Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 295 The Glory Days of Bob Sulla

It is worth mentioning that, a week ago, the Rockets completed a deal, sent Jim Jackson and Bossjan Nachba, and traded from the Hornets for shooting guard David Wesley, plus the return from injury. Bob Sura, the Rockets' backcourt strength has declined sharply compared to the beginning of the season.The main reason is that Jeff Van Gundy insisted on letting McGrady play small forward. He believed that McGrady's physical fitness and ability were wasted at the shooting guard position.

David Wesley still has some abilities. Of course, getting any guard who can start in the league is better than the existing Charlie Ward and his like.

And Jim Jackson said that he was unwilling to waste time in a bad team like the New Orleans Hornets, and refused to report to the team.Jim Jackson was immediately claimed by the sun.

Even though he has wandered for more than a dozen teams and can't play for a few seasons in any team, he can be called the Danube in the league, but Jim Jackson's strength is not too much to question, even if he is the worst of the Dallas 3Js. One of them is also more reliable than David West, who is also aging.

Before the game, in the Lakers locker room, the coaching staff was making final arrangements.

Jim looked around at the players, everyone was still very serious, and didn't show contempt on their faces. Although the Rockets' winning percentage was less than 35%, this team with Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming still has the ability to overturn some strong teams Yes, for example, half a month ago, the Spurs still had an 8-point lead in the last 4 seconds, but McGrady suddenly broke out and hit 1 magic three-pointers in a row, including 3 1+[-], winning the game with his own strength Reversal, even God was moved to tears.

So for this kind of team with superstars, you can't relax.

"The Rockets are stronger than they were in the preseason. With our current state, there is still a possibility of overturning, but their weaknesses are still the backcourt and power forward. As long as Juwan Howard plays, his position is important for us. Undefense, and as for this Bob Sura, he is still a bit capable, but that's all. On the defensive end, we have three things to do. First, defend Yao Ming around the front; , mainly to defend against T-Mac's catch... Sean, your task in this game is very heavy; third, let Sura go to the singles." Jim arranged the main points of the game for the team, and for this much-anticipated Christmas In the big battle, Jim is of course unwilling to make any mistakes to embarrass himself in front of the whole world, especially when his opponent is Jeff Van Gundy, who has never been very cold.

"As for the offensive end, I really don't understand why Jeff Van Gundy, who is known for his defense, would give us two obvious loopholes on the court to attack. David, Kevin, you need to participate more in offense, mainly Juwan Howard, of course, if Yao defends you, he can pull up to a high position to solve the problem. As for David Wesley... I don’t know if he can make it in time, of course it’s better if he plays, Kobe, if you I'm going to be disappointed not to get 30 points on him."

The seat next to Jack Nicholson, which was originally reserved by Jim, has now been replaced by different female stars. The actor is also mixed. I won’t talk about what I like. The worry is that these vase girls obviously can’t talk about basketball. Well, when the old man sees a wonderful performance, he can only cheer himself up by himself.

The Lakers won the jump ball, and the first down of the game went to Bryant.

Facing David Wesley's defense, Kobe adjusted his position comfortably a few times, calmly stepped back and made a jumper, ignoring Mickey Mouse on the opposite side.

It's a pity that the players' condition in the afternoon came relatively slowly. The ball spun a few times on the basket and fell out again.

Juwan Howard picks up the defensive rebound and hands it to Bob Sura.

Sura, who has come back from injury, also has a brilliant resume. He once "participated" in the slam dunk contest with the best physical fitness, and the slam dunk champion of that session was Kobe Bryant standing opposite him. It is one of the worst in history. As for Sura, who was at the bottom of that game... Obviously he is not suitable for the slam dunk contest, so he switched to the three-point contest three years later, joining Michael Jordan, Drexler, Ken The ranks of Ni Smith and Ray Allen, of course, are also second only to Joe Gangzhu, who scored 9 points in the preliminaries and continued to be out of the bottom.

And last season, Sura broke out suddenly and got triple-doubles in two consecutive games. At that time, triple-doubles were not easy to get.

In Game [-], Sura was one rebound away from continuing his triple-double, but time was running out.He thought of Ricky Davis, but Sura wouldn't emulate something as stupid as shooting his own backboard.

So he chose to shoot on the opposite rebound during the last attack, and then grabbed this "offensive rebound"...

Of course, even though there are a lot of meeting materials, Sura still has some strength, and many players can't get these black materials at all.

"In my impression, Bob Sura is relatively convinced by McGrady, but Yao Ming is very late in his passing list, so we can take advantage of this. His shooting is not stable , we can put the first ball away and see how he feels." Billups remembered Jim's arrangement before the game, luring Sura to attack, and the defense shrunk very far.

Ignoring Yao Ming's important position, Sura chose to defend Billups, who seemed careless, to show his status in the team. Unfortunately, the shots missed a bit and flew out of the baseline.

Off the court, Van Gundy was livid with anger, and loudly commanded from the sidelines. In his tactical board, the opening offense must be completed by the center.

The Lakers attacked, after Kobe and David West picked and rolled, West misplaced Wesley in singles, easily rolled to the basket, avoided Yao Ming's block, hit a throw, and opened the scoring for the first time.

This time, McGrady dribbled the ball in person and Battier kept an appropriate distance from him. McGrady, who can shoot suddenly, is always the biggest threat in the Rockets.

But this time McGrady chose to pass the ball to Yao Ming on the inside. Garnett's defense around the front failed to steal the ball. After Yao Ming received the ball, David West, who came back to defend, could only choose to foul.

Yao Ming made two free throws.

David Wesley's height of 1 meters is not enough for Kobe. Kobe has a strong desire to attack after the opening, and the method is very simple. He just pulls away and eats Wesley with his back. This time, he didn't miss again. It was easy Hit a turnaround jumper.

The Rockets attacked, Sura held the ball, Battier clung to Tracy McGrady, and did not give him an easy chance to catch the ball, while Billups still had an expression of "shooting, you are good at shooting".

According to Sura's personality, if he didn't shoot the ball, he would be sorry for the audience, but Van Gundy was almost screaming on the sidelines. After fighting for a few seconds, Sura finally resisted the urge to make a three-pointer and waited with the ball. Teammate moves.

At any rate, McGrady borrowed Juwan Howard's cover to get out, received a pass from Sura, and hit a jumper immediately.

(End of this chapter)