Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 84
The Houston Rockets are at the Staples Center to challenge the Lakers.

Jim moved his own seat to the front row, near the home team's dugout.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who has just joined the coaching staff, is pulling Garnett to say something, Kobe is practicing shooting alone in the center of the court, and Billups is correcting Ben Wallace's free throw hand.

There were more Chinese faces than usual on the court, holding homemade signs, apparently to cheer Yao Ming on.

There is still some time before the start of the game, and the away Rockets also came to the court to start warming up.Naturally, the backcourt guards Steve Francis and Cutino Mobley led the way. Yao Ming's tall and thin figure stood out among a group of Rockets players wearing red jackets.

"Karim, I heard that when you played games at that time, you would deliberately put water on the weaker teams, so as not to let the game be ruined too early, so as to get better data? Then, when there were about 5 minutes left in the game, you would exert your strength. Completely defeat the opponent?" Seeing that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had already sat down on the court, Jim leaned over to gossip.

"Some guys like that, like the guys in Denver who just know how to score, like Dominique Wilkins and Reggie Miller, yes they have that ability, but like me and Erwin never I think it's a waste of time to hold hands on the court for boring stats," Kareem said gloomily.

On the data, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said it was not aimed at anyone.

"I heard that right, you actually want the Lakers players to paddle on the court? Pat will kill them, right Kareem?" Nicholson appeared next to the two at some point, wearing a His signature sunglasses.

As a hardcore Lakers fan, Nicholson has enough Lakers game tickets to hold an exhibition. For example, Pat Riley trained with the devil and injured the magician and Scott before the finals. For example, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is 38 years old When he only scored 12 points and 3 rebounds in the first game of the finals, faced doubts and frantically trained to find his status, and finally led the team to reverse and win the championship, and won the FMVP. These stories, happy or sad, are all Nicholson's daily talk.

With the three chatting, the game is about to begin.

In addition to the two unshakable guards in the Rockets' starting lineup, the center is played by Eddie Griffin, and the two forwards are the well-known Glenn Rice and the little-known Kenny Thomas.

Francis' style of play is undoubtedly very entertaining, with sharp breakthroughs and explosive jumping, the boss often makes some amazing moves on the court.

For example, in the first attack of the Rockets in the opening game, Francis faced Billups' defense and chose to break through with his shoulders.

Although Billups is strong enough, he obviously suffers from speed.Francis put his left hand on the ground and got through Billups' waist.

Facing Garnett's supplementary defense, Boss Verde didn't hesitate, raised his waist and pulled the bar and flew to the other side of the basket for a backhand layup.

An exclamation erupted from the Staples Center.

But this burst of exclamation was not for Boss Fu. Ben Wallace had been waiting for a long time, and directly grabbed the basketball in his hands with the movement of picking off the backboard.

Garnett and Ben Wallace are both insiders with strong defense capabilities. The chances of Francis' top iron performance being pleasing are really slim.

It was the turn of the Lakers to attack. Kenny Thomas, who was over two meters tall, had nothing to do against Garnett's high kick. Garnett easily scored a jumper from the free throw line. to Garnett's elbow.

At this stage, the Rockets' tactics are usually divided into three types, Francis singles, Mobley singles and others singles.After the failure of tactic one, the Rockets resorted to tactic two.

Facing Kobe's defense, the left-handed small steel cannon Mobley chose to make a three-pointer after dribbling the ball on the spot for 10 seconds.

Unsurprisingly, Garnett extended his long arm, took the defensive rebound off Eddie Griffin's head, and handed the ball to Billups.

Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich is also very helpless about the performance of the double guns in the backcourt, but what is even more helpless is that the Rockets have no other tactics to use.Eddie Griffin not only failed to meet the team's expectations, but also had a tendency to degenerate. As for Kenny Thomas, if Kevin Cato was not injured, he would have no chance to play at all.

The Lakers quickly established a leading advantage. The Rockets' short inside line could not pose any threat to the restricted area guarded by Ben Wallace and Garnett in terms of technology, height or athletic ability.

With Mobley's outrageous blind shot, the first quarter ended and the Lakers led by double digits 28 to 18.

After Nicholson saw Mobley's funny shot, the scene of laughing was captured by the live cameraman and played on the big screen, which caused the audience to laugh.

It is worth mentioning that at the end of the first quarter, Yao Ming was substituted and did not touch the ball for about 2 minutes. He followed Francis and Mobley for two rounds of back and forth.

Both sides put on substitutes at the beginning of the second quarter.The Lakers are still going up and down as usual, and the Rockets can only keep Kenny Thomas on the court because of insufficient rotation.

Rockets backup point guard Mookie Norris doesn't have any good skills, except for passing the ball to Yao Ming.

Yao Ming catches the ball at the elbow and faces Brad Miller's defense.

Although Miller is physically strong, he is more than 15 centimeters shorter than Yao Ming.

After Yao Ming received the ball, he easily turned his back and made a mid-range shot, hitting the net hollow.

"Karim, what do you think would happen to the ball if you were defending it?"

"Very soft touch, which is rare among big men. Considering his height, we can't give him such easy shot space. I think of the guy who used to face Moses Malone, although he is much shorter than me , but he is like a lunatic, constantly fighting me physically, I have to admit, his approach is very effective. As for this Chinese kid, he is still too young, if he fights more, his hit rate will drop Yes." Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is obviously a man of knowledge, and he can see through Yao Ming's strengths and weaknesses at a glance.

Being raped by Yao Ming obviously made Brad Miller very embarrassed. It was the Lakers' turn to attack. After a simple pick-and-roll cooperation with Fisher, Miller went down to the basket, caught the ball and shot with a half-hook.

Obviously Miller underestimated Yao Ming's height, and this shot was a little careless.The little giant sent out a spicy hot pot before leaving the ground.

Many Lakers fans held their heads and hands in regret, while the Chinese fans cheering for Yao Ming redoubled their efforts, shaking the slogans in their hands and cheering, without even considering that this is the Lakers' home court.

After Yao Ming followed the same pattern and continued to hit Brad Miller's head, Phil Jackson, who never liked to call a timeout, couldn't help calling a timeout.

"I said Karim, this is not because the substitute players are starting to let the main players play longer."

　Stuck in traffic, just got home...friday night was brutal.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)