The best teammates in the NBA

Chapter 77 Ariza?Iron!

After the Houston Rockets selected Dayao, many Chinese fans regarded this team as their home team. Although the owner was stingy and the general manager was only [-], the enthusiasm of the fans remained undiminished.

This team made a lot of money after drafting Dayao, but even if it made money like this, the team has not been very good in terms of guards.

Up to now, the two small men, Aaron Brooks and Kyle Lowry, have taken on the role of the Rockets' back line. After all, they basically give away for nothing when they meet a strong team.

Of course, the team still has good role players. Sean Battier can not only defend the opponent's core, but also hit 3-pointers from the outside. This is a puzzle that every team is eager for.

For today's game, Sina Sports got the right to broadcast it. This is also a wrong move. When Dayao is gone, CCTV will not broadcast it. Unexpectedly, Li Ze will appear, and now the popularity of this game is exploding.

After all, the last game between the Thunder and the Lakers made everyone excited, especially Li Ze and Artest almost had a free fight, and today netizens are still discussing it with relish.

In the studio of Sina Sports, host Ke Xiaofan was also chatting with guest Ma Jian about Li Ze.

"Director Ma, did you watch the Thunder's last game against the Lakers? What do you think of Li Ze's performance?"

Ke Xiaofan heard the prompt from the director team behind, and immediately started to lead the topic.

"I personally think that Li Ze played perfectly, especially under Kobe's strict defense, he made no mistakes, which is very rare."

"The third quarter made Artest even more anxious, but we should also see some shortcomings in him. He still has a big gap with Kobe in terms of strength."

Ma Jian's bragging is relatively restrained, but it is very rare for a rookie to be compared with Kobe.

"There is a certain gap. Li Ze is only 19 years old. This is his first rookie season. Kobe scored 22 of 10 in the last game and scored 30 points. Li Ze also did a good job defending when he was on the court."

"Our community also translated a post-match interview with America. Kobe also spoke highly of Li Ze, so I won't say more. Interested netizens and friends, you can go and have a look."

"Let's talk about the Rockets again, Director Ma, do you think the Rockets this season can still achieve the results of last season?"

Ke Xiaofan raised the topic again.

"My personal point of view is that it is very difficult, because the competition in the West is too fierce now, and the Thunder are slowly getting up now. The Rockets have no Yao, so we have to see if Ariza can take on the heavy responsibility."

Ma Jian actually said it very euphemistically. In fact, the general meaning is that the Rockets are basically out of play this season.

"Speaking of Ariza, he played well with the Lakers last season, but his role has changed after he came to the Rockets, and the game will start immediately. We will watch and talk, looking forward to the performance of both sides."

Li Ze is still starting today, which is considered a reward for him, and it also shows the trust of the coaching staff in him.

The Thunder's starting lineup is: Turtle and Li Ze partner in the backcourt, Durant and Jeff Green form the striker, and the center is still Krstic.

The Rockets started today with Aaron Brooks and Trevor Ariza in the backcourt, Sean Battier and Luis Scola on the front line, and Chuck Hayes at the center.

The Rockets' lineup is not high enough, and their athletic ability is average, but fortunately, they have rich experience, after all, there are many veterans.

At the beginning of the game, the Rockets gave up the jump ball directly, and Krstic easily succeeded in jumping the ball.

After halftime, Guigui passed the ball to Li Ze and took a closer look at the opponent's defense. Li Ze chose a safe tactic and gave his teammates an offensive gesture.

Kostic went up to do a pick-and-roll. Facing Ariza's defense, Li Ze first pretended to break through with a dribble with his left hand, then quickly dribbled the ball behind his back, and went directly to the right-hand pick-and-roll.

Kostic's block was very strong, and he went straight down after disassembling it. Hayes was in a position of no up or down at this time, and he hesitated on the defensive end.

