Chapter 616: Master of Field Control
"Toot!"
After the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game between the two sides, Capela and Bynum jumped up, and the game between the two sides officially began!
Bynum was particularly excited to return to the Lakers' starting lineup, grabbing the ball back to the Lakers' half before Capela. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The Lakers got the chance to take the offense.
Tang Shuai held the ball to the frontcourt, dribbled the ball outside the three-point line, did not rush to call his teammates to run, and after observing the Rockets' defense for about 3 seconds, he made a tactical gesture directly to Barnes and Knoll.
Seeing Tang Shuai's gesture, Noll quickly put it up and made a block for Batum, Batum borrowed the block to go out, and Tang Shuai's pass followed.
Batum took the ball and sent it to the basket with little to no interference.
The Lakers' first offense, played!
Shaw couldn't help but shake his fist on the sidelines, which was a very good start.
However, the players of the Rockets did not seem to be affected much, after Beverley held the ball to the frontcourt, he gave it to Harden, Harden broke through directly, and gave the ball to Anderson in the bottom corner, Anderson got up and down, and after a "bang", the three points were firmly in hand.
Defense, obviously not what this Rockets team is good at, this point was clearly seen in the Lakers' performance in the last round, a simple blocking tactic will give a chance, but compared to defense, offense is the key to this team's current results.
The Lakers' next offense was like a retreat, but Batum's shot popped out of the frame this time, and the rebound was grabbed by Capela and thrown to Gordon, who held the ball and advanced quickly, and after arriving in the front court, the ball was distributed to Harden who followed up, and Harden scored directly to the basket.
The entire fast break only lasted for more than 5 seconds, which was very similar to the Suns team that swept the league at the beginning.
The Lakers' offense, Tang Shuai chose to come by himself, beckoned Noll to a block, against Harden, he got rid of the layup after a beautiful shake, and the action was done in one go, but unfortunately the luck was a little worse, and the basketball rolled in the frame and slid out.
The Rockets fought back again, Harden threw the ball to Gordon in the frontcourt, and Gordon gave Anderson who was fast to the three-point line, and Anderson shot another three-pointer.
"Huh!"
With a crisp sound, Anderson's three-pointer fell into the pocket again.
8 to 2!
The Rockets played quite strongly in the opening game.
The fans at the Staples Center were in an uproar, although they knew that it would be difficult for the Lakers with 9 people to win the game tonight, but they were played by the Rockets in such a situation, obviously no one expected.
Tang Shuai slowly advanced to the front court with the ball, still not in a hurry to call his teammates to run.
The so-called down-to-rhythm in basketball games is to play positional battles and play success rates, and if you are in a hurry to play fast and want to chase points as soon as you fall behind, you will be in the hands of your opponent.
After observing the defense for a while, he motioned for Stephenson to come to the top of the arc to catch the ball.
After giving the ball out, he ran to the right wing and made a no-ball block with Noll, and when the defender was replaced by Harden, he directly reached out and motioned to Stephenson to give the ball.
Stephenson had a purple pass bag and quickly gave the ball over.
Tang Shuai slapped Harden twice, suddenly turned around suddenly, passed Harden directly, and took advantage of the situation to shoot backwards.
"Huh!"
Two points fall steadily into the bag.
If you want to press the rhythm and ensure the success rate, playing Harden alone is obviously a good choice.
With one shot, the Rockets didn't have a chance to hit the counter-attack like they did on the previous two occasions.
The Rockets' offense, Beverley signaled his teammates to play tactics after arriving in the frontcourt, Gordon and Harden inserted from both corners, and after meeting under the basket, they went to both sides with Capela and Anderson's blocking, and at the same time, Anderson went down to the bottom corner after the blocking.
Although the defense is sparse, it has to be said that D'Antoni does have a set of offense.
Beverley saw the opportunity to give the ball to Harden who ran out, but Harden didn't stop after receiving the ball, and threw his hand to Anderson in the bottom corner.
Nearly open again, Anderson made his third three-pointer of the game.
"Bang!"
Although Anderson's three-point shot was stable, it was impossible to bounce off the serve, and this time the three-point shot was a little off the frame, and the rebound was grabbed by the rushing Noll.
Noll threw his hand to Tang Shuai, who did not push forward as quickly as in the previous games, but continued to signal his teammates to press the rhythm.
When he advanced to the frontcourt, he continued to single Harden as he did in the previous round.
This time, the Rockets chose to wrap the clip, and Anderson on the inside came over as soon as possible.
Tang Shuai had no intention of passing the ball, leaned on Harden, and suddenly stuffed the ball back coldly.
This seemed to others to be a completely back-to-back action, but Tang Shuai had already passed the ball before Anderson helped defend.
The audience cheered.
Bynum receives the ball under the basket and picks it up directly to the basket.
Although his athleticism has declined by the same level as a result of his knee injury, after spending so much time with the Lakers, his skills seem to have slowly regained.
After the goal, Bynum looked very excited, and turned around and slapped Tang Shuai.
However, at this time, after high-fiveing Bynum, Tang Shuai loudly reminded his teammates to pay attention to marking defense.
