readytorunbook Chapter 178 The Rockets disgusted the Clippers
Chapter 178 The Rockets disgusted the Clippers
The Rockets stood up first, of course, the team's number one "militant" Sprewell. As soon as he came up, he used the opponent's defense to break through quickly and scored two points.
Then he used Birdman Anderson's pick-and-roll to reach the inside line, threw the ball high, and helped Birdman complete a powerful alley-oop.
After scoring the goal, Sprewell still looked proudly at McGrady and Zhang Jinshui on the bench, as if to show off: You see, this kind of alley-oop does not need to be specially practiced with Birdman Anderson, it can also be present use it.
I have to admit that Sprewell's natural ball sense, coupled with so many years of game experience, does have some bugs.
And this three-point ax that helped the Rockets complete the 4-0 opening completely made the Clippers players on the opposite side and the Clippers fans in the stands put away their contempt.
Next, the Clippers first stabilized on the defensive end, and then on the offensive end, Elton Brand slammed Chuck Hayes twice inside, and when Birdman Anderson was planning to help defend, the inside The pass assists center Kaman to complete an unguarded layup at the basket.
6:4.
The Clippers captain helped the team complete the overtake by himself, and also explained to the world why many media are now calling for him to be added to the four forwards, Elton Brand and Pau Gasol Ranks, to re-form a matrix of six forwards.
After the Clippers stabilized their position, the Rockets' problems were completely exposed.
Now this dude, the so-called less than half of the main lineup of the Rockets, is actually capable of fighting any main team in the NBA.
However, there is still a big difference between the power of a battle in 3 or 5 minutes and the power of a battle in the entire game.
After all, the offensive tactical reserves of this lineup are too limited, and it is difficult to compare with the Clippers, who can rank sixth in the highly competitive West.
With Elton Brand killing all sides, the situation on the court was quickly controlled by the Clippers.
However, Sprewell's scoring ability in chaotic battles is indeed a bit outrageous. His breakthrough singles that don't require much tactical modification have posed a big threat to the Clippers' defense.
In addition, Birdman Anderson and Alston, who seemed to put all their attention on Yingying Yanyan before the game, Alston and Birdman Anderson, were quite lively on the court, relying on the frontcourt respectively. The second score after the rebound and the sudden shot from outside the three-point line contributed some points for the Rockets.
场上的比分从4比6，9比12一直打到第一节结束前的18比23。
The Rockets have been clinging to the score on the court, and did not give the opposite Clippers a chance to relax.
As the whistle sounded at the end of the first quarter, Van Gundy on the sidelines and Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady and Zhang Jinshui on the bench stood up and greeted the off-court players one by one. The performance of these players in the first quarter, Definitely quite powerful.
In the second quarter, it was the Rockets' turn to substitute JR Smith to stand up.
This sophomore who was kicked out by the underdog Hornets during the rebuilding period, but was included in the Rockets' regular rotation by Van Gundy, in most of the previous games, could only sit on the bench, looking enviously at Yao Ming, McGrady, Zhang Jinshui and other main players rotated on the court to give up what they wanted, and they played so hard that their opponents couldn't find North.
In this game, it was finally his turn that JR Smith had more than 30 minutes of playing time, and he also had a fairly rich right to fire.
As soon as he came on the court, he broke through the defense of the old cat Mobley who led the Clippers' bench lineup to stay on the court, and went inside to complete a very wonderful elegant dunk.
Immediately afterwards, after receiving Sprewell's point, JR Smith threw off the old cat Mobley's defense, dribbled the ball inside, and suddenly jumped up to complete an emergency stop jumper.
In these two offensive rounds, JR Smith fully demonstrated his independent offensive ability, which made Zhang Jinshui off the court very excited.
From this, Zhang Jinshui thought again that at the beginning of the season, apart from Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady and Zhang Jinshui, what the Rockets lacked the most was reliable players with independent offensive capabilities, which made Van Gundy have to use his team to form a team. The playing time of the three of them, Yao Maishui, was evenly distributed in the 48-minute game time, which was a bit embarrassing.
