The strongest basket king

Chapter 114

When the media was hotly discussing the topic, he had already flown to Houston to play back-to-back.

Many teams made great determinations for this season in the summer, but the Rockets should be the most thorough one.

They sent out the top six scoring players last season, the outside core Martin, the inside core Scola, and two well-rated guards Kyle Lowry and Dragic.

However, they signed Jeremy Lin, who was crazy last season, and traded to Harden, who helped the Thunder reach the finals.

Harden's deal only happened before the start of the season, and many people couldn't believe it.

Xiang Chu is one of them. He still remembers how much trouble Harden caused the Lakers. In the summer, he won the Olympic championship with the national team, and the Thunder actually traded him.

It is understandable for the 76ers to trade Iguodala, but the Thunder's move is completely unpredictable. If the news comes back early, it is estimated that many teams will be interested, and the Rockets must have made a profit.

The Rockets started the season well, but the Thunder have completely lost the momentum of leading the Western Conference last season.

In addition to the outside line, the Rockets also won the Turkish elder Asik inside.

The Rockets are also ruthless in order to grab people. The contracts of Jeremy Lin and Asik are both 500 million in the first two years and 1500 million in the third year. The home teams of the two players are completely afraid to follow.

If the Lakers hadn't re-signed the contract with Xiang Chu in the summer, Xiang Chu would probably encounter such a thing next summer.

Now, whether it is the Nuggets or other teams, they will send normal big contracts.

Asik's defense is okay, but only to the extent that the Nuggets have to suppress the Rockets in both rebounding and offense.

Xiang Chu and Farid are also cooperating more and more closely. When they should cooperate with each other to fight, the two sides become more and more aware of each other as the contact time increases.

The two of them may not be the best combination, but they can handle most of the insiders in the league.

The Rockets' main offensive power is still outside, Harden, Parsons and Jeremy Lin, but this time the three are relatively slow, they are also in the running-in period, and the cooperation is not so good.

The Nuggets firmly suppressed the opponent in the first quarter, and Ty Lawson's touch broke out in the second quarter, and the Nuggets immediately led by double digits.

"Ty Lawson is very good from the three-point line, and the Nuggets are really strong when they are separated from the three-point line."

"The Rockets are in a difficult situation now. If the defense expands, Xiang Chu will be even more unrestricted inside."

"The Rockets lost another backcourt rebound. Asik's rebounding ability is actually good, but he met Xiang Chu."

What happened to the Nuggets outside the meeting, as evidenced by the 15-point lead at halftime.

George Karl was very happy, waving his arms in the locker room, "Boys, this is the offense I asked for, go on and destroy them hard."

However, in the third quarter, a group of outsiders lost all their touch.

The biggest problem for the Nuggets outside is instability, relying on touch to make a living, and the gap between front and back is huge.

The Rockets fell behind so much, and they also made targeted adjustments during the halftime break. They changed to a smaller lineup.

Patrick Patterson plays the five position, this buddy can pull out and shoot three-pointers.

Xiang Chufang didn't go that far, and he actually hit two shots for him.

The Rockets also recovered some points, but that's it. Xiang Chu is not afraid of a small lineup.

Then time slowly passed, and the Rockets became obsessed with small lineups, and most of their shots were outside the three-point line.

They took almost [-] more shots from the three-point line than the Nuggets, and they also made some hits, but the efficiency was not very good.

Some teams play small lineups and have rebounders. The Rockets' small lineup has no rebounds at all. Xiang Chu's offensive rebounds are half of the total rebounds.

After the Rockets adjusted at halftime, there was no change in the second half.

Relying on the advantage of the inside line, the Nuggets also steadily accepted the game.

Xiang Chu is 26+18, and Faried is 16+16. Looking at the data of these two people, you can see how the Rockets chase points.

When facing the reporter after the game, Xiang Chu smiled and said: "With the running-in, the team has become better and better, and we will continue to win."

"I never think about statistics on the court, and I put all my energy on helping the team win."

When the reporter asked about Jeremy Lin, Xiang Chu also complimented him, "He is still looking for a suitable rhythm. He has strength, but he just needs to be familiar with the environment."

Jeremy Lin, of course, also accepted an interview with reporters. He said: "As a team, we didn't play enough energy. On defense, we didn't retreat as soon as the coach arranged, and we didn't control the rebounds well enough."

"As a point guard, I didn't control the team's offense well, and sometimes the offense collapsed because of it. I am responsible for this."

"The game is up and down like that sometimes. We didn't play well tonight, it's not our strength at all. We should hang on, go back and watch the film and find a way to solve the problem."

The Rockets' running-in problem is actually much bigger than that of the Nuggets, because their newly introduced two outsiders need to hold the ball. Harden is the core of the team, and Jeremy Lin's deterrence will drop a lot without the ball in his hands.

The situation of the Nuggets is mainly how to give full play to the advantages of each player, because their team configuration is not very in line with the configuration of the insider as the core.

But the problem of possession of the ball will not cause too much trouble. Xiang Chu has enough strength and does not need to hold the ball. Although George Karl said that he is not in a hurry, he is already leaning towards him tactically.

Two back-to-back victories in a row, the feeling of fatigue is not so serious, winning makes people happy.

Jim Smith also smiled. He came to Denver to stay with Xiang Chu for a while, but Xiang Chu got a girlfriend, and he went back to Los Angeles to deal with business.

More importantly, he helps Xiang Chu handle various contracts and communicate with the team, so that he doesn't need to follow him all the time.

Xiang Chu has nothing else to do now, so he doesn't need to hire an assistant for the time being.

Whether he needs to talk about it later, maybe he will need bodyguards later.

Not wasteful nor stingy, Xiang Chu's mentality is still relatively good now.

A new suitable commercial endorsement has not yet been found, but Nike has already contacted him. If Xiang Chu continues to be efficient, he may not wait until the All-Star contract can be re-signed.

Xiang Chu's hardcore style of play still attracts fans, especially now that there are too few players who are so "violent" inside.

Inside players have to be divided if they don’t sell shoes. Now there are insiders in the league who have signed good sneaker contracts.

Jim Smith reassured Xiang Chu that as long as he maintains his efficiency on the court, there will be no problem with the new contract, that is, the time and amount need to be negotiated.

Xiang Chu also understands this truth, the performance of athletes is the value, as long as he keeps helping the team win, he will have everything.

(End of this chapter)