But just taking advantage of the moment when the opponent hesitated, Li Ze directly threw the ball high, Krstic took advantage of the situation, and dunked with both hands!
"哐" the ball was smashed into the basket.

Li Ze took a look at Ariza while retreating. This guy kept fighting against him when defending, but unfortunately it was useless to Li Ze.

Coach Adelman shouted loudly on the sidelines, as if he was very dissatisfied with the defense.

The Rockets found Ariza on the first attack. He defended Li Ze from outside the three-point line and dribbled continuously under the crotch, but he couldn't shake Li Ze at all. To be honest, the opponent's dribble was a bit lame.

When Ariza saw the situation, he wanted to crush Li Ze to make a breakthrough, but as soon as his body made contact, he almost lost the ball. In desperation, he quickly handed the ball to Scola in the low post.

Facing Jeff Green's defense, the latter swayed continuously after the back hit, swayed the defense, and scored the ball under the basket.

"Ariza's defense against Li Ze was a bit embarrassing. Fortunately, Scola used his beautiful footwork to complete the attack."

Ke Xiaofan didn't expect Ariza to be helpless in the face of Li Ze.

This is the difference between role players and star players. There are obvious gaps in physical and technical aspects. Kobe can beat a rookie player like Li Ze all the way to his shooting hot spot and complete the offense.

Ariza can't do it. After all, he doesn't have that back-up technique. Most importantly, he can't compare with Li Ze in terms of physical fitness, and his explosive power is a bit worse.
After Turtle quickly dribbled through the half court, seeing Aaron Brooks defending him in front of him, he directly made an offensive gesture. This is his exclusive singles tactic.

Jeff Green stepped forward and made a fake hand-to-hand, and the tortoise turned forward and backward, accelerated in a straight line, carried Aaron Brooks, and went directly to the inside.

Facing Hayes, he wanted to come up to help defend, but was blocked by Kostic's big body. If he was too slow, he could only watch the turtle make a layup.

After scoring, Guigui returned to defense with a smile, and gave his teammates a thumbs up by the way.

"Westbrook's physical fitness is too good. After changing direction, the acceleration immediately rises. Aaron Brooks' physical fitness is indeed a little bit wrong."

Ma Jian couldn't help sighing when he saw the little black bean being eaten raw by the turtle.

The Rockets' offense was initiated by Aaron Brooks this time. Taking advantage of his speed, he went straight to the inside after the pick-and-roll. Facing the help defense, he found Battier on the outside. The latter received the ball and made a direct shot from the outside.

"Shua" 3-pointer was scored steadily, and the fans on the scene also began to cheer for the home team.

Li Ze looked at the other party's somewhat thin figure, and couldn't help sighing in his heart:
"183cm can play NBA really have a few brushes!"

In the offensive round, the Thunder began to play hand-to-hand tactics on the outside. After receiving the ball, Li Ze made an In&Out with his left hand, and then quickly changed direction with his crotch, directly blocking half of Ariza.

Hayes quickly stepped forward to delay, Li Ze glanced out of the corner of his eye, and with a concealed flick of his right wrist, Durant, who got rid of the defense through the off-ball screen, cut the ball and staged a one-arm dunk!

"Beautiful assist! Durant's jump height is really good, and his head is almost flat!"

Ke Xiaofan couldn't help but praised Durant's physical talent.

This kind of off-ball screen cutting is also an exclusive tactic designed by the coaching staff for Durant after Li Ze came to the team. Once he encounters a difficult defender, he will use a lot of off-ball screens to get rid of the defense.

At the same time, Li Ze's ability to control the ball is also very important. As long as there is a chance, the ball will arrive. This is a completely different style of play from Turtle.

Guigui uses offense to create opportunities by oppressing the defense, while Li Ze observes the defense and tears the line of defense through precise passing.

Durant patted his chest to signal to Li Ze, and then turned back to defend. He has played a lot easier this season, no matter what the organization is, now his task is to get the ball into the basket.

