: 608. Evolution of the King of Porcelain!

The Rockets changed their head coach.
Before the start of the game with the Rockets, Liu Ren finally recognized the conversation between the Rockets head coach and his chief assistant. The Rockets head coach John Blair Bickerstaff is the chief assistant Bernie of the Lakers. -Bickerstaff's own son.
How miserable is the Rockets this year?
Starting with 5 consecutive losses, then 2 wins and 7 losses, then 3 wins and 9 losses, McHale, who put Bao on the three giants of Lawson, Harden, and Howard, was directly fired.
This brings back a "giant" that has been shot down, and it has to be blamed.
Lawson joined the NBA in 2009. Last season was the sixth season of his personal career. He entered the mature stage, the peak of his career. He averaged 15.3 points, 10.2 assists, 3.6 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game. In addition, the average turnover rate is only 2.2 times, almost close to the assist-to-turnover ratio of 5 to 1, the shooting percentage is 46.3% career high, and the three-point shooting percentage is 35.7%. New career high.
Lawson was regarded as the biggest legacy of the Western Conference's failure to make the All-Star last season. Of course, Lillard was habitually ignored.
The fans first looked forward to coming to have Harden and Howard, Lawson can run to the assist king, and then liberate Harden and sort out the Rockets offense.
The management finally gave you McHale such a great, such an excellent point guard, young, capable, good data, management and fans are waiting for results.
However, after the start of the season, Lawson played 12 starts, averaging 6 points and 3 assists, shooting 35 from the field and 21 from the three-point range...
What a giant this is, it's a huge pit! The Rockets also played 3 wins and 9 losses.
At the beginning, the Rockets only sent out Papa Nicolaou, Prigioni, Joey Dorsey, Nick Johnson and a few substitutes for the first-round lottery protection draft next year. People thought the Rockets were making crazy money. At the same time think the Nuggets are crazy.
Morey completed the transaction and was sent to the altar for a while.
But now it is discovered that the Rockets have been pitted by the Nuggets.
Lawson's remaining contract is 13 million, and what they have played is the performance of the second-round rookie Monterey Harrell with a salary of 780,000 selected this year...
The Rockets helped the Nuggets pick up the pot, and gave the Nuggets four rotation players, plus a first-round pick...
The management is always looking for someone to back up. McHale became a back up and was fired. Then, he temporarily invited John Bickerstaff, who is commonly known as or Little Bickerstaff, to serve as a temporary post. Head coach.
After the little Bickerstaff came, he did one thing decisively, which was to kick Lawson directly out of the regular rotation, and the Rockets' record was slightly better.
But just as he got better, Howard became emotional again, saying that he could not catch the ball, had no singles opportunity, and was unwilling to be a role player in the pick and roll.
Two years have passed, and everyone can see that Howard really has no singles ability. Singles make a single mistake once, or else it is an iron.
The emotional Howard game is like this: only grab rebounds, don't block people, defense doesn't look at people, just wait for rebounds, offense without pick and roll, just wait for make-ups.
Even if Howard has fallen a lot, after all, his physical talent is there, and he can still grab a good-looking 13 points and 11 rebounds per game, but from his career low of 1.3 blocks, it can be seen how the situation really is.
Then the Rockets were half dead. They were going to rot, and they couldn’t rot. After all, Harden, who is probably the number one shooting guard now, barely maintained the chance to hit the eighth in the West, but it really didn’t feel like it was going to hit the eighth in the West. Such a great possibility is now hovering in a dozen or so names.
In fact, Howard is mainly a mentality problem. In the early years when he could only change James by physical talent, he did not choose to hone his skills. Now that he is old and his physical fitness is beginning to decline, he can’t get the ball and hit his opponent directly. Put the ball into the basket, and it’s too late to hone his skills at this time, and he is unwilling to accept role players. This mentality is actually normal. Before he went to the Lakers three years ago, he was in the league for a while, at the Lakers. Years are also the starting center and best team of the All-Stars. Naturally, he refuses to accept the fact that he has fallen. However, he still has the ability to play excellent data. He can get a maximum salary wherever he wants.
So Howard's lack of strength makes the Rockets management who owns him a headache.
