Rebirth of My Rocket Dynasty

Chapter 45 The Bullied 'Shark'

On November 1997, 11, the Rockets ushered in their seventh opponent of the new season.

The Los Angeles Lakers, the giant team in the league, began to recover after a few years of silence.

They are also seen as strong contenders for this year's NBA championship.

Let's see who they are.

25-year-old 'Shark' O'Neill.

Eddie Jones, 26.

Kobe Bryant at age 19.

Fox, 28.

Van Exel, 26.

Campbell, 29

Fisher, 23

Such a young team, as long as they are given 1-2 years, they can completely build a dynasty.

A dynasty that belongs to Zijin again.

In the future of the original time and space, they did it.

The Lakers' three-peat.

However, what they are encountering now is a team that is completely different from the original time and space.

A team already strong enough to change the league, the Houston Rockets.

Leaving that aside, O'Neal complained to the media before the game started.

It is said that the inside of the Rockets is composed of two muscular men.

Big Ben and Big Bus are no less powerful than 'Sharks'.

With the help of Garnett, who is full of hard bones, in all previous contests between the Rockets and the teams with 'Sharks', 'Sharks' are losers.

Will the Sharks change this this time?

No one can be sure.

Before the game, 'Shark' embraced 'Dream' because he knew that if 'Dream' was 5 years younger, he would basically have nothing to do with him.

Thankfully, though, 'Big Dream' is 34 years old and his time is running out.

After the start of the game, the Rockets did not let 'Dream' start.

Instead, let Ben Wallace replace the position of 'Dream' to defend O'Neal.

Although this approach made Olajuwon a little dissatisfied, he also knew that this was the protection of his coach and boss.

It is obviously impossible for you to let a 34-year-old guy and a 25-year-old young man go to the inside and fight hard.

Watching this and the guy who was entangled with himself for a year last year.

Involuntarily said: "I said brother, can't you be so tight." 'Shark' was very helpless.

"Dude, you know, my job is to pester you when I meet you. There's no way, my buddy is paid for this. In fact, I don't want to pester you. You think you are so Volume, I would like to fight hand-to-hand with you." Da Ben also told the truth.

"There's really no room for negotiation." O'Neill was crying.

"No, buddy." Big Ben shook his head.

"Then, I have no choice but to think of other ways." O'Neal shook his head and said.

"Up to you." Big Ben shrugged and said.

The game officially started, and it was obvious that O'Neal had the advantage when jumping the ball.

The ball is picked up by Van Exel.

Looking at Axel in front of him, Mark Jackson also scratched his head a little.

Van Exel, who is now officially in full swing, is known as a 'madman'.

And also left-handed.

It also increases the difficulty of defense.

However, it is a little comforting that on the defensive end, Van Exel is not an opponent of Mark's big ass.

After the game started, as Mark Jackson expected, Mark Jackson, who was regarded as a breakthrough, was beaten into a sieve as always.

However, Mark Jackson on the offensive end also made Van Exel a sieve.

Moreover, Mark Jackson's way of playing is more reasonable, and he organizes the team's offense more methodically.

In this regard, the young Lakers are obviously not very mature.

Watching Mark Jackson's big buttocks pass out wonderful assists again and again, the Lakers coach Harris not only scratched his head.

Although, Axel can break through Mark Jackson's defense.

However, under the opponent's rapid rotation defense, Van Exel's role has been greatly reduced.

Fortunately, O'Neal still has an advantage in the paint.

However, under Big Ben's desperate defense, it is not so easy for O'Neill to score points like cutting melons and vegetables like before.

Hold on to the 'shark' to prevent him from entering the threatening area.

This is the task assigned to him by the coach before the game.

Even though he knew that this was an almost impossible task, he still had to carry it out.

In this way, the Lakers took a 3-point lead in the first quarter amidst the sound of "bang bang" on the inside.

25:22
'Shark' scored 10 points by himself. Although he scored 10 points, the physical exertion caused Harris a headache.

As a last resort, in the second quarter, Sean Rooks came off the bench to replace O'Neal and allow O'Neal to recover his strength.

The Rockets also replaced Big Ben at this time.

Olao Zhuwang went into battle.

With Olajuwon playing, the situation once again turned to the Rockets.

The powerful Rockets' bench group also gave Olajuwon strong support.

In the second quarter, when O'Neal was not on the court, the Rockets played a 12:2 attack wave.

34:27, the Rockets overtook the score.

It took only 5 minutes.

The dominance shown by Olajuwon and the rationality of the Rockets players in distributing the ball made the Lakers coach Harris admire him.

As a last resort, O'Neill could only be sent on the field again.

Seeing that the Rockets' situation was just right, Lao Tang did not replace Olajuwon.

Just asked the Rockets players to pay attention to the defense and not let the 'Sharks' score too easily.

After playing, O'Neal didn't do any testing after getting the ball, and leaned back vigorously.

Overcoming Olajuwon's defense, a two-handed dunk came in one jump.

