their peak.
Kobe's slightly vindictive nature. The end can be imagined.
At the end of the half, Kobe Bryant, as an outside shooter, had 5 dunks! Even for an inside player, this ratio is a very high shot ratio. This shows that Harden was beaten by No. 24 on the defensive end.
What has it become.
Kobe is also "keep his word". Before the game, he said that he would try to kill the Rockets inside this game to see if the referee would give him a whistle. At the end of the half, he scored as many as 35 points! Among them, there were as many free throws.
12 times! And not a single free throw was missed! However, unlike Harden's "touching porcelain", Kobe's every ball was a real breakthrough and real damage. Because Howard was not focused, he soon became like the Lakers in the last game.
The inside line was average and fell into a "foul quagmire".
There was very little playing time in the first half, just less than 12 minutes.
This leaves the Rockets' inside line only to use Asik and Terrence Jones to resist. If this lineup wants to resist the Lakers' twin towers, whether it is attack or defense, it is almost a fantasy. Gasol is in the position.
, with Tang Qian running in pick-and-rolls and air cuts, and the opponent not having much ability to attack, the Lakers' inside line completely overwhelmed the Rockets' inside line.
If you look at the score in the first half, the score was poor, it would be horrific.
The Lakers once again scored 40+ points in the second quarter and 85 points in the half. This has already broken the original first-half scoring record of 83 points set by the Dallas Mavericks in the 2003 playoffs. However, half of the entire playoffs
The game scoring record is still a bit short. It belonged to the 1978 Bucks. It was set on April 24. In the second half, they scored a total of 87 points, which was 2 more points than the Lakers tonight.
Split the ball. The Rockets scored a pitiful 39 points in the half, with an overall shooting percentage of less than 30%. They were led by the Los Angeles Lakers by as many as 46 points at the half!
There was no suspense at all, but at this time McHale made a strange move and gave up all defense. Anyway, Howard was unable to play due to foul trouble. How about... let's play with one big and four small. It means one big.
There are four small players, but the tallest one is Parsons, and all five people on the court have the ability to shoot 3-pointers. This wave took advantage of the Lakers' slack to catch up with the score difference and hit a climax.
Unfortunately, when the Lakers replaced their main players, they were able to contain the Houston Rockets' counterattack in time. Nash led the way, and the entire Lakers team played like the wind. Except for Gasol, the other Lakers players scored a lot of points.
At the end of a single quarter, the score difference, which had been reduced to less than 20 points, expanded again, 115-89. Even if the Rockets scored 50 points in a single quarter relying on three-pointers, it was of no use. With a score of 26 points
Well, the series entered the fourth quarter of Game 4.
So far, the Rockets' lowest scorer is Howard. He only has a pitiful 6-point shot and a shooting percentage of less than 25%. Due to foul problems, he doesn't have much data on the defensive end. Secondly, there is Harden.
I don’t know what happened to him, but during the Rockets’ crazy counterattack in the third quarter, he made 6 three-pointers and only hit 1. In addition, there were a lot of mistakes and defensive leaks. This kind of
"Inner Demon" is probably not inferior to Tang Qian, or even even better.
On the Internet, fans have been ridiculing and scolding Harden's performance.
Naturally, those who ridicule are non-Rockets fans, and those who criticize are naturally Rockets home team fans.
This is determined by different positions.
In fact, this sign has been there for a long time. Harden, who was still a substitute in the finals, could score close to 17+ points in the regular season, and his shooting percentage was a terrible 49.1% + 39% + 84.6%. If it were not for the free throw, he would probably be able to kill.
He entered the "180 Club". Therefore, he naturally won the SMOY that year, which is the best sixth man award. He also continued his good performance in the playoffs, still averaging more than 16+ points per game.
, and his shooting percentage also reached 43.5%+41%+85.7%, which can be said to be no worse than the regular season. However, in the finals, he overall declined a lot, averaging only 12+ points per game, and his overall shooting
The scoring rate also dropped crazily, leaving only 37.5%+31.8%+79.2%. Among them, single-digit scoring occurred in 3 games out of the 5 games, with the lowest being 5 points.
After leading the team alone last year, he only made 7 of 22 shots in the Rockets' elimination game, with a field goal percentage of 31.8%. Compared with his regular season shooting percentage, his field goal percentage dropped by 12 percentage points. As mentioned before
However, for stars, especially the main scoring stars, if the decline exceeds 5%, it is considered a good limit. If the decline exceeds 10%, it is considered that the defense is successful. If the decline exceeds 10%, it is the so-called strangulation. Because
Since he can serve as the main scorer, it is basically impossible to completely freeze. That is the fantasy of ball blinders and keyboard warriors. How to limit it to the greatest extent is the key to defense. Harden fell in one breath
It reached a percentage point of 12%. If you don’t blame him for his abnormal performance, who else can you blame?
As stated in the previous game, the Rockets, No. 13, in the playoffs, can be said to be full of "missing black spots".
Besides, his performance in the original space-time this season was "substandard". Now that he is playing like this and lost, Tang Qian doesn't feel that it is strange. In the game that the original space-time Rockets won, Harden's mistake and Jeremy Lin's mistake were the key
He scrambled to protect the ball and then broke through and passed the ball, allowing the Rockets to open up for a three-pointer by Troy Daniels. Isn't Harden the one who should take the blame for this? In short, it will be difficult for him to truly prove himself in the playoffs.
