Chapter 581 Veteran's Pain
Before the game, the Los Angeles Times continued to mock the enemy team, Da Bendan wrote in a skeptical tone: "The Rockets understand that there is no championship without a star, so Houston could only press Bao on Rudy Guy. But can this young star who averages less than 20+5+5 per game bear the high expectations of fans and even the team's senior management? If he answers 'yes', then why would he be abandoned by his mother team?"
As the saying goes, swearing does not reveal the shortcomings, but this Da Bendan swears and exposes the shortcomings everywhere. No wonder he will be lost and abandon the Lakers and throw himself into the Clippers' arms. It is really that the Clippers' foxes and him have a similar stinking relationship, and the relationship between the two is getting better and better. This is an excellent example of birds of feathers flock together.
After the Rockets traded for Mako Jaric and Milicic, they immediately cut off the two-meter-tall point guard in front, saving 1.3 million US dollars. Milicic's contract is the last year. The Rockets intend to trade if they can, and if they cannot trade, they will keep it for cleaning up space next year.
After the trade, Houston's inside line is still strong. Not to mention Mirisic, Uncle Mu rarely plays. Yao Ming's substitute becomes Hayes, who is 198cm tall. However, after sending Bathir and Ariza away, the manpower is not enough. However, Adelman does not plan to find a defender in the Development League for emergency response, but plans to increase Kyle Lowry's playing time, and the Rockets will increase the time to play double point guards after the trade.
Yao Ming's personal data has declined this season, mainly because Adelman reduced his playing time.
Last season, Adelman was a little biased against Yao Ming, but after getting along for a season, Yao Ming's humble personality and exemplary professional attitude made Adelman like him more and more. This season he no longer fucked the little giants. Yao Ming can only play 30 minutes per game this season, contributing 16.9 points, 9.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists. Whether it is playing time or personal data, it has declined a lot compared to last season.
The Rockets' three inside players, Yao Ming, Scola, and David Li Ping, split 96 minutes of playing time, among which David Li, the one with the highest playing time, was David Li. The Rockets obviously wanted to keep this outstanding inside player who can play the fourth and fifth positions. David Li averaged 35 minutes per game this season. He was able to contribute 19.1 points and 8.5 rebounds, and his data was close to Yao Ming.
Dunleavy, the old man emphasized in the locker room before the game: "The Rockets are the third highest team in the league this season. Their inside defense is not too strong, but the inside attack ability is extremely outstanding. Today, Fox and Panda have to find ways to defend our inside."
Upon hearing this, the two immediately said that there was no problem. They knew that Old Dunleavy said that the team would not provide them with any help from the outside today. The Rockets' outside breakthrough ability is also among the top 30 teams in the league. Marbury, Lowry, and now there is Rudy and Guy. The team's outside killing ability is no worse than their inside. Although the Rockets only rank 6th in the team's combat power list, they are not much worse than the top five teams, and they are obviously underestimated.
"Don't worry too much. The Rockets guards are generally prone to conceding goals, and the 14% turnover rate is one of the highest teams in the league. In addition, their ability to grab offensive rebounds is also average, and they often throw backcourt rebounds bizarrely. We have to attack the Rockets at these points. Finally, they are slow in the first quarter, and the tradition of losing chains in the fourth quarter remains. We have to seize the opportunity in these two periods. Do you understand?"
As soon as Old Dunleavy finished speaking, Clippers players said that they would launch an offensive after the start, trying to defeat the Rockets as soon as they came up and gain enough lead.
Before the player appeared, Ji Guoqiu secretly stabbed the fox to death. On the LCD TV in the locker room, Emma Watson got a five-second close-up. Ji Guohuo may be fine today and will be tragic again.
"It's a tragedy! Calm down, the stinky girl has to stay in China for ten days, can she fly over and eat me immediately?"
Ji Guomeng has been very casual recently. Taylor Swift was kicked to China by him. After a walk, it will take at least ten or eight days to come back. If you add the time to fly back and forth, it will take about two weeks to return to the United States. Now he is the eldest in his family and will be the next two weeks.
Ji Guochou snorted in his heart: "Boss, I'm not too proud to see you running towards Little Hermione's house these days. Be careful not to be photographed by the paparazzi."
