basketball talent system

Chapter 480 The Sad Rocket and the Perfect Ending
Time passed quickly, and the Lakers hadn't recovered from being defeated by teams from the same city in two consecutive games, so they had to set off again to challenge the Pelicans in New Orleans.The rise of the Pelicans this season has surprised many teams. All of this was caused by the warm transaction from the New York Knicks last season. Since getting Anthony, the thick eyebrows on the inside The pressure on the offensive end of the brother is much less, and because the bargaining chip they give is Tyreke Evans, a player who overlaps with Holiday, so this trade for the Pelicans is simply straightforward. It's like picking up an All-Star for nothing.

As expected, this game was not as expected. At the beginning, Corvo and Ye Xuan could barely support the situation, but as the opposite brother thick eyebrows began to stir up trouble inside, Anthony and Gordon on the outside , and the three-pointers of Ryan Anderson and others were shot in an instant, and then there was a confrontation. In the end, the offensive firepower of the Lakers was too concentrated, so both offensive players with the ball were blocked. After the replacement, the Lakers faced a collapse in an instant.

At the end of the game, the Pelicans were merciful in this game. In the end, they only won the Lakers by 12 points. Brother Nongmei scored 32 points and 16 rebounds frantically against the empty Lakers. After three quarters of the game, and for the Lakers, Ye Xuan scored the lowest score since coming to the Lakers. He only scored 15 points in this game, but he scored 16 assists, so the data It's still a past.

After the game, the Lakers will immediately prepare to go to Texas to challenge the Rockets in Houston. Unlike last season, when they often went to the Rockets to find their brothers, Ye Xuan has basically never been to Houston this season. Firstly, it was because I was so annoyed by injuries, so I didn’t feel like having fun, and secondly, it was because I heard that there were some conflicts within the Rockets, and it was not easy for Ye Xuan to intervene in such matters.

In fact, the Rockets should have been the happiest year last season. After picking up a 1, the team actually hit the second place in the West after several twists and turns. After passing the Mavericks in the first round and entering the second round, they were defeated by the Clippers 3:[-] When cornered, the Clippers couldn't play anymore... Then the team reversed the Clippers and entered the Western Conference Finals, but after all, the injured Rockets were not a Finals-level team and were easily passed by the Warriors.

Harden played at the MVP level last season. Although the playoffs declined slightly, he is still at the All-Star level. (Not the undercover performance of last season.) Although Howard was injured for a long time in the regular season, he still showed the level of the first center in the playoffs. No more joking, focused on the game, eager to win, plus The original physical talent, all of these are what a mainstay should do.When Howard was injured, Motel's growth was gratifying, although it was still slow and soft.But he is already a qualified frame protector, and there is no problem as a rotation insider.

The team's dual-sport wings Ariza and Brewer also performed well.One is strong in defense and the other is decisive in offense.Both have outstanding athleticism, meaning opponents will be facing a prodigiously athletic wing at any moment.After Terry sank for two seasons, he actually found a little feeling in the Rockets.Although it is completely impossible to return to the peak period, it is still completely fine as a backup guard.Not to mention that the team also got quasi-star point guard Ty Lawson at a reasonable price. After Jeremy Lin and Pa Shuai left the team, the team has a reliable player who can help Harden share the ball for the first time.Morey has always had a good eye for people. He belongs to the kind of person who can analyze data thoroughly, and most of the players he signs can play their roles.

But there are some things that cannot be analyzed by data. For example, the disagreement between the two stars of the team now makes Morey very embarrassed. Even before the trade deadline, there was news that the Rockets Howard was going to be traded, but in the end, because no team was willing to offer a lot of chips to Howard, who was likely to jump out of the contract next year, the deal had to be shelved, but the Rockets' seemingly incongruous way of playing also made The team has been hurt. The Rockets haven't made much adjustments this season, but they still can't play their best strength. In the end, until now, they are half a game ahead of the eighth Grizzlies in the Western Conference. Of course, the most embarrassing thing is the Mavericks. After a wave of 4 consecutive losses, they suddenly fell to ninth in the West. If the Grizzlies win the next game, or if they lose another game, they will Completely bid farewell to the playoffs.