Now not only with the joining of Sprewell, but also JR Smith, the Rockets really have a lot more space in the lineup arrangement.
On this basis, the Rockets' statement that the goal of this season is the championship is much more convincing.
After the point difference on the field was narrowed to 22 point by 23 to 1, Sean Battier used a successful defense on the defensive end to interfere with the old cat Mobley's long-range mid-range shot, and then turned around. On the offensive end, he received a breakthrough point from JR Smith in the corner and hit a signature corner three-pointer.
This is also the second three-pointer made by Sean Battier in this tepid game. He has maintained consistent stability on the court, not only successfully restraining Maggette on the defensive end With the old cat Mobley, the two three-pointers on the offensive end without consuming any opportunity to hold the ball also fully demonstrated his role in today's game.
At this time, the score on the court had become 25 to 22, and the Rockets, which came out with almost all substitute lineups, even overtook the score.
The head coach of the Clippers, Mike Dunleavy, had to put all the main lineup of the Clippers on the field after only a few minutes of rest off the court.
After Zhang Jinshui stood up to help his teammates celebrate, he looked up, only to find that the Clippers fans in the stands of the Spruce Arena had already been beaten silent by the Rockets' counterattack.
Zhang Jinshui can probably guess the current psychology of the Clippers fans. They should never have imagined that although the Clippers did not widen the point difference by a lot in the first quarter, they have clearly been firmly in control of the situation on the field. Under such circumstances, even at the beginning of the second quarter, the Rockets' substitutes evened the point difference.
After all, the Rockets did not send Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady and Zhang Jinshui today. If the Clippers' seemingly strong main lineup can only be inseparable from the Rockets' bench lineup, it actually shows to a certain extent It shows how big the strength gap between the Clippers and the real Rockets is.
Zhang Jinshui took into account his mentality of being a fan in his previous life, and even felt that many Clippers fans might have a disgusting feeling like eating flies.Moreover, fans with higher spirits will feel more disgusted.
Of course, the Clippers, whose full main lineup returned to the court, quickly stabilized the situation on the court under Elton Brand's strong performance and regained the lead.
And, next, the 37-year-old veteran of the Clippers, Sprewell's old partner in the Timberwolves, and the alien Kassel, one of the three monsters of the Timberwolves, also suddenly showed his power.
He hit three-pointers from outside the three-point line twice in a row, and after flying Alston, he broke through and entered the inside line. He swayed the center of gravity of Birdman Anderson with a very beautiful fake back pass, and then easily completed the jump with one hand. With a layup on the inside, he finally regained some face for the Clippers players.
With the joint performance of the two stars, the Clippers also led the Rockets by 50 points 42 to 8 at the end of the first half.
However, although the rhythm on the court has been firmly grasped by the Clippers, the stands of the Staples Arena still give people a feeling of being unhappy.
Probably the swallowed fly has not finished digesting.
At halftime, the visitors' locker room was filled with laughter and prosperity, as if they were leading the game.
However, as far as the performance in the first half is concerned, Zhang Jinshui feels that the performance of these teammates cannot be overstated no matter how they are praised.
Spurleywell, who scored 12 points, 3 assists and 3 rebounds in the first half, was even smugly preparing to launch a counterattack in the second half, and shouted slogans to teammates such as JR Smith and Birdman Anderson, saying that he would fight against Yao Maishui's collective absence. Next, help the Rockets continue their 10-game winning streak.
At this time, Van Gundy entered the visiting team's locker room with the coaching staff.
He first praised Sprewell, JR Smith, Sean Battier and other players, but after the praise, he directly informed Sprewell and Sean Battier that they would not have to play in the second half of the game, and encouraged JR Smith, Alston and Luther Head tried to complete the offense in a more logical way in the second half.
