I just play ball

Chapter 329 Objective Evaluation
The article mentioned that Harden has super physical fitness and super high golf quotient, and can easily score points, and his retreat technique is at its peak. The Rockets should establish him as the core as soon as possible, which will definitely bring great benefits. The Western Conference Finals, Finals, and even a championship can all be expected. The only requirement is to allow Harden to play freely. Similar to sitting on the bench at a critical moment against the Lakers in G2, it must never happen again. The Rockets should fire their employer coach Mike as soon as possible. Haier.

As for why Harden is more optimistic than Kobe, it is because Harden is young, playing tricks, and his career is bound to be longer. It is a bit of loan surpassing and probability calculation. It seems that the annual draft discusses who is the next LeBron or Jordan.

Such a low-level article is completely unconvincing, but when Li Yue was about to check how ordinary fans would be funny in the comments, he was prompted that the article had been deleted by the publisher, and it disappeared after refreshing the browsing.

The farce ended in a blink of an eye, and the fans were still unsatisfied. They discussed what kind of achievements Harden should achieve to surpass Kobe. It can be discussed and discussed. It is difficult to make up an event with a high probability. Someone mentioned averaging 40 points per game, which was ruthlessly ridiculed .

Amidst the laughter, the Lakers team bus arrived at Los Angeles International Airport, and the players boarded the plane and set off.

After nearly four hours of flying, the whole team landed in Houston at 6:[-] am on the [-]th, and then took the bus to the hotel. Unexpectedly, there were a large number of Rockets fans gathering outside the hotel to make noise, so they had to use Plan B in advance to change the hotel.

After tedious and complicated tossing, the whole team finally settled down, and the coaching staff also announced the cancellation of the original joint training plan.

Li Yue slept until [-] noon, got up and had lunch, and went to the previously reserved field for shooting training alone. Not long after, Kobe, Iguodala and others also arrived, and the whole team spontaneously organized a joint practice.

In the evening, after the team had dinner, they spontaneously returned to the room, and no one left the hotel to go out to play.

Li Yue played a 2K game with Nick Young, and had a video chat with Chenxi for half an hour. Finally, with nuts and red wine, he went to the conference room to watch the game between the Nets and the Heat with his teammates.

The Nets, which lost a game first, took the initiative to change their lineup. Alan Anderson replaced Joe Johnson in the first game, but the effect was not ideal. Only Deron Williams played normally in the team. The Heat, who are good at mid-range shots, made 8 of 1 three-pointers in total. In addition to deliberately slowing down the pace of the game, the Nets led 21 to 15 in a single quarter.

In the second quarter of the game, LeBron turned on the overlord mode, did not send even a single assist, and made zero three-pointers. He used high screens to hit the rim throughout the process, helping Lewis and Bosh get a lot of open three-pointers. Unexpectedly, he made 5 of 4 shots. Unfortunately, Mirza Telitovich of the Nets fell from heaven and made 3 of 6 4-pointers in a single quarter.

After halftime, the Nets led by 11 points.

Taking advantage of the timeout, the entire Lakers team discussed and agreed that against the Heat, it is necessary to protect the inside line as much as possible. More directly, it is to limit LeBron's impact on the inside line, even if it makes him score crazy.

Back from the halftime break, LeBron, Wade, and Bosh teamed up to put up a high-intensity defense. Veterans such as Pierce and Garnett were difficult to deal with. The Heat played their best third quarter wave and easily tied the score.

In the fourth quarter, the two teams fell into a tug-of-war. The Heat played better overall and won a thrilling victory.

Walton, who was holding the remote control, immediately turned the channel, and the entire Lakers team continued to watch the game between the Spurs and the Thunder.

In the first few minutes of the game, the rookie Steven Adams, who came off the bench, grabbed offensive rebounds in a row. The Thunder got more shots, but Westbrook, who had a strong desire to attack, didn't feel good. He was only 7 of 1 in total, but Duran It caused Leonard to foul twice, causing the Spurs to lose a main player early, and the Thunder also had an advantage in scoring two points in a single quarter.

In the second quarter of the game, Westbrook finally found his hand, a total of 8 of 4, but unfortunately also sent three turnovers, and the Spurs team focused on Durant, resulting in Durant only taking 4 shots and only hit 1, but Green Ginobili and Ginobili made 7 of 6 three-pointers. The Spurs led 34 to 18 in a single quarter and entered the second half with a 14-point advantage.

During the halftime break, Li Yue brought up the point discussed by the whole team before: After the first round of the tiebreaker, the Spurs felt like a caterpillar turned into a butterfly on both ends of the offense and defense. To beat the Spurs, they must go all out in every round.

All the teammates agreed unanimously, and continued to watch the third quarter with curiosity, excitement, and anticipation.

Unexpectedly, the Thunder came back from the locker room and still failed to solve the problem Durant faced. Westbrook's shooting touch disappeared again. He only made 9 of 2 shots in total, but the Spurs made 16 of 12, including 3 three-pointers. Ball, leading 33 to 18 in a single quarter, directly extended the lead to 29 points, and some Thunder fans who have always been loyal left early.

Thunder coach Brooks no longer arranged for the main team to appear, and the Spurs finally won 112 to 77.

All the members of the Lakers went back to their rooms to rest. Before going to bed, Li Yue sent a text message to the video editor Bodaen, hoping to compile a collection of all the Spurs' losses this season for future analysis.

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At [-] p.m. on the [-]th, the entire Lakers team took a bus to the Toyota Center, home of the Rockets.

Li Yue and Kobe played the mid-circle shooting game as usual, and Iguodala chose to join temporarily. The three of them did not gamble, but blocked the priority selection right of the team buffet, which attracted Nick Young and others to also choose to participate. Only Nash sat down with a smile look.

I once thought that Li Yue was the first to take a shot, and he hit the rebound on the first ball, and the whole team was stunned.

Nick Young refused to accept it, and proposed a 3-goal, 2-win system, and Kobe took the lead in agreeing.

Unexpectedly, Li Yue shot for the second time and hit the rebound again.

Nick Yang was stunned for a moment, and then proposed the 5-goal 3-win system. Kobe suppressed a smile and said forget it.

D'Antoni 'roared' and asked to hurry up to train, and everyone dispersed with laughter.

At [-] o'clock, the shooting training and tactical running training were over, and the whole team assembled and returned to the locker room. Li Yue and Kobe were notified by the team's public relations manager Blake to stay in the player tunnel to accept media interviews before the game.

The Houston Post reporter first asked Bryant: "What do you think of James Harden?"

Bryant smiled: "James is a good guy, I know he grew up in Los Angeles, he was a fan of mine, even arguing with others that I am a better player than Michael, I am very happy about it.

He is also a player with excellent skills. I know how difficult he is to guard. As someone who has experienced it, I don’t want to comment on him, but I am willing to share some personal experience with him. As long as he wants to, he can contact me at any time. "

The Houston Post reporter turned the microphone to Li Yue again and asked the same question.

Li Yue thought for a while, put away his smile and said seriously: "James is very good. I have personally defended him many times. I believe that as long as he is willing to optimize his style of play, he has great potential to become the best scorer in NBA history."

(End of this chapter)