Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 392

Chapter 392

After joining the Lakers for more than 10 days, Tony Allen and Kendrick Perkins finally made their official debut at the Staples Center, home of the Lakers.

Under the leadership of Richard Hamilton and Larry Hughes, the Wizards are working hard to qualify for the Eastern Conference playoffs. Kwame Brown proves that he can only grow into an average blue-collar insider. Obviously, his identity is far from Michael Jordan's hand-picked expectations.

The Wizards, who lack the ability to attack inside, met the Lakers with the league's top outside defense. They could only rely on Larry Hughes and Hamilton to take turns attacking to try to open up the situation. Their inside, whether it was Brendan Heywood or Jared Jeffries, or Kwame Brown, can't take advantage of the inside of the Lakers guarded by Garnett.

After halftime, the Lakers led 61 to 44.

In the third quarter, the Lakers continued to expand their advantage. Kobe made 22 of 14 shots in the third quarter and scored 41 points. He felt hot.

According to this trend, breaking 60 points is also very possible, but the Lakers are already 99 to 65, far ahead, and Kobe has no intention of continuing to play in the fourth quarter.

In the end, the Lakers beat the Wizards 131 to 94, and the home audience got the tacos they were looking forward to.

Two days later, the Lakers continued to sit at home and ushered in the challenge of the Houston Rockets.

A quarter of the season came, and the Rockets finally found out that Derek Anderson was not the wing single player of their dreams, Stromile Swift was not the super four of their dreams, and Luther Hyde was not their dream The three-point enhanced version of Kobe Bryant.Ralph Alston showed a slightly better overall view than Mike James, but his thin body did not withstand the devastation, and he was already on the injured list. As the Rockets point guard, he went around and returned to the Rockets Mucci Norris.

In people's expectations before the season, Stromile Swift, as a beastly power forward, can become a strong support for Yao Ming and McGrady, making up for the Rockets' overall aging lineup and lack of athletic ability.

Swift did show a beast-like physical fitness, and from time to time he would come up with a explosive dunk, igniting the drowsy Rockets audience, but his beast-like ball quotient made Jeff Van Gundy go crazy from time to time.

If you put Swift on the court, you will often see him start from the three-point line, drive the ball to the inside, or when Yao Ming is already in position, bring the defender to the inside, block the offensive space, or give the When McGrady was doing the pick-and-roll, the original 1-on-1 singled out became McGrady's 1-on-3 situation. In addition to dealing with double-teams, he had to avoid Swift's running around.

So after 20 games, veteran Juwan Howard returned to the starting lineup.

David Wesley returned to the starting lineup at the same time as him. Derek Anderson has lost the vigor of the past, playing tepidly and without passion, and Luther Head's shooting posture has serious flaws. After the first shot, the landing position is in front of his side, such a shot with drift, the hit rate is extremely unstable.

The Rockets' summer signings were a complete failure, and now with a record of 9 wins and 13 losses, they are already ranked outside the top 10 in the West.

Of course, relying on the extremely slow offensive and defensive rhythm, the Rockets can suppress the opponent's scoring below 90 points, known as the league's defensive team.Jeff Van Gundy also issued a bold statement to limit the Lakers' scoring to less than 100 points.

This conflicting duel in the eyes of many people has been extremely fierce since the first quarter. The Rockets desperately lowered the tempo and would not make a shot until the last 3 seconds, while the Lakers continued to speed up. Wade took the lead and continued to use him. Like breakthroughs ravaged David Wesley's aging flesh.

Yao Ming had to keep wiping his teammates' ass, and soon got two fouls, and the Rockets had to replace Dikembe Mutombo.

Uncle Mu's age has always been an unsolved mystery in the NBA. Even according to the official date of birth, he will soon be 40 years old, but the African mountains are not built. The long arm, guarding the inside of the Rockets, is still not an existence that can be offended casually. If you underestimate him, it will activate the active skill "Shake Finger", improve the morale of the Rockets, and at the same time give the opponent a taunt.

Artest's cut layup was completely blocked by Uncle Mu. Fortunately, Uncle Mu and Uncle Huo's inside legs were slow enough. Garnett, who was one step faster, immediately jumped up and grabbed the rebound. On the basketball back, when Uncle Mu was busy wagging his fingers, he dunked and scored, sustaining his momentum.

On the defensive end, Uncle Mu can still contribute, but on the offensive end, he is a complete military strategist. There is no Yao Ming on the court, and the only player with independent offensive ability is Tracy McGrady. The Lakers' defense is also very simple and rough. Watching David Wesley, Artest staring at Juwan Howard near the free throw line, Kobe defending McGrady one-on-one, and the rest of Mucci Norris and his ilk, let him go.

McGrady put on his trademark chic one-handed ball, and on the other side Kobe opened his posture to defend, muttering words.

Seeing that the time dragged down to single digits, McGrady smiled helplessly, and took a simple step to pull out his hand. Uncle Mu and Garnett, who were eyeing him, were piled up on the inside, and Billups was cruising beside him, attacking the inside and getting good results. The probability is not high.

The ball went crooked, and Kobe sighed. In a team like the Rockets, the management is stupid, the head coach is rigid, and the lineup is deformed. The once amazing McGrady can no longer come back.

Garnett overwhelmed Uncle Mu and grabbed the rebound.

Artest's positioning is in place. The team agrees from top to bottom that his strong body is not well utilized. It's a pity. This season, he switched to the 2.7th position. Although the statistics are not particularly gorgeous, the defensive effect is very good. Astonishing, with an average of 1.3 steals and [-] blocks per game, he has become a strong contender for the best defensive player in the new season. Many people think that Artest has a little shadow of Karl Malone when defending the inside. Stop the tall opponent, and then when the opponent turns around to take the ball, quickly and vigorously cut the ball, which is both accurate and ruthless.

The Lakers launched a fast break. Dikembe Mutombo and Howard trudged to the half court. Wade had already taken the lead over there, and Mookie Norris forced a layup. David Wesley, who was guarding Wade, was already lying on the ground in embarrassment. His gambled steal failed. Garnett's cross-field long pass flew past his fingertips and accurately found the fast down Wade.

Wadega made a free throw, and the Lakers had already scored 6 points in the first 16 minutes. According to this rhythm, it is not easy for the Lakers to keep from breaking [-].

　I wish you all a happy new year and all the best!

(End of this chapter)