Chapter 494 Collapsing Rocket!(1/2)
"Boss, we will win this game, right? We will definitely win?!"
"Along, can you guys not talk so much nonsense? Is it very noisy?"
"Ahem, it's okay, Dennis, Aaron is just a little too excited"
Hearing Lin Han say this, Rodman glared at Aaron Williams fiercely and said nothing after he had a look. In the first half, the Lakers played the five players in the first half. Now everyone is very tired. Although their exercise volume on the court is far less than Lin Han, except for the energetic young people like Aaron Williams and Eddie Jones, he and the Magic are old arms and legs.
In the Lakers, although Rodman was completely subdued by Lin Han after fighting with Lin Han, he really respected Lin Han. However, for other young players of the Lakers, even though Rodman is no longer the kind of super thorny person who meets and fights against whom, his deterrence is still quite powerful.
At least, after being glared at Rodman like this, Aaron Williams, who was so excited that he couldn't help himself, became much more honest.
Of course, it's just honest on the surface, but emotionally, I'm still very excited.
Everyone is young players and they can understand it very well.
Not to mention young players like Aaron Williams and Eddie Jones, even Wilkins, who had not played in the first half, was very excited now.
As long as he wins this game, he will enter the finals!
When Dominic Wilkins thought that he might enter the finals this year, he was so excited that he had given up on his career after coming to the Lakers. When he left the Hawks last year, he was even ready to retire.
Leaving the Hawks and coming to a newly formed team like the Lakers with Lin Han as the core, maybe Lin Han will become Jordan in the future, but Lin Han’s Pippen is definitely not him, and he cannot wait for Lin Han to become Jordan for the seventh year for the dream championship.
Moreover, before the start of the season, the Lakers kept losing and losing. All the experts gave the team the upper limit to the playoffs. In addition, there is an unstable factor like Rodman inside the Lakers, so the Lakers actually look even worse.
And now, a season has passed, and the Lakers are about to eliminate the Rockets, the strongest team in the league...
Yes, he really has no effect against the Rockets. His offensive efficiency is too low and his defense is not outstanding enough. Standing on the court has no effect and can only drag him down. It is a burden for the Lakers who pursue extreme efficiency in this game.
The magician made this point very clear when communicating with him before the game.
And he also understands it very well. If he were young, he would definitely not accept such a statement. Why do you say that my offense is inefficient and poor defense is a burden!
But now, he is thirty-four years old. For perhaps only one chance in his life, he is willing to accept such a role because he knows that as long as he enters the finals, his place of use will come.
The entire league is just one Rockets. Whether it is facing the Bulls or the Magic, he can become the second stable offensive point of the Lakers.
So, for this, he is now sincerely willing to accept such a role.
Not only him, but other Lakers players who did not play in this game have similar mentality.
The Lakers' tactical style not only did not split the Lakers, but even made the players' unity step one step further.
As a result, of course, there are also Magicians who communicate well. Before the game, the Lakers formulated such tactics, so they communicated with everyone before the game.
Compared with the unity of the Lakers, the Rockets are completely different.
As three Rockets core players who played the first half of this game, Olajuwon, Barkley and Drexler were very angry. The team was 13 points behind in the half, but they were still playing the full half.
However, compared with the three core members of the Rockets and several main players, the other substitutes' faces were much more indifferent at this time.
For example, Doug Rivers, who was traded to the Rockets through Barkley's big deal, especially Rivers, left the Hawks, who have always been the main force, and have been circulating over the years. From New York to the Spurs to the Rockets now, the sense of belonging is not so easy to find.
The team's current main players play for the full half-time style clearly means not trusting them and the substitute players. Since the team does not trust you, why are you still worried about the team?
As the head coach, Tom Janovic is not blind, so how could he not see it? It's just that he is helpless and headache now. If he had known that he would become like this, he would definitely communicate with everyone before the game.
However, how could he know that the Lakers would use this tactic in this game!
Moreover, the Rockets were behind from the beginning and were in a collapsed atmosphere of being pulled apart at any time.
In such an atmosphere, how dare you let him get other substitutes on the team to play for the team?
He didn't even dare to think about the consequences if he lost this game!
Perhaps in this game, these role players of the Rockets are not that important, and even in the series against the Lakers, these role players are not that important, but what about the finals?
If the Rockets can enter the finals, these role players will be very important and their moods will also be taken care of.
"It seems that I can only wait until the game is over and communicate with them well."
The finals are also a matter of the future. The most important thing now is to win the sixth game with the Lakers.
But, how to win?
Tom Janovic always feels that his Rockets have reached the brink of collapse. A Rocket, who is considered to be able to compete for the strongest team in history, is now facing the brink of collapse by being beaten by one person.
"Rudy, I'm leaving the inside!"
"Leave the inside line?!"
Olajuwon gasped and looked at Tom Janovic after he finished speaking, Barkley and Drexler, who were sitting next to him, looked at him in confusion.
"Why?"