After successfully smashing the ball, he took his unique "overlord" step and returned to his own half.

Olajuwon rubbed the muscles in his chest and thought secretly: "This kid is so strong, it hurts me so much."

While thinking, he ran towards the Lakers' half court.

Mark Jackson is firmly in control of the ball.

After seeing all the Rockets players in position, he used his height to give a high profile to Olajuwon inside.

After Olajuwon received the ball, he turned around and faced O'Neal directly without probing.

At this time, Campbell on the side saw that things were not good, and immediately came up to defend.

Seeing Campbell's supplementary defense, Olajuwon made a slight move and threw the ball to the hoop.

It's not a shot, it's a pass.

Sure enough, behind O'Neill and Campbell, a black shadow soared into the sky, just like a predatory goshawk clung to its prey, grabbed the basketball, and made a soaring dunk.

This record dunk detonated the Rockets at home.

The Rockets fans shouted loudly one by one.

Let's see who it is.

Kenny Smith, the commentator at the scene, screamed excitedly: "It's our Shandon, it's so beautiful, look at slow motion. Olajuwon turned around, Campbell stepped forward to help defend, and let go of Malik Rose , but Malik did not go down, but blocked people in the opposite direction, blocking the defender Fox next to Shandon, and just like that, the three Rockets players performed such a dazzling dunk."

Looking at O'Neill who was a little sluggish in front of him, Dameng teased and said, "Hey, boy, I'm an old guy, I'm okay, it's not time to go home."

After speaking, the smiling Shandon Anderson gave a hug and retreated to his own half.

O'Neill, who just came back to his senses, gritted his teeth and said, "This old man is really powerful. There is nothing he can't do."

I have to say that the cooperation of the Rockets is really exquisite.

Big Dream and Shark faced each other for about 3 minutes.

Obviously, in terms of strength, Dameng is at a disadvantage, and he is still 34 years old.

Although he was not at a disadvantage on the scene, Lao Tang still put the bus on the field.

After increasing the melee strength inside, the Rockets brought on Bodi Roga and Ray Allen, replacing Horry and Mark Jackson.

A vote of substitutes is starting to compete with the Lakers.

Although the Lakers replaced Kobe and Fisher on the field, they wanted the main force of the Lakers to maintain their strength.

It is also hoped that the impact of Fisher and Kobe will compete with the Rockets' bench.

It's a pity that the Rockets' substitute played perfect team basketball under the deployment of Bodi Roga.

The kind of coordination like mercury pouring down the ground is pleasing to the eye.

Kobe and Fisher, who were expected to play, basically did nothing under the joint defense of Ray Allen and Shandon Anderson.

Kobe can still be better, facing Ray Allen and relying on his own personal ability to score a few points.

Fisher is much more unlucky. Shandon Anderson is above him in height, strength, speed and other aspects.

In addition, in the Rockets for a year, he always played against Drexler's breakthrough master.

Fisher's two strokes were really not opponents.

At the end of the second quarter, the Rockets led the Lakers by 55 points 46:9.

This made Tiger, who was watching the game, very happy.

Today, Amy Adams is not with him. He recently asked her to audition for some small-budget films and TV series.

I can also have time to enjoy the Rockets game.

Seeing the Rockets play so well, I am also very happy.

Looking at the results of my two years, I have gradually achieved results.

It is very gratifying to see a scene that is different from the sad rocket and the big dream that left the rocket miserably.

And the Rockets are small in their many industries.

But now that I have earned money for myself, I don't have to put money in it myself. I am very happy. After all, it is not a very pleasant thing to take money out of my own pocket. (You money junkie.)
The second half of the game began, and the Rockets once again returned to their main force for plastic surgery.

The Lakers also released all their main players. In the third quarter, the Lakers also showed their powerful offensive power.

Van Exel, 'Sharks', Eddie Jones, the three combined to score 32 points in the third quarter with amazing efficiency.

However, the Rockets responded with 32 points without saying a word.

87:78, the Rockets still led by 9 points.

In the final decisive quarter of the game, the Lakers played very focused and their offense was very sharp.

But facing the seasoned Rockets, the Lakers still failed to turn around.

In the final 109:100, the Rockets firmly held the 9-point lead and had the last laugh.

'Sharks' scored 23 points and 9 rebounds under the care of the Rockets, which looked good.

But sad only you know.

The Rockets' two inside sandbags really made me very happy today, and my muscles hurt all night after the game.

Going back to the place where I live is just two words, sleep.

After the game, some media commented that the Rockets used the muscles of the two substitutes and the footsteps of Dameng to bully the Sharks well.

The two fouled four times each, giving the Sharks 16 free throw opportunities.

Unfortunately, however, 'Shark' only hits 50% of the time.

Dameng just scored 28 points and 24 rebounds in 12 minutes.

Let the young Lakers know that the Rockets' old guys are not so easy to deal with.

(End of this chapter)