Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 276
Three days later, the second contest between the two sides moved from the imperial capital to the demon capital and continued.

It has to be said that the two positions of point guard and power forward are the Achilles' heel of the Rockets. Charlie Ward and Juwan Howard, who were blown up in the last game, still did not give any support to their partners Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming.Just like the Italians back then, the only thing they can do is to persist and try not to be blown up before the Germans blow up others.

Kobe, who scored 30 points in the last small test, played more easily in this game. Except for showing a behind-the-back dribbler who passed the ball and making Jim Jackson dizzy, the whole game was very Buddhist. He took 6 shots and hit 4 goals.

Most of the time, Billups and Wade ravaged Charlie Ward and Bobby Jackson in different ways. Regardless of height, weight, speed, bounce, or other indicators, the Rockets point guards were all at a big disadvantage. , and Juwan Howard and Witherspoon, the two big men, can't attack, defend, jump high, or run. Apart from providing collision volume and filling the player list, they are useless.

With such a deformed lineup, if you want to win, you must rely on Yao Mai's performance.

So, in a preseason game, Van Gundy let Yao Ming and McGrady both play for 40 minutes, and the two scored 57 points together.

But even so, the Rockets failed to take the victory in front of Yao Ming's hometown elders. Instead, Liu Wei, who scored 5 points and 3 rebounds, won the Shanghai leg of the China game.

The Lakers scored in double figures with 6 players, 107 to 90, winning by a big score.

The Lakers' anti-traditional style of play made the Rockets very uncomfortable.

"We chose to put McGrady on Kobe and let him take some difficult shots. He was hot in the last game and destroyed us in the third quarter by himself, but I still don't think it's a good idea to pinch him because that It will make the rest of the Lakers open. Unfortunately, the opponent team is in a good state in this game. We can't stop them from scoring. In fact, we can't do everything. Losing is normal. Our mistakes There are a lot, the opponent plays a lot of fast breaks, and the team needs to find the right way to pass the ball to Yao Ming during the season. People ignore one thing, the Lakers are not a team of Kobe or Garnett, they have A lot of good players, an almost impeccable starting lineup, and a solid bench, but we have a chance to play in the regular season and even the playoffs, and I won't be easily defeated. Phil Jackson gives this team The team has created a good system, and it is still running.” After the game, Rockets coach Van Gundy summed up his failures in an interview, praised the strength of the opponent, and never mentioned the rookie coach of the Lakers.

The China tour of the Lakers and the Rockets is coming to an end. After a wave of fans, the Lakers returned triumphantly, but the future of the Rockets, which "aspire to win the championship", has cast a shadow. Obviously, the power of the Yao-Mai combination It is far from the OK of the year, and the problem of role players is even more serious. If there is no adjustment in the middle of the season, this lineup will definitely not pass the first round.

The 10-day contract ended, and the Lakers did not renew Liu Wei's contract unsurprisingly, and his short Lakers career came to an end.

"Although the time was short, I gained a lot. The training during this period was an unprecedented experience for me. I was able to train with the best basketball players in the world. There are indeed things we can learn from them. For example, tactics, The Lakers have two or three sets of specific tactics for each player, so everyone has a high degree of participation when playing. We need to run non-stop on the court, unlike before, we can just hand over the ball Stand still and wait for the opportunity. I have to admit that there is a huge gap between us and the NBA. Of course, all Chinese players should also take landing in the NBA as their goal. Every day they stay there will be a huge improvement for themselves. Yes." Liu Wei said in an interview.

The lineup has returned to 15 people, and the Lakers still have two weeks to play 6 preseason games, and then they will welcome the new season.

In the six preseason games of the Lakers, they achieved a record of 6 wins and 4 losses. The two losses were the Grizzlies and the Sonics.

In the loss to the Grizzlies, Garnett played only 15 minutes because he was still under protection. The Lakers were ravaged by the Grizzlies' three towers inside. But according to sources, the Grizzlies will seek a deal in the middle of the season, because none of the three are willing to accept the bench position for a long time, and there are too many offensive and defensive players on the inside, and the lineup is not balanced.

The loss to the Sonics was entirely due to the three-point rain in Seattle. Ray Allen, Lewis and Radmanovich scored 16 three-pointers together. Say, bigger than O'Neill's bathtub.

In short, with such a result, the Lakers are quite satisfied.

The Lakers' opponent in the first game of the regular season is the Denver Nuggets who swept the first round of last year's playoffs.

Kiki Vandeweghe's three-year plan has come to the third year. After going through two stages of crazy performance and clever hands, Vandeweghe used a seven-year 7 million contract to poach the unsatisfactory player from the Nets. Kenyon Martin, filling the team's weakest power forward position, formed the first-generation Denver Athletics of the new century.

Speaking of which, the Nuggets team has a tradition of forming a track and field team. It has counted famous players in team history, such as Dan Issel, David Thompson, Vandeweghe, English, Fart Lever, Michael Adams and others. All of them are scoring madmen who are easier to score than to kill people. Over the years, the average score per game has remained high. Even Larry Brown, who is known for his defense, played running and bombing when the Nuggets were coaching.

"Last season, I was sitting on the sidelines eating popcorn and wearing whatever I wanted, and now I'm just holding a pad and wearing a suit, and that's the difference. You guys see me call a timeout on TV, A tactic was arranged, and then the team scored a goal. But if we hadn’t run this tactic hundreds of times in normal training, we would not be able to run it on the field. Doing all kinds of preparations in place, this It's my job, you can see that my tactical board is blank, but in fact, they are all in the minds of every player." Before the game, the media interviewed Jim, who was about to coach his first regular season game.

"From day one of my tenure as vice president, I've assured all Lakers fans that basketball is fun, Lakers games are fun, and we're never going to put that audience to sleep. You can look forward to more incredible performances from the Lakers in the new season!"

(End of this chapter)