Zhiba NBA

Chapter 194 (193) Lake War

Chapter 194 (190) Lake War

In the eyes of many people, the game on December 12 is a preview of the Western Conference Finals.

The Rockets with 10 consecutive victories ranked first in the league with 19-3; the Lakers with 7 consecutive victories also achieved 18-5, second only to the Rockets Pistons, and tied for second in the Western Conference with the Spurs.When Tracy McGrady and Gasol come back, the lineup of these two teams will reach unprecedented strength.Their meeting is naturally the focus of attention.

The Rockets got good news before the game. Gasol's injury failed to heal. He is expected to return to the Lakers' game against the Magic five days later.This made the rocket a little relieved.

The Lakers' starting lineup is: Mutombo, Odom, Battier, Kobe and Williams; the Rockets are Yao Ming, Bosh, Jefferson, Reid and Billups.

Most Rockets players have a headache when they see Mutombo.This Uncle Mu has a tough style of play and loves black elbows. In a game in March 03, Yao Ming was hit in the throat with an elbow by Uncle Mu. As a result, Mutombo was sentenced to a crime.Billups was even worse. In a game in December 3, he was elbowed by Uncle Mu and broke his front teeth, requiring a total of 00 stitches.

(According to US media statistics, Mutombo injured a total of 25 NBA players with iron elbows. In addition to Yao Ming and Billups, there are also famous players such as Jordan, Kenyon Martin, Carter, Ray Allen, Ewing, Oakley, Hawley, Webber, Parish, etc. Among them, McGrady was the most wronged. In the game between the Rockets and the Cavaliers in December 2006, Mutombo accidentally injured his teammate McGrady with a black elbow, and he was beaten into a first-grade concussion.)

The two sides jumped the ball and Mutombo won!Kobe got the ball and passed it to Deron, who advanced with the ball.

"It seems that Kobe trusts this rookie." Curry couldn't help frowning.

"Yao Ming didn't win the jump ball. Although Mutombo is old and tall, he can still fight." Adelman also frowned.

As a junior center, Pulzbila has played against Mutombo a lot.He added: "Mutombo has a pair of unusually long and big arms, and his thin body is also good at jumping. His rebounding ability is by no means weaker than our Mesozoic centers."

"If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have become the two-time rebounding champion and the second most blocked superstar in NBA history." Yuan Fei said.

"Who is the first in history?" Turkoglu asked.

"As a Rockets player, I shouldn't be ignorant of this!" Yuan Fei said in surprise, "It's Hakeem Olajuwon."

Lao Te was embarrassed and dared not speak.

"But then again, in fact, the number one in history may not be him."

"Oh, how do you say that?" Old Curic said.

“盖帽是1973-74赛季才纳入统计的。此前的球员如果有超过哈基姆的，也没算进去。”远飞解释道：“贾巴尔盖帽了3189个，比哈基姆3830少了600多。可贾巴尔生涯前四个赛季都没算进去啊。按他实力，每年盖帽200次很轻松的。”

"So that's the case." Turkoglu suddenly realized.

"So the real shot-blocking king in history may be Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar or Russell, but under the existing statistics, it is Hakeem."

During the conversation between several people, the two sides have each scored a goal.At this time, Billups controlled the ball, and Deron was not afraid of tigers as a newborn calf, and immediately pressed forward.

Billups knew the rookie was physically strong and invincible.He had already seen the position of his teammates clearly, and passed the ball to Bosh on the weak side without looking at people.Bosh dribbled two sudden steps and seemingly casually threw it back. Reed just cut into this position and he broke through for a layup.

Kobe only paid attention to Reid's three-pointer, but saw Reid cutting in, he didn't keep up in time.He was very annoyed when he lost the ball, and he was determined to hit one back when the ball came soon.

It was Jefferson who defended him. Although Jefferson was not a defensive player like Battier, he gradually improved his defensive ability in the playoffs for many years.The defense is also solid and stable, without any obvious loopholes.

Kobe saw that his opponent was defending steadily, and slowly fell to the middle position to play back.With a turn and a cross step, Jefferson lost his center of gravity and broke into the inside line.But Bosh slapped the horse and rushed to block the ball with a slap.Astute Billups grabbed the ball first, and the strong Deron suddenly blocked his fast break.Chauncey wasn't flustered, he slowly took possession of the ball and looked for opportunities.

Finally the ball was in Yao Ming's hands, and he singled Dikembe Mutombo in the low post.Odom was afraid that Uncle Mu would be too old and weak to withstand Yao Ming's strong attack, so he stepped forward to help.Yao Ming immediately returned the pass, and Bosh made an open mid-range shot, hitting 6:2!

At this time, Kobe would not be convinced. He forced his way into the paint and moved left and right, and finally found a chance to make a shot, which caused Yao Ming's foul.Kobe made 2 free throws.

The Rockets chose a pick-and-roll. Bosh made a screen to block Deron and then pulled the ball outside the three-point line to catch and shoot. The three-pointer hit 9:4.

Deron had just been blocked by a screen and caused the Lakers to lose the ball. At this moment, his psychological changes and hesitation were captured by Chauncey.Just taking advantage of his absence, Chauncey completed a beautiful interception. Deron was in a hurry, wanting to break the ball back and pounced on it.Chauncey's layup also caused a foul on Deron, scoring 2+1.

"Damn it!" Deron was very upset and could only vent his emotions with his mouth.

Compared with the five Tigers of the Lakers who have just run in together, the five Tigers of the Rockets are all old people, they cooperate with each other seamlessly, and they know better what kind of ball their teammates want.Among the five Tigers of the Lakers, only Kobe and Odom were there last season, and they face many more problems.For example, how much fuel is left in Uncle Mu's fuel tank?How does rookie Deron adapt to the NBA?But the last thing to worry about is the small forward position.Sean Battier, who has a very high golf quotient, quickly adapted to the new team's style of play. After he arrived at the Lakers, he played like a fish in water and finally brought out his various abilities.Jefferson was so defended by him that he complained again and again, and it was difficult to get even a chance to make a phone call.

Bass frowned as he watched from the sidelines.The Lakers performed well on the defensive end, and everyone did their job.But the offensive end was very messy, and some relied too much on Kobe's singles.Coach Van Gundy is very diligent and arranges many sets of tactics in each game.But because there are too many tactics, the players can't remember them, and the players start to play more singles.If the game continues like this, once Kobe feels bad, the team will not be able to start the situation.

But the Lakers also have a strong point, that is, a deep bench.Soon Van Gundy saw that the situation was not good and replaced Mihm, Bu Laiqie, George and House, leaving only Kobe as a starter.

But the strength of the Rockets is also the depth of the bench.With a wave of Adelman's hand, Turkoglu, Roy, and Spanoulis played, leaving only Yao Ming and Bosh.

The Lakers finally had Kobe assisting House to hit the team's first three-pointer. Spann dribbled the ball to face House and shot in the face, and returned a shot directly.House is only 185cm tall, much shorter than Spann.If he didn't pay attention, his opponent Yan She succeeded.

After the first quarter, the Rockets maintained a 29-point lead at 19:10.

(End of this chapter)