The NBA started with helping Iverson win the championship

Chapter 261 The Scary Splash Brothers
"Dudududu!"

The referee blew the whistle to start the game, and Li Xun looked intently at the Rockets' starting lineup.

This look immediately made Li Xun amused.

When Li Xun first entered the league, the Rockets' starting lineup was so brutal. Yao Ming, McGrady and Artest were all at their peak.

If it weren't for injuries, the Rockets' competitiveness is very strong.

But now the Rockets are in a completely different situation. The five starters in the team are really hard to describe.

The center is the veteran Dalembert, the power forward is Scola, the two on the front and back are Kevin Martin and Courtney Lee, and the point guard is Earl Boykins with a height of 165 cm.

Boykins has not retired yet, which was completely unexpected by Li Xun.

He has been in the league for some years, but he has never played against Boykins.

The main reason is that he is too marginal, even if there is a team, he is rarely able to play, especially now that he is older, it is really less than one game.

The starting lineup of the Rockets is simply that those who hear it are sad and those who hear it cry.

Kevin Martin, the biggest player in the team, actually scored well. He never won an honor in his entire career.

It's true that there are no honors, not even a rookie team, let alone the best team, such as the best of the week or the best of the month, not even a single one.

The NBA actually has a lot of players like Kevin Martin.

At first glance, the data is also very glamorous, averaging 20 points per game.

But it's over when you look at the advanced data.

For example, Michael Finley, who is known as the poor man's version of Jordan, Marbury, the political commissar, and Reid, the former deer king, are all players of this type.

Their statistics are good, but they can't lead the team to win.

Martin's biggest problem is defense.

His defense is too eye-catching.

Logically speaking, a shooting guard with a height of 201 cm is actually quite a threat on the defensive end.

But the guy's defensive efficiency is ridiculously low.

The offensive efficiency is quite good, and Martin belongs to the kind of player who kills one thousand and loses one thousand.

"Clay, you're playing against Kevin Martin tonight."

"Remember, I not only want you to blow him up on the offensive end, but also on the defensive end."

"Kawaii, you are going to defend Courtney tonight. If you have spare energy, help defend Martin."

Li Xun said to the two Piston rookies on the field.

Clay and Leonard both nodded.

Before Clay averaged only about 10 minutes per game, he only averaged two or three points per game.

I am afraid that just one game tonight can increase his scoring average several times.

Although Leonard currently plays a lot of time, with 278 minutes, the number of shots is a bit shabby, only about 5 times, and he can score 7 points per game.

However, the low score does not mean that Leonard's performance is not outstanding.

He also averaged 1.3 blocks and 1.7 steals per game. These two data are definitely at the top level among perimeter players.

As if the guy was born to be a defensive machine.

The key is that he is not a defender like Tony Allen.

Because Tony Allen is too short, he actually has a limited range of defensive radiation. He can defend from the first position to the second position.

But Leonard is different. With a standard forward height, he can also play a very good defensive effect against a power forward of Li Xun's height. He can defend from the first position to the fourth position.

In the jump ball session, Howard easily beat Dalembert by jumping.

Dalembert is a veteran who entered the league a year earlier than Yao Ming, and was once Iverson's teammate.

Can be regarded as a qualified blue-collar center.

The basket is a nerve knife, he can occasionally shoot two shots, and there is almost no ability to play low singles under the basket, so this guy's offensive firepower is almost negligible.

Blocks and rebounds are still passable because of the excellent wingspan, but they are just passable, and there is only one season in his career where he has double figures in rebounds.

Defensive awareness is a bit rubbish, which is also the main reason why he has become a top blue-collar.

The Pistons started to attack. After Curry took the ball to the frontcourt, he decisively handed the ball to Li Xun.

After passing the ball, Curry began to run without the ball.

And Clay quickly approached Li Xun, and then Li Xun handed the ball behind his back and directly stuffed the ball to Clay.

At the moment of receiving the ball, Clay jumped up directly, and with the help of Li Xun's pick-and-roll in front of him, he made a three-pointer.

"Shh!"

Three points hollow into the net.

This is the tactic of the Pistons' recent training.

