Reborn NBA Gao Fushuai

Vujacic had a verbal fight with Nicholson in the media. The two people's attitude of refusing to give in to each other made others feel anxious for them. They satirized and slandered each other like this. It would be better to have a fight It's just that Nicholson is a clown with unlimited abilities in "Batman", but in reality, the young and strong Vujacic can probably beat the old man to the ground with two fists.

Because of this incident, the media was full of excitement for several days. It was not until November 11th that the competition stopped for a while.

In the new season, the Lakers' fourth opponent is exactly the opponent the Lakers met in the first round of the playoffs last season-the Houston Rockets!
The Houston Rockets joined the NBA in 1967, when their home court was in San Diego, and the team moved to what is now Houston four years later.

Like most rookies, the Rockets who first entered the league were not successful in their debut season, only achieving a poor record of 15 wins and 67 losses.

But since then their performance has improved, reaching the playoffs in the second year with a score of 37 wins and 45 losses. After moving to Houston in 1971, the Rockets did not improve much because of the unacceptable performance. Lasted until the 1976/1977 season, they got the star Moses Malone, plus Tomjanovich and others, and won the Central District Championship in one fell swoop. Unfortunately, they lost to the 76ers in the Eastern Conference Finals.

The following season, Moses Malone won the regular season MVP, and the Rockets made it to the playoffs again, but were eliminated in the first round.The era of Moses Malone reached its peak in the 1980/1981 season. He brought the Rockets, who were not considered strong at the time, to the finals. Unfortunately, they lost to the Celtics, who were in full swing, with a total score of 2: 4 missed the championship.

After that, the Rockets won the number one draft pick in 1983 and 1984 consecutively, and picked Sampson and Olajuwon. The two centers started the "Twin Towers" period of the Rockets. Once again beheaded by the Celtics.

The Rockets' championship dream was finally fulfilled in 1994. At that time, Jordan was in the gap period when he retired for the first time. Under the leadership of Olajuwon, they defeated the New York Knicks led by the gorilla Ewing 4:2. The Sri Lankan team lifted the championship trophy for the first time in history.

In the second year, the Rockets got Drexler. Although they only achieved a record of 47 wins and 35 losses in the regular season, they stumbled and defeated the Jazz, Suns and Spurs one after another in the playoffs, and returned to the Finals as they wished.

In the finals, Olajuwon beat the fledgling O'Neal, and the Rockets easily swept the Orlando Magic 4:0 and successfully defended their title.

Never underestimate the heart of a champion!

This sentence became a true portrayal of the Rockets back then, and also became a classic in the NBA.

Since then, the Rockets failed to continue their glory. In 1999, the strong lineup built by Pippen, Olajuwon and Barkley was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. Missing the playoffs, the difference was five years. Although they got Francis, they still couldn't re-taste the taste of the playoffs until they selected the little Chinese giant Yao Ming.

In the 2002 NBA Draft, the Rockets picked the first pick in NBA history, the first rookie with a non-American background. Chinese center Yao Ming, finally ushered in a new era.

Yao Ming's debut season still failed to help the Rockets advance to the playoffs. Last season, the bald Jeff Van Gundy took charge of the Rockets. The mature Yao Ming is working with Francis, Mobley and others to improve Van Gundy's "defense" this time. After the new tactical thinking of "Supreme", finally returned to the playoffs.

It's a pity that they were unlucky. In the first round, they ran into the Lakers, which had the "Four Kings" at the time. Although the Yao Sha matchup was eye-catching, it was extremely cruel. The Rockets finally lost 1:4.

After learning from the pain, the Rockets realized that changes must be made, so in the summer of 2004, the Rockets finally made up their minds to replace Francis and McGrady, but in order to get the scoring champion, they had to add Mobley and Cato.

After that, Piatkowski and other three were exchanged for the old center Mutombo. Yao Ming got a scorer who could distract the defense and got a powerful substitute. In addition, Howard who came with McGrady made him The Rockets' rebounding strength has also been improved.

However, although the combination of Yao and Mai is highly anticipated, this series of transactions has also planted hidden dangers for the Rockets. For these two transactions, the Rockets have almost built up their entire backcourt line. Accept the severe test in the new season.

Bob Sura could have filled the vacancy at the point guard position a little bit, but he was injured in the preseason before the start and had to come back until the end of the year, so the Rockets can only use the old Ward and the unusable Tyrone Lu, these two third-rate guards, will take on the important task of point guard.

Although the combination of Yao Ming and McGrady balances two scoring points, one inside and one outside, the overall balance of the team is not as good as last season.

During the game, once Yao and Mai are marked or absent, the Rockets will not be able to find anyone who can score. Jim Jackson can come in handy occasionally, but at critical moments, when they narrowly lost to the Lakers in the first game of the playoffs last year, His poor last shot speaks for itself, and the others are more of a defense.

How the Rockets score, or how to score when Yao and Mai don't feel or are absent, will be a problem that Van Gundy has to consider.

In addition, in the absence of a good point guard, McGrady will have to take on more tasks of getting the ball. Will he be too tired because of this, and will he repeat the mistakes of Francis' self-introduction?Everything has yet to be tested in actual combat.

Now Van Gundy can only pray that Sura recovers soon and can adjust his state in time.

In addition, the Rockets don't have a single rookie, which means that the Rockets basically have nothing to impress. The success or failure can only be determined by the performance of Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady. It is unlikely that there will be any players There will be surprises out of the blue.

In addition to Yao + Mai is Mai + Yao, this is the current Rockets, but I believe that the Rockets should have no problem making it to the playoffs with this lineup, but if they want to go to the next level or even win the championship, they have to wait for the next year to continue to strengthen their strength up.

Yao Mai charged forward for the Rockets on the court, strategized, and won a thousand miles away, so he had to rely on Van Gundy.

