Bulldozer of the NBA’s Restricted Area

Changing the core in the first 30 seconds of the second half?

No one understood the Lakers' operation.

But it doesn't matter if you don't understand, because this game is already broken, and it doesn't matter no matter how abnormal the operation is. After all, the point difference is here, and after Ben replaced Li Shengli... the Lakers' inside line is still strong.

Ben lacks offense, but Barkley and Kobe do.

Even though the shots were not high, Ben, Rodman, and Barkley were very strong in rebounding. The three of them ran all over the court. Each one of them occupied a defensive area and extended the free throw line to the rectangular area on both sides of the sidelines. .

Kobe kept shooting and grabbing inside.

Olajuwon's third quarter collapsed, and of course there is good news... Big Ben cannot completely replace Li Shengli, at least his assist ability is not good, and the Lakers' offense has lost the smoothness of the first half, and the point difference is slowly increasing. Zoom out.

Until the end of the third quarter.

The 20-point lead in the first half turned into 16 points. The Rockets gained some breathing time, and in the final quarter, which really decided the outcome... Rockets head coach Rudy was beaten to tears by his own lineup.

Core center Olajuwon can no longer play.

There are two first-year rookie guards in the starting lineup. Think about it and you know there are not many bench players who can play in the backcourt. Although Brent Price, the third highest paid player on the team, is also in the backcourt, his old injury has recurred. , it didn’t work after just 3 minutes in the first half.

Brad, who was in the other fourth position, played 10 minutes and started to rotate. However, all the players were sick. He played 5 minutes and filled the head count.

Now, the only one who can beat him is Pippen.

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So at the end of the day...

The Rockets let two young guards continue to play, and also assigned Pippen to two sick inside players. All tactics revolved around Pippen, and Pippen was indeed the boss in one quarter.

The Lakers are much simpler.

You can change the backcourt at will, and Kobe, Crotty, Nick, Eddie, and Fisher can all play, and this time Eddie and Nick's old partners, Ben and Barkley, will continue to partner, and Rodman will Replaced by Fox.

Just better than the rotation.

The Lakers' rotation is more than one level higher than that of the Rockets, but the Rockets simply don't spend their money wisely, and there are basically few players on the bench who can play.

Can you survive the fight?

Then we have to fight first!

In the final quarter, Pippen fought back hard. No matter what...his all-around attributes made the Rockets' life a little more comfortable.

7 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists?

The data in the first half were sluggish, and there was no defense from Rodman in the last quarter. He led the team alone and turned himself into Jordan. He tried his best to attack...all the statistics increased, and it was not until halfway through the last quarter that he became Jordan. With 19 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists, the point difference was reduced from 16 to 14.

At first glance, the situation is not bad, and 14 in half a quarter is not impossible.

Rudy was desperate and sent Olajuwon up again, but it was okay if the two did not cooperate. After a dozen cooperation, Harris also put Rodman back, and the Rockets' offense continued to collapse.

The initiative lies with the Lakers?

Rudy knew at a glance... Letting Olajuwon play at his limit will only make the Lakers' counterattack stronger, but playing Rodman is still easy. If Li Shengli is released, he will not be able to save even the last bit of face. , it is a no-brainer for the point difference to be beaten back to 20 points.

So it was Pippen who led the team!

Pippen played for 45 minutes in this game. He was so desperate that he gave up in the last minute. What he finally gained was a triple-double of 22+11+10. When the Rockets lost the game with 16 points, this triple-double Double data is the only comfort for the Rockets management.

Of course, besides comfort, there are also worse things.

For Pippen, the management let go of Barkley, and in this Pippen triple-double, Barkley also had a 33+15 double-double, which is not bad at all, but the difference is... Pippen's annual salary is almost as much as Barkley's Three times as much.

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There is no suspense in the G1 battle.

Not even this first round.

In the first game on the 9th, 95:111, the Rockets lost by 16 points.

In the second game on the 11th, 102:108, the Rockets lost by 6 points.

12. In the third game, 103:95, the Rockets lost another 8 points.

After going through hardships all the way, the Lakers didn't give the Rockets a chance, and in these three games...

The first time the score difference was the largest, Li Shengli only played two quarters, and the data was 13+10+5+5; but in the next two games, he still worked hard, averaging 25+13+5+4 in the three games, which is very versatile.

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At the same time, after winning 3 out of 5 games in the first round, the Lakers swept the promotion, while the Celtics in the East were even more violent, playing the Knicks in the first round...

The situation of the Knicks is much better than that of the Rockets. At least except for Ewing, there are not as many "old-fashioned" players as the Rockets.

Of course there are bad ones.

This season, Sprewell was supposed to be a strong addition to the team, but he was tormented by the Lakers at the beginning of the season. Fortunately, the Knicks' team doctors were very good and even managed to heal him after his injury.

But the good times didn't last long. In the fifth to last game before the end of the season, we played the Heat. Mourning's teammates went up and cut him. Sprewell was stunned by the beating, and the fourth to last game came to Salt Lake City...

Malone saw that Mourning was not doing much, so he personally left the game. In the third quarter, an iron elbow hit Sprewell to death on the spot, and when he restarted... the Knicks had already returned to the Eastern Conference, and the Celtics played again. Coming to the door.

It's just that this time, O'Neal led the team to make a comeback, because Sprewell scored twice in Salt Lake City and was reimbursed again, and this result... Even Ewing, as the boss of the Knicks, thought it was normal. After all, the whole league was I know that as long as Sprewell refuses to give in, such tragedies will happen again.

As for the question of whether these people are bad or not.

Warriors coach Carlesimo, who was once choked by a madman, told the media... When Sprewell has the greatest malice towards others, he should have this awareness, and this result is not accidental. It is inevitable, because the beating from society is a life problem that he must face.

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Looking back, the Knicks' combat effectiveness was once again damaged due to Sprewell's absence. Like the Rockets, they were also swept. O'Neal averaged 31+11+3+4 in three games, and his performance was very violent. Together with Li Shengli's 25+13+5+4, they became the most lethal super center duo in the first round of this playoffs.

As a result, from the first round to the second round, almost all media were comparing the two data. Even the day after the first round, O'Neal made a phone call with Li Shengli, and the parties had a direct conversation.

"Li, why do you score so few points?"

"Fuck, you think 25 points is too little, maybe you have water in your head."

"Bah, you poor guy... Damn it, are you selling data for money again?"

"No, my business hasn't been very good recently. I have no money to make after a few teammates got to know each other well, and they all know that the Rockets can't stand it. They said they don't want to spend such wasted money. I have given in to these people who have no dreams. "

"Business is not good? No money to make after you become familiar with it? Damn it, do you still have a sense of honor in terms of statistics when you are riding a horse?" O'Neal almost vomited blood and continued: "You...you old poor guy, okay, always Before the finals, let’s compete openly and honestly. Don’t do anything useless. I’ll bet on the data with you.”