Rebirth of Hayes Cyclone

Chapter 165 [The Extinguished Heat]

On November 11, the Rockets lost 4 to 82 at home to the visiting Trail Blazers and suffered a two-game losing streak.The defending champions have had a poor start to the new season and their prospects are bleak after civil unrest.

David Lee scored a double-double, 7 of 4 shots, 4 of 3 free throws, 11 points and 10 rebounds.McGrady didn't feel good in this game, only hit 27 of 9 shots, scored 22 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.Without Yao Ming's inside offense, it would be difficult for the team to win by relying on David Lee and Tracy McGrady.Blake is a pure point guard with a good sense of assists, but he can't provide much help to the team in terms of scoring.Childress, who was traded from the Eagles, scored 14 points, but his position overlapped with McGrady's and he could only come off the bench.

The young Blazers played very well. They won two consecutive victories in the new season. After Randolph was traded, Aldridge appeared in the starting power forward position and scored 17 points and 8 rebounds. Roy scored 22 points and 6 assists, ranking second Durant scored 16 points and 6 rebounds, and Szczerbiak scored 12 points off the bench.

Hayes watched the game. Rondo, who became a giant in the Celtics in his previous life, is now just a substitute for Jarrett Jack.Played 13 minutes, scored 4 points and 3 assists, did not perform much.

Hayes suddenly had an idea in his mind, do you want to suggest that the Bobcats executives contact the Blazers?If you use Okafor and a role player in exchange for Aldridge and Rondo, it seems stronger.Aldridge is also very fast, and has the ability to shoot from the middle distance, so there should be no problem with running and bombing.Hayes is not sure whether Rondo can become a star after leaving the Celtics Big Three.But the future threat of the young Blazers is too great. If they can be dismantled now, there may be fewer opponents in the future.

However, it seems difficult for the Blazers to agree to do this by replacing Okafor, whose contract is about to expire and needs a high-salary renewal, for the Blazers' low-salary, high-energy future superstar.For the same reason, it is difficult for the Rockets to agree to send David Lee.The Bobcats have no shortage of "chips" to take a shot, but it is difficult to generate interest in sending Okafor alone.

After thinking about it, Hayes still called David Lee. With low salary and high energy, and being able to beat and run away, David Lee is undoubtedly the most suitable.

However, David Lee was more dead-eyed than Hayes imagined.Of course David Lee is willing to join the Bobcats, but he is unwilling to do something that deliberately retains strength, and wants to do his best to win in the Rockets.If he deliberately retains his strength, he feels sorry for the Houston fans who support him. After all, this is where he won the championship.

"If you play star data, it will be difficult for you to transfer." Hayes said helplessly.

"A lot of people have left this season. Now Houston fans like me. If I really can't transfer, I will stay. When Oden comes back next year, the Rockets will have a bright future." David Lee said.He was also as superstitious about Auden as anyone else.

Hayes really wanted to tell David Lee that there was nothing special about Oden after his comeback.But still choose to respect David Lee's choice.After all, David Lee's mentality is correct. As a player, he should try his best to win every game. Hayes used to watch too many "fake A"s in football. He thought it was okay to save David Lee a little effort, but ignored The professional ethics of the Americans was violated, and it turned out to be a soft nail.

After hanging up the phone, Hayes immediately discussed with Van Gundy not to let other people call David Lee again.Send out the transaction plan directly, whether it can be successful depends on luck, or plan a three-party transaction.

If David Lee can't come, there are not many insiders to choose from.Paul Gasol of the Grizzlies will become the primary target of the Bobcats. Gasol is low-key and strong.If Kobe hadn't teamed up with Pau Gasol, the Lakers would have been impossible to win the championship.But the Grizzlies now have Al Horford, and their strength has increased a lot.It's uncertain whether Gasol Hayes will be traded again, so let the Bobcats uniform team handle these things.

The next day, the Bobcats flew to Miami for an away game against the Heat.

In the last two years, the NBA has been very strange. The championship is like being cursed. The Heat won the championship in 2006 and were swept by the Bulls in the first round of last season.The Rockets won the championship last season, and Oden, the No. [-] pick who went all out in exchange for a game, was reimbursed for the season. He lost two games in a row at the beginning, and no one knows what the playoffs will be like.

The Heat also made a lot of deals in the summer.

First signed former Lakers point guard Smash Parker and veteran Anfernee Hardaway.

Then he completed a deal with the 76ers involving five players and a draft pick.The Heat sent three-time All-Star Walker, backup center Michael Doriak, and rookie center Jason Smith to the 76ers, who sent former Heat swingman Ricky Davis and rookie guard Daequan Cook.

The Heat's regular season 15-man lineup is as follows:
Centers: O'Neal, Alonzo Mourning, Joel Anthony.

Power forwards: Earl Barone, Haslem, Alexander Johnson.

Small forwards: Ricky Davis, Dorell Wright, Devon Green.

Shooting guards: Dwyane Wade, Anfernee Hardaway, Daequan Cook.

Point guard: Smush Parker, Jason Williams, Chris Quinn.

O'Neal's condition has been getting worse and worse, and now only Wade is really strong in the Heat.I don't know if it's the bad luck of the Heat or the luck of the Bobcats. The only superstar of the Heat, Wade, sprained his ankle in the first game and was out for a week.

The opening heat discharged: Jason - Williams, Ricky - Davis, Dorell - Wright, Haslem, O'Neal's starting lineup.

Bobcats lineup and the same game: Jose - Calderon, Pietrus, Gerald - Wallace, Hayes, Biedrins.

