NBA: Being criticized for half a year at the beginning

The starting ten of both teams stood in the center circle, and the referee signaled both sides to stand.

The game started soon, and ‘Little Shark’ Bynum took the lead in getting the first attack for the Lakers.

Odom held the ball to organize the offense. He is now one of the best organizing forwards in the league. After dribbling the ball across half court, he passed it to Kobe who had fallen to the right low post.

Battier on the Rockets side was responsible for defending the Lakers' core Kobe Bryant. After Kobe got the ball with his back to the basket, he continuously backed up the ‘President’ and chose to turn around and jump shot.

Battier blocked the defense, and Kobe's first attack was missed. Dayao used his position to block Bynum and got the defensive rebound and immediately initiated the offense and defense conversion.

After the ball was given to Curry, the ‘primary school student’ rushed across half court with lightning speed. Fisher was experienced and immediately blocked Curry to prevent his counterattack three-pointer.

Curry was blocked, and just when the Lakers thought the Rockets were forced to fall back to defend, Curry passed the ball to Harden who was late, and the latter took a three-pointer directly after receiving the ball.

The basketball drew a beautiful arc and went directly into the net. Harden opened his scoring account tonight with a beautiful three-pointer.

In the Lakers' offensive round, Fisher passed the ball to Odom after passing half court. Facing Harden's defense, Odom chose to single out the opponent. Everyone knows that the Rockets' backcourt twins are strong in offense but weak in defense.

Odom directly chose to break through Harden's defense, and Harden was immediately broken through. Ibaka could only come to assist. After seeing Ibaka's assist, Odom chose a more reasonable way of playing and passed the ball to Artest who was ready to receive the ball.

After Artest received the ball, he took a three-pointer from the bottom corner and hit it steadily.

Answer ball!

The Lakers responded with a three-pointer, and both sides scored a three-pointer at the beginning.

Both teams did their best on both offense and defense, and they were evenly matched. When the first official timeout came in the first quarter, the two teams were tied at 12-12.

Coming to the bench, Tang Yu said to the players: "Speed ​​up the offensive rhythm, a little faster, don't follow the opponent's rhythm. It's our chance for both sides to enter the bench period next."

The Rockets took Yao Ming and replaced him with Jordan, and the Lakers replaced Fisher with Vujacic.

The two teams returned to the court again. After Jordan came on the court, the Rockets' offensive rhythm will be completely accelerated.

After Bynum's strong attack on Jordan missed, the Rockets launched a counterattack. It was still Curry who dribbled the ball to the frontcourt. Vujacic obviously lacked Fisher's experience. He retreated to the three-point line to defend as usual.

Curry shot directly from one step away from the three-point line, which made Vujacic regret it. It was too late to save it.

Curry's three-pointer shot directly through the Lakers' basket like a sharp blade.

Kobe angrily scolded Vujacic, "You can't let him have the slightest space, he is different from other players."

3 minutes and 13 seconds in the first quarter, the lineups of the two teams on the field have changed a lot.

The Rockets are on the field with DeAndre Jordan, Alian, McGrady, Iverson and Harden.

The Lakers are Jordan Farmar, Fisher, Josh Powell, Artest and Mbenga.

Rockets organized the offense, DeAndre Jordan was promoted to pick and roll with Harden, after the pick and roll Harden went straight to the paint area, Mbenga assisted defense, Harden took the opportunity to throw the ball to help DeAndre Jordan successfully dunk.

This is the favorite way of cooperation between the two, making it difficult for all teams to defend. If there is no help defense, Harden will make a layup with a European step, which is the Rockets' usual tactic.

The Rockets bench was excited, and DeAndre Jordan was also very happy after catching the ball.

Then the Rockets successfully defended the Lakers' offense again, and the offense and defense transition was made by Alian, who strode to the basket and made Mbenga commit a foul.

Al-Alian made two free throws, and the score came to 21-14. The Rockets were already on the way to widening the score.

The Zen Master immediately called a timeout and quickly took Kobe back to stabilize the situation. After Kobe returned to the court, he immediately used his personal ability to attack the basket and layup to help the Lakers stabilize the score.

The Rockets' rotation lineup failed to widen the score gap in the remaining time of the first quarter.

After the first quarter, the Rockets led by 6 points at Staples with 29-23.

Tang Yu adjusted the team lineup again during the intermission, pointing to Danny Green, who is also a water dispenser manager like Beverley, and signaled him to get ready to play.

"Did you see Patrit's performance in the last game? I need you to defend Kobe in your own way."

"Understood, coach. I will complete the task."

Then Tang Yu said to everyone: "We will experiment with a new lineup tonight, a five-small lineup! Of course, you also know the tactics of this lineup, but this is the first time we use it in actual combat."

Everyone opened their eyes wide. Tang Yu has been letting the players practice the five-small lineup for a long time. Tonight againstThe Lakers are about to use it.

Now this lineup needs A-Lin, who is no longer afraid of confrontation, to play the center position, Battier to play the power forward position, and another shooter in addition to Curry and Harden.

In this era, the number of shooters in the league is very limited, and we can only train shooters internally.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Kobe went off the court to rest, and Odom and Fisher returned to the court to lead the team.

On the Rockets side, Tang Yu put Yao Ming on the court. This is an unconventional substitution operation. Bynum's absence from the court just allows Yao Ming to show his strength.

"Yao Ming, it's your time. Try to score as many points as possible during this time."

"Understand, coach."

As soon as Yao Ming came on the court, he was in the low position, and Iverson lobbed the ball in.

Facing Mbenga's defense, Yao Ming played very easily. After continuous back-to-back play, he easily hooked and scored two points with a small jump step.

Yao Ming's height made the opponent only sigh at the ball and watched Yao Ming score.

The Lakers also scored on offense. Odom broke through and passed the ball to Farmar, who made a mid-range shot.

The Rockets' offense continued to be handed over to Dayao. This time Dayao changed his offensive scoring method and made a steady mid-range shot with his back to the basket.

Dayao, who was full of energy, had his way on offense. He had never enjoyed this kind of health-preserving basketball since he became a professional.

Dayao also made contributions on defense. Powell wanted to challenge the power of the "moving Great Wall" and attacked the inside line, but was directly blocked by Dayao. Dayao supported the Rockets' inside no-fly zone.

Dayao continued to wreak havoc in the inside line, and the Lakers had to adopt a double-teaming strategy.

But the reorganized Yao-McGrady combination also had a chance to play, and McGrady could occasionally attack the inside line to score.

At 8 minutes and 13 seconds in the second quarter, "Zen Master" Jackson called a timeout. The Rockets had widened the gap to 8 points, and the score between the two teams came to 38-30.

Tang Yu knew that the Lakers would use the main lineup after this substitution, so he immediately replaced Yao Ming and the Rockets used a five-small lineup.

Yi Jianlian played as center, Battier as power forward, Danny Green as small forward, and the backcourt twins Kuden and Tang Yu said to the Rockets' new five-man team: "You all know the tactics of this lineup very well. I need you to play a chemical reaction. Yi Jianlian, your task is very difficult, show your passion!"

Yi Jianlian replied in a low voice: "Don't worry, coach, I will complete the tactical task you assigned!"