Rebirth of My Rocket Dynasty

Chapter 281 Slaughtering the 'Shark'

The Rockets relied on Big Ben's key rebounds at the last moment. After defeating the Trail Blazers, the somewhat exhausted Rockets took a good rest for a day, allowing the Rockets players to recover their physical fitness and spirit.

The day before the game against the Lakers, the Rockets gathered again. After returning to the training ground, the Rockets were in very good condition after a day's rest.

Before the training started, Mark Jackson teased Big Ben: "Hey, I said Ben, what your kid said to the reporter after the game that day was so cool, wow, I didn't even know you could say For such words, I admire you so much."

Hearing Mark Jackson's teasing, Da Ben wasn't angry either. He knew what kind of virtue this old guy was. Da Ben gave Mark Jackson a look: "Mark, there are still many things you don't know. If you know everything , I will definitely elect you as President of the United States."

Garnett on the side heard this, covered his eyes and said in mourning: "Oh, my God, I can't imagine what it would be like if Mark became the President of the United States, so that he would know how to look at beauties all day long. It would be an absolute disaster if the bastards were in the White House."

At this moment, everyone in the Rockets imagined Mark Jackson in a suit and sitting in front of the president's desk with a lewd smile on his face, and couldn't help bursting into laughter again.

Mark Jackson stood aside with an embarrassing look on his face, looking at his unscrupulous teammates, he was really at a loss.All jokes are jokes, the Rockets' next opponent, the Los Angeles Lakers, will not be able to get over it just by joking.Although Lao Tang looked at his players with full confidence from the sidelines, he still couldn't be sloppy in his pre-match preparations.

Lao Tang didn't pay attention to how his players trained. Those were the affairs of other members of the Rockets uniform team. He is now discussing the specific tactics of the game against the Lakers with his assistant coach Brooks.

Lao Tang looked very silently at the Lakers' current personnel understanding, and the specific analysis of the personnel.He knew at this time that Zen Master was also studying the Rockets' tactics and staffing, and was studying specific tactics for their subsequent games.

Lao Tang was silent for a long time, and sighed: "Scott, I don't know how to deal with this big guy inside the Lakers anymore. You have to know that there are really very few people in the league who can stand up to this guy."

"Yeah, teacher, there is really no one who can restrain this 'shark' now." Brooks also sighed, and continued: "Now this 'shark' is at his peak, and his kills at the basket The power is so huge, we have to find a way to limit it, if we don't have a corresponding way, then even if we beat the Lakers, we will consume a lot of energy, if it consumes too much energy, then our finals this year will fail. Very tough."

"Yeah, and O'Neal is still a little upset with the Rockets this year. It can be said that he has a tendency to go berserk when he sees the Rockets. It's really a headache." Lao Tang leaned on the sofa and rubbed his temples vigorously.

Brooks also had a wry smile: "Teacher, now we have lost Hakeem, so our inside thickness is much worse. Maybe we have to go through another 7 games."

"You're right, Scott, whether it's Muhammad, Little Mark, or Dayao, none of them can keep up with Hakim in terms of experience, experience, and psychology." Old Tang was also worried about this matter: "Also, I don't know if Hakeem will be back on the court next year."

"Actually, teacher, I have an idea. I don't know if it can be used." Brooks spoke out an idea of ​​his own somewhat hesitantly.

Lao Tang looked at Brooks strangely: "Scott, tell me, every suggestion is good now."

Brooks collected himself, and said a little embarrassedly: "I found a shortcoming in Shaq, and I think his shortcoming may be of some use to us in the game against the Lakers."

Lao Tang thought for a while, and said with a sense of comprehension: "You mean O'Neal's free throw, right?"

Brooks didn't say anything, just nodded. Seeing Brooks' expression, Lao Tang knew that he had guessed right. Now Lao Tang already knew his disciple's ability very well, and it was no surprise that he proposed such a tactic.

Lao Tang thought for a long time before he said: "It's worth a try, but if we really come up with such a tactic, I think Shaq will kill you and me."

"Teacher, I'm not the coach of the Lakers. I'm the coach of the Rockets now. Everything must be in the interests of the Rockets. He can do whatever he wants. I don't care." Brooks crossed his legs and shrugged meaninglessly.

"You are right. During the routine training tomorrow morning, I will tell the brats that the main players are Muhammad, Mark Jr. and Dayao, and the outside substitutes should also implement such tactics. .” Lao Tang was silent for a while, and said in a very firm tone.

Seeing Lao Tang who had made up his mind, Brooks was also very happy. One of his suggestions was accepted by his teacher. He also felt that he had taken another big step forward on the road of coaching.

The next day, when Lao Tang arranged his new tactics to the Rockets players, the Rockets players all stared wide-eyed.But everyone knows that there is absolutely no way to deal with the Lakers' Sharks with such a tactic, who is so difficult to deal with that kid.

And Mark? Jackson burst into laughter after hearing the news. The Rockets players were very strange. Could it be that Mark had a problem with the coach's tactics.

