Legend Raiders

Chapter 318 Winning the Rocket
In the first quarter of the game, the Lakers showed a more courageous momentum, playing a very tough side on both ends of the offense and defense.

On the other hand, the Rockets, who were fairly relaxed before the game, feel a little unsatisfactory now.

The offense they have always guaranteed, under the defense of the Lakers, not to mention completely unable to play, but it feels very sluggish after all.

Especially Harden, who is the spearhead of the team, is always unable to play his role smoothly when Artest and Jody Meeks are double-teamed from time to time, or simply changed defenses. Blocked, can only hold the ball to the inside of the Lakers.

The choice is good, but there are two fierce men standing on the inside of the Lakers.

The final result is self-evident. After being capped by Howard and Gasol one after another, Harden temporarily gave up his breakthrough and could only use his teammates' pick-and-rolls and screens to maintain it purely by his own personal ability.

So after the end of the first quarter, not only the Rockets were a little confused by the score of 18:24, but even the O'Neal trio who were not optimistic about the Lakers at the beginning were surprised right now.

"Shaq! I swear to God, this is the best Lakers team I've seen this season!"

"If they maintain this state and attitude from the beginning, I think the current Lakers will definitely be the evaluation from the off-court when they were first formed, and will undoubtedly become the favorite to win this season!"

Kenny Smith said in a rare and serious way, apparently quite surprised by the current Lakers.

Barkley, who was already optimistic about the Lakers, is nodding his head even more now. The performance of the Lakers is really very good.

They were quite satisfied, but O'Neill was embarrassed.

If he was once a star of another team, those words before the opening will be reversed immediately because of the performance of the Lakers.

But because of his status here, he said that before the start of the game, even if he is thick-skinned, he can't say one, two, three now.

But it can be called a golden combination. Barkley and Smith's current situation, the natural way, gave him an excuse without hesitation.

Among the fans in the stands, Mark Cuban's cheeks were flushed, he wanted to take off his hat to cover himself, and roared wildly at the court. This is definitely a shady match to give favors!

He may be called the most fanatical boss in the league, but he is definitely not an idiot or a fool.

If the performance of the Lakers is called a shady game, then he has really lived on the dog during the years he has controlled the Mavericks.

What's more, he, who has been in the business world for many years, knows best what it feels like to be pushed to the edge of a cliff. The Lakers are just being forced out of their energy.

FUCK!

Mark Cuban cursed with a sinister expression, but he was really restless.

Given how the Mavericks have been building the team for the past two years, it really made him a little embarrassed.

Not long after winning the championship, the heroes of the team fell apart.

Originally, I expected to enter the playoffs no matter what this season, but as the regular season played more and more, Mark Cuban's vision made him uncomfortable and about to explode.

The team has completely lost the ferocious momentum of the year when it won the championship. There is only one veteran who has fallen from the altar, and a few young people who were not valued by the original team. to dispensable.

Is this life?

Mark Cuban thought to himself dejectedly.

But in the next second, Cuban looked at the Rockets' bench in a strange way.

Honestly.

When Qin Tao and the Rockets broke out such a explosive incident, Cuban, who has always been active, recruited Nelson immediately to explore the chances of getting Qin Tao.

But because the situation at the time was indeed a bit chaotic, and the Mavericks themselves were struggling a bit, in the end this matter was temporarily put aside.

However, it was after Qin Tao led his team to slaughter them by a big score that evoked Cuban's second thought.

At that time, Cuban was really stunned. He had an uncontrollable urge to get Qin Tao done, and he directly gave the order to Nelson. If possible, let him do it!
pity.

The idea was very good, but the end result was embarrassing.

Because after little Nelson only had a brief contact with Morey, the fat white man revealed intentionally or unintentionally that they didn't seem to have any bargaining chips to get Qin Tao.

What's more, if we ask Nowitzki for you, will you give it to us?

If this kind of talk is put on others, then it is good for little Nelson not to scold him, but Qin Tao's talent is visible to the naked eye, if Nowitzki is involved, although he feels uncomfortable, it seems to be nothing. too exaggerated.

This is the end.

After Cuban learned of this situation, he weighed his conscience and finally gave up.

But only after witnessing Qin Tao's influence with his own eyes, did he know how great this guy is.

With regard to the promise made by the idiots in the back row of the Rockets before the opening game, and what happened to the Rockets in the first quarter just now, Cuban has a very high evaluation of Qin Tao's role and influence.

As long as Qin Tao will not be seriously injured in the future, his achievements must be at the historical level!
So looking at Qin Tao on the Rockets' bench, Cuban's suppressed heart naturally jumped up.

But for the current Rockets, McHale has troubles that he can't tell.

Since it has been intentionally or unintentionally revealed before the game, the team will continue the previous strategy and train for the playoffs, but what the team is playing now really makes him feel uncomfortable to death.

But since all the words have been expressed, even if he is kneeling, he has to finish him.

What's more, even if the game is lost in the end, it will not have any impact on their record and Western Conference ranking.

Reassuring himself a little, McHale started his substitution training in the second quarter.

The first is the inside players.

Greg Smith and the little prince took the lead, and their arrival brought a very strong impact to the Rockets.

Perhaps this is because of Los Angeles, or it may be the idea of ​​​​showing themselves on the field. When they faced Jordan Hill and Thackeray, what they showed was really strong.

follow closely.

Perhaps these two gave McHale a lot of confidence. Except for Jeremy Lin on the back line, he put other substitutes on the field one after another.

Rejoice!
After the fans in the stands found that McHale did not break his promise and still played according to his own ideas, they should have cheered and praised the Lakers. At that time, they praised McHale and the Rockets. After all, they have High probability of entering the playoffs!
And the final result naturally did not go too far. Although the Rockets' frequent substitutions caused some problems in their chemical reaction, the Lakers fought too hard in the early stage due to personnel problems, and in the end they only led the Rockets by six. Points, to 100:94 to get the victory.

after the game.

The whole Staples was jubilant, it was really like Chinese New Year, and some people even burst into tears.

Look at the Rockets here.

After they lost this game, although they had no effect on their own records and rankings, they had to reflect on how they should behave in the face of such a strong offense and defense when the playoffs were about to begin Break the game.

(End of this chapter)