Ji Guomomori snorted and said in his heart: "Crow's mouth, you can say that my anti-reconnaissance technology is almost as good as that of police dogs. You can rest assured."
The Clippers' starters today: Chauncey Billups, Aaron Avraro, Grant Hill, Ji Guomo and Ji Guoqie.
Rockets' starting lineup: Stephen Marbury, Dengtai Jones, Rudy Guy, Louis Scola, Yao Ming.
On the defensive end today, the Clippers adopted the tactic of forcing Guy to play singles. This is because Guy just came to the Rockets and had no tacit understanding with his new teammates. He took the initiative to let him out to fight alone.
Since Rudy Guy entered the NBA for three seasons, his playing style has always been mainly 1v1, a typical team fighter. The key is that his 1v1 ability is not yet anthony, Wade, and Iverson, who can beat his opponents alone.
However, one thing to note is that although Guy is not good at endurance, this kid has strong key ball skills, which is also an alternative.
The two brothers chatted with Yao Ming for a while before the game. Now the prospects of domestic players in the NBA are getting dimmer. Yao Ming is getting old, but Yi Jianlian has not played for a long time. Sun Yue has been deported by the Lakers and is seeing that she can't stay in the NBA for long. Looking around in China, the so-called potential newcomers are centers above 210cm. This situation really makes fans who love basketball feel sad.
The inability to train guard players means that the physical fitness in this area of China is still very behind, and we can only use the most primitive methods to discover talents. In the long run, domestic basketball will not be much better than football.
All the wild ball uncles on the street court have their own skills, and their enthusiasm for basketball is more than most professional players. If these uncles had received formal training since childhood, who would know if they would become the Chinese version of Nash, Parker, and Ginobili?
But unfortunately, they are not as tall as 210cm. Domestic basketball coaches can only discover the seedlings that were "high" when they were young. When they were young, they could not meet junior and high school coaches who could keen on talents. So no matter how talented they are, they are destined to be buried.
The Clippers continued to maintain their dominance on the jump ball, Ji Guoqiu made his first attack and pulled the three-point line out, starting the game with a three-pointer.
The Rockets' offense, Marbury and Yao Ming's pick-and-roll forced the Clippers to shrink their defense line, and the Rockets' outside got a chance. Rudy Guy received the basketball and beat the ball from the outside.
"Boy. I heard that they don't welcome you very much. Be careful. If you miss it next time you miss it."
Ji Guomomoto came over and started the most vicious trash talk. After he made this happen, you can imagine how much psychological pressure Rudy Guy would be when he shot next time.
The Rockets players are indeed not very cold about Rudy Guy. Of course, this is not what Yao Ming told him, but what he heard from news reports. It is said that the Rockets are very dissatisfied with the team's use of Battier, Ariza and Brooks to trade Guy. Especially Battier has a very good popularity with the Rockets, and Marbury, Yao Ming is not very happy about this.
After Rudy Guy came to the Rockets to report, he also felt the cold attitude of his new teammates. If he could not improve the Rockets players' views of him with outstanding performance, this coldness would become more and more obvious. Ji Guomo's words directly hit the key point of this guy.
In fact, this kind of thing is very common in the NBA. When the Rockets exchanged Boss and Old Cats for McGrady, many Rockets fans were boycotting McGrady at the beginning. The scene when the rookie Yao Ming was bullied and Frances drew his sword righteously made domestic Rockets fans very dissatisfied with this deal. It was not until McGrady's 35-second miracle happened that this sound became smaller.
Not to mention on the basketball court, even on the football court, Zidane, Ronaldo and others had just arrived at Real Madrid, many Real Madrid fans were skeptical of it, but these superstars proved themselves with their outstanding performances and were recognized by the fans.
Rudy Guy also planned to do this, but Ji Guomo's trash words made Guy unable to calm down.
However, the more he cared and nervous he became, the less he could not shoot the basketball.
At 10 minutes and 02 seconds in the first quarter, the Clippers came up and beat the Rockets 6:0 in less than two minutes. Guy missed three shots, and Yao Ming was intercepted by two brothers. Seeing that the situation was not good, Adelman decisively called a timeout.
The game has been suspended, and Jeff Van Gundy discusses the best defensive player this season. "This year the two brothers still dominate the inside, but the Warcraft in the East is the same, and he has done this by himself, so he will be a favorite for the best defensive player this year."