Laotang looked at Mark? Jackson was also a little unhappy, and said to himself: If you have any opinions, you can tell me, why are you laughing at the side, are you laughing at my tactics?

Mark Jackson is also a transparent person. Looking at Lao Tang who has changed color, he quickly explained: "Coach, I'm not questioning your tactics. I'm just thinking that Shaq's free throws are really ugly. If I Seeing such a funny thing in the game, I don’t know if I can survive on the court, it’s really too funny.”

Everyone in the Rockets thought of O'Neal's unique free throw posture, and there was another burst of laughter.

Lao Tang also smiled for a while, and said in his heart: These brats can really have fun by themselves.Not to mention, Shaq's shooting posture is really too messy.

The atmosphere before the game in the Rockets is still very good, the tension is the tension, but the Rockets won the championship for two consecutive years, and they also brought Jordan down from the altar. Will not be afraid of any opponent.

The Western Conference Finals of the 99-00 season was played between the Rockets and the Lakers. The Rockets had home court advantage, and the first game was played at the Sky Arena, the home court of the Rockets.

Before the start of the game, O'Neal stared at Da Ben who was about to jump the ball. Da Ben felt a little nervous, but Da Ben was also a player who had experienced countless battles, and such staring would not affect Da Ben. heart.However, no one would be very happy if such a big man of more than [-] meters looked at anyone.

Big Ben didn't say anything, but O'Neal spoke first: "Ben, you will not be our opponents. The myth of your Rockets is destined to end in the hands of our Lakers."

"Oh, really." Da Ben's answer was very indifferent, but also with a hint of contempt.

Seeing such an attitude, O'Neal burst into anger, and shouted in a low voice: "What do you mean, Ben, do you look down on the Lakers?"

Da Ben said in a very sincere tone: "Shaq, you have to know that basketball is played and spoken."

"You??????" O'Neal was about to continue talking, but the referee beside him was not happy, and the referee said very seriously: "Ben, Shaq, remember that you are in a game now, not in a club. The game is about to start now, what do you have to say, you can talk about it after the game is over, okay?" After finishing speaking, he gave the two men a fierce look, and both of them trembled, they both knew that they would offend someone on the field. No one can offend the referee, if you really offend them, then you don't even know how you died.

The referee looked at Ben and O'Neal's submissive gazes, nodded in satisfaction, threw the basketball into the sky, and the first game of the Western Conference Finals between the Rockets and the Lakers began.

O'Neill's power is really huge. After a few strong attacks on the inside of the Rockets, Daben was a little overwhelmed. After all, the difference in height between the two is really too big.

The height difference of ten centimeters, the difference in strength, all these are magnified in basketball.

However, relying on their tacit cooperation, the Rockets are still competing with the Lakers.In the 5th minute of the first quarter, Muhammad was replaced, and the big Ben he replaced was staring at O'Neal inside.

Before playing, Brooks whispered in his ear: "Muhammad, after playing, if you foul, you will die. You must not give O'Neal the chance to play '2+1', understand?"

Muhammad nodded, indicating that he knew, and then entered the stage with a fierce look on his face.

The opportunity came quickly, and O'Neal once again caught the ball with his back. The Sharks still followed the previous style of play and prepared to hit the inside hard, and then either dunked or hooked.

However, this time he was not so lucky. It was still very easy when playing back. Muhammad was really no match for O'Neal. He reached the basket after a few backs. O'Neal was about to play a hook When he was holding his hand, he was slapped on the arm by Muhammad behind him. There was a crisp sound of 'snap', which was heard even by the audience sitting on the sidelines, and it was very heavy all of a sudden. Seeing O'Neill's arm slap It swelled up.

O'Neill let out a pained 'ow', turned his head and glared at Muhammad, and Muhammad raised his arm to signal his foul,

The referee also came up immediately and sentenced Muhammad to a foul.

O'Neill could only look at Muhammad with an innocent face, and he couldn't say anything, because after all, he directly admitted his foul behavior.

O'Neill whispered in Muhammad's ear, "Boy, be careful."

Muhammad shook his head indifferently, watching O'Neill grit his teeth.But you can't just go up and give someone a beating, it's not a street court now.

O'Neal could only hold back the pain and walked to the free throw line to start free throws.However, the pain in the arm is not so tolerable. Adding this note was intentional by Muhammad, which directly cut O'Neal's free throw level by half.

Sure enough, O'Neal missed two free throws and went back to his half court defense with a dark face.

The Rockets relied on Ray Allen's mid-range shot to score two points, and Kobe, who was in charge of defense, directly bumped into Muhammad, who mentioned the high blocker.

O'Neal, who was beaten very painfully, wanted to continue to attack, but the ball still missed under the interference of Muhammad, and the rebound was directly taken by Garnett.

O'Neill could only go back to defend with a dark face again. He knew that it was just that time, and the pain in his arm still affected his feel.

