The Godfather of Basketball

Back in the second quarter, the Lakers began to make substitutions one after another. Walton, Vujacic, Farmar, and Turiaf were replaced one after another. Only Odom was left in the starting lineup.

The Rockets also began to enter the rotation, with Marc Gasol, Scola, and Sun Yue replaced, leaving only Battier in the lineup in the first quarter.

But at this moment, McGrady, who was replaced in advance, also appeared on the field.

Coming up to the Lakers' offense, the team still played a triangle offense. Walton held the ball in the high position on the left and leaned against Battier. Odom and Farmar formed a triangle with him.

Farmar ran to the left three-point line and made a pick-and-roll for Odom. Odom ran outside the three-point line, received a pass from Walton and made a direct three-pointer.

But at the moment he shot, a figure flew over from the right.

"Snapped!"

With a slap, Odom's shot was slapped out of the field.

There was cheers at the scene.

It's Maddie!

After being replaced by Tang Tian inexplicably, he held back his breath, which directly spilled on Odom.

Poor Odangdang didn't expect McGrady to rush over at all, and he was still in a dazed state after being covered.

The Lakers continued to serve the sideline.

Just now, the running position of the triangle offense has consumed a lot of offensive time, and the ball can only be played with a simple match. Vujacic missed a three-pointer and the rebound was accepted by Marc Gasol.

After Sun Yue dribbled the ball for halftime, McGrady fell to a high position and directly reached out for the ball.

At this time, Wharton was defending McGrady. Sun Yue passed the ball. McGrady took a look at the defense behind him after receiving the ball. Seeing that the Lakers were not double-teaming, he turned around directly. Walton, rushing to the basket is a beautiful one-handed dunk.

After the dunk, McGrady yelled at Turiaf who was assisting in the defense, and it seemed that he wanted to vent all his dissatisfaction before it was over.

The Lakers' offense, the same triangle offensive tactic, was successfully played this time, but Odom still failed to make a three-pointer.

Bryant's touch recovered, and Odom continued the bad touch of the previous game.

After Marc Gasol received the rebound, Sun Yue took the ball and advanced to the frontcourt.

McGrady received the ball again in the high position. The Lakers chose to double-team at this time, and Vujacic on the weak side quickly recovered.

McGrady is not Kobe, although he is unhappy, but after playing in Tang Tian's system for two years, the concept of the team has long been imprinted in his mind. At this time, he instinctively threw the ball to the outside Battier.

The pass of the ball was timely, and Battier got a very good shot.

But Farmar reacted quickly to the ball, and quickly flew towards Battier.

Battier saw Farmar before making a shot, then received the ball and threw it to Sun Yue at the top of the circle.

Sun Yue got a big vacancy.

Sun Yue didn't hesitate, and directly chose to make a move.

Playing as Billups' substitute for half a season, coupled with continuous hard training, his strength and self-confidence are more than one grade stronger than when he first entered the league, not to mention that Tang Tian used the system to exchange for him. ability.

"Shua!"

"Sun~~Yue!!"

Accompanied by the live DJ's loud shouts, Sun Yue hit the open three-pointer steadily.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Rockets beat the Lakers 5-0, closing the score to 1 point in one fell swoop.

The Lakers' offense was still a triangle offense. After receiving the ball, Odom shook Sun Yue, who was helping to defend, and then went straight to the basket.

Gasol covered the sky with his long arms, McGrady shot out from the side, and directly broke the ball in Odom's hand.

The Rockets pushed for a fast break, and McGrady was excited to play at this time, rushing to the frontcourt, facing the defensive Vujacic, he made an emergency stop and chased for a three-pointer.

Vujacic wanted to jump up to interfere, but he staggered in the retreat and tripped himself to the ground.

"Shua!"

McGrady's chasing three-pointer also scored!

The hard-working Vujacic has become a gorgeous background wall.

"Oh, the Rockets played so well in this section!" Brin couldn't help exclaiming.

"Jeff, it seems that your judgment is right. T-mac is unstoppable at this time. It is very similar to the one in Chinese characters. What is it called?" Mark Jackson seemed to remember something.

"Tian Ji's horse race?"

"Yes! Yes!" Jackson nodded excitedly. It seemed that he had a certain understanding of Chinese culture.

"Yes, and no." Van Gundy played deep at this time.

Both Brin and Jackson turned their heads to look at him, wondering if the old head coach and new commentator had any unique insights.

"T-mac's performance is the main thing, but not all. The Rockets' bench strength is stronger than that of the Lakers, which is also a very important part." Van Gundy continued.

Brin and Jackson were thoughtful after listening, and then nodded in unison.

The 10-man rotation that the Rockets used in the regular season was compressed to 9 in the playoffs, but there are 4 substitutes, 3 rookies and 1 sixth man.

Needless to say, Pietrus's abilities needless to say, he has already proved himself in the Warriors last season, this season and Battier is also often replaced by Tang Tian as the starters, that is, the three rookies, Scola is full of combat power, plus After losing weight, Sol is also fully capable of being a starter or even a core player in a weak team. As for Sun Yue, after suddenly being enlightened, he is also a qualified 3D player who is familiar with the organization.

This bench lineup is really much stronger than the Lakers' Princeton, Vujacic who tries hard to defend but can't defend, Farmar who occasionally shoots a three-pointer, and the butcher who only grabs rebounds.

In fact, this is why Tang Tian dared to replace McGrady early in the first quarter.

What kind of tactics to use against what kind of opponent is what a top coach should do.

Phil Jackson couldn't sit still on the sidelines at this time, and without a smile, he continued to chew gum, but he had already got up and called Kobe up again.

Kobe Bryant walked to the technical table and prepared to play.

The game on the court continued, Odom made a breakthrough, and Farmar got a rare point guard three-pointer.

"boom!"

The ball was still missed, and the rebound was grabbed by Gasol.

The Rockets pushed for a fast break, and McGrady rushed to the front court with the ball. Seeing Walton in front of him working hard, he directly hit the ball behind him. Gasol followed up and took three big steps to catch the ball. It was a powerful one-handed split.

"beep!"

There was a long whistle from the sidelines, and before Kobe came on the court, Phil Jackson stretched out his hand and called a timeout.

In just over two minutes in the past, the Rockets directly beat the Lakers 10-0!

They were still 6 points behind, but now they are 4 points ahead!