Van Gundy's coaching experience in the NBA is not brilliant, but it is absolutely breathtaking. Starting from the 1989/1990 season, Van Gundy became an assistant coach of the New York Knicks, officially starting his coaching career.

In the 1995/1996 season, the head coach of the Knicks at the time, Nelson, was fired because of his record. After six and a half years of training, Van Gundy was finally promoted to the front line and became the 6th head coach in the history of the Knicks.

After becoming the head coach of the Knicks and learning from Pat Riley's defensive philosophy, Van Gundy quickly led the Knicks in the era of Ewing and Alan Houston to the peak. In the 1998/1999 season, Van Gundy led the Knicks to the most brilliant In the first season of the regular season, they passed all the way as No.8 in the Eastern Conference in the regular season, won the Eastern Conference Championship of the year, and reached the final finals, creating an incredible "Black Eight Myth". : 1 was defeated by the San Antonio Spurs with Admiral Robinson and Stone Buddha Duncan, only runner-up.

In the 2000/2001 season, Van Gundy led the Knicks to continue their good form and achieved a 60% winning percentage, ranking fourth in the history of the Knicks. However, in the following season, the performance of the Knicks began to decline. Overwhelmed by the pressure, he had no choice but to resign and temporarily leave the front line of the NBA.

In seven seasons with the New York Knicks, Van Gundy led the team to a record of 248 wins and 172 losses, making him the third-most winning head coach in Knicks history.

In 2003, the original head coach of the Rockets, Tomjanovich, was forced to leave the position of head coach of the Rockets due to physical reasons. After nearly two months of selection, the Rockets finally determined Van Gundy as Tomjanovich's successor.

In the first season of taking over the Rockets, Van Gundy led the Rockets to the playoffs again after five years, but unfortunately lost to the Lakers in the first round.

The starting five of the Rockets, the center position must belong to Yao Ming. He is also one of the important cornerstones for the Rockets to take off in the future. There is hope to take over the mantle of the most dominant center player, but how long it will take to achieve this goal is a question. The cultivation of the oriental people, how to play more fiercely and fiercely will always linger on Yao Ming and his coaches On the head, in addition, physical fitness and the stability of shooting when being double-teamed are also things that Yao Ming needs to solve.

Shooting guard McGrady, another core of the Rockets, will get enough performance space when Yao Ming attracts the opponent's defensive center of gravity. On the contrary, his scoring ability on the outside can also share Yao Ming's pressure. The starting point in exchange is that McGrady will not emphasize self-expression like Francis in terms of personality, but the nature of the scoring champion will still make him take as many shots as possible. How to balance the number of shots between him and Yao Ming will determine the Rockets. How far the team can go this season.

Power forward Howard, the old Jianghu will bring experience and stable performance to the Rockets, but at the same time don't expect him to have a passionate performance. In contrast, he has more comprehensive abilities than Cato, But probably without Cato's passion and prowess.

Small forward Jim Jackson, another veteran of the Rockets, can shoot three-point shots on the perimeter on offense, and must fight for every ball on defense. He is an important piece of the Rockets, but he will never be a leader, even under Yao Ming Or when McGrady is absent, don't expect him to take over the burden.

Point guard Ward, in the absence of Sura, will serve as the starting point guard, but the veteran really has nothing to brag about and may be reused simply because he's an old Van Gundy underling.

The bench will become the short board of the Rockets. There are not many people worth using, and the rest are just make up. The most unbelievable thing is that the Rockets don’t have one or two rookies or young players who can make people feel a little fanciful. people.

Power forward Taylor has good abilities. He will play the role of the team's sixth man in the new season. He can play power forward or center. He will be the Rockets' main source of bench scoring.

The African mountain Dikembe Mutombo, although he is old, but his skinny camel is bigger than a horse, when he shakes his fingers on the court in the new season, that is when he contributes to the Rockets.

Sura, he was the candidate to replace Francis, but unfortunately he can only wait until the end of the year due to injury, which will inevitably affect his cooperation with the whole team, but last season's consecutive "two and a half games" triple-double performance, so people can still be against He expected it.

Tyrone Lue, a more lackluster point guard than Ward, failed to give Tracy McGrady much support when he was in the Magic. The brightest moment of his career was when he was entrusted with important tasks by Zen Master in the finals of the 2000/2001 season. Allen Iverson is the answer to the double MVP of the regular season and the All-Star Game.

The dialogue between two players with the same height and the same hairstyle became the hottest topic of the year, but the confrontation between the two was not evenly matched. Iverson averaged 31.1 points per game in the five finals, while Lu only contributed Poor 3.1 points. In addition, the reason why Tyronn Lue is remembered by most fans is that after he fell to the ground, he was scored by Iverson. Although his Lakers won the victory in the end, he became this loser in the contest.

Although the style of play is very different, Tyronn Lue was branded as "Iverson's shadow" because of this failure. After that, it was always difficult for him to break through this frame, and he became worse and worse in the NBA.

Witherspoon, another of Van Gundy's old subordinates, won the favor of Fan Shuai with his desperate defense and active rebounding, but after all, he is too old and can only play occasionally as a blue-collar worker.

Padgett, a forward with certain scoring ability, is the surprise weapon that the Rockets can try to use when they can't find a way.

Nakba, perhaps the most likely player of the Rockets in the new season, may be due to his job problem. Since the Rockets decided not to renew his contract, he has to consider his future after the end of the season. It will be the best motivation to stimulate him to explode, the key is whether he can get enough time to find the feeling.

This is the rocket that is about to fly from Houston. Relying on this lineup, if it plays well, it will definitely be a great test for the Lakers, but as long as there is no feeling in any link, it is the opportunity for the Lakers.