super small forward

Chapter 50 50. Calm down
Liu Ren held the ball in the top arc, Ariza came over to defend, and Green immediately came out to pick and roll. When Liu Ren cut in, he handed Green a hand, and then went straight to the inside.

Howard immediately defended and came over to stick to Liu Ren.

I have to say that Howard deserves to be called Warcraft, the number one center in the league, his speed is comparable to that of a guard, and he has strong strength. It can be said that he is the most powerful player Liu Ren has encountered after entering the NBA.

After Howard got entangled with Liu Ren, he was extremely shocked. He never thought that this young man who sat next to him on the bench for a year last season and played against him in the last few games would have the power comparable to James, and he would fight against him. As a big center, he won't lose his position!
Howard is a relatively small-minded person, and he didn't speak to any Lakers player today.He originally played with the idea of ​​beating up the Lakers, but found that the opponent was not as bad as he thought, and instead played better than his current Rockets.

And after the game started, the Rockets didn't pass him the ball as he thought and let him take revenge. Instead, they played themselves. They didn't even think about passing him. This kind of lob catch can be regarded as a blind throw!

In the 8th minute of the first quarter, the Lakers led the Rockets by 4 points, 28 to 24, playing very fast.

After Harden played normally, the Rockets' offense took off. The Rockets felt good today, and the Lakers couldn't defend them.

Why can't it be defended, because the Rockets attack each round and the Lakers don't know what the opponent is going to do. They suddenly and completely unreasonably seek lobs. Howard's explosive power is not as good as before, but his bounce is still leveraged. This is the beginning of the season. He has a back injury And Xia Tian's waist injury has eased a lot, and he was immediately buckled after a violent jump. If it is said that he has no confidence in a strong hit, he has a lot of confidence in an empty catch.In addition to the sudden lob, the Rockets have four perimeters, that's right, four perimeters, and even Jones is on the outside. Whether there is a chance or not, maybe they just think they have a chance, and they get the ball very decisively, but they feel today. Well, the ball went into the swish.

Xjbd, hard to guard against!
If it is a team with offensive routines, even if the Lakers do not have a coach to arrange how to defend, this group of people can slowly figure out the opponent's routines, at least they can limit the opponent.

However, these Rockets players themselves don't know how they will attack in the next round, let alone the Lakers?

On the other hand, the Lakers' offensive routine is obvious. Liu Ren first made a reverse three-pointer from the outside and lobbed the ball from the inside to bombard the basket. , The Rockets were taken aback, McHale yelled and shrunk regardless of other things, and then let Ariza, the team's best defensive player, stick close to Liu Ren.This is the way he got to deal with Liu Ren after watching the game between the Spurs and the Lakers.

However, this kind of defense allows the Spurs to switch positions quickly, and the Eagles to execute the overall defense. There is no problem. The key is that they are the Rockets!McHale only knows how to shrink, but he doesn't have a way to expand his defense.

So the other four people on the Lakers were happy, Gasol and Green made mid-range shots, Wesley Johnson and Bazemore made outside shots.

Liu Ren fought hard inside and stole one or two offensive rebounds.

Fortunately, the group of Lakers also felt good today, starting an offensive battle with the opponent.

The game scene is very good-looking drops!
After Liu Ren cut into the paint, the Rockets immediately contracted, and Green was empty, and he dribbled a mid-range shot to the inside of the three-point line.

Miss!

but!Liu Ren hit the ball and was picked up by Wesley Johnson.

Wesley Johnson, the guy guarded by Harden's eyes, shoots a three-pointer...

Still miss!

Liu Ren exploded again and grabbed the 5th rebound in the single quarter. When he thought about it, he was about to dunk. Howard, who was aggrieved for the whole quarter, pulled him down!Liu Ren was thrown to the ground!
This can be called a malicious foul!
The Lakers immediately surrounded them, and Kobe, Nick Young, Thackeray and others on the sidelines all stood up, obviously dissatisfied with Howard's foul.

The Rockets also surrounded them. Although they don't know why Howard fouled so hard, they still support Howard, no matter how they are teammates.

Why do you suddenly seem to be making trouble?The referee quickly separated the two sides, and then asked Liu Ren if he was okay.

Liu Ren shook his head and said it was okay. The moment he fell to the ground, he was very angry and hurt. The first time Liu Ren thought about it, he wanted to turn over and punch Howard.

But he calmed down quickly. The pain was the kind of head-on pain. It wasn't the kind of pain caused by twisting. .

Liu Ren went to the sidelines to check with the team doctor. If there is no problem, the game can continue.

The referee was watching the defense on the technical stage, under the pressure of the angry D'Antoni, and Howard's foul was really big, and he gave a first-level malicious foul.

Liu Ren stood at the free throw line and missed the first free throw.

The referee blew the whistle and entered an official timeout. Finally, it was time to take a break, the referee thought.

Liu Ren is really speechless about his free throws. He barely has a shooting percentage in the early [-]s. You must know that his three-point shooting percentage is as high as [-]%.

During the timeout, Kobe kept thinking about it, and he didn't say why, just satirizing Liu Ren's defense.

How should I put it, when Liu Ren was read by Kobe, he couldn't think of a rebuttal, because what Kobe said was very reasonable, and every sentence mentioned his loopholes, but he didn't say a solution, which made Liu Ren depressed while being read. Receive a careful examination by the team doctor.

The result of the examination was that Liu Ren was completely fine, and he was in good health, but he was knocked down a bit.

D'Antoni breathed a sigh of relief. When he was in the Knicks, Jeremy Lin played very well. Unfortunately, he didn't pay attention to the injury. Later, he was reimbursed in the regular season, which also hindered Jeremy Lin's momentum. Now it's not just a worth of 500 million.

Speaking of Jeremy Lin, I have to mention Liu Ren's regret in this game, that is, not being able to play against Jeremy Lin.Jeremy Lin was injured at the beginning of the season and is still recuperating at home, so he gave Beverly a chance to start.

Liu Ren remembers that it was the injury at the beginning of the season that made Beverly a solid starter. After Jeremy Lin came back, he kept playing as a substitute, but was eventually given up by the Rockets and sent a first-round pick to the Lakers.

According to this situation, will Jeremy Lin eventually come to the Lakers?
Liu Ren is looking forward to this possible situation. The team is either black or white, and he is a bit lonely as the only yellow man.

And Liu Ren knows that Jeremy Lin joined the Hornets at a price close to the basic salary after the end of the three-year contract known as the poison contract, and he really showed his strength. If Jeremy Lin can stay and play his strength, The Lakers' bench will be very scary, not losing to the starters of other teams at all!

After the timeout, the two sides began to make substitutions. The Lakers replaced the other four with Henry, Whiteside, Antetokounmpo, and Marshall.

(End of this chapter)