The record is good, and any contradiction can be concealed. This is why the Lakers obviously have a group of talents who want to start and want to belong to his position, but they are still happy, because as long as they win, anything else Everything is not so important.
With a poor record, all contradictions have intensified.
Liu Ren obviously felt that the atmosphere on the Rockets side was very weird, and the happy basketball and other things were long gone.
There is a very interesting thing about the Lakers' pre-game activities today, which is a benefit for the fans and a shameful thing.
The big screen of the scene is connected to the camera of the live video. The kissing game was played before the match, and then malicious videographers repeatedly pointed the camera at two men or two women. Of course, most people chose Refusing to kiss, but there are still girls who think it is fun or simply base or like to grind tofu directly gnaw it, causing bursts of exclamation and laughter.
Finally, the DJ on the scene told the fans that the fans who were selected by the cameraman in the kissing game and then kissed will give two tickets to the Lakers and Clippers for the Christmas game this season...
The worst cameraman in history has been released. Today's main cameraman for the Lakers broadcast and Andrew Bernstein, who has won the NBA Official Photography Award for many times, has successfully become the object of "hatred" by Lakers fans.
Finally, the game is about to begin.
The starting lineups of both sides came to the court.
The Lakers' starting lineups today are Clarkson, McCollum, Liu Ren, Green, and Whiteside.
Today Kobe and Antetokounmpo actually did not have a rotation. Antetokounmpo’s point guard’s opponent is Beverly and he doesn’t need his defense. Instead, Beverly is short and savage, Clarkson This relatively erratic sixth-man play is more suitable for him.
Kobe does not necessarily play. The Rockets are now tenth in the West and are in chaos. Kobe will not play without special circumstances.
The Rockets started with Beverley, Harden, Ariza, Josh Smith and Howard.
When the players from both sides were on the court, the five of the Lakers came on the court while discussing the positions, and a bunch of them went up. The Rockets were obviously divided into two teams, Josh Smith and Howard, a pair of high school classmates. One pair, the other three outside lines are dialed, there is a kind of distinct feeling.
Speaking of the high school that Howard attended, it was really awesome. In the 2004 draft, there were two NBA first-round picks. Howard and Josh Smith were both high school students directly participating in the draft, and Howard was also the number one pick, which is simply incredible.
Howard wanted to partner with Josh Smith a long time ago. Unfortunately, Josh Smith was not for sale by the Eagles. Both of them were flying and defensive insiders. They could form a super strong inside combination during the Magic period, but the Magic The team did not have the bargaining chip to impress the Hawks. Later, when the Hawks were preparing to rebuild and send Josh Smith out for nothing, Howard had already gone to the Lakers...
Years are a killer. Josh Smith has changed from the flying and omnipotent power forward version of James before 2013 to the current CIC. Howard is not as strong as that year.
It’s really strange that Josh Smith fell. The 2012-2013 season was still all-around, all kinds of insiders were eaten raw, and he averaged 18 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 1.7 per game with a shooting rate of 48%. Blocks and 1.4 assists, properly the most versatile player at the time.
But I went to the Pistons in the 2013-2014 season. I don’t know if it was stimulated by being sent away by the Eagles in a second round, or the Eagles discovered that he was going to decline, and his shooting percentage dropped to 41%. Last season, it dropped to 39%, with no breakthroughs, no rebounds, no assists, no steals, no blocks.
At the end of last season, the Pistons coach and chief executive officer Van Gundy did not choose to trade. Instead, he waived Josh Smith and was claimed by the Rockets to appease Howard.
But what the Rockets management did not expect was that although Howard had a normal relationship with other teammates, he was able to communicate more happily. After Josh Smith came, Howard immediately hugged him with Josh Smith, both of them were very careful. It’s easy for people to think more and isolate themselves from other teammates and communicate normally.
Players from both sides came to the field and stood up according to the referee's instructions.
When Harden came out, there were cheers from the audience. After all, they were players from Los Angeles and had no hatred with the Lakers. Kobe also liked this young man very much. It seemed that Harden was still Liu Ren’s friend. Den is still very tolerant.
Howard was miserable, he was booed as soon as he walked into the court, and he was booed when he reached the middle circle.
In the summer of 2013, Josh Smith, who also refused to join the Lakers, was also booed.