The Rockets took advantage of this opportunity again and scored a goal. With Horry's nimble air cut and Bodi Loga's missile-like pass, the Rockets once again tore open the Lakers' defense.

The Rockets' offense is always threatening the Lakers, but the Lakers' offense is completely weakened, because O'Neal is controlled by a series of fouls by the Rockets. O'Neal is also a human being, and he knows the pain. Muhammad's All of a sudden, O'Neill hasn't slowed down yet.

And the Lakers blindly playing hard in the interior also caused the Lakers to have a single offensive method. Other players could not take greater responsibility, and the Lakers began to fall behind.

At the end of the first quarter, Phil Jackson had already discovered such a thing. Phil Jackson, who frowned deeply, said to O'Neal who returned to the sidelines: "Shaq, you played very badly in the first quarter." well, you know what?"

Knowing his performance in the first quarter, O'Neal nodded annoyedly, and then explained: "Coach, you have to know that in the first quarter, I was hit very hard by Muhammad. , It hurts so much now, it’s a little green now, I think the Rockets must have done it on purpose, I’m injured, and the threat to them is much smaller.” It seems that O’Neal is not a fool, he can play in the league How many people are fools.

Phil Jackson understood clearly from the sidelines, but as a champion-level coach, he naturally has his own way of solving problems. Zen master thought for a while and said: "I know, you know your thoughts now, man, but you You are not alone on the court, Shaq, basketball is a whole, I think you should know this, in the next game, what I want to see is you passing the ball, not you alone at the basket In singles, when you can't score with your touch, your teammates may have a way to beat your opponent, you know what I mean?"

O'Neill nodded heavily. He is also a smart person, and he is constantly reflecting on himself.

Sure enough, after the start of the second quarter, the Rockets suddenly found that the Sharks had started to pass the ball, and he was no longer focused on playing alone, and this kind of defense brought a lot of trouble to the Rockets' defense.

Kobe and Rice are both super scorers, O'Neal and Green are responsible for controlling rebounds, and Harper is responsible for responding. After the start of the second quarter, the Lakers regained the situation bit by bit.

Lao Tang watched the changes in the field from the sidelines, which was a bit unexpected. The frowning Lao Tang also put a lot of pressure on the fans at home.

Tiger continued to appear behind the Rockets' substitute players. Seeing Lao Tang's appearance, Tiger smiled slightly: "Rudy, don't worry, you have to trust your players."

Listening to his boss' comfort, Lao Tang squeezed out a smile on his sad face: "Boss, thank you for your comfort, but the form on the field is very bad, and our offense has been hindered."

"If the offense is hindered, should we strengthen the offense? There are many players on the bench who have good offense." Tiger has great confidence in the Rockets' players.

Lao Tang was also taken aback, then patted his forehead again, and said with some self-mockery: "It seems that I am really old, and someone else reminded me." After speaking, he shook his head with a wry smile, and waved his hands to call Dayao and Sau Liu Si, replace Muhammad and Horry.

The two of them took this old soup's advice and went on stage.The task of the two of them after playing is to attack, and to attack constantly. Although Dayao's defensive ability is still very poor, in terms of offense, the current Dayao has a bit of a bug in later generations.Coupled with the Rockets' three consecutive shots in the backcourt, the Rockets still didn't let the Lakers take advantage of the second quarter.

O'Neill walked back to the player tunnel helplessly. Today, he can only watch that Chinese kid shoot in front of him again and again, but he can't do anything about it. That kid's touch is really good.

After the intermission, the pain in the arm was relieved a lot after the treatment.O'Neal, who had recovered a lot, wanted to vent his anger in the first half to the second half, but Mohammed made another fierce foul, which hit O'Neal's injury in the first half again, which made O'Neal explode. O'Neill, with bloodshot eyes, punched Muhammad, but Muhammad, who had been prepared for a long time, screamed and fell down along with O'Neill's fist.

Seeing his teammate being beaten, Garnett rushed between the two, roaring at O'Neal: "Shaq, you bastard, what do you want to do, do you want to fight? I'll accompany you."

Looking at Garnett who was furious in the bullfight, and O'Neill who calmed down when he saw Muhammad fell to the ground, he was also a little silly.He knew that he had been calculated, but O'Neill's temper was also very explosive. Seeing Garnett like this, he also yelled: "That kid on the ground is a shameless liar and thief, look what he beat my arm into." It looks like it." He said and stretched out his arm.

However, these are impossible for the referee not to punish him, because O'Neal hit someone first, and under the strong intervention of the referee, O'Neal and Garnett were separated.

O'Neill was directly sent off. Seeing O'Neill leaving the field sadly, Tiger showed a smile on the sidelines, and thought to himself: It seems that the shark-killing tactic appeared in advance.

The Lakers who lost O'Neal, lost the morale of the army, even if Kobe tried his best, the Rockets still won the first game.

92:81
The Rockets lead the Lakers 1:0.

　Keep asking, thank you from the heavens.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)