Chapter 144

The Lakers' 32-point game against the Rockets focused the rest of the league on a brand new Lakers team that featured extreme lineups after Shaquille O'Neal was sacked It also caused many basketball commentators to fall into a big discussion.

The current head coach of the Heat, Pat Riley, said in an interview that this Lakers team is almost the team he envisioned in his mind. George Crent did a good job. He fulfilled Pat Riley's dream. The management of the Lakers has also received a lot of praise. They have selected suitable players among many young people.

After the game, the league imposed additional penalties on O'Neal and Barkley who fought in the game. O'Neal was suspended for 4 games because he was the protagonist of the fight, and Barkley was also suspended for [-] games. Matt Maloney Suspended for two games because of deliberately hurting people during the game, the Rockets suffered heavy losses, not only losing the ball, but also losing people.

There was nothing serious about Robert Horry after examination, but he had to rest for at least a week. The soft tissue contusion forced Horry to take good care of that sensitive part frequently during this week.

In this case, in at least four games in the future, the Lakers will have to face the situation of not having a qualified center. Although the Lakers still have a two-meter Elden Campbell in the team, his weight of less than two hundred pounds makes him Campbell can't fight the opponent's inside.

After returning to Los Angeles for a day off, the Lakers once again faced the Rockets challenge at home. In the last game, the two teams had a lot of disputes, and both sides had personnel suspended. In the next game, the Rockets tried to During the game, he took revenge for being tortured by blood.

On November 11, the second matchup between the Lakers and the Rockets within three days was held in Los Angeles.

The Lakers still sent out a weird lineup without insiders, and the Rockets had to replace backup point guard Emmanuel Davis because of Matt Maloney's suspension.

After the last game, Rockets coach Rudy Tom Jalovich did a good job of studying the strange lineup of the Lakers, but the more he studied, the more he found that this lineup was very powerful. Shooting ability, which has almost made it difficult for the Rockets with a disorganized lineup to guard against. Coupled with the existence of Liu Han, a big killer, this is a star who can compete with Jordan. Tom Jalovich even gave birth to giving up the next game. Intend.

After careful consideration, Tom Jalovich still arranged the original lineup to play.

At the beginning of the game, the Rockets won the jump ball. After all, the Lakers players are not tall.

The Lakers still had almost no defense in the interior, but Michael Finley, who was more powerful, withstood Olajuwon, and Liu Han mainly defended Drexler.

The Rockets still focused on inside offense at the beginning, and Olajuwon beat Finley inside and easily scored.

This time, the Lakers did not launch a chasing counterattack after the opponent's goal, but let Nash slowly dribble the ball across the half.

Nash did not continue to break through after halftime, but handed the ball to Liu Han. Liu Han took the ball and made a strong attack on Drexler. The latter quickly adjusted his focus and tried to defend Liu Han closely, but Liu Han did not Forced a breakthrough, but a very light step-back jumper to get a three-pointer.

Drexler was completely teased by Liu Han, who seemed to know Drexler's every defensive intention.

The Rockets still focus on inside offense, because the Lakers attach great importance to their outside defense, and only the inside has a chance.

Olajuwon continued to beat Finley to score, but this time the Lakers suddenly launched a counterattack. The Rockets' nerves were a little loose because of the goal just now. The Lakers' attack in less than 6 seconds was scored by Brent Barry. .

Next, the Lakers' still lax inside defense allowed the Rockets to score a lot of points, but in the offense, the Lakers would shoot three-pointers if they seized the opportunity. In the first quarter, he made 6 three-pointers, of which Liu Han made 4 of them alone.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led the Rockets by 38 points 30-8.

In the second quarter, the Lakers replaced the substitutes. Veterans Byron Scott and Dell Curry also appeared one after another. After Eldon Campbell came on the court, he faced the Rockets inside. Shooting can still open up some space for the Lakers' bench players.The Lakers' bench played slower.

In the middle of the second quarter, the Rockets first changed to the starting lineup, because the score gap had been widened to more than 10 points at this time.But Coach George waited until the end of the second quarter to replace some of the main players.

At the end of the half, the two sides scored 60 to 55, and the Rockets narrowed the gap to 5 points.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Liu Han started the scoring mode immediately after he came on the court. He scored 5 points in 17 minutes with sudden shots, and the Rockets couldn't find the north for a while.

At the critical moment, Olajuwon stepped forward again. He scored two plus one in a row in the interior. The young Lakers made them lack experience in the game. Olajuwon took the initiative to find a physical confrontation.

Not to be outdone, Liu Han once again fired from the outside to keep the score gap at more than 10 points.

Entering the second half of the third quarter, the Rockets gradually showed fatigue. After all, Olajuwon is 34 years old, and his physical condition has begun to decline. consumes more energy.The Lakers seized the opportunity to widen the score gap again. Liu Han continued to fight back after the Rockets missed shots, and scored 2 points again in just 7 minutes. Such scoring efficiency can be called violent.

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers opened the gap to 23 points.Liu Han scored 25 points in a single quarter in the third quarter, and Liu Han scored 50 points in all three quarters.

Entering the fourth quarter, the Rockets tried to launch an attack to catch up with the score at the beginning, but the Lakers still used their extremely sharp offensive tactics to tear the Rockets' defense line again and again. The threat of Liu Han's three-pointer made the Rockets exhausted on the outside , Finley didn't want to be inside at all, but pulled the Rockets' inside again and again, and then different players of the Lakers broke through and scored one after another.

With 5 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Lakers still led the Rockets by 25 points. Tom Jalovich gave up the game seeing that there was no hope of a comeback.

In the end, the Rockets lost to the Lakers for the second time in three days. Although this time they did not lose by more than 30 points, the gap of 24 points was also a disastrous defeat.

Liu Han scored 60+ points twice in three days, which made all the teams in the league marvel at his high scoring efficiency. Some media have even reported that Liu Han has booked this year's scoring champion.

The Lakers won the game in two consecutive games with a lineup without a center, which made many teams start to study this "new Lakers". What an excellent three-point shooter, and they also found that the tactics arranged by Lakers coach George with these players are very targeted, not a lineup to the end.

 The fat man is about to renege on his promise, and 6 looks like he can't finish it. He hasn't had dinner yet. Although he wants to lose weight, he is really hungry.I'm going to eat first, if there is still time for dinner, I will update another chapter

  
 
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