super small forward

Chapter 10 10. The precarious curtain call
The Rockets and the Lakers, plus James' team, these "three" teams may be the NBA teams that can cause the most intense tear-off in China.

Liu Ren mentioned the Rockets fans in his previous life. Although he commented on the Rockets because of Howard's relationship, they were all molested, but for Chinese Rockets fans, many people think their loyalty is too high!

When Yao Ming was in the Rockets, it was normal for Chinese fans to like them so much. The key point is that after Yao Ming has retired for several years, the Rockets fans still stick to him. There is almost no one left.

As for stars such as Iverson and Tracy McGrady who have declined in strength and are still very popular after retirement, not many people remember their former teams. After James left the Cavaliers, the Cavaliers were also forgotten or even ridiculed by people. When James returned to the Cavaliers, Those James fans are back...

Chinese people have a strong sense of nostalgia. Liu Ren sometimes thinks about what would happen if Kobe and Yao Ming teamed up. Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady, and Artest are not suitable to be the boss. Any one of them will play well when paired with Kobe. Well no doubt.

Originally, the Rockets played against the Lakers, except for the grievances and grievances in the 09 playoffs, there was nothing special about it. Today is different. The confrontation between the two Chinese disciples before and after D'Antoni.

Well, this is a domestic advertisement, China Derby, I haven't heard this term for many years.

Before the game, the players played, and the visiting team, the Rockets, played first.

The appearance of players in NBA games is also one of the highlights of the game, and their status in the team is clear at a glance.

The boss is naturally the last to play, just like the Heat, Wade has been the last to play since he became the boss.

Usually the first player to play is the second player of the team, but if the team boss and the second player are both forwards or defenders, then the second player can only be wronged until the penultimate player plays.Because there is a rule for NBA players to play, when they play, forwards or guards must play consecutively, that is, the first player to play is the guard, the second must also be the guard, the last player to play is the guard, and the penultimate It must also be a guard, at least what position is written on the starting list submitted that day, and he must play according to this today.

So the Rockets' nominal old-second Jeremy Lin was not the first to play. The first to play was the handsome small forward, Chandler Parsons.

Parsons, a player who impressed Liu Ren very deeply, is known as a representative of high salary and low ability in later generations. It does not mean that he has no strength. He has certain strength, but he has not reached the strength of the contracts he signed later.

Parsons, who is in the second grade this year, averaged 15 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists per game, which is quite comprehensive. Judging from his current salary of 80 a year, he is a representative of cheap contracts.

When Liu Ren saw Parsons, his first reaction was to think, could it be that he has accumulated enough character with a basic salary in the past few years, and then signed two huge contracts in a row?

The second player to play is their power forward, Marcus Morris, who has started most of the games this season and averaged 8 points and 4 rebounds per game.

Mark Curry-Morris became very famous in the past two years. After a few years of small ball rampage, he can do three and four, and his skills of scoring both inside and outside the line are very popular. He also has a stronger brother Markieff - Morris.

The third player to play is center Omer Asik. He averaged only 3 points and 5 rebounds per game last season. When Morey hired him with a three-year, 3 million contract, everyone thought Morey was intentionally punishing the Bulls. , At that time, the Bulls were in the tragedy of Rose's reimbursement, and they all thought that Morey's offer was a poison contract, and they were adding insult to injury.

This year, Asik averaged a double-double and attended 82 games. The annual salary of 500 million in the first year was completely worth it.

The penultimate player is Jeremy Lin. He has the same contract as Asik, 3 million in 2500 years, signed with Arenas terms, 500 million in the first two years, and 1500 million in the third year.

For Jeremy Lin, Liu Ren has always been full of respect. Although the other party's nationality is American, this has nothing to do with basketball.Jeremy Lin is the first Chinese to gain a firm foothold in the NBA in the true sense other than Yao Ming.Thinking of this, Liu Ren glanced at D'Antoni on the bench. If it wasn't for him, neither he nor Jeremy Lin would have a chance to stand out, and this idealistic head coach would pin his hopes on the end of the bench. on the guy who came out.

The last player to play was Harden. This year Harden came to the Rockets and exploded. He averaged 26 points, 4.9 rebounds and 6 assists per game. Whether it is statistics or the effect on the field, it completely exceeded people's expectations. I thought Morey's 8000 At most one All-Star player could be awarded in a million contracts, but a top star was actually awarded!
These people are the guys that Liu Ren often saw on TV last season. They are all in the Rockets. Their appearance rate in China is as high as that of the Lakers and Heat.

The Lakers didn't pay so much attention to their appearance here, the boss, the second and the third were all injured.Jamison was the first to play, followed by Clark, Blake, Liu Ren and Howard.

After the American national anthem was played, Liu Ren and Jeremy Lin greeted each other. They made an appointment in Xia Tian when they had time, so they didn't talk much.

Soon the game started, Howard easily won the jump ball over Asik's head.

Howard is the best player of the Lakers now, the first ball must be handed over to him, but he must not be singled out like that. After a season, the blind can see that the singles skills of the number one center in the league are really good. Clumsy plan.

Liu Ren dribbled the ball to Blake after halftime, and Blake asked Howard to pick and roll.

But Howard was on the inside for the ball.

If Howard squeezes Asik to the basket, he has nothing to say if he wants the ball, and he can dunk when he turns around, but he is pushed out of the three-second zone by Asik, and he can't be squeezed, then it is a bit too much to ask for the ball.

But who makes him a privileged player? Blake can only pass the ball.

Howard singled Asik. Asik, who was worried that he would be fireproof today, found out that Howard wanted to single him, or low singles, and instantly regained his energy.

As a meat shield, Asik is very self-aware. When he meets a guy like Howard with incredible physical fitness, who can run and jump, and has outstanding offensive rebounds, he can basically only suffer.

But Howard actually gave up his characteristics and came to low singles!Asik was immediately happy, his strongest defense was against the opponent's low singles!
Howard’s weak lower body strength was fully exposed after the 09 Finals. Everyone knew his weakness, so the Cavaliers found O’Neal, and the Celtics had Perkins or they found O’Neal in the summer of 10. It was to deal with Howard.

It's just that Howard was very smart at that time, he made good use of his strengths, avoided his weaknesses when he encountered a tank center, and didn't easily go to low singles, so he has always maintained a strong dominance.

Howard hit Asik twice with all his strength, Asik resisted desperately, hitting Howard twice only knocked Asik back a step!Although he stepped into the three-second zone, he was still far from the basket!
At this time, Marcus Morris had come to help defend, Howard could only make a strong shot, but Asik cut the ball away!
Morris grabbed the ball and the Rockets counterattacked!
Morris passed the ball to Parsons, and Parsons made a second pass to Jeremy Lin, who made a fast break and dunked with one hand and scored two points.

This is just the beginning. Howard didn't have the spirit of the previous game today. As long as the ball was in his hands in the next few offenses, he would stubbornly play singles, and the Lakers' offense came to a standstill.

And the Rockets are barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes, and they can counterattack if they can counterattack. They beat the Lakers 10 to 0 in two or three hits!

(End of this chapter)