In the summer of 2013, Josh Smith was a player option. He executed his contract with the Hawks, and then signed and then renewed to the Pistons. At that time, he could choose to come to the Lakers, but he didn't. Now he and Howard seem to have a very good relationship with the Lakers. The decisive brain supplement of the team fans was Howard told him not to come to the Lakers, and then he agreed.
Howard and Josh Smith were both black faces...
Liu Ren and Harden just stood together at the opening jump.
"James, the atmosphere in your team is really good! It feels so fresh and refined, unlike me and Kobe fighting almost every day." Liu Ren couldn't help saying, his open heart whenever he met a strong opponent All about to move.
"...Thank you for your compliment, boss..." Harden really wants to hit someone! But I can't beat it! Before that, Liu Ren nearly killed the opponent during the conflict in the 2013-2014 season!
And Harden knows that Liu Ren loves to stimulate his opponent when he is on the field. If he listens to it, he will really fall into a trap.
Harden directly shielded Liu Ren's voice, and began to think about the hot girl with big last night...
Howard and Whiteside came to the center of the court.
Howard looked at Liu Ren, who seemed to have a good relationship with Harden, and his feelings in his heart were indescribable. He had that feeling again: If he hadn't left the Lakers, the big guy on the opposite side would be his now...
Howard is extremely upset every time he sees Whiteside. Whiteside's face is too stinky, and because the Lakers are very strong, Whiteside's expression is like looking down on the opposite, which makes Howard even more unhappy than the Lakers last year. I still feel uncomfortable seeing Whiteside before.
Whiteside was totally unconscious, because he had such a face...
The game finally started, Whiteside and Howard jumped the ball!
Although Howard was shorter than Whiteside, he focused on the jump ball in his anger. With the advantage of bounce and explosive speed, Howard hit the ball first.
Harden advances with the ball.
In the Rockets, the actual point guard is Harden, who has to be the first offensive point and the assists nurse...
When Harden got the ball, he suppressed the rhythm. This was not like entering the Lakers' fast-torn whirlwind, but also stabilizing his emotions. He was sure that Liu Ren was talking trash with him just now, and Liu Ren was in the game every time. Zhongdu poked at the most painful point of his opponent's speech. Harden had already understood well that it was not the first time he was hurt.
Judging from the current record, the Lakers do far surpass the Rockets. The Rockets are formally at an absolute disadvantage, but this cannot stop Harden from wanting to win.
Harden took possession of the ball and faced the oncoming Clarkson. Harden suddenly made a breakthrough to the left.
The left-handed breakthrough is the most difficult to defend. Harden easily passed Clarkson half a step. At this time, the average defender is thinking about either rushing into the basket or deliberately putting in slow motion to wait for a double-team and then pass the ball.
But... Harden is such a fascinating man with a peculiar style...
Without continuing to break through, and without choosing to attract double-teaming, Harden stuck directly on Clarkson when he caught up to him...
"Ah..." Harden let out a very exaggerated scream, then threw the ball to the basket.
"Beep"
"Huh"
Clarkson looked dumbfounded~EbookFREE.me~ The referee gave a 2+1 gesture. Harden not only succeeded in causing Clarkson to foul, he also scored.
Clarkson glared at Harden and couldn't believe it. Today, because the opponent is the Rockets, the Lakers have thought that Harden might continue to play the giant swing or touch porcelain. In order to avoid Liu Ren fouling too much, Bickerstaff's suggestion is Use Clarkson to defend Harden, maybe Harden will not use such a shameful play because the opponent is not a superstar.
But Clarkson believed Bickerstaff's words and came on defense, and was beaten by a 2+1 at the start...
Liu Ren was also stunned. Harden's foul-making technique...looks like it's even more! It has changed from rushing to the basket and smashing someone's hands into a sudden move while on the move!
Harden used to make fouls when strayed, or when the opponent jumped up or reached out to interfere, he took the ball to hit the opponent from the bottom up, both of which actually have good defensive methods. , As long as you restrain yourself from reaching out, this is why Harden's performance in the playoffs has been cheating.
Now Harden has evolved! You can switch to the touch porcelain mode at any time during the breakthrough!
Harden made an additional free throw and the Rockets led 3-0.