Before the game, the media predicted that Okafor would start to defend O'Neal in this game. D'Antoni still put Okafor on the bench. The defense adopted man-to-man tactics, and the heavy responsibility of defending O'Neal was handed over to Hayes.Biedrins went to defend Haslem, a power forward who is only 203cm tall.

After the start of the game, Biedrins easily beat O'Neal with a jump ball and accurately allocated it to Hayes. Hayes immediately passed the ball to Wallace who was going down quickly. Rael Wright made a jumper. 2 to 0.

With O'Neal, the Heat can only play positional offense.When O'Neill saw Hayes defending him, he immediately felt angry.

O'Neal, who is 216cm tall, is facing Hayes, who is 198cm tall. There is a big gap between the two standing together, but what happened next is not a story of big fish eating shrimp. O'Neal can't take advantage of Hayes.

Many people have forgotten that Hayes once defended O'Neal alone in the All-Star Game, but O'Neal himself is still fresh in his memory.His most annoying opponent is Hayes.

Hayes is not tall, but he has great strength.If it was O'Neal in his prime, he would naturally not take Hayes seriously, but now he is really old.He is no longer the inside killer, he still has the weight, but his speed is getting slower and slower, and he can't rampage inside like he was when he was young.

In the Heat's first attack, they opened up and called O'Neal, trying to use the power of the big shark to clean up the short inside of the Bobcats. The shark got the ball on the left and hit Hayes on the back. Si also used all his strength to withstand the impact of O'Neal's 300-jin weight with his excellent foot strength.

The old shark reluctantly gave up the idea of ​​entering the three-second zone, turned around and barely shot, and hit the iron under the interference of Hayes.Biedrins got the rebound, the Bobcats immediately went up and down the fast break, Calderon took the ball to the frontcourt, received Wallace's pick-and-roll and scored a 4-0 layup.

The Heat used O'Neal's position to attack again, and the rebound was grabbed by Wallace. The Bobcats played a fast break again, and Wallace handed it to Pietrus, who rushed to the frontcourt, and the latter made a layup. 6 to 0.

O'Neal's return to defense is too slow. As long as the shots are not scored, the Bobcats can immediately form a frontcourt to play more or less as soon as they get the rebound.

At 9 minutes and 12 seconds into the first quarter, Hayes finally scored. He received a pass from his teammate on the left baseline, turned to the inside and evaded Haslem's defense, and made an easy layup.

O'Neal's power is still there, making 6 of 3 shots in the first quarter and scoring 6 points.But he was full of loopholes on the defensive end, and the Heat were beaten by the Bobcats 34 to 21.

In the second quarter, the Bobcats replaced Okafor, and O'Neal still couldn't take advantage of the slightest.Okafor lives off defense.O'Neal's two offenses after the opening came back in vain. The Heat lost Wade, and the inside players were also defended by the Bobcats.O'Neal's mood became worse as he played, and he soon received his third foul and went off to rest.

The Heat can only rely on the offense of Ricky Davis and Dorell Wright to deal with the Bobcats at their home court, falling behind by 25 points at halftime.

The Bobcats' running and bombing completely controlled the rhythm of the game. When the Heat replaced O'Neal and played center with the 206cm tall Joel Anthony, the Rockets changed their attacking style again, which made the Heat feel at a loss after adjusting the lineup.

125 to 90.The Bobcats scored more than 120 points in two consecutive games.The Heat fans were so disappointed that they started to exit early with 10 minutes left in the game.

Hayes played less than three quarters in this game and was replaced to watch his teammates play. He scored 14 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists. Except for a confrontation with O'Neal in the first quarter, he didn't waste much energy at all.He couldn't help but sigh that the speed at which the Heat fell was like a meteorite falling.They were champions a season ago, but now they have lost their competitiveness, and it will be very difficult for them to enter the playoffs.

本场比赛山猫又有7名球员得分上双，得分最高的人是杰拉德-华莱士23分7篮板和费尔顿的18分5助攻，阿祖布克命中3个3分球拿下11分，奥卡福12分14个篮板3盖帽，韦弗11分，兰德里第四节垃圾时间上场，拿下10分5个篮板。卡尔德隆今天手感不佳，只得到4分，送出7个助攻。

After the game, the Heat Pat Riley expressed his disappointment with the team.The loss of last season is a trivial matter. The most serious problem is that the players have lost their energy.Without Wade, they simply can't put any pressure on their opponents.No offense, no defense.

Pat Riley, nicknamed the "magic operator", has already calculated that the Heat are far away from the championship, and even if they want to make the playoffs, it is not an easy task.If you want to become a strong team again, you must find new helpers for Wade and rebuild.

D'Antoni is very satisfied with the current lineup of the Bobcats. He said: "We can run and bomb, and we can also attack in positions. The Bobcats are a real strong team. I think they are better than the Suns last season. Because the Suns The player's ability to attack with the ball is poor, and more points rely on Nash's shooting. The Bobcats play more flexibly. Okafor can provide the team with efficient defense. Hayes and Gerald - Wallace , Felton's ability to attack the ball is also very strong. Tomorrow we will return to Charlotte to play a game against the Suns. Back-to-back games will be very hard, but I believe my players are the best, they must Can win the game!"

太阳这赛季前两场表现的也非常好。在103比90战胜骑士的比赛中，纳什拿下了30分10助攻，马里昂也有23分12个篮板，斯塔达迈尔18分7篮板。

When the two running and bombing teams meet, it will be a battle of points!
(End of this chapter)