As a Kobe hater, he was actually teammates with Kobe!

Chapter 509: The Rockets disband! Yao Ming and McGrady go their separate ways! [Big Trade!]

The Lakers' remaining game this week is against the Houston Rockets.

Well...

In fact, the Lakers' next two games will be against the Houston Rockets.

First we go to Houston for an away game.

Next, they will return to Los Angeles and face the Rockets at home in the first game next week.

In the past, the Houston Rockets became a truly formidable team thanks to the addition of Ron Artest, even going on a 22-game winning streak. In NBA history, a team that achieves 20+ consecutive wins is at least guaranteed to reach the Finals.

To be honest, the Houston Rockets' 22-game winning streak is actually the result of a schedule bonus, and its gold content is at the bottom among the 20-game winning streak.

Now that the Lakers have intercepted Ron Artest, the conflict between Tracy McGrady and the Rockets management has erupted ahead of schedule.

The Rockets management has put McGrady on the shelf.

This made McGrady, who was arrogant and immature, very angry.

Although McGrady's offense relies heavily on his physical talent and he hates opponents playing double-team defense, he was a truly powerful player during his peak period.

That's right!

McGrady is not a super giant, but his offensive firepower is at the super giant level, but his overall level is not up to par.

On January 2009, 1, the Lakers challenged the Houston Rockets on the road. Although the Yao Ming and McGrady combination played well, the Lakers' overall strength was superior.

In addition, McGrady now relies too much on the "pull-up jump shot" on the offensive end. The problem is that he is not accurate in this shot.

Especially in the fourth quarter of the game, Kobe faced McGrady's defense, quickly broke away from it, and even completed a pull-up slam dunk.

But after losing his fastest first step, McGrady needed to try to get rid of Kobe through his teammates' pick-and-roll, but the effect was not very good.

The Lakers, playing away, defeated the Rockets 118-106.

Two days later.

2009 1 Month 4 Day.

The Los Angeles Lakers once again faced the Houston Rockets at Staples Center.

Even though we lost the last game, we only lost by 12 points, which is not a lot.

However...

The Lakers, back at home, are serious about their game.

Zhou Ze and Birdman partnered up to become the Lakers' starting inside players tonight.

Birdman half-circled forward to defend Yao Ming, and Zhou Ze was responsible for coming over to assist and double-team at any time.

result...

Birdman's half-front defense prevented the Rockets from passing the ball to Yao Ming.

Especially the stupid Rockets management, who reused Luther Head, a guard whose court vision was not as long as Kobe's fingers, allowing Birdman to complete three consecutive steals in the first quarter.

Birdman couldn't help but sigh: "I have never had such rich steals data!"

Rajon Rondo and Kobe put pressure on the Rockets' backcourt.

This made Zhou Ze look very relaxed on the court.

At the end of the first half, the Lakers established a 20-point lead, 42 to 62.

Faced with the team's lag, McGrady threw the towel in anger.

But what really made McGrady collapse was the third quarter.

Vaughn Weaver forced three shots in a row but missed, and the Lakers turned it into a fast break counterattack.

McGrady because of his active defense.

Zhou Ze dunked over him once.

Kobe jumped up against his defense and completed a layup, which ignited the whole audience.

Artest tried to dunk over McGrady, but he missed and got two free throws.

In addition, there is the Lakers' positional offense.

Kobe's extremely strong and aggressive off-ball play gradually destroyed McGrady's defense.

In the past, Kobe's turnaround fadeaway shot was blocked by McGrady continuously.

But now McGrady is unable to block Kobe's turnaround jump shot.

As a perimeter star of his time, McGrady watched Kobe continue to dominate the court, almost getting his way when facing his defense, while he was always...

Through Yao Ming's pick-and-roll, McGrady pushed off the ground with all his strength and finally got rid of Kobe's defense. He rushed to the basket and faced Zhou Ze who was defending him. He drew his bow and shot the arrow from his horse.

Although Zhou Ze did not block the shot, he disrupted his shooting rhythm.

"when!"

The basketball bounced out of the frame.

"Snapped!"

Zhou Ze grabbed the rebound.

The Lakers launched another fast break.

Seeing Kobe about to attack the basket again, McGrady, with his heart burning with envy, accelerated to return to defense.

This moment...

The young man on the white horse and the silver spear seemed to appear in the fans' sight again.

Kobe seemed to sense McGrady's pursuit, and after passing the ball, he changed hands behind his back, deceiving McGrady's defensive attention. With a "bang", McGrady could only watch unwillingly as Kobe completed a one-handed slam dunk in front of him.

Maddie was very annoyed.

During the timeout, he returned to the bench and sat down angrily.

His teammates Chuck Hayes, Carl Landry, Louie Scola and Sean Battier just turned their heads and looked at him, but didn't say much to him.

at the same time!

"Oh!"

Dayao, who has always been honest, suddenly threw the water bottle in his hand to the ground.

This scene!

The entire Rockets bench looked over.

"Luther, what's wrong with you? I'm almost in position, and you don't even know how to pass the ball to me? Is your pass button broken?"

"Or is your brain broken?"

Yao Ming criticized Luther Wu De.

This guard who can't pass the ball usually thinks that Yao Ming has an honest character and is always petty in pursuing personal data on the court. However, when he saw Yao Ming, who is 226cm tall barefoot and 229cm tall with shoes, stand up and yell at him condescendingly, he became speechless.

And this time...

The rest of the Rockets team, except McGrady, all ran over to separate the fight and console Yao Ming.

This scene!

This once again ignited McGrady's "envy".

He clearly felt that his teammates respected and loved Yao Ming more, as if Yao Ming was the boss of the team.

"Damn Houston!" McGrady said in his heart.

After the timeout, the Rockets' offense became extremely chaotic.

Coach Adelman did not make any adjustments, but instead had a heated argument with McGrady off the court.

Not long after, McGrady was carried out by Rockets staff.

This caused an uproar among the Lakers fans at home.

The whole game is over.

80 is better than 130!