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Chapter 281 Building a Bridge
I don’t know if it’s because the league sees the Rockets’ lineup is unprecedentedly strong today, and I’m a bit tempted to play with the Rockets. The Rockets’ schedule this season is also unexpectedly devilish. For several months, strong teams have played back-to-back consecutively, like what? After flying to Los Angeles today to play the Lakers well, I will fly to the East tomorrow to challenge the Cavaliers and the Heat. In the early ten games, Totoro was also convinced after seeing the schedule.

This is like an otaku who spends crazily on HIGH at night, but desperately catches up on sleep during the day when people should be doing normal activities. This is not in line with a person's normal physiological activities, and it is the same for the team. It is very tight, which makes the players feel tired, and when it is loose, it is very loose, which makes it difficult for the players to maintain their state. It is really a ghost that a team can maintain their best state after a long time. Thanks to them This summer is still a team that played for the league in Asia. If I knew I should have rejected this kind of errand, there is no one in MLGB who is thankless.
However, the NBA league is still a place that relies on hard power to speak. The top executives of the league may play tricks on the schedule, make a fuss about the referee of a certain game, and play tricks on the best of the month, best of the week and certain awards. But these are innocuous places, and the players in the team can really determine the upper limit of a team, but most of them who want to become a dynasty team will encounter difficulties that ordinary teams cannot imagine. Every dynasty is not so easy to build. It is easy for a team to win the championship for the first time, but it is very difficult to defend the championship consecutively. Especially now that the league least wants to see a team When teams dominated the league, building a dynasty was definitely more difficult in the 20th century than it was in the 90s
After winning their championship night, they only rested for one day. On October 10th, they rushed to the Portland Rose Garden Arena to challenge their old opponents in the first round of the playoffs last season, the Portland Trail Blazers. Team.

This year the Blazers are a new team in the league that is expected to win the championship. Roy and Oden have not been reimbursed like the historical trajectory. The entire Blazers have spent time training themselves this summer. Their lesson was too profound. Although the big score was 4:1 and they killed themselves, they knew in their hearts that the only game they won was the opponent's intentional release. Maybe it had something to do with their own betting, but the Blazers The players had no substantive evidence on hand, so the matter had to be let go.

But no one knows better than them how the Rockets underestimate them. This brings them a greater shame than defeating them upright. But any player with a little bit of self-esteem can't bear being treated like this. It is also a sigh of relief. They did not sign some players to strengthen their lineup this summer like traditional strong teams, because they think that the talent in the team is strong enough. Brandon Roy is now The league has a unique point guard. Oden is an epic-level rookie who has the same talent as James to change the pattern of a basketball league. Aldridge has gradually grown into an All-Star power forward. Bartom is one of the few small forwards in the league. As the starting point guard, although Blake's defense is a bit weak, these young players in the lineup just need an experienced mentor, and no one is like a point guard and has played in the league for 6 years Ball's Blake is more qualified to take the position of their big brother.

Moreover, defense and offense are not Blake's strong points. Field control is Blake's unique skill. As a traditional guard, his assist-to-turnover ratio is very good. The Blazers usually don't collapse too much when Blake plays. Even if he doesn't need the coach's help to call a timeout, he knows when to control the rhythm and when to play what tactics. This is where a team has a traditional back position.

However, it also depends on what kind of team Portland meets. Today they met last year's sufferer, the Rockets with a new look, and there is a master in the opposing team who can control the court better than Blake When guard Chris Paul, the Blazers' rhythm was obviously taken by the Rockets.

After the first quarter, the Rockets and the Trail Blazers scored a high score of 42:46 at the same time. The goal of the Rockets before the game today was not to play defense. That set of Princeton system, and now the old coach who was suddenly baptized by the championship halo has learned to adapt to local conditions, depending on who the opponent is to arrange relatively labor-saving and effective tactics.

This time, Ashuai learned from the mustache D'Antoni who coached in the Knicks. Portland is still a young team. Compared with the Lakers and Spurs, they are more energetic, but they are also more prone to make mistakes and disrupt Combat is their specialty, but it is also their Achilles' heel. Perhaps relying on momentum, they can keep up with the Rockets' offensive rhythm in the first quarter and even the second quarter, but once they get excited, they can't hold back. And after that?

It is foreseeable that the cooperation will start to be simple and the mistakes will start to increase, and this time is when the Rockets kill the game. Using this style of play to win is better than taking out a set of positional battle lineups and fighting against them bit by bit. Grinding, using your own shield to resist the sharp spear on the opposite side will save a lot of effort.

Of course, it is impossible for Dayao to follow the Rockets to bombard the lineup. This time Adelman did not include Yao Ming in the starting lineup. Anyway, the little giant was tired after playing in the Asian Championships for a summer. Adelman But he took a rotation at public expense, and it was too late for Dayao to have fun by himself, so how could there be any objections?

In the first quarter, Totoro scored 12 points and 5 rebounds in the melee. Chandler scored 10 points and 5 rebounds. Jordan Hill also scored 8 points. Paul only got 4 points and 2 assists because he was replaced early after only playing half a quarter. , but even without the field control master, in the fast break where you come and go, Chinchilla didn't make too many mistakes in controlling the ball. Now Chinchilla has slowly exchanged his talent in organization.

