basketball scientist

November 14. The Lakers returned to their home court to face the Houston Mosaics.

The Staples Arena was packed with fans.

"We must win this game, otherwise we will fall behind at the start of the season, which will be too troublesome."

"Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady really feel like they were OK back then~e=(′o｀*))) Oh"

"To be honest, I am a little pessimistic about today's game."

"The Mosaic team has two tools, but we are not weak either."

Fans in the stadium were talking one after another, and far away in the CCTV broadcast room, because of the relationship between Ke Yan and Yao Ming, this game was also called the "Chinese Derby".

Wang Dazhi rarely appears on official platforms due to special reasons. In order to avoid trouble, CCTV may not even broadcast a Clippers game. Battelle left the NBA in the summer. Now, CCTV can promote "China

"Derby" only has Yao Ming and Keyan.

Even if Ke Yan is just an assistant coach, he still has to promote it like this. The United States also understands China very well. During the preparations before the game, they gave Ke Yan quite a lot of shots and even arranged for photographers to take pre-match photos of Yao Ming and Ke Yan.

The two have been working together on the Mosaic team for more than a year, and their relationship is not bad. Ke Yan's departure from the Mosaic team was more due to differences with Van Gundy. Ke Yan regards Nelson as his mentor, and Van Gundy is Pat Riley.

The disciples brought out can almost be said to be two sects with completely opposite styles. The concepts are so different that there is no way to reconcile them!

Of course, according to the fan support rate calculated by CCTV, the Mosaic team is still far ahead with a 95% advantage. There is nothing to say about this. Before Yao Ming retires, there will basically be no situation where the Mosaic team's support rate is not as good as its opponents.

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Yao Ming beat Anderson on the jump ball, and the Mosaic team attacked first.

After the players pulled away, McGrady and Yao Ming played a pick-and-roll, attracting Anderson to defend and pass the ball to Yao Ming. The latter relied on Kobe on the right to advance to the center and scored the ball before Odom could help defend. 2-0

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Kobe shot the ball quickly from the baseline and directly passed the ball to Odom. The latter accelerated the transition between offense and defense and took a long stride to the basket, causing Uncle Huo to foul.

The Mosaic team's role players lacked overall ability. Yao Ming had no time to return to defense after completing his single, leaving holes in the backcourt defense. The Lakers took advantage of this and attacked fiercely.

Ke Yan knows well that Yao Ming's weakness is physical strength. The faster the offensive and defensive rhythm, the more Yao Ming consumes, and the higher the Lakers' chance of winning!

The Mosaic team continued its positional battle attack. Yao Ming received the ball on the right side, leaned on Anderson twice, turned to the baseline, pushed away the defense, and scored with a hook ball, 4 to 2.

Although Ke Yan made it clear that he did not support Yao Ming's weight gain, he had to admit that Yao Ming's weight gain has increased his power. No one can defend him alone, so he must go around or attack from a flank.

Anderson's defense has improved a bit this season, but he is no match for Yao Ming. It's not just him. 98% of the league's inside defenders who defend Yao Ming are tortured, and they are not guilty of fighting!

When the Lakers attacked, Atkins took the ball to the frontcourt, played a pick-and-roll with Odom and led it to the left. After attracting Ryan Bowen to switch defense, he distributed the ball to Odom in the middle, who took the ball with both hands and raised it high.

, spotting Kobe's air cut and passing the ball.

Kobe caught the ball and took three steps to face Yao Ming and hit the basketball to score, 4 to 4.

The Mosaic team attacked and faced Butler's close defense. After receiving the ball from the wing, McGrady chose to play in singles. He broke through with the ball and was followed by Butler. He went to the left baseline and made a pull-up jump shot, which missed the basket due to interference.<

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Yao Ming's offensive rebounding data is average, but this ball clearly suppressed Anderson in the blocking position. After pushing Anderson away to grab the offensive rebound, he put the ball directly into the basket.