Zhang Jinshui can probably understand Van Gundy's plan tomorrow. Since Van Gundy chose to rest Yao Maishui in this game, then this game is a game that can be given up, but tomorrow's away game against the Lakers must not be given up.
Van Gundy probably didn't want Sprewell and Sean Battier to consume too much energy in this game. In the end, it turned out that the game was exhausted and failed to win, which also affected the physical condition of the game against the Lakers tomorrow. Don't care about both ends.
Spurleywell, who had lost his calculation, immediately protested, but Van Gundy didn't even look at the madman, and directly threatened: "You can fight if you want, then finish this game and have a good rest tomorrow. After all, our coaching staff The management and the team also care about your health and cannot make you too tired."
In one sentence, Spurley completely shut up.
After all, tomorrow's match between the Rockets and the Lakers, due to the collision between McGrady and Kobe, coupled with the current state of the Rockets, and the popularity of the Lakers, is a game that the entire NBA has been paying attention to recently. For any basketball player, who would be willing to refuse not to play in such a game.
After the intermission, returning to the field in the second half, the Rockets' lineup has become point guard Alston, shooting guard Luther Hyde, small forward JR Smith, power forward Jon Barry and center Birdman Anderson.
This lineup can only be regarded as the Rockets' 2.5th lineup at best.
The Clippers, on the other hand, still dispatched a full lineup headed by Elton Brand.
In the face of the huge gap in strength, the Rockets naturally could no longer pose any threat to the Clippers, and the score on the field quickly widened from 8 points to more than 15 points.
And three minutes into the fourth quarter, the Clippers took a 3-point lead and turned the rest of the game into garbage time.
However, this does not prevent the Rockets from completely disgusting the Clippers, whether it is the fans in the stands of the Staples Center, or the main players and coach Dunleavy of the Clippers sitting off the court, or the fans on the court. The Clippers substitute players who were still fighting the Rockets' water dispenser lineup had dark expressions on their faces.
In this kind of game, the Clippers are really invincible. Even if they win the game, the gap in team strength is properly exposed.
In the end, as the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the Clippers won this unpleasant game 102 to 82.
快船队的埃尔顿布兰德和外星人卡塞尔，分别获得了28分12篮板3助攻2盖帽和19分8助攻5篮板2抢断，是快船队获胜的最大功臣。
The best performer of the Rockets was JR Smith. He made 17 of 9 shots, 5 of 2 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 22 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists. The fish belly has become the main force in the NBA team.
Of course, Sprewell and Sean Battier's performance is definitely not bad, but they only played half of the game, and the statistics are not comparable to JR Smith.
After the game, Sprewell and the alien Cassell hugged each other tightly. The expressions of the two were a little excited and happy. It was obvious that they were very happy that the old man was doing well in other teams.
And Yao Ming stepped forward and tightly grasped the hand of the old cat Mobley who took good care of him when he first joined the Rockets, chatting endlessly.
Seeing these two scenes, Zhang Jinshui couldn't help feeling a little bit embarrassed. These brother players who once handed over their backs to each other could not escape the fate of being separated from each other and scattered in different teams as enemies. Sometimes I think about it. Think about it, the NBA is indeed a cruel business besides competitive sports.
Then, Zhang Jinshui, who was about to go back to the locker room, was caught by Sprewell, who dragged Cassel and said that he would introduce the two of them to each other, so that Zhang Jinshui could ask Cassel for advice if he had any doubts in the future.
Zhang Jinshui was grateful, knowing that the foster brother was really doing it for his own good.
You must know that Cassell is not one of those point guards who rely on talent and willpower to play on the court. The team proved itself, relying on their brains.
The guidance of senior point guards of this level must be very valuable.
However, after all, the game has just finished, and tomorrow is the focus of the Rockets and Lakers battle, Zhang Jinshui has no time to communicate with Cassel.
The two left their contact information with each other, and made an appointment to come out to have a good Chinese meal together the next time they met in Houston. After that, Zhang Jinshui and Sprewell walked back to the locker room together.