And in fact, the Rockets' lineup itself has a lot of problems. First of all, the inside rotation is very weak.There are only 3 insiders that the team can really rotate, namely Howard, Motel, and Jones.But all three have a lot of problems.Howard made a free throw, Motel moved slowly, Jones was bullying and was completely unable to protect the frame.The other insiders are at the level of water dispensers, and they can only be used for a few minutes, so they cannot really play a role.Most of the time, the team has to use Trevor Ariza as the small No. 4. The team's wings are really qualified for 3 people, Trevor Ariza, Brewer, and Harden.However, because of Harden's style of play and many other reasons, although his physique can play on the wing, his final technical level fixes him as a shooting guard, and at most a temporary cameo as a point guard.

No one else on the team can swing up to help Brewer and Ariza. In the small ball lineup, the only hope the team can give is Xinyuan Thornton, and a water dispenser player who is signed at the buzzer and completely unknown Yes, the result can be imagined.The backcourt is well manned, but the only player whose defense is above average is Heibei.Harden is just a relatively average defender now, and Lawson and Terry are both bad defenders, neither conscious nor confrontational. You can imagine that if the team's double guards put Harden Lawson on the opposite side Didn't the two guards of the Chinese team shine brightly when they saw this cash machine-like lineup?
Ariza can't take care of two defensive colanders at the same time, and then think about it again, when the team has a double forward plus Howard, the team's power forward position is not directly rubbed on the ground, and according to Coach Haier's peeing, no If you lose 10 points, it is estimated that there will be no substitutions.Here comes another shortcoming of the team.The coach reacted poorly on the spot.From the perspective of the team's style of play, McHale belongs to the kind of good coach during training. The team's tactical quality is instilled in the players during training, and it can be seen from the scene.But on the spot, his role was infinitely close to 0. After two years in the Rockets, he has never seen him call an effective timeout. (That is, after the timeout, the team will immediately come up with a new tactic to defeat the opponent)

The combination of various reasons has made it more difficult for the Rockets to play this season. In this game, logically speaking, it doesn't matter if the Lakers win or lose anyway, so there is nothing wrong with raising a hand and letting the Rockets pass. But there is still a relationship between Kobe and Howard here, which caused the Lakers to play extraordinarily competitive in this game.

Ye Xuan may also be alone to release the water, and the Rockets are so weak today, Howard is okay, I don't know if he is awakened or something, and he didn't go to the nightclub to have fun, but haha In Deng's current state, no one would believe me if you told me that he didn't go to the nightclub last night.

The result of this game is also self-evident. Although Howard is alone in the interior, the main attack point of the Rockets is not on him. Warcraft now feels somewhat isolated, although he is The Rockets are strong when they match up, but the ball often fails to pass to him. Instead, Harden, who is in poor form, keeps shooting from the outside, wasting the Rockets' offensive opportunities, so that the Rockets will not lose. There are ghosts.

I have to say that this is also retribution, just like Howard who wanted to play at the beginning met Kobe who wanted to win, and now Howard who wanted to win also met Harden who wanted to play.In the end, although the Rockets have been relying on the advantage of the inside line to barely bite the score, but when it came to the critical moment of chasing points, the offensive firepower from the outside line couldn't keep up. In the end, the team could only swallow this season's No. 40 lost one game, which also means that the Rockets fell from the seventh place in the West and ranked eighth in the West. If they lose in the next game and the Mavericks still have not lost, they will be called To be squeezed out of the top eight, missed the playoffs.

After the whole game, Howard actually worked hard enough. He scored 31 points and 29 rebounds in 18 minutes of playing, but the number of shots was only 13. Of course, many of them were due to the opponent Foul due to 'shark hacking'.And Ye Xuan actually didn't perform very well in this game, only scoring 21 points and 12 assists in total.

In fact, because the four consecutive games all encountered such a strong inside team, Ye Xuan didn't get much rebounds. However, unlike the previous three games, the Rockets actually had an advantage in the inside. , still resolutely chose to attack from the outside, and the big killer inside was actually abandoned. This is what Ye Xuan didn't expect. As a result, the Rockets, the top team, naturally reaped a defeat.

