super small forward

Chapter 176. 176. What should come will always come

On February 2014, 2, the Lakers played against the Houston Rockets at home.

Compared with the Pacers who have lost six consecutive games back to back, the Lakers pay more attention to the Rockets. Even if the Pacers may reach the finals, the Lakers do not pay as much attention to them as they do to the Rockets.

After all, the Rockets are very likely to meet in the second round. Whether the Lakers can get rid of this group of strong teams in the West and reach the finals is a matter of no idea. So D'Antoni put together Nash, Kobe and Gasol who had a rest. All started.

The Rockets had just been slashed by the Clippers the day before, beating the Lakers back-to-back, or flying over from Houston back-to-back.

Relatively speaking, the Lakers have an advantage in physical strength in this game.

Because of Howard's thorn in the hearts of everyone in the Lakers, Harden, who is very familiar with Kobe, Liu Ren, and Thackeray, did not come to greet the Lakers before the game, but came to the game. I just saw this brother three.

Seeing Liu Ren's bloodthirsty eyes, Harden was startled.

"What's the matter? Didn't we all play happily together during the All-Stars a while ago? Why does this guy, Liu, feel like he wants to eat people today?" Harden showed standard Harden doubts.

Fortunately, Harden was slightly relieved to find that Liu Ren's eyes were not looking at him.

Harden followed Liu Ren's line of sight to the center of the court, and looked directly at Howard!
Then Harden saw Howard had the same cannibalistic eyes, but he was looking at Thackeray...

"I just said that Dwight didn't play tricks today. It seems that he wants to vent his anger on Thackeray! But he doesn't seem to know that Liu has already set his sights on him." Harden looked at Liu Ren, Howard, and Thackeray. The three of Lei lingered on several times, and he decided not to get involved, and just do it himself.

And Harden thinks it's very interesting!He thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong with Liu Ren and Howard. Although the two were on the same team for a year, they didn't seem to have many opportunities to communicate. Even if Liu Ren became the starter at the end of last season, he and Howard should be reciprocal. Mutual benefit is right, so he was very curious why Liu Ren was so hostile to Howard today.

Unlike Harden's mentality of watching the excitement, Thackeray's sad reminder, what should come will always come, the All-Stars are happy for a while, and in the future, they will probably be targeted by this guy who likes to play happy basketball in front of him.

Thackeray is a jerk, thinking about him, he felt like a jerk, stretching out his head was a knife, shrinking his head was still being abused, he decided to fight Howard!
The Lakers led by D'Antoni have always let the players handle their own defense. Other fans often use liberal democracy to jokingly call the Lakers' defense.

Thackeray glanced at Liu Ren, and Liu Ren responded to Thackeray with firm eyes.

The two are very familiar, and this kind of communication on the field can be understood with a glance.

Seeing this, Thackeray could only leave Liu Ren with the tragic eyes of a strong man going away, and turned his head viciously to prepare to jump the ball.

From yesterday's training to today's warm-up, Liu Ren and Kobe have been arguing non-stop.

Kobe said that he was swept in the first round of the playoffs. Kobe has not been swept in the first round. Liu Ren, who boasted that he would surpass Kobe, was caught by Kobe. Liu Ren really couldn't refute it. up.

Liu Ren wanted to reason with Kobe, but Kobe acted like "I don't listen, I don't listen, you mean we were swept away in the playoffs and we were underestimated and despised by the league, so Liu Ren blamed this matter on Howard.

In the playoffs last year, Howard was affected by Popovich's rumored tactics. He didn't work hard in the playoffs, and there was a poor performance when the criminal left the field. Liu Ren recalled that if Howard fought hard at that time, No matter what happens, it won't end up in the end of not being able to win a game. Even if Howard made an expression that he was going to fight the Spurs to death, Popovich would probably be so frightened that he would release water to prevent Howard from becoming angry and Duncan from being injured.

That's right, Liu Ren directly ignored his behavior in the series against the Spurs, and he was half responsible for selectively forgetting this matter.

So Liu Ren and Thackeray discussed it before the game. This time, they "take care" of Howard together on the defensive end. Ray is definitely going to freak out.

Not only did Howard not make the All-Star starter this time, he was not even selected as a substitute, and he was full of anger. In addition, he was brutally abused by the Clippers in the last game. Now he is angry when he sees Thackeray, and he can't bite Thackeray took a sip.

In fact, Howard knows that Thackeray's entry into the All-Star starter is inseparable from Kobe's huge fans. At least half of the people who voted for Kobe voted for Thackeray.

But Howard didn't dare to confront Kobe. This year Kobe's state is one year older, his physical fitness has dropped a little, and his explosive power is a little weaker due to Achilles tendon repair surgery, but his shooting selection has become better. He also lost weight to improve his agility. It has been enhanced a bit, and overall it is not much worse than last season. Howard may not be able to fight Kobe now.

This made Howard even more angry. Persimmons always have to be soft, so Howard was going to spread his anger on Thackeray, who had taken a big deal.

The referee blows the whistle to start the game, jump ball!
Howard exploded with a bang and won the jump ball with a huge advantage. Thackeray immediately turned back to the basket to defend without any regrets.

The Rockets advanced Beverly, handed it to Harden after halftime, and then went to the bottom corner to wait for the ball.

Nash's poor defense also comes into play, and he can guard spot-up shooters.

It was Liu Ren who defended Harden. Harden received a lot of attention in China. When Liu Ren was still a fan, he often discussed with other people on the forum how to defend against the Thunder's three-middle-level fouling technique.

It was useless for Harden to continue to test the steps, Liu Ren just stepped on small steps and stared at him, as if you like to shoot or not.

The defensive conclusion that people draw is very simple. Tony Allen's defensive strategy is the most effective. He waits for Harden to make a shot before interfering. Anyway, we have good physical fitness. Harden breaks through and defends close to the body. , giving only physical contact.

Seeing that the foul from the outside line was unsuccessful, Harden immediately rushed from the left.

The most difficult thing to defend against Harden is not his fouls, but that he is left-handed!Precisely because he is left-handed!His one-handed European step shot is very weird, like an enhanced version of Ginobili.

Harden didn’t aim at drawing fouls this time. He made a big joke last time he wanted to draw fouls when he played against the Lakers. The object of their scrambling to imitate.

(End of this chapter)