In the second quarter, Paul continued to appear with the lineup of Evans + Tyjbson + Iguodala + Beverly. In the lineup, Paul played the point guard and Hebei went to the position of the shooting guard. , but at this moment, Heibei also showed others his fierce side on the defensive end. Facing the opposing shooting guard Rudy Fernandez, who came off the bench and was nearly 2 meters tall, Beverly didn't give the Spaniard a chance. Instead, he used his fierce American-style dog-biting defense to teach this sophomore who only entered the NBA last year a lesson, letting him know what the NBA is for playing.
Fernandez, who is used to playing elegant and technical basketball, was made very uncomfortable by Beverly. The opponent's active confrontation without fear of physical defense disrupted his rhythm time and time again. It stands to reason that Fernandez, who is half a head taller than Beverly, was very uncomfortable. Beverly should be regarded as a misplacement, but Fernandez failed to give full play to his misplacement advantage at all. The team also gave him a chance. After receiving the basketball attack four times in a row, he succeeded once. The Rockets pulled away from the bench.

After switching to the main force, the two sides fought in chaos again. The Blazers also fully displayed their talents in the first half, breaking through dunks, alley-oops, and chasing three-pointers. Roy and Oden only hit one. Both scored 20 points in the half, but even so, they couldn't hide the young and inexperienced lineup of their own. From the second quarter, they gave the Rockets 6 turnovers in just half a quarter, and the Rockets also seized this opportunity. Turned the opponent's 6 turnovers into 14 points, and the Blazers were exactly 67 to 81 behind the 14 points after half a quarter.

"We have to defend! We have to reduce turnovers! We can't run with the opponent anymore. If we want to win the game, we need to be more focused! Don't blindly handle the ball!"

During the halftime break, the head coach of the Blazers, McMillan, was the first to be unable to hold on. He had long since discovered that it is impossible to win a big game against a team like the Rockets. Totoro is obviously a small forward, but In the first half, with a usage rate close to 35%, he only contributed one turnover, not to mention Paul, who didn’t even make a turnover with a usage rate of 37%. These two people are monsters. You can't look at them with the eyes of normal people.
But McMillan's words didn't have much effect. At this time, black players whose adrenaline hormone has been fully mobilized will not listen to the head coach, especially young players. It is more suitable for their appetite to let go of playing. The dunks of Feitian Dundi are the best chance for them to release their energy, and they can get a dazzling statistic with almost no effort. Could it be that I am a fool to give up the fast-paced scoring speed to play against them war?

In the second half, the Blazers only played two rounds of slow balls, and Paul launched two quick downs to end the Totoro and brought the tempo up again. Once, the Blazers played an offensive, and Oden played in the low post. Then put the ball in with a small hook against Chandler, but before they had time to retreat, the Rockets sent the ball to Paul from Battier. My Neighbor Totoro, My Neighbor Totoro succeeded in dunking with three big steps. The second time Oden did the exact same move again, but Chandler said that he did not call himself Tyson for nothing. A big hat slapped the basketball to Paul. This time, the Queen Bee made an alley-oop for Totoro after halftime. The Trail Blazers had two European players sandwiched around Totoro, but Totoro still jumped high. Bartomeu, who is known for his long arms, and Fernandez, who is known for his springs, took the lead in controlling the basketball with their right hands in the encirclement, and forced the ball into the basket in the posture of smashing Huashan!
This ball must have properly locked the position of the five best balls in today's NBA, and can lock a place among the best goals of the week and the best of the month, assists and dunks. This fast break cooperation is really too difficult, whether it is participating The offensive Paul and Totoro, without either of them, would not be able to complete this amazing alley-oop. Without the passing accuracy of the queen bee, ordinary defenders would not be able to separate themselves and catch the ball. The half-court distance can accurately pass the ball to Totoro, without the advantages of Totoro’s bounce and wingspan, even if Paul passes the ball well, it will be destroyed by Bartomeu and Fernandez. Seeing the ball with the naked eye's sports vision seems to be nothing special, but if it is replayed in slow motion, those who really understand the ball will sigh. It turns out that this is what others call the talent gap that the naked eye can see!
After finishing the fast break, Totoro also gave Paul a high-five to celebrate. Paul has always been a favorite player of Totoro. In order to win, he will make some small moves, but they will not hurt anyone. Totoro can also understand, because just imagine the achievements that Paul can achieve in the league as a 183 man, and you will understand. He has paid in normal times. How many players have worked hard to achieve those achievements?I more or less rely on the talent of the system to become famous in the NBA. Let alone him, just replace it with another amateur basketball fan. It's even better, but what if they Paul has a height of 183?Can they still become the league's first point guard?
Queen Bee is the best defender that Totoro has cooperated with so far, and Totoro is also the small forward that Paul has considered to be the best so far. Although the two have different skin colors, they are very close. He and his future wife Jada Although Clare was not married at this time, he already had a child. When little Paul was just born, Paul even invited Totoro to his house as a guest. At the same time, he was also trying his best to help Totoro to restore him in the league. The relationship with other stars, as a member of the Four Heroes, Paul has kept in touch with most of the top players in the league. Superstars don’t have any deep hatred. After all, everyone is just playing for a living, but under Paul’s scheduling, he still exchanged calls with stars like James and Anthony who didn’t call each other very much last season.

But even though both parties have a phone number, it is possible that Totoro should be the one who should be attacked when they meet later. At worst, the phone list will be blacked out after the fight is over. Paul, who has worked so hard to build a bridge, doesn't know what Totoro is thinking at the moment Otherwise, Queen Bee might submit a transfer application to the Rockets executives right now.
(End of this chapter)