In fact, it didn't take long to practice, that is, after confirming that Parsons would be sold a few days ago, he just practiced this offensive tactic.

This is also the perfect offensive system that Li Xun has been fantasizing about.

I have top-level shooting finishing ability and good passing ability. In addition, because of my tall body and fast speed, the pick-and-roll effect is so good.

In the offensive round just now, if Clay was double-teamed, Li Xun had other options.

That is to pass the ball to Curry who runs without the ball.

It can be said that the three best three-pointers in the league today are all in the Pistons. If Ray Allen is included, there are four.

It's the Rockets' turn to attack.

Curry was just happy, he couldn't guard against others, so could it be that he couldn't guard against you, an old Boykins?
Boykins was fast when he was young, his height of 165 was very flexible, and he shuttled around the court in various ways.

It's a pity that I'm getting older now, and my legs and feet are not as sharp as before. No matter how bad Curry's defense is, it's impossible to prevent an old Boykins.

As a player with a height of only 165, Boykins is indeed inspirational enough.

Many fans also regard Boykins as a positive model, proving that being short can make it to the NBA.

In fact, this idea is not right at all. Boykins is the real proof that basketball is a game for grown-ups.

In terms of speed, technique and jumping ability, Boykins is all very good, but he is too short to achieve results at all.

If this guy can have a height of 185 centimeters, I am afraid it will be no problem to enter the All-Star.

The disadvantage of short people in the NBA arena is all-round, whether it is offense or defense, they are all suppressed.

"puff."

With a muffled sound, Boykins passed the ball directly to Martin seeing that he couldn't get past Curry.

The passing route was spotted by Li Xun. He stepped forward and blocked the ball.

Leonard immediately rushed forward and controlled the ball.

Although Li Xun contributed the main force to this ball, the final steal data still fell into the hands of Leonard.

After Li Xun's speed soared last season, not only his own steal data has improved a lot, but even his teammates' steals have also improved significantly.

The main reason is that every time Li Xun steals, it is impossible to catch them all.

It is likely that he cut the pass line with his fingers, and the ball was picked up by a teammate.

Whoever owns the ball will own the steal data, so the steal data of Li Xun's teammates has also increased considerably.

Especially Curry, he even averaged 2.5 steals per game last season.

After Leonard succeeded in stealing, there was no one in front of him, and he directly controlled the ball and moved forward.

The trio of Li Xun, Clay and Curry followed him and charged wildly.

After reaching the front court, Kevin Martin has already caught up. With Leonard's body, he can actually carry Martin to the layup.

But he didn't.

He turned his head and passed the ball back to Li Xun.

Li Xun immediately made a hand-to-hand pick-and-roll with Clay again, assisting Clay to score a mid-range shot.

Li Xun on the front foot helped Leonard get a steal, and Leonard on the back foot reciprocated and gave Li Xun an assist.

"Well done, lad!"

With the rise of Li Xun's game, he couldn't stop praising the young people on the field.

Judging from the two simple rounds at the beginning, the Rockets are really weak. Whether it is the offensive end or the defensive end, they were all blown out by the Pistons.

Tang Shuai on the sidelines, as a Rockets star, couldn't bear to watch the next game anymore.

He knew very well that if the Rockets lost only [-] points in this game tonight, it would be considered a success.

Facing the wolf-like Pistons, the current Rockets, if the Pistons are merciless, the point difference after the game may be [-] to [-] points.

Tang Shuai is actually very sad that the Rockets have ended up in this situation.

Since he coached the Rockets, the Rockets have been a strong team in the West from the time of Olajuwon until he left the Rockets.

Even if they don't win the championship, at least they won't have any problem making it to the playoffs.

But now the Rockets are not as good as each year, and now they have been reduced to competing for the No. [-] pick.

In the third offensive round, Boykins passed the ball to Martin.

This time Martin received the ball smoothly.

He disguised himself left and right, trying to make room for a comfortable shot. Unfortunately, Clay's defensive focus is quite good, so he didn't hesitate at all.

In desperation, Martin could only force his shot.

At the second of his shot, there was only a loud bang, and the basketball he just shot was fanned out of bounds.