When the guest Olajuwon heard this, he said, "Everyone knows that there are two baskets on the court. Howard has been famous in the basketball world in the past. He has never reached the top level in terms of offense alone, but his performance on the defensive end is enough to lead the group. Yes, I worked with him last year. If you ask me what level of Howard is? I will answer with data that I can't lie. The Magic entered the top 5 in the 2007-08 season, and has been in the league's top three forever. Howard is their stabilizing needle.
Olajuwon was very optimistic about Howard and continued: "Think about who the players Howard has partnered with, Nelson, Tekegru, Lewis... These people are either short and short, or have mediocre physical fitness. None of them is a strong player who can play the role of aces. They can't even pass the defense without Warcraft. It is true that Van Gundy is good at using troops, but Howard can both defend the basket and break the pick-and-roll. Now many new inside defenses are being hyped up to the sky. How much will they be able to lead the magic?"
Mark Jackson also said: "As the NBA rules are improved, the requirements for pick-and-roll defense are getting higher and higher. The big center is trapped in the defensive end and has become a common problem. In fact, O'Neal and Yao Ming have experienced this problem, but Howard is not afraid of it because his mobility is at the swing level. Of course, the same is true for the two brothers. They are the benchmarks of the new generation of the league. There are the remarks of "the times create heroes" in Chinese. Now this is the case. New rules give birth to new superstars, and they are the heroes of the new generation."
These people did not mention Yao Ming because Yao Ming's figure and skills were simply the product of the last century. The concept of being ten or even twenty years behind in China trained Yao Ming to become the center of the 1990s from the beginning. Van Gundy was another old-school coach, continuing to push Yao Ming further and further on the fork in the new era.
Look at the inside players in the same period as Yao Ming, all of them are Bosh, Stoudemier, and Howard. In fact, Howard is also influenced by the old concept, because his coach is also called Van Gundy.
The game started again, Ji Guochou returned to the field and hit the ball from a long distance again, using his maneuverability to fly Yao Ming's kite.
Yao Ming's pace has begun to decline this season, and his performance on the court is that his speed is slower. To be honest, he was already as slow as a bull, but now he has begun to turn into a snail. This is how Daz deteriorated step by step back then. Yao Ming, the highest player in the league, thinks he will move closer to him soon.
The Clippers chose to focus on Panda Brother on the offensive end. This choice was unexpected, but it was normal to think about it carefully. Yao Ming really couldn't defend against Ji Guoqiu, a center who extended the shooting range outside the three-point line on the defensive end.
Ji Guochou only practiced three-pointers at the top of the arc this season, and almost stopped practicing the two-wing three-pointers. Although the training effect of the Fox brother will no longer bring him bonus, it strangely prevented him from regressing the 45-degree three-pointer he practiced last season from regressing, but maintained a level of neither up nor down.
This is interesting, which means that Brother Panda does not need to train three-pointers in these two positions and still has a shooting percentage of about 36%. This is his three-pointer shooting percentage at two 45-degree angles last season, neither high nor low, but if no one defends, his shooting percentage will naturally rise again, enough to kill the Rockets.
In the first quarter, Ji Guoqiu made three three-pointers from the outside, and it was not until the Rockets replaced Yao Ming that he slightly controlled Brother Panda.
Yao Ming felt very bad. He was always in double-teaming in the inside, but Rudy Guy on the outside only made 2 of 7 shots in the first quarter, including 0 of 3 three-pointers, which made the Rockets players not very satisfied. Of course, only Guy took the blame for the team's backwardness.
The score was 25:23, but the Clippers did not lead much. Marbury scored 7 points in a single quarter, and Scola scored 10 points in the first quarter. These two men were in excellent condition, helping the Rockets to bite the Clippers tightly.
The two brothers sat off the court, Ji Guochou smiled and said, "The Rockets have really been much stronger this season. Guy didn't play well today, and the Rockets were not behind. There are more people who can score than us now."
Ji Guomeng saw David Li Qiang succeed in attacking Mike Dais and shook his head: "Mac Dais has been injured too many times. He has injuries on his shoulders and back. These injuries are repeated old injuries. They will attack when there is physical contact. I think he has no body to play professional basketball. I heard that his shoulders and back will be sore every morning, but it is actually quite pitiful."
Chapter completed!