The Godfather of Basketball

Tang Tian sat firmly on the bench.

The triangle tactic, a tactic that has been eliminated in the previous life, the core is the star singles tactic, using the strong personal offensive ability of the star to contain the defense and penetrate the opponent at close range.

This tactic is still useful when the offensive rhythm is slow and the main offensive method is two-pointers.

Just like in front of you, Pietrus, who successfully blocked Kobe in the last game, is a bit blown up this time.

After all, Kobe is a superstar in the league, and no one can stop his touch.

This is mostly seen, but in fact, what the Lakers often overlooked is its defense. The role players don't participate much in the offense, which allows them to devote more energy to the defensive end.

Jackson has coached the Bulls for 10 years, and the Lakers currently have 8 years. In the years when they won the championship, their defense was among the top three in the league.

Can defend you, and then use the star to chisel you, this is the whole content of the triangle tactics.

But now it's clear that the Lakers can't defend the Rockets now.

Tang Tian took advantage of Kobe's physical exertion on the offensive end, and made his tactics keep going to this point.

McGrady's breakthrough, Yao Ming's dislocation singles, and Billups' strong attack, all of them were called directly in Kobe's face.

Kobe fought hard for a quarter, already out of breath.

Phil Jackson is not Popovich. What he is good at is the ability to deal with star relationships and the training of the team. His on-the-spot adaptability can only be regarded as the middle level of the league.

As a result, after the second quarter came back and Kobe was off the court, the Lakers were in trouble.

Marc Gasol, Luis Scola, Novak, Hyde, Billups, this is the Rockets lineup.

Farmar, Vujacic, Radmanovic, Turiaf, Kwame Brown, this is the Lakers lineup.

As soon as the second quarter came up, the Rockets still played positions, but the focus of offense shifted from the center to the point guard.

Billups and Gasol played a pick-and-roll, and with Gasol's huge body, he directly squeezed Kwame Brown with speed and scored a layup.

The Lakers play a pick-and-roll, and the Rockets directly expand the 3-2 zone defense and let you go to the basket.

Farmar's breakthrough missed directly under the interference of Gasol's long arm.

Billups got the rebound to the front court, and then played a pick-and-roll with Scola. Seeing the Lakers' basket shrinking, he directly hit the ground and returned the ball to Scola. Scola received the ball comfortably in the mid-range position. Straight shot to score.

The Lakers went to the frontcourt to play a pick-and-roll again, and Farmar rushed to the basket again and gave the ball to Vujacic on the outside. As a result, the Rockets changed defense from the outside and was directly cut off by Hyde.

After Billups received the ball, he didn't play fast break, pressed to the frontcourt, and then played a pick-and-roll with Gasol. After breaking through, he made a disregarding pass to Novak in the bottom corner.

7 to 0, the Lakers were stopped directly.

This is the biggest difference after the Rockets introduced Billups, and it is also Tang Tian's hole card that he only showed in the regular season.

During this period of last season, McGrady was leading the team. Because he is an offensive player, the participation of his teammates is very low. At this stage, it basically depends on McGrady’s touch. is backward.

But Billups is different. Billups is a well-known field control master in the league, and the scoring ability of the Rockets' substitutes is not bad.

It's like a game of dead chess, suddenly a rook gets off, and the whole game comes alive.

The main force just catches you, and the substitute kills you.

The rhythm is suffocating.

After the timeout, the Lakers made personnel adjustments and Odom was replaced again.

Odom came on the stage and scored Scola in the low post. The Lakers finally broke the scoring drought.

But looking back, Billups of the Rockets immediately assisted Hyde Biao to score a three-pointer.

Odom chiseled again, causing Scola's thug foul, and made two free throws and continued to add points for the Lakers.

But when the Rockets took the round, Billups directly played an alley-oop with Marc Gasol. Gasol's huge body directly pressed the ball into the basket through the parallel import champion Kwame Brown, which also caused a backlash. The player's blocking foul.

The cheers on the scene pierced the sky.

The Lakers lost their temper after being beaten.

The point difference widened and widened, Jackson had no choice but to replace Bynum and Kobe Bryant again.

Tang Tian saw that he also replaced the main force, but this time he didn't use Pietrus, but Battier.

Playing against the Jazz in the playoffs last season, Sloan used the wheel to beat McGrady, which made McGrady miserable. Tang Tian is imitating the old coach and using the wheel to deal with Kobe.

After resting for two minutes, Kobe's touch was still hot, and he hit a long shot when he came up. With amazing perseverance, he gritted his teeth in this quarter, holding the Lakers in a daze to stabilize the point difference.

After the first half, the Rockets led the Lakers by 6 points 56 to 50, and Kobe scored 36 points alone.

"Peter Pan" is a realistic version of a heroic performance in a Hollywood movie.

But after halftime, halfway through the third quarter, this kind of heroic performance was shattered.

No matter how strong Kobe is, he can't be an iron man. Facing top defenders like Pietrus and Battier's high-pressure defense, his efficiency inevitably drops, and he didn't even make a few shots.

And as soon as he lost his touch, the situation that the Lakers were struggling to maintain collapsed in an instant.

Yao Ming assisted McGrady with a three-pointer.

Billups assisted Novak with a three-pointer.

Billups scored a layup.

Gasol's one-handed dunk after turning around.

After a wave of 10 to 0, the game directly declared the end of the game early.

Lakers head coach Phil Jackson kept shaking his head when he saw the final scene.

Obviously, he didn't expect the Rockets to suddenly become so strong before. You must know that during the preseason, Tang Tian didn't show his cards.

Kobe made 14 of 39 shots in the game, 3 of 7 three-pointers, 20 of 30 free throws and scored 51 points, but he couldn't win for the team.

In the end, the Rockets beat the Lakers 110-95 and won their first victory of the new season.

Yao Ming contributed 19 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists on 8 of 12 shots. McGrady scored 32 points and 6 rebounds. Billups scored 16 points, 10 assists and 3 steals in his debut.

In addition to the Big Three, Gasol, Millsap, Pietrus, and Novak all scored in double figures.

"A team win."

This is the sentence that Tang Tian said the most in the post-match interview.

But when the media reported it, the headlines were all Tang Tian's.

"Tang Tian Created a Team Victory".

Looking at the media reports, Tang Tian felt dumbfounded.

Americans like individual heroism, this is a change of law and we must find out individuals.