bestfiction Chapter 140 139. The Rocket Problem
Chapter 140 139. The Rocket Problem
Chapter 140 139. The Rocket Problem
After the Lakers led by 16 points and ended the first quarter, they basically set the tone of the game. It is destined to be a game with little suspense.
One of the three NBA myths: The Mavericks are weak.Now it's really a reality!
The aging of the main lineup is the most fundamental reason for their decline. Although the 35-year-old Nowitzki tried his best and scored 28 points and 9 rebounds in the game, this did not stop them at all. defeat.
The Lakers finally beat the Mavericks by 23 points in the away game. After losing this game, the Mavericks' ranking has dropped to 11th in the West.
Regarding the current situation of the team, Nowitzki, who has been the big brother for many years, is also very helpless, and his heart is chilling.
He has no way to lead this team to win the game.
Tang De, who scored 38 points in the whole game, was chased and intercepted by a group of reporters after the game, and even many fans came up to Tang De for his autograph.
In the limited time, Tang De still signed them as much as possible, after all, he didn't want to be a big-name star.
Now Tang De is the kind of star who will have countless fans no matter which away game he goes to play.
At the age of 21, he has averaged nearly 30 points per game this season, and is currently second only to Durant's 30.7 points in the league's scoring list.
The relationship between Durant and Tang De was already full of grievances, and now there is such a situation where the average points per game are extremely close, which will inevitably deepen the grievances between the two.
Durant has stated on his social media more than once that this season's scoring champion will still be his, and he has won three consecutive scoring champions before that. He is determined to win the throne of scoring champion. As for Tang De , don't even think about it!
Regarding Durant's remarks, the fans' comments were severely polarized, some were definitely on Tang De's side, and some were definitely on Durant's side.
This also fully proved Tang De's current high popularity and wide fan base.
Tang De himself didn't give any response to this. He just wanted to get rich and die. Sometimes doing too much of the limelight is not good for him.
Relying on one's own strength, wouldn't it be more enjoyable to come from behind at that time?
Thinking about how Durant would be slapped in the face again, Tang De felt very happy.
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After everything was ready, the Lakers team immediately went back to the hotel to rest. Time is really important to them now.
They had to play three away games back to back and fly to three cities in a row, which was more painful for Tang De than killing him.
Planes, planes, damn planes!
Crows don't even want to fly.
In the early morning of the next day, everyone continued to embark on the road trip and continued to work on the plane.
After boarding the plane, Tang De took some newspapers, chatted with his teammates for a few minutes, covered his face with the newspapers, and fell asleep!
On the plane, as long as Tang De can fall asleep, he will definitely choose to sleep. After all, he can talk about anything when he falls asleep, so he doesn't have to endure the pain of flying.
Kobe: "Shit, Don, you are so fearless on the court, but you are afraid of flying?"
Nick Young: "Don't mention it, this guy is a coward. I've never heard of anyone being afraid of flying before I met him. It's amazing!"
Kobe: "OK, then let him sleep. It's tiring to run back and forth. We have to play the Rockets tonight, and we have to point at this guy, haha~"
After finishing speaking, Kobe looked at Tang De who didn't know if he was asleep at this time with a very strange look...
Fortunately, the distance from Dallas to Houston is not too far, only a few hundred kilometers less, so it didn't take long when Tang De opened his eyes again, and the plane was already at the airport ready to land.
The recent situation of the Rockets is not very good, it can even be said that it is very bad. They have dropped from No. 1 in the Western Conference at the beginning of the season to No. 5 in the Western Conference. By!
Even the young "Xiao Kai" rushed ahead of them.
Obviously, McHale's blind Jaguar tactics are no longer enough. Although the Rockets' paper lineup is not bad, McHale's tactical quality is really immobile.
When a team's overall lineup does not have much problem, but does not play a record that matches their lineup, the coach has to bear a lot of responsibility.
Just imagine, what would happen if Popovich was allowed to lead the Rockets?
Not to mention how good it can be, but at least it will be better than McHale's.
In addition, there is another very important reason why the Rockets fell to No. 5 in the Western Conference, and that is the chemical reaction between James Harden and Howard.
The new season's schedule is almost halfway through, but the two of them still haven't played well with each other.
Harden is a wave of shots. In most cases, he just holds the ball on the outside, or he dribbles the ball for 20 seconds in an offense, and throws the blame at the last moment.
If he scores, he makes a good pass, but if he doesn't score, his teammates will take over.
As for Howard, he just doesn't want to play pick-and-rolls, and always stubbornly insists on playing singles with the ball behind the basket!
But just think about it, with Howard's rough offensive skills at the basket, what can he do?
Howard is a technical "God loser", even NBA legend Ewing can't save him!
After all, what Howard should do most in the Rockets is to do a good job in the pick-and-roll, and then do more rolls after the pick-and-roll, so that he and Harden will be much more comfortable.
In this way, Harden's assists are comfortable, and Howard's points are also easy.
However, the fact is cruel. Howard is not willing to do this at all. He just wants to determine the core position of his team's tactics through singles at the basket.
The problem is that Howard didn't understand the fact that the Rockets have always regarded Harden as the only core. When Howard comes, you are the second in command!
Don't you just have to do more hard work and dirty work, and you have to have such a heavy burden of superstars.
The last reason is the saddest, that is, Howard, who has made up his mind to play seriously, meets Harden, who is now the most playful!
All of this is doomed to the failure of this pair of inside and outside combination.
Howard is also really ill-fated, and he must have strength, but since he left the Orlando Magic, you can see what kind of life he has lived.
Wandering, wandering, is always wandering!
After finally getting rid of Kobe's control, after weighing again and again, he happily chose to join the Rockets and join forces with Harden.
It is said that one of the most important reasons for Howard to join the Rockets at that time was that he felt that Harden was much easier to get along with than Kobe. If he cooperated with Harden, Harden would definitely not talk to him every day like Kobe did.
The results of it?
It's easy to get along with each other. Every day, I will take you to nightclubs, eat, drink and have fun, but if you don't play well, what can you do?
(End of this chapter)