Open the door to a super giant, no, a quasi-super giant.
A pseudo-superstar that will last a lifetime.
But Harden is still young, and he still has a chance to change his destiny, but again, not now, not this season, not far from it.
In the last quarter, it seemed that the Rockets were going to make a last ditch effort, but the entire Lakers team did not give them this chance.
The last game's stifling made the entire Lakers team have a desire for revenge, so the Lakers did not relax in the fourth quarter. Kobe Bryant's defense against Harden was almost like a "Siamese twin". No matter whether Harden got the ball or not
, whether or not he catches the ball, the Lakers No. 24 is "stalking" and "never leaving" tonight. Of course Harden has never had the opportunity to learn this kind of Kobe before, because when he entered the league, Kobe could no longer do this.
The high-intensity offense and defense lasted for 48 minutes. They can only do this at critical moments. The difference is as big as the world.
Harden made another three mistakes in a single quarter, which directly allowed Kobe to score 7 points. The Rockets completely collapsed, and they no longer had the confidence and motivation to win and come back. At the end of the game with 5 minutes left, both sides replaced their main players.
The Lakers only left one Tang Qian on the court, which was D'Antoni's "benefits" to Tang Qian. Because he whispered to Tang Qian that he was also unhappy with the idiots on ESPN and hoped that the latter would play more in the last five minutes of the game.
Brush up some data and stimulate those data-first fools. Oh, no, they are keyboard warriors, right?
D'Antoni's way of controlling people is definitely much better than that of his predecessor Brown. Such a small change will not affect the results of the game at all. It can also enhance the "mentor-disciple relationship" with Tang Qian and let him unleash his skills.
How can it be bad? Although D'Antoni is not a "famous coach" or a "championship coach", his ability is still the best among ordinary head coaches.
There is no need to doubt this.
Kobe has already scored the highest score in this year's playoffs, 47 points, in this game. This is enough. After all, after all the "Four Kings" have returned, and after all, Steve Nash has full control of the ball, his shots
It will decrease slightly, which is normal. Therefore, the previous highest was 40 points in the fourth game of the Mavericks. Although No. 24 likes to score and take shots, in this last year and last season, his more desire is to win! Keep winning.
Keep winning! Then, you won’t stop until you win the Larry O’Brien Cup!
Seeing that he was destined to win, destined to sweep, and destined to enter the long-lost Western Conference Finals, Kobe also smiled and patted Tang Qian on the shoulder and said: "Okay! The coach has already spoken, just go and brush it, I have already killed him.
The 'first point guard', you should completely overwhelm the so-called 'first center', right? Come on!"
Seeing that both Kobe and D'Antoni said this, Tang Qian no longer hesitated, nodded and walked onto the court to collect data.
Although there is no Fury in this game, unfortunately, the Rockets have a "Warcraft". As long as there is a team with this "Warcraft", Tang Qian can easily complete the state explosion. In this way, "Heart"
There is no need to think too much about it for the time being. Moreover, now on the court, the Rockets are also full of substitutes, looking disarmed and resigned. Their morale is low to a certain extent. Tang Qian just took the opportunity to show off his power and grabbed it.
He shot the offensive rebound without any intention of passing it out.
After 5 minutes, the game ended. The Lakers beat the Rockets 145-105, 40 points! 40 points! This also exceeded the Spurs' largest single-game score difference of 35 points in this year's playoffs! The entire game,
Kobe scored 45 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, Gasol scored 21 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, Nash scored 14 points, 24 assists and 1 steal, and the 24 assists in a single game in the playoffs also broke the record.
It broke Nash’s own personal playoff assist record of 23 times when he faced the Lakers in Game 4 of the first round on April 29, 2007! This is not a big milestone! And 24 assists in a single game, this
It is also the highest number of assists in a single game in the playoffs since the 1980s! It has tied the single-game assist record in the playoffs set by legendary point guard John Stockton in 1988 and Earvin Johnson in 1984!
In other words, the single-game assist record in the NBA playoffs is now exclusive to three people instead of two.
Nash became one of the single-game assist leaders in the playoffs.
At the same time, Tang Qian scored 30 points, 25 rebounds, 6 blocks, and 1 assist. In the last 5 minutes of scoring, he scored nearly ten points. The number of blocks was "only" 6 because the Rockets tonight
They don't play much in the paint or at the basket, and they mainly focus on the mid-to-long range.
For the Rockets, both Harden and Howard scored extremely low. One was just over 11 points, the other was less than 10, and the shooting percentage was even worse. Howard still had more than 20%, and Harden dropped directly to more than 10%. If not, it would be more than 10%.
He still made a few free throws, but it is estimated that his scoring in the playoffs will not reach double figures again.
The "Modern Combination" was completely depressed in the last game, which shocked countless fans. At the same time, the talk about the Lakers' first point guard and first center finally began to explode.
Won and swept, the next step is the Western Conference Finals. There is still one round left before the Finals, and up to 14 games until the O'Brien Cup!
On the 24th, I watched the fans disperse in disappointment at Toyota Center and silently thought to myself.
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