Lower the tempo, the success rate goes up, but if you can't keep it, then in the end it's all in vain, after all, there are only 9 people in total, and if you don't build some advantage in the first half, the second half will become very, very difficult to play.
Tang Shuai's reminder still played a role, although it was not said that the effect was immediate, but the concentration of the players' defense obviously improved.
The Rockets played another cross-blocking combination, and Beverley distributed the ball to Harden, but this time, Batum's help defense was in place in time and did not give Harden a chance to attack directly.
Harden held the ball and tried to break through Batum, and after two unsuccessful attempts, he distributed the ball to Gordon on the perimeter.
Gordon hit Stephenson and quickly broke through to the basket, but was blocked by Bynum, the layup angle was off a lot, and the rebound was snatched by Noll on the other side.
"Beautiful!" Shaw shook his fist the sidelines.
Breaking up the Rockets' tie-up and putting them in a one-man battle is the best way to defend a team like the Rockets.
After Noll grabbed the rebound, and then gave it to Tang Shuai, Tang Shuai still steadily advanced to the frontcourt, and after beckoning Noll to block and dismantle, he broke through, a change of rhythm, and used the advantage of strength to force Anderson to squeeze the ball into the basket.
Xiao looked at Tang Shuai at this time.
Although there were requirements before the game, in terms of details, he was not as good as Wharton, and the situation was like this, it was completely Tang Shuai who was controlling the rhythm.
Whether it was offense or defense, Tang Shuai pressed down the rhythm.
This is a rather terrifying thing, a sophomore, but the game is like a veteran player for more than ten years, like a master of the field.
The Rockets' offense plummeted under the Lakers' stubborn defense, and Harden forced Batum to go off the basket again, a far cry from the back-and-out scene at the beginning of the game.
The Lakers pressed the position, and when they got to the frontcourt, he let his teammates play consecutive off-ball blocks, and saw the opportunity to pass the ball through the gaps between Anderson and Gordon's defense.
Stephenson received the ball and quickly rushed to the basket, and after successfully attracting Capela's defense under the basket, he threw the ball directly into the air.
Noll on the right saw the opportunity, jumped up and pressed the ball into the basket.
The scene suddenly erupted in a burst of excited cheers.
10-8, after a wonderful empty catch, the Lakers came from behind and had already overtaken the score.
Stephenson looked very excited, yelled, and reached out from outside the three-point line to give Tang Shuai a strong clapp.
It was clear that after several rounds of defending against the Rockets' offense, the momentum on the scene began to kick in.
“defense!”
The originally silent fans at the scene also chose to start shouting loudly for the home team at this time.
The team was in an offensive predicament, and Harden chose to make a strong layup at this time, and under the effect of Harden's porcelain bag, he successfully won a foul from Bynum.
Walk to the free throw line and hit both free throws steadily.
The Lakers' offense, Tang Shuai went to the front court to press a rhythm, and then beckoned Noll to block and dismantle, and gave the ball to Batum, who hit a bottom corner three-pointer with a knife.
The fans at the scene burst into cheers again.
Led by Tang Shuai, the Lakers' offense is playing more and more smoothly.
The Rockets' offense, Harden broke through again and caused Bynum's second personal foul.
This time the foul Bynum deliberately dodged, but because of the slow reaction, Harden still seized the opportunity.
Harden's ability to touch the porcelain bag is not covered.
There was a chorus of boos from the scene.
Harden didn't change his face, and he still hit 2 of 2 free throws when he went to the free throw line.
Shaw made a change at this point, replacing Bynum with Nance Jr., and pulling Noll back into the number five position.
After Gasol and Landry joined the Lakers, Nance Jr., who played a lot of minutes last season, was refrigerated, and Shaw sent him not because he wanted to reuse him, but because he really didn't have enough rotation.
On the Lakers' offense, Tang Shuai beckoned Nance Jr. to block and dismantle, and after dismantling the ball, he broke through and followed the ball back to Nance Jr.
Although there are not many opportunities to play with Nance Jr., he still knows Nance Jr.'s skill pack, how about the rest of the cloth, but the purple mid-range shot pack is still useful.
Xiao Nance's reaction was very fast, and he raised his hand directly after receiving Tang Shuai's pass.
"Huh!"
With a crisp sound, Tang Shuai's judgment would not be wrong, and Xiao Nance's two-point shot was firmly in hand.
There was a burst of laughter at the scene, I hadn't seen Nance Jr. on the field for a long time, and as soon as he got on the field, I saw him score, and the mood of the fans was quite good.
The Rockets played to the frontcourt, and Harden burst into Anderson.
Nance Jr. is much better than Bynum and Noll in terms of movement speed, and with the defense in place at this point, Anderson has no good chance and can only return the ball to Harden.
There is not much time to attack, and Harden can only choose to break through, quickly hit the basket, throw his body out, get up and make a layup while making foul moves.
But as soon as he shot the ball, a hand suddenly slapped in the air.
"Smack!"
Knoll slapped him and flew his fan out of the field. (To be continued.) )