The brutality of the NBA

Chapter 34, Harden's rivalry.

In fact, Adelman thought more.

Because there are several professional teams in Houston, the popularity of the Rockets in Houston is so-so, and the Toyota Center is not full in the playoffs, so why are the fans dissatisfied.

Rockets fans are mostly in China.

And Xue Ding is Chinese, and Chinese fans are eager for this guy to continue to get a triple-double. The fans are still imagining that the Rockets will cooperate with Xue Ding to break the record.

Old rules.

After the game started, Xue Ding sat firmly on the bench.

For this game, McMillan didn't have a lot of advice.

The matters that the Rockets should pay attention to have been discussed when they were on the plane.

In this game, just attack and defend according to the pattern of the previous game.

Rockets starting: Ariza, Brooks, Scola, Hayes, Battier
Trail Blazers starting: Roy, Aldridge, Oden, Miller, Batum.

Oden started this season much smoother than the previous two seasons. His body recovered and he averaged 24 minutes per game, scoring 12 points, 3 rebounds and 3.2 blocks.

Except for the fact that there are more blocks than rebounds and the number of fouls is too high, everything else is fine.

No one expects Oden to have the level of O'Neal as soon as he debuts, and it is already a very good signal to improve slowly.

Fans expect Oden to one day play at O'Neal's level.

Oden is very talented and often wins the jump ball, but this time Oden lost the jump ball to Scola.

Xue Ding saw something wrong with Auden.

Go to nightclubs a lot?
Although there is a certain element of luck in the jump ball, it is still very rare for Oden to lose to Scola.

The Rockets also went to play the Lakers after losing to the Trail Blazers.

There is no doubt that they have lost two games in a row.

The third game is back at home, and they want to end the losing streak.

Adelman is a pedantic coach. In terms of his ability to build a system, he is second to none among the current coaches in the league. Therefore, for some teams that are at a bottleneck and looking for a breakthrough, he can quickly solve the team's problems. The problem is that he can find out a reasonable rotation, arrange the lineup and match methods, and adjust the appropriate style of play. He has done a very good job in this regard, so the Trail Blazers could reach the finals, and the Kings could develop from being fucked by the Lakers to being against the Lakers. The Lakers played 7 games, and the Rockets were able to pass the first round last season.

But after the team system is built, Adelman's problems will start to appear. Whenever the team's system is built, Adelman's progressive spirit stops. Petrovic, Gerald - Wallace The tragedy of the scholar comes from this.

Responding to the field, this kind of temperament is manifested by delegating the handling of problems on the field to the players in the system. As a result, his direct command and reaction speed have declined, so the reaction on the field is slow. One of the reasons why Zen master used all kinds of unimaginable means and luck to defeat in the final game.

In addition, just like a professor who doesn’t care about students’ private lives, Adelman is not willing to ask questions about the locker room, and is more tolerant of the main player. If Nate, Jordan, and Billups are victory paranoia or natural leaders, then it is almost necessary for the winning team to exert a religious or religious coercive influence on the players of the championship team.

So when the team has been in an excellent but not top-level situation for a long time, various reasons will cause the Adelman team to fall apart. After all, the team's championship window is only a few years.

In general, if you give him 100 million players, he can use 1000 million for you. If you give him 2000 million players, it is still 1000 million. He is such a coach.

Today's Adelman exceeded the 1000 million mark.

Compared with the last game, the entire Rockets team feels hot today.

In the whole game, the little black bean Brooks scored 33 points convulsively, and his shooting percentage was as high as 58%.

Ariza was also accurate, making 20 of 10 shots and scoring 26 points with a 50% shooting percentage.

It's not that the Blazers' defense is not good enough today, but that many of the goals scored by these two people are unreasonable.

They can throw in all kinds of interference shots.

Although the lineup is not as good as the Trail Blazers, the Rockets are not considered a weak team. Today they are all soldiers!

107:110.

The rocket is behind.

The Blazers suffered a defeat in their first away game.

This is also the Trail Blazers' first loss this season.

Xue Ding's statistics today are far less shocking than the previous two games, with 10 points, 6 assists and 10 rebounds.

His scoring and rebounding looks good, but it is the data obtained through as many as 15 shots and Oden's blocking, and his shooting percentage is also low.

This gave the media and trolls who were unfriendly to Xue Ding some room to survive.

Xue Ding didn't care about some criticism from the unexpected world, because he didn't have time, so he continued on his way.

The next day, the Blazers beat the Hawks back-to-back away, avoiding a losing streak.

Xue Ding scored 11 points, 6 assists, 6 rebounds and 8 turnovers. Although he sent key assists, he still let the media get hold of him.

"high shot"

"Multiple mistakes"

"low efficiency"

"No shooting ability!"

Some fans and reporters began to find fault with Xue Ding.

In fact, Xue Ding performed well in these two games.

But his statistics are not good. The main reason is that the fans' eyes are attracted by him, and the opponents are also wary of him.

Then Xue Ding didn't care so much about statistics, he became more concerned about his rhythm and his contribution to the team's victory.

But those reporters and fans who were not optimistic about Xue Ding didn't care about these factors.

In their eyes, Xue Ding's current performance is not worthy of ESPN's No. 1 rookie of the year ranking, but more suitable for his No. 22 pick.

…………

Ohlahoma City.

Thunder training hall.

Harden and Westbrook are having a one-on-one bullfight.

"Harden, that Chinese is ranked behind you. If you are at this level in the next game, I believe you will be blown away by him."

"Hey, you want to draw a foul? There are no referees here."

"Are you really the No. 3 pick? Why are you so weak?"

Westbrook used trash talk to attack Harden again and again.

But Harden is obviously unmoved, he really can't beat Westbrook now.

After a while, the game ended, and Harden looked at the score recorded by the staff at 11 to 5
"Harden, you lost, but don't be discouraged, work hard, and you will have a chance to catch up with me in the future, haha." Westbrook said carelessly, patting Harden on the shoulder.

"Well, I lost." Harden didn't care much about this bullfight. Westbrook had one more year of professional training than him, so there was still some distance between the two.

However, tomorrow Harden will meet Xue Ding, who is very similar to Westbrook.

Xue Ding entered the NBA in the same year as Harden, and the two also knew each other.

Harden allowed himself to lose to Westbrook, but he did not allow himself to lose to Xue Ding!

Because that means that you are weaker than the other party.

no excuse.

(End of this chapter)