After the game against the Rockets, the Lakers also rushed to Oklahoma without stopping, because they will immediately have a back-to-back match with the Thunder. Of course, this is all funny. This game The top management of the Lakers actually called an emergency stop on Ye Xuan's appearance. The reason was that the team doctor in the routine physical examination last week said that Ye Xuan's recent activities were too heavy and he was in danger of injury. Although this was Corvo's last few games , but considering his future, it is best not to try to play this back-to-back game, so although Ye Xuan went to Oklahoma with the team, he was eventually placed on the inactive list.

There is not much suspense in this game. Although the Lakers did get a very good record last month, the opponents they faced were not particularly strong. Among all the teams they defeated, only one Cavaliers was considered The strength is outstanding, and that game was due to Love's injury and Lao Zhan's flu outbreak, which led to the loss of the Cavaliers. So if the Lakers really want to face these powerful teams in the league, The Lakers are still a little behind.

The game against the Thunder was naturally a very straightforward loss. The main players of the Lakers played for a total of two quarters. Soon after the start of the third quarter, the score gap was expanded to more than 15 points, and then the main players took advantage of the trend. Was replaced and rested.

After the end of this game, the Lakers finally ushered in their last game. Although they lost 5 more games in the last 4 games, this has no impact on their season. They simply hope to win the game in the last game of this season and draw a successful end to this imperfect season.The home game against the Jazz, because this game is likely to be Corvo's last game, so the ticket price is also skyrocketing, Ye Xuan and others are also quietly planning to help Corvo make a good memory, and then Find a way to convince Corvo to stay and play for another year during the holidays.

And Corvo played this game as if he was playing chicken blood, he played very devotedly, and the most terrifying thing is that his offensive desire and shooting percentage are very good today, Ye Xuan knew that this might be Corvo's It’s the last game, so I pass the ball to Corvo whenever he has a chance, so that Corvo can play more and more happily. After the first quarter, Corvo has already made 14 wild shots There were only 21 points, but the audience at the scene enjoyed watching it very much.

In the second quarter, the Jazz were a bit shameless. Originally, this game was a show for Corvo, but unexpectedly in the second quarter, the Jazz suddenly overtook the score and took the lead. The Lakers scored 7 points.Corvo's touch in this quarter also slipped, so he only hit 9 goals in 3 shots and scored 13 points.

At the end of halftime, the Lakers trailed their opponents by seven points. Corvo had already scored 34 points, but if the game was lost, it would be meaningless to score more points, so in the third quarter At the time, Ye Xuan stood up, first he continuously attacked the inside line and caused chaos in the opponent's inside line, and then used his own pass to help the team get open shots, although the overall strength of the Lakers is still not as good as that of the Jazz. team, but today's Lakers played very tenaciously, and finally chased back the point difference with 3 minutes left in the third quarter.

In the last quarter of the game, both teams played very cautiously, and the scores rose alternately. Until the last minute of the game, the game could not be decided, but at this critical moment, Corvo stood up again. Come out, although he has made 1 crazy shots in this game and scored a total of 35 points, but when Ye Xuan passed the ball into his hands again, Corvo still did not hesitate and threw the ball in steadily. .

This three-pointer also allowed the Lakers to lead the opponent by one point. Then Hayward immediately hit another three-pointer on the Jazz side to pay back. There were only 21 seconds left, and Ye Xuan controlled it from the backcourt alone. The basketball slowly came to the front court, and then looked up at the countdown on the timer.When there were 7 seconds left in the time, he moved. Everyone thought that Ye Xuan decided to come by himself. After all, since Ye Xuan entered the league, basically whenever there was a chance for a lore, he would do it. And the success rate is very high, but they have forgotten one thing, that is, Ye Xuan is a fan of Corvo, so on this occasion, wouldn't it be better to give Corvo a perfect curtain call?So after starting from outside the three-point line to attract two defensive players, Ye Xuan jumped up and threw the ball into Corvo's hands. Corvo pulled up and shot his No.30 seven shots in this game. Swipe across, drill into the basket, and then splash a net flower.

(End of this chapter)