The Rockets' offense started to stagnate, because Guigui's defensive enthusiasm has increased. UCLA's Guigui is a defensive leader. With the arrival of Li Ze this season, he has gradually recovered his original feeling.

The continuous transfer of the ball did not present a good opportunity. In the end, the ball returned to Ariza's hands. Facing Li Ze's defense, he quickly released the ball after three threats, but the first step was too slow and was blocked.

Seeing that the attack time was approaching, Ariza had no choice but to turn over and make a jumper, but unfortunately the shot was crooked under Li Ze's interference.

"Bang" raised the iron, the rebound was accepted by Jeff Green, and quickly passed to Li Ze.

Ariza hurried forward to delay, but Li Ze had already predicted his action, turned around and passed the opponent, and then quickly passed the ball into Guigui's hands.

The latter received the ball and immediately made another long-distance pass. Durant, who was down quickly, caught the ball with both hands and succeeded in an alley dunk.

"Oh ah!!"

The audience also exclaimed, the ball was too fast, with a continuous pass, and finally an alley-oop dunk, I have to say, it is very entertaining!
Ariza looked at Li Ze in front of him, and had some bad premonitions in his heart. This game seemed to be going cold, his big contract!

The Rockets frequently fell into positional attacks. When Ariza was a bit misfired, Scola stood up and scored again at the basket.

This kind of technical power forward does have an advantage in playing jumpers, and Jeff Green's defense is a bit depressed.

But in the next 6 minutes or so, Ariza felt that he was shown off, and everyone in the Rockets also felt what it means to be crushed by talent.

Li Ze dribbled the ball in a cross step, directly swayed Ariza away, and after breaking through the inside line, he found Jeff Green in the bottom corner, and the latter made a steady three-pointer.

After continuously dribbling the ball under his crotch, Li Ze suddenly changed direction in front of his body, turned around with his left hand, and got rid of Ariza's defense. Facing Hayes who was assisting in the defense, he made a fake fax and easily made a layup.

Li Ze defended the ball with his back, and Ariza kept pressing with his body, trying to cause Li Ze's mistakes, but it was a pity that he crossed the ball and changed direction twice in a row, and Ariza was swayed away again.

Suddenly a ball hit the ground while he was on the move, and the tortoise who made an empty cut pulled the backhand to the blue, dodged the defense and scored the ball.

The spectators in the Toyota Center Arena watched and exclaimed constantly, this kind of extravagant and coquettish pass is really very beautiful.

The Rockets' offense was extremely difficult, and they could only play positional battles. After Ali Zabangbang's two irons, it was Scola and Battier who kept scoring to barely bite the score.

The Thunder team has obviously entered the downwind God of War mode again, and they are playing extremely comfortably. Even if they hit the iron, everyone's enthusiasm remains undiminished.

The Rockets were also very tenacious, and Aaron Brooks threw himself in the air and started to cause damage.

But when Durant made two consecutive three-pointers with his personal ability, the score was still widened.

Rockets coach Rick Adelman didn't have a good solution. When there were more than 2 minutes left in the first quarter, the two sides began to replace the bench.

At present, it depends on the performance of the substitutes. If they lose another point, the Rockets will have a high probability of explaining this game.

Li Ze was also replaced, sitting on the bench drinking a drink and wiping off his sweat.

"Kayce, you should release the water a little bit, Ariza is probably dead depressed now." Durant said with a smirk on the side.

"No, I do what I say, I don't want to play cards with you anymore!" Li Ze shrugged and answered seriously.

"It's okay if you don't play cards. How about we shake the dice next time? I think it's a good idea!" Guigui also said casually.

Li Ze was speechless immediately, what's the difference between this and playing cards!It's all about luck
"It's not a good game."

When Li Ze was farting and chatting with his teammates, the Rockets fans on the Tianchao side were blown up:

"Ariza, is this level? Change your name to Tieza!"

(End of this chapter)