After being eaten alive by Yao Ming in three consecutive ways at the beginning, Anderson reluctantly spread his hands. This was the most frustrating time for him since the beginning of the new season, when he was defending Stoudemire and Nowitzki.

, not as uncomfortable as now.

Although he has been in the league for two years, by chance, Anderson has not had the chance to test O'Neal's power. But today against Yao Ming, Anderson may have experienced the despair of other insiders in the league when facing the Sharks.

Kobe held the ball across half court and came to the right side with the ball, and McGrady took the initiative to stick to it.

Kobe didn't wait for McGrady to settle down and quickly moved horizontally to the left. McGrady didn't dare to neglect and pressed forward.

Suddenly feeling Kobe's acceleration, McGrady sped up to keep up.

I saw Kobe suddenly paused, and his right hand holding the ball swung behind him, dribbling behind his back, and instantly reached his left hand. His body had already adjusted its direction, accelerated to the left, and cleanly threw McGrady away. Yao Ming saw this

, he immediately made up the defense and saw that Kobe had already jumped up, so he opened his hand and blocked it forward.

Yao Ming's defensive area is huge, but for Kobe, who is stuck in the air, completing the pull is not a problem. However, Kobe did not choose to hit the ball by himself. He fished for the moon with his left hand and handed the ball from Yao Ming's armpit.

It was given to Anderson who came in behind, and the Birdman assisted the Birdman to follow up and complete the dunk! He regained some space!

After being beaten by Yao Ming for three consecutive rounds, Anderson needed to regain some confidence on the offensive end. Kobe rarely showed his selfless side, and Ke Yan also applauded gently on the sidelines.

Immediately, Kobe's correct move paid off. Yao Ming asked for the ball in the low post. Anderson resolutely moved forward to limit Mike James' passing angle. Mike James did not control the strength of the lob well. Yao Ming's fingertips touched the ball and the ball was unstable and was caught behind.

Butler, who was on defense, broke off the defense in time and started to advance immediately, taking advantage of Yao Ming's slow movement to form a 5-on-4 in the frontcourt. In the end, Atkins hit a three-pointer.

Starting from Kobe Bryant's assist on Anderson's goal, the morale of the Lakers team increased greatly. In addition to the different spirit of the players on the court, looking at the Mosaic team, the state they showed was indeed fighting for each other. The Yao-Mai combination was indeed able to complete the scoring independently.

But it can't motivate teammates at all.

The score of 21:27 in the first quarter does not accurately reflect the performance of both sides in the first quarter. The two superstars Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady tried their best to keep the point difference from reaching double digits.

In order to trade for McGrady, the Mosaic team sent away Francis, Mobley, and Cato, and at the same time took Howard's premium contract, which made the team's lineup extremely unbalanced. With Alexander, a luxury tax insulator, the Mosaic team

It was extremely difficult for the substitute lineup to score. Three minutes into the second quarter, Juwan Howard only scored two points from a mid-range shot. Watching the Lakers widen the point difference to double digits, Van Gundy replaced Tracy McGrady again.

Come and lead the bench to counterattack.

Tracy McGrady lived up to expectations. After coming on the stage, he fired from mid- to long-range and scored five points in a row, bringing the point difference back to 6 points.

At this time, Kobe couldn't sit still. Ke Yan saw Kobe's fighting spirit and did not stop him. He just gave him a few words. Tomjanovich also said a few words, and then replaced Kobe and Butler.

Come on.

After coming on the stage, Kobe singled out McGrady in the low post and completed the breakthrough after continuously changing directions to pass his opponent. Unfortunately, the subsequent throw was thrown out of bounds by Mutombo.

Many Mosaic fans used the phrase "Mutombo is Yao Ming's only substitute" to complain that the Mosaics are really stingy and unwilling to spend money. But at least this season, Uncle Mu can still make do as a backup center. With plenty of physical strength

Next, Mutombo's defensive effect is even better than that of the Lakers' main insider Anderson.