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Chapter 84 The Horrible Big Three Rockets

Being late is not like a certain 183cm who lost himself under the touting of the media, always insisted on being himself, and believed that the team's ability to reach the finals was entirely due to himself.

As a result, once the head coach and the defensive players were changed, this "true me" couldn't lead the team to the playoffs.

David Wesley has almost become a sinkhole on the offensive end, but he can still play as the Rockets' starting point guard most of the time, because his defensive ability has also regressed a lot, but he is available in the absence of For the Rockets, the tallest player in the short stature can only choose him.

With the Big Three, the role players only need to provide a little fire support, and the responsibility for their offense will naturally be borne by the Big Three.

The Big Three of the Rockets are very perverted. After changing his style of play, McGrady has an elegant style of play, is versatile in organizing offense and scoring, and has great lethality in the middle distance. If he dares to let him go, he will inevitably suffer a huge blow.

After Yao Ming won the championship, his confidence has greatly improved. His dominance and defensive ability at the basket cannot be ignored, and he is also able to kill the game alone.

The scariest thing is being late. His stable three-point shooting makes his scoring ability explode. Even if the opponent leads by a big score, he dare not be careless. Let the Rockets remain invincible forever.

There are only five players on the court. Even if they are double-teamed, there must be one of the Big Three who can get a single-handed chance. Therefore, when the Rockets face any strong team, as long as the Big Three remain healthy, they will have enough competitiveness. , even if the role players are a little tricky, it doesn't seem so important.

The whole world knows that if you want to win the championship, it is not enough just to have a strong core player. You also need to add some role players who can make up for the team's tactics, so that the core players can have enough rest time. Only one team can hit the championship.

The Rockets have subverted the cognition of all professionals, and their Big Three are so different.

When the Rockets had a bad record this season, the media most criticized the management of the team. They believed that they did not bring enough help to the Rockets in the summer, followed by the team's head coach Van Gundy. Almost all the media believed that he was coaching. At the time, the tactics were rigid, and the team's style of play was ugly. If it wasn't for the late arrival, the Rockets would never have won the championship.

I have to admit that Van Gundy is indeed lackluster in offensive tactics, but he is not as unsightly as the media criticizes. He is full of gratitude to Van Gundy in his heart. After all, it is Van Gundy who gave him full trust as the team's head coach. Even after announcing that he would leave the coaching bench after the end of the season, Van Gundy deliberately let Late take charge of the team's tactical planning. Obviously he has true love for him and intends to impart all his skills to him.

On the way to the Rockets' championship, no one's credit can be ignored.

Only today, the Rockets obviously played an unconventional game. With the Big Three already back, Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady only played in the first half and sat on the bench to rest and chat happily. In the situation of nuclear leadership, only at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Yao Ming and McGrady played symbolically for 2 minutes, and the two hardly participated in the offense, but only completed their own defensive tasks.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Van Gundy seems to want to be late to complete a real one-on-one contest with Kobe on the court.

In the first half, neither of them had much desire to shoot. In the second half, the situation changed suddenly, and the ball was almost completely concentrated in the hands of the two of them.

The score gap between the two sides has been small, hovering between 3-8 points.

The third quarter was a performance of late arrival and Kobe's ability to score alone. In the fourth quarter, after Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady went off the field, their performances changed again.

Being late reduced the number of shots he took and gave more opportunities to his teammates. Under Kobe's strict marking, the late shooting rate was actually not bad.

And Kobe also reduced the number of shots. He no longer struggled with shooting three-pointers from the outside and competing for three-pointers late. Instead, he perfectly combined sudden point shots to drive his teammates' scoring.

It's a pity that the teammates of the two are not very reliable, and they have won many mobile phone opportunities but failed to bring much help to the team.

In the end, the Rockets defeated the Lakers 108:104 in the away game. He scored 46 points again late in the game. He made 26 of 14 from outside the three-point line, and his true shooting percentage reached a terrifying 85.5%. In addition, he also had 2 rebounds and 3 assists.Except for a three-pointer in the first quarter, the remaining 43 points were all scored in the second half.

Kobe was also in excellent form in this game. He made 8 of 5 shots from outside the three-point line, took a total of 33 shots, scored 45 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists. In addition to scoring efficiency, he surpassed lateness in other aspects.