If it wasn't Li Xun, who could it be?
Although he was planning to right Clay tonight, Li Xun has been silently protecting Clay all the time, preventing Clay from being blown up and affecting his self-confidence.

Self-confidence is really important for players.

The Rockets have the ball, and Dalembert goes to serve the ball out of bounds.

Martin ate twice in a row, and this time he didn't want to touch the ball at all.

Dalembert simply aimed the pass at Scola.

As a result, he regretted the ball as soon as he took the shot. Leonard stretched out his monster-like long arms, and grabbed the ball abruptly before Scola.

This ball is undoubtedly Dalembert's carelessness.

He was guarding against Li Xun, but ended up defending Li Xun, but not Leonard.

Dalembert didn't know that besides Li Xun, there was a monster like Leonard in the Pistons.

The ball was in Leonard's hands, but he didn't stick the ball.

After passing it directly to Li Xun, he buried his head and rushed towards the frontcourt, preparing to settle in advance.

Li Xun couldn't help feeling, what a dedicated young man.

The ball came to the frontcourt. This time the Rockets began to guard against the Pistons' back-up pick-and-roller passing the ball, and began to double-team Klay.

It's a pity that they didn't think about it. If Clay is double-teamed, there will always be a Pistons outside defense.

Whether it's Li Xun, Curry, or even Leonard, they all have extremely terrifying lethality when they are missed.

"Shh!"

Curry made a decisive shot from outside the three-point line and hit the net hollow again.

The flexible Curry, now has excellent off-ball running ability, and Li Xun even feels that his current off-ball ability seems to be much stronger than normal.

It may be because Li Xun is the main player in the Pistons. Curry spends most of his time off the ball and has developed a strong off-ball ability.

In the opening three rounds, the Pistons made 3 of 3 shots, two three-pointers, one mid-range shot, and scored 8 points.

On the other hand, the Rockets are currently scoring zero, and they also sent a block and two steals to the Pistons.

The terrifying difference in strength between the two sides made those who heard it feel sad and those who heard it shed tears.

Even this game gave the Pistons fans an illusion that their Pistons were playing an exhibition game with an amateur team.

In the blink of an eye, half of the first quarter was played.

An unacceptable point difference appeared for the Rockets, 24:3, yes, in half a quarter, the Pistons suppressed the Rockets and only scored three points.

The Pistons scored 24 points in half a quarter.

Interestingly, these 24 points were all scored by the Splash Brothers.

库里三分球4中3，中投1中1，直接拿下了11分。

而克莱则是更为恐怖，三分球同样也是4中3，两分球2中1，外带还有罚球3中2。

Even Li Xun was secretly speechless, but luckily both brothers were in his team.

If this is the same as under normal circumstances, all go to the Warriors, in fact, it is really a threat to the Pistons.

Waiting for the two of them to grow up and the Splash Brothers to take shape, there is every chance that Li Xun will be cast to death.

Maybe the overall hard power is far inferior to the Pistons, but what if they feel good enough?No matter how you shoot the three-pointer, let alone the Pistons, it won't work for anyone.

There are seven games in a playoff series, what if these two guys have four games and it feels overwhelming?
This is not a small probability event.

The Rockets called a timeout. This is the second timeout they have called in this quarter.

When the first timeout was called, that is, the Pistons started 8:0. No one would have thought that this timeout failed to play a role, but was further opened up by the Pistons.

Tang Shuai was ready to change with a smile on his side.

The game has only played half a quarter, in fact, it can already be declared to enter garbage time.

But entering garbage time so early, the Rockets can't hold back their face.

After all, the Rockets are Tang Shuai's home team, so they still have to give some face. He directly took down Li Xun, Curry, Leonard and Warcraft.

Then replace Jiba, Cousins, Vucevic and Dragic.

Clay was still left on the court. Li Xun had already said before the start of the game that tonight would be Clay's night.

Coupled with Clay's performance in the first quarter, his performance was indeed outstanding enough. Tang Shuai also wanted to train more young people, so he simply let Clay stay on the court.

Another reason is that no one can change it.

You can't let Ray Allen play this kind of garbage time, can you?Isn't this a jerk?
(End of this chapter)