NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 170 Lynx vs. Rocket

April 12

Bobcats ushered in the last road trip in the west.

That is, the Bobcats and the Rockets, which had previously attracted the attention of the league.

Before this game, the league has made great publicity for this game. As a new team joining the NBA for the first year, the Bobcats have been unstoppable in the last few games, showing super offensive firepower.

It once attracted the attention of many young fans, and the Rockets have a combination of Yao and Mai, which has always been one of the most popular teams in the league.

What's more, in China this game is called the Chinese Derby.

For the outside world, Liu Rui is currently not in the mood to pay attention.

Because after this game is over, the Bobcats' away trip will be officially announced, and then they can return to the home game.

And returning to the home court without exhausting the game will definitely play more smoothly for young players.

Sura, the main player of the Rockets, has not reported any news of his comeback since he was injured in the preseason.

After using Ward for a while in the starting lineup, Van Gundy finally chose to let Tyronn Lue be the starting point guard.

After all, although Ward can provide solid outside firepower, as a veteran, his pace on the defensive end is too slow.

The two teams played against each other once in the preseason. In that game, the Bobcats relied on the tactics of abandoning the car to protect the coach, coupled with McGrady's last consecutive missed shots, and finally defeated the Rockets.

At the end of that game, although both teams had gone all out, it was still a preseason game after all, so Liu Rui didn't dare to take this game lightly.

After the opening, the two sides announced their starting lineups.

Bobcats: Blazek, Wallace, Ariza, Hart, Duhon.

Rockets: Yao Ming, Juwan Howard, McGrady, Jim Jackson, Tyronn Lue.

This game Bobcats new aid Kevin Martin will appear, but different from the past.

In the past, Liu Rui would directly arrange for the rookies who were traded to start, but this game did not include Martin in the starting list, but chose to let him come off the bench.

Of course, Liu Rui also has his own thoughts on this. Martin has been in a hurry since he joined the team, and he has not completed a tactical training run-in with the team.

In this game, the Bobcats are facing the Rockets, a playoff-level team, so even Liu Rui doesn't dare to be conceited enough to start directly with Martin.

In this way, using Hart to top the starting second position will definitely be a notch worse than Kapono's offensive firepower, although it will become better on the defensive end.

But relying on the way the Bobcats played before, many people think that it will be difficult for the Bobcats to continue their previous offensive firepower in this game, and they may lose to Houston by a big score.

After the opening, the ball was taken by Yao Ming.

In this game, Liu Rui used Ariza to face McGrady. Compared with the preseason game, Ariza's defense will definitely bring McGrady more trouble.

And Liu Rui still continued the previous tactical strategy. When Yao Ming got the ball in the low post, Ariza and Wallace would help defend whoever had the opportunity.

The main defense is Yao Ming, and the method of not double-teaming McGrady and resolutely defending one.

Resolutely do not give McGrady a chance to score and connect the team.

As long as the Rockets double star can kill one, Liu Rui has the confidence to take away the victory in this game.

With Liu Rui's double-teaming tactics, Yao Ming also had a rough game in the first quarter.

As long as he gets the ball in the low post, someone will come up to double-team him.

In addition to McGrady, Jim Jackson and Juwan Howard, even in the face of open opportunities, do not have much confidence in making the ball steadily.

This also caused the Rockets' offense in the first quarter to be directly disrupted.

Let the Rockets have to gather more of the ball in McGrady's hands.

But facing Trevor Ariza, although McGrady scored a few wonderful drift jumpers.

But after the first quarter, the efficiency can't be said to be very high.

Suppressing the performance of the Rockets' double stars, it also helped the Bobcats end the first quarter with:

24:22
Leading the Rockets by two points ended the contest in the first quarter.

It is worth mentioning that Van Gundy is one of the most favorite coaches in the league to use centers.

But facing Yao Ming's defensive strategy of being double-teamed in the first quarter, the old guy finally made a change.

Yao Ming chose from the first offense to McGrady's main offense in the first quarter, and Yao Ming grabbed offensive rebounds to complete the second offense.

Van Gundy's offensive arrangement just fell into Liu Rui's circle.

Liu Rui is not afraid that McGrady will play as soon as he gets the ball, but he is afraid that McGrady will not only play for himself, but also create opportunities for his teammates.

This is the deterrence brought by the league's top stars. Whether he gets the ball to play or not, he will put a lot of pressure on the defensive end and have to think about more things.

In the first quarter, Liu Rui used Hart and Karim to rotate in the second position.

So after the start of the second quarter, Bobcats rookie Kevin Martin was able to make his first appearance in the game.

After playing, Martin's height of two meters is very standard, but his body is still a little thin. With his jersey number 23, it always feels a little strange.

As for the focus of this game, Martin can be arranged to play, which makes Martin feel flattered and very nervous.

In fact, Martin was not too surprised when he learned that he was going to be traded.

After all, in the Kings, he didn't get any playing time, and was even abandoned by Adelman for a time.

But when he learned that Kapono was the bargaining chip he was trading, Kevin Martin was still secretly shocked in his heart.

If you say who is the youngest team in the league, the Bobcats are undoubtedly the one with the lowest average age.

There are too many rookies who want to play for the Bobcats, because in this new team, players can have more opportunities to play and express themselves.

Although Martin knows that after coming to the Bobcats, his playing time will definitely be much more than that of the Kings.

But I still never expected that in the first game after coming to the team, I would still be facing the focus of the Rockets, and I would be able to be sent to the game by the coach.

And before that, coach Liu Rui talked to Martin alone for a long time, and those words at that time touched Martin deeply.

I don't know why Liu Rui knows so much about his past, and also understands the thoughts in his heart so thoroughly, as if he knows everything in his heart.

This made Martin feel that Liu Rui is really a magical coach.

In an instant, there was a feeling of meeting Bole.

After all, Maxima often exists, but Bole does not often have...

　Thanks for the reward and support of the face-blind brother, thank you brother for your support! !grateful! !
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