NBA: Being criticized for half a year at the beginning

During the intermission, Tang Yu looked in the direction of Swift and found that he was also looking at him with interest.

Tang Yu gave a mysterious smile, and Swift immediately turned his head to the side, pretending not to see Tang Yu.

"Alian, you performed well in the first quarter, and you need to continue to improve. The opponent has no players who can match you. You can play to your heart's content on the offensive end, you know!"

"Understood, boss, I will play aggressively." Alian looked at Tang Yu with firm eyes. He knew that tonight was his chance to prove himself.

In the second quarter, Kobe and other main players went off the court to rest, and Odom led the team on the court. The Lakers' substitute lineup was completely incomparable to the Rockets.

Tang Yu kept Alian on the court, Iverson and Carter led the team, and the inside combination of Scola and Jordan made Tang Yu very interested in the lineup on the court.

Soon the situation on the court developed as Tang Yu expected. Farmar, Shannon Brown and others on the Lakers' bench were completely unable to compete with the Rockets' bench.

Scola used his footwork inside to show off his Argentine dance steps inside, while Carter and Iverson scored points by shooting from inside and outside.

The Rockets directly played a 12-1 climax in 3 minutes in the second quarter, and immediately changed the Lakers back to the main lineup while stopping the Lakers.

Tang Yu, who had an 11-point advantage, was naturally not in a hurry and continued to arrange the lineup according to the established rotation time.

After the timeout, Kobe used singles to stabilize the team's decline, but Carter and Jordan immediately used pick-and-roll to respond.

The Lakers' main force did not show an advantage against the Rockets' substitute lineup.

At 5 minutes and 21 seconds in the second quarter, "Little Shark" Bynum was in the interior, and Old Fish passed the ball to Bynum.

Jordan defended behind him, and Bynum back-to-back hit twice and found that he could not push the opponent at all.

Bynum still wanted to force Jordan, and Tang Yu hugged his hands in front of his chest and couldn't help laughing.

Jordan's strength has improved significantly after gaining weight during the offseason, and his inside defense ability is now very terrifying.

Bynum turned around and tried to force a layup, but Jordan blocked Bynum's layup with a big block.

Curry immediately got the floor ball, and Carter was about to go down, so he turned around and passed it to Carter who was going down.

'Canadian Flying Man' Carter faced 'Old Fish' Fisher alone, and chose to take off directly. Fisher saw that Carter actually wanted to dunk over him.

This old man immediately dodged and refused to be a background board!

Carter completed the dunk with a one-handed windmill and immediately made a 'riding motorcycle' celebration action when he landed.

Harden excitedly waved a towel off the court to cheer for Carter's dunk.

50-38, the Lakers were already 12 points behind, Tang Yu looked at Swift provocatively, and the other party didn't look at his direction at all.

Tang Yu could only look back and continue to look at the court. The Lakers' home fans were quiet, and they couldn't cheer up even though the team was behind.

Both teams subsequently switched back to their main lineups, but the score remained in double digits.

At the end of the first half, the Rockets scored 61 points, while the Lakers only scored 48 points, and the difference between the two teams ended at halftime was 13 points.

At the end of the halftime, Tang Yu was caught by reporters and accepted a brief halftime interview.

"Coach Tang, your team played very well tonight and completely restrained the Lakers' offensive. Have you found the Lakers' weakness?"

"I told the players that as long as they play normally, we are full of energy. Now the team is in an upward period, and every player is full of fighting spirit."

"Your bench lineup is very strong. Both Vince and Allen can contribute to the team on the bench. Have you considered starting them? Or do they want to start?"

Tang Yu was stunned. Is this looking for trouble?

"We will adjust the order of players at any time according to the opponent. The team is very harmonious now. Everyone is doing their job. I am not worried about this."

After returning to the locker room, the players were very happy. Tang Yu immediately poured a basin of cold water on them and clapped his hands twice.

"We haven't won yet. Now is not the time to be happy. You haven't gained anything. You still have nothing now. Put away your ridiculous celebration immediately!"

After Tang Yu poured a basin of cold water, the locker room immediately became quiet. "Everyone performed well in this half. Be careful not to get injured. Keep going in the second half!"

15 minutes later, Tang Yu stepped into the stadium again. He glanced at where Swift was sitting, but found that he had disappeared.

"Did he run away?" Tang Yu underestimated himself.

The game continued. The Rockets had the ball. Curry passed the half court with the ball and called Yao Ming for a screen.

Curry didn't play well in the first two quarters, scoring only 7 points, and his number of shots was not many, which was completely different from the task assigned to him by Tang Yu before the game.Like this.

With the help of Yao Ming's cover, Bynum shrank back and didn't delay. Curry raised his hand and threw a cloud-piercing arrow one meter away from the three-point line.

With a sound of "swish", the ball went into the net.

'Old Fish' Fisher was a little angry, "What are you doing? Don't you know how accurate this kid's three-pointer is?"

Bynum spread his hands when he was told that. He thought Curry would not shoot from this position.

Turning back, Bynum planned to get back the court and challenged 'little giant' Yao Ming in the low post. He thought he had avoided Yao Ming with his footsteps and was about to make a double-handed dunk.

Unexpectedly, Yao Ming directly blocked the ball in Bynum's hand from the side and back.

Curry quickly got the floor ball and completed a single-player fast break in a flash.

After crossing half court, the 'primary school student' shot another long three-pointer, and the basketball drew a beautiful arc and went into the net again.

67-48, the Rockets opened the third quarter with a 6-0 run to widen the gap to 19 points!

The Zen Master had no choice but to call a timeout.

Kobe was so angry that he bit his jersey tightly. As the defending champion, the Black Mamba was completely unable to accept being beaten by a newly rebuilt team without any chance of fighting back.

After the timeout, Kobe turned on the unlimited singles mode. Facing the blind defense of "President" Battier, the Black Mamba completely ignored it.

Kobe's arsenal was fully opened with a fadeaway mid-range shot, a breakthrough dunk, and a long-range three-pointer.

Kobe led the Lakers to beat the Rockets 9-2 in 2 minutes, and the difference between the two sides returned to 12 points.

Tang Yu immediately called a timeout.

"Serge, you will replace Sean in a while, and you will defend Kobe, let me see how your footwork is now."

Substituting Ibaka to increase the defensive ability in the interior and letting the 2.11-meter-tall Alian defend Kobe is a very risky move.

Tang Yu looked straight at A-Lian, hoping to get some answers in his eyes.

After A-Lian and Tang Yu looked at each other, they understood what Tang Yu meant. This was a test for themselves.

This was the first time that Tang Yu had asked him to play as a small forward since he asked him to adjust his position and transition to the outside.

A-Lian answered Tang Yu with a firm look.

The '18 cm' man who did not get a minute of playing time in the first half finally got a chance to play.

The commentator on the scene was also surprised by Tang Yu's deployment, "Oh my God, the Rockets coach actually sent out two power forwards. What a strange lineup. This lineup couldn't stop Kobe!"

"That's right, I think this is a stupid move by Tang Yu. The Lakers will use this opportunity to quickly level the score difference!"

Both commentators were pessimistic about Tang Yu's substitution this time.

However, Tang Yu stood easily in the coaching seat. If A-Lian can withstand Kobe's challenge, then the Rockets will have an all-around defender on the front line!