For now, the lateness seems to be a pure scoring method, which prevents him from being compared with the best players in the league right now.

However, the fans who watched the game in person were hooked. The battle between the two superstars in the second half greatly stimulated the adrenal glands of the fans. There will be cheers of "mvp".

In the post-match press conference, the focus of media attention was not only the soaring points battle between the two, but more media noticed that the other two of the Rockets' Big Three played too little time.

The "Los Angeles Times" reporter asked: "Mr. Van Gundy, we noticed that in this game, you often handed over the tactical board to late, as if you were asking him to arrange the team's tactics. Playing time is very little, may I ask if there is any conflict between the Big Three?"

This is a shocking gossip, and all the media are very interested, and they plan to see what Van Gundy will say.

Van Gundy was straightforward and said with a smile: "There is no problem between the three of them. The reason why Late was led by a single-core team today is entirely out of tactical considerations. Yao Ming and McGrady have not played for a long time due to injuries. , it will take some time for them to get used to it.”

All the media at the scene curled their lips. Only ghosts would believe such words.

McGrady has been back for a week and has led the team to play three games. Although the team's record is not outstanding, his own performance is impeccable, and it is not like he cannot adapt to the game at all.

As for Yao Ming, he played too little time today, so he can't see anything yet.

Such an answer obviously did not satisfy the media, and Yao Ming took over the microphone in time: "Actually, the reduction of playing time today is because McGrady and I can't fully adapt to long-term high-intensity competitions on the court. Everyone knows the gap between Kobe Bryant and we can only discover our own problems when we face off against real strong players."

McGrady also said: "Yes, there is no conflict between us. Yao Ming and late are my best friends. I am still a fan of late. His three-pointers are so fascinating!"

Immediately, the media asked, why are almost all the timeouts of the game late, holding the tactical board and arranging the ball to arrange the team's tactics?

Van Gundy admitted frankly: "We all know that Late is a super talent. He has achieved incredible achievements off the court, but I also want to see what he has achieved in terms of team tactics. As a result, everyone knows that although he has only been in the league for a little more than a year, he has fully adapted to this place and made everyone realize how terrible a super talent is. I can't describe my complicated mood at this time."

Van Gundy is really old and cunning. He seems to be very frank and seems to have said everything, but he didn't reveal even half of the key information.

Of course, the media was not satisfied, and asked several questions.

However, the few people on the Rockets side either have rich experience in dealing with the media, or they have smart minds and high EQ. They did not leak any water during the whole process, and did not disclose any explosive information to the media.

The media had no choice but to find Kobe and let him talk about his feelings about the game.

Kobe is not stupid, and of course he doesn't talk nonsense, and there is nothing special to emphasize in this game. Except for him and the late score, there is nothing to care about.

When the media asked about his relationship with Late, Kobe smiled and said: "We just had lunch together at noon today. We are competitors and friends at the same time. I am in good shape this year and may get the points of this season." Wang, the only thing that can pose a threat to me at present is being late. I believe that in the future, he will definitely become the greatest star in the league. When he develops the ability to attack with the ball, no one on this planet will be able to stop him.”

In short, the game between the Lakers and the Rockets was very lively, but it was limited to the arena. Outside the arena, there was nothing worth mentioning.

The fans have long been accustomed to Kobe and Late scoring high scores this season, and even the media is a little too lazy to report.

After the game against the Lakers, the Rockets have 33 games left. Although it is impossible to become the No. [-] in the Western Conference, fans don't have to worry about last season's championship and will be excluded from the playoffs.

With the cooperation of the Big Three, the Rockets finally officially got on the right track, and the Rockets ushered in a wave of winning streak.

They double-killed the Clippers, defeated the Knicks and Jazz, and lost to the Suns.

In this game against the Suns, the crazy D'Antoni almost gave up defense and went all out to attack the Rockets. The Rockets had a chance to win, but Van Gundy limited the playing time of the Big Three. In the end, the Suns played all five starting players on average. The crazy dead fuck that lasted more than 43 minutes won the game.

On February 2, the All-Stars of the 18-05 season arrived.

(End of this chapter)