Tomjanovic frowned and asked, his pre-match arrangement was indeed due to the Lakers' change of the lineup, but Olajuwon's strategy of sitting at the basket should still be successful. It can be said that in the first half, other players of the Lakers dared not challenge Olajuwon, and Olajuwon's basket deterrence is not comparable to that of other players in the Lakers except Lin Han.
And Lin Han, all of this game were attacking from the outside.
In other words, although the Lakers were leading in this game, the Rockets were behind, and were on the verge of collapse, the reason why they did not collapse was because the Rockets defended the basket and did not let the Lakers combine inside and outside, otherwise the Rockets would have collapsed long ago!
Now, Olajuwon is leaving the basket, which is not a good choice no matter how you look at it.
"Hakim still wants a one-on-one showdown with Lin Han?"
"No, I just want to win now, but if I stay at the basket, the Rockets can't win!"
I originally thought that Olajuwon had not given up on the one-on-one match with Lin Han, but when Tom Janovie said this, he breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as I don’t think about the duel with Lin Han like in the previous five games, everything will be easy to say.
"Rudy, we need to change now. We can no longer watch the Magician and Lin Han play with us like in the first half!"
"Hakim wants to help defend Lin Han and the Magician?"
"yes!"
Olajuwon nodded resolutely, while Tomjanovic fell into hesitation.
Should Olajuwon help defend outside?
Faced with the Lakers' terrifying three-point line tactics, the only solution for the Rockets is Olajuwon. As long as Olajuwon assists in defense, it is feasible whether it is to cut off the Magician's pass or prevent Lin Han's attack.
But……
Olajuwon came out, but it was difficult to go back, and the rest...
Tomjanovic looked at Barkley, who was also gasping for breath at this time...
Barkley had a very famous saying at the beginning: As long as Larry Bird is still playing, I will not be the worst player in NBA defense.
This shows what level Barkley's defensive level is.
When he was young, that is, when he was at the 76ers, he could still use his bounce speed to defend, but now he can only use his weight to beat people. However, with his height, it can be said that he can hardly withstand any top inside line now. If the Rockets had Olajuwon in the interior, Barkley would have become the target of the opponent's focus on the defensive end.
"Rudy, I can't hesitate anymore. Even if I stay at the basket, the Lakers will not attack after the basket, what's the point of staying at the basket!"
When Tom Janovic heard Olajuwon shouting at him almost angrily, he smiled bitterly, Yes, Hakeem, if you stand under the basket, naturally no one in the Lakers dares to challenge you, but what if you go out?
However, Olajuwon is indeed correct to say this. When the Lakers do not attack the inside, it is indeed a waste to stay at the basket.
In short, as the head coach, he really needs to make a choice whether this is a chicken first or an egg first.
If the choice is successful, he will become the famous coach in Jizhu's hands, and if his choice fails, he can only be buried with the collapsed Rockets.
Perhaps it wasn't good to die by Lin Han's terrifying three-pointer tactics, such a vigorous collapse?
Tom Janovic, the head coach who is good at chicken soup, is filled with bitterness at this time.
Since the establishment of the Rockets' Big Three, he has never thought that he would encounter such a situation...
And now, he really can't hesitate anymore. He has also made a decision on whether to be conservative or to fight once.
"Charles, Clyde, what do you think?"
If the Rockets want to make such a big tactical adjustment, it is naturally impossible for those substitutes, or even the main players, to make them not good. There are only the Big Three and Tom Janovic, who is the head coach.
However, in the past, such a very normal thing has become somewhat intensified by the Rockets' internal relationships.
For role players, the feeling that the team's victory or defeat has nothing to do with us will be more obvious.
"I support Hakim"
"Me too!"
There was no accident. The other two Rockets giants who definitely didn't want to lose in this game found that they could not see the hope of victory with their original tactics, and naturally they would only pursue change. Regardless of whether such changes would become worse, for these three giants of the Rockets, is there anything worse than losing?
"I understand, I'll ask you guys in the second half of the game!"
Because the Lakers ended the half with a big score, Lakers fans were still very high during the half-time break. According to the general NBA game, during the half-time break, fans probably had to be half less. They went out to buy things, talk about love, and talk about love, etc. However, in this game, Larry Bird and Collins looked around the stadium, and the fans sat very neatly, playing various games with the host and mascot on the court.
"It seems that Lin Han will create a new playoff score record in this game."
"It depends on the Rockets' defensive strategy in the second half. Should we maintain our original strategy and expect Lin Han's three-point touch to decline or actively change the defense."
The two ABC commentators cooperated with the TV broadcast to talk about their outlook for the second half of the game. At this moment, the Rockets and the Lakers also walked out of the player channel again.
Especially when I saw the Lakers and Lin Han, the Lakers fans who were originally very high on the scene exploded directly!
"Only such a home court can be called the sixth man off the court."
"I hope the Rockets will not be affected by such momentum."
The reason why Lakers fans are so enthusiastic at the scene is very simple. The team is winning, and their star's data at this time are also very outstanding.
To be continued...