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Chapter 642 642. The Sigh of Data Control
It's time for another game that basketball fans in China and the United States are concerned about. After the Lakers won the 35th game of the season after the Jazz, they played back-to-back home games against the Houston Rockets.

So far, the Lakers' record is 35 wins and 7 losses, and they have lost 7 games. This record is not bad, but the Lakers fans have begun to be a little dissatisfied.

You know, before the Lakers locked in and broke the Bulls' 72-win record at the last moment of last season, that is, in mid-April, they only lost 4 games. This year they only played 7 games, which is half of the regular season. The team lost 42 games. The fans can understand, but they will never be satisfied with this record.

Therefore, the Lakers must not lose against a non-playoff team like the Rockets.

The Rockets also had bad luck this year, and met Howard, who was starting to enter an unhappy state again.

After two years of happy basketball, Howard is also starting to be dissatisfied with his role with the Rockets.

It was okay at the beginning of the season. The Rockets players thought it was an accident and they played badly. But now the regular season is halfway through, and the record of the Rockets is only 15 wins and 27 losses. And the second-to-last Timberwolves, the Rockets have the worst record.

Now the conflict in the Rockets' locker room has completely broken out, and Howard has also suffered from the reputation of cancer in the locker room.

In fact, this can't be blamed on Howard. He has just turned 30 years old. According to theory, he is at his peak. His expectation of himself is to support the team's superstar status, which is normal.

Blame it on injuries, and the back injury Howard suffered in the 2011-2012 season was devastating for him.

This is also related to Howard's previous dominance too strong, and it is also related to the end of the NBA when Howard dominated the center position. He has never encountered a stronger center than him since he reached the peak, so he will naturally value his position. Very high, and then can't accept the fact that I'm seriously down.

It can only be said that Howard's experience is a tragedy. He who cannot accept his own decline is basically nearing the end of his Rockets career.

The team's record is not good, and there are conflicts in the locker room. Harden, who was not particularly big-hearted, is now completely lost in Kardashian's bed. Thanks to the fact that the Rockets' bench lineup has always been very good in the league, otherwise they It will be worse.

The Rockets are miserable now, but the Lakers will not sympathize with them, they will only beat the dogs in the water. The NBA is such a cruel place. Although the relationship between the Lakers and the Rockets is very good, they will not use their record to help the Rockets find confidence. Just don't abuse the Rockets too badly.

The Lakers established the victory at the beginning of the first quarter, using Whiteside to attract Howard's hatred, so that Howard wanted to fight Whiteside hard, breaking the Rockets' game rhythm from the beginning.

In the first quarter, the Lakers had a strong start of 34 to 16, and the Rockets were directly beaten to the ground.

The Rockets want to say that there are only two people, not their players, but their two head coaches this year. One is McHale who has been fired. McHale just signed a new 4-year contract after the end of last season. After playing only a dozen games in the new season, he was dismissed as a scapegoat.

Now the head coach of the Rockets, Jr. Bickerstaff, has also begun to become the owner of the scapegoat. There is no way. There are two superstars, Howard and Harden, and even the previous two seasons have been called the league's strongest shooting guard and center position. They must find a reason for losing, so Bickerstaff Jr. has also begun to be blamed.

There are Harden, Howard, and Beverly, the second-defense player in the league, and Ariza, the best championship puzzle, Josh Smith, one of the most versatile players ever, and Thornton, Lawson , Brewer, Terry... There are a lot of high-quality substitutes, and someone must take the blame.

After leading the team for two months, Bickerstaff probably knew his position, knew that it was unlikely that he wanted to stay in the Rockets, and he didn't want to change the team when he first took over the Rockets. , make drastic changes, because I know that I am definitely a scapegoat, so I don't do things that offend people so desperately, and my motivation is getting lower every day.

Playing against the Lakers today, Bickerstaff Jr. saw that his team was abused at the beginning, and he didn't have much motivation to think of a way.

In the end, the Lakers easily won the game 115 to 102.

After winning the game, the Lakers won their 36th game of the season. The Lakers players are very happy.

Liu Ren was also very happy, but felt sad from the bottom of his heart.

Halfway through the season, the general trend of the players' data for the entire season has basically been determined.

Liu Ren is now averaging 21.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 3.6 assists per game. He is a lot more versatile, because he needs to pass the ball a lot this year, and he is not particularly alone most of the time, especially since Kobe started playing off the ball. So Liu Ren's assists per game reached a career high.

However, in terms of scoring and rebounding, Liu Ren's average data per game has hit a new low since he started, and he is no longer included in some important awards this year.

For example, in the MVP rankings, in the latest MVP rankings, the Lakers ranked highest in Whiteside, and only ranked fifth. Whiteside ranked second in the rebounding list and averaged more than 14 rebounds per game. Coupled with the terrifying average of 3.7 blocks per game, the low number of shots and the shooting rate as high as 60.00%, his efficiency is very scary. He is regarded as the most stable and efficient player of the Lakers this year.

The first four in Whiteside are Curry, James, Durant, and Isaiah Thomas. Liu Ren is only ranked seventh, Green is ninth, and Kobe is tenth.

Judging from the fact that four players have entered the top ten of the MVP rankings, the overall strength of the Lakers is recognized by the league's official and mainstream media. Everyone played well. The general meaning of this ranking is that the performance of the Lakers players is very average. Four players entered the MVP rankings only because of their record.

Against the Rockets, Liu Ren contributed 20 points, six or seven rebounds, and three or four assists steadily.

With this data, the MVP basically doesn't want to think about it. It's hard to say whether he can make the first team of the best team.

The only thing that makes Liu Ren feel lucky is that he ranks at the top of the best defensive player prediction list, which means that he still has a great chance in the best defensive team that doesn't pay much attention to statistics.

As a stat control, Liu Ren, like Leonard of the Spurs, once again sighed for his stats...

(End of this chapter)